Super gene

by Stayrr

The future unfolded on a magnificent scale into the Interstellar Age. Humanity finally solved the space warp technology, but when humanity transported themselves into the other end, they discovered that place neither had a past nor future, nor was there any land under the starry skies… The mysterious sanctuary was actually a world filled with countless tyrannical unusual organism

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Chapter 1401: The Wall of Destiny

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On the final side of that construct, there were no diagrams or depictions. Instead, there was only text and a lot of it.

Han Sen believed this might have been the second half of Life Door at first, but he soon realized it wasn't. It was a simple, poignant text that concerned itself with destiny.

They both read what was written there, but it failed to provide any revelations. Nothing transpired, following its reading.

Old Qiu and Xu Yanmeng ended up running over to them, as they had been fretting with worry ever since they departed.

"The text speaks of fate, and a cycle of sorts. Perhaps it is associated with the shelter's geno core, in some way," Mister Li said.

With a lengthy sigh, Han Sen drooped his head in disappointment. Then, they returned to the primary group and continued with their expedition.

Caution and wariness of the fellowship were still at red-alert, following the events near the base of the tower. No one dared to speak, in fear it might provide the moment of distraction necessary for an evil force to swoop down upon them.

They eventually came to a very tall wall in front of them, behind which was a winding maze. This wall was so tall, its top was buried in the clouds someplace, obscuring any estimate of its exact height.

There were three entrances in the wall which they could use. They decided to enter the path that the previous group had gone through successfully, which was the middle way.

Three people had made it back taking this way, after all, even if they were on the brink of death when they did. They believed this would be their best course of action.

Mister Li pulled up a map and led everyone through the entrance.

Not long after, they found a dead body sprawled on the floor. Strangely, despite its haphazard placement, there were no obvious wounds or signs of injury.

"Is this guy from Outer Sky Shelter?" Zhong Sanxiao queried.

"Yes," Xu Yanmeng answered.

"How did he die?" Wang Zhao asked.

They assumed he had suffered a similar fate to their own compatriot near the tower, but they could not find any carvings or text on the walls. This was an even weirder death.

"The three people who made it out informed us that if you accessed the incorrect passage, you would be attacked by a strange force. Yet we have taken the right path. The presence of the body is disturbing, yes, but fret not. We are where we're supposed to be," Mister Li explained to the group.

"Maybe he triggered a trap and was killed. Strange-murder-force or no, we should still watch our step," Xu Yanmeng said.

They followed the map, and it wasn't long before they came to the exit that had correctly been indicated to them on the parchment.

Mister Li was leading them from the front, and just before they reached the end, something suddenly rose up out of the ground.

"What is this? Nobody mentioned anything about a wall prohibiting our passage," Mister Li said, with a frown.

"It looks like there is text on the wall," Old Qiu said.

The wall had two lines of text on it. The first consisted of four words, and it said, "The Wall of Destiny." The other line said, "Destiny reveals the way for the fortunate."

"Only the lucky ones can get by? What is that supposed to mean?" Wang Zhao said, with a frown. He wasn't sure what that meant.

"Perhaps it means something else," Mister Li said.

No one could offer up another explanation, however. And no one wanted to risk dwelling on the meaning behind any amount of text in that shelter. So, they planned to go back and attempt to venture another way.

As they walked, they soon realized they were lost. They were struggling to get back to the way they had come in, and the map offered no sound guidance.

"Mister Li, you have a map. How can you not navigate your way back?" Wang Zhao said.

Xu Yanmeng asked, "What are you trying to say?"

Zhong Sanxiao said, "What do you mean what are you trying to say? Is he speaking in tongues, man? Your precious Mister Li has a map, and yet the dunce has led us astray. Who voted this guy should be our leader, anyway?"

"And you have eyes and half a brain, don't you? The path has changed. We didn't come this way. We might not even be able to follow the map, anymore," Old Qiu said.

"We didn't come this way? We didn't come this way because he obviously can't read a map! The old man is blind and half senile, and thanks to him, we're now lost," Zhong Sanxiao said.

Mister Li finally spoke. He turned his head away from the map and turned around, saying, "There is nothing wrong with the map nor my ability to read it. It's this place; it shuffles and warps to misguide our way. A strange magic is at work here; stay vigilant."

The map was indeed useless now. Nothing marked on it corresponded to the way they were now traversing.

Still, nothing dangerous seemed to occur. They walked for a whole half an hour before Zhong Sanxiao suddenly felt the urge to exclaim, "Motherf*cker! Why are we back here?"

Everyone looked at him, and then saw what he was referring to. There was a wall with text upon it, one that read: "The Wall of Destiny."

"It looks like we have to go past this wall somehow," Mister Li said.

"This place is f*cking cursed! Game over, man! Game over!" Zhong Sanxiao spat on the floor, beginning to lose his composure to the nagging worry that gnawed on the minds of them all.

"Let's take a timeout for a minute. We need to figure things out a bit." Mister Li gestured for everyone to take a load off and relax for a bit.

Everyone sat down then, bringing out a bite to eat.

Han Sen brought out a sacred-blood geno fruit to munch on while he studied the wall.

When he was finished, an announcement played.

"Nine-Sky Fruit consumed; Sacred Geno Point 1."

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Chapter 1402: Life and Death Stakes

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Han Sen brought the fifty fruits he had been given by Yu Xuan inside the shelter with him, bringing them along as food to sustain him.

Just one of those fruits could keep a man's belly feeling full for a number of days, so if they were to get trapped inside the shelter for any reason, Han Sen would be able to keep himself going for quite some time.

Han Sen munched on one while examining The Wall of Destiny, then he frowned. He remembered one of the creepy mural sides mentioned something about luck, destiny, and a cycle.

According to what that text said, it was not supposed to be difficult to determine whether or not a person was lucky.

"Do you need luck to find a path that bypasses this wall?" Han Sen wondered to himself.

After the break was over, Wang Zhao suggested he should take the lead—map in hand.

There were no grand objections, and Mister Li thought it best for him to see for himself that the map was of no help now. And that was exactly what came to pass. Before long, Wang Zhao's fruitless guidance had brought them back to exactly where they started: The Wall of Destiny.

They did this many times after that, and they didn't encounter any danger. The only thing that threatened them was frustration, for no matter which way they walked, they always ended up back at The Wall of Destiny.

They had obviously been trapped there, and there seemed to be no way out except one that involved flying.

However, they did not dare fly. That seemed like an obvious way to skip the challenge, and they might be subject to punishment if they attempted to cheat in such an obvious fashion. But that meant they were stuck, and it seemed as if they lacked the luck needed to escape.

Most people who had come to this shelter had been forced, after all. That in itself was brought about through misfortune and being plain unlucky.

Yu Zhiyou's death still hung over them, stoking the fires of their fear.

"Wait a minute; it's a wall! Why don't we just smash through it and bring it down?" Xu Yanmeng said.

"Don't be reckless. That might seem like an obvious way to get through, but do you think the creator of this wretched place didn't think of that? You might get yourself killed!" Mister Li stopped him, and then he asked Han Sen, "Little Han, do you recall what was written on that mural we went to look at?"

"I remember excerpts of it, yes," Han Sen answered.

The others leaned in closer to hear what was spoken between the two, as they had all been absent for what was now being discussed.

Mister Li cleared his throat before addressing the others, and he said, "Destiny and a cycle, including the need for luck in its breaking. We seem to be in some sort of loop, so if luck is what we need, it should not be difficult for us to discern which one of us has the most."

"Wait, are you suggesting we find the luckiest amongst us and have them open the wall?" Wang Zhao asked.

Mister Li nodded and said, "We can't get out via any other means, so for now, it seems like a sound suggestion."

Zhong Sanxiao then balked, but asked, "And how do we find out who the luckiest amongst us is? Toss a coin?"

"The text said a person with much luck can obtain stuff others usually cannot. It's sort of like the lottery," Mister Li explained.

"Did you see any lottery ticket vendors in this maze of doom?" Zhong Sanxiao scoffed.

"No, but we can do it ourselves," Mister Li said.

"Okay. We're stuck in here no matter what we do, so we might as well try this," Xu Yanmeng said.

"If this is the only way, then sure," Wang Zhao said. He then proceeded to pull out a notebook and tear eight pages from out of it. He wrote the word luck on one of the sheets of paper and said, "Whoever gets the one with the word luck can open the door. Everyone else pick, I'll choose whatever is last."

After that, Wang Zhao placed the eight folded pieces of paper in a bag and shuffled them. Then, he said, "Who wants to go first?"

The person who went first would have the slimmest chance, but everyone doubted this method would work, anyway.

"If no one wants to try, then I'll go first." Old Qiu went to the middle and picked up a piece of paper.

There were no words on it, so the chances had been reduced to one-in-seven now.

"I'll go second," Xiao Liuyu said. After grabbing a sheet of folded paper, his face changed.

The paper had the word luck written on it.

"Liuyu…" Liuyu was Wang Zhao's best friend.

"This is fate; I am sure it will let me live," Xiao Liuyu said, with a wry smile.

"Just… be careful, with whatever you have to do," Wang Zhao said.

It was impossible for him not to go forward, as they had all seen him beat the odds and take the winning piece of paper. He seemed like the luckiest, and as such, the prime candidate to try to access the way forward.

Even those from Sacred Shelter would have forced him to go, and being best buds wouldn't change this. If Xiao Liuyu didn't go, then someone else eventually would, anyway. And their luck might not have been as fair.

Xiao Liuyu nodded and pulled out his geno core, which was a jade sword.

Xiao Liuyu's body glowed with a protection that accompanied him on his way towards the door.

"Don't do it; you'll die!" Han Sen exclaimed.

Xiao Liuyu looked at Han Sen, thinking it to be a strange thing to suddenly call out.

"If he doesn't go, will you?" Xu Yanmeng asked.

Han Sen coldly said, "He picked the paper, and he is now going to risk his life. You guys have got it backwards; that would give him the worst luck."

Xiao Liuyu's eyebrows touched the sky, and he began to produce a cold sweat. That logic made a lot of sense.

Everyone could understand where Han Sen was coming from, but someone had to try the door. They couldn't differentiate between good luck and bad luck when it came to this.

There were no other alternative ideas or plans they could consult and enact, anyway.

"You're saying whoever gets that paper is unlucky, yes? Because they have to then risk their life, correct?" Xu Yanmeng said, to confirm.

Everyone else started to become of this opinion now, but if Xiao Liuyu didn't commit to trying the door, then that meant the lottery was pointless.

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Chapter 1403: The Man That Opened the Wall of Destiny

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"If you can promise me one thing, I can go," Han Sen said.

There was a certain sternness in his voice, to the surprise of the others in the expedition. They all turned to look at him, confused why a person with only a bronze geno core would and could say such a thing.

"Little Han, these are no joking matters," Mister Li said.

"You are correct, but if you can promise me this one thing, I will try it in his stead." Han Sen paused, having achieved the focus of everyone's ears, before proceeding to explain, "It's because I'm lucky. I always have been, and I believe I have what it takes."

"Okay, then what would you like to get promised? We can do what you ask, provided it's nothing ridiculous," Wang Zhao said, willing to give the boy a chance.

He would also prefer risking the life of another, if it meant his best friend might have been spared.

Han Sen responded, saying, "The shelter must have offered you a lot to come here. If you can pool together to provide me sixty sacred geno fruit, I will go."

Sixty was not a small number. There were seven others in the expedition, and each of them had around ten.

"I have sixteen right here with me. I'll give them to you," Xiao Liuyu immediately answered, seeing as it was his life currently on the line. Then, he presented the fruit.

Discussions broke out amongst the rest, as they all wondered and tried to gauge whether or not it was a worthy bargain. They eventually decided to go along with it, and they amassed the tally of sixty geno fruits they could give Han Sen upon his completion.

"Little Han, I must repeat; this is no laughing matter. The stakes are high, but there's always the chance we might find an alternate route," Mister Li pleaded. He had come to like Han Sen, and he was worried about the young man's wellbeing.

Han Sen smiled in return, telling him, "It's nice of you to be so considerate, Mister Li. But me and Lady Luck have tangoed a number of times. The fortunes frequently smile on me."

Han Sen accepted the fruit and approached The Wall of Destiny; their door and way forward.

He had everything to live for, even a baby on the way. Han Sen wasn't going to risk everything unless he was 100% certain he'd succeed.

This wasn't because Han Sen believed himself to be stronger than the others, or because he actually had more luck. It was because he had a theory he had kept private.

Han Sen had examined the text on the tower and mulled over it well. He recalled that there was no mention of explicit instructions, and no statement that in order to tackle the door you'd have to be the luckiest.

Everyone had luck, but good luck and bad luck were all tinged measures coming from the same pool.

Han Sen had already read the text of Life Door, and that gave him a keener insight into the words he had espied on the mural. It helped him understand one thing that was the crux to this entire issue.

To open the door of destiny, one must have already opened their Life Door.

Han Sen had secretly cast Life Door previously, and he felt his body metaphysically connect with The Wall of Destiny. It beckoned to Han Sen, calling out for him to come forward.

It brought ease to Han Sen's mind, and without an urgent need to open it, he thought of a way in which he might net a few extra goodies in the service of others. He really wasn't risking his life.

Han Sen believed that those who had ventured into the shelter before hadn't even seen the wall.

And Han Sen believed that was because no one in the previous expedition possessed Life Door. If the wall had shown up, they would have been trapped there forever; it at least proved the shelter wasn't a deliberate gauntlet meant to torture and slay all intruders. Or at least, that's what Han Sen now hoped.

But this also led Han Sen to believe that they'd end up elsewhere, once the wall was removed. Perhaps the others, without Life Door, had been led to their doom. With Han Sen amongst them, they might make greater progress than the other team did.

Han Sen did not hate the people on his team, and he would prefer to help them rather than not. He just didn't see a problem with extracting a few gifts while doing so.

His connection to the door increased and became more voluminous as he approached The Wall of Destiny. He could sense its tangible aura, and it tingled Han Sen's fingertips.

Han Sen then summoned his Bulwark Umbrella, as he drew near it.

The Dongxuan Sutra did not tell him there was any danger ahead, but he still summoned it on the off-chance there was.

Everyone watched Han Sen, and their attention was particularly drawn to his left hand, with which he pushed against The Wall of Destiny.

His hand was brimming with the power of Jadeskin, and when it came into contact with the wall, electricity suddenly surged through him.

Han Sen quickly pulled his hand away and took cover behind his umbrella.

Everyone summoned their geno core for protection, expecting a fight or some sort to have been initiated.

Boom!

The Wall of Destiny let out a deep sound, as if something had been unlocked beneath the earth. And then it began to sink, receding into the ground it had originally emerged from.

Nobody there had expected the process to be that simple. They had half-suspected that Han Sen wouldn't be alive to enjoy the fruit they had all given him.

"Brother Han, you are a man of good fortune indeed!" Xiao Liuyu proclaimed, upon witnessing his success.

The others all looked at Han Sen differently. More than anything, they were just bewildered to see it was he the weakest of their team, yet he had solved and sorted out their biggest issue in the shelter thus far.

There was the sneaking suspicion amongst a couple of them, though, that the entire wall obstacle had been a bluff. And that guts, rather than luck, were needed to near it, touch it, and open it.

"Yeah, it was all luck," Han Sen said, as he marched forward to the exit of that maze.

Han Sen wasn't going to tell them the true reason he was able to remove the wall.

The electric shock he had received from the door, however, seemed to have a lasting effect. It did not hurt, but he sensed it had modified his Life Door somewhat. Han Sen checked out his body, and he confirmed there was no permanent harm, but still, it was a strange sensation.

Everyone followed Han Sen towards the exit, which was somehow obscured by a blinding white light. What awaited them, none could guess.

Han Sen was not concerned with this, having been in situations similar to this in the past. His feet did not relent, and onwards he went. When he breached the veil of white, his eyes cleared to reveal what lay beyond.

But what he saw sent chills down his spine. He immediately wished to retreat, but an invisible barrier prevented him from doing so.

The team could no longer see Han Sen, but thinking the way was safe, they followed in after him.

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Chapter 1404: Wolfpack

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Everyone shared a similar reaction to Han Sen. As soon as they saw what lay ahead, they all wished to flee.

They ran into the invisible barrier behind them face first. Many of their faces even started to bleed, due to the speed at which they tried to escape.

When they pierced through the veil of white, they were met with the sight of a number of vicious wolves that stared back at them with dirty green eyes. It was as if the wolves had been awaiting their arrival.

Unable to go back, it was clear they had no choice but to engage the wolves and fight for their lives.

Han Sen remained silent amongst the rallying cries of his teammates, and he simply maintained his clutch on the Bulkwark Umbrella as he lifted it against the wolves that leaped towards him.

The wolves charged with a greater ferocity and a more intimidating presence than a mania-driven bull. Their fangs and their nails were like blades, itching to sink into the first victim they could.

Han Sen held the umbrella to block the initial strike of the first wolf that came for him. The strength and force of that wolf sent him stumbling back quite a bit before he regained his composure.

Fortunately, the umbrella was as hardy as it always had been. It held strong and did not break.

But it was clear to the crew that the wolfpack was in a league above them. As much as they all wished to stand their ground and battle the wolves, they knew it would be a futile fight.

Han Sen acknowledged this to be true, as well. As he held a defensive posture, he used his Dongxuan Aura to scan his immediate surroundings and identify any route or passage that might allow him to escape.

Then, he took off running into the wolfpack. With his Dongxuan Movements, he managed to sidestep and evade every attack that came for him, until he was clear of the pack and could duck into the clearing on the left.

He was racing towards a plaza that had held a number of statues. With everyone else engaging the wolves, drawing the majority of them away from Han Sen, he was easily able to make it there.

When Han Sen entered the forest of statues, he took cover and began munching on as much fruit as he could. Slowly, his sacred geno points increased, and he cramped the muscles of his torso to speed up digestion.

After eating a hearty sum of them, his sacred geno point tally increased by quite a lot. He would be a lot more comfortable battling the wolves in such a condition.

from what Han Sen could tell, there was one person missing from the group of humans that were behind him, still fighting the wolves. That person was Mister Li, and as much as he might have wished to seek him out, Han Sen had problems of his own. Like coyotes trailing blood, the wolves had sniffed him out, and unless he got moving to secure his own safety, he'd be doggie chow.

After fleeing their snapping maws, however, Han Sen noticed something strange about the method they were hounding him. It wasn't as if they were trying to hunt down and kill the intruder; it was like they were pushing him in a certain direction.

Han Sen kept on running, regardless, and eventually, he came to a place that was empty of anything remarkable.

This was, of course, bad. It was a plaza devoid of anything, removing the possibility of him taking cover. At least amongst the statues that decorated the previous plaza, he could duck and weave and provide his enemies a harder time giving chase. Here, he was at a disadvantage.

But after gobbling down a bevy of geno fruits, Han Sen had earned himself dozens of sacred geno points. If push came to shove, he'd be shoving a lot harder now.

He looked to his left and right and noticed that more wolves were appearing, seeking to close in on him. If he wanted to turn around and return to the cover of the statues, or the teammates he had left behind, he'd have no chance to do so now.

Bracing himself for a fight, Han Sen closed his eyes. When he opened them again, however, he noticed the wolves were gone. They had stopped chasing him and withdrawn, but as for the reason why, he could not guess.

He turned to take a look at his past pursuers, and he saw them standing there, growling at him with their bared fangs on full display. It was as if they had now been stopped by an invisible barrier.

"They really were chasing me here; but for what purpose, I wonder?" Han Sen thought, as he viewed his surroundings.

He had reached a garden populated with strange botanical marvels. The things which grew there were crazy, and Han Sen first noticed this when he saw bunches of carrots that were dangling from trees. Strangely, they looked to have been formed from human brain-matter, dressed with a bit of greenery on top. He didn't know if he should have looked at it in wonder or in disgust.

Han Sen continued on, wandering through this garden of sickly delights. Blood and ghastly violence seemed to be the primary theme of decoration, for there were many intestinal-shaped plants and flowers running with blood.

They were all so weird, and the sight of them made Han Sen's skin squirm. He was extremely uncomfortable in this place, as any right-minded individual would be.

Strangely, however, Han Sen could sense the lifeforces of everything that grew there, and he noted there was nothing remarkable. He was detecting them to be ordinary plants, though he had never seen such gross botany before.

The wolves were still watching Han Sen tread the garden, so there was no chance of him returning the way he had come. But, not sensing any danger ahead of him, he wasn't too wary of walking forward into the deeper recesses of the grotesque place.

The mist was getting thicker, however, and it obscured much in the distance.

There was enough visibility to see what was in his proximity, though, and he could watch the plants become more gruesome and sordid the further he went. Eventually, he came to a tree with a man hanging from its branches. His arm, as weird as it was, was growing a number of ears like a fallen log bearing mushrooms.

But that really was the shape of the tree. There was no actual human body dangling from its rotten eaves; the tree had simply been shaped like that. Han Sen's skin crawled, like it was hosting a corpse-feeding party of maggots. After all, he was sensing them to be ordinary plants. They were this strange, but they shouldn't have been.

"Strange. Why are they so creepy and wild, yet so… weak and supposedly unremarkable?" Han Sen thought to himself.

Then, Han Sen heard a noise come from behind. He saw Hezhi approaching him, from out of nowhere.

Hezhi looked to be in an okay condition. He looked a little winded, but that was the extent of it. He was free from injuries.

"Hezhi, where is everyone else?" Han Sen asked.

Hezhi answered, "I don't know. I ran by myself. You're the first of the team I've seen in a bit."

Han Sen thought he spoke a little strangely. There was a monosyllabic tone to his speech, and so he took a couple of steps back.

"Give me all your geno fruit and I'll keep you safe," Hezhi stepped forward to say.

"And how can you keep me safe?" Han Sen realized Hezhi was still himself, but he had come to Han Sen for the riches he carried.

"This." Hezhi summoned a black metal wolf, and the marks upon it showed it to be a gold geno core.

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Chapter 1405: Killing Hezhi

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Han Sen was not worried at the thought that someone might come to steal his geno fruit. Mister Li, Old Qiu, Xu Yanmeng, Wang Zhao, and Zhong Sanxiao already had gemstone geno cores and would not need his geno fruit.

Only Hezhi would need the sacred fruit Han Sen possessed, so it might not have come as an absolute surprise for him. And indeed, Hezhi had been waiting for this opportunity. He was a bit of an outsider himself, and he wasn't closely associated with the others who were on the expedition, anyway. Now that he had caught Han Sen alone, it was his time to strike.

Han Sen looked at his metal wolf geno core and said, "You used this to get away?"

Hezhi said, "Yes. My geno core is called Ditto, and it can take on the form of any creature it wishes to."

"That's a fairly brilliant geno core you have, but it's a shame…" Han Sen stressed an exaggerated sigh.

"What's a shame?" When Hezhi said that, the wolf slowly began to approach Han Sen.

"Upgrading that geno core to the best it could be might yield some impressive results, but it's a shame your ascension will come to an end here," Han Sen said, his threat made clear.

"I was going to leave you alive after taking your spoils; I'll take that as permission to silence you for good." When Hezhi said this, the wolf immediately jumped towards Han Sen with its maw open.

Han Sen used his Gold Dragon Lock in response, immediately tying up the airborne wolf.

The wolf was quickly bound, and it dropped to the ground like a stone. It did its best to squirm free, but it was clearly having trouble.

"You have a gold geno core?!" Hezhi's face swiftly turned sour.

"Yeah, but it's no big deal," Han Sen said.

"Yeah… you're right. It isn't," Hezhi suppressed the sudden flash of fear he had been stricken with, and he summoned a purple sword.

It was three-feet-long, and many strange writings had been inscribed across the length of its blade.

Hezhi waved his sword, which sent beams of light shaped like the characters on the sword shooting towards Han Sen like a number of lasers.

Han Sen opened up his Bulwark Umbrella to block the barrage of plasma rounds. All the lights exploded against the protective shielding of the umbrella.

Han Sen had eaten a great many sacred geno fruits, so gold geno cores weren't able to deal half as much damage now.

"How have you managed to obtain so many gold geno cores?" Hezhi thought the umbrella was a gold geno core, too.

It was only bronze, but that spoke volumes about its efficiency. Han Sen did not respond, though; he simply summoned his Crystal Core and tossed the egg at the unsuspecting bandit.

"You were lying this whole time. You are a liar; a big fat liar! You are a demi-god with gold geno cores." Hezhi was angered by his mistake, and he swung his sword towards the egg that was headed his way.

The crystal egg was able to dodge each and every plasma round headed coming towards it, prompting Hezhi to swing his sword directly at it.

Pang!

The sword beat the egg down to the ground, but it ricocheted off the floor at an even greater speed. It walloped his body with the might and swiftness of a bullet.

He had been unable to dodge, and after it struck his leg like lightning, it bounced right back to Han Sen.

Han Sen had become very proficient in wielding the egg, and when the egg was returned, Han Sen went back to wielding his umbrella. Then, he began walking forward towards Hezhi.

Feeling nothing occur when he was hit by the egg, Hezhi still possessed his confidence. He stepped forward, swinging more and more plasma rounds at Han Sen.

The light-bullets exploded in a haze of sparks against the umbrella, though, and he was still unable to deal damage to the opponent he once thought would be a cakewalk.

Hezhi gritted his teeth and continued trying to attack. But this time, Han Sen did not even use his umbrella. He simply stood where he was and let his foe try his best.

Hezhi brought his sword down directly on Han Sen's body, but the results astounded him. It did nothing, and the sword itself began to bend like rubber.

He stared at his sword in disbelief, unable to grasp why this might have happened. So, next, Hezhi used his fist to strike Han Sen.

And again, Han Sen did not dodge. He simply stood where he was and allowed Hezhi to do his worst.

The moment Hezhi's fist came into contact with Han Sen's skin, however, chills shot through his body, and cold sweat poured from his forehead. He watched as his own fist bent upwards against Han Sen, as if he was made of sponge.

Then, like an eerie ghost, Han Sen reached out his hand towards his once-pompous opponent. Han Sen was too close, and with a futile reaction, Hezhi brought up his arm to deflect Han Sen's hand.

But Han Sen simply grabbed the man's arms and ran his hand down to Hezhi's clenched fist. Han Sen latched on and did not let go, as if he was sucking Hezhi's soul dry.

Sha!

Hezhi's body was delivered one strike, and then it shattered and crumbled into fertilizer for the wretched garden.

As this occurred, the geno core was also destroyed. The sword he was wielding, however, dropped to the ground with a heavy clanging sound.

Han Sen swiftly moved to pick it up. It was a gold geno core, and Han Sen needed a replacement for his horn. He quickly pocketed it by placing it in his Sea of Soul.

Just as Han Sen was about to turn and leave, he heard more sounds.

When Han Sen turned to take a look at what lay ahead, a human-shaped tree was shambling its way over to him.

"Is this thing alive?" Han Sen asked himself, as he stepped back in caution.

The tree was not that strong, and it gave the illusion of being an ordinary plant like all the rest.

But it came to a stop near the mound of dust on the ground that was once Hezhi.

Han Sen realized the tree was coming for the man whose sequence structure he had just destroyed. The roots of the tree moved atop the mound of dust, and then, it all got absorbed.

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Chapter 1406: The Waiting Shadow

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It didn't take long for the humanoid tree to absorb the mound of dust. Its previously dull and unremarkable lifeforce then began to resemble the person Han Sen had just slain: Hezhi.

Han Sen was not sure if it was exhaustion playing tricks on his eyes, but he could then swear he was seeing the tree shrink to take on the form of Hezhi himself.

And it did, but fortunately, it did not replicate the mindset of the person Han Sen had just killed. It looked like Hezhi now, but it just stood in place without motion, where it had absorbed his remains.

Han Sen took a step back, just in case. The last thing he wanted to do was trigger or invoke the ire of something he did not have to.

After stepping back a bit, Han Sen decided now might be a good time to return to the forest of statues in that plaza. The wolves that hounded him to the garden had dispersed, after all.

Provided they stayed gone, Han Sen should have no issue returning there. He might even be able to get back to his teammates.

But as Han Sen began his return trek, he suddenly saw the brain-carrots leaping off their harboring trees to stand upright on the ground before him. It looked like the entire garden did not want Han Sen to return, for all the trees and plants began to close in around him. The way back was closed off.

So, Han Sen decided to walk forward in the way he originally had been. He spoke aloud to the garden, saying, "Okay, I'll play it your way. I'll see where you wish to lead me."

As Han Sen walked the path through the garden he had originally been on, the rest of the botanical residents returned to their initial positions, too, as if nothing had changed at all.

After walking for a while, however, the garden began to take an unexpectedly pleasant turn. In fact, it started to look pretty.

The flowers soon looked like butterflies, and the trees were sculpted like beautiful carvings and wooden furniture. It was like something you'd see in a fairytale. It looked almost unreal.

Han Sen soon came to a lake. Its surface was still, glassy, and blue like a clear summer's sky. At the center of the lake was a stone tablet. In front of it stood a man.

This person wasn't someone Han Sen was familiar with, and as he walked closer to get a better look, he saw that the man was clad in sparklingly white, clean clothing. He wasn't the sort of person you'd expect to see in such a sordid shelter.

"My child; you are finally here," the man in white clothing said.

"Are you talking to me?" Han Sen asked.

"Of course, my child." The man seemed to be speaking to Han Sen, but his attention seemed affixed to the stone tablet he was in front of.

Han Sen thought it weird, that the man continuously referred to him as my child.

"Who are you?" Han Sen asked, with a frown.

Han Sen knew this was not someone whose voice he had heard before, and neither was it a person he had seen before.

"I could ask you the same, but only my children are capable of coming here. So, that is what I can best assume you to be." The man in white clothing spoke in a very relaxed manner. He spoke as if he had awoken from a restful slumber, and was at peace and tranquility.

"Speak plainly. It has been a long day, and I'm not in the mood for games." Han Sen spoke with a stern voice, primarily because he could not stand being called my child any more than he could stand being called boss.

"I am a shadow, and I have waited for your arrival for quite some time," the man in white clothing said.

"My arrival? Me? You know who I am?" Han Sen thought the man was very strange.

If it wasn't for the mist skating gracefully across the lake, Han Sen would have been able to scan the man and get a clear reading of who or what he might have been.

"Yes, but it does not matter. You are here; therefore, you are my child," the man in white clothing said.

Han Sen was getting annoyed. The man was speaking quite a bit, but he wasn't actually saying much.

Han Sen summoned his crystal egg with the desire to throw it at the man.

He'd had enough of being called his child, so he cared little for who the man believed him to be. He wanted to shut him up so he could continue with the expedition.

Before Han Sen could lob it, though, the man suddenly said one more thing which stayed his arm. He said, "This is the only thing I can give you."

The man walked into the tablet as if he was a ghost, passing through a wall.

The stone tablet had once been empty, but was now scrawled with a few additional words.

"God has returned…"

Han Sen was quite surprised to see the words of Life Door now appear on the tablet. He peered at the tablet a little closer then, and before his eyes, the entirety of Life Door began to show up on the stone.

The words appeared one by one.

Han Sen was delighted, though, and he quickly tried to remember everything that was written down.

After reading it all, he felt as if his Blood-Pulse Sutra was starting to run by itself and generate a brand new geno core.

Han Sen always believed he was going to create a geno core with it, but there was something prohibiting him from completing the process. There was always a snag he was getting caught on.

But now, just seeing Life Door written before him on such a pristine lake, it had freed up whatever was hindering his progress. The Blood-Pulse Sutra got to work producing a new geno core with no trouble now.

"This place really is connected to Blood Legion. That man must believe I am a part of Blood Legion," Han Sen thought to himself, as he read the text and did his best to memorize it.

When the text was all revealed, his Blood-Pulse Sutra began to fire on all cylinders. The process of producing a brand new geno core was well underway.

The black crystal was also triggered, prompting more of that black fluid to taint the mixture.

This was the first time Han Sen had the ability to watch the geno core produce. Before, he had always been under fire and unable to, and he found it remarkable how much the substance created looked like a supernova.

Han Sen was rather shocked when he laid eyes on the finished geno core.

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Chapter 1407: Real Blood

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The Blood-Pulse Sutra's geno core was a miniature version of Han Sen himself. It was like a little figurine, shaped to replicate his body perfectly.

As Han Sen stared at it, his bewilderment heightened, as something most strange occurred.

It was as if he was watching time itself rewind around the miniature; he actually watched it get younger. It went backwards, becoming a teenager, a child, a baby, a fetus, and then blood.

Bronze Geno Core: Bronze Real Blood

Han Sen did not know what to say, and it felt as if his lingering thoughts had been left suspended. It was a strange sensation, seeing a figurine of himself grow younger in less than a minute.

"Child, the trail you tread is one you must blaze yourself. This is all I can do to help you."

The light that hovered on the tablet then departed the stone, becoming the white-clothed man again. And this time, Han Sen was able to see his face.

Han Sen was certain he had never seen this man before. He did not look like Han Sen's father, grandfather, or even his great-grandfather.

The man didn't resemble Han Sen himself, either. They didn't look at all related, so the reason why the man constantly referred to Han Sen as his child was completely unknown.

"Who are you? The leader of Blood Legion?" Han Sen asked, his raised voice gilded with a certain sternness.

The white-clothed man merely smiled, and he said, "Remember, your fate is not pre-determined. It is forged through your will and desire; no external, higher power governs it."

After that, the light on the tablet began to fade, and the man alongside it. All that remained was the faceless tablet in the center of the lake. At that same moment, all the plants in the shelter came alive, crying rivers of blood as if to summon a world-ending flood.

"If that guy was the leader of Blood Legion, I wouldn't be surprised. But even though he looked human, he carried the aura of a spirit," Han Sen thought to himself.

At this point, Han Sen was relieved that he had taken the time and been fortunate enough to learn and practice both the Blood-Pulse Sutra and Life Door. Had he skipped one of those, it was highly likely he wouldn't have been standing where he was at that moment. Repeatedly, people had come to believe he was a successor to Blood Legion, so it was certainly paying dividends, bit-by-bit, in his investigations.

The strangest thing, though, was that his Nine-Life Cat pendant was a relic that supposedly belonged to Blood Legion. Even here, of all places, it did not resonate any sort of power. It was as lifeless as it had been over the previous days.

If that man was the leader of Blood Legion, he should have been able to just sense the pendant's presence. Others had done so before, so this was a given.

It was a shame he had gone now, though. He had vanished with the silent grace of a wisp. Any more answers Han Sen might have wished to glean didn't seem likely to be gotten right now.

Han Sen turned his attention to the bleeding plants, and he watched a certain thicket bend and move aside to form a path for him.

"If that man thinks I'm a member of Blood Legion, the plants won't want to hurt me, will they?" Han Sen wondered to himself.

Han Sen walked the trail and found himself exiting the garden, but it wasn't by the same path he had used to enter. He had ended up going further, and he now found himself standing before a palace.

The entrance was wide open, and directly beyond it, Han Sen could see a bronze coffin. Strange symbols and enigmatic lines of text were scrawled and inscribed across it, and sitting atop the coffin was a beast.

The beast was asleep there, and its fur looked like a gentle fire.

"This is the place the survivors spoke of before they died; the beast sure does look like the Nine-Life Cat," Han Sen thought.

As Han Sen pondered this curiosity, his pendant finally came to life. It began to pull Han Sen forward, clearly wanting to visit the beast. He was going to pull it out from beneath his clothes, but just before he did, Mister Li and the others came staggering forward from another direction. Mister Li seemed surprised to see him there.

"Han Sen? You're alive! That brings this old mind some comfort; I feared we had lost you in the scrape with those wolves." Mister Li's rough voice was varnished with genuine concern for Han Sen's wellbeing.

"I'm lucky to be alive; I can tell you that much," Han Sen said, stressing each word with a nearly-winded facade.

Mister Li stepped forward, asking, "So, how did you escape the wolves?"

"I don't know… there was so much going on. There were so many. It's all a blur; but I went through the plaza with all those statues and reached a garden. I traversed it to reach this place." After Han Sen's half-hearted explanation, he approached the others with a question, asking, "And you, Mister Li? How did you and the others get here?"

"It was a trial that was no different than your own adventure. But you… you only have a bronze geno core. For you to make it through on your own, well, you weren't kidding about that luck you possessed, eh?" Xu Yanmeng's words were fine at face-value, but the tone with which he spoke expressed doubt about the validity of Han Sen's tale. He wasn't entirely convinced, that was for sure.

The wolves were strong, and stronger than the average mutant creature, that much was certain.

They might have been okay, in a series of one-versus-one matches. But an entire pack of the beasts had assaulted the group, and the team was fortunate to make it through.

For Han Sen to escape their pursuit with no wounds, that was suspicious.

Han Sen wasn't planning to explain, though, and their doubts did not concern him. He merely asked them, "Is this the bronze coffin they spoke of?"

Mister Li and the others examined their surroundings, having not taken them in when they first laid eyes on Han Sen. Their faces turned a ghastly shade of pale when they saw the coffin, as was described. The beast was sitting atop it, just like they had heard.

The previous team had all ended up dead after coming here. There were more people in that team, so the new team's prospects of making it out themselves did not seem good.

"It sure looks it." Mister Li did not take his eyes off the beast that was lounging atop the coffin.

"Mister Li, how should we proceed?" Zhong Sanxiao asked. He sounded very polite and respectful, this time around. Something must have occurred earlier on, for Zhong Sanxiao to regard Mister Li with admiration now.

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Chapter 1408: Who Will Open the Coffin?

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"Outer Sky and Sacred Shelter want us to find out what is inside that coffin. That has been our primary objective since setting foot in this place, so turning back now is not an option," Mister Li explained.

Wang Zhao and Zhong Sanxiao both looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, the latter spoke. "We have to open the coffin, that much is certain. But it is a needless risk for us all to approach it. Surely, it won't take the strength of more than one person to go over there and open it alone."

"What are you trying to say?" Mister Li asked.

Zhong Sanxiao looked at Han Sen and said, "Only one person made it out alive when folks from Sacred came here. And the reason he made it was because of his distance from the coffin. He said he was the furthest away from the coffin when the sh*t hit the fan. So, we should get one person to open the coffin while the rest of us hang back where it is the safest."

"Sh*t! I see it in his eyes; he wants me to be the one to prod the hornet's nest!" Han Sen quickly realized.

Although Han Sen wanted to be the one, he wanted to maintain his innocent look and not be forced to open it at the behest of others.

"Brother Han, your luck has carried you on shielded wings thus far. How about you test the mettle of your luck one last time with the coffin. We will satisfy your every desire, if you do. No request will be too outlandish." Zhong Sanxiao phrased his request carefully, and made sure to make it sound pleasant, but he was well aware that it was a tall order.

Mister Li cut across before Han Sen could respond, though, and said, "How could you even think to place him in such a position? There's a red creature of some sort on the coffin already. You know the danger of this situation, and no volume of luck can change the odds of him opening the coffin without issue."

Han Sen had come to like Mister Li a lot. The old man had looked out for him a lot throughout the length and extent of the expedition.

"Thank you, Mister Li. Only an animal could suggest I be the one to go up there." Han Sen said a whole lot more than this with the icy, dagger-like eyes he gave Zhong Sanxiao.

But Zhong Sanxiao was not happy with this, and he blusterously stepped forward to say, "Do you really think a bronze geno core human could survive everything we've been through? Do you all really think he survived a solo chase with the wolfpack without a scratch? This guy is up to something, I'm telling you. All is not what it seems with him—or with you."

Mister Li came to Han Sen's defense again, saying, "Now listen here; I haven't known Han Sen for very long. And I agree, he keeps to himself; but if there's one thing we know for certain, it's that he's a good man."

"Remember when he pushed the door open? He didn't even hesitate. Even if you are a lucky sod, you'd still wince when pushing it. He just touched it, fearlessly. He knew it would open, and he knew there'd be a bunch of hungry, slobbering wolves waiting for us behind it. He tried to get us killed!" Zhong Sanxiao was getting a little ahead of himself.

"I do not fondly seek to look ill on others, but there is something off about Han Sen," Wang Zhao confessed his own feelings.

"I'll throw my hat into that ring, as well. Something is not right with that dude," Xu Yanmeng chimed in to say.

"If that is how you all feel, then nothing I say can change that. But, if you want Han Sen to be the one to open that coffin, I will be by his side when he does." Mister Li was stalwart in his defense of Han Sen.

Mister Li gave Han Sen a pat on the shoulder, and he told him, "Little Han, don't sweat a thing. I won't let you face danger alone."

"Mister Li…" Han Sen felt touched by Mister Li.

"Mister Li, you don't have to…" Zhong Sanxiao said.

"Well, no one else is volunteering. I have made my decision; I will go with Little Han. And you lot can stand back, just in case something happens." Mister Li was firm in his decision.

"Well, if you're going, so am I!" Xu Yanmeng puffed his chest in a display of newfound courage, and he marched forward to stand beside Mister Li.

"We have to find out what is inside the coffin," Old Qiu said.

Wang Zhao said, "Fine. Let's go, then. All of us. Mister Li saved our lives once before. If that hasn't earned him our trust, nothing will."

"If you agree, then come. But on anyone who goes with us, no oath or bond is laid. You don't need to go any further than you wish," Mister Li said.

"Don't say that!" Xu Yanmeng gave Han Sen a firm gaze, and went on to say, "But if I find out Han Sen is some worm-tongued snake that plans to harm Mister Li, I'll kill him."

Han Sen replied, "I'd only hurt you guys if you did something that would warrant a hurting."

"Bold words." Xu Yanmeng wasn't going to trust Han Sen quite so easily as the rest.

Han Sen had pushed open the door earlier to earn himself geno fruit and save everyone from a possibly fatal incident. He hadn't expected his kindness to be rewarded with suspicion and ire.

Without Mister Li, a fight would have broken out between them already.

Everyone summoned their geno cores next, and when Xu Yanmeng brought out his spear, he pointed it at Han Sen and said, "You're up-front. If I catch you doing anything dodgy, this'll be rammed up where the sun doesn't shine."

Mister Li was as chummy as ever with Han Sen, and this speech made him walk side-by-side with him. He patted Han Sen on the shoulder again and told him, "Let's go together."

Han Sen could not be bothered to explain anything. If he told them what had occurred during and after the wolf chase, it was highly unlikely they'd believe him.

They all approached the coffin with bated-breath. The creature atop it did not move or make a sound, but everyone remained as silent as they could. You could've heard a pin drop.

But Han Sen's Nine-Life Cat pendant began to burn when they neared it. And the closer Han Sen got, the hotter it burned.

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Chapter 1409: Opening the Coffin

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When Han Sen touched the pendant, he was scalded by the heat it had generated.

"The pendant did not have a reaction to the leader of Blood Legion, assuming that was who he was. But why is it reacting so strongly to this? Is this the real Nine-Life Cat? Or maybe what I saw was an apparition, and the bones of the leader actually reside in this coffin." There was a lot to question and a lot to be wary of.

Still, assuming that was true, Han Sen noted that it would be very strange for the coffin to be placed where it was. Authority figures or leaders of much renown weren't known for making their resting places at the entrances of their palaces.

The group walked forward until they were only three meters away from the coffin. There, they could now see the creature clearly, and make out all of its distinct features.

The so-called beast was curled up, and it had its head tucked beneath its tail. There was not, however, any lifeforce that Han Sen could detect.

But suddenly, the tail moved. Unsure about what this meant, everyone stopped in their tracks and remained dead still. They peered at the creature with intense, twitching eyes.

"It's alive!" Xu Yanmeng hollered.

The creature's tail swung again, like the slow lashing of a whip. The creature unfurled to look at the group that was approaching, and it did so with eyes that looked like a couple of red sirens.

"It's alive!" Zhong Sanxiao also called out, trembling as he took one step back in fear.

The creature really did look like a cat, complete with oval eyes. Its gaze was menacing and cold, but it wasn't directly threatening.

Everyone readied themselves for a fight. The group that had come before them encountered this creature and died shortly after, after all.

But the motionless standoff went on longer than anticipated. The cold, uncaring gaze of the cat developed into one of disinterest after a certain amount of time elapsed.

After a while, with the prospect of immediate danger diminishing, Zhong Sanxiao said, "Now is the time to strike. It's not attacking, so let's take advantage of that."

Everyone knew it might be for the best to remove the stranger-danger that cat might-or-might-not pose, but they'd have to do it together, if they chose to attack it.

"No," Mister Li said, with a resolute voice. "It is not hostile to us. If we provoke it, and make it hostile, we may not even live long enough to regret it."

"We can't just stand here, though," Zhong Sanxiao pleaded.

Mister Li said, "We can continue to approach it delicately, and assuming it does not do anything more, we will try to open the coffin."

Everyone in the team looked at each other, to see how they each felt about that. Although they were all worried about what might happen, they all agreed it was best to approach the coffin slowly without directly inviting hostility from the cat.

Each step they took was slow and steady, exercised with great care and caution. And each time one foot settled back on the ground, they looked at the beast intently, to see if it had moved at all.

When they reached the coffin, the cat had not moved an inch. It merely looked at them, with its tail brushing softly against the coffin it rested upon.

Everyone approached the coffin from a different direction, surrounding it. Strangely, the creature seemed to be watching Han Sen.

"Get a firm grip around the edges, and lift it up," Mister Li commanded softly.

They placed their hands around the smoothed edges of the coffin and dug their fingers as far they could underneath it.

They did not care much for the coffin or what might rest inside. Their main worry was how the creature would behave once they began moving the lid. They feared it was ready to pounce.

"Three… two… one…" When Mister Li finished the countdown, everyone heaved the hefty lid up.

The combined strength of the group removed the lid with ease. They lifted it as high and as straight as they could, and strangely, the cat did not move an inch.

The beast looked as disinterested as it first had, and it didn't seem to care about what they were doing.

Their mission was to find out what was in the coffin. Once they caught a glimpse of what was inside, they could return. With the lid safely removed, they all stole a glance inside. What they saw surprised them.

It was empty. There was not a single thing inside it.

"It's empty? Why is it empty?" Wang Zhao asked aloud.

Old Qiu then drew attention to the vacant lid of the coffin, with a voice that trembled and shook. "The creature is gone."

Everyone turned to look where Old Qiu was staring.

The cat was gone. It was as if it had completely vanished into thin air.

"Where did it go?" Xu Yanmeng asked, looking around in a near-panic, fearing a sudden ambush or pounce.

Everyone thought it most strange, and did the same. But no one was able to see where it might have wandered off to.

"Look, we've seen what's inside the coffin. We can leave now; we've done what was requested of us. We really should get moving before something ill falls upon us," Wang Zhao suggested, trying his best to conceal the nervousness that tried to break up his words.

"Okay. Let's put the lid back before leaving," Mister Li said.

When they lifted the lid up and set it back down on the coffin, their faces changed.

It made Xu Yanmeng scream at the top of his lungs, and he yelled, "The suction! I can't get my hands free."

"Me, too! Oh f*ck." Zhong Sanxiao tried to pull his hand free, but he was unable to.

Everyone was suffering the same misfortune, finding their hands to be stuck in a vacuum stemming from the coffin. They couldn't get their hands free.

Han Sen held onto the lid like the rest, pretending he was suffering the same fate. Truthfully, the suction that gripped the others didn't seem to be affecting him.

His compatriots already thought poorly enough of him as it was, so he made sure not to reveal his fortune.

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Chapter 1410: The Coffin Rises

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Everyone was scared, on the precipice of tumbling into full-on panic. They all exhausted as much of their powers as they could trying to free themselves from the coffin, but nothing worked. They were well and truly stuck.

It was like the coffin wasn't just pulling their bodies, but it was siphoning their strength and power as well. Whenever they released some power as they tried to escape, it was as if they were feeding the coffin.

Wang Zhao watched his power bleed away, and he was unable to stop it.

Zhong Sanxiao summoned a sword geno core to batter the coffin into freeing him. But when his blade touched down on the spooky sarcophagus, the power and life of his weapon began to drain.

This occurred to the geno cores summoned by the others, as well. And when their powers were drained, the cores were pulled out of their hands and stuck to the top of the coffin. It was as if the cores had been dragged away by a magnet.

Everyone was shocked, unable to understand what was going on. And amidst this confusion, the symbols and scrawlings that adorned the coffin began to light up with a sinister neon hue.

"Why hasn't your power been absorbed?" Xu Yanmeng asked. His suspicions regarding Han Sen hadn't diminished, and now, they only heightened. To Xu Yanmeng, the fact that Han Sen was unaffected was proof enough that he was some sort of traitor.

Hearing this, they all turned to look at Han Sen, who was seemingly unaffected.

"F*ck! I knew something was up with him." Zhong Sanxiao was furious, thinking Han Sen had willingly betrayed them, and so he summoned a geno core and tried to attack him.

Han Sen let go of his grip on the coffin lid and dropped the pretense. He swiftly moved to evade the attack and pleaded, "Fine; I'm not trapped! But it's not like I tried to get any of you hurt. This is as unexpected for me as it is for you. I don't know what is happening."

Han Sen hurriedly took a few steps back. His former compatriots all had gemstone geno cores, and if the rest sought to attack him, Han Sen did not fancy getting surrounded.

"I knew we should have killed him when we had the chance," Xu Yanmeng proclaimed.

"Your body!" Old Qiu suddenly exclaimed.

Then, all the members of the party began looking at each other in fear. They were all aging at an extremely rapid pace.

Xu Yanmeng's hair turned white, and his skin began to gather wrinkles like weathered, coarse leather. He was like an old man.

Wang Zhao then shouted, "Mister Li, why are you not affected by this?"

Wang Zhao wasn't the only one to notice this, and when the group's enfeebled eyes looked over, they too saw him unaffected.

Mister Li smiled and took a step back, letting his fingers leave the cusp of the coffin's lid. "I wasn't trapped, either. And I won't be getting any older."

"Do you know why this is happening? Surely, there must be something you can do for us!" Everyone's face was turning grim, thinking they were on the verge of death.

"This is a coffin belonging to Blood Legion. The Nine-Life Cat was suppressing the power within; now that we've opened it, it is absorbing all nearby lifeforces to wake up what slumbers inside," explained Mister Li, with disturbing calm and resoluteness.

"What? How do you know all this? Is there a way you might save us?" Old Qiu pleaded.

Old Qiu was already an old man, hence the title. He had withered faster than the rest, and his skin was now not far off the stressed guttering of tree bark.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Mister Li. They knew his speech had taken on a different tone, and they had the suspicion that some veil had been removed. But still, they clung to their past vision of the man they had accompanied on their way inside. They desperately hoped he would know how to save them and act upon the ability to do so.

"I can save you, yes. But that would nullify my reason for coming here," Mister Li said.

"You… planned for this to happen?! You wanted to kill us?" The fear that had taken root inside Wang Zhao turned to wrath and rage. He was seething as he spoke, having suffered this betrayal.

"I am taking back what is owed. I already saved you all once, or have you forgotten? You said you were willing to lay down your lives in return, and now the time to do that has come. There shouldn't be a problem, should there?" Mister Li's tone had become cold and callous.

Wang Zhao found the situation incredibly disturbing, and as much as he wished to lash out and spite the man who had done this to them, he found himself unable to. The withering and brittleness of intense old age had settled in his bones, and merely remaining upright was becoming a trying task.

Han Sen, although he hadn't been backstabbed himself, was shocked by what was happening. He had never expected Mister Li to do something such as this. Everyone had placed their faith in Mister Li, and they left no room for doubt. Their blind, unwavering trust had led them to the situation they were in, and they cursed themselves for it.

Mister Li then turned to Han Sen and said, "Little Han, which part of Blood Legion do you belong to?"

Han Sen was taken off-guard by the question, and he wasn't sure how he might answer this. Han Sen knew there were two factions within Blood Legion. One consisted of the loyal, like Nan Litian; the others were considered traitors, like God's Retribution and Han Jinzhi.

He didn't formally belong to Blood Legion, so he wasn't sure if he could give an answer.

With no answer forthcoming, Mister Li didn't seem to dwell on his silence much. He moved on to say, "I need sacred-blood to wake up the coffin; you can help a bit."

Mister Li cut his own hand open with his nails, and blue blood dripped from the palm of his hand onto the coffin lid. The blue blood was almost as bright as that of God's Retribution.

"What is your title within Blood Legion?" Han Sen asked.

Mister Li answered, "Again, which side do you belong to? Did they not teach you about the leader?"

"You… are the leader?" Han Sen asked, with a quivering voice.

Han Sen had always wanted to know who the leader of Blood Legion was, but in his short time in this shelter, two possible candidates had made themselves known to him.

There was the shadow that seemed to imply himself to be the leader, but Mister Li was now insinuating that he himself was the leader.

"Why is there more than one leader now?" Han Sen wondered.

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Chapter 1411: Battling Blood Legion's Leader

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The group that had been betrayed were nothing more than skeletal husks now, frail shadows of their former selves that clung to the most meager tethers of life. They were so brittle and aged, they could not even stand.

"Come. Deliver thine blood," Mister Li coldly said.

"What happens if the coffin is… revived?" Han Sen wanted to continue feigning he was a member and avoid invoking the ire of the possible-leader of Blood Legion, but he feared what might happen if he was to give his blood.

Mister Li walked over to Han Sen and grabbed him by the neck, then dragged him over to the eerie sarcophagus. Han Sen hadn't realized what was happening until it was too late; he had no hope of avoiding the man's grasp.

But it wasn't an ordinary grip that held his neck, either. He felt the tingling sensation of electrical currents running through his body, paralyzing his ability to resist. It was like he was suddenly chained up.

Mister Li pushed Han Sen down on the coffin and readied himself to slit Han Sen's throat with his dirty, overgrown fingernails. Han Sen swiftly understood the direness of the situation, and so his eyes flashed white. His black hair became a gown of milky silk. His body glowed brightly.

With that strength, Han Sen did not hesitate to pull away and perform Super Spank on Mister Li.

Pang!

Mister Li stumbled backwards in shock, staring at Han Sen and his new form.

Unfortunately, Han Sen was unable to break Mister Li's sequence structure. Trying to do that was like trying to pry steel with bare hands. He had gotten free as he had hoped, but he could hardly believe how strong he was. Mister Li had to have the strength of a super creature.

Han Sen turned around and began to flee. He knew he'd die if he tried to remain and fight an enemy so far beyond his own abilities.

"The power he possesses is magnificent, but unbridled and not honed. Still, the coffin demands the sacrifice," Mister Li spoke aloud coldly, as he moved forward to catch Han Sen.

But Han Sen knew he wouldn't be allowed to leave so easily, and he was prepared to react when the moment was right. When the full extent of the powers given by his super king spirit mode was enabled, he was faster than a sudden bolt of lightning.

With his Bulwark Umbrella, Han Sen shielded himself from Mister Li's incoming grip and summoned his crystal egg.

Boom!

Mister Li came into contact with the umbrella with the force of a comet. The umbrella cracked, and the crash of the impact sent Han Sen hurtling through the air. The egg was headed in Mister Li's direction as this occurred, but it did nothing. Mister Li grabbed the egg and with the sound of a pang, crushed it in his hands.

Still, this prompted the Jade Skeleton to appear. The pigmy was quick to scramble out of its ruined shell, and it delivered Mister Li a firm punch before flying over to Han Sen.

This was an unexpected turn of events which took Mister Li by surprise, and where his palm had been struck by the creepy little skeleton, he had turned to crystal. This crater in his palm began to expand and web across the entirety of his hand and beyond, turning him into a jade-like statue.

Over the course of a few seconds, though, Mister Li's body turned entirely blue. It overlapped the spreading jade and vanquished it, removing the effect of the pigmy's punch.

"That is rare! You are the first I have witnessed use such powers in a sanctuary." Despite his desire to slit Han Sen's throat as a sacrifice, Mister Li complimented him.

Survival was the best Han Sen could hope for in such a dire situation, but he couldn't contemplate a way in which he might ensure a getaway. Han Sen's power was far inferior to Mister Li's, and he only possessed bronze geno cores. There was no hope of fighting back, or even repelling the man.

"Why are the people in Blood Legion struggling to adapt to life in the sanctuaries?" Han Sen asked, wanting to stall his nemesis.

Mister Li knew Han Sen was asking nonsense, hoping to buy himself time. But he answered anyway, saying, "Blood Legion members can absorb geno points, but they cannot possess special powers. While we can use geno points to become stronger, it is impossible for us to change our elemental alignment. Your blood is too light and impure, which is why you can do so like the rest. Who are you? Which generation do you belong to?"

"You know my name is Han," Han Sen said.

"There is no one named Han amongst the thirteen." Mister Li looked genuinely curious.

"There was; my great-grandfather was called Han Jinzhi," Han Sen said.

"That is impossible! He joined the legion, but he was an outsider. His heirs cannot possess holy blood," Mister Li denied.

Now Han Sen was thinking Nan Litian and Baby Ghost were telling the truth, and Han Jinzhi had been forced into Blood Legion.

"If you say he is an outsider, why would he possess the relic?" As Han Sen spoke, Han Sen employed his Dongxuan Aura to determine the best possible escape route he could use. While doing this, Han Sen noticed the Nine-Life Cat sitting upon the palace's rooftop. It was staring right back at him, swinging its tail.

"It's still here?" Han Sen did not expect to see it there.

Mister Li answered the former question by telling him, "If you know of the relic, you must belong to the lineage of one of the thirteen. Are you from the Qin family, perhaps?"

"How did you know?" Han Sen pretended, with a put-on tone of exaggerated surprise.

"The Qin family left Blood Legion a long time ago, so light sacred blood is to be expected." Mister Li paused for a moment, before saying, "I cannot believe the Qin family is returning to the legion. This is a most splendid thing to learn."

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Chapter 1412: Blood Legion's Secret

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"So, if that is a good thing, why are we fighting? Bleeding is no good," Han Sen said with caution, stepping backwards as he kept up the lie.

"Blood is all. We are proud of blood, and we use blood to celebrate. If you are an heir of the Qin family, then your sacrifice is even more welcome. When I become sovereign to the legion, I will handsomely reward your family." Mister Li, as he spoke, came nearer to Han Sen.

Not wanting to get too close, Han Sen leaped up towards where the Nine-Life Cat was crouching. Han Sen's pendant had been acting up again, and it burned with great intensity when he neared the creature. It was directly reacting to the Nine-Life Cat, not the coffin.

The Nine-Life Cat pendant was able to suppress blue blood, and the creature itself suppressed the coffin. So, if Han Sen was in need of a deus ex machina to wholly alter the situation, that one would be as appropriate as any.

Mister Li looked at Han Sen and started to follow, but when he saw the Nine-Life Cat, he frowned, quit the chase, and looked at it. Han Sen was delighted by this reaction, so he made sure to stay as close to the cat as he possibly could.

Mister Li's eyes were fixed on the cat that hadn't moved, and he said, "The coffin is open. Why aren't you leaving? Do you really think I won't kill you?"

The cat heard this and squinted its eyes and moved its lips, as if the man's words had elicited a smile. It jumped atop Han Sen's head, which came as a surprise to Han Sen, but then looked down on Mister Li as if it were mocking him.

Han Sen, acknowledging the cat had no intention of hurting him, thought to himself, "Wow, does the cat really hate the leader? What's going on here?"

Mister Li looked at the cat and jumped towards them both.

Mister Li's attention was unnaturally affixed to the cat now, but unfortunately for Han Sen, the cat was on his head. If he wanted his head to remain upon his shoulders, he had to evade each incoming blow as best he could.

The pendant on his chest was burning hotter and hotter, though. It shone red, as it seared the skin it hung across, and soon after, his entire body glowed red. And all of a sudden, Han Sen felt as if he possessed the power to destroy the universe.

Han Sen punched Mister Li and sent him flying.

Mister Li was sent barreling through the air, arcing down towards the ground. When he crash-landed, he skidded through the tiled ground for ten meters, spilling blue blood from his mouth.

"You do have the relic! Who are you?" Mister Li looked at Han Sen and asked.

"I told you; I am the heir of Han Jinzhi." Han Sen's pendant augmented his power, fueling him with a strength he had never felt before.

"If you truly are, then you should die." As Mister Li looked dim and swung his fist towards Han Sen.

Feeling overwhelmingly confident in his newfound power, Han Sen did not even try to dodge this time. He threw a punch to meet with the incoming fist.

Pang!

Mister Li had no hope of matching with that strength, and again, he was lifted off the ground and sent spinning through the foggy atmosphere of the shelter. Han Sen leaped into the air and landed on a rooftop directly before Mister Li, for whom the tables had turned.

Han Sen unleashed a barrage of punches on Mister Li, with the speed and ferocity of a tornado. Each hit was the lash of a spiraling wind, and the power he delivered in each strike was unlike anything he had ever felt before.

Mister Li was able to dodge a few strikes, but when the next ones landed, they were devastating. His defense was broken, and his body was next in line.

Like a boxing bag propped up for training, Han Sen unleashed all the power he could on Mister Li. His body was twisted and disfigured.

"Alu-Alu-Alu!" The excitement of this ability to punch with manic speed and wretched power was a thrill like no other, and Han Sen imagined himself as Xie Qing King, pummeling an unfortunate foe into oblivion. To destroy with nothing but one's fist instigated a primal ecstasy.

Boom!

Mister Li was sent flying once more, and he crashed against the coffin.

Han Sen wished to fly over there and finish him off.

But Mister Li, with his body being little more than a sack of bruised organs and broken bones, stuttered to say, "Han Jinzhi broke my legion, and now his heir breaks my mission? Curse your foul lineage! I am on the precipice of becoming a god, and you dare do this to me? The right is mine!"

"A god? You seek to become a god?" Han Sen was shocked hearing this.

"You are Han Jinzhi's heir. Have you not learned a thing from your predecessors? Blood Legion's entire purpose is to assemble a faction of godhood," Mister Li coughed up more blood.

"What kind of god could you hope to become?" Han Sen asked with a frown.

"You must break through the vacuum and reach the Fifth Sanctuary. Then you become a God. As much as I would have liked this, it seems you have the highest chance of success." Mister Li said.

"And why could Han Jinzhi not do this?" Han Sen asked.

"It was nothing more than a fantasy for him. Like me, he was too weak to achieve such greatness," Mister Li mocked.

Han Sen wanted to kill Mister Li, but there were a number of questions he wished to ask first. So, he asked, "Why does Blood Legion feature spirit members? Who created the organization, initially?"

Mister Li wiped away the blood oozing from the corner of his lips and said, "Are you really his heir? It seems to me that no one has told you a thing."

"Does it matter?" Han Sen responded.

"Ultimately, I suppose it does not." Mister Li paused to regather some of his composure, then went on to explain, "Blood Legion was formed through a union between humans and spirits. There is no contradiction."

"What does that mean?" Han Sen frowned.

Mister Li smiled and said, "Where do you think we come from?"

Han Sen's heart jumped against his ribs, and he blurted out, "Was Blood Legion's creator from the sanctuary? Did he then go to the Alliance, like Asura?"

Mister Li shook his head and explained, "You're half right, but Asura? He was nothing. He was a petty but fortunate individual that was able to slay a damaged god. Our creator was the one who did manage to break through the vacuum and reach the Fifth Sanctuary."

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Chapter 1413: The Whole Story

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"Are you insinuating that the entire human race originated in the sanctuaries?" Han Sen screamed and felt his voice crack.

"That is the secret Blood Legion has harbored since our founding." Mister Li said.

"What's in the Fifth Sanctuary?" Han Sen asked, as what Mister Li said was too shocking. He wanted answers.

Mister Li shook his head and answered, "That is what we all wish to know. Whether it will eventually become common knowledge is uncertain, but become a god yourself and you're sure to find out."

"Then who is Han Jinzhi? What happened with him?" Han Sen asked.

Mister Li smiled and said, "He's just… a liar. I thought he possessed the power necessary to help me locate the relic, but he didn't help me. He wreaked havoc amongst the legion, stole my map, and took the relic for himself. Evidently, he then gave it to you."

Everything Mister Li was telling Han Sen shocked him.

The Qi Gong Master Han Jinzhi was a liar who had managed to trick the entirety of Blood Legion.

Han Sen tried to collect all the intel he had gathered thus far in his head, and he tried to organize the whole story by laying it all out on a table in his mind.

Humans were beings originating from the sanctuaries, the place where Blood Legion had been created.

Like Asura, the being that created Blood Legion became a god, then somehow went to the Alliance.

Asura created the shura, whereas humans reproduced more humans. Another chapter of the Blood Legion organization was also formed in the Alliance.

Baby Ghost was a member of Blood Legion in the sanctuaries, whereas Mister Li was a member of the Alliance chapter of Blood Legion.

Humans were unable to return to the sanctuaries for the longest time, leaving behind a grand portion of their history there. When technological advancements reached a certain point, humans were able to teleport in and out of the sanctuaries as they pleased and explore.

When Han Sen met the self-proclaimed leader earlier, the shadow could have been a reflection of the person before he became a god.

Han Sen thought the vat of knowledge he had learned from Mister Li was quite unbelievable, but not entirely implausible. That meant the people he saw before were ancient humans.

It was no wonder the shadow kept referring to Han Sen as his child.

And Han Sen did not know why Mister Li required the relic. It was entirely possible, after seeing the power he had just exhibited, that the man had wanted the relic to become a god.

He had hired the Qi Gong Master Han Jinzhi to help him locate the relic, perhaps because he could not do this by himself. But Han Jinzhi tricked the entirety of Blood Legion and even took the map for himself.

Han Sen thought Han Jinzhi had procured the map himself, and he had merely asked Uncle Bug for assistance in locating the relic and Life Door.

Han Sen thought something had to be wrong with this tale, and he had more to ask Mister Li, so he asked, "Did Han Jinzhi join before or after the discovery of the sanctuaries?"

Mister Li looked at him with disdain and said, "If Han Jinzhi didn't steal our research, how would the Alliance have created teleporters? The Alliance was merely lucky to have crystallizer technology."

When Han Jinzhi was in the seventh team, the place they supposedly ventured to was the sanctuary.

The technology had not yet matured, however, and the realm they ended up in might have been the Fifth Sanctuary. They could have ended up there right off the bat, completely unaware.

Han Sen was not sure what happened there exactly, but from what he had gathered, the people in that team had been tricked by a being or a deity that referred to itself as God.

Han Jinzhi must have known about the sanctuaries he was trying to access, but Han Sen couldn't help but wonder why the man had made a wish. He didn't understand.

If he wanted answers for everything, Han Sen knew he'd have one more destination to reach: the Fifth Sanctuary. Once he got there, he knew everything would become clear.

"Was this shelter once occupied by the leader who later went on to become a god?" Han Sen asked Mister Li.

Mister Li nodded and then spoke with pride in his voice. "This was indeed the leader's shelter. Only his children can access this place, and not even a god could enter if he had no affiliation."

Han Sen, pondering these revelations, then thought of something. He wondered why the heirs of Asura were unable to enter the sanctuaries. He also wanted to know how a god could be damaged and allow itself to be killed by Asura in the Third God's Sanctuary.

Han Sen could not be 100% percent certain he was being told the truth concerning these matters, but these pieces of the puzzle fit the information he had previously gathered.

"What is the relic?" Han Sen asked, looking up at the Nine-Life Cat that was still perched upon his head.

"That would be a geno core belonging to our ancestor, who's name I admittedly do not know. It was formed after he became a god." Mister Li turned his bloodshot eyes over to the Nine-Life Cat and went on to say, "And that is the guardian creature of the shelter. I am not sure of its association with that ancestor, but I am well aware the geno core looks just like it."

Han Sen wished to ask even more, but Mister Li gave him a queer smile. He said, "Time's up."

Han Sen's face changed. He knew what was happening, and so he threw a punch towards Mister Li.

Before the hit could land, the coffin began to shine with a bright light as the lid removed itself. Then, Mister Li hopped inside with the last of his strength.

"When I am reborn, I will rise as a god!" Mister Li's voice rang out as the lid of the sarcophagus closed.

Han Sen gripped the lid and tried to pull it away, but no matter how hard he pulled, it would not budge.

"Save your strength; that is a relic belonging to God. None can open it if it does not want to be opened."

Han Sen suddenly heard the Nine-Life Cat begin to talk.

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Chapter 1414: Geno God Square

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"Isn't the pendant a geno core given by this God dude? Can its power really not be enough to open the coffin?" Han Sen asked the creature. He wasn't too surprised the Nine-Life Cat was able to talk, given its reputation.

Nine-Life Cat squinted its eyes responded to him, saying, "This thing is not a geno core. If God had it, of course he could open the coffin. But you are not God. It's perfectly normal for you not to be able to open it."

When Nine-Life Cat said this, the red light on the pendant began to dim and fade away.

Han Sen had already assumed it was the Nine-Life Cat that had triggered the pendant's power to allow him to overcome Mister Li, but he asked the cat, "Is there really no other way to get him out of the coffin?"

Nine-Life Cat coldly answered, "You are both heirs of the shelter's master, but there is something wrong with his blood. He was unable to see the master. Even though he has entered the coffin, there is a low chance of becoming a god in his state."

The Nine-Life Cat was rather chatty, and it went on to say, "And if anything, using the coffin to become a god might not be a good thing."

"Why?" Han Sen asked.

The Nine-Life Cat leaped back onto the lid of the coffin, to resume the position Han Sen had originally seen him. He explained, "I promised to guard this shelter until an heir of God came to open it. My task has now been fulfilled. There is no use me staying here anymore."

Nine-Life Cat looked at the coffin below him, and the area around, and spoke mournfully. "This has been my bed for the longest time. I am not used to sleeping anywhere else."

After that, the Nine-Life Cat jumped back onto Han Sen's head like a red fur hat.

"Let's go. I'll accompany you, for a time," the Nine-Life Cat said firmly.

Han Sen knew the creature must have been extraordinarily strong if a god had asked it to protect his shelter. He knew it would be best to remain friendly with it, and if possible, keep it as a companion.

"We'll get in trouble if we leave now." Han Sen proceeded to tell the Nine-Life Cat about Outer Sky Shelter and Sacred Shelter, his mission, and what the situation was.

"Outer Sky and Sacred were around even way back when God was here. They didn't dare do anything, though. It was smart of them to deduce only humans could enter the shelter, but I'm hard-pressed to believe they suspected you might have been an heir," Nine-Life Cat looked disdained.

"It makes me feel a lot safer, knowing the master of this shelter was such a powerful being. Why don't we just go waste them?" Han Sen said.

Nine-Life Cat rolled its eyes and said, "I don't have the power to go up against Outer Sky and Sacred, and you can't unlock the true power of the Geno God Square, either. I am sure there is a way we can sneak past them."

"Never mind, then…" Han Sen took a pause to think, before proceeding to say, "We're leaving, regardless. If you have anything to bring with you, now's the best time to start packing."

Nine-Life Cat was amused by his comment, catching a touch of greed coating Han Sen's words. He told Han Sen, "And don't you think about taking things from here to go with you. You shouldn't take anything from this place. If you do, the spell that protects this place will be broken, and then anyone can enter. When you reach the power of an emperor, however, feel free to return and claim proper ownership."

"But Mister Li is already here," Han Sen said.

"He is in the coffin, and this is a shelter. You have the Geno God Square, anyway. Mister Li will be in that stone cage for thousands of years, I suspect, regardless of whether he is successful or not," Nine-Life Cat explained.

Han Sen was pleased to hear this, and so he said, "In that case, I have nothing to fear. I could become a god a hundred times over in that time. I suppose there is no concern, then."

It was a shame Han Sen was unable to take anything with him, but he would be walking away with the Blood-Pulse Sutra's geno core and the Nine-Life Cat. It was a worthy haul that made him quite happy.

Han Sen didn't yet know how to use Real Blood or what benefit it could provide. It was very much like a newborn baby, in that you could not know what a newborn body could yet do or accomplish. He'd have to find out himself in time.

It depended on the talent of the geno core itself. Some geno cores simply weren't great, and no matter how much time or effort you'd go into training and improving it, it wouldn't achieve much.

Han Sen managed to get the Nine-Life Cat out of the shelter, and when they were beyond the mist-draped walls, he decided to follow the cat, which seemed to have a specific direction it wished to go.

"By the way, do you have a name?" Han Sen asked the cat.

"You can call me Cat God," the Nine-Life Cat squinted its eyes.

"I don't understand. If we were all heirs of the master of the shelter, why did the rest of the team have to die? Aside from Mister Li, the others should have seen the master's shadow," Han Sen asked.

Cat God smirked and replied by saying, "This shelter was here even before it was occupied by a god. This place is old, a remnant from an even older, harsher time. A cruel fate befell the others, but it is best not to dwell on what happened to them. You would have been one of them if you had not practiced the correct skills. And what's more, you wouldn't have received the shadow's summons if you hadn't learned those techniques."

Han Sen waited until it was mid-afternoon before completely leaving the shelter.

Yu Miao, Yu Xuan, and Goddess, seeing someone emerge from behind the gates, stood up with great interest. It was Han Sen, and he was leaving that place on his own.

They immediately suspected what might have happened, and they were shocked that only a single human with a bronze geno core had survived the trials inside that place.

But it didn't seem as if they paid attention to Cat God's presence. It was almost as if the cat did not exist or was invisible to them.

"What happened inside? You must tell us everything!" Goddess immediately asked Han Sen.

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Chapter 1415: Challenge

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"No, no; there is no need to answer. Come, we can talk when you return," Yu Miao said, stepping in front of Han Sen, near Goddess.

"Excuse me? You said we would share the discovery together, and that it was a joint effort. We were to co-operate on this matter." Goddess's face was swiftly turning sour upon hearing this.

"Our co-operative venture is done now. Yu Xuan, take him away, will you?" Yu Miao coldly said.

"I won't let you get away with this so easily." Goddess had known a fight might break out if only one person from a particular team made it out. The collaborative effort was little more than a farce.

Han Sen had prepared a speech for what he uncovered, but he was barely given the opportunity to speak.

Yu Xuan's pace with Han Sen was incredibly quick, as he pulled him away. The area swiftly turned into chaos, as the spirits and creatures of Outer Sky and Sacred clashed arms.

Yu Xuan summoned a ship, and he used it to drive Han Sen away to a safer location. It wasn't long before they approached an old, big, yet grand shelter. He arrived there at an alarming speed.

"You just need to tell us what happened inside the shelter from beginning to end. Tell us everything, and the reward is yours." Yu Xuan was worried Han Sen might soon die as the others had before, so he wanted to get Han Sen talking as soon as possible.

Yu Xuan quickly assembled a panel, and Han Sen told them everything he could. He avoided the more sensitive points by skirting around them or making things up, but for the most part, he told them what had transpired in the shelter.

Han Sen described the tower to them and told them how a man had died after reading a line of text. He also told Yu Xuan about the Wall of Destiny and the wolfpacks that had hounded them after it. He even told them about the coffin, and how all his team had died beside it.

There were certain things Han Sen made sure not to mention, however.

These included him being the one to push the wall open, the shadow he had encountered, Mister Li being the leader of Blood Legion, and the presence of a Nine-Life Cat.

After Han Sen recounted his tale to them, the spirit next to Yu Xuan opened an eye directly in his forehead. The eye glowed with a mysterious, otherworldly hue, and it gazed at Han Sen. The look from the eye was invasive, and Han Sen could sense it purveying what it could of his mind.

"F*ck! They want to read my memories to see if I am telling the truth." Han Sen was shocked, and he hadn't expected this to occur.

However, Cat God whispered to him, "Close your eyes and do not resist. Pretend to be in pain and I will handle this matter."

Han Sen closed his eyes and scrunched his face with exaggeration, pretending he was in pain.

Eventually, that invasive feeling came to an end.

The spirit closed his third eye and turned to the others, saying, "He wasn't lying. Everything he said was the truth."

"Then it seems we have failed once more, or at least, our efforts were for naught. The coffin was empty? D*mn." Yu Xuan sighed.

While Han Sen stood there before them, vacant-minded looking, Yu Xuan asked the spirit beside him, "What's wrong with him?"

The spirit answered, "My truth-seeing eye broke his memories. His mind might have some trouble, going forward. With luck, he won't become retarded, but I fear his memories will be lost."

"Memory loss might be for the best, I suppose. We can't afford this news leaking beyond the shelter," Yu Xuan said.

Han Sen wasn't permanently damaged, following that. His IQ suffered a drop, but his memory of the events that transpired was mostly gone. A few days later, he was mostly okay.

Yu Xuan provided Han Sen with the geno fruits he was promised and had a spirit take him home.

They didn't kill Han Sen because they believed his memory had been lost, and they were worried other humans would shy away from helping them in the future if they started killing people who did what they asked.

"When I'm an emperor, I'm going to burn them down to the ground. They're all as wretched each other" Han Sen was angry after returning to Shadow Shelter. When he got back, he went straight to the Alliance, in case others came looking for him.

The next time he went hunting, however, Han Sen decided he'd strictly use super king spirit mode in case creatures from Outer Sky would see him out and about okay.

After Han Sen consumed all the geno fruit he was given, he was able to max out his sacred geno point tally. He also had an additional ten remaining. Han Sen still needed mutant geno points, but killing any mutant creatures he came across would be a trivial task now.

Han Sen entered the Geno Core Storage using his Crystal Core.

Not a single creature showed up to challenge him, which was rather strange, he thought.

"I thought I need to be challenged at least once a month. Why is no one stepping up to the plate?" Han Sen asked Rockman.

Rockman answered, "There are no challengers."

Han Sen asked him the question again, but he received the exact same answer. He asked it again with different phrasing, but the answer wouldn't change.

Because Han Sen put on a terrifying performance and outright killed his last opponent, none were willing to challenge him. He was too frightening a foe, and challenging him was asking for death.

He had killed Black Mountain God and Heart Wheel with no remorse. He hadn't even been given the chance to flee. No one wanted to risk their life by fighting him.

Not even the spirits that could respawn dared challenge Han Sen, as they believed he had the power to destroy spirit stones.

"Can I challenge them, instead?" Han Sen asked, seeing the geno cores from Outer Sky Shelter and Sacred Shelter. He was feeling angry.

"You can, but you are already number one. There is no benefit to be gained by challenging those who are weaker than you," Rockman answered.

One of the geno cores from Sacred Shelter was lit up on the leaderboard, indicating he was available to fight. Without hesitating, Han Sen challenged him.

But in less than a second, his invitation was declined.

"I thought you said I could challenge them?" Han Sen asked Rockman.

Rockman said, "You can, but if the opponent has already reached their quota, they can decline challenges."

Han Sen was feeling rather disheartened by this, but then Rockman told him, "Bronze Geno Core Rank Nine Ghost Eye has sent you a challenge."

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Chapter 1416: Giving Out First

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When Han Sen learned Ghost Eye was not from Outer Sky Shelter or Sacred Shelter, he was quite disappointed.

Regardless, he had to accept the fight to meet his quota. After accepting, he went forward to meet his opponent-to-be on the designated battleground. There, Han Sen saw a panther with three eyes. Its coat of fur was dark and menacing, like the blackest coal.

The panther didn't wait around long, and it ran forward. But it wasn't doing so in hostility. As it ran, it immediately began to plead, "I'm not here to fight! Wait, hold up! I'm here to discuss an arrangement we might make. I'm not here to fight!"

Han Sen thought he'd been given the opportunity to slay another super creature baby, but hearing this, he was a little taken aback. This was not what he had expected.

"An arrangement? What arrangement?" Han Sen asked, checking the black panther out.

"You are already in first place, and with your geno core having been reinforced nine times already, remaining in that lofty position is pointless. If you throw the match and put me in first place… I'll be indebted and give you whatever you desire." The panther spoke everything he could as swiftly as he was able to, in fear of being immediately killed.

The panther knew he wouldn't have been able to take down Han Sen, so he was cleverly hoping to buy the first place off him.

"Define indebted. What are you willing to offer exactly?" Han Sen was willing to consider such a bargain, but only if the price was right. If the offer was worthless he'd simply kill the panther.

Although no deal had been struck, the panther was exuberantly happy just hearing he was willing to consider a deal. He feared he might have been killed without even being heard out.

"Cost is of no concern, and we can pay you whatever sum you are willing to accept. Purgatory Shelter is a rather fancy place, I'll have you know. Name your price and we won't disappoint," the panther said.

"What does Purgatory Shelter have to offer?" Han Sen was still willing to hear him out, but he pictured the panther as some rich tycoon's kid who could buy his way up the ladder with daddy's credit card.

"All sorts! You can get a kilo of Ghost Eye Grass, Hellfire… You know, good stuff!" The panther proceeded to list a number of items, all with peculiar-sounding names Han Sen had never heard of before.

"What about fruit that can provide super geno points?" Han Sen asked.

"No, but we do have a Super Ghost Tree. Its fruit might bear super creature babies. Eating those are better than eating fruits," the panther said.

"A fancy shelter doesn't have any fruit? Is that what you're telling me?" Han Sen didn't believe him.

The panther squirmed a little and said, "We did have fruit trees, but they were recently harvested and eaten."

"Then what about super geno cores?" Han Sen asked.

The panther receded into worried thought for a moment. "Don't you need to kill an emperor or super creature for something like that? I have much respect for you, sir, but even if Purgatory Shelter had one, it would not be offered up in a trade such as this."

The panther smiled queerly and uncomfortably. He knew he had to keep the offers coming, so he said, "But we do have gemstone geno cores available for trade."

Han Sen knew he wouldn't be given a super geno core, but on the slim chance he might get one, he thought it was worth asking.

"Gemstone geno core? Let's see… let's see… useless." Han Sen exaggerated his disappointment in the offer, and then went on to ask, "But for the simple sake of asking, what do they do? Do these gemstone geno cores have extra special properties or powers?"

Han Sen, truthfully, wouldn't mind a gemstone geno core. Remaining in first place wasn't much of a concern for him, and swapping it out for a few goodies was a worthwhile thing to do.

The panther responded to his query and answered, "Oh, the powers of these gemstone geno cores are unbelievably good! You'll be hard-pressed to find better elsewhere. I promise you, if you accept one of these, you won't be disappointed!"

The panther summoned a geno core for Han Sen to see. He couldn't display the powers it possessed due to the rules of the realm. But even though its powers had been silenced, Han Sen could get a good look at it.

But it didn't tell him much. All in all, it looked rather unspectacular. Han Sen could see it was a blue jewel of sorts, and had no clue what it did.

The panther was ready to explain what it was, however. "It is a dark-element geno core called Ghost Armor. It has a very high defense stat against elemental damage. You'd have to use it to see what the armor actually looks like."

Han Sen could imagine the usefulness such armor might provide. It was a situational armor, for sure, though. Armor that was particularly effective against elemental damage had almost zero properties for defending against raw physical damage.

Style was another concern for Han Sen, so it was unfortunate he was not able to see what it might look like on him while he was in the Geno Core Storage.

"What was that tree you mentioned earlier?" Han Sen went on to ask.

The panther summoned the seed of such a tree and said, "I can't move the tree, but I can give you the seed of one. You should take it."

"Very nice. Pantherboy, I think you are a good man." Han Sen accepted the seed and was immediately able to sense the lifeforce within it.

"Thank you. And what's more, you should get a feel for this." The panther then proceeded to hand over the Ghost Armor geno core. Han Sen accepted it, and it was as described. It was a gemstone dark geno core.

"I can give you first place for now. But once you've reinforced, you're going to have to challenge me and hand it back over," Han Sen stated.

"That is no problem," the panther agreed.

"Congratulations; you have obtained the first rank in the bronze geno core Geno Core Storage," Han Sen squinted.

"You have my thanks, good sir!" The panther was clearly struggling to contain his excitement and joy.

"If you ever have the hankering to strike more business deals, look me up." Han Sen waved and immediately left the Geno Core Storage.

Han Sen's rank then dropped down to second. In first place was Ghost Eye. Han Sen looked at his crystal egg, just to double check, and he noticed how he still had the nine reinforcements. Nothing had been lost.

Back in the shelter, Han Sen donned his new armor and started casting dark-element abilities. A blue shroud enveloped Han Sen's skin, which then projected outwards like a holographic armor set around him.

The armor was true to its name. It was not a solid-looking armor set, and Han Sen looked more like a transparent phantom.

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Chapter 1417: Returning to First

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"It wasn't a bad bargain, all things considered." After trying out the armor for a bit, Han Sen grew rather fond of it. Its properties were right up his alley, in how it masked the user inside and obscured their lifeforce. Its defense-boosting was remarkable.

Geno core armor was also defined differently than beast soul armor, and if you wanted to, you could use a set of each at the same time.

"I should really get to first place again. Maybe someone else will want to make a trade with me, too," Han Sen said to himself.

Before he returned, though, Han Sen took the time to plant the super spirit tree's seed in the garden. He used a single lifedrop from the black crystal on the tree, and watched as it immediately sprouted and began to grow.

One lifedrop was the equivalent of one year of growth, and he wondered how long such a tree might take to fully develop and bear fruit.

The next day, Han Sen returned to the Geno Core Storage and challenged Ghost Eye. When the panther received the challenge invite, he declined it and told Han Sen, "I gave you the seed in order to achieve first place. Why would I hand over this lofty seat so soon?"

The panther had never planned to give it back to Han Sen at all. And he had even gone so far as to get in touch with other spirits who were willing to trade with him for the first position instead.

The panther received another challenger's invite, which he accepted merrily.

It was a spirit that wished to buy his way to first place, too. The spirit was the sort with a fat wallet, and the panther was sure to walk away with wealth that would cover the losses he incurred to Han Sen, and then some.

Han Sen wasn't angry over the panther's rejection. In fact, he understood and laughed. "If you think you can avoid me forever by declining my challenge offers, you are a naive little brat."

Han Sen exited the Storage and summoned his Real Blood Geno Core for a re-entrance.

Upon re-entry, Han Sen used his Real Blood Geno Core to complete the ranking test.

The Real Blood Geno Core had absorbed twenty percent of the Black Crystal, an amount that was double what the others had. If that was any metric for the strength of this Geno Core, then it was sure to be even greater than his other cores.

Rockman's third eye scanned the geno core and began counting down from a dizzyingly high sum again. Inside a certain battleground elsewhere, the panther was engaged in a discussion with a spirit with red hair.

"So, you met the Crystal Core owner? What powers did he employ against you?" the red-haired spirit asked.

The panther gave a wry smile and answered, "I didn't beat him, actually. I spent a fortune to achieve first place instead. I didn't even get a look at his geno core."

"Were you able to tell if he was a spirit or a creature?" the red-haired spirit asked.

The panther said, "No, he was shrouded in a dark mist. I couldn't get a good look. If I knew these sort of things, I'd far sooner be auctioning the intel rather than this first place."

The spirit nodded, and he knew that if the panther had known what the Crystal Core's master looked like, he'd have put that information up for trade as well. It'd also work as a form of life insurance.

"The items you want are here. Take them and throw the fight," the spirit said, after summoning the items they had settled upon when forging a deal.

The panther's eyes suddenly lit up with an immense amount of greed. The items he was about to receive far outpriced what he had given to Han Sen. Things had turned out very well for the business-savvy feline.

But just as the panther moved forward to collect his prize, the ranking leaderboard shone brightly. It made the two figures freeze. Their trade had not yet been completed, so their ranks should not have yet switched.

But there was a change. All of a sudden, the panther found itself in second place. Taking his spot in first was a new geno core called Real Blood.

The panther was in disbelief. He knew the red-haired spirit's geno core was not called Real Blood, too, so why did the ranking move?

"Are you now in first place?" the panther asked the spirit, just in case.

"How dare you? What is this? Are you trying to scam me out of all this wealth?!" The red-haired spirit was suddenly brought to wrath, and he swung a fist at the panther.

The panther was far weaker than the spirit was, so he did his best to explain the situation rather than fight back. He pleaded, "I wouldn't dare scam you out of this stuff. See? I didn't touch your items. I didn't expect any of this to happen!"

Red Spirit God knew this had to be true, ultimately. Holding onto first place was silly, considering the wealth one could achieve by bargaining off the position. It was just bad timing, really.

The punch, more than anything, was to release the anger that had suddenly rushed through his heart. He had come very close to losing a fortune.

After suffering the blow, the panther was already coughing up blood, and with a wheezy voice, he rasped, "I know! It must have been another geno core that was able to reach first place again."

"Another one? So soon after Crystal Core? Gah! Who might it be this time?" Red Spirit God's face looked ill, and he suspected this might have been the case, as well.

The panther was upset, and he writhed around on the ground in sadness. He had come so close to receiving all the wealth laid out before him, but now, he couldn't take any of it. All he had received was a punch.

"This sucks! Why would a geno core suddenly appear and knock me off the leaderboard like that? What poor timing!" The panther was on the precipice of crying his eyes out.

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Chapter 1418: The Spirits Return

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Real Blood Geno Core reached first place and created a big fuss across the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

"What's going on recently? Another geno core has jumped to first place? Who could create a geno core that scary?"

"It feels like the Fourth God's Sanctuary is in for a big, frightening change. When these powers grow, we could see this sanctuary turned upside down."

"I wonder… is Crystal Core stronger? Or is Real Blood really the new champ?"

"I'd say it has got to be Real Blood. Otherwise, it wouldn't have overtaken Crystal Core."

"Crystal Core lost to Ghost Eye on purpose, that is why it's now behind. You are aware he one-hit killed Heart Wheel, yes?"

"Gee, this is so scary. Everyone is so strong, how am I supposed to live?"

"Sacred and Outer Sky Shelter should be worried the most. When these two forces grow and mature over time, those two big shelters are the ones likely to be in the line of fire."

"I wonder if it's possible for one being to govern the entirety of the Fourth God's Sanctuary, all at once."

"Is that possible? It has never happened before."

"Have you ever heard of a geno core achieving first place through the test before? Now there's two at the same time, so it is hard to say."

"This is all so very scary to think about. I wonder who might possess them. Are they spirits? Or creatures, I wonder?"

All the Fourth God's Sanctuary were talking about Real Blood Geno Core. The bossess of super shelters were trying to find out who owned it, but they had no clue.

After Real Blood achieved first place, however, no one dared to challenge the elusive geno core.

After what happened to Black Mountain God, no one was reckless enough to challenge a core that could leapfrog the rest and achieve first place in such a manner.

But with no challengers to face, Han Sen became rather bored. So, he decided to visit Ji Yanran.

Occasionally, he went off to hunt a few mutant creatures for mutant geno points while using super king spirit mode. But most of the time, he stayed with Ji Yanran.

Her belly had developed quite the bump, and the baby she was having was going to be a boy. Han Sen wanted to be with her during this time and not do anything else.

The super king spirit geno core had yet to be formulated, and none of his bronze geno cores had yet become silver, either.

Han Sen had leveled up too quickly, and he hadn't spent enough time practicing. Within a few months, though, Han Sen was able to max out his mutant geno points. That left the procurement of super geno points being the last thing to do.

Killing super creatures was not easy. Unless he found a baby one, it'd be a difficult task. Han Sen needed to level up his geno cores to match his powers before he tried killing super creatures.

But he didn't spend much time out in their search. He was with Ji Yanran in the Alliance, living well.

In the Third God's Sanctuary, many emperors assembled in one shelter for a discussion. No God Emperor and Ruin Emperor were there amongst the collective.

Super Spank was able to destroy everything, and for a long time, people believed the spirits that were slain by it would have their spirit stones broken, as well. But it wasn't like the Falsified-Sky Powers.

When they lost their battles, they merely disappeared for a long time. Many foolishly believed they had gone to the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

The creatures and spirits that had gathered there were almost as strong as No God Emperor and Ruin Emperor, who were the mightiest in the sanctuary.

"We can confirm that human has reached the Fourth God's Sanctuary. Nothing can stop us from reclaiming Sky Mountain, so it is time we take that place back. We will show them who is boss." Ruin Emperor coldly said.

A dinosaur-looking berserk super creature amongst them said, "The humans still have faithful servants among them, such as Xie Qing King and the super creatures, but they will be crushed beneath our sheer force of numbers."

"It is a shame we are unable to find The King to aid us in this endeavor," one spirit said.

"With only the weak humans remaining, we have no need for The King," a berserk super creature said.

"We must establish a time, and then we go to Sky Mountain together and show all the humans who is boss," No God Emperor coldly said.

All the creatures and spirits roared and hollered at once, with a sound that almost brought down the roof.

When Han Sen was in the Third God's Sanctuary, it was a bad time for the emperors. When they learned Han Sen was now in the Fourth God's Sanctuary, they were all going to co-operate and retake Sky Mountain.

Sky Mountain.

Queen was engaged in battle against a super creature. Han Sen had left behind so many Life Geno Essences for his family and friends, and Queen had received more of them than anyone else.

After she absorbed them, she was able to take on super creatures alone, despite it still being difficult for her.

Queen's skill in taking on super creatures was also partially due to the fact that she had learned Ghost Slash. It went well with Queen's super body The Wheel of Space, which she depended on when fighting such fearsome beasts.

This particular super creature, however, was wretchedly strong. If she did not have The Wheel of Space, she'd have been killed already. She was holding her own against it, but it was clear she was at a disadvantage.

But suddenly, the creature stopped attacking and began running away.

Queen was confused by this, and when she went to take a look, she noticed a vast army of creatures and spirits approaching.

Queen saw No God Emperor and Ruin Emperor were amongst them. It was one big co-operative effort, evidenced by the many spirits that came forward, riding atop creatures.

"The spirits are breaking their part of the bargain, it would appear." Queen's face changed.

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Chapter 1419: The Battle Begins

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Seeing the horde before her, Queen immediately turned tail and fled back toward the shelter she resided at.

"Ah, 'tis a good day. We have only just reached Sky Mountain, and already we have met someone he knows." No God Emperor saw Queen make use of The Wheel of Space, and it reminded him of the abilities Han Sen had used. So, he went straight for her.

Normal super creatures and king spirits were unable to catch up with her, but No God Emperor could. He was as swift as he was wretchedly powerful, and he lunged all the way forward, wanting to cut her in half.

Queen's body flashed and disappeared. When she re-appeared, she had gone past No God Emperor's sword.

Queen's Ghost Slash was better than Han Sen's because of her super body. She could teleport through space, rendering attacks against her undamaging.

No God Sword was able to cut through the air she would be moving into, but Queen was able to manipulate the fabric of the space around her and remove herself from wherever the sword would land.

Combined with the power of Heavenly Go, there was nothing No God Emperor could do to harm Queen. She was too nimble for him.

Most of the spirits and creatures were shocked, seeing this. They found it difficult to believe some random, nameless woman was able to maneuver with such effectiveness.

The spirits didn't say it out loud, but they all believed humans were a disease. They were compelled to kill them all before the plague spread.

No God Emperor's face turned quite ill as he pursued Queen. He repeatedly swung his sword, hoping to cut her down, but it was all to no avail.

When Queen traveled through space, she realized No God Sword was near. So, she used her sword to block No God Sword.

Katcha!

Her sword shattered, and her pursuer's sword managed to continue on to create a tear in her armor. It nicked her skin and caused her to bleed.

Queen did not dwell on the stumble, though. She summoned more strength and power into her legs, and time-hopped away.

She knew she might die out there on the slopes of that mountain, and she could make her peace with that. But she didn't want to die before she had the chance to warn the others to retreat into the teleporters or flee the region.

Queen had not yet maxed out her super geno points, though, and No God Emperor was able to catch up once he learned how to respond to her blinking. He dealt her another cut, leading to a flowerfall of blood in the air. This happened a few times, and her skin was becoming covered with the constant cuts and lesions.

Queen used all her power and skill to race back to the shelter before the enemy horde caught up. But after a while of running, there was not a single part of her that was devoid of a bloodstain.

She remained quiet and concentrated, despite the pain that gnawed at her mind. She put all she could into her bloody legs, to run back to where she could call for everyone to depart.

Another strike came cleaving the air in two, directly behind Queen.

Queen had just finished a new teleportation, and she knew she couldn't dodge it. She started to believe she would not be able to make it back to the shelter, and that this attack would be the one to kill her.

She did not look back. Instead, she shouted out to the human shelter. "The spirits have come!"

She was still a distance away from the shelter, but she hoped there were other humans out and about who would hear her call and relay it back.

"No one can save you; no matter how loudly you shout," No God Emperor coldly said, lifting his sword towards her back, hoping to cut Queen in half.

Boom!

Suddenly, a silver light exploded against No God Sword.

It stopped the sword, giving Queen enough time to teleport a few thousand meters away.

No God Emperor's eyes lost track of Queen, and so he looked forward.

A ripped, muscly body had appeared in front of No God Emperor.

He was wearing a blinding, garish tropical shirt and shorts. He wore flip-flops, and he stood tall and proud before the callous emperor. He wore sunglasses, too, and he had long silver hair.

"Xie Qing King, we are the same kind. Are you really going to stand there, helping those cheap and filthy humans?!" No God Emperor looked at Xie Qing King coldly.

Xie Qing King looked at him with disdain, and said, "Who said we are the same kind? Cut the sh*t, fool."

No God Emperor was so angry, and so he said, "I'll kill you, you traitorous human-humper!"

After that, No God Emperor began swinging his sword towards Xie Qing King.

Xie Qing King's arms were bulging with muscles, and his hair and shirt was waving. He punched towards No God Emperor's No God Sword.

"Yes, if you wanted a fight, we should fight. What's the use in wasting time?" Xie Qing King shouted.

Pang!

The skin on Xie Qing King's knuckles split a little, and blood welled up from the cut.

No God Emperor stumbled backwards after the strike, however.

The spirits were shocked to see this. They were all surprised No God Emperor was unable to bring down Xie Qing King.

Xie Qing King's silver light began to stream outwards, nearly blinding the battlefield. It was like a silver sun, wreaking havoc across the plain.

"Alu-Alu-Alu!"

No God Emperor's face was cold and emotionless as he concentrated on swinging his sword with precision and power.

The fight sent out shockwaves across the land, bringing it into ruin. One would suspect there to be an earthquake. The mountainside began to split, sending many creatures and spirits spiraling down to their doom. Falling rocks and boulders crushed many others.

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Chapter 1420: Bad Fight

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"Let No God handle him; we will proceed onwards, to the shelter." Ruin Emperor coldly said, and commanded the rest of his subordinates to avoid Xie Qing King and head for the human shelter.

"Spirits! Are you going to betray the treaty established with The King?!" a disdainful voice bellowed across the landscape. And then, many others approached.

A blue dinosaur, a knight wreathed with lightning, a lady formed of water, and a furry critter that looked like a snowball approached, alongside many others.

A holy-looking rhino was also headed out, and upon it sat a woman. She was the one speaking.

The woman bid for Queen to ascend the rhino, which prompted the creature to bestow a healing light upon her. Then, she was as fit as she hadn't been dealt a scratch.

"The King may have established a deal with Han Sen, but we signed no such treaty," Ruin Emperor coldly said.

"Why waste time with talk? Their elites are here. Kill them and take back what is rightfully ours, and let these low-lives know who is the real boss." A big dragon roared in the sky.

Then, the army of creatures and spirits began racing towards the shelter in unison. Emperors and super creatures went, also.

The land was blanketed by the coming forces, as an endless bastion of creatures roared in their charge.

Thorn Queen spawned countless vines to lash, impale, and choke the legions that ran forward relentlessly. The ground was dyed red with the blood of her victims.

Dry Bone King brought out his heart bone and began playing the instrument. All around, the hearts of the enemies exploded inside their chests as they heard the rhythm.

Water Fairy became a tidal wave of spooky proportions. It did not soak or drown the enemies it came across; instead, it stuck to them like jelly, then sucked them dry untilthey scattered like dust.

Blue Dinosaur was a lot less fancy, but just as brutal. He swung his tail to crush entire battalions, scooping many up so that he could munch on them.

Baby Ghost, Qing Jun, and Rock Giant rushed forward to do combat, as well. And as they did, trails of blood marked their wake.

Quickly, the spirits came forward to fight Dry Bone King and the rest.

"Dry Bone King, I have longed to do battle with you. You and me, one on one; now is the time we decide which of us is stronger!" A king spirit came before him, barking at Dry Bone King with a hammer in each hand. The spirit beat the hammers together, and the hammers unleashed a rain of thunderbolts which all came bearing down on Dry Bone King.

Dry Bone King froze, and beat the heart bone instrument to summon an invisible power to repel the thunder dragon power.

Boom!

When the forces struck each other, no sound could be heard. Their clashes operated on a frequency that was too high-pitched for anyone there to discern.

But the shockwaves kicked up were so grand they rattled the earth. Dust, soil, mud, and blood were thrown into the air.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

While the two of those drummers fought, no creatures could go near them, as they destroyed everything. Some creatures around were too slow to leave their proximity, and were immediately killed. The ground shook and the calls of thunder were frightening.

"Water Fairy, how about taking on me and my water powers?" A female spirit appeared to challenge her, casting a sky river towards Water Fairy.

"Rock Giant, let us see if the strength of a mighty creature can compete with the power of a spirit. Face me!" a giant spirit said, creating a big hole in the ground.

Ruin Emperor, meanwhile, was flying towards the woman atop the Holy Rhino. But Purple Emperor cut him off before he could reach her.

"You dare lay your fingers on me?!" Ruin Emperor had the ability to trap and stifle the powers of anything that came into contact with him.

Purple Emperor laughed, swung his purple sword towards Ruin Emperor and said, "Why would I not dare?"

Ruin Emperor's face then swiftly changed, not daring to accept the hit to be delivered by Purple Emperor.

Purple Emperor was fully grown now, and that hit he was to deliver would break hell and kill Ruin Emperor for good. So, even Ruin Emperor with his Ruin powers would not dare risk getting hit by that.

The fight below continued to rage on, and Queen, having fully recovered, wished to rejoin the battle. Luo Lan merely frowned.

They were a force to be reckoned with, and they could take on any indivdual emperor, but there was just too many for them to deal with.

Dry Bone King and Water Fairy were not emperors yet, either; there was little they could do to fight and repel the oncoming hordes.

Although Holy Rhino could issue torrents of healing at a consistent rate, it still wasn't enough to keep all their forces healthy and fighting. At least they weren't going to lose swiftly, though.

There were many emperors and spirits headed for Zero now, too. They still wanted her dead, but she was able to mow them down with her red beams of light.

Her Falsified-Sky powers could also destroy the spirit stones of the spirits she slew, as well.

"It is the heir of Godslayer Luo! Even he failed to kill me; do you really think a weakling daughter of his, like you, can kill me?" A spirit had come prepared. When another spirit was killed, an emperor came.

The emperor was holding a mirror, and Zero moved forward with her Bone Dagger. With that mirror, the emperor was able to block her Falsified-Sky powers and she was unable to kill him.

"You are not strong enough to break my Ten-Life Mirror," Ten-Life Emperor said with disdain.

Zero frowned, but did not relent. After she re-stabilized herself, she lashed out at the emperor once more.

"Ten-Life Emperor is dealing with Godslayer Luo's heir. In the meantime, focus on felling Holy Rhino and the woman atop it!" A command was issued, and the majority of the remaining king spirits and emperors turned their attention to the rhino.

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Chapter 1421: Breaking 33 Days

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Boom!

Blue lightning streaked across the entire battleground, and a blue halo formed beneath the feet of all the combatants.

Those on the human side were becoming much stronger, whereas those on the enemy side were becoming much weaker and slower.

Disloyal Knight had joined the fray, and after his cast, he leaped towards an emperor with his fist raised and ready to launch.

Serpent Throne donned the appearance of the Lady Chef, and she raced forward to engage another emperor with her weaponized-fork.

"Kill the rhino first! Kill their healer!" The two emperors that were engaging Serpent Throne and Disloyal Knight roared and stopped the other spirits and creatures from helping them.

The rest of the spirits and creatures roared and went for the rhino.

With the rhino still there, unless they could kill Dry Bone King and the Water Fairy in one hit, they wouldn't die.

The rhino was a berserk super creature that had managed to open ten gene locks. Its heals were so effective, broken legs would hardly be felt, as they'd be repaired and restored instantly.

Dragons soared across the sky, blitzing the ground below with trails of fire. Centipedes and other grotesque creatures were headed for the rhino.

The Holy Rhino roared with its holy light, and wove a fabric of dandelions across the earth around him, imbuing his allies like Dry Bone King and the others, with a greater pool of health and a stimulant-like zest and energy to fight the king spirits, emperors, and other elites.

Although the rhino was powerful, it was harmless. It couldn't stop the horde of monsters that were coming after him.

The battlefield was a mutilated hellscape. It was like a bunch of monsters pulling at a rhino in hell.

Luo Lan was sitting atop the Holy Rhino, which was not moving. She simply smiled.

Sky Emperor was the one who reached the rhino first. He planned to fell the rhino and Luo Lan simultaneously.

But as the emperor arrived near her to deal a killing blow, Luo Lan raised up her hand and made a simple waving gesture. The bladebeam he wielded was cut in two, as was the emperor's body. In a stunning display, she cut the emperor spirit in half.

The emperor's blood cascaded everywhere, drenching the sky and painting the ground.

All who approached the rhino were frozen stiff in fear; they almost couldn't fathom what their eyes had just told them.

"Falsified-Sky power? This woman is also an heir of Godslayer Luo?!" Someone screamed.

Luo Lan scanned the field ahead of her, and then, the Holy Rhino lifted up its two front legs and brought them down on the head of a centipede below, as if it had read her mind. After that, it leaped forward, up and over the horde, towards a dragon that was soaring through the sky.

As the rhino did this, Luo Lan waved her hand as they passed by the horde, slaying a host more of the creatures and spirits below them.

"This woman has the powers of Asura! Han Sen did not lie." Dragon King, who was a dragon, felt a chill, witnessing the screaming creatures.

The rhino continued to run, as she swung her hands repeatedly. Nobody could stop her, and all those who tried were immediately killed.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Luo Lan gave a heart-stopping smile as she cleaved her way through the horde, and it did not leave her face for the duration of the fight. She was scarier than the devil himself.

The Asura powers should not have come to exist in the sanctuaries, for it could lay waste to anything it went up against.

Luo Lan had not even maxed out her abilities and power, and yet, without the Ten-Life Mirror, none of the Emperors and creatures could block her strikes.

While the spirits and creatures were getting beat, a gold light came from the sky. It was a spirit that looked like a king, glowing as he came. It was Sky King, from Sky Tree. He was not a demi-god, though.

"Oh no," Dragon King said.

Asura powers were insanely strong, but Luo Lan herself was not Asura. If there was one thing her powers would be ineffective against, it was the power Sky King wielded. That was: 33 Days.

With Sky King's coming, greater pressure was put on Luo Lan.

Luo Lan, however, continued to make use of her Falsified-Sky powers, and she tried swiping it upwards to strike the incoming spirit. Unfortunately, it could not reach Sky King.

"One day is one world, and I have thirty-three of them. You cannot do anything!" Sky King coldly said.

"If Asura was still here, you wouldn't dare say such a thing!" Dragon King called back out with disdain.

Sky King balked, then laughed and rebutted, "Ha! Dragon King; it surprises me to see you are still alive, but this woman is no Asura."

"I am not Asura, but neither is there a need for me to be." Luo Lan said this coldly, before waving her hand again to attack once more.

Sky King attempted to evade the strike, but after rolling away, his face changed and he fell back. When he stopped moving, he noticed his armor had been destroyed and he was bleeding gold blood.

Sky King's face changed, and Dragon King laughed. He called out to Luo Lan, saying, "Nice job!"

Sky King, looking gold, used his 33 Days on Luo Lan with immediacy, and he shouted, "What are you all waiting for? Go and kill her! I can hold-off her powers, and she won't be able to kill you."

The emperors, kings, and super creatures all resumed their attack on Luo Lan, after having been stunned into submission by her display earlier. Their original target had been the Holy Rhino, but it had now been made clear to them that the woman atop the creature posed the greatest threat.

Luo Lan hardly had what it took to repel the force and not submit to the pressure of 33 Days; if the rest of the enemy moved on her, there'd be nothing she could do.

With all those forces converging on her from every direction, she wouldn't even be able to dodge if she needed to.

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Chapter 1422: The Altar Descends

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Dragon King was in shock. Luo Lan was Han Sen's mother, and if she died during this conflict, it would drive Han Sen mad.

Everyone who looked upon Luo Lan wished to help her, but she was coming under fire from all directions, just as they themselves were. A rescue did not seem possible.

But then, she did something else. Luo Lan threw a white fluffy orb into the sky.

It was Snowball, and he clearly wasn't fond of what Luo Lan had just done. He rained down tears and summoned a big white orb.

Boom!

All the grizzly powers were absorbed by the ball, in its descent to the ground. Despite the number of hits it incurred, it did not break. It was a little misshapen by the beating, but it rebounded to its original shape quickly after.

"Ignore the orb; kill the woman first!" Sky King shouted.

The army rushed towards Luo Lan once more, and like a guided bulwark, the orb rolled before her, deflecting all the hits that came.

Of course, there was a limit to the damage it could ultimately sustain. And it couldn't protect her from every single strike from every single angle. An emperor had managed to find an opening in her defense, and with a fist that wielded a killing frost, he saw his chance to get her.

Luo Lan was still focused on Sky King, and she didn't have the time to turn around and take the emperor out. She seemed likely to suffer the devastating strike, but before she did, the sound of a bird was heard chirping in the distance.

The red fish-bird had suddenly appeared, and it swooped down to gnaw at the emperor's chilling fist, and had him reeling back screaming.

Luo Lan comforted the bird, and then turned to look around. The battlefield she purveyed was bad. There were far too many creatures and spirits to deal with, and the rhino's healing could only support them for a short while longer. If this went on, it'd only be a matter of time before they lost.

Dry Bone King was on the verge of death, despite the constant sustenance of strong heals. His foe had gotten the better of him.

Furthermore, as good as the heals were for keeping someone on their feet, death was death for most. No heal could resurrect the dead.

"It looks like I have to use this, then." Luo Lan pulled out a jue and poured wine into it.

Han Sen had left it behind in the Third God's Sanctuary, hoping Luo Lan would be able to summon him down, to bring those who could not traverse the Ten Steps of the Holy Door back with him.

Of course, if someone could not traverse the Ten Steps of the Holy Door, their bodies would not be fully cleansed, and allow them a further ascension to become gods. Still, it was better than not being able to become a demi-god, and dying.

Luo Lan brought out a bloodbag and poured its contents into the jue.

Han Sen had given her a bag of his blood before, during a time of respite in the Alliance. By using his blood, it should have been possible for her to summon him from the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

After pouring Han Sen's blood into the jue, the item she held had a reactive jolt.

"Alu-Alu-Alu!" Xie Qing King was battling No God Emperor and two other abhorrent emperors at the same time. As dire as the situation was for him, he wasn't shying away, and he hadn't even been stricken with an ounce of fear.

He was stronger than he ever had been, though. And while he could keep up with the three that assaulted him, he knew that even he would not be able to last forever.

Zero was also still in battle, and her Bone Dagger could do nothing against the mirror her combatant wielded. If she was able to find a way to destroy it, then felling the enemy himself would be easy.

"Don't worry; I'll help you kill her!" Two emperors arrived at her enemy's side, then leaped forward to attack Zero.

Pang!

Dry Bone King's shoulder was delivered a hefty cleave that took out a large chunk of the bone. Then, a bolt of lightning blasted him a few miles away, sending him crashing into a mountainside that soon came crumbling down.

Dry Bone King had barely managed to get back on his feet when he saw a large sword come down towards him. It was there to finish the job.

By some divine intervention, or so it felt, a creature appeared and ate the metallic weapon. And so did a bird.

"A Metal Eater!" the king spirit exclaimed.

"Go to hell!" A river of electric bolts then came bearing down on the Metal Eater.

The Metal Eater started to glow, and then it blocked the thunder attacks. Its defense was very strong, but it still bled.

But it was a Metal Eater, not a Thunder Eater. It couldn't eat and digest thunder powers.

Qing Jun, as this went on, was surrounded by eight king spirits. She had not yet opened her tenth gene lock, however, and without the Holy Rhino there, she would have been killed many times over by now.

Rock Giant was engaged in combat with a spirit, too. Their fight was wild, and the land was torn asunder and thrown upside-down amidst their rampage.

Water Fairy had found herself shrunk, as the water of her composure was taken away in the current of the enemy's water-streams she had to fight with. She hadn't yet opened ten gene locks either, so she was at a disadvantage, as well.

The humans were all surrounded, and just as they were about to lose, they heard a weird noise come from the Holy Rhino.

Luo Lan was seen drinking wine atop the colossal creature, and the jue in her hand was beginning to shine red. This same color was then reflected in the dark, swirling skies above.

The sky was torn in half, revealing an altar that descended down towards them. Upon it was a statue, modelled and sculpted to the look of Han Sen.

The creatures that wanted to kill Luo Lan turned to see the altar, and then, their faces changed.

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Chapter 1423: A Poor Woman Gets Bullied

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When the altar appeared, there was nothing that the creatures surrounding it could do. And almost immediately, they felt their lifeforces leave them, drifting towards the altar

There were too many creatures, and so many lifeforces went towards the altar. They gathered up around the bust atop it.

Han Sen's true self had acknowledged the summons while he was in the Fourth God's Sanctuary. He had already received news that the spirits had rebelled and were attacking the human shelters. So, now all he did was wait.

He did not know if his blood was enough for him to be summoned, however. If he couldn't be summoned back, then his mother and the humans of the Third God's Sanctuary would be left to their own devices.

Han Sen was starting to worry. He felt his body begin to burn. A strange sort of power was beginning to enter his body and swirl throughout.

It was so powerful, it burned and had an effect on the area around him. He could feel and then see the dimension he was in begin to twist.

Han Sen thought to himself, "I guess it worked. I suppose it should come as no surprise that all those emperors and super creatures make for a worthy-enough sacrifice to summon me."

As Han Sen was lost in thought, his body became stronger and he opened a rift. He was suddenly pulled into a tunnel of sorts, and all that was there was a portal.

Sky Mountain, in the Third God's Sanctuary.

No God Emperor saw the altar and muttered a few words of spite. "D*mn it! Curse these vermin; how can they always manage to summon demi-gods like this!?"

Summoning demi-gods was no easy feat, however. It required a Demi-God Geno Core that had been left behind somehow, in the Third God's Sanctuary. Such relics were exceptionally difficult to come by.

Han Sen had once summoned Lotus Empress's mother to stop No God Emperor.

This time, Luo Lan was summoning Han Sen himself. It seemed this could be a repeat occurrence, since the same relic had been used to achieve this twice since its discovery.

No God Emperor knew he should make himself scarce and flee. He had witnessed the power that Night Empress possessed. What awaited them was not something a being of the Third God's Sanctuary could resist.

And although Han Sen had only been a demi-god for a short amount of time, he grossly outperformed everyone and everything else that existed in the Third God's Sanctuary. No God Emperor wasn't going to underestimate what the young man.

Many of the creatures and spirits there had no clue what was occurring, while those that did spared no time in trying to run off.

But before they could do that, they suddenly felt as if they had no place in that world.

They couldn't feel their bodies, and even if they could run, they weren't sure where they could go.

They were robbed of their senses, and they were unable to see or hear anything.

They could not even smell, either. It was only them there, they could see, and the altar.

What they could see was just that altar. It was like nothing else existed now.

No God Emperor did his best to try and escape, but he could not even feel his body and his beloved No God Sword.

Han Sen had broken his No God Sword once before, and it had been tremendously difficult for him to get it back. And strangely, now, he could no longer feel the sword he was grossly atatched to.

"Is he stronger than Night Empress?" No God Emperor was in shock. He was starting to suspect he might not escape this time.

All the creatures and spirits in the region were feeling hopeless. They trembled in terror and worry. They couldn't sense their comrades around them, and they each felt lost and alone.

Han Sen's true body then appeared out of the statue. Each step shook the earth, increasing the pain and sense of hopelessness they all felt.

"I am back." Han Sen was fairly excited, as he was doing something only a very small handful of demi-gods could amange to accomplish.

Unfortunately, he didn't feel as free as he might. Perhaps it really was difficult for those from the Fourth God's Sanctuary to remain, because it felt as if he was trying to breathe through mud.

But he could feel the power inside him dwarf everything else in his proximity. Power that did not amount to much in the Fourth God's Sanctuary was truly a devastating force to any being that resided in the Third God's Sanctuary.

Dongxuan Aura had stripped the enemies of their senses. The enemies could no longer feel themselves. They could see Han Sen approach from where he was, but that was it. They could not even move their fingers. Not even Ruin Emperor and No God Emperor could do anything.

Queen looked at Han Sen with much admiration and joy. She had missed him, after all he had done for her. She never expected Han Sen could return after leaving for the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

The situation that once looked like oblivion suddenly changed for the better.

He was a demi-god, and in this sanctuary he was practically invincible.

Just seeing those emperors and super creatures around, and the way they reacted, you could tell how powerful and how much of a presence Han Sen had. The once ravenous hordes of enemies were all paralyzed before him.

"Son, these bad people are bullying your poor pretty mother." When Luo Lan spoke, she did so with light tears in her eyes, as if she had been subjected to bullying.

When the spirits heard her say this, they thought to themselves, "What?! You practically laid waste to us, and we haven't yet touched a single hair on your head.

We didn't bully you at all."

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"D*mn you all!" Han Sen gritted his teeth.

Han Sen allowed the spirits to hear what Luo Lan said because he wished for them all to understand why he was going to annihilate them. He wanted them to know that what was coming was deserved.

Although Luo Lan had not yet been hurt, it didn't take much intellect to envision what might have happened to her if Han Sen hadn't been able to come back.

Han Sen walked in front of No God Emperor, and as he did, everyone's eyesight was returned. But they could not move and they could not speak.

Han Sen coldly told the emperor, "No God, damn you. For your latest transgression against humans, I'm going to kill you. Forever."

No God Emperor was given the ability to speak, but he balked in Han Sen's face by saying, "So what if you kill me? I can respawn. I don't think you can stay in the Third God's Sanctuary for long. One of these days, I'll kill them all."

No God Emperor rebuking Han Sen actually inspired the other spirits with more courage. It was true that Han Sen could not keep returning on a whim, and dead spirits didn't stay dead as long as their spirit stones were fine. They had more chances in the future, that was for sure.

"You're telling me you'll try this again? Is that right?" Han Sen coldly said. "Zero; do your thing."

Zero swung her Bone Dagger without being inhibited. She was targeting No God Emperor, whose movement had been restricted.

The dagger punched neatly into the temple of his forehead, and after that occurred, No God Emperor's face looked distraught.

Pang!

No God Emperor's body shattered like glass, and so did his spirit stone, wherever it was.

That newfound courage in the spirits dissipated, after that. They knew what had happened to No God Emperor, and they feared the same happening to them. They tried to suicide in an attempt to escape, but Han Sen had stolen their ability to do so.

Han Sen walked before Ruin Emperor next, and then, he gestured for Zero to cut his entire head off. He wasn't even given the opportunity to speak.

One by one, Han Sen and Zero walked to each emperor spirit and had each of them beheaded. The terror of those in-line was tangible.

Han Sen was planning to see to it that each spirit was killed, but the army was large, and he had little time left there. He could feel the tug of the portal beckoning his return to the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

Demi-Gods were not supposed to reside in the Third God's Sanctuary, and it was actually dangerous for them to stay there long. He would have to take his leave very soon.

And he now understood why Night Empress had to leave so swiftly. The pressure of keeping his stay in the Third God's Sanctuary was slowly becoming unbearable, and it was highly likely that his body could be ruined by remaining there for long.

"I'll give the rest of you one last chance to make this work. If I need to come knocking again, I won't be showing any mercy; and neither will there be any theatrics." Han Sen gestured with his hand and made all the spirits explode. Those he did this to returned to their spirit stones to lick their wounds.

Han Sen did not kill any of the creatures there. His beef was with the spirits, more than anything, and he knew the rest of his companions could deal with the creatures just fine.

He let loose his grip on them, and as soon as they regained control of their limbs, the creatures tried taking off. They scrambled as best they could to get away.

They were so frightened after what had happened. Creatures couldn't respawn like spirits could, after all. They sure wished they could run faster, though.

The only person Han Sen had left alive was Sky King. He was planning on interrogating that sickly emperor, as there was much he wanted to learn before he departed.

Qing Jun was his daughter, too; as much as Han Sen despised Sky King, he didn't think it was very nice to have her father brutally murdered in front of her, deserving or no.

"Demi-gods are so strong! Whoa, it looks like I should strive for a promotion." Xie Qing King laughed.

"Haha! If you're interested, I can take you back with me. But... not ascending through the fires could inhibit you further down the line, and you may struggle. Becoming a god will later become extremely difficult," Han Sen said.

"Understood! From this point on, I will strive to become a demi-god the proper way. Where's the fun in taking a shortcut," Xie Qing King said.

Han Sen asked Dry Bone King and Water Fairy, "I have explained the situation, but if you still want to come, you may. Does anyone want to become a demi-god, any of you can come with me?"

Han Sen expected some of them to return with him, but surprisingly, none chose to come. They all looked at each other, and despite wanting to become demi-gods, they all agreed that if they were to ascend, they should do it the proper way.

Even Snowball, who was a bona fide wimp, did not fancy cutting any corners.

Han Sen was an example to them all, too, he later realized. They had seen what Han Sen was capable of, and they wanted to replicate his success and strength. They wanted to follow in his footsteps and do things right.

Han Sen rubbed his nose and shook his head and said, "I understand."

Luo Lan then walked up to Han Sen and provided him with a few items.

She gave him the Cruel Bottle, and even Meowth. He hadn't taken them with him when he ascended the Ten Steps of the Holy Door due to the added strain it would have posed. He was afraid the fire would have incinerated them.

"Thank you. And now, Mom, I should go." Han Sen's body was having trouble remaining in the Third God's Sanctuary. He placed Sky King inside the Cruel Bottle and began walking back.

Han Sen could at least chat with his mother back in the Alliance whenever he wished to. There was no need to do it there.

Han Sen waved goodbye to everyone and then stepped back into the vortex-like portal that would take him back to the Fourth God's Sanctuary.

Inside the Cruel Bottle, Yaksha, Sky King, and even Meowth were all fine and safe during their transport.

Han Sen was just going to treat Meowth like a pet, sort of like he always had. He wasn't bringing it through to do any fighting.

Many emperors had been slain in the Third God's Sanctuary, and with the prospect of Han Sen possibly returning, none dared to attack the humans again. They could keep Sky Mountain.

Han Sen returned to the Alliance to be with Ji Yanran shortly after this escapade, as her due date was incredibly soon. He was very excited to have a son.

There was nothing for him to do in the sanctuary right now, anyway. He could not take on super creatures, so the best thing he could do was train and practice, which he oftentimes did in the Alliance.

Ji Ruozhen and his wife had been taking good care of Ji Yanran during the time she had been pregnant and Han Sen had been absent. And while Luo Lan was overjoyed she'd soon have a grandson, Han Sen did not fully trust her with the ability of raising a kid.

The next day, Ji Yanran was taken to the delivery room. Han Sen, Luo Lan, Ji Ruozhen, and his wife were all waiting outside, eagerly awaiting news.

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Chapter 1425: Genetic

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There were no human surgeons in the delivery room, just robots that performed their tasks with perfect precision and strict adherence to hygiene. Delivery this way was much safer than if it were done by hand.

"Han Sen, get in here!" The speaker in the waiting room groaned with Ji Yanran's voice, who was obviously in pain.

Husbands were able to go into the delivery room, but Han Sen had not yet entered due to the butterflies in his stomach. He was far more nervous than he ever thought he'd be, so he hadn't gone in yet.

Hearing Ji Yanran call for him, he raced to the sturdy door and pushed it open. There he saw Ji Yanran lying on the bed, nearly drowning in her own sweat. She looked to be in massive pain.

Swiftly, he moved over to her and grabbed her hands to bring her comfort.

Ji Yanran did not stop yelling at him with vulgar language. She was never one to swear, but today, she couldn't seem to form a sentence without a curse word included.

When the baby was finally born, what they didn't hear was what scared them the most. The baby was silent, and there was no crying.

Usually, the day they're born, babies cried like mad.

When the delivery robot brought the baby over to Ji Yanran, however, it looked remarkably healthy.

The technological advancements of their time made giving birth a far swifter process.

The nutrition they received, also allowed for the baby and mother to recover faster.

Ji Yanran was taken to the recovery room after the baby's delivery, as Ji Ruozhen and Luo Lan were giddy with excitement to see their long-awaited grandson.

"Why was there no noise from the baby? Did something happen?" Ji Ruozhen asked, with a look of worry marring his face.

But seeing Ji Yanran being wheeled calmly in with the baby, their worry didn't last long. It was merely strange, not a sign something had gone wrong.

"The computers confirmed the baby was perfectly healthy, and there was no sign of any disabilities. There's no need to worry he might be a mute or anything." Han Sen explained.

Ji Ruozhen finally had the chance to hold the baby, and after picking it up, he said to Han Sen, "Perhaps we should rattle him and get him to cry? What if he's actually suffocating? It's customary for the elders to make babies cry."

After that, Ji Ruozhen crudely swung the baby around and smacked its buttocks.

When the tears of the baby came, he proudly exclaimed, "Aha! See? It has started to cry. This is an ancient technique I once learned from this old medicine man. It is very effective."

After getting slapped, the baby's crying was louder than expected.

But Han Sen suddenly felt something amiss, as Ji Ruozhen reveled in his success at doing this. He felt a power begin to gather inside his baby boy, one that was rather frightening.

"Wahh! Wahh!"

The baby's crying was growing in volume, and then, to the disbelief of all who looked, the little creature began to glow with a bright white light. Its previously bald head suddenly experienced massive, luscious hair growth. Then, the baby exploded like a ruptured volcano.

Boom!

The entire recovery room was blown up. Ji Ruozhen's body was standing where he had been, but he had been frozen stiff. His skin was black, his clothes in tatters, and his hair stood up. Fortunately, Han Sen had taken quick action to prevent any further damages by suppressing his baby's power. If he hadn't, the entire hospital would have blown up.

Ji Ruozhen and the others all just stared at the baby, and didn't say a word for a while.

"What is this baby you have given birth to?" Ji Ruozhen snapped out of his daze. He looked to be in shock, and looked at the baby with a look of disbelief.

Han Sen was shocked, too, and he was unable to explain how the baby had his super body.

So, Han Sen quickly took the baby in his arms and rocked it gently. Quite quickly, the baby calmed down and reverted to its former self—silence and all.

Bao'er was currently sitting atop Han Sen's shoulder and looking at the newborn with her head tilted out of curiosity for the thing.

Ji Ruozhen asked the computer to scan the baby, and he was surprised to learn that its fitness was over one hundred already. That was better than a super creature in the First God's Sanctuary.

If they had scanned the baby while it was in its super king spirit mode, that figure would have undoubtedly been much higher.

"The hardy genes of the Ji family must have composed most of this baby. I shouldn't be surprised to hear it is that good," Ji Ruozhen smiled.

"President Ji, how could you say such a thing?!" Luo Lan balked in disapproval.

And Ji Ruozhen replied, "Oh, forgive me. It is a combination of the Han family and the Ji family. Congratulations on the spawning of a decent grandchild."

Luo Lan said, "Yes, congratulations to you, too..."

What happened in the hospital was kept a secret, known only to those who were present. There was no point in reporting the incident and letting others know the baby had such high fitness.

When the time came to name the baby, however, Han Sen had much trouble.

Naming things was never his forte.

So, lacking the creative fortitude, Han Sen consulted his mother for ideas.

Luo Lan suggested the names Han Sweet, Han Steel Bowl, and Han Richboy. It seemed his mother was as hopeless as he was when it came to naming things. He quickly disregarded all of her suggestions.

He then went to ask Ji Ruozhen for naming advice. He believed Han Sen and Luo

Lan were giving him the honor of coming up with a name.

He had no idea it was because they were totally unable to come up with a fitting name themselves.

"I will come up with the greatest name this universe has ever seen or heard," Ji Ruozhen patted his chest and staunchly proclaimed.

Ji Ruozhen went straight to the library to dig out a trove of ancient books, and he even visited a number of fortune tellers to come up with the right name. When he was done, after exhausting much time and effort, he settled on the name Han Littleflower.

Han Sen realized "those bullsh*t books" weren't going to help him, either. And it seemed no matter what he or anyone else tried, they could not come up with a decent name for Han Sen's successor.

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Chapter 1426: Saving Money x100

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"We can't use this name. Think about his future! What if he becomes a president,

and everyone refers to him as President Littleflower! It's a name that lacks strength!

Don't use it." Luo Lan was the one to reject the name first.

"There's no need for him to become a president; take it from me. All you do is work

yourselves rotten. But this name is good! He'll become famous by simply using it.

Our Littleflower will have what it takes to conquer the entire universe." Ji Ruozhen

stroked his beard as he spoke.

"Dad, how about we accept it as a nickname and you come up with something else?"

Ji Yanran wasn't very fond of the name, either.

The president had no choice but to concede, and so he told them, "Fine. Fine. Lucky

for you lot, I have a backup name. It's not half as good, but you might like it."

Hearing that, everyone felt more worried than relieved. Clearly, no one wanted Ji

Ruozhen to come up with more names for the baby.

Ji Ruozhen said, "If you really don't like Littleflower, how about Han Fei?"

"Han Fei… that's good. Yes, that is very good!" Everybody agreed this was actually a

decent name.

They were grateful he had managed to come up with an ordinary name, for they all

clenched their backsides when they heard he had come up with another name, that

was not as good by his standards. They expected him to name the baby Han Bigfoot

or something. That really would be awful.

So, after that, it was settled that the baby would be called Han Fei. Its unofficial

nickname remained Littleflower.

Ji Ruozhen continued to refer to the baby as Han Littleflower, but everyone just

ignored him when he did that.

Han Sen's house was already full of high-tech AI-driven machinery and robots to

help out, but Ji Ruozhen insisted on coming over to do what he could, despite his

obligations and hefty workload.

Ji Ruozhen's wife had also moved into Han Sen's house for a time, under the pre-

tense of wanting to help out, but more than anything, she was just determined to

spend as much time with the baby as she could.

Luo Lan liked kids, but she did not like housework, and since it was her home, she

took every chance she could to command Ji Ruozhen's wife to clean.

While the name Han Fei had been settled on, most people stuck to calling him

Littleflower.

The baby was well-behaved, and it never really cried or threw a tantrum. It swiftly led

to the mother-in-law believing it would one day grow up to be a remarkable person

and a shining example.

However, you could not make the baby mad. If you did, the house could end up

getting blown to kingdom come.

But the instances of the baby getting mad were very rare, and it only happened if

people were unusually and unnecessarily cruel to him, like Ji Ruozhen had been,

after picking up the baby and slapping it with no cause to.

Han Sen had nothing much to do in the house, especially with everyone crowding

there, so decided to return to the sanctuary for a bit.

"The geno cores level up so slowly, and that aside, I really need to generate a geno

core for super king spirit mode." After thinking this, Han Sen traveled to a large valley

that was far beyond the middle of nowhere. There, he was going to find a way in

which he could generate a geno core.

He tried many different methods, but all were to no avail. He ended up using his old

trick Saving Money. And with it, he began to build up a vast reservoir of power.

The coin rattled between his fingers as it gathered power, and the numbers on the

coin ticked up to the number twenty-seven.

This was all Han Sen's power multiplied by the figure of twenty-seven. Needless to

say, holding that much power was a difficult task.

But he held onto it firmly, not yet willing to let it go.

When the sum reached thirty, his body began to sweat profusely. It felt as if he had

just stepped out of the shower.

When the figure reached forty, the real strain began to settle in. His body was

trembling like mad, exhausting everything it could to hold onto that power.

The coin itself was glowing, having trouble containing that might. If it buckled and

exploded between his fingers, it was highly likely Han Sen could end up destroying

himself.

Normally, Han Sen wouldn't hope to continue past a number this high. But on this

day, he was genuinely interested in seeing how far he could take Saving Money.

One-by-one, the figure grew higher. It hit the number fifty. If the power contained

inside that coin was inside his body, he'd be nothing more than a flash of light, and

then nothing at all.

Han Sen made sure to hold onto the coin carefully. He didn't want to risk dropping it

on the ground.

With all the power inside that coin, it was becoming incredibly heavy, too. Han Sen's

fingers were beginning to creak and make strange sounds as he struggled to hold it

up.

When it reached the almighty figure of one hundred, Han Sen knew he couldn't take

it any further. The risk was too high and he was beginning to lose control of it.

Han Sen wanted to fire his coin and get rid of the power that he had bottled up inside

it. Unfortunately, he now realized he was unable to.

Han Sen understood the best he could do right now was toss it away elsewhere, so it

could explode.

He had decided to use this valley due to the presence of a strange hole there. He

hadn't ventured down it before, and truthfully, he did not know precisely how deep it

was. He only knew that it was deep, and if he had to, he could drop the coin down

there and avoid blowing himself up.

Han Sen didn't want to kill himself by mishandling the coin, but when Han Sen threw

the coin out, it really was too heavy. He was only three meters away from the hole,

but he felt as if he couldn't even throw it ten centimeters.

He had to inch his way close to the hole and drop the coin in. Walking over towards

pit was a struggle, and each step left a crater-like bootprint in the earth. The very

core of his bones squealed.

After taking three steps, he had walked three meters. Those three meters felt like

three lightyears, however.

"Sh*t. Am I going to end up blowing myself up?" Han Sen stretched out his hand and

watched it fall slowly, under the crushing weight of that coin.

"I shouldn't have done this. I won't reach the hole." The coin was about to drop.

Katcha!

Cracks in the earth began shooting out from Han Sen's feet. The ground could not

even handle the initial weight of the coin, and in less than a second, Han Sen felt the

earth around him give way. He found himself falling.

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Chapter 1427: Mutant Black Crystal

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As the ground collapsed and Han Sen found himself in free fall, he let go of the coin to plummet by itself. Then, he flew back up to the ground that was still stable.

He waited near the drop for a long time, but the coin did not seem to find ground. If it had, it would have exploded with a blast Han Sen was sure to feel. Han Sen poked his head over the sides of the hole that had formed, and it was only then that a scary power burst out of the ground like a geyser.

The power sent Han Sen flying, around fifty meters away from the hole.

Both sides of the hole had been brought to ruin. The power unleashed by a Saving Money coin, dialed to the number one hundred, was far too terrifying for Han Sen to comprehend.

Once he got back on his feet and patted himself down, Han Sen inched his way back to the drop to get a clearer look at the aftermath. But before he could do that, he could feel his super king spirit release a substance inside him.

"Aha! Did it work? Am I finally generating a new geno core?" Han Sen stopped to take a look with sudden happiness.

It was, and just like the formation of his other geno cores, a substance was released into his Sea of Soul.

It gathered together in a spot and began to swirl, before hardening to present something solid and tangible. The black crystal, as it always did, released some liquid that joined the swirling fluids and partook in the creation process.

The black crystal wasn't very big by this point. After having created the other geno cores, its size had been reduced by fifty percent. And now, with the release of more liquid, it was getting even smaller.

But this time, Han Sen's shock and awe was taken to a whole new level.

The black crystal was no longer a black crystal. It didn't seem crytallized anymore. Its color had been wholly robbed, and its shape had been warped. It became a faint, translucent item that seemed to possess a blurry halo in its interior.

Without the black coloration of the crystal, the light inside was free to shine out. It began to beam brighter than the sun.

It was so bright, Han Sen was unable to see what might have truly resided within that light, but whatever it was, he could feel the power it possessed.

Before Han Sen could investigate it any further, though, the geno creation process was complete. His super king spirit geno core had taken the form of a coin.

The coin had the number one fixed on its front, and on the back was an image of Han Sen in his super king spirit form.

Self Geno Core: Bronze Coin

Han Sen did not have time to check out the geno core in great detail, though. The volume of the halo's brightness went up a few more notches, completely blinding Han Sen.

Fortunately, the light was not harmful. And after a short period of believing himself to be blind, his vision began to return.

Han Sen took another look at where the black crystal had been, and what he saw gave him another surprise.

The black crystal was completely gone; it had been replaced by a black crystal armor set. It was a heavy armor, but it had been forged with a sleekness in mind. It would be tight-fitting and rather feminine, in many respects.

There was also a weapon alongside the armor set. Placed firmly in the gauntlets, there was a black crystal greatsword. And on the back of the armor were black crystal wings.

The black crystal armor was motionless; it was just there. He couldn't see if there was a creature in it or not, but Han Sen could tell the energy it contained exceeded that of Night Empress.

After trying to give it a scan, however, Han Sen noticed its energy reduce.

After a bit more time elapsed, all its power had depleted.

In Shadow Shelter, the Nine-Life Cat suddenly opened both of its eyes with a look of confusion. It arose from its slumber and took off running towards the valley Han Sen was in.

Nine-Life Cat saw Han Sen there, and with a brisk teleportation, it appeared where the ground had caved in. It called over to Han Sen, saying, "Weird. I just felt it. Where is it? Has it gone?"

Nine-Life Cat sniffed around the ruined pasture in search of something, but could find nothing.

"Why are you here, kitty?" Han Sen opened his eyes near the drop and saw the cat. Nine-Life Cat did not respond to his question and merely went on to ask, "Did you see something?"

"What? What did I see?" Han Sen asked, obviously confused.

Nine-Life Cat ignored Han Sen and began talking to itself, pondering something intently. "Am I mistaken? This thing shouldn't be here."

"What thing? What are you mistaken about? Hello? Are you going to talk to me?"

Han Sen walked up to the Nine-Life Cat while asking.

Nine-Life Cat shook his tail, saying, "It's none of your business! You still only have a bronze geno core. When are you going to become a god? You should really think about hurrying up."

"Does it matter to you whether or not I become a god? What interest do you have in my affairs?" Han Sen said.

Nine-Life Cat looked at Han Sen with a fairly serious look. He told him, "If you don't become a god, how am I supposed to get back...?"

Nine-Life Cat then realized he had just said something he shouldn't have.

This prompted Han Sen to ask, "Back? Back where?"

"It's nothing." Then, Nine-Life Cat started walking away, as if nothing had happened. "Are you from the Fifth Sanctuary? Am I supposed to be your transport there?" Han Sen asked after it.

Nine-Life Cat did not turn around. It continued to walk away, and as it went, it answered, "Getting to the Fifth Sanctuary isn't easy."

Han Sen wished to ask more questions, but all of a sudden, Nine-Life Cat disappeared.

Han Sen shook his head and disregarded the cat. Then, he returned his attention to the Sea of Soul. The armor set was still there, but it was dead and devoid of a lifeforce.

He could not bring it out of the Sea of Soul for some strange reason, and all he could do was view it with mild curiosity. The armor set, for what it was worth, gave him the same feelings he received whenever he inspected the black crystal, though.

Han Sen wanted to go back now, but before he took off, he saw something flicker in the hole. It seemed as if something was down there.

It was dark down in that pit, though. And the light appeared to be very deep within the hole, which made it hard for him to see what it might be.

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Chapter 1428: Big Heavy Egg

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After using his Dongxuan Aura to scan what he could of the pit, Han Sen was unable to detect the presence of any creature residing in the dark down there.

If some creature had been disturbed by Han Sen's coin, and somehow survived, it should have all come scrambling out by now, anyway.

So, apparently having nothing to fear, Han Sen decided to investigate the hole—feet first.

The pit he had created was enormous, and a few klicks deep without a doubt. A haze hung thick in the air after the previous explosion. As Han Sen neared the bottom, he could see how ravaged and frighteningly violent the power he had unleashed really was.

At the bottom of the pit was a tunnel, strangely enough. It was not a natural formation, he could tell, and it seemed to lead in a certain direction.

The light Han Sen had glimpsed probably came from there, and this was confirmed when he saw the same flicker cross his vision as he peered into the tunnel.

After traversing the length of that black stretch, Han Sen found himself wandering into a chamber that was fairly large. It almost looked like a nest, given there was a creature at its center. It was a snake.

It was black and white in color, but the white parts were fluorescent. They were almost like neon bulbs. Acknowledging this, Han Sen quickly—and correctly—determined that they were the lights he had caught sight of briefly earlier.

The creature was a few hundred meters long, however. And strangely, after taking a closer and more accurate look, Han Sen noticed the creature lacked eyes and even a mouth. Truthfully, scaled hide aside, it looked more like an earthworm in shape and form.

At one end, which Han Sen guessed to be the face, there was a crude horn which was also black and white. It didn't wriggle around on the spot, either, as worms often would. It could move and slither around just like a snake.

Han Sen gave the creature a scan and did not rush over to the earth-dwelling beast. And it was good that he didn't, because his reading indicated it was a super creature.

It wasn't stationary, though, and Han Sen made sure not to get in its way. It was slithering to and fro, obviously in search of something.

Han Sen made sure to suppress his breathing and mask his lifeforce, so he could remain in hiding and spy on it for a while. Whatever it was looking for might have been a worthy treasure he could snatch for himself.

If the creature noticed he was there, and it was aggressive and prompted the need to fight, Han Sen didn't think he could kill it. He had to be as sneaky as possible.

Of course, if Han Sen possessed a self geno core that was gemstone class, he'd give it a go. But he didn't and wouldn't.

After watching for a while, Han Sen fully understood what the snake-worm was up to. It wasn't searching for anything, actually. It was expanding its little subterranean boudoir.

It appeared to be circling the cavern, but it was actually lashing the walls of its home with its hard scales, cleaving away a meter of earth each time. It did this same thing equally, all around its nest.

And the creature kept on doing this, over and over. Its residence was expanding at a rapid pace.

"Does it want to commit suicide, and it's building itself a nice grave before it goes?" Han Sen thought to himself.

As Han Sen watched with waning curiosity, something suddenly appeared in the deepest reaches of where the creature had dug. It looked like a porcelain object, and it had a creamy, subdued white color.

When the monster found it, it began digging with renewed vigor. It went faster. It went harder.

The porcelain object was like a pot or some-such, but it was difficult to make out in the flying earth. Initially, due to its shape, Han Sen believed it to be an item that was the handiwork of primitive humans, but as more of it became unearthed, he realized it was actually an egg.

It wasn't small by any account, either. From what Han Sen could see, it was one meter tall, but most of it was still embedded in the earth the creature was swiping away at.

"Hmm, it's an egg then? But if it is an egg, does it belong to this weird creature? Or is the creature stealing an egg that belongs to something else?" Han Sen wracked his mind in wonder.

Eventually, the monster dug the egg out in its entirety. But the creature didn't stop there, and it actually looked entirely uninterested in the item. It simply continued to dig deeper and deeper in the same spot until it was out of sight.

Han Sen's heart was beating quite rapidly in excitement, and he thought to himself, "Hmm, he's finally gone. Well, whoever that egg might belong to, it sure looks like it belongs to a super creature. Over there, super geno points are sitting right out in the open, unguarded and ready for the taking!"

Han Sen used his Dongxuan Aura again to make sure the coast was clear. It was, and wherever the snake-worm monster had gone, it was now far away from Han Sen.

"Here goes nothing!" Han Sen braced himself, then leaped over to the egg.

In a frantic rush, Han Sen wished to quickly put it into his Cruel Bottle for an easier escort out.

The Cruel Bottle was not like the gourd, however. It couldn't suck things in like a vacuum, and he'd have to physically lift the egg and push it in.

Unfortunately for him, try as he might, the egg would not budge.

He had no idea why the egg might have been so heavy, given that its contents were most likely yoke.

He was already exposing himself longer than he wished to, and he fretted profusely over what he should do next. He obviously could not transport it out, but neither could he eat it right then and there.

As Han Sen ransacked his mind for a solution, he heard the black and white monster returning. Fortunately, it was coming back at a mellow pace. Chances were, it had yet to learn of the intruder hungry for the egg.

Han Sen allowed himself one more minute to deal with the egg before escaping, guessing the creature would return by then.

"Should I just give up, then?" Han Sen asked himself.

Finding an unsupervised super egg was incredibly rare, though, and the thought of abandoning it caused him heartburn. The entire situation was comparable to winning the lottery, but later realizing you had already trashed the golden ticket.

Han Sen tried again to push the egg, as it should have been easy to roll. But still, he could not. It was a frighteningly heavy thing.

Just as he was deciding to retreat and leave it be, Han Sen noticed there was something wrong with the egg.

"Where are you trying to take me?" Suddenly, the voice of a woman was heard echoing in the chamber.

A little later, the monster re-appeared, and upon its head was a pretty lady. The monster came straight towards the egg, and when the lady's eyes took notice of it, she looked surprised.

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Chapter 1429: Ling Mei'er

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"Snake King, this egg looks special. Does it belong to a super creature?" The lady dismounted the snake and ventured towards the egg; she stroked the egg as she spoke.

The big snake nodded to the lady.

"Good. We haven't had super creatures in our shelter for a long time. It would be best if we brought it back with us," the lady went on to say.

The snake wrapped itself around the big, heavy egg and tried to lift it onto its scaled back.

But when the Snake King pulled to lift it, the egg shattered instead.

It was an unexpected and slightly disheartening shock to incur, but as they watched it shatter, something came falling out of it. It was a humanoid shaped-creature that came tumbling out—one that glowed white and bright.

The creature was actually Han Sen. The issue with the egg, Han Sen had realized, was that it was actually empty and devoid of any yoke.

So, what he did was dig underground and come up underneath the egg. From the bottom, he was able to insert himself into the egg and prepare to play the part of a newborn—something he figured he'd be good at.

At first, he only wanted to get a glimpse of what might have been left behind in the egg, if there was anything.

He did find something inside the egg, too. It was an abundance of fragrant, aromatic mushrooms. They were pleasant to his nose and he planned to eat them, but all he had the time to do before his cover was blown was pocket the mushrooms.

The mere scent of the mushrooms was enough to excite the cells in his body; it was truly invigorating. And it got Han Sen thinking of the various ways he could sizzle and serve them whenever he returned home.

"These are good, these are so good," Han Sen told himself repeatedly, before putting them all inside his Cruel Bottle.

And unlike the unfathomably heavy shell that had veiled the mushrooms, they were easy to pick. All in all, he managed to collect seven of the wide-brimmed 'shrooms.

He was going to escape shortly after, as he was well-hidden and the sub-subterranean passage he had carved out for himself would take him a good distance away from the snake's chamber.

But before he could get out, the snake grabbed hold of the egg and clumsily broke it with ease. Han Sen came tumbling out, which was a surefire guarantee of his presence being exposed. The need for an act came then.

When Han Sen looked up, he saw the lady and the eye-less snake looking down at him.

The lady was not a human, that much was certain. She had cat ears and a fluffy fox-tail—which delighted Han Sen's inner furry.

Han Sen could sense she was not a spirit, and she was most likely a humanoid creature, and a fine one at that.

Unfortunately, he was unable to detect what strength she possessed and what level she could be classed at. Whatever she was, though, he knew he shouldn't underestimate her.

"Should I run?" Han Sen wondered to himself.

Before he could come to a decision, the woman spoke to him. She said, "We mean you no harm, you cute little thing. I am the master of Dark Spirit Shelter. I was hoping you might be able to join us there."

Han Sen was surprised, but also a little relieved. They were not hostile, and what's more, they believed he was a creature.

When Han Sen was in his super spirit mode, spirits believed him to be a spirit and creatures believed him to be a creature.

Han Sen didn't play it like a doe-eyed newborn, though. He went straight to business, asking, "What kind of shelter is it? And how many super creatures reside there?"

"All children of Dark Spirit need to have their own shelter to grow up in. But for now, there is only me and the Snake King here. If you join, that makes three!" The lady blushed as her tail stood up alongside her ears that twitched left and right like a couple of rotating satellite dishes.

Han Sen mulled the situation over swiftly, and came to the decision it wasn't an all-bad proposition. With how gullible she had been, he said to himself, "Whoa! She's easy to fool. Perhaps I should go after her and see what goodies I can wring out of her."

"What are the benefits of joining your shelter?" Han Sen asked.

"You are newly-born, aren't you? Me and my big snake can protect you. We can offer you food, warmth, and much loving care." The lady blushed again, and did so at several random intervals. She went on to say, "We only have mushrooms to eat for the time being, but it is early days yet. As we grow and prosper, what's on the menu is sure to expand."

"Okay, but what is your name?" Han Sen asked.

The lady was half-expecting Han Sen not to agree, but she told him, "My name is Ling Mei'er. What about you?"

"My name is Dollar," Han Sen answered, thinking it had been a long time since he last used that alias.

"Well then, Dollar, let's return. If Dark Spirit found you, things would not turn out so well." Ling Mei'er invited Han Sen to ride on Snake King's back.

She seemed to be a very naive woman, so Han Sen asked her all the questions he could think of. He wanted as much intel as he could possibly gather.

Han Sen was surprised by what he heard. The Dark Spirit she had referred to was actually a tribe of super creatures.

"Will this tribe come after me, if they know I kidnapped Ling Mei'er?" Han Sen asked himself, thinking of what he could ultimately do with the cat-fox girl.

Ling Mei'er didn't stop talking to Han Sen along the way. He learned he was in a large underground realm, one that would not make for a short trip.

Han Sen was expecting, from how humbly she spoke, that her shelter would be something rather small. He wasn't expecting much, but what greeted his vision would have disappointed him, even if he set the expectation-bar at its lowest possible point.

He was frozen at what he saw. It was a cave, next to a dirty river that babbled like a wheezing exhaust.

"This… is what you consider a shelter?" Han Sen asked, unsure if she had been pulling his leg.

This was the first time Han Sen had been to a shelter that wasn't an island of polished constructs. It was a hole in the underground and little more.

Ling Mei'er blushed, as she frequently did, and told Han Sen, "There aren't many shelters down here. But don't worry! We are sure to claim a bigger shelter someday. This is just our temporary residence."

Han Sen smiled like a weirdo, telling her, "Actually, you don't have to stay in this place. That little pit is not worth our time. With our combined might, you and I can most certainly conquer or claim many shelters above ground."

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Chapter 1430: The Deal with a Hundred Tribes

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Ling Mei'er shook her head and proclaimed to Han Sen, "I cannot leave here!"

"Why not?" Han Sen asked.

"We made a deal with another tribe, and it is because of this deal that we cannot go to the surface," Ling Mei'er vaguely explained.

"What deal? And with who?" Han Sen asked.

Ling Mei'er cleared her throat and said, "I don't know. But our elder said that we must adhere to a hundred-tribe-deal or something of the sort. If I go to the realm of the landwalkers, and I end up dying, nobody will avenge my death!"

Han Sen had no clue what she was talking about, and from the look on her face, neither did she. It sounded like an agreement between many tribes that occupied the underground space, but Han Sen thought it to be silly.

Regardless, Han Sen followed her to the cave. It was barely more than an alcove, and it was nothing close to an actual shelter. It was rugged and filthy, and you could even see the scrape marks of the Snake King's scales. Clearly, the shelter had been haphazardly constructed by the Snake King.

There were a few mutant and primitive creatures inside the place. All in all, there were around twenty. They were creatures that had been found—maybe stolen—when they were babies. They looked rather weak and almost malnourished. For Han Sen, it was as if he had stumbled into a cellar sweatshop.

"With an ally like Snake King, I'm sure you could procure a better shelter for yourself. This is… This is grim." Han Sen couldn't understand why they were so willing to live in squalor.

Ling Mei'er vehemently shook her head again, and she told Han Sen, "Snake King is accompanying me on the orders of the elder. He won't help me try to claim another shelter, though."

Han Sen thought to himself, "She must be important to the family, if the elder was willing to take care of her to that extent. But still… these living conditions?"

Han Sen, while he wanted to go, still thought it best to forge a better relationship with her. He'd get nothing if he was to duck out now. And furthermore, Han Sen wished to learn more about the Hundred Tribe Deal before doing something rash that could cause issues for her as well as for him.

So, for now, Han Sen was willing to put up with the less-than-favorable conditions and live there in her shelter. For dinner that night, Ling Mei'er came forward to present him with mushrooms.

After tasting the cave 'shrooms, Han Sen thought they were awful. They didn't agree with his tongue or his tummy, and to make things worse, they were only mutant class.

Seeing his repulsed reaction, Ling Mei'er looked rather worried and she said, "It wasn't a good idea to serve you these mushrooms, was it? Don't worry; I'll find better food for you next time."

Han Sen nodded. Reviewing his situation, he was bewildered to see a leader like this.

To quench his thirst and sate his hunger for the evening, Han Sen instead brought out jerky and a few drinks from his Cruel Bottle. Han Sen had been unable to get super creature flesh, so he brought food with him from the Alliance.

As Han Sen munched on the chow he brought with him, Ling Mei'er did not take her eyes off it. Her gaze was intense.

"Do you want some?" Han Sen asked with a queer smile.

Ling Mei'er shook her head and shyly told him, "I am the master of this shelter. I cannot indulge myself on my subordinate's food. Hmm, I should really go look for better stuff to serve you!"

It seemed to him that she was super willing to treat Han Sen like a dear pet.

"I don't mind. Are you sure you don't want to try some?" Han Sen tempted her to try his food.

Ling Mei'er gulped and wiped the drool that had escaped the corner of her lips. She shook her head again.

"How are you supposed to know what I like if you don't try some of this stuff? Go on, have a bite." Han Sen passed her a bag of jerky and a can of soda.

"Fine; just a nibble." Ling Mei'er ended up taking a hearty bite of the jerky and almost drowned herself in rabid consumption of the soda.

Her eyes shot open with wild delight, and she asked Han Sen, "What is this stuff? Did you squeeze this juice out of a plant?"

"That stuff is gathered from a Jerkyvine while the drink was collected from a Sodatree Orchard," Han Sen told her.

"Would it be rude of me to ask for some more?" Ling Mei'er asked Han Sen. She was clearly having trouble mustering the courage to request more.

"Yes, of course. You're going to have to remember this taste and flavor, after all," Han Sen said, unsure if he himself was making a jape.

Ling Mei'er accepted more of the jerky he had to give, and she spared no time eating the quantity provided.

Han Sen noticed she still wanted more, and so he obliged. This time, however, he brought out spicy jerky. He told her, "This is spicy, so mind your tongue. But I like it a lot, as well."

"It's best I learn this flavor, then. You're right. Let me try it." Ling Mei'er had gotten proficient at peeling open the jerky packaging, and as soon as she did, she began to ravenously gobble it all up. It was as if she hadn't eaten in months.

"That's right. Eat! Eat and fall right into my trap. Get hooked on the merchandise only Papa Han Sen can provide you," Han Sen sneakily thought to himself. He figured himself for a sugar daddy.

After eating a bunch more packets of jerky, and downing a few more cans of soda, Ling Mei'er was finally starting to fill up.

Han Sen, thinking he had softened her resolve and scored a bunch of affinity points with her, asked her questions about the underground realm as she chewed her last mouthful.

There were certain things she was not able to tell Han Sen about Dark Spirit, but that aside, she told Han Sen all she could.

Han Sen came to learn that most of the underground realm, referred to as the Underworld by its inhabitants, was owned and controlled by the Dark Spirit tribe. There were a few other tribes too, and some even owned gold shelters. Ling Mei'er was too weak to claim a proper one for herself, but she still tried to her best for those who were willing to join her.

She only had a bronze geno core, too. So even if she and Han Sen did seek to bring down a gold shelter, it would be a tall order.

"Do you count as an adult for Dark Spirit, if you only have a bronze geno core?" Han Sen asked her.

Even super creatures started off with a weak geno core and low fitness, and they'd have to go through the same routine as others. Ling Mei'er would have to upgrade her geno core if she really wanted to expand.

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Chapter 1431: Ling Mei'er's Bad Situation

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"We are considered adults the moment we generate a self geno core. And once that happens, we are sent away from Dark Spirit Shelter in the expectation we will survive and thrive." There was a glimmer of sadness veiled behind the curtains of her speech, despite her attempt to put on a brave and proud face.

Han Sen thought to himself, "It looks like Dark Spirit controls most of the Underworld. If they didn't have a firm grip on the entire place, they wouldn't let their people come and go freely."

"Hmm… so, how can I lure her to the surface? They surely won't come after us up there, so getting her to go and leave this place is the only struggle." Han Sen wracked his brain for a solution.

And as Han Sen pondered this, his attention was drawn to a voice outside the cave.

"Ling Mei'er, are you in there?"

Ling Mei'er's face completely changed. She hopped onto King Snake's back and yelled at Han Sen, "Come on! We have to go."

"What are you afraid of?" Han Sen asked.

"I'm not afraid…" Before she finished speaking, a dark shadow began entering the cave.

It was a man with cat ears and a tail just like Ling Mei'er. It was clear that he was a family member of hers. He was riding atop a green bug that was the size of a bull.

"Where are you running off to this time? Come, quickly fight with me! And when you lose, come. You know what awaits. Don't try running off." The man's voice took on a threatening tone, and he didn't seem like a nice person at all.

"I'm not running." Ling Mei'er said this and scowled at Han Sen with her kitty fangs on full display. She wasn't happy Han Sen had been so slow.

"Bring forth one of your creatures so that it might fight against my green bug. If you lose, you come back with me, as was the deal." The man hopped off his mount and took a few intimidating steps forward.

The bug followed after its master, looking all smug, as well.

"Your bug is a gold geno core, whereas mine is not even silver! That's not even fair," Ling Mei'er protested.

"One year. That was the deal. You're the one who has wasted their time hiding in this dump for that duration. If you'd prefer, I could always go contact the elder and see what he has to say about this whole situation," the man said.

"Spirit Thirteen, don't be ridiculous!" Ling Mei'er said. She tried to put on a stout voice, but it trembled. She was squirming in her seat.

"Then how about I go and see the elder to ask what he considers to be ridiculous?" Spirit Thirteen turned to leave.

"Fine! We'll fight." Ling Mei'er stopped him from leaving, but she was falling right into his ploy. The saddest part was that she probably knew.

Spirit Thirteen, with the smuggest and most punchable face in the universe, turned back around and told Ling Mei'er, "Choose your best combatant. Any: the choice is yours."

Ling Mei'er looked at the only two mutant creatures she possessed and sighed. One of them was only a baby, after all. Times had indeed been tough for her.

The mutant Jade Rat already had a silver geno core, so that was her best bet. It wasn't much, but that was where her hope would have to lie, she thought. She was still willing to go forward with the proposed fight, but she already believed her fate to be sealed.

But then, Han Sen stepped forward and asked the two, "Hmm, and here I thought you two were related."

Ling Mei'er spoke with much regret, saying, "Yes, we are. But if I lose this fight, I need to return home and produce babies for him."

"What? How could a sick deal like this come about?!" A fire blazed through Han Sen's eyes, and he looked at Spirit Thirteen with much disgust.

The Dark Spirit geno core was able to tame creatures easily. And of course, their geno cores could still fight, as well. Regardless, it was something Han Sen fancied. He didn't want to lose it to that man.

Han Sen thought Ling Mei'er would make a fine secretary for him in the surface world, too. And she seemed to know a lot about the new realm he had just discovered. He wanted her to leave with him, not with Spirit Thirteen.

Now that Spirit Thirteen was taking her away, all for making babies, Han Sen was fuming mad.

The Jade Rat looked nervously at the bug it would soon have to fight. It was facing a gold geno core enemy and it knew it; it didn't fancy its chances, that was for sure.

Classes aside, the rat was tiny compared to the green bug, as well. It didn't stand a snowflake's chance, and everyone in the cave expected a brutal outcome to befall the poor squeaker.

"Come on; let's get this over with," Spirit Thirteen callously said, now with a raised voice.

The green bug summoned a scythe, and it leaped forward, ready to kill the rat within a moment's notice.

"You can do it!" Ling Mei'er hopelessly called out, as if a raised spirit was all the rat needed to even the odds.

The Jade Rat squealed and stood in place, frozen with terror. And just when Han Sen and Ling Mei'er thought the little critter was going to summon its geno core and fight back, it simply scurried away. It ran to the hills.

"Sh*t! Are you serious?" Han Sen shook his head.

Spirit Thirteen laughed out loud, asking her, "What sort of rubbish have you been collecting? The cave is one thing, but… Man, you're embarrassing to watch. Come home and make babies for me. You'll be good for one thing, that way."

"The only thing I'm going to make is a super geno core so I can rip your ears off!" Ling Mei'er rebuked with feistiness.

"Cool your temper. But honestly, I don't see a way out of your predicament. You know the agreement in place, and unless you can pull another creature out of your backside to fight me, you're either leaving here with me for a baby-making future, or you're leaving in a body bag. Do you have another creature that's ready to fight? Yes or no?" Spirit Thirteen gave her his ultimatum.

Jade Rat was her strongest creature, and she nothing else that was willing to fight.

"That's what I thought. Now come along, your daddio is getting impatient." Spirit Thirteen licked his lips with sickening lust.

Ling Mei'er was about to agree, but before she could open her mouth, someone else stepped forward.

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Chapter 1432: Strong Physical Power

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"Let me fight it." Han Sen walked in front of the green bug, with his speech directed at Spirit Thirteen.

"It's all the same." Spirit Thirteen motioned with his hand for the green bug to take a swing at Han Sen.

Spirit Thirteen was confident that was all it would take. The green bug's attack and defense were balanced, and it was the baby of a sacred-blood creature, too. The mutant Jade Rat wouldn't have been able to compete with the green bug even if it possessed a gold geno core.

Although they were of the same tier, their bases were different.

Spirit Thirteen knew Ling Mei'er was cherished by the elder, so he wouldn't break the bargain they had established if Han Sen beat the opponent.

The elder had given her the black and white King Snake, but it wouldn't kill for her, and neither would it attempt to conquer a shelter on her behalf. She still had to work hard herself.

Ling Mei'er hadn't traveled much, and in this place, it was difficult to find a high-tier creature she could tame and convince to join her roster. Even if she did manage to locate one, she needed resources and time. Those were two things she was in a short supply of.

Those of Dark Spirit could read lifeforces with great clarity, but Spirit Thirteen was unable to lift much from Han Sen's suppressed lifeforce. Because of this, he didn't exercise much caution when engaging him.

Seeing the insect's scythe bearing down on him, Han Sen swiftly let out a punch towards it.

"No!" Ling Mei'er screamed, seeing Han Sen willingly do that.

She thought Han Sen was the heir of a super creature, but at the end of the day, a demi-god creature's power was still kept in check by the geno core they possessed. Han Sen had only just been born, so there was no guarantee he even had a geno core, and if he did, it'd be a measly bronze one. He could only do combat with a creature with a silver geno core, at best.

Fighting a gold geno core would be a trying task for any individual.

Now that Han Sen was bringing his fist against the scythe, she believed it was highly likely he did not possess a geno core. He might be hurt a lot by the gold geno core.

"This is suicide!" Spirit Thirteen cackled coldly.

The moment Han Sen's fist came into contact with the scythe, however, it reversed everyone's expression into one of shock. The big green scythe, after coming down on Han Sen's brutal fist, shattered into glitter like a flurry of stars.

After Han Sen broke the creature's geno core, he then moved to bring that lightning-fast fist down on the green bug's shell. The carapace was immediately destroyed, and the bug swiftly died.

"Sacred-Blood Creature Green Crystal Bug killed. No beast soul gained. The geno core was shattered. The flesh is edible. Consume its flesh to earn zero to ten sacred geno points randomly."

That was purely an exercise of Han Sen's simple physical power, and he did not even use Super Spank.

Han Sen had maxed out his ordinary, primitive, mutant, and sacred geno point tallies. Green Crystal Bug would have needed a gemstone geno core to challenge him properly. Now that Han Sen could kill the likes of that with his plain physical power, there was no need to exert much effort and trouble himself.

But this punch had shocked the other two completely. What Han Sen had just done so simply would have required a gemstone geno core sacred-blood creature.

Even Dark Spirit's super creature heirs required a gold geno core to perform the feat he had.

Ling Mei'er thought Han Sen had just been born, and if that was true, it was a frightening thought that he already had such strength.

Spirit Thirteen looked ill, and he said, "I can't believe you were able to tame something so wretchedly strong! But I'll be back."

Spirit Thirteen flew away after that. King Snake was there guarding her, so he couldn't do anything bad to her even if he tried to.

"Dollar! You are so good. You must be a baby of the mightiest of super creatures! Was your parent a berserk super creature, I wonder? You're better than me, even. My parents have sacred-blood genes in them; they weren't pure super creatures." Ling Mei'er had run right up to Han Sen to say her piece.

"I guess," Han Sen said.

Ling Mei'er was the heir of a super creature, but she still only had a bronze geno core. She also lacked social skills, which made her a very easy person for Han Sen to trick. Now, Han Sen was too lazy to even make up a story.

After Han Sen killed Green Crystal Bug, Ling Mei'er really wanted Han Sen to stick around. Unfortunately for her, she didn't think she had anything that would make him desire to stay with her, especially when she had already started eating his food.

"Mei'er, did you say there was a gold shelter nearby that was unclaimed? Let's go take it," Han Sen said.

Ling Mei'er was no longer feeling like much of a master, but she found herself surprisingly happy. She asked Han Sen, "Yes, which one?"

"There's a few of them?" She did not know anything, so Han Sen would have to do the claiming himself. He proceeded to ask her a few questions, and then he went off to get her a safer place to live in.

Han Sen needed to use a teleporter to return to the Alliance, too. He had to check-in whenever he could, because the family would worry if he was absent for too long.

Inside a shelter in that underground realm, Spirit Thirteen looked horrible. He was getting told off by a Dark Spirit that looked just like him.

"I tamed that Green Crystal Bug for you! How could you lose to Ling Mei'er?" The Dark Spirit man spoke harshly.

"Dad, she somehow found an extremely strong creature that shattered the gold geno core and one-hit killed the bug." Spirit Thirteen was speaking with a bitter tone.

The Dark Spirit man looked dim, and he replied, "How old is Ling Mei'er? How was it possible for her to tame a creature such as that?"

"Father, what I'm telling you is true. I witnessed it with my own eyes." Spirit Thirteen was swearing profusely.

"If it is indeed true, it must be because the elder is helping her explicitly."

Spirit Thirteen heard the remark with shock, and he said, "Do you think the elder gifted her the creature?"

The Dark Spirit man laughed coldly and responded, "Ling Mei'er is as average as they come. The blood of her parents is only half super blood, but she earned all the benefits such genes could provide her. The elder must think she could become a super geno core; otherwise, he wouldn't have given her his mount Snake King."

"If the elder is protecting her, then that means I have no chance." Spirit Thirteen frowned.

"The elder should not be able to break his own law. I will help you get Ling Mei'er to improve our own lineage." The Dark Spirit man coldly laughed.

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