Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9
The Primordial Heaven Realm.
The Sky Beyond Heaven.
Top of the Grand Divine Palace.
The God of Frost and Chill stood there, overseeing the entire world.
He fell into thought and stood without moving.
Even as time passed, he stood like a statue without muttering even a single word.
The Divinities knew that their new Divine King was contemplating the fate of their entire race.
———-the new Divine King had already declared his intentions to everyone.
To prevent his will from not being passed on after his death, he had even appointed the next Divine King.
In front of every Divinity, the Strength God had vowed that he would follow the path of the God of Frost and Chill, to continue their fight against fate.
And just earlier, something else happened.
The God of Frost and Chill requested the Golden Flame Divinity who came from the future to place the crown on his head during the coronation.
This signified that the Divine King would remember everything that happened in the future and remember all the struggles that the Divine race would go through.
He vowed to change the fated future of the Divine race.
The Golden Flame Divinity very sincerely accepted.
Even if this was only a phantom image of history, the Golden Flame Divinity was being completely serious.
At this point, the Divine race as a whole was unified, the vague thoughts of rejection and personal schemes were all completely gone.
In the minds of all of the Divinities, the Divine King had the absolute support of them all.
Somewhere within the void of space.
「 Why? You know that this was only a phantom image of history, so why did you actually do all of that? 」 the figure of light asked.
「 Because I saw a different future for the Divine race, I have witnessed and inherited the Divine King’s spirit, which I shall bring back to the future 」the Golden Flame Divinity replied.
「 That alone makes everything worth it 」he added.
The figure of light went silent.
「 I will need to leave for a short time 」he said.
「 Where? 」the Golden Flame Divinity asked.
「 During the Age of Old, we have made many preparations, not just against the final arrangements of humanity, but also against a certain secret of the Desolate race 」the figure of light explained.
「 What kind of secret was it? 」
「 It is probably a hidden trump card. Before it is triggered, even I am not sure what it is 」
「 And so? 」
「 And so I will go search for that secret before I return here 」
The Golden Flame Divinity’s expression changed slightly.
During this period of time, the fate of the Divine race had changed, a change that never occurred in history.
「 Why did you decide to do that? 」the Golden Flame Divinity solemnly asked: 「 You are the collective consciousness of the ancient Divinities, why would you give up on searching for the final secret of humanity with me and go somewhere else? 」
The figure of light replied: 「 Once the Divine race obtains a new hope, I will have to seek out that secret, that was the final agreement among the Divinities from the Age of Old 」
「 But how come I’ve never heard anything about that? 」the Golden Flame Divinity couldn’t understand.
「 Because the Divine race has never obtained any hope, so a few things were never triggered in the first place 」the figure of light replied.
「 And you think we do now? 」the Golden Flame Divinity asked.
「 The King of Divinities has never stood at the top of the Grand Divine Palace for several days on end, contemplating the future of our race; the King of Divinities has never wanted to fight against the threat of the Desolate; the King of Divinities has never, even before he was coronated, appointed the next Divine King, in fear that he could die in battle at any moment 」
The figure of light continued: 「 These things have never once occurred in our history, and so I believe that the time has come, I will need to seek out that secret 」
His tone became solemn and dutiful, his figure slowly faded out of sight.
The Golden Flame Divinity stood silently for a long time.
He sighed: 「 Who would’ve thought my arrival here would trigger such a mysterious change in history. Fortunately, this was only a phantom image 」
After a few moments of silence, he couldn’t help but mutter again.
「 Unfortunately, this was only a phantom image 」
…
Gu Qing Shan naturally didn’t know the Divinities’ discussions or perspectives.
He was standing at the top of the palace, staring without blinking at the sky in front of himself like he was contemplating, but he was actually staring at the War God UI.
He silently wondered about the notifications that popped up on the UI.
[Your personal strength had increased, the level of your card had also increased]
[Grey card: Sword Cultivator Gu Qing Shan]
[Grade: Grey MAX level]
[Partner: Angel of Condemnation – Dusk]
[Card deck: Fugitive Deck]
All the notifications suddenly faded.
A line of glowing text appeared below the card.
[You have become a MAX level Grey card]
[Your card: ‘The Injury Deepens’ has obtained the chance to evolve]
A card with a grey background appeared on the UI.
At the center of the card, a Blade was depicted with a gleam that periodically appeared on its edge.
[Ability card: The Injury Deepens]
[When using this card, whenever you deal damage to your opponent, your opponent will receive an extra 3% damage]
[Note: This is a Grey-level passive ability card when you equip this card in battle, its effect will persist until you cancel it]
[As a Grey card, it constantly craves to become stronger, now that the chance has come, would you like to upgrade it to Lapis grade?]
Gu Qing Shan replied: “Upgrade”
The grey card began to spin around itself faster and faster, slowly giving off a lapis-colored light.
When the card stopped spinning, it had completely turned into a Lapis card.
[Ability card: Bleed]
[When using this card, whenever you lacerate your enemy’s body with a sharp weapon, their internal matter and energy——- like blood, metal, mental power, spirit power and anything similar, will slowly drain from their body for a duration of 10 seconds]
[Note: This is a Lapis-level passive ability. As long as you put it on the War God UI, its effect will persist]
A transparent card slot appeared on top of the War God UI.
When Gu Qing Shan silently put this card into the slot, a lapis glow began to give off ripples continuously on the War God UI without stopping for a long time.
At this point, new lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.
[Your first card has become a lapis card. You may now obtain a chance to draw another lapis card through certain shortcuts]
[After finishing your second drawing, your personal card grade will also be increased to Lapis]
Reading that, Gu Qing Shan immediately asked: “System, what are these ‘certain shortcuts’?”
Silence.
The System said nothing.
Gu Qing Shan realized what was going on and spoke with discontent: “Oi, when I had a lot of Soul Points, you answered everything I asked, but now that I don’t have any Soul Points, you don’t even want to respond to me?”
The System continued to remain silent.
Gu Qing Shan helplessly sighed and spoke: “How about this, both you and I will compromise. Put the Soul Points on my tab, when I obtain more Soul Points, I’ll pay you back, I just need you to answer my questions now”
[Considering your recent actions, the System noticed that you are a very good con artist, the System will not be swindled] the System replied.
“…” Gu Qing Shan.
This damn War God System!
Gu Qing Shan scowled and gritted his teeth, annoyed and irritated at the same time.
Without knowing the way, how am I going to upgrade my card grade?
When Little Dusk escaped from her seal, not only did her card grade decrease, her deck was also changed into the Fugitive deck.
The Lapis-grade cards that she used, like the [True Crimson Demon Spear], the battle puppets, [Weapon Prohibition], Scorpion Empress summon——— even at my current level, they are still exceptionally useful cards.
The only card Gu Qing Shan currently had, the passive ability [Bleed], was also quite useful, exceptionally suitable for a sword cultivator.
And these were still only Lapis-grade cards.
The Fugitive deck still has a lot of higher-grade cards.
Which means, after my card grade increased, I will naturally be able to use the other cards of the Fugitive deck!
As he thought of that, Gu Qing Shan was feeling a burning feeling in his chest.
A look of desire was also displayed on his face.
When the Divinities silently observed the Divine King’s expression, all they could say was that his facial expression changes too rapidly.
——-the Divine King must be full of discontent and grief about our race’s current situation.
Yes, that must be it.
Otherwise, why else would the Divine King make such an expression?
——that is indeed our great Divine King!
The Divinities silently praised him in their minds.
Gu Qing Shan was still completely unaware of the changes of the outside world.
He decided to not ask the War God UI anymore and instead carefully recalled what Little Dusk told him from before.
He remembered Little Dusk’s explanation.
“Natural advancement is the slowest, consuming other cards is much faster—– but not every card will do, you need to find cards that have relative suitability to yourself in order for the consumption to work. As for the third way, using a heritage of the Old Gods from the Age of Old will be fastest, but those things usually are secrets wrapped within secrets, they aren’t something you’re going to find randomly”
Gu Qing Shan slowly nodded.
The first method is plausible, as soon as I break through once again, I will be able to draw a new Lapis card.
But now I have a faster method.
Since I’m now the Divine King, it should be quite simple to obtain any heritage left from the Age of Old, considering I’m now in that era.
…Precious things like those should be hidden behind the treasure vault of the Grand Divine Palace that can only be opened with the Divine King Scepter.
Three days later, the coronation ceremony will be officially conducted, I will be able to obtain the Divine King Scepter at that time.
