"It is indeed related to the shadow plane, but no one knows how he harnessed the power of the shadow plane."

"It's hard to say; perhaps the shadow plane is just a transit channel, and the source of the revival method lies in other worlds."

"But this... this is too outrageous!"

"Indeed, according to the mural records, the Mad King is the inheritor of this place's power? Yet why haven't we heard of his activity in the Ense Empire before."

A group of scholars looked at the mural images, their faces full of astonishment.

Noticing signs of the shadow plane approaching the Star Continent, the four countries dispatched them here for joint investigations.

Especially the ancient ruins and unknown temple of the deity discovered in this region are crucial areas the countries need to thoroughly investigate.

In fact, the countries acted more swiftly than outsiders imagined.

After the first and second investigation teams lost contact, they organized a third team, collaborating with all major Mage Towers, and set up a large-scale impact array here.

By continuously outputting energy through the array, they successfully eroded the outermost layer of the temple's defense system.

Upon entering the outer circle of the ruins, they saw something they couldn't comprehend.

This place was known as the "Dark Night Temple,"

a grand temple ruin dedicated to the legendary Dark Goddess Shire.

However, myth scholars can confidently say that the Goddess Shire had her divine status shattered many years ago.

The deity this large ruin was dedicated to disappeared into the river of history long ago.

What's strange is that although her divine status is shattered, the Star Continent hasn't seen any deity taking over the Dark Goddess's divinity.

Some suspect that while the Dark Goddess has fallen, a new deity may have been born before her demise.

This unknown deity, though not possessing immense divine power nearly equal to the Supreme God like the Dark Goddess did, has perfectly inherited the legacy of the Dark Goddess.

Nevertheless, for some reason, this deity has never been active on the continent.

Of course, people previously just speculated about this.

But now, myth scholars believe this speculation is highly likely.

"Has it been confirmed that the dark divine power remains on the temple?"

General Locke from the Lokeshi Empire frowned and said.

Lucy, the president of the Lokeshi Empire's standard Mage Association, nodded:

"Yes, it's confirmed that the temple shows signs of mid-term revival."

General Locke showed a trace of worry:

"Why is it the Dark Goddess, this matter can't be concealed, have the other countries already confirmed that Lokeshi is the breakthrough point?"

"Is there any way to hide it? After all these years, can this matter still be traced back to us?"

President Lucy remained silent.

Silence itself is an answer.

General Locke shook his head.

He actually guessed the answer long ago, but people always hold a glimmer of hope.

As for why he's so troubled, it relates to the large ruins appearing alongside the shadow plane.

After breaking through the outer circle's barrier and entering, they found a cluster of murals in the surrounding ruins.

The ruins' murals indicate this was once the temple of the Dark Night Goddess.

The timeframe this temple experienced is special; it was established after the Dark Night Goddess had disappeared from the continent.

Typically, when followers can't contact their deity, many will willingly detach from the faith system and move to similar deities' belief systems.

Thus, while a Priest's rank may drop to some extent, they won't lose most of their combat methods.

After all, not many professionals can endure the pain of losing their power.

However, some chose to stay and continue believing in the Dark Night Goddess.

Unlike the former Fiery Sun Church, now the Sunset Church.

The Fiery Sun Church was renowned in the True God Church back in the day.

Even after Eternal Fierce Sun's fall, many devotees still longing for Eternal Fierce Sun continue maintaining the collapsing Fiery Sun Church system.

Although these people have become increasingly rare over the long years.

There's always a few faithful Priests who firmly believe—

As long as they continually contribute faith to the deity, they can revive Eternal Fierce Sun from the river of time.

We believe that for such a deity with strong divine power, death is merely a prolonged slumber.

Today, although Fiery Sun Church has declined to the extreme, compared to lower-tier churches, it still possesses decent foundations.

But the Dark Night Goddess is different.

Shire was undoubtedly a beautiful lady.

Yet contrasting her beauty were her cold and ruthless methods.

She always desired to pull the world back into chaos and could be said to be an enemy of most True Gods on the continent.

Of course, Shire also had allies.

During Shire's active years, the Dark Night Alliance to which Shire belonged was a considerably powerful group of gods.

Precisely because Shire was extremely powerful at the time, many True God Churches on the continent couldn't stop Shire from expanding her faith on the continent.

After all, Shire hadn't fallen into the abyss, she wasn't considered an Evil God.

Some deities even believed their perspectives were merely different from Shire's, not adversaries to the point of life and death.

But the followers didn't think that way.

The methods of the Dark Night Goddess were as intimidating to followers as those of an Evil God.

According to the mural records, this vast temple ruin was created shortly after the fall of Goddess Shire by high-ranking followers.

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