Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Church of Sina City, inner courtyard of the church.

Bishop Fabian's seat.

Just the night before, Luo Xiu had just accompanied Bishop Fabian here.

At that time, Bishop Fabian had just finished fighting with the "King of Ancestral Spirits", and Fabian, who was spiritually exhausted, needed to rest.

And Priest Leonard also had something to report to the bishop, so Luo Xiu stopped bothering him.

Unlike the last time, Luo Xiu came with a relatively clear purpose this time.

- For the "altar ceremony".

Bishop Fabian, his profession in the [Glorious] destiny is "Bishop of Fire Worship", which is a higher-level profession than the "Great Fire Worshiper" of the same level as Luo Xiu.

And Fabian, who also belongs to the "Priest" priesthood route, naturally has a much deeper grasp of the "altar ceremony" than Luo Xiu.

As a priest of the "Five-fold Destiny", Fabian has presided over the "altar ceremony" of the "fifth level" many times.

As for the "fourth-level" ceremony that Luo Xiu was going to hold, Luo Xiu hoped to learn some special tricks from Fabion.

While thinking, Luo Xiu had come to the golden light ball at the entrance of the bishop's throne.

Luo Xiu put his hand on the light ball, infused spirituality, nodded and prayed, "submitted" the application for entry to Fabion, and soon received a response of admission.

According to the route in his memory, Luo Xiu walked to the third floor of the throne with ease and came to the door of Bishop Fabion's residence.

The bishop's bedroom was ajar, Luo Xiu knocked on the door gently, and then pushed the door open and entered.

"... You are here, Luo Xiu."

On the holy couch, Bishop Fabion looked at the visiting guest and smiled.

At this time, Fabion's complexion was much better than the day before.

After a whole night's rest, the originally exhausted spirituality slowly recovered.

"Greetings to you, Bishop." Luo Xiu bowed slightly.

"Hmm... Luo Xiu."

Fabion looked at the young man in front of him, and there seemed to be a bit of surprise on his kind face.

"Your aura is a little different from the day before."

"..."

Bishop Fabion felt the changes in Luo Xiu's "spirituality".

"After the holy war the day before, I did feel that my spirituality had some signs of activation."

Luo Xiu organized his words and said to Bishop Fabion:

"Bishop. It was Priest Leonard who asked me to ask you about the "altar ceremony"..."

"Oh?"

Bishop Fabion seemed to be interested in this.

"You have met Leonard, and he asked you to come to me...Okay. What do you want to know?"

Fabion asked.

Regarding how to preside over the "altar ceremony", Luo Xiu had already known about this in his previous life, so this was not the question he was going to ask Fabion.

"I want to host the altar ceremony of the 'fourth level'." Luo Xiu then said softly, "I want to learn from you how to 'cross' the gap of the depth of fate and get more instant divine gifts." "..." Hearing this, Fabian was silent for a moment. His eyes suddenly became deep, and his gaze wandered around Luo Xiu for a while before he slowly spoke: "You want to host the altar ceremony of the 'fourth level', and Leonard, did he agree with you?" "...Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "and the priest asked me to find you." "..." "This Leonard... Alas." Fabian shook his head and sighed. "Child, can you tell me why you want to host the altar ceremony of the 'fourth level'?" Fabian asked, asking the same question as Leonard at that time. "Because, after the previous battle with the 'ancestral bishop', I can feel... This may be my way to a higher level." Luo Xiu gave the same answer to Bishop Fabian and Priest Leonard at that time. "Hmm..."

"I roughly know why Leonard asked you to come."

Bishop Fabion nodded, then he sat up from the bed and said to Luo Xiu in a gentle voice:

"Child, listen carefully to the answer you want."

"The 'Altar Ceremony' is a ceremony to pray to the supreme and majestic Zhuri Xumo for God's blessing."

"..."

Luo Xiu sat upright with a serious and earnest expression on his face. If Fabion at this time was like a teacher who taught sincerely, then Luo Xiu must be the student who made the teacher most satisfied.

Luo Xiu continued to listen to Fabion's narration:

"...That is the power given by God. 'Xu Yu' is the god of dedication. He will give the devout believers the maximum divinity they can accept."

"And the level of the 'altar ceremony' is the proof that his devout believers are qualified to be his 'containers' and can bear how much of his 'divinity'."

"The proof of 'container'..."

Luo Xiu murmured this sentence, thinking.

"So, child."

Fabion said kindly: "If you are sure that this is the path you should take, then I won't stop you."

"But, as a 'priest', I will understand some things better than you at my age..."

"I want to remind you that if you try to cross the gap of destiny and do things beyond your ability, you will have to pay a price."

"..."

"The price?" Luo Xiu asked in confusion.

"...Yes, the price."

Fabion's tone was still calm, but his expression became more serious. "If the ritual fails, it's just that the spirituality is blocked, which won't be a big problem."

"But."

"..."

When he said this, Fabian paused, and looked at Luo Xiu with a deep gaze, and said word by word:

"If the ritual is successfully completed, the officiant will be granted divinity for a moment. But if he is not actually able to bear this gift."

"--He will die, his soul and body will be annihilated, and there will be no residue left."

When he said this last sentence, Fabian's voice was obviously heavier.

At the same time, Fabian was also observing Luo Xiu's reaction.

He saw that Luo Xiu seemed to frown, but soon relaxed again.

"...I understand." Luo Xiu said seriously, "Even so, I am still ready to give it a try. Because, I can indeed feel that this is the path for me to step onto a higher level." "..." Looking at Luo Xiu's determined face, Fabian stopped talking and just stared at him quietly. "...Okay. Then, I can tell you how to cross the 'chasm'." Luo Xiu's insistence finally made Fabian give in and say the next words. "Luo Xiu, remember what I said."

"——[I crave the radiance of the world, just like a moth craves fire; I pray to see the birth of Nirvana, just like a tomb seeks life.]"

"——[The moment of the supreme majesty! Show me the true miracle! As a spectator, I always feel sad; as a saint, I am willing to be a firewood!]"

"These two prayers, when that existence responds to your "altar ceremony" fixed prayer, you will chant them. At that time, your ceremony will be sublimated, and you will see the true miracle that belongs only to the "Casting Sun Moment". "

"..."

"I remember it." Luo Xiu nodded.

"Then, Bishop, please allow me to leave first."

After getting the answer to the question he wanted to know, Luo Xiu stood up and said goodbye to Fabion, not wanting to disturb the old bishop's rest any more. Fabian nodded lightly, and Luo Xiu withdrew and gently closed the door of the bishop's room.

...

When Luo Xiu left.

Fabian did not lie back on the bed, but frowned tightly, with a sad look on his face.

"Young man... This is the child's first attempt. Since he insists on doing it, I will not refuse it openly."

"But, in any case, this is too dangerous..."

Fabian murmured, and then he began to pray some kind of ancient prayer.

And the back of his hand emanated a faint pure white glow.

"- I will wear the shackles, this is atonement; I will bear the blasphemy, this is mercy..."

"-'Wings' Herag, I pray for your coming."

"..."

As Fabian prayed, the powerful angel symbolizing holiness slowly appeared in front of Fabian.

"The Winged Angel" Herag, in his golden eyes, there was no trace of emotion, he just stared at Fabian coldly, as if he was looking at a stranger.

"The man of the 'fire worship', Fabian."

Herag said coldly: "... As the sharp blade of protection, I did not feel the breath of the enemy around me."

"... Alas, Herag."

Fabian's face was a little pale, and his current state could not support the "Winged Angel" to exist for too long.

"Herag... my old friend." Fabian said in a requesting tone: "This time, I want to ask you to help me protect someone..."

"..."

Behind Herag, the pair of wings burning with pale holy flames seemed to tremble.

So he asked Fabian in an emotionless cold voice: "Who to protect?"

"Rosius Carlos." Fabian said concisely.

"He is about to cross the gap and pray for the gift of the Lord... Herag, I want you to protect him."

"If anything unexpected happens, Herag..."

Fabion finally said:

"Please, take that gift on his behalf."

...

Evening.

Sina City - Glory Church, the place of the Holy Judgement.

When Luo Xiu walked out of Fabion's bishop's throne, he kept thinking about those words.

In the process of asking Fabion for advice, Luo Xiu did get some knowledge that he didn't know in his previous life.

About Xu Yu's "container of divinity", and those two prayers...

Luo Xiu thought about it, this is different from what he knows as a "player".

If as a real player, you want to hold a "fourth-level" altar ceremony at the level of the triple destiny, you only need to move the panel...

However, this is different from the original process of the "altar ceremony", and Luo Xiu is actually not sure whether the panel is still useful in holding the ceremony.

I am not a pure "player". Even if I have a "panel", I cannot try some things that only "players" can do.

Luo Xiu understands this very well.

And if you regard your [promotion task] as the guidance on "promotion" obtained from the "spiritual" level by the extraordinary people in this world who have reached the bottleneck.

Then, as a transcendent with a triple destiny, there must be a way to hold a cross-level ceremony in addition to the "panel" method.

This is the question that Luo Xiu asked Fabion.

And the answer that Luo Xiu got from Fabion was exactly the insurance he left for himself.

In addition, Fabion said something else that made Luo Xiu feel concerned.

——The altar ceremony is a ceremony used by devout believers to prove that they have the qualifications to become a container of "divinity" for a moment...

"..." Luo Xiu thought for a moment.

In other words, from the perspective of a true transcendent, the "divinity" that can be granted, in addition to the rank of the ceremony, there is another factor that affects it.

——One's own "divinity" attribute!

The panel introduction of the "divinity" attribute is "the degree to which the body can carry spirituality", which is similar to what Fabion said about "container".

So, there are two attributes that are relatively critical now.

One is "divinity" and the other is "resistance"!

The former is the degree of acceptance of "God's Spirituality", and the latter is that if the ritual fails and one is attacked by the spiritual level, the pain that will be suffered can be alleviated a little...

However, since Bishop Fabion had said before, "If one is not strong enough to bear this gift, both the soul and the body will be annihilated, and not a trace of residue will be left", in this case, unless the "resistance" is ridiculously high, it is impossible to resist this forced death.

"..."

Luo Xiu thought, and at the same time, he opened his character panel in his mind.

He looked at his "attribute" column.

At this moment, counting all the previous tasks and kill rewards, Luo Xiu's current accumulated "free attribute points" have reached 63 points.

Because adding points can be done instantly, Luo Xiu did not have a direction to add points some time ago, so he has been accumulating until now.

And now, they are finally useful.

"- Give all to 'divinity'!"

Luo Xiu gave clear instructions in his mind.

This is exactly Luo Xiu's plan to ensure that the ceremony can be completed smoothly and that he can safely "bear" the gift of the moment!

According to Luo Xiu's experience in his previous life, to prevent similar situations from happening, you only need to raise the corresponding attributes to the baseline value of the next destiny.

And the "divine" attribute reaches about 120, which is exactly the normal average value of the divinity of the "great blessing chiefs" of the four-fold destiny!

...

In the vision in front of Luo Xiu, those free points returned to zero in an instant. And his "divine" attribute value also soared from 63 points to 126 points.

Luo Xiu knew that when he was officially promoted to the "great blessing chief" of the four-fold destiny, "divine" as the main attribute would also be greatly enhanced in addition to the depth of the mana slot.

Therefore, to some extent, this is also a hidden investment in future strength.

"..."

Feeling the surge of spirituality in his body, in that moment, Luo Xiu seemed to see the purer and more original "Eternal Kingdom".

That was the God's Palace of "Casting Sun in a Moment", and it was also the "heaven" and "paradise" in the minds of the followers of [Glory].

That completely pure white world without any flaws only appeared in front of Luo Xiu for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace.

However, that touch of pure white glow has made Luo Xiu truly feel the warmth that belongs only to [Glory].

...

After completing all the preparations, Luo Xiu finally came to the door of Leonard's room, gently opened the door, and walked in.

At this time, there were six people in the room, but Priest Leonard was not there.

However, Luo Xiu still saw familiar faces - Anthony, Connor and Pamier, who were in the same "Holy Judge" team as Luo Xiu, were all in the room.

Seeing Luo Xiu coming, Anthony looked at him and said with a smile:

"We heard from Priest Leonard that you will hold a 'holy altar ceremony'..."

"The priest asked us to tell you that he has gone to the center of the inner courtyard and prepared a ceremony for you in front of the altar of the 'Shuyu' sun-casting statue."

"When you are ready, we will meet the priest with you. We will help you complete your first 'holy altar ceremony'."

...

In the center of the inner courtyard, in front of the giant statue of 'Shuyu'.

This is where Luo Xiu swore to the 'Shuyu of the Sun-casting'. Luo Xiu still remembers the scene of "I am in the name of 'Luo Xiu Carlos'".

And now Luo Xiu is actually praying to Xuyu for God's blessing in such a place...

When he thought of this, Luo Xiu almost couldn't help but expose his intention of tax evasion.

Priest Leonard had been waiting here long ago, and on the altar with golden light, Leonard had already drawn the altar ritual array with his spirituality.

As if he heard the footsteps of Luo Xiu and others from afar, Leonard suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu, Anthony and other clergymen walked forward quickly and stopped in front of Leonard.

"...It seems that you are ready."

Leonard glanced at Luo Xiu, and his eyes wandered over Anthony and other clergymen for a while, then nodded slowly.

"Everyone is here. Then... let's start."

Leonard then turned sideways and made way for the altar.

Luo Xiu stepped forward quickly and walked to the center of the altar, while the other priests surrounded Luo Xiu, each standing in a "subordinate" position.

When everyone stood in their respective positions, Leonard said with a serious expression:

"This is an important ritual, Luo Xiu. I will stabilize the ritual formation for you. If the ritual fails, you will immediately cut off the spiritual transmission."

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded.

When everything was ready, Luo Xiu closed his eyes, nodded and said a sacred prayer:

"——Supreme moment, eternal glory!"

"——I am a devout congratulator, and I worship with the altar!"

"..."

Luo Xiu loudly chanted the standard "Altar Ceremony" prayer. At the same time, he mobilized his spirituality and blessed his body with the holy techniques of "consecration prayer" and "consecration blessing".

While Luo Xiu was praying, the golden light of the ceremonial formation under his feet flickered, and the outline of his body was also covered with a faint glow.

Luo Xiu quickly finished chanting the standard prayer, and indeed, there was no panel option to "select the ritual level" in front of him from beginning to end.

This shows that what Luo Xiu learned from Bishop Fabian before is indeed meaningful, and the ceremonial formation under his feet also shone brightly the moment he completed his prayer.

Above the ritual array, the scorching light like flowing gold flashed three times in succession, each time becoming more dazzling. This was the symbol of the "third-level" altar ceremony.

When his eyes reached this point, Luo Xiu raised his arms high in an attitude of embracing the sky, and then continued to pray:

"——I thirst for the radiance of the world, just like a moth thirsts for fire;"

——"I pray to see the birth of the God of Nirvana, just like the resurrection of the dead in the tomb!"

…

——Wow!

The golden light overflowing from the ritual array on the soles of Luo Xiu's feet suddenly rose into the sky, forming a round curtain of shining light, covering the figures of Luo Xiu and others.

Seeing this, Luo Xiu did not stop praying, but continued to sing:

"——A moment of supreme greatness! Show me a true miracle!"

"——As a viewer, I always feel miserable;"

"——As a saint, I am willing to serve as firewood!"

…

--boom! ! !

A huge roar came from the altar in front of the Xuyu Colossus.

Leonard, who was responsible for stabilizing the ritual formation, did not notice any tremors on the ground, but he suddenly felt dizzy and staggered a little unsteadily.

He stood up again and raised his head, only to see his silhouette on the giant statue of "Xu Mo" emitting an extremely dazzling and extremely holy pure white light.

And this glow also emerged from another place at the same time.

On Luo Xiu's body, his face and clothes became blurred and invisible, and were completely covered by this pure white light.

Leonard, he clearly felt at the same time, the unparalleled spiritual surge emanating from Luo Xiu, which was the manifestation of being granted ‘divine nature’.

And the spiritual surge that represented "divinity" had already far exceeded the scope of the three fates, and it actually made Leonard feel a sense of oppression.

The light became brighter, more dazzling, and more burning.

Leonard looked at everything in front of him, his expression becoming nervous.

…

Until the light gradually fades.

The figure belonging to "Luo Xiu" finally returned to everyone's field of vision.

The young man who presided over the ceremony looked a little pale.

But he still smiled and said to his colleagues in a relaxed tone:

"...I saw it, I saw a real miracle."

"My ritual is complete."