Miracle Domination? Dominating Gods!

"..." Watching Isaac's movements, Prince Noens's eyes flashed with bitterness. He said nothing, merely silently aiming the edge of his longsword at Isaac.

Isaac's brow twitched. He lightly clenched his right hand and put away [Master of Wicked Thoughts]. When he opened it again, a sinister eyeball burning with blood-colored flames appeared!

At the sight, Prince Noens's eye twitched slightly. Then, without any hesitation, the purple gemstone ring on his right thumb shattered instantly. An exceedingly profound spatial magic array unfolded in an instant, enveloping Noens and his group.

The next moment, accompanied by a brilliant flash of purple light, they all vanished from where they stood!

The entire process took less than a tenth of a second!

Even Isaac failed to react!

A one-use legendary magical artifact—Saint Ivanas's Spatial Teleportation!

Another legendary magical artifact Prince Noens had prepared for the Boundless Tower trial. It had an extremely short activation time and could instantly teleport any number of people within its range to anywhere in the world!

It could even cross the barriers between worlds!

Of course, there was a prerequisite for the latter: interworld teleportation could not be performed within sealed Great Creations.

Even so, this thing was exceptionally valuable. In the Wilderness Dungeon, where the strongest were only Tier Four and could only reach Tier Five combat power by going all out, there was no way to restrict this magical artifact. At critical moments, it could save one's life!

Well, like right now...

If it were only Isaac, then honestly, even if he was a Tier Four wizard—and the craziest, strongest kind of mad wizard—Prince Noens was confident he could fight him.

But this guy had casually pulled out a divine spark...

Prince Noens did not know exactly what method Isaac used to create gods, nor did he know how long it would take. But he knew that once Isaac succeeded, they would have absolutely no chance of winning!

Moreover, even if Isaac could not create a new god, as a Tier Four wizard, he certainly would not lack methods of using it. A wizard plus a divine spark completely under his control—even if that divine spark's energy seemed a little weak—was absolutely not to be underestimated!

Therefore, Prince Noens did not hesitate at all and immediately chose to run!

Yes, run!

Prince Noens directly left the Wilderness Dungeon!

Although this magical artifact could not let him leave the Boundless Tower, it could take him out of the Wilderness Dungeon world and into another Tier Four world within the Boundless Tower.

If I can't beat him, can't I hide?

In any case, he had already completed part of the royal family's mission. Now, only the trial mission remained. Although it was a pity to abandon it after completing one-third of it...

But...

Isaac's method of creating gods was simply too terrifying!

Not only was there no chance of winning in a direct fight, but more importantly, he had no way of telling whether a cult had been developed by one of Isaac's gods!

The Boundless Tower's trial missions would not recognize that!

After thinking it through, running was his only option.

Still, it was not too bad. This had originally been one of Noens's backup plans. It was not that he was admitting defeat; it was simply that before a madman like Isaac, no one of the same tier dared claim they were guaranteed victory!

And the facts proved that this move of his had indeed been farsighted.

Next, although his trial mission progress had been reset to zero, it did not matter. As long as Isaac was no longer interfering, his chances of completing the mission would be much higher!

Furthermore, leaving Isaac in the Wilderness Dungeon would let him draw some of the fire. After all, there were many forces preparing to ambush the Terra Empire in the Boundless Tower, and those people were quite troublesome.

However...

How could the rules set by the Great Wizard be broken so easily?

After Prince Noens left with his people, the purple light faded. Isaac froze for a moment, because along with Noens's departure, a message appeared in his mind, making his heart tighten!

[An extraordinary being has been detected illegally crossing worlds. Tower emergency protocols have been activated. Upholding the rules of the Boundless Tower is the duty of every extraordinary being of the True Realm. Please locate this extraordinary being and return them to the Wilderness Dungeon world. Upon completion, you will receive a reward from the Wilderness Dungeon. Do you accept this mission?]

Isaac's gaze flickered. After hesitating for a moment, he let out a long sigh and gave up on this tempting mission!

It was not that he did not want to deal with Prince Noens. On the contrary, he very much wanted to deal with him. He was also deeply curious about the mechanism behind crossing worlds and greatly anticipated the reward mentioned in the message.

But it was precisely this intense curiosity that made Isaac not dare carry out the mission!

Yes, not dare!

In truth, Isaac had already thought about crossing worlds when he first entered the Boundless Tower. In his view, with so many worlds, if they could be connected—even if only for a period of time—how many resources could he plunder?

Especially before Isaac had obtained the Miracle Wick and advanced to Tier Four, this idea had been at its strongest.

After all, at that time, he was invincible among Tier Threes. As long as he could connect Tier Three worlds, what would not be his?

But this thought completely disappeared after he advanced to Tier Four. Tier Four worlds were unlike Tier Three worlds; crossing between them was not so easy. Moreover, after advancing to Tier Four, he was no longer invincible. Although his strength was still respectable, the cost-benefit ratio would likely collapse, so he abandoned the idea.

But now, as the supporting technologies for the Virtual Divine Spark gradually improved, Isaac's thoughts had become active again. He simply had not taken action yet.

And now, he had completely given up on the idea. Curiosity was one thing, but he did not dare go.

From that brief message, it could be inferred that the Great Wizard did not want interworld travel to occur. And Isaac could not guarantee that, while hunting Prince Noens, he would be able to resist researching the principles behind it...

So Isaac directly refused this tempting mission, cutting off the possibility of making a mistake at its root.

After Isaac refused, a strand of will moved away from him.

"Phew~"

Isaac let out a long breath. He casually put away the Evil Eye, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and looked ruefully at the devastated ground. With a sigh, his figure turned into a streak of light and shot into the distance.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed. Isaac's figure slowly appeared above a Blood Pool. Looking down at it and sensing the Lord of Blood's condition beneath it, surprise flashed through his eyes. Was this a coincidence, or was some kind of rule at work here?

The monster fused with the Lord of Blood was merely a goblin, a monster roughly the same size and strength as a goblin. It was green-skinned as well, but goblins were somewhat more intelligent.

Though only somewhat. They were merely a little smarter than ordinary beasts.

Unlike the fantasy stories from Isaac's previous life, goblins in this world had always been monsters. They had never possessed any great civilization. They had always been weak—so weak that they had nearly disappeared from the real world, with only the Truth Association still raising some.

But this was the strange part. Whether in intelligence, physical ability, or control over its own desires, goblins were far inferior to Stone Dwarves. Yet when it came to fusing with a Virtual Divine Spark, this goblin was far stronger than the Stone Dwarves!

Inconceivable!

Could it be that it had rebounded after hitting rock bottom?

Isaac found it strange, but it was no wonder he thought so. After all, he even had a goblin under his command that had become a legendary wizard. That thing was even weaker than a goblin!

It was only because they had gained the Great Wizard's favor and become part of Wizard and World Play, obtaining unparalleled reproductive abilities, that they grew like weeds in the ground, batch after batch.

Still, this worked out perfectly. He could test that new method. Its better condition could also make up somewhat for the difference in attributes!

Thinking this, Isaac extended his right hand and lightly tapped the air with his index finger. Invisible ripples spread outward, slowly extending beneath the Blood Pool and silently merging into the Lord of Blood's mind, into the spinning divine spark.

"Hmm?"

Deep within the Blood Pool, the goblin strengthening it with divine power froze for a moment. Just now... had the divine spark moved? This had never happened before. Was that wizard coming back?

The thought filled the goblin with urgency. It did not want to become that frail weakling again, one that any random monster could kill!

It!

The Lord of Blood!

Gabriel!

Was a god!

It would control its own fate!

With that thought, blood-red light surfaced in the goblin's eyes again. It began working even harder to strengthen the Blood Pool. This Blood Pool was one of the methods it had devised to strengthen itself.

Over the past two years, as it gradually adapted to its own power, it had begun trying to improve its strength. But whether it was developing believers like other gods and collecting Faith Power, or conducting blood sacrifice rituals, it gained nothing. Other than becoming more skilled in using its power, there had been no other changes.

Naturally, that was not the result the goblin wanted. This Blood Pool was now another attempt. Since it could not improve its quality, it would try increasing its quantity!

A god with nearly inexhaustible divine power researching how to increase the amount of its divine power...

It had to be said, that was quite an idea.

Almost there. The Blood Pool would soon be fully strengthened. Then, it could...

The goblin's gaze suddenly became dazed, but immediately grew focused again.

As long as it completed the strengthening of this Blood Pool, it could continue strengthening new Blood Pools!

The goblin, wholly absorbed in strengthening the Blood Pool, did not notice that its thoughts had silently changed. What had begun as a desire to control its own fate and use the Blood Pool against the mysterious gray-robed wizard had gradually become nothing more than building Blood Pools...

Even the strange movement in the divine spark had been thrown to the back of its mind within a few breaths!

Above the Blood Pool, sensing the goblin's changing thoughts, the corners of Isaac's mouth rose slightly. Needless to say, this was naturally his handiwork.

No, more accurately, only part of it was his handiwork.

As mentioned before, although gods' followers gained great power and long lives, as time passed, their wills would gradually draw closer to those of the gods. This was the divinity within the divine spark influencing them.

And that divinity also affected gods themselves. However, normal gods, whether righteous gods or Outer Gods, could generally reduce or even ignore divinity's influence as long as they cultivated their power themselves.

But Isaac's virtual gods were different. They had ascended in a single step, directly gaining mighty power!

At first, that power would cause the desires in their hearts to grow wildly. Isaac had optimized that aspect afterward, but there was one thing he could not solve—soul strength!

No matter how Isaac optimized the Godhood Ritual, he could not strengthen their souls to the point where they could ignore divinity. Their foundations were simply too weak!

In other words, even with the optimized Virtual Divine Spark, as time passed, there would eventually come a day when the [Divinity] of the Virtual Divine Spark completely dominated their [Humanity]!

And this was the problem the goblin now faced. After all, it was using Isaac's unoptimized version. It could barely resist the growth of its desires, much less resist [Divinity].

However, although it had failed to resist divinity's domination, the goblin's condition was far better than that of the Stone Dwarf skilled in the arts of the mind. That fellow was nearly completely dominated by the Master of Wicked Thoughts.

But because of this, its value had increased—it could allow Isaac to test a new spell: Miracle Domination!

Miracle Domination was a spell that every Tier Four miracle wizard had to research. Yes, research, not learn.

Because every wizard's miracle was fundamentally different, this spell naturally had no unified blueprint.

Thus, every miracle wizard's Miracle Domination had different effects. Isaac's Miracle Domination was simple: it could dominate the divinity within a Virtual Divine Spark, which meant—dominating gods!

As long as the [Divinity] within the Virtual Divine Spark completely replaced a virtual god's [Humanity], Isaac could use his high degree of control over his miracle creation to attempt to dominate the virtual god!

This spell was extremely important!

After all, Isaac's current Miracle: God Sealing had a major flaw—he could not dominate virtual gods!

Just as the saying went—the vassal of my vassal is not my vassal.

Isaac could only dominate the Virtual Divine Spark, allowing him to freely strip away and become immune to the power of virtual gods. But the power of virtual gods came from the Virtual Divine Spark, so they were not controlled by Isaac!

People Isaac had carefully selected, like Mephisto and the others, were fine. They would obey Isaac's commands, but that was only because they were grateful to him and repaid his favor. They were not dominated by Isaac.

Creatures like the goblin and the Stone Dwarf, meanwhile, were constantly thinking of overthrowing Isaac and taking his place!

Clearly, this was a major hidden danger. Thus, Miracle Domination emerged in response.

If [Divinity] replaced [Humanity], then Isaac might be able to obtain authority over virtual gods through his high degree of control over the Virtual Divine Spark!

Isaac had already completed the theoretical research. All that remained was experimentation.

And so, beneath the Blood Pool, under Isaac's gaze, the goblin was slowly becoming—the Lord of Blood!