Chapter 466: Chapter 451: Path to Ascension (Second Update)
The information Thorne provided was overly extensive, so Jiang Qiao simply chose to skim through the simpler parts… finally deducing the thod Thorne had provided to enter the Sanctuary of Creation.
It was the thod known as the “Path to Ascension.”
The Path to Ascension is a recruitnt trial offered by the Sanctuary of Creation to all beings… to put it in more down-to-earth terms, it’s analogous to a job entry exam.
Heroes and strong individuals from various planes of the star map, once discovered by so Eternals, are recomnded by these Eternals to participate in the trials of the Path to Ascension.
The trials are varied, including combat, piloting, alchemy, and even fishing, among others.
In general, the Path to Ascension serves as the entry examination for all talented individuals in the star map.
In so native planes, the natives refer to those who have passed the Path to Ascension as Saints, but what they don’t know is… becoming a mber of the Sanctuary of Creation after passing the Path to Ascension is rely the beginning of a corporate drone life.
Most of the ‘Saints’ who advance into the Sanctuary of Creation through combat trials will begin a lengthy journey of hunting cataclysms.
“We’re here to smash up the Sanctuary of Creation, not to work as employees there,”
After reading about the Path to Ascension, Jiang Qiao imdiately replied to Thorne, suggesting that Thorne seed to be advertising recruitnt for the Sanctuary of Creation.
‘The trial rules of the Path to Ascension were not established by the upper echelons of the Sanctuary of Creation, but by Eternals even older than , and this trial spans the entire star map, do you understand what that ans?’ Thorne replied.
‘I don’t know…’
‘It ans that the more and harder trials you pass, you might even beco the ruler of the entire Sanctuary of Creation…’ Thorne revealed an interesting part of the Path to Ascension to Jiang Qiao.
‘??? Doesn’t the sanctuary worry about a disaster taking over as their boss? Like the Lord of Annihilation or sothing?’
Jiang Qiao roughly understood the chanism of the Path to Ascension, which is that the privileges of the Path to Ascension are even higher than those of the current rulers of the Sanctuary of Creation!
As long as soone achieves better results in the Path to Ascension than the current rulers of the Sanctuary of Creation, then that person could replace the position of the rulers of the Sanctuary of Creation.
‘The eligibility to participate in the Path to Ascension, however, has to be granted by the Eternals in the upper echelons of the Sanctuary of Creation. I don’t think those guys would grant eligibility to the Lord of Annihilation,’ Thorne replied and added, ‘Plus… I have tried to challenge the ruling class of the Path to Ascension, but failed, countless tis…’
‘Then can you grant us eligibility to participate?’ Jiang Qiao asked.
‘Certainly, the minimum requirent for saints to challenge the Path to Ascension is to obtain a ‘civilian’ status, but this status has many restrictions within the Sanctuary of Creation… you can try to challenge at the higher rank of Hunter,’ Thorne responded.
‘Hold on, hold on! List out all the ranks within the Sanctuary of Creation for , and I’ll translate them into challenge levels that players can understand,’ Jiang Qiao typed swiftly.
Thorne gradually explained to Jiang Qiao all the ranks in the Sanctuary of Creation and the privileges each rank held. anwhile, Jiang Qiao converted these ranks into gaming arena ladder ranks and corresponding difficulty levels.
The lowest rank is the civilian class, correlating ladder ranks from Platinum to Diamond, aning that only players with arena skills at the Platinum and Diamond ranks could possibly pass the test.
After passing this trial, one would enter the Sanctuary of Creation with civilian privileges, which are almost negligible, perhaps only slightly better than a slave’s. Players who dispatch with this privilege to the Sanctuary of Creation map will find their range of movent severely restricted. Furthermore, higher-ranking mbers of the Sanctuary of Creation can kick out the players.
Thrown out… Thorne told Jiang Qiao that relying on civilian authority to conquer a departnt in the Sanctuary was unlikely, only with obtaining the second-tier permissions.
The second tier is that of the Hunter/Defender, in terms understandable to people, is like the rank of a knight and a police officer; Rosh, Hilze’er, and her squad mbers are of this rank.
The trial complexity and technical requirents for Hunters and Defenders span from Grandmaster to the Strongest King.
There are about five hundred players at the Grandmaster level server-wide presently, but this tier remains regulated, though at least one won’t be kicked out of the chat group anymore.
The third tier is the Governor tier, in terms understandable to people, is equivalent to the nobility with real power—nobility which naturally divides into ranks of baron, viscount, and earl, but Jiang Qiao is too lazy to elaborate here.
The rank corresponding to the Governor tier is also that of the Strongest King, only it might not be the top one hundred of the Strongest Kings anymore, rather ranks within the top ten…in professional competition terms, they’re absolute top-tier players.
Only players like Feng Yi, Juan Canyun, Caral, Zhao Mingwei, Titan squad’s Lu Wei, and others have a chance to pass the trial.
Those at the Governor level in the Sanctuary already possess certain privileges and can also have their own Hunter squads.
Moving upwards, the fourth tier is that of the Governor, comparable to pri ministers, feudal kings, or regents, with the power to interfere in the Sanctuary’s decision-making and affairs. Currently, the Sanctuary has only ten Governors.
And only these ten Governors have the qualifications to grant others the opportunity to participate in the Path to Ascension.
One of these ten Governors is Thorne.
‘Do you really think feudal kings are treated like wanted criminals chased for assassination?’ Jiang Qiao sent a string of question marks after understanding Thorne’s status in the Sanctuary.
‘I’ve been hunted by the other nine combined. There are six departnts within the Sanctuary, and I’ve offended each one at least once, so I’m definitely treated as a wanted criminal.’ At that mont, Thorne even acted cutely! He sent an emoji sticking out its tongue, causing Jiang Qiao to shiver all over.
‘So can’t you use your authority to bring us in?’ Jiang Qiao imdiately texted back to ask.
‘How can I grant credentials to the sprites if I don’t even qualify to enter myself? At most I can give the sprites a chance to participate in the Path to Ascension. And within the Path to Ascension, there are competitive relationships, intense competition among the six departnts. You guys are now the seventh faction, representatives of the Devouring God,’ Thorne explained.
The six major departnts Thorne referred to are known by Jiang Qiao… The Sanctuaries in the past tried to convert the power of natural disasters into their own power, so these six departnts correspond to the six major natural disasters depicted in the star charts.
Because the Devouring God died too early and its descendants are too few, the Sanctuary could not extract materials from the descendants of the Devouring God to manufacture equipnt, thus there is no departnt specifically hunting the Devouring God.
‘What exactly is this “Path to Ascension” instance about?’ Jiang Qiao, acting as the ga planner, unexpectedly asked the NPC how this instance is ant to be played.
‘This… I can’t exactly describe it. You can join once and try it out,’ Thorne replied.
Jiang Qiao always felt that there was so conspiracy inside, but beside him, Wan Xiang and ‘add milk without extra charge’ had been looking at Jiang Qiao for a long ti.
Their looks seed to ask, ‘Who are you chatting with that’s making you so happy?’
“Is everyone done talking? If so, let’s order food,” Jiang Qiao put down his phone and said to the people seated next to him.
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