The Way Back to the Divine Realm

In the Sky Temple, a female Trilobite Man knelt before Yinsai God's throne, hands clasped in prayer, eyes closed in devotion.

Suddenly, a priest from the Sky Temple burst in, disrupting her prayer.

"Your Majesty!"

She was the tenth High Priest of the Sky Temple and the Queen of the Xilong family, one of the royal bloodlines.

After generations of inheritance, the Star Luo Kingdom had grown increasingly powerful, with tens of thousands of subjects under its rule.

The Queen looked annoyed, displeased that someone had interrupted her prayer to God.

"This is a sacred temple," she said sternly. "How dare you disturb the peace here?"

"Are you not aware that this is blasphemy against God?"

The intruder was terrified, kneeling on the ground.

He dared not say another word.

But the Queen also knew that unless something extremely important had happened, he wouldn't dare intrude into God's hall.

The Queen left the temple and came to a column in the corridor.

"What has happened?"

A junior priest of the Xilong family presented a bone tablet: "News from the God-Descended City."

The Queen stood up and read it, her expression instantly changing.

The usually composed and steady Star Luo Queen uncharacteristically exclaimed:

"What?"

The bone tablet stated that a merchant convoy claiming to be from the Samo Kingdom had infiltrated Tito Town, massacring Saint Tito's family. Simultaneously, a gate had opened in the sky above the God-Descended City.

This wasn't the most important part. What truly alarmed the Queen was what the governor of the God-Descended City reported next.

After the massacre of the Tito family, the governor discovered Saint Tito's burial site beneath Tito Town, along with relics left by the divine messenger Polo and the Star Queen—their final place of seclusion.

More shockingly, the theft from Saint Tito's burial site coincided with the opening of the gates to the divine realm.

The governor of the God-Descended City was certain that someone had taken Saint Tito's relics and used them to open the gates of the divine realm.

The exact words on the bone tablet were:

【A gate to the divine realm opened in the sky above the God-Descended City. Beyond the gate was the God-Given Land and the God-Given City, with the eternal pyramid and temple appearing amidst starlight. God has once again shown us the way back to our divine origins.】

【Your Majesty, all of this stems from the secret left by Saint Tito. This is the supreme glory belonging to the Star Luo Kingdom, a blessing bestowed upon us alone by God.】

【And this blessing has been plundered.】

The Queen's emotions rapidly shifted from excitement to anger.

She was thrilled to learn that Saint Tito had left a method to open the gates of the divine realm, and even more so that someone had succeeded in doing so.

What did this mean?

It meant that God had acquiesced. The supreme God had allowed the Trilobite Men, fallen into dust and mortal soil, to open the gates to His realm. He had permitted the Trilobite Men to return to the God-Given Land.

Although the nature of this permission was unclear—whether it allowed someone to ascend to His realm and cleanse the original sin of the Trilobite Men, or if it allowed the will of deceased Trilobite Men to return to His hall instead of wandering the barren earth—it was significant.

The anger came from the fact that something belonging to the Star Luo Kingdom had been stolen.

The Queen lowered her hand, putting down the bone tablet.

She looked into the distance, muttering: "The secret left by Saint Tito."

"And... the way back to our divine home."

"Home?"

When she said the word "home," even as the Star Luo Queen, she felt a shiver run from her heel to the back of her head.

She suddenly felt as if countless different voices were roaring and calling in her blood—the voices of her ancestors, the desire and expectation hidden deep in the blood and will of generations of Trilobite Men.

Then, without hesitation, she extended her hand towards the sacred lake, invoking her most powerful divine technique and strength.

"Divine Technique."

"Consciousness Projection!"

From the sacred lake, a terrifying giant beast broke through the surface.

The Sky Temple Queen's consciousness descended upon the Ruhe beast, using its eyes to survey the surroundings as it gradually rose from the depths of the water.

"Go forth, Sky Beast!" the Queen commanded.

"Go to the God-Descended City and retrieve what belongs to the Star Luo Kingdom and the Xilong family."

The consciousness projection divine technique, originally developed by the Star Queen, had gradually become mainstream among priests.

While not as versatile as the illusion techniques gained from fusing with the Sun Cup Flower, it proved equally powerful in real-world applications.

High-level priests gained the ability to control and manipulate beasts from thousands of miles away, allowing them to gather intelligence and assassinate targets.

More importantly, while they previously used wisdom power to communicate with beasts and monsters, which sometimes proved unreliable despite the mental connection, consciousness projection was entirely different. The priest's consciousness almost merged with the controlled entity, allowing for seamless control as if it were their own body.

This was especially true for the royal bloodline families.

By projecting their consciousness into Ruhe beasts, they could quickly strike and control any city in the kingdom while remaining in the capital.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A hollow, vast sound emanated from above the sacred lake. It wasn't the roar of the Ruhe beast.

It was the sound of air being displaced and wind currents surging.

This was actually a flying beast, its huge umbrella-like body, reminiscent of a jellyfish, spread open as it floated up into the sky and headed towards the distance.

The beast's expanded umbrella reached over a hundred meters in diameter, its thin membrane allowing the clouds and sun to be seen through it.

The seven Ruhe beasts now controlled by the Yinsai people had mostly undergone two or even three cycles of reincarnation.

Although the Ruhe beasts' power hadn't fundamentally changed, the increasing density of their mythical bloodline had made their size and the range of their power more terrifying.

In the cities near the holy mountain and the towns built around the sacred lake, subjects of the Star Luo Kingdom looked up to see the giant beast floating through the sea of clouds.

They bowed, shouting:

"Ruhe!"

"Ruhe!"

They knew that the appearance of the Ruhe beast represented the Queen herself and the will of the kingdom.

After completing this task, the Queen quickly descended from the Sky Temple to the God-Servant City.

In the palace of the God-Servant City, the Queen sat on an ornate, high-backed stone throne.

Sunlight from both sides shone through the windows, crisscrossing in the hall. The ministers of the Star Luo Kingdom stood humbly on either side.

The events in the God-Descended City had also shocked the nobles of the God-Servant City and the priests of the Sky Temple. The Star Luo Kingdom, which had always regarded itself as God's servants and priests, prioritizing religion over the kingdom, attached great importance to such a significant divine miracle.

"Your Majesty," one minister spoke up, "we must thoroughly investigate the massacre of the Tito family."

"It must be the Samo Kingdom's doing. They betrayed the Xilong family and the Star Queen back then, and now they've come to steal the blessing that belongs to us."

"The despicable Samo family, after all these years, still hasn't changed their ugly nature."

One after another stood up, most of them from the Xilong family.

Centuries had passed, yet the Xilong family still harbored their ancient grudge.

Back then, they were the kings of Yinsai.

The Queen was clearly more rational: "A merchant convoy from the Samo Kingdom?"

"I don't think it's that simple."

The Queen immediately issued orders: "Gather the army and dispatch them immediately to the God-Descended City, Stone Forest City, and Sun City."

"Keep a close watch on the movements of the Samo Kingdom, Sele Kingdom, and Volcano Kingdom. After so many years, the gates of the divine realm have opened again, and Saint Tito's family has been massacred."

"I foresee even greater changes coming."