Apotheosis

Zen was a lot calmer when he stepped into the temple of the Bearing race again. He no longer continued to destroy the temple.

He started looking around the temple. Thankfully, its structure was simple. He walked through the rest half of the temple as the warriors of the Bearing race stood, watching. Their Souls of Light glowed a nervous sheen.

Suddenly, the faces of the Bearing race warriors dimmed with the sudden realization of what Zen was looking for.

Two things were of great value in the temple: the Other Shore Tokens and the soul crystal.

He already took the Other Shore Tokens, which meant he was aiming for the soul crystal.

Zen took a glance at the scene before him. There were several forks ahead and each fork had warriors guarding them, but the road right in front of him had the largest number of warriors.

His lips curled into a smile. The Bearing race basically gave away the route leading to the soul crystal.

As Zen approached, Souls of Light stood firmly and blocked his way. They had no intentions of making way for him.

"You can't go in," said one of the warriors. "This is an important part of our temple."

Zen shook his head. "Try and stop me," he dared.

He had already destroyed half of the temple. The warriors here weren't in the position to reason with him.

Despite this, they stood their ground.

Zen stepped forward. He bumped them and caused everyone to stagger away.

Some of them tried to approach Zen to grab him, but as they neared him, Zen simply flicked his wrist and threw them out. Once all of them were out of his way, he continued on his path to the depths of the temple.

"Alas!"

"This is our fault. We shouldn't have set up a trap for the disciples of the Oneness Sky Palace. We are taking the consequences of our own deeds."

"I haven't received my soul crystal yet. It seems that I won't have any chance to get it."

"……"

The Bearing race collectively sighed. A heavy air rose as depression dawned on them.

It was extremely difficult for ordinary warriors to improve their souls on the Other Shore.

The only luck they could count on was if they were able to acquire some soul crystal fro

.

Since Dorothy was so determined not to take any, Zen didn't insist. He just decided to generously share it with her in the future should she need it.

Zen had been itching to go to higher stages of the Other Shore since he had the Indigo Soul. But considering what happened that day, his plan would be delayed.

"I wanted to go to Stage Thirteen with you, but it looks like I wouldn't be able to do that," Zen said.

Hearing this, Dorothy blushed and giggled. "Let's go back first. I'm sure the Oneness Sky Palace and Bearing race are in chaotic states now!"

Zen then retreated from the Other Shore. With the space twisting a bit, he was sitting in his room again.

When he removed the enchanted barrier and opened the door, he saw three guests in the courtyard.

Goran, Winchell, and Athemar stood in the middle of the courtyard while Trish and Carrie served them tea. It looked like they were there to visit Zen. Trish and Carrie looked worried.

Letitia stood on the second floor just as worried as Trish and Carrie. They wondered what Zen had done wrong.

Although she couldn't see through the real strength of these men, for some reason unknown to her, the aura the men exuded made her tremble.

Letitia couldn't figure out why such figures came to visit Zen and were willing to wait quietly in the courtyard. She wanted to call Zen out, but before she could, the three men stopped her as if they were afraid of disturbing him.