The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

"What are the conditions?" Zeng Shen asked, looking at Chedemos.

“We’ll talk about it later,” Chedemos said, a strange smile appearing on his wrinkled face as he looked at Bai Kaiya and Shitiwagu. “Thank you both for coming to help me. Now it’s time for my private transaction with this young man.”

Bai Kaiya glanced at Zeng Shen with her eyes that shimmered like a stream of data, then removed the star-track chains binding him and Chedemos. She then said to Chedemos, "Chedemos, the day you saved my niece is the day we settle our score."

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure transformed into countless starlight.

"Hey, wait! Bai Kaiya, this kid might have a creation artifact! Or a teleportation gold card. Aren't you really tempted?" Shitiwagu hurriedly shouted to Bai Kaiya, his golden pupils burning with greedy flames. "Let's join forces and make him hand over the stuff."

"Lion Tiwagu, get out of here!" Upon hearing Lion Tiwagu's words, Chedemos roared and his withered fingers suddenly grabbed at the air.

Zeng Shen was surprised to see that the space around Lion Tiwagu suddenly twisted into a vortex, and the high god disappeared like a doll thrown into a tumbler, leaving only a lion's roar echoing in the void.

Followed by.

With a wave of his hand, Chedemos locked down the surrounding space before looking at Zeng Shen with relief. "Now let's have a proper talk."

Zeng Shen raised an eyebrow and looked at Chedemos, saying, "Old man, why are you being so mysterious? Just tell me your conditions."

“No rush,” Chedemos’s consciousness solidified, and an obsidian throne appeared behind him. After he sat down, he looked at Zeng Shen and said, “Before I give you the source code of this virtual elf game world, can you tell me what you want this source code for?”

"Haha, would you believe me if I said I wanted to let believers go in and play games?" Zeng Shen laughed.

"Ha, do you think I'd believe that?" Chedemos tapped the armrest of the throne with his withered fingers, each tap causing the surrounding void to tremble slightly. "My conditions are simple, and you certainly won't refuse."

Zeng Shen immediately became interested and asked, "What is it?"

"Make all the other higher gods mark by your damage transfer ability."

"Oh, what a good thing," Zeng Shen chuckled upon hearing this, but quickly realized the situation and laughed, "You old fox, you know I won't undo your injuries, so you're trying to drag the other high-ranking gods down with you."

“Hmph,” Chedemos sneered, “I was just trying to protect myself. If it weren’t for what Shitiwagu said earlier, I wouldn’t have had this idea.”

"What a clever self-preservation! Haha, it seems I should thank Him more." Zeng Shen couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Cough cough."

Chedemos suddenly coughed violently. He took out a black silk handkerchief and covered his mouth. A smear of black blood oozed from the handkerchief, turning into a smear of blood that looked like star crystals.

Zeng Shen looked at Chedemos with suspicion and said, "Old man, why did you suddenly vomit blood?"

"Hmph, it's all because of you," Chedemos said unhappily.

“What’s it to me? I told you, you can try to break this damage transfer, but you’ll have to bear the consequences,” Zeng Shen said. “It’s not this,” Chedemos said, lifting the hem of his black robe to reveal his legs, which were bloodied and mangled by chains. “See these chains? This is ‘Divine Oath Binding.’ Back then, we nine high gods swore an oath not to harm each other. Now I’m letting you transfer all of them to your damage transfer mark, so this contract is now backfiring on me.”

Zeng Shen took a few steps closer and carefully examined the chains.

He noticed that each chain was engraved with different divine runes. Suddenly, he felt that these divine runes seemed somewhat familiar. The next second, he said, "The contract divine runes on these look so much like the runes on the fragments of lost deities' divine essences."

Upon hearing this, Chedemos chuckled sinisterly, "They are all of the same kind of divine rune contract, formed by the will of the Crystal Wall Universe."

"With this thing around, are you still afraid they'll do anything to you?" Zeng asked doubtfully.

“Of course there’s no need to worry, but did Lion Tiwagu suffer a backlash from the soul attack he just unleashed on you?” Chedemos asked.

Upon hearing this, Zeng Shen immediately took two steps back and burst into laughter: "I understand. I am not within the contract; I belong to a third party. And what you just discovered—that his attack on me will not be considered as harming you by this contract—means that once they realize they want to harm you, they only need to attack me without any murderous intent. That's why you need to drag them all down with you."

“You’re smarter than my apprentice. Would you be interested in having me as your mentor?” Chedemos asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Tch, forget it. If you were my mentor, how could I use you as a meat shield?" Zeng Shen waved his hand, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Since we're going to drag them down with us, Shitiwagu and Baikaiya already know. They won't just be provoked by me and start killing me."

“I’ll help you disguise yourself as a god so that the Lion Tiwagu won’t recognize you, and then we can outsmart him. However, since Bai Kaiya can see through the illusion, it might take some effort. As for the other high gods, they’ll be easy to fool if they’re unaware of the deception,” Chedemos said.

"These conditions are really hard to refuse. When can we start?" Zeng Shen asked, quite tempted.

After a moment of contemplation, Chedemos said, "Six months from now, we will lead the juniors to invade a low-level planet in a crystal wall universe as a training exercise. At that time, you only need to come to Oclon's divine realm."

"Six months from now, wouldn't that be one month after the divine energy of Blue Star erupts?" Zeng Shen muttered to himself, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Seeing that Zeng Shen agreed, Chedemos took out a crystal cube and a card from his pocket and handed them to Zeng Shen, saying, "This crystal cube is the source code of the virtual elf game world. As for the other card, it is a card to summon me, which can call upon a clone of my consciousness to descend at any time."

however.

Zeng Shen did not immediately take the crystal cube and the card, but said, "Old man, can you be sure that you haven't tampered with these two? For example, if I use this divine source code, you could use the internet to find my coordinates, harm my family and friends, and ultimately coerce me into resolving the damage transfer?"

"Phew, do you think I, a high-ranking elven god, would play such tricks on you?" Chedemos exclaimed angrily.

“Words are no proof; I swear an oath,” Zeng Shen said.

"Hmph, believe it or not, remember to come to the Oclonian Realm in six months." Chedemos sneered, threw the item into Zeng Shen's arms, and then instantly turned into starlight and disappeared.

"Holy crap!" Zeng Shen, holding the crystal cube and the card, watched Chedemos's disappearing figure and exclaimed loudly, "You old geezer, you really did something, otherwise why wouldn't you dare to swear an oath and just vanish?"

Amid Zeng Shen's shouts, a sudden ripple appeared in the void. The next second, he felt his body sway, and he found himself standing in front of the arena gates. (End of Chapter)