Excessive ferocity due to caution

Armed with the authority tokens granted by the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, the two stepped into the Chaos Sea.

Mysterious power emanated from the token, transforming into a ship formed from radiant light, enveloping the two of them, and sailing at an extremely fast speed towards the distant Chaos Sea.

On the way, Zhao asked Dison, whose face was beaming with excitement:

When did you join the church?

The latter glanced at him and sneered:

"Stop with your little schemes."

"You've reached a dead end, Zhao Yi..."

"The thought of personally ending that once high and mighty existence excites me immensely."

Zhao Yi took out his cigarette case from his pocket; it was still half full of cigarettes.

He threw it into the chaotic sea.

"What a pity."

"You can't smoke after this point."

"A fire won't ignite here."

"What do you plan to do after you take me down?"

"World domination, the return of the gods?"

Dison squinted:

"That's none of your business."

"After all, you're just a loser who should have died long ago."

Zhao Yi didn't refute, but smiled:

"I just find you people quite laughable. You've spent countless hours and put in so much effort, only to bring back those who were already dead and make them your dogs."

"If you want to be a dog, you can do it anytime, anywhere. Why go through all this trouble?"

A vein bulged on Dison's forehead.

"A person like you, burdened with countless sins and devoid of reverence, will never understand... that the divine is not to be profaned!"

Zhao asked in return:

"Are you God?"

"no."

"Then why are you speaking up for them?"

"Because... God is the true master of this world!"

Looking at Dison's devout face, Zhao Yiyi burst out laughing.

"Late stage".

He gave his evaluation.

If you don't see eye to eye, even half a sentence is too much.

After a long five days, the two finally reached the other side of the Chaos Sea.

When he stood on land again, Dison felt his legs go weak.

He is at the advanced stage of the late-stage God realm, not far from the peak of the late-stage God realm. Ten thousand years of piety and cultivation have brought him to the very end.

Yet, in the chaotic sea, he clearly felt his own insignificance.

Life is like a drifting duckweed, a drop in the ocean.

Now that he was finally ashore, he could finally feel at ease.

Ahead lay endless light, with a colossal gate in the middle, leading down to the netherworld and up to the heavens and earth, its limits unseen.

The door was tightly shut, and a terrifying aura of karma permeated the surroundings. Even Dison dared not touch it, for to do so would surely mean certain death!

The two approached and stood before the colossal gate of stars. Dison's eyes held a deep killing intent, yet his tone remained remarkably calm:

Where is the key to open the Star Gate?

Zhao Yi carefully examined the massive gate and replied:

"I don't have the key."

Swish!

Almost instantly, a terrifying killing intent enveloped Zhao Yi!

"Have you... figured out what you're saying?"

"You really think I wouldn't dare kill you?!"

The terrifying post-divine causality enveloped Zhao Yi in an instant; with just a word from Dison, Zhao Yi would be torn to shreds in a moment!

"Dison, aren't you curious?"

"That powerful underworld has been plunged into such a terrifying civil war because of your few provocative words."

"That's right, you attribute all of this to your intelligence."

"But in fact, the battle on the ancient battlefield wasn't planned by you at all..."

"Everything that the underworld and the church have done over the years has been within his calculations."

Dison squinted:

"Even when death is imminent, you're still putting on airs?"

Zhao Yi continued:

"His plan to fight on the ancient battlefield was to protect the key to open the Star Gate."

"After that battle, the Church will never be able to find it again."

A thought flashed through Deeson's mind, and his murderous intent vanished instantly.

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Yi slowly turned his head to stare at him, a half-smile on his face, and said:

Do you know why this ancient battlefield was fought?

"At first, I couldn't quite understand it either. He put so much effort into building the Underworld, only to destroy it with that earth-shattering battle on the ancient battlefield..."

"But Dongyue reminded me."

"If the battle on the ancient battlefield hadn't destroyed most of the Netherworld's power, how could the Church have seized the opportunity to launch such a frenzied invasion?"

A flicker of unease crossed Dison's eyes, and a profound sense of unease crept into his heart.

Zhao Yi's smile grew even more intense:

"So, given the church's fervent enthusiasm, aggressive nature, and pervasive influence, where is the safest place to keep the key?"

Dison was startled!

He slowly lowered his head and looked at his hands.

His face was filled with disbelief!

"No...impossible!"

"This is impossible!!"

In the center of his palm appeared a bronze key.

This key sealed away all his power!

"After the earth-shattering battle on the ancient battlefield, the Church focused all its energy on how to invade the weakened Underworld. You would never have imagined that from the very beginning, the key to opening the Star Gate was in your hands."

"The key is not in the hands of the underworld. He gave the key to the church before he died. Any member of the church who comes here can open the Star Gate."

"In fact, if you were willing to pay the price and forcibly break into the mausoleum of the Eastern Peak Emperor, you would have already come here and opened this door long ago."

"But you don't."

"You don't dare...you don't dare."

"You've always thought of yourself as very smart, but now you realize you've been nothing more than a pawn manipulated by others all along. Isn't it hard to accept this?"

"Speaking of which... you've been searching for that key for ten thousand years and haven't found it. Haven't you considered any other possibilities?"

As soon as Zhao finished speaking, Dison's mind had already turned into a complete mess...

His face was deathly pale, and his legs were weak.

Own……

Were you just a pawn in the opponent's hands all along?

What was the meaning of all the suffering and torment I endured in the Avici Hell over the past ten thousand years?

Why?

"Why do you know this?"

Dison stiffly raised his head.

Zhao Yi approached him, took the key from his hand, and whispered in his ear:

"Because... I am him."

Having obtained the key, Zhao Yi extended her finger and touched his forehead.

Before Dison could even process the expression on his face as he recounted his experiences over the past ten thousand years, his body disintegrated into countless fragments and vanished...

Zhao Yi turned around, took the key, and went to the Star Gate.

hum-

The void trembled violently.

A dazzling ray of light, beyond description, shot out from the crack in the door.

Zhao Yi pushed open the door and entered.

P.S.: Second update.

Goodnight, my darlings!