In this light atmosphere, a killer from the Sword Way Sect said, "She has to have a sponsor since she is a mortal. Whoever that sponsor is will determine if she gets to keep her new Divine Position."
A swordsman said in agreement, "She is talented, so the Divine Position will be formed. As for whether she will get to be the holder of that Divine Position, that is still yet to be determined."
Now that two divine beings from the same sect as the mortal have spoken and no one disagreed with them, it is clear what the attitude of most of the divine beings is about this talented mortal.
Then someone from the Myriad Phenomenon Sect said, "Seriously, who is the sponsor? I’m curious to know."
This was the question that was on everyone’s mind. They wanted to know who helped her to create the Divine Position, and whether that person is strong enough to help her keep it.
This is a test that everyone who creates a Divine Position, whether mortal or divine being, has to face. So they were not picking on her simply because she was a mortal.
As an experienced divine being, Loki knew that the community of divine beings had entered a state of balance after years of struggles and strife. He knew that hierarchy among divine beings had settled and was slow to change over time.
But he also knew that the best impetus for change usually comes from the death of a divine being, which frees up a Divine Position that divine beings can fight for, or the creation of a new Divine Position, which gives divine beings something new to fight for.
This creation of a new Divine Position by this mortal is a very important matter that concerns every divine being in the Sword Way Sect.
So, while the question about who her sponsor was was asked innocently at first, Loki knew that there was nothing innocent about the question. He also knew that if the question was not answered soon, a fight was going to ensue, and this new divine being was going to be torn apart.
Fortunately, someone stood out to speak up for her before things could go beyond the point of no return. The person who spoke up was a rank 6 sword cultivator.
The rank 6 sword cultivator said, "She is one of us."
As a rank 6 divine being, the power of this person wasn’t enough to deter the group of sword cultivators. But when their identity as a member of an alliance was considered, every divine being had to take their words seriously.
Since it had become clear that the new divine being was a result of the project of an alliance, anyone who wanted to snatch her new Divine Position would be trying to steal from the alliance. No one wanted to fight the alliance, so the sword cultivators gave up on harassing the newbie.
When Loki saw this, he snorted and said to himself, ’This is so different from what I encountered when I elevated the Soul Hammer to the level of a Divine Position. I guess the outcome for new divine beings is either death or slavery to a stronger divine being.’
After thinking about this unfortunate situation, he chuckled and thought, saying, ’This is something Muni didn’t tell me when he was waxing long and hard about the power and greatness of divine beings. But I doubt he did that intentionally to deceive me. I’m sure he didn’t know that even divine beings are not free.’
Then he exhaled heavily as he said, ’To a mortal, divine beings are exalted. But to a divine being, our existence is just another kind of struggle.’
’It is certain that we are privileged. But this privilege doesn’t come cheap. It is also certain that we don’t have total freedom. At the very least, we have to become Dao Lords before we can become free and gain control of our fate.’
Meanwhile, below in the first heaven, the new divine being was going through the final stages of her ascension. Her body was changing rapidly in ways that caused her size and shape to change.
She shed her mortal body for a divine body, so her body became balanced, pristine, and symmetrical. These were all things that mortals find pleasing to their eyes and call beauty.
However, this beauty was clean and divine. It was independent of lust and didn’t induce sexual yearning. Instead, it induced a primal yearning and even jealousy.
Every mortal who gazed at her yearned to be her and was jealous of her accomplishments. To them, she was the epitome of perfection, and they wanted to be perfect just like her.
Above her head was a golden fire. This fire was small, but it was very bright. It was so bright that its light formed a golden halo around her head, which made it difficult for mortals to see her face.
As a mortal, Loki thought that this golden fire was formed by all of the light of the golden pillar concentrating into a single point. But as a divine being, he knew that the golden flame was actually the external manifestation of her Life Fire.
He also knew that divine beings couldn’t hide this manifestation as it alps served as a connection between their Cave Heaven and the world around them. So the golden flame represents a channel for their power that divine beings must guard with their divine bodies.
As the mortals stared at her in awe, she spread her arms wide and rotated around as if to show off her achievement to the world. This made Loki chuckle and say, "She must be feeling proud of herself."
Just as he said that, she said in a loud voice for every mortal to hear, "Today, I ascend. Today, I become holy. Today, I become divine."
"From henceforth, I shall be known as Monarch Winter Blade. May my blade bring down more foes and help my divine throne ascend further."