It took the orange cat quite a bit of time to swim a full circle around the pillar.
This pillar was too gigantic.
The battle depicted on the pillar was extremely realistic, all living beings were arranged in a spiral, the Death God was standing at the top of the pillar, fighting against the monster. The entire statue made one feel as if they were there, giving off a sense of grandeur.
But other than that, he couldn't see anything else.
The orange cat was unwilling to give up, so he released his inner sight to scan the area, but still couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.
The orange cat floated in the water and silently pondered.
This place is so well-hidden, how could there be no clues at all?
He looked up.
Only to see that the black ceiling was filled with holes that were soaked in water, leading to an unknown place.
The orange cat randomly found a hole, entered it, and swam forward.
He arrived at an abandoned divine palace.
This divine palace was completely submerged in the underground river, so much so that even the murals on the walls had become blurry.
The orange cat returned the way he came, randomly picked another hole on the ceiling, and entered it.
— — he arrived at another divine palace.
Although this divine palace was also submerged in water, it was still intact.
Unfortunately, the divine palace was completely empty. Although the murals on the walls depicted the battle of a wild beast Deity, it was still impossible to tell who its enemy was.
The orange cat retreated again.
He floated inside the divine palace of the Death God, once again observing the countless holes.
Seems like these are actually secret passages …
But there are so many of them that I don't know when I'll be able to finish exploring them all.
The orange cat's expression slowly became cautious.
— — -all the divine palaces of the Myriad Deities have secret passages that lead to the Death God's location.
Why is that?
The orange cat used his paw to paddle in the water while carefully pondering.
A few moments later, he returned to the pillar of the Death God.
On top of the pillar, the Death God maintained the posture of swinging his scythe, fighting against that unknown entity.
Everything was silent.
The orange cat continued to swim around the pillar.
"If … all of the divine palaces lead to the divine palace of the Death God, then this place must have a unique meaning"
The orange cat silently thought.
The Myriad Deities.
The secret passage.
The divine palace of the Death God.
Perhaps …
The orange cat's eyes flickered, then swam in front of the statue of the Death God and placed his paw on it.
Clusters of black flames of death appeared on his body, infusing them all into the statue of the Death God.
The stone statue did not respond.
But the orange cat seemed to have been encouraged and continued to unleash the flames of Death, infusing them into the statue.
If it was a normal statue, it would have been destroyed by the Law of Death a long time ago. How could it have absorbed so many flames of death?
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Suddenly, the statue let out a soft hum.
Knowing that he had triggered something, the orange cat immediately retreated.
The statue of the Grim Reaper remained motionless.
However, the long black scythe in the statue's hand emitted an extremely thin line of flames.
This long line pierced through the misty and dark underground river, skimming over the countless secret tunnel entrances, and headed straight for one of them.
In an instant, the long thread disappeared.
But the orange cat was completely focused on this, so as soon as the string of flames appeared, he immediately locked onto where it was heading.
"Over there!"
The orange cat changed his direction and quickly swam several thousand meters towards a certain direction, arriving below the black ceiling.
It stopped near one of the secret passages.
If one were to take a closer look, this secret passage was exactly the same as all the other passages, there was no difference at all.
But the statue of the Death God had given him such secret guidance.
— — this passage must be hiding a secret related to the Death God or the entire Pantheon!
The orange cat entered the passage and swam forward.
After swimming for a long time and using [Shadow Shift] to increase his speed, it took over an hour before the end of the passage appeared in front of the orange cat.
The orange cat stopped briefly.
It opened its mouth and held a sword in its mouth before leaping out.
Splash! Splash!
The sound of flowing water continued without end.
The orange cat hovered in the air and sensed the flow of air.
He looked down.
Only to see a large and elegant fountain below, carved with numerous Deities. The entrance to the passage just now was hidden right below the fountain's outlet, unnoticeable unless one looked carefully.
This was a divine palace, not much different from the divine palaces of other Deities.
The only difference was that the entire divine palace was surrounded by a deep and dark underground river, but there seemed to be some sort of unique barrier that kept the water away, leaving a small empty space that belonged to the divine palace.
"Meow"
The orange cat put the sword away and called out in a low voice.
Since this fountain hadn't been submerged by the underground river, there must be some sort of intricate mechanism that was still working.
This mechanism had already existed for two Eras, but it was still able to operate.
The orange cat slowly displayed a cautious expression.
The place that the Death God had pointed out really did contain a secret.
But I came from the future, entered the Age of Immemorial Law Behemoths, and explored the ruins of the divine palace from the previous era — — the Age of Myriad Deities right before the Apocalypse. I don't actually understand what the Myriad Deities had gone through, nor do I understand the Myriad Deities' civilization, values, pursuits, and everything else.
How am I supposed to understand the meaning of this fountain?
The orange cat stared at the fountain, a bit confused.
He landed on the ground, shook off the water on his body, and began to carefully observe the structure of the fountain.
The entire fountain was composed of miniature statues of numerous Deities.
The Deities were dancing and singing around the two statues, seemingly praying for something, or celebrating something.
The orange cat stared closely at the two statues.
These two statues were slightly larger than the other statues of the Deities, standing on opposite ends of the fountain.
The statue on the left held a golden book in its hand.
The statue on the right held a long-handled black scythe in its hand, silently standing there.
— — these should be the Lord of Radiance and the Death God.
Radiance gave birth to everything, while Death ended everything.
These were the two fundamental Laws of the Age of Myriad Deities.
The orange cat touched the statue of the Death God and tried to release the flames of Death again.
But the Death God statue's surface had been burned away by the flames of Death, revealing the metal underneath.
— — this was a normal statue, so it wouldn't absorb the flames of Death.
The orange cat took a few steps back, tilted his head, and looked at the two statues in confusion.
I can't think of anything.
The orange cat used his paw to scratch the ground. After all the dust was gone, the surface of the ground was revealed to be made of metal, engraved with unknown Divine Runes.
The fountain wasn't particularly large, it was surrounded by water on all sides, the statues were also very normal, without any unique mechanisms.
As for the Lord of Radiance and the Death God in the middle …
The orange cat stared at the two statues with a contemplative look in his eyes.
Could it be that both Deities have arrived?
… No.
If Shroud also came here, he would definitely be discovered by the entity that was watching over everything.
Earlier in the divine palace of Death, even the Death God's guidance was so discreet, so the Myriad Deities definitely didn't want this to be leaked.
… These Deities must have already agreed on something.
The orange cat carefully observed the two statues.
At some point, he suddenly took a few steps back and entered a mass of fog.
…
The Isle of Protection.
The cultivation room.
Boss's expression suddenly changed.
"Reneedol, I'm going to do something, I'll be back soon, wait for me here"
After saying so, he hurriedly left.
At another location.
Inside the secret room.
Scarlet was putting the black scythe of Death flames on the ground.
"Rhode, where are you? Are you going to use this scythe? "Scarlet cautiously asked.
From her expression, she seemed a bit reluctant.
Gu Qing Shan noticed this and replied with a gentle voice: "That's right, but I'll only be using it once, I'll return it to you very soon"
Scarlet was happy.
Although she couldn't see Rhode and didn't know what he wanted to do, since he said so, there shouldn't be any mistakes.
"Alright, then I'll go study Star Force first, come find me when you're done" Scarlet said.
"Hm" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Scarlet then left.
Gu Qing Shan still maintained his orange cat form, walked forward, and weighed the black scythe in his hand while falling into thought.
— — – because [Ghostly Shadow of Night] could only be used once in a single night, he didn't immediately turn back into human form.
At this point, Boss came in.
"You want to use the Book of Prophesized Destinies?" he asked the void of space.
"Yes, I discovered a place that might be related to the Death God and the Lord of Radiance" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Do you need me to go?" Boss continued to ask.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head: "Both you and I are currently being watched, if we both disappear at the same time, the one who's watching us might do something else"
Boss pondered: "That's true, the fewer people there are, I can at least distract him by staying on the Isle"
He took out the golden-covered book and put it on the ground.
"Be careful, contact me at any time if anything happens," Boss reminded.
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
Boss turned around and left.
The only person left in the secret room was the orange cat Gu.
At this point, he was holding the Death Scythe in one paw while holding the Book of Prophesized Destinies in the other.
A line of glowing text suddenly appeared on the War God UI:
[You've obtained both the Book of Prophesized Destinies and the Death Flames Scythe]
[A certain authority hidden deep within the Pantheon has been opened to you]
[You've obtained a secret qualification]
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