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Chapter 5169-5172 [The Rock of Eternity]

“Alright, you can stay on Paradise Island from now on.” Hippolyta had no choice but to nod in agreement when she heard her daughter say that. “However, man, I will be watching you closely.”

You'd better not make any mistakes, or I'll not only kick you off Paradise Island, but I'll also separate my daughter from you."

“Yes, Your Majesty, I will certainly follow the rules,” Xiang Nan nodded and said.

Hippolyta and Antiope didn't want him to stay on Paradise Island simply because they were worried that he would become a wolf among sheep, causing trouble and engaging in promiscuous behavior.

To be honest, any other man living among women would inevitably be tempted. But for Xiang Nan, he could absolutely remain untouched by any of those women.

After all, he had already attained enlightenment through cultivation, so he wouldn't be unable to move when he saw a beautiful woman.

Moreover, even if he truly desired women, he could create them using the Eternal Flame. No matter how beautiful or alluring a woman, he could create her without needing to seduce the Amazons.

……

Xiang Nan then settled down on Paradise Island.

To prevent him from coming into contact with the Amazons, Hippolyta placed him in the southeast corner of Paradise Island, and forbade any other Amazons, except Diana, from approaching him.

Xiang Nan was aware of the Amazon tribe's fear of him, so he wouldn't leave his dwelling without permission. What he did every day was study the Amazon tribe's ancient texts.

The Amazons have a history of tens of thousands of years, existing since ancient times. Moreover, they are a race favored by the gods, who specially created Paradise Island for them, isolating them from the world and protecting them from human harm.

Therefore, the Amazons preserved a wealth of ancient, lost knowledge. This is also why Diana chose to be an archaeologist when she lived in the human world.

Because she truly possessed a wealth of ancient knowledge, no one was more knowledgeable than her when it came to appraising antiques.

After arriving at Paradise Island, Xiang Nan borrowed all the Amazonian books and learned a great deal of hidden knowledge.

"These are the writings of the gods..." Xiang Nan said, flipping through a book that recorded many divine characters.

The script of the gods is the script used by the gods to communicate and record, and it often possesses incredible magical power.

Like the wishing stones that Xiang Nan and Diana found before, their bases were engraved with divine script. Those scripts were carved by the god of deception, thus endowing the wishing stones with powerful magic.

Xiang Nan is now learning the script of the gods, and in the future he will be able to create his own divine artifact.

Therefore, he studied it carefully and soon found seven very familiar characters among these texts.

“These words are…” Xiang Nan looked at the words carefully and suddenly remembered that these seven familiar-looking words had appeared in the movie “Shazam!”

In that movie, the villain Dr. Sivana was summoned to the Rock of Eternity by the wizard Shazam during his childhood. Shazam wanted him to complete a trial so that he could pass on his magical powers and succeed him in suppressing the Seven Deadly Sins.

However, Dr. Sivana was tempted by the Seven Deadly Sins and failed the test, so he was banished from the Rock of Eternity by Shazam.

Dr. Shivana did not give up. As he grew up, he continued to collect information about the wizard Shazam and learned that he was not the only one who had been summoned to the Rock of Eternity by Shazam.

Therefore, he combined the information provided by many people and finally found a way to return to the Rock of Eternity: writing the seven symbols seven times on the door would open the portal to the Rock of Eternity.

These seven symbols are actually divine script, and together they mean "Gateway to the Rock of Eternity." ...

"Should I give it a try?" Xiang Nan couldn't help but wonder. It wasn't that he wanted to inherit the wizard Shazam's power.

Because the wizard Shazam was old and frail, his divine power was nearly exhausted. After Billy Batson inherited his power, he couldn't even defeat Dr. Sivana, who possessed the magic of the Seven Deadly Sins.

What Xiang Nan actually wanted was the magic staff in the hands of the wizard Shazam.

That staff was a divine artifact forged by the wizard Shazam for the Titan god Atlas using a tender branch from the Tree of Life. It possesses the magical power to grant and strip away the powers of the gods.

In the beginning, humanity was merely a toy and servant of the gods, subjected to their exploitation and oppression. Therefore, the wizarding guild, composed of humans, secretly stole Atlas's staff and used it to strip the gods of their divine power.

Then the Wizarding Guild used magic to create a barrier, separating the realm of the gods from the human world. So for many years, the Amazons couldn't contact the gods and believed they had all been killed by Ares.

The staff in the hands of the wizard Shazam can grant or strip away the power of gods, making it an undeniably powerful artifact. Perhaps it can even strip away the divine power of Steppenwolf and Darkseid.

After all, Steppenwolf and Darkseid were new gods born from the impact of the divine wave after the old god realm was torn apart, and they actually had the same origin as the native gods of Earth such as Zeus, Ares, and Artemis.

However, they were born on Apokolips, which was formed from the tearing apart of the old god realm, so their strength is greater than that of the native gods of Earth.

But it's really just a difference between Tibetan Mastiffs and Chihuahuas. No matter how different their strengths are, even if one Tibetan Mastiff can beat dozens of Chihuahuas, they're still just dogs.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Xiang Nan finally decided to give it a try.

It doesn't matter too much if we fail anyway.

……

Xiang Nan then wrote seven divine characters on a door: “Gateway to the Rock of Eternity.” He then repeated the writing seven times on the door.

After finishing writing, he took a deep breath and then carefully reached for the doorknob.

A tiny electric snake shot out from the doorknob and coiled around his hand.

Xiang Nan was slightly taken aback, then placed his hand on the doorknob and gently turned it. With a click, the lock was unlocked and the door opened.

And the place it leads to is a stone cave that exudes an ancient and weathered atmosphere.

Xiang Nan knew that it was the Rock of Eternity.

The Rock of Eternity is built from rocks from heaven and hell, and is the core of the Wizarding Guild.

Xiang Nan stepped inside and saw all sorts of strange objects in the cave, such as a violin that was constantly burning and a caterpillar in a glass case...

Xiang Nan walked past these items and arrived at a larger stone hall. On the left side of the hall stood seven ugly stone statues, while on the right side was a sphere that shimmered with blue light.

At the far end of the hall stood seven stone thrones, with a black man in the center seated on the throne. He had white hair, wore a wide red robe, and had a yellow lightning bolt symbol on his chest.

(End of this chapter)