Chapter 662: Chapter 596: Refining a Divine Spirit (Part 2)

His Divine Power re-formed his body, and he returned to Maple City.

WHOOSH!

Li Wei appeared atop the walls of Maple City.

Sensing his presence, Gu Sewei immediately turned to look.

Seeing Li Wei had returned unharmed, she flung herself at him in excitement.

Li Wei hugged Gu Sewei and said with a smile, "I’m okay."

Gu Sewei had seen his battle with Rose.

The two of them had fought not far from the spatial rift connected to Dragon Fall Slope.

Especially after Li Wei transformed into a Super Flame Giant a million meters tall and Rose turned into a Giant Spider.

The silhouettes of their battle were even projected onto the sky above Maple City.

It stunned countless people.

The guards and residents of Maple City already saw him as a Divine Spirit.

Especially after they learned Li Wei was the Divine Spirit who had saved Maple City from the brink of destruction.

Countless people were eager to offer him their devout faith.

Unfortunately, Li Wei had yet to form a Divine Format or ascend to a Divine Position.

He couldn’t connect to their faith, collect the Power of Faith, or coalesce Faith Material.

Gu Sewei hugged Li Wei, not caring about any of that.

Whether Li Wei was a Divine Spirit or not, she only wanted him to be safe.

A selfish thought even crossed her mind: to flee Maple City with Li Wei.

She didn’t want to live a life of constant fear and anxiety anymore.

As she held Li Wei,

Gu Sewei wished things could stay just like this.

She didn’t want to be a Legendary Mage, shouldering the responsibility of saving everyone.

She just wanted to be with Li Wei.

Li Wei could feel she had so much to say, and he gently patted her back to comfort her.

"It’s okay. It’s all over now."

"She won’t be coming back."

Li Wei and Gu Sewei embraced for a long time.

Reina, who had been waiting patiently nearby, cleared her throat. "Ahem. Are you two going to hug all day?"

Li Wei turned to Reina and smiled. "Reina. It’s been a while."

Reina looked at Li Wei, a cool smile spreading across her face as she nodded. "It has been a while."

Noticing they had company, Gu Sewei let go of Li Wei.

"The war is over," Reina said, "but we still have a mess to clean up."

"As for Her Majesty the Ice Queen’s unruly subordinates, you still need to go and placate them."

"And as for our dear Divine Spirit here... there are quite a few people in Maple City who’ve worked themselves into a frenzy over you, causing all sorts of trouble."

"I’m not a Divine Spirit," Li Wei said, shaking his head.

Reina looked surprised for a moment, but quickly recovered. "Now’s not the time for that," she said. "Even if you aren’t a true Divine Spirit, in the eyes of Maple City’s residents and guards, you are one."

"After all... you defeated a true Divine Spirit!"

The battle had been a long one.

The defenders of Maple City had naturally learned that their opponent was Rose, a Divine Spirit from the Underworld.

Having witnessed Li Wei defeat Rose,

everyone now saw him as humanity’s own Divine Spirit.

Li Wei looked up at the sky, sensing a faint, almost imperceptible gaze upon him.

He had drawn the attention of the gods.

It wasn’t as if beings who could defeat a Divine Spirit with a mere Demigod Body were unheard of in this world.

The Saint Dragon King was one such being.

But they were a rare few.

Throughout the entire Sky Dome World, there were no more than ten such powerful Demigods.

And all of them were on the gods’ high-priority watch list.

And now, another Demigod Level Powerhouse of such immense strength had suddenly appeared.

The gods would naturally turn their attention to him immediately, watching with great interest.

Li Wei glanced up once, then paid them no further mind.

Rose was, after all, different from the gods of the Pantheon.

The gods were far more powerful than Rose.

In the eyes of the gods, the deities of the Underworld were all "orphan gods," unaffiliated with any Pantheon.

They were at the very bottom of the divine pecking order.

The gods paid less attention to these Outer Gods than they did to powerful Demigods like the Saint Dragon King and the Demon Dragon King.

The potential of Outer Gods was limited.

Unable to join the Pantheons of the gods, they were destined to remain Low-Rank Deities, the weakest among the divine.

Powerful Demigods like the Saint Dragon King and Demon Dragon King, on the other hand, could already defeat a Divine Spirit before even ascending to godhood.

If they were to ascend, they would immediately become powerful deities in their own right, wielding mighty Laws.

To the gods, this made them a significant threat.

Li Wei glanced toward Maple City, where countless people were spontaneously kneeling in the streets, praying to him.

This wasn’t what he wanted.

Therefore, Li Wei decided not to make an appearance.

He looked at Gu Sewei and Reina. "I’ll leave the rest to you," he said. "Find me if any real trouble comes up."

Hearing this, Gu Sewei swallowed the many words she wanted to say and simply nodded. "Okay."

Reina watched him. "And where might our Lord Divine Spirit be off to now?" she asked.

"Rose isn’t dead yet," Li Wei said. "I can’t afford any distractions."

Reina’s expression was one of shock. "You want to kill the Spider Goddess Rose?"

"I’m trying," Li Wei said. "I haven’t succeeded yet."

The fact that Li Wei was even attempting to kill a Divine Spirit left Reina utterly stunned.

Reina had never even heard of a Divine Spirit being killed.

Even as a Legendary War Knight, she had yet to encounter things on that level.

Forget Divine Spirits; she had barely even seen a Demigod Level Powerhouse.

She had only ever heard rumors that some great figure was a Demigod Level Powerhouse.

Legend, Demigod, and Divine Spirit were three distinct tiers of existence.

The gap between each tier was a chasm as wide as the heavens.

Only by reaching the very end of the Path of Legend could a Legendary Professional hope to touch upon the domain of the Demigods and learn their secrets.

Li Wei had only learned the secrets of the Demigod Level ahead of time because he had accidentally obtained the Divine Fire from a Demigod Level Powerhouse of the Void Demon Race.

The gap between Demigod and Divine Spirit was even greater.

Many Demigods went their entire lives without a chance at godhood.

The Nine-Colored Divine Fire was the insurmountable chasm that stood before countless Demigods.

Merely igniting the Nine-Colored Divine Fire was an impossibly difficult task, as hard as ascending to the heavens.

Only by pledging their faith and relying on a patron deity could one have even the slightest chance of igniting the Nine-Colored Divine Fire.

A Demigod who could ignite the Nine-Colored Divine Fire without a patron deity was one in a million.

Comprehending a Law was another barrier, a feat as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

After the battle against the invasion from the Underworld, Maple City was left severely weakened and would need a long time to recover.

Reina stayed in Maple City, temporarily taking Orn’s place as commander of the army to maintain post-war order.

Orn had suffered some injuries in the fierce battle, but he had also found a glimmer of an opportunity to break through to the Legendary Level.

Unlike Reina, whose genius Knight Talent had allowed her to break through to Legendary War Knight with ease, encountering almost no barriers along the way, Orn’s journey from Tier Four to Tier Six War Knight had been a struggle. He had relied solely on his immense perseverance and willpower to overcome every obstacle.

Now, he had finally grasped this rare opportunity for a breakthrough.

Naturally, Orn cast all worldly matters aside to focus completely on his breakthrough to Legend.

If he couldn’t break through to the Legendary Level and extend his life, he didn’t have many years left.

The old wounds from years of war had taken a heavy toll on his body.

If he missed this chance, he would likely never get another.

「Maple City Mage Tower.」

Upon seeing Gu Sewei, Otz expressed his desire for an audience with Li Wei.

Otz had been profoundly shaken after witnessing Li Wei’s power, which rivaled that of a Divine Spirit.

An idea had taken root in his mind: he wanted to win Li Wei over to their side.

He was even willing to establish Li Wei as the official god of the Beixuan Kingdom.

Unfortunately for him, Li Wei couldn’t care less about such things.

Ordinary Divine Spirits needed to harvest the Power of Faith to accumulate their Divine Power.

Li Wei did not need the Power of Faith.

He did not lack Divine Power.

Why burn the Power of Faith when burning stars was so much more convenient?

Gu Sewei turned Otz away, using the excuse that Li Wei was not at the Mage Tower.

This was at Li Wei’s behest.

He didn’t want to see any visitors.

If he wanted to see someone, he would be the one to seek them out.

Li Wei remained in the Mage Tower, comprehending the Basic Level Natural Laws to perfect his own incomplete Natural Law.

For the time being, he had no intention of forming a Divine Format.

According to the Saint Dragon King, if he were to form a Divine Format now, he would likely trigger some restriction placed by the gods and face total annihilation.

Besides, Li Wei had no intention of using the Power Law as the core of his Divine Format anyway.

The Power Law was not his first choice.

On one hand, Li Wei used the accelerated time within the Dream World to comprehend and perfect the Natural Law.

On the other, he kept a part of his consciousness focused on the Star Realm, where the Sun Furnace was refining Rose.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Rose was starting to lose her composure.

"Let me out of here! What do you want? I can give you anything."

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