"Do you think he can successfully achieve promotion?"
On a verdant grassland, a figure walked up behind the man in military uniform and asked softly, "From nothing to being an undying Higher Being in just seventy years—this speed is so astonishing it's left me in awe."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. The Order Church hasn't had a Patriarch for many years,"
the man in military uniform replied calmly, "He's walked this path relying on the power of the Church, relying on the power of the Divine Being, smooth sailing all the way. But the position and dignity obtained ultimately with the help of a Divine Being—does it still belong to oneself?"
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The Inverted City
Endless meteors fell from the sky, streaking radiant brilliance, crashing into the empty city below.
Skyscrapers were effortlessly reduced to rubble, and the solid ground was almost instantly melted under the searing power.
