Chapter 464: A Light Bearer’s Inner Light

As a Half-Step Primordial Human, Zayne had already contemplated his life. He knew how difficult it was to become the strongest.

After all, just like wealth, there were diminishing returns in quality of life when one reached higher ranks.

It was undeniable that becoming stronger would guarantee more quality of life, as it would prevent and deter others from ruining one’s own. However, the invested time and effort to achieve such power would be the main determinant of whether it was worth it or not.

After all, the time and effort to achieve it would cause someone to neglect most aspects of their life just to pursue power.

It was for this reason that Zayne balanced work and rest. Even in the Second Doomsday Life Simulation, he ensured that he managed his time well and spent his happy life with Jade.

He wasn’t some cultivation maniac who could forego enjoyment and happiness in pursuit of power. In fact, he realized that the road to becoming the strongest would be filled with thorns, and there’d be a situation where he’d die even with his cautiousness.

To prevent any regrets, he always lived his life to the fullest. So even if he were to meet an untimely end, he wouldn’t truly regret that he did nothing substantial.

At the least, the time he spent with Jade was one he had truly enjoyed.

Hearing Zayne’s words, Jade threw herself at him and kissed his lips.

She giggled, "Hehehe! Darling, I’m also satisfied with our life!"

"To be honest, the things we’ve experienced are even better than what I have dreamed of. Before, we didn’t have supernatural phenomena, so my expectations were much more grounded."

"I’ve only dreamed of being with you after the two of us graduated from college, and starting a family. Then, we’d grow old and die together."

"But from what we’ve experienced, we might not have children, and we might not have grown old together, but we had indeed lived more than a mortal’s lifetime and even died fighting side-by-side together!"

"For that, I’m already a happy girl~!"

Perhaps it was due to Jade’s love for Zayne and her affirming her light... the unstable spark on her index finger became much brighter.

Although it still showed a somewhat dim light, it no longer went on and off due to instability. Moreover, it was no longer confined to just her fingertips, as it floated and revolved around Jade like a firefly in the night.

Additionally, the firefly-like light around Jade was no longer limited to just one quantity. She could create several more, allowing those dim lights to revolve around her.

In other words, Jade had advanced from Spark rank to Firefly rank, the second power rank of the Light Bearer Path!

Seeing Jade’s advancement, Zayne, who knew the reason behind it, couldn’t help but comment, "To think the love energy of Single-Minded Devotion is this powerful. It even allowed you to advance to Firefly rank without using refined darkness essence to fuel your inner light."

Jade chuckled, "After all, love conquers all."

"I have to admit, Haley’s innate talent sure is powerful, not much worse than my Innate Talent Upgrade and Equivalent Exchange."

"Aside from being too specialized in one thing, it already works similarly to XX-rank Wish Maker."

Compared to XX-rank Single-Minded Devotion, XX-rank Wish Maker was undoubtedly more versatile. However, if it was the times of usage, a truly devoted lover could use the XX-rank Single-Minded Devotion innate talent more often than the holder of the XX-rank Wish Maker innate talent.

After all, the XX-rank Wish Maker innate talent not only had a cooldown in its usage, but the wishes it could grant were limited by probability.

As for XX-rank Single-Minded Devotion, it could be used for as long as the holder has sufficient love energy. In addition, it could also achieve almost anything, as long as the love energy was sufficient.

It was due to this reason that Jade easily advanced her Light Bearer rank to Firefly rank without even using refined dark essence to fuel her inner light.

A Light Bearer’s inner light was located within their soul, and it was the embodiment of the light they’ve found and affirmed.

Jade had already discovered that her light was Zayne. On the other hand, Zayne had also discovered his light.

But unlike Jade, Zayne sighed as he revealed the spark on his fingertip, "Unfortunately, I can’t be as idealistic as you. The light I’ve discovered, which I believe will never dim no matter what, is the light of pursuing my dream."

"My dream is to become one of the strongest, where I’d possess sufficient power to protect myself, you, and our future family. Due to this, it’s impossible for my inner light to dim."

"After all, it will only dim if I were to ever die. With how firm my will is, no setbacks will discourage me from pursuing power."

That was indeed the case. For a pragmatist like him, Zayne had indeed suffered setbacks and even died in the doomsday life simulations, but it never discouraged him.

Due to this, he chose that dream of his as his Inner Light. By doing so, that would ensure that his Inner Light would never dim because of his resolve wavering.

The only way for it to disappear was for him to either die or encounter external darkness that could even darken and corrupt his inner light. But the latter issue was mostly due to insufficient power rank, and not a problem of whether one’s determination and willpower had weakened.

Despite this, Jade didn’t mind, as she commented, "That’s so you~."

"At least, this can guarantee that even if I were to sacrifice my life for your sake, it won’t cause your inner light to extinguish."

Jade had already accepted long ago the possibility of Zayne having more lovers. Due to this, she was satisfied with standing by Zayne and having a place for her in his heart.

Having already monopolized Zayne for two parallel world lives and even the main world, Jade was already very happy.

After all, even she couldn’t guarantee that every parallel world that Zayne had visited would have her parallel self in it.