Food House, where Tang Qi quickly exited the "Divine State," held a simple tile jar and slowly descended.

On the ground, a good majority of contestants and judges had survived.

Regrettably, this did not include the host who initially received Tang Qi—Alfred, by profession a food critic.

Before Tang Qi's arrival, like several others, he had been fully polluted, and once the Black Tongue detached from them, their bodies were declared dead.

Tang Qi, holding the tile jar, matched the joyful, curious gazes of the survivors.

Inevitably, they all looked toward the tile jar.

Prepared by an Extraordinary Chef endowed with divine authority, using a Flame Spell with crucible characteristics, and the sole ingredient being the milk of the Evil God "Mesolia"—and Mesolia herself.

Such a pot of meat soup, even the Divines would perhaps struggle to contain their curiosity.

Some from the Chaotic Camp of deities would likely outright request to taste it from Tang Qi.

"What would that meat soup taste like?"

Contestants and judges all had this thought inherently emerge in their minds.

So, in the next moment, they saw Tang Qi offering the tile jar and asking, "Want a taste?"

In an instant, these people, excessively in unison, frantically shook their heads.

Although they were all curious about the taste of that so-called "All-taste Mysterious Meat Soup," cooked from Mesolia, none of them were fools—they didn't even need to think about it, practically no one would dare drink that soup.

Perhaps even just approaching, opening the Lid, and taking a whiff could plunge them directly into madness.

As expected, they rejected it, yet Tang Qi showed no change of expression on his face, casually stowing the tile jar back into his "Dream Kingdom."

Indeed, even Gluttony, which eats anything, wisely declined the soup.

But even if it hadn't, Tang Qi wouldn't truly have forced it into its belly.

Although its Pocket Space was very stable, inside the jar was a real meat soup cooked by an Evil God—who knows what unfathomable changes could occur, even though Tang Qi had, by this time, deciphered the Information Fragments within the jar.

[Curios: Mesolia Soup Pot.]

[State: Sealed.]

[Information Fragment One: This is an incredibly miraculous meat soup, cooked by a true Evil God, and because of the only ingredient "Mesolia's" special Divinity, this meat soup will be irreplicable.]

[Information Fragment Two: The soup is named "All-taste Mysterious Meat Soup," it is held by a Dream tile jar and comes with a strong Sealing, while the Flame Spell that formed the Sealing also has a perpetual insulation effect.]

[Information Fragment Three: The soup contains over tens of thousands of "Extraordinary Powers," all of which have been reshaped, forming exceedingly strange relationships, coexisting in the soup, and within the soup also resides Mesolia's instinctive will, She regards the soup as everything, any attempt at sharing will be attacked by Her.]

[Information Fragment Four: Enduring the attack from Mesolia, drinking a mouthful of meat soup, there is a certain chance to obtain an unknown number of Extraordinary Powers, and a certain chance to be "rotten food" Divinity assimilated, actively becoming a part of the meat soup.]

...

A succession of astonishing pieces of information exploded in Tang Qi's mind.

Subconsciously, Tang Qi compared Mesolia with Flora.

"Flora made a deal with me, so almost maximized my benefits without any pollution, gained a large number of Curios from various forbidden lands and realms from the Exotic Realm, acquired two clumps of pure 'Divine Source,' and also obtained a painting album worthy of being called a Divine Artifact, 'True Love Fable.'"

"Compared to what I sacrificed when capturing Her, the haul was simply too rich."

"As for Mesolia, to turn Her into meat soup, she once again depleted my accumulated Divine Power, making it so that I cannot enter the Divine State in the short term."

"The only gain is this meat soup, like an 'Extraordinary Treasure' of soup, just drinking a mouthful at random, you have a chance to acquire an unknown number of Extraordinary Powers... if I drank it all, um, a very small chance to directly obtain tens of thousands of Extraordinary Powers, more likely, I would become another Mesolia?"

"All things considered, the gain is greater than the loss, if I can find a way to purify the meat soup, then it will be another great harvest, and until then, don't tempt death by drinking the soup."

The final definitive thought settled, and Tang Qi looked toward the contestants and judges who were arranging for the dead.

Apart from the host Alfred, there were seven or eight unlucky ones.

Their cause of death, besides bad luck, was their excessive greediness—the dish called "Divine Tongue," specifically prepared by Mesolia, the surviving contestants and judges had restrained their Desire, merely trying it.

They, on the other hand, consumed it whole, with Black Tongue replacing their own will.

"Extraordinary Chefs, food critics, these kinds of Professions, they're almost at the edges of the Mysterious Side, belonging to the easily neglected Transcendents because they rarely participate in Combat, nor do they meddle in any horrific Mysterious Events."

"Yet, even so, Death and Madness will not spare them."

"With the existence of Evil Gods like Mesolia, there are naturally all kinds of deities with bizarre Divinity; when the Spiritual Tide peaks, they awaken from slumber, and the World will be plunged into an incredibly mad era."

"No one can avoid that era."

Sighing, Tang Qi reined in his overly scattered thoughts.

He had completed the exploration and capture of all the target test subjects, although there were still many other "Weak Gods" out there, Tang Qi was not planning any further capture operations.

The six targets he had selected with Rose Madeline were indeed the most suitable for capture but the final result was half success, half failure.

A fifty percent success rate may seem decent, but Tang Qi dared not guarantee that if he continued tempting fate, his nightmares might not become reality.

After all, he was now running short on Divine Power, having fallen from a Fake God back to a mere Human Wizard.

"Even gods are better off not tempting fate too often."

After careful thought, Tang Qi made up his mind.

In the coming period, he would focus on digesting his enormous spoils and refining that embryonic plan in his mind, the one that concerned his future path.

While thinking, he walked out of the Food House, intending to leave the Tatalia Secret Realm.

However, at this moment, several judges from the Federation Extraordinary Chef Association, who had emerged from behind, caught up with him.

They were somewhat cautious and doubtful but still approached Tang Qi with a face full of adoration to extend an invitation.

"Tonight, past midnight, will be the Light Festival, and Apalis City will host the annual food festival that is not to be missed..."

"Light Festival!"

The word that suddenly entered his ears caused Tang Qi's pupils to constrict. His face remained unchanged, but his spirit tensed up involuntarily.

Although he had come to Apalis City knowing that he was about to face a crisis and was planning to relax a bit while completing the final target detection or capture.

But now, with this invitation, the crisis was laid bare, and Tang Qi felt as if he was facing a "Judgement Day."

All the Transcendents in the Divine Eagle Federation, and indeed all over the Origin Star, knew that the long-slumbering Lord of Light, one of the most powerful Sovereigns of the Order Camp and the Leader of the Light Camp, was about to fully awake on this day.

Most scholars and mysticism researchers on the Mysterious Side were convinced:

"After the return of the Spiritual Tide, the beginning of a new era will start with the Awakening of the Lord of Light. After that, the 'All Spirits' above mysticism will one by one awaken, and They may once again provoke a war comparable to the Great Catastrophe."

"No, thanks to the population explosion, there are far more Transcendents than in the Dark Era, and once the war starts, the destructive force will far exceed that of the Great Catastrophe."

And before that horrific future came to pass, the Transcendents of the Federation were also aware of, and immensely curious about, another fact.

The "Thorn Event" that had taken place not long ago in Secret Phoenix City.

During that incredible event, an earth-shattering secret was revealed: in the war of the Great Catastrophe, the Lord of Thorns had formed the Rebel Camp with other Divine beings, betraying the Lord of Light and causing Him to fall into slumber.

After the Great Catastrophe, the Lord of Thorns was reincarnated.

Later, with the help of followers such as Saint Prophet Piers and Holy Confessor Martin Sims, He successfully recovered His identity and returned to the Divine Realm.

In the process, Charles I, the Bright Pope, tried to stop it, attempting to kill the Lord of Thorns, who was then known as "Rafael."

But unexpectedly, a Mysterious Human Wizard, a close friend of the Lord of Thorns when He was still human, stood up at that moment.

This Human Wizard not only helped the Lord of Thorns return to power but also successfully deceived the Lord of Light into signing the Holy Covenant Tablet. In the new Contract, He was compelled to forgive everyone's sins, including those who had passively helped the Lord of Thorns, such as Holy Judgment Knight Lancelot and others.

This included parties from the Thorns Camp, such as a half-man-half-goat Demon young man.

And on the tablet, the only two people without names were:

Lord of Thorns, Rafael!

Former Witch Principal, Tang Qi!

All Transcendents were extremely curious about how the Lord of Light, once awakened, would react to being deceived.

Would He uphold the Contract of the Holy Covenant Tablet?

How would He deal with the Lord of Thorns and that Mysterious Wizard?

Many scholars also speculated the answers to these two questions.

The Lord of Light would fulfill the Contract.

He would initiate a War against the Lord of Thorns. Even if the Lord of Thorns had some allies, His situation would still be extremely perilous, especially once the entire Light Camp joined the fight, it would be difficult for the Lord of Thorns to fully resist.

He would punish that Human Wizard who dared to deceive Him, even if that wizard was mysterious and powerful, suspected to have a second Profession as "Melter Wizard," but many scholars guessed the situation for the Melter would not be optimistic, and it is doubtful if this Sovereign could protect his remaining followers.

"Perhaps, I might not be the last Melter Wizard after all."

Tang Qi, recalling the movements on the Mysterious Side and some Information Fragments that Rose Madeline had informed him of, suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since the Master of the Crucible, who often bellowed for his sacrifices during the capture of the Evil God test subjects, had been quiet, and an inexplicable tremor arose in his heart.

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