The Era of Gods

Chapter 527: Chapter 527: Advancement of the Crystal Wall System’s Core

In the Moon Cloud Realm, Lin Xiao’s True Body frowned slightly upon receiving the letter from his Incarnation within the Creation Rubik’s Cube.

The situation with the Incarnation was so complex that it caused him a great deal of worry.

He had racked his brains for solutions, but the resources he currently controlled, as well as the support he could obtain from his girlfriend, class teacher, or Xie Yufei, were insufficient to resolve his current predicament.

Although, if he swallowed his pride and asked his girlfriend, or exchanged favors with Commander Xie, he could indeed obtain some top-tier resources at once, even Divine Bodies and Divinity infused with Powerful Divine Power.

Based on the favor Commander Xie owed him, it was indeed worth a Divine Corpse and Divinity of Powerful Divine Power; Commander Xie couldn’t wait for him to propose repaying the favor.

But the problem was, these couldn’t solve his current dilemma.

Or rather, there was nothing currently available that could resolve his predicament, not even those top-tier Divine Artifacts that the Gods in the Divine System had spent tens of thousands of years meticulously refining to be far more powerful than the Titan Sword.

Strictly speaking, those treasures were useful, but the key issue was that they couldn’t be sent over—the Creation Rubik’s Cube couldn’t transport such terrifyingly powerful objects.

Furthermore, Lin Xiao’s True Body had to face an issue that caught him somewhat off guard: the shell of the Crystal Wall System’s Core integrated with his Soul was ready for advancement.

This was unexpected, but an issue he couldn’t ignore.

Originally, Lin Xiao estimated that it would take another hundred or two hundred years before he would have devoured enough of the Moon Cloud Realm for the Origin Core shell in his brain to promote again after absorbing sufficient Crystal Wall Origin. Unexpectedly, the Incarnation had previously acquired half of the Star Soul’s origin.

Normally, the Incarnation would only contribute the Origin back to the True Body upon its return. However, through multiple communications between the Incarnation and the True Body via the Creation Rubik’s Cube – effectively placing the Incarnation face to face with the True Body – a portion of the True Spirit origin from the Star Soul automatically transferred to the True Body, which led to a transformation in the essence of the True Body and consequently sped up the pace at which the True Body devoured the Moon Cloud Realm.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lin Xiao estimated that the Moon Cloud Realm, which would have taken six to seven hundred years to devour, could now be consumed in about a hundred years, almost ten times faster.

This disrupted his plans. He didn’t even have a suitable alternate realm to transfer the devotees of the Moon Cloud Realm to, and now his True Body might enter a period of sleep, the duration of which he didn’t know.

“These are the troubles of happiness!”

The Incarnation had already become a black hole, and Lin Xiao was well aware of the situation and didn’t dare to wake it up right now.

“I can only rely on myself now.”

After thinking, he wrote another note and threw it into the Creation Rubik’s Cube.

If the True Body wakes first, this note would be useless; if the Incarnation wakes first, it would know what to do upon seeing the note.

After finishing these tasks, Lin Xiao sent a letter to each of the three women – Shen Yuexin, the class teacher, and Xie Yufei – informing them that he needed to sleep. He then returned to the Moon Cloud Realm and surveyed it.

The status of the Moon Cloud Realm wasn’t much different from before, just that storms became more frequent, occasional minor earthquakes occurred, and some extreme weather events took place from time to time, but all within normal limits. The Gods in the Divine System were present, capable of handling these minor troubles.

After instructing several subordinates to watch over the realm, Lin Xiao returned to the center of the Moon Cloud Realm and his figure slowly merged into the void, disappearing from sight.

The True Body and Incarnation both entered a sleep state.

Time flew like an arrow, and the years flowed like a stream.

A year passed, and neither Lin Xiao’s True Body nor his Incarnation woke up.

Two years passed, and still, Lin Xiao’s True Body and his Incarnation didn’t wake up.

Five years passed, and Lin Xiao’s True Body and his Incarnation remained asleep.

Eight years went by, and Lin Xiao’s True Body…..

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed throughout the Moon Cloud Realm, followed immediately by a bolt of void lightning of indeterminable length striking a certain area of the void in the Moon Cloud Realm. A dazzling divine light exploded, and all living beings in the world instinctively raised their heads to look in that direction.

“I am the Master of Truth and Creation!”

Accompanied by this proclamation, an entity appeared out of nowhere in a certain part of the void. In the Moon Cloud Realm, Lin Bao looked up sharply, a gleam of joy on his face as he tore through the space before him to step inside. The next second, he appeared out of thin air in this void, immediately spotting Lin Xiao’s appearing figure and his face showed an expression of astonishment.

A few seconds later, as if realizing something, his face showed a look of shock as he suppressed his amazement and asked in a low voice:

“Commander, have you achieved Divine Enthronement?”

Having awoken from his slumber, Lin Xiao checked his condition first. Hearing Lin Bao’s question, he hesitated briefly and then shook his head, replying:

“I have not undergone Divine Enthronement.”

He paused, then added:

“But my strength now is comparable to that of any True God!”

In truth, he himself wasn’t very clear on whether his strength was on par with a True God’s, for his current situation was indeed complex.

First of all, the advancement was a success. The Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core that had fused into his mind had indeed promoted successfully, and had turned out to be much stronger and more intricate than he had imagined.

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Because of this ascension, his soul naturally merged into the shell of the Crystal Wall System’s Core, becoming its core consciousness.

It may sound complicated, but it can be understood like this: Through this period of slumber and the subsequent ascension, the Crystal Wall System’s Core has been significantly repaired. Not only has its shell been restored to greater perfection, but the underlying rule network inside has also been repaired and enhanced, becoming even more powerful.

The ninety-nine underlying rule networks, each one stronger than before, combined to increase the rule authority he could call upon, enabling him to silently and without anomaly cross that threshold of limitation, possessing might on par with that of a True God.

In this sense, it is not wrong to say that he achieved Divine Enthronement, except that it pertains solely to the multitude of Ancient gods’ rules, and not to the aspects of Divine Realm and faith.

That is to say, his apparent strength remained the same as before, but his true combat power has indeed crossed the threshold of a True God.

Every path of the Ancient gods is such that the Divine Enthronement of Ancient gods and faith are derived from the same origin but are two different paths, one manifest and the other latent. Unless one is a deity also possessing the Ancient God’s Divinity or Powerful Divine Power, it is impossible to discern his current strength.

Of course, Lin Bao could detect it now because he has yet to adapt to the authority he just acquired. After some time, it will not be possible to see.

But turning back to the earlier discussion, the increase in power is just an added benefit of the Crystal Wall System’s Core’s ascension. The focus of this ascension is the thorough fusion of his Soul origin with the shell of the Crystal Wall System’s Core.

Previously, the shell was the shell, and the Soul origin was the Soul origin—two separate entities.

Now it’s different; the Soul origin has merged with the shell of the Crystal Wall System’s Core. This means his Soul has replaced the original Crystal Wall System Origin consciousness within the shell, becoming the new Origin consciousness.

If we liken this thing to a Crystal Wall Universe, his Soul origin has now become the Origin Will of this Crystal Wall Universe, or could be said, the Will of Heaven itself, the two fused into one, inseparable ever after.

This also means that Lin Xiao has chosen his path for the future, to create a universe, to become a universe.

This was inevitable; rather than saying he chose this path, it would be more accurate to say that the moment he chose to merge this into himself, he had already selected this path.

There is no other way, no matter how one might choose, the final outcome cannot be altered.

As he originally anticipated when he first acquired the Crystal Wall System’s Core, unawares, he has completed the first two steps.

The first step was repairing the cracks on the shell of the Crystal Wall System’s Core.

The second step was the reweaving of the internal underlying rule network of the device, which is now also complete.

The next step is the third, to fill the Origin.

To plunder other Crystal Wall Systems’ origins to fill this thing, to repair and restore the World Origin Core.

This objective has already been achieved during the recent ascension; his Soul origin has become the Origin Core, causing a transformation in his power, bypassing the Demigod stage to possess might comparable to a True God.

Next is the subsequent phase of the third step, to fill the Crystal Wall System’s Origin in order to further repair and enhance himself.

The more Origin he plunders, the stronger his Divine Power will become. This phase is just about stacking Origin; there is no limit, the more, the better.

In theory, if he plunders enough Crystal Wall Origins during this stage, he could achieve strength on par with Powerful Divine Power in one fell swoop.

This is the true grind, the act of plundering Crystal Wall System’s Origin is not easy; even advancing along the faith Divine Enthronement path to Powerful Divine Power may not yield much plundered Crystal Wall System’s Origin.

But as before mentioned, the Divine Powers of the two paths can be stacked and do not conflict; one could reach the pinnacle on either path.

“I can now be considered the Lord of the Crystal Wall System, can’t I?”

Lin Xiao extended his hand and made a grasping gesture, in his palm countless esoteric symbols condensed into a ball of light, containing numerous arcane symbols. Standing opposite him, Lin Bao saw the ball of light and his Divinity rapidly spun within his brain, instinctively analyzing its essence.

“Without realizing it, I’ve already crossed that step!”

To have might on par with a True God as just a freshman was not unprecedented in the history of the Human Main World, but it was extremely rare.

“But I can’t proclaim it, it’s like moving in stealth under a brocaded cloak, which is really frustrating!”

He pursed his lips and then spoke to Lin Bao:

“Don’t spread word of this matter, tell no one.”

Lin Bao nodded seriously:

“I swear upon the Supreme Gaia Will that everything I witnessed today shall never be disclosed.”

“Hmm.”

Lin Xiao felt assured by this; even without a vow to Gaia Will, he would have believed him.

As his bodyguard and confidant, Lin Bao is bound to Lin Xiao’s fortunes; as Lin Xiao rises in strength and potential, Lin Bao can only be more elated, for his own eventual ascension to great power will bring them shared prosperity.

Regathering his focus, Lin Xiao inspected the Crystal Wall System’s Core post-ascension.

This ascension has brought about tremendous changes akin to turning the heavens and the earth upside down; the properties and effects of the Crystal Wall System’s Core has also undergone colossal transformations, especially a few of its original, less useful abilities which he modified during the ascension, such as the Extraordinary Magic Network.

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