Lord: Sequence Master

Rosen felt the changes in the Sequence Ancient Tree with satisfaction and noticed his spirituality beginning to transform into divinity.

With the help of the Star Emblem and the Ancient God Sacrificial Vessel, he could easily increase his spiritual strength to the level of Sequence 3. With the golden divinity, the Quetzalcoatl Bloodline, and the Ancient God Bloodline, transforming spirituality into divinity was relatively easy.

But these were external forces. The Sequence Ancient Tree, formed from his spiritual origin, was essentially composed of spirituality.

But this time it was different. His Sequence Ancient Tree truly showed signs of completely transforming into divinity. The 9 points of spiritual strength amplified by the Ancient God Sacrificial Vessel could actually influence the Sequence Ancient Tree.

Rosen suppressed the transformation. Now isn't the best time. When he truly became a demigod, it would be time for the Sequence Ancient Tree to complete its transformation. For now, mastering the means to strengthen spirituality into divinity was enough.

Thinking of this, he used the Blood of the Ancient God to transform spirituality into divinity.

Rosen took out the Miracle Flame and began refining it with all his strength. He could clearly feel the acquired luck he had painstakingly gathered being madly absorbed by the Miracle Flame.

Eventually, all his acquired luck was consumed, and it began to absorb his innate luck. When even his innate luck wasn't enough, it drew upon the Luck of Civilization possessed by alien races in the Dark Continent of the Ancient God's True Realm who had rekindled the Flame of Civilization.

At last, when only a sliver of civilization's luck remained, he successfully refined the Miracle Flame.

[Miracle Flame: Miracle Rules]

[Level: Great True God]

[Miracle Attribute: Miracle Fire can control the fire of civilization composed of the destiny of civilization.]

[Miracle Characteristics: Balance of Fate, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, The Only One in the World, Eternal and Indestructible.]

"Great True God?"

Rosen was slightly surprised.

Through the information extracted from the Fragments of the Clay Tablet of Destiny using the Ancient Scholar's Power, he already knew that the existence above a True God was the Great True God. The standard for becoming a Great True God was to be the master of a civilization that had endured at least six kalpas of civilization.

If history was accurate, only three Great True Gods had ever existed—the rulers of the Cosmic Civilization, the Ancient God Civilization, and the Main God Civilization.

The fate of the Great True Gods of the Cosmic Civilization and the Ancient God Civilization remained unknown, while the Great True God of the Main God Civilization had been overthrown due to the creation of the Clay Tablets of Destiny.

This meant that the Miracle Flame was actually a Great God-level treasure, on par with the Tablets of Destiny.

Despite his efforts—and even though the Miracle Flame acknowledged him—he only refined a small part and mastered one Miracle Characteristic, which wasn't even its core property. This left him both disappointed and surprised.

Upon further study, he realized there was no fundamental change in its basic attributes.

Before refining the Miracle Flame, he could already control its basic properties—ignite extinguished Flames of Civilization and command the Flames of Civilization he reignited. Now, his control was simply enhanced.

Rosen then focused on the miracle property: Scales of Fate, discovering it was an ability to weigh and transform fortune.

According to the Scales of Fate, all intelligent life possessed innate destiny and acquired destiny. These fortunes were divided into levels corresponding to Sequence Levels.

The innate luck of Sequence 3 signified over a 90% chance of growing into Sequence 3. Innate luck was precious; only those with innate luck of Sequence 3 were qualified to be considered people with great luck.

Even if innate luck was insufficient, intelligent beings could still acquire acquired luck through wealth, power, and influence. While acquired luck functioned similarly to innate luck, it was consumed upon use, unlike innate luck, which could gradually recover.

Now that Rosen had mastered the miraculous property of the Scales of Fate, he could perceive the fortune levels of all intelligent beings. He could also convert acquired luck into innate luck through the Miracle Flame.

When Rosen checked his fortune levels, his innate luck was Sequence 5, and his acquired luck was only Sequence 9.

So my aptitude isn't that remarkable...

But it didn't matter. In the future, all acquired luck he obtained could be transformed into innate luck. Refining the Miracle Flame was worth it, even if it exhausted his acquired luck.

In the Divine Territory, Rosen turned his gaze toward Alicia and Amy.

Alicia's innate luck was Sequence 4, while her acquired luck had reached Sequence 3.

Amy's innate luck was only Sequence 6, but her acquired luck was astonishingly Sequence 0.

Rosen glanced at Amy with envy, then pulled Alicia into his arms and began converting her acquired luck into innate luck. Although the conversion consumed almost twice the energy, Alicia's innate luck successfully reached Sequence 3.

Next was Amy. Her innate luck skyrocketed to Sequence 1 before her acquired luck was exhausted.

While the total fortune decreased by half, innate luck could recover. If it recovered once, the investment would break even. Twice, and it would become pure profit. The earlier the transformation, the better.

Over the next half-month, Rosen carefully assessed the fortune of his subjects.

Most of those with great luck had already been identified, holding important roles and growing swiftly. Few could perceive their own luck, but their remarkable growth testified to their fortune.

After screening his subjects, Rosen expanded his gaze to the tens of billions of inhabitants in the Ancient God Realm.

Naturally, he couldn't examine everyone, so he focused on believers who provided abundant faith. After all, stronger faith often correlated with stronger fortune.

Lastly, he visited the key figures from the Hunter x Hunter plot.

Kurapika's innate luck was only Sequence 6, while Gon and Killua were Sequence 5. Compared to humans in the main world, those in the Spiritual Realm had significantly lower qualifications.

In the end, Kurapika's innate luck was raised to Sequence 5.

As for Gon and Killua, Gon was too independent to be worth nurturing, and Killua, being from the Zoldyck family, remained a wanted criminal by the Lord's Church.

Rosen left Killua to the Holy Tribunal and disregarded him entirely.

In the end, the protagonist pair failed to transition into the Extraordinary Sequence and would inevitably be eliminated in the New World.

Since refining the Miracle Fire, Rosen had returned to the Sky Garden less than three days after leaving.

My luck has hit rock bottom, and nothing I do is going well.

So he planned to wait until his luck recovered before considering going out and exploring the world.

As for innate luck, it was easy to say. The innate luck of Sequence 5 could almost fully recover in two to three years. It wasn't difficult to obtain acquired luck either.

Drawing spiritual paintings, trading for treasures suitable for himself through the Main God's Temple, and utilizing the output of spiritual paintings from various resources could greatly improve Rosen's luck. Conservative estimates suggested that in a few years, his acquired luck would grow enough to easily reach Sequence 3.

Rosen tasted success and became addicted to drawing resource-related spiritual paintings.

In truth, a normal Divine Territory couldn't accommodate many spiritual realms. The Sequence 3 spiritual realms he had obtained in the past, such as the Wine Cellar in a Bottle and the Golden Fields, were only sealed and collected without being fully activated. Spiritual realms required the consumption of spiritual energy, and placing them in the Divine Territory meant that the energy must be provided by it.

Rosen hadn't painted many spiritual realm paintings in the past because he couldn't afford to maintain them after painting them.

However, since the creation of the Ancient God Realm and the World Tree, he no longer worried about such matters.

He discovered that the World Tree could absorb energy directly from the void and transform it into spirituality. All spiritual realms could be integrated into the World Tree and turned into fruits hanging from its branches.

During this process, the World Tree would also grow faster, increasing its efficiency in drawing energy from the void. Consequently, Rosen's authority over the world would also increase.

After transforming all resource-based spiritual realms into fruits on the World Tree, he had unknowingly gained 2% of the world's authority.

…

That day, Rosen got up early, did morning exercises with Li Shiqing as usual, and then began painting.

However, halfway through his painting session, the Queen of the Wood Elves came to visit.

The Queen of the Wood Elves had always been elegant and noble. Even after twenty years of the spirit world manifesting into reality, she remained unchanged. But this time, for the first time, Rosen saw her panic.

"What happened?"

Rosen handed his paintbrush to his self-portrait clone and poured a glass of Iced Water of Life for the Queen of the Wood Elves.

The Queen of the Wood Elves gulped down the drink in one go before finally calming herself.

"The World Government's Archaeological Research Institute wants to recruit the Wood Elf Kingdom."

She spoke helplessly.

When Rosen heard about the Archaeological Institute, he roughly understood the situation.

The Archaeological Institute was a gathering place for archaeologists. In the extraordinary world, these archaeologists shouldn't be underestimated. They were responsible for excavating the lost history and relics of ancient times.

Although the extraordinary system had improved over time and people today were generally stronger than their ancient counterparts at the same level, it didn't mean ancient times were inferior. At least in modern times, there was no universally recognized Great True God.

Additionally, many extraordinary resources common in ancient times had become extraordinarily rare today.

Thus, the power of the Archaeological Institute shouldn't be dismissed. When necessary, it could even mobilize official forces from kingdoms and empires for archaeological excavations.

The Wood Elf Kingdom, being a vassal state of the World Government, couldn't refuse the Institute's summons.

Rosen knew, without the Wood Elf Queen continuing to speak, that they must have discovered ancient relics related to the Elves.

The value of these relics must have been extraordinary; otherwise, the World Government wouldn't have approved the requisition.

After all, the greatest value of the Wood Elf Kingdom lay in cultivating rare extraordinary plants and producing Life Essence from the Ancient Tree of Life. If it weren't for the discovery of highly valuable relics, the World Government wouldn't risk endangering such an important asset.

Why was it considered killing the goose that lays golden eggs? Because the more valuable the ancient relics, the more dangerous they were.

This forced the Archaeological Institute to mobilize the Wood Elf Kingdom, which essentially meant requiring a large number of Wood Elf sacrifices to excavate the ruins further.

This was why the Queen of the Wood Elves was so panicked.

"How strong is the mobilization effort?"

Rosen asked directly.

"All wood elves."

The Queen of the Wood Elves gave an answer so shocking that Rosen doubted whether he had heard her correctly.

Recruiting all wood elves to die? Is the person issuing this order insane?

There was more than one subordinate race under the World Government. If they could force the Wood Elves into such a desperate position, who would be next?

"Wait a moment, I'll check what's going on."

Rosen took out the Star Emblem as a cover but was actually logging into the Deep Web of the Spirit World through the Lord God's Computer.

He infiltrated and searched along the Archaeological Institute's network and soon discovered the truth.

The Wood Elf Kingdom had most likely been implicated by Rosen himself.

A Sequence 5 Painter had killed a Sequence 3 Musician. In addition, Rosen had earned an astonishing number of merits in the twenty years since arriving in the spirit world and was set to become the next King of the Wood Elf Kingdom.

Humans had spies among alien races, and alien races had bribed many humans as well.

A tree that stands taller than the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

Some people clearly wanted to get rid of him before he fully matured. Whether they were aliens or humans remained unclear.

The Deep Web had no relevant information, suggesting that those involved hadn't communicated through it. The World Government, if determined, could investigate anything on the Deep Web.

From the information he gathered about the Elf Ruins, it was clear that the mobilization order had been exaggerated beyond its original intent.

Recruiting all Wood Elves wasn't truly necessary—it was just a front to target Rosen himself.

The Life Essence of the Wood Elf Kingdom would also run dry if the elves perished.

I should save my spiritual crystals and use them at the elf ruins to make whoever's behind this pay the price.

Rosen took out the last piece of drawing paper made from the bark of the Mother Tree of Life.

This time, he was going to draw the Kingdom of the Wood Elves.

The painting contained the Ancient Tree of Life and the Sky Garden, and Rosen intended to pack up and take the Wood Elf Kingdom away.

It took Rosen three days to complete the painting, and the Queen of the Wood Elves delayed for three days, claiming it would take time to mobilize all the Wood Elves. The painting was finally finished that day, though it remained only a semi-finished product.

Because it was a typical semi-finished Spiritual Realm Painting, the entire Ancient Tree of Life and Sky Garden needed to be integrated into the artwork to form a complete spiritual realm. After making the final preparations, Rosen stood beneath the Ancient Tree of Life.

During these three days, Alicia had been communicating with the Ancient Tree of Life.

So, when Rosen pointed the painting at the Ancient Tree of Life, it did not resist the seal of the spiritual painting in his hand but actively cooperated, integrating itself into the painting's space. The Ancient Tree of Life and the surrounding Sky Garden visibly began to distort.

The sheer size of the Sequence 3 Ancient Tree of Life meant that sealing it completely would take several hours. Not long after the process began, a group of archaeologists staying at the Sky Garden Hotel, painters from the Painters' Association, and members of two hereditary duke families noticed something was wrong and quickly began investigating.

Within moments, more than a dozen Sequence 4s surrounded Rosen.

"Stop…"

The two hereditary dukes shouted in shock and anger.

"Stop now and wait for the Ancient Tree of Life to wither and be cut down?" Rosen turned and asked coldly. "Don't forget that the Ancient Tree of Life belongs to the Wood Elves. Since the World Government intends to recruit all the Wood Elves, the Ancient Tree of Life must go with them. Or have you found a way to cancel the recruitment?"

The two hereditary dukes fell silent, glaring angrily at the archaeologists.

Their families' interests were deeply tied to the Wood Elf Kingdom. If the Wood Elves perished, their losses would be second only to the Wood Elves themselves. Over the past few days, they had leveraged every connection they had, but those backing the archaeologists simply ignored them.

Quietly, the two hereditary dukes left to move their families as quickly as possible.

As for the archaeologists, they had no intention of stopping Rosen. They merely kept their distance from the Ancient Tree of Life to avoid being affected. Their only concern was ensuring Rosen wouldn't escape with the Wood Elf Kingdom.

For them, bringing the Ancient Tree of Life into the Elven Ruins would actually make excavation easier than if they had to sacrifice a large number of Wood Elves.

In the end, some uninformed painters tried to stop Rosen. However, after listening to the Wood Elf Queen's explanation, they quietly withdrew.

Five hours later, the Wood Elf Kingdom became a Spiritual Painting.

[Wood Elf Kingdom: Spiritual Painting]

Level: Sequence 3Range: 5,000 milesPopulation: One Sequence 3 Ancient Tree of Life, 1.09 million Wood ElvesSpecialties: Wood Elves, Life Essence, Ancient Life Trees, Various Supernatural Plants...

Rosen handed the painting to the Wood Elf Queen, and within moments, she had already mastered it.

At that point, a dozen Sequence 4 archaeologists gathered around.

"Now we can get going!" the leading archaeologist said.

"Lead the way."

Rosen's gaze swept across the archaeologists, as if he were looking at dead men.

The dozen archaeologists dispersed and worked together to perform Void Teleportation. Soon, an unstable space vortex appeared—a clear indication of the vast distance they were attempting to cross.

Two archaeologists entered the vortex first, while the others turned to look at Rosen and the Wood Elf Queen.

Rosen grabbed the Wood Elf Queen's arm, and together they stepped into the vortex.

The teleportation process was deeply uncomfortable, the vortex trembling violently due to its instability.

When the transmission ended, they arrived in a dead and desolate world.

Rosen immediately recognized it as a God's Kingdom where all life had been extinguished. He had seen fragments of the Thunder God's Kingdom in the Spiritual Realm of the Thunder Empire. If his guess was correct, this kingdom must have once belonged to the Elven Gods.

In a Sequence 0 Kingdom of God, even a Sequence 1 had to tread cautiously.

Not to mention…

Rosen surveyed the surroundings. This was merely a Sequence 3 Divine Territory.

This meant the strongest archaeologist in this operation was only Sequence 3. It wasn't that the World Government couldn't send a Sequence 2 or even a Sequence 1, but the promotion of archaeologists was exceedingly difficult.

Simply meeting the spiritual strength requirements wasn't enough—they had to transform Extraordinary Source Quality through archaeological excavations.

After 20,000 years, ancient ruins had become increasingly scarce, and the number of archaeologists had dwindled. If Sequence 2 or Sequence 1 archaeologists began excavating God's Kingdom, those below them would lose any hope of advancement.

Rosen walked to the edge of the Divine Territory, surveying the God's Kingdom Ruins.

Desolation colored every corner. Dead plants lay scattered across the land. In the center, the withered remains of Ancient Trees of Life and Ancient Trees of War stood eerily silent. There were no bodies—elf or otherwise.

Most concerningly, there were no signs of war.

When a Sequence 0 God fell, their God's Kingdom usually bore the scars of devastating battles. Shattered realms were the norm. If a God's Kingdom was left intact, it was often taken as a spoil of war.

But here, everything was preserved… lifeless and haunting.

What happened when this god fell?

What dangers still lurked beneath this barren surface?

Although Rosen was certain someone had plotted against him, he couldn't deny the staggering benefits hidden in this place. It wasn't merely a trap—it was bait.

"It seems you already know your situation."

A young man dressed in an elegant suit walked over confidently.

"It looks like this really was aimed at me," Rosen said coldly.

"Would you like to consider following me? I am a Descendant of God—someone you'll never surpass."

"So you, a Sequence 5, think you can kill a Sequence 3?"

Rosen's retort wiped the smug grin off the noble's face.

"I'm waiting for you to regret this…" the noble sneered. "Don't worry. You're safe here. After all, you're a Hereditary Duke, a top human talent. I won't kill you directly. Instead, I'll make you watch every Wood Elf die before your eyes."

The noble turned and walked away.

Rosen immediately accessed the Spiritual Web and searched for information.

Damon Touré, a Sequence 4 Divine Archaeologist.

A true Descendant of God, born to a Sequence 0 father and a Sequence 1 mother.

Jealousy? Recruitment? Alien bribery?

The motives were unclear, but one thing was certain—Rosen would uncover the truth before he killed Damon Touré.

(End of Chapter)