The Era of Gods

In the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao stared blankly at the items in his warehouse.

A damaged Ancient Treasure.

A huge turtle shell.

A Pure Gold Spear, still being refined.

Two five-star cards of Mythical Quality, namely the Bloody Gladiator Arena and the Divine Realm Card.

A three- star Card of Legendary Quality, the Flower Fairy given by his mom.

An Epic Card, two rare five-star cards, a rare one, and four plain cards.

Oh, and a trace of the Power of Fate.

This was all he had to his name right now.

Looking at these things, he racked his brains but could not figure out how to significantly increase his strength in a short time to catch up with the combat elites at the Summer Camp, or at least reach an intermediate level.

“Headache!”

Somewhat frustrated, he returned from the Divine Realm; it was already the fifth day, with just two more days until this phase would end.

In the past five days, the outside world had been ablaze with competition, with people seizing spots daily and others quickly taking them away. Almost everyone in the team had experienced this cycle, but only two people had stably stayed in their positions from the beginning until now.

One was from the Ancient City-no surprise there.

But the other was quite unexpected, Shen Yuexin. She had challenged and secured a Silver Throne on the second day and had remained there ever since unchallenged.

Here, no one took it easy on her just because she was one of the greatest beauties at the Summer Camp; numerous challengers came one after another, yet she firmly held her ground until now.

Even Lin Xu had been challenged and overturned once, only managing to secure a position after setting his sights from a Silver Throne to a Bronze Throne.

Within the group chat for Yunmengxing Province, apart from these three, only two unfamiliar students had secured spots-all on the lowest level, the Stone Thrones. Lin Xiao’s acquaintances like Shang Xiaoxue, Bai Ze, and Tang Ling were all unsuccessful and were dethroned.

Lin Xiao had wanted to see Shen Yuexin’s strength, but whether everyone had given up or not, he waited half a day and still saw no one challenge her. However, both the Ancient City and Lin Xu had faced several challengers that morning. Although none succeeded, it still indicated that in everyone’s mind, her strength surpassed theirs.

He didn’t watch any further In the afternoon; since he couldn’t go up, he just stayed idle in the dorm browsing the internet.

As he browsed, he opened the trading platform again. He couldn’t afford to buy things, but that didn’t impede a look.

This time, he didn’t look at cards but opened the miscellaneous item section instead. According to some news he stumbled upon online, this section contained all sorts of items unfit for transformation into cards-like the turtle shell and the Pure Gold Spear in Lin Xiao’s warehouse-which were simply sold in the miscellaneous section.

Almost everything was available here, and since they couldn’t be made into cards, they bypassed the limitations of Divine Realm card fusion and could be purchased in bulk for the Divine Realm.

Of course, there were still restrictions. The Divine Realm had its bearing capacity limits, and depending on its size, there would still be a limit after merging a certain amount.

Since they couldn’t be turned into cards and didn’t have detailed item information, many unscrupulous dealers liked to mix unclear and unidentified items in, branding them with high prices to deceive people.

Put simply, this was equivalent to a flea market or an antique market, where buying relied entirely on one’s own judgment.

Lin Xiao didn’t come with any intention of finding hidden treasures In his previous life, he read many novels where the protagonist always stumbled upon treasures while browsing through antique or flea markets. He was purely here to have a look and incidentally buy a batch of weapons.

What he lacked most now were weapons; if suitable, he would buy some for emergencies. The weaponry of his Clan was just too poor.

After browsing through, he marked several appropriate targets-all a mix of swords, spears, and hammers, with varied qualities, including some damaged and chipped ones, likely spoils of war from an adventurer in some realm, bundled together for sale.

There were roughly two thousand pieces in total, with an overall price of five million Faith value.

Lm Xiao hesitated only for a moment before buying them all. Regardless, they would serve as a stopgap measure and would not occupy any card slots.

After marking the items, the seller immediately shipped them to his designated warehouse, provided free of charge by the Summer Camp Committee.

While waiting, he browsed other sections to see if there were any other good deals.

Just as he opened the miscellaneous section, his eyes were drawn by an item.

Well, to be accurate, it was the title that caught his eye- “Ancient Treasure Fragments for sale.”

He immediately clicked on it and saw a pahn-sized piece that looked indistinguishable from a chunk of broken iron and had no listed origin. Below was a message from the seller:

“Completely shattered Ancient Treasure, irreparable and non-functional. One hundred million Faith value apiece, a total of seven pieces available.” emmm

Lin Xiao immediately asked:

“Can I inspect the goods first?”

It took almost a minute for a response to come through:

“I have an official appraisal certificate, guaranteed to be genuine.”

‘Then wait for me, I’ll reserve it.”

With his heart pounding with excitement, Lin Xiao closed the trading platform and immediately sent a message to Lin Xu:

“Do you have a billion Faith value? I’ll mortgage a five-star Divinity Card of Mythical Quality.”

A Golden Mythical Quality five-star card was valued between five hundred million to one billion Faith value. Among them, the Divine Realm Card and the Divinity Card were the most valuable, usually priced around one billion, and could occasionally be sold at a ten percent premium if desired by someone, making them quite valuable.

Lin Xu, a bit confused, asked:

“What do you need so much Faith value for?”

“I need to buy something that’s very important to me, which could greatly

boost my strength, but I’m out of money.”

Lin Xu shook his head:

“Do you have a misunderstanding about us? How could we possibly carry that much Faith value on us?”

Lin Xiao….

Right, that was wishful thinking; Lin Xu’s card holdings were definitely more valuable than his entire fortune, but it was indeed unlikely that he’d have a billion in actual Faith value on hand.

Not just him, even their team leader Bai Cheng wouldn’t have that much on him.

“Are you really in a rush?”

“A bit.”

“Then you should ask Shen Yuexin, she might have some.”

“Alt… Is that appropriate?”

Just ask her and you’ll know.”

“Alright then.”

After ending the communication, he shifted his gaze to another contact, lightly touched the screen to open it, and thought about it before repeating what he had just said.

Soon, a response came from the other side:

“There’s no need for collateral, I’ll lend you one billion, and if that’s not enough, I have more. Just pay it back whenever.”

Well, she’s quite the wealthy little miss.

He tentatively asked:

“You trust me that much?”

Shen Yuexin quickly responded with a series of question marks:

???? My aunt is your grandma, how dare you not pay me back?”

Afterward, there was an emoji of a knife dripping with blood.

The image of her pretending to be fierce appeared in Lin Xiao’s mind, and the thought of it was very…

“Wait a minute, your aunt is my grandma? Doesn’t that mean you’re also a generation above me?”

“You just realized? You should call me ‘aunt’.”

Lin Xiao…

Why am I so low in the family hierarchy?

But he still had to obediently greet:

“Hello, Auntie.”

“Air, good nephew.”

Lin Xiao…

In a certain room, Shen Yuexin covered her mouth, laughing so hard at the messages on the light screen that she was shaking.

A little frustrated, he closed the chat, but quickly tossed the frustration aside and hurriedly went to the trading platform to find the seller from before. He paid seven hundred million faith values and bought the seven Relic Shards.

In the Main World, such a transaction wouldn’t be possible, but within the Subspace, especially inside this Super Divine Artifact Fortress, faith values could be transferred online like currency, which was extremely convenient.

After purchasing the shards, he has three hundred million faith values left and he went on a big buying spree. Sadly, Ancient Treasures were too scarce, even the useless Relic Shards were pitifully few, and after scouring the market, he couldn’t find a second seller.

He spent another twenty million faith values to buy a large mixed weapons package of nearly ten thousand pieces, and then quickly went to the warehouse to collect the purchased items, especially the jade box containing the seven Relic Shards, and couldn’t wait to return to the Divine Realm.

First, he communicated with Slarda and arranged for a large-scale sacrifice and prayer ritual to descend the weapons package.

Then, he sat upon the God Country Throne, lightly opened the delicate jade box, and instantly the seven floating and differently sized shards inside were revealed before him.

Almost at first glance, he could sense that the seven shards were indeed genuine Relic Shards and could speculate through the faint connection between the differently sized pieces that they used to be a whole before shattering. In other words, these seven shards were the remnants of a shattered Ancient Treasure, though he was unsure whether they were part of an entire piece or just a section.

But that was not the focus; the point was that he now had the shards and could attempt to use them to repair the Scales of Judgment of Fate.

First off, he summoned the Creation Rubik’s Cube, then tossed all the Relic Shards into it, and with a thought, the Magic Cube began to turn.

His consciousness delved into the Magic Cube Space, where the seven differently sized Relic Shards floated in the center. As the Cube turned, an invisible power surged, causing the shards to tremble fiercely, and a power both familiar and foreign to Lin Xiao surged forth.

With each twist of the Cube, the Relic Shards would break down a bit and transform into an intangible power.

As the Creation Rubik’s Cube continued to turn, the Relic Shards visibly diminished in size, melting away, and the Magic Cube Space was filled with a strong magical energy.

The reason he found the power familiar was that it was very similar to the Creation Energy he obtained from decomposing cards, but the unfamiliarity stemmed from the difference between it and that acquired Creation Energy; it seemed… purer somehow.

He couldn’t quite pinpoint the specifics, but he felt that this newfound Creation Energy was more powerful than any he had gained before.

“That’s right, it’s just like that.”

He suddenly remembered when he first merged the Salted Fish Charge Skill with the Creation Rubik’s Cube; the three skill cards had fused with a trace of the Cube’s inherent Creation Energy, exactly the same as the power now contained.

After that, the Creation Energy from decomposing cards never again seemed to possess the same quality as it had initially. Because of that first time even though it was just the fusion of three ordinary skills, the power of the Salted Fish Charge Skill was absurdly strong. Yet, after many other merges using better cards, with other decomposed cards as nourishment, nothing as powerful as that one time’s product ever emerged again.

“Could it be that?”

As Lin Xiao pondered with a mix of curiosity and excitement, he felt the increasingly potent Creation Energy within the Creation Rubik’s Cube-an energy different from that of decomposed cards-and an idea involuntarily surfaced:

“Could it be that this is a power greater than the Creative Power?”

His mind was brimming with ideas, and he was almost too eager to try it out.

But then he remembered that these were meant for repairing the Scales of Judgment of Fate, and like a bucket of cold water, his enthusiasm was instantly quelled, and he cooled down from his fervor.

“I need to calm down!”

Once the seven Relic Shards were completely decomposed, Lin Xiao immediately put the Creation Rubik’s Cube away, needing to think it through carefully.