"The ritual is not over yet, and you dare not leave the bridal chamber easily, so you wait silently."
"One minute later, there are no abnormalities in the bridal chamber."
"Two minutes later, you release your avatar again and find everything normal."
"Three minutes later, as the final time limit of the ritual ends, you suddenly notice a change in the bridal chamber before you. It has transformed from a festively decorated bridal chamber into a dilapidated room."
"Congratulations, you have become the first person to complete the ritual set by the God of Joy before their death."
"The first premonition ends, do you want to continue?"
"I really completed the ritual!" Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief.
He could now be fairly certain that he had indeed entered the bridal chamber with the God of Joy.
And not the fake God of Joy, but the real one!
The fake God of Joy refused to enter the bridal chamber with him and tried to prevent him from completing the ritual. In contrast, the real God of Joy wanted to help him complete it.
"Continue the premonition."
"You have completed a ritual that no one has ever completed before, helping the residual soul of the God of Joy successfully regain the stolen fortune of qi and lifespan."
"Congratulations, you have received the blessings of the God of Joy. Your second-grade divine imprint inside you has been upgraded to the third-grade realm. Within this divine ruin, you will no longer be obstructed by any ancient temples or shrines."
"You have become the first person of this era to condense a third-grade divine imprint, deepening your connection with the Incense Fire Divine Way's fortune of qi and destiny."
"Congratulations, with the help of the God of Joy, the divine wish spirit within you has initially condensed. You are the first person of this era to achieve this initial condensation of the divine wish spirit, further deepening your connection with the Incense Fire Divine Way's fortune of qi and destiny."
"Your fortune of qi and destiny in the Incense Fire Divine Way has grown, causing changes in the divine ruin. A radiance appears in the divine ruin."
"Helping the God of Joy's residual soul regain the fortune of qi and destiny?"
"I understand now. That fake God of Joy was likely an enemy of the original God of Joy, stealing the true God of Joy's fortune of qi and destiny."
"And the ritual was probably a contingency plan left by the God of Joy before their death. As long as someone could complete the ritual, it would help the God of Joy regain their fortune of qi and destiny!"
Thinking back to the description of the fake God of Joy's appearance in the premonition, Su Nan quickly connected the dots.
While marveling at the methods of the God of Joy, he also felt puzzled.
"Stealing fortune of qi and destiny, how is this power so similar to my Fate Wheel Technique?"
The act of stealing someone else's fortune of qi and destiny, taking their place, resembled his Fate Wheel Technique in many ways.
Moreover, the fake bride was skilled in manipulating fortune of qi and could even locate his true self through his avatar's fortune of qi, a feat he couldn't accomplish currently.
This made him suspect that the ability used by the fake God of Joy was related to his Fate Wheel Technique.
Fortunately, compared to his Fate Wheel Technique, the power of the fake God of Joy was noticeably weaker.
"Confirmed the completion of the ritual, I can now leave the bridal chamber with peace of mind. One minute later, I arrive in the main hall of the temple."
"In the main hall, I notice that the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons that were originally gathered here have disappeared. I search the temple for any useful items."
"Two minutes later, after searching the entire temple, I find nothing useful and ultimately have to leave the temple."
"When I appear, the Grand Princess of the Skywolf Tribe, who had been waiting cautiously outside the temple, quickly approaches me and asks what happened earlier."
"Three minutes later, I learn from the Grand Princess that after my consciousness fell into a coma, my body seemed to be controlled by something and headed towards the temple on its own. The Grand Princess tried to stop it but couldn't."
"The second premonition ends, do you want to continue?"
"I came here on my own? Could it be that the real God of Joy controlled my body?" Su Nan speculated.
However, these details were not important now.
Looking at the time on the panel, he waited silently.
Finally, as the final time limit of the ritual ended and changes occurred in the bridal chamber before him, Su Nan suddenly felt a powerful force rushing towards him within the temple.
In the next moment, the divine imprint on his soul pulsated, emitting a dazzling light.
With the radiance's bloom, he clearly felt his soul rapidly growing as the divine imprint expanded.
When the radiance dissipated, two points of gold on his divine imprint had turned into three, and his soul had advanced to a level comparable to the late Profound Tier!
"The rate of this upgrade is too fast!" Su Nan exclaimed. With his soul reaching the late Profound Tier, if it was fully supported by the power of Vital Energy and Spiritual Energy, even though it still couldn't compare to a King, it would not be far behind.
And this was without using the Starlight Shadowy Body!
He couldn't help but imagine how powerful his soul would become when fully supported by the Starlight Shadowy Body.
But it wasn't over yet.
The power of the temple was still flowing towards him.
Su Nan sensed something incubating within his soul.
When everything was over, he was astonished to find a baby-sized entity, completely condensed from the power of his soul, within his soul.
"Is this the divine wish spirit?" Su Nan was curious.
This was only the second time he had heard of the divine wish spirit.
Before this, he had only seen it as a reward for completing the second ring of the "Secrets of the Divine Way" mission.
Unfortunately, he currently had no idea of the purpose of this divine wish spirit.
Furthermore, the divine wish spirit he had just obtained was only in its initial form and would require further condensation and growth.
He had no idea how to proceed with its further condensation.
"It seems that I'll have to complete the second ring of the 'Secrets of the Divine Way' mission as soon as possible to obtain the method of condensing the divine wish spirit."
In the rewards for the second ring of the mission, there would undoubtedly be information about the divine wish spirit.
After observing the baby-sized entity condensed from his soul for a moment, Su Nan was about to withdraw his consciousness.
Suddenly, he noticed a problem and couldn't help but be taken aback.
He found that the gender of the divine wish spirit was female!
"Female? How is this possible?"
"Could it be that the gender of the condensed divine wish spirit is random?"
Su Nan frowned, feeling that something was not right. Even in the real world, in Daoism, there was a concept of condensing a Yuan Infant, but the condensed Yuan Infant was still based on one's own form. Even if it didn't look exactly the same, it couldn't have a different gender.
He couldn't help but think of the God of Joy.
"Is this divine wish spirit influenced by the God of Joy's power that helped me condense it?
Could it be that the God of Joy has tampered with it?"
Thinking of this, Su Nan's expression instantly became serious.
He wasn't worried about thinking too much; he was worried that if what he suspected was true, it would be a serious problem.
"It seems that I must complete the second ring of the 'Secrets of the Divine Way' mission as soon as possible and obtain the method of condensing the divine wish spirit."
Looking at Zhang Yang's mainline mission, Su Nan quickly made a decision.
At the same time.
Outside the Divine Ruin, the White Water Demon King and three other Demon Kings were gazing towards the depths of the Divine Ruin.
In the depths of the Divine Ruin, a radiance had burst forth, illuminating the sky.
"First, there was golden light, and now there is radiance. It seems that some changes have truly occurred in the depths of the Divine Ruin."
"There's no need to wait any longer; we should enter now!"
I apologize for the oversight. Let's continue following the prompt:
[Congratulations, you have completed the daily task "Explore a Divine Temple," and received 45 demon power points.]
[Current available demon power: 266 points]
After leaving the Temple of Joy, a message about completing the task popped up.
Upon seeing Su Nan, the Grand Princess quickly approached and asked, "Are you okay? Something happened to you earlier."
"Let's leave this place first before we talk. The White Water Demon King will arrive soon, and he's after me. We're no match for him," Su Nan said quickly.
"The White Water Demon King? Is it the White Water Demon King from Tianyun City?" The Grand Princess seemed to know about the White Water Demon King.
"Yes, that's him!" Su Nan nodded. "I have a way to escape from the White Water Demon King, but I need your cooperation."
"What do I need to do?" The Grand Princess asked instinctively.
"At that time, you'll need to temporarily enter the Qiankun Ring," Su Nan replied. Whether it was using the Heaven and Earth Shift or logging out of the game, the Grand Princess couldn't stay behind. Entering the Qiankun Ring was the only option.
The Grand Princess hesitated for a moment but nodded after a brief silence. "Alright!"
Seeing this, Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, the Grand Princess was not far from being completely affected by the Bloodline Communion Technique.
With his avatar leading the way, Su Nan continued to explore, using his precognition ability.
In the following period, Su Nan didn't stop for a moment. He used his precognition to navigate, swiftly advancing towards the depths of the Divine Ruin, accompanied by the Grand Princess.
During this journey, he encountered another ancient temple and a divine temple, but thanks to the Blessing of the Joy God, these two ancient structures didn't obstruct him.
Su Nan also attempted to hunt the Divine Shrine Demons in the ancient temple with the Grand Princess to obtain divine seals and improve the grade of his divine seal.
However, the results disappointed him.
The Divine Shrine Demons in the ancient temple were incredibly powerful, reaching the mid-stage of the King level. Even with his Starlight Shadowy Body, Su Nan couldn't defeat them.
As for the divine temple, it was even more terrifying. Su Nan and the Grand Princess were inexplicably killed as soon as they entered, without even the chance to retaliate.
"The deeper we go into the Divine Ruin, the stronger the beings in the ancient temples and divine shrines become!"
Originally, he had thought that by using the divine seals from these temples, he could quickly enhance his own divine seal. Now, it seemed that this idea was impossible to achieve.
With his avatar helping him and his precognition ability, Su Nan's journey continued to be smooth. Even as he encountered more and more Soul-Eating Demons, some of which were quite powerful, he could easily evade them.
Time passed continuously in his precognition.
In this Divine Ruin, the White Water Demon King couldn't harness the power of heaven and earth, so he had lost his ability to fly through the air. His speed had slowed down significantly, making it difficult for him to catch up.
It wasn't until the tenth precognition that Su Nan was caught up by the White Water Demon King.
"In half an hour, I'll be caught up. Maybe I can use this opportunity to outsmart him!" Su Nan thought, coming up with an idea.
He planned to use the Soul-Eating Demons in conjunction with the Heaven and Earth Shift to outsmart the White Water Demon King.
Of course, not now.
The groups of Soul-Eating Demons he encountered at the moment weren't particularly strong, and once he used this trick, the White Water Demon King wouldn't fall for it again. So he had to seize the opportunity carefully.
Half an hour later, the White Water Demon King caught up to Su Nan.
Su Nan used the Heaven and Earth Shift to escape and put some distance between them.
After another ten minutes, the White Water Demon King caught up again.
Su Nan used the Heaven and Earth Shift once more.
"Almost there, I can carry out the plan this time." After more than ten minutes, Su Nan looked at his precognition and saw a group of Soul-Eating Demons ahead. A cold smile appeared on his face.
Among this group of Soul-Eating Demons, there was even a King-level entity!
This was the first time he had encountered a King-level Soul-Eating Demon on his journey.
Su Nan headed straight for the group of Soul-Eating Demons.
The Soul-Eating Demons noticed Su Nan and quickly surrounded him.
However, at the critical moment, Su Nan used the Heaven and Earth Shift to escape.
Shortly after, the White Water Demon King arrived at the location where Su Nan had used the Heaven and Earth Shift. When he saw the encroaching Soul-Eating Demons, his face turned extremely ugly.
This time, it took more than twenty minutes.
Su Nan arrived at the city ruins mentioned in the death precognition.
"This should be the city that Di Gong remembered before his death."
Similar to the several ancient temples encountered earlier, this city ruins also had some kind of power.
In the eyes of his avatar, this place was a vast expanse of ruined buildings.
But in Su Nan's own eyes, it was a fully preserved city, except that it was desolate and devoid of life.
Just like in the precognition, outside the ruins of the city, numerous Wanderers and Corpse Puppets roamed, devouring Soul-Eating Demons.
They gathered here by some unknown force but couldn't enter the city. Instead, they could only roam outside the city, forming a barrier.
Anyone who wanted to enter the city would have to pass through these Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons.
"There are so many Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons!" Su Nan's scalp tingled.
It could be imagined that once discovered by these Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons, one would be subjected to an endless siege.
Fortunately, he had the Heaven and Earth Shift, or else facing this barrier formed by Soul-Eating Demons and Corpse Puppets, he wouldn't be able to enter the city at all.
"What should we do? With our current strength, it seems impossible to enter the city!" The Grand Princess looked solemn.
"Don't worry; I have a way." Su Nan said calmly.
The range over which the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons roamed was extensive, and their presence could be detected within a kilometer of the city ruins. Once they got closer, they would undoubtedly be discovered.
Fortunately, Su Nan's Heaven and Earth Shift now had a range of three thousand meters, more than enough to bypass the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons and directly enter the city.
However, today was not the day to do that.
In order to shake off the White Water Demon King, Su Nan had already used up all his uses of the Heaven and Earth Shift.
Fortunately, although he failed to shake off the White Water Demon King, he didn't return empty-handed.
The White Water Demon King was seriously injured!
His soul had been injured by the King-level Soul-Eating Demon not long ago!
"I wonder if with my current strength
, combined with the Grand Princess, we can kill the injured White Water Demon King?" Su Nan pondered, looking at his precognition.
(End of this chapter)