Chapter 401: Source Essence (12)

Secret room.

'Thump~'

The magical binding was released, and Li Fu slowly fell back to the ground.

When Li Fu's body regained freedom, Li Fu immediately began to kneel and pray.

Luosen stepped back to stand by the wall, waiting patiently.

Perhaps because the otherworld was too distant, and perhaps because the situation was complicated, Li Fu's prayer lasted a while.

Second by second passed, and Luosen did not simply stand idle.

To prevent Li Fu from scheming in secret, he kept watching her covertly, detecting various power fluctuations and carefully analyzing the content of her prayer.

After about a quarter of an hour, Li Fu's body trembled slightly, her drooping head slowly lifted, and the brown‑black eyes gradually revealed a faint pinkish glow.

Luosen couldn't help but mutter under his breath: 'Hey~ this otherworld's prostitute goddess shares the same taste as those on Earth.'

Of course, despite the poor taste, a True God is still a True God, and Luosen clearly felt the magnificent will that makes mortals look up.

The sense of insignificance he once felt when confronting the blood‑drinker Cizlokavid resurfaced uncontrollably in his heart, even stronger than before.

Luosen thought carefully and concluded that the reason wasn't that The Joyful One was stronger than the blood‑drinker, but rather the environment differed.

Previously they were on the Half Plane, where the law‑ring power was suppressed; now they are on the normal Eleven Ring Plane, the law‑ring is unfurled, so the True God's power waves are transmitted more effectively.

In the secret room, those strange eyes emitting a pinkish glow stared at Luosen.

Luosen did not evade, but met the gaze with his own tone.

The pressure was immense; his soul felt like a bubble about to burst, almost unbearable.

Luosen instantly poured his power into the Radiant Staff, which emitted a very peculiar force, helping him block most of the True God's soul pressure.

After silently staring at each other for over ten seconds, The Joyful One Talanaya spoke.

'Mortal Emperor, my apostle was correct; you indeed have the qualification to trade with me.'

Luosen breathed a silent sigh of relief, a faint smile on his face: 'It's an honor to converse with you, The Joyful One. To save your time and strength, shall we get straight to the point?'

'Fine.'

The Joyful One nodded: 'Li Fu has already told me everything.'

'My proposal is that I can help you ignite the Divine Flame.'

'In return, I need you to help me enter your world and give me five million followers so I can establish a foothold in your world.'

That was indeed straightforward.

Luosen liked this style of conversation best.

He shook his head: 'No, I have no intention of igniting the Divine Flame, because I have no interest in becoming a True God.'

The Joyful One paused: 'Even if you are an emperor of the mortal realm, even if you become a 23‑Ring eternal champion, your soul can at most endure thirty thousand years, whereas the Divine Flame is eternal.'

Luosen spread his hands and retorted: 'I am the supreme emperor in the mortal world, my days are carefree; why should I go to the divine realm to be a nobody?'

'Besides the lifespan issue, I wield sufficiently powerful time spells; creating a time‑stagnation spell lets me traverse endless time, so why ignite the Divine Flame?'

'My ultimate request to you is simply to combat the invasion of otherworldly gods.'

The Joyful One smiled and shook his head repeatedly: 'Mortal, you still don't understand the benefits of igniting the Divine Flame.'

'Even with time‑stagnation, you can only last a hundred thousand years, but if you ignite the Divine Flame, you can exist until the great extinction of the starry sky.'

'Moreover, as a mortal you will forever be trapped in this solar star realm. But if you ignite the Divine Flame, you can use the resonance between Divine Rings to leap between stars.'

'Your world will become immeasurably vast, far beyond mortal imagination.'

Luosen raised an eyebrow and immediately raised a doubt.

'I cannot verify the first benefit you mentioned, but I question the second. Li Fu told me that your divine realm houses thousands of True Gods, making it extremely crowded.'

'If True Gods can freely leap among stars, how could the divine realm be crowded?'

A hint of bitterness appeared on the Joyful One's face: 'Mortal, let me tell you the truth.'

'I'll tell you, the starry sky seems to contain countless stars, but in reality only a few hundred are usable for leaping. The vast majority are extremely distant, merely unattainable spacetime phantoms.'

'More precisely, our world has 538 stars. Your world is broader, with about 821.'

'In our world, the number of True Gods is indeed huge, currently about 3,218, averaging six per star, while the mortal realm has fewer than 30 billion followers.'

'To vie for living space and mortal followers, the gods frequently engage in fierce divine wars.'

Luosen sighed, "Tsk tsk~~ Hearing you say that, I'm even less interested in igniting the Divine Flame."

The Joyful One shook his head repeatedly: 'No, no, no, your world is different; your world has no True Gods.'

'Once you ignite the Divine Flame, you'll face a realm of endless resources and countless followers.'

'Moreover, you remain an emperor; when you ascend to a True God, your empire's citizens will naturally become your followers, granting you inexhaustible Source Power.'

'With the help of this Source Power, perhaps in less than a hundred years you could ascend to become the eternal First Supreme of the divine realm.' Said that, it did spark some attraction in Luosen.

The Joyful One continued: 'Mortal, the divine realm is far broader than the mortal realm, far more splendid, and far freer.'

'Also, if you wish to stop the Abyss and prevent the Goddess of Oblivion's invasion, the safest method is to ignite the Divine Flame.'

The final sentence greatly swayed Luosen.

Because he deeply felt the huge gap between mortals and True Gods.

Even the power of the Nightmare Abyss back then struggled to repel the otherworldly True Gods' invasion; he feared he would still fail.

Although protected by the Radiant Staff, it is still a shortcut; even the most meticulous plan has a flaw.

The Joyful One sensed Luosen's wavering and continued to persuade: 'Your Majesty, actually you can easily ignite the Divine Flame.'

'What do you mean?'

The Joyful One immediately gave an explanation.

'Source Essence permeates the star realm; it is both a requisite for igniting the Divine Flame and for condensing souls.'

'Some souls are naturally stronger than most, fundamentally because their souls contain more Source Essence.'

And you, the emperor of mortals, your soul contains a source essence far surpassing that of ordinary mortals, and you have already greatly exceeded the minimum limit for igniting the divine fire. Once you ignite the divine fire, you will directly possess mid-level power of the first circle, even the ultimate power of the first circle.

Luosen listened carefully to these words, thought them over, and then guessed a possibility: 'The Laifu in my soul is likely related to the source essence.'

Laifu is extremely secret; even though Luosen had obtained the mortal ultimate time talent, he still could not investigate its concrete existence.

Regarding this, he had always been puzzled, but he never expected to obtain a possible answer from the mouth of a goddess of prostitutes of another world.

He couldn't help but be curious, so he continued asking: 'I really want to know, what is the source essence?'

The Joyful One countered: 'Your Majesty, are you moved?'

Yes, I am moved.

The Joyful One smiled slightly and, with a somewhat emotional tone, said: 'The source essence is the most wondrous existence in the star realm, the source of time and space, the source of law circles, the source of the soul, and also the source of power.'

It can even be said that it is the source of all things!

Any language, even the most rigorous mathematical language, cannot describe its specially crafted one-in-ten-thousand; to truly understand the existence of the source essence, one can only approach it, draw from it, and merge with it.

It is worth mentioning that the taste of merging with the source essence is extremely wonderful; nothing else in the world can compare with it.

Luosen asked curiously: 'Is even joy not enough?'

The Joyful One smiled slightly: 'Pure joy is far from enough, but if the process of joy and the process of merging are carried out simultaneously, you will experience the utmost delight in the world. Emperor of mortals, would you like to try?'

A hint of flirtation appeared on the Joyful One's face.

Luosen shook his head decisively: 'I ask myself I lack the ability to withstand this level of pleasure; once I taste it, I fear I would become its slave. So for now, I'll forget it.'

The Joyful One raised her delicate brows: 'Your Majesty possesses sufficient sobriety, which gives me greater confidence in you.'

Returning to the original question, if Your Majesty is willing to ignite the divine fire, then I am now willing to tell Your Majesty the method of igniting the divine fire.

Luosen laughed and asked: 'Are you not worried that I will regret after gaining the benefit?'

The Joyful One narrowed her eyes and smiled: 'In my world, I possess the most well-informed news, knowing countless secrets.'

At the same time, I am also a pioneer on the path of the True God, able to give Your Majesty sufficient guidance to help you survive the most fragile early period.

I believe these two abilities of mine are very useful to Your Majesty, so our cooperation is a win-win process. With Your Majesty's wisdom, you should easily see this, and naturally there is no need for regret.

What you said is not wrong at all; Luosen is indeed very moved as well.

But achieving True Godhood means leaving the mortal realm and entering a completely strange god.

Then his control over the Natural Empire would likely be greatly affected.

The Joyful One seemed to see Luosen's concerns.

Your Majesty, I will also teach you the technique to create a mortal incarnation.

Believe me, the power of the True God far exceeds mortal imagination; unless you actively speak up, no mortal can detect any flaw.

Luosen believes this point.

Thus, he cast upon himself a Time Torrent Spell, and within the Time Torrent accelerated three thousand times, he used various methods to evaluate the pros and cons of igniting the divine fire.

Finally, he reached a conclusion.

To contend against a True God, the steadiest method is indeed to obtain True God's power.

After I ascend to True God, I can find a way to elevate the mortals I trust to True God as well, thereby forming a strong divine pantheon, even a divine kingdom.

Once I successfully create a divine kingdom, its national strength will also be very strong; not only can it completely eliminate the threat of the gods of another world, but it can even turn the tables, occupy their world, and make the gods of another world my slaves.

Thus, he nodded slowly: 'Then, Joyful One Talanaya, tell me the method of igniting the divine fire.'

(End of chapter)