Ch. 2001..2010

The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2001

The Earth essence in the surrounding area was ridiculously dense. When Alex Rockefeller activated his spell, countless spiritual energy vortexes appeared around him. The infinite spiritual power was like innumerable schools of fish rapidly digging into his body. Moreover, it was very pure. Even a single breath made him feel at ease.

“Something’s not right!” Yuno suddenly stopped and said. She looked around. “Have you two noticed that the further we follow this footprint, the stronger the natural attribute’s aura? This is very unusual,” she said.

“What’s so unusual about that? There are dense forests ahead, and these are all ancient forests. Isn’t it very normal that places like this harbor a more abundant natural aura?” Jade Benmore asked.

Yuno shook her head. “You don’t understand! The natural attribute I’m talking about is that of natural laws. It is a completely different concept from spiritual energy.”

“What are you trying to say?” Alex asked.

“Natural attribute laws are a kind of fairy power. You can call it natural fairy power. It doesn’t appear for no reason. Vajra Demonic Apes can’t possibly possess it. Hence, there might be fairies inside this place,” Yuno explained.

“Fairies?!”

Alex and Jade were both stunned.

This was especially the case for Jade. She knew very clearly that this realm’s laws were incomplete. It was impossible for one to become a fairy. In fact, there hadn’t been any fairies since ancient times, so Void Shattering became an unreachable dream.

“Since ancient times… It’s been three thousand years. Not a single fairy has appeared on earth as far as recorded time,” Jade said.

“We can’t be too sure about that now,” Yuno shrugged.

However, the appearance of natural attribute laws wasn’t a bad thing for them. Instead, it was an opportunity. Perhaps, there might even be opportunities left behind by fairies.

The reason for that was that after their arrival, the forests appeared to become denser. Trees also gradually got taller, with each towering at nearly a thousand meters. They couldn’t see any footsteps at all. Hence, they had to return to the ground and search for the footprints carefully within the bushes.

They saw that the trees and plants in this forest were flourishing. Trees here were tall and provided abundant shade, and ancient foliage was plentiful. There were even a variety of rare spiritual herbs that seemed to be in excellent health.

If Alex hadn’t been in a rush to find Daya Stoermer, he would’ve surely liked to stay here and gather those herbs.

Roar!!!

Suddenly, three of them heard a shocking roar. An extremely powerful sound wave resonated from up ahead. Trees and plants shook as though blown by a strong gale.

Alex and the others could also feel the strong gusts of wind.

“What’s that sound?” Jade asked. She focused all her energy on her body. Instinctively, she felt threatened. In fact, she even felt fear from within her heart.

“That is the roar of a demonic ape. From the sound I’m hearing, it might’ve bumped into an enemy,” Yuno said.

“Who could be a demonic ape’s enemy?” Alex asked.

“It’s still too early to say. Let’s sneak over to have a look. Make not one sound,” Yuno said.

All three of them were experts.

They immediately hid their aura and quickly moved in the direction Where the sound had come from. The further they went, the louder the demonic ape roared. In fact, it even sounded angry and aggrieved.

It was all very intense.

Right then, Jade pointed ahead. “Look, guys. What is that?”

Alex and Yuno looked over, both a little dumbfounded. As their gazes pierced through the woods, they actually saw a gigantic Bronze Palace up ahead.

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This Bronze Palace was enormous and had a majestic presence. It was in the deepest part of the ancient forest, and it extended high into the clouds. It was like a divine city in the skies.

Sitting silently in a traditional fashion, there was green rust on its surface. It looked traditional yet elegant, and it gave off a desolate Vibe. It was almost as if it had traversed here from ancient times.

The three people were all stunned by the palace.

Alex Rockefeller and Jade Benmore felt deeply mystified by the majestic presence of this palace.

Meanwhile, Yuno looked as if she was looking at something preposterous. “This… Could this be Nature’s Palace? It’s too… Magical.”

Alex and Jade immediately looked at her. “Do you recognize it?”

“What’s Nature’s Palace?”

“Is it where the gods hang out?”

“Nature’s Palace contains the power of natural laws. Rumor has it that this is the place where the Goddess of Nature cultivated the laws. Before the Goddess of Nature became a goddess during ancient times, she was said to be an ordinary human girl. After that, she acquired the opportunity to comprehend natural laws and cultivated silently in a palace. After three thousand years, she became a god. She was known as the Goddess of Nature ever since… but the Goddess of Nature suddenly disappeared after that. Nature’s Palace also disappeared. It’s been ten thousand years. People have tried looking for this palace in countless fairy realms and ancient holy lands to acquire the natural laws within, but nobody could find it. I didn’t expect that it would actually appear here,” Yuno said.

Her eyes seemed to light up when she talked about this.

Roar!

Another loud roar could be heard.

The demonic ape’s voice had gotten a hell lot louder. At the same time, it caused huge tremors that shook the ground. Trees and plants shook while boulders scattered.

Right after that, the three even saw colorful blade rays in the sky. Clearly, there was a huge battle ahead.

Despite standing a hundred miles away, they could still sense the drastic change of the environment caused by the battle. The sun and moon no longer shone, and on top of that, shockingly powerful battle intent manifested in front of them.

“This battle is so intense!” Jade exclaimed with her mouth wide open. Although she had led the Flying Eagles to battle the demon tribe for thirty years, she had never seen one like this.

“I’m afraid others have also discovered Nature’s Palace and want to claim it for themselves!” said Yuno, “This is an opportunity that knocks only once in ten thousand years. Since we’ve seen Nature’s Palace, this part is also fated. We can’t ignore it. Let’s go and have a look too!”

“But be careful. The capabilities of those who came are unlike ordinary people,” she added after a pause.

The three of them quickly sneaked over by hiding behind the dense trees. The closer they got, the stronger they felt the battle’s intensity.

After half an hour, they finally sneaked to the front of Bronze Palace. Now that they saw what was happening, they didn’t dare to make a single sound.

The grounds in front of Bronze Palace were initially full of lush greenery. Now, all of it had been destroyed by the battle that had taken place. The whole place was in ruin-deep trenches had been left behind by various blades, and huge pits were created by Chi energy explosions. Large patches of forests were razed to the ground, and even nearby hills collapsed.

In the center of the battle stood a hundred-foot-tall giant ape. Its roars went on and on.

It was able to cause the sky and earth to vibrate with a single wave of its hand.

Meanwhile, there were up to a hundred people surrounding it. Countless flying swords and treasures rained down upon the giant ape-like rain. Blade lights, sword rays, and various long-range treasures formed a rainbow that fell upon the giant ape’s head. It was as if it was being attacked by a dense group of locusts.

Alex and the others felt their hearts twitching when they saw the scene.

If they were attacked by such dense force, their lives would definitely not be spared. In fact, there were even shadows of treasures that contained strong ancient auras. These were weapons above the spiritual treasure’s grade, and they were extremely powerful.

“This is ridiculously epic!”

“Who are these people? Every single one of them emits an incredibly strong aura. At least half of them are at the Tribulation Crossing stage. Even their weapons are unusually powerful. Oh my god!”

Jade was nearly scared out of her wits.

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What could this concept be?

If the Flying Eagles had these people, wouldn’t they have won the battle in the ancient boundary long ago?

“Haven’t you discovered that these people are all wearing the same clothes? That clearly means they are from the same sect. Someone from their sect must have discovered Nature’s Palace and informed the superiors. The entire sect gathered their forces and came to explore Nature’s Palace,” Yuno said.

Alex Rockefeller and Jade Benmore only noticed this after Yuno mentioned it.

“Is that white ape a Vajra Demonic Ape?”

“But it is completely different in size compared to the footprints we found. Could this only be a small one? Is there an even bigger one?”

Yuno shook her head. “No. Demonic apes can control their body size freely. If they’re a thousand feet tall, they’d be an easy punching bag for humans attacking them in groups. They wouldn’t be able to get away at all. Even this is still too big.”

They saw a green layer of aura around the demonic ape’s body. It looked like a protective shield that blocked the attacks of the treasure.

However, among the humans, there were several elders of the highest cultivation holding extraordinary weapons.

One had a whip that was up to a hundred meters in length. Each time it lashed against the demonic ape, there would be space fissures, and the demonic ape would cry out in pain. Even if its green defensive aura wasn’t broken, it must have hurt a lot.

The other one had a completely red spiritual sword that emanated a strong murderous intent. This was the weapon that dealt the greatest damage to the demonic ape. It was able to create a bloody hole on the demonic ape’s body with each strike. Its blood was all over the ground. .

“Ahh… Ahh!”

Right then, a woman’s high-pitched voice broke through the clouds pierced the battlefield.

The noise sounded like a battle song. It had an extremely strong piercing attribute that contained divine sense. It was like heavenly thunder and tsunamis from ten thousand miles away, instantly causing ears to buzz and delayed reaction time.

The soundwave formed a fan-shaped arc, but it avoided the demonic ape and directly swept past the group of humans.

Suddenly, the sword rays all slowed down.

The demonic ape took this opportunity to charge forward and step on its opponents.

“The demonic ape’s divine ability is astoundingly powerful!” Yuno exclaimed softly.

She saw how the demonic ape carried out those insane attacks against the group of humans. Its long arms, crashing against the ground, were capable of boring huge pits. In an instant, it had already killed quite a few people. However, the divine sense’s attack couldn’t last very long. Soon, the battle resumed.

The human cultivators arranged themselves into a formation and fought the demonic ape backward again.

“That woman’s mental strength requires a few minutes to charge up. Elder Kron, lead some people over and deal with that woman first,” an elder yelled loudly.

“Alright!”

A group of people immediately dispatched from the main group and circled over from the left.

The demonic ape instantly headed to stop them, but it was stalled by the main group and couldn’t charge over.

Right then, Alex and the others saw a beautiful lady with a bloated belly standing next to a huge pillar in front of Bronze Palace. She was holding two scythes in her hands while she looked nervously at the people charging toward her.

“Who is that woman?” Yuno asked. “She has imposing mental strength. Her belly is massive. She’s pregnant. Rockefeller brat, could she be…”

Before Yuno could finish, Alex had dashed over at lightning speed!

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“Who are you?”

As soon as Alex Rockefeller appeared, someone from the sect detected him. An elder shouted and flew over with a sword in hand that shone brightly with colorful rays of light. He was going to kill Alex by slashing his waist.

At this moment, Alex could feel his hair standing on their ends. A strong sense of danger grew in him.

Alex felt that this was the most severe danger he had ever encountered. Instinctively, he activated his strongest defense, Profound Martial Shield Armor Art.

Countless rune symbols appeared around his body and gathered at one spot to block that frightful flying sword!

Jade Benmore was nearly scared out of her wits. She looked away because she couldn’t bear watching Alex die. Yuno also sighed helplessly.

‘Such a fool. He’s too rash. Does he think he can take a hit from this sect’s experts with the little cultivation he has? Isn’t he just getting himself killed?’

“Pfft!”

The Profound Martial Shield Armor Art that gathered only blocked that sword once. The armor was still broken, and the sharp sword stabbed into Alex’s body…

Right then, the Chaos Tree in Alex’s body shook slightly. A ray of gray chaos Chi energy rushed out and landed on the sword.

Shuffle!

Right then, the chaos Chi energy absorbed something. It had actually absorbed that sword into Alex’s mind palace.

“What’s going on?”

Alex, too, was shocked. Not only was he not dead, but the chaos Chi energy actually absorbed the entire sword into his body. ‘This is amazing.’

For a moment, Alex used his inner vision.

He realized that the sword was hanging on one of the Chaos Tree’s branches. It didn’t move at all, though. Its entire surface was blood-red, and there were small rune symbols on the sword that shimmered brightly. It was definitely not an ordinary object.

Alex understood it now.

This was the divine sword that caused the demonic ape a significant amount of harm. It was incomparably sharp and had immense power. In the end, this happened to it.

Alex could see how powerful the Chaos Tree was.

Funnily enough, he had always found this tree rather useless. Apart from producing a little bit of chaos Chi energy to nourish the Chaos Beads, it didn’t do much else.

Now, Alex finally realized he just didn’t know how to use it. Meanwhile, the tree had only grown to about five meters in height and had a total of only ten leaves. Each leaf, however, was green and lively, and each leaf contained a limitless life force that shone brightly.

Yuno was slightly stunned.

She didn’t expect this to happen. What caused it to happen? It seemed Alex had more secrets than she was aware. This fellow was indeed a boy with many treasures. He always surprised her during crucial moments.

None was more surprised than that sect’s elders.

His own natal flying sword that be refined many years in his own mind palace and connected to his own life was not actually gone. Moreover, the soul connection between the sword and himself had also been thoroughly cut off. He could no longer sense the presence of the divine sword.

“Pfft…”

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

The elder was directly affected by the counterattack.

His eyes flew wide open as he stared at Alex’s body. “My Rainbow Blood Sword!” he shouted angrily.

Meanwhile, Alex didn’t slow down at all, swiftly charging toward Bronze Palace’s main entrance. The pregnant woman standing by the bronze pillar was the ex-celebrity he missed so dearly, Daya Stoermer.

“Daya!” Alex yelled.

Daya, who was still in a nervous state, finally saw Alex’s face clearly. Her entire body started tingling, a look of disbelief plastered on her face. Never would she have expected to see Alex here.

Tears started streaming down her face.

Meanwhile, Elder Kron, who brought people over to kill Daya, jerked his head around. When he saw Alex charging over, he used his sword to strike Alex directly.

“Dragon Bone Sword!”

“Block!”

Alex summoned his Dragon Bone Sword from his mind palace to block the attack. Moreover, with the Rainbow Blood Sword that he acquired earlier and the experience he obtained from it, Alex was able to cover his Dragon Bone Sword with a layer of chaos Chi energy.

Clang!

A soft sound could be heard.

Elder Kron’s flying sword that emitted a green light also flashed before disappearing completely. Like the Rainbow Blood Sword before, it had been absorbed into Alex’s mind palace.

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Elder Kron also spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Get out of the way, all of you! ” Elder Kron shouted and led the way by flying away.

Clearly, he had misunderstood Alex Rockefeller as a top-notch expert. If Alex could easily absorb his powerful spiritual treasure, didn’t that make Alex an indomitable expert? How else would he have such capabilities?

As such, Alex was able to easily rush over to Daya Stoermer.

Although Daya still looked gorgeous and attractive as a fairy from above, her body was covered in blood, and her hair was all over the place.

Alex slowly walked forward and gently caressed her face. “Daya, I’m here…”

“Honey!” Daya looked up slightly, her eyes filled with tears.

She immediately dove into his arms.

Roar!

Only then did the demonic ape notice that a human had actually rushed over to Daya. It immediately emitted blood-red light from its eyes as it let out a loud roar.

Its body doubled in size, and after stomping its feet ferociously, it activated its gravitational field once again and sent half of its enemies flying like a gust of wind.

“Alex, be careful!” Jade Benmore rushed over. The golden Claymore she was holding was twice as large as her body. It seemed a thousand tons heavy. However, she appeared to be holding it effortlessly in her hands. Jade dashed over to Alex in the blink of an eye.

Someone attacked her with a flying sword during the process, but she shattered it with a single strike.

Her Claymore wasn’t an ordinary object either.

After that, Yuno also took action.

Alex possessed great secrets. No matter what, she wouldn’t let him die so easily.

However, right then, Daya suddenly extended her fair hand and shouted at the demonic ape, “Baymax, no! Stop!”

Boom!

Wham!

The demonic ape, which had been charging over like a shooting star, immediately braked with its legs after hearing Daya’s voice. It forced itself to turn in another direction and slammed forcefully against a huge pillar nearby.

A thunderous noise could be heard.

However, the bronze pillar extending from Bronze Palace was like a divine pin that didn’t even vibrate in the slightest.

Shuffle!

When Jade and Yuno rushed over, they were both shocked. They looked at Daya before turning to look at the demonic ape that was now feeling dizzy from the collision. Neither of them expected the demonic ape to listen to what Daya said. This was practically magic!

Meanwhile, the two hundred plus experts from the other sect rushed over and formed a semi-circle around the demonic ape.

“Who are you people?”

“Return my Rainbow Blood Sword to me!”

The elder who lost his Rainbow Blood Sword had a gloomy expression on his face while he stared and shouted at Alex. He seemed very shocked because Alex’s cultivation seemed very low. He was only at the Core Formation stage and was practically like an ant.

How could he actually absorb the elder’s Rainbow Blood Sword?

“Sect Master, this kid’s cultivation isn’t high. I personally witnessed the Rainbow Blood Sword easily breaking his defense. He’s only able to steal the Rainbow Blood Sword because he has some great treasure with him,” a female cultivator said.

The sentence instantly caused countless people to look at Alex. Many of them bore extreme greed in their eyes.

Alex was able to claim a divine sword like the Rainbow Blood Sword for himself without needing a high level of cultivation. This kind of treasure was practically one of a kind in the world.

“Battle formation!” the sect master gave an order. All the disciples immediately grouped into some sort of formation.

The sect master started laughing loudly. “This is a huge opportunity. Not only did we find Nature’s Palace today, but someone even sent a rare treasure to us. Our Kamikaze clan is destined to make a comeback!”

“Immediately give me your treasure. I can show mercy and let you live,” he then said to Alex.

Being cornered by two hundred experts like this made Alex and the rest break into a cold sweat. Once the battle began, they might very likely be instantly killed.

What should they do?

Right then, a crying sound suddenly came from within Bronze Palace.

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Loud wails came from inside the bronze palace.

It sounded melancholic, its tone going from high to low periodically. However, it had strong mental powers, as if the woman had been crying since the Stone Ages, saddening nature alongside her.

The people who heard this wailing were instantly affected, falling into an extremely upset mood. Unable to bring themselves out of this sadness, they weep uncontrollably.

Some whose mental strength wasn’t strong enough fell to the ground, bawling their eyes out, crying so much that they started to vomit blood as well.

The entire scene was utterly upsetting and unbearable.

Alex resisted the wailing with his mental strength since he had quite a lot of mental power as of now. Although he managed to drastically increase the power from the Soul Collection Coffin, resisting the wailing was so daunting that beads of cold sweat ran down his forehead.

Yuno, on the other hand, seemed fine, but Jade couldn’t handle it at all.

Her strengths were mainly physical, and her mental powers couldn’t be better than Alex’s. The wailing immediately affected her mind, leading her to not only tear up but howl loudly as well.

At that moment, the hall was filled with crying.

It was then that Zendaya reached one of her fingers out, making it glow with white light. There even seemed to be talismans flowing within.

The light then shot out into rays of thin lines and formed into half a sphere, surrounding Alex, Jade, and Yuna as well.

That was a protection shield formed with mental power. As the wailing hit the shield, the talismans started quivering, forming yellow rays of light. Yet, it was still unable to protect them from most of the effects.

“Who’s crying in there?”

“It’s so depressing and excruciating… Ugh… I can’t bear it anymore! I really want to cry…”

The others from the clan were still crying loudly, unable to understand their situation.

Then, all of a sudden, the wailing stopped.

The sect master of the Kamikaze clan stared into the palace, visibly confused as he mumbled to himself, “Could there still be someone alive within Nature’s Palace?”

The old man next to him replied with uncertainty.

“That’s not possible, right? I heard Nature’s Palace has been hiding under the Earth’s surface for around ten thousand years. Immortal cultivators have never existed in this realm, so who could possibly live past ten thousand years?”

Someone else said, “I know! This must be the legacy of the Goddess of Nature. That was a woman’s cry, right? I heard that after the Goddess understood nature and become a deity, she didn’t want to leave this realm. Unsurprisingly, she left her wails here, right?”

With this, the sect master of the Kamikaze clan was excited. He pointed towards the Vajra Demonic Ape and said, “No matter what that was, let’s get this fella first. Even if we don’t obtain the legacy of Nature’s Palace, the rare treasures on this punk are enough to cover the price of coming all the way here.”

“Die!!

“Thousand Sword Formation, go!”

Just then, several swords flew out from the members of the Kamikaze clan. As though an angry swarm of locusts, they headed toward Alex and the others at a rapid speed.

Roar!

The Vajra Demonic Ape let out a loud roar and stepped forward, ready to take all those swords head-on. However, before it could do that, a cold huff echoed within the palace.

“Hmph!”

“Anyone who dares to play tricks in the holy palace should get lost!”

Suddenly, an overwhelming force formed within the palace and aimed toward the large swarm of flying swords.

In just a second, all the flying swords bounced back. They now flew quicker with increased power.

“Oh no! Retreat!” yelled the sect master.

However, it was all too late. Not only were the swords flying ten times faster, but they had immense power, as though thousands of meteors were crashing into the ground.

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Pfft… pfft… pfft…

Blood splattered all over the place as corpses were scattered everywhere.

Two hundred or so members of the Kamikaze clan, along with their sect master, didn’ t manage to survive this attack. With just one blow, all died on the spot.

A long sword was stabbed into the sect master’s neck. Seemingly unsatisfied with this outcome, his eyes were bulging in disbelief as he drew his last breath. “How… Did this happen? Who… Exactly is in there?”

However, he would never get the opportunity to find out. The life in his eyes slowly drained away as he drifted into permanent slumber.

On the other hand, Alex and the others were extremely shocked by this.

‘Who would’ve thought that an actual person was staying in the palace? And this person seems incredibly powerful too.’

Even Yuno was so shocked that her mouth dropped. Now, they were starting to get worried.

‘Would the woman inside kill us off too?’

All she needed was one simple attack to kill over 200 martial artists instantly. Hence, killing them would basically be as easy as lifting a finger.

“Daya, who’s inside?” asked Alex.

Zendaya shook her head. “I don’t know either. I’ve never been inside. Baymax brought me here.”

Just as they were conversing, the doors to the palace opened slowly.

Boom!

Clunk, clunk, clunk!

With the loud sounds of grinding metal, it was apparent that the door hadn’t been opened in a very long time. A thick layer of dust perched on the motley green bronze, making it look ancient. It was as if the door hadn’t actually been opened in ten thousand years. Footsteps then came from the inside.

Alex and the others backed away slowly, extremely nervous.

In the end, they saw an old, grey-haired woman with a face full of wrinkles walk out with the assistance of a walking stick.

Her hair was messy, covering half of her face as well. Dressed in apparel that didn’t seem to belong in this century, her entire being looked as ancient as the palace, as if she had actually traveled through time.

Thus, the mysterious person with such immense power, a mere old lady.

The lady walked out of the palace and glanced at the corpses before turning to look at Daya.

Her expression changed as if she remembered something very painful. Covering her mouth, she began wailing again. She sounded so sad that Alex and others backed away even further.

The old lady kept walking out as she continued crying. With extremely slow strides, she took a step every five seconds. However, with each step, she was able to travel ten miles.

After taking another step, she vanished.

They were only able to hear her earth-shattering cries from afar, but it disappeared within seconds as well. Silence returned to the palace.

Everyone looked at one another, confused.

“What was that?”

“Who was that old lady?”

Since no one could figure it out, they looked toward the Vajra Demonic Ape. It didn’t know how to speak, though, nor did it know how to express itself with other methods. All it did was point at the palace door and scratch its head.

No one understood what it meant, and they didn’t dare to walk into the palace without caution. If that old lady came back and got mad at their recklessness, she might kill them all.

Alex’s attention then diverted towards Daya’s stomach, now bigger than Dorothy’s, who was pregnant with quadruplets.

Alex immediately checked her pulse, realizing that only one child was in there. Not only that, but he could also tell that it was a girl growing well within Daya.

Daya caressed her belly and turned to Alex. “Hubby, I know it’s too sudden, but you wouldn’t blame me for making you a father, right?”

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Alex obviously didn’t blame her. He was just immensely heartbroken.

He approached her and pulled her into a soft embrace. His tone was soft as he said, “How could you be so foolish? You know you are pregnant, yet you still came to this place. You must’ve been through a lot, huh? Thank god you’re okay. I don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t find you!”

Daya then cupped Alex’s face with both hands, caressing it gently.

Her gorgeous eyes looked into his lovingly, as if she just couldn’t get enough of him, as if they were the only two people left in the world. She said fondly, “I thought my life was going to end just like that, and our fate would have to continue in the next life. But I didn’t expect you to find me here. I wouldn’t be having any regrets even if I died here and now.”

Alex slapped her behind gently.

“Hey, don’t speak such nonsense. Even if you don’t live for yourself, live for mine and our daughter’s sake.”

“Right, you’re so right! Hubby…”

Daya kissed Alex on the lips without a care in the world. They even started panting, considering the intense manner they were loving each other.

Jade felt awkward to see this, hence she decided to check on the corpses instead.

Yuno, however, remained unfazed. Alex and Phoebe would sleep with each other from time to time, and she had seen more than her fair share.

Back then, when her conscience possessed Phoebe’s body, Alex was still doing the deed with her. Even though she could feel everything that was happening, she had to pretend that she had no clue.

However, the feeling of being screwed was still real. It felt exactly like Alex was sleeping with her instead of Phoebe. She watched them for a while, pouted, and walked to the side as well.

“These weapons are of pretty high quality!” Jade removed a flying sword from a corpse and examined it thoroughly. She quickly discovered that each and every sword was filled with intense spiritual power and was made from the best materials. Moreover, the swords were fused with some talismans as if they could form a formation on their own.

Besides that, each weapon was carved with the words “Divine Warriors” followed by a series of numbers.

Jade turned to look at Yuno.

She understood little as to what was going on with her. ‘This person is most definitely not Wayne Larson’s daughter, but I can’t tell what actually happened.’

She could, however, tell from Yuno’ s behavior that she was most definitely an experienced cultivator.

“Have you heard of the Divine Warriors? I think these high-quality weapons were made by this clan,” Jade said.

“High-quality?”

Yuno seemed to disagree. “These are just mass-produced junk. They just made a bunch of random weapons, sealed a soul into them, then carved on some random formation blueprints. Even if it were a spiritual tool, it’s still unworthy junk.”

Jade didn’t know what to say. To her, having such weapons was more than enough. Most weapons she had used in the past wouldn’t be able to compare to these.

Yuno continued, “But the materials are alright. Galaxy Metal is the main component, but the person who made this has limited skills. If they could refine it and use a hundred percent pure Galaxy Metal, its quality could be increased tenfold.”

Jade was so shocked her mouth was left agape. However, she still collected all of these weapons regardless. Yuno might have looked down on such weapons, but the Flying Eagles were in need of these. With these, the Flying Eagles’ power could be increased drastically. Even though she was no longer part of the squad, and even if many members viewed her as a bad guy, she still cared for them a lot.

Apart from the flying swords and weapons, she even found storage purses and spatial rings. These were worth a fortune.

The storage purses seemed to be distributed to all members, but spatial rings were only distributed to members with higher rankings within the clan. Within the space of these purses and rings, there were many pills, herbs, spiritual stones, and other magical stuff.

Jade continued to search the bodies, seemingly delighted and overjoyed.

Yuno just stood there, not moving an inch. She stared at Jade with scornful eyes, acting all high and mighty, as if Jade was a beggar.

Just then, Alex and Daya were finally done kissing. After flirting with each other for a brief while, they joined in for “trash collection.”

Yuno spoke up. “Alex, the two weapons you took a while ago are rare and of high quality. Take them out so I can have a look.”

Alex froze slightly and used his internal vision to check out the weapons hanging on the Chaos tree.

Suddenly, he appeared shocked.

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One of the swords had rusted. The talismans and carvings had vanished, emptied of spiritual power as well. The materials seemed expired, no longer shining as they did, as if they had turned into normal metal.

The other one was the blood-red sword. It looked better than the other, but its spiritual power and energy were slowly flowing into the Chaos tree. The energy within the two swords had been absorbed by the Chaos tree.

On the other hand, the leaves of the Chaos tree were glistening, looking greener than ever, as if each of them had a life of its own.

Alex shrugged helplessly. “I don’t have it.”

Yuno huffed. “Don’t be so stingy. Do you think I’ll steal it from you?”

“It’s really gone,” Alex insisted.

“Tsk, I don’t want it anyway. You’re treating it like it’s some national treasure or something.”

Speechless, all Alex could do was let out a bitter smile. He turned to Jade. “Master, have you heard of the Kamikaze clan of America?”

“I’ve never heard of them.”

“Then where did those people come from? Oh right, I just remembered. I have a soul that claims to be from Yorkshire Palace. Have you heard of that then?”

Jade shook her head, but Yuno put up a weird expression.

“I know a little about Yorkshire Palace.”

The few looked at her.

Yuno replied, “That‘s a cultivation clan from ancient times. Back then, it was considered one of the five ancient godly cultivation sects. They trained many experts, but no one knows if they still exist now.”

She paused, then looked towards Nature’s Palace. “But what’s most important now is this palace. The opportunity is right in front of us. So, are we just going to sit here and watch it disappear, or are we going to take a step?”

Everyone seemed to be still worried about that powerful old lady.

“I’d say that old lady must be mad. She’s suddenly in pain, and her behavior seems abnormal too,” Alex said.

Jade agreed. “ Let’s head in, then. We won’t know unless we try.”

Alex nodded, but he hesitated as soon as he saw Daya’s stomach.

“Don’t worry about me. Baymax will protect me,” Daya said.

The Vajra Demonic Ape seemed obedient towards Daya. It immediately shrunk itself and became a three-meter tall ape that protected her with itself. Despite all that, Alex was still worried. So he called Maiko out to protect Daya alongside the ape.

After that, the few walked into the palace together.

As soon as they walked in, they instantly felt a large flow of Nature’s power brushing against their bodies. Much akin to a spring breeze, their skin felt so refreshed that they wanted to stretch.

However, seconds later, this power started flowing towards them violently.

The power that they had just absorbed changed immediately into a violent, destructive power. It clashed against their insides, causing them to feel hot and cold at the same time, putting their ability to endure to the test.

More Nature’s power brushed against their skin, like sharp weapons trying to cut them open.

Thud!

Yuno was the first to fly out of the palace, landing on the ground harshly.

Seconds later, Jade flew out as well, crashing to the ground like Yuno.

Alex trembled all over.

Although his body was strong as if made out of diamond, he almost couldn’t handle such power as well. Suddenly, the Chaos tree within his mind palace shook and activated its power, absorbing all of Nature’s power brushing against his body, relieving the pressure he felt.

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The Chaos tree was indeed divine. Not only could it absorb weapons, but it could even absorb the negative powers from the outside.

‘No, the Chaos tree isn’t taking the damage for me. It’s absorbing large amounts of Nature’s power, taking it as its own.’

A whirlpool formed in front of Alex.

The power formed into an endless whirlpool, flowing right into the Chaos tree. Alex used his inner vision and noticed that the tree branches were growing rapidly after absorbing the power.

Back then, it was just a small, five-meter tree.

Soon, it grew to six, seven… Then to ten meters… And then fifteen meters. It continued sprouting at a rapid pace with the extra power it had.

Alex was shocked to see this. ‘Nature’s power is way too intense! This tree has been in my palace for ages, and it hasn’t grown much. Yet, by absorbing this power, it’s inflating like a darn balloon!’

The Chaos bead hanging on the tree was slowly glistening as well, as though absorbing the energy within the tree.

Pshhhh!

Maiko didn’t have a physical body, and as a ghost king, she was able to out-endure the others. However, since this went on, she couldn’t handle it as well, returning into Alex’s Stake of Exorcism to hide.

Daya, on the other hand, seemed to be unfazed by all this. She stood at the side, staring at Alex with loving eyes. She even seemed slightly more affectionate than usual.

Yuno, who had flown out of the door, didn’t want to admit defeat.

‘This is the Nature’s Palace from ten thousand years ago. I want to find my destiny there too! How am I not even allowed inside? I know I’m strong, so how can I be weaker than this Daya girl?’

She clenched her teeth and rushed back in again. Within a second, however, she was blown out of the palace by a powerful flow of Nature’s power. She even vomited a mouthful of blood before landing, indicating that she had injured herself.

“How is this possible?!”

Yuno was appalled. The power was even stronger than before.

She knew that Alex could handle such power because he had rare treasure, hence she believed that his durability had to be related to that treasure.

However, she didn’t understand what Daya relied on.

‘Is it because of that ape?’

This was among the things she couldn’t understand.

Vajra Demonic Apes were known to be vicious and difficult to handle. Even if it couldn’t speak or communicate, it had extremely high spirituality and intelligence. Considered one of the highest-ranked demons within this realm, it was impossible to tame.

‘How did Daya make it obey her every command?’

Jade didn’t want to give up on this opportunity as well. She thought, ‘If my disciple could get in, it’ll be just embarrassing if I get blown out.’

Hence she decided to try again, lunging herself toward the entrance as she forced her way through using her physical body.

Upon entering, she managed to take it for… Ten seconds. Ten seconds was her absolute limit, so she couldn’t do anything else but back out.

Suddenly, the bronze door of the palace clunked loudly, closing up slowly.

Just as Yuno and Jade tried to get in again, an unknown force blocked their path. It wasn’t even possible to take a step into the door anymore.

Yuno seemed frustrated. “Why did I have to face Nature’s Palace now? If I had one more year, I’d definitely endure it. Ugh! This is just sad. It’s Nature’s Palace! It’s right in front of me. But I can’t even get in.”

Jade comforted her. “All of this is destined. It’s fate if you get in, but if you can’t, that’s just life.”

“Screw life! I, Yuno, have never bowed down to fate! I simply refuse to believe this!”

Yuno concentrated her energy aggressively, surrounding herself with a red aura filled with demonic Chi.

Jade froze. “Demonic Chi? You… You’re a demon?”

Yuno ignored Jade and formed a black shadow behind her. It was unidentifiable, appearing as a mere blurry blob. It then turned into a ray of light, shooting toward the palace door that was still ajar.

Boom!

The wall in front of the bronze entrance quaked, but it didn’t break open one bit. Instead, a strong force bounced back on Yuno.