Apotheosis

The human heroes all looked at Dale with concern.

"Yes," Dale replied with a nod. "He's still alive."

The human heroes were stunned at this revelation. The Primeval Lord of Heaven let out a sigh of relief.

It was the answer he was hoping for. It was like a thorn was just pulled from him.

This meant the human race in the seventy-seventh chaos did not really fall into decline!

After all, the human heroes led by the Primeval Lord of Heaven survived to this day, and now, they had found that so had the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord.

The Grandmaster of Heaven was also doing fine, although he was now on the opposing side.

The survival of the three fellow disciples was nothing short of a miracle.

"So where is he? Why did he disappear after entering the Jade Pure Realm?" the Primeval Lord of Heaven pressed.

"It's a long story. After entering the Jade Pure Realm, we ran into some trouble..." Dale then launched into the story of what happened to their party a long time ago.

"We had been hiding in the bubbles all this time to evade the Snake Spirit King. It was near-impossible to leave, but I took a huge risk to come here."

"What was so urgent that you had to come here, then?" the Snake Goddess asked curiously.

Dale's gaze swept through the human heroes. Apparently not finding who he was looking for, he turned his attention back to the Snake Goddess. "I'm here for Zen."

The Primeval Lord of Heaven, the Snake Goddess and the others all shot each other a knowing look.

Dale didn't need to say anything more. They were sharp enough to know what he came here for.

Zen had displayed exceptional abilities since he had entered the Creation Myth Temple.

The Primeval Lord of Heaven and the Snake Goddess also knew from having entered Zen's inner world as energy souls that it was a primitive land. From there, Zen had evolved more and more until he finally obtained the ancestry-level bloodline.

This growth was extraordinary and could not be attributed to mere luck.

The Primeval Lord of Heaven and the Snake Goddess were thus able to deduce that Zen had an extremely powerful backer.

But that only left them more confused.

Even the Monkey Spirit King wouldn't be able to orchestrate such a

o your longstanding question of where the Grand Weapon Refining Method came from."

Zen raised his eyebrows. At this moment, he spotted the stranger in a cyan robe not far away.

Bromley had obtained the Grand Weapon Refining Method in the chaos, but even he had never been convinced it was entirely coincidental. After all, the probability of picking up a palm-sized golden page in that vast space was infinitesimally small.

"Who are you?" Zen asked the stranger.

"My name is Dale," Dale said, bowing slightly and cupping his hands in reverence. "I came here under orders of my master to initiate you into cultivation."

"Initiate?" Zen repeated in confusion.

He had been cultivating for many years, working so hard that he had finally reached the Eternal Realm. Wasn't he long past the initiation stage?

The Primeval Lord of Heaven and the others were likewise puzzled by Dale's statement.

But Dale held firm. "Yes, initiate. May I enter your inner world to have a look?"

Zen glanced at the Primeval Lord of Heaven. He nodded encouragingly.

Zen then created an avatar in his inner world, and also placed the souls of the Primeval Lord of Heaven, the Snake Goddess and Dale into his inner world.

Zen's inner world had developed quite well. Everything appeared to be running in an orderly manner, due in part to the efforts of the souls of the human heroes.

But Dale took one look and let out a long sigh. "My master was right. This primitive land is just desolate."