CHAPTER 939: CHAPTER 495: STAR FLASH SHINES AMONG THE MULTITUDE

But for Rod now, losing 5 divinity points isn’t particularly unacceptable, as he receives a fixed 7 points of divinity every week, and this round of divinity he earned has surpassed four digits.

Deduct them then.

Rod stood before the divine face of the Obelisk, gazing up at the shimmering golden divine face, the entire surface of the monument rippling with golden light. All his insecurities disappeared, as if all future challenges would be effortlessly overcome with this golden glow.

Rod raised his head and scrutinized the golden text.

Without a doubt, the events granting him the most divinity were related to the assault on Starry Sky City and the acquisition of the Holy Fire Seed.

Starting from his assault on Storm Pass, entering Star Ring Town, clearing the battlefield outside Starry Sky City, using the Goddess’ Tears to awaken the older generation’s strength, and finally entering Starry Sky City, he endured countless hardships, fought his way to the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, ultimately defeating the Starry Queen and the Mysterious Shadow and seizing the Holy Fire Seed. All of this awarded him 1180 divinity points, accounting for eighty percent of his total divinity.

Seeing this number, Rod merely sighed, feeling his efforts were worthwhile, as well as the King’s decades of meticulous planning and promotion of the Holy Fire plan.

divinity points exceeded Rod’s previous highest divinity by more than ten times.

He was extremely pleased with this result.

Looking further up, the "Sealing Monster" item only granted 5 divinity points.

This must be from the operation involving the sealing of the Soul Devouring King; it was clearly an important action, yet for some reason, the divinity was low. Fortunately, Rod also obtained a piece of source material, so it wasn’t too bad.

"Cleansing Humanity’s Decay" refers to Rod’s return to the Royal City to purge the Polluter Sect and capture Asa.

After the battle deep in the sewers, Rod successfully eradicated the Polluter Sect, the largest branch of the Doomsday Sect, which vanished into smoke.

This item earned him 25 divinity points, which was satisfactory.

"Imprisoning Ancient Undying Evil Thought" naturally refers to Asa, a guy who couldn’t be killed. Even if broken into pieces, he would reassemble in the Spirit Realm, resurrecting within a human soul.

Imprisoning him in the Dream Realm was the best solution, and at times could even be of use to Rod.

Unexpectedly, this item granted 30 points.

Could it be that Asa wasn’t so foolish?

Is he really somewhat competent?

Rod didn’t think deeply about it; if imprisoning Asa could earn divinity, then let him be locked away forever.

Further down was the item with the least divinity from this journey.

"Rescuing Wind City" had a mere 1 point of divinity.

Rod was quite dissatisfied with this, as he and Alan had fought fiercely in the submerged ancient hall, defeating ancient heroic spirits and illusions together, saving Wind City.

Although he knew beforehand that it wouldn’t accrue much divinity, granting only 1 point was simply too absurd.

At least give 20 or 30 points?

Were my merits just erased?

So annoying.

Rod actively ignored this item and looked further down.

"Cleansing Starry Sky City" represents the divinity earned during the time in Starry Sky City.

points, not too bad.

The next item.

"Disaster Relief, Saving Humanity in Dire Straits" is a comprehensive item, likely referring to the times he turned the tides during crises, saved teammates, and achieved great victories. Some of these may have been settled in other items already, but the remaining related to "rescue" were calculated in this item.

points, not too little.

"Acquiring Fire Kindling" was somewhat regrettable; had he been the one to find the hidden storage, the divinity would have been higher.

"Enhancing the Orderer’s Overall Strength" is an overall item, encompassing help and enhancements for others, city defense construction, and assorted trivial matters.

Since Rod didn’t focus on training and enhancing his allies or constructing city defenses during this period, the divinity earned was less than last time, which was expected.

However, it doesn’t impact the overall situation; generally speaking, this was a super harvest.

divinity points, plus the previously saved 20 points, and the fixed 14 points, he earned a total of 1535 divinity points!

After deducting 60 points, he still had 1475 points.

Rod laughed so much his eyes became invisible, and the Book of Knowledge exuberantly exclaimed, "Master! We’re finally on the fast track! Your strength will experience a surge, the true ruler of the dream realm is returning soon! You were so weak before, as weak as a chicken, cluck cluck cluck... I mean, I was as weak as a chicken, relying completely on your power for protection."

Rod snorted coldly and lowered his raised middle finger.

The Book of Knowledge flipped some pages and coughed before saying, "With your strength surging, and guided by the Heavenly Sphere Clock, the dream realm can restore quickly, and our memory retrieval will hasten, until we’re back to our peak state. At that time, everything returns, and we can confront despair again, facing the true darkness."

Its voice was filled with confidence.

"This time, we will absolutely not fail."

The puppet softly said, "But all this depends on defeating the Soul Devouring King."

The Book of Knowledge confidently replied, "Absolutely no problem, 1475 divinity points are definitely enough to defeat him."

Rod gazed at the shining golden numbers and asked, "Book, how should we use the divinity now?"

The Book of Knowledge flipped some pages, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Using divinity to enhance the dream realm has a limit of 120 points; the Divine Blade requires 30 points, and the strongest Divine Blade requires 90 points; Aphro’s enhancement needs 10 points; Spirit Realm Strike needs 10 points; Spirit Tide requires 10 points, and multiple Spirit Tides can stack, but efficiency drops after surpassing three times. Additionally, a strong Soul Ashes needs 10 points, preliminarily producing 10 to 20."

"Beyond this, all divinity can be used to ignite Stars, estimating about 700 points could be used."

"But we don’t have that much source," Rod reminded, noting there were only 10 pieces of source obtained from the Dark Stars, with nothing else of use.

The Black Fog Symbiont in Starry Sky City didn’t possess any source, nor did the other monsters.

The source-bearing Starry Queen had self-dispersed; her unique situation maintained by Star Source meant her soul was destined to extinguish.

In such circumstances, Rod couldn’t plunder her soul, just like the Main Star Priest.

After the Starry Queen’s demise, most monsters within Starry Sky City vanished, making it even harder for Rod to encounter source-bearing monsters.

With only one day left before the invasion, searching for monsters with source material was now impossible.

The Book of Knowledge pondered, "Master, we can still ignite one Star; the remaining divinity shall be fully deployed against the invasion. Remember, the Divine Blade can be used without limit, and even if the Soul Devouring King is tremendously strong, he cannot withstand so many Divine Blade stabs."

Although the Book of Knowledge was entirely correct, Rod felt a vague sense of unease, as if he were overlooking something crucial.

After much contemplation without finding any clues, Rod looked up at the top of the Obelisk, where the numbers displayed:

Soul Strength: 9682000

Soul Star: 11

Humanity: 22,310,000

Divinity: 1475

Soul Without Spirit: 5,700,000,000

Obelisk: 10 sources available

Soul Altar: 21 extremely great souls

Spirituality: 390,000

Source Energy: 37

Storage: 850,000 soul residues, 25 Flowers of Humanity, 7 Soul Firewood, 381 various Soul Trait Blocks, 310 nightmares materials, etc.

Special Items: 7 Guardians of Darkness, 1 Twisted Balance, 1 Stone of Chaos, 1 Rebirth Flesh

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With so much divinity, so many resources, such powerful items, what am I still worried about?

"Alright!"

Rod clenched his fist.

"Let’s do it."