The High Priestess taught Carlotta some methods of utilizing Creation Path, which truly opened her eyes.

Then Carlotta asked about other paths as well. Whatever the High Priestess knew, she explained in detail.

Unknowingly, another dawn arrived.

While conversing with the High Priestess, Carlotta silently activated her information panel and leaked at it.

[ 1: The correct way to integrate runes into flesh and blood is as follows...]

As expected, the information Carlotta sought had arrived.

Yet when she looked over the details, a subtle change flickered across her face.

Because she noticed that the method described in the information for integrating runes into the body differed slightly from what the High Priestess had explained.

Although the general direction was the same, the specifics were different. Why was this?

Was it because the High Priestess, due to fragmented memories, had provided incomplete knowledge?

Or was the information simply superior, offering a more perfect method that even surpasses the High Priestess's?

Carlotta pondered quietly, unsure of the reason, but she had already made up her mind.

Without hesitation, she decided to follow the method provided by the information. Moreover, integrating the runes according to this method will take much less time. Before long, she will be able to master more magic and knight paths.

Having two runes, she could focus equally on the Magic Path and the Knight Path.

No… perhaps it wasn't limited to just two Paths.

Looking at the information before her, Carlotta felt that integrating runes into her body using this method might lead to changes entirely different from others.

'Some things will become clear in time.'

That was what Carlotta thought.

[ 2: The portal to World 4 is located on floor 256 (a map).]

[ 3: The portal to World 5 is located on floor 277 (a map).]

Carlotta turned to the next piece of information, her heart filled with silence, once again, intelligence about other worlds had surfaced.

She couldn't help but ask the High Priestess, "Do you intend to visit other worlds as well?"

The High Priestess countered, "Do you know the locations of the other worlds?"

Carlotta replied, "I know some, but not much."

"Then let's go take a look."

The High Priestess had no reason to refuse.

Hope flickered in her eyes once more. No matter how fierce the ancient Divine War had been, she refused to believe that not a single god had survived.

Without delay, Carlotta led the way downward, first arriving at floor 277.

This floor resembled a city, surprisingly bustling in appearance, yet devoid of humans. Instead, monsters roam freely throughout.

The city resembled more of a ruin. Every trace within seemed to suggest that humans had once lived here.

Of course, that must have been an extremely distant past. The buildings were severely aged. If not for alchemical techniques used in their construction, they would have long crumbled under the weight of time.

Even so, the city was now broken and dilapidated. When some monsters merely passed by, the slight tremors they caused would make walls collapse with a loud crash.

Few buildings remain standing.

Carlotta approached a pile of rubble, used card magic to create a gust of wind, scattering the debris and revealing an underground passage.

"Going down here leads to another world."

Carlotta told the High Priestess.

The High Priestess was momentarily dazed.

Because she noticed that when Carlotta used card magic just now, the level of that magic seemed unusually high, reaching the standard of a Resonator.

Could someone's secondary Path truly reach such heights?

Or was it because her own severely damaged body had caused a serious misjudgment?

'It must be a misjudgment. My condition isn't what it used to be.'

The High Priestess sighed inwardly.

Then the two stepped into the passage and entered another world.

Another familiar Tower of Babel appeared before them.

After arriving at the Tower of Babel in World 5, they first went to the 300th floor. Here, the High Priestess once again attempted to reach the summit using her special method. This time, she succeeded, bringing Carlotta to the top.

Yet here, just like the summits of World 2 and World 3, the place was decayed and desolate, with no trace of any god.

Nothing remained here either, no valuable information.

After leaving, they didn't proceed outside the Tower of Babel in World 5, but instead returned to World 1.

Next, Carlotta led the High Priestess to floor 256 and arrived at World 4.

In World 4, they again first arrived at the 300th floor, where the High Priestess used her unique method to enter the summit.

The summit was clean and orderly. Although it carried a sense of decay, the environment presented here was completely different from the previous three summits.

"This is..."

Seeing the scene before her, the High Priestess's pupils instantly contracted, then excitement surged within her.

A discovery!

Carlotta was also somewhat surprised, then began carefully observing the surroundings.

The space was spacious, similar to a library. However, the shelves held no books, only ashes remained, as if a fire had once burned here, consuming all the books.

The air indeed carried a lingering, unpleasant burnt stench.

After circling around, Carlotta returned to the High Priestess's side. "Have you found something, Your Excellency?"

The High Priestess pondered, "The god is already dead, but this place seems to have been tidied up just over a hundred years ago. Could it be... her?"

The High Priestess seemed to have a suspicion.

She told Carlotta that perhaps the High Priestess of this world still exists.

"This is incredible. She doesn't possess an Eternal Heart. Could it be that the god of this world gave her a complete divine artifact to protect her?"

The High Priestess speculated.

In her view, among flawed divine artifacts, only the Eternal Heart could protect someone across long ages.

But complete divine artifacts, there might still be a few remaining, possessing similar effects.

Yet, why would a god give a completely divine artifact to the High Priestess instead of taking it into battle?

"Anyway, I intend to go outside and take a look."

The High Priestess said.

When arriving at World 3 and World 5, she hadn't felt the slightest interest in venturing outside the Tower of Babel, believing there would be no discoveries. But in this World 4, her thoughts had changed.

"Then let's go outside and take a look."

Carlotta also felt some anticipation.

Could they really encounter another High Priestess surviving from countless ages ago?

Immediately, the two exited the summit and began descending continuously through the Tower of Babel.

The journey from the three hundredth floor down to the lowest level truly wasn't short. Even without any obstacles along the way, it remains an exceedingly long process.

Gradually, Carlotta and the High Priestess finally stepped out from the Tower to the Heavens.

The world before their eyes appeared even more desolate than World Two. Even Carlotta couldn't help but gasp in shock.

The vast world lay in darkness, with black ash drifting endlessly, like an infinite fall of black snow.

Countless spatial rifts crisscrossed the void, tearing the world apart into a grotesque mess, far worse than what they'd seen in World Two.

Even in the visible distance, the boundless starry sky could be seen instead of land, as if part of this world had simply disappeared, bringing the cosmos unnaturally close.

"A world like this hasn't completely disappeared yet?"

Carlotta couldn't help but sighed.

"It should be soon."

The High Priestess was also somewhat startled.

It was hard to even call this a world anymore, only a few fragmented, broken pieces remained. Most of it had already been destroyed. Looking up, one could clearly see the starry universe.

Carlotta asked, "By the way, what exactly are these endlessly drifting black ashes? In your world, High Priestess, do these ashes exist as well?"

It was natural for Carlotta to ask this question. The black ash came from nowhere; it fell to the ground like it was being laid down, yet over years and decades, it never piled thickly, as if mysteriously vanishing again.

A hint of sorrow flickered in the High Priestess's eyes as she answered, "This is an omen of the world's fundamental essence fading away. When the black ash finally stops falling, this world will vanish entirely."

Carlotta nodded in understanding.

As for the countless rifts filling the void, she already knew what they meant, the world was simply tearing itself apart.

Next, the High Priestess quickly flew off, trying to find the person who had maintained the top of the Tower to the Heavens over a hundred years ago. She suspected it might be the High Priestess of this world.

"Melanie! Melanie, are you still alive!"

The High Priestess shouted as she flew.

Melanie was the High Priestess of this world, a powerful Exalted being. She had once crossed worlds and conversed many times with High Priestess Bova. Bova was no stranger to her.

Yet no matter how loudly Bova called, there was no response.

"After more than a hundred years... has she finally passed away? Or is she trapped in a deep slumber, unable to answer me?"

The High Priestess murmured softly.

"Why not search around? This world doesn't have much left anyway. Covering the remaining areas won't take too long."

Carlotta offered a suggestion.

"Fine."

The High Priestess nodded. There was no other choice.

The two even split up, each heading in a different direction.

Carlotta flew through the dark skies, black ash swirling around her. As she flew through the drifting ash, she even felt an emotion conveyed by it, an overwhelming sense of sorrow, as if the world itself were weeping.

This made Carlotta fall silent. While continuing her search, she also practiced integrating runes into her flesh.

Gradually, she reached the seashore.

Of course, World Four had already deteriorated to such a degree that the ocean no longer held water. Instead, there was only a deep, sunken region, like an abyss.

Carlotta flew into the area that once was the ocean. The deeper she went, the darker the surroundings became.

"This place is truly dim, darker than anywhere else."

Carlotta whispered.

But suddenly, she sensed something was missing. In this broken world, the darkness should be uniformly distributed everywhere, after all, sunlight hadn't reached here for ages.

So why was this region especially dark?

Carlotta had already flown away, but suddenly turned back, circling a particular area.

Then she discovered that within a trench, some mysterious force seemed to be absorbing all surrounding energy, which was why the area appeared unusually dark.

Not daring to explore alone, Carlotta immediately soared upward, flying high into the sky, and slashed her sword, releasing a massive, brilliant sword beam.

Soon after, the High Priestess arrived.

"Did you find something?"

The High Priestess asked.

Carlotta nodded, leading the High Priestess down and explaining the strange situation below.

Hearing this, the High Priestess couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"This seems like someone is absorbing surrounding energy... But Melanie shouldn't have such abilities, right? Wasn't her path based on faith?"

Her words made Carlotta slightly surprised.

She said, "I remember the Faith Path involves absorbing faith for oneself, ultimately cultivating oneself into a god?"

The High Priestess nodded, then shook her head: "Although the ultimate goal of the Faith Path is to become a god, it's actually not the same as a true god. It's a different kind of 'god,' merely sharing a similar level."

She didn't intend to explain the details at this moment.

She descended, waved her hand, and quickly caused the soil within the trench to peel away, revealing a buried figure beneath.

Seeing someone there, both Carlotta and the High Priestess perked up.

But as the figure's appearance became fully visible, their expressions changed.

"Who... is this?"

Carlotta couldn't help asking.

Because the person unearthed from the soil was a raggedly dressed man, clearly not the Melanie the High Priestess had spoken of. Melanie was undoubtedly a woman.

Carlotta questionedly asked at the High Priestess, only to see the High Priestess trembling, gasping repeatedly, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"God of Eternal Darkness..."

The High Priestess's voice, at that moment, carried a slight tremor.

"What's going on?"

Carlotta whispered, quietly stepping back.

The High Priestess said in a low voice, "The god ruling this world is the God of Eternal Darkness."

Upon hearing this, Carlotta shivered, a tingling sensation crawling over her scalp. She stared in shock at the man unearthed from the soil.

Is this person a god?

Is the god of this world still alive?

"No."

Suddenly, the High Priestess's gaze sharpened as she stared at the body of the God of Eternal Darkness. "This isn't a body. This is a wisp of soul, solidified to the point of appearing as a real person. Is this... a divine soul?"

"The god has died, and this is the lingering soul?"

Carlotta was somewhat astonished.

"It should... be something like that?"

The High Priestess wasn't entirely certain.

But regardless, seeing a fragment of the God of Eternal Darkness's divine soul appearing before her eyes was enough to shake her to the core, her expression shifting repeatedly.

She moved slightly closer, her demeanor becoming more respectful, intending to awaken the soul and ask some questions.

At that moment, the divine soul of the God of Eternal Darkness opened its eyes, its pupils pitch black, like an endless abyss.

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