The Era of Gods-Chapter 701 Devouring Ancestral Remains
Days passed, one by one, and at the outset, Lin Xiao closely observed his surroundings, checking the effectiveness of his devouring. But as he devoured more and more Ancestral Runes—especially when the number of runes he had consumed reached a certain point, and they began to converge and fuse into a more complex rune—his attention was immediately drawn to it, and he started to examine this more complicated and powerful fusion of runes.
Compared to the initial Ancestral Runes, which were simple and pure, without any impurities, the fused rune began to exhibit special abilities. This was likely, without doubt, the power of the Ancestor’s Remains along with the authority it held.
Through deciphering the runes containing the power of the Ancestor’s Remains, Lin Xiao naturally learned the name of this Ancestor—the Ancestor of the End of All Things, also known as the Ancestor of Heavenly Calamity, or the Ancestor of All Things to Zero, and so on.
The authority held by this Ancestor was Termination, from which various disasters could be derived. This Ancestor’s strength ranked above average among his peers, but he ultimately met his demise in the Ancestral Tomb.
The specifics of this great one’s death remained unknown; Lin Xiao could only parse the power of the Ancestor of the End of All Things and could not discern the cause of Death, as the remains bore no other Ancestor’s power.
Unless he could fully master the Time Law, only then might he be able to trace back to the cause of Death through the skeleton of the Ancestor of the End of All Things.
With Lin Xiao continuously devouring the remains of the Ancestor of Heavenly Calamity and deciphering its power, he slowly began to grasp its unique Law of Endings, and he found the rate at which he devoured the remains was becoming faster.
Perhaps by mastering the Law of Endings, he gained a deeper understanding of the power of the Ancestor of the End of All Things, making it easier to devour the remains than before.
And as he devoured more remains and grasped more laws, the speed of his devouring further accelerated.
Finally, one day, two years later, he had devoured roughly the amount of Ancestral Remains equivalent to a skyscraper, and together with the continuous power infusion from the Dream Ancestor Mark, Lin Xiao’s strength finally transcended the late Rank 8, stepping into the pinnacle of Rank 8.
In the increasingly massive black hole at the center, hidden within the black hole, his second Titan true form had grown even more powerful and immense, expanding from its original size of eight or nine kilometers to about twelve or thirteen kilometers, and it was still growing.
However, influenced by the power of the Ancestor of the End of All Things, his true form had undergone significant changes compared to before.
Firstly, the once pure gold Titan true form was now a darker color, turned into a dark gold Titan Body; many new, mysterious runes had been added to the symbols on its body that represented all the laws he previously held.
It wasn’t just the Termination power that was added; Death and Dream powers were also fully integrated.
Death needs no explanation; having devoured so much Death Qi, it was inevitable that he would have a preliminary grasp of the Law of Death.
While the Dream power belonged to Tishar, Lin Xiao could still incorporate it into his own power system; this wouldn’t affect Tishar’s grasp on her power. He wasn’t qualified to contend with an Ancestor for authority now, nor would he be in the future.
He had already decided on his authority for when he ascended to Ancestor or equivalent great divine power: the Supreme Origin of Time.
Black Hole was his talent, not an authority.
Besides, there was already an Enigma in the Chaotic Void Sea; even if he had a choice, he wouldn’t be able to choose it.
The many laws he now held; in the future, if Lin Xiao could ascend to Ancestor or great divine power, they would all merge into his main authority, becoming the multitude of laws under his control.
Other existences could choose these laws to ascend to Ancestor without conflicting with his main authority.
After all, which of the many powerful beings in the world does not hold numerous laws besides their main one; for instance, the Ancestor of Water also has some understanding of the laws of Air and Earth.
Stepping into the pinnacle of Rank 8, he had reached the most powerful level just below great divine power, equivalent to Level 19 of God Level Super Divine Power.
In actual combat power, he was stronger than a Super Divine Power True Body, but his overall combat power could not outmatch it.
It’s simple; a Rank 8 pinnacle wizard focusing all their strength in one body is definitely overpowering.
But Super Divine Power not only has the support of a powerful God Country but can also manifest twenty Grade 10 God Level incarnations comparable to Medium Divine Power; Medium Divine Power is equivalent to early Rank 8, plus the fact that reaching this level means one must have a vast amount of believers accumulating Divine Power. All things considered, a pinnacle Rank 8 wizard certainly couldn’t compete.
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But thoroughly overpowering an average Powerful Divine Power was no issue, and although Lin Xiao hadn’t returned with sufficient Divine Power and his Divine Realm area didn’t meet the standards to ascend to Powerful Divine Power, it didn’t affect his ability to thoroughly overpower an average Powerful Divine Power in battle.
Accumulation of Divine Power and the expanse of the Divine Realm were not significant issues.
As time went by, having ascended to the pinnacle of Rank 8 and mastered the Law of Endings, Lin Xiao’s speed of devouring the Ancestral Remains grew faster and faster, soon devouring an empty expanse about fifty or sixty kilometers in diameter around him. The terrifying black hole hung at the center of this void, madly devouring everything from the Ancestral Remains as nourishment for its own growth.
How powerful was the strength of an Ancestor!
It was an entirely different level from that of Powerful Divine Power, you might say a gap that surpassed the level of gods, similar to the distance between mortals and gods.
That is why, in some worlds, great divine powers of the same tier as the Ancestor are called Supreme Gods, The God Above.
When a mortal fused with even a strand of Divine Blood, they could shed their mortal coil and ascend to become a transcendent Divine Being. In the same vein, when Lin Xiao devoured enough Ancestral Remains, even though the power contained within was far inferior to that of the ancestors during their lifetimes, the sheer volume he consumed was enough to trigger an evolution of his True Body’s essence.
Of course, becoming an ancestor was out of the question. A single Ancestral Remain wasn’t nearly enough to make him ascend to ancestry. Even if he devoured the remains of ten ancestors, it would still be impossible.
Ascension to ancestry requires not just immense power but the fulfillment of three conditions.
Firstly, mastery over the primary laws to a certain extent is necessary.
Then, the strength of one’s soul must meet a specific standard, or it wouldn’t be able to withstand the power of an ancestor.
Lastly, either the physical body or mana must reach at least the peak of Rank 8.
It’s worth mentioning that not all ancestors were physically strong prior to their ascension, meaning not all of them condensed their True Bodies. Some profoundly powerful Traditional wizards, despite their frail bodies but strong mana, could ascend to ancestry.
However, such Traditional wizards who became ancestors would naturally have weaker Ancestral True Forms compared to those like Lin Xiao who condensed their True Bodies twice before their ascension.
But the Ancestral True Body was only a part of an ancestor’s power; their primary strength lay in the abilities they controlled. An ancestor with powerful abilities was certainly stronger than one with weaker abilities.
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Unknowingly, within the Ancestral Remains of the Ancestor of the End of All Things, a colossal space with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers had appeared, dominated by an enormous black hole that spanned across this space, emanating a terrifying attraction force, ceaselessly pulling in streams of Death Qi and Ancestral Remains into itself from all directions.
The space was bordered by rough walls, with a massive amount of bone being drawn into the black hole every moment, turning into a surge of grey-white bone dust that flowed towards the maw of the black hole.
However, despite the vast size of this inner cavity, Lin Xiao had not yet reached its edge or central core from his initial devouring spot, indicating the exaggerated size of the ancestor’s body.
But Lin Xiao could sense an extremely powerful presence at the edge of his black hole’s reach.
Now, his strength was more than ten times greater than it was years ago. If he could feel that this presence was extremely potent even with his current strength, it must be a derived monster residing at the very center of the Ancestral Remains.
If he had encountered this being before, he might not have even had the chance to escape.
But now, things were different. His strength was vastly greater than before, and the black hole had become terrifyingly powerful since it began to devour. Moreover, he had mastered the Law of Endings, making it not difficult to confront the creature.
Another month passed, and finally, the power of the black hole penetrated through a layer of bone of unknown thickness, reaching the central core of the Ancestral Remains—a vast, hollow space filled with copious amounts of silver liquid. Upon contact, Lin Xiao’s eyes, situated at the center of the black hole, snapped open, filled with shock.
The black hole engulfed a portion of the silver liquid from the central space, and Lin Xiao instantly felt a chilling sensation that entered the black hole and merged into a stream of extremely pure Soul Power within his soul.
"So much Soul Power?"
Lin Xiao was overjoyed. He drove the black hole closer to the center, voraciously absorbing the silver liquid.
But this action immediately enraged a colossal entity that dwelled within the central silver Sea of Souls. It was a towering creature over twenty kilometers tall, with a head resembling a gigantic octopus and numerous tentacles draped behind its head. It had a humanoid torso but no feet, instead, numerous thick tentacles writhed beneath it, resembling an entity known as Cthulhu.
Upon its appearance, one of its massive muscular tentacles rose, uttering a sound Lin Xiao could not understand. He felt an overwhelming fear, but his soul’s shell blocked the power assault, keeping his soul and will crystal clear even as his body succumbed to the fear. The vast black hole trembled and disintegrated immediately.
"What a powerful soul!"
This creature was evidently a derivative of the remnants of the Ancestor of the End of All Things’ soul, and its Soul Power was insanely potent.
Luckily, it couldn’t ascend to ancestry and its capacity for Soul Power was limited. It was now at the peak of its power and couldn’t absorb even a droplet more from the remaining Sea of Souls.
If it could have absorbed all the Soul Power from the Ancestor of the End of All Things remaining in the Sea of Souls, its power would have been unimaginably terrifying.
Shielded by the soul’s shell formed from the Origin of the Crystal Wall System, Lin Xiao easily withstood the monster’s fearsome soul attack. Its soul was too strong and could directly affect his True Body. However, since it couldn’t affect his soul, its impact on his True Body was limited, and soon, it ran out of momentum, allowing him to regain control of his body.
Without waiting for the creature to regain control, Lin Xiao, with his Titan true form reaching over 13,000 meters, charged towards the silver Sea of Souls. Midway, a layer of temporal luster appeared on him, forming a temporal discontinuity around him.
