NOVPUBChapter 995: Chapter 995: Guardian Deity Chapter 995: Chapter 995: Guardian Deity “There are still people inside the Temple of the Gods!”
The voice that rang out was calm, yet it was shocking to hear, given that the Divine Palace was no ordinary place.
All eyes instantly converged on the Temple of the Gods and saw an old man dressed in gray, appearing like an old servant, slowly walking out.
This man seemed quite ordinary, yet it was precisely this kind of ordinariness that made him all the more formidable.
“Who is he?”
The crowd was filled with astonishment and doubt.
The old man smiled and stood before the Temple of the Gods, gazing at the people, and remarked with a sigh, “In the old days, the gods would come to court, and the universe would worship. Yet now, as the eras have changed, do the gods still hold the same reverence?”
“The gods have faded; it is no longer the Era of the Gods.”
A powerful being spoke.
“This is a Sovereign.”
Chu Yuan said indifferently.
The Supreme Thunder Beast saw him, bared its teeth and grimaced, thunder and lightning furiously flashing as it exclaimed, “I’ve seen him; he used to follow behind the divine. This old fellow actually didn’t die in the divine calamity and is still alive! What a tough life he has!”
“Who are you?” someone demanded.
“I’ve forgotten my own name, and I’m just an old servant to the divine.”
For a Sovereign to refer to himself as an old servant was shocking, and the old man added, “You may call me Guardian of the Divine, watching over the Divine Palace.”
“Guardian of the Divine!”
He made himself out to be mundane, but none underestimated him.
The old man was a Sovereign, and though he called himself a servant, it was only in relation to the divine, and his cultivation was more formidable than that of an average Sovereign.
“I get it now. No wonder no one could find the Main Divine Palace within the Burial God Rift Valley. It seems it was because of this Guardian of the Divine. The weak would die entering here, and even ordinary Sovereigns couldn’t detect the presence of the Main Divine Palace.”
Someone suddenly understood.
As the two great God Emperors began their epochal confrontation, the force of their power was immense. The Guardian of the Divine could no longer hide, and the prohibitions were torn open.
“Guardian of the Divine, this Emperor has no interest in speaking with you at length. Are you here to prevent us from entering the Temple of the Gods?”
The Misty Ancient Emperor said indifferently.
“Misty Ancient Emperor, I know of you, an ancient Sovereign. In this era, have you already established a Divine Dynasty?”
He scanned with his eyes and continued, “Three strands of Divine Dynasty destiny; it seems there are now three great Divine Dynasties in the universe, and all three God Emperors have come. There is nothing left by the divine within the Temple of the Gods. Leave; you’re not welcome here.”
“Just with a few words, you expect the rulers of three great Divine Dynasties to withdraw. Do you think it’s possible?”
Someone sneered.
“If you all indeed wish to enter, I cannot stop you, but you had better think carefully about the consequences.”
The Guardian of the Divine spoke softly.
Indeed, he felt helplessness; the rulers of Divine Dynasties were not ones he could obstruct, but no one noticed the deep, sinister cruelty hidden within his gaze.
Boom!
The three great God Emperors naturally did not fear any dangers within the Temple of the Gods. They were existences vying for the title of Ruler of the Universe; not to mention the absence of gods, even if gods were present, they would still engage in battle.
Three forces of power immediately bombarded the Temple of the Gods, shattering it, and countless Arrays collapsed.
They blatantly disregarded the existence of the gods’ powers.
“The Temple of the Gods has been broken! Light, I can see the presence of light, a forceful presence outside!”
“Ha ha ha ha! We can finally leave; being trapped for so long. Damn the divine, for imprisoning and suppressing us. Now that they’ve met their demise, we can finally leave this place and roam the vast universe!”
“God, you can no longer reappear. How arrogant you were back then, and yet we are still alive!”
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In the moment the Temple of the Gods was broken, numerous thoughts and intents escaped, and a surge of powerful auras blasted forth. A number of immensely powerful experts from within the Temple of the Gods emerged.
These experts numbered in the thousands, and even the weakest among them were immortal beings, some with the aura of supreme beings.
“Cang E, the Supreme, he’s actually still alive!”
“Bloodthirsty Ancient Beast!”
“Xu Canghai!” 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Many of the powerhouses emerging from the Divine Palace were recognized by others, eliciting astonished expressions. It was believed that these mighty existences were dead, yet they had been imprisoned within the Divine Palace.
“Your Majesty, during the God Era, when the gods waged war across the universe, many experts were defeated by him and were clearly suppressed. After he became Ruler of the Universe, he captured many strong figures, sweeping through numerous ancient lands, and it seems they have all been imprisoned within the Divine Palace.”
The War God knew some secrets.
“What is the God doing, imprisoning so many experts in the Divine Palace?” asked the Heavenly Demon God.
Indeed, in the God Era, many experts had vanished, bringing a period of peace to the universe.
“To control the cycles of heaven and earth.”
Chu Yuan said, “The God has suppressed these experts within the Divine Palace, using them like focal points of an Array, drawing on their power to confront the universe’s calamities. In fact, the God was only a step away from success. Although God has vanished, I have an odd feeling that he seems to be everywhere, that it’s not that simple.”
“It is indeed strange that God failed,” agreed the War God.
Just as Chu Yuan speculated, the God suppressed these experts here also to extract their power.
During the calamity, many souls were scattered to the winds, while others fortunate ones survived.
The Guardian of the Divine Palace was at a loss. These undying powerhouses became an unsolvable problem for the Main Divine Palace; he couldn’t resolve it and had to mobilize the power of the Divine Palace to continue the suppression. As time passed, this became increasingly difficult.
Nor did the Guardian of the Divine Palace dare to release them at will.
It wasn’t out of fear of harming the universe, but rather the fear that he alone couldn’t suppress them all and might completely destroy the remnants of the Divine Palace.
Now that the three great dynasties had discovered the remnants of the Main Divine Palace, he felt it might be better to release them all instead of wasting the Divine Palace’s power, and in doing so, muddle the waters.
“This Guardian of the Divine Palace is also a catastrophe!”
The Supreme Thunder Beast spoke vehemently, bearing no good impressions of anything related to the Divine Palace.
“Big Brother!”
The Supreme Ancient Glory appeared. He saw a colossal demon with a brawny figure and a fiery red body, as if clad in stone armor bathed in magma, and he was instantly overjoyed.
The Ancient Flame Demon God!
He too was captured by the God and brought to the Divine Palace.
Supreme Ancient Glory was excited; he had come to the Divine Palace with the purpose of finding the Ancient Flame Demon God. Seeing him now, Supreme Ancient Glory’s heart settled, relieved that the Ancient Flame Demon God was not dead but still alive in this world.
“Haha, Ancient Glory, you came too!”
The Ancient Flame Demon God laughed heartily.
“I encountered an attack from the ‘Divine Boats of the Other Shore’ inside the Divine Palace, and thanks to the intervention from the Divine Martial Dynasty’s War God, I was spared from danger.”
Supreme Ancient Glory said.
“War God!”
The Ancient Flame Demon God immediately turned his gaze to the War God and, with surprise, said, “War God, you’ve become a Supreme as well! Divine Martial Dynasty, you’ve actually joined another dynasty? Then who is this?”
“The Divine Martial Emperor, the sovereign of my Divine Martial Dynasty,” said the War God.
“Greetings to the Divine Martial Emperor,”
The Ancient Flame Demon God also spoke respectfully: “If not for the Divine Emperor breaking into the Divine Palace, I couldn’t have freed myself. It seems I owe the Divine Martial a debt of gratitude.”
He was not foolish and observed the situation in the chamber.
“Kill that old thing!”
These powerhouses, having been suppressed by the God for so long and nearly drained of their power to death, were now released, violent and ferocious as ever, baring their claws, ready to tear the Guardian of the Divine Palace to pieces alive.
“Do you really want to fight me to the death? Don’t you want to get out? Foolish creatures, look before you. If you don’t leave now, do you wish to be suppressed again?”
The Guardian of the Divine Palace uttered a cold warning.
