Chapter 144. The Grand Finale: Obtaining...
Lin Xiaoxiao's gaze passed through the doorway and met that of Raphael, who sat on his throne a long distance behind the door.
One gaze was vibrant and sharp; the other was all-seeing and indifferent. When they met, it was as if they created an invisible spark.
She turned and reached out her hand towards a spot not far away: "Weizhi, let's go in together."
Xiao Weizhi stared intently at Lin Xiaoxiao's face, which shone with a hint of holy light. He suppressed his emotions and silently made a decision in his heart: as long as she agreed, he would stay by her side forever, until the day he was no longer needed.
He strode forward, took her hand, and smiled gently, "Okay!"
Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi held hands and passed through the portal, arriving directly in the alternate dimension where the Goddess of Fortune had stayed for thousands of years. Then, the portal immediately dissipated on the spot, turning into energy points and disappearing in the wind.
After the two of them entered the alternate dimension, the external tremors became even more intense, and even the land of fallen gods, which had not been affected before, began to tremble noticeably.
Ripples spread across the surface of each energy pool due to the vibrations. As the water sloshed around, it fell into the adjacent pool, instantly creating a violent incompatible reaction and producing many bubbles that only appear when water is boiling.
Raphael sat lazily on the throne, one hand propped up on her cheek and the other on the armrest, her movements extremely casual, showing none of the goddess-like demeanor she had previously displayed.
His tone became very slow, his eyelids drooping as if he were very sleepy, and he raised his hand from the armrest, making a peace sign: "Do you remember? My promise to you before, twice."
A purification essence (god-level) transaction that was completed several years ago with Xiao Weizhi to break the bond;
One instance was not long ago, when Raphael voluntarily lent his divine power to help Lin Xiaoxiao temporarily advance to become an unnamed deity to fight against the God of Greed.
Lin Xiaoxiao naturally remembered her promise to the goddess of fortune, Raphael, and had no intention of breaking it. She nodded earnestly, "I remember."
These two words seemed to please Raphael. He slowly opened his eyes, looked directly at Lin Xiaoxiao in front of him, and chuckled: "A smart god, more intelligent than those foolish gods I've encountered before."
Raphael, an ancient deity, had lived for millions of years. Before coming to this planet, he had made deals/agreements with many newly born deities.
However, most of those deities, after being promoted, would renege on their promises.
Or they might mutter nonsense like, "We're all gods, it's better to have more friends than more enemies"...
Ultimately, those newly born deities who broke their promises became the core artifacts in Raphael's Treasury.
Lin Xiaoxiao still maintained the figure she had before becoming a god, so she appeared exceptionally petite standing in front of Raphael, who sat on the throne more than ten meters tall.
With a stern face, she looked up at Raphael, who was as large as a giant, waiting to express His request.
Raphael lazily raised his hand and gently waved his index finger. The core of a planet with many cracks, as if it could shatter into many pieces at any moment, passed through the space below the throne, slowly floated into the air, and stopped between Him and Lin Xiaoxiao.
The core looks remarkably like the moon. Not only have many parts of it turned gray, but it is also trembling irregularly and flashing red light continuously.
What's most special is that the core is connected by many energy chains, and the other end of the chain is Raphael's waist and limbs.
There were even many transparent energy threads that linked to Raphael's soul, forcing him to be connected to this core.
His tone was very calm: "Time is short, so to make a long story short, my first request is: you will take my place in binding the core of this planet that is about to explode."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, just as she was deep in thought.
Quan Zhi's voice echoed in her mind: "Promise Him. As a native deity, your divine power originates from the core of the planet, and you can use your own divine power to repair the planet's core, which is about to shatter."
However, it will take an extremely long time to fully repair it, and until it is repaired, they will be trapped and unable to leave this planet.
Upon hearing Quan Zhi's words, Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes trembled uncontrollably. The confusion that had been hidden in her heart for a long time finally began to clear.
Could this be what Quan Zhi has been planning all along? To cultivate native gods and repair the planet's core.
Only in this way can it be explained why it, unlike the fallen gods of the past, did not leave its divine souls to slumber in various parts of the planet.
Instead, it transformed into an elf, wandering through the City of Divine Favor, the Black Abyss, and the secret realms of various countries, always maintaining a contract with its host.
But there was one thing she couldn't understand: this didn't benefit Quan Zhi at all, so what was its ultimate scheme?
Raphael did not urge Lin Xiaoxiao. He simply waved his finger, treating the planetary core floating in mid-air like a yo-yo, and then pulled it back using chains and threads.
As He moved, the planet's core, which already had many cracks, began to make cracking sounds, and many small fragments fell down.
Seeing that Lin Xiaoxiao hadn't made a move, Quan Zhi urged her in a deep voice, "You need to bind first. The planet's core is about to explode. If it explodes, the entire planet will be turned into a quantum explosion, and this entire star system will be destroyed in the process."
"I will answer any questions you may have later."
Lin Xiaoxiao watched as Rafi played with the planet's core like a yo-yo, and took a deep breath: "Okay, I'll bind."
Raphael showed no surprise. He immediately stopped what he was doing, a 10-degree smile playing on his lips as he looked at Lin Xiaoxiao with his bright eyes: "Very good, deal done."
The moment the words left her lips, two magic circles, gray with a dazzling starlight, appeared out of thin air beneath Lin Xiaoxiao and Raphael's feet. The surrounding white energy clouds were swept into the large and small magic circles by the rising gale.
Before long, a seven-colored divine light emanated from the magic circle, enveloping Lin Xiaoxiao and Raphael.
The goddess of fortune, Raphael, has offered you a [Switch of Teleportation] spell. Do you agree? [Yes/No]
The moment the prompt appeared, Lin Xiaoxiao silently clicked "agree".
The magic circle shone brightly, and a special kind of pressure, carrying a unique rule, suddenly rose up and pressed down on Lin Xiaoxiao and Raphael. They both felt a pain as if their souls were being torn apart.
A moment later, many transparent energy threads, visible only to the gods, were extracted from Raphael's soul and slowly connected to Lin Xiaoxiao's body.
As the strands of energy wrapped around her soul, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a peculiar sense of suffocation, as if some invisible barrier was trapping her in place.
[Congratulations to Lin Xiaoxiao, God of Rules, for binding a Star Core and gaining ownership of the X23-B432-L1321 star system]
Please proceed to the Divine Alliance as soon as possible to complete the registration of your affiliation with the X23-B432-L1321 star system.
Once all the threads were connected, the energy chains binding Raphael automatically shattered into fragments, which then dissipated into energy in the air.
He sat there for a long while before raising his hands, stretching lazily without regard for his image, and slowly rising from his throne, exclaiming, "Finally free from this damned seal, I am free!"
While Lin Xiaoxiao sat in Rafi's daze, she used her special vision linked to her soul to channel all the divine power within her body into the core of the planet that was about to explode.
She exhausted all her divine power to barely stabilize the core that was about to explode, preventing it from flashing red light again.
Once the planet's core stabilized, the surface, which was still shaking and cracking and overflowing with fiery magma, quickly calmed down and the earthquakes ceased.
Lin Xiaoxiao's face turned pale, and her breathing became heavier. The divine power that had just been restored in her body was being absorbed by the core of that planet, which was like a starving ghost. No matter how much she recovered, it would be drained away.
She looked up at Raphael, who had stood up, and asked in a hoarse voice, "The first agreement has been fulfilled. Please state the contents of the second agreement."
Raphael looked down at Lin Xiaoxiao, a white-gold light suddenly emanating from his body. He shrank his body to a height of 1.7 meters and tilted his head slightly with interest as he looked at her: "I've changed my mind. The second agreement will be put on hold for now."
Raphael originally intended to take two-thirds of Lin Xiaoxiao's divine core and trillions of faith power as payment for lending her divine power.
But after watching the battle between the God of Greed and Lin Xiaoxiao, He changed his mind.
A new, marginal god who is honest, intelligent, and aided by the cunning former god of wisdom, will be His best ally when He fights back, once He grows up.
A sudden glint of ambition flashed in Raphael's eyes, a desire to overthrow the Alliance of the Existing Gods, but he quickly suppressed it.
He looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's furrowed brow, as if seeing through her inner worries, and chuckled, "Don't worry, I won't ask for anything you can't do. You're too weak right now to give me what I want."
After speaking, He extended His hand to Lin Xiaoxiao using the etiquette of this planet.
Many thoughts flashed through Lin Xiaoxiao's mind. She stared at Raphael for several seconds, and finally reached out to shake hands with him for three seconds before letting go: "Okay!"
After completing all this, Raphael's gaze swept over Xiao Weizhi, who was standing behind Lin Xiaoxiao, and his tone was very cold: "Since you are Xiao's divine protector, then the original agreement is hereby terminated."
Xiao Weizhi was able to become a God's Protector because of the key given by the goddess of fortune. The condition was that Xiao Weizhi would need to do something for her in the future (Rafi originally intended to use Xiao Weizhi as a backup energy source for escaping the core of the planet).
However, Raphael saw Lin Xiaoxiao's potential and planned to recruit her as reinforcements to attack the alliance in the future, so Xiao Weizhi's agreement became dispensable.
The reason for bringing it up now is out of consideration for Lin Xiaoxiao, the new goddess, and to let it go lightly, which also has a hint of pandering to her.
Upon hearing Raphael's words, Xiao Weizhi bowed at a 75-degree angle, head lowered, and replied in a deep voice, "Thank you."
From the conversation between Xiao Weizhi and Raphael, Lin Xiaoxiao roughly deduced part of the truth of the matter.
I guessed that Xiao Weizhi's opportunity to become a guardian was likely given to him by Raphael.
Regardless of Raphael's initial scheming, it is undeniable that Xiao Weizhi, who became a protector of the gods, provided indispensable assistance on her path to godhood.
She has to accept this favor! But she still needs to consider His attempt to win her over.
Lin Xiaoxiao felt a headache coming on when she thought about the power distribution and lifestyle of the God Alliance that she had seen in the heart of the God of Greed. She didn't really want to confront those gods.
Just as the conversation was coming to an end, a teleportation vortex emitting pink light appeared in the boundless alternate dimension.
A male god, over twenty meters tall, with fair skin, pink hair, adorned with jingling ornaments, and an exaggerated nose ring on his right nostril, emerged from the room, wearing high-tech glasses.
His tone was extremely impatient: "You are the new god born in the X23-B432-L1321 galaxy? Come with me back to the God Alliance to register."
"What a nuisance. This damn star system has been dragging on for thousands of years, wasting my assessment time, and to make matters worse, it ascended to a new god right at the start of my game...blah blah blah..."
Lin Xiaoxiao coldly stared at the alien god in front of her, whose mouth had been like a megaphone, spouting a bunch of nonsense ever since he landed, her right hand slightly clenched into a fist.
Her gaze fell on His heart, neck, and internal organs, her eyes revealing a hidden killing intent as she pondered where to strike to kill Him instantly.
Raphael saw that familiar, fierce gaze, a gaze that overlapped with that of Xiao Mingzhao, Quan Ye, and other newly born deities thousands of years ago when they first met Him.
Thinking of those mad gods who preyed on the weak, they used methods such as sacrifice, self-destruction, and scheming to kill a large number of deities who tried to share this star system.
Raphael's throat moved slightly, and he subconsciously swallowed. It has to be said that the gods of this galaxy are all inherently mad.
He coughed lightly, interrupting the old god's rambling: "Luo Xiang, it's been a long time."
The guiding deity named Luo Xiang, upon hearing someone call His name, irritably pulled off his glasses, his gaze sweeping over Raphael in that instant.
He immediately dropped what he was holding, placed his hands by his sides, bowed respectfully at a 90-degree angle, and said, "Lord Raphael, I did not expect to see you here. Please forgive my rudeness."
Raphael waved his hand dismissively at Luo Xiang: "It's alright. This newly ascended god can't go back to the God Alliance to register his star system and identity information. You can handle it for him here."
Luo Xiang looked very troubled.
As the examiner for the advancement of intelligent planet civilizations, if He did as Raphael requested and failed to bring the new god back, but instead registered him on the spot, He would definitely be punished if the Alliance found out.
But Raphael, who is in front of us, is one of the nine great gods. If we don't listen to His arrangements, we'll likely face repercussions when we get back.
Raphael noticed Luo Xiang's predicament and said calmly, "Is my word hard to understand? Register here, and I'll handle things with the Alliance."
Having received the assurance, Luo Xiang quickly pulled out a machine from the void and collected Lin Xiaoxiao's blood, hair, divine power, and skin tissue.
It took a little over an hour to complete the registration of the new god and register the star system under Lin Xiaoxiao's name.
With this registration, Lin Xiaoxiao essentially has an ID card with the God Alliance. If she wants to go there in the future, she can directly teleport to that star system through the anchor point.
After completing a series of tasks, Raphael and Lin Xiaoxiao exchanged contact information, with Raphael saying, "Let's keep in touch."
He then created a teleportation vortex and left without looking back at this hellish place that had imprisoned him for thousands of years.
Lin Xiaoxiao watched the two gods leave, crossed her arms, and said in her mind through the contract to Quan Zhi, "Let's talk, former God of Wisdom, Mr. Quan Zhi."
A slightly embarrassed voice echoed in her mind: "Okay, but could you please come pick me up? I'm still outside right now, and I'll tell you everything I know."
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September 18, 4424 of the Post-Disaster Calendar: In the X23-B432-L1321 star system, on the intelligent planet S21-L92, after more than four thousand years of battles, protection, scheming, and counterattacks, a new native deity is born.
A month later, the planet was officially renamed [Hope Star], meaning: as long as you persevere, there will eventually be hope.
The calendar was recalculated and officially named: Nirvana Year 1.
The polluted Hope Star has launched a cleanup and reconstruction plan, which is being jointly implemented by the surviving members of the God Generation.
In the very center of every reconstructed country and every major city, there is a blank boundary marker, 20 meters high and 12 meters wide, without any inscriptions.
Inscribed on it with special divine power: "[The achievements of past deities]", which ordinary people cannot see except for gods and the divine era.
Five years of rebirth: the infrastructure on Hope Planet is beginning to take shape, and humanity's home is being restored to its original state;
Driven by the local true god, Lin Xiaoxiao, the Secret Realm Reconstruction Project is underway; Quan Zhi is providing the execution plan and is fully committed to building the new Secret Realm...
Sixteen Years After Nirvana: The Divine Alliance Arrives to Discuss the Construction of the Temple of Faith and the Selection of Agents...
Seventeen years after Nirvana: The terms of cooperation with the Outer Gods have been finalized. Lin Xiaoxiao agrees that they may legally and legitimately recruit followers and consolidate their faith power within the X23-B432-L1321 star system…
Twenty Years of Rebirth: Hope Star's professionals built starships and officially began exploring outer space, expanding their living territory outward from Hope Star as the center...
In Nirvana year t36: the X23-B432-L1321 galaxy was officially named the Nirvana Galaxy.
48 Years After Nirvana: Under the covert influence of deities like Lin Xiaoxiao, the professionals of the Nirvana Galaxy officially entered the battlefield of all races, fighting for the future of their races and seizing resources...
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