Five seconds ago, it would've taken Lan Si about half a day to understand what "starting point kill" meant.
However, after experiencing the terrifying meteor at the beginning of "Splendid World," Gu Nan didn't even have to explain it. She understood just from hearing the name.
"That… What should I do?" Lan Si didn't clarify what "that" referred to, but her meaning was obvious.
Gu Nan naturally remembered the walkthrough for Splendid World. After telling Lan Si a rough outline, she was sent off to continue dying.
This dungeon wasn't simple, and the difficulty level of a solo run was far greater than imagined. Back when Gu Nan took the three Star Rulers along for the first clear, they experienced many party wipes.
Even if Lan Si had a walkthrough guiding her, she still had to pay enough tuition fees.
Lan Si's figure disappeared from the Evil God Temple. When Gu Nan looked back at the other side of the hall, a dungeon interface was there instead. The first personal dungeon that lit up was now red.
Red meant someone was currently inside, trying to clear it.
This was the role personal dungeons played inside the Divine Kingdom. After the dungeons were set, players' apostles would enter the dungeons repeatedly. Each dungeon clear would provide points for the Divine Kingdom.
Splendid World was originally a four-person dungeon, but Gu Nan just had Lan Si as an apostle at present, so she could only farm it alone.
Under Yan Xiaoxiao's direction, a group of shadow servants had already started collecting and transporting resources. Soon, all kinds of resources would be continuously transported to the Evil God Temple.
There was no need to worry about resources for the time being. It was fine even if it took some time. The construction of the Divine Kingdom wouldn't happen overnight.
At present, Gu Nan urgently needed to recruit more apostles for himself and unearth more personal dungeons.
There weren't really special requirements for recruiting apostles. As long as Gu Nan himself agreed and the target also agreed, the target would be able to become his apostle—this was much easier than the requirements for normal gods' apostles. When gods recruited apostles, the strength of the candidate's faith and piety was the most important consideration.
Evil Gods and gods had many similarities, but they also had a core difference—Evil Gods didn't require faith.
From divine fire to Divine Kingdom, Gu Nan's path seemed no different from that of ordinary gods, but when it came to things that involved faith, his requirements were far less cumbersome than that of the gods.
As for the source of personal dungeons, Gu Nan knew that a long time ago. He simply needed to translate the wills of various worlds.
In this field… Gu Nan thought of a suitable candidate, and his figure instantly disappeared from the Divine Kingdom.
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Star Realm.
Red Tail stood on the soil of Heavenly Kingdom Star and couldn't help giving a small sigh, feeling very complicated.
She originally thought she'd never return to this place again in her lifetime, and even if she did, she would never return with the identity and posture of a loser.
A traitor, to be exact.
The translation method was secret knowledge that belonged to the entire Indigo Mound tribe and not her own possession, so it was naturally treason for her to reveal the translation method to an outsider.
There didn't seem to be anything wrong with this logic, but Red Tail knew better than anyone else that this was merely a joke.
It was true that the translation method was very valuable, but it wasn't so valuable that anyone who revealed it to an outsider must die.
Even in Star Realm, there were many powerful figures who knew this secret knowledge, and many of them even learned it from members of the Indigo Mound tribe.
Were they also considered traitors?
Of course not. On the contrary, the reason these people all held high positions within the tribe was precisely because they successfully earned the support of powerful existences by using their tribe's resources or even their own bodies.
The Indigo Mound tribe had many resources like the translation method whose sole purpose was to be offered as tribute to powerhouses in exchange for their protection.
And being able to climb up the social ladder by gaining these powerful figures' favor depended on the untiring efforts of the tribe members.
Today's Indigo Mound tribe was a strange group that constantly "bet on" different powerhouses.
"You won't die. You will be locked in the tribe's underground water prison forever, despicable traitor," a younger woman who somewhat resembled Red Tail calmly pronounced.
Red Tail glanced at her, then chuckled silently.
Of course the truth of the tribe wasn't revealed to every single tribe member. This girl who could be considered her niece was obviously still in the stage of youthful ignorance.
Perhaps one day, when she was being offered as a gift to some powerhouse, she would finally understand the tribe's secret.
Red Tail wore a pair of shackles on her wrists, and all of her power of law was sealed. She silently followed the girl, all the way until they arrived at a quiet and secluded spot deep in the mountain.
In the distant past, this Indigo Mound Mountain was once the holy land of the beastkin race, but now? Nothing more than a slightly fancy brothel.
A trace of a sneer appeared in Red Tail's eyes, but her footsteps didn't stop. From the front, a woman was walking towards them. The woman was dressed in all green, with her beautiful hair casually falling down to her waist. She walked with a strange sort of seductive charm.
"Mother." The girl leading Red Tail bowed slightly in front of the woman.
"You can leave the rest to me."
"Yes."
A moment later, the woman in green reached Red Tail and said with a smile on her face, "Speaking of which, Sister Red hasn't been back for a hundred years, right?"
Red Tail glanced at her coldly. "I was just here."
"Oh, I forgot about that matter with Starry Ocean Pavilion…" The green-robed woman continued chuckling lightly while pursing her lips.
Previously, Starry Ocean Pavilion mobilized its members to enforce the requirement that all Prodigious cultivators must travel to the Central Region to register themselves. Red Tail naturally also came here. But nobody knew if the woman in green truly forgot or if she deliberately brought it up.
The green-robed woman and Red Tail were from the same generation. Her name was naturally not as simple as "Green Tail." Her name was Su Yufei.
In the Indigo Mound tribe, having a formal name meant the person had already been "married off." This was the case for Su Yufei.
In fact, Red Tail was the only person in their generation who was still using her tribe name.
"If you want me to return, then just say so. Why the need to even use a flimsy excuse like treason?" Red Tail ignored Su Yufei's words and instead asked disdainfully.
"Sister Red, that's just because we miss you, you know…?" Su Yufei pulled Red Tail's sleeve and gently shook it. She didn't look like a mother at all and looked more like an innocent little girl.
But what she said next wasn't innocent at all.
"The decision to brand Sister Red as traitor was done with unanimous consent from all six elders." Su Yufei leaned into Red Tail's ear and chuckled. "I'm afraid that this time, Sister will have to spend her old age here."
Red Tail, who was always calm and composed, finally couldn't help turning her head around. She stared blankly at Su Yufei's face, as if trying to find some evidence that she was lying.
But, no.
There was no need for her to lie, because Indigo Mound Mountain was just around the corner, and the tribe's attitude towards her would soon be revealed.
Red Tail took a deep breath, feeling a little helpless as her gaze landed on the quiet mountain top. She was powerless to resist the tribe's decision, and all the freedom she enjoyed so far was due to the goodwill of a senior, but now…
She hadn't forgotten who she bet her money on. Although that one had disappeared for a long time, he was still a Void Cutter powerhouse.
What made the tribe so determined to capture her?