You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

The conflict between the two sides clashed fiercely in the void where divine thoughts intertwined, like two destructive nebulae tearing and annihilating each other.

The rebukes, imbued with divine authority and the roars, carrying the power of authority, resounded throughout the universe; each clash of wills was enough to unleash a cataclysmic storm in the material world.

The members of the Red Heart Society who had infiltrated the Dark Night Cult below held their breath, almost foreseeing a small-scale divine war, spearheaded by divine thought avatars and powerful enough to tear apart the nearby star system, about to erupt.

That would be a brutal crackdown at the rule level!

However, at this very moment, when tensions were high and energy was converging to a critical point, the five True Gods of Authority, who had manifested in the void and exuded terrifying pressure, vanished without warning.

There were no spatial fluctuations, no residual energy, as if they had never existed.

This massive invasion, launched jointly by five powerful religious factions, came to an abrupt end in such an absurd and hasty manner.

Its abruptness far exceeded that of all observers, including the Red Heart Society watching from the sidelines and the demigod cult from afar!

After the dust settled, the long-dormant divine light of the Night Goddess once again pierced the dimensional barrier, reconnecting with the hub of the Night Cult's faith network like a gentle stream.

The think tank of the Red Heart Society's True God Research Department quickly conducted an in-depth analysis, and a sobering conclusion emerged.

[The fact that the Goddess of the Night had previously severed ties with the Church, along with the mysterious disappearance of the Pope of the Night and his core group of saints, strongly suggests that this was an unprecedented internal purge orchestrated by the Goddess herself.]

The purpose was to select the most loyal candidates, and the encirclement by the five major sects was very likely pre-arranged by the Goddess of the Night.

[Although the Red Heart Society's infiltrators operated flawlessly and with extreme caution.]

However, the other party is, after all, an ancient true god who wields power over a region, possessing profound perception and insight that are beyond the comprehension of mortals. It is not impossible for him to detect even the slightest discordant noise.

This brutal war and the multi-pronged encirclement were like a purgatory fire that swept everything away, burning away all impurities and superficiality.

Those believers who still choose to remain in the ravaged Church of the Night, without taking advantage of the chaos to flee or defect, are undoubtedly the core essence of the sect, having withstood the most severe test in both soul and will.

[For these unyielding gems that still stand amidst the ruins of faith, after the war, the Goddess of Night generously bestowed abundant blessings, the light of divine grace soothing the scarred land of faith.]

In June of the 143rd year of the Extraordinary Era, in the desolate void outside the Crimson Heart World, where the laws were relatively sparse, Yu Xiao's figure stood like a solitary peak.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, fully releasing the dark rules that had been nurtured and refined to perfection deep within his soul.

This pure and powerful force of rules, like the most precise lighthouse, instantly pierced through countless dimensions of time and space, resonating strongly with the vast torrent of dark rules permeating the origin of the universe.

In an instant, the void trembled, and the invisible source of darkness, like countless black waterfalls of light, surged down from the depths of unknowable rules, completely enveloping Yu Xiao.

The vast power of the rules surged wildly into his divine body, cleansing and sublimating the essence of his life.

The next moment, a dazzling divine radiance erupted from his body, and a brand new divine essence was taking shape amidst the violent baptism of these rules.

[Yu Xiao, here you ascend the throne, crowned as the Ruler of the Night, wielding the power of darkness!]

At the very instant that the divine radiance of this new god's birth illuminated the void, the Goddess of Night, far away in the deepest, most profound realm of the spirit world, trembled violently.

[In the darkness, a piercing pain and overwhelming hatred, originating from the very source of power and forcibly severed, instantly engulfed Him.]

His divine sense instantly traversed the endless sea of ​​stars, locking onto Yu Xiao, who had just advanced in his cultivation.

The killing intent contained in that gaze almost froze the void!

【Thief--!!!】

[You despicable thief who stole my authority!]

[So that's where it was hidden!]

After confirming the identity of the true culprit and sensing that the perpetrator was merely a newly ascended True God who had just ignited his divine fire and whose foundation was still shallow, the anger that had been accumulating in the Goddess of Night for countless years erupted.

Any hesitation is a desecration of one's own divinity!

Without any hesitation, and even disdaining to condense an avatar, He directly tore through space with His true form, unleashing a terrifying, dark divine power that dimmed the stars and withered all things, and ruthlessly descended upon the void where Yu Xiao was.

The vast and boundless dark divine energy surged and spread like a raging sea, instantly transforming this area into an absolute, silent realm of eternal night, where even light was swallowed up.

[Divine might, like a prison, crushes every inch of space!]

But the instant the Goddess of Night stepped into this void, on the cold and solid outer track of the Crimson Heart World, thirty-eight gigantic turrets, with their grotesque shapes and flowing with destructive eerie light, appeared.

The second-generation Divine Power weapon has completed charging and aiming.

The chilling perception matrix, like the most acute hunting hound, locked onto the goddess the instant she descended, with a speed surpassing even divine thought.

[Deep within each cannon barrel, terrifying energy, enough to chill even the third-tier true gods, began to gather!]

[Buzz——! 】

An indescribable, primal premonition of death pierced the soul of the Goddess of Night in an instant.

It was a warning of pure destruction that transcended time and space, and the laws of causality.

His divine essence screamed madly, his divine fire flickered violently. A chilling realization, freezing all thought, was branded into the core of his will: Death upon attack!

[If He harbors even the slightest intention to attack, or any unusual energy movement, those thirty-eight beams of light, representing death at the level of rules, will erase His existence along with this entire spacetime the instant His thought arises.]

This indescribable sense of crisis and deep-seated panic instantly extinguished His boiling killing intent and rage, forcibly pulling Him back to the cruel reality!

So this is the great calamity I sensed.

[The goddess of the night, in her despair, realized that the premonition that had once kept her awake at night had come true, and the location was right here.]

[The target is this seemingly weak new god right before our eyes!]

Yet He still could not understand, could not believe.

[A guy who ascended to godhood by stealing His authority, who didn't even dare to become a god in the core area of ​​the spirit world, and could only complete the ritual in this barren, remote place.]

How could someone possibly possess the terrifying means to instantly kill this ancient true god?

This completely overturned His understanding of power levels!

At that moment, Yu Xiao, who had just completed the condensation of his divine essence and whose body was still flowing with the radiance of newborn divinity, slowly opened his eyes.

Those deep, dark eyes were calm and still, as if they had already foreseen everything that was about to happen.

He made no unnecessary movements, simply transmitting an instruction to headquarters through the Red Heart Society's internal mental network.

Do not use supernatural or military weapons.

[In the will of the Night God, using a second-generation divine weapon—a strategic-level weapon of mass destruction—to deal with a Night Goddess who has already had part of her authority stolen and is terrified by her own strategic weapons would be a waste of precious resources and a squandering of valuable assets.]

After all, the Red Heart Society faces significant bottlenecks in manufacturing and maintaining such a superweapon, which could pose a fatal threat to even a true god, making large-scale mass production and deployment impossible.

Precious ammunition and resources should be reserved for a more powerful enemy.

[Or perhaps we can leave it for the future, when the Red Heart Society's war machine can amass tens of thousands of divine-powered weapons, forming a destructive torrent capable of sweeping across the universe.]

At that time, no matter who you are, if you dare to invade, you will only be met with a devastating saturation barrage!

[Soon, the rage and killing intent surging around the Goddess of Night, like frozen flames, were forcibly distorted under the cold and merciless lock-on of the second-generation divine power weapon.]

Finally, under the incredulous gaze of the surrounding gods, the Goddess of Night managed to force a radiant expression onto her face, which was shrouded in eternal shadow.

His voice rang out, maintaining his dignity as the true God.

Congratulations on your ascension to a divine position!

[Take control of the darkness!]

Before he could finish speaking, a rhombus-shaped crystal, flowing with pure divine power and seemingly sealing within a small, dazzling nebula, appeared out of thin air in his outstretched palm.

The crystal emitted a gentle yet powerful energy fluctuation, clearly indicating it was an extremely precious treasure.

Your promotion is truly a momentous event for the Dark Night!

This is a small token of my appreciation, to congratulate the birth of the new god!

I hope you will accept this!

【boom--!】

This scene left even the gods completely dumbfounded.

[All the gods of the spirit realm who had focused their attention on this moment were instantly plunged into an unprecedented state of collective bewilderment.]

[Such a violent emotional outburst and the descent of a true god in his true form is, in the relatively peaceful contemporary spirit world, headline news that would shake the entire pantheon of gods.]

Moreover, the Goddess of the Night has been making frequent unusual moves recently, coupled with a series of events such as the church's raid and her mysterious whereabouts, making her the most popular gossip topic among the gods.

The gods naturally paid far more attention than usual to the movements of this controversial goddess.

But this dramatic, almost absurd turn of events completely exceeded even the most outrageous imaginations of the gods.

The aura of dark authority emanating from this newly ascended deity, originating from the same source as the Goddess of Night yet existing independently, was crystal clear.

[Furthermore, the moment the opponent descended, the Goddess of Night arrived in fury.]

Clearly, there must be something fishy going on here.

Most importantly, their place of ascension was far from the core of the spirit world, and they carried no trace of the evil aura of the abyss or hell.

This in itself exudes an indescribable eeriness!

[But the most outrageous thing is, did the Goddess of the Night come all this way just to deliver a gift?] (End of Chapter)