"Even without the Void Realm Controller, the Otherworld will still find every possible way to deal with you."

His tone was incomparably certain:

"I can also tell that your Divine Power is obtained by absorbing your followers."

"The Freedom Authority and Life Authority indeed allow you to possess near-infinite recovery capabilities in a short time, but they are ultimately not inexhaustible. Followers will grow tired, get injured, and die; Divine Power is not infinite after all. Once you exceed a certain limit, you will lose your strongest survivability."

"Moreover, if this drags on any longer, the Rule Guardians will inevitably come and execute you."

"If you still do not promptly give up Blue Star, you will undoubtedly die."

As it spoke, the Pitch-Black Sun trembled and unceremoniously spat out a yellowed sacred scroll.

The scroll unfolded, and dense Otherworld characters emerged upon it.

The moment this thing appeared, the entire void realm lit up, and all the animal deities instinctively raised their heads to look at it.

Qi Ye's Appraisal Eye saw through its effects at a glance, causing his eyes to widen slightly.

【Rule Document, upper-tier God Venerable Rank item, can only be used once. After use, it can alter and establish all rule contents without suffering punishment from otherworld rules.】

"This is the last item left behind by the God of Rules before being assimilated into a Rule Guardian."

"Now, you already know that I truly possess the qualifications to negotiate with you."

Qi Ye frowned.

"Where did you get this thing from?"

The Pitch-Black Sun laughed heartily.

"When the God of Rules was being assimilated into a Rule Guardian, he and I were in the same void realm. Naturally, I directly picked up a part of the legacy he left behind!"

This was the luckiest moment of its life,

and from that day on, lasting through dozens of void epochs, it had always kept this Rule Document close to itself as a life-saving item.

This Rule Document from the God of Rules had become its ultimate trump card.

And now, it discovered that this thing could have an even better opportunity to be utilized, an opportunity for it to soar to great heights.

Noticing that Qi Ye remained silent, the Pitch-Black Sun suppressed its anxiety and impatience, continuing:

"You guessed right. Even if only temporarily, it can make the otherworld rules retract their pursuit and kill order against you."

"As long as you obediently re-accept the divine position bestowed upon you by the Otherworld after the Ascension Ritual ends, it will be enough to help you endure the entire Ascension Ritual."

"It seems you also know that this thing can help you successfully achieve Ascension to Godhood. Next is the main event; let us have a good talk about the terms of the upcoming contract."

"First, you must establish a new Otherworld contract with me. Until you complete your Ascension to Godhood and accept your divine position, you must not make a move against me."

The content of the first term was very simple: before Qi Ye completed the specified contract contents, he must not attack the Twisted God.

"Second, I will use the Rule Document to make the Otherworld cancel its pursuit of you until the completion of the Ascension to Godhood."

"Third, and also the most important point: after your Ascension to Godhood, you need to transform Blue Star into an dungeon, serve me for at least ten void epochs, and cultivate five hundred middle-tier Subordinate Gods for me!"

The Pitch-Black Sun smiled, finally exposing its purpose.

Once Qi Ye agreed, the two parties would establish a contract under the witness of the Otherworld.

Afterwards, if anyone failed to abide by the contents of the contract, it would provoke the Rule Guardians to take action.

The Twisted God had already set its sights on the immense potential of Qi Ye's Life Authority. As long as Qi Ye served it, it would be able to cultivate a force comparable to the God of War Legion within just a few void eras.

"It is merely a short ten void epochs. To a newly born Powerful God, it amounts to nothing at all. After that, you will gain freedom, and you can do whatever you please."

The Twisted God considered the conditions it offered to be generous enough.

However, even greater doubts arose in Qi Ye's heart.

He was uncertain whether the binding force of the contract would still be useful to himself. Given his current situation, the contract might not necessarily take full effect.

And this might perhaps be a good thing for him.

Contracts were established just to be torn up.

Sooner or later, he would have a battle with the Rule Guardians.

Therefore, the binding force of this contract was practically nonexistent to him.

Instead, he could obtain free time to peacefully complete the Ascension Ritual.

Meanwhile, the Twisted God seemed to believe from the bottom of its heart that Qi Ye did not dare to fight the Rule Guardians.

In its view, Qi Ye no longer had any usable trump cards left. His strength was indeed very strong, especially in terms of Divine Power reserves, which completely crushed all Powerful Gods.

But at most, it was only at the level of trading one-for-one with a Rule Guardian.

Qi Ye had also experienced the might of the Rule Guardians.

The God of War had merely elevated his Authority to the rule level and was not yet a complete Rule Guardian, yet he was almost able to suppress Qi Ye, inflicting heavy injuries upon him whose Origin was still slowly recovering even now.

With Qi Ye's current ability, dealing with a single Rule Guardian was already a stretch, let alone the fact that Qi Ye had once seen so many phantoms of Rule Guardians when the Purgatory God attacked Blue Star.

Furthermore, the opponent would not give him any time to absorb Divine Power at all.

Unless his Life Authority could be upgraded to the intensity of the rule level, he would not be able to contend with them on equal terms.

But he had no Divine Artifacts, nor was he a Rule Guardian...

To make him trust the Twisted God, a fellow who would stab others in the back?

The Necromancer God was also an enemy.

What this insidious evil god demanded was definitely not those things it mentioned verbally—serving it for ten void epochs and cultivating five hundred Subordinate Gods.

Perhaps it wanted even more.

But so what? First get the benefits into hand, and then flip the table.

Thinking of this, a sharp glint flashed across Qi Ye's eyes. He changed his expression and let out a sigh.

"What you say is right. If I want to survive, it seems I truly have no choice."

The Pitch-Black Sun smiled: "I am very glad that you can figure this out."

"Then let us establish the contract."

"Wait first, I need to discuss this with my followers."

The Pitch-Black Sun was slightly stunned:

"I didn't expect that you are unexpectedly respectful towards your followers."

...

Qi Ye returned to Blue Star and shared the conversation between them with the core circle consisting of Morr, Green Bean, Yisi Leader, Pao Pao, the God of Rock, and others.

At the same time, he also shared his battle with the God of War in the World Within the Gate.

All the followers fell silent.

Morr's usually steadfast gaze also dimmed by a few shades at this moment.

As for Dahuang, he just lay on the ground, making muffled grumbling sounds in his throat, and lazily slapping his tail against the ground.

There were no admonitions, no passionate opposition, and not even any superfluous questions.

Because they all knew that there really was no other way.

That heaven-shaking battle between Lord Sovereign and the God of War, that peerless duel that even briefly tore apart the World Within the Gate and shook the void realm rules, far exceeded the imaginations of all followers in its intensity.

Especially after hearing Qi Ye recount that recent experience, the hearts of all the followers leaped into their throats.

"In the end, we are going to fight the Rule Guardians!?"

Although they could not witness the core details of the battle with their own eyes, through the reverse feedback of the 【Divine Power Channel】,

they could all clearly perceive their own meager Divine Power being extracted by the Lord and injected into that earth-shattering collision.