Once, I wanted to be a good person

The result... still had no effect.

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This ineffectiveness wasn’t because the Holy Reformation Place couldn’t affect Yuan Gu, but rather... Yuan Gu was simply not afraid of death threats.

According to Yuan Gu’s own words: As a Venerable of his clan, he is the king of billions, standing at the pinnacle of the world, living with dignity and dying with pride. So if you wish to kill, just go ahead!

Anyway, if you don’t kill him, he will eventually kill Fang Ze one day.

And through the mind-reading ability of the Late-Night Investigation Room, Fang Ze confirmed that Yuan Gu truly felt this way, not just bluffing.

This gave Fang Ze a deeper understanding of the Venerable, and he began to further doubt the motives of those Anti-War Venerables.

However... Yuan Gu’s hardline attitude also gave Fang Ze quite a headache: after all, he couldn’t really kill Yuan Gu. So he had to let Yuan Gu go for the second time, preparing to come up with another plan.

Luckily, Fang Ze quickly thought of a new plan: Dahei Jialuo.

Just like Fang Ze calculated against Yuan Gu on the battlefield, Yuan Gu Venerable fears nothing in this world, not even death, but he does fear something happening to Dahei Jialuo.

Although it feels petty to threaten others’ children, at the brink of racial extinction, such concerns must be set aside, so during the third interrogation, Fang Ze still resorted to this finishing move.

Thus, using Dahei Jialuo’s life as leverage, and also offering the release of Dahei Jialuo as an inducement, this time... Yuan Gu was finally not as arrogant and domineering as the previous two times, willing to have a calm conversation with Fang Ze.

Yet when Fang Ze asked questions, Yuan Gu often remained silent or only replied with one or two simple words. However... that was sufficient for Fang Ze.

After probing Yuan Gu a few times and confirming he could obtain enough information using Eavesdropping on Thoughts, Fang Ze’s mind moved slightly, and he began his real interrogation.

His first question was chosen to be not so sensitive.

"Venerable, do you know how to ascend to the Absolute Pinnacle realm?"

Listening to Fang Ze’s question, honestly, at that moment, Yuan Gu almost thought he misheard.

He looked at Fang Ze suspiciously, then asked back, "You haven’t reached the Absolute Pinnacle realm?"

Fang Ze nodded without any concealment.

Seeing Fang Ze admit it, recalling Fang Ze’s set of low-level Awakener tactics, Yuan Gu felt puzzled for a moment: could it be that the person who captured him and his son was just a creature who hadn’t even reached Absolute Pinnacle?

Thinking about this, Yuan Gu found it unbelievable.

It should be known that Demigods are Demigods, beings beyond ordinary creatures and Transcendent creatures. Even a top-notch expert in the Absolute Pinnacle realm of ordinary creatures can only wrestle with the lowest Mortality-Shedding Demigods, and often is inferior.

As for below the Absolute Pinnacle realm... a Demigod might not annihilate them with one move, but close to it.

Therefore, knowing that the low-skilled creature before him not only transcended the boundaries of ordinary creatures and god-level creatures, but also gradually controlled so many Demigods, Yuan Gu Venerable was astonished and curious.

He really wanted to know how Fang Ze, a mere ordinary creature, had gotten this far.

He believed if he could figure this out, not only would he have hope to escape, but he might even advance further....

Thinking so, he cooperated with Fang Ze for once, "To ascend to the Absolute Pinnacle realm, you need the Power of Faith. And a massive amount of it."

Upon hearing Yuan Gu’s words, Fang Weiwei nodded, because it was the same condition Old Mr. Bai told Fang Ze.

Actually, ever since he ascended to the Ascension level, Fang Ze had some confusion about the Absolute Pinnacle realm.

Creatures climb to the top of the Law Starry Sky, shoulder to shoulder with the Law, and that’s the Ascension level, but how does one continue to ascend in Absolute Pinnacle? Could it be flying into the sky?

Later, during a conversation with Old Mr. Bai, Fang Ze knew the answer.

An answer that he found unexpected but upon further thought was reasonable: Faith.

When a creature’s Extraordinary Path reaches its end relying on oneself, naturally, it needs external forces to continually enhance itself.

Knowing this answer, Fang Ze suddenly connected it to his previous findings.

Such as... he had always believed Transcendent creatures from the Spirit Ascension level onwards exhibited some Demigod characteristics. For example, the true Yang Transformation phase’s "soul" and "body" duality; such as the Ascension phase’s longevity boost, etc.

However, none of these realms seemed to correlate with faith.

Now, this realm appears, and that is the final realm: Absolute Pinnacle.

Additionally, in the entire Eastern Administrative Region, there are only two Absolute Pinnacle Demigods. And these two Absolute Pinnacle Demigods were once the sole ruler of each state.

Back then, Fang Ze found it a bit odd, but now he understands: simply put, they were already a beacon of hope before becoming Absolute Pinnacle, gathering the country’s fate and faith within themselves, enabling the breakthrough to Absolute Pinnacle.

While patriarchs like Si Family’s ancestors and Old Mr. Bai are strong, it’s futile; they are overshadowed by the Jiang Family’s queen, the spiritual leader of Xida State, so the Power of Faith they can obtain falls short of the Absolute Pinnacle standard.

Furthermore, the suddenness of their becoming Demigods back then and their subsequent inability to advance their realm have left them stuck at the top of the Ascension level.