The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

After realizing that he could not absorb the starlight from the sky no matter what he did, Chu Xiu sighed helplessly and chose to give up for the time being.

Intuition told him he shouldn't waste his time here.

This Fallen God Palace must contain cultivation resources far more precious than the power of stars!

Chu Xiu suppressed his reluctance and looked up at a huge, tightly sealed gate not far away.

Even though the plaque above the giant gate was dilapidated, he could still faintly make out two large characters that exuded an ancient aura—

The Hall of Humans!

Humans are one of the three elements: Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Within this Fallen God Palace, besides the Human Palace behind the giant gate, there should also be places like the Earth Palace and the Heaven Palace.

Chu Xiu arrived before the giant gate and discovered that some broken array patterns remained on the seemingly tightly closed gate.

Clearly, the sealing array of this giant gate had been violently destroyed by others long before he arrived.

Chu Xiu reached out and picked up a rune, but before he could examine it closely, the rune could no longer maintain its original shape and dissipated without wind.

This suggests that the sealing formation must have been destroyed by violence some time ago.

"Could it be one of the ancestors of the Demon General Pulao?"

With a question in mind, Chu Xiu reached out and pushed open the giant door slowly.

After a dull thud, the massive door was pushed open, leaving only a narrow gap for one person to pass through.

Chu Xiu frowned as he looked at the dim light behind the giant gate. Just as he was hesitating whether to risk entering directly, the entire stone gate was suddenly violently pulled open by an invisible force!

The starlight outside the stone gate was thus able to shine into the so-called human palace.

Inside the dimly lit, vast palace, on both sides, stood two rows of ten golden figures, their eyes closed, lifelike, as if they were fast asleep.

Chu Xiu's pupils contracted. Under the starlight, he was astonished to discover that these golden figures were actually ten tall human statues!

These human statues include both men and women, dressed in various styles. The central golden statue is the tallest, seemingly representing a prominent figure from a certain era who was later commemorated for his great achievements.

It seems that this so-called Temple of Humanity is a place for worshipping the ancestors of humankind!

Chu Xiu stepped into the Hall of Humans, intending to examine the appearances of these ancient sages, when suddenly a chill ran down his spine, and he abruptly stopped in his tracks—

Before anyone knew it, the ten golden statues had turned their heads and were all looking at him!

The next second, Chu Xiu sensed that he was instantly locked onto by ten streams of energy!

Are these statues not inanimate objects?

Chu Xiu sensed something was wrong and stomped his foot, retreating rapidly. Just as he was about to cross the stone gate and leave the boundary of the Human Palace, he was pulled in by a tremendous force and unable to resist, being swept towards the center of the Human Palace.

Bang!

Chu Xiu's body crashed heavily into the center of the ten statues of ancient human sages. As he quickly got up and looked around to be on guard, he witnessed the ten golden statues turn their heads again and face the spot where he was now!

This golden statue is indeed spiritual!

Chu Xiu filled his entire body with his magical power, pushing it to its limit, in preparation for any potential danger that might come at any moment.

With no one else around, he naturally didn't need to hide his identity or hold back his strength.

Just then, a hoarse voice echoed faintly in the empty palace—

"Anyone who trespasses into the Fallen God Palace without permission... shall be killed without mercy!"

Chu Xiu looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it came from the tallest golden-armored man among the five golden statues of human ancestors on the left!

Before the words had even faded, the ten golden statues raised their various weapons, and several terrifying spells instantly coalesced, ready to fall upon Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu hurriedly shouted, "Ancestors, what exactly are the qualifications for entering this Fallen God Palace?"

Upon hearing Chu Xiu utter the words "ancestor," the golden-armored man visibly paused, raising his hand to stop the other golden statues from attacking, and looked down at Chu Xiu, who appeared extremely small in front of them.

"They were originally my fellow human beings... I thought they were just those demons and alien races again..."

Demons and alien races?

Chu Xiu caught the words in the golden-armored man's speech.

As far as he knew, apart from himself and the Demon General Pulao, no one else should have visited the Fallen God Palace recently.

"It's actually my fellow human. How strange! We've served as guardians of this human palace for countless years, and this is the first time we've met someone from our own race."

On the other side, in the center, a young man with three heads and six arms, each wielding a different weapon, wearing a long sash, with his arms crossed over his chest and his feet on a lotus platform, looked down at Chu Xiu.

"Child, where do you come from?"

A gentle voice came from beside the boy. Chu Xiu looked over and saw that the owner of the voice was a woman dressed in a simple long dress.

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "The plane to which I was born is too insignificant; perhaps our ancestors had no way of knowing about it."

The woman in the elegant long dress smiled slightly: "It's alright. You just need to tell me the name of the recognized deity in the world you remember."

The names of the gods...

Chu Xiu thought for a moment, then named two cultural progenitors who were known to everyone within his own country on Earth:

"Do any of your ancestors recognize... Xi Huang and Nuwa?"

As soon as Chu Xiu finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.

Then, the gentle woman's slightly trembling voice broke the silence: "You come from Jambudvipa... or rather... Earth?"

Chu Xiu was taken aback, then suddenly looked up at the gentle woman: "Senior knows about Earth?"

The gentle woman first exchanged glances with the other nine ancient sages of the human race before answering Chu Xiu's question:

"Of course I know."

"Because we all come from Earth..."

Chu Xiu was taken aback again upon hearing this, and suddenly looked around to carefully observe the ten golden statues of ancient sages.

Only then did he suddenly realize that the tallest man in golden armor in front of him had a vertical eye on his forehead!

Behind him, a three-pointed double-edged spear appeared and disappeared intermittently!

Chu Xiu's eyes widened, his pupils trembling.

A man in golden armor, with three eyes on his head, wielding a three-pointed, double-edged spear...

A young man in long robes, with three heads and six arms, each wielding a weapon, stands on a lotus platform...

A god, yet born of humankind...

These are the two traditional deities I remember—Erlang Shen and Nezha!

Chu Xiu suddenly clasped his hands in greeting, his expression excited, and said in a dramatic voice, "Junior Chu Xiu greets the Manifest Saint True Lord! Greetings to the Central Altar Marshal!"

"Oh? You actually recognize us?"

Nezha was quite surprised and leaned down to say, "It seems you really are from the Southern Continent."

With a wave of his hand, Erlang Shen's four guardian deities withdrew their supernatural powers, and Chu Xiu immediately felt the pressure lessen.

The four guardian deities beside the Manifestation Saint True Lord are far stronger than Chu Xiu, and have probably reached the realm of Earth Supreme or even Heaven Supreme.

As for the true form of the Manifestation Saint True Lord, his cultivation level is even more unfathomable.

Erlang Shen noticed Chu Xiu's gaze, smiled slightly, and explained, "Don't blame us for making a mountain out of a molehill. If a wisp of your divine consciousness were sealed inside such a golden statue for countless years, just to guard the gate for someone, you would also be short-tempered."

Nezha picked up the conversation and sighed, "This matter is my fault. If we hadn't been on official business that day and passed by this place, and I hadn't become curious about this Fallen God Palace and dragged you in to explore it with my divine sense, we wouldn't have been imprisoned by the master of this palace."

Erlang Shen shook his head and said, "It's not your fault. It's precisely because our divine senses were trapped here and unable to escape that we were able to leave behind a wisp of divine sense after that catastrophe, and thus avoided being completely annihilated..."

"It could be considered a blessing in disguise."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu's eyes widened in horror.

What kind of catastrophe could have nearly wiped out these two, or even those above them, immortals and gods, leaving only a few survivors?