Inside the Supreme Array, Hodan still lay there peacefully, without a trace of life in him.
Yet his body was shrouded in the powers of various Rules: the blue-green power of Fate, the gray-black power of Destruction, the green power of Life, and the gray power of Death. The Four Rules' powers were drawn to Hodan in great quantities, surrounding him.
Unlike Linley's Soul Mutation, which, after the Soul Stone had been completely consumed, relied on his own terrifying resilience in a truly desperate struggle, Hodan had chosen a much safer path to Soul Mutation.
It was the wish of an Overgod.
With an Overgod's intervention, Hodan could be guaranteed safety through the most dangerous period and a successful mutation.
In the end, after twenty years of unconsciousness, Hodan's soul passed through its most dangerous moment.
Hodan's soul, weak to the extreme, began to strengthen. It grew stronger and stronger. Like an infant growing up, it developed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
At the same time, the green crystal inside Hodan's body, which had not yet been completely depleted, suddenly gave off a dazzling light. Vast amounts of soul power poured out of it and merged into Hodan's growing soul.
This greatly shortened the time required for Hodan's Soul Mutation. His soul's presence grew at a terrifying pace with each passing day.
If Hodan's soul before the mutation had been a sun, then his soul now was a boundless galaxy.
Hodan's soul continued to grow until the green crystal was completely depleted.
At that moment, inside the Supreme Array,
Hodan had been lying there quietly for sixty years. Now, no power of the Rules gathered around his body.
Suddenly—
Hodan's closed eyes opened!
At that moment, Hodan's original body and his four Rule Divine Clones regained consciousness