Chapter 339: Divine Miracle

Compared to Shi Quan's stillness, when Long Wenhe stepped onto the stairs, waves of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the crowd below.

He reached the very peak of the high platform, then steadily knelt on one knee before Shi Quan.

The guards on both sides of the high platform also respectfully brought forward the crown representing the Mansion Master of the Reincarnation Mansion and presented it before Shi Quan.

Shi Quan raised the crown with both hands and slowly lifted it high.

"Receiving... the... mandate... from..."

The voice came word by word, and a sobbing hum resonated through the sky.

Immediately after, the high platform began to tremble violently, and in an instant, it spread across the entire platform, and even the entire square.

Standing below the high platform, the many subjects all widened their eyes, staring in the direction of the platform's peak.

In the sky, the nine-colored halo dissipated, and the originally sunny sky was now covered with dark clouds.

"God...!"

As the final, high-pitched word "God" fell.

Just at this moment, the high platform suddenly lit up, and a powerful golden light burst forth, light breaking through the darkness, illuminating the high platform, and seemingly illuminating the entire square as well.

A thick pillar of golden light shot into the sky, piercing straight into the dark clouds.

The light lasted for a full ten seconds before subsiding. The dark clouds in mid-air had been illuminated by the golden light mass they had condensed into, turning completely into golden clouds. The next second, the golden clouds were abruptly split in two, and a figure stepped out from the illusory space; vaguely, one could see that the figure was wearing black and white armor. Ink-colored long hair draped over their shoulders. The armor covered almost every part of their body, and they held a long golden sword in their hand.

In an instant, everyone in the entire square knelt on the ground, with only Shi Quan standing tall, holding the crown in his hands.

Divine might permeated the air, the world seemed to fall into stillness, all things stopped in their tracks, souls fell into a brief trance, and everyone on the entire Longteng Continent could not help but bow down tremblingly and respectfully toward the direction of the high platform.

Thousands of tiny golden rays appeared from all directions, and in mid-air, the giant phantom gradually became clear. It was as clear as if it were real. It was only a pity that the face hidden beneath the armor could not be seen clearly; one could only see a pair of deep black eyes that resembled an abyss.

"Granted!"

The magnificent voice resounded through heaven and earth.

The crown held high by Shi Quan also landed steadily on the top of Long Wenhe's head along with this voice.

The phantom high in the sky raised the golden long sword in its hand and pointed it at Long Wenhe on the high platform. Brilliant golden light immediately gathered on the golden long sword, and the next second, a golden light, brilliant to the extreme, descended from the sky.

Everyone only saw the brilliant, magnificent light descend from the sky, enveloping Long Wenhe.

The next second, a martial soul phantom emerged behind Long Wenhe, with eight soul rings flickering.

Long Wenhe only felt himself experiencing a special energy fluctuation, as if receiving an enlightenment. His entire body felt as if it were soaked in a cool liquid. It was indescribably comfortable. Subtly, Tang San vaguely felt that his body had undergone some subtle changes within this golden light. He could not clearly say what it was, but that feeling was very magical. It was as if it had smoothed out his body's functions. It was indescribably comfortable.

He unconsciously opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of turbid air. This seemed to be the turbid air that the golden light had forced out of all the impurities in his body.

Immediately after, the soul power in his body began to grow continuously: eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety!

Under the convergence of the golden light, circles of halos began to churn, and Long Wenhe's body gradually began to tremble, the amplitude of the trembling growing larger and larger. A layer of unhealthy flushed red appeared on the surface of his skin.

With a "puff" sound, a dark golden phantom rose from behind Long Wenhe, instantly transforming into a giant earth dragon phantom, swaying behind his back.

Then, a high-pitched dragon roar came, and the earth dragon phantom behind Long Wenhe seemed to condense into form, circles of red light congealed, turning into a huge red light ring that landed steadily on Long Wenhe's Ninth Soul Ring!

Long Wenhe could not help but let out a long howl, a powerful aura erupting from his whole body, the dark golden light in his eyes gradually receding, replaced by an irrepressible excitement and fanaticism.

He bowed respectfully and shouted: "Many thanks for the God's bestowal!"

The phantom in the sky nodded slightly, turned around, and waved the long sword behind it. The sky seemed to be torn open by a huge gap, and behind the gap, a world completely different from the one they were in was revealed. The phantom stepped out, its figure submerged, and the gap in the sky slowly shrank. Some people saw their deceased relatives in that world, some saw their lovers, and some saw their enemies suffering in Hell.

A thousand people, a thousand scenes.

Without a doubt, the magnificent world revealed behind the rift was the Underworld!

The scene faded, but the people at the scene did not recover for a long time.

"Rise." Shi Quan's ethereal voice sounded, and the people present finally slowly came back to their senses.

The manifestation of the miracle had a huge impact on everyone present.

Although most of these miracles were fake, the various things in the sky were mostly illusions constructed by Shi Quan's main body, combined with some soul power fluctuations, enough to pass for the real thing.

As for Shi Quan on the high platform, he was naturally Shi Quan's clone.

This was also the origin of the "thousand people, a thousand scenes"; a powerful Divine Soul force swept over everyone present, directly triggering the people they longed to see deep in their hearts, and projecting them into the so-called Underworld in the sky.

After all, the Underworld was newly built, and the people those present missed in their hearts had no idea how long they had been dead, so they naturally would not exist in the Underworld.

As for Long Wenhe's strength improvement, it was relatively simple; it was done by directly using Faith Power and World Power to help him improve. As for the soul ring, it was the same principle as a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

Although the whole process consumed quite a bit of Shi Quan's energy, it was absolutely worth more than the cost.

With this wave of operations, the Faith Power at the scene was directly maxed out. The faith collected in these few short minutes was equivalent to that of the previous several months.

Sure enough, seeing is believing and hearing is doubting; after a wave of miracle displays, this Faith Power shot straight up.

Overall, it was a full harvest.

The chain reaction of the miracle was not just that simple; as time passed, through word of mouth, the quality of Faith Power across the entire Longteng Continent would rise by a level.

The Mansion Master's coronation ceremony and the Samsara Empire's emperor's coronation ceremony were not held together; the emperor's coronation day was three days after the Mansion Master's coronation.

With the end of the coronation ceremony, Shi Quan bid farewell to Long Wenhe and took away two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

With Long Wenhe's current strength, it was enough to stabilize the Reincarnation Mansion, and since the faith had already been established, everything on the Longteng Continent was on the right track; Shi Quan no longer had any need to continue staying on the Longteng Continent.

Condensing the Soul Core, absorbing the World Seed, and a series of other matters—Shi Quan had delayed himself on the Longteng Continent for nearly another half a year.