12dz Chapter 998 What a pity
Chapter 998 What a pity
Chapter 998: What a pity. Zhou Zhe followed the guiding priest with trepidation to the Third Heaven.
With something on his mind, he had no interest in appreciating the scenery of the Three Heavens and couldn't understand why he, an ordinary Divine Lord cultivator, would be summoned by the Divine Venerable.
However, when he saw the place where the Cangyun God Venerable lived, which was just a gray stone palace that looked tall but was actually very simple in style, he was still very disappointed.
The Third Heaven is inhabited by top-tier deities like God Emperors and God Venerables. Who would have thought their dwellings wouldn't even reach the magnificent palaces of the God Kings of the Second Heaven?
However, all these complaints vanished like clouds when they saw the Divine Lord sitting at the head of the table, who was almost comparable to a god.
At this moment, Zhou Zhe's mind went blank, and he simply bowed deeply on instinct.
"Junior Zhou Zhe pays respects to Your Majesty!"
The Cangyun God Venerable scrutinized Zhou Zhe, but sensed no merit emanating from him. He then compared the faint aura within the jade tablet with that of Zhou Zhe, confirming that the mission jade tablet was indeed his.
The God of Cangyun was very disappointed, his voice devoid of any emotion.
"All cultivators of the Divine Palace, those who have reached the Divine Lord realm and are subject to mandatory missions in the mortal realm, did you have someone else do them for you?"
A seemingly casual remark struck Zhou Zhe like a thunderbolt, causing his legs to buckle and him to kneel on the ground in terror.
He prostrated himself on the ground, his voice trembling, and said, "It was this junior who was lazy. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Why is it that when others pay someone to do this task for them without any problems, it attracts the personal attention of the God-King when it comes to him?
Zhou Zhe couldn't understand it, and he felt very wronged.
Cangyun Divine Lord then asked, "Who is the cultivator who took your place on the mission, and what is their current cultivation level?"
Zhou Zhe answered honestly, "He is a rogue cultivator named Xiao Han, who is now at the True God Realm."
Cangyun God Venerable sighed inwardly, then said, "Alright, you can go now."
Zhou Zhe was still completely bewildered when he walked out. So, the Divine Lord only asked a question and didn't intend to punish him?
The task of becoming a god in the mortal realm is quite ordinary, so why did it attract the personal attention of the God-Emperor?
Cangyun God looked at Zhou Zhe as he walked out, his eyes filled with disappointment.
This mandatory task is actually the first test prepared by the gods above the divine realm to select a successor.
Those who excel in this task will be included in the successor selection list. Then, at the God King Realm, God Emperor Realm, and even God Venerable Realm, there are different tests for each.
Only cultivators who excel in all these exams can become gods who live as long as heaven and earth, and thus reach the pinnacle of the path to immortality.
But the gods who live as long as heaven and earth are never carefree and roam the world without worry. They have to manage all the heavens and myriad realms and have a sense of responsibility ingrained in their very bones.
The mandatory task of becoming a deity in this mortal realm is meant to test a cultivator's patience, responsibility, and compassion for the weak.
When the Cangyun God saw the rich power of faith within the mission jade tablet, he was quite pleased to have discovered another promising talent. However, it turned out to be someone who had cleverly asked someone else to do the mission for him.
If the cultivator named Xiao Han who was helping him with the task were a cultivator from the Divine Palace, it would be fine; he could continue to keep an eye on him. But Xiao Han was a rogue cultivator, which meant he was eliminated in the very first round.
It's very simple. If someone doesn't want to join the Divine Palace and wants to be a free and unrestrained cultivator, it means that they don't want to be bound by anything.
However, as the successors of the gods, they are not allowed to have a yearning for freedom.
With great power comes great responsibility, which is why the selection of successors to the gods is so rigorous.
Even though Cangyun God Venerable has not yet become a god, he still has his own channels of information.
Knowing that when the ancient realm collapsed and all the heavens and myriad worlds were born, the first batch of gods who were directly succeeded by ancient powerful beings and served as the managers of all the heavens and myriad worlds, some of those who neglected their duties may be eliminated.
Cangyun God Venerable looked once more at the mission jade token in his hand, which was filled with intense faith power, and began to erase all the information on it, turning it into a new mission jade token.
What a pity about that cultivator named Xiao Han!
Xiao Han had no idea that the Earth God quest she was undertaking involved so many twists and turns.
She followed Xie Yi at a distance, watching him nervously as he walked toward Xu Jie, who was in charge of registration.
Xu Jie was quite surprised when he saw that the first ascended cultivator of the day was only at the pseudo-god level.
Xie Yi saw the undisguised astonishment on the other person's face, and his heart pounded, but he remained calm on the surface.
Xu Jie couldn't help but ask, "Did you ascend here normally?"
Xie Yi smiled, bowed to him, and showed a perfect balance of happiness and confusion on his face.
"I don't know why I suddenly ascended. If I hadn't met a female cultivator at the South Heavenly Gate, I wouldn't have known that this was the God Realm."
Xu Jie looked him up and down again, but didn't see anything unusual.
After all, a cultivator who can safely pass through the South Heavenly Gate is no special anomaly. Perhaps the cultivator before us has done something of great importance in their realm that has earned the approval of the Heavenly Dao.
Xu Jie didn't know if there had ever been a cultivator who ascended to the Pseudo-God realm before, but as long as the other party came from the South Heavenly Gate, there was no problem with their identity.
He then began the routine registration process.
Xiao Han wandered around the square and saw Xie Yi calmly come out of the room where identity jade tokens were processed. She nodded to him, which finally put her mind at ease.
She walked up to Xu Jie and greeted him, "Fellow Daoist Xu, thank you very much for your help. I have already left a message for my friend, so I will head back now."
Xu Jie nodded. Just then, another cultivator ascended, so Xiao Han didn't disturb him any longer and turned to run towards the white jade bridge leading to the loose cultivators' passage.
Together, Xie Yi and she, each holding their own jade tokens identifying them as rogue cultivators, passed through the restrictions on the white jade bridge and entered the edge of the market.
Only then did the two look at each other, their faces beaming with happy smiles of relief.
"What are your plans next?" Xiao Han asked.
Looking at the vast sea of clouds in the distance and the floating islands floating in the sea of clouds, Xie Yi said with great ambition, "Of course, I will try my best to find opportunities to advance and strive to enter the True God Realm as soon as possible."
The obstacles he faces in entering the True God Realm in the God Realm are definitely much easier than those he faces in advancing from a Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal to an Immortal Venerable in the Immortal Realm.
After all, here he was only crossing the lowest level of the minor realm barrier.
Thinking that he had surpassed Yun Que again, and even surpassed Shangguan Yunfei, Liu Qinghan and other big shots, and was the first to enter the God Realm, Xie Yi was full of high spirits.
But the next moment, Xie Aotian, who was full of pride, deflated like a balloon punctured by a needle, because of Xiao Han's words.
"You don't have a single divine stone on you right now, do you? Why don't you go mining and earn some divine stones?"
Xie Yi coughed awkwardly, "Um, didn't you just earn 200,000 divine stones? Lend me some first, and I'll pay you back tenfold later."