The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Related traces and memories will not leave their mark on the annals of time.

From the words of the Angel Envoy, Su Qi could perhaps guess that the so-called "Terminator" was also related to it.

"So you understand," the Angel Envoy spoke gravely, "the clues to the Divine Machinery Kingdom are very important to us... If you have any clues, you must report them to the church, and of course, we will not mistreat you. I will personally apply for a reward for you."

"?," Su Qi paused, "Reward? You haven't given me any in the past half year."

The Venerable calculated time in half-year segments, during which the church would provide resources.

Upon hearing this, the Angel Envoy's face turned dark as he rasped in a low growl, "Do you have the nerve to say that??? Do you think that's why I keep contacting you!!"

"Stay calm." Su Qi murmured to himself, "But since it's requested by the church, I naturally won't shirk my duty and will disclose the location of that trace."

Su Qi narrowed his eyes slightly. Of course, he would never disclose that the "Unlimited Energy" was on his own starship, currently being rigorously analyzed by Xiao Meng.

He immediately provided a fictitious set of coordinates, their fabrication unimportant.

Next.

Once Su Qi returned to his starship, he would quietly launch a ton or two of energy stones.

Let them go in search of it, if they found it, he would concede defeat.

Of course.

Su Qi was extremely cautious in dealing with this matter, given that... the search for this "Unlimited Energy" was extremely dangerous with the Abyss Church, the Terminator, and even other terrifying entities...

He would naturally erase all traces.

At this moment, Su Qi had gained an upper hand in conversation and started asking some questions to the Angel Envoy.

Not until he noticed the Angel Envoy becoming irritable did he slightly smile and stop probing.

Using his status as a Venerable, he could not only fleece some benefits but also glean various internal messages.

"Don't be too curious," the Angel Envoy said gravely, "In this journey to the Extremely Evil World, you are to participate too. I will have a top-tier force host you and arrange an identity for you."

"This is an opportunity."

"If you can leap over the dragon gate and become this journey's Descender, then all you want to know, you can freely obtain."

The Angel Envoy had confirmed all that needed to be confirmed and had finished all necessary notifications.

"Has the Venerable's plan's prologue begun?"

Su Qi watched the Totem slowly dim and extinguish as the Angel Envoy disconnected. He spoke softly to himself.

"To become a Descender, eh."

Although the Angel Envoy had not described everything, he roughly understood.

Simply put.

Numerous Venerables gathered in the Land of Extreme Evil, and upon entering the Dark Zone... the power of the Evil God would choose the most suitable Venerable for Descent.

Although it was just a sliver of the Evil God's power, it was the first step toward the Evil God's revival.

"This is indeed the prologue."

And the chosen Venerable, even if the Descent is brief, would experience... supreme glory, and most likely a great chance in the future to be a bishop or Priest candidate, with a promising path ahead.

"However," Su Qi touched his Spiritual Eyes, "despite foreseeing the Descent of the Evil God, this time it's going to be a direct confrontation."

Online ties lead to this tragic relationship offline.

"I need to break through quickly and then boost my strength and trump cards as much as possible, the situation this time is probably bigger than imagined."

The gathering of numerous top forces, various entities within the Ancient World Fragments, and many Venerables as well as shadows of the Abyss Church.

The Descent of the Evil God, not to mention the stirrings of the God of Chaos.

And.

Previously, when illuminated by starlight in Nihility, he saw a vast number of large, dense outlines.

Numerous fragments of the World Ship and more.

All signaling... this time it's going to be big, also marking the formal unfolding of hostilities between the Present World and the Abyss.

[Spiritual Power +500]

[Spiritual Power +500]

[Current Spiritual Power 1053143]

"It's almost full."

As Su Qi chatted with the Angel Envoy, he was also rapidly absorbing Spiritual Energy.

His aura had changed from extraordinary to somewhat dangerous, naturally due to storing massive amounts of Spiritual Energy within his body, which also caused changes in his aura.

And this was just a promotion below extraordinary; stepping onto the extraordinary is said to officially introduce one to the sequence path, which is crucial for ascending into extraordinary, becoming a top powerhouse, and even attaining divinity.

Of course, this path is extremely difficult to traverse.

And at this moment.

Su Qi also looked outwards, for now, as his Spiritual Power recovered and his spiritual power unusually developed, he sensed a ripple of fluctuation.

"It seems the Immortal Master is returning,"

However,

he was not in a hurry.

"Boom!"

Su Qi's aura suddenly vibrated, his Spiritual Energy was nearly perfect, a substantial amount of Spirit Stone was being powerfully absorbed from all the drifting Spiritual Power.

The three paths of sequence were also displaying their various terrifying abilities of absorption, helping Su Qi break through barriers and limits simultaneously.

["Do you want to start Ascension now? Each Ascension requires a fixed input of Spiritual Energy or Ascending Items to replace part of the Spiritual Energy, which can save consumption"]

A message from Paradise appeared before Su Qi's eyes.

This is why Ascension consumes a great deal of resources, just like the gacha mechanics in games, but since Su Qi was currently located at the Spirit Stone Veins...there was no need to worry about resources or to look for Ascending Items to offset consumption.

He began immediately.

["Do you want to commit one million Spiritual Energy (any item containing related energy can be consumed)"]

"Come."

A series of popup windows were appearing.

["Ascending in progress, success rate 2.7%"]

["Failed, one million Spiritual Energy is needed to initiate the next Ascension"]

["Ascending in progress, success rate 4.5%"]

["Failed, one million..."]

["Ascending in progress, success rate 3.8%"]

["Failed, one million...."]

Series of Ascension popup windows kept appearing in Su Qi's sight, and the Spirit Stone Veins around him kept breaking, sending stones cascading.

Su Qi smiled slightly, "This Ascension is much blacker than any gacha game."

Of course,

the situation for others was quite different, with most ordinary people having an Ascension probability fluctuating between 80%-99% in the early sequence.

But after all, Su Qi was no ordinary person, he owned three paths of sequence, and each one was of the highest caliber.

"To wear the Divine Crown, one must bear its weight, but this probability...isn't it a bit too harsh?" Su Qi looked at the kilometer-long Spirit Stone Veins:

"Just take it slow, I can still afford it."

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Qin Hao and his Senior Brother in white, whose meridians he had sealed, were staring at the distant rippling ripples.

Qin Hao's complexion turned incredibly grim, filled with dread and clenching fury.

In contrast, the Senior Brother in white was all smiles, as if seeing a lifeline, and he yelled,

"You're all dead!"

"The Immortal Master, the Immortal Master is back!"

"Prepare to die!"

"That guy will surely be refined into a Puppet by the Immortal Master! No one can escape!"

Qin Hao clenched his teeth tightly, a terrifying aura emanating from those ripples, and a figure in Daoist robe also stepped forward.

With an indifferent expression as sharp as cut iron, and eyes deep and merciless, he exuded a formidable malevolence and an unbearable terrifying chill.

"This is...the Immortal Master..."

Qin Hao trembled all over, narrowing his pupils.

"Golden Core Perfection...Half-step Nascent Soul..."

He instantly felt a vast gap; it seemed the other could easily crush him with a mere finger.

And the Immortal Master's gaze just slowly surveyed the surroundings, the piles of rubble that had fallen into ruins, and the scattered flesh and blood of many disciples.

His eyes showed no change, but one could feel the air growing colder around him: "Interesting..."

"When I'm about to receive an honored guest, trouble always seems to arise."

"It was all their doing!" the Senior Brother in white shouted, "Immortal Master, save me!"

"Save..."

He suddenly stopped speaking.

Because the Immortal Master simply began to whistle softly, and the next moment, a cold light pierced right through the white-clothed Senior Brother's skull.

It was a Flying Shuttle gleaming with cold light.

The Immortal Master said softly, "Too noisy."