I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

"Mu Yao thanks her senior brother for saving her with his sword."

The woman calmed herself, put away the soft whip, and moved gracefully to stand in front of Shen Ming.

"Senior brother, please step forward to speak," she transmitted.

The other four people stood around the monster's corpse, watching with a mixture of curiosity and apprehension towards Shen Ming.

Shen Ming and Mu Yao reached the summit and asked, "You weren't with them?"

It's not hard to see that when the four of them saw her in danger, although they were all anxious, they were not sad.

Mu Yao spoke to him privately, explaining that the five of them were a temporary team.

"We all come from various continents in the lower realms and met in this Sinful Domain. Is Senior Brother also from there?" Mu Yao asked.

"Yes."

This answer surprised Mu Yao, who looked astonished.

"how?"

"No, it's just an accident that Senior Brother was able to cultivate to the King Realm in the lower realm and enter this Sin Domain," Mu Yao said.

"Why do you keep talking about the Sin Domain? Isn't this the Endless Divine Domain?" Shen Ming asked, puzzled.

“To us in the lower realms, this is the realm of sin, and we are sinners,” Mu Yao said.

"Oh?"

Shen Ming wanted to hear where this story began.

In the three lower realms, each realm has hundreds of continents, such as the Xuanhuang Continent where he resides.

Among hundreds of continents and billions of living beings, there will always be someone who, by chance, enters the Endless Divine Realm.

Perhaps they found the way to open it in some ruins, or perhaps they stumbled into it by accident.

However, although they were able to enter, they knew very little about the Endless Divine Realm.

Jian Li told Shen Ming that this was created by the supreme deity.

However, just as Shen Ming knew everything about the gods, so did the other cultivators in the lower realms about the Endless Divine Realm.

All I know is that this place is rich in spiritual energy, has a primordial atmosphere, and is home to countless rare and precious materials.

Almost everyone who comes in feels like they've hit the jackpot, that they're the chosen one.

Cultivate and grow stronger in the Endless Divine Realm, gaining tremendous benefits that are unavailable in your own world.

However, these people soon found themselves trapped in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, an endless expanse of mountains that bound them within.

That's not all. It's not difficult for a cultivator at the Sovereign Realm to travel a thousand miles a day. The important thing is that there are guards around the outer perimeter of the mountain.

Claiming to be the master of this region, cultivators from the lower realms arrive uninvited, and the miasma they carry will pollute this land.

Unless one hunts demons in the mountains and atones through divine intervention, one cannot gain access to the sacred mountain.

Once you leave the sacred mountain, you can integrate into this world.

"Did those cultivators from the upper realms tell you all this?" Shen Ming asked.

"Yes."

Have you ever seen anyone leave the sacred mountain?

Mu Yao shook her head. Those who went out wouldn't come back, so naturally there was no way to see them.

Shen Ming clicked his tongue in amazement. To be honest, if it weren't for Jian Li, and he had accidentally stumbled into the Endless Divine Realm, he might have actually believed this whole thing.

This lie wasn't clever; Mu Yao's eyebrows furrowed slightly as she recounted it.

The problem is that cultivators from the lower realms have no choice at all; they don't even have the right to question.

If you stay in such an environment for a long time, you will become completely convinced of its system.

For example, the man who snatched the divine source the first time was named Wei Yifan. He was the most senior among the five and completely believed in the doctrine of atonement.

“Divine Source is the source stone of the Endless Divine Realm. All beings born in the Divine Realm possess it, and it has nothing to do with atonement,” Jian Li said.

Shen Ming was aware of this.

Which way to Mount Shenshan?

Naturally, Shen Ming wouldn't keep up and planned to leave the Ten Thousand Mountains directly.

“Senior brother, we cannot fly over the Ten Thousand Mountains. The sacred mountain is like a gate, locking us inside.” Mu Yao pointed in the direction, seemingly knowing what he was about to do.

She used her divine sense to tell Shen Ming that not everyone believed in this, and those who tried to bypass the sacred mountain through other methods did not fare well.

The four major families guard the sacred mountain and oversee everything.

At this moment, the others also arrived at the summit.

The leader was Wei Yifan, who was holding the divine source he had just seen.

Shen Ming finally got a clear look at what it looked like. It resembled an ordinary stone, with the general outline and texture of a stone, and was no more than the width of a palm.

Upon closer inspection, beneath the seemingly hard surface, an invisible force seems to be quietly propelling it, causing the internal matter to flow slowly, with light and shadow shifting and changing within it.

Everyone in the divine realm is a spirit, and they have an amazing affinity with this divine source.

As they got closer, Shen Ming could feel a mysterious force pulling him along.

If one can absorb it, the spiritual body will become more solid and powerful, like refined steel that has been forged through countless trials.

“Senior brother, it all happened so suddenly, I haven’t quite come to my senses yet. You killed the demon, so the divine source is yours,” Wei Yifan said.

This is quite different from how he acted just now. Or has he calmed down and realized that when facing a king, he has no say in his own destiny? Shen Ming sized up the man.

Although he has a decent appearance, his inconsistent style gives him the impression of insincerity.

"I drew my sword not for this reason. Miss Mu Yao cleared up my doubts, which is my way of repaying her," Shen Ming said.

Just as he said, he did not know about the divine source before drawing his sword.

Furthermore, he didn't particularly value the divine source that could be obtained by killing someone with a single sword strike.

Wei Yifan was somewhat surprised, but he concealed his thoughts well and put away the divine source.

“Senior brother, you’re new here. Why don’t you come with us? You’re strong, and we’re familiar with the sacred mountain. We can complete the atonement in a short time,” Wei Yifan said.

"Atonement?"

Shen Ming raised an eyebrow and said, "You can go."

Wei Yifan wanted to say more, but sensing Shen Ming's determination, he wisely shut his mouth.

"Then we shall take our leave."

As he spoke, Wei Yifan looked at Mu Yao.

Mu Yao glanced at Shen Ming, hesitated for a moment, but still followed him away.

She knew that Shen Ming didn't intend to take the conventional path and had considered being together.

But putting aside whether she's qualified or not, Shen Ming doesn't necessarily want her; he can only leave.

After the five people descended the mountain, Shen Ming faced the direction of the sacred mountain that Mu Yao had told him about.

With a flick of the colorful cloud bag, the boundary boat flew out from it.

Previously, in the ultimate battlefield, Jiezhou was able to ignore the no-fly zone, and he believed that it would be the same here.

Sure enough, the border boat floated steadily on the edge of the cliff.

After Shen Ming went up, the Boundary Boat flew straight through the sky like an arrow, leaving a long trail of light behind it.

On the ground, Wei Yifan and Mu Yao looked up.

A flying boat appeared in the clear blue sky; it was hard not to notice it.

"Are they planning to just charge out?!"

Wei Yifan's expression changed drastically, and he finally understood why Shen Ming hadn't been acting with him.

This person had no intention of atoning for his sins; he was going to escape from prison!

"That's unreasonable!"

Wei Yifan's heart clenched.

The airship... it won't actually fly out, will it? If the escape is successful, the four major families will definitely punish the others in the Sin Domain.

This will indirectly cause them to suffer!

With this in mind, Wei Yifan made up his mind, took out a communication talisman, and prepared to send a message directly.