Chapter 220: The True and False God of Joy

After using Death Foresight, ten foresight opportunities were consumed, and Su Nan got the answer he wanted.

The foresight continued.

"Shortly after you left the God of Joy Temple, the White Water Demon King caught up with you. You joined forces with the Crown Princess of the Sky Wolf Clan, but you were still no match for the White Water Demon King and could only escape in embarrassment."

"Finally, relying on the Transcendent Teleportation, after more than an hour of fleeing, you arrived at the deepest part of the Divine Ruins and saw a massive city ruin."

"Outside the ruins, a large number of Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons roamed, blocking your way. You had no choice but to confront the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons."

"One minute later, the White Water Demon King caught up with you. You were outnumbered, trying to fend off the Soul-Eating Demons and Corpse Puppets while battling the White Water Demon King."

"Two minutes later, both you and the Crown Princess were severely wounded by the White Water Demon King, and your strength greatly diminished."

"Three minutes later, unfortunately, you were killed by a Corpse Puppet."

"It's the White Water Demon King again! The White Water Demon King is really troublesome. I must find a way to deal with it."

"Fortunately, the other demon kings didn't come with the White Water Demon King. If they had, even with Transcendent Teleportation, it wouldn't have been so easy to escape."

Su Nan's expression became serious.

However, he wasn't too worried at this moment. Instead, he started to plan how to deal with the White Water Demon King.

Killing the White Water Demon King was something he wouldn't have dared to think about before. After all, the White Water Demon King was a peak-level king-tier powerhouse, and the gap between him and Su Nan was insurmountable.

But now, they were in the Divine Ruins, where there was no power of heaven and earth, and the strength of the demon kings was greatly reduced.

Most importantly, he now had the assistance of the Crown Princess.

Although the Crown Princess could only display the strength of an initial-stage king-tier, she was a Secret Power type demon, proficient in controlling the power of the soul. Just with this, she could gain a significant advantage.

"In the Death Foresight, I was surrounded by many Soul-Eating Demons and Corpse Puppets in the end. That's not a big problem."

"At worst, I can exit the game in advance and wait for the game to refresh before logging in again."

"By then, the Transcendent Teleportation usage limit will be restored, and I can directly use Transcendent Teleportation to bypass the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons."

With these thoughts in mind, Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief and continued to read the contents of the foresight, a smile appearing on his lips.

Seeing Su Nan's happy expression, the Crown Princess couldn't help but ask, "What have you discovered again?"

Su Nan smiled and said, "I've already found a way to deal with the God of Joy Temple."

"Found a way?" The Crown Princess was surprised. "How is that possible? How did you find it?"

Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess was first stunned, then she realized and became extremely astonished, looking at Su Nan with a puzzled expression.

Su Nan no longer concealed it this time and directly said, "I have an undying avatar that can explore the situation ahead of me."

From the Death Foresight, it was clear that the Crown Princess had been influenced by the Bloodline Symbiosis Art, and now she had basically accepted it subconsciously.

At this point, Su Nan wasn't afraid that the Crown Princess would betray him. Instead of letting the Crown Princess guess that he could foresee unknown things, it was better to let her know about the avatar.

This way, it could explain why he always knew what he would encounter next.

"Avatar? What's that?" The Crown Princess was curious and had obviously never heard of such a thing.

"It's a product condensed by a certain method."

"Method?" The Crown Princess frowned, then thought of something and questioned, "It's impossible. Human methods require the power of ancient scriptures to be used. Humans can't cultivate ancient scriptures now. How did you obtain this method?"

"I am an outsider." Su Nan said calmly.

There was nothing to hide about this. He couldn't stay in the game forever, and sooner or later, the Crown Princess would discover this issue.

"An outsider?"

The Crown Princess was even more incredulous, her eyes filled with doubt. "That's impossible. Outsiders have only descended for a little over a month. How could you have cultivated to this level so quickly?"

"I am indeed an outsider."

Su Nan didn't explain further and continued, "I have found a way to deal with the God of Joy Temple. The ceremony of the God of Joy Temple is divided into three parts: the first part is the marriage ceremony, the second part is the wedding banquet, and the third part is the bridal chamber."

"Each of these three

 parts will extract a large amount of qi fortune and lifespan from the participants. However, my avatar is a product of a certain method and has no lifespan. Moreover, I happen to have a method to prevent my qi fortune from being extracted."

"Combining the two, it's very simple to complete the ceremony. However, the last step of the ceremony requires five hours to complete, and we need to wait."

As he spoke, Su Nan had already controlled his avatar to enter the God of Joy Temple.

His soul descended onto the avatar, and he controlled the avatar to enter the God of Joy Temple.

Everything was just as described in the foresight. The moment the avatar entered the God of Joy Temple, the soul within the avatar lost consciousness, and when it woke up again, it had become the groom.

Then, under the guidance of the paper puppet boy made of red paper, he walked into the main hall.

"Huh? A groom? Someone actually became the groom!"

In the main hall, three players mingled among the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons. Obviously, they were bound by the rules of the ceremony, and those Soul-Eating Demons and Corpse Puppets did not attack them.

But this was only temporary. Every once in a while, these Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons would go berserk, and at that time, they would be "cleared."

As soon as Su Nan's avatar entered the main hall, he naturally caught the attention of the three players.

The three of them immediately realized that there was another unlucky person who had entered this temple and, even more unfortunate, had become the groom.

The three of them couldn't help but gloat.

However, when they saw the appearance of Su Nan's avatar, they were all stunned.

"Huh? Doesn't that groom look somewhat familiar?"

"Is that Wang Nan? It's Wang Nan the Great God!"

"That's right, it's him. How did he end up here, and he's become the groom?"

The three of them were astonished. They had been thinking about what would happen if Wang Nan and Zhang Yang came here, but they didn't expect to actually see Wang Nan now.

"Great, Wang Nan is here. Does this mean we're saved?" One of them exclaimed excitedly.

However, the other person shook his head and said, "Don't be delusional. Those king-tier powerhouses all died here. Wang Nan, not to mention that he hasn't broken through to the Profound Tier, even if he does, it's impossible for him to escape from here."

Another person chimed in, "That's right, it's a pity. The former number one God is now stuck here with us forever!"

The three of them had a look of spectators, as if they had already seen the scene where Su Nan's avatar was drained of his qi fortune and lifespan and died.

In fact, they even started taking screenshots of everything that was happening now, preparing to post it on the forum.

However, as the ceremony continued, the three of them became puzzled.

"What's going on? Wasn't it said that as the ceremony progresses, the groom and bride will be drained of their qi fortune and lifespan and die? How come he looks perfectly fine?"

"Could he have found a way to break the ceremony here?"

"If that's the case, does it mean that we can also leave this place?"

My apologies for any deviations. Here is the translation of the provided text following the instructions in the prompt:

Three people's eyes lit up, all seeing a glimmer of hope.

This isn't over yet.

When the first part of the ritual ended and the second part began, Su Nan immediately attacked the senior from the Star-Dot Sect. With a single punch, he killed the old man, leaving everyone astonished.

"He... He actually killed that King-tier expert?"

"That's a King-tier expert! Even if he didn't resist, it's absolutely not something an ordinary Profound-tier can kill. How could he have such incredible strength?"

The group was awed by Su Nan's power. After their initial shock, they immediately sought help from Su Nan when they saw the Corpse Puppets and Soul-Eating Demons around them.

Unfortunately, Su Nan completely ignored them.

In the end, the three were killed and removed from the scene.

The second part of the ritual ended, and Su Nan's avatar was then taken to an extremely joyous bridal chamber.

The third part of the ritual began.

At this point, even though Su Nan knew the final outcome, he had to be extremely cautious.

After the part where they exchanged cups of wine, both he and the woman who looked almost identical to the God of Joy fell into silence, neither making a move.

They stood there in a standoff.

Su Nan only knew the result, not the process in between. So he chose to remain still, ready to face any unexpected situation and exit the game at any time.

Fortunately, he had overestimated things.

In the following time, the two of them remained calm.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

In the bridal chamber, Su Nan remained vigilant, keeping his eyes on the bride without making any further moves.

During this time, he attempted to escape and leave the bridal chamber several times, but each attempt ended in failure.

During this process, he noticed that as time passed, the bride became increasingly impatient.

"Could it be, as I thought before, that the bride's unwillingness to cooperate in the bridal chamber is also a violation of the ceremony's rules?" Su Nan pondered a possibility.

Two more hours passed.

In the bridal chamber, Su Nan noticed that the bride began to show signs of irritation in her expression.

Her eyes revealed a struggle.

"What's going on?" Su Nan's mind was tense, and just as he was about to try foreseeing what would happen next to find answers...

Suddenly, the bride calmed down, and the struggle in her eyes disappeared.

She looked at Su Nan with a hint of inexplicable emotion.

In the next moment, a sudden change occurred!

Su Nan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and his consciousness blurred instantly.

He was under a mental attack!

"How did this happen? Did I violate the rules, or did the bride violate the rules?" Su Nan was shocked.

But what was even more alarming was that not only was his avatar's consciousness blurring, but his own consciousness was also fading!

Both his avatar and his true self were under attack!

The bride's attack came suddenly, happening in the blink of an eye. Even though Su Nan had been prepared to respond, he still couldn't react in time.

At the last moment before his consciousness vanished, he seemed to see a subtle change in the bride's appearance!

His consciousness faded, and Su Nan fell into a state of unconsciousness.

...

"What? Wang Nan, the Great God, has entered the Divine Ruins? And he killed a King-tier expert?"

"Did Wang Nan, the Great God, really go to the Divine Ruins? Is there really treasure there?"

In the real world, after the three players in the God of Joy Temple died, they immediately posted everything they had on the forum.

The post quickly attracted a lot of attention and discussion from players.

Most players had only just learned about the Divine Ruins, and while they had initially been interested in the idea of treasure, they had given up when they heard it was a danger zone.

However, Su Nan's appearance made those who had previously given up on the idea of exploring the Divine Ruins reconsider their decision.

"Wang Nan, the Great God, can kill a King-tier expert without even reaching the Profound Tier. If he breaks through to the Profound Tier, won't he be able to kill Kings like chickens?" The players were shocked by Wang Nan's strength.

However, in a small building in the Destiny Pavilion, several members of the Destiny Society, dressed in black, were not impressed:

"His strength can't be that strong. There's a world of difference between the King-tier and the Profound-tier. A low-level Spirit-tier like him can't kill a King-tier expert."

"That's right, even in the Elemental System, when a King-tier reaches that level, their physical strength is beyond what a Profound-tier warrior can harm."

"He was able to kill that senior from the Star-Dot Sect, which only means that something was seriously wrong with that Star-Dot Sect elder. He may not have died as the post claims."

Even with the screenshots provided by the players, several members of the Destiny Society did not believe that Su Nan could kill a King-tier expert. They attributed the issue to problems with the Star-Dot Sect elder.

Compared to the players, they had a better understanding of the power of King-tiers.

In their view, if Wang Nan, the Great God, had reached the pinnacle of the Profound Tier, it might be possible for him to kill a King-tier, but Wang Nan was not at the pinnacle of the Profound Tier.

In the game.

After an unknown amount of time.

Su Nan woke up from a daze.

When he opened his eyes, his expression changed drastically.

In front of him was a familiar yet unfamiliar bridal chamber.

It was the same bridal chamber in the God of Joy Temple.

However, at this moment, it was not his avatar in the bridal chamber, but his true self!

His avatar had been withdrawn into his body at some point, and in the bridal chamber, besides him, there was no sign of the bride.

Looking at the time, there were only the last two or three minutes left until the ceremony ended!

"Why am I here? What happened?" Su Nan was filled with confusion.

His avatar had been withdrawn without his knowledge, and in the bridal chamber, he didn't see the bride he had been with before.

Thinking about it carefully, he could only focus on the moment right before he lost consciousness. He remembered that he had seen a change in the appearance of the bride.

At the last moment of his consciousness, he clearly saw that the crystal-like texture on the bride's face had disappeared, replaced by real flesh and blood.

"What does this mean? Why did the appearance of the bride change at the last moment? And why did my avatar disappear, while my true self ended up here?" Su Nan was filled with questions.

He didn't understand what it all meant, but he knew one thing for sure: the changes likely had something to do with the bride's failure to extract his qi fortune and lifespan.

He didn't know that the bride he had seen at the end was the true God of Joy.

"The bride I saw at the end was the God of Joy?"

A thought suddenly crossed Su Nan's mind, and he began to speculate.

Could it be that he was able to complete the ceremony because of the help of the true God of Joy at

 the end?

(End of Chapter)