7: Chapter 7 Surprise

Shen Ye was stunned.

He had not given any orders.

The Angels and Succubi were doing this spontaneously.

He switched his consciousness to the Holy Light Altar.

The Mortal-grade High-tier Holy Light Altar produced fifty Holy Light Crystals per day.

Among the five hundred Angels, one hundred were specifically responsible for condensing Holy Light Crystals—they sat around the altar with their hands folded across their chests, and holy light flowed from their wings, converging at the center of the altar.

The crystal at the top of the altar grew larger day by day, like a growing golden heart.

The Abyss Altar was also operating.

The way the Succubi condensed Abyss Crystals was completely different from the Angels—they didn't sit still, but danced around the altar.

Dark purple Abyss aura was released from their dance, forming a rotating vortex above the altar.

In the center of the vortex, Abyss Crystals condensed, fell, and piled up like raindrops.

Then, Shen Ye saw the scene that shocked him the most.

Five Elements Array Eye: Metal, Rare High-tier.

This building shouldn't have appeared in the Land of Gods and Demons—it was a structure from the Immortal Cultivation system, requiring Metal Spirit Root Kin to activate.

But the Land of Gods and Demons had no Metal Spirit Root Kin. Yet, that tower of sword qi was not silent.

The Angels and Succubi each occupied half the area under the tower—the Angels on the east side of the tower used holy light to simulate Metal-element spiritual power and injected it into the array eye; the Succubi on the west side used Abyss energy to simulate Metal-element spiritual power and similarly injected it into the array eye.

Holy light and the Abyss converged inside the array eye, producing not Metal-element sword qi, but a dark golden sword qi carrying the aura of twilight.

Twilight Sword Qi.

Shen Ye stared at that dark golden sword qi for a long time.

It was not true twilight—true twilight was the perfect fusion of holy light and the Abyss, while this Twilight Sword Qi was just a forced convergence of the two within the Five Elements Array Eye: Metal.

It was unstable and would dissipate every few hours, requiring the Angels and Succubi to re-inject power.

But it did exist.

The Angels and Succubi, without any instructions from him, had spontaneously found a way for light and dark to coexist.

Eternal Loyalty.

Shen Ye recited the name of this talent silently.

It wasn't because they were loyal that they were obedient.

It was because they were loyal that they would actively seek ways to make him stronger.

No instructions needed, no guidance required.

They would think for themselves.

Shen Ye opened his eyes.

The dormitory was dark.

Liu Yang's snoring continued, and the moonlight from outside the window shone in, casting a grayish-white patch of light on the floor.

He looked down at his hands.

There was no change on his palms, but he knew that something never before seen by any human Awakened was happening in his Divine Kingdom.

Angels were plowing fields with holy light, Succubi were fertilizing with the Abyss, and light and dark were being forcibly converged in the Five Elements Array Eye: Metal, producing an unstable but truly existing Twilight Sword Qi.

He closed his eyes again.

This time, he didn't observe the kin, but instead cast his consciousness toward the deepest part of the Land of Gods and Demons—the core of the mist that even the Angels and Succubi had never stepped into.

The mist receded before his consciousness, revealing a blank area.

In the center of the area, there was a stone tablet. It was not a Divine Kingdom Monument, nor was it a Talent Monument.

It was a pitch-black stone tablet he had never seen before.

The tablet was inscribed with characters—not human characters, not Void Race characters, but a type of character he had never seen before, woven from patterns of light and dark.

Shen Ye tried to decipher the characters. The moment his consciousness touched the stone tablet, a piece of information flooded into his mind—

"Twilight Shelter, Four Keys Gathered, Light and Dark Return to Origin."

Eight characters. Shen Ye recited them silently several times.

Twilight Shelter.

Four Keys Gathered. Light and Dark Return to Origin.

He did not know what this meant.

There was no other information on the stone tablet, no coordinates, no explanation, only these eight characters and those light-and-dark characters he couldn't understand.

Shen Ye withdrew his consciousness.

The call of a night bird came from outside the window.

He lay down and stared at the bunk above him.

Two Divine Kingdoms.

Six buildings.

Angels were plowing fields, Succubi were fertilizing, and light and dark were forcibly converging in the Five Elements Array Eye: Metal.

And there was a black stone tablet hidden in the deepest part of the mist, inscribed with eight characters.

He hadn't even been Awakened for a day, and the things he had discovered were already enough for him to digest for a long time.

Shen Ye closed his eyes.

He had class tomorrow.

Individual training plan, exclusive mentor, Void Race Intelligence Studies, combat simulation.

The bet Principal Zhou had placed on him, the broken sword of Gu Yan, the step that Fang Zhen and He Man hadn't been able to take.

He turned over and buried his face in the pillow.

In the Divine Kingdom, the Angels and Succubi were still surrounding the Five Elements Array Eye: Metal, injecting power.

The dark golden Twilight Sword Qi flickered at the top of the tower, like a lamp that had just been lit and might go out at any moment.

But every time it was about to go out, an Angel or Succubus would always reach out and relight it.

Shen Ye curled the corners of his lips in the darkness.

Then he fell asleep.