Apotheosis

As long as Geoffrey cultivated in Zen's inner world, he would be safe, since everything was under Zen's control.

But, once he stepped out, there was no telling what dangers he might encounter. Naturally, Letitia began to worry.

When she started to protest against this decision, Geoffrey retorted, "I didn't ask you, Mom. I'm asking my father!"

Since he was still a child, Letitia pampered him a lot but, she was also strict with him when it came to serious matters such as this one.

He might be naughty in front of his father, but he always respected Letitia enough to be obedient to her.

But, as he grew up, he developed a mind of his own.

In the past, when Geoffrey returned to the fairy palace, he raised the same issue but was rejected. And now, he mentioned it again in front of Zen in hopes of a positive response.

Letitia then directed her cold stare at Zen and waited to see what her husband had to say.

Although Zen could sense the pressure from Letitia, he still smiled and nodded. "I agree."

"Zen... You..."

Hearing his decision, and watching the father and son rejoice made Letitia shake with anger. She clenched her fists tightly and glared at Zen.

"Geoffrey has grown up. He is now a warrior at the True God Realm. It is inappropriate for him to be trapped in my inner world his entire life," Zen said, trying to reason with her.

Of course, Letitia understood what Zen was trying to say, but as a mother, worrying about her son came as second nature to her.

Just as she was about to refute, Zen added, "Moreover, Geoffrey has his pursuits in life. If you always protect him under your wings, it would hinder his growth."

Letitia was a mother, and Zen understood her predicament. She would always want her son to be safe. However, he was old enough now, and they had to let him go so that he could explore the world by himself.

Clap, clap, clap...

"Dad, you are right!"

Watching his father take a stand for him made Geoffrey clap his hands cheerily.

Conflicting emotions welled up inside of Letitia. Now that Geoffrey looked so happy to leave, her eyes turned red as tears began to roll down her face.

Geoffrey couldn't help but feel a little flustered at the sight of his mother's tears.

"Geoffrey, you'd better go out first. Let me talk to your mother. You have my word for it. If you can reach the consummate True God Realm, I will let you out," Zen promised.

Hearing this, Geoffrey nodded and immediately left the room.

Zen approached Letitia with careful steps, and then he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her towards him to console her. Gently he rubbed her shoulders and told her the situation in the Oneness Sky Palace.

With Geof

"The flag of Alliance Chief?"

Zen nodded in acknowledgment. "I have transferred the merit points to you. From now on, you are a new Alliance Chief of the Dragon City. And I entrust you with my followers."

Hearing this, the warriors who just joined him not long ago felt fine and accepted Monica as their new leader.

However, for the disciples of the Sword Light Palace like Beldene and Elgin, it was hard to digest.

Specially Kenelm, he wasted no time and asked, "Flag Master Zen, are you leaving the Dragon City?"

Zen nodded and said, "Yes."

"Wow..."

The disciples of the Sword Light Palace all began to debate among themselves.

After all Zen had done for them in the past, it was hard for them to accept someone else in his stead. It was all because of Zen that they had entered the Dragon City and could cultivate in peace.

How could they process the fact that Zen was leaving?

Compared to the rest, Gant looked the calmest. When he saw Athemar come, he had already anticipated Zen would leave Dragon City to go up the mountain someday.

In fact, it bothered him how Zen had stayed in the Dragon City for this long.

"Since you are leaving Dragon City, are you going up the mountain?" Beldene asked.

The disciples were all well-informed about the structure of the Oneness Sky Palace. They had stayed in the Dragon City for over a year and it was not difficult to get information about the Oneness Sky Palace.

If one wanted to stand out in the Dragon City, there were only two ways: either go up the mountain or join the Oneness Guards.

To become a Oneness Guard, one had to become an Alliance Chief first, and then take the test that was held annually. Now that Zen had directly passed the position of the Alliance Chief to Monica, it was obvious what his intentions were.