Chapter 765 43. The tired man named An'she can finally die with peace of mind
"So, Lothar was resurrected by Eonar, but you were sent here?"
Platform edge of High Heaven.
Diakum, refreshed after a full sleep, stands in this mist-shrouded place.
He looked at Material World's demonic invasion war that had entered its final stage, and said jokingly to the Holy Spirit of Emperor Thoradin next to him:
"This is truly an unforeseen disaster. Do you want me to send you back personally?"
"Ah? Is there such an option?"
Emperor Thoradin, who first arrived at High Heaven, exclaimed, and Diakum shrugged and said:
"High Heavens has never forced the Holy Spirits to live here forever. If you still have unfulfilled wishes in Material World, I can personally send you down. But it will not be easy to come back up again."
Thoradin was embarrassed.
Then, he looked around with King of Barbarians's demeanor, admiring the High Heavens in front of him. To be fair, he had a good sense of this place.
After Xe'ra and Kyrestia took over, High Heaven's "unfinished building" has been repaired with ultra-high efficiency. Although the area is still a bit small, High Heaven is still in the initial stage and is expanding rapidly without pursuing perfection.
The golden Holy Land floating in the clouds right now is a sparrow. Although it is small, it has all the internal organs, and everything it should have.
Especially the angels flapping their wings and flying in formation through the clouds, the magnificent and majestic sculptures, Naaru living here, and the Holy Spirits hovering under Faith Stairway, all of these satisfy Emperor Thoradin's lofty imagination of heaven.
But in fact, knowledgeable people can tell at a glance that High Heaven's current style is basically a "stitching monster", which encompasses the power of Odin's Valarhar·Skyhold Yan Huihuang, the holiness and transcendence of Bastion, the unique "mysterious giant feeling" of Titan ruins, and the solemn atmosphere of another High Heavens in Diakum's memory.
Even High Heaven's unique golden color reflecting a gorgeous blue light is copied from the design of High Heavens.
Diakum stitched these styles together, and finally established the very impressive Holy Land style for High Heaven today.
Not to mention King of Barbarians who doesn't have much ink like Thoradin, even demanding elves with "advanced aesthetics" like Kael'thas are looking forward to the vision of High Heaven when they understand the way of the sun.
At this time, faced with Diakum's ridicule, the lifelong legend King of Barbarians thought about it, shook his head coolly and said:
"Forget it, I won't go back! Under my care, Lothar has completed all the trials of being a king. Although I always hold him to harsh standards, in fact, his performance is much better than mine.
As an elder, I have completed all my responsibilities, and I will leave it to my descendants to plan the next journey.
If this can be considered a second death."
Emperor Thoradin stood behind Diakum with his hands on his hips, looking at the mortal battlefield through the clouds and mist, and he said with satisfaction:
"To die in such a magnificent war is definitely the most perfect ending for Warrior! However, I heard Lothar and Archbishop Faol chatting before saying that all the Holy Spirits must go through Faith Stairway's trial before they can push open the door of High Heaven and step into this paradise.
Even theologians like Fao who have studied Holy Light all their lives bluntly said that this long-term trial is very difficult.
I once thought that it was impossible for an unlearned guy like me to pass Faith Stairway, but I didn't seem to take that path. The moment Lothar died, I was "dragged" into High Heaven."
Thoradin blinked and said to Diakum:
"So, is this considered a "back door"?"
"No, that kind of thing won't happen in High Heaven. This is the domain of Holy Light. Everything has laws."
Diakum explained slowly:
"You are a combatant recruited through "special channels". After meeting Ms. Kyrestia, you will be assigned to the sequence of battle angels.
I deeply understand that not every Holy Light Walker is well versed in doctrine and theological concepts, especially for Paladin and paladins, who are more accustomed to replacing theological arguments with righteous actions.
Therefore, combatants in Holy Light Walker can enter High Heaven without passing through Faith Stairway after being loyal to their faith. However, accordingly, you cannot take on the important task of "protecting faith and expanding heaven" here.
You can think of it as a distinction between "civilians" and "combatants."
"Well, I understand."
Emperor Thoradin nodded and said:
"Those Holy Spirits who come up from Faith Stairway can be officials. We specially recruited soldiers will spend our lives on the battlefield of Holy Light."
"Well, there's a little bit of a problem with this understanding, but that's pretty much it."
Dick frowned and drew a triangle Holy Crest. He wanted to explain in detail but thought that Emperor Thoradin had spent two lifetimes killing monsters. It was too difficult for him to understand the theological concepts, so he nodded and said:
"It's just that the rights and responsibilities are different. There is no distinction between high and low in serving Holy Light's great cause. And the fact is that even if you become the "faith patron" of a certain star region, are you confident that you can complete the orderly preaching of Holy Light's faith?
Professional matters should always be left to professionals.
We Holy Light Walker are all simple people, and we don't do that kind of stupid thing where laymen give orders to experts."
"That makes sense."
Thoradin nodded and looked to the side again.
As he watched, the angels who were specifically responsible for guiding the Holy Spirit kept going back and forth between High Heaven and Material World, bringing the spiritual bodies surrounding Holy Light into High Heavens one after another.
Those are all Faith Walkers who died on the battlefield.
Although Eonar exerted Tides of Life on Azeroth that allowed the individual to be resurrected, this power that violated the cycle of life and death was not without side effects.
Every time the soul is resurrected, it will become exhausted. In terms of the strength of a mortal's soul, after three to five resurrections at most, it will completely fall into inescapable fatigue.
They cannot be resurrected and can only accept the call of death.
Devotees who believe in Holy Light will be led to High Heavens by the angels of High Heaven at this time.
Souls with profound theological research and deep self-understanding of faith will be placed on the Holy Spirit Platform under Faith Stairway. Souls such as Emperor Thoradin that focus on fighting and self-morality will be brought to the "Reincarnation Platform", where they will be reshaped by Ms. Kyrestia and become glorious angels.
Of course, there are also differences between angels, which means that they also have to assume different responsibilities in High Heaven.
If you die, you will just find a different place to work.
Ah, is there really no good place in this damn universe for a soul to lie down after a long journey in life?
Emperor Thoradin complained in his heart,
He was about to go to the reincarnation platform to become a glorious sword-wielding angel, but before leaving, Thoradin looked at the broken crystals surrounding Lord of Dawn, Diakum, and the obvious scars on his back that had not yet healed.
He said:
"Azeroth's war is coming to an end, but I guess your war is far from over? For example, Restoration War from Argus."
"That will take some time to prepare."
Diakum looked at Emperor Thoradin and explained:
"The next battlefield that I and the Holy Spirits of High Heaven will go to is Sea of Darkness. Void! Void's plot has entered the final stage. We must rush to re-ignite the sun before it is completely extinguished.
I'm fully prepared, and you will be involved."
"Fight the void, I'm very happy! I can be a vanguard, remember to give me a vanguard position."
Emperor Thoradin grinned.
His life once ended at the hands of the evil creature of the void sleeping under Tirisfal Glades, so he was full of hostility and disgust towards the void.
Hearing Vigilant say that the next target is the void, Thoradin immediately became excited and eagerly followed an angel holding a scale to the reincarnation platform.
Dick continued to stay on the edge of the cloud platform, looking at the battle of Mortal realm.
He can no longer enter Material World at will. The previous experience of enduring Cosmic Repulsion was too bad, but it also made him understand this star sea system more deeply.
Diakum's eyes followed Holy Light Walker's perspectives one after another as they rushed to the battlefield to expel demons. When he noticed that Azeroth's group of demons were still unwilling to retreat and were still resisting, causing more damage to Child of the Worlds, Vigilant frowned.
He raised his left hand and clasped his five fingers, casually grabbed a bunch of Faith Power used to shape heaven among the High Heaven, and spread his battle secrets to the battlefield of Material World in a magical way.
At the same time, a golden stream of light fell from the sky, surrounding a Divine Storm and sweeping across the battlefield, imposing the morality of "Ashbringer" on the Holy Light Walkers, causing their weapons to ignite the platinum holy flame, and allowing the temporarily consecrated blades to inflict the punishment of burning the demons to ashes after hacking them to death.
Now, all Holy Light Walker can deal "real damage" against demons.
But this is just the icing on the cake.
At this stage of the war, even without the divine magic exerted by Diakum, it is only a matter of time before the demons are expelled from Azeroth.
What really worries Dick is the fact hidden under the appearance of this cruel war.
"The conflict in the Force has entered into the most extreme confrontation."
He sighed and said:
"The head-to-head confrontation between death and Fel in Material World will trigger a high-intensity battle that will last for decades. The scale of this war will include the entire Material Star Sea, and life will be re-seeded in the aftermath of this war.
Now three Titan Soul are awake. After they summon Pantheon again, Arcane will start to rise in the blink of an eye.
void
That Eclipse made me very worried."
"An'she. Can't you hold on anymore?"
Surrounded by the light Holy Song, Xe'ra fell next to Diakum. Primal Naaru said very worriedly:
"I observed the flash of Eclipse. As you said, it didn't just happen in Azeroth. The entire Material Star Sea galaxy with stars also had the projection of Eclipse.
Although it only lasted a few minutes, it was obviously a bad warning.
It can affect all the stars in the entire Material World at the same time. This must be An'she conveying some information. However, the problem is that An'she has persisted in the gap between Radiant Sun and Eclipse for countless epochs. Why did such a change suddenly occur?
Didn't you say before that Ms. Elune personally said that An'she can still persist for a while?"
Faced with Xe'ra's inquiry, Diakum did not answer.
But he had a rather pessimistic guess in his mind, and he needed to find someone who could directly contact An'she for final confirmation. At this time, he was waiting for the arrival of the "distinguished guest".
Xe'ra also felt Diakum's worry, so she quietly rotated here without saying a word.
Ten minutes later, when a moonlight quietly lit up, the whole High Heaven was ringing with bells, which was a warning that would be triggered when other powerful forces penetrated High Heavens.
But as Vigilant waved his hand to suppress it, those ringing bells resumed Tranquility in the next moment.
Diakum walked into the moonlight shrouding the edge of the platform and asked:
"An'she What's going on over there?"
"Him"
Ms. Elune sighed and said:
"I've looked and An'she is ready to give up."
"Huh?"
Diakum raised his eyebrows and said:
"Because of me?"
"Yes, An'she saw the scene where you faced Sargeras. He confirmed that you are a perfect successor. Therefore, he will leave all the power of Radiant Sun to you to help you fight against Sargeras's true form in the future."
Moon Goddess said:
"He will sink into Sea of Darkness and take on all the darkness in the form of Eclipse, so that you no longer have to be implicated by Him and cannot embrace all the power of Holy Light.
This is An'she's active choice rather than the passive infestation of Void Villains.
Therefore, after He sinks into Sea of Darkness, the Eclipse that He evolved will become a controllable force, which can break the abominable plan of the void forces to bring down Eclipse in the entire world.
He will become the reflection of Eclipse hanging high on Sea of Darkness, suppressing the waves of Sea of Darkness with his own power.
Even if He cannot control that kind of darkness, you can destroy it with your own hands, thus completely ending the evil desire of Primordial Darkness.
He said this was the last thing He could do for you.
He bless you to embark on a more glorious future under Sunflare."
"Nonsense!"
Diakum scolded:
"Do I need Him to make such a sacrifice for me? Path of Light and Shadow is the path I want to walk, and bearing the pain of Eclipse is also part of my trial.
I and so many Holy Light Walker are trying our best to save him. Now that we have finally found a way and collected fuel, he has to choose to give up on his own?
That's enough!
Please tell An'she that I will soon lead Holy Light and the walkers in the shadows back to Sea of Darkness.
We will ignite Him with our own hands and let the glory of Radiant Sun envelope the world."
"But you can't bear that much darkness Eclipse, Diakum."
Ms. Elune persuaded hard:
"You have gone through Holy Sun Rebirth, and walked your own path in Radiant Sun and Eclipse. However, that is just a trial, and An'she has undertaken The suffering of Eclipse is beyond your imagination. If you want to light the sun, it means that the suffering of Eclipse that pulls Radiant Sun into darkness must be borne by other individuals!
The fall of An'she is the desire of Sea of Darkness to expand, which is the cunning conspiracy of Primordial Darkness. If you want to ignite the sun, it means that you have to fight against the deep desire of the entire Sea of Darkness alone.
You will be dragged into the deepest darkness.
But we cannot allow you to go to that future.
An'she realized this, and he was unwilling to let his most outstanding successor bear this suffering for himself.
You have to understand His painstaking efforts."
"I don't understand, and I don't intend to."
Dick said forcefully:
"I have my own plan, and my morality does not allow me to sit back and watch Him sacrifice for me for such a reason. The expansion of Sea of Darkness must be curbed.
I wouldn't trust this matter to anyone else.
I want to do it myself.
Please tell Him that I have no intention of replacing Him and becoming the sun of the entire world. That is not the future I chose for myself.
I am just a ray of dawn, a wisp of Dawn, just like the Primal Light thrown by An'she, which illuminated the endless darkness and opened up the new life of the world.
I only want to be Light of Dawn!
Shining for all ages, it is too brilliant and heavy for me, Warrior of Light, who is passing by."
Ms. Elune fell silent.
She felt Diakum's determination and persistence, and she knew that she could not convince Diakum to accept this gift, so after a moment, she said:
"Then speed up! You already know that only one person is allowed to walk on each road. Therefore, when you complete Holy Sun Rebirth, you have taken away part of the power belonging to An'she.
That He is willing to give His power to you means that as you become stronger, He will become weaker.
Even if He and I continue to persevere, it will only be a matter of time before we fall into Eclipse."
"I have made preparations. People of Light in the entire world were also ready when Xe'ra issued the call of "Solar Expedition" before!"
Diakum moved his fist and said:
"After Azeroth's war comes to an end, after I complete the healing of my injuries, and after Shadow Chasing Swarm completes its reorganization in Twisting Nether, we will enter Sea of Darkness, which will take at most half a month."
"Okay."
Elune The moonlight faded away, and she said:
"I cannot mobilize the power of Life Faction because of this, but I will let my followers go with you, and all Night Warrior in the star sea will be summoned.
This is also an opportunity.
While rekindling An'she, I must also fulfill my promise to my followers. The tragedy of Night Warrior's continuous self-destruction cannot happen again.
But Diakum.
If you realize that you cannot bear Sea of Darkness's deep desire on your own, please do not stop An'she's sacrifice. Although you have not met each other in a real sense, He is really satisfied with you as his successor.
If nothing can be done, please fulfill His final blessing."
"But He has made enough sacrifices for this sea of stars. We have no right to ask Mr. An'she to make the final sacrifice for us, even if He is willing to do so. However, that noble personal morality is not the reason for us to choose to sit back and watch Him fall into darkness."
Vigilant comforted:
"Please have some faith in me, White Lady. I really have a foolproof plan. In fact, I have already booked a "recovery surgery" for Mr. An'she, and it is a specialist number. The deposit has been paid, and now it is too late to withdraw it."
"Huh?!"