What if you ascend to the wrong world?

Perhaps it was the influence of "The Secret Sword of the Extreme Path", or perhaps it was because Declan failed to discover the secret he was hiding in two consecutive attempts.

His faith in the Lord of Dawn was no longer as pure as it once was.

"Believe me, Lorne, the opportunity to become a Dawn Priest is rare, you must seize it." Aarons' eyes were burning with determination.

"Ah."

Lorne couldn't show his dislike, so he could only pretend to be longing.

"Oh, right, there's something else I should tell you." Aarons said, as if he had just remembered something.

"You should have also seen that the Church is burying holy pillars in many places in the Holy City."

"what happened?"

A sense of unease crept into Lorne's heart.

“A sacred pillar will also be buried in the third street of Huixing District, and residents in the vicinity will have to move away.”

Lorne: "..."

Aunt Una lives on the third street of Huixing District.

“The residents who moved away…” His voice was somewhat hoarse.

“A priest will be assigned to settle them, but only for official residents of the Holy City.”

That is to say, Lorne has already become a prospective priest, otherwise he wouldn't have even mentioned it.

If the Holy Radiance Warriors are considered lowly 'people,' then an unregistered resident without even official resident status is not even considered a 'person' in their eyes.

As for piety?

There are so many people in the Dawn Empire, and countless of them are devout to the Lord!

"Let's make the arrangements as soon as possible."

Aarons patted him on the shoulder.

……

……

Lorne's mind was in turmoil.

He didn't know how to tell Aunt Una the news, nor could he imagine Aunt Una's reaction upon hearing it.

That's where she lived her whole life...

Standing at the intersection of the third street in Huixing District, I looked at the makeshift shacks made of canvas and wood not far away.

The elderly man, with a hunched back, was laboriously sweeping up the fallen leaves and dust from the road.

No one ever asked her to do that, but she swept like that for half her life.

Lorne watched from afar, his heart filled with turmoil.

"Don't know how to tell her?"

The sound suddenly entered my ears.

Turning his head, he saw the black-clad figure he had seen at Qiming Square earlier had appeared out of nowhere and was standing right next to him!

Lorne's heart tightened.

"you……"

He hadn't forgotten that His Holiness the Pope had appeared behind this man that day.

"Don't be nervous," Ye Tu said with a smile. "I'm here today just to give you a choice."

Lorne opened his mouth, then managed to utter a sentence:

"Sir, we do not appear to know each other."

"We don't know each other, but you've gotten to where you are today largely because of me."

Even without him, the Lord of Dawn would still have set up the [Original Sin Angel Alchemy Array], and Lorne would still be in the predicament he is in today.

It might even become more difficult.

But the Shadow of Immortal Path was born because of him, not to mention that he had used this little guy as 'bait' before.

"Because of you?"

"Is the 'Secret Sword of the Ultimate Path' powerful?"

Lorne's pupils constricted sharply!

Chapter 45 [Portable Cultivation Recording Terminal] and 'Choice'

The biggest secret was suddenly revealed.

Lorne felt his heart stop beating at that moment, his mind went completely blank, and only two sentences kept repeating—

he knows!

This person actually knows about the "Secret Sword of the Ultimate Path"!

"I...don't understand what you're saying."

Will he tell His Holiness the Pope?

Will I be executed by the church and burned at the stake for concealing the "Secret Sword Chapter of the Ultimate Path"?

No!

Absolutely not!

The thought of what might happen to him filled him with uncontrollable fear.

The Ultimate Secret Sword Chapter also began to operate again.

As a ghostly light flickered in his eyes, a cold, sinister power, seemingly capable of stirring the deepest desires in people's hearts, flowed, continuously extending and lengthening, eventually condensing into a semi-transparent short sword about a foot long.

Mysterious runes moved constantly across the sword, captivating the eye.

However, when he looked up and met Ye Tu's unwavering gaze, his heart felt as if it had been doused with cold water, and the impulse vanished without a trace.

Then, Lorne felt the power forming the secret sword in his palm begin to flow back.

The frantically operating "Ultimate Secret Sword Chapter" came to a halt at this moment, and the power flowing within the body seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force, making it impossible to mobilize even a fraction of it.

"..."

despair.

Faced with such a vast disparity in strength, all he could feel was despair.

"You... also want the 'Secret Sword of the Ultimate Path'?"

The only thing about him that would warrant such a terrifying presence was this.

but……

The Ultimate Sword Manual can only belong to him!

No one, no matter who they are, can take it from him!

"As I said, I'm here today just to give you a choice."

Why can't this little guy understand what I'm saying?

"As for the 'Secret Sword Chapter of the Ultimate Path'..."

Ye Tu smiled and suddenly said:

"My method is supremely wonderful and revered by all paths."

Its voice was peaceful and clear, yet it caused the surrounding void to respond, emitting inexplicable murmurs.

Suddenly, this sound seemed to overlap with the Taoist chant that had resounded in my mind last night.

It lacked some of the mystery, but possessed more of an ethereal quality.

The inexplicable flow of Daoist energy actually dissipated much of the greed that filled my heart, and my state of mind became more peaceful.

That is, now, the world has begun to accept 'the way of immortals'.

Previously, this sound would likely have accelerated Lorne's mutation, turning him into a 'Celestial Form' devoid of self, capable only of spreading the pollution of the Immortal Path.

A while later.

Lorne snapped out of his daze.

Name: Lorne Fisher

Age: 21

【Class: Secret Swordsman (Level 3)】

[Cultivation Method: The Ultimate Secret Sword Chapter]

[Skills: Whirlwind Slash, Thrust, Holy Radiance Burst]

[Erosion Level: 15]

It was a pale blue, semi-transparent light curtain, completely out of place with everything around it, floating right in front of me.

"The portable cultivation recording terminal is a small compensation for what I used from you before," Ye Tu explained.

This product was created and popularized by one of his friends.

In his original world, almost every cultivator who has achieved enlightenment has one.

What Lorne is seeing now is the effect of Ye Tu modifying the original [Portable Cultivation Record Terminal] and implanting it into his soul.

However, because the world's acceptance of 'immortal path' is still very low, and Ye Tu has not yet fully adapted to and understood the rules of this world.

Therefore, after the modification, the terminal implanted with the soul only has two functions left: 'recording' and 'assisting in cultivation'.

"Every time the 'Secret Sword of the Ultimate Path' operates out of control, the degree to which you are corrupted will deepen."

"When the erosion level exceeds 50, you will no longer be yourself."

"Did you remember?"

use?

compensate?

Erosion level?

Lorne was completely confused.

For him, who grew up in the holy city of Loser and whose biggest dream was simply to become a Dawn Priest, the world was only so big.

Even after obtaining the "Secret Sword Chapter of the Ultimate Path" through contact with the "Shadow of the Immortal Path," this point has never changed.

The amount of information that had just happened was too much for him to comprehend.

"I do not understand……"

Lorne figured it out too.

The Secret Sword of the Ultimate Path seems to have originated from him.

And this...

It seems like they're helping him?

But why?

Someone like Mingming is someone whose life or death is completely unnecessary to care about.

"You don't need to understand, you just need to remember it."

Having grown up in different environments and with different experiences, Ye Tu didn't expect him to be able to accept all of this as quickly as Ivia, Daphne, and the president.

"Okay, now let's talk about the issue of 'choice'."

Ye Tu glanced at the hunched old man sweeping the street not far away.

“You should know very well that you can’t stop the Dawn Church’s decision, and the ‘Secret Sword Chapter of the Ultimate Path’ will be discovered sooner or later.”

"..."