At that moment, a trace of relief appeared in Wu Yue’s eyes.
She spoke.
"Actually, the reason I wanted to become a Saintess was just to meet the Divine Sovereign in person and find out my origins. Now I understand."
Weird phenomena had always surrounded Wu Yue.
For example, she remembered never having been to Hundred Herbs Island, yet the alchemy masters there often looked sorrowful around her and treated her with great care.
For example, in the Cauldron Realm, she picked up farm work astonishingly quickly.
Things like that.
Wu Yue was very perceptive; she realized something might be wrong with her and had been trying to find the Free and Unfettered God to ask him directly.
Today she finally got her answer.
"I heard from Hua Wuyan that you have some kind of immortal array that requires seven Martial Gods to participate. If the array can be formed successfully, it can effectively handle an alien race invasion. Is that right?"
You nodded, then produced the Blazing Extinction War Spear and directly sketched the array's prototype on the beach.
Although you had already shown Old Shen.
But the Free and Unfettered God was also an ancient-level figure from thirty thousand years ago, certainly broad-minded, so you let him examine it as well.
The more the Free and Unfettered God looked, the more alarmed he became. In the end he even exclaimed aloud.
"This array is not of the human world, no, it isn't even from the Void Realm!"
You felt somewhat puzzled.
"It can't be from the Real Realm, can it?"
"Where did you get it?"
"Well... it was a chance encounter. It's complicated to explain."
"Never mind. From my judgment, this array can indeed counter an alien invasion, and very effectively at that! But it must be kept as our human world's final trump card. It cannot be used to prevent enemies. Only when the situation is at its worst, when our world has no means left to fight back, should it be used. Because there is only one chance... and at present, it is not certain we can muster that one chance."
Thinking of the seven Martial Gods, you couldn't help but sigh.
"There haven't been any new Martial Gods in the human world so far, right? Gathering seven Martial Gods to activate the array will be extremely difficult."
"Are you thinking of giving up?"
"No! Since the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array is the last hope, we must do everything possible to realize it!"
The Free and Unfettered God looked at you with deep admiration, nodding and smiling.
Actually, you weren't wearing the Chinese-Style Succubus trait right now, yet you still seemed to exude charm.
"Do you know that this array actually needs eight people? The seven Martial Gods are merely the seven formation cores, but the eighth person is the one who receives the array's power. Will you be that eighth person?"
"Putting aside that I've researched this array the longest and that if it can be deployed it would likely be me, and that I'm the most suited to deal with the alien race... "
"If I tell you that being that eighth person is a near-suicide mission, and even if you survive your lifespan will be greatly reduced?"
"If the human world falls, what does lifespan matter?"
There was no hiding the Free and Unfettered God's admiration for you in his eyes.
"I am ashamed. I, who once served as a Guardian, now must rely on a junior like you in safeguarding the human world. Rest assured, I will help you become a Martial King, and the Holy Lands will give you every resource so you might reach even higher realms! Also, I will assist in finding the seven Martial Gods. It is indeed hard to gather seven Martial Gods right now, but if some half-dead ones can be restored to peak cultivation for a single attack, there's still hope."
With the small talk finished,
it was time to get down to business.
Breakthrough to Martial King!
In truth, the breakthrough method used by the Free and Unfettered Holy Land was essentially still based on the principles of the Ten-Person Method and the Thousand-Person Method.
However, the Free and Unfettered Holy Land had the Free and Unfettered God, and the Free and Unfettered God had a Time Room.
This Time Room produced "luminous resonance crystals" every year.
The amount each time was roughly five to ten, and among them there were always two paired colored "luminous resonance crystals."
When attempting to break through to Martial King, if one could place these luminous resonance crystals into the Spirit Gathering array, the probability of success would increase dramatically.
Even if the breakthrough failed, the cultivation level would not fall.
If a colored crystal was used, the success rate would exceed ninety percent.
If the Free and Unfettered God personally participated as one of the "ten people," the remaining less-than-ten-percent failure chance would also be filled.
"Five to ten each year? My goodness, how many Martial Kings does the Holy Lands have?"
The Free and Unfettered God smiled.
"It is a year inside the Time Room."
You realized.
One day in the Time Room equals one year outside.
One year in the Time Room equals over three hundred years outside.
So that really wasn't many.
But with the same baseline conditions, having luminous resonance crystals assisting here did make achieving Martial King more stable than elsewhere.
"This time I'm planning to use all the stored luminous resonance crystals, and select some outstanding Peak of Spirit Condensation disciples from the Holy Lands to help them break through to Martial King. Chen Yi, do you have anyone to recommend?"
The enemy was approaching, humanity was on the brink of extinction.
The Holy Lands didn't intend to hoard these treasures that could boost human combat power—use them all.
If the human world was destroyed anyway, what meaning would it serve to keep them? To leave them for the enemy?
You recommended Long Yang, Baili Su, and a few others who had undergone the otherworldly adventure with you and returned alive.
"Free and Unfettered God, I have a few more friends. Can you help them break through too? They aren't disciples of the Holy Lands, though."
"As long as they're willing to come to the Holy Lands and meet the requirements for a breakthrough, I can help them."
Among your "few friends," the most important was Zhen Pin.
That old monk had a very good constitution, but this constitution contradicted the current Void Realm environment.
To break through to Martial King required arduous training, but if he trained hard to break through, the breakthrough itself seemed unlikely.
Then there was Sun Cheng'en.
If Sun Cheng'en were still alive now, he should already be a Martial King.
If he wasn't, you could grant him that opportunity.
The Holy Lands began preparing the Martial King breakthrough array, and organizing the necessary personnel and venue.
During the preparation, you called Long Yang and the others to Nine Palaces Island.
"The Free and Unfettered God asked me to recommend some Peak of Spirit Condensation disciples from the Holy Lands, and to use the chance of the Saint and Saintess breakthroughs to have them break through to Martial King together. Oh my, who should I recommend? Give me some ideas, I'm so troubled..."
Baili Su snorted coldly, pride on his face. He strode forward and immediately dropped to one knee.
"Brother Chen, if you won't despise me, I am willing to take you as my Sworn Father! From now on we'll each have our own roles: you call me your sworn son, I'll call you Elder Brother! I'll care for you in your old age! Elder Brother, accept your son's kowtow!"
Long Yang kicked Baili Su aside with one foot.
"What a coward! We adventured in another world for ten years, fought shoulder to shoulder, forged our friendship through life and death! We're not biological brothers, but closer than that! If you act like this and say those things, don't you think you're putting Brother Chen in an awkward position?"
As he spoke, Long Yang’s hand climbed onto your shoulder.
"Brother, is the strength okay?"
