[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer-":3,"chapter-chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-50":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Chat Group: The Envoy of Wisdom Seeks to Conquer the Myriad Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2331409,4559,"Chapter 50: There Are Some Things That Rise Above One","chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>How can one seek the protection of the gods without offering anything in return?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a necessary price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she is barely holding her ground against the three great yōkai—but if they return again, can she repel them once more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That remains uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, what if, while she is locked in battle with the great yōkai, lesser demons sneak in and breach the village’s protective barrier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wisdom of the Expander: “Kikyo, Itachi need not do this. Once Itachi join the chat group, over time, Itachi will surely grow stronger step by step and protect your village with ease.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wisdom of the Expander: “If Itachi fear Itachi won’t live to see that day, I promise Itachi this: should Itachi face mortal danger, I will intervene to protect Itachi!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is no empty words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo is a group member he recognizes, and he greatly admires her character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his capacity, he has no objection to lending a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Female Lead of Cross-Verse: “Kikyo, Hermes was once an anonymous benefactor who acted for the sake of heaven’s justice. His words are beyond doubt—so Itachi’d best reconsider.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warring States Shrine Maiden: “No need to reconsider. I understand clearly—I am a shrine maiden; choosing a deity to serve is only natural.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warring States Shrine Maiden: “Moreover, to serve Lord Hermes is already beyond my worth. To other shrine maidens, this would be an unimaginable stroke of fortune!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo gazed into the distance, where the wild, rampant yōkai aura seemed to loom right before her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she not thought of what the group owner said?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was certain that, given enough time, she would grow stronger step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might even grow strong enough to end this age of yōkai dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how long would that take?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One year? Two years? Ten? A hundred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she wait that long? But could all that she protected wait as well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had the support of her groupmates and the promise of protection from Lord Hermes—but what of the village? What of her sister?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should she ask her groupmates for help?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or beg Lord Hermes to intervene?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be unreasonable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Hermes promised to protect her because she is a member of the chat group, bound by a natural tie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could she demand more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kikyo understood this clearly, and she knew it well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorgal, Ning Qingyu, Konan… each group member watched silently, offering no interference in the decision before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the group owner Luo Qianqiu, many members truly understood Kikyo’s choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Dorgal, Ning Qingyu, and others, there are always things in this world that rise above one’s own life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorgal could give his life for revolution, for the creation of a new world as he envisioned it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Qingyu could sacrifice everything to uphold the Huashan Sect, which she had guarded her entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flos could likewise pour his soul into forging a new age of cuisine—where everyone had enough to eat and wear, and children laughed freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this, woven through their entire lives, was a devotion surpassing life itself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so it was with Kikyo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermes fell silent for a moment, then finally agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether from the Expander's instinct to explore all worlds, or the Sage of Wisdom's thirst to study the unknown…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or even the Pure Beauty’s Root’s desire to transform this world of rampant demons into an ideal golden age…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These longings were all pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the kind of temptation a seeker on the Path of Fate could not resist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wisdom of the Expander: “@Kikyo, carve a statue of the deity yourself, then organize the villagers to hold the proper ceremony. Remember! It must be done with sincerity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wisdom of the Expander: “Finally, perform the Kagura dance yourself to consecrate the statue with gathered faith. At that moment, I will send down a divine thought to inhabit the statue and establish a faith anchor. Do Itachi understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermes did not misunderstand the power of faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without prior study, after encountering Teyvat, he had acquired at least some knowledge of the Way of Faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He modified the Seven Heavenly Statues of Teyvat and roughly formed his own faith system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Divine Descent Technique—the hallmark divine art of the faith path—Hermes created effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warring States Shrine Maiden: “I understand, Lord Hermes. I will begin preparations immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Kikyo logged off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Female Lead of Cross-Verse: “How wonderful, Hermes—Itachi now have a beautiful shrine maiden dancing the Kagura for Itachi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Female Lead of Cross-Verse: “Speaking of shrine maidens who serve their deities…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Qianqiu recalled the golden-eyed girl who had timidly tried to approach him, and fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even my fellow countryman can do this—could I not, in this cross-verse world, recruit some of the female leads I once watched on screen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make them my shrine maidens, dancing the Kagura for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t say no!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the thought arose, Luo Qianqiu felt a surge of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Female Lead of Cross-Verse: “@The Wisdom of the Expander, Hermes, fellow countryman, share your knowledge of faith, will Itachi?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Female Lead of Cross-Verse: “Star-eyed.jpg”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, Luo Qianqiu, had power, had divinity—why couldn’t she become a deity herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wisdom of the Expander: “...I’ve compiled it and put it in the store. Check it yourself—see what knowledge Itachi need and exchange for it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faith knowledge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermes wondered whether he should delve deeper into this field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Way of Faith is a grand path. If studied thoroughly, its essence could be absorbed and integrated into his own path—wouldn’t that be a good approach?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Hermes recalled a hidden treasure among the group’s newcomers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wisdom of the Expander: “@Intermittent Amnesia, Index, do Itachi have any of your recorded grimoires on the subject of faith?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand three hundred grimoires may not seem like much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But know this: every one Index has recorded is at least top-tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely glimpsing a single page could overwhelm a normal person with the power within its knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if Itachi think reading all ten thousand three hundred grimoires and mastering them would make Itachi a demon god—well, dreams are full of such things…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intermittent Amnesia: “Ahh, Lord Hermes needs something from me? Oh, Itachi need grimoires on faith?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sardinia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a seaside villa, Index swallowed a cream strawberry pudding in one bite, then smiled with genuine happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the remote guidance of the group owner Luo Qianqiu and Hermes, Index had shaken off her pursuers, left the Academy City, and settled permanently in Sardinia, a tourist paradise.\u003C\u002Fp>",1107,"2026-06-20T20:31:23.534Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d5e0d79253cd86556fca27ac3e46d3f2113b7c26ae798e08201aa4e716115d34","chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-51","chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-49",514,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--cover.jpg"]