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ly moved forward, soon finding a tombstone; the place became creepy the moment he laid eyes on it.

Su Ping focused his eyes on the tombstone.
He couldn’t read all the ancient divine characters inscribed, but he recognized one of them, which seemed to be “Heaven.”

The peace orchard suddenly faded when he gazed at the tombstone.
The pink peach blossoms lost their color and became gray; an intense air of death arose from the bottom of the trees and turned into vague ghosts.

The pink blossoms instantly fell and withered on the ground.

Once the flowers fell, Su Ping immediately saw a lot of tombs in the peach orchard, besides the trees that looked like dry bodies.

The place was a graveyard!

Ghosts? Once he looked at the shape of a person that had just been consolidated, Su Ping frowned and summoned the Little Skeleton.

That place was a divine residence anyway.
He wouldn’t dare to be careless, for he had but one life.

The Little Skeleton emitted a powerful aura like the king of the dead the moment it appeared.
Crimson light surfaced in its eyes as it coldly looked down at the ghosts.

Still, the ghosts didn’t seem to be fazed by this, and continued to surround them.

Su Ping circulated his astral power, ready for battle.

But exactly at this moment, a feeble voice came from far away.
“What year is it?”

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The voice was uttered telepathically into Su Ping’s head; he was able to understand the meaning it meant to convey.

He was stunned for a moment, but then looked at a ghost who looked like a hunched old man.
The voice originated from him.

What made Su Ping become solemn was that the old man was standing there like an indestructible mountain that could block anything!

“This is Year 5694, Seventh Eon of the Federal Calendar!” said Su Ping.

He had obtained the information via the Lord Badge back on Rhea.
It was also the universal way of counting years for human beings.

“Federal Calendar… What’s that? Is the Twilight Deity King still alive?” asked the old man via telepathy again.

Su Ping was confused.
“Twilight Deity King? Is he the master of this place?”

“That is correct.”

“Well, I don’t think so.
This divine residence was already abandoned long ago.
I heard that it surfaced from deep space because some barriers loosened.
This place has nothing but ruins,” said Su Ping truthfully.
Since the ghosts were willing to communicate, he preferred to avoid wasting his astral power to fight them.

“Abandoned?”

The ghosts around him seemed to tremble in shock after his response.

Aura of death rippled on the old man, as if feeling greatly disturbed.
It wasn’t until a moment later that he finally calmed down and said, “So, you’re an intruder that’s here for treasures?”

Intruder?

Su Ping found the word aggressive and had a bad feeling about it.
He quickly said, “I’m not an intruder, and I didn’t come here for any malicious purposes.
Allow me to apologize if I disrupted your rest.”

“I see refined divine power in you, and you’re also a human.
Don’t worry; we won’t give you a hard time,” said the old man.

His voice carried the tone of death, but he sounded gentle and caring.
“Human beings should be united now that we’re on the decline.
We mustn’t fight amongst ourselves.
Now that you’ve come here, it is your fate to inherit whatever legacies the Twilight Deity King left behind.
It will be great if another Deity King emerges and leads the rise of humankind!”

Su Ping was a lot more relaxed to find that he wasn’t malicious.
He asked curiously, “Human beings are declining? Right now, we’re the strongest species in the universe; we’ve colonized countless planets and turned beasts, ghosts and aliens into pets.
We’re not as weak as we used to be.”

“The strongest species in the universe?”

Not just the old man, the other ghosts were obviously stirred, too.
They didn’t know what “universe” meant, but they understood that it was the greatest world through their telepathic communication.

“The strongest species” was easier to understand. Did human beings already become the strongest species?

“Are—Are you serious?” The old man rippled and spoke in a trembling voice.

Su Ping was stunned.
“Yes.”

That was what he had learned from the Lord Badge.

Humankind was the dominating race of the whole universe at the moment!

“I didn’t know that the day would really come…”

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“Finally, the long-awaited age of prosperity has arrived…”

“Our sacrifice was not in vain!”

“The Twilight Deity King is gone.
He must have blocked the Heavenly Pit by sacrificing his life in the end.
He exchanged himself for this age of prosperity.
Haha…”

All the ghosts trembled violently at that moment.
Some were letting out creepy noises that sounded both like sobs and laughter, but what they said was quite touching.

Some were also laughing madly as if they would have lost their minds.

“Human beings are no longer as insignificant as ants.
We don’t have to look up to other species anymore.
Hahaha…”

The old man laughed and then wiped his tears; although he didn’t have any, being a spectre.
He was simply doing it unconsciously.

Su Ping was shocked by their reactions.
He could deeply feel the excited atmosphere amongst them.

Learning about the age of prosperity is this shocking?

After regaining control of himself, the old man thanked Su Ping, “Thank you.
Thank you for bringing such good news to us…”

The other ghosts also offered their thanks.

Su Ping was overwhelmed; he had expected a fierce battle, not a joyful celebration.

“I didn’t expect that I could get to see the age of prosperity in the future.
We can die without regrets!”

“Yes, no more regrets!”

“Our lives were worth it!”

All the ghosts declared in excitement.

“This is the Divine Peach Orchard where the Twilight Deity King buried us.
Unfortunately, all the peach trees withered over the years while nurturing our souls.
We’ll soon be gone and enter the Otherworld,” said the old man to Su Ping.

Su Ping then realized what had happened to the dry and blackened trees.

“Senior, do you know how I can leave this place?” asked Su Ping courteously.

“That’s easy.” The old man raised his hand and waved.
Then, a crack appeared, showing the divine residence outside.
He looked at the magnificent divine residence with affection in his eyes.
“Given our ghostly nature, we dare not taint the Deity King’s place of rest.
You can get out through this passage.”

Su Ping then relaxed and quickly thanked him.

“Now that you’re here, the Twilight Deity King must be truly gone, but his divine residence still stands.
I know where his treasury is.
You can go there and see if there are any treasures that haven’t been worn out by time yet.
You would be doing those marvelous items a favor if you can make them glow again.” The old man heaved a sigh.

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