Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 23 A Contingency Plan

"Let there be light!" A gentle and mellow voice resounded throughout the real world, and the astral realm and the spirit realm lit up.

Endless, warm sunlight emanated from the distant astral realm, where a deity cast a compassionate gaze upon this land ravaged by divine war.

Under the intense sunlight, the very heart of the ancient war began to heal, and He repaired the entire world.

The storm and tsunami caused by the earthquake have subsided, the chaos in the spirit world and the astral realm has been cleared, and the whole world is returning to its previous state.

Similarly, His sunlight fell upon countless people who were terrified by the war of the gods, soothing their hearts and even changing their beliefs, leading them to pray sincerely and prostrate themselves before God's great power.

"Praise the sun!"

Many pagans praised the sun.

Today marks the day when the ancient sun god truly steps onto the stage of history, no longer hiding anything.

This day cannot be ignored in any subsequent records of the Second Period.

The ancient gods, driven by their own rage and infighting, unleashed a catastrophe that destroyed the world, while the Creator, unwilling to see all living beings plunged into disaster, awoke from his slumber.

He opened his eyes and saw the whole world, pitying all that he had created, and also angered by the ancient gods who brought destruction and harm.

He loves His people and once again spreads sunshine and warmth throughout the world.

The above will be recorded in the Creator's holy book.

At this moment, all the ancient gods could only watch as the sun shone upon the world, powerless to stop it.

Even the few ancient gods who managed to escape before the explosion were not in much better condition and needed time to stabilize themselves.

Moreover, by the time Lilith cried out in betrayal, the so-called alliance among the ancient gods had already broken down.

Today, nearly half of the eight ancient gods have died, something that has never happened in the nearly thousand years of conflict.

From now on, the ancient gods will no longer trust the other madmen among them.

Who can guarantee they won't be the next Lilith?

The fact that the sun god chose to step onto the historical stage at this time naturally indicates that he had already foreseen everything in some possible future.

The terrifying storm has completely dissipated, and the cracks in the world are beginning to heal.

Clumps of residual divine power and extraordinary properties pierced through the constraints of space; some fell to the ground, transforming into forbidden zones for life, while others were embraced by certain demigods and angels of the same order.

However, two mysterious beings seemed to have anticipated this scene, appearing countless times and capturing many extraordinary characteristics in the storm.

It was Truman and Sassril.

After Truman's mysterious will was suppressed and destroyed, he returned to the ancient god battlefield and rushed out at the same time as Sasriel, heading towards the sky full of special characteristics!

He possesses many characteristics of the Mother and Moon pathways, which he must return to that being.

Of course, he also gained many traits from the Prisoner Path and Hunter Path, as well as many other miscellaneous divine items that could not form traits.

Sasriel also gained much, while the Goddess of Misfortune, who had acquired all the characteristics of Night and nearly half of the characteristics of Fool, also made her move and obtained a red moon.

Many angels who witnessed this scene were also awakened by God and began to take action to seize the remaining divine power and extraordinary characteristics.

The followers of those ancient gods who had died were terrified and dared not even take the special ability that flew in front of them, and fled directly.

This was a grand feast. The biggest cake was seized by those three, but many special properties still fell into the hands of the various angels and gods. After all, you can never predict how many extraordinary properties a mad ancient god has consumed.

With the death of the ancient god, all these extraordinary characteristics were revealed.

Having collected most of the characteristics of demigods and above, Truman nodded slightly to the goddess and Sasriel before wandering away.

He returned directly to the City of Darkness, a hidden city.

Speaking of which, he was the first Pope of the Night.

Truman returned to his residence, cautiously activated the hidden divine power on the Divine Emblem, and then sealed the entire house with a dreamlike phosphorescence.

Finally, he opened the Book of Dreams and pulled out a coffin made of flowers and trees that contained endless vitality.

The coffin wasn't large; it could probably only fit a teenager.

"Hiss!" Truman opened the coffin, gasping for breath. "Did you retain a portion of the 'Goddess of Beauty' trait?"

The girl before him looked exactly like the ancient goddess Lilith, and was incredibly beautiful. She was Lilith who had faked her death, and this body was her backup plan for resurrection.

This body was created by the two deities, Lilith and the ancient sun god, and has already extracted most of its extraordinary characteristics.

"I am probably only equivalent to Sequence Seven of the Lunar Path right now." The girl suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils blood red, and she also had the indifference unique to ancient gods.

This wasn't due to the madness inherent in her extraordinary qualities, but rather her inhumanity.

Literally, after losing everything from the ancient god, her only state was indifference.

"I've never felt this good before..." This is even better than in the Book of Dreams.

Back then, Lilith was an Ancient God; now, she's just a Sequence 7 vampire. The Book of Dreams' neutralizing effect on madness is particularly pronounced at this point.

She gently waved her hand, and the coffin transformed into a beautiful wreath that landed on her head.

This coffin is even a Sequence 2 property of the Mother Path, "Desolate Matriarch".

"Why did you choose to fall to Sequence Seven?" Truman scrutinized him.

This sequence is too low; so low that if Truman, the Goddess, and Sasriel harbor any ill intentions, Lilith will truly become history.

"I believe you," Lilith said, looking at Truman with a completely flat tone.

Truman's lips twitched, and he shook his head with a laugh. "Very good, you've learned a skill that every human must master: lying."

He naturally wouldn't easily believe Lilith's words; the inhuman Lilith couldn't even understand the word "believe."

Her reliance is probably still on the flower wreath on her head. If needed, she might be able to become the "Desolate Mistress".

"Here you go." Truman returned many of the characteristics of the Mother Path and the Moon Path to Lilith.

After acquiring these traits, Lilith's cold expression seemed to have faded somewhat.

"By ascending through the sequence path, I can maintain the most stable humanity after ascending to the throne, which is the only way to truly contend with..." Lilith explained to her collaborator, "This was also that person's suggestion."

As she spoke, Lilith became somewhat apprehensive. She was referring to the ancient sun god, and only after truly witnessing the ancient sun god did she truly understand what a true god was.

Ancient gods? They're just slightly stronger madmen.

"What about Red Moon?" Lilith asked after lightly tapping on the traits.

"The goddess took it," Truman replied, staring at Lilith, who simply nodded slightly, as if she had expected it.

The two goddesses had already made plans during their last dream meeting.

The Red Moon is probably one of the items involved in the transaction.

(End of this chapter)