I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

However, those Evil God believers still have not stopped.

Secret attacks, inciting believer riots, releasing plagues, offering sacrifices to the Evil God...

These events happened one after another in Danerluo Port.

Nonetheless, Risa managed to handle all of them properly, with no need for Morris and Joyce to intervene too much.

The powerful array in Kane Floating City allowed Risa to detect the abnormal Magic Power fluctuations in Danerluo Port at the first moment and rush to the scene immediately.

Meanwhile, Lis expended considerable effort to set up a Space Locking Array based on the original array of the Floating City, containing the impact of the Evil God believers' attacks within a certain area so it wouldn't affect other regions.

Simultaneously, the Dawn Church, adept in purification and eliminating abnormal forces, took responsibility for handling combats and the aftermath.

This is why, despite Danerluo Port being attacked multiple times by Evil God believers recently, the city's order hasn't been significantly affected.

It seems they've realized that causing small troubles hasn't yielded much effect, so the Evil God believers invested more power.

For instance, this time, the Evil God believers unexpectedly set up a sacrificial array underground in Danerluo Port and successfully sacrificed to the Abyss Death Lord Havaro, transforming this Evil God believer into a Legendary Torture Demon.

If this Legendary Demon were to appear unobstructed in Danerluo Port, even for just a moment, it would cause tremendous destruction.

Fortunately, even though these Evil God believers were well hidden before, Kane Floating City still sensed something amiss during the sacrificial ritual.

Although Risa couldn't stop the ritual, she did manage to seal and slay this Legendary Demon.

Thus, managing to control the impact to a minimum range.

Morris sighed and said to Risa with a smile:

"Leave the aftermath here to me."

In fact, each event where the Evil God believers sacrifice to the Evil God, beyond killing those believers, cleaning up the Evil God's residual malicious forces is extremely crucial too.

This residual power is not much of a threat to High-level Professionals but is quite dangerous for ordinary people or Low-level Professionals.

Especially in a densely populated city like Danerluo Port, a mishap can lead to rather severe consequences.

After speaking, Morris paused and then said to Risa:

"There's one more thing... The church received information that Lis recently appeared in the Dwarf Kingdom's city of Lonely Mountain and summoned the projection of the World Tree Yggdrasil, bringing down the Rain of Life."

"He seems to be in quite a good state now."

"Since then, it seems to be for uniting forces against the Evil God believers, he has been visiting different factions."

"If we calculate, it shouldn't be long before he returns."

In fact, Morris knew why Lis was running around these days.

But comparatively, he thought Risa should be more concerned about Lis's current status.

Risa looked up at Morris, her eyes brightening.

She knew Morris wouldn't fabricate lies to comfort her.

Since he said so, it indicated that Lis was indeed fine.

In fact, Lis had been sending messages to the Floating City continuously before.

Yet, his constant absence made Risa somewhat worried.

Hearing Morris's news, she felt much more at ease immediately.

"Thank you for the information."

Risa respectfully bowed to Morris.

She has always respected this amiable senior greatly.

Risa was also well aware that during this time, she indeed caused Joyce and Morris considerable concern.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded beside the two of them:

"Long time no see, Lord Morris."

Upon hearing this voice, Risa felt joy in her heart and quickly turned to look.

At that moment, she felt a warm big hand enveloping her waist, pulling her into a warm embrace.

Feeling that familiar aura, the worry in Risa's heart fully dissipated.

Gazing at Lis's somewhat familiar visage, Risa buried her head into Lis's chest, savoring this moment of bliss.

Morris watched the two and said with a smile:

"You're back?"

"This period, Risa has tirelessly helped in watching over Danerluo Port for you, you should make it up to her properly."

Upon hearing this, Risa felt a bit bashful and could only bury her head deeper.

Lis chuckled, stroking Risa's smooth silver hair, then looked at Morris:

"You have also worked hard, Lord Morris."

Previously, Lis always thought Morris was a serious yet benevolent elder.

But after becoming familiar, he understood this Dawn Church bishop is actually quite a humorous person as well.

No wonder he is a long-time friend of Mr. Stephens.

"It's my duty."

Morris shook his head, then said with a slightly serious expression:

"In fact, we indeed did not receive any intelligence regarding your attack by Lune and his group."

"Luckily, you were unharmed, and moreover..."

Morris sized up Lis and said:

"You've become much stronger again!"

"It's truly unbelievable, even though you've just broken through to Legendary not long ago, but somehow, I feel like you're not far from the Path to Divinity."

"There's still a long way to go."

Lis shook his head, smiling.

He understood why Morris had such a feeling.

In fact, he was still quite far from the Path to Divinity.

Currently, his personal Level had only increased to around 230.

According to Lis's estimation, the prerequisite Level requirement for setting foot on the Path to Divinity was at least Level 300.

This was an elusive and nearly unattainable goal for most Legends.

Many never managed to touch the threshold of the Path to Divinity before their life ended.

For Lis, with the abundant experience provided by players, he levels up much faster than an ordinary Legendary Strongman, but reaching Level 300 in the short term is indeed unrealistic.

Moreover, even if he reached Level 300, without full confidence, Lis did not plan to proceed along the Path to Divinity.

After achieving Legendary, Lis inquired multiple Legendaries about the Path to Divinity, especially consulting records related to it from the Church of the Gods and the Elf Kingdom.

Both the Church of the Gods and the Elf Kingdom were quite willing to assist Lis upon his request, even proactively offering various help.

In their view, as a World Tree Favored, Lis has a significant chance of succeeding in Ascension in the future.

At that time, even if his power doesn't reach the extent of Powerful Divine Power, Lis would still be stronger than most ordinary Divinities.

During the impending great change in Gaia World, having such an ally would undoubtedly be greatly beneficial,

especially since this ally is one they absolutely trust and will never betray.

This makes him worth their significant investment.

Lis was even invited to receive a Divine Power Baptism from the Elf God after informing the Elf Kingdom about the mutation of the [Phillips Crystal].

Due to several reasons, Lis has already acquired substantial understanding about the Path to Divinity.

It was based on this advantage that he roughly calculated that reaching around Level 300 would allow touching the estimation of the Path to Divinity.

However, after Level 300, the Path to Divinity is not the only option available.

Lis speculated that someone like [Judgement Flame] Mr. Stephens didn't embark on the Path to Divinity when his Level reached around 300, but instead continued to raise his personal Level directly.

Mr. Stephens's personal Level, Lis guessed, was increased around the 300-level mark, instead of pursuing the Path to Divinity and further increased his personal level.

A Legendary Arcanist, after all, may also choose to step on the Path to Divinity even as they elevate their personal levels beyond Level 300.

Lis inferred from Mr. Stephens's previous teachings that the foundation accumulated for most Legends is indeed insufficient to complete the Path to Divinity, and they would rather continue to accumulate levels up to 300 before considering such a path.

However, reaching Level 300 is not the sole trajectory available beyond it.

Even though it's true Lis's personal Level growing rate is indisputably faster, reaching Level 300 in a short time is still quite unrealistic.

Moreover, even if he achieves Level 300, without full confidence, Lis doesn't plan to embark on the Path to Divinity.

In the past, Lis has requested and was willingly supported by the Church of the Gods and Elf Kingdom in acquiring records related to the Path to Divinity.

From their perspective, Lis is seen as likely to succeed in Ascension, given his status as a World Tree Favored.

When that time comes, even if his power is not yet fully attained, they believe Lis will play a significant supportive role as an ally they can trust completely and who would never betray them.

This belief makes them willing to invest in him greatly.

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