"This junior does not deserve such praise from Your Highness. Compared to the Qiong Tian Ancestor of the 'Heavenly Substitute,' I am far inferior. It's a pity that the Qiong Tian Ancestor did not spare himself to become one with the Dao, and the heavens did not grant him more years! Otherwise, with his unparalleled talent, he would have long since achieved Returning to Void Great Success, with Unification within reach." Zhao Sheng sighed, naturally bringing up his past life as Zhao Qiongtian.

The Star God indeed took the bait, revealing a nostalgic expression, and sighed, "Zhao Qiongtian was truly an extraordinary and trustworthy person in a millennia. The Divine is very grateful to him!"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Sheng felt slightly startled in his heart, realizing more clearly that in the thousands of years since they last met, the Star God had become more human-like in behavior.

This phenomenon of personalization further confirmed a particular thought within his mind.

For thousands of years, the Star God had been worshiped day and night by the Human Clan of the Netherworld, and inevitably, the Divine's consciousness was influenced by the distractions of all beings, gradually inclining towards the "Human Clan" over time.

Perhaps the essence behind this phenomenon of personalization is precisely one of the consequences of the Star God avoiding assimilation by the Heavenly Dao of this realm and having to rely on the power of human incense.

After all, the Human Clan is the leader of all creatures, inherently favored by the Heavenly Dao!

In that instant, Zhao Sheng's thoughts raced, suddenly connecting many dots and gaining a deeper understanding of the Human Way and the Heavenly Dao.

The next second, Zhao Sheng suddenly spoke, "Your Highness, do you remember the agreement you had with the Qiong Tian Ancestor while he was alive?"

"Agreement?" The Star God's brow furrowed slightly, as if recalling something.

"Indeed, back then, the Qiong Tian Ancestor left a treasure in the deep sea canyon. He entrusted Your Highness to guard this treasure, saying that a descendant would come to retrieve it in the future. To be honest, Your Highness, this junior is the one who comes to claim the treasure by agreement."

"The Divine remembers! But you didn't say the corresponding code phrase, so the Divine cannot hand over the treasure to you." A layer of white radiance emanated from the Star God, their voice returning to indifference.

Zhao Sheng smiled faintly, immediately releasing a wisp of Divine Thought and transmitted it to the Star God Consciousness at a certain special frequency.

The next second, a trace of surprise appeared on the Star God's face, and they said, "The code phrase is correct. You... are truly the one to claim the treasure!"

Zhao Sheng smiled without speaking, having already uncovered a certain secret: "With the Kui Niu Treasure concealing it, the Star God indeed cannot see through his Divine Soul."

At that moment, the Star God looked down at the sea surface, suddenly transforming into a cloud of light. Then, the space below twisted slightly and blurred.

Then, a massive pile of Spirit Stones and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, along with a vast array of Jade Scrolls, appeared out of nowhere before Zhao Sheng's eyes.

At first glance, it was like a gigantic Treasure Mountain suspended in mid-air, casting a vast shadow on the sea below.

Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed, and he then swept his long sleeves, seeing a large patch of clear brilliance falling, enveloping this enormous Treasure Mountain.

The next second, this super treasure, which drove the Cultivation World of the Netherworld mad, suddenly vanished into thin air.

The Star God remained direct, seeing the treasure being taken away, immediately asked, "The agreement of that year has been fulfilled. Zhao Xi, do you have any other matters?"

In response, Zhao Sheng bowed and said, "This junior has no other matters. The grace Your Highness showed in safeguarding it for so many years, Zhao Xi will never forget."

"The Divine is leaving, may you look after yourself!"

As the words fell, the Star God instantly transformed into countless flowing lights, dissipating into the wind.

Zhao Sheng gazed at this slice of the Heavenly Sea, silently savoring the last four words of the Star God.

Look after yourself?

These words seemed to carry significant meaning!

Forget it, no need to overthink!

Given Zhao Qiongtian's intercession, as long as he doesn't cause trouble in the Netherworld, the Star God, transformed into the Heavenly Dao, won't do anything to him.

With a thought set firm, Zhao Sheng chuckled at himself with amusement, then his figure flickered, disappearing into thin air in an instant.

The next moment, he appeared a million miles away, where the ground below was a bizarre place with towering bone mountains, rivers of blood, and ghost fire roaring skywards.

The sky was gloomy and gray, with a relentless evil wind blowing, day and night echoing like ten thousand ghosts wailing, raising layers of bone ash, which veiled the entire Heavenly Curtain.

In the shadowy valleys between the bone mountains, everywhere you looked were odd-shaped zombies and ghostly creatures, densely packed and moving in groups.

Strangely, most zombies could not walk far before suddenly falling to the ground, eventually decaying into ash and becoming a permanent part of the White Bone Abyss.

The shrill and ghostly creatures fared no better, though they lasted a bit longer, eventually being blown apart by the sinister wind, adding a tiny flicker to the originally extremely thin spiritual energy environment.

In today's thousands of years, the nature's spiritual energy in the Netherworld has dropped to a terrifying level. Including Cang Province, the majority of Spirit Veins on the land have been exhausted, nearly disappearing.

The Netherworld has long entered the end of the "Formation, Stasis, Decay, Void" four major phases. In this period, most places in this realm, except for the Star God Sea, have become areas of "extremely rare spiritual energy."

This horrifying truth was momentarily unheeded by Zhao Sheng, but as he moved to the upper sky of the White Bone Abyss, he quickly discovered the unusual environment here, where nature's spiritual energy had become incredibly thin, far less than thousands of years ago.

"Huh?"

Zhao Sheng exclaimed in surprise, his Divine Thought immediately swept out, instantly covering a five-thousand-mile territory.

He immediately discovered that within a radius of five thousand miles, there were very few zombie and ghostly creatures with strength comparable to Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and not even a single Golden Core Level Ghost King.

"The spiritual energy is so thin, no wonder even perilous places like the White Bone Abyss have declined so much. This indicates that the Cultivation World of Cang Province must be even more deteriorated. With the Netherworld in such decay, won't the Tianzhu Realm be even more dilapidated!"

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