Apotheosis

Zen returned to the cave in a daze.

He was still adjusting after returning from the Abstruse Energy State.

"How do you feel?" the handsome man asked with a smile.

The enchanting woman was not surprised at Zen's reaction. She had expected it.

The first time they ventured into the outside of the chaos, they had the same reaction.

It was a long time before Zen could respond.

He looked at the void outside the chaos, his face inscrutable. "So, those light dots are actually the other things in the space?"

The man nodded. "My master once said that all things scattered there. Maybe one of the light spots is a part of my master's body."

The light dots were spread outside the chaos, indistinct from each other.

Zen only needed to experience it once to understand that it would be futile to judge the size and distance of the void.

"Zen, let me see!"

"I want to try it, too!"

No. 9527 and the Regal Jade Spirit pleaded.

When Zen had poked his head out, the two had been hiding in his body. They weren't able to follow him out.

So now they were also very curious about the void outside the chaos.

Zen thought for a moment. He answered with his consciousness, "Hide yourselves in my right arm."

After the consciousness of the Regal Jade Spirit and No. 9527 burrowed into Zen's arm, he extended his right hand outside the cave.

Just like before, his right hand turned into light dots and quickly spread out. This time, the consciousnesses of No. 9527 and the Regal Jade Spirit spread along with them.

While letting the two observe the Abstruse Energy State, Zen turned to the man. "Since your master is out there, how can you pass the news to him and ask him to return?"

The woman pointed to the edge of the cave where long and thin ropes were nailed. Complicated runes were painted on the surface of each rope.

There were a total of thirteen ropes. Most parts

curly beard. He looked exactly the same as the statue that Zen saw on the small star.

"Master!"

"Master!"

The woman and the man respectfully bowed to King Manard.

King Manard nodded and let his eyes settle upon Zen. He scrutinized Zen from head to toe, raising a brow.

"Nice to meet you, sir!" Zen said, likewise bowing to King Manard.

King Manard didn't greet him in return. Instead, his eyes fell on Zen's right hand. "There are two souls of other races in your body. Show yourselves! If you're here to spy on me, don't blame me for wiping out your consciousness!"

The woman and the man grew nervous at their master's words.

They knew King Manard only acknowledged the human race, rejecting other races with extreme prejudice.

Some of the creatures from other races that had been exiled to this space had been innocent. Many of them had fallen to their knees and begged to be spared.

But King Manard showed no mercy to the alien creatures in this space. He left none of them alive. He had ordered his disciples to be as ruthless.

And so it came to pass that the woman and the man killed countless creatures of different races, developing an instinctive repulsion for them. After all these years, Zen was the only one they had kept alive.