Chương 120: Becoming a High God

Of all Philias's possessions, the one that surprised Richard the most was that tiny tree branch.

This thing wasn't destroyed even in the spatial turbulence; it's even tougher than a high-level artifact.

Richard studied it carefully and found that this thing should be considered a rare and unusual object in the entire Panlong world.

It cannot enhance combat power or be used in battle, but it can be used to comprehend the rules of life.

Philias's ability to become a high god was inseparable from the help of this thing, and there are records of this thing in his cultivation experience.

He obtained this item back when he was still a mid-level god, but its exact origin was not mentioned.

But Richard guessed that this guy killed someone to steal the treasure.

Just like now that this thing is in his hands.

However, in Richard's hands, this thing had a new use: it was devoured by the Tree of Life.

This thing can also be considered a plant. Although it is harder than a superior artifact, Richard has tried it and the Tree of Life can devour it after a while.

Even the Tree of Life had an inexplicable longing for this thing, unlike when it devoured the Divine Tree.

It seems that the Devouring Dawn has some unknown benefits for the Tree of Life.

Even during the process of devouring, his insights into the rules of life kept emerging.

He had never had an epiphany since he began cultivating, but now he finally had one.

So at this moment, he couldn't care less about anything else; cultivation was the most important thing.

The main body, the Tree of Life, and the Life God's avatar are all in deep seclusion.

To prevent any mishaps, the wind-elemental god's avatar stayed nearby, while also going into seclusion.

Decades later, the Tree of Life finally completely devoured the sapling.

At the same time, his main body and the avatar of the God of Life also awoke from their sudden enlightenment.

His understanding of the rules of life has reached the standard of a high god, and even exceeded it by a considerable margin.

If this weren't a small world, outside of the Panlong World, the rules of heaven and earth might have already descended by now.

After his Martial Soul, the Tree of Life, devoured the small tree spirit, its form changed, turning entirely golden, like a giant golden tree. Fifteen golden divine rings appeared one after another, adding to its sacred aura.

The connection between the Tree of Life and the small world grew stronger, its roots extending beyond the world, reaching into the void to draw power from it and help itself and the small world grow.

The martial spirit then nourishes the physical body, greatly enhancing its strength once again.

Richard himself is now unsure of his current level of strength.

It's definitely not at the level of a seven-star demon, but it's hard to say whether it's at the level of a six-star demon.

Moreover, it's not just the main body, the Tree of Life, and the Life God's avatar that have experienced significant improvements.

While protecting them, the wind-elemental divine avatar also managed to finally comprehend the mysteries of speed and slowness, and fully integrate them with the mysteries of the wind element and the wind movement technique.

At this point, he had fully comprehended and integrated the profound mysteries of four laws of the wind element.

Based on this alone, he is not much worse than an ordinary five-star demon.

Moreover, he has already grasped the latter half of the profound mysteries of wind element, wind space, and dimensional blade, and is not far from fully comprehending them. These two have also been integrated with the first four profound mysteries.

It's estimated that it won't be long before he can fully comprehend and integrate the profound mysteries of the six laws.

If he were a high-level god, this would be at the level of a seven-star demon. Unfortunately, he is only a mid-level god, which is much weaker than that of a high-level god. He will probably only be at the level of a six-star demon.

At this moment, Richard's true form appeared in the outside world, and then once again, he familiarly set off towards the uninhabited overseas region.

Nowadays, there are very few god-level powerhouses in the entire Tara plane; the few remaining are all people who are content to live in seclusion and not concern themselves with worldly affairs.

They basically don't pay attention to external developments; only one plane guardian is somewhat active.

But he definitely wouldn't dare to come and watch.

Half a day later, Richard selected a location, and when the Life God's avatar appeared in the outside world, the rules of the outside world descended.

The avatar of the God of Life thus ascended to the realm of a higher god.

This is his first divine avatar to be elevated to a higher god.

His advancement in the Life Rules was entirely within his expectations. He just hadn't anticipated it would happen so soon.

For rule-based divine avatars such as the rules of life, death, and destiny, they do not need to consider the issue of profound fusion.

For them, the rules are a unified whole, and all they need to do is understand them step by step.

Unlike laws, which can be broken down into individual mysteries and can be combined with each other.

Therefore, these kinds of divine avatars do not need to stay in the intermediate god realm and integrate the profound mysteries of the laws.

Although his wind-elemental divine clone is currently the strongest in terms of combat power, he will not advance to the realm of a high-level god for a long time to come.

He must take advantage of his time as a mid-level god to integrate as many of the profound mysteries of the laws as possible.

He would never easily advance to the rank of High God without integrating all nine profound mysteries.

The same applies to other laws, such as water, earth, fire, and lightning. They are all the same.

They should take advantage of their intermediate god stage to integrate as many profound laws as possible.

Therefore, it is not surprising at all that his avatar of the God of Life was the first to be promoted to a high god.

It's even possible that by the time his Death God clone and Fate God clone have both advanced to High God status, these Law God clones will still be waiting to advance to High God status.

The shockwaves from the ascension to a higher god spread far and wide, but no one came to investigate the entire process.

After the Life God's avatar completed its ascension, Richard left.

The avatar of the God of Life attempted to delve into the ocean of divine power, and after exploring dozens of meters deep, extracted the power of a higher-level god.

The energy density of a superior god's power far exceeds that of a mid-level god's power, and its mass is more than ten times that of a mid-level god's power.

It is more than a hundred times stronger than the power of a lower-level deity.

This is only the difference in divine power.

In addition, the divine domain of a high-ranking god is overwhelmingly superior to that of a mid-ranking god.

Once the divine domain unfolds, even ordinary mid-level gods cannot retain much of their strength within it.

With a single thought, one could easily survey the surrounding area within a million kilometers. Most of the entire Tara plane was within sight.

Although it was only a rather crude investigation, none of the lower-level gods, including the mid-level god Steven, escaped his detection.

They couldn't sense his presence at all; this was a crushing defeat in terms of spiritual awareness.

One-sided transparency in information.

At this point, in terms of realm, he had reached the pinnacle of godhood.

Even if one achieves Great Perfection, one is still only a high-ranking god; in terms of realm alone, one is at the same level as him.

As for the supreme god, that cannot be achieved through cultivation alone; one must possess a supreme godhood.

The main deity is more like a certificate of authority.

There is no absolute gap between the main god and the higher gods in their understanding of the laws.

The vast majority of main gods are not even as good as high-level gods who have reached the Great Perfection in their understanding of the laws.

This is also why many high-ranking gods who have reached the Great Perfection look down on the main gods, believing that they are just a group of lucky ones who have obtained the status of the main god.

The main gods simply possess higher authority over heaven and earth than gods, and the will and power bestowed by heaven and earth make them far stronger than high-level gods at the Great Perfection.

However, in terms of comprehending the profound mysteries of the laws, the Great Perfection Upper God is the pinnacle, having comprehended and integrated all the profound mysteries of the laws. There is no further path to follow.

Unfortunately, the power of a superior god cannot be preserved, nor can it be used by other god avatars.

Only the main body can borrow a portion of it; other divine avatars can only use their own divine power.

Thus, the Life God Avatar became one of the main combat avatars, alongside the main body and the Wind God Avatar.

They returned to their territory, and now the entire Tara plane is very peaceful, with nothing major happening.

Of course, this is from the perspective of god-level powerhouses. For them, anything below the god level is nothing.

In reality, the Tara plane is in chaos right now, with a large number of god-level powerhouses suddenly leaving.

Numerous power vacuums have emerged.

The status of the Saint-level powerhouses has risen significantly, and they are all very active now.

The Saints at the limit have become the dominant force, even surpassing the lower-level gods in status, since they are not under the control of any mid-level gods.

As long as we don't provoke the forces of a few god-level powerhouses, we can let them do whatever they want in other places.

Even the strongest experts in the Saint Realm can easily occupy a large area of territory.

Every day, countless forces clash with each other, rise to power, and fall.

This situation is expected to continue until a few more lower-level gods are born before it stabilizes.

Otherwise, the Holy Realms would not compromise with each other.

The creation of a sanctuary is much easier than that of a god.

New sacred domains are born every day.

In recent decades, two more Saint-level limit-level beings have emerged, and their appearance signifies the rise of two new large-scale forces.

This is the current situation, because it is relatively easy to be born in a sacred realm, but difficult to become a god.

Each newly established sacred domain represents the rise of a power. The fall of a sacred domain may also signify the decline of a power.

Fortunately, no one dares to provoke the current Hegel family. They have firmly secured their position as the royal family of the Olissis Empire.

Under these circumstances, Hogg was already considering changing the name of the empire.

The Hegel Empire can be named after the family, or the Silver Blue Empire can be named after the former territory.

Richard let him do whatever he wanted, and he didn't care about any of these things.

With enough manpower available, Della gradually reduced her time spent outside and began to devote herself entirely to seclusion.

She had no choice in the past; her family was small, and she had to work.

Especially during the period after Hogger became a god and went into hiding, the burden of the entire family fell on her shoulders, and she was responsible for all external affairs of the family.

During that period, she almost became depressed from the stress.

She wasn't really in charge of family affairs before; at most, she would assist Hogg, but she focused more on cultivation.

But later, he was forced into the role and had no choice but to take it on.

Fortunately, the family is expanding rapidly and has recruited some outside Saint Realm members, so she can delegate some of the less core matters.

After the Kane couple returned, she devoted herself to training them, hoping they would take over the business as soon as possible.

With only her and Kane at the Saintly Realm in the family now, Kane has no choice but to take over.

Anyway, after decades of training, Kane has fully taken over the family affairs. In these decades, this kid has also entered the profound mysteries of the wind element law, which is quite good among the peak of the Saint Realm.

Even when they go out into the world, they can still be considered a representative of the Hegel family.

Richard knew that Della was focused on her training and was happy that she was handing over family affairs to Kane.

The couple may have received some guidance from his mother-in-law, because they were very proactive after returning home.

Richard knew, of course, that they were after what might not even be a divine title.

Kane himself certainly has the hope of becoming a god, but his wife Salami has little hope. She's thousands of years old and still hasn't grasped the profound mysteries of the laws.

If you still want godhood, you'd better work for me obediently.

No rush, let these two serve the family like slaves for a while longer before making any decisions.

Richard drew the following conclusion after observing for only a period of time.

In any case, the situation in the Tara plane is still quite good, and it's not necessary to be a god-level being to be considered a respectable entity.

However, the Holy Domain magical beasts under his command are now quite far behind him in strength, so he has already bestowed divine status upon them.

Let these guys get a proper boost.

Otherwise, given the increasingly powerful opponents he would encounter in the myriad worlds, these guys would soon lose even the ability to clear out the minions.

These guys had previously fused with godhood in the Douluo Continent, and more or less entered the gate of the profound mysteries of the laws.

After returning to the Panlong World and adjusting their understanding of the profound mysteries of the laws, they were considered quite strong even at the peak of the Saint Realm.

Monsters are inherently much stronger than humans in terms of physical attributes. Basically, once they reach the Saint Realm, they will have at least the strength of a peak Saint Realm gatekeeper.

Some races are even quite good, such as the dragons, who are stronger than many peak Saints once they reach the Saint Realm.

In this situation, refining the divine spark becomes much simpler.

Let's make these guys into lower-level gods first. As for mid-level gods, we'll grant them those later depending on the situation.

Hogg has been quite busy lately. On one hand, he is to act as the pillar of the family on the surface, controlling the general direction of the family's development.

On the other hand, Richard had already given him the intermediate-level godhood of the lightning element, allowing him to continue refining the godhood to become an intermediate-level god.

Even the high-level deity he obtained this time has a lightning-type element. So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this kid will be lucky enough to become a high-level god without even trying.