“Where are we? How do we get back?” uttered the officer who read the king’s decree.He wasn’t the only one in panic upon realizing their current location. The other officer was equally anxious. They found themselves right in the middle of the desert, as far as the eye could see, nothing but sand dunes surrounded them. At that moment, they couldn’t determine which direction to proceed.Neither of them were seasoned travelers accustomed to navigating by the sun or the stars at night. They were officers accustomed to being in the palace, managing the king’s personal household affairs. However, this time, they were tasked with delivering the King’s Decree to the Tower of the Gods Academy, requested by the king to escort it. The king agreed because they were trusted individuals, even though they lacked experience in long-distance travel like they were doing now.Initially, they set out towards the Tower of the Gods Academy not just the two of them, but with about ten soldiers heading to th

The Headmaster of the Tower of the Gods Academy nodded as he tapped Julius’s right shoulder. He said, “Finish off the demon and bring the Princess’s soul to us immediately.”Julius nodded and then darted into the already open portal. In no time, he found himself in a dimension where demons erected pillars to summon their leader. In this dimension, there was hardly any light. All that could be seen was a gloomy landscape as if enveloped in a perpetual gloom. Yet, despite the lack of visible clouds in the sky, the sun was absent. This was the depiction of the dimension where the demons erected their southern pillars.Julius sensed a very strong dark power. While other powers remained far below this darkness, Julius suspected it to be the power of the Soul Chain Demon King. The other powers were merely those of the demon subordinates who served as warriors for the Soul Chain Demon. He immediately dashed towards the gathering point of power in that place.Just a few steps into his journey

Julius immediately moved towards the body of the Red Demon, which had already been separated into his head and torso. He quickly created an array around the area where the separated body lay. Julius made sure that the soul of the Fire Dragon God didn’t escape and disappear. Once the soul of the Fire Dragon emerged, he swiftly captured it and stored it in the War God’s treasure storage ring.The other demons, witnessing the lightning-fast battle, trembled in fear at Julius. None dared to move to attack him; they merely stood by, waiting. Occasionally, they glanced towards a small building not far from where Julius stood.“Hey, Soul Chain Demon! Why don’t you come out of your hiding? Are you afraid, relying only on your minions to face me? Come out quickly, or I’ll tear this place apart!” Julius shouted.There was no response from inside the small building. However, shortly after, a spear shot out and aimed at Julius. With great speed, Li Julius deflected the attack with his Rusty Sword

The soul claiming to be the king of the Southern Kingdom’s response truly surprised Julius. It instantly reminded him of several incidents when he was about to enter the dimension of the soul realm where he currently resided. Li Julius was puzzled by the prowess possessed by the king of the Southern Kingdom. He witnessed several times the king performing high-level sealing techniques, one of which was opening a portal into this soul realm, a skill rarely possessed by a king.Such abilities were usually held by a commander in a kingdom. Kings themselves rarely had cultivation abilities unless they were cultivators themselves. Moreover, kings seldom went anywhere without a guard, let alone with an unfamiliar individual.The second thing that puzzled Julius was why the king of the Southern Kingdom invited all the disciples participating in the competition in the central earth kingdom. He only needed Julius to save his daughter. Furthermore, when Julius was asked to go to the king’s priva

“I actually thought the same way. The leader must know who the young man named Julius truly is. Especially since the leader shares the same surname with that young man. I thought they belonged to the same lineage. Both descendants of the Tiberius Family. But every time I tried to inquire about it with the leader, he always diverted the conversation,” said the king of the southern kingdom.The two men dressed in all black nodded simultaneously. They seemed to sense what the disguised soul chain demon king, posing as the southern king, felt. They then asked about the progress of the pillars created by the false king of the southern kingdom.“So far, those pillars are still functioning. Every day, there is more progress from those pillars. Many souls of the gods have also been absorbed by them. However, it was only the pillar in this kingdom that was destroyed by the young man named Julius, so we had to rebuild it from scratch. What worries me is that as long as we haven’t found that you