The last hope of the Three Ascension Divine Kingdoms?
Lin Tianming stood there in a daze.
How did he, a rogue Ascender, become the last hope of the Three Ascension Divine Kingdoms?
Why do all the Ascended Gods seem to have such high hopes for him, isn't this just putting pressure on him?
Would this Wanling Divine Lady, like the Mother of Destiny and Fairy Qing Lei, place their last hopes on him?
"Thank you, for bringing a last glimmer of hope to me in my despair as my life is nearing its end, young Spiritual Power Ascender!"
Listening to the gratitude of the Wanling Divine Lady, Lin Tianming could empathize with her sincere feelings.
At this moment, Lin Tianming's feelings were also complex.
Being seen as the hope for true Ascension by another soon-to-be-deceased lonely old person, could he really shoulder such a heavy burden?
"Child, I know the pressure on you is immense, but I believe in you; with your ability, you will certainly go further than any God in the Three Ascension Divine Kingdoms!"
Listening to the Wanling Divine Lady trying to encourage him, Lin Tianming took a deep breath and refrained from thinking too much about the future.
What he could do now was to focus on cultivating and seize the present.
If he could truly make it to the end, he would definitely bring them to witness real Ascension!
"Before my life comes to an end, let me give you something else, hoping it will help you overcome obstacles and break the shackles that the Deceit God has bound us with, to witness the true Ascension we have never seen!"
Upon hearing that the Wanling Divine Lady was about to give him a treasure, Lin Tianming immediately became interested.
Under his expectant gaze, the Wanling Divine Lady sent over a pure Spiritual Energy token imbued with the aura of the King of Ten Thousand Spirits through the air.
"This is the only Divine Artifact on me not corrupted by the Deceit God. It's called the Ten Thousand Spirit Divine Token, possessing power far beyond ordinary artifacts, and it signifies the supreme authority of the Spiritual Power Divine Country.
I have a strong premonition that even if the Spiritual Power Divine Country isolates itself, it might still be subtly corrupted by the Deceitful God Aura.
If there are Ascended Gods who willingly fall from grace and side with the Deceit God, I hope that you, in my stead, would use this token, which represents the supreme power of the Spiritual Power Divine Country, to purge the traitors, lead the Spiritual Power Divine Country, and guide them towards redemption!"
Indeed, no reward comes without effort...
Alas, letting him, who is not yet a God, save the Spiritual Power Divine Country!
"Lady Divine, you think too highly of me. I'm only at Level 53 now. If the Spiritual Power Divine Country is unsealed before I become a God, even if I have the intention, I don't have the strength to purge the traitors!"
"Then wait until you have enough strength to purge those who have fallen from grace for me. I believe you will definitely become a God!"
The Wanling Divine Lady wore a faint smile, expressing great confidence in Lin Tianming.
But there was one thing she was less certain about Lin Tianming...
That is whether he can achieve true Ascension.
Hope is just hope after all, and no one can be sure if it will materialize.
Upon thinking of this, the Wanling Divine Lady's mood became somber again.
Sensing her downturn in mood, Lin Tianming thought she was disheartened because he hadn't agreed to her request.
Since agreeing to her request wouldn't cause him any loss, he might as well agree to it, to let her, this lonely old person whose life was nearing its end, pass away peacefully.
She also said that if he couldn't do it, he could simply lay low and abstain.
If he truly had the power and there were traitors in the Spiritual Power Divine Country threatening his loved ones, even if he hadn't agreed to the Wanling Divine Lady, he would still act to annihilate the traitors.
Reflecting on this, Lin Tianming earnestly made a promise.
"I promise you, if there really are traitors in the Spiritual Power Divine Country siding with the Deceit God, when I have the strength, I will definitely eliminate them for you, and I won't implicate the innocent people of the Spiritual Power Divine Country!"
Hearing Lin Tianming solemnly making this promise, the Wanling Divine Lady, though not confident whether Lin Tianming could make it to the end, still pinned her hopes on him.
Who else but he, the only one who could unite the forces of the Three Ascension Divine Kingdoms?
The Wanling Divine Lady's expression turned serious.
"If even you cannot do it, I really can't imagine who else could witness the true Ascension. Thank you for giving me a glimpse of hope, faint though it may be, but I hope you can steadfastly continue, to try and witness the true Ascension we have never seen!"
"Indeed, if I can make it to the end, I will certainly bring you to witness the true Spiritual Power Ascension!"
Just like the promise he made to the Mother of Destiny at the Mechanical Supreme Hall, Lin Tianming also made the same promise today at the Wanling Temple to the Wanling Divine Lady.
From the moment he made that promise, he felt the burden on his shoulders had grown even heavier.
But he had no regrets.
At this moment, Lin Tianming discovered something that made him feel somewhat sad.
That was the first Spiritual Power Ascension God of the Spiritual Power Divine Country, the Wanling Divine Lady, whose spiritual body had been severely corroded by the Deceitful God Aura and was beginning to irreversibly fade away.
"I could have chosen to live as a Deceit God, to take delight in madness and destruction, but I still chose to refuse to become one of them..."
"The cost of refusal means death..."
"But I have no regrets."
Hearing that she shared his lack of regret, although the circumstances were different, Lin Tianming still held the Wanling Divine Lady, who chose not to fall even at the last moment of her life, in high esteem.
"While I have not fully vanished yet, let me give you a reminder, the last hope of the three ascension paths..."
"At the end of the Spiritual Power Ascension Path, one does not only become a spirit of madness and filth; once fully transformed into spiritual power, it also means you'll become prey to their whim..."
"The true bodies of the Deceit Gods exist in a unique space... the pure spiritual form of the Spiritual Power Ascension God is their most tasty nourishment..."
"Before becoming a god, they won't care about your impure body, but after you become a god, you must be cautious. Although spiritual power can locate their world, never use spiritual power to explore that space where they exist..."
"As long as you avoid entering that space and contacting their true forms, you will be safe, and if powerful enough, you can even kill their human forms and drive them back to their original world..."
Becoming a pure spiritual form only to become the Deceit God True Body's food?
After hearing the words of the Wanling Divine Lady, a shiver ran through Lin Tianming's heart.
He now had the ability to transform into pure spiritual power; if he accidentally entered the world of Deceit Gods, would he become a powerless prey as well?
Thinking this, Lin Tianming noted down the Wanling Divine Lady's caution, avoiding entering the world of Deceit God True Bodies without absolute strength.
"I wonder if I can be as lucky as the Mother of Destiny after I die... at least leaving some place unaffected by corruption..."
"Perhaps I am not that lucky... nothing may remain..."
"Finally, I wish you good luck, our last hope..."
Upon hearing the Wanling Divine Lady's final farewell, Lin Tianming instinctively hastened towards her, trying to grasp something to retain some part of her lingering body.
However, his hand directly passed through her energetically polluted spiritual body, catching nothing.
Lin Tianming could feel that his and her emotional resonance was weakening.
Watching the Wanling Divine Lady's polluted spiritual body turn into ash, there was a trace of sorrow in Lin Tianming's eyes.
"Hmm?"
Although the Wanling Divine Lady had turned into ashes, he realized he could still feel her emotions.
He was certain that this was not the emotional resonance of the Mother of Destiny.
It was a second, faint resonance of hope!
He quickly scanned the surroundings and soon noticed a corrupted throne, alongside a flickering trace of faint spiritual energy.
Approaching for a closer look, Lin Tianming discovered it was another quarter of a face.
Floating above the throne, and because the light was too faint, he had not noticed it earlier.
He placed the quarter face into his palm and examined it closely.
Unlike the quarter of the Mother of Destiny's face which included an eye.
The quarter of the Wanling Divine Lady's face included half of a mouth.
It was the bottom half of the face.
Lin Tianming took the two quarters of the face and found that he could just piece together half of a face.
One half was a beautiful and realistic human face without any mechanical materials, and the other half a spiritual face.
Despite being an odd combination, this half face assembled from different divine beings strangely possessed beauty.
Feeling the faint hope emanating from it, Lin Tianming's mood was extremely heavy at this moment.
If he could truly make it to the end and achieve the real Ascension...
He would definitely revive these two divine beings, allowing them to join him and witness that hopeful future with their own eyes!
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