Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

A residence was arranged for David.

Since he already came to the Luxuriant Blossoms Divine Kingdom, Gu Nan wasn't afraid he would escape. And even if they eventually had to set off to trace the blood back to its origin, there was no rush at the moment. At least, Gu Nan didn't want to travel with a beggar.

The Three Sisters of Misery were famous and also quite strong, but at the same time, they knew that their abilities were detested, so they didn’t casually get into conflicts with people.

Even for someone like David, who habitually courted death, they would at most punish him slightly—he wouldn’t be cursed for too long.

Gu Nan was in no hurry at the moment. When Rolensia first ascended, it took her two years just to prepare. Even if Zi Luo Elder's foundation was better, it would still take him a while.

For their level, it was perfectly normal for “soon” to mean a year.

"Gu Nan!" Karina went to Gu Nan. Clearly, she had already found out Gu Nan's identity.

The fact that Rolensia returned from the Myriad Heavens Universe and brought along a few guests from the Myriad Heavens was no secret among the gods.

"Let’s fight!" Karina said as she held up a brand new golden spear and pointed it at Gu Nan from afar.

The spear looked no different from her original one, but both Gu Nan and Karina herself knew the difference.

If nothing else, the divine spear that had accompanied Karina for tens of thousands of years had absorbed the blood of hundreds of gods. This was rare for divine weapons.

"Why do you want to fight me?" Gu Nan asked this instead of attacking.

If it was someone else, Karina would’ve thrust her spear out without another word. But Gu Nan was, after all, someone who defeated her once, which earned him the right to have a conversation.

Karina tilted her head in thought. She didn't seem to have much of a grudge against this person. He was standing next to Sylvia when they first met…

"You attacked me!" Karina's simple brain circuits finally remembered that Gu Nan hadn’t hesitated to punch her when the two first met.

Gu Nan nodded but didn't apologize at all. "I can help you get Austin."

Karina’s spear, which was already close to stabbing Gu Nan, stopped instantly just then, and she quickly hid it behind her back.

"Th-that… Your Excellency Gu Nan…" Karina suddenly looked like a shy, polite girl, which wasn’t convincing at all when combined with her appearance.

"If you act like this every time you see Austin, then it makes sense that he never fell for you." Gu Nan pursed his lips with a shake of his head.

Karina’s bashful expression immediately vanished, and she glared fiercely at Gu Nan. If the latter couldn't give her an explanation, then the next strike from her divine spear would be an all-out attack.

"Theoretically, Austin will never see you that way in his life. At least, I haven't seen such an outcome yet." Gu Nan recalled the main storylines in his head and said seriously, "But there is one route where you guys end up together."

"What do I have to do?!" Karina blurted out, glossing over the parts she couldn't understand. Anyhow, many people said things that she didn’t understand.

"Become a greater god before the next Great War." Gu Nan stared into her eyes. "Help the Light Faction achieve total victory and ascend to the pinnacle of all gods… By that time, you’ll be able to marry whoever you want."

Karina's expression turned a little blank. True, she was a little of a nutjob, but she wasn’t so nutty that she believed she could casually ascend to greater god.

The World of Gods only had twelve greater gods right now, and counting the just-ascended Rolensia and those who had fallen in earlier years, the total was less than twenty.

Of the billions of living beings in countless planes, fewer than twenty were able to take that final step. One could imagine the difficulty involved.

"What if I… can't do it?" Karina murmured.

"If you can't do it, then just wait till the next war." Gu Nan said matter-of-factly, "Austin doesn't have much room for improvement anymore, so you'll be able to catch up with him sooner or later as long as you work hard. Good luck, youngster. Power up with the power of love—you can do it."

……

Karina was indeed the paragon of powering up through love. The official explanation for her ability to start from Tier 8 and work her way up to the position of the leader of the Light Faction was "because of love."

Although this Wrestling Goddess did have some background, breaking through so many tiers so fiercely was beyond the scope of a golden finger’s abilities.

Gu Nan didn’t lie to Karina. In the game's many endings, this was the only way for her to get together with Austin.

Only when she advances to a greater god and personally participates in the next Great War—which would cause great chaos between the two major godly factions… only then would the Ruler of Light and Justice be knocked all the way down to mortality.

"But as long as she’s with Austin, it doesn't matter if he’s just a mortal, right?" Gu Nan couldn't help revealing a light smile as he thought of that ending.

It was also in Gu Nan's interest to encourage the next Great War.

The fact that his Divine Kingdom was located in the Myriad Heavens meant he couldn’t think of ways to invade other gods’ Divine Kingdoms and eliminate those few important gods while he was in the First Round.

This would leave him with a bit too many enemies to face after the Second Round. Only by triggering a Great War would he be able to reduce the pressure in the future.

A few days later, when the God of Labyrinths was finally freed from his curse and returned to dressing as a noble young lord, Karina approached Gu Nan once again.

"Why did you come here again?" Gu Nan was planning to take David with him and set off in search of the divine spear’s origin.

After a few days of searching, David had basically determined their destination, which was inside the main plane that the Dark Faction had just acquired, the Atalante main plane.

"To fight!" Karina pointed her spear at Gu Nan again. "If I want to advance, I need to find someone to fight with!"

Gu Nan was taken aback for a while before finally nodding. "Come with me. I’ll take you to a fight."

……

"Atalante, I'm back."

A somewhat indifferent voice calmly rang out. Xue Ren and Daoist Lingyang had just arrived, and Daoist Lingyang spoke just now.

The two were standing in a field of grass. Up ahead was a cemetery. People came and went, most of them holding a bouquet of chrysanthemums.

The atmosphere was slightly melancholy, yet the heavens didn’t cooperate with some light sprinkles of rain. Instead, it was a bright, clear sky.

Daoist Lingyang slowly entered the cemetery, walking up to a tombstone with the skill of someone who’d done it countless times. Written on the tombstone was one Lady Margaret.

Judging from the date, it had been thousands of years since her death.

It was also a very rare thing for a tombstone to be preserved for thousands of years. Not only did it show that the tombstone was made of amazing materials, it also showed that the place had been cleaned from time to time.

"Apologies for the disturbance." A man who looked middle-aged came up to the two and looked at Daoist Lingyang in surprise. "Are you two gentlemen here for Lady Margaret?"

Daoist Lingyang frowned slightly. "And you are?"

"I am Hughton, Hughton Cable," Hughton made a point of emphasizing his last name. "Our family has been entrusted with guarding this lady's tombstone for a thousand years."

"Yes." Daoist Lingyang nodded. "I entrusted your family with that."