Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 160: Re-entering the Sea of ​​Spirituality

Just before, when the pure white glow completely enveloped Luo Xiu's body, he clearly felt that his soul was being pulled away by some great existence.

The sacred prayer taught by Fabion indeed allowed Luo Xiu to see certain scenes that only existed in "miracles".

That pure white, sacred, eternal kingdom once again appeared in Luo Xiu's vision. It was even clearer than the scene he had seen before when he enhanced his "divinity".

But the "Eternal Kingdom" he saw began to crack the next moment, and shattered in front of him like ripples on water.

The pure white world suddenly disappeared, and in its place was the brilliant white light that enveloped everything and the supreme divinity that was "bestowed" on Luo Xiu's body.

This process was not easy, but was accompanied by intense pain. The holy pure white light was so warm that it seemed to burn Luo Xiu's soul and then replace the "annihilated" part with new spirit and flesh.

"Ugh..." Luo Xiu groaned in pain, clenched his teeth and endured it all.

At this moment, he understood why Bishop Fabien said, "If one cannot endure a moment of divinity, both the soul and the body will be annihilated."

This is indeed the process of "receiving a gift" and the pain that one must go through.

Luo Xiu, who was trying to cross the long steps of fate and perform the higher-level "altar ceremony", was feeling even more pain at this time.

While enduring the pain brought about by the process of "receiving" divinity, Luo Xiu opened the panel and kept an eye on his condition.

His "divine" attribute glowed red, a signal of "danger". At the same time, the corresponding value began to soar.

From the initial "126" points, to "145", and then to "163"...

As the number increases, the frequency of the red light flashing will become faster, and the body of the "container" will also be on the verge of its limit.

The number of divinity finally stopped at "177" and there will be no more changes since then.

The dazzling red light gradually faded away and returned to its normal grayish white color.

And in Luo Xiu's "Status" column, there was a new item.

——[Holy Altar Divine Blessing (Divine Power: 51, Divine Glory Revival: 1/1)]

This meant that Luo Xiu had indeed received His "God's gift".

And the "divine" attribute he was given has far exceeded the basic value required by the [Promotion Task].

At this point, we can officially declare—

The fourth-level "altar ceremony" has been successfully completed.

……

When the white light surrounding him dissipated, Luo Xiu could finally see the scene clearly again.

His colleagues - Anthony, Connor, Pamier and other clergymen - also had their outlines glowing with a faint golden light, having been granted a tiny bit of divinity for a moment.

As the servants of this "altar ceremony", in addition to helping Luo Xiu "bear" the overflowing spirituality, they can also obtain some "divine gifts" from it. This is the extra grace that Xuyou gives to the devout believers.

Through panel detection, Luo Xiu can see the "divinity" value they have been granted.

Anthony was given 6 divinity points, which was one tenth of his original divinity value; Connor was given 4 points, and Pamier was given 3 points...

After observing for a while, Luo Xiu withdrew his gaze and looked towards Leonard.

Priest Leonard was staring at the altar with a nervous expression.

When he saw the glow fade away and "Rosius Carlos" reappear, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. His frown slowly relaxed.

"..."

"...My ritual is completed." Luo Xiu said in a weak voice.

At this moment, a strong feeling of discomfort suddenly surged up and swept towards him like a tide.

Luo Xiu’s face turned pale, his vision became blurred, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Anthony, who was beside him, saw this and quickly supported him. Connor and Pamier also came over to lend a hand.

"...Send him to rest." Leonard instructed Anthony.

Leonard's tone became worried again, but not as nervous as before.

"Well, it's normal for him to feel weak after trying a high-level ritual..."

Leonard said, "But he still successfully completed the ceremony and was granted the blessing of that great being, and that's it..."

"..."

Luo Xiu did not hear what was said after that. He lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.

He only vaguely felt that he was being supported by someone to walk.

Soon after, someone pushed open a door and he was helped to a soft and warm place.

Afterwards, the fatigue in his body was completely dissipated by this warmth, and Luo Xiu truly fell into a deep sleep.

……

The inner courtyard of the church, the altar with the statue of the deity.

Shortly after the clergy left, the air in the open space in front of the altar suddenly trembled for a moment like ripples.

The air then began to ripple with circles of pale golden light, accompanied by a slight distortion of the surrounding space.

A ball of pale flame slowly emerged from the air, and the figure of an "angel" descended from the shadows.

"...People of the Fire Worship, you are wrong."

Hellagur murmured, and the burning golden light in His pupils began to flicker, emitting bursts of sacred and blazing brilliance.

"Rosius Carlos, he doesn't need my protection."

"It's just that his body..."

"I don't know why, but I don't like the smell of him."

"That dark and dangerous, seductive and deadly aura, like an old enemy..."

"..."

The "Winged Angel" Heragg shook his head.

"Forget it, that's impossible."

"How could the demons of 'Xuyuan' possibly complete the ritual of 'Shenghui'..."

After denying this thought, Hellagur restrained the flickering pale flame.

Then, His figure disappeared again.

He transformed into a ray of faint light and drifted away towards the bishop's throne.

……

……

Luo Xiu had a very long dream.

He dreamed of a ring so huge that it obscured the sky.

It was a colorless and flawless ring that was sometimes pitch black and sometimes dazzling white.

until a certain moment.

The ring suddenly broke from the inside.

"..."

When he dreamed of this, Luo Xiu woke up in shock.

"It was a dream..." Luo Xiu murmured in a low voice.

The moment he woke up, he was met with a pair of watery eyes.

"——Ah!" A bird-like cry of surprise, accompanied by a staggering sound.

The moment Luo Xiu woke up, he saw little Marilyn, holding a heavy medicine box that did not match her petite body.

"...Ah, Mr. Luo Xiu, you, you are awake."

Little Marilyn greeted him stumblingly.

Luo Xiu nodded slightly and responded: "Hello, little Marilyn."

In Luo Xiu's memory, he had completed the "altar ceremony" at that time, but then he lost consciousness...

He could probably guess why he suddenly fell into a coma.

After crossing the level of a transcendent being and forcibly undergoing a higher level of "altar ceremony", it was indeed a bit difficult... While Luo Xiu was thinking, he opened the panel in his mind and checked his own condition.

Sure enough, Luo Xiu soon noticed that his "mana" was only a quarter left.

At the same time, his status bar also showed bad conditions such as "weak" and "tired".

"Ah..." Luo Xiu held his forehead with his hand, his face showing a complicated expression.

When he performed the ceremony before, he still overestimated his endurance. The loss of "mana" represented the exhaustion of his spirituality.

However, fortunately, I finally successfully completed the fourth-level "Altar Ceremony"!
After you go back, you can settle the promotion task and go to the "Sea of ​​Spirituality" again to advance to the "Quadruple Destiny".

"Mr. Luo Xiu..."

"Are you okay, Mr. Luo Xiu?"

While Luo Xiu was thinking, a timid voice came from the side. Little Marilyn said softly, "You, you slept for a whole day..."

"Do you feel any discomfort in your body? Oh, by the way! Please drink this..."

Little Marilyn fumbled in the medicine box and pulled out a conical bottle containing a blue liquid.

"This is the 'vitality potion', it should give you some relief..."

Luo Xiu took the potion bottle, and his panel detected its item information at the same time. It was indeed the "vitality potion".

It has the effect of restoring a small amount of health and mana, and removing minor abnormal states such as "weakness" and "fatigue".

"Thank you." Luo Xiu nodded, then uncorked the medicine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking the potion, Luo Xiu's "weak" and "tired" states in the "status" column quickly disappeared, and were replaced by a "full of energy" label.

[Buff status: full of vitality (primary buff)]

[Benefit: Physical attack +10%, restore 5 health points per minute]

Duration: 5 hours and 59 minutes

[Ahhh! I'm going to burn! ]

【…】

"...Puff." Luo Xiu couldn't hold it back.

"Mr. Luo Xiu, what are you laughing at?" Little Marilyn tilted her head and asked in confusion.

“I think of happy things.”

As he spoke casually, Luo Xiu turned sideways and prepared to get out of bed, but at the same time, he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside the door.

The next moment, the door of the room was opened and several people entered the room one after another.

Those were Luo Xiu's good teammates, Anthony, Connor and Pamier, who just came to visit.

Hearing the noise in the room, they all walked in.

First, it was Anthony. When he saw Luo Xiu wake up, the worry on his face disappeared and turned into an expression of relief.

"Luo Xiu, you finally woke up..." Anthony asked eagerly, "How do you feel?"

"Feeling... okay." Luo Xiu answered vaguely.

He then asked Anthony, "By the way, Leonard...where is the priest?"

"Master Priest, he is still dealing with things."

Anthony said, "Yeah, that's right, Luo Xiu."

"The priest said that when you wake up, he will let me tell you..."

"The High Priest asked me to tell you that your 'altar ceremony' was completed very smoothly. So, if this is your path, then I congratulate you. This is proof that you have passed the test set by Xu Yu."

"..."

"Thank you." Luo Xiu nodded and expressed his gratitude in brief words.

After a brief exchange of greetings, little Marilyn left the room first. She was going to take care of the "patients" who were injured by the invasion of the Original Sect.

After a while, Luo Xiu and his Holy Judge teammates walked out of the room.

They did not go to find Priest Leonard again so as not to disturb his work, but parted ways in the inner courtyard of the church.

Luo Xiu then went to the "Holy Storage Hall" to collect the Golden Key.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu left the church and showed his identity to the soldiers guarding the street entrance, and was allowed to pass.

After leaving the neighborhood where the church was, Luo Xiu returned to his room at the White Antelope Hotel.

Luo Xiu locked the doors and windows out of habit, and the room suddenly fell into darkness, which made Luo Xiu suddenly feel like he was back home.

Now, he was able to carefully examine what he had gained from completing the "altar ceremony".

He has completed the fourth-level "Altar Ceremony" and received the "God's Gift" from Xuyou, which is reflected in the "Altar God's Gift" in his status bar.

Through this "holy altar divine gift", Luo Xiu obtained up to 51 points of divinity and at the same time gained another divine gift ability.

——"The divine glory is resurrected"!
This is an ability that can only be used once.

"Resurrection of Divine Glory" does not occupy skill and ability slots, but is bound to one's own "Altar Divine Blessing" status.

When "Divine Glory Revival" takes effect, the status of "Altar Divine Blessing" will also disappear.

The effect of "Resurrection of Divine Glory" is also very simple and crude.

——[Resurrected from the Dead Sea and exempted from true death once].

This is exactly the "Golden Medal of Immunity from Death" that was personally given to Luo Xiu by the "Moment of Casting the Sun"!
This was the biggest surprise and an unexpected gain.

This might be the "special gift" that Luo Xiu received by "crossing levels" to complete the ceremony.

Before that, in order to complete the "fourth-level" altar ceremony as safely as possible, Luo Xiu allocated all his free attributes to "divinity".

This also makes the total of his attributes exceed the minimum requirements of the [Promotion Mission].

Luo Xiu then took out the "Golden Key" from his arms and opened his character panel.

[Promotion Mission: Sacred Ritual Blesser (Hard Difficulty)] is now in the "Completed" state and can be settled at any time.

"--mission completed."

Luo Xiu gave clear instructions in his mind.

Right in front of Luo Xiu, the text describing the mission suddenly glowed golden.

The light became brighter and brighter, and the original text was constantly changing, generating new text content.

[Completed the promotion task: Holy Ritual Blesser (difficult difficulty)]

[You have completed a fourth-level 'holy altar ceremony' and obtained enough 'moment' divinity from the ceremony. You have proved that you are qualified to take the next step.]

[The task is being settled...]

[Completion rewards: Basic experience +30000, skill slots +5, skill slots +5, free attribute points +20]

[You will see the 'Golden Gate']

【…】

Right within the panel, the changes in the text content came to an abrupt end.

When Luo Xiu quickly browsed to the last line of text, the shining golden light suddenly bloomed, covering the text itself and completely engulfing Luo Xiu's figure.

Luo Xiu lost consciousness instantly.

In a trance, he felt as if he was in a boundless "sea", wandering and sinking.

……

When Luo Xiu opened his eyes again and saw the scene in front of him clearly.

The deep void, the star-like scenery in the distance, and the long stairs that led to nowhere all suddenly came into his sight.

Luo Xiu understood that he had once again come to the "Spiritual Sea" that belonged to [Glory].

And the golden hall that contains the power of promotion is at the end of this long staircase.

The ancient "Golden Gate" was waiting for him to open it with the key.

……

Finish writing early today and get promoted tomorrow!
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