Nine days later, there was a sudden outburst of endless vital energy from Austin's body.
His black hair began fluttering due to the power that accompanied the explosion. It was as if he were
facing a storm.
Then law chains fell from the void and tied up Austin on the spot.
Slowly, the vital energy began dissolving into the law chains and producing the aura of the pill.
The aura of the pill completely engulfed Austin after a while.
Two hours later, the surging aura around him began shrinking down at a rapid rate.
It finally took the shape of a divine pill and was then suspended in the void.
No trace of Austin was visible. Where he used to be, a divine pill was floating around.
"That's amazing. Master, I have really turned into a magic pill."
Austin's voice emanated from inside the pill.
"Yes, and the pill you have turned into is extremely rare. In fact, it is the most valuable one ever made
in the entire Sea of Chaos.
Even a governing god would see an impossible increase in his strength if he were to get his hands on
it.
But back to you though... You can enter the pot now.
However, keep in mind that this is equivalent to the process of rebirth. You must stay awake. If you fall
asleep or lose consciousness, you might be turned into an actual divine pill. When that happens, even I
won't be able to save you,"
the statue reminded him.
"I got it, master,"
Austin replied.
As if it were alive, which it was, the divine pill Austin had turned into flew towards the pill-refining pot,
which was already ablaze with a strange kind of fire.
"This fire is astounding!"
As soon as he entered the pot, Austin felt the billowing flames engulf him completely and immediately
and a blast of unbearable heat hit him. The fire was strong enough to cause him pain.
The fire was abnormally hot. It was worse than anything Austin had ever come across and he had a
feeling that the divine pill he had turned into was about to melt.
That was precisely what happened. Several waves of tremendous pain washed over Austin. He felt like
he were a ghost who was now being tortured in the depths of hellfire.
He held on with immense will for a while, and finally melted into a puddle. The pain was increasing
every moment and he finally couldn't keep it in any longer.
"Argh..."
he roared in anguish.
The fire was so horrible that even he couldn't stand the pain that its flames inflicted. And it never went
away. The pain was there the whole time.
An hour later, the liquid once again turned into a pill.
But that wasn't it. The process had to be repeated several times over. With equally searing blasts of
pain, Austin turned into a puddle once again and was then again re-made into a pill.
His body was being refined constantly. Every time it melted, it was refined, and the process had to be
repeated hundreds of times.
No one knew just how much pain he suffered during the process.
Even his spiritual soul also went through great pain.
The fire in the pot had come into existence when the Sea of Chaos was created. Its power had grown
to a terrifying level now and it kept on burning Austin's spiritual soul. He could feel the fire trying to burn
up his mind.
That was the main reason he had to stay conscious the whole time.
Fortunately, his spiritual soul had long fused with the spiritual tree, the spiritual heart, the spiritual
dragon, and the Chaotic Ice Lotus. This allowed it to remain intact, even though it was under incredible
pressure.
Time passed slowly.
Austin finally began to get used to the process.
At the same time, things outside were going exactly as he had left them.
The members of the alliance were carrying out their missions in the Sea of Chaos without hiding their
whereabouts.
The semi-governing gods of the six super forces hadn't shown their faces after their terrible defeat in
the Tribulation Universe Community.
They were genuinely scared of Austin now.
They had come to realize that the man was a formidable opponent and they could not win the fight.
Their enemy was much stronger than most semi-governing gods.
Therefore, they didn't dare to mess with him.
The six super forces also kept silent after hearing about the semi-governing gods' defeat.
For a few weeks, nothing significant happened in the Sea of Chaos.
The creatures and the worlds began thriving in peace.
But one day, it was all disturbed.
Out of nowhere, a hundreds of millions of feet tall figure appeared outside the Ice Palace, which was
currently the headquarters of the alliance.
He was emitting black lights from all over his body which was shrouded in evil energy.
As soon as the figure showed up, an overwhelming energy wave swept out and enveloped millions of
miles of the void.
Everything within that radius stopped working, including time, space, laws of nature etc.
Even the flow of energy stopped.
It was all there, and it was dead-silent and still.
It was as if the void had been turned into a painting on a mantel piece.
Whoever happened to be passing by that area suddenly found himself unable to move a single inch.
"They are not here. It looks like Austin and the twelve animals are gone. I think they are hiding in the
Fallen Divine Valley,"
the figure emotionlessly remarked.
"Alright then, I think I'll go to the Fallen Divine Valley now.
I will figure out who runs this mysterious forbidden place," the figure murmured to himself.
Then he turned around, took a stride, and disappeared.
But his departure wasn't enough for things to go back to normal.
In fact, it took a long while before everyone regained their freedom.
Time and space returned to their normal state only after a few days.
Those who had been rendered immobile finally found themselves able to move.
"Good Lord! That was a governing god!"
one of the masters exclaimed.
Only a governing god possessed such terrifying strength.
"He was here for Austin!"
"The governing gods of the six super forces are finally going to settle their accounts with Austin
themselves!"
Hundreds of creatures who had witnessed the arrival and departure of the figure began discussing
animatedly among themselves.
Behind their back, just moments after the figure had left, the space outside the Fallen Divine Valley
shook slightly.
Then the figure was suddenly there.
It had arrived here in the blink of an eye.
"Right then... Here we are.
My friends, show yourselves.
Let's work together and explore the Fallen Divine Valley,"
the figure said in an emotionless but authoritative tone.
As he spoke, the void nearby began to shake, and a strong mist rolled in. Streaks of black thunderbolts
began to fall.
"Ha-ha! I hadn't expected that a day would come when we would gather together again."
"Frankly, it's a bit embarrassing that we have showed up in the Sea of Chaos just because of a single,
young man.
He'd better be one hell of a cultivator!"
"Hmm. Time flies, even for us. We are old now.
Now, it's time for the young to shine."
Another five incredibly powerful figures walked out of the mist slowly.
Each of them was a governing god.
These six governing gods were from the six super forces, and they were here for one sole purpose:
Austin.
In order to deal with this nuisance once and for all, they had decided to take action at the same time.
"Atticus, Ronnie has not been seen for a while.
What has he been doing?"
a governing god asked.
"Beats me...
Ronnie is a discreet fellow, and he does not let others know what he is doing.
He is the boss now. I'd rather save my own skin than risk prying into his business,"
another governing god sighed.
"Are you really willing to take orders from Ronnie?
He used to be just one of your men, but now he outranks you,"
the third governing god chimed in.
"So what?
I know that he is getting increasingly mysterious every day. I can't read his mind, and I can't defeat him.
I think it will be best if I turn a blind eye to his business and avoid provoking him,"
Atticus replied.
"Forget all that. Let's break into the Fallen Divine Valley and find out where that Austin guy is hiding,"
the fourth governing god cut in sharply.
Austin's reckoning was nigh.
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