Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 914 The Road to the God’s Throne
The sixth ring.

【God's Throne】.

It is no longer the arrogant declarations of the past, no longer a vision of the future, and no longer abrupt and startling remarks made in casual conversation.

And it has become a stark and undeniable reality before us.

From the moment he first touched this pulsating power, to now, after countless reflections, tribulations, and enlightenments, Song Shi has finally reached this point.

As the end of the fifth ring, I've secured a ticket to the Throne of Gods!

The same goes for Chaklo Vaughn.

"I cannot give a definite answer."

Chakro's expression turned serious, and he slowly shook his head.

"The boundary between the fourth and fifth rings lies in the 'True Spirit'," he said in a deep voice. "And I also vaguely see the boundary between the fifth and sixth rings, but I am still exploring how to break through this boundary."

He suddenly changed the subject: "Didn't you fight Isidore? Tell me your feelings—from your current perspective."

Song Shi crossed his legs and tapped his knee with his index finger.

I had told him about my experience as a “border inspector” in Yenan, representing the Lord of Yenan to inspect the entire territory of Yenan, and finally marching straight into the capital “Mamendara” to fight a great battle against Isidore Siniti.

However, times have changed. Back then, I had only just entered the fourth ring, but now I have even achieved the third stage of the True Spirit. As the saying goes, "things are not what they used to be." The same poem, the same person, must have felt differently when reading it ten years ago than ten years later.

"Well, how should I put it, my first impression at that time was that Isidore was incredibly strong."

Song Shi looked back at the memories and spoke frankly.

"Sigh, I really wanted to see her fight the Grand Marshal, but I don't know if I'll ever have the chance." Song Shi digressed a bit, then quickly brought the topic back on track: "But, I can understand being strong, but to be that strong is a bit unreasonable."

For Song Shi to utter words like "unreasonable," then he truly is being unreasonable.

"Looking back now, I was actually somewhat aware of it back then." Song Shi put his legs down, sat up straighter, and stared at Chakro: "Isidore's 'victory' has come from the inside out."

“I felt the same way about Croft Wilder.” Chaklo showed an expression of certainty, and pointed to the sky: “I didn’t think much of it when he shot me down the first time, but now I often look back at that memory, and his silhouette is bigger than I imagined.”

High-ranking psionicists can bring immense oppression, like dark clouds pressing down on a city, threatening to crush it. Even without seeing them in person, one can still feel the shadow looming over one's head.

If the shadowy silhouette of a fourth-ring psyker, obscuring the sky, is a pebble, then a fifth-ring psyker is a large rock. The exact size varies from person to person, but it still falls within this general range.

At least from the various Fifth Rings that Chakro had personally witnessed, there was not a single one without exception.

The sixth ring.

But the throne of God.

Croft Wilder, the "Observer," who sees Terra as a playground, gives Chaklo the impression of a towering mountain!

The difference between mountains and rocks, and between rocks and pebbles, cannot be explained in the same way.

It's just illogical.

Most people in Chakrobettia understood what the Throne of God meant and what power the Sixth Ring represented. He had even briefly experienced it firsthand. But it was precisely because of this that he was able to make an unreasonable judgment.

While the sixth ring, [God's Throne], is certainly strong, extremely strong, its presence shouldn't be this overpowered.

“Our psychic powers originate from ‘self-will,’ so many people believe that psychics are all in an extremely closed-off state.” Song Shi pressed his temples. “I don’t think there’s much of a problem with that. Psychic power is a force that transcends common sense and conventional understanding. To non-psychics, psychics are all out of place.”

“Hmm.” Chakro nodded slightly: “Cocoon, shell, Amber Psionicists can be seen as beings that are encased.”

"So you think the key to breaking through the sixth ring is to expand your 'cocoon,' 'shell,' or 'amber,' whatever you call it."

“Isn’t that what you think?” Chakro asked back.

Song Shi laughed and said, "That's pretty much it. That's what I'm thinking about right now."

"Your 'Reversal,' 'Reversal of Death,' 'The Paradox of Reversal,' and my 'Annihilation,' 'Present World,' 'Crimson Sky of the Abyss.' Our Fifth Ring True Spirit is the most self-expression—that's why it's called True Spirit and not something else."

Song Shi pointed at Cha Keluo, then at himself.

"The sixth ring, [Divine Throne], I suspect is the natural 'external extension' that follows the 'inner seeking' of the fifth ring."

A ball of flame emerged, and with a thought from Song Shi, it instantly transformed into a perfect sphere, flawless and without a single imperfection.

"If we consider this sphere as you and me—"

The next second, the sphere grew significantly larger, but its outline changed slightly. Part of it curved excessively, causing the original standard sphere to become an irregular ellipse.

"Chaklo?"

"This is no longer me," Chakro said quietly from the sidelines.

“Exactly!” Song Shi snapped his fingers: “If it’s just about getting stronger, it’s meaningless to us—I can go to the outer space right now and use [Hongyuan Tianchi] to set the entire atmosphere ablaze. As long as the God Throne doesn’t intervene, no one can stop me.”

With Terra's numerous fifth-ring units, it wouldn't be difficult for them all to swarm and overwhelm it, or at least salvage a portion of the atmosphere, but that's about it. Even with the most conservative estimate, it could ultimately destroy more than half of the atmosphere, exposing billions of people directly to the vacuum and cosmic radiation.

[Hongyuan Tianchi] can assimilate and devour all things. At that time, not to mention anything else, I will definitely have more spiritual energy available than I do now.

It's just meaningless.

This is not what I want. If it goes against my will—just like the fireball in front of me, it is indeed much larger than it was originally, but its shape is so distorted, far removed from the original.

Even if it's much bigger, so what? Even if it were delivered to Song Shi for free, he wouldn't bother to even glance at it.

Chakro reached out and gently pressed the fireball. The True Spirit "Reversal" was activated, and time seemed to flow backward. The distorted shape of the former shrank and retreated, returning to its original form.

“While maintaining the status quo, we will achieve ‘extension’,” he said softly. “Enhancement in every aspect, in every smallest detail.”

Song Shi and Cha Keluo exchanged a glance.

"This is the [Throne of Gods]."

(End of this chapter)