The Era of Gods

That is to say, every predecessor who became a Child of Gaia once had an experience as miraculous as his.

No, to be precise, even more incredible, because those predecessors didn’t have any cheats.

But then again, maybe they did. This experience is too outrageous; it’s not something normal people can achieve. Perhaps they could cheat as well.

But whatever the case, the benefits are now in hand, just quietly enjoy them and that’s that.

The next reward from the Will of Gaia was a Level 4 Ancient Treasure.

In that moment, he felt as if the light from the entire world was converging before him, quickly forming a sphere of light. Soon, the sphere solidified, and as the luminance slowly faded, an object appeared within the sphere, somewhat hazy… A scale?

This was a scale formed by the gathering of flowing light. Looking closely, one could see the light shimmering back and forth. In each of the crystal dishes at the ends of the scale, there was a cluster of transparent light that seemed to be constantly changing shape, but upon closer inspection, this cluster of light was composed of countless profound runes.

Ancient Treasure: Balance Scale (Top Rank 4 Ancient Treasure)

Passive Effect One: Loaded into the Divine Domain, all attributes of Clan members +5.

Passive Effect Two: Balance Advantage, loaded into the Divine Domain, whenever an ally is at a disadvantage in battle, all attributes +2 to +20 points.

Passive Effect Three: Balance Disadvantage, loaded into the Divine Domain, whenever an enemy gains an advantage in battle, all attributes -2 to -20 points.

Active Effect Four: Balance Judgement, passes a judgement based on balance on a target, if the target violates the conditions of the judgement, they will receive the judgement of the Lord of Balance.

Note: Judging a target requires consumption of Divine Power based on equivalent strength of both parties and related to the outcome of the judgement, with a minimum of 10,000 units of Divine Power.

It was unexpected yet made sense. The Balance Scale, presumably bestowed based on Lin Xiao’s choice of the Rule of Balance. In the entire Main World, only he could maximize the power of this top-tier Ancient Treasure.

With the Rule of Balance, he would gain a tremendous bonus effect when using the Balance Scale.

However, the attributes of this top-level Ancient Treasure were meant to be passive. The last active skill was not only limited in use, but also entailed a massive consumption of Divine Power, which meant it wouldn’t be frequently used for the time being; but once Divine Power was abundant in the future, it would prove to be very useful.

After safely storing the Ancient Treasure, Lin Xiao turned his attention to the fourth reward from the Will of Gaia.

As his gaze fell on the reward, his pupils contracted involuntarily, and a moment later, his face broke into an uncontrollable smile.

The fourth reward was a privilege to adjust a species.

Using the power of the Main World, select any Clan member to undergo adjustment in a designated manner.

The implication was clear; he could choose any one of his Clan members to receive a strengthening from the Main World, just like that.

No need to choose, what even is there to choose, obviously the Supreme Naga.

His Supreme Naga was currently a Sub-legendary species, just one step shy of a true Legendary Being. This step usually required a massive consumption of Creation Energy to potentially achieve, carrying a huge risk. Now, it could be accomplished in one go, which filled Lin Xiao with immense joy and prompted him to eagerly take out the Giant Dragon Bloodline Inheritance System and the Dragon Language Magic System of the Dragon Clan.

While Lin Xiao had both the means and Creation Energy to adjust the Supreme Naga, the key problem was integrating these two Dragon Clan systems risked alerting the Nine-faced Dragon God, and he was not confident he could withstand the wrath of such great divine power.

Merging the Dragon Clan’s evolution system into the Naga bloodline had already incurred the wrath of the Nine-faced Dragon God. Each subsequent integration would further enrage him, with his anger only intensifying. If he were to seize the remaining two systems, the Nine-faced Dragon God might directly attack the Main World.

Given the Nine-faced Dragon God’s strength, it was feared that there was no one in the Main World who could withstand the fury of this enraged being, not even the great divine power that guarded the Main World, it was presumed, would be able to hold back that one.

Of course, the Main World had a home advantage and was guarded by so many great beings, so it was certain that the Nine-faced Dragon God could not break in.

However, by then, the Main World would certainly investigate why the Nine-faced Dragon God was furious. What Lin Xiao feared more was, in case the powerhouses of the Main World could communicate with the Nine-faced Dragon God, then things would get complicated.

He believed that the Main World would not compromise, but it would certainly seek to clarify the situation. If there were internal investigations with the cooperation of the Will of Gaia, it wouldn’t be difficult to trace it back to him, and who knows what would happen then.

So although Lin Xiao currently had enough Creation Energy, he had not dared to continue adjusting for fear of consequences.

But now he wasn’t afraid anymore. Now, as a Child of Gaia who had achieved such a feat, the Will of Gaia had actively granted him an opportunity to adjust, which was essentially the Main World taking on all the trouble for him. Free help not to be squandered, he quickly offered up the two Dragon Clan systems, silently voicing his request.

Yes, he did not intend to have the Will of Gaia do the adjustment, but rather only to sever the connection between the two Dragon Clan systems and the Nine-faced Dragon God and to bear the brunt of Nine-faced Dragon God’s fury.

As for how to do the adjustment, he planned to do it himself.

After all, only he knew his possessions best, and only by doing the adjustment himself could the full potential be unleashed.

When he took out those two Dragon Clan power systems in the form of spheres of light and passed them on, he distinctly felt that the Main World…froze imperceptibly for a moment. Nevertheless, there were no further reactions, and the two spheres of light disappeared.

Then, there was no more “then”. He remained in the World Star of Master, utterly unable to know what was happening outside the world, whether the Nine-faced Dragon God had gone berserk. He would only know after a long time that the Will of Gaia returned the two Dragon Clan systems, now stripped entirely of the Nine-faced Dragon God’s Branding, to him.

Fairly quickly after, the fifth reward was handed to him, the leading honor award, a chance that now seemed futile but was coveted by many powerful divine powers.

Or rather, a privilege, a promise.

This thing was currently useless, only relevant as the Main World expanded and strategized the conquest of Totem civilizations. In the far future, once the Totem civilization could be completely conquered, the Will of Gaia absorbing the Totem civilization’s essence and integrating Totem civilization’s power itself, then recognition of contribution would take place, calculated based on all gains from the absorption and conquest of the Totem civilization.

Naturally, the greater the harvest, the more valuable the chief achievement becomes, and reaching a certain milestone could grant one the opportunity to make that leap.

The reason so many powerhouses are so eager for this opportunity is precisely because they recognize the value of the totem civilization and long for it.

With the authority in hand, he hadn’t even had the chance to study it when he immediately left the Starworld and reappeared at the Yan Huang No. 5 Super War Fortress. Xie Yufei was waiting on the side. Seeing him return, she asked with a smile:

“How was it? Was the reward from Gaia generous?”

He did not hide the joy on his face and replied:

“Unprecedentedly generous!”

“You’ve made a fortune!”

She patted his shoulder and said:

“Come with me, there’s more good stuff to give you.”

“More good stuff?”

He wonderingly asked:

“What other good stuff is there?”

Xie Yufei’s pretty face was close at hand, with a refreshing heroic spirit on her exquisite features, extremely alluring. She did not seem to realize this as she laughed and said to him:

“Of course, it’s about rewarding achievements. You are an officer belonging to this War Zone, and your previous arrival was considered a military operation. You’ve established the Gaia Node and achieved such merit, naturally, it’s time for a military promotion.”

At this point, a tinge of frustration appeared on her delicate face as she said:

“According to the common military rank manual, the impact of your actions involves the whole Main World, not just this War Zone, so the honors you’ll receive will be beyond your expectations. Don’t be startled when it happens.”

Lin Xiao’s eyebrows shot up:

“Beyond my expectations? How big? Bigger than you?”

His gaze unintentionally settled on her well-tailored uniform that accentuated her ample contours and attractive curves, and he subconsciously licked his lips.

She quickly noticed his lecherous look, raised her eyebrows, and slapped the back of his head in rebuke:

“What are you looking at?”

“I just realized you’re that kind of man, little brother. You’ve really disappointed your sister.”

Lin Xiao covered his head, looking aggrieved:

“Sister, you’re so beautiful, how can I resist?”

“Humph, that’s no excuse.”

With that, she turned and walked away, her eyebrows raised and a crescent smile on her lips.

He shrugged his shoulders and obediently followed behind her.

Next, he was arranged to stay in an independent barracks within the Fortress, waiting for the senior military officials to discuss and decide.

According to Xie Yufei, his military rank and position were not yet settled, still under debate, so he had to wait a while.

She didn’t specify what the debate was about but assured him that whatever the outcome, he would not be shortchanged and would receive everything he was due.

This independent barracks was clearly designated for high-ranking officers, boasting tens of thousands of square meters in the Fortress area, complete with a small training ground, a team of guards, a dedicated driver, and more, all of which he found rather uncomfortable.

While his rank was still undecided, Lin Xiao hung a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on his door, instructing the guards not to interrupt him unless it was urgent, and then he sunk his consciousness back into his Divine Realm.

As soon as he returned to the Divine Realm, his gaze was instantly drawn to the massive fortress-type city within the Main Divine Realm that encompassed the entire Divine Domain Space.

It was an enormous Fortress-City, comprised of a gigantic main city and connected to eight slightly smaller satellite cities, forming a super-large fortress.

The fortress was entirely made of hard granite, even the floor was a layer of granite of unknown thickness. The outermost wall of the city was over fifty meters wide and hundreds of meters high, looking like a small mountain range. At the southern end of the Fortress, the Wise Goblin leader Alemente and a large Mage team were casting spells in unison, raising the Earth, shaping walls out of mud and then hardening them with Mud to Stone Magic to form the structure of the walls.

Then another Mage team was behind them, engraving complicated patterns on the hard rock walls and reinforcing them with magic.

However, this was not what shocked Lin Xiao the most. What truly astonished him was the many Mage Towers located within the main Fortress and the satellite fortresses.

Lin Xiao had obtained the blueprints for Mage Towers long ago and, after many years of exploration, had finally begun to construct Mage Towers on a large scale… the foundations anyway.

Yes, aside from a few Grand Magicians, most Grand Magicians’ Mage