Igniting the Divine Flame, Ascending the Divine Steps, the Journey to Dimension Upgrading

“Moli, Yingxue.”

“Thank you for coming to help me.”

After coming to his senses, Xu Xi thanked his sister and the princess who had rushed over.

“Brother, is there anything I can do?”

“Yes, Master, if there's anything I can help with, please don’t hesitate to ask.”

Xu Moli silently drew her wooden sword, while Wu Yingxue quietly summoned her spear. Between the spear and the sword, space-time was silently cleaved apart.

With their strength.

Even though their systems were different.

They could ensure Xu Xi's successful ascension to godhood.

The eternal supremacy is just that unreasonable.

Xu Xi smiled and declined with a smile: "No need, I've prepared a lot, and with the blessing of the crown, there's almost no possibility of failure."

With that said.

Xu Xi turned and walked toward the center of the open courtyard. With each step, more and more elements surged toward him.

“Perceive the elements, communicate with the elements, and control the elements.”

“This is the starting point of a mage's practice.”

“Beyond that, comes controlling elemental authority, igniting divine fire, ascending to godhood, and condensing a unique crown and throne.”

“This is the divine rank unique to gods, the divine spark that everyone craves.”

Xu Xi stopped.

The afternoon sun was much quieter than midday, dimly slanting.

But the radiance surrounding Xu Xi was exceptionally dazzling, so much so that it overshadowed the sun in the sky.

Fire born from wind.

Light shimmering in water.

Thunder emerging from death.

Space-time intersected.

An incredible and magnificent scene unfolded.

It was the manifestation of all elemental attributes, including time and space, which should not exist inherently.

At this moment, they all materialized, forming a roaring tidal wave that converged into an endless and vast domain.

This is the ability unique to a Saint Domain Archmage.

Although Xu Xi's domain was overly excessive.

It was a super-giant domain with multiple attributes.

But it still fell within the scope of a domain.

And the next step beyond the domain, the force specific to gods, had a new name—Divine Realm.

“Domain transforms into a Realm; the transcendence to godhood, though just a step away, is akin to the distance between worlds.”

Xu Xi spoke softly to himself.

With just a thought.

The vast ocean-like mental strength dismantled all the elements within the domain.

They shattered loudly, returning to their primal form, swirling and dancing around Xu Xi like an ever-intensifying ultimate storm.

At the heart of the storm.

Xu Xi's eyes glowed as his mental strength distorted reality, which in turn affected the weather in Yanshan City.

The collision of will and soul.

The fusion of mortals and gods.

The overwhelming force made both the sky and the earth tremble.

Amidst the terrified cries of people, Xu Xi began the first step of his ascension to godhood.

“Let’s begin,” he held the Jianmu staff, took a step forward, and stood in the air, disregarding the barriers of matter and spirit.

It was truly "nothingness."

The origin of emptiness.

And also the starting point of all phenomena.

“Ascend the divine steps, ignite the divine fire, shed the mortal body, and condense divinity,” Xu Xi continued to step forward, effortlessly crossing the distance of space-time, ascending toward the infinitely high and distant place.

Ascending.

Everything was ascending.

As Xu Xi began his ascent, colorless and hazy flames rose, burning wildly across every part of his body.

Burning away the mortal impurities, purifying the unpure.

“If not for firsthand experience, who could have imagined that the ascension ceremony in the magical world is essentially an upgrade of the life dimension,” Xu Xi's figure pierced through everything.

His steps grew faster.

The surrounding elements surged, and his perspective continuously ascended.

Gradually, he began to break through the limits of mortals, entering an esoteric realm, and the world looked different through his eyes.

Difficult to describe in words.

If forced to describe, it was as if he could see more “clearly,” perceiving the essence of things directly.

And this was merely the first stage of the ascension ceremony. Only by condensing divinity and controlling the divine rank would Xu Xi truly become a god.

This step was extremely difficult.

Causing countless geniuses to stagnate in the demigod realm.

Xu Xi shook his head; his situation was different from normal mages, so he didn't need to worry about this:

“I've worked hard all my life…”

“Krisha, help me!!”

The supreme crown radiated boundless light, originating from the crowns and thrones of countless worlds, carrying infinite laws, symbolizing endless ranks, and transcending all eternity.

Bathed in that radiance.

Xu Xi's ascension ceremony proceeded more smoothly.

Laws were automatically understood, authority spontaneously formed; the only thing Xu Xi needed to do was to forge his divine fire, divinity, and divine spark, making them even more perfect.

“Again!”

There was another roar of a mental tidal wave.

Under Xu Xi's active pressure, the domain completely disintegrated and reorganized, forming an even more divine and expansive appearance.

At this moment.

He had ascended and was almost beyond Earth.

Hanging between the physical universe and the endless chaos.

It was a mysterious dimension, a convergence of spirits. Besides Earth's own dim consciousness, only a few supreme beings and Li Wanshou from the Capital General United Bureau could see it.

“Brother… Is he about to become a god?”

Yanshan City.

The family courtyard.

Xu Moli slightly raised her head, witnessing Xu Xi's entire process of becoming a god, her expression complicated.

Xu Xi didn't ascend to immortality first but to godhood. While there was nothing wrong with that, Xu Moli felt an odd sense of failure.

As if she had lost a round.

She looked toward Wu Yingxue beside her.

Similarly, she glimpsed a similar complexity in the other's eyes.

They both felt that, compared to the sorceresses, they were lagging behind.

However, this ascension would greatly enhance Xu Xi’s strength, which was overall a very good thing.

…

Condensing.

Rising.

Blossoming.

With the help of the supreme crown.

Xu Xi's path to godhood was incredibly smooth.

He almost didn't exert any effort and successfully condensed his divinity, and with the help of the crown, he also condensed the divine spark symbolizing all phenomena.

Compared to the gods Xu Xi had witnessed in the magical world.

This divine spark, this authority.

Was undoubtedly absurdly over the top.

Normal gods only possess one or two authorities, whereas I, with the blessing of the crown, can synchronize all of Krisha's authorities.

“The only difference is that I can’t exert power at the supreme level like Krisha.”

Matter and spirit.

Illusion and reality.

Plane and universe.

Xu Xi continued forward, his body transcending itself in the process, along with his vitality and magical power, reaching unprecedented heights.

Elements encircled his body, laws poured in, and the ranks naturally appeared.

Suddenly, Xu Xi stopped.

His expression was strange as he heard a maniacal, almost dragon-like roar from the hazy space-time ahead.

“Hehehe!”

“Finally, finally, I’ve waited for it! The first transcendence to godhood in this newborn world!”

“Fear! Tremble! Ascension is a scam, and beyond lies beings like me—ultimate powerhouses!”