They've been here for almost a month, and during that time they've been secretly practicing the cultivation techniques that Brother Wen found for them.

I've reorganized all my skills, and since I have some things to do now, I'm going to get out and use them.

The widespread use of firearms enabled the state to suppress local supernatural forces.

Only those at the third realm or higher who are considered extraordinary can, to a certain extent, ignore firearms; martial artists below the innate realm...

They can still be injured by ordinary people wielding firearms.

Therefore, five peak-level first-realm martial artists wielding firearms can defeat a second-realm innate martial artist.

With Wen Ge in charge, the group dealt with all the snoops around my house.

They basically killed them outright, and I didn't even bother to find out who sent them.

A few days later, after Yi Lan's injuries had healed, her parents unexpectedly reappeared.

This is unbelievable! If I hadn't killed them with my own hands, I would have believed they were real.

But I didn't expose them; I just smiled and watched their touching reunion as a family of three.

But I sensed in my new parents the aura of the chaos god Casi that I had previously disliked.

He's causing trouble again. I was planning to take a break and not go out anymore, but there are always people who don't want me to rest.

Suppressing my disgust, I smiled and saw the family of three out of the house.

The parents were extremely anxious and didn't want to stay a second longer; they insisted on leaving immediately. What could I do?

I had no reason to stop them.

But I contacted Ban-ye again and told him about Sai-xi.

I told him to prepare to investigate the Li family of Beiliang Prefecture and the Yellow Springs Cult.

Let's see if someone has gotten involved with the evil god again.

But when I contacted Ban Ye, I discovered that he was not far from Fengtian. I was completely baffled.

He didn't tell me why he was coming over, so I didn't hide my intentions and went over to see what was going on.

When I arrived, I discovered it was the Rainbow Orphanage, which shelters all sorts of homeless children.

It's quite famous around Fengtian Prefecture; Lord Ban was waiting for me not far away.

Curious, I asked, "What's going on with Madara? What are you doing here?"

But as soon as I finished speaking, I realized the problem: Madara had advanced to the fifth level of demigodhood. After I put my jaw back on...

He quickly pressed on, asking, "Where did Madara get his divinity? How did he suddenly refine it and become a demigod?"

Madara smiled enigmatically, without immediately answering my question.

He simply pointed to the Rainbow Orphanage and said, "This is actually the headquarters of 'Splendid Sky'."

Their ultimate weapon is stored here. I came here to infiltrate and control the entire Splendid Heaven, to use it for our own purposes.

I didn't say anything, just stared straight at him without blinking, until finally he couldn't hold back anymore.

He spoke up himself, saying, "It's Hades. He's been fighting non-stop lately, and last time he even destroyed a secret realm."

His power has recovered considerably; the most obvious change is that he can now gather the divinity of the several former gods.

Three superior gods

"grim Reaper"

"Sleeping God"

Queen of the Underworld

Four lower-level gods

"Dream Walker"

"Illusionist"

"Soul Ferryman"

"Gatekeeper"

Since both are gods, their highest level can only be a fifth-realm demigod. Aizen wanted the divinity of the God of Sleep.

Madara requested the divinity of the Shinigami, something they wouldn't normally accept in a divine manner, given their personalities.

However, their relationship with Hades was special; Hades would speak frankly about anything.

They were not commanded with a subordinate relationship, so they temporarily accepted this divinity.