In the vast, cold void, Jiang Yan stood quietly.
The last message kept looping in his mind.
"The essence of the abyss is..."
This was the moment he came closest to the truth.
But in the end, even the technological means that the third emperor had placed high hopes on could not escape the abyss's gaze.
Perhaps the third emperor also had a vague premonition, which is why he kept the true nature of the abyss until the very end.
"Faith and death are the only possible salvation."
"Defeat all the pantheons that have gone astray..."
This does coincide with the prophecy of the archangel.
So everything has returned to square one.
A clash of beliefs.
It's just unknown whether those hidden gods have reappeared in the world, and in which plane their chosen successor resides.
They are not as easy to deal with as the natives.
—Except for that unfortunate time-related god, of course.
There is also the thirtieth Abyss Trial.
I initially thought it was just a low-level abyss demon god that had suddenly appeared, but when I used the timeline of Rebirth for the first time, an abyss lord who had never appeared before actually appeared.
Judging from its current strength, even if it gives its all, it still cannot be its match.
We still can't let our guard down.
Jiang Yan couldn't help but sigh. Even though he was getting stronger, he felt even more pressure.
"Holy Lord/Emperor, are you alright?"
The two people who had been quietly guarding from behind asked with concern.
"It's alright, it's just a bit of a pity, there are still many places we haven't explored."
Jiang Yan smiled and changed the subject, looking down.
The entire fragmented world is heading towards destruction under the dual impact of unknown forces and the remaining divine power of the third emperor.
Fortunately, a peculiar barrier contained the power of the explosion, preventing it from affecting the surrounding area.
"It's alright, Holy Lord. The previous Holy Lord of Light also left behind many relics, so there should be even greater gains," Analia comforted her.
"That's not easy," Jiang Yan shook his head slightly.
High-level fragments of the sealed world can generally only be obtained in the Abyss Trials or the True Abyss Battlefield. It is extremely difficult to obtain relics related to the Holy Light pantheon.
"Don't worry, Holy Lord, destiny will guide them closer to you."
"Fate... this kind of power doesn't belong to the Holy Light pantheon, does it?" Jiang Yan suddenly pondered.
This wasn't the first time he'd heard the word; it seemed Heaven was quite enthusiastic about this kind of power.
However, after mastering the Law of Holy Light, he clearly sensed that the Seed of Law he had condensed did not contain this law. Instead, the Divine Art: Three Lives contained a portion of the power of destiny.
“That’s right, Holy Lord.”
Analia explained, "In the earliest times, fate was also a powerful pantheon. This power was very troublesome and always liked to hide in the shadows and secretly plot against others."
"Therefore, in order to prevent this power from going astray, Her Majesty Tinas personally took over this divine position."
"Uh... they can lend out divine positions? Would they even agree to that?"
“Of course, the Holy Light created all things, and it is their honor to contribute to the Holy Light,” Analia replied as always.
"Specifically?"
"Her Majesty Tinas has purified all the heretics who were unwilling to accept the goodwill of the Holy Light; this is the arrangement of fate."
It truly lives up to its heavenly style.
Jiang Yan was speechless, but when he turned around, he saw Xina standing silently to the side.
—Something's not right. These two, who usually don't get along, haven't exchanged a single word this time.
Seemingly sensing Jiang Yan's gaze, Xina spoke somewhat shyly:
"As far as I know, the corpses of these gods of fate were later taken away by our Netherworld. But this was also the arrangement of fate. I suppose they, as gods of fate, should have been quite willing to accept it."
Good heavens!
One is trying to seize a divine position, the other is trying to kidnap a person—what kind of banditry is this!
No wonder Holy Light-type and Undead-type life forms rank first and second on the list of the most unpopular life forms in all the realms.
A sudden sense of unease flashed through Jiang Yan's mind, and he asked:
Do we have allies from other pantheons?
“Those deserters do not deserve the favor of the Holy Light,” Annalia said without hesitation.
Jiang Yanxin felt a chill run down her spine and turned to look at Xina.
Although the necromancer faction doesn't have a good reputation, at least the undead world doesn't fight over faiths, so there's no direct conflict with them. What if...?
"The Dragon God may have a good relationship with the Netherworld."
After a moment's thought, Sheena's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said excitedly, "I remember reading in history books that the Dragon God generously gifted 60,000 dragon corpses to the Underworld for research. I suppose only someone with a very close relationship would be willing to do that."
It's over.
My heart sank as well.
Jiang Yan thought of what the third emperor had said.
"Defeat all the pantheons that have gone astray."
It turns out that "all" really refers to all pantheons.
Jiang Yan suddenly felt a headache coming on.
The abyss, ancient gods, competitors from other star systems, and the unknown entities that led to the Federation's defeat in the previous life...
Why does it feel like the whole world is against us?
"Let's go back."
Jiang Yan sighed, losing interest in speaking, and took out a compass from his storage space.
At this point, half of the compass had completely dimmed, with only the returning coordinates flickering weakly with a few scattered lights.
After retrieving the two players' tokens and Angel's Heart.
Jiang Yan checked the count again using his divine sense.
4000 angels and Anna.
Sheena and three undead high-ranking gods who were of no use.
Yes, not one is missing.
After completing the inspection, Jiang Yan raised his hand and injected a stream of divine power into the compass, then soared into the sky and disappeared from the spot.
a long time.
One by one, charred, cracked bones appeared in the void along with a pile of cosmic debris.
Suddenly, one of them moved almost imperceptibly.
I tried moving it again.
Once it realized that nothing was wrong, it arrogantly flew out of the garbage heap.
Then, as if drawn together, hundreds of bones moved at the same time, gathered together, and pieced together a humanoid skeleton.
Pieces of black rags flew out from the nooks and crannies, were sewn together to form a black cloak, and draped over the skeleton.
Crimson flames ignited from his eye sockets.
A slightly relieved voice came from behind.
"That damned will of the era! It got angry after only two attempts at playing tricks on me. Luckily, I played dead quickly. I wonder if the Emperor is getting impatient..."
Huh, where did everyone go?
Death scanned the empty void, as if remembering something, and suddenly his expression changed drastically.
Oh no!
He was just chased by 17 high-ranking demon gods and got so angry that he couldn't help but release part of the seal and kill one of them instantly. Then he was targeted by the will of the era.
In order to avoid being banished back to the Netherworld, he had no choice but to fully utilize his feigned death skill.
—This comes with a side effect.
When the ability to feign death is taken to its extreme, all beings in the world will forget him, and he will only be remembered when the ability is weakened or dispelled.
The Emperor and the others had clearly forgotten about him.
He reached out and summoned the sickle, sensing its movement briefly.
This place is about a hundred spatial layers away from the original world.
"Fortunately, there are no forces from other realms suppressing the rules here."
Death gave a bitter laugh, cleaved through several spatial layers with his scythe, and vanished from the spot.
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