True God Levels

"The Federal Government people said before that this space tunnel would last for a month, and seventeen days have already passed. In order to maximize our benefits, we will now head to the end of this destination. The journey from here to the end will take about two days," Sea Emperor said, explaining his travel plan.

"Why are we going to the end so early?" Liliath asked, somewhat puzzled. In the past, each secret realm or Miniature World would only take one or two days to emerge from, but the Sea Emperor had reserved more than ten days for this one.

"Because this destination is very special, it's inside the True God Remains. This remains are extremely large, comparable to a small planet, about one-twentieth the size of Deep Sea Star. It will take a long time to explore it completely. Even with my guidance, it won't be something we can finish exploring in just a few days," the Sea Emperor explained.

"True God Remains?!" Gu Ding and the others were extremely surprised when they heard this.

"That's right. Unlike the previous skeletal forms, the remains left behind by the true god have complete physical bodies, and the interior of the body is an independent world." Seeing that everyone was interested, the Sea Emperor continued. Since Gu Ding advanced to the level of a god, his authority was much greater than before, and he was no longer restricted by authority regarding some information about the true god.

"But the Miniature World we arrived at before should also have been formed by a true god. Why didn't we see True God Remains?" Gu Ding asked, somewhat puzzled.

"This relates to how true gods perish. True gods are extremely powerful life forms, and their souls can exist independently of their physical bodies. Because of this, the demise of a true god's physical body is not true death. As long as their souls escape, they can slowly reassemble their bodies with a drop of True Blood or the Flesh Source Particle. This is something that even gods, or even Half-Step True God, cannot do. Even Half-Step True God, once their physical bodies perish, will perish. Even if their souls survive by attaching themselves to special artifacts, they cannot be reborn from a drop of blood."

"The only way to kill a true god is to destroy their soul! Once the soul dies, even if the physical body remains intact, it is just a body without consciousness."

"The reason we didn't see the physical body in the Miniature World we saw before is because the true god's physical body was destroyed first, and then his soul escaped. Then his soul was also killed, leaving only a broken Miniature World."

"The reason why the true god we are seeing now has no physical body is because he died by having his soul destroyed directly. It is clear that after his fall, the person who killed him did not destroy his physical body. And the physical body of a true god is extremely powerful. So it has remained until now."

The Sea Emperor's explanation opened everyone's eyes; it was only at this moment that they realized the essential difference between a true god and a deity.

"Sea Emperor, what is this Flesh Source Particle' you just mentioned?" Liliath asked, unable to resist asking after hearing this new term.

"The energy absorbed by a true god is called Universe Source Energy. Therefore, if the physical body is an energy body when one is a god, the energy particles that make up the body after ascending to true godhood are also called source particles. And after a flesh-and-blood life form ascends to true godhood, the blood is also called True Blood." The Sea Emperor explained in great detail.

"Sea Emperor, your authority has been upgraded now. You should be able to tell us how the cultivation levels of True Gods are divided?" Gu Ding had long wanted to know how the cultivation levels of True Gods were divided, but unfortunately, Sea Emperor's authority was insufficient before, and Gu Ding could not find any True God powerhouses to ask this question, so this question had been on his mind for a long time.

"The cultivation levels of True Gods are divided into ten sequences. From lowest to highest, they are the First Sequence, the Second Sequence, and so on up to the Tenth Sequence."

"The first to Third Sequence are called the Elementary Sequence; the fourth to sixth sequences are called the Intermediate Sequence; the seventh to ninth sequences are called the Advanced Sequence; Tenth Sequence is called the highest sequence."

"Among them, some of the most powerful Ninth Sequence True Gods are known as 'Conferred King,' each possessing a unique title. Even if it's just a subordinate force under a title, other Ninth Sequence True Gods might not dare to provoke them. This is because Conferred King are too powerful; they are at least monstrous geniuses at the Forbidden King level."

"The true gods of the Tenth Sequence are known as the 'Strongest King'! Such powerful beings are legendary. As for how strong they are, my authority is not sufficient to investigate. I only know that such a level of existence exists."

"In your era, there are only nine sequences of true gods, and no tenth sequence. I don't know why. It's possible that Tenth Sequence true god has not appeared in the Great Universe Sea for too long, causing this level to be forgotten."

"Although there are only ten sequences of True Gods, each sequence is divided into four minor realms: early stage, middle stage, late stage, and perfect stage. The difference in Combat Strength between each minor realm is tenfold. Therefore, each sequence advancement is equivalent to a ten thousandfold increase in Combat Strength, which is even greater than the thousandfold increase in Combat Strength of Half-Step True God. However, it is said that the transition from the Ninth Sequence to the Tenth Sequence is not so simple. I don't know the specific information. I can only wait until my authority is higher to perhaps obtain more information."

The Sea Emperor's description of the true god left Gu Ding and the others somewhat stunned.

"Sigh, when will this cultivation end? Not only are there nine levels of Half-Step True God, but there are also ten levels of true god above that..." Liliath sighed helplessly.

"That's great," Gu Ding grinned. "At least we now know that among the True Gods there are powerful figures like Conferred King and Strongest King waiting for us to challenge!"

"I have a question!" Scarlet spoke up again, "The True God Remains we're visiting this time, what rank of true god was he in his lifetime?"

"That guy was only at the peak of the First Sequence, not even at the Second Sequence yet," the Sea Emperor gave a direct answer, then added, "When I advanced to godhood in Gu Ding, the first thing I did after my authority was upgraded was to re-examine this Ancient Ruins. I discovered that this was actually just a low-level battlefield, with only those below the Elementary Sequence participating. On the entire battlefield ruin, I only found one trace left by Third Sequence true god. There were no traces of battle left by any intermediate or Advanced Sequence true gods. Therefore, I judged that the scale of the battle at that time should not have been very large. If it had been a large-scale battle, Advanced Sequence powerhouses would definitely have participated."

After hearing the Sea Emperor's words, everyone became even more unsettled.

Gu Ding muttered further, "This ruin is just a fragment of Ancient Battlefield that collapsed, and this single fragment is already equivalent to more than three hundred times the surface area of Deep Sea Star. Moreover, the number of beings who died in this ruin is at least tens of millions. Such a scale is only a low-level battlefield..."

"The number of dead is not just tens of millions, but over eight hundred million! The entire area you have explored so far is less than one percent of this ruin. The intensity of the battles on the Ancient Battlefield is beyond your imagination. To fight for territory and resources, some races were slaughtered across their entire Universe Sea. Of course, this was relatively rare among top-tier races; those slaughtered were mostly second- or third-tier races, whose Universe Sea were much smaller than the ones currently occupied by humans. But even if it was only one percent the size of the human Universe Sea, the number of beings within it would be an astronomical figure."

"An entire Universe Sea was slaughtered..." Gu Ding and the others never expected the ancient war to be so brutal.

"I have some very bad news to share with you, concerning the Human Race Camp. Previously, my permissions were insufficient, and I only had some incomplete information, so I haven't been able to tell you. But now I feel it's necessary to tell you."

"Your Human Race Camp is currently at the bottom of the first-rate races. Once you fall out of the first-rate category, you may face the crisis of annihilation. This is because there is an agreement in the Great Universe Sea that first-rate races can exist without being subservient to other races. However, second-rate races must be subservient to one race, and the entire race becomes a slave. If your human race resists, you will definitely be attacked by the top races like the Zerg. They hate humans to the bone and are just looking for an opportunity to deal with humans, so they will definitely carry out a massacre. It is not impossible for the entire Universe Sea to be wiped out."

The Sea Emperor's words startled Gu Ding and the others. Although they had heard the Sea Emperor talk about first-rate and second-rate races before, they did not expect it to be so serious.

"The Human Race won't be wiped out so easily. Given enough time, our generation will grow up quickly. Our pirate ships will not only sail in the human Universe Sea, but one day, they will sail into the Great Universe Sea and let other races hear our name!" Gu Ding clenched his fist and said his vow with a firm gaze.

"Yes, we can definitely do it! In the Great Universe Sea, we'll become the most amazing Interstellar Pirate!" Elsa clenched her little fists.

"When the time comes, we'll plunder all those Alien Race in the Great Universe Sea. Anyone who has a grudge against our Human Race will be killed! And those Alien Race beauties too..." Dokter said with a lewd smile.

"What's wrong with a beautiful woman from Alien Race? Are you interested in the Zerg Mother Queen?" Liliath glanced sideways at Dokter.

"The Zerg Mother Queen... never mind..." Dokter said weakly, somewhat speechless upon hearing the name.

Seeing the excited expressions on their faces, Fei Scarlet had been expressionless the whole time, had a strange look in her eyes and a slight smile on her lips.

"Perhaps we really can do it..." the Sea Emperor thought to himself. "In this era, due to the Federal Government's relaxation of regulations, the number of monsters has increased significantly. Once Gu Ding grow up, it's possible that the situation will be reversed by humans."

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[Many people probably know where the term "Strongest King" was borrowed from, hehe~~] (To be continued...)