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Commander Moli Xiao instructed, “The information about God-Monarch Luohe guarding this location must be kept strictly confidential by the three of you.”

“Yes, sir,” General Jin Xiao and the two Huguan Guard commanders respectfully replied. They were stationed here because they were highly trusted.

“Brother Luohe, I’ve already arranged your accommodation here at the legion camp.” Commander Moli Xiao led the way, exiting the building and heading to an elegant cave-dwelling not far away.

After all, a Huguan Legion comprises over twenty million True Gods, so the legion camp is naturally enormous.

Ordinary soldiers only knew this was a legion camp, and were unaware of its true significance.

“Not bad,” Luo Feng remarked, looking at the cave-dwelling before him. Within a military camp spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers, arranging such a cave-dwelling was already quite rare. The living conditions for the soldiers were far worse, and they typically stood guard within the legion’s mechanical secret treasures.

“Brother Luohe, if you need anything, just say the word,” Moli Xiao said. “But you must not leave the camp, as the forces of Shikoku might attack at any time.”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely keep my promise,” Luo Feng nodded.

“Then we’ll take our leave.”

Moli Xiao said with a smile, then departed with Moli Meng.

Luo Feng looked at the cave-dwelling, which was only about ten thousand kilometers in length and width. It wasn’t large, but it was quite exquisite. “From today, the three of us will live here,” he said.

“Yes, Master,” Molosa and Moyu Qingyan replied.

Five days later, Moli Meng delivered the Black Swamp Poison.

Moli Meng handed a pot of Black Swamp Poison to Luo Feng and stated solemnly, “God-Monarch Luohe, this Black Swamp Poison is a potent toxin produced by a Chaos-level exotic beast. If you consume it yourself, you must be extremely cautious. Start with a maximum of one drop per dose. Consuming too much could very likely be fatal.”

Currently, the City Lord’s Mansion was employing God-Monarch Luohe. If God-Monarch Luohe were to poison himself to death by consuming the Black Swamp Poison, it would become a joke.

“Don’t worry,” Luo Feng said. Having inherited two lineages, he was well aware of how to use the Black Swamp Poison. According to his estimation, the soul nurtured by his perfect divine body was already powerful, and his spiritual will far surpassed that of an ordinary Eternal True God. He doubted he would feel much even if he took only a small amount of the Black Swamp Poison.

From then on, Luo Feng resided in seclusion within the Jin Xiao Legion camp.

The Jin Xiao Legion and the two Huguan Guard units continued their normal rotations. Ordinary members had no idea of the location’s importance. Only those at the level of the legion’s generals and vice-generals, or the Huguan Guard commanders and vice-commanders, were privy to the secret.

Hoo. Gao Wu Shui piloted his flying vessel back to his family’s cave-dwelling. When he rested, a vice-commander naturally stood guard.

“Patriarch.”
“Patriarch.”

Inside the Gao Wu family’s cave-dwelling, numerous family members saw Gao Wu Shui and greeted him with extreme reverence.

Gao Wu Shui was currently the only Eternal True God in the family! Moreover, he was ruthless, having virtually wiped out the previous high-ranking family members. His deterrent power within the family was thus considerable.

Within the entire clan, who didn’t fear him?

Gao Wu Shui, with a cold expression, went to an underground prison within the clan. The guards of the underground prison were exceptionally respectful.

“Step out for a moment,” Gao Wu Shui ordered. The guards withdrew.

Inside the prison, the man bound by chains laughed heartily. “Commander Gao Wu, you’ve actually deigned to visit me? You killed the Patriarch, and numerous clan elders. Why didn’t you kill me too? Could it be that you still care about some so-called father-son affection?”

“I’ve kept you imprisoned all this time, yet you still haven’t understood, which truly disappoints me,” Gao Wu Shui said coldly.

“What are you disappointed about? Do you want me, your father, to kneel and beg you?” The man’s face contorted fiercely. “You exist because of the family! You traitor who betrayed the family!”

“You have one hundred and nine children,” Gao Wu Shui said calmly. “And I am merely the offspring left behind after a moment of passion between you and a maidservant. I never saw you once after I was born. Later, I left the family to venture out on my own, and then joined the Huguan Legion. It was my master who valued me and took me as his disciple! It was only after my master took me as his disciple… that you, my so-called father, saw me for the first time.”

“That was the first time you and I met,” Gao Wu Shui sneered. “Only then did you learn of the grievances I suffered within the clan, and that my mother, the maidservant, had died silently within the clan. Only after I became a disciple of Commander Moli Xiao did you feel remorse and realize your failings towards my mother. Where were you when I was young? Where were you when my mother died? Do you even deserve to speak of father-son affection?”

“I am still your father after all!” The man’s face contorted fiercely. “Without me, you wouldn’t exist!”

“Throughout my growth, it was my master who poured his heart and soul into cultivating me. What you contributed… was merely a moment of passion,” Gao Wu Shui said. “Only when I became an Eternal True God did the family know to curry favor with me.”

“When you became an Eternal True God, the family treated you well, didn’t they?” the man angrily retorted. “The Patriarch treated you with considerable respect during your meetings, didn’t he? But what did you do?”

“Respect me?” Gao Wu Shui shook his head. “At first, he put on a show, but at that banquet, he actually asked me to be an inside agent for Shikoku! I never imagined this Patriarch, an ordinary Eternal True God… would collude with Shikoku.”

“That’s slander!” the man retorted.

“At this point, I wouldn’t bother with slander,” Gao Wu Shui said. “If I were to be an inside agent and exposed, I would die without a burial place. Moreover, I would rather die than betray my master.”

“Since they wanted me to be an inside agent and didn’t care about my life or death, then all those who colluded with Shikoku deserve to die!” Gao Wu Shui said. “As for you, Gao Wu Quyyi, you are alive for two reasons: firstly, you were unaware of their plans, and secondly, because you are my father, you are permitted to cling to life.”

“If you don’t obediently admit your mistakes, you’ll stay in this prison forever,” Gao Wu Shui sneered.

“No matter which side the family chose to align with, you should not have betrayed it,” Gao Wu Quyyi said.

“Betray the family?”

Gao Wu Shui sneered, “Now, I am the Patriarch, the family’s only Eternal True God! If I live, the family can endure. If I die, the family will immediately crumble and be plundered by various forces. You, who constantly speak of loyalty to the family, should therefore be loyal to me.”

“I am your father!” Gao Wu Quyyi could not tolerate his son’s attitude.

“In this world, my mother bore and raised me, and my master painstakingly cultivated me. As for you, what do you count for?” Gao Wu Shui turned and walked away.

Inside Huguan City, in a hidden underground hall of an ordinary cave-dwelling.

Blood Cloud, Yutian Xu, and Yutian Yi gathered here.

“Regarding the three forbidden zones, we’ve exhausted every means to gather information,” Blood Cloud said. “However, the City Lord’s Mansion has a tight information blockade. Those guarding the three forbidden zones are their core members, making them difficult to bribe.”

“Gao Wu Wei from the Gao Wu family was easy to bribe, but he was too incompetent. Not only did he fail to persuade Gao Wu Shui, he even lost his own life,” Yutian Xu shook his head.

“A dead waste is a dead waste,” Yutian Yi said. “God-Monarch Blood Cloud, we’ve been gathering information for so long; when will we take action?”

“We’ve prepared for so long, it’s time to act,” Blood Cloud said.

Yutian Xu and Yutian Yi’s eyes lit up.

“How will we proceed?” Yutian Xu pressed.

“Our target is the three forbidden zones,” Blood Cloud said. “On the surface, the City Lord’s Mansion only has Moli Xiao, but they might have hidden forces. However, with the three of us united, we have no fear of the City Lord’s Mansion. As long as we can break into one forbidden zone and destroy it, the operational power of the entire Huguan City grand array will sharply decline.”

The Huguan City grand array had many critical nodes. Damage to ordinary nodes had little impact on the array.

However, the three forbidden zones were its core.

“I will inform you of the detailed action plan on the day of the operation,” Blood Cloud said.

“Good, we’ll follow Brother Blood Cloud’s lead.” Yutian Xu and Yutian Yi were very confident.

Due to awakening a special bloodline, Yutian Xu’s divine body was considered the pinnacle of the bloodline cultivation path for an Eternal True God. Blood Cloud, being well-traveled and knowledgeable, believed Yutian Xu’s divine body was likely no less formidable than an Infinite Divine Body.

Of course, the Infinite Divine Body possessed immense potential, capable of playing a significant role at the Chaos and God-King levels. However, the ‘bloodline cultivation path’ reached its peak upon breaking through to the Chaos Master level, its potential being considerably less.

But this did not hinder Yutian Xu’s current extraordinary strength.

As one of the ‘Five Divine Feathers,’ Yutian Yi was also a powerhouse on par with Moli Xiao.

With three powerhouses uniting, their confidence was naturally high.

Inside the vast Jin Xiao Legion camp, within an elegant cave-dwelling.

Luo Feng held a wine pot. “Gulp, gulp.” After two sips of wine, he immediately felt the toxin permeate his soul, making his spiritual will waver. Luo Feng was also cultivating the “Great Destruction Soul Refinement Art” simultaneously, seeking to wear down his own will repeatedly.

“The Duan Dong River lineage, when training its successive inheritors, had methods to concoct ‘Black Swamp Poison’ and enhance its effects,” Luo Feng thought. Using Black Swamp Poison as a raw material, supplemented with some ingredients, and infused into fruit wine, one could concoct a uniquely flavored fine wine. This would be even more effective for cultivating spiritual will.

“My soul is too strong, and my spiritual will is even more powerful. Relying purely on the poison would consume too much,” Luo Feng thought. “Black Swamp Fruit Wine, combined with the “Great Destruction Soul Refinement Art,” would yield the best results and conserve the Black Swamp Poison.”

For ordinary cultivators, such a practice would be unbearable. However, Luo Feng’s will had endured too much tempering, especially the agony of the Star Tower acknowledging him as its master, which far surpassed what he felt now.

After all, normal tempering methods could not reach the level of pain experienced during the Star Tower’s acknowledgment.

Thus, Luo Feng remained composed. He even found a certain enjoyment in this small amount of pain, considering it a part of his cultivation.

Molosa walked over, somewhat unwilling. “Master, are we going to stay here for an entire epoch? I’m just a servant, quite insignificant, so can I go out for a walk?”

Having often indulged in pleasures within the city previously, Molosa was now finding it hard to endure prolonged stays in the military camp.

“Look at you,” Luo Feng shook his head. “You have no patience at all. Your spiritual will is truly mediocre.”

“This is living in the moment; what does it have to do with spiritual will?” Molosa retorted.

“I, your master, am guarding here, and you, my servant, want to go out and seek pleasure?” Luo Feng looked at him. “Don’t you think you’re being a bit excessive?”

Molosa lowered his head.

“Wait. Either wait for the forces of Shikoku to attack, or wait for a full epoch to pass,” Luo Feng said.

Suddenly—

Without warning, an utterly terrifying cold descended, instantly covering the entire Jin Xiao Legion camp. In the dead of night, the vast camp, spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers, was completely blanketed in frost.

“They came so quickly?” Luo Feng looked up in surprise.

“Finally!” Molosa exclaimed with delight.

Thanks to the newly awarded Alliance Leader: Shang Shan Ruo Shui zk