At this point, we had basically determined the location of the core of the secret realm, and were just waiting for them to fall into the trap before closing in.

There is a demon guardian at the core, around the fifth level, and it is sealed by the remains of several eminent monks. We do not want to damage the golden bodies of the eminent monks.

I've been carefully working on this for several days now, and I've already summoned Jiu Yuan over.

We're ready to destroy the core at any time; then we'll see what materials we get.

On this day, Vaanlet's liaison arrived at the Beast King's stronghold as usual.

Kuroki received the two of them and they drank tea together when suddenly an emergency arose that required Kuroki's attention.

He was left alone in the reception room. After Kuroki left, he had Madara pretend to be a messenger.

The messenger was sent to inform Kuroki that the final location had been found, but the liaison officer suddenly attacked and killed him, then stole the information and ran away.

Kuroki and his men discovered the pursuit and engaged in a final clash.

Since no one could gain anything and there was no way to reach a settlement, they decided to work together to quickly acquire the materials and then divide them among themselves.

Both sides prepared for several more days, and only after I informed them that everything was ready...

They notified the Beast King's Palace of the operation, but the Beast King's Palace set off without notifying anyone else.

The people of Vaanlete waited for a long time before realizing that they had caught up, but they didn't say anything and were even more convinced that it was true.

The Beast King's Palace arrived at their final destination and pretended to set up an array, though it was already in place long ago.

Just a few places away, after activating the formation, the three golden statues of high-ranking monks inside were transferred away.

Once the formation was activated, the demons inside emerged, and it became impossible to discern what they originally were.

Those who came this time were all at the third realm or above, because demigods at the fifth realm would corrupt the divine soul.

Ordinary people will experience distortion and mutation upon seeing it; only those who have reached the third realm and whose divine soul has been refined can become immune.

However, a fifth-realm demon that has been sealed away for an unknown period of time is not something a fourth-realm paladin would fear.

Both sides were attacking the demons with all their might, while we just watched from the sidelines, casting illusions.

It wasn't until both sides were injured that I finally intervened and blocked the demons heading towards the Beast King's Palace.

When the paladins of Vaanlete saw me, they were dumbfounded. At that moment, they still thought I was just a trump card of the Beast King's Palace.

No one suspected that it was all a setup to trick them. Aizen and I teamed up to deal with the great demon, and after collecting the corpse, we began to destroy its core.

At the heart of this secret realm lies a fingernail inscribed with strange runes, each part of a true extraterrestrial evil god.

Those left behind specifically to destroy the planet's defenses are meant to erase its will and imprint.

Originally, one could only gain merit by breaking the object, but now that Hades is involved, he has been accumulating power.

When it was about to fly away, it was truly "killed" by the divinity of "death".

Finally, the entire secret realm began to collapse before the horrified eyes of Vaanlet's paladins.

The rest of us had actually started retreating using the altar long ago; the few remaining at the scene were the last to escape.

We went directly to Doflamingo's base because Doflamingo discovered that the space outside of China wasn't as secure, and after some research, he concluded that it might be a matter of national destiny.

Life is even more bizarre in places outside of China, where the government encourages childbirth and provides welfare for raising children.

In terms of lifestyle, the so-called independence and freedom are also promoted, resulting in the loss of the most basic unity among people.

Because society ultimately consists of individuals, everyone has their own ideas, making true unity impossible.

No one really cares about people who suddenly disappear.

In China, the ultimate level of society is the family, and everyone is part of a family.

When you go missing, your family will mobilize all their connections to find you; that's the difference.

Therefore, the safer society in China is, the higher the sense of identity, and the better the protection and support for the nation's destiny.