I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 876. Alright, I, Xia Feng, am the Saint of the Abyss!
Unexpectedly, there was a response. The woman's soft voice rang out, "Ms. Mi used the Life Star God's [Destiny Lamp] to shield us from our knowledge of the [Life Star God]. Think carefully, and you should be able to remember now."

The Star God of Life, the Lantern of Destiny.
The ghost bride was indeed carrying an ancient, eerie lantern.

Upon thinking of this, Xia Feng's memories of the God of Life surged forth.

When he first came into contact with the Sumeru Throne, it was through a spiritual artifact called the Forest Scepter, which had a serial number marking it had for entering the Wheel of Life space.

In the struggle for the ninth seat in the Wheel of Life, there are many sacrificial rituals. The garden in District 51 and the 100,000 wronged souls of Baidi City led by Ye Lidongjun are all part of the sacrificial rituals.

Therefore, Xia Feng's guess about the Sumeru Throne was that the God of Life used the throne as a hook to lure participants into voluntarily sacrificing a large number of lives to Him.

But at some point, Xia Feng completely forgot about the Life Star God.

They even forgot about the Sumeru Throne and the Star God of Life.

Looking back now, Xia Feng roughly understands why Gu Yi, the god, who is clearly a very upright god, formulated such heinous rules during the competition for the throne of Sumeru, and the various sacrificial rituals were like those of an evil god.

That's because there's a life-deity star god causing trouble behind the scenes.

"So, the Sumeru Throne was actually obtained by the God of Life long ago?" Xia Feng asked doubtfully, "and now it's just being used as bait by Him?"

"You're wrong. The Star God of Life is not as omnipotent as you think."

The woman continued calmly, "Since the rules for the succession of the Sumeru Throne have been set by the God Gu Yi, they cannot be changed. They will only automatically follow Gu Yi's will and select geniuses who pass the test from within the empire."

"However, although the Star God of Life cannot stop the autonomous inheritance rules of the Sumeru Throne, He can modify or even add some rules on a small scale."

For example, some rituals during the seat-contesting phase, or the fact that the game hasn't ended even though you've clearly met the victory conditions—this is because the God of Life has added a hidden rule.”

Listening to Huang Zhaoyue's telepathic message, Xia Feng seemed thoughtful, then asked in confusion, "How do you know all this?"

"Ms. Mi is introducing, or rather, praising, the great plan of the Star God of Life," Huang Zhaoyue said coldly. "The Yama Legion has also been heavily infiltrated, allowing a follower of an evil god to rise to a high position, even obtaining a seat in Sumeru."

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"Enough, Ghost Bride. I have no interest in listening to your praise of that laughable heretical god." Jin Yangtian's gaze was cold. "What exactly do you remnants of life want to do? Speak plainly."

"Hehe~" The ghost bride pursed her red lips and chuckled softly.
"Please be patient, everyone. I have no ill intentions toward you. I just want to invite you to watch a show."

As soon as he finished speaking, a new image appeared on the central platform, a vast view overlooking the earth from the clouds.

The crimson earth seemed to pulsate faintly.

The dark brown rock strata fold like knotted myocardium, each gully expanding and contracting with some ancient rhythm. The central giant rift valley resembles a gap in the ventricle, with boiling golden-red magma surging along a vein-like underground river.

The earth's rock texture is scarlet; upon closer inspection, one can discover that it is a massive heart.

The figure of the Spade Man appeared directly above the Heartland.

[Hidden Rules Revealed - The Final Showdown]

After the Black/Red King completes the victory conditions and eliminates everyone else, they can enter the final decisive stage to challenge two god-level guardians.

Victory in the challenge will grant you the final victory, ending the War of Sumeru and allowing you to inherit the Sumeru Throne.

If the challenge fails and the player dies at the hands of the gatekeeper, the Battle of Sumeru will restart, and all surviving players will be re-matched into the Battle of Sumeru, returning everything to its starting point.

Xia Feng: "."

Are you kidding me? Are these god-level gatekeepers? And two of them?
This is simply because they don't want anyone to get the Sumeru Throne!

There are two god-level beings as the final obstacle. Who can defeat them?
In other words, players who do not cooperate with the Star God of Life will absolutely not be able to obtain the Sumeru Throne.

Xia Feng's eye twitched; he wanted to curse.

But the next moment, as if he had thought of something, he let out a soft sound of doubt and gasped.

Hmm? Speaking of which, these two god-level gatekeepers, could they be...?
[Guardian No. 1: Born God - Nine-Tailed]

[Guardian No. 2: Born God - Evil Raven]

Huh, oh what?

Xia Feng fell into deep thought. So the fox had said it would wait for him in the Sumeru Realm, but it hadn't shown up even after everything was over. Turns out it was waiting here.

In that light, it's actually quite interesting.

[Ready to go—]

[Number 9, as the sole winner, now has ten minutes of rest. In ten minutes, the innate deity will descend—]

As he pondered, the surrounding scenery seemed to reverse time. In a rapid journey, Xia Feng found himself above the clouds. As he plummeted down and looked down, he could see a giant continent with a heart-shaped pattern.

The leaden clouds hanging low in the sky seemed to pulsate in sync with the earth. Although it was very subtle, Xia Feng still sensed it keenly, as if a faint heartbeat was coming from the depths of the earth.

The gods have done some dirty work!

"Lord Spade, or perhaps I should address you as the Saint of the Abyss?"

At the same time, Ms. Mi's soft, sweet laughter rang out through the Red King Channel, "You should understand your current situation, right? Do you have a solution?"

Saints of the Abyss?

WTF?

I, the most loyal and only believer of the Pale Empress, how dare you call me a lackey of the abyss? You wretched woman, you really know how to insult people without using any vulgar language!
Yeah, but
Since they're being mistaken for believers in the Abyss, that's fine too; it'll serve as a cover for their true identities.

Xia Feng stood on a cloud, looking down at the heart of the earth, his dark eyes slightly narrowed: "Spit it out if you have something to say."

“Hehe~” Madam Mi was not annoyed and covered her mouth with a light laugh. “The saint should understand the strength of the two born gods. Even if you, the saint, have the protection of the abyss, you have now exhausted the means to grant you authority. Under such circumstances, facing the strong pressure of the two born gods, not to mention winning, just surviving will be a problem.”

"Therefore, why not cooperate with me and help me complete the 'Heavenly God's Grand Plan'!"

Ms. Mi smiled and said, "As long as the saint agrees, I have a way to make those two born gods give up following the rules of Sumeru and let you pass through the test to obtain the Sumeru Throne."

Xia Feng: "."

Xia Feng roughly understood that Ms. Mi, or rather, the Life Star God behind her, wanted to complete a certain plan, which required the help of the Sumeru Throne.

However, the God of Life could not obtain the Sumeru Throne, so he had to seek a collaborator.

The Black Moon Pope was previously this collaborator.

(End of this chapter)