Chương 118: Dimensional Reshuffling

In the Tara plane, after the departure of the three mid-level gods, the number of god-level powerhouses has dwindled even further.

For a time, it seemed impossible to find even three or five god-level powerhouses in the vast Tara plane. These remaining god-level powerhouses were all reclusive, rarely showing themselves.

Thus began the era in which the Sanctuaries held power in the Tara plane.

The Radiant Empire left behind not a single god-level powerhouse, and was directly disintegrated into countless small countries.

The monsters also split into countless smaller factions.

The Olissis Empire, however, did not dissolve. The lower god of the Olissis family had already left with all the other lower gods when they went to the divine plane.

Olissis tacitly accepted his departure. At that time, the future was uncertain, and it was acceptable to leave a glimmer of hope for the Olissis family.

Now Olissis is gone too.

The royal family no longer has any god-level experts; all the other god-level experts have also fled.

The Olissis Empire was originally on the verge of splitting apart.

However, Richard sent Hogg to take over the entire Olissis Empire.

It was only then that the various forces realized that the Hegel family had quietly produced two god-level powerhouses.

In this era when the gods have departed, a lower-ranking god is enough to take over the previously vast Oliesis Empire.

Many forces within the Olissis Empire have dealt with Hogg, the new god-level powerhouse.

After Richard relinquished power, Hogg was in charge of Hegel for a long time.

So they are really no strangers to Hogg.

Hogg wasn't even at the peak of the Saint Realm before, and he hadn't even scratched the surface of the profound mysteries of the laws. How did Hogg become a god?

If they weren't refining their divine essence to become gods, they would have swallowed the invitations in their hands.

In the Tara plane, since there have been many god-level powerhouses throughout the ages, and their deaths in battles are commonplace, any power with a bit of foundation knows the path of refining a godhead to become a god.

It's just that divine beings are hard to find.

The Holy Domain members were incredibly envious of Hogg, wondering what stroke of luck he had to manage to acquire a divine spark.

They also knew that it was most likely obtained by Richard, a god-level powerhouse, and then bestowed upon him.

I can only envy this guy for having such a good background.

I wonder where this guy hid after becoming a god, how come he wasn't discovered by those god-level powerhouses?

It seems the Hegel family is hiding quite a secret.

But now that the mid-level gods have all left, the Hegel family, which possesses two god-level powerhouses, has become the undisputed number one family in the Tara plane.

The Olissis family is a thing of the past; the Hegel family has officially announced its takeover of the Olissis Empire.

All the major powers submitted to the Hegel family.

However, the Hegel family did not completely exterminate the Olissis family.

It's not like there's no world without extraordinary abilities; everyone has established rules for competition.

Everything is based on strength. The Olissis family is currently not strong enough, so they will not be so tactless as to occupy the position. Wouldn't that be forcing the Hegel family to exterminate them?

When the Olissis family or another family surpasses the Hegel family in the future, the Hegel family will have to relinquish its position.

This is also an unspoken understanding among the various factions in the Tara plane.

In most cases, once a nation declines, it is very difficult to regain its former glory. If it makes a major strategic mistake or produces a few spendthrift sons, it may collapse completely in a short period of time and never recover.

Throughout Tara's history, many once-glorious families have declined and disappeared into the annals of history.

The landmark point here is the Holy Domain. If a major power no longer has a Holy Domain, then it will have almost no say in the matter.

The Olissis family is doing alright. Although they no longer have a god-level expert, they have accumulated quite a few Saint-level experts after ruling the Olissis Empire for so many years. There are about ten openly known Saint-level experts, and one at the peak of the Saint-level realm.

Nobody knows how much more is involved in the secret world.

In an era where god-level powerhouses have almost disappeared, Olisis still has a considerable fortune.

They've only lost their royal status; they can still have a promising future even if they return to their traditional territory.

Meanwhile, the Hegel family forcefully established themselves in the capital. A large area where the capital was located automatically came under the Hegel family's control.

In addition to the territories ceded by other forces that declined during this event, the Hegel family's territory has now increased dozens or even hundreds of times.

There's also a small continent overseas. Originally, we were planning to take it over once the family had more manpower, but now we're lucky we don't need to ask for manpower from there.

Their current problem is a lack of manpower; the only Saint-level experts left in the family are Della and a few newly recruited Saint-level experts.

They don't even have the limit of the Saint Realm. It's only because the Hegel family now has two god-level powerhouses that no one dares to provoke them.

Richard even called Kane and Salami back. The family is short-handed right now, so you two shouldn't be staying out here.

Karina didn't object. In fact, she was eager for the two of them to come back as soon as possible.

Although she was far away on the continent of Skabalone, she received the news of Hogg's ascension to godhood and knew that the previous Hogg was just an ordinary Saint Realm cultivator who hadn't even grasped the profound mysteries of the laws.

Although Hogg is Richard's grandson, it's normal for him to receive good things from him.

But if Hogg could be granted godhood, who knows if Richard still has any? What if he does?

Why don't Kane and Salami go back and show their abilities now, instead of wanting godhood?

As for Karina herself, she had no desire for power and preferred to live in seclusion and cultivate alone, so she didn't get involved.

If she really wanted to seize power and profit, in this era, it wouldn't be a problem for her to occupy a large continent left behind by the mid-level gods.

And so, Richard released many of his Saint-level magical beasts, which was just enough to keep up with his manpower.

As for the soul beast subordinates he had taken in, he dared not release any of the species from other worlds.

It's still unknown what HarmonyOS's attitude towards him is.

He didn't know if Hongmeng had discovered him yet. He had used abilities from other worlds before, such as the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan and the Divine Tree.

But since the HarmonyOS expert hasn't shown up, let's just pretend he doesn't know.

In that case, he should remain hidden for as long as possible, and it would be best to wait until he is qualified to stand on equal footing with the Hongmeng bigwigs before making a move.

However, there is still a mid-level god in the Tara plane at this time, and the plane guardian Steven is also interested in the Hegel family.

He was also curious about where Hogg had hidden after becoming a god. How come the mid-level gods had searched the entire world several times, and the high-level god Philias had also searched the entire plane several times, yet they still hadn't found this guy?

But he dared not go to ask, for fear that the secret of the Hegel family was related to the mysterious strongman who defeated Philias.

Although that person has been silent since the battle with Philias, he is definitely still living in seclusion somewhere.

He had secretly gone to the battlefield to observe, hoping to salvage the situation if both sides perished. Given his status as a guardian of the plane, even if he were discovered, he would most likely not be killed, at most receiving a beating.

Compared to the potential returns, this risk is worth taking.

To my surprise, there was nothing there; clearly, someone had cleaned up the battlefield after the war. It couldn't possibly have been a mutual destruction.

So he sneaked back again.

Therefore, he was certain that the person was still alive.

Forget it, I'll test the Hegel family another time. I don't even know if their secrets will be useful to me; it's not worth risking everything for something so uncertain.

Richard had no time to pay attention to such trivial matters as the expansion of his family's power, and he was even unaware that the guardian of this plane also had some designs on his family.

In his mind, his own strength is always the most important thing, and everything else is trivial.

This operation against Philias carries minimal risk, yields substantial results, and provides tremendous benefits.

He obtained five high-level divine titles alone. Two of them were contributed by Philias' two divine avatars.

Two more were retrieved from the spatial turbulence, likely spoils of Philias's previous dimensional prison. His avatar, the God of Life, also had one in his spatial ring.

There are dozens of mid-level godhoods, basically covering all systems, except for the rule of fate. Strong individuals in this system are indeed quite rare.

There were hundreds of lower-level deities, and some of them were even swept away by spatial turbulence, which Richard did not manage to obtain.

Philias has been in the dimensional prison for so long, and he has killed quite a few god-level powerhouses.

As for artifacts, there are dozens of high-level artifacts available, most of which are material attack artifacts, while there are only a handful of material defense artifacts, not even enough for Richard's main body and his divine clone to each have one.

Richard couldn't understand why this guy had so few superior material defense artifacts.

That's because he didn't know how Philias escaped from the dimensional prison. He assumed that Philias had also discovered the weakness in the sealing magic circle and escaped directly from the connection between the two dimensions.

They had no idea that this ruthless person had actually chosen to gamble with his life, enduring a short stretch of spatial turbulence before returning to the Tara plane.

Therefore, most of that guy's superior material defense artifacts were destroyed on their way back from the spatial turbulence.

The remaining items were damaged by Richard during the battle.

There are still a dozen or so broken pieces, damaged when they fell into the spatial turbulence. He can only try to repair them after he becomes a high-level god. It will save him a lot of time compared to nurturing new high-level artifacts from scratch.

As for the lower and middle-level artifacts, they were piled up like mountains, all of which were discovered in the spatial ring of Philias's avatar, the God of Life.

It's probably this guy's loot, since this pile of artifacts has all sorts of attributes.

There aren't many resources, just some unique resources produced by the prisons of other planes, many of which are not found in the Tara plane, and some of them are even top-tier.

As for various inheritances, magical books, magic circles, etc., they are even more profound than what Richard has collected. Although they are not as extensive in breadth, they are definitely deep enough.

Philias was, after all, a powerful being among the higher gods, and the density of powerful beings in the dimensional prison was far higher than in the Tara plane. Many of them were higher gods, so it was inevitable that their depth of research into the mysteries of various laws surpassed that of the Tara plane.

In other words, the dimensional prison has a harsh living environment and lacks many plant-based medicines and common minerals, which is why it cannot compare to the Tara plane in terms of the breadth of alchemy.

Now everything has become Richard's spoils of war, and Richard has also gained some understanding of the dimensional prison through these books.

Within it, there are four emperors who rule over vast territories, and some powerful figures who live in seclusion and have not established any power.

Or like Philias, who was unwilling to stay in one place and wandered around.

In short, it was indeed quite chaotic inside. The living conditions were harsh, and the competition was fierce.

Lower-ranking gods face immense pressure to survive; they can't even find a powerful ally and are forced to live on the margins of society. They live in hiding, clinging to others for warmth. They are often the targets of others.

Things get a little better once you reach the middle rank of god. But it's still best to find a faction to serve, otherwise you might get killed by a high-ranking god while walking down the street.

As for the Sanctuary, if no one protects them, they are food.

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