Chapter 1727: Chapter 1727: A Maze

The divine land, over time, had developed countless divine eras.

The passage of time here was unimaginably long.

A set of strict rules had been put into place in the divine land. A few of these rules were so important that even a Holy Being wouldn't dare be caught defying one of them.

Once Murphy had put his anger into action, he received the punishment he deserved, to say the least. There was no room for disobedience!

Wynn didn't speak up much about the way Zen was going to be sent into the divine land. In fact, it had taken quite some time for Mike's disciples to figure out a plan for forcing Irene into returning to the divine land.

Rocher, in fact, had also entered the divine land by sneaking in.

No matter if it was Rocher or Zen, if they entered the divine land using any normal method, the Mu Clan would immediately be informed about their arrival.

One of the reasons why their blood had been exchanged was just for that: to avoid being tracked.

If Murphy had been able to track them, then the ten Godly Geniuses would all be doomed.

“I have no choice but to sneak into the divine land...” Zen frowned as he murmured to himself.

“This has been decided a long time ago. Even if I die, there will still be others to help you sneak over there,” Wynn said.

Wynn had managed to survive the great war. If he died now though, the weighted responsibility of helping Zen and the others sneak into the divine land would be handed over to Master Feng and the other Celestial Position members.

“I understand,” Zen nodded. In the end, it didn't matter to him what method he used in order to enter the divine land.

“When you're ready, you can come and find me. That said, it's best if you enter the divine land as soon as possible. Although they can try their best to hinder the Jiang Clan, they might send someone else over at any moment...” Wynn added, matter-of-factly.

“You know, Irene is a friendly young lady. Try not to worry too much, she isn't as harsh as she seems,” Zen explained as he recalled his conversation with her.

Wynn smiled. "Well, she isn't as friendly as you think, either. Anyone who sent by the Jiang Clan to control the heavens is far more powerful than you can ever imagine. It's not that simple. What's more, she isn't a 'young lady'.

Judging by the average life span of a True God, she would still be relatively young.

However, if one was to calculate according to the time flow rate in the Evolutionary Universe, she would be over twenty billion years old!"

Both Zen and Master Feng were rendered speechless in an instant.

That meant that even Master Feng was much younger than Irene, not to mention that Zen himself was nothing more than a few decades old.

Twenty billion years of age... Unbelievable! That was equivalent to several grand eras.

This woman had lived for so long and yet she was still capable of communicating with Zen like any other ordinary young lady. It was indeed hard to imagine how she had lived through the past countless years.

Now that Zen had the right conditions for going to the divine land, his only remaining task was to arrange his family members well.

Over the years, Zen had always been worried about the problem of time.

However, in the fairy palace, Zen had finally discovered a way to solve such an issue.

Saul told Zen that after he obtained the last token — the earth token, he would be able to enter the training tower. The Time Law in the training tower was steady, and Bromley's ingenious design had allowed the time on different floors to be condensed to different levels. ŖΆ𐌽𝐎ᛒЁs̈

The training tower was divided into four floors: The first floor had a time flow rate of one to one, the second floor had a time flow rate of one hundred to one, the third floor had a time flow rate of one thousand to one, and the fourth floor was ten thousand to one. Generally speaking, anywhere affected by the Time Law wasn't suitable for cultivation, because other Laws would also be twisted by the distortion of the Time Law.

Within the Divine Refinement Forbidden Land, Holy Drew had helped Zen refine his body. The Time Law there had been distorted beyond recognition, it was therefore almost impossible to cultivate in such a state.

Despite that though, the training tower was a rare exception. Bromley had created this unique tower with his own power and it was thus extremely stable. Once the training tower was opened, Zen would without a doubt have enough time to cultivate. According to Saul, the fairy palace was located in the Swirl Forest, which was known as a forbidden area in the divine land.

The time flow rate in the Swirl Forest was the same as that of the entire divine land. However, once the enchanted barrier was activated, the time flow rate within the fairy palace matched that of the Evolutionary Universe. This was because the enchanted barrier that enveloped the fairy palace isolated it from the rest of the divine land, affecting the flow of time.

Once Zen had obtained the earth token and collected all eight tokens, he would have the capacity of removing the enchanted barrier that shrouded the fairy palace. Following this, the time flow rate in the fairy palace would no longer match that of the universe but instead, would be the same as that of the divine land.

As a result, arranging his family members there, in the fairy palace, became Zen's only clear option.

Throughout that period of time, every time Zen would set foot in the fairy palace, Master Evil and Wayne would circle him like flies.

The blue-robed woman had returned to the fairy palace. She had penetrated through the enchanted barrier with ease and left the fairy palace on her own.

Master Evil and Wayne also had the desire to leave the fairy palace and yet, they dared not approach the woman. When the blue-robed woman returned to the fairy palace, both men had already disappeared, hiding in the dungeon. After she left, the enchanted barrier automatically closed behind her, and neither of them had the ability to break through it. All they could do now was to wait patiently for Zen, in hopes that he would let them out.

The problem was that Zen still couldn't control the opening and closing of the enchanted barrier on his own. He still hadn't obtained the earth token and was unable to completely control the fairy palace just yet.

Irritated and annoyed by these two people who bothered him all the time, Zen suggested that they enter the Evolutionary Universe and leave through there. However, they immediately refused his suggestion. They knew that the universe was closely monitored by Holy Beings. How would they even have the guts to appear in the Evolutionary Universe? In other words, that was the equivalence of courting death.

With such negation toward his suggestion, Zen could only ask them to sit patiently and wait.

Zen had finally made up his mind: he decided to challenge the True Path once again.

Zen had made full preparations for the final phase of the True Path. With his current abilities, he believed that it wouldn't be too difficult for him to get through the True Path.

Despite his abilities though, the final phase of the True Path had been ingeniously designed by Bromley. It would certainly be a difficult task for Zen, whether he liked it or not.

In fact, this phase of the True Path was no longer a path, but a huge maze!

The Sacred warriors in this maze weren't very strong, though. At least Zen would easily defeat them with his current strength.

The maze itself was very complex. Straight from the entrance, it contained the powers of the five elements. Zen wandered around within it for dozens of hours before finding himself exactly where he had started. He was confused and dizzy.

In the end, he felt helpless enough to give up and leave the True Path. This was the first and only time that he ever had given up halfway on the True Path!

“I wonder why Master set up such a confusing and irritating maze at the end of the True Path,” Zen furrowed his brow and muttered aloud.

“Because this maze is very important.” As Zen obtained more and more tokens, Saul seemed to hide less and less information from him. “Master wants you to remember this maze.”

“What's the meaning of it, though?” Zen asked.

“It doesn't matter what the meaning is. You just need to succeed in finishing this maze!”

“I just can't wait any longer. I've already been delayed for a few more years!”

Master Evil and Wayne both dreamed of the day they'd finally leave the fairy palace. Although Zen had finally released them from the dungeon, they never thought that they would be trapped inside the fairy palace's enchanted barrier!

If it wasn't for the fact that they were afraid of triggering a few of the restrictive spells within the fairy palace, they would've already tried destroying it long ago.

Right now, they had to wait for Zen to pass the True Path!

“This maze is related to the disappearance of the Sacred race, and it was not invented by Master. It actually exists in the world,” Saul explained. “However, the maze built by the Sacred race was countless times larger and more complicated than the one in front of you. Back then, even Master was unable to pass through that maze... until he was trapped inside it for twelve divine eras. After finally escaping from the maze, he replicated a small part of it according to his memories.”

“Even Master can't successfully pass through the Sacred race's maze?” Zen asked as obvious astonishment quickly filled his eyes.

“Yes, that is true, but this maze really does have an exit. Master wants you to firmly carve this maze into your mind. Just as it was carved into his,” Saul replied.

Since Saul had described it as of utmost importance, Zen had no other choice but to challenge the maze again and again. In fact, with Zen's current memory, no matter how complicated the route was, he would still remember it. This maze seemed to be an illusionary one though, and therefore Zen wouldn't have the chance of repeating the same route twice.

Zen's only option left was extremely stupid: that of only turning right in the maze. Theoretically, even in the most complex maze, he would eventually find the exit if he always chose one same direction.

Ultimately, Zen spent nearly four months in the maze before managing his way out, after a countless number of attempts and failures.

Just like Saul had said, this maze had been deeply engraved in Zen's mind from beginning to end. That said though, he couldn't think of any use for remembering the maze's route.

Once Zen had the earth token in hand, he didn't even have the time to open the training tower before Master Evil and Wayne were already anxiously asking him to open the enchanted barrier for them.