"Are you really determined to go to the Ninth Valley?" The True God suddenly spoke when Yuan and Lev prepared to depart.
"That’s right. Why? You wanna come with us?" Yuan asked.
The True God fell silent for a moment before nodding, "I still have questions that need to be answered, so I’ll follow you for a bit. I also want to see if the situation in the Ninth Valley has gotten any better or worse."
"If you want to follow us, go ahead," said Yuan.
"By the way, do you have a name?"
"You can call me Duk."
"Duck, huh," Yuan repeated, unaware that he’d misheard the name. Yet, he wasn’t corrected.
They started making their way towards the Ninth Valley together shortly after.
Over the next several days, they sensed the presence of multiple True Gods. However, most of them didn’t even bother approaching, and those who did suddenly turned back halfway for some reason.
"Thanks for sending them away, Senior." Lev suddenly said to Duk.
"What?" However, Duk wore a puzzled look on his face before calmly responding, "I didn’t do anything."
"Then why did those True Gods turn around midway?"
Duk turned to look at Yuan and replied, "Probably because of the unfathomable aura he exudes when they get too close."
"What?" Lev shifted his gaze to Yuan. "I haven’t sensed anything unusual from him, though."
"So you cannot sense that crazy aura, huh?" Duk muttered, sounding like he had just acquired new information.
This was the main reason he had decided to follow Yuan. He wanted to learn more about Eternal Essence. Yet even with his vast experience, he found himself unable to comprehend it, almost as if it were something he was never meant to understand.
As for the other True Gods, although they couldn’t understand what they sensed from Yuan, their instincts screamed at them to retreat, and so they did.
About a month later, a True God who didn’t fear Yuan’s Eternal Essence went to block his path.
"It’s a Forsaken," Duk warned Yuan. "I doubt you’ll need any help, but if you do..."
"Thanks for the offer, but I’ll be fine."
Yuan approached the Forsaken with a calm expression.
However, instead of attacking, the Forsaken questioned with a frown on his face, "A mere first-level False God? How did you acquire that power?"
"What power are you referring to?" Yuan asked, pretending not to know what the Forsaken was talking about.
"Don’t act dumb! That aura surrounding you... That’s the Demon God’s powers!" The Forsaken roared.
"What?"
Not just Duk, but even Yuan was surprised by the Forsaken’s claims.
"The Demon God? What the hell are you talking about?"
Rather than Yuan, it was Duk who stepped forward and questioned.

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