The Gains from the Nether God

Outside, Lei Dong sat cross-legged in the void, his face calm, as if receiving some mysterious and magnificent inheritance.

Tai Ming, the Butterfly Emperor, and the other Barbaric Lands experts guarded Lei Dong. Their expressions were complicated. From what the great Ancestor God had said earlier, it seemed that once the inheritance was complete, Lei Dong would become their new leader.

This left them deeply uneasy. They had long grown accustomed to the Ancestor God's presence. If he fell and vanished from their side, how terrifying would that be?

But they had no choice but to obey the Ancestor God's words. Each of them also held out hope that their new leader might bring them a fresh start.

The most bewildered were Queen of Pain and Canglan Fairy. The string of dramatic changes had left the two women staring at each other in disbelief. Still, from their earlier conversation, they could tell that this would be greatly to Lei Dong's advantage.

Whether because of Evil Technique or their own feelings, the two women had grown used to seeing things from Lei Dong's perspective. They patiently cultivated as they waited for him to wake.

Lei Dong had reaped a rich harvest at the Crystal Ancient Race's sacred grounds, and he had given them many Chaos Crystals to speed up their cultivation. They swallowed the crystals one after another, like children eating candy, then refined them to temper their bodies.

The sight made the Nether Giants and Butterfly People drool with envy. The Three Realms' allied forces had driven the Barbaric Lands into a much smaller territory, and resources of every kind had begun to dwindle.

Chaos Crystals were already an exceedingly rare resource in nature. Even for these powerful Nether Giants, there were very few to be found now.

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