Apotheosis

Zen's speech left the crowd speechless, from those in the nature level to the experts of the Illuminating Soul Realm and made them wonder where this kid got the nerve to talk like that. Even in the face of terrifying dangers, Zen remained calm allowing him to analyze the situation and counter possible attacks on him.

Such order was admirable and frightening at the same time.

Although the members from the top seven noble clans were unhappy with this unexpected twist, scowling ungracefully, for now, they abandoned the original plan, since if they tried to kill Zen, they wouldn't stand a chance of surviving.

That wasn't to say they'd accepted Zen as a teammate. It was all they could do to tolerate his presence, but, before dealing with Zen, they would have to check this place out.

Between the outer and inner doors was an empty, yet huge square which they'd explored thoroughly.

Behind the inner door things were vastly different.

After going through the doorway, a path paved in jade crossing over a pond came into view.

To an immortal in the Fairy Palace, it might be a pond, but, it was more like a huge lake to Zen.

"A pill refining workshop!"

"And a weapon refining workshop!"

"Look! A scrolls pavilion!"

Many of the greedy-eyed men screamed as they glanced around.

Smack dab in the center of the long path was a small pavilion as tall as a mountain. Branching out from the jade path were seven roads, each in a different direction, and leading to various refining workshops.

Pills, weapons, just how many treasures we

of what he should do in this situation.

"Fly!" shouted one of the many spectators, reminding him.

When an initiate entered the Illuminating Soul Realm, that person would be gifted the knowledge of how to burn life vitality to soar in the air.

Given the courage, the illuminating realm master could get away from the koi fish, except, he hadn't been in a struggle to survive ever and his mind went blank with panic, like most of the noble clan men present.

It was only after being reminded that he remembered and with life vitality burning behind him, he shot straight up in the air.

But, his actions were too late.

The dozens of koi fish slammed into him midair, and they all fell from the sky. He crashed into the path with those fish landing smack on top of him and blocking most of the road.

All that could be heard were screams of pain from the man as those fish dropped down on him before diving back into the pond.

When the chaos ended, nothing remained on the path except blood. The man's body was gone.