Chapter 543: Let's Just Wrap It Up

Haoran: What about you two? Have you decided?

Haoran: @Qingcai Keke

Qingcai Keke: I am from the Spirit Sect, so I should be called a Spirit Saint, right?

Haoran: Logically speaking, that is correct.

Qingcai Keke: Let me think.

Qingcai Keke: Let's just call it the Time-Space Spirit Saint.

Grandma Always Says: Just call it the Silly Dog Spirit Saint.

Haoran: Why call it that name?

Grandma Always Says: Because it's doggy enough.

Qingcai Keke: Time-Space, doesn't that sound so high-end?

Haoran: What about your leader at home?

Qingcai Keke:?

Qingcai Keke: What leader? Everything at my place is decided by me, alright? If I say one, she doesn't dare say two; if I point east, she doesn't dare go west. Did you think it was like your house?

Haoran: /Struck in the chest by a Sword

Chen Shu quietly turned his head to look at Qingqing beside him.

Qingqing happened to lift her eyes and meet his gaze.

"Hehehe."

"Silly."

"What are you called?"

"Not needed."

"How interesting."

"Boring."

"Emmm..."

Chen Shu thought for a moment and started typing.

Qingcai Keke: I just took the liberty of picking one for her; she is called the Time-Space Secret Saint, a couple Godhood name with mine.

Haoran: /Complex expression

Grandma Always Says: /Complex expression

Gate of All Wonders: /Complex expression

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: /Complex expression

Nameless Person: /Complex expression

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: /Complex expression

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: /Complex expression

Jiang Lai: /Complex expression

Qingcai Keke: By the way.

Qingcai Keke: Husky God, please learn how to do it when the time comes and split a wisp of your origin to give our Xiaoxiao a mark... Her talent is very good; with the mark, she can take over the Spirit Saint's position in a few years.

Grandma Always Says: Since you have prayed so sincerely, the great Last Sword God shall mercifully agree.

Haoran: Can do.

Haoran: It's Ning Ji, right? Her talent is indeed peerless. Although there is no divine intervention, it is not inferior to ours. Given time, even without a mark, she would be fully capable of becoming a god.

Qingcai Keke: That's right.

Chen Shu glanced at the young girl beside him.

Xiaoxiao's talent was indeed beyond reproach; one could only say that the genes of President Ning and Director An achieved a perfect harmony to produce these two sisters. At the same time, the contributions Xiaoxiao made for the Plane War were enough to allow her to ascend to Godhood. Her only problem was her unstable personality, with strong tendencies toward destruction and violence.

But as long as he was there, she would be fine.

A glance from the corner of his eye—

He caught sight of the little cat-girl beside him writing her test paper again.

Qingcai Keke: By the way, if you all split off your marks and someone can't find a successor, I can recommend my Taozi.

Haoran: /Complex expression

Haoran: You shouldn't do that.

Haoran: This kind of thing does not allow for nepotism.

Gate of All Wonders: With the Heavenly Venerable of All Wonders above, Qingcai Caike, you are trying to bring everyone in your family into a divine office.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: This poor monk severely despises this behavior.

Qingcai Keke: My Taozi is already at the Fifth Stage /Smile

Qingcai Keke: Only in the second grade of Youth School /Smile

Haoran: Holy shit!

Haoran retracted a message.

Gate of All Wonders: Amitabha...

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: The Heavenly Venerable is above...

Qingcai Keke: You can examine her yourselves when the time comes.

Gate of All Wonders: Good.

Nameless Person: I can split a mark for the cat belonging to Brother Qingcai!

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: Me too, me too!

"..."

Seeing this, Chen Shu knew that it was mostly settled.

He then turned his head to look at the little girl and the little cat-girl beside him; when the time came, the little girl would be called the Potato God, and the little cat-girl would be called the Taozi God, or perhaps the Cat God. Just imagining such a scene made Chen Shu unable to help but want to laugh.

It was a pity that although Chen Banxia's talent was good, she was still a bit short of becoming a god—she was at the level of Senior Brother Ji, so making her a god would be too much of a nepotistic move.

Perhaps when the time came, he could find a way to unbind the Space-Time Item and then transfer it to her, letting her fuse with the Space-Time Origin.

He did not know what her personal wishes were.

Not long after—

The Buddhist Sect and the Daoist sect were the first to announce that because Tongdeng Bodhisattva and Xuanzhen Zhenren had profound attainments in Buddhist/Daoist Dharma, had achieved perfect merit, and had surpassed their predecessors, they should be honored as the living Buddha and Heavenly Venerable, to be worshipped by the masses with incense.

The Sword Sect and the Spirit Sect followed closely behind.

However, the Sword Sect's reason was that Sword Master Zhang had walked a path in Sword Dao that no predecessor had reached, with combat power surpassing the previous Sword God, making them invincible.

The Spirit Sect's reason was much the same, roughly stating that Chen Shu's attainments in Spell Principles were unprecedented, that he had made huge contributions to the improvement of the Blazing Sun World-Extinguishing Spell, and that he had participated in the Plane War with immeasurable merit; therefore, he was honored as the next generation's Spirit Saint, who should be admired by future generations and have his name placed at the head of the Spirit Sect's historical records.

Discerning people could see at a glance what was going on.

Ordinary people could not tell, but they were not overly surprised either.

For one thing, in their impression, so-called gods were everywhere, and a bunch would pop up every few years; this was at best more official and formal. For another, these names were already like thunder to their ears, and everyone acknowledged the contributions this group had made; if those who saved the world were not gods, then there were no gods in the world.

Wei Lvshi, however, was being sarcastic again, and Chen Banxia was willing to act as a messenger for her, disgusting her younger brother.

The group members attacked each other in the group chat a few more times.

After a period of time.

The Calamity-Responding Buddha, far away at the Plane Core, sent back news that the Withered Power was indeed affected by the war and had shown a tendency to erode surrounding planes ahead of schedule.

Everyone then understood that it was time to set off.

There was nothing more to say, nothing to dawdle over; once fully prepared, they prepared to head to the Plane Core.

The gods gathered at the Killing Forbidden Land.

Nearly two-thirds of them were young gods.

Chen Shu looked around at the people beside him and asked with a smile, "Everyone, are you all ready?"

"Ready."

"Always ready."

"Nothing to prepare."

"Same."

"About the same."

Everyone replied one after another, and for a moment, their calm and sense of justice made it hard to imagine what they were like in the group chat.

"You all are quite relaxed."

"There is nothing heavy about it," the group owner said indifferently, "Anyway, no matter what, it will be like this."

"Anyway, I'll just follow you," Sword God said to the two of them, focusing his gaze on Chen Shu, "I know you will never treat yourself poorly."

"Amitabha, this poor monk also trusts Qingcai Caike."

"Qingcai Caike's attitude toward life is always worth trusting; this poor Daoist will just watch quietly how Qingcai Caike transforms it."

"If there is any place you need me, just command me."

"With friends all around, what is there to fear?"

"I'll listen to your arrangements."

"..."

The smile on Chen Shu's face gradually deepened a little.

Indeed, he also felt there was nothing to it.

It was just a temporary farewell to the comfort of the past, exchanging it for another way to experience a life. How extremely lucky he was; most of his friends were by his side. The only regret was temporarily parting with the people and things on Earth, but when Xiaoxiao and the new Saint had results from their research, they would naturally be able to return in another way.

When it came down to it, it was still that saying—

The peace and comfort of the past, the quiet and good life of a salted fish, was supported by thousands upon thousands of predecessors holding up the world for them, and there was nothing wrong with this; it should be so.

It was just that now the world was in trouble and the predecessors were lacking, so it was their turn to shoulder this calamity.

It was also as it should be.

"Boom—"

Several gods opened the Killing Forbidden Land.

Facing the forbidden land that had momentarily turned into a black hole, one figure after another stepped in calmly. Chen Shu and Ning Qing held hands tightly and looked back at this world.

It happened to be dusk.

It seemed rare to see such beautiful sunset clouds in Yujing?

The setting sun sank, dyeing half the sky red; the ground gradually grew dark, but the sunset clouds piled up at the edge of the sky, crimson as fire, brilliant as a dream.

Chen Shu was actually stunned for a moment, muttering to himself.

"I seem to have dreamed of this scene..."

"Let's go."

A cold and familiar voice came from beside him.

The next instant, the Killing Forbidden Land returned to its original state, suddenly becoming empty, while the setting sun at the edge of the sky was still sinking, the color of the sunset clouds growing more intense, until the clouds turned into burnt-out lead gray, and the edge of the sky presented an extremely beautiful gradient, with a single star dotting it.

It was like a dream and also like an illusion.

The dusk of the old era only truly departed at this moment; the deepest darkness should be enjoyed by the gods alone, and the dawn of the new era should also be brought by the gods themselves.

The book is complete.