"Ten Star Dungeon at Prophecy Province? Isn't that region under the control of the Prophecy Clan?, Jun Xiao asked, perplexed.
"It is. I received their request for help, and I was planning on sending your junior brother Ming there as he has also reached rank 9.
But since you have also reached Rank 9 too, then go and explore it and also let the prophecy clan owe us a favor in return for clearing the dungeon for them," Abbot Kun Le replied.
"Why did the dungeon suddenly appear now?
Wasn't the last Nine Star Dungeon discovered just last year?"Jun Xiao asked, surprised by this turn of events.
Abott Kun Le, looking at the projection on the screen, replied.
"Nothing is known yet.
That old gezzer Divine Seer from the Prophecy Clan is trying to divine the reason, but it seems he wasn't able to get any results.
That is why they are asking for help, as they cannot deal with Nine Stars Dungeon yet."
Everyone on Earth Star knew that although the Prophecy Clan was also among the top three clans of the world, their combat power was the weakest. The only thing they were good at was divination.
Thus, whenever any high-ranking warrior wanted to raid a dungeon, they would go to the Prophecy Clan for a divination.
As such, although the Prophecy Clan had low combat power, few would dare mess with them, as the majority of the high-ranking warriors owed them a favor.
Unless one had a bone to pick with them, no one would want to mess with them.
"Having the prophecy clan owe us a favor is a good thing," Jun Xiao thought.
"Did you send any scouts for information about the environment inside the dungeon?" asked Jun Xiao.
"We sent Beta Team as soon as we received the call for help, but ever since the Beta Team went inside, we haven't received much response from them.
All we know is that a dragon-like being might be trapped inside the dungeon," said Abott Kun Le.
"Dragon Like Being?, Are dragons coming out too now? The last ancient beast that awoke was the legendary Xuanwu, and it has been wrecking havoc at the East Sea, barely being kept in check by us.
How the hell will you be able to fight the legendary dragons if they come out too?" asked Jun Xiao worriedly.
"The scouts have just reported seeing Dragon like being yet, so we can't confirm, but even if it is, we can just kill them, unlike Xuanwu.
We cannot kill Xuanwu due to a secret pact with its ancestors, but that's not the case with ragons, replied Abott Kun Le.
"Why can't we kill Xuanwu? Jun Xiao asked, puzzled.
"According to ancient records, when Pangu started creating the world, the Xuanwu, the Vermillion Bird, the Azure Dragon, and the White Tiger came together and helped him shape the world.
Due to their sacrifice, our world was built, and thus they became protectors of our world," Abott Kun Le replied.
"We cannot kill these ancient legendary protectors or else the spirit of their ancestors will wreck havoc and the world will welcome it's end, Kun Le continued.
"Hmm. Then, isn't the Azure Dragon from the Dragon Lineage? How can we kill the dragons then? Won't the spirit of Azure Dragon interfere?" Jun Xiao asked curiously.
"Killing dragons is only possible as mentioned in the records.
The Azure Dragon before its transformation was a normal infant dragon without any powers and was outcast from the Dragon Clan due to his bloodline being inferior.
After it was ousted from the Dragon Clan, it wondered around the universe, and after a miraculous opportunity, it transformed into an Azure Dragon, granting him the authority of nature laws.
After becoming an Azure Dragon, it took revenge against the dragons and nearly wiped them out.
Later on, it disappeared and only appeared to help Pangu." Kun Le replied.
"Hmm. Okay!
I'll go and explore the dungeon while testing out my new powers." Jun Xiao said, bowing to Abott Kun Le and turning around and walking towards the exit.
After the emergence of Dungeons, the world as we knew was destroyed and hidden sects and clans that disappeared in the river of time came out and started establishing themselves during these disastrous times.
They fought against humans and monsters alike and started ocuppying land for themselves. Since, then the world was divided into 3 Clans, 6 Sects and 9 Empires.
The 3 Clans are The Shaolin Temple, The Prophecy Clan and The Monster Clan.
Among the 3 Clans the Shaolin Temple ranks first, the Monster Clan second and the Prophecy Clan third.
Since the emergence of Dungeons a hundred years ago, many powers tried establishing a fourth clan but before they could even establish they were destroyed by unknown power.
No one knows who or how the people establishing the fourth clan were destroyed though there were rumors that it might have been done by the Spirit of the Blue Star in order to balance power.
The Three Clans keep each other in check and protect the Earth star to thrive.
The Six Sects are Archmage Sect, Myriad Beast Sect, Heavenly Demon Sect, Knight Sect, Pill Sect and Divination Sect.
The Archmage sect is a heaven for mages.
It was setup by a Rank 8 Archmage Merlin who rose to fame after killing the Rank 8 Demon Dantalion.
Thus people who aspired to be mages would flock to the Archmage sect.
The Myriad Beast Sect was made up from awakened beasts. Their intelligence is on par with humans.
The Heavenly Demon Sect worshipped the Heavenly Demon Cheon Ma. They had been existing since primordial times. Legend has it that their Ancestor Heavenly Demon Cheon Ma ascended to the Heaven Realm.
The Knight sect is made up by holy knights who worships the Holy God. They are archenemies of Heavenly Demon Sect and have been fighting since primordial times.
The Pill sect is made up of Pill Refiners who worship the Pill God. During ancient times it was said that the Pill God refined an Immortal Pill and then ascended to the Heaven Realm after consuming it.
The Divination sect is a sub division of Prophecy Clan. It was setup by outer clan disciples of Prophecy Clan. Thus they are backed by Prophecy Clan and did minor divinations for the other sects.
The Nine Empires are Fire Empire, Water Empire, Earth Empire, Light Empire, Dark Empire, Space Empire, Wind Empire, Death Empire and the Life Empire.
The Nine Empire each had mastery over their named elements and thus they were feared by the general public. They each had a Rank 7 Expert holding fort as Elders or Ancestors.
Star City, Prophecy Region,
The once bustling Star city was now in ruins due to sudden opening of the Ten Star dungeon.
As Jun Xiao walked on the streets he slowly observed the surroundings and looking at the dipliated structures made his heart heavy.
The Star City before the opening of Dungeon was one of the busiest cities on the entire blue star due to it's trading ports.
It was also the economical backbone for the Prophecy Clan.
Outer clan members of prophecy clan resided in the city and maintained peace.
As Jun Xiao walked ahead, he saw countless people scavenging the now ruined city in order to struck rich.
Soon, Jun Xiao reached his destination.
In the middle of the city, a red black hole was greedily devouring everything in it's surrounding. It didn't matter what it was everything that encountered it's power would be devoured and that was also how people entered dungeons.
Dungeons were ranked from One Star till Ten Star.
One Star to Three Star dungeons were rookie dungeons, i.e. any human being who was Rank 1 or above could clear it.
Above Three Star was the Fourth Star dungeon.
Fourth Star to Six Star dungeons were considered of medium difficultly and people above Rank 4 would usually clear it.
Seven and Eight Star dungeons were considered to be of highest difficulty and only those above Rank 7 would choose to clear it due to the high death rate.
Nine Star Dungeons were rare and only a Martial King or Martial Saint would dare attempt to clear it.
Currently on Earth Star 6 Nine Star Dungeons had appeared and they were already cleared by the Three Great Clans.
As Jun Xiao walked towards the Dungeon Gate, the devouring power suddendly doubled & engulfed him pulling him into the dungeon.