Zendaya was also overwrought. “Has the old geezer regained his sanity?”Pigsy’s limbs even gave out, and its gaze was erratic as if it was going to run away again.The few people turned back to look and found that the voice seemingly came from the direction of the sacred golden mountain.Alex made an immediate decision. “Enter Dairaionji Temple!”However, as soon as he said that, they heard another earth-shattering voice that sounded like rolling thunder. “Old geezer, what do you think this place is? Is this a place where you can throw a fit? Kneel or die!”The crowd immediately froze.“It looks like he hasn’t discovered you yet?” Ynes, the former Holy Maiden who was expelled from Yorkshire Palace due to rebellion, said to Alex. Then, she discontentedly rolled her eyes. “What kind of big shot did you provoke out there again? You stir up trouble all the time.”Alex waved his hand. “Don’t worry. It's fine. He’s just an Immortal Monarch!”Ynes was about to stomp her foot in rage.
“So, you’re a mistress?”Pigsy blurted without knowing where it heard the term from.Zendaya was initially indignant, so she had said that to vent her frustration. As a result, Pigsy’s words were tantamount to cursing. Anyhow, she was the Goddess of Nature in her previous life, priceless beyond words. Not to mention Zendaya, Channing was the first person to disagree with it.He lifted his leg and kicked Pigsy hard in the stomach.“F*ck!”Pigsy screamed. Its cultivation level was higher than Channing. Seeing that Pigsy was about to slaughter Channing, Zendaya swung the Sacred Crown Tree of the Moon. Countless vines burrowed out of the ground and wrapped around Pigsy firmly. Those barbed thorns pierced it to the point that it squealed in pain.Zendaya’s gaze turned cold. “I’ll roast you if you do it again next time.”She punished it as a warning to others.Then, she put away the thorny canes and followed suit in stepping into the portal.Soon, the remaining few people entered th
Alex froze, instantly sensing the oddities around him.There seemed to be a mysterious force within this land, sucking the life out of him at rapid speed.He could obviously feel his energy depleting by the second. After that, this sensation arose within every single person here—“God, this place is weird. I can feel my life depleting... it’s being sucked away.”“I feel it too. I feel like I’m getting older.”“What is this? Why would something like this happen? Quick, quick, let’s leave this creepy place.”Everyone was panicking at this point, running as fast as they could away from this place. They used every way they could think of, hoping to defend themselves from this mysterious force. However, in mere moments, everyone was met with disappointment. No matter how much they fought, they couldn’t seem to fight back. They were even unable to slow down their aging.Channing lost his cool, clearly freaking out. Since he was the oldest within the group, he didn’t have much life f
However, this seemed to be a horizonless place.After quite a bit of running, probably twice around the entire Earth, they still couldn’t find the edge.“Your highness, sir. I don’t think I can go any longer!”“I’ll have to go first!” Channing said in a weak voice.Focused on their surroundings just a while ago, the group couldn’t watch the old man. However, they were shocked to see his current state when turning to him. His life force was nearly drained completely. He looked extremely scrawny, as well as if he’d been dug out from a coffin. His eyes were lifeless, and his journey seemed to be coming to an end.“Henderson!” Zendaya was quite sad. “I have failed you.”“Your highness, I… I’m happy enough just to have been able… to see you again!”Those were Channing’s last words. Smiling faintly, he breathed his last.“Arghhhh!!!”“What is this horrible place?! I don’t want to die like this. I simply can’t!” Shirley yelled, completely losing faith after seeing Channing pass awa
Channing, who had just died on Pigsy’s back, stood back up on his feet, visibly shaking. Although his clothes were still on, under them was nothing but a skeleton.Despite this, his soul was still attached to his body. Now, his skeleton was starting to fade, to the point it was now translucent.“Henderson! Channing! What happened?” Zendaya yelled.“Your highness, I… I feel like...”“It feels like… I’m going to another realm…”His voice was becoming softer as if he was slowly getting further and further away from them. His bones were turning more transparent by the second. It didn't matter if he used the divine eye or the saintly eye. Alex still couldn’t see him.His clothes then fell to the ground; the bones were nowhere to be found.“What is this?”“Where did he go?”Alex and Zendaya were horrified, but it seemed a tiny sliver of hope remained in their hearts.Pigsy, who had just fainted, was at its limits as well. Howling with despair, it was dead. Moreover, it had to s
‘How can I see, then?’His surroundings had changed completely too. It used to be a dreary, endless pitch blackness, yet it was now filled with greenery, ancient trees that were so tall that their leaves covered the skies. The whole place brimmed with life.“Alex!”A voice came from behind him. It sounded familiar yet foreign at the same time. Alex turned his head around, his neck crackling from the sudden movement. The sight of a green skeleton running towards him made him jump.“Holy sh*t! What the hell is this?” Alex wanted to run, but he was rather slow. He used to move around with a fleshy body, so running required muscles. Without them, his bones wouldn’t move like he wanted them to.In just a few moments, someone charged at him, and he fell to the ground.It was the green skeleton, who had lunged towards him and pinned him to the ground, sitting right on top of him… ‘Oh sh*t, from its voice, this skeleton is definitely a woman. Is she going to assault me here?’‘But
Alex could clearly remember how his life was drained out of his body, how everything was coming to an end. After that, he just... died.After that, he lost consciousness for a split second. ‘But that amount of time should’ve been quite short, right?’‘Short...’‘Could that split second indicate two years had already passed?’‘Wouldn’t this mean that... my father William, who’s currently in the Cleansing Vase... was I too late to save him?’‘Has the Soul Planting succeeded? So did he become a completely different person?’He immediately looked for the Cleansing Vase.“Where’s the Cleansing Vase? Where is it?”“Where did it go?”Unable to find it, Alex instantly panicked.“Don’t worry. It’s not as bad as you think,” Mystic Maiden spoke up.As if able to sense what Alex was thinking, she continued, “The Cleansing Vase and every spiritual storage you brought with you has now been placed in your mind palace! Besides, time doesn’t exactly work the same here. One day outside coul
Mystic Maiden carried Alex into a small cave. The first thing he saw was the skeleton of a pig, curled up in the corner and not moving an inch.‘Ah, that’s probably Pigsy.’Pigsy crawled to its feet, huffing as it watched Alex getting thrown to the ground. “I knew life is never fair. Good people seem to always die early, and the bad continue living a perfectly good life. A scammer like you couldn’t possibly just die like that.”Alex laid on the ground, his position unpleasant to the eye. More importantly, he couldn’t stand back up.He decided to not move and said, “You damn pig, do you not know who I am? It’s been two whole years, for god’s sake. Of course, you can’t compete with me.”Pigsy could tell that something was wrong with him and understood what was happening at the time. It approached Alex with sly intentions, stomping on his skull.“Hahaha! And you still dare to lie like that?!”“If you can, fight back!”“Stand up and punch me!”“If you can’t, then all you can do is