A surging divine power arose from above Wang Lan's head, instantly gathering into a glowing white, gigantic axe blade above him. The axe blade seed to exist in a void, hidden within a mirage.
As the axe blade appeared, ti and space seed to freeze. The sky turned into transparent ice crystals. In that instant, the whole world was frozen.
Shock flashed across Lucifer's face, but his expression was instantly locked in place by the freeze.
The terrifying sharpness spread wantonly, stinging Lucifer's cheek. Wang Lan controlled the axe blade, his Star Power seemingly drained in an instant.
"Slash!"
With all his might, Wang Lan swung down the axe blade ferociously.
Lucifer, still immobilized in the void, didn't move. The axe blade descended fiercely upon the top of his head.
BOOM—
The crystal shattered explosively, breaking the stillness of the world.
AHH—
Only then could Lucifer let out a gut-wrenching scream. Terrifying energy surged into his body, countless Heavenly Dao Laws transforming into sharp blades that sliced through his flesh.
BOOM—
Like fireworks erupting in the sky, Lucifer's body instantly scattered into myriad shimring lights, flying in all directions.
"Did we win?"
"Is he dead?"
In the Underground Twelve Palaces, the bishops looked up at the void in disbelief. In the void, stars rained down, the sky turned blue once more, and the sun hung quietly on the horizon.
Wang Lan was breathing heavily, his Star Power severely overdrawn. Beads of cold sweat dripped from his temples, his chest heaving with each labored breath.
But the next mont, Wang Lan's expression changed abruptly.
Because there was no notification in his mind of having slain Lucifer, it indicated that Lucifer might not be dead.
Gentle arms wrapped around Wang Lan's arm, and a fragrant breeze wafted by as Jiang Xinyu appeared beside him. "How are you? Are you in much pain?"
"It's alright..." Wang Lan gave a bitter smile and managed two hoarse words.
"We won—"
"That's great, the Evil Demon has finally been eliminated—"
The Holy Knights underground erupted into a cheer that echoed through heaven and earth, but Wang Lan's heart was filled with deep unease.
In everyone's eyes, Wang Lan had slain Lucifer with a single axe strike. Even in Wang Lan's eyes, Lucifer should have been slain, dead beyond any doubt. Yet, the prompt in his mind had not sounded.
He closed his eyes, trying to sense any killing intent in the world, but still, there was nothing.
Could the notification be delayed? Or is Lucifer truly not dead?
The news of Lucifer's slaying spread instantly through the network to all parts of the world. Leaders of nations, the United Nations, and the International Security Council all breathed a collective sigh of relief.
The weight that had hung over everyone's heads for a year could finally be lifted.
In the Cathedral, where only four people were present, Wang Lan voiced his concern, "Lucifer seems to have been slain, but I have an ominous premonition."
"An ominous premonition? What is it?"
"I suspect that Lucifer isn't dead." Wang Lan's words made the other three present change their expressions.
"Wang Lan, don't joke about such things," the Pope pleaded, his face mournful.
"It's just a hunch. Maybe Lucifer really is dead." Wang Lan couldn't be sure. He understood the horror of the Break Sky Slash he had just unleashed.
To call it the first and foremost slash capable of sundering Heaven and Earth would not be an overstatent.
Just then, the voice of the Judgent Bishop was heard from afar. "Lord Pope, I have sothing to report."
"Co in."
The Judgent Bishop, in a red cloak, walked slowly into the Pope's Palace. "Lord Pope," he said, "we have just discovered a hidden compartnt in Mr. Martin's house. Within it, we found a diary belonging to the forr Lord Pope."
"The forr Lord Pope's diary? Why didn't I know about it?"
As the current Pope, how could I not know the forr Pope had the habit of keeping a diary?
"Bring the diary to ."
The Judgent Bishop pulled out a thick diary from his bag and handed it to the Pope. The Pope flipped through it and confird, "Indeed, this is the forr Pope's handwriting."
"Your Holiness, may I have a look?" asked Wang Lan, his heart stirring.
The Pope's diary wasn't written in every day, but he had been quite diligent, jotting down notes every few days.
""It is truly sinful of ; how could I have done such a thing? Today, I developed the Mirror Light Technique, a Star Martial Skill. Now, even from within the Pope's Palace, I can see every corner of the City of Angels.
"This is a genius invention! Without stepping outside, I can oversee the entire city, casting light into every corner. This feeling is simply wonderful.
"But why did I let the Mirror Light Technique sweep over the Holy River Bathing Place? The water of the Holy River Bathing Place is so white... Sinful, sinful! God, please forgive . I am willing to recite the Bible ten tis as penance.""
""It rained the whole day again today, the nineteenth day in a row. The Holy River Bathing Place hasn't been open for nineteen days. Although the proprietress is pretty, her figure is too plump for my taste.""
""I didn't expect to be so popular with young girls at my age. It seems that 'maturely handso,' trending online, must be referring to soone like . Today, I gave a speech at Holy Light Middle School. I intended to gauge the students' impressions of my speech, but they ended up discussing my appearance instead.
"As the distinguished Pope, good looks are a basic requirent. How can students be so shallow these days? Not just shallow, but also vulgar! Liking is one thing, but so go too far, even wanting to sleep with . You few, don't expect to graduate this year!""
""God, I've been feeling weak and lacking in energy recently. The Saintess actually said that I'm suffering from a deficiency in both qi and blood! Strange. I haven't been injured lately, nor have I fought with anyone. Why would this be? Could soone be plotting against ? I must have the Judgent Bishop investigate this thoroughly.
"I'll check on the Holy River Bathing Place first to calm my nerves and relieve so stress. Hm? A nosebleed again? Could I really be ill? God, I haven't been sick in fifty years. Could this be a sign from You?""
""Today I had a dream… I dreamt that the God of Heaven turned into a woman! It must be because I've visited the Holy River Bathing Place too often, and the God of Heaven is warning . But… why would the God of Heaven be a woman? God, give a sign.""
""I dreamt about God again today. Although the Divine Light was dazzling, it was indeed a woman… Perhaps my condition is worsening.""
""That woman ca again—no, that female God of Heaven ca again! She said she left the Genesis Bible there… Go look for it. My recent dreams are getting stranger and stranger.""
""Alright, I've decided to check the place God guided to, at the end of the Rhine River. If there's nothing there, the next ti I dream of that being who blasphes my God's image, I'll definitely give them a beating!""
The next page, however, was torn out. What followed were the Pope's records after retrieving the Genesis Bible.
Wang Lan's expression grew serious as he looked at the torn page. "This page must have contained very important information. I wonder if it was Martin or the Pope who tore it out."
"Wait, I think… I think I've seen it before." Yulia's face lit with recollection as she examined the diary. "This kind of diary is quite special; you can't buy it in stores. I rember when I was very young, I saw paper like this at my teacher's place. My teacher was sitting in a chair, looking at it. At the ti, I thought my teacher was reading a letter from afar."
"Are you sure?"
"Certain. It's definitely this kind of paper, this format."
With that, Yulia stood up and hurried to the storage room, rummaging through boxes and cabinets. Yulia's teacher had been the forr Saintess, and her relics had all been stored by Yulia in that room.
If this torn page had been in the hands of the forr Saintess and contained important information, then the forr Saintess would definitely not have lost it. It would have been carefully preserved.
And in that instant, Yulia also rembered that the forr Saintess had indeed, unintentionally, once entrusted her with so matters. But she had beco the Saintess in such a rush, and the forr Saintess had died in battle without formally conveying her last words.
However, relying on fragnted mories, Yulia still found the forr Saintess's dressing table. Behind the mirror, she discovered a sealed plaque. Yulia used her magic to undo the seal on the plaque, and to her surprise, items related to the Saintess's succession were sealed within it.
Yulia quickly sifted through the items and finally found, among the pile, the very page that had been sealed in her mory.
Without taking the ti to look at it, Yulia hurried back to Wang Lan's side and carefully aligned the page with the torn edge in the diary. The tear marks matched perfectly—this was undoubtedly the missing page.
""Following God's guidance, I arrived at the banks of the Rhine River and indeed sensed a spatial ripple. I broke through the space and entered. To my astonishnt, I found the legendary Temple! My God of Heaven, have I actually found the lost Temple of the Papacy, missing for ten thousand years?
"From this mont on, I believe that the God of Heaven in my dreams is truly a real deity. Please forgive Your devotee's ignorance for mistakenly casting You in the image of a man. I was wrong, but… I am afraid we must continue to be wrong.
"If I were to declare that the God of Heaven is a woman, I imagine I would be stoned to death by angry devotees, wouldn't I?
"The legendary Cathedral was indeed as splendid as the legends claim, filled with the divine radiance of the God of Heaven. I walked through the Twelve Palaces and entered the Pope's Palace, where I felt a subtle call from God.
"Following this call, I finally discovered, in the center of the great hall of the Pope's Palace, the Genesis Bible, which had been lost since the Mythical Era!
"My God of Heaven, this is truly the Genesis Bible! I have actually found it!
"Next to the Genesis Bible was a raw stone as large as a wheel. This is a type of stone that exists only in the divine realm, rumored to allow life to transcend the river of ti, to freeze ti itself.
"Within the raw stone, I vaguely saw an infant.
"Beside the raw stone lay a gold brick, upon which was inscribed a mysterious string of numbers: 120220707. I knew this was a sign from God, but I could not, for the life of , decipher the aning of these numbers.
"When I gently touched the raw stone, suddenly, cracks appeared on it, as if it were an egg being broken. My God of Heaven, I swear I only touched it lightly; I did not use any force!
"But the raw stone shattered, and the sealed infant began to cry. It was a beautiful baby girl. I picked her up, uncertain whether she was an Angel left to humankind by the God of Heaven, or a Demon sealed by the God of Heaven.
"But regardless, since she appeared before , all of this was God's guidance.
"So, I gave this baby girl a na: Yulia. Yulia Yalehua.""
Upon reading this, Wang Lan and Jiang Xinyu both looked up simultaneously to stare at Yulia. She stood there in a daze, the mystery of her origin finally unraveled.
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