Soul Gold Beads

"Th-this... all right, City Lord Laurent."

Laurent and the other three reverted to their original forms, and Shelley took out a Spatial Ring and handed it to Roy.

"Elder Roy, this contains some things Patriarch Gaisleith asked us to bring to you. The Patriarch said he hoped these things would help Elder Roy grow faster."

"Once Elder Roy becomes a High-level God, Patriarch Gaisleith invites Elder Roy to Skyridge Mountains, where he will personally hold Elder Roy's elder inauguration ceremony."

"Then Patriarch Gaisleith will have quite a wait. For me to become a High-level God will probably take several hundred thousand years, perhaps even a Million Years."

At present, Roy had yet to completely comprehend the "Strength" Law Profound Mysteries and the "Earth Pulse" Law Profound Mysteries. According to Roy's plan of comprehending Law Profound Mysteries while fusing them, even one hundred thousand years would count as smooth progress in his cultivation.

If he encountered a bottleneck that was difficult to break through, being delayed for several hundred thousand years or even a Million Years was not impossible.

As for failing to break through to become a High-level God?

Neither the Four Divine Beast Family nor Roy himself had such concerns.

If Roy did not take the path of fusing Laws, he was confident that he could fully comprehend these two Law Profound Mysteries within ten thousand years and become a High-level God.

Yet, upon hearing Roy say that it would take him so long to become a High-level God, Laurent and the other three laughed instead.

Roy had been recommended to join the Four Divine Beast Family by Laurent and the others. By saying this, he was clearly planning to comprehend Law Profound Mysteries while fusing them, slowly advancing along both paths at once.

Once Roy made further progress, he would at the very least be at the Seven-star Demon Level.

Even within the Four Divine Beast Family, a Seven-star Demon was an extraordinary high-level combatant.

At present, the Four Divine Beast Family had only five individuals with Asura strength: the patriarchs of the four clans and Great Elder Gaia.

Roy had been recommended into the Four Divine Beast Family by Laurent and the others. The stronger Roy became in the future, the more rewards Laurent and the others would receive. How could that not make them happy?

"Don't worry, Roy. Forget a Million Years—even ten million years or a hundred million years, we can afford to wait."

Shelley's words immediately put Roy's mind at ease.

It seemed that, now that they had not yet become the First Family, and with the Four Divine Beast ancestors not having displayed Sovereign Ruler Level combat power, the members of the Four Divine Beast Family had yet to develop that universally detested temperament.

The current Four Divine Beast Family was worth befriending deeply.

Roy said no more. He accepted the ring Shelley Haide had given him and immediately dripped blood onto it to Recognize Master.

"Then, City Lord, Deputy City Lords, I'll return to cultivate first. I'll strive to become a High-level God as soon as possible."

"Mm, go on. We won't delay you any longer."

After bidding farewell to Laurent and the other three, Roy returned to his palace once more and began cultivating.

Before long, news spread from the City Lord's Manor that Sanhe City had gained two more Deputy City Lords.

One was named Shelley, while the other was the Roy everyone already knew.

"With this, I can at least cultivate in peace for the next hundred thousand years."

As for a hundred thousand years later?

It was not that Roy was arrogant, but if he still did not possess Seven-star Demon Level strength by then, Roy himself would look down on himself.

"First, let's see what Gaisleith gave me for becoming an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family."

After setting up a defensive magic formation in the room, Roy extended his Spiritual Sense into the Spatial Ring Shelley had given him.

"Hiss..."

What Roy saw with his Spiritual Sense made him suck in a sharp breath.

"As expected of a family with four Sovereign Ancestors. What lavishness—what grandeur!"

Inside this Spatial Ring were more than three hundred fist-sized Dark Gold Orbs, as well as ten drops of earth-yellow liquid radiating an overwhelming pressure.

Those Dark Gold Orbs were Soul Gold Beads refined from a vast amount of Soul Essence. They did not need to be refined; simply absorbing them could strengthen one's soul.

Soul Gold Beads the size of red beans sold for more than ten thousand Ink Stones each and were in greater demand than supply.

Those two or three centimeters in size sold for more than one hundred thousand Ink Stones.

As for fist-sized ones like those in Roy's ring, they sold for more than ten million Ink Stones apiece—and no one was even willing to sell them.

As for those ten earth-yellow drops, Laurent had previously given Roy one of them. They were Power of the Earth High God.

"At this rate, once I absorb all these Soul Gold Beads, I might not even need a hundred thousand years to become a High-level God."

"Perhaps my chances of becoming a Paragon will even increase by another ten percent."

Comprehending Laws and fusing Laws were both closely tied to the soul.

The stronger one's soul, the clearer one's perception of Laws became, and the faster one could comprehend and fuse Laws.

Of course, finding the points where Law Profound Mysteries matched, as well as the final fusion point, required something more: a kind of "spirituality."

Without that "spirituality," one could not even find where Law Profound Mysteries matched. How could they fuse Law Profound Mysteries?

To the people of this world, "spirituality" was a sudden flash of inspiration. Only by chance could they perceive the matching points and fusion points of Law Profound Mysteries. But for Roy, developing the abilities that had existed only in fantasy in his previous life through the Profound Mysteries of Earthly Laws was his inexhaustible source of "spirituality."

Roy's heart burned with excitement. Without further delay, he began absorbing the Soul Gold Beads.

Thanks to the nature of Soul Gold Beads, Roy did not need to refine them. He could directly absorb them to strengthen his soul, allowing him to refine one Soul Gold Bead after another.

The rapid growth of his soul greatly sharpened Roy's comprehension of the Law Profound Mysteries, as if he had shattered a pane of dust-covered glass before his eyes, allowing the mysteries to reveal themselves clearly before him.

In an instant, all kinds of insights surfaced in Roy's mind. The bottlenecks that had trapped the Four Law Profound Mysteries for decades now seemed like thin membranes, ready to burst at a single poke.

Without hesitation, the four Law Profound Mysteries—Earth Element, Gravity Space, Earth Travel Technique, and Life Force—coursed through Roy's soul and combined. In the end, they fit together perfectly, smooth as a mirror, radiating a sense of "completion."

At this point, Roy had finally achieved the complete fusion of the Four Law Profound Mysteries.

The fusion of the Four Law Profound Mysteries caused Roy's understanding of the "Strength" Law Profound Mystery and the Earth Pulse Law Profound Mystery to become much blurrier.

However, strengthened by an unending stream of Soul Gold Beads, Roy's Soul Power rose rapidly, and his comprehension of those two Law Profound Mysteries gradually became clear once more.

Still, before finding the points of compatibility between the "Strength" Law Profound Mystery, the Earth Pulse Law Profound Mystery, and the other four Law Profound Mysteries, Roy had no intention of continuing to comprehend those two mysteries.

But now, with his soul strengthened, this was the moment when Roy's aptitude for comprehension was at its peak. If he let it go without comprehending something, it would feel like a massive loss.