After stime, they finally caught better sight of the palace. From the looks of it, that place was inhabited.
While Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone carefully surveyed the place, a large, strong-looking man garbed in animal skin suddenly
appeared at the gates of the palace.
He looked at the three strangers with suspicion.
As he narrowed his eyes at them, the brawny man asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Several figures suddenly crushing out from different sides of the palace.
"What's going on here?"
In the blink of an eye, more than ten creatures showed up and surrounded Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone.
It turned out that they were all divine gods.
"Well..." As the creatures closed in on them, the three cultivators took a step back and looked at each other, dumbfounded.
They glanced at each of the divine gods in front of them and tried to size them up. In a hushed voice, they muttered, "What now?"
‘This is the Fallen Divine Valley.
As far as | know, this is one of the most dangerous places in the Sea of Chaos.
If that's the case, how could creatures be living here? Their auras make it obvious that they're incredibly powerful. They're likely to
be preliminary-grade and medium-grade divine gods, so what are they doing here?"
All three of them thought the sthing in their minds.
Finally, Ingram communicated with Austin and Tyrone through his spiritual sense.
"We have to deal with them with great caution, so we have to pay attention to whatever they're doing. These people seem to be
very powerful. We'd better be careful not to provoke them."
"You're right. We have to be on guard."
Austin and Tyrone both agreed.
After discussing, Ingram slowly walked up to the creatures before them.
He bowed his head and cupped his hands in front of him as a show of respect.
"Good sirs, we don't mean you any harm. We chere by accident."
As Ingram spoke, Austin and Tyrone followed him and stood beside him.
A dozen divine gods looked at the three of them warily.
Finally, a middle-aged man responded, "I see. You must have just passed the test and went straight here.
However, this palace is already crammed with people. There's no place for you here.
You may now leave and find another place to live in."
He then motioned the three strangers to vacate the premises.
Hearing this, Ingram was stunned. "Wait! Find a place to live?
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Sir, you must have misunderstood.
We have no plans of settling down here. We have to keep moving."
Ingram tried to sound as polite as he could.
"Hmm. Keep moving? You can't be serious.
Lettell you something. | went through that test one million years ago. That damn Yaksha didn't make it easy, but | passed that
test and chere.
At that time, | was also ambitious and prepared to keep moving so | could explore the Fallen Divine Valley—Ilike you three are doing
now.
However, there would always be consequences for your actions. | chere, and yet | have been trapped in this damn place for
more than a million years!"
the strong-looking man in beast hide sneered.
He was the first to spot Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone lurking by the gate.
‘What? No way!"
Austin screamed in his mind. In his shock, his eyes looked wide open.
'He'd been trapped here a million years? Is this guy serious? He's kidding, right?’
The brawny man looked impatient. "All right, all right. You'd better leave now.
You're disturbing our cultivation," he said as he gestured at the three strangers to leave.
Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone stood there, perplexed. They had a million questions to ask. However, just when they were about to
open their mouths, the look on the strong-looking man's face had suddenly changed into a more fearsexpression. They
decided to back off and give it up, so they cupped their hands and bowed their heads, and hurriedly turned their backs away from
the divine gods.
Before they could even leave, they heard a loud voice cfrom behind them. "Wait. Cback here," a short and thin divine
god called for the three. He then turned to the brawny man.
"Magee, | know you're a good man. But rules are rules. No one can just chere and break them."
When the thin man shifted his gaze towards Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone, he added, "You three are new here, so you have to follow
the rules. There's no exception."
His face suddenly looked grim. "The rule is simple. Newcomers should surrender every magic treasure and cultivation resources
they have in their possession.
And since you decided to chere,"
he said, gradually leering, "you have to hand them over to us."
Every word he uttered sounded so malicious while he talked to the three strangers in front of him.
The moment he finished his sentence, he released a terrifying aura and directed it at Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone, as though he was
threatening them to cave in.
He was thin and short, but his aura was so powerful that they easily recognized that he was a medium-grade divine god. They had
to step back.
"S-sir, what are you doing?" all three of them asked in shock.
His face looked serious and menacing.
"Cut the crap! Listen to me. That's the rule. Consider yourselves lucky that it was us who found you here.
If you had run into others—
Ha! They would not only take your things but also your lives." The thin man shook his head with a sinister smile.
"Bill, that's enough. From the looks of it, these guys aren't bad people. Just let them go," the brawny man Magee said with a frown.
He had been watching them feel threatened by what they were being told.
Hearing this, the thin man called Bill burst into laughter.
"Let them go? Magee, | am out of cultivation resources. These guys chere, so I'm pretty sure they have plenty of resources |
can use. | need to do something, or else | won't make any progress on my cultivation.
If that happens, I'm going to be trapped in this damn place for the rest of my life.
Life is cruel, | tell you. You gotta do what you gotta do.
So, Magee, please don't be so benevolent.
You have to letdo this," Bill defended himself.
Upon hearing his reason, Magee fell silent. He realized that Bill was right. Reality truly was cruel and they didn't seem to have any
other options.
Since Magee did not say anything more, Bill took further action.
He conjured a big, black flag in his hand that had a strong, evil aura. Bill waved the flag and it grew bigger and bigger until it
covered the mountains.
"Humph! Since you're refusing to follow our rules, you will die," Bill declared with a cruel sneer as he released the flag.
It then cstraight at Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone.
"Now!
But remember, don't use the chaotic magic treasures unless your lives are at stake. Otherwise, they will take them away from you.
Understood?" Ingram instructed Austin and Tyrone through his spiritual sense.
A cyan spear suddenly appeared in Ingram's hand. It turned into a dragon and danced like lightning as it headed to pounce on Bill.
As the dragon cfor Bill, Tyrone made his move. He clapped his hands, and thirty-six sabers materialized around him. The
sabers emitted dazzling lights as they stormed towards Bill.
Meanwhile, Austin had also drawn out his sword and waved it towards Bill, so its overwhelming sword radiance charged on him.
Boom!
A loud noise shook the ground along with the mountains.
Boom! Crash! Bang!
Austin, Ingram, and Tyrone were all thrown backward at the stime.
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They knew he was powerful, but they sincerely hoped that if they attacked him together, they might stand a chance. However, Bill
was a medium-grade divine god, so he had the upper ground from the start. It would be difficult for them to win even if they
worked together.
Every cultivator knew it for a fact that it would be quite onerous to defeat an opponent whose cultivation base was higher than
theirs.
"Humph!"
Bill snorted coldly as he felt his arms turn numb and weak.
He didn't expect that they could even withstand his attack. In his eyes, they weren't a match for him since he was only facing two
preliminary-grade divine gods and one who was a master at the Divine Realm. They weren't supposed to be strong enough to
inflict damage on him.
"Ha-ha!" Bill clapped his hands. "What do we have here? Looks like you have something up your sleeve, huh?
No wonder you could pass that test and dared to chere.
Even so, you're doomed.
Say your goodbyes because I'm sending you to hell!"
Bill spoke with a malicious sneer. He was so furious that he decided to kill the three cultivators in front of him.
"Bill, wait!"
All of a sudden, a tall man who looked ferocious surfaced from the crowd and stared at Tyrone. Although the man was emotionless,
he was oozing with majesty.
He walked towards Tyrone and asked him like a gentleman, "Excuse me, are you from the three thousand big and small universes?"
Tyrone replied, "Yes, | am."
He gazed at the man and tried to make sense of what was happening. He had a feeling he had seen the tall man somewhere
before.
The tall man couldn't stop staring at Tyrone. He asked, "Are you Tyrone Ji, a member of the Heavenly Court?"
Tyrone was stunned and confused, yet eager to find out who the tall man was.
"Yes, you're right! That's me.
May | ask for your name, sir?" Tyrone asked nicely. He looked so animated.
He was slightly trembling with excitement.
"lI am also a member of the Heavenly Court.
My nis Otis Wen," he replied slowly.
Upon hearing his name, Tyrone rushed forward and got down on one knee in front of the man without any hesitation.
"I knew it! You really are Mr. Otis.
I'm honored that you recognized me. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir!" Tyrone was filled with enthusiasm.
He then turned to Austin and Ingram and said, almost yelling, "He's from the Heavenly Court!"
Both Austin and Ingram looked surprised and pleased.