The Era of Gods

Chapter 608: Chapter 608: A Single Word Can Grant Divine Enthronement, A Single Word Can Strip Godhood

Putting aside the specifics of the Emperor of Myriad Forms’ inheritance, just the six Tomb Guardians left by the top college of All Features are all Powerful Divine Power. This alone is enough to make any top-tier force green with envy, ready to pay any price to help him defeat his competitors.

Correspondingly, both Shadow Wind and forces behind Phoenix would also lend their full support.

In other words, the competition now is not only among the three of them but also a struggle between three top-tier forces.

Among them, he appears to be the weakest on the surface; it’s the discussion of the generals on how to improve his chances of winning.

The first step, of course, is to present the evidence of Shadow Wind’s secret assassination attempts and then use it to negotiate benefits within Shadow Wind’s War Zone 6.

Of course, they can’t just use this to take Shadow Wind out in one fell swoop. It’s not just that Shadow Wind is backed by the top-tier power of War Zone 6, which makes it very difficult to take him down directly, but it’s also because he is the weakest in the current three-way stand-off. Shadow Wind and Phoenix are evenly matched in strength, and if he took out Shadow Wind, he would certainly be unable to contend with Phoenix. It’s only by keeping Shadow Wind around, letting him struggle with Phoenix first, that he can buy time to grow.

The purpose of this evidence is to make Shadow Wind cooperate obediently, forbidding him from acting against him until Phoenix is out of the picture, and if Phoenix attacks him, Shadow Wind must step in to stop it.

Simply put, until either Phoenix or Shadow Wind is out, Shadow Wind must ensure he isn’t prematurely eliminated by Phoenix.

This is outright extortion, a barefaced threat. If Shadow Wind doesn’t want to be eliminated early, if he desires to inherit the legacy of the Emperor of Myriad Forms, he must cooperate.

He has no choice but to comply because Lin Xiao, being backed by War Zone 5, has the ability to eject him directly from the competition, provided he is willing to pay a sufficient price and has undeniable evidence.

It’s a pity that his strength is too weak. He needs Shadow Wind to check Phoenix, and the demands he makes are not harsh at all; otherwise, he could have simply used this evidence to eliminate a competitor directly and be done with it.

Lin Xiao has more than once lamented how wonderful it is to be sheltered by a powerful force; if his backing were not strong, even having the evidence would have been useless.

Next comes the step where the War Zone takes initiative to negotiate with War Zone 6, striving to obtain even more benefits.

Lin Xiao, on the other hand, continues to prepare for the upcoming competition.

This competition is inevitable, but the advantage is that he has gained some time. His incarnation in the CY-00801 Crystal Wall System does not need to make an immediate move and can continue to accumulate for a while longer.

As time kept slipping by, Lin Xiao’s True Body spent this period within the Main World Fortress, continually studying his newly acquired Godhood and managing his Divine Realm. He occasionally tried to communicate with that incarnation in the black hole, which, however, had been unresponsive.

It’s unclear whether it has become autistic or something else, but that incarnation turned black hole has been unresponsive ever since; if not for the soul connection still being present, he would have thought that the incarnation had perished.

In the Divine Realm, after decades or even centuries of stable development and without any wars, the population of the Divine Realm Clans had increased manifold.

Over the years, the God Realm Kin has not been often necessary in the conquest of Outland planes, but for the impending struggle for the inheritance of the Emperor of Myriad Forms, his own God Realm Kin are more than likely going to be needed.

After tallying all the Clan members within his Divine Realm, Lin Xiao is brimming with confidence.

Years of peaceful development have increased the total population of the God Realm Kin to over eight million. @@novelbin@@

The Core Races he cares about the most, the Asura Naga, have surpassed the significant milestone of a million—totaling a little over 1,050,000, including twenty-six Rank 10 Great Asura Kings, one hundred forty-five Rank 9 Naga Great Lords, and over five thousand Rank 8 Naga Lords. Rank 7 Naga warriors number an astonishing 300,000, with over 400,000 Naga warriors of Rank 6, and the rest are mostly Asura Naga adolescents.

Star Spirits are far from matching the Supreme Naga; their total population doesn’t even reach four hundred thousand to this day.

Among them, there are sixteen Rank 9 high-level Legendary Star Spirits, over three hundred Rank 8 Legendary Star Spirits, more than fifty thousand Rank 7 Grand Magicians, and the rest, apart from the adolescents, are mostly Rank 6 Grand Magicians.

Of particular note is that over these years, the Star Spirits have accumulated four Rank 10 Great Arcane Mages.

The Red Furnace Clan isn’t much to speak of; its total population has doubled over the years and now has nearly six hundred thousand, with a Rank 9 new Clan Leader as their strongest member.

The Small Fishman population has exceeded six million, despite the Divine Realm’s continuous discouragement of their excessive procreation; had that restriction been lifted, by now their number would surely have broken ten million.

Although plentiful and mighty, these God Realm Kin have not been deployed for a very long time.

This is normal, considering he has now been elevated to the status of a True God. At the level of True God, it’s rare for internal conflict to occur, unless they engage in wars against the Sons of the Divine Realm from a Different Domain. Generally, True Gods don’t challenge each other like students did.

At this level, the frequency of conquering Outlands decreases, but the strength of the Outlands targeted for conquest also increases.

Usually, avatars are sent to gain followers among the Natives of an Outerworld, relying on these Natives for conquest, and it’s rare for Divine Realm Kin to be sent for invasions personally.

After all, at the True God level, the adversaries they face are also of the True God tier. Deploying Kin makes for quick conquests, but also incurs great losses. In logical thinking, if you can use Natives as Cannon Fodder, who would want to lose their own Kin?

Of course, this doesn’t mean that the Kin are now useless; on the contrary, their role is tremendously significant.

Not all Outerworlds are suitable for conquest—many worlds are completely incapable of spreading faith, and some don’t even have Natives to conquer, which is when one must rely on their own Divine Realm Kin.

Worlds like this are quite numerous in the Chaotic Void Sea; it’s just that Lin Xiao hasn’t encountered one yet.

Or rather, the worlds he is currently conquering have all been carefully selected, suitable for their conquest and development.

Needless to say, the trial given to them by the Emperor of Myriad Forms this time is definitely not an easy world to conquer. It might be the kind of world where they cannot use the natives as cannon fodder and must dispatch their own clans.

On the sixth day in the Main World, also the day before the tenth prep day given by the Emperor of Myriad Forms, Lin Xiao finally finished digesting all of his gains. His already massive Divine Realm, with the growth of the core, began to voraciously devour void energy, expanding rapidly. The thunderous sound of energy surging could be sensed by any clan member above the rank of Legend.

After devouring the remnant origin will of the previous world, his soul advanced once more, and with the integration into his soul, the Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core within also got upgraded.

Crystal Wall System Origin Core (Awakening): An origin core shell left behind by the fall of a crystal wall system, with the shell repaired, and a complete network of fundamental laws woven.

Crystal Wall: Significantly strengthens the Divine Realm, expands the Divine Realm, and can stabilize the Divine Realm.

Equipped: Enhances Divine Realm space strength to Rank 11, energy density to Rank 11.

Equipped: Can merge cards without limit.

Equipped: Loaded into the Divine Realm – the strength, stability, energy density, and area of the Divine Realm will continue to grow with the core’s growth.

Core: Merging one’s own soul origin into the Crystal Wall Origin Core Shell, building a complete Crystal Wall Core Origin.

Equipped: Loaded into the Divine Realm – all attributes of the God Realm kin +20.

Equipped: All attributes of all believers +10.

Fundamental Law Network: A complete network of basic lower-level laws has been woven, constructing a complete system of laws.

Equipped: Magician of Laws – There are ninety-nine slots for magicians in charge of a single basic underlying law. Current count 9/99.

Equipped: Transcendent Magician – To build an Extraordinary Magic Network, editing extraordinary abilities, creating the profession of a Transcendent Magician.

Lord of the Crystal Wall System: The fundamental lower-level law network of the world is complete. Gathering Crystal Wall Origin to meet the minimum requirements automatically makes one the Lord of the Crystal Wall System.

Equipped: The Lord of the Crystal Wall System can, at a certain cost, conjure Divinity to bestow upon mortals and ascend them to Godhood.

Equipped: The Lord of the Crystal Wall System can, at a certain cost, strip the Divinity of True Gods and cast them down to the mortal world.

Equipped: The Lord of the Crystal Wall System can, at a certain cost, temporarily shield the Divinity of True Gods and expel them from the God Country.

Evaluation: A Crystal Wall System Origin Core that has been repaired to wholeness and whose origin has awakened, is now unleashing its miraculous powers.

Lin Xiao’s expression was neither sad nor pleased, as the multiple promotions and his prior anticipation could no longer cause much emotional fluctuation. However, the heartfelt joy was very evident.

The once again advanced Crystal Wall System Origin Core has begun to showcase the powers of this precious treasure. Not only have all attributes significantly improved, but the key lies in the newly born abilities that are simply outrageous.

A word to confer Godhood!

A word to cast down the gods to dust!

This couldn’t help but remind him of His Majesty Ao, the Son of the Crystal Wall of Toriel Multiverse, the Supreme God Above Gods. This supreme deity once did such an earth-shattering act. After one awakening, to punish the gods of Toriel Multiverse, he directly used the power of the Supreme artifact, God’s Artifact: Mud Plate of Fate, to shield the Divine Power of countless True Gods in the Hall of All Gods and cast them into the mortals’ world, where they could only walk the earth in the guise of saints.

This act led to countless True Gods perishing in the mortal world. During that period, the act of godslaying became extremely popular in the Pharrell Main Material Plane, with many legendary figures teaming up to hunt the True Gods cast down to dust.

Although most failed, as a cast down True God is still a True God, not something a typical Legend can contend with, there were a few fortunate ones who succeeded, ascending to the throne atop the bones of the gods.

The powers Lin Xiao obtained after his promotion are exactly like those His Majesty Ao possessed, albeit certainly not as outrageously powerful.

But even if it’s weaker, this is a power that only the Lord of the Crystal Wall System would possess. It might not work against all gods, but if targeting a single True God, it would suffice, as long as he is willing to pay enough of a price. He could directly cast a True God, who went through arduous trials to ascend, back down to be a mere mortal.

There’s a saying that to kill is to strike at the heart, and this move is quite frightening. It would undoubtedly provoke the vigilance and dread of any True God. Therefore, he must not use it lightly. If he resorts to this, he’d have to be thorough.

With this move, he gained some confidence in facing the upcoming crisis. If he played his cards right, it was not impossible to defeat both his opponents and inherit the legacy of the Emperor of Myriad Forms on his own.

Two days later, Lin Xiao left under the escort of General Lei Xuanji, sitting aboard a Super Void Battleship bound for Myriad Forms God Temple. Accompanying him were a two-star war brigade and a fleet to ensure his safety.