I'm not just human!

At this very moment, Xia Fa suddenly felt that he had been led into some kind of "barrier" by the Paradox Clown. Behind him, he could clearly hear the terrifying fluctuations of a battle between righteous gods, as well as the roar of the Brief Reality, but he was not affected at all.

In just a few seconds, the roar of [Brief Reality] subsided.

Along with it, the aura of the true god [Brief Reality] also vanished forever.

"Dead, dead?"

Xia Fa stared wide-eyed in surprise, looking up at the Paradoxical Clown who was pressing on his shoulder.

He felt something was unreal; such a powerful righteous god was actually killed in a single encounter by the Paradox Joker using his clones!

The Paradox Joker couldn't help but chuckle:

"How is that possible? This traitor's cunning and caution far exceed your imagination. From beginning to end, what came was not Himself, but a fleeting reality He created."

Xia Fa was even more shocked:

"what do you mean……"

The Paradox Joker nodded:

"【Temporary Reality】, as His name suggests, He can create any reality, not exceeding His maximum power. Moreover, since He became a true god, the so-called 'temporary' 'reality' has no longer been limited to 'temporary'. After all, for true gods who are theoretically immortal, how short is considered 'temporary'? Even tens of thousands of years is considered 'temporary'."

He paused, then sighed softly:

"So, even if He came to capture you, He merely created a being similar to His original self, shrunk reality to the human dimension, and then entered the real world and appeared in our Protoss Natural Starfield."

Xia Fa felt cold sweat break out on his forehead. Without a doubt, the reality created by [Brief Reality] was not as powerful as the real Himself, yet even so, he was powerless to resist...

Fortunately, the Paradox Joker seems to be much stronger than the Transient Reality, after all, He once dealt with several righteous gods, including the Transient Reality, at the same time.

"However, it still needs to be eliminated, otherwise who knows how much destruction it will cause. Oh, by the way, [Eternal Reality] not only allows it to influence, modify, or create reality, but the real world itself is also within its perception range. That's why it can track you down as soon as you go to the real world."

The Paradox Clown was quite patient, offering another explanation, which was essentially a reminder to Xia Fa, before regretfully adding:

"What a pity, that Golden Cleaner with the giant axe got away. That Golden Cleaner must be very strong. He ran away too fast, and I didn't even have time to react."

As Xia Fa listened to His words, he couldn't help but think of the mysterious Celestial Venerable, Suo Chu Wu Kong Jian, who invented the black bag.

Just like Sochuwu Kongjian's "Eternal Timing", the concept of "timing" can be extended infinitely from the simple cooking timing to things like the timing of doing things, the timing of falling in love, and even the timing of using secret abilities.

And it is probably for this reason that the "ephemeral reality" has gained the ability to perceive the real world.

It must be said that this traitorous god... is both incredibly powerful and incredibly difficult to deal with.

I wonder if I'll be able to find a chance to kill Him after I become an Outer God...

"Alright, let's go back now. From now on, the City of Gold Convergence... will be the base camp for us extraordinary beings. Everyone you know will be transferred here."

[Paradox Joker] patted Xia Fa on the shoulder, then took another step forward with him.

Xia Fa felt a blur before his eyes, as if he had traversed countless spaces in an instant. The next moment, the magnificent and spectacular city of gold coins appeared before him.

For some reason, seeing the city gate, which was hundreds of millions of meters high and covered with various patterns, he felt a strange sense of tension.

This is not for any other reason than—

I'm about to meet the legendary strongest god, and I've also signed the Silver Throne's [Absolute Defense] agreement!

Chapter 432 Xia Fa and the True God are actually brothers?!

The city of gold pounds, viewed from a great distance, resembles a gigantic, horizontal gold coin in the starry sky, eternally radiating a luxurious brilliance, a place where wealth and fame flow and converge.

Even so-called super-large life-bearing planets like Caligi and Panridas pale in comparison to the city of gold, which is like a pure gold coin compared to a grain of sand.

The last time I came here, Xia Fa felt a strange sense of peace, a peace of mind that came from nowhere.

It seems that once you arrive here, you no longer need to worry about the Golden Cleaners or the fake Nine Great Gods suddenly attacking. Apart from having many secrets that cannot be exposed and needing to be cautious, at least you can eat well, drink well, and sleep soundly without any problems.

Later I learned that this was because the City of Gold Pounds was established by the nine great gods working together.

Putting aside everything else, the ubiquitous ritual protective array alone can easily absorb the aftershocks of the Celestial Venerable's actions.

Not to mention the ritual concealment array that the [Nature Monarch] and the [Error Rules] jointly set up back then. To this day, no Gold Cleanser can find the City of Gold Pounds, not even the fake Nine True Gods.

Of course, this is also because the city where the gold pound converges is located in the rear, so the Cleaners and the false gods cannot invade.

Now, standing before the gates of the City of Gold Pounds, Xia Fa felt as if several incomparably powerful forces were constantly enveloping this largest extraordinary city in the entire universe, making him feel countless times more at ease than before!

That kind of power... is the supreme divine power unique to the true gods, which cannot be imitated or broken.

Needless to say, among these divine powers, one appears to be invincible, domineering, and boundless, surpassing all other divine powers. Even if all the other divine powers were combined, they would still be far inferior.

"Actually, during the first two millennia, our nine righteous gods would come here to stay for a while from time to time. At those times, once we discovered that the city where gold coins converged was shrouded in the power of the righteous gods, everyone would guess that a particular righteous god had arrived."

The Paradox Clown, gazing at the magnificent city gate adorned with mysterious patterns, then continued with a touch of melancholy:

"Moreover, because [Absolute Defense] was hunted down by the Golden Cleansers before it became a true god, this largest and most prosperous supernatural city in history was reserved as the base camp for us supernatural beings from the very beginning of its design and construction."

Xia Fa asked with considerable curiosity:

"Did you foresee the current situation back then, Lord Absolute Defense?"

The Paradox Joker shook his head:

"No, none of us nine would have imagined being replaced ten thousand years ago, let alone that there would be tens of thousands of Golden Cleaners... It's just that [Absolute Defense] was prepared for the worst, so we joined forces to build this extraordinary city. Now it's coming in handy. Let's go."

As He spoke, He placed His hand on Xia Fa's shoulder again, and with a sudden movement, He carried Xia Fa directly through the magnificent city gate and into the city.

Xia Fa carefully sensed it and discovered that the thickness of the city gate alone reached hundreds of millions of kilometers, which showed how exaggerated it was and just how big the city where gold pounds converged really was.

As for the city walls, the current routine is for the legion commanders of the nine major churches to lead their subordinates and other gods on patrols in turn, to guard against possible invasions.

Even though the Paradox Joker brought him in, the commander of the Paradox Church's "Secret Realm Wandering Circus Legion," who was on patrol, sensed it. However, upon discovering that it was one of their own gods who had infiltrated, he gave up on asking any further questions.

Having finally broken through the city walls that stretch for hundreds of millions of kilometers, the bustling city immediately came into view.

Xia Fa was surprised to find that the already bustling streets were now hundreds or thousands of times more crowded than before!

Moreover, in the previous city where gold pounds converged, one could only see beings at the demigod level at the very least, such as angels, rulers, extraordinary monarchs, followers, outer gods, and so on. But now, Xia Fa has even seen many whale-level and elephant-level extraordinary beings.

No, not only that, there are even insect-level and fungus-level superhumans, and even ordinary people!

However, only a few of these ordinary people are human; most are easily recognizable as demi-humans with very distinct features, such as giants who stand out from the crowd, Homo sapiens with exceptionally large heads, and werewolves covered in hair.

Xia Fa seemed to be deep in thought, and when he looked up at the sky, he was slightly taken aback.

In the city where gold and pounds converge, the once vast and empty sky was now filled with all sorts of doors.

There are common red lacquered wooden doors, as well as rainbow doors, steel doors, straw doors, abyss doors... and so on.

Countless demi-humans and even strange and extraordinary beings were either pushing open doors to fly out into the street or pulling open doors to go back inside.

Moreover, for those who cannot fly, there are thoughtful small ritual teleportation arrays nearby. Just step on them and you will immediately be transported to the street.

"This……"

Xia Fa suddenly remembered what the Paradox Clown had said: that he had transferred all the extraordinary beings in the universe to the City of Gold Pounds.

He had been thinking that the number of extraordinary beings in the entire universe—especially those in the real world and the Protoss realm combined—would be so vast that even the largest city of gold could not house them all.

Now he finally understood that countless small worlds and civilization clusters of strange realms inhabited by humanoid supernatural beings had been directly opened up or transferred from the city where gold pounds converged.

For example, the entrance to the famous "Nekopara Manor" is now in the air not far away. It is a snow-white archway decorated with pink bows, and the door is covered with pink paw prints made by the catgirls' tiny paw pads.

Just then, a tall, maid-dressed catgirl opened the portal to the Catgirl Manor, letting a group of kitten girls in. The kitten girls were all beaming with joy, running with their arms outstretched, their silvery laughter echoing from the portal, looking completely carefree.

Xia Fa withdrew his gaze and searched carefully, but he did not see any doll-like girl on the street, nor was there a corresponding teleportation portal in the air.

Although there are many teleportation portals in the sky, looking from here to there—even at the end of the field of vision—there are countless teleportation portals, numbering in the billions. However, now that he possesses the strength of the First Heavenly Venerable, he can perceive them all at a glance.

Indeed, there is no portal to the Endless Realm.

"Don't be fooled by how big this project is. It's just a matter of a single thought from the [Silver Universe]. If we can really withstand the cleanup brought by the awakening of tens of thousands of Golden Cleaners a year from now, the [Silver Universe] can transfer all the extraordinary beings back with a single thought."

[The Paradox Joker] explains with a smile, as patiently as a true elder.

From the moment He established contact with Shaphat through the sacrificial ritual, He has always been patient, answering Shaphat's various questions, providing various kinds of popular science, and even sharing secrets.

"By the way, ordinary people among humans who have no connection with any supernatural power will not be transferred here, because even if the tens of thousands of Golden Cleaners carry out the cleanup a year later, they will not affect ordinary people at all. In fact, they will be extra careful to avoid harming any ordinary people."

[The Paradox Joker] suddenly remembered something and continued:

"After all, in the eyes of the Golden Cleaners, what needs to be eliminated are only extraordinary beings. Ordinary people not only have nothing to do with extraordinary power, but are also the foundation of the entire universe, so they will not act rashly."

Xia Fa suddenly remembered the two Bronze Cleaners he encountered when he first became a god, who wanted to destroy the Spice Galaxy, so he directly recounted that experience.

Of course, he deliberately omitted mentioning the matter of using god-level mutations.

After listening, the Paradox Joker shook his head:

"The Spice Galaxy... is a galaxy composed of life-bearing planets born under the influence of extraordinary power. The humans on each of these life-bearing planets possess some extraordinary talents, but they are very subtle and cannot be noticed without special observation."

He paused, then gave an example:

"For example, the Scallion Star that you are most interested in, everyone on it is born with the extraordinary talent to improve the survival rate and harvest rate when planting various kinds of scallions. Moreover, they have a natural tolerance for eating scallions, which is also a kind of extraordinary talent. Otherwise, think about it, how could a normal person eat all kinds of scallions every day of the year and treat scallions as a staple food, without even eating meat?"

After being reminded by the Paradox Clown, Xia Fa suddenly remembered the situation he saw on the Big Onion Star, where everyone liked to eat onions, and the fields everywhere were planted with onions.

At the time, he thought it was the result of generations of humans on the leek planet evolving over the past 30,000 years. But now he thought about it again and realized that it was impossible for humans to evolve to the point where they could grow up healthy by eating only scallions and not meat in 30,000 years.

So it really is a matter of extraordinary talent.

"etc……!"

But because of this, Xia Fa suddenly realized something, and his whole body was filled with dread.

You know, he had met almost every single resident of Onion Star with his own eyes, and they were all incredibly kind and honest people. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were all good-natured folks.

But in this situation, just because they have been tainted with a little bit of supernatural power and possess some insignificant or even unusable supernatural talents, they are also to be eliminated by the Cleaners?

Just like the actions of those two bronze cleaners?

How is this any different from purging ordinary people?

The Paradox Joker seemed to sense the turmoil in his mind, and couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and sigh:

"Alas, the reason why we, the nine righteous gods, have fought until now without surrendering is not only for ourselves, but also for these innocent ordinary people who have some connection with supernatural powers."

He gazed at the street, watching the diverse crowd of pedestrians coming and going. A rare tenderness flickered in his eyes beneath the imposing clown mask, as if he were recalling something from the past:

"After all, all nine of us are believers, and we know just how kind people can be. We absolutely don't want to see them suffer even the slightest unnecessary harm..."

Xia Fa couldn't help but clench his fist slightly. Fortunately, unlike before, he could now clearly see a path that might solve the problem of those more than 10,000 Golden Cleaners a year from now.

That is, after becoming an Outer God, one can accumulate extraordinary talents and even god-level mutations without limit!