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Battlestar, Hexstar, and Artoille were having tea together at the residence of Artoile Golde, Warden of the Southern Territory...

"To be honest, I was rather surprised when I heard Nash talking about the gods' awakening. I wasn't expecting what was said nearly a dozen years ago to come true," Artoile said.

Hexstar put his teacup down and drew in a deep breath before he began speaking in a hoarse voice, "Thank goodness for you, Warden. It's why everyone in the Unyielding Truth is safe." "Gosh, no need for such formalities. I didn't even do anything."

"Haha, you're too modest. If you hadn't gotten the Unyielding Truth listed as a legitimate government organization, we would never have been able to deal with all these secular experts, nor would we have been able to have as much power as the Western powers with awakened gods now. That makes our thanks necessary."

Artoile put a hand up and said nonchalantly, "Gosh, all this isn't that important.

"What I did is nothing compared to what you guys have done, especially compared to what you have done, Mr. Battlestar."

"You're too kind," Battlestar replied weakly.

Hexstar handed Artoile a list of names. "Other than the few who have gone into reclusion, these were the most powerful and battle-ready names we have from our end."

"Oh? Alright, I'll take a look," Artoile said as he took the list. "Nash Calcraft, Benedict Varhess..."

"We'll try to get in touch with more martial art experts who have achieved the Profound Oriental Realm and beyond, but we can't make any promises just yet," Battlestar said somewhat dejectedly. "Alright. Thanks for everything."

"Oh, I didn't do much. It was all Hexstar's work.

The two turned to look at Hexstar.

Artoile said in an inquiring tone, "So, about what you mentioned previously... The deal he struck..."

"Oh, Hexstar has gained the ability to detect every martial artist's current powers as well as prophetic abilities. He got it in exchange for a wizened body and his soul!"

"That's so unfair to you guys!" Artoile said as he gritted his teeth together.

Hexstar began laughing.

"Hahaha, thank you for your concern, Warden.

"My brother and I were destined to

die. It was

the deal that allowed us to stay alive till now. We won't have any regrets as long as we're able to get revenge."

"Well..." Artoile did not know what to say in response.

"No need to pity us. This was all done by choice, and we knew beforehand what the outcome of the deal would be."

"Is that god really trustworthy?" Artoile could not help but ask.

"The deal works both ways. The god will be punished as well if he doesn't hold up his end of the bargain, so you don't have to worry." "Well... Alright," Artoile said before he downed the rest of his tea in a gulp.

"Oh, right!" Artoile suddenly recalled something. "Has the Melton family's third son come out of solitude as well?"

"Yes. Drakonia's records show that he's achieved the Profound Oriental Realm."

"What about now?"

"He's achieved late-stage Divine Sojourn Realm and should be achieving a breakthrough into the Tribulation Realm soon."

"Every step of a martial artist's

cultivation journey is extremely important from achieving the Profound Oriental Realm to the Spirit Transformation Realm, the Divine Sojourn Realm, the Tribulation Realm, and finally, the Absolute Divine Realm.

"The Semi-Divine Realm is

somewhat of an abstract concept that refers to the in-between stage, of the Divine Sojourn Realm and the Tribulation Realm, while the Quasi-Semi-Divine Realm refer to the stage where you've achieved the

Tribulation Realm but have not

achieved any breakthrough into the

Absolute Divine Realm yet.

"Mr. Clint, it only took you 20 years to achieve peak Divine Sojourn Realm, and that's an extremely commendable feat."

Zaafea complimented the resilient youngster standing before him.novelbin