[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped":3,"chapter-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-538":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Imprisoned for a Trillion Years, I Was Worshipped by All Gods!",{"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},1728037,2207,"Chapter 538 - Chapter94-The Sacred Realm Pact","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-538",538,"\u003Cp>Seeing Alice fall silent, Barbara continued, \"Your father, the great Lord Anthony, would never allow such a thing to happen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person he envisions to stand beside you for a lifetime is certainly not someone as mediocre as a tier-bronze.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, Alice quickly looked up, as if wanting to argue back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Barbara's next sentence caught in her throat like a fishbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, this Mr. Alan—his temperament and talent are both extraordinary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But compared to you—whose name already echoes throughout the kingdom at such a young age—he remains utterly insignificant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If one day, in middle age, he manages to reach tier-diamond, or even the rank of King Magus, then perhaps, just perhaps, you two might have a shred of possibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that's nearly as impossible as scaling the heavens. My lady, you may not see it, but your very existence is like the sun to a glacier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The brighter your light shines, the faster he will melt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This,\" she said sharply, \"is something any sensible person would understand. And yes, even you should have realized it long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Barbara was addressing Alice, her words were clearly aimed at Alan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And both the third princess and Alan heard every word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the unwillingness lingering on Alice's face, Barbara added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lady, let him go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not just in our kingdom, but throughout the entire world, people of different levels cannot truly communicate. That's where distance—true distance—comes from.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Alice didn't argue. She simply turned to face Alan directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan was silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he gently pushed away the third princess, slowly stood up, and with his icy hand, firmly grasped Alice's wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you believe in me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice didn't respond with words, only a faint nod to signal her answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan smiled—a wild, unrestrained smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, there's nothing more to say. I won't spend my life chasing after your shadow. One day, I'll surpass you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tier-diamond? King Magus? So what? One day, I'll stand at the very pinnacle of all magi. The whole world will remember the name—Alan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice smiled too. She removed her gauntlet and gently brushed away the frost forming on his face with her fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just hope that time's greedy hands will not tarnish the proud and pure soul you carry now…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she slowly pulled her hand back and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as she was about to walk away, Alan reached out again, placing his hand on the silver armor at her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If my soul still shines, how will I find your light again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Astra Sacred Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice didn't look back. Her voice drifted into the wind and softly reached Alan's ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All starlight eventually gathers upon that sacred land. I'll arrive before you do. I only hope you won't keep me waiting too long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barbara quickly stepped between the two, glaring at Alan with hostility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop dreaming. The Sacred Realm is not something someone as ordinary as you could ever reach!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan replied calmly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Sacred Realm does not exist for all, then it isn't sacred at all—it's just a hollow paradise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barbara was left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After gnashing her teeth and stomping in frustration, she turned and followed Alice as she gradually walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan stood there, watching Alice's retreating figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time he had spent with her—it felt like a dream. Ethereal, yet real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, quite inappropriately, the third princess appeared behind him and said with no small amount of annoyance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your eyes are about to pop out of your head. Is she really that attractive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan chuckled weakly, trying to explain himself, but his voice cracked and faltered. His dropping body temperature was making it harder and harder to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third princess looked him over, noting how he was subtly trembling all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She teased, \"You've been hit by element backlash this badly? What the hell did you do before this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driven by pure instinct, his body leaned toward the nearest warm source—the third princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling half of his weight slump against her, she instinctively tried to step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she noticed the deep wound on his shoulder—the main source of his instability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That injury had thrown his mana flow into complete disarray. It was the real reason frost clung so stubbornly to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most critically, that wound… had been sustained while protecting her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan's teeth were chattering now. He rubbed his hands together furiously, trying to create some meager warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-Your Highness… l-let's not talk out here anymore… Can we go inside? I'm really starting to miss hot milk and a warm fireplace…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third princess forced herself to look away from his injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She scoffed, \"Hmph. Just now you were having such a lively chat with the Duke. What, she's gone and suddenly it's cold again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or don't tell me, just seeing Alice makes you feel like basking in the spring sun—warms your whole body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she grumbled, she nonetheless pulled off her thick, fur-lined cloak and draped it over Alan's shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrapped her arm around him and slowly helped him walk toward the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One cloak probably won't cut it. You're wearing way too much—mind sparing another layer or two?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Say one more word and I'll light a fire right here and roast you myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh… on second thought, the weather's really not that bad today…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them bantered back and forth as they passed through the gates, heading deeper into Ironblood City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, several soldiers returning to their watch posts took immediate notice of the unusual scene near the city entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yes—\"unusual\" was the only word that fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They watched with wide eyes as their normally cold, unsmiling commander—known widely as the Iron-Faced Third Princess—held a man close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, the man was wearing her most beloved fur-lined cloak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had always been a rumor in the barracks that the fierce, sharp-tongued third princess wasn't interested in men at all—that she preferred women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today's spectacle completely shattered their previous perceptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the soldiers' gazes drifted curiously toward her, the third princess's brows furrowed. She growled sharply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you all staring at?! Get back to your posts! If even one spellbeast sneaks in through the gates, I'll hold each of you personally responsible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-Yes, ma'am!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recognizing that she was still the same strict and terrifying commander, the soldiers quickly dropped their gossiping thoughts, scurrying up the walls and back into the towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Alan—his elemental balance thoroughly broken—could no longer resist the creeping cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word, his eyes slowly drifted shut.\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-06T15:56:32.855Z",1,"novelbin.me","f3be437ea9e7865c4aa6087b21ff0b588499dc712c2bbfe8f5a3342b9c57de10","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-539","imprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-chapter-537",734,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimprisoned-for-a-trillion-years-i-was-worshipped-cover.jpg"]