Olivia felt somewhat dazed for a moment before deciding to take her leave.
However, before departing, another question crossed her mind.
“By the way, Cardinal Charles, I feel that I might truly be approaching my seventh advancement to become a Destroyer in the near future. I’ll need the church to provide the relevant advancement materials.”
“???”
Charles fell silent upon hearing this.
He had mentioned something similar during Olivia's last advancement, speculating that she might advance again in a surprisingly short amount of time.
But now that the day had actually arrived, it still gave him a very strange feeling.
“I will have someone prepare the necessary materials. You can return to the church headquarters in a while to collect them,” Charles said truthfully.
“I understand,” Olivia nodded.
She hadn't actually felt the sensation of an imminent advancement yet, but it was never wrong to prepare in advance.
After all, she could achieve that specific inspiration for advancement through a method that was essentially like using a cheat code.
Shortly after, Olivia left the church headquarters and returned to the outside world.
At this moment, Rose was sitting on a white cloud, looking quite leisurely.
The cloud was massive, and in front of her, several puppet-like figures were dancing.
Each puppet possessed a graceful female form; some danced while others played music, putting on a performance.
Both the white cloud and these puppets were actually spoils of war obtained from Felicity.
These were relatively rare forbidden artifacts that Rose had picked out to pass the time.
“Sister Olivia.”
Seeing Olivia return, Rose put the items away.
“You can keep playing for now. I have some other things to attend to first,” Olivia said to Rose.
She landed on the ground and took out the Contract of the Gods.
Then, she used the Contract of the Gods to accelerate her acquisition of the inspiration needed for advancement.
Once she mastered all the abilities of the Ascetic at the Evolver stage, her next step would be advancement.
During this process, Olivia also consulted the magic mirror in her heart to learn more about the subsequent stages of the Ascetic path.
There were no issues with an Ascetic advancing to a Destroyer, and the relevant materials seemed standard enough.
However, reaching the end of the Ascetic path was not quite so simple.
The end of the Ascetic path, which was also the end of every transcendent path, referred to the ninth class rank of a transcendent.
This rank, which sat even above the Destroyer, was called the Controller.
The so-called Controller referred to one who could control everything.
In the vast Radiant Light Church, currently only Pope Adam was a Controller.
Such beings were truly few and far between in the entire main world.
The reason why advancing to Destroyer was fine but becoming a Controller was difficult was that the method for an Ascetic to become a Controller did not exist in written form within the church.
According to the church's existing records, if a Destroyer of the Ascetic path wanted to become a Controller, they would most likely have to seek an audience with the Radiant Goddess to learn how to achieve the final rank from her directly.
Strangely, the Arbiter and Priest paths did not have such requirements, which made the existence of the Ascetic path seem much more nuanced.
Previously, the Ascetics within the church had always believed that their class rank was something developed by the church through years of research.
But having reached her current level, Olivia's perspective had broadened significantly. She knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for a transcendent to create an entire transcendent path.
The Ascetic path was definitely created by the Radiant Goddess.
Therefore, it seemed perfectly normal that reaching its end would require seeking out the Radiant Goddess.
“I wonder what will happen during the Goddess's summons this time?”
Olivia felt somewhat apprehensive and shared her thoughts with the magic mirror.
The magic mirror provided a comforting response.
【Please do not worry, Master. According to the information within the church, the Radiant Goddess is a very gentle person. She is especially caring toward her own people, so there is no need to fear that anything bad will happen.】
Hearing the magic mirror say this, Olivia finally felt at ease.
She then shook her head, no longer dwelling on matters concerning the deity.
To her, a god was still far too distant.
Of course, that was only true for her current self.
Perhaps in the near future, a god would no longer be such a distant existence to her.
In any case, after waiting for a while, Olivia successfully used the Contract of the Gods to trigger a surge in her spirituality, producing the sensation of an imminent advancement.
The seventh advancement of the Ascetic could now begin.
Olivia immediately returned to the church headquarters, only to find that the relevant materials were not yet fully prepared.
This was not surprising. The materials required for an Ascetic's advancement ritual were undoubtedly more precious and not so easily gathered.
Naturally, it wasn't just a matter of rarity, but also quantity.
For any transcendent path, the materials required to advance to a Destroyer were astronomical.
The materials from all her previous advancement rituals combined would only account for a small fraction of what was needed this time.
The demand was immense.
Since the church was still preparing, Olivia set off and left with Rose.
In the main world, there were still treasures of incredible value waiting for her to discover.
Under the guidance of the magic mirror, Olivia moved swiftly.
This time, she arrived in the Moriah Empire.
The capital of the Moriah Empire was called Ancelas.
It was a quite prosperous city, certainly no less so than Kaliron in its level of development.
Within the massive capital, buildings rose one after another in an orderly fashion.
Countless men and women traversed the streets of Ancelas, creating a lively scene where most people wore expressions of joy and laughter.
It was evident that everyone lived very happily.
The Moriah Empire was controlled by the Moriah family and lacked any organization similar to a church.
The primary transcendent path presented to the world by the Moriah family was the Fate Walker.
Transcendents of this path possessed the ability to peer into fate, making them seem incredibly mysterious and unpredictable.
However, this ability to peer into fate would lose its effectiveness when facing a Protagonist of the Era.
To be precise, this had almost become their standard for identifying who was a Protagonist of the Era—anyone whose fate they could not see through was considered one.
And in fact, those whose fates they could not see through truly did possess astounding combat capabilities.
Many of those called the Protagonist of the Era were labeled as such primarily because they had been judged by members of the Moriah family.
The very first time Olivia was considered a Protagonist of the Era was precisely because the Moriah family could not see through her fate.
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