Chapter 1821: Chapter 1821: Four Great Forbidden Lands

After successfully passing Madam Moon's test, Zen was set free.

The female disciples who had entered the Purple Soul Hall were all focused on cultivating the Purple Aura Godly Way, in hopes to gain great achievement in terms of the Godly Way as quickly as possible.

Up until now, Zen had been having difficulties improving his cultivation base. More so, the Purple Soul Hall didn't keep the disciples under strict control and thus, everyone present had enough spare time on their hands.

Fortunately though, no one in the Purple Soul Hall had controlled Zen. These past few days, he swam around the Purple Soul Hall lazily, informing himself roughly about the disciples of the big clans on the Floating Islands.

There were seven Jade Walls of Legends in the Purple Soul Hall, including the one in the Nameless Hall which Zen had entered before. Each one of them had their names on the Jade Walls of Legends and could enter the Arena of Legends in order to challenge the others. Every month, everyone had the obligation to challenge three opponents. If they left the Floating Island that month, they still had to complete three challenges in a very limited time frame after they returned. Everything would be recorded dutifully.

For the most part though, the vast majority of True Gods were unwilling to challenge their opponents in the Arena of Legends. They were more willing to explore the forbidden lands and earn divine might coins through doing so.

This was with reason, however. There were just too many masters in the Arena of Legends, and the opponents selected based on their points often had the same strength as theirs.

If they were to be accidentally defeated, points would be deducted and it would be difficult to obtain the qualifications for entering certain forbidden lands. This explained why the Floating Island forced everyone to participate in a minimum of three battles.

In addition to these kinds of information, Zen was also carefully collecting information about Murphy.

The Mu Clan's Floating Island, which was led by Murphy, ranked seventh, more powerful than the Han Clan which ranked tenth. And the woman named Rachelle Mu was ranked third, at the top of all the Jade Walls of Legends. Her ranking was even higher than that of Harold, Augustus and Hallet.

Harold was Zen's father's chief disciple. And yet, the Luo Clan's Floating Island had been completely destroyed. Zen wondered how Harold had even managed to maintain his ranking.

He was confused, but couldn't find the answer here in the Purple Soul Hall. That day, he simply decided to leave the Purple Soul Hall and head to the Han Clan's Holy Emperor City.

The Han Clan's Floating Island was divided into three parts. The Purple Soul Hall was controlled by Joy, a Demi-holy Being. Aside from the Purple Soul Hall, the Holy Emperor City and the Spiritual Heart Hall were the other two parts that made up the Floating Island. The direct descendants of the Han Clan's Holy Emperor lived in the Spiritual Heart Hall, and no ordinary warrior had the permission to enter this place.

The Holy Emperor City was known as the location with the heaviest population throughout the entire Floating Island. Most of the disciples from the Han Clan and other clans were gathered in the Holy Emperor City.

Before entering the Holy Emperor City, they had to go through the guards' inspection. Fortunately for him, Zen already had his own jade token.

When the two guards saw Zen holding his jade token, they glanced at one another and then back at him. A trace of ridicule appeared on their faces. “A man from the Purple Soul Hall? How rare it is that we see any man from there...”

Zen silently put his jade token away before entering the Holy Emperor City.

It wasn't until he had actually entered the Holy Emperor City that he truly understood the amount of people there, as well as why the Han Clan disciples were envious of those in the Purple Soul Hall.

The moment Zen stepped into the city gate, his view was instantly filled with various True Gods. There was noise everywhere. The city looked like a market crowded with mortals. The True Gods in the city all had fame and prestige, and could live forever. It was indeed hard for them to jostle with the crowds.

“Tomorrow, a third-grade forbidden land will open, and we've specifically come in order to recruit twelve mid-rank True Gods who have two thousand points.”

"We equally need three low-rank True Gods who possess five hundred points each.

Together, we'll enter the Demon Annihilating Forest..."

On the square to Zen's right, hundreds of True Gods were shouting loudly, inviting the other True Gods of the same level to explore the forbidden lands with them.

And just like Zen already knew, a forbidden land was linked with points. If one wanted to enter a certain forbidden land, then one had to try their best to obtain the required number of points.

“The Demon Annihilating Forest. Ha-ha...” In Zen's mind, Master Evil revealed a look of envy. “It's so easy for these guys to enter the Demon Annihilating Forest. This world is just so unfair!”

“What exactly is the Demon Annihilating Forest?” Zen asked curiously.

Master Evil replied with emotion, “It's a second-grade forbidden land, but it's very small. In the past, before the Demon Annihilating Forest was controlled by the wealthy clans on the Floating Islands, many ordinary True Gods would enter it. In fact, even I was a regular visitor of it at the time. After a while though, even the Demon Annihilating Forest became occupied by the powerful clans. Alas...”

“A second-grade forbidden land? How many forbidden lands of this kind can be found in the divine land, anyway?” Zen questioned.

In order to reply to Zen, Master Evil simply introduced the division of forbidden lands within the divine land.

Ever since the Hall of Holy Beings had been established, it was in constant monopoly of the resources throughout the entire divine land, especially within the said forbidden lands. 𝙍ã𝐍ÔＢĘ𝐒

And since its establishment, the four great forbidden lands were declared as belonging to the Hall of Holy Beings. No True God was allowed to enter without the Hall of Holy Beings' permission!

Prior to such an occurrence though, everyone was allowed to enter and exit any forbidden land across the divine land.

This change caused everyone's dissatisfaction in the divine land. However, even though they weren't happy with this decision, who would dare challenge the Holy Beings' authority?

Originally, the Hall of Holy Beings only controlled the four great forbidden lands. However, as time went on, all kinds of forbidden lands of different sizes were placed under the Hall of Holy Beings' control.

The forbidden lands in the divine land were divided from first to sixth grade, according to the degree of danger. The four great forbidden places were sixth grades, and they were equally considered to be the most dangerous places in the whole divine land. These four great forbidden places were respectively known as Soul Wilderness, Everest Spirit Mountain, Swirl Forest, and Abyss Demon Region.

So far, the rich clans on the Floating Islands had explored the four great forbidden lands countless times, but still to this day, they didn't have a complete understanding of them.

While exploring the four great forbidden lands, it was even possible for a True God who had reached the consummate level of cultivation to die accidentally! The dangers here were not to be underestimated.

“Is the Swirl Forest also one of the four great forbidden lands?” Zen asked with wonder in his voice.

Master Evil nodded. “Yes.”

“Then how did you ever escape from that place?”

Bromley's fairy palace was standing in the middle of Swirl Forest. Zen had a deep impression of the forest from back when the fairy palace's enchanted barrier had opened.

“Holy Bromley's fairy palace isn't located in the deepest depths of the Swirl Forest. And honestly, we were just so lucky that day, so we managed to flee. It was almost a miracle.” Speaking of such, Master Evil was still somewhat frightened from his experience. The beasts in the Swirl Forest had rushed to the fairy palace in a craze, but the beasts didn't get them into trouble.

Suddenly, someone on the side of the square shouted out of nowhere, “Don't go to the Everest Spirit Mountain for the time being! The Jiang Clan's members and Harold are fighting with each other there. You'd better be careful!”

Zen's eyebrows shot upward as these words reached his ears.

Zen had been looking for and asking about this kind of information ever since he had arrived in the Han Clan's Floating Island.

Most of the warriors who cultivated in the Purple Soul Hall were women, in fact. Thus, they didn't really care about the situation happening over in the divine land and Zen could only obtain very little information. He hadn't expected to hear Harold's news as soon as he stepped foot inside the Han Clan's Holy Emperor City!

“What's going on? Is Harold fighting with the Jiang Clan again?”

“Does Harold control the Everest Spirit Mountain? With his strength alone, how does he dare cause trouble in the Jiang Clan again and again? I don't know what he wants to do to them...”

“Ha-ha! If he has really annoyed the Holy Emperor of the Jiang Clan, then he'll surely die. After all, even Holy Mike is dying, so he has no one to help him out!”

“I don't think so. Harold has stayed in the Everest Spirit Mountain for so many years. If he really controls the Everest Spirit Mountain, even the Jiang Clan's Holy Emperor probably wouldn't do anything to punish him...”

With his eyes blazing, Zen pushed through the bustling crowd and walked straight toward the man who had just spoke.

The man, who had a cultivation base of a mid-rank True God, was wrapped in a strange veil, and looked rather kind.

“Hey, friend. How's the fight going between Harold and the Jiang Clan? Can you tell me in detail?” Zen asked calmly.

The man originally took no notice of Zen. After he heard Zen's words though, he glanced at him with a strange expression on his face. “A proving godly warrior? What are you even doing here?”

The True Gods in this square would exchange information about the forbidden lands with each other, and at the same time, they would pick candidates they liked in order to have them explore the forbidden lands...

Generally speaking, when proving godly warriors entered the Floating Island, they would wholeheartedly cultivate the Godly Way and had no time for travelling to the forbidden lands.

“It doesn't matter if I am a proving godly warrior or not. I just want to know more information about the matter you just mentioned,” Zen said in a serious tone this time.

He didn't care about Harold in the least. Although Harold was one of his father's disciples, he had never met Zen. What Zen cared about was that Yan, his sister, stayed with Harold!

“Go away! You are just a proving godly warrior. You don't have the qualifications to know such information. Leave my presence and continue your cultivation!” The man waved his hand impatiently at Zen, trying to drive him away.

“Ha-ha! Little guy, you've got nothing more than an average cultivation base. Why do you want to hear these rumors so badly?”

“Entering the Han Clan's Floating Island is not an easy task. What you should try doing now is improving your cultivation base.”

A few True Gods also mocked Zen. The appearance of a proving godly warrior had truly surprised them all.

Splash!

As Zen gently shook his hand, hundreds of divine might coins poured out from his palm. Zen stared at the mid-rank True God and stated in a serious and flat tone, “Tell me the matter of Harold and the Jiang Clan. Then, I will give you all these divine might coins.”