The Era of Gods

To be honest, Lin Xiao was a bit impulsive this time. After some reflection, he felt a chill down his spine—thankfully, he wasn’t greedy and agreed to let Wan Ying and Yan Renjie participate. With the two of them sharing the pressure, it was feasible, but on his own strength, defeating the Snake People Demigod was far from certain.

Even a Demigod in poor condition is still a Demigod. In the final battle, the Snake People Demigod demonstrated formidable power with the advantage of home field, definitely stronger than him. Without the help of the other two, Lin Xiao might not have been able to win.

Although he ultimately won, there were lessons to be learned. If there’s a next time, he would be more cautious.

Having concluded his self-reflection, Lin Xiao’s thoughts returned to the present, and his gaze fell upon the corpse of the Snake People Demigod, his eyes practically shining with excitement.

Rubbing his hands together in excitement, he extended his right hand and slowly pressed it against the chest of the Snake People Demigod, Gras’s corpse. A faint golden light appeared, which quickly intensified. Pulses of pale golden waves spread across the entire body of the Demigod’s corpse from the palm of his hand.

The Divine Power invoked the divinity lingering in the Demigod’s corpse, and the once dull Divine Corpse began to shine with a bright golden light, as if coming back to life.

A few seconds later, his eyes brightened, and he said softly,

“Rise!”

The hand pressing on the corpse made a lifting gesture, and the bright golden light diffusing from the Divine Corpse quickly reversed toward his palm, coming together as if his palm had a magnetic attraction, pulling the golden light emanating from the corpse. Soon, a blinding golden sphere of light formed in his hand.

“Three points of Divinity!”

Lin Xiao felt slightly disappointed; it was less than he had anticipated. It would have been nice if there were four points.

This indicated that the Snake People Demigod in its prime must have had seven points of Divinity. It lost one point within Lin Xiao’s God’s realm decades ago, burned through three points, and the remaining was just three points.

The standard for becoming a Demigod is five points of Divinity. The accumulation by the Snake People Demigod was just barely over the threshold, placing it at the bottom tier among Demigods.

He would allocate two of the three points of Divinity to Yan Renjie and keep one for himself. With the mission reward of one point and the homeroom teacher’s reward of another, he also had three points.

What’s uncertain is whether the mythological card awarded for ranking first in the school’s final exams contains a Divinity Card. If there is one, he would definitely choose the Divinity Card.

With that in mind, Lin Xiao himself had one point of Divinity and another yet to be condensed; by integrating these three points, he would have a total of five points of Divinity. This is the minimum requirement to gather Godhood and become a Demigod. If he so chose, he could definitely consolidate the Creationist and Naga Godhoods to become a Demigod.

But obviously that was not going to happen. How could he be so shortsighted and rush into consolidating his Godhood to become a Demigod? He must accumulate… at least dozens of points of Divinity before becoming a Demigod.

Yes, the more, the better, in principle.

Because this relates to the strength of the Godhood to be consolidated and its potential. It is well known that there are countless Godhoods in the world, with varying strengths. Consolidating a powerful Godhood versus a weaker one presents a considerable gap.

For example, Demigods that consolidate the War Godhood become fighting-powerhouse War Gods upon Divine Enthronement, while another consolidating Pond Godship would be known as the God of the Pond. The difference between the two doesn’t even need to be stated; it’s blatantly obvious.

Powerful Godhoods require more Divinity to support them. For instance, lower Godhoods like Pond or Lake require only one or two points or perhaps two or three points of Divinity to support them, whereas powerful Godhoods such as War, Slaughter, Destruction, Death, Magic, and so on, cannot be consolidated without dozens of points of Divinity.

Of course, Lin Xiao’s Creationist Godhood counts as a powerful Godhood, but it was a gift from the invisible laws of the universe, something he possesses additionally, with only one point of Divinity needed to support it.

Furthermore, because he is the creator of the Naga species, carrying the Racial Godhood also requires less Divinity than other Race Godhoods to support.

These two Godhoods are exceptional cases, but Lin Xiao surely couldn’t be satisfied consolidating only these two Godhoods.

Neither of these Godhoods is skilled in battle, so he must strive to consolidate a powerful combat-oriented Godhood.

Of course, Godhoods can be promoted. Even if initially consolidated Pond Godship, with enough opportunities and effort, other Godhoods can be merged to upgrade the main Godhood into something stronger, such as combining Pond with Shallow Water or Lake Water to create Lake Godhood.

Likewise, with Lake Godhood as the main Godhood, by adding the ‘Water’ Godhood and other related Godhoods like Shallow Ocean or Tide, powerful Sea Godhood can be formed.

Even for War Godhood, it can either be directly consolidated all at once, or it can be synthesized from minor branch Godhoods such as Conflict, Riot, Battle, Combat, and other battle-related Godhoods, which can all be combined with other related Godhoods to create and upgrade into the mighty War Godhood.

But…

Even though there is room for growth for any Godhood, no matter how weak it is, if one could possess a strong Godhood from the start, why wait to upgrade later?

Isn’t it better to have a powerful Godhood right now?

Moreover, starting with a powerful Godhood would immediately draw the attention of various powers, whether it’s the school or the Clan.

If Lin Xiao ascended to Demigod status with a powerful Godhood, he could be certain to receive the full attention of the entire Clan. Whether for his benefit or to bring pride to his beautiful mother, he would make that choice.

And moreover, he holds the Creation Rubik’s Cube—the Golden Finger in his hand—so he must make that choice.

Therefore, five points of Divinity are just a starting point for him. He has to accumulate at least twenty or thirty points of Divinity during his three years of high school to possibly consolidate a powerful Godhood in one fell swoop.

After extracting the Divinity, the body of the Snake People Demigod appeared even duller. At this point, the Divine Corpse amounted to nothing more than a body containing a tremendous amount of energy. To Lin Xiao, its sole purpose was to refine the remaining essence of the Demigod’s flesh and blood, to bestow upon one of his most devout and powerful followers, for he intended to create a hero.

Before refining the Divine Corpse, Lin Xiao first needed to merge the three points of Divinity.

Merging Divinity was straightforward—taking the three dazzling golden orbs and slapping them onto his forehead. The orbs directly penetrated through his skin, flesh, and skull into his body. Then, through his Soul of God, he would assimilate the Divinity into the Sea of Gods, blending it with his soul.

As the splendid golden orb slowly sank from his forehead into his brain, Lin Xiao heard the fusion prompt from the Divine Realm Login System echo in his ears.

He ignored everything else, shutting his eyes and waiting for the three points of Divinity to fuse one by one. In that instant, he could clearly feel the moment each point of Divinity merged with him. Waves of warmth, scalding to him, surged out from his Sea of Gods, quickly spreading throughout his body. Wherever it passed, his muscles grew firmer, and his strength soared. A light golden mist emitted from his mouth and nose enveloped his body. With each of his breaths, his body slowly expanded and grew larger.

As the three points of Divinity gradually merged, his True Body naturally swelled, increasing the upper limit of strength it could contain.

Around two to three minutes later, Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes and accessed his Deity panel—

Username: Lin Xiao (Citizen ID txwd542!54895i47)

True Name: Cyberlex Meyer.

Divine Name: Lord of the Ocean, God of the Naga and Fishmen

Divinity: None

Godhood: None

Divinity: 4+ (1) .

Divine Fire: Unlit.

Divine Power: o.

Superhuman Divine Power: Tide Call.

God Country: Sea of Grey Mist.

Sects: Ancestral God of the Naga and Fishmen.

Followers: Black Scale Naga, Grey Mist Fish People.

Occupation: None.

Faith Value: 2.28 million points.

The most significant change was the substantial increase in Divinity. As soon as he accumulated one hundred million faith points, he could immediately condense another point of Divinity, reaching the minimum requirement for solidifying Godhood.

Besides that, there wasn’t much change. However, after some contemplation, Lin Xiao decided to change the name of his divine territory on his Deity panel from the Sea of Grey Mist to Magic Cube Kingdom.

Actually, he preferred the name Creation Kingdom, but that title seemed too grand, more than he could shoulder. For now, he’d use this as an intermediary; later on, when his power grew — say, when he achieved Divine Enthronement and became a True God — he could then rename his divine territory to Creation Kingdom.

Closing the panel, Lin Xiao turned his gaze to the Divine Corpse on the floor.

He first severed an arm from the Divine Corpse as Yan Renjie’s share. He then stuffed the remainder of the Divine Corpse into the Magic Cube; with a thought, the Magic Cube began to slowly rotate. Within the space of the cube, a mysterious fluctuation emerged, and the colossal Divine Corpse crumbled into a cloud of dark golden mist right before his eyes.

Next came the purification process.

He needed to break down the excess flesh residue from this cloud of dark golden mist, leaving only the most pure Blood-flesh Essence.

This step took a little time, but it wasn’t long. Lin Xiao patiently waited.

As the Creation Rubik’s Cube’s power eroded the dark golden mist, it started to shrink gradually, and a great deal of impurities were directly decomposed and absorbed by the Magic Cube.

Though called impurities, they served as nourishment for the Magic Cube, which after absorption, turned into minuscule amounts of Creation Energy, to be stored and used to fill gaps when the cube needed more energy during decomposition or fusion of cards in the future.

The Snake People Demi-God’s bloodline had nothing extraordinary about it; it was just a very powerful Snake Person who had received worship and faith from his kind, becoming a Divine Being and then slowly a Demigod. Essentially, he was no different from other Snake People.

Lin Xiao had previously decomposed the Snake People’s bloodline and merged it with that of the Naga, so now he needed it no more.

About five minutes later, the mist of blood within the cube disappeared, replaced by a dark golden crystal the size of a chicken egg.

Divine Blood Crystal (Mythical): Special material that can enhance the life essence of a compatible living being, promoting them to a Hero.

This was a golden mythical-quality material refined by the Magic Cube. If converted into a card, it would be a mythical-grade card of immense value, comparable to a single point of Divinity — an ultra-rare Five Star card.

Its effect was simple: to promote a life form that met the requirements to a Hero.

And this so-called requirement related to the species’ level cap.

For instance, if used on a Black Scale Naga, it must be used on a Naga who has reached the species’ level cap, Level 4, in order to ascend to Hero. Those below Level 4 cannot be promoted.

Similarly, if used on a Grey Mist Fishman, only Level 2 is needed, because the race’s limit is Level 2 Fishman Warrior.

Lin Xiao had plenty of Nagas and Fishmen under his command who met the criteria, but in his eyes, there was only one suitable member of his clan, the one who was stronger and wiser than his kin, the Chief Big Naga..