King of Assassins-Chapter 700 - 524 Divine Fire

Gao Xuan, reborn, has been acting for the sake of Virtual Godhood. The Divine Throne is right before his eyes, and taking his seat would fulfill his long-cherished wish.
At this moment, however, Gao Xuan rarely hesitated.
He has always been meticulous and steady in his actions, hardly ever hesitating. But this matter of Divinity is too significant; he must consider it carefully.
The dying screams of Liu Yun might not have been lies.
Could Divine Enthronement be the beginning of destruction?
Gao Xuan recalled that in his past life, it was less than a hundred years before and after human extinction. Prior, though Evil Gods ran rampant, there were no signs of impending annihilation.
Evil Gods love slaughter and destruction, but from another perspective, they also need to rely on humanity to exist.
Just like tigers and wolves feed on sheep, but if the sheep are destroyed, the tigers and wolves find it hard to survive.
The relationship between Evil Gods and humans is roughly analogous to this.
The destruction of humanity, while Evil Gods were undoubtedly an important factor, may not have been the root cause.
In three thousand years of human history, no one has become a deity. Is it because it is impossible to become one, or because no one dares?
Gao Xuan is not guessing wildly; the super intuition of the Six-winged Celestial Cicada tells him that becoming a deity would trigger uncontrollable disasters.
Yet reaching this step and not proceeding is not necessarily a wise move.
Find someone else to ascend to Divinity?
Gao Xuan thought of having Bai Yutang ascend instead of him. However, Bai Yutang's fragile Divine Soul simply cannot withstand the violent energy impact of ascension.
Having Bai Yutang ascend would only be sending her to her death. There is less than one in ten thousand chances of success.
Moreover, Bai Yutang's ascension would make no difference compared to his own.
Though Bai Yutang is a Spiritual Life, Liu Yun also wasn't human.
Gao Xuan felt the key might not be in what kind of intelligent life ascends; rather, it might lie in what the ascension might initiate.
The moment of ascension might disrupt cosmic rules, possibly releasing special energy, thereby attracting mighty enemies?
Gao Xuan, having experienced the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada World's trials, gained a new understanding of the cosmos.
At the very least, the Cultivator Cosmos definitely exists. It's almost certain that the Cultivator World is another cosmos.
Parallel cosmos is not a fresh concept. Yet there's no real evidence.
The Cultivator Cosmos Gao Xuan discovered differs vastly from the Material Cosmos.
In that cosmos, the energy levels are higher and stronger.
If the two were to communicate and connect, although human technology is advanced, there's a massive gap in top-tier power.
The cultivator world not only has cultivators but also immensely powerful demons. One can imagine that once the two worlds establish a connection, it would undoubtedly be disastrous for the Alliance.
Gao Xuan thought again about the chief culprit of human extinction, the Ghost Prison Race, a race like demons continuously emerging from Negative Space.
However, this race does have physical bodies. Moreover, they can withstand the energy pressure difference between positive and negative spaces.
Gao Xuan now thinks that the Ghost Prison Race might also originate from another cosmos.
In the past life, everyone had seen too little and never considered this possibility.
Of course, they had captured some Ghost Prison powerhouses, but the information obtained from these powerhouses may not have been accurate.
The emergence of the Ghost Prison Race might have a direct cause-and-effect relationship with Divine Enthronement?
The information Gao Xuan has is scarce, and he can't ascertain the correct answer by sheer speculation.
Fortunately, he still has the Book of All-Knowing at hand.
Gao Xuan took out the Book of All-Knowing, asking the question he was most concerned about: What dangers would Divine Enthronement trigger?
After giving up a hundred pieces of Golden Marvels, Gao Xuan received the answer from the Book of All-Knowing.
"The ignited Divine Fire will instantly illuminate the vast and boundless multiverse, like a torch lit in the dark wilderness, attracting countless beasts and hunters lurking in the dark."
The Book of All-Knowing contained only two short lines, yet they made Gao Xuan suddenly realize.
So that's how it is, so that's how it is!
A race with a deity will ignite a Divine Fire, thus exposing its position.
This multiverse surely contains innumerable powerhouses who have long become deities. The attitude of these deities upon discovering a new deity is unpredictable.
Actually, mankind has long been invaded by Evil Gods. However, these Evil Gods regard humans as their private granary and won't recklessly destroy it.
But exposing humanity to the faces of innumerable deities in the multiverse is far too dangerous.
How other deities will treat humanity is completely uncontrollable.
Trying to understand other deities using human comprehension of good and evil is very unreliable.
Gao Xuan was about to ask a second question when the Book of All-Knowing suddenly transformed into a stream of light and shot into the sky.
He watched the disappearing stream of light and, after a silent moment, sighed in lament; this fellow flees fast.
The Book of All-Knowing leaps through space automatically at intervals. There's no method to prevent this.
Gao Xuan had prepared for this. However, at this critical moment, the Book of All-Knowing slipping away left him quite frustrated.
Luckily, the Book of All-Knowing answered the most critical question.
Divine Enthronement is not impossible, but it cannot occur within human territory. The problem is that with Virtual Godhood at this stage, Gao Xuan can't change locations any longer. He lacks that capability.
For successful Virtual Godhood, the key is the spiritual energy stored in the database.
Without achieving divinity, all that stored spiritual energy would go to waste.
Because Liu Yun had already initiated the Divine Enthronement ceremony, Gao Xuan couldn't stop the Investiture of the Gods.
The vast spiritual energy accumulated by humanity over thousands of years could not simply be wasted.
After considering for a moment, Gao Xuan made a decision and sat down on the Divine Throne.
At this step, the endless spiritual energy gathered by the Investiture of the Gods was truly activated.
The spiritual energy absorbed by Gao Xuan and Liu Yun was only a tenth of the amount.
The infinite spiritual energy was transformed through the Divine Throne and directly transmitted to Gao Xuan.
Using this spiritual energy as fuel and the Divine Format as a framework, the Divine Fire could be ignited.
To put it simply, the Divine Format is the main power furnace, and spiritual energy is the fuel. The main power furnace requires a massive energy consumption to ignite for the first time.
The flames released in an instant were enough to illuminate the Multiverse.
Once Gao Xuan stabilized the Divine Format, the Divine Fire would naturally operate smoothly, placing everything under Gao Xuan's control.
Of course, Gao Xuan couldn't ignite the Divine Fire, as the risk was too great and completely uncontrollable.
Even if the Divine Enthronement succeeded, as a newborn Divine, he would be as weak as an infant in front of the older Divines. How could he contend with them?
However, the spiritual energy could not be wasted either.
Gao Xuan had prepared two backup plans for this occasion. It was time to activate the first backup plan.
Through the Divine Throne, Gao Xuan no longer needed the Celestial Demon Relic as a mediator, and he could directly channel the endless spiritual energy into the Hongyi Sword.
On his body, only the Profound Nether Curse Sea could withstand such enormous spiritual energy. This Sword Artifact was also his Lifebound Sword.
Originally, Gao Xuan planned to use the Celestial Demon Relic as the Divine Format to barely convert the spiritual energy, completing the Virtual Godhood before adjusting the Divine Format.
Realizing the dangers of the Divine Enthronement, Gao Xuan decided to fully refine the Hongyi Sword.
With the Divine Throne from the Investiture of the Gods, Gao Xuan could maximize the guidance and use of the endless spiritual energy.
Objectively speaking, using such immense spiritual energy to refine the Hongyi Sword was very wasteful. Because no matter how strong the Sword Artifact is, it is still just a Sword Artifact.
If Gao Xuan could achieve Virtual Godhood, he could enter the level of Divines and could change Laws, or even establish them.
At that time, refining the Profound Nether Curse Sea of the Hongyi Sword should not be difficult.
Gao Xuan felt only slightly regretful, but being able to refine the Hongyi Sword was already a great achievement.
It was far better than gaining nothing at all.
Twelve billion eight hundred million trillion of the Profound Nether Curse Sea, under the gathering of thousands of years of human spiritual energy, was now insignificant.
The vast spiritual energy consumed seventy percent, thoroughly refining the Profound Nether Curse Sea.
Gao Xuan imprinted his own Sword Intent deep into the Profound Nether Curse Sea with four core imprints: Ripple, Vortex, Abyss, and Celestial River.
These four Sword Intents correspond to the four Divine Formats of the Hongyi Sword, allowing the Profound Nether Curse Sea to exert even greater power when deploying these Sword Intents.
At this point, the Hongyi Sword truly ascended to become a Divine Sword.
Compared to top-tier Divine Artifacts like the Eternal Spear and the Seven Great Resentments Saber, the Hongyi Sword was of a higher level.
This was not only because the Hongyi Sword possessed greater power, but it also embodied higher level Laws.
For example, the Law of the Eternal Spear for inevitable hit and penetration was ineffective against the Hongyi Sword because the Hongyi Sword had higher level Laws.
As the Sword Master, Gao Xuan naturally could resist these powerful Laws.
From this perspective, although Gao Xuan had not achieved Divine Enthronement, he already possessed some of the power of a Divine. He could be seen as a demigod.
Gao Xuan channeled the remaining spiritual energy into the Greed Furnace. The vast endless spiritual energy served as the flame, and Gao Xuan used Law Metals to extract the Laws from the Eternal Spear and the Seven Great Resentments Saber.
Then, he merged this cluster engraved with the Laws of inevitable hit, penetration, and the Seven Great Resentments into the Infinite Godslaying Spear.
The black Infinite Godslaying Spear thus transformed into dark gold, gaining the Law Powers of inevitable hit and the Seven Great Resentments.
At this point, a massive spiritual energy still remained at twenty percent.
Gao Xuan thought for a moment, then added another cluster of Law Metals. Through the conversion of the Divine Throne, he transformed the spiritual energy into Martial Arts Divine Intent, with the power to dominate the ancient cosmos through Blood-Born God.
Such powerful Martial Arts Divine Intent was something his body could not directly withstand. This was inevitable due to the limitations of his physical form.
For this reason, Gao Xuan imprinted the powerful Martial Arts Divine Intent onto the Law Metals.
Then, he merged this cluster of Law Metals into his own blood, bones, and organs.
This process was very complex, achievable only with the help of the Divine Throne from the Investiture of the Gods and the endless spiritual energy as the power source.
By the time he completed his transformation, all the spiritual energy had been exhausted.
There were no significant changes on the surface of Gao Xuan's body, except for countless golden micro-glows within his deep blue endless eyes.
After this simple and direct transformation, Gao Xuan's physical strength, constitution, and agility all reached 48 points.
His power experienced a sweeping and tremendous enhancement.
However, such changes in physical attributes ultimately amounted to just an accumulation of quantity. To ordinary lifeforms, it would certainly be at a crushing level. Even the body of a Divine-level lifeform might not reach this strength.
Yet the power of the Divines lay in their mastery of Law Power. Physical bodies were not significant to them.
Gao Xuan sighed inwardly, but at least it wasn't a wasted effort.
Just as he was about to leave the Investiture of the Gods, he noticed two auras still within it.
They were Liu Feng and Liu Ye, and surprisingly, they weren't dead...
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