Qin Ze raised his hand and flicked the girl's forehead.
"Ouch~"
The girl winced in pain, instinctively covering her forehead with her hand, then her eyes widened. "Not a dream?"
Qin Ze was speechless. "Nonsense."
Zi Yue's face lit up with surprise. She had so much to say, but for some reason, she suddenly couldn't utter a single word.
The girl's face turned deathly pale, and the veins all over her body bulged rapidly.
Miss Sword Case warned, "The power within her has gone berserk."
Having anticipated this, Qin Ze used his divine power to envelop the aching girl, suppressing her violent energy.
Zi Yue gently exhaled a breath of stale air and said, "Thank you."
Qin Ze sighed, "Fate is truly unpredictable. I never imagined we'd meet in this godforsaken place."
Zi Yue smiled and said, "Yes, I never expected that the person I was waiting for would be you."
Qin Ze raised an eyebrow. "Wait for me?"
Zi Yue replied, "This is the Fate of the Divine Maiden of the Spirit Clan."
Clearly, there are many things Qin Ze doesn't know about this.
However, Qin Ze has plenty of time now, so he can take his time to understand.
"Wasn't the Spirit Clan World closed to the outside world? How did you end up here?"
Zi Yue said, "It is the power of the Divine Domain Holy Temple. I came here through the power of the Oracle."
Qin Ze then noticed that the Oracle mark on the girl's forehead had disappeared.
The Oracle is a one-time use item; once used, the mark will disappear.
When Qin Ze came out of the Oracle Holy Temple, he asked Zi Yue which god's Oracle she had received.
The girl changed the subject and did not answer.
It turns out that the power of this Oracle directly transported her to the Reversed Underworld Mountain.
Qin Ze asked again, "You just said that your Fate is to wait for me here, what do you mean?"
Instead of playing the riddle-maker, Zi Yue told Qin Ze everything.
" The Spirit Clan differs from other Ancient Race; from the day she was born, she has shouldered a corresponding mission."
" The Spirit Clan are not only the Land of Faith the Goddess of Life, but also must be ready at any time to give everything for the Land of the Gods."
"Among them, each generation of Divine Maiden must be prepared to come here at any time, awaiting the prophesied savior."
Qin Ze blinked, pointed to his own nose, and said, "Savior? Me?"
Zi Yue nodded slightly. "Legend has it that the savior will come here to retrieve the Pearl. The Divine Maiden needs to come here in advance to safeguard the Pearl for the savior when she receives the god's summons, and hand it over to him in person."
The girl's gaze softened. "I never imagined it would be my generation's Divine Maiden who would accomplish this, nor did I expect you to be the one foretold in the prophecy."
Qin Ze was lost in thought.
Master Desolate Bai Bai really arranged everything perfectly.
The Pearl refers to the core.
Previously, the Goddess of the Earth's power was not so weak, and she was able to safeguard it herself.
Now that the lamp has run out of oil, we have no choice but to rely on external forces.
Qin Ze looked at the power within the girl and asked, "Where does this power come from?"
Zi Yue replied, "It is said that this was left behind by the great god who created the Oracle Holy Temple, and it has been preserved beneath the Oracle Holy Temple ever since."
"This power will only be unsealed and returned to the Divine Maiden when summoned by the gods."
The great god who created the Oracle Holy Temple, isn't that Master Desolate?
Qin Ze asked, "Is it also for me?"
Zi Yue smiled faintly, "No, it's mine."
"The prophecy says that after the savior obtains the Pearl, the Divine Maiden will guard the Inverted Mountain until the five elements are restored and the two worlds are separated."
Qin Ze's CPU was running at high speed.
He could roughly understand the Five Laws returning to their proper places, which likely referred to the five major rules of randomness, balance, space, time, destruction, and creation. This corresponded perfectly with the position of the Magician on the Reversed Underworld Mountain, as mentioned by the God of Machinery.
Because at this moment, the Magician is the Rule of Randomness itself.
As for the separation of the two realms... does it refer to the Abyss and Chaos?
Chaos is slowly eroding the Abyss, and in time, the entire Abyss will become part of Chaos.
Like other Chaos World, it will gradually Annihilation itself.
It seems that the gods' goal was to completely separate the two realms and protect the Myriad Races of the Abyss.
But why was Zi Yue chosen to guard this place?
She was clearly just a Level Nine Martial Artist.
Brother Devour said, "Have you ever thought about this?"
Qin Ze snapped out of his daze, "Speak."
Brother Devour said, "If you take the core, won't the Tomb of the Gods fall apart?"
"Back then Niuniu and the others didn't need to work hard at all; they could just get out directly."
"But Niuniu has been trying to stop you from reaching the Tomb of the Gods the whole way, which means he's afraid you'll get the core."
"Even without the core, the Tomb of the Gods may still possess suppressive power..."
Qin Ze said with a solemn expression, "Because by then, a new core will take its place."
"The one who truly guards Underworld Mountain is not Zi Yue; she is merely a vessel."
"The new core comes from the divine power within her."
Brother Devour nodded. "That's about it."
Thousand Faces chimed in, "Why change the core? The Goddess of the Earth is at her last gasp. If the old core can't hold, won't the new one be just as ineffective?"
Sitting atop Huahua, Brother Devour looked at the Four Gods, who were being relentlessly beaten by the Mist Lord, and said, "The answer to this question is probably only known to the Goddess of the Earth."
"What's certain now is that the ultimate goal of the Goddess of the Earth's scheme is to get you to obtain this core."
Qin Ze took a deep breath and looked at the girl, asking, "Where are your other clansmen?"
Upon hearing this, a hint of melancholy appeared on Zi Yue's face.
"I have no idea."
"However, when the clan chief and the Tree Bearer saw me off, I could sense that they too were going to fulfill their mission."
Compared to the other four Ancient Race, the Spirit Clan is truly a breath of fresh air.
Even after many years, they continue to diligently fulfill the mission entrusted to them by the old gods.
Qin Ze sighed heavily, "I'm sorry, I can't take you away from here right now."
Zi Yue smiled brightly, "It's alright~ Don't blame yourself, this is the Fate of every generation of Divine Maiden in the Spirit Clan."
"Actually, I'm honored to have done it."
Qin Ze murmured, " Fate...?"
Sometimes he would wonder what would have happened if he had died in Jiang City Tide, or what would have happened if he hadn't cleared the Hunt Otherworld.
He had narrowly escaped death several times. Even if Master Desolate was incredibly resourceful, could he have foreseen these events?
If he were to perish midway, it would be a complete loss.
The clones all spoke at once:
"With the protagonist's halo, what's there to say?"
"Huh? Is the Pretty God the main character?"
"Of course you know, you'd only know after you've already finished the game."
"There are no protagonists, no gods; it's all just the pipe dream of a delusional teenager."
"You brat, how dare you corrupt my resolve!"
"..."
Qin Ze chuckled and said to everyone, "Now you know who's in the center!"
Zi Yue's voice interrupted Qin Ze's thoughts, "Savior, are you ready to accept the Pearl?"
Qin Ze nodded. "Let's go."