"stop!"

Jiang Yuan, who was wandering around, was stopped by several guards from the shogunate, who demanded his pass.

Seeing this setup, Jiang Yuan assumed they wanted a certificate of good citizenship, and instinctively said in his broken, simplistic Japanese, "I am a very good citizen, a citizen of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden!"

"What?!"

The guards from the shogunate looked at each other, wondering where this idiot had come from, but they still understood the words "Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden".

"Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden?"

Jiang Yuan replied without hesitation, "That's right, I am one of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's people!"

The shogunate guards had no suspicions, because those who could pass through the Great Sun Barrier were generally not a problem; it was just a routine check they needed to perform.

"Let them through! Remember, don't wander off; today's guests are all very wealthy and important!"

The shogunate guards gave Jiang Yuan a final, solemn warning before allowing him to enter the Divine Envoy Mountain.

From the moment he stepped in, Jiang Yuan could truly say that he had set foot on the Divine Envoy Mountain. The Divine Envoy Mountain was sacred to Japan, but for Jiang Yuan, it was just a mission requirement. If it weren't for needing the help of the Great Sun Ruins to reach the Golden Gate, he would never have come here. After all, he hadn't even seen all the mountains and rivers of China, so there was no need to visit Japan.

"This girl is amazing! I had to sneak around, but she just waited leisurely in the temple!"

Jiang Yuan could sense Liu Zhaodi's presence. Not only had she come to the temple, but she had also been warmly received by the people of Japan. He wondered how she knew the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, and how she could act so convincingly.

However, the arrival of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden also served as a warning to Jiang Yuan. This trip to the Great Sun Ruins was definitely not simple. Now that the vampires have appeared in large numbers in Japan, coupled with the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden of unknown identity, his attempt to monopolize the resources in the Great Sun Ruins would definitely face enormous obstacles.

Without a proper identity, Jiang Yuan didn't intend to go directly to the temple. After activating the disguise of divine power, he headed straight for the mountaintop. As for Liu Zhaodi, he could only apologize in his heart. After all, going to the mountaintop was an extremely risky thing, and he didn't want to take her with him if he could avoid the risk.

The disguise of the divine power was exceptionally strong. Even when encountering several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators along the way, he was not detected. Instead, Jiang Yuan discovered many interesting things along the way.

"Why is this woman here too?"

Jiang Yuan saw Zhong Litong, who was studying the directions while holding the Hetu Luoshui. As the head of the astrology lineage of the Astrology Palace, Jiang Yuan had some complaints about her because he still needed to get his destiny secret from the Astrology Palace. However, only Gong Suxin was willing to help him. As for Zhong Litong, the two of them were serving different masters and would definitely not hand over the destiny secret.

"Sister Suxin, I saw Zhong Litong!" Jiang Yuan communicated with Gong Suxin telepathically.

Gong Suxin paused for a few seconds, then said, "Don't provoke her. She recently broke through to a higher level, and she might disrupt your plans!"

Since Gong Suxin obtained the Heavenly Knowledge Body last time, Zhong Litong has worked even harder in the field of astrology, and the gap between the two has become extremely small.

"Sister Suxin, how did your discussion with the Fate Secret go?" Jiang Yuan couldn't contain his curiosity.

Gong Suxin's tone was not optimistic. She said, "It's uncertain. Senior Sister knows that you need the Life Secret, but she has always refused to join forces with me to summon the Life Secret from the starry sky."

"Then what should we do? Use force!" The only solution Jiang Yuan could think of was to use force, but that was definitely the worst possible solution.

"Actually, there is a way, it just depends on whether you're willing to sell a little bit of your looks!" Gong Suxin teased.

"No way, you want me to start with the companion god? This woman is more than willing to kill me to cut off her inner demons. I can't even sell my body!" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly.

"She definitely needs the help of the acquired gods if she wants to transcend. You can consider helping each other. Anyway, the gods don't cultivate the physical body and don't need the secrets of life, so I don't think she will refuse!" Gong Suxin suggested.

"The Protoss?"

When Jiang Yuan first heard the concept of the gods, he asked in confusion, "Are the companion gods the gods who are ranked first among the three thousand races?"

The three thousand races encompass all living beings in the universe, but many races have not appeared on the Imperial Star, including the number one ranked God Race. He had always thought that the God Race was life itself, but now, after hearing what Gong Suxin said, his opinion has changed.

“That’s right, she is a god, and a primordial god at that! Gods have always been few in number, and it’s rare to see even one god in a single battle from start to finish.” Gong Suxin confirmed Jiang Yuan’s doubts.

She continued speaking.

"The mission of the gods is different from that of other races. They only seek to transcend themselves and rarely get involved in the affairs of the battlefield. Therefore, every time there is a battlefield, those alien races will try their best to win over the gods, hoping to rely on their abilities to become gods themselves and have a transcendent identity!"

“When I fought Zhong Litong last time, I saw that she was already heading down the path of the acquired gods. I suppose the companion god has already started building her own power. So if you can help her with something at this time, I think she won’t refuse to give the Secret of Fate to you, her old flame!” Gong Suxin said half-jokingly.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I'd rather kill her than her, there's no need to help her."

Jiang Yuan was quite open-minded. An irreconcilable hatred had been sown between the two. Nancheng was destroyed because of the selfish desires of the Companion God, and Ning Yanlan was forever a thing of the past. Even her memories were crushed by the Companion God. He and the Companion God were irreconcilable enemies, both in public and private matters.

As they spoke, Jiang Yuan had already traversed the last stretch of mountain path and reached the summit, where the ruins of the Great Sun were now within easy reach.

However, just as Jiang Yuan was about to enter, his foot suddenly stopped in mid-air.

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