Time flowed on and yet another year had passed.

The Eastern Divine Region, which had grown restless for a period of time, was finally starting to quiet down again. The efforts to search for the devil Yun Che were growing more and more muted, and after obtaining no results from these efforts, all the king realms confirmed that he had indeed fled into the Northern Divine Region.

However, they were unaware of one thing. While Yun Che had indeed fled into the Northern Divine Region initially, a year ago, he had left the Northern Divine Region and entered the God Realm of Absolute Beginning.

It was just that their ability to conceal themselves was simply too great, so even the people in the Northern Divine Region who knew of Yun Che’s existence were unable to detect them, much less the people from the other three divine regions.

Eastern Divine Region, Moon God Realm.

“The Star God Realm has started to rebuild itself, but they still haven't found a single trace of Xing Juekong… The Eternal Heaven God Realm has recalled most of their Adjudicators, but the Eternal Heaven God Emperor himself hasn’t made an appearance for a very long time. However, we obtained news of an unconfirmed rumor a few days ago. It was a rumor that the Eternal Heaven God Realm seemed to have begun preparing for Zhou Qingchen’s Trial by fire.”

“Trial by fire?” A strange look appeared in Xia Qingyue’s eyes. “Is the Eternal Heaven God Emperor prepared to allow Zhou Qingchen inherit the position of god emperor earlier than expected?”

“Zhou Qingchen is still inexperienced…” Lian Yue started to speak but she suddenly realized that her own master was the youngest and most inexperienced god emperor in the history of the God Realm, so she hurriedly changed the subject. “Given the Eternal Heaven God Emperor’s current status and reputation, there is no reason for him to relinquish his seat. This rumor probably isn’t true.”

“No, there’s a very high chance that it is true,” Xia Qingyue said unhurriedly. “Even as strong...