There was still some time before the Ascension Ritual ended.
After reaching a deep cooperation with the First Prime and obtaining Green's permission,
Han Dong began making special modifications to the central cave, which would serve as the Main Battlefield.
At the peak of the Saint-tier World.
It felt as though one could reach out and touch the sky. Massive swirling clouds churned wildly overhead.
At the center of the mountaintop knelt a completely twisted statue.
Ownerless divinity resided within it, awaiting the arrival of a "Qualified One."
Green wore a bored yet faintly excited expression as she hummed a tune by the cliff's edge... all this time, she had danced alone. Now, someone could finally go mad alongside her.
She felt no resistance at all as Han Dong carried out modifications and arrangements inside her body.
Half an hour passed.
Just as Green had predicted.
Z achieved a breakthrough during the Ascension Ritual and crawled up the final step in an extremely twisted posture.
"Not bad.
I didn't expect you to actually complete a breakthrough during the Ascension Ritual... keep it up! The divinity is waiting for you to accept it. With your current state, you should succeed. Hurry over."
Green put on an encouraging pose.
Yet Green did not need to say anything.
There was only one thing in Z's mind now: 'touching the miracle.'
As he approached the Miracle Stone Statue.
The burlap hood split apart along with his entire brain, while his whole upper body transformed into a vortex and directly swallowed the Miracle Stone Statue before him.
At the same time.
Z's consciousness was drawn into a mental space, where a Gate of Truth as tall as a mountain stood before him.
Here, Z's consciousness took the form of a Dark Dweller resembling a