Life-and-Death Gamble

He swiftly changed his approach, leaving the Main Material Plane to visit other planes within this Crystal Wall Universe.

He first visited the Four Elements Planes. Though he discovered quite a few novel things, he found none of the treasures he had expected.

He then made a trip to the Chaotic Elemental Plane, but likewise found nothing unusual.

After that, he went to the place where all the filth of this world gathered—a unique Hell Plane populated by demons and undead—but found no abnormalities there either.

Along the way, he did discover quite a few hidden True Gods, but not a single piece of valuable intelligence.

It was worth mentioning that the de facto King of Gods of the Tidal Crystal Wall System was currently being watched by Lan Wanqing's true body and another powerhouse from the Zerg side. Lin Xiao had traveled throughout the entire Crystal Wall System without ever seeing this native god king.

He then spent a full half year roughly traveling through every region of the Tidal Crystal Wall System, yet still found absolutely nothing unusual.

This left Lin Xiao extremely puzzled. No matter how hard he thought, he could not figure it out.

Having no other choice, he returned and visited his father-in-law again. As humanity's first Great Divine Power, his father-in-law was immensely powerful and exceptionally knowledgeable. Perhaps he would know what was going on.

After accompanying his father-in-law through more than a dozen consecutive games of ranked Black, the old man—who had never won so many games in a row—happily pointed him in the right direction. "It's very simple. You need to become a god in that world!"

Lin Xiao was instantly enlightened.

After bidding farewell to his father-in-law, he swiftly split off an incarnation of consciousness without a trace of divine power