"Three choices, three paths-is that even possible?"
Xu Ye murmured the words in his mind so Alice and the Bandit Lord could hear him.
"This is my ritual for advancing to Sequence 6, but I get to choose. The first ritual is to give up on the Holy Grail Contest, leave the Land of Exiles immediately, get beyond the Holy Grail's reach, and head into the wilderness. There, I have to build up my own faction in a medium-to-large tribe, reaching a thousand members, including ten Awakened."
"The people must worship you as a god, build temples, erect statues, and offer incense every day. After forty-nine days, you'll advance to Sequence 6."
"Under this ritual, the Heavenly Dao will take back the Blasphemer Sequence and replace all its Sequence Talents with War God Sequence Talents."
"Following those Sequence Talents will make it easier for me to become a War God. This seems to have something to do with God's Right Hand."
"A War God?" The Bandit Lord paused.
"The Divine Seats are fixed. This would probably be a new god. A War God never appeared in any of my memories before."
"But this would have you abandon the Blasphemer Sequence and take a shortcut to godhood instead. It seems easier than the Blasphemer Sequence."
"It's your choice."
"Hurry up and tell us about the second ritual," the Bandit Lord urged.
Xu Ye continued, "The second ritual is to help the Heart of the Order Keeper defend the Land of Exiles in the upcoming Fourth Dreamscape. I have to advance to Sequence 6 under the Mother Nest's assault while keeping myself safe and ensuring that fewer than a million people die in the Land of Exiles."
"If the second ritual succeeds, it won't change my Blasphemer Sequence Talents. What it will