Chu Tian had personally witnessed a four-winged angel torturing the monkey.
Upon his return, he maintained a vigilant attitude towards these bird-like beings.
Moreover, he discovered that the Shattering Star had also vanished.
Fahai had mentioned a powerful demon residing here.
It was highly probable that it referred to the eight-winged bird-person previously discussed by Old Yang and the others.
However, after the great battle with Old Yang and his companions, the eight-winged bird-person and all other angels had disappeared.
Yet, Old Yang stated they had not seen Chu Tian's latest mecha.
The immense Shattering Star mecha had also vanished without a trace.
Chu Tian had scanned the entire Blue Star with his divine soul but found nothing.
His original intention in coming to the Vatican was to discover how these bird-like beings had transitioned from the Void God Realm to the Blue Star.
And also, how they possessed so many ancient legends.
Could these bird-like beings have been born on the Blue Star?
As he followed the narrow passage, turning for who knew how long underground,
He finally reached the end.
At the end, there was a golden light.
It was a massive grand hall.
In the center of the hall, directly facing Chu Tian,
A statue of a twelve-winged angel was emanating light.
On either side of the statue, like subjects, stood two rows of eight-winged angels in parallel formation.
Chu Tian could not distinguish between them, as these angels looked very similar.
But it was presumed that these so-called angels all had their own names.
The strange aura he had previously detected was emanating from one of these eight-winged angels.
This aura was extremely faint and fluctuated subtly.
After a close examination, nothing else peculiar was discovered.
“No need to look. If you had come any later… you probably wouldn’t be able to sense anything!”
Suddenly.
A voice came from the direction of the twelve-winged angel.
Chu Tian immediately went on alert.
He directed his gaze and divine sense towards it but saw nothing.
“Who?”
Chu Tian stared intently at the eyes of the twelve-winged angel statue.
But the statue was just a statue, showing no reaction.
However, in the next second, a tiny figure slowly poked its head out from above the statue's head.
This fellow stretched its arms high, performing a languid stretch.
“Little Baldy…”
Chu Tian’s eyes narrowed. It was Little Fahai.
The reason he squinted was that this guy was completely undetectable by his divine sense.
As powerful as he was, with a scanning range that far exceeded the entire Blue Star,
He still couldn't scan Little Fahai with his divine sense. It seemed… divine sense was not omnipotent after all.
“What are you doing here!” Chu Tian asked in a low voice.
Little Fahai leaped down from the head of the statue, which was over ten meters tall.
He approached Chu Tian and, looking at the eight-winged angel statue that Chu Tian had been focusing on, said.
“The same reason you’re here! Except I arrived a little earlier. The residual aura fluctuations on this thing are getting weaker and weaker!”
“Residual?” Chu Tian seized the key point in his words.
“Yes, to be precise, the statues here are all conduits for these great demons to descend!” Little Fahai nodded.
“Conduits? You mean… these bird-people descend to the Blue Star via the statues? Not their true forms?”
Chu Tian cast his gaze towards the angel statues, questioning incredulously.
“Yes! I killed a small demon earlier. When they are killed, they transform into plaster statues after a period, becoming completely devoid of aura!” Little Fahai had apparently already clashed with the bird-people.
The small demons he referred to were likely two-winged or four-winged angels.
But as he said this, Chu Tian suddenly recalled that in the Antarctic region.
He had also dealt with those few two-winged angels.
After those angels died, their powers would surge towards their heads and then disappear.
At that time, the big black dog had also urged him to quickly pull off their wings.
And then they had enjoyed a good meal.
As a result, Chu Tian's strength had greatly improved.
Could it be that they had eaten plaster?
No… that meaty texture that entered the mouth couldn't have been plaster!
What was going on here?
“Let’s go. I’ve been waiting here for them for several days, and they haven’t returned. Let’s do something else for now!”
Little Fahai said, and then walked towards the exit.
Chu Tian was unsure what to do now.
He cast one last deep look at the twelve-winged angel statue, then turned and followed.
Behind Little Fahai, he gazed deeply at the little monk.
This guy seemed far more complex than he had initially understood!
And he wasn't like the heartless, mindless figure in legends who only knew how to slay demons and eliminate evil.
What was even more unacceptable to Chu Tian was that this guy was actually a giant snake.
Not a human in the first place.
“Did you activate your divine power?” Upon reaching the ground, Little Fahai looked at Chu Tian, his gaze focused on Chu Tian’s brow.
His hidden golden divine spark seemed to be exposed to Little Fahai’s eyes.
Chu Tian pondered for a moment before finally nodding.
“Oh!” Little Fahai responded with an “Oh,” and looked up at the sky.
“This world has truly changed. If divine beings can remain here, is it for us to resist something? Or to be erased entirely? To prevent us from escaping?”
His speculation immediately stirred ripples in Chu Tian’s heart.
To prevent us from escaping?
This sentence sent Chu Tian into deep thought.
Previously, he had unilaterally believed that with the changes in the world.
Those who passed the ascension tribulation were unable to leave the Blue Star.
This was because the place receiving the ascenders from the Blue Star was the Void God Realm itself.
And now the Void God Realm was invading the entire Great Plane.
The laws of this world, in order to protect themselves, were thus keeping all powerful individuals here, to bolster strength for the final decisive battle.
But Little Fahai’s words had completely overturned Chu Tian’s theory. The current phenomenon, in his words, seemed like a conspiracy.
This was something Chu Tian had never considered.
However, upon careful reflection.
If the laws of the Great World knew they were on the verge of destruction.
To preserve the human lineage, they should indeed not lock these individuals here.
Their departure would be the seeds of humanity.
They could seek out suitable environments to re-establish and propagate the human race.
But thinking about it from another perspective.
Perhaps the laws of this Great World believed they still had a chance of winning?
After much thought, Chu Tian felt as if a scale was weighing down his heart.
He desperately wanted to find Dao Tian and ask him.
However, Dao Tian never appeared.
Even though his scanning range was vast, he couldn't even see Little Fahai.
How could he find Dao Tian? Would he really have to wait for the old fellow to find him?
He now had many questions in his heart and longed for someone to help him find the answers.
“Let’s go. For the grand momentum of heaven and earth, we can only go with the flow!” Little Fahai called out to Chu Tian.
“Go where?”
Chu Tian was very lost at the moment.
“Today I sensed a fluctuation from the Underworld. I want to go and see. The only world that can connect with us now is the Underworld!”
Little Fahai said and then soared into the air.
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, but his expression immediately became spirited.