Chapter 1 A Sub-Dimensional Space

This was a sub-dimensional space, with aurora borealis falling from the sky like fluttering ribbons. A streak of light sped through it, none other than the golem vehicle of Di Erlon and his group.

Having navigated for over a month, they had now left the control areas of the three great civilizations. Di Erlon and the others had gradually changed from vigilance to relaxation.

More than a month ago, the Oathkeeper had met them once via mental projection and then disappeared. They were all Covenant Resurrectors and had a sufficient understanding of the effects of the Soul Flame. They knew that the Oathkeeper could only communicate with them and could not lock onto their spatial location, so the group was not worried about exposing their coordinates.

"It's been so long. Counting the days, Black Star should be returning from the Sanctuary. The Oathkeeper said he would tell us a valuable piece of information. It should be coming soon."

One of the Super-A Grades teased the furry pet on the table and casually mentioned the matter.

Another was watering ornamental plants with nutrient solution in the small ecological area inside the cabin. Hearing this, he looked back and smiled, "The Oathkeeper seems to want to use this news to make us change our minds. I'm curious to know what he'll say."

The Resurrectors in the cabin were all doing their own things, but the personnel were complete. All the Super-A Grades who had left the main universe with Di Erlon a month ago had not left yet.

Apart from special relationships, Super-A Grades were generally unwilling to be subordinate to others. The group did not regard Di Erlon as a leader of their escape. The main reason why they had not parted ways yet was to deal with the risks of the sub-dimension as a group. After all, this place was still quite threatening to normal Super-A Grades. There was strength in numbers.

Someone turned to look at Di Erlon. "I'm quite curious. What about you?"

"I'm not curious at all." Di Erlon closed his eyes to rest, too lazy to even open them. He scoffed, "Now that we've chosen to leave, we should be firm. You're all Super-A Grades. Don't you even have this much backbone? Anyway, no matter what he says, I won't go back."

The crowd laughed a few times. Just as they were about to reply, clusters of black sparks suddenly appeared in the cabin, quickly forming the Oathkeeper's mental projection.

Seeing this, Di Erlon's brow twitched, and he slowly opened his eyes. The other Resurrectors' expressions also changed slightly. They restrained their smiles, put down what they were doing, and stared at the Oathkeeper.

"You're here again." Di Erlon narrowed his eyes. "What, still want to persuade me to go back?"

"Return if you want, I'm just here to deliver information."

The Oathkeeper did not want to bother with him. He turned to look at the other curious Resurrectors. A ball of pitch-black flame ignited in his palm, with a series of blurry images flashing inside, containing information about the truth of the Sanctuary Revival.

With a light flick, sparks scattered out and merged into everyone's foreheads, directly transmitting the information into their spiritual brain regions. The ins and outs were clear at a glance, opening up relevant spiritual memories for them to view.

The next moment, everyone received the information and was instantly dumbfounded.

"The Sanctuary Revival isn't a one-time thing?! You and Black Star have been hiding this from us!"

Many people's faces changed drastically, glaring at the Oathkeeper with extremely ugly expressions, as if they had just swallowed something disgusting.

"The choice is yours."

The Oathkeeper simply did not bother to say more. He left a sentence and directly dispelled his mental projection, disappearing before everyone's eyes.

Watching him leave, the crowd's expressions changed several times.

A Resurrector looked around and finally landed on the shocked Di Erlon. He said decisively, "Everyone, I'll go back and take a look first. See you again if fate allows."

After saying that, he ignored everyone's reaction, directly flashed out of the vehicle, raised his hand, cast a spell, summoned a directional portal, and stepped directly into it, disappearing together with the door.

This became a signal. One Resurrector after another bid farewell and left by various means. Those who were patient would say goodbye, while those who were impatient would simply leave without saying a word, without needing to explain anything to these temporary companions.

They were all people who had been resurrected. Their motivation for leaving the main universe was that they thought that the one-time Sanctuary Revival was no longer effective for them. This was their last life. However, now they knew that this was just a scam jointly set up by the Covenant and Black Star. But the reason was no longer important to them. Infinite Sanctuary Revivals were almost equivalent to eternal life. In the face of this benefit, there was nothing to hesitate about.

Many friends left one after another. Soon, the cabin that had just been quite lively became empty all of a sudden, leaving only Di Erlon alone.

He did not care about the departure of the others at all, and was still immersed in shock, muttering to himself:

"No wonder, no wonder Black Star never cared about our group of pacifists. So he was holding this trump card in his hand…"

The opportunity for eternal life was right in front of him, but…

Di Erlon's expression changed, extremely conflicted, his heart warring with itself.

…

A few days later, the top floor conference room of the training base.

Han Xiao sat at the head of the table, looking around at the many Super-A Grades present. Seeing everyone staring intently at him, he casually said:

"Everyone is now aware of the truth about the Sanctuary Revival. I believe I don't need to repeat the superfluous explanations. You all should have digested this information in the past few days. The reason for gathering everyone today is to discuss the follow-up issues of the Sanctuary Revival. This will be an important trump card for us to fight against the World Tree, and the three great civilizations are all very pleasantly surprised about this and have decided to continue to strongly support it and keep it confidential from the public for the time being…"

Everyone present nodded silently, their expressions quite subtle.

They believed that there was some surprise, but more was shock. Even if they thought with their butts, they could imagine the appearance of the leaders of the three great civilizations when they suddenly learned of this "surprise".

They had been trying to find Han Xiao these past few days, but Han Xiao had temporarily left after performing the Sanctuary Revival and could not be contacted at all. It was not until now that he returned and publicly summoned all the Super-A Grades staying at the training base.

All the participating Super-A Grades had been waiting for a meeting and immediately rushed over, with no one absent.

Han Xiao took in everyone's expressions and tapped his fingers on the table, chuckling:

"By the way, we'll take a headcount of everyone's opinions again today to see if everyone is willing to continue participating in the war. After all, from now on, participation is linked to the treatment of the Sanctuary Revival. I need to record the list. Maybe some people don't like this treatment, and I can't force them. After all, I'm still a very democratic person."

Still democratic? Bah, shameless!

Everyone secretly cursed.

Black Star had seized this lifeline, and his right to speak had risen to a new level, almost like a one-man show. Where would anyone be willing to give up this treatment quota?

While complaining in their hearts, the bodies of the many Super-A Grades present were still very honest, and one after another, they could not wait to speak.

"Count me in!"

"There's no reason to give up halfway. Of course, we'll continue fighting."

Everyone enthusiastically expressed their opinions, all of them saying that they would continue to participate in the war.

Originally, some of the third batch of Resurrectors had not participated in the war and had not participated in the interception circle battle, but seeing the substantive evidence that the Sanctuary Revival was unlimited, they all changed their minds at this time.

Han Xiao smiled as he watched this scene, opened a virtual screen, brought up the notepad, and recorded the names of the speakers in front of everyone, secretly sighing in his heart.

'The temptation of unlimited Sanctuary Revival is indeed something that few people can resist. The effect is about as expected…’

A few days ago, Han Xiao had received a report from the Oathkeeper, learning that the Covenant's hidden Resurrectors were also requesting to come out of the mountains to participate in the war. These past few days, he had been dealing with this matter, appeasing that batch of Covenant Resurrectors, saying that they would only need to take action when the World Tree attacked their homeland. For now, they did not need to come out of the world and could still hide in the dark, as long as they accepted his targeted training plan.

The reason why that group of Covenant Resurrectors had been hiding was partly because they were unwilling to continue getting involved in the power struggles, and partly because they had grudges with the three great civilizations. But now, they had all abandoned their original intentions and changed their minds. What they said sounded nice, but their actions were still realistic enough. Super-A Grades who knew their own needs had basically made rational choices.

Han Xiao naturally would not laugh at them. It was just human nature. Not many people could watch others enjoy this benefit while not having a share themselves.

Just as everyone was actively expressing their opinions, the conference room door was suddenly pulled open with a bang, interrupting the meeting.

Everyone turned to look, and could not help but reveal a playful expression. All the pacifist Resurrectors who had stayed on Fein Planet had come here. They filed in.

The room suddenly became quiet. This group of holdout pacifists who had not left with Di Erlon stood by the table.

Han Xiao glanced over, put on a calm expression, and casually said, "Why are you here? What's the matter?"

Hearing this, one of the pacifists stepped forward, like a representative of the group, and said loudly, "Your Excellency Black Star, after careful consideration, we have made a unanimous decision. Please allow us to join the training. We apply to participate in the war!"

The many Super-A Grades present exchanged glances, shaking their heads and smiling, not at all surprised.

Han Xiao smiled and nodded. "I said before, if you ever change your minds, we also welcome you to fight alongside us."

After saying that, he snapped his fingers, and with a flash of mechanical force, the conference table suddenly moved, and mechanical particles extended, slowly expanding the tabletop. Everyone's seats also slid, leaving more gaps. One new seat after another rose from the ground.

After doing this, Han Xiao casually pointed toward the empty seats and chuckled, "Everyone, please sit down."

Seeing this, this group of pacifist Resurrectors immediately breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and thanked him, and then found empty seats to sit down. The number was just right.

They had originally wanted to watch a group of Association members blocking the enemy on the front lines, but they had learned the truth about the Sanctuary Revival from Bai Ge'er. Overnight, everyone had changed their minds and decided to participate in the war.

They had been worried that Black Star would make things difficult for them, or at least that someone would say a few sarcastic words. But they found that these participants had a matter-of-fact attitude. No one ridiculed their choices, which could not help but relax their nerves… But thinking about it, everyone was the same, so the big brother would not laugh at the second brother.

Hunter Day glanced at them, and said in surprise, "Why are there so few of you? There should be some more people, right? Where's that foul-mouthed Elf King?"

"They…" One of the former pacifist members paused and said with a helpless smile, "They don't want to get involved in the war and have already left the main universe. No one can contact them."

Everyone immediately revealed surprised expressions. Not everyone knew about this. Kloseye had concealed the news.

"Then they've really lost out big time, missing out on such a good thing." Hunter Day clicked his tongue in wonder.

Many people's lips curled up, secretly mocking them. Anyway, they had to finish the path they had chosen, even if they had to kneel. They would not feel sorry for this group of runaway guys.

Unfortunately, they did not know the story in Han Xiao's memory. Otherwise, they would know that there was a fitting description for this behavior. It was simply joining the Kuomintang in 1949 (referring to making the wrong decision at the last moment).

"They probably don't know the truth about the Sanctuary Revival, right? Should we chase them back?" Milizaus turned his head and asked.

Han Xiao did not take it seriously and pretended to be calm.

"Our Association is not an organization that one can enter but not leave. They have the freedom to leave. There's no need to care about them…"

He paused halfway, chuckled, and continued, "Besides, aren't they back themselves?"

After saying that, everyone noticed it and turned to look at the brilliant starry sky outside the window. A portal rotated and opened, and streams of light landed on the training base.

Soon, dense footsteps came from afar, getting closer and closer. Everyone turned to look at the open door. Under everyone's eyes, all the runaway pacifist Resurrectors appeared together at the door and walked in. Di Erlon was at the back.

Kloseye calmly drank a sip of spirit-calming tea. After this group of people returned, they could not find Black Star, so they contacted him one after another. He then arranged for everyone to show up together today, separated from the other group of holdout pacifists. However, only he and Han Xiao knew about this matter.

"Yo, we were just talking about you guys. Didn't you say you were staying away from the war? Why are you back again?"

Hunter Day raised his eyebrows and made a teasing tone.

The rest also had mocking expressions. Their eyes constantly swept over Di Erlon at the end of the team. They still remembered that Di Erlon was the most determined pacifist. They still remembered his determined appearance when he slapped the table to object to participating in the war during previous meetings. But now, he was silent, expressionless, and did not look sideways, as if he regarded everyone else as air. After entering the room, he did not look at anyone.

Di Erlon ignored Hunter Day and looked at Han Xiao. He said sternly, "Black Star, we hope to participate in the war. I wonder if you agree?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the others stopped talking and turned to look at Han Xiao, waiting for his decision.

Han Xiao glanced at this group of people, tapped the table, and another batch of empty seats rose from the ground. He said lightly, "Sit down."

Seeing this, the tense bodies of this group of people relaxed. They did not dare to look into Han Xiao's eyes, lowered their heads to express their gratitude, and quickly sat down.

Seeing that Han Xiao did not intend to say more to him, the apprehension in Di Erlon's heart dissipated a little, and he found a seat and sat down obediently.

Before he came back, he had been worried about being punished. After all, he had always been singing a different tune. It was very possible that Black Star would not accept him. He was not sure, and felt that at the very least, he would be ridiculed. But he found that Black Star treated him equally, as if he did not take him to heart at all.

At this moment, Hunter Day next to him curled his lips and looked at Di Erlon with disdain.

"Tsk tsk, didn't you say you would never regret it? Didn't you have a deep-seated hatred? Didn't you have a tough mouth? I look down on you."

Di Erlon did not take it to heart and could not restrain his foul-mouthed nature, retorting, "Do I need you to look up to me? It's my freedom to do what I want. Can't I change my mind? In order to make you look up to me, I have to give up the opportunity for eternal life. What do you think you are?"

He had always been self-willed. If he cared a little about other people's opinions, he would not have died so tragically in history.

After a round of internal struggle, he ultimately chose the opportunity for eternal life. Although the hatred of the past was engraved in his heart, it did not blind his reason. He was unwilling to fight for the three great civilizations. Hatred was one factor, and another factor was that there was no benefit. But now, the truth about the Sanctuary Revival was in front of him. He naturally knew what was more important… Living had infinite possibilities. The contempt of others was not an obstacle to making the right decision.

"Hmph, I'll kill you one day." Hunter Day snorted coldly and turned his head away, too lazy to argue with this guy.

The others also retracted their gazes. The words were rough, but the meaning was correct. For the sake of important benefits, few of them Super-A Grades would be disturbed by the views of others. They would just ridicule them in their hearts. They could understand the choices of this group of people. There was nothing to look down on.

Han Xiao ignored them and waited for everyone to quiet down before continuing to talk about business.

Not long after, this simple meeting ended, and everyone left with their own thoughts.

Di Erlon was about to get up and leave when Han Xiao's voice suddenly came from behind.

"You stay."

Everyone's movements paused, and they turned back to look at the calm Han Xiao with playful expressions. They quickened their pace and left, deliberately leaving them alone. Soon, only the two of them were left in the room.

Di Erlon's expression stiffened, and he turned back to look at Han Xiao, somewhat afraid to meet Han Xiao's indifferent eyes. He braced himself and asked, "What's the matter?"

Han Xiao tilted his head and pretended to be puzzled. "You incited members to leave the Association. You don't think that this matter will be over just like that, do you?"

"…What do you want to do?"

Di Erlon's heart skipped a beat. Although he had a foul mouth, that was his personality, and he was not really afraid of anything.

Han Xiao did not answer immediately, but said to himself:

"Your experience is indeed very tragic, but this is not an excuse for your repeated incitement. Are you the only one here who has grudges with the three great civilizations? You're the only one who's so jumpy.

I don't care about your hatred. That's your private matter, and how you deal with it has nothing to do with me. I don't sympathize with you either. You deserve to be beaten to death. I only care about whether my plan can be carried out as usual and whether the battle situation can develop smoothly. And you have hindered me many times. You should pay some price…"

"I've already temporarily put down my hatred and am willing to come back to work for the three great civilizations. What else do you want?!"

Di Erlon's heart became more and more uneasy, and he said in a deep voice.

"Whether you put down your hatred or not, what's it to me? Do you think that because you overcame your difficulties, I have to indulge you? If there wasn't an opportunity for eternal life, would you come back? I only care about whether you can play a role!"

Han Xiao did not buy it at all and said slowly:

"But you took the initiative to come back, and you did make the right choice, not going down the wrong path. So I'll give you a chance."

"What are you going to do?"

Di Erlon secretly clenched his fists and carefully retreated.

"If you didn't take the initiative to come back today, I would have hunted you down, not giving you a chance to leak intelligence to the World Tree. I believe your fellow companions would be happy to expose your route. And after you die, I will send you into the Netherworld, also to serve the war, never letting you escape.

But you came back yourself, and I'm very satisfied. So I won't kill you, but I still have to send a dangerous factor like you into the Netherworld. But I promise that after the war is over, I will lift your spirit status and use the Sanctuary Revival to restore you to normal, and you will still gain eternal life in the future…"

As he spoke, Han Xiao slowly stood up, rubbed his fists, and narrowed his eyes:

"I hope you better fight back. You always say things that aren't human. I've long wanted to beat you up and fix that mouth of yours!"