In ancient times, due to a terrifying battle, a vast world was split into two parts, becoming two independent worlds—Clear Sky World and Essence Sky World.
Before this shattering, the world had produced countless Spirit Martial Gods, Origin Martial Gods, and even Life Creation Stage warriors.
However, after the split, the essence of both worlds diminished significantly, making it impossible for warriors above the Divine Emperor Stage to cultivate. The surviving warriors above the Divine Emperor Stage had no choice but to leave both worlds in search of a broader realm where they could continue cultivating.
As a result, the strongest remaining warriors in these two worlds were only Divine Emperors. The cultivation limit of both worlds was reduced to the Divine Emperor Stage, and the prospect of producing a single warrior beyond that stage became impossible.
The sudden appearance of nine warriors at the Three Tribulation Life Destruction Stage took Alex by surprise. Their presence could only mean one of two things: either they originated from another world, or they had used some unknown method to lurk within this miniature world undetected.
As the other eight Heavenly Monarchs approached, Alex questioned the old man and learned that these nine monarchs had never left the Clear Sky World. Instead, they had been in a suspended state—a state where they were alive but not conscious—hidden within this miniature world all along.
During the ancient battle, when the world split in two, several large and small landmasses also fractured from the main world. This can also explain why the essence of both worlds had diminished so drastically.
This miniature world itself was one of those shattered lands. It was later transformed into a Dimensional World by a Death Domination Stage warrior. That warrior was none other than the Lightning God.
The Nine Heavenly Monarchs had been forced into a suspended state by the Lightning God before his departure. This was due to the enmity their forefathers held against the Zephyros Family. All others who shared this grudge had either perished or fled the world.
When the Lightning God found these nine individuals, instead of killing them outright, he decided to suppress them here for eternity. Before suppressing them, he said that children must bear the debts of their parents. Given the deep-rooted enmity between their ancestors and the Lightning God, he believed suppressing them would settle this lingering debt.
When Alex asked about the enmity between Lightning God and their ancestors, he received an answer that their ancestors killed Lightning God's wife and son. As for the reason, these nine people don't know.
While Alex was waiting for the eight Heavenly Monarchs to come, somewhere far from the Clear Sky World, this was an extremely vast world, but the air was chaotic. This world was so big that the entire world seemed to be at an endless height and was everywhere.
There were billions of various-shaped creatures and countless poisonous bugs wreaking havoc in this world. Strange birds that were more than a thousand miles long flew in the sky, and rotten fish swam in the river.
There were cities scattered all over the ground, and countless human-shaped creatures were inside. However, they were only human in shape, their bodies were also filled with signs of rot and strange yellow liquid flowed all over their bodies.
Black smoke gathered in the sky above the city. In short, this entire world was filled with deathly and decaying aura.
However, the grandness of this world was not to be underestimated.
There were huge palaces and country-sized islands floating in the sky, showing the strength and might this world possess.
Although this was a world, its name was "Grand Demon Pass."
Legend says that Grand Demon Pass used to be the entrance to another universe, a universe completely dominated by demons and devils.
The strongest in the Grand Demon Pass were all actually Death Domination Stage creatures. Just from this fact, it can be seen that the Grand Demon Pass is an extremely high-level world.
However, currently, even those Death Domination Stage creatures trembled in fear for a moment.
In one of the floating palaces, a 30-foot-tall human-shaped creature was kneeling on the ground. He was trembling all over, his hands were on the ground as he panted heavily. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his red eyes were filled with shock and fear.
"Just now, what was that? What kind of gaze swept over here? It actually made my soul tremble, and I almost died. There's actually such an existence in this world?"
"Who can it be? Could it be a True Divinity?"
"Has a True Divinity been born in this universe again?"
A few seconds ago, he was still resting with his eyes closed to comprehend the mysteries of the divinity. Only after a person understands the mysteries of divinity can they step into that realm and become a true divinity. He had maintained this habit for nearly five hundred thousand years without stopping, and there had never been any accidents.
But just now, a gaze suddenly descended from an endless height.
This gaze was unbelievably powerful. It was as if someone was looking down on all living beings in the world, making one's heart tremble. In an instant, it broke through all the defenses of his spiritual world and glanced directly at his soul.
Is a True Divinity so strong that they can directly look into someone's soul?
In front of that gaze, he felt like an ant that could be crushed by an elephant at any time and very easily. The most frightening thing was that the process of him being crushed might not be noticed by anyone at all.
"Compared to such an existence, I'm truly an ant." He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and no longer dared to look into the mysteries of divinity again in a short time.
Just like him, somewhere in one of the floating islands, a red-furred creature suddenly rushed out of a towering mountain and ran crazily. In the blink of an eye, that mountain shattered into pieces.
This red-furred creature that had once terrified the entire Grand Demon Pass was trembling in fear. Its green eyes were filled with fright, and its mouth, which only had two sharp long teeth, was trembling.
This scene was very strange.
"I was almost scared to death. Whose gaze was that just now? I almost thought that I was going to be killed instantly. Fortunately, it did keep looking at my soul for long."
"Damn it, I was nearly scared to death!"
"Who can be so capable of actually looking directly into the soul of a Death Domination Stage demon like me?"
On another floating island, there was a huge group of ancient-looking but demonic buildings that covered thousands of kilometers. A pitch-black hall that was more than 100 meters tall and 100 meters wide was located in the middle of the group of ancient-looking demonic buildings.
Colorful lights intertwined at the top of the hall, emitting an incomparably demonic aura, as if it was the source of all demons. Servants and guards walked around the hall. They were either skeletons or dead warriors.
This place was simply like a world of death. It was incomparably terrifying.
Inside this hall, on top of a throne, an extremely handsome and demonic, blue-skinned man pressed his forehead with one hand. His sharp brows were tightly furrowed as he gritted his teeth and muttered, "What was that feeling just now? Who was it? Is there such a powerful existence in the Grand Demon Pass?"
"No, that gaze didn't come from anywhere in the Grand Demon Pass. It was as if the owner of that gaze was looking down at the Grand Demon Pass from the starry sky outside."
As long as he recalled the gaze he had felt just now, he would feel incomparably terrified in his heart. He wished he could burrow into the ground and hide in the deepest part of one of the demonic buildings.
That gaze was too terrifying!
As for the owner of that gaze, just as the blue-skinned handsome man guessed, it came from the sky outside the Grand Demon Pass.
About a million miles away from the Grand Demon Pass, a huge spaceship was floating.
Yes, it was not flying but floating, as if suspended in the void.
Moreover, this spaceship was not like the spaceship Xue used to come to the Essence Sky World. Instead, it was a modern-looking spaceship with all kinds of technology support. Hell, there was even a smart AI that could operate the entire spaceship on its own.
There were about a hundred people inside this spaceship, but all of them were serving a handsome man in his mid-twenties.
Of course, his real age was unknown.
If Alex was here, he would have been shocked because the aura radiating from this man's body was far stronger than what he felt from Atticus Finch and Fritz.
Doesn't it mean this person is someone who is even stronger than a True Divinity?
That gaze that directly looked into the soul of all beings in the Grand Demon Pass belonged to this person.