The Era of Gods

At this moment, the Snake People Demigod lay powerless before the throne, leaning against it, but Lin Xiao did not kill Him right away. Instead, he reached out to pick up the Scales of Judgement of Fate, which were about to shatter next to the throne, and took a casual glance.

Scales of Judgement of Fate (Rank 3 Top-Tier Ancient Treasure), Damaged

State.

Passive Effect One: When placed inside the Divine Realm, all Clan Faithful Followers will receive a random buff every day (Inoperable due to damage).

Passive Effect Two: When placed inside the Divine Realm, any enemies entering the realm will receive a random Negative BUFF (Inoperable due to damage).

Active Effect: Judgement of Fate Every year that passes, a minimum of one thousand years of life is consumed to activate the Scales of Judgement of Fare, and perform Judgement of Fate on one or multiple targets.

Note One: You can select the outcome of the Judgement of Fate, but the stronger rhe judgement, the longer the lifespan consumed.

Note Two: The Scales of Judgement of Fate are in an extremely critical state of disrepair, while adjudicating others, the holder will receive the same judgement, and the outcome is unpredictable.

Assessment: This is an Ancient Treasure infused with the rules of destiny and judgement, but it has been severely damaged after many battles. If it can be fully repaired, it would regain the terrifying might of a Top-tier Heirloom.

Good enough!

Lin Xiao felt somewhat relieved that the item was already damaged; if it were intact, he would undoubtedly have to follow in Wan Ying’s footsteps.

This thing… can only be stored in the warehouse for now, collecting dust, as his current abilities are definitely not enough to repair it.

Having secured the item, Lin Xiao looked up at the Snake People Demigod, whose divine body was dim and ashen. This fellow was doomed to die, and even if left unattended, he would not last long before he could no longer maintain his Godhood and would degrade to a Divine Being.

But obviously, he couldn’t wait for Him to die naturally. Having stowed away the Scales of Judgement of Fate, Lin Xiao strode forward to the Snake People Demigod, by now Van Renjie had also recovered from the agony of being stripped of his Divinity, and had arrived at the scene.

Stretching out his hand, a continuous stream of golden mist converged into a long spear, and without hesitation, he aimed it at the brow of the dying Snake People Demigod and thrust down. With a muffled Thump,’ the spear’s tip erupted in a burst of golden light as the Pure Gold Spear forcibly bore through the golden skull of the Snake People Demigod and plunged inside.

Accompanied by a scream of agony, the defenseless Snake People Demigod ultimately died at the end of his spear.

The instant the Snake People Demigod fell, Lin Xiao distinctly felt the whole Sacred Area dim, and without mishap, in some time the Sanctuary would collapse and vanish.

Too bad this isn’t a game, otherwise, that spear thrust would have earned who knows how much experience.

With the Snake People Demigod dead, Lin Xiao took a deep breath and turned back, only to see eleven golden lights flying from the edge of the Sanctuary and flash behind them in an instant. Lin Xiao and the pale-faced Yan Renjie bowed in unison:

Vice Principal, esteemed teachers.

Vice Principal Xu and the teachers all had grim expressions on their faces. Although they had accomplished the feat of slaying a Demigod in the high school first stage, Wan Ying had died.

Of course, the school wouldn’t face any trouble because of this, as the school itself has a death quota. At each term’s final examination, a number of students die due to accidents one way or another, only this time the deceased student was no ordinary one. Wan Ying’s parents couldn’t blame the school for this.

Vice Principal Xu nodded, his gaze briefly falling upon the corpse of the Snake People Demigod, squeezing out a hint of a smile. Justifiably, his mood was a little better now, he said:

With the death of this Snake People Demigod, the Sanctuary will start collapsing. You can assimilate the Sanctuary directly into your Divine Realm to expand the territory of your realm.”

I’ll do it immediately.

Lin Xiao nodded repeatedly, then looked up at rhe faint glow emanating from the Sanctuary Dome, which had the appearance of an ink painting whose edges were fading as the ink diffused in water, a sign of the Sanctuary’s impending collapse, though it would take quite a while for the structure to completely disintegrate.

Then Vice Principal Xu added:

“You could probably extract three or four points of Divinity from this Demi-God s corpse. Wan Ying sacrificed herself, but Yan Renjie was just stripped of a point of Divinity. I would like to discuss with you and suggest transferring that point of Divinity from Wan Ying to Yan Renjie. What do you think, Lin Xiao?”

Lin Xiao immediately nodded and said:

I have no problem with it.

Of course, that was not a problem, for it made no difference whether he shared two points of Divinity with one person or two. Moreover, since the Vice Principal was discussing it with him, even if he didn’t want to share, it wouldn’t cause an issue, but would definitely upset everyone and also create an impression of pettiness, which would be disadvantageous in the long run.

Hmm!

Vice Principal Xu nodded with satisfaction:

Then that’s settled. As per our prior agreement, everything within this Sanctuary is now yours, take away the Demi-God’s corpse first. Once rhe Divinity has been extracted, transfer it to Yan Renjie. For rhe task reward, you can apply for a specified type of card from the Artifact Spirit after returning to the Divine Artifact Platform.¹’

Finally, make sure to assimilate the Sanctuary into your God’s realm as soon as possible.”

Moreover, please keep this matter under wraps for the time being.”

Understood.

Right now, Lin Xiao’s facial muscles were trembling, as he could barely contain his smile.

After all the effort and sacrifice, the time to reap the rewards had finally arrived.

Once the teachers and Yan Renjie had left the Sanctuary, he suddenly leaped a hundred meters into the air, laughing heartily with his arms akimbo, looking up at the sky. He had swept away the pessimism and despondency brought about by Wan Ying’s fail. His thick snake tail excitedly swung back and forth in the air- -the vast Sanctuary, and all within it, was now his.

After laughing for more than ten minutes, Lin Xiao’s excitement gradually subsided, and only then did he have the time to tally his spoils of war.

Firstly, there were still two Purple Epics and five Blue rarity Five-Star Cards; all of these were top-quality treasures. In addition to these, he would later receive one Gold Mythical and one Orange Legendary Five-Star Card, as well as ten random Five-Star Cards of a tier below Legendary quality.

A giant anchor, about seven to eight meters long.

A massive tortoise shell, over forty meters in length.

A forty-meter-long Pure Gold Spear, which was the weapon of the Snake People Demigod.

The corpse of a Demigod.

A Sanctuary.

A pile of metal.

An ancient treasure that was slightly damaged.

Well, that was about it. The rest of rhe gains had largely been thrown into rhe Creation Rubik’s Cube during the desperate moment earlier to save his life decomposed into nutrients.

Moreover, based on Lin Xiao’s earlier performance, there was no doubt he was the best in his year, a solid first. He would receive a Divinity Card as a reward from the homeroom teacher, as well as the school’s term-end examination rewards and the Super Newcomer Summer Camp slot from the old school principal.

Well, he couldn’t say with one hundred percent certainty about the last one, as the old principal had said that rhe spot was for rhe top three. Now there were both him and Yan Renjie in the top three. He could only say that his chances were the highest, almost ninety-nine percent likely, but it didn’t rule out the possibility of the old principal, in a moment of confusion, giving it to Yan Renjie instead.

Regardless, no matter whether he got the so-called Super Newcomer Summer Camp slot or not, just the rewards from this term-end exam alone were already super generous, enough to skyrocket his progress.

This was also why, despite the known dangers of the term-end exam, everyone was willing to take the risk. As long as you had the ability and a bit of luck, you could reap benefits far exceeding your previous accumulations, especially for commoners with limited resources; it was an opportunity not to be missed.

Collecting the Sanctuary was simple; he just needed to engulf it with his God’s Realm, increasing the area of his God’s Realm.

In a certain sense, a Sanctuary is essentially a super Divine Realm expansion card that transcends a Five Star rating.

The Divine Realm Card that Lin Xiao had obtained earlier was actually made from a Sanctuary or a God Country. In fact, all Divine Realm Cards in the world are made from Sanctuaries or God Countries, meaning only Sanctuaries and God Countries can be transformed into God’s Realms; other things like Piecemeal Planes cannot be turned into God’s Realms.

First, he communicated with the Divine Artifact Platform and transported the remaining Naga and Fish People back to the God’s Realm from the Sanctuary, including the Mother Naga, Lesser Naga, and the Fish People left in the overseas tribes. Whether they were Grey Mist Fish People or Native Fish People, as long as they were his followers, he collected all of them back into his God’s Realm without hesitation.

This was just in time, as there had been great losses in the recent battle. The remaining Grey Mist Fish People and ordinary Fish People barely totaled over ten thousand. Back in his God’s Realm, he could cultivate them well, and after a few generations, they would all be Grey Mist Fish People.

With a thought, Lin Xiao connected to his God’s Realm, and a faint attracting force spread from him. In the blink of an eye, the attracting force became so strong that it twisted the void. Waves of invisible ripples radiated from him as the whole Sanctuary began to tremble slightly, and the space started to ripple and wrinkle.

It felt as though the Sanctuary’s space was like a canvas, and he was gently pulling at the center to create wrinkles. The whole sanctuary space began to shrink.

Simultaneously, on the edge of Lin Xiao’s God’s Realm located in Subspace, as it devoured the essence of the Sanctuary, the edge’s crystal wall bubbled like boiling water. Grey chaotic forces churned, and with each surge of chaotic force, inches of the Earth grew outwards as the God’s Realm began to expand.

Unlike with a Divine Realm Card, directly absorbing the Sanctuary allowed him to freely convert the type of his God’s Realm.

The previous Divine Realm Card had transformed into fertile Earth, whereas now, after contemplation, the newly grown territory would have fifty percent plains, twenty percent mountains, and the remaining thirty percent would be ocean.

However, unlike specially treated Divine Realm Cards, the Earth from the absorbed Sanctuary was just a barren wasteland, devoid of any vegetation, and the soil lacked nutrients. He would need to find a way to cultivate the land and fertilize it before plants could grow; it was a massive project.

But these were not real problems. The most precious land was already his, what else would count as an issue?

Having so many members of the Clan idle in the God’s Realm for the majority of the time, it was perfect to give them something to do.

Half an hour later, the approximately thirteen-kilometer-diameter Sanctuary was reduced to less than a mile, with the vast Sanctuary nearly all swallowed up.

Reflected in the God’s Realm, it meant that the area of the God’s Realm was rapidly bloating, swelling more than double its original size.

His original God’s Realm was six kilometers long, three and a half kilometers wide, and one kilometer high. Seventy-eight percent of it was shallow sea, fifteen percent was peninsula, and seven percent was islands.

After swallowing the Sanctuary of the Snake People Demigod, under Lin Xiao’s intentional control, the area was transformed in an instant. It became a colossal God’s Realm that was eight kilometers long from east to west, five kilometers wide from north to south, with the height still being one kilometer.

Under his deliberate management, the land to water ratio in his God’s Realm was adjusted, with forty percent being land, fifty-seven percent shallow sea, and the remaining three percent islands.

The layout of his God’s Realm was the same as before, with the sea on the eastern side of the God’s Realm and the land on the western side, each occupying one side, distinctly separated.

When rhe very core of the Sanctuary, the Divine Seat, collapsed, what remained of the Sanctuary also crumbled, turning into a chaotic energy vortex, which he absorbed.

When the last bit of energy vanished, Lin Xiao opened his eyes and saw the scene of rhe huge statue of the Snake People Demigod collapse on the platform of the Holy Mountain.

With this, the last traces of a Demigod in rhe world had disappeared. Even if the Snake People and Frog People returned here years later to resume their worship of Half-God Lars, He wouldn’t be able to return from rhe Starworld like a True God would.

He had utterly fallen.

With a thought, Lin Xiao rose to an altitude of a thousand meters and gazed at the distant mountains and marshy seas. His lips curved into a smile, and suddenly, he beckoned towards the deep sea in the distance, connecting with the Divine Artifact Platform beyond the dimensional plane:

Return!

A beam of golden light shot up to the sky.