Chapter 145. Extra Chapter 1: From Quan Zhi's Past...

Quan Zhi (Quan Ye), as the former God of Wisdom, was the first being to become a god after the cataclysm of S21-L92 star system in the X23-B432-L1321 star system. He was a genius whose talent was one in a billion.

Why does He receive such high praise?

This is all because, thanks to his clever mind, before he even ascended to godhood, he had already received offers of recruitment from several major powers within the God Alliance.

Even later on, when the Outer Gods united to completely suppress human professionals.

He also relied on his intellect to lead the human race's prodigies, breaking through the blockade step by step, ascending to godhood, slaying and killing foreign gods, and defeating those foreign gods one after another.

If it weren't for the scheme employed by the God Alliance, which first lured two members of the local god team to betray them and secretly destroyed the planetary core of S21-L92;

Then, using the goddess of fortune, Raphael, as bait, he lured in the god of greed, Terroth, and then joined in the attack by a thousand gods. One thing led to another, and everything happened in just ten days, giving Quan Zhi no time to think.

It is highly likely that Quan Zhi will lead the local gods to turn the tide and successfully drive out these foreign gods.

Compared to other gods' passion, righteousness, and desire to protect their families...

Born amidst war and an orphan since childhood, Jeon Ji appears remarkably indifferent and aloof.

He himself had no intention of saving the galaxy. The reason he was willing to do so much later was because of the existence of one person.

During his teenage years, when he was just beginning to experience romantic feelings, he met Xiao Mingzhao, a woman who came to help with disaster relief and had a strong sense of righteousness. He also fell in love with this carefree, always smiling woman who was eleven years older than him and seemed to have no emotional intelligence other than saving the world.

It was precisely because of Xiao Mingzhao's existence that a constraint was placed on Quan Zhi, this rational and cold-hearted madman.

He did not abandon everything and leave when the God Alliance was recruiting him, instead going to the God Alliance to seek better development.

Instead, they stayed on this planet, offering advice and strategies to Xiao Mingzhao and others, helping them gradually achieve godhood, and plotting against the foreign gods.

This was before Xiao Mingzhao and other local gods sacrificed themselves, sealed the God of Greed, and forcibly bound the Goddess of Luck.

Because of an agreement that wasn't really a formal agreement, Quan Zhi chose to forcibly bind himself to this planet that was about to be destroyed.

It was because of this agreement that it lasted year after year.

The agreement stipulated: 'We will do our utmost to save this shattered planet, and in return, Xiao Mingzhao promises him that in the next life, we will travel together across mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas.'

After all the native gods perished, Quan Zhi quickly created many SSS-level super-large secret realms suitable for survival, leading the two-thirds of the surviving humans to move to these secret realms to live.

Then, with lightning speed, they built the City of Divine Favor, separating the divine favored from ordinary professionals and dividing them into designated areas for them to live in.

Furthermore, within the system of the capital of divine favor, a Divine Favor Management Office was established to forcibly manage special professionals such as divine agents and divine favored individuals, and to regulate their conduct...;

Finally, by creating a large number of medium and small-sized monster-themed secret realms within the large-scale secret realms, the following major benefits and a virtuous cycle can be achieved:

①The divine favored gain faith power by managing secret realms, driving most of the divine favored to willingly become slaves, focusing their attention on how to gain faith power, and having no time to bother ordinary professionals.

② Human professionals level up by conquering secret realms, gaining experience, resources, flesh and blood, fur, etc. Resources can also assist those favored by the gods in managing secret realms that they cannot control.

③ By secretly supporting certain forces, a special closed loop is formed, which can not only restrain (the chosen ones, human professionals, and demon beasts), but also balance the forces of all parties, forming a very delicate way of getting along, which is antagonistic yet restrained, and achieves a virtuous cycle of living resources.

It wasn't until Quan Zhi realized that those foreign gods had been monitoring Him all along.

He chose to directly transform his body into the omniscient library built by the Tree of Life through a special forbidden divine technique, and his soul into an elven form, in order to evade surveillance.

In the early stages of development, Quan Zhi selected several suitable gods to assist, intending to follow the old path and make them gods, saviors, to repair and save this galaxy that was about to explode.

Unexpectedly, the abnormal behavior of those divine agents was discovered by the supervising foreign gods. They went all out and joined forces to set up a confinement, setting the price for this star system to become an agent as follows: the sacrifice of a part of the body is required.

Because if one's body is damaged, one cannot normally ascend to become a god.

In the years that followed, it seemed that Quan Zhi was plagued by bad luck, and the gods he supported became worse and worse with each generation:

Some courted death, some were arrogant, some were brain-dead, and some even defected to the enemy... Just as He had been coldly observing for over two thousand years, the galaxy was about to explode and be destroyed.

Lin Xiaoxiao, who became the agent of the Goddess of Fortune, formed a contract with her.

Originally, Quan Zhi intended to do the same as before: not to give any warnings and to coldly watch her court death. However, when it saw Xiao Weizhi's face, which was five parts similar to Xiao Mingzhao's, and sensed the trace of special bloodline in his body, it was inexplicably moved with pity.

On the first day of the binding, he not only rarely spoke to remind Lin Xiaoxiao, but also used special means to send away 90% of the monitors around her late at night.

The remaining ten percent was also lured away by its skill to another place.

In the end, Quan Zhi, who loved her so much that he extended his affection to her, sighed helplessly and comforted himself: "After all, I am bound to her by a trace of her bloodline, a descendant of the same clan."

It was this idea that, many years later, when Lin Xiaoxiao was still weak, allowed it to secretly intercept and divert the attention of most of its enemies, including but not limited to: [New Creation] Nuenluo, [Light Concealment] Atumus, and the [Holy Court] of the American Eagle...

Every time Quan Zhi left Lin Xiaoxiao without her knowledge to quietly handle these matters, he would return and mutter curses under his breath, vowing never to get involved in these messy things again.

But every time she saw Xiao Weizhi's face, she felt awkward and unwilling to stop him...

This is also the fundamental reason why Lin Xiaoxiao did not face off against Nu Enluo and others during her development period.

Every time those gods and their followers return from their busy schedules and want to cause trouble, Quan Zhi will release some resources or information that interest them, causing them to shift their focus and temporarily neglect Lin Xiaoxiao, this weakling.

Fortunately, Lin Xiaoxiao wasn't a fool who thought she was being clever; in many situations, she was willing to listen to advice...

Otherwise, Quan Zhi would definitely try to break the contract between the two, fool her like the foolish Kamishiro before, and send them to be sacrificed to make them useful in the end.

There are three main reasons why the God of Greed did not directly attack Lin Xiaoxiao:

①At that time, He focused most of His attention on Liu Duoxin and Chen Zhuoran, the two chosen ones, always thinking of devouring them, obtaining the power of destiny, and then breaking free from the seal.

② Lin Xiaoxiao always stayed by Xiao Weizhi's side. In the early stages, she was very weak and had a low presence. Her level was also low. Even if she devoured something, she could not replenish much energy.

③ As an agent of the goddess of fortune, Lin Xiaoxiao has the protection of luck bestowed by Raphael, and Quan Zhi secretly helps to divert attention.

Later, Xingyan, Kagome, and others openly and aggressively restrained the enemy's actions; the Dragon Kingdom, on the other hand, focused its efforts on containing other countries and coordinating with their operations...

It was the combination of many factors that allowed Lin Xiaoxiao to grow so smoothly to the peak of demigod status. If she had made any mistakes or taken any less steps, she might have been cut short halfway through.

Rewind time several thousand years:

In a simple room, a man with a red headscarf tied around his forehead was writing rapidly at a table, holding a special pen in one hand and pressing a piece of shimmering paper with the other.

The door to the room was pushed open, and several figures walked in brazenly. One of them, a fierce-looking man with a hoarse, husky voice, asked, "Hey, Boqian, what are you doing?"

The man named Boqian did not turn around or stop writing. He cheerfully replied, "I'm writing my 'last will,' so that if I die, I can leave it as a warning to future generations."

A short-haired woman wearing tight black leather armor crossed her arms and teased softly, "Boqian, your suicide note is like a diary, you update it every day, aren't you tired?"

Boqian tilted his head, showing off his big white teeth: "I'm not tired. I have to write down my heroic battles. If I die, my autobiography will be remembered for generations."

Another man dressed in gray armor quietly stood behind Boqian, trying to peek at what he was writing.

Unexpectedly, Boqian reacted quickly, immediately flipping the paper he was writing on over to reveal a sunny smile, and gently 'warning' (threatening) said, "Tianlue, I've recently taken a liking to making the appearance of my equipment pink when I'm farming for gear."

Upon hearing this, the man named Tian Lue immediately hid to the side, chuckling and raising his hands: "OK, my mistake, I won't look."

'Knock knock knock' Izumi, who had arrived at some unknown time, raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door of the room.

The sudden knocking sound attracted the attention of all the newly ascended deities present.

Quan Ye's voice was very calm: "If you've had enough of this, then get ready to leave. The enemy will be arriving on the battlefield soon, and Xiao's team is already prepared."

"Received, Deputy Captain Quan." (Sounds in unison) *6.

In the ensuing battles, every so often, comrades would perish, either by self-destructing and taking others with them, by sacrificing themselves to seal away enemies, or by being severely injured and falling into a coma...

Every time, it was Quan Ye and Xiao Mingzhao, the two captains and vice-captain, who collected the bodies and prepared the graves; if there wasn't even a body, they would just put the clothes and a tombstone on the body.

Time passed quickly, and the battle reached its climax. The man named Boqian, through a burst of energy, defeated the three foreign gods who were besieging them.

Before his soul dissipated, he leaned against Izumi's chest, coughing up blood while simultaneously transforming into energy, grinning with a row of big white teeth: "Vice Captain Izumi, remember what I did for you, the rest of the way is up to you."

Remember to pass on his 'autobiography' after his death.

Quan, his face cold, held the usually shameless boy in his arms, his fingers gripping his clothes tightly, and replied in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

Not long after he finished speaking, Boqian had already turned into energy specks and disappeared into His embrace.

After the battle, Izumi returned to the group of tombstones that belonged to their group, skillfully found a spot, and dug a pit to place the coffin.

The coffin was an extravagant brick and stone design, prepared by Boqian for himself.

After Quan put the coffin down, he silently put down Boqian's old clothes and hammer weapon. He stared at it for a long time before closing the coffin. It wasn't until Xiao Mingzhao came that he put the tombstone that had been carved earlier on.

As Quan turned to leave, the wind ruffled his clothes, gently brushing against the words on the tombstone: [The God of Craftsmen: The Tomb of Boqian]

...

Decades later, the underground city of Yorband was successfully established, and Izumi personally handed over Boqian's 'autobiography,' a divine book that combined techniques for weapon forging, item making, armor enchanting, and more, to the then-city lord.

Over time, this book has been stolen multiple times.

Every time a book is stolen, even those thicker than bricks, a little less is recovered.

Until one day, he encountered a foolish thief. He failed to steal the book, but managed to steal one of the A5-sized pages, which was covered with writing in divine language.

But he couldn't understand it and thought it was some kind of unparalleled forging manual.

Before his arrest, he used special methods to cut the piece of paper into eight pieces; the central piece was placed directly into a wooden doll with a mechanism; the other twenty-odd pieces were embedded directly into his child's doodles using special methods.

They instructed that these items must be carefully preserved, as they were their family heirlooms.

...

Quan Zhi lay atop the stone tablet in Mona City, noticing the sky beginning to lighten. It abruptly lifted its eyelids, opened its eyes, then covered them with its hands, its voice bitter: "It's been so many years since I've had a dream, how could I suddenly dream of things from before?"

I even dreamt of that cold-hearted woman who, before her sacrifice, made a vague promise to lure it in, causing it to do thousands of years of work in vain.

I also dreamt of Boqian, that shameless brat who was always clinging to it; Duofang, who said she would find three husbands after the battle; and Zhancheng, who was looking for an opportunity to get drunk...

Lin Xiaoxiao's voice appeared in its mind through telepathy: "Quan Zhi, where are you? Lau Evan and the others are here. They said they want to discuss the reconstruction of the secret realm. They're just missing you."

Upon hearing this, Jeon Ji-hye's usually calm face twisted slightly, revealing a pained expression.

What terrible things did it do in its past life to sign a contract with such a thing and even help her advance to the level of a true god?

It was thought that after Lin Xiaoxiao became a god, it had completed its mission and could dissipate into the world in the form of energy, and slumber in the heavens and earth;

Little did she know that her ascension to godhood would mark the beginning of Jeon Ji-hyun's miserable days.

Lin Xiaoxiao first said that there were many things she couldn't handle, and asked Quan Zhi to help her finish them before considering the matter of dissipation...

Just when one problem is finally solved, another one pops up; it doesn't give it much time to think about, treating it like a never-ending ox or horse...

But Lin Xiaoxiao said something that really resonated with Quan Zhi: "Death is not the end, forgetting is."

"There are very few people who remember Senior Xiao Mingzhao's achievements now."

"If you could quantify it, then thousands of years from now, her past efforts would be buried in the unknown river of history..."

The current Quan Zhi no longer has any intention of converting energy. Since Lin Xiaoxiao treats it like a beast of burden, she can't just sit idly by. Let's all work together.

"Quan Zhi? Hey, hey, hey, can you hear me?" Lin Xiaoxiao's urging voice kept ringing out.

Jeon Ji gritted her teeth and forced out the words: "I heard you."

Lin Xiaoxiao said cheerfully, "I'm glad you heard that. Come back soon, we're waiting for you."

Quan Zhi sighed, left the top of the stone tablet, and after flying a few meters, looked tenderly at the name at the very top of the tablet, as if to say: Mingzhao, I'll come back to visit you again in a while.

It's as if through that name, through memories, it lands on that woman who stood on the edge of the canyon, facing the rising sun, hands on hips, laughing heartily.

It remembered clearly that her eyes shone brightly and her tone was very certain: "Izumi, I will turn this broken world back into the prosperous world before the catastrophe."

Mingzhao, if I work hard for a little longer, I'll be able to create the prosperous era you envision...