In other words, just as he had speculated, his former Heroic Spirit, as well as his teacher, comrade, minister, and the shadow lady of his lover... was actually just a twisted monster...

She even, more than once, descended upon this grand expedition of the Summoning of Heroic Spirits, and even more than once, influenced the direction of the entire world from behind the scenes...

It might not even be female, perhaps having played any gender.

As for becoming his teacher and lover, it could have been just one of billions of games.

The Golden Emperor thought this and silently bowed his head, shivering for no apparent reason.

They were like this dark hand, controlling everything in the world, the victory of the great expedition, the establishment of the Empire, everyone living smoothly under the sky and sunlight of the Empire, were all just their game!

The Golden Emperor trembled with this thought, inexplicably... furious!

He was angry, angrier than anyone could imagine, more so than hearing something like everyone in the world being genetically similar or infertility among everyone.

This indicated that everything he had done in his life was useless, and his entire life had only become someone else's toy.

Xue Dili retrieved the Pseudo-World Heart, and he already knew that the Golden Emperor discovered his acquaintance within it.

These twisted souls they always ignored might be the true clan of the Ninth Apostle, and this grand expedition might be their form of entertainment, or a legitimate means of feeding the Divine Tree with various corpses.

Or perhaps, it was just a game of theirs.

Those ghosts, twisted enough to corrupt anyone, seemed to always hover above the world, influencing the grand course of the world every century.

Or perhaps, they parasitized and possessed the soul of the victor every hundred years, sneaking into the Empire and advancing the next century there.

In the distance, the silhouette with a beast was gradually approaching.

Xue Dili tossed the Pseudo-World Heart in his hand, smiling, he looked towards the Quasi-5th Tier enemy.

If only the genuine Treasure from the young general, the Heart of the World, was present, then Xue Dili wouldn't even need to act, he could absorb all opponents.

The essence of this Treasure was to deal with the Heart Stealer, but now it was confusingly used in this battle, exceptionally efficiently.

The opponent's speed accelerated, the raptors circling above seemed to start their attack, and the Quasi-5th Tier one instantly rushed before Xue Dili, the multiple sonic booms exceeding everyone's expectations, this speed...

"Buzz!" A large hand suddenly emerged from the void, gripping the descending raptor tightly.

The sonic boom cloud just crashed above them; the least formidable Mad Viscount only felt a buzzing in his head, the vibration of the air stirred by the sonic boom made his body unable to bear it.

Even the Quasi-5th Tier raptor, at this moment, displayed human-like fear and confusion, why could its speed be halted...

Why was there, Apostle Level power!

"Destroy!"

A cold voice rose from the space where the sturdy hand emerged, for unknown reasons, the raptor's pupils suddenly showed unmatched fear, and it was entirely pulled into that unknown terrifying space, no more sound.

In place was only a single descending feather, marking that this creature, at the summit of world strength, vanished inexplicably into the air.

At this moment, whether it was the barbarians opposite, the Mad Viscount and Yellow Skin beside, or those watching through Magic, they all watched this scene in horror.

A Demigod Level raptor, instantly slain?

No, not instantly slain, but dragged into an unknown space by that large hand, they didn't know what terrifying things happened inside that unknown space, just swallowed had saliva.

"Who exactly, are you?" Yellow Skin asked for the first time.

"Light, you may call me, Ah Guang!" Xue Dili smiled.

...

And the moment this name was heard, those observing this unusual grand expedition suddenly felt the name very familiar.

It did not know where it had heard this name before, it didn't know why upon hearing this name, it felt a very ominous premonition.

Where, exactly had it heard this name? Where? Exactly where?

This old man, whose entire mouth and chin were tentacles, paced madly, sudden anxiety and fear completely driving him insane.

"No, there's something wrong, something wrong, that person has a problem... Divine Tree, fruit, complete the ritual quickly, I want the fruit, I want the fruit..." he hysterically stared at the progress, also staring at...

The Divine Tree! Complementing this entire world seemingly like a divine realm.

On the Divine Tree, a slightly immature fruit slowly condensed, as if only needing a simple thread of sustenance to mature smoothly.

Just one last bit, just one last bit, then I can consume the fruit, becoming the next...

Ninth Apostle!

...

Ferocious beasts approach.

And obviously, the barbarian opposite couldn't hold it any longer, the giant deer beside him suddenly charged, its propulsion accelerating rapidly in a short amount of time, and not only that, the barbarian began to swiftly set up technique.