Gu Qing Shan accompanied Boss during his cultivation for a bit.

The two of them used their respective Law powers and sparred for half an hour.

"I think I've gotten more accustomed to controlling the power of Death"

Gu Qing Shan spat out some blood and said.

-------he loved the black flame armor so much that he didn't even want to wear it during the sparring session and ended up getting hit once.

Boss wiped the sweat from his forehead and appeared reminiscent: "This type of training is truly nostalgic"

Seeing him blanking out, Gu Qing Shan silently sent his voice: "Alright, I think you can pretend like you're breaking through now"

Boss regained his senses and nervously sent his voice in return: "Wouldn't that appear too abrupt?"

"It won't, we've been fighting for so long, we have that as a setting" Gu Qing Shan sent his voice again.

Boss was still hesitating.

After a while, he shook his head and sent his voice: "This won't do, I still think breaking through so quickly would make it seems a bit deliberate"

"Then, should we spar again?" Gu Qing Shan helplessly asked.

"How about this, use a relatively dangerous attack on me, I'll achieve a breakthrough on the verge of life and death------- wouldn't that seem a lot more natural?" Boss asked.

"Ah, that's a good idea, but there's some danger involved" Gu Qing Shan commented.

"It'll be fine, we just need to control ourselves properly" Boss said.

"Then let's begin" Gu Qing Shan carefully said.

He silently held his breath and readjusted his state.

----------to make someone appear as if they broke through on the verge of life and death, I have to ensure that my attack is neither too late nor too early.

Too early will only cause Boss to be heavily injured, too late will make it look fake.

It's a real test of skill.

Layers upon layers of black flames manifested from the void of space and descended behind Gu Qing Shan to form a mass of profound darkness.

-------Gu Qing Shan had gotten completely serious!

"I'm coming"

"Bring it!"

The two of them prepared to clash.

Right at this moment, Reneedol came in and saw the two of them.

"Are you training?" she asked.

Boss rescinded his presence, turned to her, and gently smiled: "That's right, we're trying to grow stronger as much as possible"

Reneedol nodded: "The current situation isn't a very good one. Shroud, since you're our leader, you can't be lazy and need to become strong as fast as you can"

Boss paused briefly.

All of a sudden, a layer of blinding white light rose around his body.

"AAAAAAAH!"

He shouted: "I'm about to break through!"

"Huh, so quickly?" Reneedol was startled.

"Of course, I am the Greatest----- man below the stars, Reneedol!" Boss pointed to his chest with his thumb.

His presence was visibly growing stronger.

He really is breaking through!

Reneedol watched him in shock.

"Your… talents are truly exceptional…" she praised

"Hahaha, naturally"

Boss shifted into a stylish pose to begin gathering the power of Radiance.

In reality, this pose didn't benefit gathering the power of Law.

But it was stylish.

Reneedol smiled and said: "How about I spar with you for a little?"

"Alright" Boss replied.

Gu Qing Shan looked at Boss, then at Reneedol without changing his expression.

-----during the breeding season, male peacocks would display their beautiful tail feathers to attract female peacocks towards them.

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded, then turned and left.

"Rhode, where are you going?"

Boss hurriedly asked.

"---------I just want some time alone" Gu Qing Shan replied without turning around.

He silently sent his voice: "I want to head outside for a little bit, tell them not to look for me"

"Ah, ok" Boss replied.

Outside of the training room.

Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight to observe their surroundings while calculating time again.

------it should be about twilight right now; everyone currently had their hands busy dealing with various important matters.

The elves had lost their slaves, so they were now in the middle of a discussion.

The giants were attempting to plant some fruit trees on the Isle.

Scarlet was focused on studying Star Force.

Little Dusk was establishing a perimeter near the riverbanks for both prevention and defense.

The couple was sparring with one another in the training room.

Gu Qing Shan could clearly sense the feeling of being observed being eased considerably during this peaceful nighttime.

If that's the case…

He made a turn and headed towards the secret room of the Protection Deity.

--------some things are better done sooner rather than later.

A few minutes later.

Gu Qing Shan closed the door to the secret room, arranged several alarm and defensive formations around the room, then took out something from his Inventory Bag.

A colorful rooster statue.

This secret room was relatively safe and was suitable for asking for information.

He pulled on the rooster's comb.

The rooster immediately came to life.

"Ah, it's you, youngster, what's the matter?"

The colorful rooster yawned and sleepily asked.

"How did the era preceding the Age of Myriad Deities fall to its end?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

The colorful rooster instantly sobered up.

It glared at Gu Qing Shan: "This chicken had only just woken up and you're already asking this deep question?"

Gu Qing Shan shrugged and helplessly replied: "There's not a lot of time, I need to find the truth as soon as I can"

"Alright, I won't make it difficult------ the rules are as always"

The colorful rooster made a heart shape with its wings.

Gu Qing Shan put his hand on the rooster and transferred a certain amount of Soul Points.

"Ah, how refreshing!"

The colorful rooster shivered a bit.

After receiving its Soul Points, the chicken was in high spirits.

"If you're asking so sincerely, I shall gracefully bestow the answer" the colorful rooster said with a proud expression.

"Please go head" Gu Qing Shan replied.

"Listen, youngster, I don't know that either" the colorful rooster said with a solemn expression.

Gu Qing Shan: "…"

I already know Boss isn't reliable, but you as well, chicken?

Gu Qing Shan took out a pot and a cleaver, muttering to himself: "It's been a while since I last ate chicken…"

The colorful frightfully jumped back and hurriedly said: "No need for violence! I can tell you something else that's very crucial as well!"

"What's that?"

Gu Qing Shan held up the cleaver and gently asked.

The rooster explained: "The more powerful the technique, the greater the energy would be required to uphold them through the ravages of time. Inversely, things that are made from the simplest foundations can easily sustain through the ages with very little upkeep to maintain their clarity"

Gu Qing Shan pondered briefly before agreeing with this blanket statement.

"What are you trying to say?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

"There are many places in the Pantheon that no one had been able to enter for many years, so the statues or murals inside them should be intact, I suggest you take a good look at these elegant decorative items" the rooster said.

"You mean------" Gu Qing Shan hesitantly said.

"Although the Deities might have exaggerated them a bit, everything that occurred had indeed been recorded on their statues and murals"

"The many shocking secrets from before the Age of Immemorial are waiting for you to witness with your own eyes"

After telling him that, the rooster nodded to Gu Qing Shan and turned back into a statue.

Gu Qing Shan stood still for a few seconds before putting the pot and cleaver away.

-------the murals, huh?

His gaze was focused on the wall.

The Protection Deity was fighting against an unknown entity in a bloody battle.

Perhaps I would be able to see the true identity of this entity in the underwater palaces?

Gu Qing Shan slowly stood up.

"Gongzi, should I turn into you and remain here?" Shannu asked.

"No, you're coming with me" Gu Qing Shan cautiously said.

He turned into an orange cat, then used [Ghostly Shadow of Night] to borrow [Spotless Jade] from Adorable.

Everything had been prepared.

The orange cat put one paw forward and formed a hand seal.

The door to the secret room opened slightly.

The orange cat's figure flashed and disappeared through the gap.

The door closed again without making a sound.

Completely undetected.

The orange cat climbed on top of a tree and carefully examined himself.

-----the faint sensation of being observed had disappeared completely.

A black thread was wrapped around his front left paw, guiding him towards a certain direction.

The orange cat narrowed his eyes and looked towards the nighttime riverbank.

A few moments later.

The orange cat began to run.

He quickly reached the riverbank, then followed the direction of the Thread of Fate and found a loose bit of dirt inside a random bush.

The orange cat lightly dug the dirt away to reveal a small hole the size of half a person.

Some of the water silently poured out, but quickly returned to normal.

The orange cat looked at this pothole that was already filled with water and silently pondered.

--------I have no idea what this pothole was used for in the past, but right now, it would be able to avoid the water currents and apocalyptic junk to lead deeper underground.

It was a passage connecting this divine palace to another structure.

The orange cat silently dived into the water and continued downwards.

It was completely dark around him, not a single thing could be seen.

The orange cat used all four limbs to continuously swim downward while using his inner sight to observe everything inside this passage.

There was nothing in here.

Even after diving very deeply, he still couldn't see any living creatures or hear any sounds.

After diving for half an hour, the orange cat still hadn't reached the bottom.

He was also surprised about this.

What exactly was the Protection Deity planning when she made such a deep tunnel on her own island?

The orange cat contemplated briefly before making his decision.

He began to use [Shadow Shift] to rapidly travel along this waterlogged underground tunnel.

After diving down like this for another minute, something finally changed ahead of him.

The orange cat found himself exiting from a jet-black ceiling.

Other than this ceiling, there was nothing but the color of the dark blue water around him.

The orange cat turned his body around to look up at the black ceiling.

The ceiling itself was extremely big and wide with numerous holes drilled into it that looked exactly the same with no differences whatsoever.

Even now, the orange cat didn't understand what he was seeing.

He made a small mark at the opening he came in through with his claws before diving downwards again.

And then he saw------

Countless corpses lay on top of one another at the bottom of the water, forming a sea of corpses.

In the range of his vision, there was no end to the sea of corpses.

Every corpse appeared to be devoutly praying, even after death, their expression remained faithful.

All the corpses were clad in armor and wielding a weapon in their hands as if preparing to fight against something.

An enormous stone pillar reached out from below the sea of corpses that was connected to the black ceiling above.

An entity who wielded a long-handled scythe was depicted on the pillar. He was wearing a black mantle, hiding his face below his hood while commanding countless skeletons to fight against an unknown monster.

Unfortunately, the only thing that remained of this monster was a faint shape carved out of stone, its true form had already been destroyed.

-------completely indiscernible.

The orange cat paused briefly, still carrying a puzzled expression.

This place seemed to be the divine palace of the Death God.

But it was also very different from the other divine palaces that he had seen.

The orange cat began swimming towards the enormous stone pillar.