Gu Nan disappeared from everyone's sight after killing off a bunch of Star Rulers; no one knew where he went.
It wasn't like nobody knew—at least one person, insignificant to the point where no one knew about him, accidentally learned of Gu Nan's whereabouts.
"Ah Hua, where do you think we are?" Dong Xun hid in the underbrush, allowing the rain to freely drip down his head.
"My name is Fan Hua—"
"Then you're Ah Hua," Dong Xun licked his lips and casually interrupted, but his gaze was fixed in front of him.
Two people were cautiously walking over from that direction. They kept glancing around, as if they were looking for something.
However, Dong Xun's concealment was so good that not even the slightest sound of breathing could be heard. There was no way to detect him at all.
The instant the two walked past Dong Xun, Dong Xun suddenly lunged, plunging his knife directly into the neck of the person in front.
At the same time, he leaned his head forward, opening his mouth and biting the other person's carotid artery. Hot blood immediately gushed out.
In just a few seconds, Dong Xun turned himself into a bloody person, while two more corpses appeared in front of him.
"Ah Hua, where do you think we are?" The exact same question came out of Dong Xun's mouth.
"You lunatic, I told you this is not my world, I… Eh?"
The voice ringing in Dong Xun's head came to a screeching halt at a certain instant, dead silent as a figure landed in front of him.
"Self-taught genius?" Gu Nan looked around and couldn't help revealing an astonished smile.
Dong Xun was still smiling idiotically, like a fool people casually bullied, but the knife in his hand wasn't slow at all as he stabbed Gu Nan in the waist.
The knife released a crisp crack the second it hit Gu Nan's waist and instantly broke in half. The broken knife flew out a long way, stressing just how strong Dong Xun's strength was.
Dong Xun's simpleminded smile started to look slightly puzzled. He held up the broken knife for quite a while, seemingly unable to figure out why Gu Nan was perfectly fine.
Gu Nan chuckled as he looked at Dong Xun. "Want to kill people?"
Dong Xun just looked up in confusion.
"Want to see blood?"
"Yes!" Suddenly Dong Xun even started drooling, but his response was incomparably clear.
Gu Nan glanced at him with slightly deeper meaning. This Dong Xun was originally just a normal teenager who'd become somewhat neurotic after being infected by Rolensia's split soul.
Moreover, he was similar to Zhong Die, both having a strange obsession with blood.
The difference was that Zhong Die was obsessed with drinking blood, while Dong Xun simply wanted to see the image of blood spraying out.
The two corpses that fell at his feet were still spraying out blood continuously, but Dong Xun didn't do anything to them after killing them.
'The early stage of Rolensia's law really is bizarre.' Such an opinion emerged in Gu Nan's mind.
What Dong Xun was doing now was retracing Rolensia's path—if he could survive, that is.
Gu Nan formed a jet black dagger in his hand and handed it to Dong Xun.
Dong Xun subconsciously reached for it, but the dagger gently floated up and instantly plunged into his heart.
This sudden development didn't change Dong Xun's expression, as if he could no longer feel pain.
But after the jet black dagger sank into Dong Xun's body, the wound on his chest actually healed up as if nothing had happened.
"I have high hopes for you." Gu Nan smiled at him.
Dong Xun smiled back, still looking simpleminded and foolish. Only those who knew the human heart best could see the brutality deep in his bones.
"Go. Your journey starts here."
...
Time passed by one day at a time, and the rumors that were so rampant in the Myriad Heavens were slowly forgotten or replaced by new topics.
In the blink of an eye, another two years passed, and Gu Nan launched several successive invasions against other small planes, brazenly waging Divine Kingdom Wars.
According to the compiled statistics, Gu Nan already "visited" over ten small astral worlds during this time. Among them, Jin Lin World was the worst off, having already suffered four devastating blows.
Compared to the hundreds of years it took the astral world to develop, being bullied four times over a span of two years was definitely a tragic number.
And the reason there was no fifth time wasn't because Gu Nan was merciful. Rather, Classmate Jin Lin finally couldn't stand such torture anymore and resolutely abandoned his astral world.
Perhaps for him, being a rogue Star Ruler again was still better than being raised like a pig and harvested at Gu Nan's leisure.
Gu Nan also ignored him. He couldn't gain anything from killing Star Rulers, so it was better to just develop his own Divine Kingdom properly.
Plus, after two years, Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom construction also reached another stage.
Divine Kingdom Wars and the Crescent Moon World dungeon gave Gu Nan too many profits.
After two years of accumulation, the outside of the Evil God Temple was now accompanied by nearly ten structures of various colors.
All of them were Divine Servant Institutes.
Divine Servant Institutes were the Divine Kingdom's barracks. The diversity of troop types was the guarantee of victory in Divine Kingdom Wars. There was no way to cut down on such expenditures.
Not only did Gu Nan build a large number of Divine Servant Institutes, but he also constructed important structures that had to be skipped back when there was no money.
On this day, under the watchful eyes of an increasing number of apostles in the Divine Kingdom, the Evil God Temple violently expanded outwards as a strange aura emerged from the depths of the souls of everyone present.
Apostles like Lan Si and Shana, who already reached Tier 4, only felt that something was weighing down on their hearts, giving them a heavy feeling.
"Tier 7." Gu Nan sat atop the throne inside the Evil God Temple and slowly opened his eyes, but there was a deathly stillness in his gaze.
It was as if he was an aloof and distant god, gazing down indifferently at everything on earth.
After two years of accumulation, Gu Nan finally took that crucial step to advance to Tier 7.
In reality, he reached the required thresholds in terms of Evil Value, points, and structures a long time ago, but he'd been holding back on leveling up until now.
This was naturally because it was much easier for outsiders to discover the locations of powerful astral worlds, such as a Tier 7 Divine Kingdom.
The Star Rulers Gu Nan humiliated two years ago never gave up their search for Gu Nan's astral world, not even for a moment.
If they couldn't find any clues on it, they could still use the dumb method of manually searching every single plane. The probability of being found increased exponentially every time the Divine Kingdom leveled up.
Gu Nan's mind had always been very clear. He knew that the reason he was world-renowned absolutely wasn't because he was strong, but because he was good at running away.
When he could no longer run away, he either had to endure the losses or have enough strength to deter enemies.
And now, Gu Nan believed that he'd accumulated enough strength.
"My Lord, congratulations on leaving isolated cultivation after a successful breakthrough. Your miraculous skill is unrivaled, and Your Lordship will soon unify the entire Jianghu!"
A voice sounded beside Gu Nan, who turned his head in surprise and saw Shana standing there.
"Where did you learn all this?"
Perhaps because Gu Nan's reaction didn't look very satisfied, Shana couldn't help feeling a little flustered.
"A-A small plane…"
Gu Nan laughed in spite of himself and shook his head. There were many such martial arts style planes in the Myriad Heavens, so he didn't give it much thought.
"It's Nine Swords World, our newly-selected target plane," Yan Xiaoxiao appeared by Shana's side and explained with a light smile.
Immediately after, she continued, "Teacher, after your isolated cultivation this time… I'm afraid the location of the Divine Kingdom can no longer be hidden?"
"Mm, but there's no longer any need to hide." Gu Nan smiled as he checked the panel on his Evil God Temple, where a value was reaching a new high.
Divine Power: 1,050