Apotheosis

"I'm not curious..." Zen shrugged as he said indifferently.

Disappointed by his reaction, Athemar said, "That is a Chaos Ancient God living outside of the Source World. With the support of the Chaos Ancient God, the Bearing race continues to prosper over the years!

They have already exterminated nine small races. Besides, thirteen other races have been forced to surrender to them. And Emperor Charm has also made his decision."

Before Zen went to the Mountain Viewing Province, he learned that Emperor Charm was the leader of the Sun Crow race. Now that the Sun Crow race was engaged in a war against the Oneness Sky Palace, could that mean...

"Master Athemar, are you implying that Emperor Charm has also chosen the Purge Way?" Zen asked in concern.

Athemar nodded. He stared at Zen and smiled, "You have been hiding your origin all this time. If you are indeed from the Nine Li race, then you should understand the intentions of the Oneness Sky Palace by now. We have no conflict with the Nine Li race. As a matter of fact, we're on the same side. We should be friends."

The reason why he said so much was to dispel Zen's doubts.

A long silence lingered in the air before Zen spoke, "Master Athemar, that is a lot of information for me to process at once. May I have some time to think about it?"

"Yes, sure!" Athemar said politely. "Even if you don't trust the Oneness Sky Palace and insist on leaving, I will personally send you to any place of your choosing in the Source World."

After he finished speaking, he nodded to Zen and waved his hand gently.

In response to his hand gesture, a long sword sprang out from the sheath around his waist. It rotated around in the air for a few seconds and gradually grew in size. It appeared to be the Lofty Sword that Zen had seen before.

However, this one was different in size from the ones he saw in the Grand River Fortress and the Sword Light Palace. The one in front of him was much smaller. It was only a few hundred feet long.

"Come on! I'll send you back to the Grand River Fortress," Athemar said while gesturing Zen towards the Lofty Sword.

Zen hopped on to the Lofty Sword with Athemar. Then it carried their weights and flew in the southern direction.

Immediately, Zen plopped down on the sword with his legs crossed, and his eyes shut as if to concentrate. Quietly, he asked in his mind, "No. 9527, is everything he said true?"

Of course, No. 9527 was informed about matters such as this, but it had never mention

else..." she said with low spirits.

"Who picked him up?" the leading woman asked with her arms crossed.

"Someone from the Sword Light Palace in the Seven-Star Province, and... The Sword Light Palace seems to have been destroyed and it's being rebuilt." She now looked even more tensed.

The woman in the lead put her arm around her and comforted her, "Everything should be fine. Since the Sword Light Palace is being rebuilt, we can go to the Seven-Star Province and find out his whereabouts."

"Yes..."

The two women nodded to each other, and they all went straight to the quay without looking back. All of them boarded the black flying ship and headed off to the Seven-Star Province.

The women were from the Pear Hill.

The day Emily and Zen separated, they had decided to meet at the Excellence City.

But she was being chased by Sanjay and had to lose him before she could go look for Zen

It would have been risky to go to the Excellence City while she was being watched, so she had to take Yan to the Pear Hill.

Inside Emily's inner world, Yan was oblivious to the outside world. When she was finally released and could not find Zen, she immediately turned to Emily to ask where he was.

Not wanting to lie to her, Emily told her everything she knew about Zen.

Hearing this, Yan suddenly became worried about her brother. His location was not known, and the Source World was dangerous.

Even though the Pear Hill was peaceful and offered a favorable environment for cultivation, Yan had no plans on staying.

Giving in to her wishes, Emily and Yan set out with strong warriors of the Pear Hill to the Gracious Province in search of Zen.