Chapter 283
“Now that the curse of Ottofis should be lifted, right?” Ye Bai looked at Ottofis with a hint of confusion. With the curse gone, its dragon tongue should have returned as well.
“Roar…” Ottofis let out another sound, seemingly in response to Ye Bai.
However, its face was now so large that Ye Bai could no longer read its expressions as easily as before.
Nao answered Ye Bai on behalf of Ottofis, “It should be, but it seems it has used that power to preserve the dragon's soul.”
“I see…” Upon hearing this, Ye Bai recalled the moment in the Dragonborn underground city when Ottofis had ‘bitten’ off a piece of the soul flame during the transformation ritual of the Dragonborn lich.
It appeared as if Ottofis had consumed a part of the dragon's soul, but in reality, for the Dragon of Space, it was likely using spatial power to preserve it.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai couldn’t help but praise, “You two have such great chemistry!”
While Ye Bai still needed certain conditions to understand Ottofis’s meaning, Nao and it communicated effortlessly, a result of years of companionship.
Ottofis: “Roar!”
Nao: “No.”
The two voices rang out simultaneously, and then Nao and Ottofis paused, exchanging a glance before turning their heads away, fully expressing their mutual disdain.
What a familiar scene… Watching this unfold, Ye Bai couldn’t help but smile, the complex feelings of years apart gradually fading away.
Then Ye Bai snapped back to reality and looked at her personal panel. After defeating the god-level lich Lori, her experience pool had naturally received a massive boost.
Moreover, with the return of her identity as the [God King], even more experience points began to fill her pool, surpassing that of the [Sea God Tamer]. It felt as if a force was ‘enlightening’ her, and the concerns she once had about the level cap of her third job class were now lifted.
At this rate, this growth, akin to a ‘return of power,’ would continue until her current character also reached the level cap of 150.
More applications of time power began to resurface in Ye Bai’s memory, automatically grasped as her level increased.
“I’ll be away for a bit, but I’ll be back soon.” Curious about what changes awaited her in reality, Ye Bai informed Nao and Ottofis before her figure faded from the divine realm, returning to reality.
As soon as she logged off, Ye Bai’s spiritual body experienced a strange sensation that hadn’t been there before.
It was a constricting feeling, as if she were in a narrow room, about to touch the ceiling.
At this thought, a piece of information shared by the Star Bishop Leren flashed through Ye Bai’s mind—‘The Master’ had imposed limits on all intelligent life, with a mental power cap of A-grade, a soul cap of ten thousand years, akin to natural laws, forming part of the universe's rules.
From Ye Bai’s past journey of enhancing her mental power through the myriad realms, the levels from 0 to 20 before job change corresponded to F-grade mental power in reality, 20 to 40 after the first job change corresponded to D-grade, 40 to 60 to C-grade, 60 to 80 to B-grade… and the demigod level from 80 to 100 should correspond to A-grade.
Once she reached the divine rank after level 100, it was highly likely she would surpass the ‘mental power cap’ mentioned by Leren.
Now, with her identity as the God King restored, the level restrictions had vanished, and her power was continuously growing. Her game level had already exceeded 81 and was still rising, so she had begun to vaguely sense the existence of an ‘upper limit.’
Ye Bai suddenly understood why her spiritual body felt so different from others, attracting the attention of black holes—it must be closely related to her previous level in the divine realm.
Perhaps when Ye Bai deleted her character information from the divine realm, it was akin to a ‘reset,’ but having once reached the peak, even if she was weakened to F-grade, she was still different from those who had normally enhanced their mental power.
However, upon deeper reflection, everything returned to the fundamental question: why did a game like the myriad realms appear in the Star Network, and how could it influence reality to enhance players’ mental power?
Other games on the Star Network had been proven to be a second world formed by the collective consciousness of a civilization in the real universe, but the myriad realms were entirely ‘man-made.’ Even if Ye Bai assumed the memories of her creator were fictional, it wouldn’t explain everything—various rules of the myriad realms completely contradicted natural development patterns, filled with traces of deliberate design.
Additionally, Ye Bai had another unresolved mystery: the source of the information torrent.
‘Do not be discovered’ and ‘Beware of the Stars’ were warnings corresponding to reality, and the familiar flash that Ye Bai sensed was a key item in the game, still holding her past memories.
Moreover, the verified 11,442 years of her soul’s active time contained contradictions. She could now confirm that the 1,442 years were the time she had been active in the divine realm, but the remaining ten thousand years should have been a period of unconscious slumber—why were they included in the count?
After a moment, Ye Bai snapped back to her thoughts.
Regardless, to unravel the secrets behind this, sufficient strength was essential. The more pressing matter was to resolve the crisis in the divine realm while simultaneously enhancing her own power.
If her strength surpassed the so-called ‘universal limit,’ perhaps it would be enough to unveil the final curtain.
Steeling herself, Ye Bai prepared to return to the Star Network.
As this thought crossed her mind, she suddenly realized something—she no longer needed the personal terminal of the Star Alliance; she could connect to the Star Network using her own mental power.
In the context of the Star Network, it had always been there, but it seemed that only when Ye Bai reached A-grade could she truly access it without a medium.
Was this something only A-grade mentalists could achieve?
Ye Bai slowly closed her eyes, her mind uncontrollably flashing with information about the Star Network, the Fuyou Clan, the Church of the Stars… and so on. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the game.
…
Ottofis and Nao remained as they had in the past, quietly guarding the spot where Ye Bai had logged off.
After exchanging a few words with them, Ye Bai once again flashed into the treasure vault ahead, taking her seat on the throne of the God King.
Ye Bai’s memories of the divine realm were stored on a player’s plaque that would never be automatically cleared by the program, while the [Console Permissions] that influenced this world as the administrator resided above the divine throne.
“Alright, it’s time to get down to business.”
In the next moment, a torrent of data containing various information washed over Ye Bai on the throne.
The once-slowly peeling historical corridor began to vanish at an accelerated pace, and the treasure vault completely merged with the Eternal City in reality, releasing a radiant light from the throne, illuminating the long-dimmed, grayish divine realm.
The entire continent began to tremble subtly yet profoundly…
In the ninth layer of the hell space, the red giant octopus suddenly waved its tentacles, exclaiming joyfully, “It’s the Master! The Master has returned!”
Across from the Kraken, the hell demon Walsh, serving as a large battery while ‘serving time,’ suddenly looked up, a look of fear emerging on his once-arrogant face.
The light spreading from the divine throne to the entire divine realm extended to a hidden area unreachable by ordinary beings, shining upon the Tree of Life.
“King…” The elven queen, sleeping beneath the Tree of Life, opened her eyes from a long emerald dream.
Moreover, all beings in the divine realm seemed to sense something, collectively turning their gazes toward the source of the light—the location of the Eternal City.
On the divine throne, sensing the successful connection between the divine realm and the myriad realms, Ye Bai smiled.
Due to the original settings, the divine realm had limited capacity, while the myriad realms, with the entire universe as its server, were different. When the data flow of the divine realm linked with the myriad realms, it could naturally complete a memory ‘expansion.’
The long-delayed expansion pack for “Shattered Divine Court” was finally ready to go live in the myriad realms.
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