Apotheosis

Zen had just released Itzel from the wall, and she was just catching her breath when suddenly, the Evil Bead appeared above her head.

The Snake Spirit King's voice was then heard coming from the bead. "My daughter, you've waited for so long. Finally someone is here to save you."

Although the Snake Spirit King had given this Holy Item to Itzel, he had tampered with it beforehand and could take control of it any time.

Itzel looked up at the Evil Bead and had mixed feelings.

Snake spirits were known to be cold-blooded. It was not difficult for her to accept the fact that her father had become her enemy now. But when Itzel grew up in the Human Spirit Sect, she had remolded herself thoroughly. At this very moment, the grievance in her heart was like a volcano that was about to erupt.

Kincaid reached out a hand and pressed her shoulder softly. He looked up and shook his head at the Evil Bead. "You're right. We are here. I have survived more than a thousand chaotic eras. Itzel is safe and sound today, and you will eventually face defeat at our hands."

The members of the Bold Conjecture House had been cursed in the battle on the Other Shore. They now remained hidden in the passageway, but the remaining people of the Four Spirits Sects were long dead. The only way they could continue to exist was because they had all become Treacherous Beings. However, Itzel's body had been preserved.

When the Snake Spirit King heard Kincaid's calm answer, there was a burst of cruelty and hatred in his heart.

He had spent so much time and energy in trying to be omniscient and powerful, only to end up becoming a slave of the downgrader. And yet, Kincaid could still reunite with his daughter. Why? That was not fair!

The Snake Spirit King felt depressed, but he sneered, "Safe and sound? Let me see how safe and sound she can be!"

Whoosh!

Flames suddenly burst forth from the Evil Bead hovering Itzel. The Snake Spirit King had sent it into an unstoppable combustive state!

This was troubling! Even if an ordinary Other Shore Token was burnt, it would release an exceedingly large amount of energy, and the Evil Bead was not even an ordinary token.

Weird noises started coming out of the Evil Bead!

Then it began to swell up at a rapid pace and was shaking, as if it were going to explode.

Kincaid was not afraid of the impending explosion since he was a Treacherous Being, but Itzel and Dorothy would most likely be killed if that happened.

However, when the Evil Bead had expanded to the size of a fist, Zen quietly stretched out two fingers and pointed at it calmly. A cubical space box, which was one foot wide, appe

forward nor retreating backwards.

Both the Evil God in the Source World and Zen were confused as to why the downgrader was doing that.

It was improbable that he had come all this way just to show off.

However, since he was making no move, Zen and the Evil God did not do anything either. They just waited silently.

It made them impatient and curious but they could only wait and watch.

Ten days later, another Shade Stone descended.

Previously, many Shade Stones had appeared one by one.

At that time, everyone thought that this meant the end of the chaos, but all of a sudden, the stone stopped appearing. They had never expected that another Shade Stone would appear in the Source World at this time. They were beginning to get nervous now, twitching and asking here and there for whatever explanation whoever could offer.

Not long after the Shade Stone had descended, the entire chaos began to shake violently.

And now it hit them why the Burial Land had remained motionless.

That was the shift of the last grain of sand in the hourglass of time.

The downgrader had been waiting for the end.

The end of the moments of chaos meant the end of the chaos itself.

Every single thing in the chaos would disappear. Tradition had it that in every single chaotic era, only six creatures were chosen to be Chaos Ancient Gods. These chosen ones were the only creatures that would survive the end of this era and journey on into a new one.

No one else could ever survive that. In fact, every single creature in the chaos had been born and bred to regard surviving such an end as their ultimate goal.

With time, they had developed confidence that they could survive the end, but the setup had undergone a tremendous change this time around.