Chapter 320: Hanging by a Thread
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"Yes, Pope, what is going on?"
The other members of the Longshan family were also puzzled.
While they had absolute trust in Lin Yuan, just a moment ago, hundreds of true incarnations were about to arrive, and the destruction of the Longshan family seemed imminent.
Now, all of a sudden, the danger was gone?
This turn of events was just too abrupt.
"What is going on?"
The Order Pope remained silent.
His mind kept replaying the scene of Lin Yuan gently inhaling, causing all the 'quarks' in his palm to crumble and melt into his mouth.
After all, those 'quark' figures were incarnations of true gods, and some of the upper-level god incarnations were by no means weaker than normal true gods.
Yet they had all met such an end.
A shiver ran through the heart of the Order Pope, and at this moment, he was even a little relieved that he had not made a move earlier. Otherwise, even if he hadn't died, he estimated that he would have been swept aside by Lin Yuan.
"Longshan Clan Leader... how could the Longshan Clan Leader be so powerful?" The Order Pope looked up at the sky.
Innumerable stars hung in the sky, the realm of the gods of the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness.
The number of gods was finite, and so too were the number of divine countries and the stars in the sky.
In this world, some demi-gods were careful and stealthily collected faith, perhaps able to escape the perception of the gods.
But once they took that step and became true gods, raising a divine country, it would be impossible to hide.
Because the divine country was too conspicuous, turning into a star and hanging high in the sky, the number was so limited that every extra one would surely attract the attention of the gods.
However, in the past few hundred years, or even a thousand years, not a single new star had appeared in the sky.
In other words, no new god had been born.
From this, it could be inferred that the Longshan Clan Leader had not yet become a god and had not yet raised a divine country.
But without the power of a divine country, why was the Longshan Clan Leader so strong? The Order Pope felt his understanding shattering. How could the Longshan Clan Leader, who was not a god, kill gods as if they were mere ants?
The Order Pope took a deep breath and calmed his thoughts, looking at Longshan Ling and the other core members of the Longshan family, who were full of doubts and confusion.
"The Longshan Clan Leader is right.
"The danger has passed."
The Order Pope said with difficulty.
Danger?
All the danger had been devoured by the Longshan Clan Leader.
"Ah?"
"Is the danger really gone?"
Longshan Ling and the others heaved a sigh of relief, but their curiosity only grew.
"Those true god incarnations were all dealt with by the Longshan Clan Leader. Those 'quarks' in his palm just now were the incarnations of the true gods."
The Order Pope remained silent for a moment, then patiently explained.
He had a premonition that after today, the fame of the Longshan Clan Leader would resound through the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness.
"Those things were the incarnations of true gods?"
Longshan Ling and the others were stunned, "Are the incarnations of the true gods so weak?"
As soon as they spoke, they realized their mistake.
It wasn't that the incarnations of the true gods were weak, but that their clan leader was too strong. Compared to him, the powerful incarnations of the true gods seemed pathetically weak.
"I'll take my leave."
The Order Pope took one last deep look inside the Longshan Grand Hall, then turned and left.
What he had witnessed was simply too unbelievable, and he needed to report it to the Order God as soon as possible.
In fact, he didn't need to report it, as this matter couldn't be hidden anyway. Those true gods whose incarnations had been swallowed by Lin Yuan were already in an uproar.
This matter would spread at a terrifying speed among the gods, and not just within the Ocean of Light.
Ocean of Light.
In the winding, spiraling palace.
Hundreds of true gods looked at each other, their hearts shaken to the core.
"My godly incarnation has died."
"Me too, I can no longer sense its presence."
"That huge face that appeared last, it looked a bit like the Longshan family's clan leader?"
"It's not similar, it is the Longshan family's clan leader."
One by one, the true gods felt their scalp tingle. As eighth-level true gods, their memories could not be wrong. If that huge face were shrunk by tens of millions of times, it would be the Longshan family's clan leader.
Moreover, their godly incarnations had been captured on their way to Longshan Ridge to confront the Longshan family's clan leader.
All the clues pointed to one possibility.
The one who had taken action against them was the Longshan family's clan leader.
The one they had considered an ant, whose soul they had intended to burn in their divine country for tens of thousands of years—a mere demi-god.
To be honest, the gods had never taken the Longshan Clan Leader seriously, even if he was the mastermind behind the disappearance of the demi-gods over the years.
But a demi-god was still a demi-god.
No matter how powerful a demi-god was, as long as they did not gather faith and raise a divine country, they were nothing but ants in the eyes of the gods.
But now...
The ant in the eyes of the gods had suddenly transformed into a towering dragon?
"Impossible."
"How could he be so powerful without becoming a god?"
"Yes, the Longshan Clan Leader isn't even a true god. Why is he so powerful?"
Even with all the evidence before them, there were still true gods who found it hard to believe.
They had endured countless hardships and finally raised their divine countries, entering the Ocean of Light and becoming lofty gods in the eyes of all beings.
And now, this was happening?
"I must see the main god and find out the reason for this. Why is the Longshan Clan Leader so powerful?"
"Yes, but which main god should we go to?"
"Let's go to the God of Divination. There is nothing in this world that he doesn't know. The God of Divination must be aware of the Longshan Clan Leader's origins."
One by one, the true gods stood up.
Among the twelve main gods of the Ocean of Light, the God of Divination was the most special and amiable presence.
The other main gods, such as the Order God, the Goddess of the Magic Net, and the Seven-Colored Dragon God, were almost absolutely rational, usually either asleep or in seclusion.
Only the God of Divination would sometimes answer their questions.
Previously, the gods had asked the God of Divination to predict the last known location of the missing demi-gods.
Now it seemed that this prediction was correct. With the Longshan Clan Leader's strength, secretly abducting some demi-gods would have been child's play.
"Could the Longshan Clan Leader be a god who nearly perished in the distant past, with his divine country falling into the mortal realm?" a true god speculated.
In the distant past, there had been several divine wars, and many gods had perished, their divine countries falling into the mortal realm.
But the fall of a divine country did not necessarily mean death. As long as there were still believers in the mortal realm, there was a slim chance that the fallen god could return.
Of course, the probability of this happening was pitifully low, and it was merely a theoretical possibility. In reality, it had never occurred.
But the Longshan Clan Leader was just too powerful, and some of the true gods couldn't help but think along these lines.
"Whether or not he is a fallen god from the past, we will know everything once we see the God of Divination." One of the true gods replied.
They had absolute trust in the God of Divination.
Longshan Grand Hall.
In the cultivation room.
Lin Yuan sat down cross-legged once more.
"The taste of the godly incarnation's power is a bit better than that of pure 'god crystals'."
Lin Yuan pursed his lips, casually evaluating that even in the main world of the main universe, the pure energy contained within these godly incarnations would surpass that of 'Red Spirit Liquid' by a large margin.
With his current strength, the godly incarnations of the True Gods were no different from their true bodies. The absolute control of space brought about by nearly one hundred million layers of space meant that Lin Yuan could crush any True God, or even a Main God, in terms of spatial manipulation.
"But it won't be long now."
"Once I comprehend the last bit of spatial essence from the Demigod Realm."
Lin Yuan thought to himself. In his eyes, the spatial essence contained within the Demigod Realm was a mere reflection of the spatial essence of this world.
It was like a television; while Demigods could only watch programs through the television, Lin Yuan, on the other hand, could deduce an entire modern industrial chain from the television itself and thus comprehend the whole of modern industry.
Of course, the spatial essence of a world was infinitely more complex than a mere industrial chain; it was just an analogy.
The spatial essence corresponding to the Demigod Realm was just the foundation. Lin Yuan needed to comprehend it fully before he could more efficiently comprehend the spatial essence associated with the True God Realm.
"Space."
In the depths of Lin Yuan's eyes, layer upon layer of space seemed to unfold.
The layers of space within his inner world were also rapidly deriving, with new layers being born almost every moment.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Lin Yuan stopped his cultivation and turned his head towards a certain direction.
"Have you seen enough?" Lin Yuan muttered to himself.
Whoosh!
Intangible power gathered.
A tall and stunningly beautiful woman with cold eyes appeared.
The moment this woman appeared, the rules of the world seemed to yield, and an aura that surpassed that of True Gods spread out.
"Goddess of the Magic Net?"
Lin Yuan looked at the beautiful woman not far away, his expression unchanged.
Who was the first to sense Lin Yuan's actions against the godly incarnations? Was it the true bodies of the gods in the Ocean of Light, or the Order Pope by his side?
Neither.
The first to notice the anomaly was this Goddess of the Magic Net, one of the twelve Main Gods of the Ocean of Light, whose magic net encompassed all of humanity.
Where the magic net reached, the Goddess of the Magic Net's senses followed.
Lin Yuan's actions against the Church of Lust, with his primordial spirit personally descending upon their stronghold, was done with caution towards this Goddess of the Magic Net, fearing that an excessive display of power would attract her attention.
"Dragon Mountain Clan Leader, what is your origin?" The Goddess of the Magic Net's beautiful eyes shone with a strange light as she looked at Lin Yuan and asked slowly.
As a Main God, high above and looking down upon all life and gods, there were few things that could stir their emotions.
But Lin Yuan was definitely one of them.
"What I am is something you will know soon enough."
"I will personally enter the Ocean of Light, and at that time, I hope you Main Gods won't disappoint me."
Lin Yuan was not in the mood to exchange pleasantries with these Main Gods. With a raise of his right hand, terrifying power of the world, infused with the might of countless layers of space, swept out, erasing all before it.
The Goddess of the Magic Net, whose incarnation was formed from the magic net that covered the human realm, naturally couldn't block Lin Yuan's casual strike.
"Magic Net?"
Lin Yuan looked around, his mind stirring slightly.
His power spread out in all directions, driving away the ever-present magic net. As for how the members of the Dragon Mountain Clan would communicate without the magic net, with Lin Yuan's strength, he could easily construct a new 'communication network' to replace the original one.
Ocean of Light.
Countless True Gods gathered before the majestic temple of the God of Divination.
The events they had experienced not long ago had already spread among the gods; the emergence of a powerhouse comparable to a Main God in the human realm was hard to keep a secret.
So, the True Gods gathered before the temple were far more than just a few hundred. At least eighty percent of the True Gods in the entire Ocean of Light had been drawn here.
Even the wills of distant Main Gods were observing the situation.
At that moment, the doors of the temple opened.
A white-robed God of Divination stepped out.
"I know why you are here." The God of Divination, an elderly man with white hair, spoke gently, his eyes warm and kind.
"To find out the origin of the Dragon Mountain Clan Leader, this is not a difficult task." The God of Divination's tone was calm, but his heart was also filled with curiosity.
Previously, he had only divined the last known location of the missing Demigods, which was Dragon Mountain Ridge, and had not continued to divine further.
He never expected that this matter would create such a huge stir.
"Thank you, God of Divination."
"The God of Divination knows all, and the origin of the Dragon Mountain Clan Leader will surely be revealed to us soon."
The True Gods were excited, their faces flushed with anticipation. The Dragon Mountain Clan Leader's display of power was no weaker than that of a Main God, and such a powerhouse in the human realm piqued the curiosity of the gods.
"Then I shall begin."
The God of Divination smiled faintly and silently recited the name of the Dragon Mountain Clan Leader and the specific location of Dragon Mountain Ridge in his mind.
Finally, he activated the power of his Main Godhead within his body, borrowing the rules and laws of this world to investigate the true origin of the Dragon Mountain Clan Leader.
Whoosh!
Images appeared before the God of Divination, one after another.
They were all scenes from Dragon Mountain Ridge's past.
These events were displayed before the God of Divination in reverse chronological order.
One hundred years.
Two hundred years.
Three hundred years.
Four hundred years.
In the blink of an eye, time had flowed back four to five hundred years.
"What is his origin?" The God of Divination's expression was slightly expectant.
Divination was essentially the manipulation of time, using the time Main Godhead within the God of Divination's body to look back into the past.
Thus, the God of Divination was known as the all-knowing one.
After all, as long as one looked back far enough in time, there would be no secrets in the world.
Among the twenty-four Main Gods of the Ocean of Light and the Abyss of Darkness, the God of Divination was not the most powerful in terms of combat strength, but he was definitely the hardest to kill.
By observing the past, the God of Divination had mastered countless means of preservation.
Buzz.
Time continued to flow in reverse.
Then, it reached a certain point.
The reversed flow of time suddenly stalled.
"Hmm?"
The God of Divination's expression changed slightly; he had never encountered such a situation before.
Something was actually resisting his reversal of time.
The God of Divination quickly focused on the images before him. The young Dragon Mountain Clan Leader, lying on a bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
The next moment.
The reversed flow of time seemed to have touched some unimaginable existence.
The entire river of time began to ripple, and the God of Divination's expression changed drastically as he clearly felt a backlash from the river of time, threatening to consume him.
Pfft!
The God of Divination's face turned as white as paper, and his aura plummeted. Cracks even appeared on his time Main Godhead.
In the sky above.
The massive star representing the God of Divination, which illuminated nearly a tenth of the sky, suddenly began to shake violently.
It swayed precariously.
(End of Chapter)
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