A Daring Idea

The terrifying Laws of Heaven and Earth descended. Even some Saint Realm powerhouses thousands of miles away sensed that immense force.

In an instant, they all turned in astonishment toward Nameless Sea Island.

Someone had become a god nearby just three years ago. How could someone be doing it here again already?

The Saint Realm experts who had bitterly cultivated for thousands, even tens of thousands, of years without ever taking that final step were especially envious. Their eyes were practically red!

When would they get to become gods?

Inside a cave dwelling on Nameless Sea Island, Luo Ya hovered in the air as a peculiar aura spread out around him.

At this moment, Luo Ya didn't need to do anything at all.

A peculiar force entered Luo Ya's mind, enveloping his soul. In that instant... Luo Ya felt as if his entire soul had been seen through.

All the Laws and Profound Mysteries he had comprehended—even the Profound Mystery of Evil, which he had only just begun to grasp—were seized and laid bare by that force.

The Profound Mystery of Devour, which he had fully mastered, was naturally seen through by the peculiar force as well.

"Hiss, hiss~~"

Above Luo Ya's head, a force imbued with the aura of the Laws began to gather. Dark Element surged toward it as well, and vast amounts of the elements of Heaven and Earth flooded into the cave dwelling, eventually converging at a single point.

In just a moment—the surging elements of Heaven and Earth dissipated, leaving a Black Crystal radiating a faint, dark glow, suspended above Luo Ya's head. It was a Lower Godhead of the Dark Element. The instant the Godhead formed, it naturally connected with Luo Ya's soul.

This Godhead had formed based on the aura of Luo Ya's soul, making it a perfect fit for him.

Even if someone succeeded in refining another person's Godhead, it could never compare to a Godhead condensed by the Laws of Heaven and Earth based on their own soul.

"Godhead."

Looking up at the Godhead suspended above him, its faint, dark glow shimmering, Luo Ya felt a surge of joy.

Ever since learning the truth about this world, he had been looking forward to this day every moment!

"I've finally become a god." A smile appeared on Luo Ya's face. At that moment, he naturally received a message from his soul: the Laws of Heaven and Earth were letting him choose whether to keep the Godhead outside his body or place it within.

If he had been one of the other powerhouses on the continent, unaware of the differences between the two choices, he might have found it difficult to decide.

But Luo Ya knew their respective advantages and disadvantages... so, without hesitation, he directed the Godhead to hover beside him.

"Ah!" Luo Ya let out an involuntary scream of excruciating pain. The agony made every muscle in his body twitch and spasm. Deep in his mind, the Black Hole Soul floating in his Soul Ocean split into two under the enveloping Laws of Heaven and Earth.

Having his soul split in two was millions of times more painful than any physical torment.

At that moment, Luo Ya's thoughts stopped completely. He could only scream in pain on instinct.

As time passed, Luo Ya's cries gradually grew quieter.

The two halves of the soul in Luo Ya's mind had both transformed into Black Hole Souls. More precisely, his original Black Hole Soul had become two smaller Black Hole Souls. One remained deep in Luo Ya's mind, while the other flew straight out of his body.

The Black Hole Soul, glowing with a dazzling array of colors, flew toward the Godhead. Then it easily merged into it, the soul and Godhead becoming one.

"Phew." Only then did Luo Ya regain the ability to think.

He also felt much weaker. Splitting his soul in two had caused it severe damage. Even his comprehension and deduction of the Laws would probably slow down several times over.

But if he wanted to continue comprehending the Laws of Water Elements, he had no choice but to do this.

"This feels rather strange."

Both his true body and the Godhead contained Luo Ya's soul. Suddenly—"Rumble~~"

The space around him trembled. The soul within the Godhead had sensed a peculiar place: the very heart of boundless space, a vast, infinite plane that only those who had reached godhood could sense—the Elemental Ocean!

"Boom~~"

It was a hazy space, with no light in the sky. The Elemental Ocean itself also radiated a dark glow, making the outline of this plane impossible to discern.

Boundless elemental tides surged, their waves rising and falling. This was the Dark Elemental Ocean.

The surface of the Elemental Ocean was made up of elements of Heaven and Earth condensed into a liquid form. Through his Godhead, Luo Ya could sense to a certain depth beneath its surface.

At the surface, the Elemental Ocean was liquid elements; below... lay endless Divine Power!

The deeper the Divine Power, the purer it became. Yet Luo Ya could barely penetrate the "liquid elemental surface," sensing only as far as ten meters below it. From the Divine Power beneath the surface down to the Divine Power ten meters below.

He also sensed that the Divine Power grew purer the deeper it was.

Before Luo Ya could examine this strange Elemental Ocean more closely—

"Rumble~~"

A considerable amount of Divine Power suddenly vanished from ten meters beneath the surface of the Elemental Ocean. It traveled along a special channel formed by the Laws of Heaven and Earth and descended directly into Luo Ya's cave dwelling. Then, centered on the Dark Element Godhead containing the Black Hole Soul, it began to form a divine body.

"Hiss, hiss~~" Clear as day, a naked body almost identical to Luo Ya's true body formed from the head downward. Luo Ya willed the Divine Power within him to gather on his skin, forming a pure-black swordsman's outfit.

At that moment, the special force representing the Laws of Heaven and Earth vanished, and the cave dwelling grew quiet once more.

"It's over." Luo Ya smiled happily, then looked at the black-clad swordsman across from him—another Luo Ya.

The feeling was strange. He clearly had two bodies, yet it still felt as though he were only one person.

Luo Ya had his true body and Divine Clone face each other. Both wore the same smile.

With a flash of light, the two came together and merged back into one.

Only now, Luo Ya was wearing a pure-black swordsman's outfit.

"This divine body is far stronger than my original body!" Luo Ya sensed the astonishing power within his Dark God Clone.

He understood that from now on, he would probably rely mainly on his Dark God Clone when fighting others.

He wasn't a divine beast or a member of some other special race. His Saint Realm True Body was far weaker than this divine body.

After becoming a god, Luo Ya didn't hurry to leave. Instead, he sat cross-legged and continued to carefully observe the changes within himself.

Deep in his mind, above the Soul Ocean, a dark-glowing Black Crystal revolved slowly. It was the Lower Dark Godhead, fused with half of Luo Ya's soul.

Besides that, a smaller Black Hole Soul hovered there. Beneath the Black Hole Soul, on the surface of the Soul Ocean, a figure sat cross-legged. It was his Saint Realm True Body.

"This Soul Space really is peculiar." Luo Ya couldn't help marveling inwardly.

In truth, there wasn't much difference between the Divine Clone and the true body. Which one was the clone and which one was the true body didn't really matter. After all, both bodies contained his soul, and both were equally important.

"This Elemental Ocean..." Through his Godhead, Luo Ya sensed once more the plane at the heart of the boundless universe. The endless elemental tides surged, and he could also sense a point ten meters beneath the surface of the liquid elements.

He tried to absorb this Dark Divine Power again.

"Just as I thought!" Luo Ya couldn't help frowning. The rate at which he absorbed Divine Power was far too slow.

Divine Power traveled through a special channel, entering Luo Ya's body bit by bit. He was indeed absorbing it, but the speed couldn't compare to when the Laws of Heaven and Earth had controlled the process. Back then, a vast amount of Divine Power had been absorbed in an instant to form his divine body.

He could clearly sense the endless Divine Power in the Elemental Ocean, yet all he could do was absorb it bit by bit.

"In the past, I had the Black Hole within my body to help me recover. I could easily absorb the elements of Heaven and Earth and refine them into magical power and battle-qi. Now, I no longer have that advantage."

After advancing to godhood, mages and warriors alike used the same energy: Divine Power!

But Divine Power didn't exist naturally in the world. It could only be found in the eleven specific Elemental Ocean planes. His Black Hole Space couldn't...

"Wait... the Black Hole Space!" Luo Ya suddenly realized something.

Though his soul had split in two, the mysterious Black Hole that had descended with him had not.

And now, this accompanying Black Hole still hovered above the Soul Ocean, fused with his Saint Realm True Body.

"What would happen if I made this Black Hole fuse with my Dark God Clone too?" A daring idea spontaneously formed in Luo Ya's mind!

His instincts told him this might bring about an unimaginable change.

The second update will come during the day.