Accident

The recruitment ended, and Blade City welcomed a rare period of peace.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred years had passed.

Not long after the group had parted ways, Korur and Mosang went to participate in the Demon Assessment. Both had now been promoted to Two-star Demons.

As for the remaining three, Jie Ning and the others had been immersed in seclusion, training in closed-door cultivation.

Kala worked hard to digest the insights he had gained some time ago...

Dinar racked his brains over how to fuse the two Profound Mysteries he had comprehended together...

As for Jie Ning, integrating the Power of Life Profound Mystery into the Earth Element and Earth-walking Profound Mysteries was as natural as a fish in water. He was completely absorbed in his own insights, and at this point, he had even succeeded in partially fusing the Power Profound Mystery with the Earth Element Profound Mystery.

Bana Continent, beside the Plane Teleportation Array.

Over these hundred years, Jie Ning's Earth God Avatar had been diligently improving its strength, but his main body and Life God Avatar had not been idle either.

Jie Ning's main body carefully studied the patterns of the Teleportation Array, verifying them one by one against the thoughts in his mind, occasionally wearing a thoughtful expression.

Avoiding the location of the Teleportation Array, Jie Ning would sometimes go to a distant place and carve some peculiar patterns on the ground, testing something, and occasionally strange fluctuations would emanate.

The strength of his two Divine Avatars had also increased significantly.

The Life God Avatar had personally participated in nurturing a 'Divine Beast,' which brought Jie Ning great gains. He finally managed to completely fuse his insights into the three directions of 'the growth of life,' 'the soul of life,' and 'the end of life,' and at the same time, he gained some new understanding of life itself.

What meaning does life have for the world? Why is life a rule? Perhaps life is not only one's own life, but also the life of the world...

The Death God Avatar naturally did not fall behind. After years of research into the undead and life, it had also made a huge breakthrough and had now successfully advanced to a Middle-God.

At this moment, his Life God Avatar and Death God Avatar were on two distant mountain peaks, each comprehending the mysteries of their respective rules.

Due to the two Avatars' different understandings of different rules, the environments on the two mountains had become completely distinct.

The mountain where the Life God Avatar resided was covered in lush greenery, with dense vegetation. Even at the foot of the mountain, the grass was verdant and wildflowers were in bloom. Streams babbled between the mountains, crystal clear to the bottom, with fish swimming freely in the water. Various small animals occasionally darted through the forest, startling the birds among the trees into flight. The rhythm of life was perfectly interpreted on this mountain, even giving one the feeling that the entire world seemed to possess life.

In contrast, on the Death God Avatar's side, the mountain was bare, with exposed rocks and jagged protrusions, completely devoid of vegetation. The entire peak was shrouded in silence. Just looking at the mountain gave one a lonely, fearful feeling. From time to time, undead creatures like puppets and zombies flashed into view among the mountains. Occasionally, some aging creatures, as if attracted by something, would walk into the mountain on their own, then disappear into a patch of mist.

Jie Ning let out a breath, feeling a swelling pressure between his brows. Looking at the obscure and difficult-to-understand Teleportation Array before him, he couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged.

'I still overestimated myself. Although I've gained some insights, at best I can only claim to understand some of the minor details of the overall Teleportation Array.'

'In this special period, judging by the situation of the Blade Army, even if I were in a Material Plane, I would need at least the strength of a Six-star Demon to have a certain degree of safety.'

'An Army Lord like a Seven-star Demon probably wouldn't easily enter a Material Plane as a leader, but the chances of his subordinates, Five-star and Six-star Demons, entering a Material Plane are quite high.'

'According to my current progress, my Earth God Avatar is almost finished completely fusing the three Profound Mysteries of Earth Element, Earth-walking, and Power of Life.'

'That way, my Earth God Avatar should at least be on par with Beile in strength, probably possessing power around that of a Five-star Demon.' Jie Ning estimated the improvement in his strength, comparing it to the power Beile had displayed, and evaluated himself.

'But it's still not enough...' Jie Ning looked at the Teleportation Array.

Jie Ning calculated in his mind.

'Of my three Divine Avatars, my strongest are currently the Earth God Avatar and the Life God Avatar, while the Death God Avatar is only an ordinary Middle-God.'

It had to be said that cultivating in the Supreme Plane was indeed much easier than in a Material Plane. If it weren't for the discovery regarding the 'Divine Beast,' Jie Ning believed that the progress of his Life God Avatar would definitely not have been able to keep up with his Earth God Avatar.

Barring any accidents, in the future, the growth rate of his Earth Element Divine Avatar would far surpass that of the two Divine Avatars remaining in the Material Plane.

'Perhaps,' Jie Ning thought to himself, 'should I send another Divine Avatar to the Supreme Plane?'

'It's now basically confirmed that ordinary God-level beings have absolutely no chance of coming from the Supreme Plane to a Material Plane.'

'This way, I can rule out threats from the Supreme Plane.'

'As for the Bana Continent itself,' Jie Ning pondered, 'the current God-level beings are only me, Gru, Dikas, and Duke Darut, who refined a Divine Spark, along with Dinar's Water Element Divine Avatar.'

'As for that lazy old turtle Dikas, the possibility of him causing trouble is even smaller than the possibility of him sleeping.' Dikas was the Divine Beast who had once given Korur and the others a Divine Spark. His original form was a 'Xuan Turtle,' and he spent most of his years hibernating at the bottom of the ocean.

Jie Ning had once visited him. To get Jie Ning to leave sooner, Dikas had even given him a Divine Spark, which left Jie Ning feeling a bit amused and exasperated.

'The remaining three need even less worry.' Jie Ning thought of the personalities of Gru, Dinar, and Duke Darut, and shook his head.

'I've also already explored the Plane Prison of the Bana Continent. Currently, there are no God-level beings imprisoned inside. Moreover, the strength of this prison is clearly such that as soon as one becomes a God-level, they can tear open a rift from the Plane Prison at the weak points in space connecting it to the Bana Continent and return directly.'

'To truly make it a prison, I might need to add some Magic Arrays to these weak points in space in the future.' Jie Ning thought. He felt that having a prison was also a good thing.

After carefully considering the matter, Jie Ning gradually made up his mind to send his Life God Avatar to the Life Supreme Plane.

Suddenly...

"Hmm?"

"Someone else has become a god?"

Jie Ning looked in the direction from which the fluctuation in the world's energy came, and a joyful expression immediately appeared on his face. "That direction... I wonder if it's Arannis or Serina."

Arannis had long since reached the Saint Realm Limit, only ever lacking that final step to become a god.

As for Serina, she was the 'Divine Beast' Jie Ning had personally created back then, and was now his adopted daughter. As a Divine Beast, becoming a Low-God would not be difficult for her.

"Time really flies." Jie Ning felt as if those events from back then had only happened yesterday.

Fifty years ago.

Jie Ning's Life God Avatar watched in confusion as the Wind Element Cluster atop the Tree of Light's canopy gradually dispersed.

A baby girl appeared where it had been, held aloft by currents of wind-element energy.

Gradually, the wind elements around her began to dissipate, and Jie Ning could sense that her aura had stabilized.

Jie Ning lifted the baby girl down and wrapped her in a garment formed from divine power.

Looking at the infant in his arms, her appearance was largely no different from an ordinary human baby—the sole exception being the pointed ears that marked her as an 'elf.'

"Little Light, are you certain she's fully gestated?" Jie Ning asked, somewhat puzzled. "Would a Divine Beast born from heaven and earth even have an infancy stage?"

The Tree of Light was utterly bewildered. "Lord Jie Ning... from what I can sense, she has indeed 'been born' from me."

"Forgive me, Lord Jie Ning. I don't know if this state of hers is normal." The Tree of Light's tone carried a hint of apology.

Just then, Arannis, who had been standing nearby, also approached, peering curiously at the child in Jie Ning's arms. "Jie Ning, is this the Divine... Beast that the Tree of Light has been nurturing?"

"I suppose so?" Jie Ning looked at the child in his arms with a mix of amusement and exasperation.

Arannis's face was full of disbelief. A God-level being and a baby... the dissonance was too great.

But in an instant, Arannis's interest flared up again. "Jie Ning, how about we make this little one our daughter?"

"It just so happens that Anton has grown up now."

Anton was Jie Ning and Arannis's only son, now also a Saint Realm expert.

"A daughter?"

"That doesn't sound bad." Jie Ning felt a stirring of agreement.

"Then from now on, you'll be called Serina. Serina Darut." Jie Ning gazed at the little one in his arms.

Little Serina seemed to sense something and giggled up at Jie Ning.

Jie Ning rushed to the scene swiftly. By then, the fluctuations of the laws were already in their final stages.

Watching the two figures floating in the air, Jie Ning couldn't hold back a smile that spread across his face.

Arannis and Serina descended slowly, turning to look at Jie Ning.

"Jie Ning, I've become a god." Arannis threw herself into Jie Ning's arms, overcome with emotion.

"Congratulations, Lanni." Holding Arannis close, Jie Ning lowered his head to offer his congratulations.

"And congratulations to you too, Serina." Jie Ning didn't forget to congratulate his daughter as well.

"Father, I still have a long way to go." Serina's tone was resolute, though the joy in her eyes was clearly impossible to hide.

A long while passed as everyone calmed their emotions.

Suddenly, Serina looked at Jie Ning with solemn seriousness. "Father, I want to go find Brother Anton."

At the mention of Anton's name, Arannis abruptly pinched Jie Ning.

"If you hadn't kept telling Anton that Serina was a little wife you found for him..."

"That boy wouldn't have been so embarrassed after losing to Serina just once that he couldn't face it and ran away from home." Arannis complained to Jie Ning.

Jie Ning felt a twinge of guilt. "Wasn't I just trying to motivate him?"

"Serina had just been born, and he was already a Saint Realm."

"And he spent all his time hanging around that old bachelor Haba. How else was I supposed to spur him on?"

"Who would've thought that the kid, never saying a word about it on the surface, actually took it to heart?"

Serina's cheeks flushed slightly, and she was about to say something more...

Just then, Jie Ning's expression shifted dramatically.

The Teleportation Array on the Bana Continent flickered with light.

Sensing the disturbance, both of Jie Ning's divine avatars opened their eyes simultaneously, their expressions turning exceedingly grim.

This chapter felt incredibly awkward to write today.

After reading the comments, I suddenly had a few ideas, but they conflicted with each other. After deleting and rewriting for ages, I barely managed to produce one chapter.

I probably won't be able to write another chapter today. I'll spend the remaining time sorting out the plot.