[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped":3,"chapter-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-228":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Imprisoned for a Trillion Years, I Was Worshipped by All Gods!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1727524,2207,"Chapter228-The Ruins' Past","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-228",228,"\u003Cp>Daniel landed on the ground, looking down at the four god kings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will ask, and you will answer. If your answers satisfy me…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel glanced over the hundred disciples of the Court of Divine King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, these disciples all lowered their heads, not daring to meet Daniel's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel's eyes carried an overwhelming sense of intimidation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could look him in the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scanning the disciples, Daniel continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might spare the lives of these disciples of the Court of Divine King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four god kings remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel wasn't keen on a massacre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning, his only goal was to make them leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they insisted on fighting, he was unafraid to oblige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This ruin, you must have discovered it long ago. What do you know about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We've uncovered some clues about this ruin,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the god king skilled in magic arrays responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Court of Divine King had indeed discovered this ruin a long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they initially deemed it worthless due to the presence of chaotic rules within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exploring the ruin offered no proportional rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until recently that they uncovered evidence of a once-hidden, powerful faction in the Eastern Wastes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a faction called the Life Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its peak, the Life Temple housed several races,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>each with members at the god king rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, despite this diversity, they coexisted harmoniously within the faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These fragments of information left the Court of Divine King astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Court of Divine King itself, while boasting dozens of god kings, consisted entirely of humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their members bore no deep grudges against one another,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>frictions among the disciples of various god kings had begun to emerge over the millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the concept of a multi-racial faction of god kings living in harmony deeply intrigued the Court of Divine King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began to search for more information about the Life Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, they discovered, to their surprise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that the ruins of the Life Temple were located here—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the same ruin they had previously deemed worthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Court of Divine King promptly decided to send four god kings to the site. Explore more at empire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mission was to extract everything the ruins had to offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the destruction of the Life Temple, only fragments of records remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From these fragments, it was inferred that the Life Temple had suffered a catastrophic calamity that led to its complete annihilation in the God Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that disaster, the Life Temple had been conducting some sort of terrifying experiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this experiment that ultimately caused its downfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their preliminary investigations, the Court of Divine King confirmed that the destruction of the Life Temple was likely linked to world ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why the god kings had been seen earlier, carefully probing the spatial turbulence with their mana as Daniel's group arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World ascension!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, world ascension!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel realized that these god kings—especially those from older factions—seemed particularly fascinated by world ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could there be some hidden benefit to it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel couldn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His desire for ascension stemmed from his connection with Big White,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who was the Will of World for Crossbridge World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that they also had a Will of World's child?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel turned to the god king and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you so focused on world ascension?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because… in the God Realm, or among us god kings, there has always been a belief—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that within world ascension lies the method to surpass the god king rank!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden within the process of world ascension was a secret to transcend the god king rank and reach an even higher realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why the older god king factions were so obsessed with world ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every god king aspired to break through and become the true master of the God Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you hear this from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Divine Dynasty! This idea originally came from the Divine Dynasty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel was surprised—it was the Divine Dynasty again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that everything in the God Realm was somehow tied to the Divine Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, the prophecy about the God Realm's calamity had also come from the Divine Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the secret to surpassing the god king rank was also from the Divine Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what Daniel had gathered, the Divine Dynasty had been destroyed tens of millions of years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet its influence lingered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It almost felt like…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everything happening in the God Realm now had been orchestrated by the Divine Dynasty long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Divine Dynasty was still secretly pulling the strings behind all these events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren't you conducting world ascension experiments yourselves? Why search the ruins for clues?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, because not every Mortal Realm is eligible for ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only certain special Mortal Realms have the qualifications for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god king elaborated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among the Mortal Realms governed by the Court of Divine King,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not a single one possesses the qualifications for ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why we've come to the ruins of the Life Temple to search for information about world ascension—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to see if there's a way to turn an ordinary world into a special one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Daniel nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Primordial Divine Spells he had obtained in the book vault,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was clear that the Life Temple had indeed been working on such experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had simply mishandled it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>causing a miniature world to collide with theirs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a once-great faction vanished entirely as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crossbridge World, on the other hand, was already a special world eligible for ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel had learned this from the giant serpent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which had repeatedly emphasized the fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Daniel thought such worlds would be fairly common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Five-Element God King, who had been a god king for less than ten thousand years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was already in charge of a Mortal Realm with the Crossbridge World in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seemed that forces possessing such special Mortal Realms were rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Court of Divine King, a dominant power in the Eastern Wastes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>didn't have a single special Mortal Realm under its control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Crossbridge World's problems were why it ended up under the Five-Element God King's jurisdiction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for a while, Daniel dismissed the thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was all in the past now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crossbridge World was flourishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the secret of world ascension...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he'd deal with it later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, Big White hadn't reached that stage yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel's current focus was simple:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to protect the people around him and safeguard the Crossbridge World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything else…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>could wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god king, realizing he was no match for Daniel, answered every question without hiding anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As promised, Daniel let them go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four god kings took pills to heal themselves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then departed, taking the disciples of the Court of Divine King with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the god kings fully understood that they were no match for Daniel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Daniel hadn't wanted to observe their attacks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they wouldn't even have had the chance to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, they had no intention of contesting the ruins with Daniel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was just a ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to provoke Daniel over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Court of Divine King members departed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the last god king turned to leave,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he looked at Daniel and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, your strength is overwhelming, and we are no match for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, the God Realm will face a calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that calamity, a powerful being like you will be like a candle in the dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your blinding light will attract certain entities… If you're willing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>our Court of Divine King would like to form an alliance with you\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to weather the calamity together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1294,"2026-06-06T15:56:16.255Z",1,"novelbin.me","fdd209564785809c9651e229732505e3387dec61da5408182eb875586469b70a","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-182","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-181",734,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-cover.jpg"]