"Julia Mage." Acosta spoke, "We have already resolved the Divine Punishment Plague, and now we're ready to assist you. Soon, a mage will teleport to your Plane; please give the pathogen to them to bring back."

"..."

On the other side of the Plane, there was an obvious moment of silence.

After a while, that voice slowly spoke:

"I don't understand, Mage Acosta. Are you saying that not only did you resolve Divine Punishment, but you're also going to teleport a mage over to our Plane?"

"You should be able to sense the difference in this communication magic. Don't waste any more time, Julia Mage; teleportation magic needs you to provide magic power as a locator." Acosta fully understood the mage's feelings, but now was truly not the time for details.

"All right, so—did you get the help of some benevolent Divine Spirit?" Julia Mage's voice was laced with clear amazement.

"No, not a Divine Spirit." Acosta looked at Wizard Shen Yu, and suddenly said, "It is our Magic Empire, our new Magic Emperor!"

With a single sentence, the entire room fell into silence.

The mages below, still maintaining their spellcasting—including Wizard Shen Yu—looked at Acosta in astonishment.

"The Magic Emperor is different from the emperors of all other kingdoms; they are chosen as those who have contributed the most to the Empire and to magic." Acosta smiled faintly, "You defeated Divine Punishment in only six hours, saved countless lives, and created interplanar teleportation magic. You have changed how each Plane faces Divine Punishment alone. Your feats and the legends you have made already far surpass mine; you deserve to ascend the throne and become the new Emperor."

Wizard Shen Yu's shock still did not fade.

Acosta was quite right; this had been the declaration since the founding of the Magic Empire.

The Emperor is chosen not by bloodline but by outstanding achievements in magic and contribution.

However, Acosta knew perfectly well: whether defeating Divine Punishment or the interplanar teleportation magic, neither were by his own power.

Yet, looking at the pleading in Acosta's eyes, Wizard Shen Yu suddenly understood.

This was not an ordinary time.

Under the threat of Divine extinction, the Emperor should be the one who can lead everyone to survive.

Otherwise, no matter how great the power, no matter how vast the interests, all would be meaningless.

Acosta himself could not do it, but Wizard Shen Yu could—and was the only one in the entire Plane who could.

This, too, was a kind of binding of interests. This person, who seemed to lack imperial majesty, had in fact built the entire Empire and led it to greatness.

"If that is truly the case, even within our Magic Association, you should serve as President!" Julia Mage spoke at this moment, her voice also tinged with disbelief.

But it carried hints of hope.

The next moment, the mage responsible for traveling to the Plane vanished into the teleportation array.

Sounds of astonished exclamations came clearly through the communication.

Obviously, there was more than one person over there.

And a moment later, that mage, wearing an awe-struck expression, ended their brief interplanar journey and handed the pathogen to Wizard Shen Yu.

"Three hours." Wizard Shen Yu said, his figure vanishing directly into the Gray Mist.

He had already contacted interstellar world Shen Yu.

Even with a different pathogen, the second time making the medicine was much faster than the first.

The majority of the three hours was spent simply on producing the medicine.

"It'll be ready soon." Intersellar world Shen Yu, after casually sending the pathogen back, looked at Wizard Shen Yu with evident admiration. "You've only been here a day, and the Gray Mist you've earned already surpasses what the three of us have collected over many days in all worlds combined."

"It's just a fortuitous coincidence." Wizard Shen Yu grinned, "And it cost me quite a lot. I think at least I should save some Gray Mist sufficient to deter the gods—even if that deterrence is only false."

In truth, it wasn't mere fortune.

Even if interstellar world Shen Yu couldn't make the medicine, using Gray Mist to do so wouldn't require much.

After all, if the gods wanted to destroy the world with minimum effort, simply relying on power levels, then facing an even greater power—the Gray Mist—makes it easier to solve.

And now, a huge influx of Gray Mist was about to arrive!

Still, Wizard Shen Yu was not wrong.

The plague wasn't much; the real trouble was the gods' reaction.

Without enough Gray Mist, it'd be hard to say what would happen.

"Good luck." Intersellar world Shen Yu offered a word of encouragement before leaving.

Wizard Shen Yu also wasted no time and headed once again to Martial Arts World, racing against time to elevate his power.

Three hours passed quickly. Once the medicine was ready, Wizard Shen Yu returned to his world.

In the grand hall, everyone was waiting.

The mages were enthusiastically discussing all the intricate details of the interplanar teleportation magic—the more they studied and discussed, the more amazed they were.

This technology truly felt as if they themselves had created it.

And Wizard Shen Yu even saw a special figure from another Plane—Julia.

What surprised him was that Julia, clutching her magic wand and wearing a hood, looked only thirteen or fourteen, entirely the image of a young girl.

"Honored Magic Emperor, Mage Ao Yu." Julia was not surprised by Wizard Shen Yu's reaction; she had seen it countless times. At this moment, she simply saluted and explained, "This is the punishment from the Divine Spirit. My growth is forever halted at age thirteen, and my brain development is frozen as well."

"Julia Mage is truly a brilliant prodigy," Acosta added from the side, "She began independently creating magic at the age of nine, possessing an astonishing mind. Even the gods are jealous of her intellect."

This so-called "Divine Punishment" was merely something a Divine Spirit casually set up—there was even a "Divine Oracle" left behind.

[Since everyone praises you as a divine prodigy, why not remain so for an eternity?]

Just this one mocking sentence. That Divine Spirit had long stopped caring about this Plane, but it still left Julia Mage with a century-long impact.

The gods' character and arrogance were manifestly clear from so many facts.

Wizard Shen Yu pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand and tapped lightly.

In an instant, Julia felt a tremor throughout her body.

It was as if something that had always been binding her was suddenly shattered.

She jerked her head up, face filled with disbelief, looking at Wizard Shen Yu.

"Your curse—I've broken it for you." Wizard Shen Yu said, "You should have other ways to rapidly develop yourself. To fight Divine Punishment, we need even wiser minds."

Merely accelerating development was not difficult for magic.

Wizard Shen Yu thus did not waste more Gray Mist.

The reason he helped break her curse, apart from further proving his ability to confront Divine Punishment and giving others confidence, was also to win the initiative in another Plane.

In his two previous training stints in Martial Arts World, he'd also been pondering what path his own world should take.

He had already formed an initial idea, and it could not stray from mages.

Magic truly does possess tremendous potential.

"Thank you very much for your help." Julia Mage struggled to remain calm, but the slight tremble of her body as she saluted showed her emotions.

This Divine Punishment had tormented her for too long.

She had even been unable to strengthen herself with enhanced magic!

Endlessly bearing a body far weaker and more exhausted than other mages, and even when thinking she could always keenly feel the limits of her brain.

For her, the majority of her time had in fact been spent researching the Divine Punishment upon herself.

And this curse, which had tormented her for a hundred years, was at this moment resolved—so easily!

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