The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

Huh? Really?

Miss Bones' smile became stiff.

"Report, boss!" Miss Bones raised her hands high, "I can't beat it!"

An Su's pupils flickered slightly as he observed Bone's condition from the inside out; after combining the shell of the Dawn Saintess and fusing with the true soul of the demigod Bone, followed by consuming both Cersei's physical form and the projection of the saint's bones, the Morning Star Saintess's rank reached the pinnacle of the fifth tier, touching the boundary of a demigod.

If An Su were to fuse his consciousness into the Morning Star...

He channeled his consciousness through his right eye, manifesting within the shell of the Morning Star, and in that moment, endless power and authority flowed into His pupil. An Su's left eye could see the turbulent rapids of the River of Life, his right saw the endless brilliance of myriad stars. The mysteries of the cosmos and the structure of life were crystal clear in His heart, fully revealed.

—Only then could He reach the level of a demigod.

Of course, the precondition was that it had to be within the world of Nether; the Morning Star Saintess couldn't travel to the present world at this time.

Even with so many buffs stacked, she was still no match for Merlin.

He had to be prepared to survive that crisis... one that even the Magic God Merlin couldn't stop, and win even more.

If possible, he wouldn't mind saving a few extra people along the way.

As the time drew near, An Su felt a pressing tension within, the major event of the 'Imperial Capital's Fall' from the original world line was approaching, but until now, there had been no signs or predictions. Undercover in the Esoteric Sect for many days now, there had been no response from that quarter, and even the Chaotic Cultists didn't know how Farol had fallen; it remained a mystery.

He could actually run away to the borders right now, but avoiding high difficulty has never been the style of a speedrunner.

So, when Luojia invited her to explore the Second Chaotic Kingdom, he declined because now was not the time.

An Su looked up with the Magic Eye of the Azure Saintess, gazing at the starry sky, subconsciously searching for that Nether World... Its celestial coordinates were 000 002 129, very close to the current world.

Mortals should not pry into the starry sky, lest they receive the contamination of Outer Gods.

The priests of the Celestial Church who wish to discover new stars—new Nether Worlds, must catch the specially made Celestial Telescope, which can resist most contamination. With all the Nether Worlds close to the current world marked and fully explored, registered in the records, to find more stars, one must use a demigod-level telescope.

This is a very important task, to discover the unknown stars quickly is to occupy them before the Esoteric Sect Followers do. Exploration of the universe is essentially an arms race.

Peering at the stars with the naked eye, the Magic Eye of the Azure Saintess could achieve such a terrifying extent.

Yet, to An Su's surprise, in the vast and cold starry sky, at that coordinate, there were no stars to be seen.

Where had that world gone... In the cold universe, no stars responded to An Su's gaze.

Was Miss Luojia's information wrong? Was that so-called Revelations just a sham book meant to deceive, authored by charlatans?

An Su furrowed his brow slightly; he found a faintly dim and unfamiliar star at position (000 002 121), not yet chronicled by the Astro Church.

—

At this very moment,

In the vast Heaven, atop the staircase of myriad ranks, those pure white eyes were also gazing at the stars, closer to them as if within reach.

"Ascend from the earth, descend from heaven..." He recited softly from "Revelations," which was also the original text of "Emerald Record," "Thus, attain the glory of the world."

"It seems my endless term of office... is about to end," he said, his lips curling into a serene smile.

"Your Majesty—"

And from the shadows beneath the staircase came a calm voice,

"It's time to delay your retirement."

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