Chapter 1241: Shadow and Light

The group moved through the shadows, passing by those thin, tall Starborn, who remained completely unaware of them the entire time.

It wasn't until they were deep within the ground fissure that Kadizi smiled and said, "It's hard for ordinary people to spot shadows in intense light. I come and go, and they never notice. But since you are direct descendants of the Divine Star, your power must be similar, which is why you were able to spot me."

"Oh, I see, so that's how it is. Similar power—no wonder I felt a sense of kinship the moment I saw you," Anthony quickly replied.

It was best that it thought this way. No wonder it had revealed itself so easily and invited them over so politely—it actually believed it had been discovered because of similar power? Could it not be that others simply had the ability to detect it?

If it remained this arrogant, it would be very easy to deal with. Anthony loved such "friends" the most.

As they spoke, they reached the deepest part of the fissure. They saw Kadizi, who was walking in front, slowly shrinking into the ground, getting shorter and shorter, until finally, it merged into the ground to form a "shadow."

Immediately after, a shadow emerged from this "shadow." As it emerged, the entire world regained its light and heat; the domain had switched.

Ang and the others were switched out of the domain and immediately felt the temperature. The temperature here was much higher than on the dark side. If the dark side could be kept at around one thousand degrees, then this place was at least fifteen hundred degrees.

One had to know that this was already the deep part of the fissure, where light could not shine directly. If it were outside in the direct light, how high would the temperature be?

Anthony couldn't help but say in the soul network, "This really is a hidden hiding place. The light and heat mask all perception. From other places, one can't see at all that there is a fissure here on the bright side. Its shadow domain can easily avoid the intense light to enter and exit. Even if others knew there was a fissure here, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to search it out while enduring the intense light and high temperature. Hiding here is very safe."

Realizing this, Anthony immediately wanted to notify Yinbi to change the location of the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

"I wonder, Lord Shadow, what instructions you have for inviting us here?" After everyone walked out of the shadow domain, Anthony asked politely.

"Purely out of curiosity. It's too rare to see direct descendants of the Divine Star, so I wanted to understand your situation," Kadizi said.

As it spoke, Kadizi beckoned, and four candle-like Starborn slowly floated in from outside, each holding a small fireball in their hands, presenting them before everyone.

Anthony's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said in the soul network, "This is bad. It's testing us. This should be a form of hospitality, but I don't know if it's for drinking or for washing hands."

This situation was a bit like being a guest at a noble's house; if a maid presented a basin of water and you drank it gulp by gulp, then others would know you weren't a noble—that was for washing hands.

What was this small fireball for?

Ang looked at it, reached out, and pinched the fireball. As he squeezed, the fireball instantly expanded, wrapping Ang's body within it, forming a translucent ball of fire.

The surrounding temperature dropped sharply, falling from fifteen hundred degrees back down to around one thousand degrees.

"Uh, so this is a temperature regulator?" Anthony said, stunned.

Those mages at the Star Academy had invented a magical device that "uses ice arrays to regulate temperature," which could keep the indoor temperature in a comfortable range. This small fireball had a similar effect.

Anthony and Negris hurriedly followed suit, pinching the small fireballs in their hands. Having stayed on the dark side for so long, they had already adapted to the temperature there. Without a comparison before, now that there was one, it was indeed more comfortable at around one thousand degrees.

Fortunately, they hadn't eaten it blindly. Who could have guessed that the small fireball was actually for cooling down?

Kadizi also pinched its own small fireball, forming a translucent ball of fire, and then leaned over.

Anthony noticed that it deliberately let its fire ball touch Anthony's fire ball. Because the three of them—Ang and the others—were standing relatively close, as it leaned over like this, the four fire balls connected into one.

"More comfortable, right? It's too hot here; it affects the stability of our forms. Tell me, how were you conceived? Why can your place conceive direct descendants?" Kadizi asked curiously.

Anthony played dumb, saying, "I don't know either. We were already like this after we gained consciousness. If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't even have known we were direct descendants. And you? How were you conceived?"

"Uh, I wasn't conceived. I coexist with the Divine Star. Where there is light, there must be shadow. I am the shadow of the Divine Star," Kadizi said.

"Ah? Coexistence? Then don't you have power as formidable as the Divine Star?" Anthony said, "shocked."

"No, no, how could that be? The Divine Star is the source of all things; I am just a small shadow, far from being comparable to the Divine Star," Kadizi hurriedly explained.

"That is still at the level of the Divine Star. Lord Shadow must be very powerful. It's a pleasure to meet you. Please take care of us in the future," Anthony began to flatter it with polite words.

Kadizi was a bit dizzy from the flattery. While saying "I wouldn't dare," it began to boast about its own strength, completely forgetting its original purpose.

Anthony naturally didn't hold back, setting many traps for it in his words. After tricking out quite a bit of information, Anthony could be certain of one thing: this Kadizi was definitely not the shadow of this Divine Star. If there really were such a thing as a Divine Star shadow, it was more likely the shadow of the Azure Divine Star.

"My lord, what kind of conception method should we make up to fool it?" Anthony asked in the soul network.

Ang shook his head.

"Ah? Can't we make one up? Is it because the difficulty of this form of existence is too high?" Negris asked.

Ang nodded. Don't look at how he just drilled into the Divine Star and came out looking like this, as if it were easy; however, the difficulty was equivalent to two Divine Stars colliding.

It was Ang, this source of the Great Unification of Seven Powers, colliding with the Divine Star that produced their form. Ordinary methods could never conceive such direct descendants of a Divine Star.

There was no other way; Anthony had to play dumb, insisting that they had been like this since they were small and were unclear about the reason for their conception.

"Then take me to see the place where you were born. Something key might be hidden there," Kadizi said.

"We can, but we haven't finished all our tasks yet. Once we finish what we need to do, we will take you," Anthony said.

"What do you need to do? How long will it take to finish?" Kadizi asked.

Anthony said, "We need to purchase some supplies and slaves, establish the Chamber of Commerce structure, organize production, and sell the goods we brought."

"Just that?" Kadizi felt it was a bit too simple and was just about to say it would cover it, but Anthony continued, "We also want to pay respects to the Tree God; there are some matters we hope to get its permission for."

(End of chapter)