Chapter 1047: The Eternal Night Goddess

In the Eternal Night Empire, though the war had ended, a great many aftermath tasks remained.

In the Heavenly Realm, after many Divine Lords had departed, the Eternal Night Empress extended an invitation to Lin Yan:

"Lord of Flame, would you accept my invitation to gather in my divine realm?"

On her face, in fact, there lay a faint mist.

This made other deities see her only dimly.

But when Lin Yan looked at her, that mist naturally thinned away.

Her face was indeed identical to Empress Tina's.

Yet it carried an additional sacred aura.

The sisters' personalities were in fact opposites.

The Eternal Night Goddess was outwardly gentle but inwardly resolute.

Empress Tina was outwardly stern but inwardly tender.

Of course, this tenderness depended on whom it was directed toward.

Though the Eternal Night Goddess still appeared cold and distant, her nature was relatively mild.

Among the female divine spirits in her realm, her prestige was also very high.

Every single female divine spirit sincerely supported her!

In truth, divine spirits are deeply devout toward their deities.

But how to put it? Some devotion is the result of long-term brainwashing, while sincere devotion signifies deep recognition.

Lin Yan accepted.

The Eternal Night Goddess smiled faintly, then opened a passage: "Please follow me!"

She entered the passage first.

Lin Yan followed closely behind, stepping inside.

At this moment, the Eternal Night Goddess's divine realm was still hastening toward the Elven Divine Domain.

Without expending vast amounts of energy to propel itself away, it would take considerable time for the divine realm to reach the Elven Divine Domain by flying alone!

Yet through the faith passage, the Eternal Night Goddess brought Lin Yan directly back to her divine realm.

Though her divine realm was still moving at high speed, within it, not the slightest motion could be felt.

Her divine realm suffered little damage during this ambush.

The greatest loss was to the realm's boundary.

Inside the divine realm itself, there was little damage.

Of course, the stored energy within the divine realm had been heavily depleted!

Maintaining the divine realm's energy could, of course, be done with divine power—but using divine power was extremely inefficient.

The energy stored in the divine realm mostly came from the sun and moon, which is why deities leave their realms partially open and project them outward.

This is to absorb energy from the sun and moon.

Exposing the divine realm within the Heavenly Realm greatly increases energy absorption efficiency.

Yet compared to safety, deities below the fourth tier prioritize safety more, which is why they never expose themselves.

Slower efficiency can be compensated by time—they have endless years—but if exposed, and an enemy strikes while they're vulnerable, losing their lives would be disastrous!

"The Goddess has returned!"

After the Eternal Night Goddess returned to her realm, all the female divine spirits emerged.

All her divine spirits were female, each once a devout and pure believer from the past thousand years, whose souls she had drawn to the Heavenly Realm upon their death's end and reshaped into new bodies at great cost.

The strongest among them was Timothy.

These divine spirits numbered in the thousands.

Of course, they paled in comparison to those of other fourth-tier deities, or even some third-tier deities.

Take the Demon Soul Zunzhu—his divine realm alone held thousands of divine spirits, not counting those stationed across every divine domain in the Heavenly Realm!

"Huh? Why is there a male deity?"

The female divine spirits soon noticed Lin Yan.

This was the first time they had ever seen their Goddess standing so close to a male deity.

These spirits had remained within the divine realm, operating it, and knew nothing of events beyond.

"This is the Lord of Flame. My successful breakthrough to the fourth tier was thanks entirely to him!"

Said the Eternal Night Goddess.

The female divine spirits now understood.

Instantly, Timothy and the others extended heartfelt thanks to Lin Yan from afar!

These spirits had operated the divine realm in escape for over a month, fully aware of how fierce the ambushes by the Divine Lords had been.

In their eyes, Lin Yan had stood firm against all the Divine Lords' attacks on their Goddess—this alone earned their recognition and gratitude.

The Eternal Night Goddess paused, then waved her hand, transmitting the recent battle's details to the female divine spirits.

Instantly, the female divine spirits were stunned by the information the Goddess had sent!

They could never have imagined that the ambushers included a fourth-tier deity!

And that the Lord of Flame had single-handedly blocked every enemy attacking their Goddess!

Such power was terrifyingly immense!

Instantly, each female divine spirit grew even more grateful to Lin Yan.

Beyond gratitude, there mingled a trace of reverence!

"The Goddess has never stood this close to a male deity before."

Moxi thought.

Thinking of this, Moxi quietly summoned all the Holy Spirits.

"Goddess, the boundary of the Divine Realm still needs repair; we shall go to mend it."

Moxi said.

All the Holy Spirits departed.

In the upper reaches of the Divine Realm, only the Eternal Night Goddess and Lin Yan remained.

"Lord of Flame, follow me!"

The Eternal Night Goddess led Lin Yan into a magnificent palace.

This palace was constructed from a very pure white substance.

This substance was also from the Moon.

It was not divine matter, but still a relatively rare material.

Lin Yan followed her inside.

The Eternal Night Goddess extended her hand and pressed lightly; instantly, the entire palace dimmed.

Within the palace, a star map appeared.

This star map contained twenty stars, forming a complex pattern.