Chapter 429: World Savior

Under the threat of Mu Yi's butcher's blade, humanity formed an alliance, with the purest good-aligned professions such as Holy Warriors and Holy Knights serving as arbiters.

A thorough purge was carried out inside the human kingdoms.

Secular royal authority is no match for true power; with the tacit approval of the gods and the support of demigods, this great purge almost swept away the vast majority of evil.

Afterward, Mu Yi voluntarily halted the alliance's actions.

Because the purge began to go to extremes, Mu Yi only truly realized this when he observed as a bystander.

Good and evil are a balance that is extremely difficult to measure.

Absolute good and absolute evil are both disasters.

When great evil is continually eradicated, lesser evil becomes glaring.

Are people to be executed just for spitting on the ground?

Aside from the divine realms of the gods, maintaining absolute good and evil in the material world is nearly impossible.

Mu Yi didn't know what to do, so he finally chose to call off the purge and then return power to the Grand Sage, this wise elder, who indeed taught him much valuable experience.

"I don't believe in the gods! Although they do indeed exist!"

"But I firmly believe they are merely beings possessing great mighty power."

"Who exactly should decide good and evil?"

"No one knows this answer!"

The Grand Sage, upon Mu Yi's arrival, seemed not surprised; on the contrary, he sat down and invited Mu Yi to have tea together.

He imparted his life experience to Mu Yi; although Mu Yi is strong, he is ultimately just a young person, and to the Grand Sage who has lived over a thousand years, Mu Yi is indeed too young.

"Don't worry about what others say!"

"Find your own answer! Walk your own path!"

"Your life has only just begun; even if you've taken some detours, what's wrong with that? Many things can only be understood through personal experience; only then will you know what they are."

The Grand Sage's face was full of nostalgia; surely many epic stories had occurred in his life.

Mu Yi did not answer; he indeed could not give an answer regarding good and evil.

"It looks like you want to leave?"

The Grand Sage looked at Mu Yi, a subtle glint flashing in his eyes.

The years have brought him many things.

Just like now, although Mu Yi did not respond.

However, the keen intuition formed from the accumulated experience, wisdom, and spiritual abilities over long ages allows it to directly grasp the deepest essence without relying on any heavy information.

"Yes, I think I should leave; I can't find an answer now, so I need to go witness and experience more in order to find an answer."

"I think we might have a chance to meet again… no, perhaps we won't meet again!" The Grand Sage's gaze locked onto Mu Yi as he smiled and shook his head.

Zongwang Players are different from him; they explore and adventure in the vast universe, continually writing their own legendary experiences.

They are destined not to be confined to a single plane, for what they gradually face is the boundless, radiant multiverse of civilizations…

And he, an old man, has already lost the ambition to explore that boundless civilization.

The intersection between him and Mu Yi is probably only this myth-worthy experience.

"Then finally, please accept our gift to you!"

"Hero who saves the world!"

When the Grand Sage's words fell, Mu Yi felt a vast consciousness, emanating a faint, mysterious meaning, link to himself…

This is…

Plane consciousness?

Mu Yi slightly narrowed his eyes; although he was not familiar with this vast consciousness, he only felt extremely unfamiliar.

But he is not unfamiliar with this kind of existence.

In the plane belonging to the main world, he has already completed sufficiently deep communication with this existence, gaining a certain understanding of this special will.

Most players rarely have dealings with this kind of existence.

However, it is obvious that Mu Yi belongs to the rare few special existences in this regard.

Meanwhile, a new prompt appeared on Mu Yi's retina:

"Detected abnormal interference from plane consciousness; detection is underway…"

"Detection complete; now linking to plane consciousness…"

"According to the 《Zongwang…Related Contract》, plane consciousness is allowed to achieve a temporary communication platform with players."

Under the irradiation of plane consciousness, Mu Yi, as an observer, roughly understood the past that this plane has already undergone.

Just like when he first used the Nine Cauldrons Heaven Sacrifice and saw the history of Jiuzhou, only compared to Jiuzhou's history, this inevitable past is extremely unfamiliar to him.

In it he saw their final battle against the Abyss Demon, the grand battlefield ultimately ending with a flash of his sword light lowering the curtain.

Mu Yi somewhat understood in his heart; he roughly guessed what operation the plane consciousness would next perform.

He also guessed why the Grand Sage would call it a gift.

The next moment, a surging power began to pour into him, but was intercepted by Zongwang.

And on his retina, a new prompt was refreshed accordingly:

"Zongwang Prompt: The plane consciousness of this material world attempts to infuse you with energy; you will thus receive the following rewards—accept?"

1. Your luck permanently increases by 1 point!

2. In the designated area (Kelisiwa), your luck gains an additional 3 regional bonus!

3. Your reputation related to Kelisiwa increases, and the reputation of all factions in the material world rises to Revered.

4. Your reputation related to Zongwang increases, and you are listed under the "World Savior" concept, raising the reputation of related factions to Friendly.

Mu Yi did not refuse; although this gift is not particularly crucial for him, it is indeed proof of his past struggle.

"Zongwang Prompt: You have obtained the title 'Savior'."

"【Savior】"

"Type: Title"

"Effect: Reputation with all good factions is increased to Friendly."

"PS: Dedicated to the warriors who fight for the world! — Chriswa"

"As for this plane, Mu Yi could neither say he liked it nor disliked it."

"He saw the plane's most dazzling and brilliant aspect, as well as its darkest and filthiest aspect."

"All things considered, this is not a place that makes one linger."

"It was merely a stop in his life; here he gained the strength he needed and life experience, but this place is ultimately not his home."

"Mu Yi opened the battlefield merit shop on his retinal display, preparing to spend all his merit points……"

"As a star in the war to save the world, his merit points overflowed."

"Chriswa Merit Medal Shop:"

"1. Special Follower Qualification Permit:"

"Eligibility: The character must meet the relevant permit for exiting or early exiting the battlefield area."

"Description: By consuming one first-class merit medal, a player can obtain partial qualification to follow certain special personnel; after redeeming this permit, the character must go to the material realm on their own to recruit followers."

"Note: After recruiting followers, according to relevant regulations, the character must pay Zongwang Disaster Coins to sign the follower contract."

"Current details of recruitable followers are as follows: …………"

"2. Divine Crystal:"

"Eligibility: The character must have experience obtaining either one first-class merit medal or two or more second-class merit medals."

"Description: Legendary transcendent material, usable for high-level alchemy, magical enchantment, inscription engraving, golem core, etc.; limited to redeeming one."

"3. Chriswa Special Profession Inheritance:"

"Eligibility: Before choosing to redeem, the character must undergo a plane aptitude test; only after passing can they obtain the permit to redeem this civilization's inheritance."

"Description: By consuming one first-class merit medal, one can inherit a special profession chosen from those that originated in Chriswa's past."

"…………"

"…………"

"As always, the dazzling array of rewards a world offers is highly meaningful to any individual."

"After all, for deities, the material realm is also a rare treasure that can produce many things usable by gods."

"Mu Yi looked at the refreshing prompts on his retinal display, helplessly rubbing his chin."

"There are too many things, and instead he doesn't know what to redeem."

"Or rather, there are few things left that are meaningful to him."

"Just like that follower permit."

"He doesn't know how many professionals' souls he inadvertently scooped up on previous battlefields; after they reincarnate through the cycle of ranks, they are basically no different from those followers."

"This wasn't intentional on his part; during that frenzied phase, he unconsciously sealed many sacrificed professionals' souls within a barrier."

"They won't be completely incinerated like an Abyss Demon; instead they naturally fall into the human and asura paths, undergoing reincarnation."

"Although most people's strength must be rebuilt from scratch, the retained portion saves them much effort, allowing recovery to be absolutely swift."

"He has over a hundred first-class merit medals on hand."

"That is the fixed reward for slaying an Abyss Demon lord, and he has slain over a hundred of them."

"Converting them into what items is a matter that requires careful consideration."

"After thinking, Mu Yi decided not to choose the right ones, but to choose the few."

"Anything with a limited redemption quantity, he redeemed them all, yet he still has many merit points left unconsumed."

"Fortunately, the store also contains many divine items."

"Although they may not necessarily be useful, they have enough value for Mu Yi to exhaust his merit points."

"Among them, the item Mu Yi loves most is a die."

"【Fate Die】"

"Type: Curio"

"Quality: Divine"

"Skill Effect:"

"After a swift action, the character can throw an intangible fate die (can stack with same-named curios and artifacts)."

"The fate die randomly yields a point from 1 to 100, triggering the corresponding fate event."

"ps: When the fate die spins undecided, it can also be used as a blunt weapon. — Fate Gambler-Caster-Greans"

"It's a very interesting item; of course, Mu Yi didn't redeem it to test his luck with those so-called fate events."

"Rather, it is to analyze the trajectory of fate from it; this curio imbued with causality is valuable to Mu Yi."

"Besides that, what interests Mu Yi is a ticket."

"【Challenge of the Gods】 (Chriswa Material Realm)"

"Type: Special Challenge Unlock."

"Limited redemption: 1 (effective only once per Zongwang Player; repeat redemption invalid)"

"Required redemption: 1 special-class merit medal"

"Redemption attribute: After redemption, the character unlocks the gods' limited challenge, able to consume items with relevant traits and Zongwang Disaster Coins to open the limited challenge leading to the corresponding deity's divine realm."

"In the challenge scene, the character will face the leader related to the consumed ticket item; upon success, the character can randomly drop 1–5 items from the related Zongwang dungeon drop of that unit (guaranteed to drop at least one legendary-quality item)."

"Please note: the more related trait items consumed in a single instance, the higher the refresh rate of the targeted challenge's leader; after a single challenge, the leader must wait 30 natural days before being challenged again."

ps： Gods' challenge, if you want to challenge the strong, this is your best choice…… but sometimes they also choose to refuse. —God-Eater Alex Dottari

Mu Yi is quite interested in this; he is a practical combatant, and after he advances to godhood, challenging these gods might be a good choice.

In actual combat, seeking one's shortcomings is the shortcut to becoming stronger.

Coincidentally he has a lot of military merit to exchange, so he simply exchanges all of them for items related to the gods.

Roughly estimating, he can probably challenge a few hundred times.

Originally Mu Yi also wanted to exchange a few divine artifacts, but it didn't work out; true divine artifacts are indivisible parts of a certain plane.

Like the native deities, they are the materialization of plane-related rules.

Supplying mundane items for use in this plane, or taking them to foreign lands for conquest, is not a big problem.

And if, through Zongwang's related certification, exchanged for Zongwang players.

This means the permanent division of a part of the rules.

For the plane, it is a costly price hard to bear.

Not inferior to the Abyss's invasion of the plane.

The current plane cannot bear such a loss, so it directly closed the related option.

Of course, among the exchange options there is a plane-lost divine artifact.

Plane-lost divine artifact (a divine artifact that has lost the concept of eternity, but still retains its former basic attributes).

It's somewhat like the Twelve-Rank Merit Golden Lotus he has on hand, almost a castrated version, which doesn't mean much to Mu Yi.

So Mu Yi would rather choose some materials to take back and have someone forge and refine them, rather than exchange for a plane-lost divine artifact.

"【Military merit exhausted, currently transmitting character departure from the battlefield plane……

Mu Yi began to feel Zongwang's guidance.

As the prompt information refreshed on his retina, Mu Yi gradually disappeared from this plane.

At the place where he left, the Great Sage appeared silently, staring at the place where Mu Yi had left, not knowing what he was thinking.

And at the summit of Kunlun Mountain in the main world, Mu Yi's figure is continually condensing……

Just returned to Kunlun Mountain, not even having time to catch a breath, Mu Yi frowned, feeling the aura of foreign divine spirits.

This is not a good phenomenon.

Especially when the master is not home, the foreign divine spirits that sneak in are not friendly.