Glorious God Throne

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Everyone was shocked and felt their hair stand on end. They looked at the black-robed wizard with extreme caution in their eyes. “Kill 99.9% of people in the world? How is that any different from destroying the world? Surely you must be joking?!”

“Time’s up!” The black-robed wizard’s gaze darkened as his deep eyes scanned each person.

Suddenly, the star-like crystal at the top of his staff emitted a hazy black light, showing through actions that he wasn’t joking.

Hum…

Invisible runes rotated and converged in the depths of his eyes. Along with the sudden burst of energy radiating from his staff’s tip, it spread outward like a black curtain.

The sky darkened.

Everyone felt their life force rapidly draining away, as if their souls would leave their bodies at any moment–

Their wide eyes reflected his purple-gray eyes inscribed with runes, about to become the final image of their lives.

At that moment, a small but clear sound rang in everyone’s ears, like a child snapping their fingers, or a clock chiming on the hour.

Everyone felt the lethal crisis enveloping them instantly dissipate, and the surging black light froze in mid-air.

A streak of light shot over from the distance.

Like a violent gale tearing through the black curtain of light covering the sky, it carried sharp winds as it rushed toward everyone without slowing, enveloping both the black-robed wizard and others – clearly an indiscriminate attack that didn’t distinguish friend from foe.

Before Li Fufeng and others could feel relieved about their narrow escape, they had to employ various methods to deal with this indiscriminate attack.

Fortunately, the attacker didn’t seem intent on killing everyone, though it did make these extraordinaries look rather disheveled as they defended themselves.

“Wind!”

With spiritual energy rapidly depleting and personal artifacts activated, Li Fufeng suddenly merged into the violent gale, becoming like one of countless wind blades, weaving through numberless edges. He vaguely heard rolling thunder, as countless lightning bolts struck from the sky, turning his vision pure white.

Within the lightning, there were dragon roars.

Below, the ocean surged with waves, and formless water rose to the sky, transforming into giant sea beasts fighting in the thunder.

Everyone was like leaves in a storm, helplessly “going with the flow” in this tempest of wind, rain, and thunder. All they could do was protect themselves and avoid being caught in the aftermath.

When everything finally settled and people regained their senses, they discovered someone new had appeared in the air not far away.

“Mr. Qi?!”

Wearing a tall crown and Taoist robes, standing atop a massive cloud dragon with hands behind his back, facing off against the black-robed wizard – it was none other than the Heavenly Master Qi Jiu. The illusory cloud dragon made him appear even more ethereal.

Surprisingly, Su Huaijia, who usually followed him like a shadow, wasn’t by his side, making many people feel somewhat uncomfortable.

The power Qi Jiu displayed also shocked everyone.

They had always thought this duo of Heavenly Master and Divine Calculator only possessed support abilities like divination, talisman drawing, and talisman creation.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

But now, after experiencing that intense wave, they just wanted to curse their own blindness. How could this be called just support abilities?

To think a true immortal cultivator had been right beside them all along – they were mentally reeling.

Qi Jiu glanced at them and nodded slightly.

The cloud dragon beneath his feet suddenly dispersed like mist, and he floated down onto the deck, his gaze turning to the black-robed wizard who had been standing calmly in place. “Enough, visitor from another realm.”

“…This isn’t a world where you can act as you please.”

The black-robed wizard quietly looked at him and suddenly asked:

“The power that suppressed my Truth earlier wasn’t yours, was it?”

“That was the order set by the White King,” Qi Jiu replied frankly, without concealment. “Even if you’ve entered the divine realm, you must obey.”

“—Even so-called Truth is no exception.”

“Even Truth is under the White King’s order… How troublesome. To think I’ve stepped into a deity’s divine realm.”

Though saying “troublesome,” the black-robed wizard showed no disappointment or anger. Instead, he seemed like a seeker who had discovered new knowledge. He mumbled. “No wonder I could understand your language and read your written materials the moment I entered this world, communicating smoothly with you in your language. If it’s not because this world is special, then it must be the deity’s realm setting rules for language and text comprehension…”

Language comprehension? The Special Investigation Bureau team suddenly had a revelation.

It seemed that from the beginning, they hadn’t questioned why the Puppet Master and others could speak this world’s language, nor why the inn from another world displayed text in this world’s writing… They had naturally skipped over such doubts. Was that also a rule set by the White King?

—In fact, this was a rule built into the game system. Not only did it provide language translation, but it also made players consider it natural, never questioning why NPCs spoke the world’s language. However, since the system was created by another Bai Yi, it was reasonable to say these were rules he set.

The vest Palmer was still working hard to patch all plot holes, playing his role diligently with another vest to provide setting exposition for others. “If this is a divine realm with rules set by a deity, everything inexplicable makes sense.”

…Did you hear that? Everything inexplicable makes sense – just say the White King set all the inexplicable rules.

“Divine realm? I think you misunderstand,” Qi Jiu showed an amused expression. “The White King merely maintains order, never interfering…”

“No, you’re the one who misunderstands.”

The black-robed wizard showed a mocking smile, his gaze turning to the others who were equally confused and shocked.

“Since you all seem unaware, let me explain: Only one who stands equal to Heaven, wielding authority over the world, can have all powers within the world suppressed under their order, like an emperor commanding his subjects. More terrifyingly, this emperor is heaven-ordained – his edicts are equivalent to the world’s rules, which no one can overturn.”

—This vest wasn’t lying. From the moment Bai Yi realized his true origins, he knew his essence, born from the roots and hopes of countless worlds. In essence, he was even half a step above this ordinary small world, which was why he could escape world destruction time and again.

—Because he was a god shaped by infinite worlds.

—A god symbolizing hope, meant to save all worlds.

In fact, if the Return to the Void hadn’t come so soon and he had more time to grow, he was confident he could become a true “god” in every sense, protecting the entire world.

So calling this world a divine realm wasn’t wrong. At least, in vest Palmer’s understanding, it was correct.

Wasn’t a place blessed by a deity a divine realm?

Everyone was shocked by the news the black-robed wizard suddenly revealed and fell into contemplation and digestion. Meanwhile, the instigator himself stepped forward and said to Qi Jiu, “Let’s go.”

“What?” Even Li Fufeng could see that Qi Jiu had fallen into disadvantage in this verbal exchange. Most likely because the news released by the black-robed wizard had disturbed this Mr. Qi’s state of mind.

“Weren’t you sent by that deity to invite me, a visitor from another realm?” the black-robed wizard asked rhetorically. Ignoring the questioning looks from others around him, he stared straight at Qi Jiu, his attitude practically dismissing everyone else’s presence.

“—I imagine that one doesn’t have better methods to deal with the Return to the Void either, and needs someone like me with successful experience. Otherwise, I would have been destroyed the moment I mistakenly entered the divine realm.”

“The White King isn’t that kind of person. This world has had visitors from other realms before, and as long as they follow the order, the White King doesn’t interfere.”

Qi Jiu refuted.

His peripheral vision swept across the equally shocked Special Investigation Bureau members, and he said in surprise, “According to Adams, haven’t you already dealt with visitors from other realms?”

This sudden statement successfully made Li Fufeng and others become the focus of everyone’s attention.

Fortunately, the black-robed wizard spoke up to “rescue” them. He wasn’t interested in other realm visitors, but rather found the White King’s “accommodation” of realm visitors surprising. “A deity with principles? I’m starting to look forward to meeting Them.”

“Not so fast.” Qi Jiu stopped him, his expression having returned to composure. He smiled slightly. “Before meeting the White King, shouldn’t you first explain your identity and intentions?”

“—Let me introduce myself first, I am Qi Jiu, just an ordinary immortal cultivator.”

“Me? I’m Palmer, a wandering wizard. Of course, some people used to call me the ‘Calamity Truth.'”

When the black-robed wizard finished speaking, Li Fufeng and others finally realized.

Earlier they thought they were having a pleasant conversation, but Palmer hadn’t even revealed his name from start to finish, showing he never considered them equals for dialogue. Yet why had they ignored this point and instead thought him approachable and easy to get along with?

—Now examining carefully, this wasn’t hypnosis, nor a Spirit Forger’s mental inducement – they had truly thought that way from the bottom of their hearts.

Thinking of this, they couldn’t help but feel their hair stand on end again.

Instinctively moving further away from Palmer, they heard Qi Jiu continue, “And the other guest? Not planning to come out?”

As he spoke, his gaze turned toward the interior of the floating ship.

“There’s another person?” Everyone looked over in surprise.

But no one came out from inside.

“Indeed, from the moment we entered this world, we were already under that deity’s attention.” Palmer wasn’t surprised. He called toward the ship, “Come out, Day!”

After a long silence, a figure walked out like a ghost.

This person was completely wrapped in a cloak of indistinguishable color, more black than Palmer’s pitch black – more like the original color had been covered by filth. Even their face wore a mask of the same indistinguishable black color. Not a single part of their body was exposed, making it impossible to determine age or gender.

“It’s a girl.” Probably seeing everyone’s confusion, Palmer spoke up, “I’m not deliberately hiding anyone. This one has been like this since I found her.”

He explained. “We’re not close. I just happened to find her while wandering alone in the void.”

Recalling the scene from back then, the black-robed wizard showed an intrigued smile.

“At that time, this one had just personally destroyed the last survivors of a world. I found it interesting, so I picked her up. Unexpectedly, she’s remained withdrawn since I brought her back. Besides learning her name, I know nothing else about her.”

Speaking thus, he called out again. “Day, it’s time to go. We’re going to meet a real deity. If you have any wishes, perhaps They can fulfill them.”

Deity? Wishes?

As if triggered by keywords, ‘Day’ who had been standing still raised her head to look, then followed behind him step by step.

“Then let’s go.” Qi Jiu raised his hand, and countless clouds gathered in mid-air, forming into illusory cloud dragons.

The cloud dragons departed, quickly disappearing from everyone’s sight.

The floating ship in the sky also gradually became transparent, concealing itself in invisible spatial ripples.

Only the crowd remained standing in place.

The amount of information just now was too much; they still needed time to process it properly. Right, visitors from other realms, the Yao Country had known all along…

Others’ gazes all turned toward Li Fufeng’s group.

The information that was concealed back then wasn’t really classified anymore, now that various countries were preparing to establish an alliance. Under everyone’s gaze, Li Fufeng and others shrugged and began to explain.

“Well, it went like this…”