Chapter 901: Firebrand Temple! Meet the High Priestess!

The aircraft flew between modern skyscrapers.

Under Meng Yu's introduction, Xu Jingming gained a fairly comprehensive understanding of the Firebrand World.

First, the number of supreme elites.

Including High Priestess Emers, there are three supreme elites in total.

The other two supreme elites each lead their own factions.

But Emers has the highest prestige, and the Firebrand Temple is a relatively lax organization with the largest membership.

Second, the Firebrand World has a rigid hierarchy, far beyond anything on Blue Star.

The ten-ring zones of the metropolis each house different tiers and talents of psychics.

Those with psychic tiers below C-grade, or merely awakened individuals, can only reside beyond the sixth ring.

Without extraordinary circumstances, those beyond the sixth ring will never enter it in their lifetime.

Within the sixth ring, each deeper ring requires meeting corresponding conditions.

The closer one gets to the first ring, the better the education, medical care, cultivation resources, and all external conditions become.

Of course, someone like Meng Yu, who possesses an SS-grade psychic ability.

No matter where she travels in the Firebrand World, she faces no restrictions.

"The Firebrand World has a higher proportion of elites than Daya; besides its inherent population base, this system is likely another reason."

Xu Jingming's heart suddenly understood.

With external incentives, psychics will train harder.

"By the way, Senior Xu, the Firebrand Temple is right beside the Void-Breaking Tower.

High Priestess Emers wishes to meet you. If possible, please don't refuse."

As the aircraft entered the first ring, Meng Yu suddenly spoke.

Ancient civilization speech was inherently gentle, and with her soft tone, her posture appeared exceedingly humble.

For an ordinary person, the chance to meet the High Priestess would be a dream come true.

But since Xu Jingming is suspected of possessing an SSS-grade psychic ability, she asked so politely.

"High Priestess Emers?"

Xu Jingming raised his sword-like brows and asked: "The Eye of Fate?"

During their earlier conversation, he had already learned this supreme elite's psychic ability from Meng Yu.

Of course, the moment he entered the Firebrand World,

Eva had already entered the Firebrand World's network to gather information.

Information like psychic effects—even if Meng Yu hadn't introduced them—he could still know.

"A psychic ability that sees past and future? Is the Eye of Fate truly this miraculous?"

Hearing Ling Shuang and Su Qingli both showed expressions of curiosity.

Psychic abilities were as countless as stars; having held high positions, they had seen many.

But such a miraculous ability, they had never encountered before.

"This is the High Priestess's great divine power! You'll understand once you experience it."

A faint fervor surfaced on Meng Yu's fair, lovely face.

It reminded Xu Jingming of Catherine.

Both were equally fervent, though one worshipped a nonexistent God of Light, and the other a real, powerful being.

After all, the one who had lifted an entire space out of the spatial chaos and returned it to Blue Star.

Anyone would regard such a being as a god.

Xu Jingming silently sighed inwardly, then nodded: "Alright, I'll meet the High Priestess later."

According to Meng Yu's introduction, anyone observed by the Eye of Fate would be seen through.

As a supreme elite, Emers could observe him without his awareness—easily.

Rather than refuse, it was better to accept directly.

Also,

He wanted to see whether Emers's Eye of Fate could see his past life experiences...

After entering the first ring, the differences from other zones became obvious.

First, the buildings were taller; second, the greenery was better.

Green vegetation rarely seen in other zones was everywhere here.

Moreover, Xu Jingming could easily sense that everyone walking the city streets below were psychics—no ordinary people at all.

"Seniors, the Firebrand Temple has arrived."

At Meng Yu's reminder, Xu Jingming looked ahead and saw a massive building.

The building stood sixty to seventy meters tall, entirely silver-white, shaped like an ancient foreign temple.

But this temple was not ancient—it was highly modernized.

Whoosh—

The aircraft landed at the entrance.

Under Meng Yu's guidance, Xu Jingming and the others entered the Firebrand Temple.

"The Firebrand Temple is divided into inner and outer zones.

The outer zone handles mundane affairs; only the High Priestess and her disciples may enter the inner zone."

The Firebrand Temple was vast; under Meng Yu's guidance, Xu Jingming and the other two walked for over ten minutes before stopping before a corridor:

"This is the entrance to the inner zone. I've already notified them ahead of time."

"You may enter directly, Master Xu; the High Priest's senior disciple, Moonshadow Cleric, is waiting inside."

"Understood." Xu Jingming nodded and stepped forward into the interior.

Meanwhile, Su Qingli and Ling Shuang were taken by Meng Yu to rest elsewhere.

Following the corridor inward, they soon reached a flat square.

Xu Jingming immediately saw a young man standing in the square.

The man wore a black battle robe, with a symbol of the Ember Temple on his chest.

He seemed entirely merged with this space—calm and serene.

Yet Xu Jingming sensed his aura through his powerful spiritual force.

Ninth-Rank Peak!

And he was even stronger than Cao Jun, the Ninth-Rank Peak of Great Xia he had once encountered!

"The Ember World has three supreme beings, and five Ninth-Rank Peaks."

"In terms of sheer numbers of strong individuals, no Star Earth nation can match them."

"No wonder Great Xia declared the Ember Temple a friendly faction."

"A world like this—no nation would dare provoke it."

Xu Jingming silently marveled inwardly and immediately understood this was Moonshadow Cleric; he bowed respectfully: "Cleric."

"You must be Xu Jingming. Follow me," Moonshadow Cleric smiled slightly.

He appeared very young, perhaps only in his early twenties.

But Xu Jingming knew well: at this level, age was never as simple as it seemed.

Xu Jingming followed Moonshadow Cleric inward, soon entering a palace.

The palace was brightly lit; murals on the ceiling depicted an endless starry sky.

Around it, eight massive stone pillars supported the palace, each carved with intricate patterns and paintings.

They seemed to depict the moment the Second Civilization's Seed Project was enacted.

The modern atmosphere vanished, replaced by profound historical weight and religious solemnity.

"Master, Xu Jingming has arrived."

Moonshadow Cleric led Xu Jingming to the very center of the hall and bowed upward, calling out.

Above the hall sat an empty throne; as Xu Jingming hesitated in confusion—

There came a soft hum, and light swirled.

A young woman, roughly in her early twenties, suddenly materialized before the throne.

She was tall and graceful, clad in an exquisitely ornate pale gold robe.

Her lips were full and moist, her nose delicate and refined.

Even though her eyes were gently bound by a black silk ribbon, her beauty could not be concealed.

Xu Jingming had seen many beautiful women, yet the High Priest, Emers, still struck him with awe.

"High Priest," Xu Jingming quickly bowed.

Though both were supreme beings, Zhou Yuanwu had once filled Xu Jingming with suffocating might.

But this High Priest, though still formidable, gave him the sense of being detached from this world entirely.

He understood: this was the gap in ability tiers.

Zhou Yuanwu possessed an SS-rank ability; this High Priest wielded an SSS-rank ability!

The difference in ability tiers resulted in utterly distinct auras.