I'm not just human!

Chapter 344 Are all physical entities Xia Fa's pets? The unknown beings were all terrified!

The ancient scroll, with its matte black finish, revealed ancient secret texts when opened.

But surprisingly, there were only a few in total.

With Xia Fa's current strength and status, having signed five hegemon-level secret contracts, understanding these complex, profound, and obscure ancient texts naturally doesn't take him much effort.

Then, to his complete surprise, an extremely simple cultivation method that was on the verge of secondary loss of control was presented to him.

"By focusing on the first instance of near-loss of control, and combining at least five methods that can greatly increase strength in a short period of time, such as secret contract abilities, divine combat techniques, extraordinary talents, secret treasure abilities, secret arts, sub-secret contract abilities, etc., one can cultivate the second instance of near-loss of control."

"The critical second loss of control achieved by this method is no different in power from the critical second loss of control achieved by the orthodox method on the Golden Dao Beacon Scroll, but the risk of loss of control is slightly increased."

Five methods to significantly increase strength in a short period of time —

Xia Fa was increasingly delighted as he looked at the document, because, counting the critical moment when he lost control, he had a total of six types!

This is practically a shortcut prepared for myself!

He thought back for a moment, and first and foremost, one of his biggest secrets, was the burning sensation in his heart meridian.

In a sense, the burning sensation in his heart meridian has no upper limit to his strength; it only depends on the total amount.

Of course, since the total amount of burning sensation that can be mobilized at one time is limited, and it will be depleted for a period of time after it is all used up, under normal circumstances, the increase is slightly more than 1.3 times the critical loss of control.

Moreover, this is calculated by adding the burning sensation in every cell of the body.

As for the second method to significantly increase strength in a short period of time, it is naturally the process of reaching the critical point of losing control.

Now, Xia Fa had to admit that the Critical Loss of Control technique truly lived up to its reputation as a forbidden secret art jointly prohibited by the nine righteous gods. Its ability to enhance strength was unmatched by any other method.

In fact, without even mentioning anything else, just looking at the entry requirements for the critical point of losing control once is enough to tell you that even extraordinary monarchs have a hard time successfully cultivating it. With such high entry requirements, it is inevitable that it is powerful.

The third method is naturally "Burning Blood of Living Silver," one of the original secret techniques of the Silver Throne. This method has the effect of almost causing a 70% loss of control upon one use.

It can only be said that the Silver Throne, which has the highest attack power among the top ten overlord-level secret contracts, is worthy of the title. Its original secret technique is almost on the verge of going out of control. I'm afraid the original secret techniques of other overlord-level secret contracts cannot reach this level.

As for the remaining three methods that can temporarily boost strength, they are the fourth arcane probability critical strike of the arcane singularity, and the sub-contract ability "Silver Oath Zone" of the Silver Throne's original secret technique "Blazing Oath Spear".

The last type is the activated state of the [Ancient Treasure - Rhine Blade of Calamity]. In the activated state, that is, when the Rhine Blade and the Calamity Blade are wrapped in chaotic lightning threads and activated mercury mist, one's strength will also increase dramatically.

Therefore, the only question at present is which five of these six should be selected for fusion.

"Hmm—the triggering of critical secondary loss of control might require these methods as a bridge. In other words, if the activated state of the [Ancient Treasure: Rhine Blade of Calamity] is chosen, then when using critical secondary loss of control, one might have to take out the Rhine Blade of Calamity."

Based on this alone, Xia Fa decided to choose the first five options!

That is, the critical moment of losing control itself, plus the burning sensation in the heart meridian, the burning blood of living silver, the fourth arcane probability critical strike of the arcane singularity, and the silver oath zone.

Without hesitation, Xia Fa immediately prepared to begin the fusion.

But suddenly, he realized a detail, a very important detail.

"Wait a minute—this ancient scroll my ancestor gave me doesn't seem to mention any other forbidden secret techniques at all; it only refers to them collectively as 'secret techniques'?"

There are countless secret arts in this world, but in essence, they are different methods of operating and using extraordinary power within the body, distinct from secret abilities.

Of course, secret techniques are generally not offensive; they are mostly used for escaping, saving lives, and hiding.

For example, the Scarlet Proxy's ability to shrink its own body to a size of a few centimeters and hide it in its brain, and then shrink it to a size of a few millimeters and hide it in the brain of an even smaller body in a crisis, is a kind of secret technique.

Furthermore, the "Eye of Faith," which was supposedly taught to him by Levimir of the Absolute Defense school to check the number of believers, is also a secret technique.

At this moment, Xia Fa thought back carefully and found that apart from being on the verge of losing control, he had indeed never heard anyone mention any other "forbidden secret techniques". They were all just referred to as "secret techniques" without the word "forbidden".

Even righteous gods like the Paradox Clown and celestial beings like the Wise One have never mentioned any other forbidden secret arts.

Furthermore, none of the occult books I had read contained any records of any other forbidden or secret arts.

Could it be that—

Xia Fa suddenly had a very bold conjecture.

Could it be that critical loss of control—is the only forbidden secret technique in the entire universe and the Protoss realm?

Or rather, because of the existence of the critical point of loss of control, other secret arts are not worthy of being called forbidden secret arts, nor are they qualified to be banned by the nine great gods.

Realizing this, Xia Fa, who already valued the cultivation of the critical second loss of control, couldn't help but look forward to achieving it even more.

"I remember that the orthodox cultivation method for critical second-stage loss of control seems to require experiencing critical first-stage loss of control more than a thousand times."

"Then, I had to keep myself on the dangerous edge of being on the verge of losing control but not actually losing control for a full ten years."

"Finally, after doing all this, we still need to find a mysterious restricted area, and stay in the place where the pollution is most severe, in order to break through and control the critical second loss of control ——————"

The sheer difficulty of this orthodox cultivation method alone is enough to give a glimpse into how powerful it would be once mastered.

"By the way, if the nine righteous gods tacitly agree that they all possess this unique forbidden secret technique, then to what extent have they advanced? Five times? Seven times? Or even more?"

While thinking curiously, Xia Fa began his actual fusion cultivation.

Soon, an hour had passed.

"This is so hard, it's unbelievably difficult—"

After taking out a wall of flesh and blood as large as half a wall from the copper box, Xia Fa wolfed it down while simultaneously conjuring clean, pure water spheres to wash away the sweat from his body.

He never expected that this second loss of control, even with a shortcut to cultivation, would be so difficult, it was unbelievably difficult.

In particular, whether it was trying to fuse the Rhine Silver Mercury of the [Silver Throne] with the Starry Body of the [Gate of Stars], swallowing that mysterious seed in an attempt to master the divine battle technique [Tree World], or researching how to use the authority of [Eternal Secret], he had never encountered any obstacles.

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These are all very difficult.

However, the second time the cultivation was out of control, it became so difficult that it was probably dozens or even hundreds of times more difficult!

In the past hour or so, he tried to merge hundreds of times, but all he did was fail. Sometimes he was just close to succeeding, and other times he couldn't make any progress at all.

However, Xia Fa will not give up in the slightest.

Moreover, the more he failed, the more he longed for the effect of actually achieving critical secondary loss of control.

Therefore, after quickly finishing the flesh of the wall of flesh and blood, which was about half the size of a wall, he continued his cultivation.

Half a day later.

With a "thud," Xia Fa fell onto the beach, his skin cracked all over his body, and blood gushed from the cracks, almost turning him into a blood-soaked figure.

Meanwhile, the flesh within the walls of blood and flesh in the stomach and second heart was being consumed at an unimaginable rate—

It replenished the almost depleted extraordinary power within him.

And the extraordinary power he had just absorbed was rapidly healing his wounds.

"So close, so very close, where did we go wrong?!"

Over half a day, Xia Fa made tens of thousands of attempts, and in the later thousands, each attempt was just a hair's breadth away from the target.

He tried changing the order, for example, first fusing the critical loss of control and the fourth arcane probability critical strike of the arcane singularity to get a glass ball that looked like it was covered in black oil and covered with tentacles, and then fusing the burning sensation, etc., but none of them worked.

He also tried slowing down each step, making each fusion extremely meticulous, and first letting the critical point lose control and the weakest Silver Oath Zone fuse, then fusing the living silver burning blood, step by step until finally fusing the burning sensation, but it still didn't work.

He even tried to take a risk and be bolder, directly merging the five methods together at once.

The result was that the five methods conflicted with each other, almost driving him to the point of physical destruction and mental breakdown.

After finally recovering, I am now in this state of having cracked skin, bleeding profusely, and completely exhausted.

"What's still missing? —"

Xia Fa pondered and pondered, but could not find a solution. For the first time in his life, he had encountered such a major setback.

But he is not the type to give up easily; on the contrary, the more setbacks he faces, the more his courage to take on challenges is aroused.

"Never mind, let's keep trying. Today, even if it means burning through all the flesh of the Wall of Flesh, we must succeed!"

Fortunately, the Wall of Flesh cut off his own flesh to survive, leaving behind a body the size of a house. Even now, he has only used less than one-fifth of it, and there is still a lot left in his stomach and second heart.

"Wait, could it be because—"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Xia Fa, and he realized the real problem.

Since, according to orthodox cultivation methods, it takes at least a thousand attempts to go from the first critical loss of control to the second critical loss of control, could it be that I haven't used it enough times?

Or, if one wants to cultivate to the point of being on the verge of secondary loss of control, one must at least become a subordinate god among the gods.

Just like when I had completely understood the [Miracle Fantasy] before, it was because my level was too low that when I mastered its original secret technique [Coincidence Paper], I couldn't handle it and almost had my head explode.

"I remember my great-grandfather telling me that He is the only being below God who is still alive in the real world to have reached the critical second loss of control. This is one of the reasons why Patriarch Osius and Pope Hercules respected Him so much."

"And my current status is no lower than that of my great-grandfather—"

"Wait, He also seemed to have said that when He reached the critical point of losing control twice, it was apparently a complete coincidence, just like with Ruscond."

"It seems that when He had already reached the critical point of cultivation and was about to lose control for the second time, He accidentally came into contact with the blood of an Outer God while traveling in the Celestial Spirit Realm. He almost lost control, but he managed to survive and unexpectedly succeeded in cultivation."

"And that Outer God himself seems to have reached the point where he was on the verge of losing control three times over—"

With this in mind, Xia Fa finally made up his mind.

Aside from extremely rare coincidences, this critical second loss of control can only be achieved by cultivating to a level above godhood.

But, should we just give up like this?

Xiafa lay on the beach, letting the cracks and wounds on his body slowly heal, his mind constantly wandering.

Finally, he came up with another new idea.

Suddenly, he stood up, clasped his hands together, forming a circle.

With a "boom," a burning sensation, as intense as a transparent, colorless flame, appeared between his palms, transforming into a leaping, flickering fire.

Immediately afterwards, a jet-black aura, like oil, appeared in his palm and merged into the colorless and transparent flames.

Countless tentacles and rolling eyes suddenly sprouted from the fireworks. If an ordinary person were to see this scene, they would probably lose their mind and become out of control on the spot.

Then, a glass sphere filled with gray smoke appeared, and with a slight tremor, it absorbed the colorless, transparent flames covered with tentacles and eyeballs.

With a soft cracking sound like glass shattering, a very fine crack appeared on the surface of the glass ball.

Xia Fa's heart skipped a beat, but he chose to remain calm and simultaneously channeled a large amount of extraordinary power towards the crack.

This is one of the lessons he learned from tens of thousands of failures: if the crack is not repaired, the subsequent fusion will inevitably lead to the glass ball breaking.

Taking a deep breath to calm his wildly beating heart, streams of mercury flowed from Xia Fa's palm. The mercury seemed to have been ignited, and as soon as it appeared, it brought with it a large amount of mercury vapor, almost engulfing his entire body.

Immediately, the ignited mercury covered the surface of the glass ball and then seeped in.

Without the slightest delay, a dazzling silver holy spear materialized above Xia Fa's head, its intense, sun-like silver light flashing. The beach, which was in broad daylight, became even brighter because of the appearance of this silver holy spear.

Suddenly, the silver holy spear disintegrated, turning into an area at Xiafa's feet that seemed to be filled with silver light. It was clearly light, yet it had the texture of flowing mercury.

Immediately afterwards, with a thought from Xia Fa, the area of ​​silver light rose up and poured into the glass sphere.

The glass ball shuddered violently, transforming into a form incomprehensible to ordinary people. Gray mist intertwined, mercury burned, flames rose, silver light leaped, and tentacles danced wildly—chaos reached its extreme.

Immediately, small bubbles appeared on the surface of the glass ball. Within seconds, more and more bubbles appeared, and it looked like it was about to explode completely.

Xia Fa had experienced this situation dozens of times, and this was already the best result out of tens of thousands of failures. He had never been able to get to this point before.

However, at the same time, this situation is exactly the same as his previous dozens of failures, with no significant difference.

But this time, things will be completely different.

With a thought, Xia Fa noticed a black glass sphere fall from his body and land on his shoulder.

Without hesitation, he immediately invoked the authority of the Eternal Secret!

This time, his hidden goal was completely different.

It wasn't the beach, the sea, or even oneself, but rather the last trace of instability and failure that occurred when the cultivation threshold was breached for the second time!

This was a method that Xia Fa had come up with before, which might work, and it was also an extremely bold attempt.

If it succeeds, then there's nothing to say; but even if it fails, we can always find other methods.

Suddenly, one of the small bubbles that had risen on the glass ball in his palm, which contained a variety of interwoven images, shrank back into itself.

Then came the second, the third —

Almost instantly, all the tiny bubbles shrank back, and the glass ball returned to its perfectly round, lustrous, and pristine state.

boom! ! !

With a loud bang, the glass ball suddenly shattered, but this time, unlike before, it did not immediately bring about a huge backlash after shattering.

The shattering of the glass ball transformed into intertwined streams of crystalline light, a magnificent dark gold color, which swirled and spun before instantly entering Xia Fa's brow.

Xia Fa trembled violently, his pupils dilated, but he did not show any pain. Instead, he seemed to be in a state of profound enlightenment.

After a long while, a very strange smile appeared on his face.

"So that's how it is—"

Xiafa had never slept so soundly.

He didn't even dream for an entire evening and night.

When he woke up, the sunlight was blinding, and it was already—well—you couldn't tell what time it was just by looking at the sunlight, because he had been sleeping in the little world.

Yesterday, after just reaching the critical second loss of control in his cultivation, he was exhausted in spirit, physical strength, and extraordinary power, and immediately collapsed on the beach and fell asleep.

I don't know how many hours have passed before I finally woke up.

Just as he was about to turn over and stay in bed a little longer, Xia Fa immediately saw two pairs of big, beautiful eyes staring at him.

Those were Benedict's golden-red eyes and Meow's open-air blue pupils.

Xia Fa was startled and almost bounced off the beach.

"What are you two doing?"

Beneath and Meowkor exchanged a glance, both of them showing expressions of complete relief.

"Master, we couldn't wake you up no matter how hard we tried, it scared us to death! Luckily, your breathing was steady the whole time, and you're finally awake now."

Miao Kelu spoke with considerable worry, yet her fair face couldn't hide her joy, and even her golden cat ears twitched.

Clearly, she was quite happy to see her master wake up.

Beneath pursed her lips and asked rather cautiously, "Shafa, are you—are you alright?"

Xia Fa waved his hand with a smile: "It's nothing, I just overdid it with my cultivation yesterday. By the way, you two, are you finally sober?"

Seeing that Xia Fa looked relaxed, Benedict finally felt relieved. However, upon hearing this, she became embarrassed, shrank her neck, and blushed.

Originally, her plan the day before yesterday was to get Xia Fa drunk so that he could rest for a day or two in this small world, since he seemed to be under too much pressure.

Unexpectedly, not only did she fail to get Xia Fa drunk, she and Miao Kelu were drunk for two days and two nights. The power of that extraordinary wine was truly remarkable.

"Hmm—I sobered up around six this morning. Never mind that, come on, let's have breakfast!"

Benedict pulled up Shafa, who was lying on the beach, and pointed into the island's jungle.

In a clearing surrounded by palm and coconut trees, there was an oak round table with a copper pot on it, surrounded by plates of various kinds of meat.

There is mutton, fish, beef, and even tofu and ham, among other things.

The copper pot contained only scallions, ginger, and garlic, with boiling water bubbling and steaming.

Xia Fa was taken aback—a copper pot hot pot?

Wait, is this the kind of food that should exist in this world?

Beneath chuckled, scratching the back of her head, and said, "I don't know if this will taste good. This is a recipe we doll girls learned from the Firefruit Clan, a demi-human race on Planet Ared. Luckily, there are plenty of ingredients on this island, so I gave it a try."

Ared Star — Fire Fruit Clan —

I haven't heard much about this Xiafa, I only know that Areid Star is the location of the strongest righteous god [Absolute Defense] earthly divine kingdom.

However, there are countless demi-human races in the universe, so it's normal that you haven't heard of this particular demi-human race.

Hmm—Firefruit Clan—that's a nice name, but I wonder what they look like.

After simply condensing a water sphere to wash themselves, Xia Fa, Benes, and Miao Kelu sat down at the oak round table.

It has to be said that the extraordinary world is indeed convenient. There is no need to put a stove under this oak round table, because the copper pot is made of an extraordinary metal that can continuously generate heat, called "fire copper", which can keep the temperature at around 100 degrees Celsius.

Whether it's beef, mutton, or fish, everything is sliced ​​extremely thin by Benedict's skillful hands, and it only takes a few seconds to cook in the bubbling copper pot.

In addition, the fried chili peppers carefully prepared by Benedict, served with a dipping sauce of sesame and peanut sauce, actually gave Xia Fa a feeling of returning to her hometown.

After indulging in a hearty meal, Xia Fa felt that all the energy and spirit he had exhausted yesterday in his cultivation of the critical second loss of control had been restored to their peak.

It has to be said that this is all thanks to Benny.

Watching Benedictine busily tidying up the table, Shafa didn't say anything, but decided in his heart that he must bring back some very high-end supernatural dried fish for her during this trip to the Celestial Spirit Realm!

He didn't choose to drink because he was about to go to the Protoss Realm and needed to keep his mind clear at all times, without allowing any sluggishness in his thinking.

Although I'm only sending "Tree Man Puppets," it's still best to be cautious at this time.

"Master, Master, are you there?"

Suddenly, in my spiritual intuition, I heard the slightly fawning and ingratiating voice of the bee of nature.

This kind of flattery and ingratiation comes entirely from the heart, and instead of appearing cunning or deceitful, it makes it even more endearing.

However, this way of starting with "Are you there?" —

If this world truly didn't lack the internet and chat groups, Xia Fa would have suspected that [Paradox Joker], [Dick Push], and the Nature's Bee might actually be part of the same group.

"Yes, what's this? The Unknown Beings Conference is about to begin?"

"Yes, Master, shall we set off now? Or—"

"Okay, please wait a moment."

After yesterday afternoon, Xia Fa entered the small world to cultivate and improve his strength, while the Nature Bee went to the Star Spirit Realm to continue his travels and adventures.

Therefore, it is still in the Celestial Spirit Realm, but it is connected to Shafa through a soul bond.

Xia Fa was about to get up and briefly say goodbye to Benes and Miao Kelu. In the next few days, there would be an unknown conference and the birth of [Eternal Critical Strike]. He needed to make arrangements in advance and would probably be very busy. He estimated that he would not see them for several days.

Unexpectedly, before she could even speak, Meowkor and Benedict ran up to Shafa together.

"Master, Master, Beneath and I have rested enough and made plans. We're ready to venture into the Endless Realm again!"

"Yes! Shafa, do you still need sacred metals like pure white light-seeking silver? We'll bring you back more, hehe~"

Seeing that the two looked well-prepared and determined, and that it was indeed safer for them to stay in the Endless Realm, Xia Fa couldn't help but smile: "Well, whether it's pure white light-seeking crystal silver or any other sacred metal, I want it all. However, there is one condition that you must abide by, otherwise I won't let you two go."

"What? What?"

Beneath and Meowkor both leaned their little heads closer, their clear, beautiful eyes wide open, listening intently and waiting for Shafa's next words.

Xia Fa's expression turned serious as he solemnly instructed, "If you encounter any danger, return immediately. Even if there's a large piece of sacred metal right in front of you, you must return immediately, understand?"

Seeing Xia Fa's serious expression, the two girls, one big and one small, nodded blankly, seemingly having truly taken it to heart.

Xia Fa then smiled and said, "Alright, you can set off now."

Soon, as Benedict summoned a castle-like arched gate, the wooden pony that Shafa hadn't seen in a long time once again came riding on a rainbow from the horizon.

However, this time it carried Benedict and Meowkor, clattering as it ran into the castle gate.

The castle gates immediately closed and vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace.

Xia Fa boldly tried to use his spiritual intuition to follow the trail, but was surprised to find that he could not find a trace at all.

"As expected, the legend is true. Only the puppet girls can enter the Endless Realm or bring others in using their extraordinary talents, and each puppet queen has the ability to prevent those with ill intentions from entering."

In a sense, the Endless Domain, as a cluster of civilizations, is not only naturally able to isolate itself from the occupation and spying of all kinds of beings, but it is also safe enough even in this era when the Cleaners have appeared.

Fortunately, when I went to the Old Forge, I didn't let Beneath me or Meowkor follow me, so I wasn't worried about fake Nine Gods or Golden Cleansers taking over.

Therefore, Xia Fa is quite at ease for the time being.

Of course, it would be truly reassuring if there weren't fake Nine True Gods and Golden Cleansers.

After calming himself down, Xia Fa, who was in the island jungle, made a grasping motion with one hand towards the open space in front of him without thinking too much.

With a thud, a ripe coconut fell to the ground, and immediately, roots sprouted wildly, taking root in the fertile rainforest soil below.

In an instant, the coconut grew into a coconut tree more than two meters tall, and then it grew limbs. A new coconut fruit grew on the top of the tree, which transformed and then bulged out two eyeballs and split open a mouth, revealing the appearance of Xia Fa.

This is one of the abilities of the divine battle technique [Tree Realm]: Tree Puppet.

Unlike ordinary puppets, he can separate a wisp of his mental body and merge it into the treant puppet, achieving a lifelike effect within the same grid.

Of course, the Treant Golem's attack power is severely lacking; its only advantage lies in its ability to disguise itself as its true form.

Xia Fa even speculated that this might be because the [Nature Monarch] was almost the weakest among the nine great gods. Having been hunted down by the Great Old Ones for so long, it gained experience from the hunt, and thus developed the divine combat technique [Tree Realm], which gave it such power.

After slightly altering the treant puppet's height and appearance, Xia Fa nodded slightly.

Immediately, he constructed a red-silver star shell and star bubble around his body, sprinkled a large amount of shadow gold powder, and then used [Eternal Concealment] to completely conceal his body and the entire star bubble.

Having done all this, Xia Fa's mind then manipulated the treant puppet, opened the vine gate, and stepped out of the small world.

Outside the vine-covered gate was the baptismal chamber of its own two-story attic in Rum City. The Nature Bee was waiting for it nearby, its plump, bumblebee-like body hovering in the air, its translucent little wings constantly flapping.

"Hey, Master, this treant puppet of yours is something else. Even I couldn't tell it apart without the soul bond!"

The Nature Bee was quite surprised, staring with its pair of bright black eyes, and sincerely exclaimed, "Master is truly wise and powerful! I admire you greatly!"

Xia Fa chuckled to himself. Where had his pet seen a similar play? It had even picked up those lines.

"Alright, enough joking around, let's go."

"Yes, Master!"

In a sense, this was my first time officially entering the Protoss Realm, so it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous.

First, the Bees of Nature constructed a stable Protoss passage, and then Xia Fa stepped into it.

The Celestial Realm, seemingly like the cosmos, is actually filled with exceptionally vibrant colors, much like the strong, passionate, and rich colors used in Fauvist paintings.

Having just stepped out of the Protoss portal, the first thing Xia Fa saw was the countless stars that were omnipresent in the Protoss Realm.

"Planetary Phantom"

Those phantom planets are said to be projections of planets in the real world, but they are not necessarily projections of the present moment.

In other words, the phantom of the planet that I am seeing now is very likely a projection of a life-bearing planet from tens of thousands of years ago, recording the joys and sorrows of humankind at that time.

Xia Fa looked around curiously, trying to find either the planet Caligia or the planet Gilgamesh among the projections of the planets.

However, after searching for a while, I couldn't find it.

"Huh, what's this—"

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he looked at one of the planet projections.

The projection of this planet was quite unique, as it was entirely composed of medieval-style buildings, including a huge gray-white castle. Below the castle were all single-story houses made of yellow mud and gray bricks, with countless figures moving around among them.

Although every planet projection in the Protoss Realm is a projection, it is so realistic that it is almost indistinguishable from a real planet at first glance.

Therefore, Xia Fa could clearly see that among those figures were magicians wearing various pointed magic hats!

These magicians were clearly living very luxurious lives. Some rode in carriages, looking relaxed, while others sat in restaurants by the street, drinking wine and eating expensive snacks such as smoked salmon or goat cheese.

Wherever the magicians' carriages passed by, mortals would tremble and step aside, some even kneeling on the ground in awe, their foreheads pressed against the earth.

The restaurants where magicians appear cannot possibly contain any ordinary people; they can only contain other magicians.

Xia Fa witnessed firsthand how a restaurant was cleared out simply because a magician wanted to dine there, and only then did the magician show a satisfied expression.

Shaking his head, Xia Fa withdrew his gaze.

The Nature Bee seemed to be used to these things because it had been traveling and adventuring in the Celestial Spirit Realm for a long time, but its dark eyes still held an undisguised look of disdain.

In the memories that it devoured of Michel, even though Michel was a king of the ancient alchemical kingdom, he had never done this before. On the contrary, he preferred to eat at roadside stalls with ordinary people, and his travels were just a bit extravagant.

Michel was considered quite arrogant among the nobility. Many other extraordinary nobles actually enjoyed mingling with commoners and even sacrificed themselves to protect them.

After briefly determining its direction, the Nature Bee waved at Xiafa, waving its short, stout insect forelegs.

"Master, come, stand here. The Eye of the Mist will come to pick us up soon."

Seeing that the bee of nature was only a few meters away from it, Xia Fa was a little curious, wondering what the difference was, but still stood over.

But, in the instant he stood beside the Bee of Nature, the Celestial Realm he saw changed.

Those incredibly realistic planetary projections vanished as if the stars were shifting and the sun was rising and setting, replaced by strange divine realms.

Among them are the realms of gods and the outer realms of gods. Some of the realms of gods are quite prosperous, with bustling commercial districts and thousands of people. Others of the realms of gods are full of strangeness, with corpses stretching for miles and blood vapor rising from them.

"Master, I have been invited to some Outer God Realms and Subordinate God Realms. Hehe, the offspring of the Subordinate Gods and Outer Gods mostly live in these Realms. Of course, they also go to the real world to make purchases or exchange ideas."

The bee of nature explained things to its master in great detail, and Xia Fa listened attentively. As the saying goes, "It is not shameful to ask questions," since he did not understand, he would learn more.

He had vaguely heard about the offspring of the gods and the outer gods.

However, whether they are offspring of gods or outcasts, if they become gods or higher, they can only stay in the Protoss Realm. If they fail to become gods, even in the real world, they can only be a Mystic Emperor or a Transcendent Lord, and they are subject to the jurisdiction of the nine major churches.

Even among the offspring of gods or outer gods, those who can become Mysterious Emperors or Extraordinary Lords are extremely rare. Therefore, Xia Fa has not heard many stories about them.

The titles of Extraordinary Great Sovereign, Great Emperor, Heavenly Mandate Saint Venerable, etc., are not easy to achieve. They are all outstanding individuals who have emerged from countless life-bearing planets throughout the universe, with only a few dozen in an era.

Therefore, even for the offspring of God or other gods, achieving this is very difficult; otherwise, there would have been more than three divinely ordained holy spirits in history, one of whom was himself.

Of course, the offspring of gods or outer gods are generally much stronger than their peers, but Xia Fa has never actually come into contact with them, so he is not very clear about it.

At this moment, with a sense of exploration, he curiously observed each and every divine realm.

In those divine realms, humans were rarely seen; they were mostly strange and grotesque races. Some had human bodies but octopus heads, while others had human upper bodies but eight spider-like legs. They moved incredibly fast, leaving trails of afterimages in the streets, saving them the trouble of riding horses or traveling by carriage.

Just as Xia Fa was observing from afar with great interest, suddenly, a thick fog appeared and instantly enveloped him and the Nature Bee.

Immediately, an eyeball appeared. It was not a double pupil, nor was it a pair like the [Secret Prayer Eye]. However, the pupil was a deep gray mist.

"Gentlemen, I apologize for keeping you waiting. The Conference of Unknown Beings is about to begin. I will take you there now. Lord Source is already waiting."

A deep, steady voice rang out, like that of a middle-aged man. Immediately, the mist surged in completely, engulfing Xia Fa and the Bees of Nature.

Xia Fa remained calm, feeling as if he had stepped into a large-scale, ultra-long-distance teleportation array, with intense spatial power surging around him.

"At least from a divine perspective—"

Xia Fa quickly gave his assessment of this Eye of the Mist, while wondering if all the Eyes of the Mist in the unknown realms only had eyeballs and no bodies.

In just a moment, the fog dissipated.

The moment the mist dissipated, the first thing that came into view was a golden circular dome, as vast as the sky.

In the center of that circular dome was a watermelon-sized eternal vortex of silicon and aluminum. From this center, black lines extended out like spokes, covering the entire golden dome.

Upon closer inspection, those black lines were actually composed of densely packed secret characters the size of rice grains, and each pair of them formed a ritual array!

Countless rituals and arrays were stacked together, numbering at least trillions, all designed to prevent occupation and spying, and each with different functions and methods.

"This kind of defensiveness—"

Xia Fa was surprised. He felt that even if a Golden Cleanser or one of the Nine Great Gods were to pass by outside the golden dome, they would not notice anything.

Below the circular, golden dome lies a circular plaza formed from gray mist.

At this moment, countless figures shrouded in gray mist gathered here, totaling tens of thousands of unknown entities.

Xia Fa discovered that if he looked closely, he could see some of the figures in the gray mist, most of which were strangely shaped.

But most of the figures in the gray fog were impossible to see no matter how hard he tried.

He was just about to find a secluded spot when, at that moment, figures from the gray mist turned around and looked at him.

Xia Fa was taken aback and before he could react, the figures in the gray mist all focused their gazes on his shoulder.

That is where the bees of nature reside.

Various sounds, like words of speech, rang out in unison, swirling and echoing in Xia Fa's ears.

"Strange, how did that little Nature Bee end up on a human's shoulder?"

"Are these servants of the Nature's Bees?"

"That makes sense. The Nature Bee is a juvenile entity, and it's one of the most prominent beings in our Protoss Realm recently. It's not unusual for it to take a human as its servant."

"This human is quite interesting. Even with my status as an Outer God, I cannot perceive the depth of his aura."

"That's not how it works. How could it possibly be qualified to be taken as a servant by the young entity, the Nature's Bee? Haha."

Xia Fa was stunned. He hadn't expected that his pet would become so famous in the Celestial Spirit Realm.

He didn't care about these words at all, but the Nature Bee seemed to have had enough. It buzzed and flapped its wings, taking flight.

"Everyone, let me formally introduce you to this person: my master!"

In an instant, all sorts of strange figures in the surrounding gray fog seemed to fall silent.

But immediately, it became as noisy as boiling water in a pot!

"What? Did I hear that right?"

"The Nature Bee—it actually has an owner, and just a human?"

"My goodness, who is this person? Even a dignified young being has become his pet?"

"Interesting, very interesting. We were definitely right to come to this Conference of Unknown Beings."

"Human, please introduce yourselves. The rules here forbid divination and prying into secrets, and we can't do it ourselves."

Hearing these words, Xia Fa smiled helplessly to himself, but he was not going to explain anything.

But just then, a voice that sounded quite familiar to him came over, as if it were a whisper.

"Nature's Bee, please introduce yourself to us. Who is your owner? If possible, let's be friends."

The sound was like two rough pieces of wood rubbing against each other, yet it carried a profound sense of age and majesty, as well as an incomparably powerful aura of an outer god.

Xia Fa looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw through the gray mist, but his gaze suddenly sharpened.

Within the gray mist, there appeared a blood-red treant, aged and hunched over, with not a single leaf left on its branches and its bark wrinkled, yet its eyes on its trunk shone with a sharp, vibrant light, radiating boundless vitality.

Strangely, his entire body was inlaid with gray cryptic iron rings, except for his two treant arms.

Xia Fa stared intently at His treant hand and finally realized who it was.

It was—the Outer God [Crimson Demon Tree] who had almost killed him!

But why is He pretending not to know me? And why does He want to be my friend?

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