Chapter 333

As for the Alts, wearing relics is more like equipment in a game; it only triggers side effects similar to game effects, such as mental madness or loss of control—none of that applies.

The Sun Emblem, as Sacred Object of the Burning Covenant, is kept in the innermost room, numbered's-07-01', meaning that the Sun's path is of rank 7 and its danger level is 1, indicating that there is virtually no danger.

After all, the Sun Emblem has only one purpose: to communicate through the Faith Path, unlock extraordinary potential, and become Son of the Sun.

If it fails, it's because the user's potential is insufficient. This is about becoming Supernatural Being, defying fate; a bit of life-threatening danger is perfectly reasonable, right?

"Arrive."

Barnes stood outside a room and said respectfully, "Ryan, please go in and take a look. I'll stay outside."

"Um."

Ryan led the witch K into the room.

The room was small, only about sixteen square meters, and there was nothing inside except for a round pillar protruding in the middle.

The cylinder is golden yellow, about 1.5 meters tall, with a concave bowl shape at the top, supporting a hollow structure in the middle to hold the Sun Emblem on top.

As Ryan approached, he sensed no fluctuation of power whatsoever, finally understanding what Aut meant by "too normal."

If someone hadn't told him it was Sacred Object, he would have thought it was just a decorative item he bought from a roadside stall.

"Is this real? Could someone have switched them?" Ryan asked, speechless.

"Although the defenses here aren't great, it's definitely real." Witch K examined it for a while, confirming it wasn't a fake. "There's still some residual power inside, but it's weaker than when I last saw it."

"Can it still be used?"

"Should I change jobs or...?"

"Your ceremony."

"That's no problem."

So there's a problem with changing jobs?... Ryan silently mourned for Shana for three seconds. My little wife, it's not that I didn't want to let you change jobs, but who knew even the Sun God could mess things up?

"Wait a moment."

Witch K gestured for Ryan to stand aside and wait, then took out some materials from her storage bag.

She placed a candle at each of the four corners of the cylinder. The materials she used were somewhat familiar to Ryan, but mostly unfamiliar; they looked like things from some kind of Magic Creature.

After arranging the materials, witch K used her Magic Power to seal the space, creating an absolutely quiet ritual venue undisturbed by the outside world.

She then had Ryan stand next to her.

He grasped Ryan's hand with his left.

"Don't let go. No matter what happens, getting caught in a time warp is risky. If you accidentally fall in, you might get lost inside."

Although Witch K spoke with a very serious expression, Ryan only felt that her hands were soft and slippery... Miss K, don't worry, my wife is the Lord of Space-Time, it's alright.

Ryan was probably unsure about other things, but about this time and space, how about checking out the Lin Qi Character Card?

"Don't worry, I won't let go... Is it okay as long as we hold hands?"

Witch K said, "If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any."

"You're making me feel like something bad is going to happen..." Ryan said, "Or should I hold you tighter?"

Witch K didn't speak, but the dangerous signal emanating from her eyes indicated that she was definitely not happy about it.

"O ruler of the endless void, god of Myriad Changes, Lord of Space-Time who governs the origin of all life. I pray, trace back to the origin of this thing, to the moment of creation, and release it in its original form..."

"The ruler of the endless void, the god of Myriad Changes, the Lord of Space-Time who governs the origin of all life..."

Janus exists because of the Myriad Changes, and because of the uncertainty of time and space, believers also call him the God of Myriad Changes.

This is a prayer to Janus, witch K, aren't you a believer in death...? Ryan saw the array activated by power, releasing strands of milky white light, within which the divine power of Janus clearly emerged, eventually converging on the Sun Emblem.

Roar!~

The Sun Emblem suddenly burst into terrifying platinum-gold flames!

The flames seemed to distort the space around them, yet Ryan, standing within them, felt no heat whatsoever.

Finally, after the flames burned to a certain point, the power of spacetime began to take effect. Ryan's consciousness went black, and the next second the scene before his eyes changed. He turned his head, but where was the witch K?

Keep writing, there should be one more chapter today, probably!

Chapter 211 The False Sun God Heross!

Everyone said they'd hug, holding hands and stuff is definitely unreliable... Ryan feels like he's gotten used to this kind of thing. When it really matters, teammates can't be trusted—isn't that just part of the protagonist's character?

Having experienced the God of Death before, Ryan was now quite calm.

He tried opening the game and found that the game functions were still working, and the Character Card were not restricted in any way.

"With Lin Qi's Character Card here, we shouldn't get lost here. The problem is... where do we find the Sun God?"

All around was still a golden sea of sand, a vast expanse that seemed to stretch to the horizon, just like a desert.

Just as Ryan was feeling confused, one familiar figure after another appeared around him—pilgrims.

These people walked out from the road behind them, their figures gradually becoming solid from their illusory appearance. There was nothing in the distance behind them, as if they had appeared out of thin air.

Ryan thought back carefully and realized that it seemed to be the same situation during the awakening ceremony, but he was in a daze at the time and didn't notice these details at all.

It seems I've returned to this 'scene'... Witch K entered from here as well, so this scene must be in a fixed loop, fixed in this timeline?

If that's the case, then there must be some secret involved.

It's important to understand that even the Lord of Space-Time would find it difficult to locate a specific scene within the chaotic spacetime. However, such a fixed location can be stably reached through a certain ritual or other method, essentially anchoring a coordinate within the chaotic spacetime.

Only Janus at his peak could have done that.

As he pondered, Ryan silently followed the pilgrims, knowing full well what was to come, having experienced it once before.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, a towering temple appeared at the end of the field of vision.

As always, there was an incredibly long Heavenly Ladder to heaven ahead, with statues, palaces, and giant swords... The pilgrims continued their journey as always, heading towards their holy land. Ryan mingled in the group, not daring to leave rashly, but carefully observing his surroundings.

Janus anchored the coordinates; if he could come, then others could too.

Where did K go?

He searched for the witch K in the crowd.

Unfortunately, there were too many pilgrims.

Furthermore, Ryan suspects that Witch K might not have entered.

"Brother, is that temple dedicated to the Sun God?"

Ryan asked a young pilgrim beside him.

The other person had a headscarf wrapped around their head and wore a yellow linen shirt. Their sallow face bore the mottled marks of prolonged dehydration, and they looked tired, but their gaze was firm.

"Sun God Heross, the deity who bestows hope upon life, didn't you come here on a pilgrimage?"

An elderly man next to the young man asked in a hoarse voice.

"I've come to see my former wife..." Ryan said. "I was lost in this desert, and perhaps a miracle of life led me here... So this is the temple of the Sun God? What do I need to do? I mean, what must I do to be worthy of an audience with the Sun God?"

"You can't see him." The old man shook his head wearily. "No one is qualified to have an audience with the Sun God, not even the High Priestess."

Ryan was taken aback. "Can't see them? Then what are you here for?"

"Out of respect, out of reverence, out of faith," the young man said.

The old man was silent for a moment, then said, "For survival."

"How to survive? I see some people have already given up halfway."

"Divine pronouncements will descend to guide us on the path forward, and that path will save countless people. We cannot be certain when the pronouncements will descend, or who will hear them, but if faith is rewarded, it will surely be on the path of devout progress, among the devout pilgrims."

The old man raised his head and looked into the distance, seeing countless figures kneeling on the steps below the Sun God. Although their bodies were hunched, there was not a trace of confusion in their eyes.

So this is what pilgrims are like. What a difficult mission... In this day and age, do people need divine guidance just to survive?

Ryan didn't ask any more questions and silently followed the group forward.

Suddenly, the clear sky was shrouded in dark clouds, the scorching sun lost its brilliance, and its light was reduced to a mere fraction of what was needed for illumination, shining through the hazy black mist.

The pilgrims seemed oblivious to the anomaly, continuing their silent journey until a crack appeared in the sky, and black liquid dripped onto the desert, transforming into one Chaos Demon after another.

The battle has begun!

A familiar scene: the demons slaughtering the pilgrims!

Soon, guards from the Sun God rushed out and engaged in a fierce battle with the demons.

But these pilgrims were too weak. They didn't even have the fighting power of ordinary people. The long journey had already exhausted them. Facing the Chaos Demon, even a group of people couldn't fight one against one. They could only face being slaughtered one-sidedly.

Ryan stood in the crowd, frowning, feeling a deep-seated anger at the sight of demons slaughtering humans.

Don't be impulsive, this is just something that happens repeatedly in the Old Days Space-Time, and soon the Sun God will appear to kill these damned demons... Ryan took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"The evil of the abyss has come after us, my people, do not be afraid, for the sun's glory shines upon us!"

On a high hill in the desert, the priest raised his banner and shouted with all his might.

"My people, do not be afraid, for the sun's glory shines upon us!"

"My people, do not be afraid..."

His repeated shouts tried to give courage to all the pilgrims, but this could not change their fate of being slaughtered.

It's different... It's different from last time... Ryan clearly remembers that this priest didn't appear at all during the awakening ceremony. Someone had power entering this spacetime scene and changing something, which means that this scene is no longer the one Ryan is familiar with.

Did that woman do it? Should I leave now?

Snap!

The golden sand spear, whipped up by Magic Power, pierced through the body of the charging demon.

Ryan summoned the Sword of Order, and his mind control transformed into a sharp blade that flew out at an astonishing speed. The Chaos Demon were pierced by the blade and then exploded into black mist.

Run my ass!

Although some things have been changed, he's no longer the Little Camilla who couldn't even defeat a Chaos Demon. Besides, he came here to find the Sun God, and he hasn't even found him, yet he's watched these pilgrims get killed. Run? Are you kidding me!

"Die, all of you!"

Swish, swish, swish!

The Sword of Order split into countless lightsabers, shooting out and traversing the battlefield to hunt down demons emerging from the Abyssal Rift. In no time, hundreds and thousands of demons were annihilated.

As the surrounding demons were gradually cleared away, Ryan had just sheathed the Sword of Order when a sudden sense of alarm arose in his heart. The moment he looked up, he saw that the abyss was split open, almost cleaving the heavens and the earth. The sky looked as if it had been cleaved open by a sharp blade, and thick, black 'blood' was overflowing from it, along with endless abyssal demons!

These demons stood atop the black blood, forming a chaotic army. Each chaotic legion was clearly led by Great Demon. They stood in the air, like an abyss enveloping the earth, spreading despair and terror.

"Holy crap! How come there are so many?!"

Ryan was stunned.

Where is the Sun God?

Come out and help!

Ryan's prayers seemed to have been heard by the gods. At that moment, a strong golden beam of light shot out from the temple, its blazing light instantly dispelling the darkness and bringing unprecedented light to everyone.

Boom!!!

The golden light struck the torn black abyss, bringing a terrifying explosion with astonishing power. All the demons caught in the force were instantly reduced to ashes!

"Damn, this is divine intervention!"

Putting everything else aside, this move really got Ryan's blood pumping.

All fear stems from insufficient firepower!

With overwhelming firepower, all evil Outer Gods and alien deities are nothing but trash!

Unfortunately, he can only watch now; even if he tries his best, he can't achieve the power of that attack.

Boom!

The thick smoke from the explosion covered the sky, splitting heaven and earth into two distinct halves. Just when Ryan thought the abyss was about to attack the temple, he saw a huge, pitch-black hand break through the fog and reach out to grab him.

"???"

No, the Sun God hit you, go find her!

Without time to think, Ryan quickly activated the Janus Mark, and driven by its power, he transformed into a beam of light and flew out.