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After spending about an hour in the Hesh civilization's ring world, Wang Zhifan achieved his goal by signing a deal with the Hesh people for the near future.

The smooth transaction was due to two main reasons: firstly, he had maintained a long-term friendship with the Hersh people, who had a very good impression of him and trusted him greatly; secondly, he offered a generous price, which made the Hersh people feel his sincerity in making the deal.

As for what they were actually trading, it wasn't anything particularly amazing. Wang Zhifan simply needed hundreds of millions of Hersheys with psionic talents to help him out, only the number of people involved was a little larger.

After finalizing the deal, Wang Zhifan left the vast and magnificent Ringworld of the Hersh people and headed towards the Witcher world.

The things he needs to do in this world are relatively simpler, because he has been operating here for a long time, and his three subordinates also like to patronize this place, making this world his own long ago.

At this moment, Wang Zhifan broke through the void and arrived at a hidden place, where he saw the Celestial Venerable clone that he had left behind when he came to this world last time to collect faith. He personally confirmed just how abundant the power of faith that his subordinates, including Irene, had been talking about was.

The celestial avatar before him was not the huge, blurry figure he remembered at all. Instead, it had become an incredibly dazzling, even blinding, mountain of light. Even he, as both master and original being, felt very uncomfortable looking at it, because the special effects were just too exaggerated and blinding.

"I remember it wasn't long ago that I set up this Celestial Venerable avatar. I didn't expect it to have collected so much faith power, and the purity of it is very high. If a being with divinity and divine fire were to refine all of this faith power, it might be able to directly transform from a mortal creature into a weak god... The path of faith is indeed a type of path with a particularly fast growth rate."

Reaching out into the Mountain of Light before him, a light so bright it could blind any living being, Wang Zhifan checked the state of his faith power while pondering, feeling awe at the achievements of his Celestial Venerable avatar in this world.

There's no other reason than that the long-term and safe benefits are simply too efficient. Even if he's not someone who specifically follows the path of faith, he has to admit the advantages of the way of faith.

Wang Zhifan then began to refine and absorb the vast power of faith stored in the Celestial Venerable's avatar. As an existence possessing the supreme blood of a mythical level, he was no different from a born god in terms of the ability to utilize faith, except that he had never put any effort into this aspect in his daily life.

This process took him about five minutes. After five minutes, the blindingly bright avatar of the Celestial Venerable gradually dimmed and returned to its original blurry human form. All the power of faith was transformed into pure divine power that he could use at any time.

The reason he could move so fast was obviously because the Celestial Venerable's avatar belonged to him and was essentially connected to him. Therefore, the faith power he collected was extremely compatible with him, and it was easy to refine and absorb it.

"Divine power is almost omnipotent and can be a powerful aid to help me pass the final test. However, if the opponent is too strong, this amount of divine power will definitely not be of much use."

Looking up at the faint golden light shimmering in his palm, Wang Zhifan assessed the divine power he had acquired. He could only say that, given his current level of strength, it was better than nothing, with symbolic significance outweighing its practical use.

In the following time, he carefully made detailed adjustments to the empty Celestial Venerable clone in front of him, mainly including enhancing stability, expanding the upper limit of faith power storage, and improving its ability to respond to the prayers of the core believers of this world, which was equivalent to a comprehensive upgrade.

At this point, Wang Zhifan had completed more than half of his main mission in this world. He could leave the remaining half to his three subordinates, but he still planned to stay a little longer.

In the blink of an eye, his figure disappeared from the void where the Celestial Venerable's clone was hidden, and he arrived on the world continent, near an old acquaintance of his.

This familiar face was none other than the first native he had met in this world, the Witcher Gat.

Unlike the last time Wang Zhifan came, when he saw the Witcher Gate training soldiers in a valley base, this time he appeared in a huge and magnificent castle, pacing back and forth in front of a group of nobles dressed in gorgeous clothes, giving instructions.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Our Celestial Knights are not a place for slacking off! In addition to rigorous knightly training, each member must sincerely pray to the Great Celestial for three sun hours every day, without exception! Do not believe the recent rumors that praying to the Celestial for one sun hour a day is enough; those are lies from shallow believers! Only by fulfilling your prayer duties can you receive the Celestial's blessing and thus undergo a qualitative change in your abilities..."

Inside the magnificent castle hall, Gate was wearing his signature silver armor. Unlike before, he now wore a divine emblem on his shoulder, signifying that he was the Grand Master of the Celestial Knights, a position no different from that of the Archbishop of the Celestial Church. As a result, hundreds of noble young men and women had to obediently listen to his instructions and dared not disobey in the slightest.

Wang Zhifan listened to Gates's incessant rambling for three minutes from the shadows. Seeing that he showed no sign of stopping, he prepared to turn and leave.

But Gates finally noticed something and sensed the subtle aura he was deliberately releasing. He found an excuse to make the nobles stand as punishment in the main hall and quickly came to the outside of the hall to find him.

"Your Excellency, Divine Envoy! It really is you!"

When Gates saw Wang Zhifan after many days, he was very excited, feeling the joy of seeing his former mentor after achieving great success.

"Well, Gate, how have things been lately? Is there anything I can pass on to the Great Celestial?"

Wang Zhifan smiled at his old friend, gave no instructions, and simply chatted with him briefly.

"Yes, yes! Your Excellency, Divine Envoy!"

Gates listened without hesitation and quickly explained his recent troubles:

“Several bishops in our church recently learned from other divine messengers that there are many other worlds. They want to go to other worlds to spread the glory of the Great Celestial Venerable. They have prayed to the Great Celestial Venerable many times for permission, but have not received a response. This makes them worried…” After listening to what Gate said, Wang Zhifan couldn’t help but feel that the Celestial Venerable Church in this world was quite fanatical. They were no longer satisfied with spreading their faith in their own world and wanted to go to other worlds to brainwash others. This made him almost lose his composure and smile.

He categorized similar issues as useless noise in the setup of the Celestial Venerable's avatar, which is why the bishops did not receive a response. But this is not his fault. He never expected the Celestial Venerable Church in this world to develop so quickly, thinking of breaking out of this world in just a few years. It is really too outrageous.

“Ahem… Gate, I will explain your requests to the Great Celestial Venerable. However, traveling to another world is not a simple matter. It involves many aspects, such as the laws of spacetime, and is also extremely dangerous. Therefore, even if the Great Celestial Venerable grants your requests, not everyone will have the opportunity to go to other worlds. You would better first select a list of volunteers…”

After a few words of persuasion, Wang Zhifan made Gate's request sound very serious, telling them to go back and think it over carefully, and not to be too ambitious or think too much. This was a small way of suppressing their fanatical beliefs, but it might also have the opposite effect, since no one knows how the fanatics will react when they hear that they might actually go to another world to spread their faith.

His reasons for not agreeing with these people going to other worlds were twofold: firstly, the potential for faith in the current world had not been fully explored, and there were still a large number of shallow believers; secondly, sending ordinary believers to other worlds was not easy, and spreading faith in other worlds was not so simple either, which could lead to unexpected and terrible results, such as causing interdimensional wars. It would be better to take care of his own little plot of land first.

Hearing how serious he was, Gates realized that the bishops were being far-fetched, so he quickly moved on from the topic and the two talked about other things, such as the progress of Gates' relationship with Elena, when they would hold their wedding, and when Wang Zhifan would give them a gift.

The conversation lasted only a few minutes. Wang Zhifan mentioned that the Heavenly Venerable Church was preparing an important ceremony soon, and that other divine messengers would come to make the specific arrangements. Then he bid farewell to Get and left this world.

In this way, along with the various arrangements made in the previous worlds, Wang Zhifan's preparations for the final test were largely complete. He only needed his three subordinates to supervise the specific progress, and he no longer needed to handle it personally.

What he was about to do next was more personal. He went directly into the interdimensional gap and sped towards the relatively distant world of Calamity.

Previously, it would take him at least half a month to travel between worlds to reach the Calamity Realm, but now his strength has increased many times over, and with all his strength, he arrived at his destination in just half an hour, appearing outside the Calamity Realm.

"This world has always been threatened by the Demon Realm, and the risk of a major war is not small. However, the Sage Master has not contacted me using his secret method recently, which shows that the turmoil in this world is still in the undercurrent brewing stage, and it is hard to say when it will break out in the future... Perhaps I should transfer Xi Mei and Qing Er to a safer world in advance, so that I will not have any worries when I enter the final test... But they will definitely not agree."

After standing outside the calamity-ridden world for a while, Wang Zhifan had this thought, a thought born out of his desire to protect his lover and daughter.

But he knew without asking that Mie Yuexi and her daughter would most likely not agree to his request, because they were both rather stubborn people and had deep feelings for the Calamity Realm. Asking them to run away before the Calamity Realm was in danger would be nothing short of an insult to them.

With these slightly conflicted thoughts, Wang Zhifan successfully passed through the protective formation and arrived at the main island of Extinction Moon, where he found Extinction Moon Xi and Extinction Moon Qing, who were busy with their own tasks.

Since he had been returning regularly recently, having come back less than a month ago, the two women were not particularly surprised by his appearance.

As soon as Mie Yuexi saw him appear, she reminded him to take care of the affairs of the Martial Lord's Hall. She said that Mie Yue Island had been quite busy recently and she was a little overwhelmed. She also wanted to take him to see the newly built mine on the island, showing the hardworking demeanor of a female clan leader.

There was no other way; now that Mieyuexi was the leader of the entire Mieyue Clan, and given her connection to the Martial Lord Palace, many things would come her way, leaving her truly overwhelmed.

On the contrary, Wang Zhifan and his daughter Mie Yueqing were completely detached from worldly affairs, spending almost all their time practicing martial arts on the Azure Ancient Sea. They were also very fond of the high-level weapons and equipment, such as the Blade of Time, that Wang Zhifan had given them, just like martial arts fanatics.

It was thanks to the help of gifts such as the Blade of Time and the Blank Entanglement that Wang Zhifan, whose daughter was several times older than her father, treated him much better. She was no longer the same as before, always finding fault with him and kicking him. When she saw him return, she very unusually invited him to a father-daughter martial arts sparring match instead of launching a patricide attack without saying a word.

The process of the father and daughter sparring needs no further explanation. Even though Wang Zhifan intentionally suppressed his strength to teach Mie Yueqing a move or two, Mie Yueqing once again felt the vast difference in strength between the two, making her realize that her cheap father was indeed, as the world said, a true saint-level being, far beyond what she, a mid-stage Transcendent Realm cultivator, could compare to.

Therefore, her hatred for Wang Zhifan, who had been missing for many years, lessened. She realized that her father must have gone to the outer realms to cultivate diligently, spending his precious time on the most important things, which led to his neglect of her and her mother. For her, a martial arts fanatic, this reason was completely understandable.

Wang Zhifan was unaware of his daughter's psychological changes. Concerned for her safety, he suggested taking her to the outer realms to broaden her horizons. However, his daughter bluntly stated that she didn't want to go anywhere, saying that her most important task at the moment was cultivation, intending to participate in the future great war against the demon realm in the best possible condition, and then seek further breakthroughs in the battle.

Wang Zhifan almost spat out blood at his daughter's plan. He was already worried that the battle would affect her, but she was going to charge headlong into it. She was incredibly stubborn.

"Fine, fine. Since you insist on participating in the great battle, I'll give you a few more pieces of good equipment. If you use them well, you should be able to fight the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm and last until I return."

Wang Zhifan couldn't change his daughter's stubbornness, so he had to change his strategy and gave her several legendary-level equipment. Combined with her superhuman innate strength, she would definitely be able to protect herself.

As for Mie Yuexi, since his daughter Mie Yueqing was unwilling to leave, he didn't need to say anything more to her. Mie Yuexi certainly wouldn't abandon her daughter.

Therefore, Wang Zhifan specially left a batch of legendary equipment for Mie Yuexi, so that she would also have the strength to fight against powerful enemies, enough to protect herself in the great battle just like her daughter, and hold out until he returned to provide support.

Of course, these arrangements were all based on Wang Zhifan's consideration of extremely unfavorable situations. Under normal circumstances, the Demon Realm could not invade the Calamity Realm.

The Four Sages and the protective formation were not just for show. If things went wrong, the Sage Master would notify him, the Martial Lord, in advance to return and provide support. The safety of Mie Yuexi and her daughter was very high. (End of Chapter)