Chapter 965 964: Divination Tarot Card·Demon [Secondary] (Gate of Truth) - Ashen God - NovelsTime

Ashen God

Chapter 965 964: Divination Tarot Card·Demon [Secondary] (Gate of Truth)

Author: Just call the polar bear
updatedAt: 2025-11-03

But before synthesizing the set, Zhang Yanhang decided to first take a look at the illustrations of the Divination Tarot Card·Death and the Divination Tarot Card·Demon.

First was the illustration of the Divination Tarot Card·Death. Its original composition was relatively simple and easy to understand. The main figure was a Skull Death God riding a white horse and clad in black heavy armor, raising a flag symbolizing death, while at its feet lay the corpse of a king, and a Pope was standing nearby, offering a devout prayer.

The original tarot card nicely showcased the political correctness of the divine right of kings, but the counterfeit version in Zhang Yanhang's hand looked rather odd. The Skull Knight had turned into a Beautiful Girl Death God, with red hair, a large chest, and wearing black stockings. Zhang Yanhang felt that the only thing that could signify her identity as a Death God was probably just the large, sharp scythe in her hand, which was taller than a person.

Also, the Death God's horse was gone, replaced by a pink cloud, which gave off a less serious vibe.

Honestly, Zhang Yanhang initially thought this Death God's illustration might have something to do with a certain Death God. Although he hadn't watched Death God, given its popularity, he had heard a little about it.

But now it looked like this Beautiful Girl Death God had nothing to do with the Death God from the Soul Society because this Beautiful Girl Death God looked rather suggestive, with an art style completely different from a proper Death God.

Meanwhile, the king's corpse at the feet of the Beautiful Girl Death God had also turned into a headless male corpse, surrounded by several other clearly anime-style beautiful girls. So overall, it looked less like the judgement of death and more like a Yandere hacking scene after going crazy, just missing the image of someone hugging a head while on a small boat.

Considering the fact that blood was even dripping from the Beautiful Girl Death God's scythe, Zhang Yanhang had reason to believe she must be the culprit. As for why she would kill the headless male corpse and where the corpse's head went, Zhang Yanhang didn't know.

After all, the scene was rather complicated. Even though someone had just died, each beautiful girl nearby displayed a strange smile as if thinking of something happy.

So, although it seemed highly likely to be a hacking incident, Zhang Yanhang thought it might actually be some sort of cult ritual or even an honor killing. In any case, no matter how absurd, anything was possible.

But since he was unfamiliar with this Beautiful Girl Death God and felt no inexplicable familiarity with the headless male corpse, Zhang Yanhang couldn't be bothered to delve into it deeply.

After checking the illustration of the Divination Tarot Card·Death, Zhang Yanhang then looked at the illustration of the Divination Tarot Card·Demon. The original illustration was even simpler than that of the Divination Tarot Card·Death, showing a demon holding a torch with two naked humans beside it, one being Adam and the other Eve.

This composition mainly symbolized how the primitive humans, Adam and Eve, could not resist the devil's temptation and fell into hell.

However, the illustration on the Divination Tarot Card depicted a blue-skinned demon with a pair of large wings, silently watching a distant sacrificial ritual with tears streaming down its face. Although the image of the sacrificial site in the distance was somewhat blurry, Zhang Yanhang could still clearly see a group of people dancing wildly around a bonfire.

Of course, if you only look at this part, it might seem relatively normal. But the key problem is that these revelers were holding sticks, each with various human body parts skewered on them. Judging by the amount of flesh and the appearance of the head, it most likely was a woman, and more specifically, a young woman.

Compared to the previous illustration of the Divination Tarot Card·Death, Zhang Yanhang felt that the causal relationship in this Divination Tarot Card·Demon illustration was much clearer. The reason why the blue-skinned demon was tearing up was undoubtedly because of the dismembered young woman. They probably knew each other, and their relationship seemed quite good.

Zhang Yanhang felt this scene was vaguely familiar, almost like déjà vu, as if it was a morbid scene from somewhere, but he couldn't quite remember the specifics.

Of course, this familiar feeling was different from the previous familiarity with the golden-haired female knight or something like that. That was more of a primal familiarity, like it was etched into his DNA, whereas this familiarity was just ordinary.

After checking the illustrations of the Divination Tarot Card·Death and Divination Tarot Card·Demon, Zhang Yanhang pulled out the previously unpaired Divination Tarot Card - Hermit and placed it with the other two. He then immediately began checking the attribute list of the Divination Tarot Card - Hermit, intending to see what the activated set effect would be like.

[Divination Tarot Card - Hermit[Missing] (Gate of Truth)]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Heavenly God Continent, Sizitak Empire, Akbar Village underground black workshop.]

[Durability: 48/48]

[Defensive Power: 35]

[Additional Attributes: Life Value Limit +10%.]

[Upgradable, Upgrade Conditions 1: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Fool[Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (1/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Chariot[Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (1/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Emperor[Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (1/1).

Upgrade Conditions 2: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Lovers[Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Temperance[Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Tower[Missing] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1).]

[Usage Requirements: Possess Alchemy or other related alchemy skills.]

[Score: 350 (Light Golden item score is between 261 and 350.)]

[Set Effect One: Blind Foolishness (Chariot Charge! Endless Light of Victory!)——Life Value Limit +15%, Physical Defense +30%.]

[Set Effect Two: Soul Tower (Offer the blessing of love to this beautiful world!)——Life Value Limit +5%, Physical Defense +10%, Life Value Recovery Speed +80%.]

"Although the quality hasn't been upgraded yet, just activating the set effects has already provided me with substantial bonuses. Set Effect One, Blind Foolishness, has given me a 15% increase in Life Value Limit and a 30% increase in physical defense, while Set Effect Two, Soul Tower, has given me a 5% increase in Life Value Limit and a 10% increase in physical defense.

Adding the bonuses from both, it provides a total of a 20% increase in Life Value Limit and a 40% increase in physical defense out of thin air for me. Including the bonuses from the Divination Tarot Card itself, it provides a total of a 30% increase in Life Value Limit and a 60% increase in physical defense, which is quite a lot."

Although Zhang Yanhang's newly assembled Hermit Three-piece Set hasn't merged into the Tarot Card Set yet, there is no doubt that the Hermit Three-piece Set, like other Light Golden Quality Tarot Cards, is enough to rival Red Quality equipment, spanning four qualities and two ranks.

"According to the calculation that a Golden quality Life Ring +6 provides a 1.5% increase in Life Value Limit, the 30% increase in Life Value Limit provided by the Divination Tarot Card - Hermit is equivalent to twenty Life Rings +6."

Although Zhang Yanhang now wears Life Rings on all forty fingers, he still can't help but pull out the Life Ring to gloat over its inadequacies sometimes. It can only be said that the Life Ring does indeed come up short.

"Aside from the 20% Life Value Limit bonus, that 40% Physical Defense Bonus is also very useful."

Originally, Zhang Yanhang only had a 20% Physical Defense Bonus, but now he has a 60% Physical Defense Bonus, which is quite a noticeable difference.

Using the Nuclear Fusion Fist as an example, if previously he took a punch that might cause a hundred points of physical damage, now with the 60% Physical Defense Bonus, it would at most only reduce his Shield Value by sixty points. Undoubtedly, this is a very significant improvement.

Of course, Zhang Yanhang also hasn't forgotten the 80% Life Value Recovery Speed Bonus brought by Set Effect Two: Soul Tower. Counting the bonus effects of the Divination Tarot Card itself, he can get a total of a 120% Life Value Recovery Speed Bonus from the Divination Tarot Card, which is quite a lot, roughly equivalent to the bonus from two Life Rings.

However, for Zhang Yanhang, who currently already has a 2400% Life Value Recovery Speed Bonus, the distinction of having or not having this additional 120% Life Value Recovery Speed Bonus isn't very significant.

"The name of Set Effect One is 'Blind Foolishness (Chariot Charge! Endless Light of Victory!)', corresponding with Upgrade Condition One, which includes the Divination Tarot Cards: Fool, Chariot, and Emperor.

And the name of Set Effect Two is 'Soul Tower (Blessing of Love for a Beautiful World!)', similarly corresponding with Upgrade Two, which includes the Divination Tarot Cards: Lovers, Temperance, and Tower.

It seems the names of the Set Effects do indeed correspond with the Upgrade Conditions."

Zhang Yanhang realized this rule since the first three-piece set, but even now, he hasn't figured out why they correspond.

"Even though I don't know why they correspond, Upgrade Condition One has indeed been satisfied now. The numbers in the brackets have changed from '(0/1)' to '(1/1)'. Since the Upgrade Condition is now fulfilled, let's quickly enhance the Quality of the Divination Tarot Card Set."

Zhang Yanhang immediately took out the other Divination Tarot Cards from his Waist Bag and placed them together with the newly assembled Hermit Three-piece Set, then swiftly made an option regarding the upgrade.

After the upgrade was completed, the original Divination Tarot Cards instantly began to glow with golden light, and simultaneously, the newly assembled Hermit Three-piece Set automatically merged into the Tarot Card Set with the upgrade. Now, the originally Light Golden Quality Twelve-piece Set of Zhang Yanhang has officially evolved into a Golden Quality Fifteen-piece Set.

Looking at the successfully upgraded Divination Tarot Card Set before him, Zhang Yanhang immediately picked a Divination Tarot Card at random to check the Attribute List, wanting to know if the upgraded Divination Tarot Card Set had gained any new Set Effects.

[Divination Tarot Card - Demon[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)]

[Quality: Golden]

[Type: Equipment]

[Origin: Ashen World, Heavenly God Continent, Sizitak Empire, Akbar Village underground black workshop.]

[Durability: 50/50]

[Defensive Power: 37]

[Additional Attributes: Physical Defense +30% (+10%).]

[Upgradable, Upgrade Conditions 1: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Magician[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Priestess[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Empress[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1).

Upgrade Conditions 2: Possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Lovers[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Temperance[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1), possess 'Divination Tarot Card - Tower[Secondary] (Gate of Truth)' (0/1).]

[Usage requirements: Possess Alchemy or other related Alchemy skills.]

[Score: 440 (Golden Items Score ranges from 351 to 440.)]

[Set Effect One: Power is Justice (Hail to the Hanged Man!) - Power Effect +60% (+20%), Attack Power +60% (+20%), Attack Speed +60% (+20%).]

[Set Effect Two: In the Name of God (Deliver the Judgement of Fate upon Heresy) - Critical Strike Rate +60% (+20%), Critical Strike Damage +120% (+40%), Skill Coverage +60% (+20%).]

[Set Effect Three: Mother of All Things (Praise the Sun!) - Skill cooldown time -30% (+10%), Maximum Life Value Conversion Coefficient +12 (+4), Maximum Energy Value Conversion Coefficient +12 (+4).]

[Set Effect Four: Taboo Spell (Source of Calamity) - Energy value limit +30% (+10%), Energy Defense +60% (+20%), Energy Value Recovery Speed +120% (+40%).]

[Set Effect Five: Blind Foolishness (Chariot Charge! Endless Light of Victory!) - Life Value Limit +30% (+10%), Physical Defense +60% (+20%), Life Value Recovery Speed +120% (+40%).]

[Set Effect Six: Heavenly Destiny Gathering (Deserved) - Luck +4 (+1).]

[Introduction: The Demon is one of the 78 Tarot cards, ranked 15th among the 22 Major Arcana cards. It is a card in the Tarot deck that symbolizes desire. The Demon represents the denial of any spiritual purpose to life, which opens the door to the pursuit of tangible things and selfish goals...]

"Originally, the Divination Tarot Card - Demon had a '[Missing]' following it, indicating that this Tarot Card was in an incomplete state, but now this '[Missing]' has turned into '[Secondary]'..."

Zhang Yanhang reckoned that the newly appeared '[Secondary]' after the upgrade likely signifies a defective product. In terms of completeness, it undoubtedly ranks higher than the previous incomplete state. Based on this current situation, Zhang Yanhang feels that he might not take much longer to obtain a genuine complete version of the Divination Tarot Card.

After all, defective products are mostly just slightly flawed compared to formal products. Zhang Yanhang thinks the same appears to apply to the Divination Tarot Cards in this regard, so he believes that perhaps with just one or two more upgrades, he might be able to obtain a real authentic Divination Tarot Card.

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