Within the Secret Realm, a Space Rift suddenly opened.
"Old Mushroom, quick, take Richard in."
Ulysses grabbed Richard’s body and flew out from the rift, plunging onto the World Mushroom.
The World Mushroom’s voice was still muffled, but his actions were without the slightest hesitation, as the massive mycelium immediately took the slumbering Richard into its core.
At this moment, Richard was far from the divine solemnity that the goblins imagined.
On the contrary, Richard’s body was covered with wounds caused by Beelzebub’s self-destruction, and he looked like a dirty doll.
The dense Power of Abyss continually collided with the Holy Light, causing Richard’s wounds to tear and heal repeatedly. In this process, his body’s Life Energy was continuously depleted.
"Listen, Old Mushroom." Ulysses maintained his consciousness and solemnly spoke to the World Mushroom, "Richard’s physical condition is terrible, but do not keep supplying Life Energy.
Just keep the Life Energy at a level where his life remains stable.
I have already applied Divine Arts on him, the abyssal contamination will be countered by the free Divine Arts. You must not touch the Power of Abyss, remember, do not touch the Power of Abyss!"
"Old Crow, you don’t need to say that."
"Besides, the supplies from the Divine Palace Laboratory will continue as usual. If those goblins... come to the Secret Realm, do not reveal our..."
Ulysses’ voice became lower and lower, and the weariness of his soul almost crushed his consciousness, but before falling asleep, he uttered one last sentence.
"You only need to let them pray."
After speaking, Ulysses closed the last slit of his eyes, completely sinking into slumber.
The World Mushroom used its mycelium to take Ulysses’ body in, placing him next to Richard.
About a month later, Tai’er, Frank, and Benli used the few Secret Realm Scrolls they had to open the rift entering the Secret Realm.
"Great World Mushroom, do you know the whereabouts of the Sage?"
"No need to ask, you just need to pray. When the time comes, they will appear."
To achieve godhood through great deeds does not require a ritual, as long as one accomplishes such feats, any creature can become a god.
Yet, the Divine King still designed rituals for this path.
For no other reason, rituals for other paths are like the keys to open the doors, but the road behind must be walked by oneself. However, the ritual for achieving godhood through great deeds is like a torch, aiding the godhood achievers to pass the final barrier more easily.
Regarding this final barrier, different civilizations have different terms for it. Wizards call it ’Soul Secret Realm,’ Wild Beastmen call it ’Heart Demon Tribulation,’ Galaxy Mayflies call it ’Heart Thorn,’ and the Gods Civilization call it ’Faith Trial.’
This barrier does not require entities to enter the void of Soul Darkness; on the contrary, it is very colorful.
A slender, fair hand reached out from the bed and silenced the alarm.
"Richard, it’s time to get up."
The girl’s coy voice awakened Richard from his dream, he opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling.
"What, dreaming that dream again?"
A cold voice sounded from Richard’s other side, he turned his head and saw the cool Anna sitting up, her face still with a hint of the afterglow of last night’s romance.
"Anna... senior sister?"
"What, don’t recognize me?"
Richard looked at Anna in a daze, the real scenes from the dream almost made him unable to distinguish reality from illusion.
"Hey, ignoring me now, huh."
Richard turned back, seeing the naked Ali angrily looking at him.
"No, I’m just... a bit stunned."
"Don’t be stunned, the first class today is mine, don’t be late."
Anna got out of bed and dressed in front of Richard without any shyness.
Suddenly, Richard remembered that he and Anna had been in a romantic relationship for a long time. His performance in the first class caught Anna’s attention, and his talent in Alchemy made Anna admire him greatly.
Then, after an experimental failure, they had intimate relations. The conservative Anna became his woman afterward and joined him and Ali in this family.
"Quite crazy." Richard mumbled to himself.
The real scenes from the dream gradually faded as Richard woke up, but the vague sense of unease never disappeared.
Moreover, he always felt someone was whispering something by his ear.
But now, this wasn’t the most important thing.
Richard got out of bed and quickly dressed himself.
Anna’s words were not for nothing; if he was late, he’d face the Queenly Anna tonight.
Though the whip and candle are stimulating, Richard preferred conquering the Queen rather than being conquered.
Anna’s teaching was as incisive as ever, but that incisive gaze always turned into gentle waves when looking at Richard.
After one class, Richard felt the content was too shallow. Many problems he understood at a glance, Anna had to spend a long time explaining.
A water class can’t be this watered-down, can it?
After class, Richard went to the laboratory. At this moment, Jolod was researching his Synthetic Beast.
"Sigh, failed again."
Jolod’s sigh caught Richard’s attention, he leaned over to take a look, and upon seeing Jolod’s design plans, he keenly noticed a discordance.
"Teacher, what is this part of the design for?"
"Hmm? Are you interested in Synthetic Beasts too? Being greedy is not good."
Jolod casually looked at where Richard pointed, but soon, he was stunned.