Chapter 786: Chapter 491: The [(Position)] and [(Power)] in Gaia World_2

At least Lis was ready. After advancing to the Legendary Rank, he planned to begin attempting the [Sphinx Ascension Technique].

However, the matters of the [Sphinx Ascension Technique], Lis definitely wouldn’t tell Adela.

This was his greatest secret. Even Mr. Stephens didn’t know the immense benefits Lis had gained from the ruins in Snow Ridge Town.

Without understanding why Adela would ask him about his reason for wanting to become a deity, Lis decided to use that reason to probe further.

“Of course, I know,”

Adela looked at Lis, her face revealing a calm smile.

“I, too, am an Arcanist, so naturally, I understand why you would make such a choice,”

“But your teacher must have told you, so far, no one has ever succeeded on this path,”

Lis remained silent, acknowledging the truth in Adela’s words.

Adela didn’t mind Lis’s silence and continued on her own:

“In fact, I once wanted to try to achieve this through my own strength, but after so many years, I’m still clueless,”

“I’ve even doubted whether any Arcanist could really traverse this path and grasp divine power,”

Lis looked at Adela, the Great Sage. Although she was smiling, her eyes revealed a hint of regret.

“Of course, I’m not telling you to give up now,”

“Which Arcanist that has broken through to the Legendary Rank would doubt their own wisdom?”

Adela pointed at Lis, then pointed at herself.

“Like you, like me,”

“I’m just here to tell you about another method, that’s all,”

“Since you’re aware of the goal Arcanists have sought for countless years, you naturally know the secrets of the Path to Divinity, right?”

“Mmm.”

Lis nodded slightly. In fact, the name of the Path to Divinity was known among Extraordinary Professionals, but the vast majority of them didn’t understand its secrets.

“Do you know why I’m telling you all this?”

Adela turned her head, smiling at Lis, and slowly walked toward the altar in front of her.

“I don’t know.”

Lis was genuinely puzzled. From Adela’s tone, it seemed like she was quite confident that he could traverse the Path to Divinity and become a deity.

But how could that be? Even he himself wasn’t sure. How could Adela, whom he had only met a few times, be so certain?

“For countless years, many have embarked on this path, but how many have succeeded in the end?”

Adela moved forward with a calm demeanor, as if recounting a tale from history.

“No one dares to say for certain they will succeed, but over the years, one could vaguely discern some patterns,”

“Just like now…”

“Now?”

Lis followed behind Adela, asking with some confusion.

“Yes.”

“In fact, most of those who have succeeded in becoming deities did so amidst the chaotic waves sweeping over the Gaia World,”

“Only during times of epochal change do old gods fall and die, and new gods ascend to the Divine Throne,”

“Why else would the gods be so cautious and careful during this time?”

“Because they don’t want to fall during the turbulent waves, to become sacrifices, stepping stones for new gods ascending to the Divine Throne,”

Lis listened quietly as Adela shared these hidden affairs. Although he had some inkling of this information before, he had never truly contemplated this step.

“Has such a thing happened many times in the Gaia World?”

Lis asked the Great Sage in front of him in a soft voice.

“Of course, the gods of your Human Clan rose from the previous epochs’ waves, especially those three with immense divine power,”

Adela said with a smile. Such matters weren’t a secret for the ancient Elf Clan.

“And this time, the epochal wave that has come over the Gaia World brings chaos and uncertainty far stronger than any before,”

“It was an oracle of the gods, I didn’t quite understand it at first,”

Adela sighed and then continued:

“It was only after the Elf Royal Court had been destroyed by the Demon Prince that I understood what it really meant.”

“After all, during the several waves of era-triggered chaos and war before, the Elf Kingdom didn’t suffer much impact.”

“Not to mention Jonor City of the Elf Royal Court, the oldest legacy, who would have thought that it would be completely destroyed after the wave of the era had arrived.”

Lis nodded, indeed that was the case.

After all, the Elf Clan’s heritage stretched back a remarkably long time, and the Elf Gods were among the first cohort of deities to rise to prominence, ordinary battles and chaos really couldn’t affect the Elf Forest much.

“The greater the chaos, the more opportunities and possibilities it contains.”

“No one knows what the future holds, but as an Elf Great Sage, I have to consider the entirety of the Elf Clan.”

“For instance, seeking allies to the greatest extent possible.”

“And now, you are one of my choices.”

“Me?”

Lis looked at Adela, who was standing on the steps of the altar, with a hint of confusion and asked uncertainly.

“Why would you choose me?”

Lis was puzzled; to be honest, although he was confident he could become a legend and even continue down that path, he was only a Golden Rank Arcanist right now.

Why was Adela so certain, even suggesting by her previous meaning, that she wanted him to become an ally of the entire Elf Clan?

After all, legendary-tier powerhouses were not a big deal to the Elf Clan.

Let alone him now.

“What do you think is the reason?”

Adela smiled at Lis as if, under the gleam of the divine statue, the Moon Elf appeared to possess a holy aura.

Lis’s brain raced. What was so special about him?

[Sphinx Ascension Technique]?

Adela shouldn’t know about this…

A disciple of Mr. Stephens?

If it were Mr. Stephens, indeed he would have the qualifications, but less so for a mere disciple. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to find the master?

My Talent?

As for Talent, who knows if it will be realized.

Could it be?

“Because I am a World Tree Favored?”

Lis looked at Adela and said, after much consideration, this was the only status that seemed special to the Elf Clan.

It shouldn’t be, should it?

As a World Tree Favored, the Elf Kingdom had already given him considerable attention.

Whether it was the status of Elf Sage or supporting him in establishing [Nature’s Wrath].

No matter how one looked at it, there didn’t seem to be any necessary connection, right?

Moreover, even now, if the Elf Kingdom really needed it, Lis would actively provide help, it’s just that his current strength might not be strong.

“Other elves may not be aware, but in Elf Land, where we serve the All Gods, we have recorded many secrets related to deities for countless years.”

“Among them are those concerning the World Tree Sages.”

Adela looked at Lis and said slowly:

“Lis, do you know how many World Tree Favored have appeared before?”

“I don’t know.”

Lis shook his head slightly; he had heard that the Earth Mother God with powerful Divine Power might be a World Tree Favored, but the truth of this rumor couldn’t be verified, and the Earth Church had never released any related information to the public.

Adela nodded and continued:

“According to the records of Elf Land, there have been three World Tree Favored.”

“The first is [Father of Oak] Silvius.”

“However, this grand being is one of the few original deities surviving in Gaia World, existing before the advent of Lord Yggdrasil, and he was recognized by the great World Tree and became a World Tree Favored, helping to spread life in the then barren Gaia World.”

“The second is my Lord [Elf Creator, Guardian, and Ruler] Lord Correlon, my Lord was the first Elf born on the World Tree, also becoming a World Tree Favored.”

“The third is [Earth Mother God] Shantia, she was the last to appear as a World Tree Favored, and shortly thereafter, accomplished great deeds and ascended to the Divine Throne.”

“And you, you are the fourth!”

Adela looked at Lis and said with extreme solemnity.