The Era of Gods-Chapter 702 -

The terrifying will of the unknown monster descended once again, but this time Lin Xiao merely hesitated for a moment before recovering even quicker than before, plunging headfirst into the Sea of Souls, and frenziedly devouring the endless soul power.

Since it couldn’t harm him, there was no point in fighting tooth and nail: better to consume enough soul power before anything else.

This action infuriated the monster, its octopus-like head shooting out lightning-like brilliance from its enormous pupils, while a ring of tentacles raised like electrified wires around the edges. The surrounding void twisted as a transparent phantom, identical to the monster, flew out and dove toward Lin Xiao, merging into his body. The next second, as Lin Xiao who was frantically devouring the soul power came to a sudden halt, motionless.

The unknown monster extended its two thick tentacles, and an invisible force drew the motionless Lin Xiao toward itself. His rigid Titan true form shifted before it, and his massive dark gold skull loomed in front of the monster. The brilliance in its pupils changed, transforming into two pure tentacles composed of soul and mental power, which ignored his formidable True Body and pierced straight into Lin Xiao’s skull.

From a distance, Lin Xiao looked unconscious, with two huge transparent tentacles inserted into his head, constantly moving and stirring, a sight that was utterly terrifying.

Any other powerhouse would have surely perished in this situation, even Xie Tianyan, who was at God Level 19 and in charge of the Fifth War Zone, would have suffered the same fate against such a powerful soul.

But Lin Xiao was an exception. On the unseen plane of the soul, the two enormous tentacles formed from soul and mental power plunged into his mind. The soul shell formed from the outer shell of the Origin Core of the Crystal Wall System, which was typically impregnable, allowed them to penetrate as if it had no defenses, and the thick soul tentacles entered Lin Xiao’s Sea of Souls. At first glance, what they saw wasn’t Lin Xiao’s soul, but Tishar, the Dream Ancestor he had awakened.

She couldn’t help much within the Ancestral Tomb, but within his Sea of Souls was another story.

The yet to fully display her power, Tishar took the form of a sun spanning across his Sea of Souls—the monster’s soul, far stronger than Lin Xiao’s, was insignificant before a true Ancestor.

In the silver Sea of Souls, the monster that had seized Lin Xiao suddenly emitted a terrified scream, its body shaking violently as a terrifying surge of soul power erupted, exploding like a tide. The soul tentacles that had shot into Lin Xiao’s brain vibrated fiercely, their brightness instantly increasing tenfold or more, turning into two dazzling light beams that shook madly.

Following this, the presence of the monster visibly weakened at a pace visible to the naked eye, and in less than ten minutes, it was weaker than the derivative monsters he had encountered before.

At a certain moment, Lin Xiao opened his eyes, and the void brightened sharply. His eyes, full of vitality, swept over the area above his head, and with a thought, the surrounding void collapsed and once again transformed into a black hole.

If they fought head-on, he suspected neither could best the other, but that did not account for the helper hidden in his soul.

As an Ancestor, even if Tishar was seriously injured, she was not something a non-Ancestor could withstand.

Perhaps a group of peak Rank 8 powerhouses could slay a severely injured Ancestor, but several would have to die in the process, and a single one could never match her—especially with Lin Xiao assisting.

Thus, the Ancestral derivative monster, which had reached the limit of its own strength, met its embarrassing demise at Lin Xiao’s hands, its strength devoured by him to become nourishment for his growth.

And then there was this giant Sea of Souls. Like an ant that had fallen into a pot of honey, Lin Xiao relished in the vast bounty, devouring the Ancestral soul power that surrounded him like a sea, forming a huge silver whirlpool around the black hole, endlessly swallowing and bolstering his soul.

In less than a month, Lin Xiao had digested the monster, his soul strength skyrocketing to surpass that of the monster, and it was still increasing.

Clearly, his soul’s upper limit was far greater than that of the monster.

Half a year later, he had absorbed most of the giant Sea of Souls. Lin Xiao couldn’t even estimate just how powerful his soul had become, but he was certain that if he encountered such a monster again, he could defeat it on his own without relying on Tishar.

Roughly estimating, he was now about three to four times as strong as that monster.

This meant that the residual soul power of the Ancestor of the End of All Things could create four or five peak-Rank 8 monsters.

And yet, after absorbing so much soul power, Lin Xiao still had not reached the limit of his soul strength, he could continue...

"Hm?"

An unexpected sense of fulfillment made him pause, his will sinking into his own Sea of Souls. Compared to the beginning, his Sea of Souls, now tens of times larger, was far from its limit and could continue to devour more soul power. But he could not continue to do so.

"This is too much!"

His soul could indeed hold more, but his True Spirit could no longer control any more soul power.

To put it more bluntly, his soul power had surged too much too quickly, while his True Spirit had not expanded at the same rate, and it was now nearing the limit of what it could contain.

He could continue to strengthen, but at the cost of losing control over himself.

The body, mana, and soul formed a trinity; these three aspects were the direct manifestations of one’s power, with the True Spirit at the core.

Theoretically, as strength gradually increased, the True Spirit would also grow slowly through feedback from one’s own power. Generally speaking, the True Spirit can control a significantly higher upper limit of power; for instance, when advancing, one’s strength can increase several times without the True Spirit losing control.

But this time, Lin Xiao’s strength grew too rapidly, practically skyrocketing, not only his soul but also his physical body and mana, as well as the Termination power he mastered. The overall degree of increase was so exaggerated that it led to a situation most geniuses would never encounter.

What should he do?

Tishar gave him a suggestion: excess Soul Power within his soul could be condensed again into a new soul core, and in the near future, once he reached the limit of his mana mastery, all of it could be infused into this new soul core.

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In time, as the True Spirit grew with his soul and strength, he could refine the stored core at any moment to enhance the upper limit of his strength.

Soon, Lin Xiao formed a new core within his Sea of Souls, into which all the subsequently devoured soul and mana powers were integrated, growing continuously as he devoured more and more.

After devouring the central core of the Ancestor of the End of All Things’ remains, the subsequent devouring went smoothly. Although there were occasionally some derived monsters in other areas, they were no match for him and were defeated and devoured one by one, becoming nourishment for his growth.

Time passed, and after an indeterminate period, Lin Xiao, who had been immersed in his soul deciphering the Law of Endings, suddenly woke up from his stupor.

The Ancestor of the End of All Things’ remains were nearly completely devoured, the vast remains had changed from a full moon to a thin crescent, and a significant part of the remains had been thoroughly devoured.

Not long after, the last part of the remains was devoured, the black hole slowly contracted, and the super plateau, as massive as a planet and spanning the Earth, disappeared completely. Even the pervasive Death Qi in the nearby regions had been devoured so much that it became extremely thin, and it was uncertain how long it would take to slowly recover.

As the black hole contracted to around thirty kilometers in diameter, the pitch-blackeness slowly transformed and outlined a colossal humanoid figure.

The limit of Lin Xiao’s True Body now reached thirty kilometers.

Compared to the previous eight or nine kilometers, it might only seem three times greater, but his strength had increased dozens of times over; the him now could smack to death his former self with just a few hits.

Having devoured enough Death Qi, his true form had now adapted to the rules within the Ancestral Tomb, and he was able to unleash his full strength completely. The omnipresent deathly forces within the tomb no longer obstructed his vision, and unlike initially when he could only see a few meters ahead, now he could clearly perceive scenes hundreds of kilometers away.

And, he could faintly sense the positions of several other Ancestral Remains inside the Ancestral Tomb.

On some wasteland, four Children of the Spirit Realm walked disheveled across the barren ground. There had been five of them when they first entered, but now only four remained; the one who had died had completely fallen. The power of the True Spirit of the Main World couldn’t extend into this place; there was no way to allow their souls to return to the Spirit Realm Main World.

After a while, one of the Children of the Spirit Realm looked at the murky world and asked the leader in front of him,

"How much farther is it?"

The leader stopped, turned back, and revealed a weathered face. He took out a thick tome with a bone plate as a cover, flipping open the book to a page with glossy, jade-like pages, revealing a map. The map was pitch black with just two glowing points. After examining it for a moment, he said,

"We shouldn’t be far now; we’ve already traveled two-thirds of the way. The remaining third should definitely be covered within ten years."

"Ten years!"

The other Children of the Spirit Realm perked up slightly upon hearing this. The leader, seeing this, encouraged them,

"We’ve come through so much already, just ten more years to go. Once we find the items and take them out, the True Spirit Monarch has promised to bestow upon us power comparable to that of Dominators."

The group was revitalized. They’d braved such risks to come here, all for power. Now, with victory in sight, they found new energy and continued forwards.

Meanwhile, deep in the world, in a location they could neither see nor sense, Lin Xiao had already arrived before the remains of another fallen Ancestor.

The Ancestral Remains, which had lost all flesh and were reduced to mere skeletons, did not reveal the true appearance of the Ancestors from the outside. Only by devouring the Ancestral Runes and powers held by the Ancestors and through the residual impressions could one glimpse the form of the Ancestors.

Lin Xiao was surprised by the power this Ancestor possessed: Balance.

Although the power of Balance might not provide a significant enhancement in battle strength, its ability to preserve one’s life was extraordinary. It was shocking that such an entity had fallen, and one could only wonder which formidable opponent it had encountered.

This power was extremely beneficial to Lin Xiao, whose own Ancient Deity status was that of Balance; the two powers overlapped perfectly...

No, to be precise, the power of Balance completely covered all the Rules of Balance he had understood before.

How much did he understand about Balance? How could he compare with the Balance Ancestor, who had entirely mastered the ultimate essence of Balance?