The Era of Gods-Chapter 574: The Situation Changes Unpredictably
Chapter 574 -574: The Situation Changes Unpredictably
After becoming a Divine Enthronement in this world, Lin Xiao’s incarnation could once again create an Incarnation of God, but now the Divine Power was temporarily insufficient. However, he was able to bestow Divine Arts to cultivate real priests.
As a True God with one of the four fundamental Godhoods of ‘Matter’ among the Ancient Deities, his priests would possess a series of Divine Arts unique to Ancient gods, with the most valuable being a passive Divine Art that significantly reduced physical damage.
After becoming a True God, Lin Xiao was essentially given a clean slate in this Crystal Wall Universe. The Ground Dwellers had already acknowledged him as their god, and the second layer of the Dark Territory they occupied was inherently considered his domain.
The spread of belief accelerated further, with a vast number of threads of faith connecting every day, and the Power of Faith harvested each day increased significantly.
At this time, Lin Xiao also began the modulation of the fourth generation of Cave-dwellers.
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Now that he had achieved Divine Enthronement, he could use certain methods he dared not employ before, such as utilizing the functions of the Creation Rubik’s Cube to forcibly raise the upper limit of the Cave-dwellers’ race.
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Uplifting the level of an entire species had a tremendous impact, and had he not been a Divine Enthronement before, the Hall of All Gods would have immediately detected such actions. Now that he was Divine Enthroned in this world, there would be no repercussions for doing so.
Modulating the fourth generation of Cave-dwellers, accumulating Divine Power, spreading belief, expanding the domain of faith, enhancing Divine Power…
Continuing to expand the domain of faith and gaining more Divine Power.
After many years since the Divine Enthronement culminated in the formation of his first Incarnation of God, he would occasionally send out the incarnation to join in on strikes against The Lord of Darkness and sometimes dispatch over a hundred thousand Cave-dwellers to coordinate attacks on Zoel at the third layer of the Dark Territory with the races of the first layer.
The war of the divines was not solely a matter of True Gods; even mortal believers waged war against each other.
If this were to occur on the surface, likely there would be a chaotic battle among multiple kingdoms, but in the complex environment of the Dark Territory, there were long intervals between each encounter.
Time slowly passed within chaos and before he knew it, Lin Xiao discovered that the Kingdom of Heart-devouring Demons, with the support of the alliance, had actually managed to resist The Lord of Darkness’s oppression and secured a foothold in the fourth layer of the Dark Territory, making him both relieved and somewhat disappointed.
Relieved because with such a thorn in that place, The Lord of Darkness certainly wouldn’t have the time to trouble him.
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Disappointed because the survival of the Heart-stealing Demon God under pressure meant more support from the alliance, increasing his influence within it.
In fact, over the past few decades, the Alliance of Gods’ incarnations were frequently present in the Kingdom of Heart-devouring Demons. This insectoid Son of God realm grew closer to the gods, while Lin Xiao not only maintained the lowest status within the alliance but also became rather distant with most members due to the Heart-stealing Demon God’s continuous secret disruptions, despite his deliberate decision not to get too close to the other gods.
Though that was not a good sign, he was not overly worried. As long as The Lord of Darkness lived, the alliance would remain stable. Neither he nor the Heart-stealing Demon God would scheme internally when they needed to focus on resisting The Lord of Darkness.
For Lin Xiao at this time, what he needed most was time. As more and more Cave-dwellers came under his domain of faith, his Divine Power grew stronger.
He had not only enough Divine Power to maintain his Divinity but was also slowly amassing excess Divine Power, preparing to refine a God Country.
If he wanted to become stronger, he needed a God Country.
Look at The Lord of Darkness, who, relying on the strength of a single god, confronted over a dozen True Gods in the Dark Territory. His greatest reliance was having an Underground God’s Nation.
Without a God Country to protect his True Body, even one with Medium Divine Power could be overwhelmed and killed.
A Medium Divine Power seated in a God Country would make it extremely difficult for even a Powerful Divine Power to slay The Lord of Darkness. Such a feat could only be achieved through a war of attrition that might take hundreds or even thousands of years, and even a Powerful Divine Power could meet their downfall within a Medium Divine Power’s God Country if they were careless.
At this moment, Lin Xiao’s True Body was within a Divine Power space he had created, where the souls of dead believers were temporarily led as well. However, given the vast numbers and short lifespans of the Cave-dwellers, this Divine Power space wouldn’t last long before reaching its capacity. He needed to quickly establish a God Country to accommodate these believers’ souls.
Fortunately, the modulation of the fourth generation Cave-dwellers was nearly complete. Once they replaced the third generation, their strength would increase again. Most importantly, their souls and mental fortitude would be stronger, providing more Power of Faith, and soon his Power of Faith would enter a period of explosive growth.
However, just as everything was progressing in an orderly fashion, Lin Xiao suddenly sensed the collapse of his incarnation that was stationed in the fourth layer of the Dark Territory.
He learned from the frontline priests and believers that an abrupt conflict involving more than twenty Incarnations of God had broken out, resulting in the fall of his incarnation.
Lin Xiao immediately suspected the Heart-stealing Demon God of setting up his incarnation. But now that his incarnation had dissipated, he could not deduce the truth of the divine war involving True Gods with his extra-ordinary True Knowledge and Godhood since he dared not venture out in his True Body, leaving him without answers.
This was the trouble with having just achieved Divine Enthronement; once an incarnation died, he became virtually blind, and his True Body couldn’t simply venture out.
To other deities, he was a fresh New God without a God Country, just a piece of tantalizing meat. If he dared to let his True Body wander aimlessly, even the Bull-headed Man God, who had the best relationship with him, might not resist the temptation to seize his Divinity.
“This is troublesome!”
Lin Xiao rubbed his forehead. Whether he was indeed sabotaged by the Heart-stealing Demon God or not, he had to plan ahead.
He decided to take the Divine Power reserved for constructing a God Country and condense another incarnation. Without a God Country for now, he must have an incarnation; otherwise, his True Body couldn’t possibly handle everything.
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However, this time after condensing his Incarnation, he didn’t send it out, but rather informed the other members of the Alliance of Gods that he currently lacked sufficient Divine Power to condense a new Incarnation.
At the same time, far beyond the world, at the Outpost Base, Lin Xiao quickly convened members of the Giant God Combat Team. Lin Hong and more than twenty True Gods who used to belong to the Greedy Wolf Combat Team had already condensed new Incarnations. They had been ordered to descend to the Dark Territory of the Primary Material Plane, but Lin Xiao always felt a shadow looming over his head.
The previous Incarnation of Lin Hong suffered grave injuries while intercepting the Incarnation of The Lord of Darkness, which made hiding its presence impossible, and it was sensed by the world’s will, resulting directly in banishment.
However, before his subordinates could arrive, Lin Xiao received shocking news from the Bull-headed Man God: not only had his Incarnation perished in that battle, but The Lord of Darkness had also lost three Incarnations, and now only two remained, retreating to defend his God Country.
“This doesn’t make sense, does it? How can an alliance comprised of multiple Weak Divine Powers and two Weak God Level incarnations obliterate three Medium Divine Power Incarnations?”
Lin Xiao was quite astonished.
It wasn’t that he looked down on them, but an Incarnation with Medium Divine Power was equivalent to the true body of a weaker True God, as were three God Level five or above Weak God Level true bodies. How could more than twenty Incarnations, whose God Levels were mostly Level 1, Level 2, or even zero, prevail over them?
No matter how he considered it, it seemed unreasonable. He even suspected whether it was a ruse.
When asked further, the Bull-headed Man God did not respond, so he contacted other True Gods in the alliance. A few responded, corroborating the Bull-headed Man’s statements about The Lord of Darkness’s three fallen Incarnations, but no one gave details. Instead, the Earth Spirit God mentioned that the alliance was preparing to siege The Lord of Darkness’s God Country and goaded him into making a True-Body Descend.
He certainly wouldn’t oblige, but that didn’t prevent him from stealthily sending a projection to take a closer look.
However, the projection was discovered by an unfamiliar True Deity Incarnation as soon as it entered the fourth layer of the Dark Territory and was forced to retreat.
Upon the projection’s return to the True Body, Lin Xiao quickly inferred the situation in the fourth layer of the Dark Territory.
“As expected, there was interference by Surface True Gods in that battle, and a Medium Divine Power was involved.”
This was the only explanation; otherwise, a few Weak God Level powers could not have cornered and killed three Incarnations of The Lord of Darkness.
It’s important to note that the gap between Weak God Level and Medium Divine Power is much greater than that between Weak Divine Power and Weak God Level. While a Weak Divine Power with powerful godhood and Divine Power might have a chance at defeating a Weak God Level, even a Weak God Level with mighty godhood and Divine Artifacts would find it hard to bridge the gap.
After all, to grow to Medium Divine Power, one’s godhood in itself is not weak.
“It looks like The Lord of Darkness is in trouble this time. The situation in the Dark Territory might change, and I must prepare early.”
Considering the chaotic situation, after much thought, Lin Xiao decided to stay out of the affair and focus on his development.
At this very moment, he had successfully engineered the fourth generation of Cave-dwellers, ready for deployment.
The newly born fourth-generation Cave-dwellers integrated the genes of Trolls and Ogres, along with the soul and mental talents of Heart-devouring Demons. These fourth-generation Cave-dwellers grew to a height of around two meters, possessing strong souls and innate mental talents.
Although they were still no match for Heart-devouring Demons and lacked the ability to control living creatures’ minds, the mental talent provided them with a powerful communication ability. As long as the distance wasn’t too great, all fourth-generation Cave-dwellers could communicate with each other in real-time through the mind.
This ability was almost like a BUG in battle, where a commander could use this mental communication ability to control a large army in real-time, effortlessly directing even millions of troops. You can imagine how terrifying this was.
While the outside world was in turmoil and battles raged chaotically, Lin Xiao concentrated on cultivation.
Although The Lord of Darkness suffered a major defeat and lost three Incarnations, he still had his True Body and two other Incarnations within the Divine Realm. It wouldn’t be so easy for them to breach his God Country, even with Medium Divine Power getting involved.
One year…
Three years…
Seven years…
Fifteen years…
The siege on The Lord of Darkness continued, and Lin Xiao had no information on the state of affairs, but the deployment of priests and troops by the gods to attack the third layer of the Dark Territory’s Thorium City suggested that The Lord of Darkness’s situation was dire.
At this moment, Lin Xiao, who had yet to send Incarnations into battle, had been excluded by the alliance. It was foreseeable that once The Lord of Darkness was defeated, he, as an outsider, was likely to be persecuted.
But he was neither anxious nor fearful.
Because, by the time they defeated The Lord of Darkness, he would no longer be afraid of them.
Over these past ten-plus years, while they attacked The Lord of Darkness’s God Country and seized the Zorel Elves worshippers, he had been rapidly developing. As of today, he had amassed over seven hundred and ninety million followers among the Ground Dwellers, most of whom were third-generation Cave-dwellers and about one hundred and fifty million being fourth-generation.
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