Implementing the Plan

The High Priest's room was simple, containing only a bed and a table. On the table sat an incense burner, from which thin wisps of blue smoke curled, emitting a very pleasant fragrance. Beside the burner were a teapot and several cups, showing that the High Priest was not a person who focused on indulgence, but rather someone who could endure the loneliness of cultivation.

"Please, sir, have a seat." After saying this, the High Priest poured a cup of tea for Hodan: "Please, sir, have some tea. This is a specialty tea of our Elven Race."

Hodan nodded and picked up the cup to drink. He wasn't afraid of the High Priest playing any tricks, as she hadn't known he was coming in advance. Furthermore, his strength was far superior to hers, so he had no reason to fear any schemes.

Hodan slowly savored the unique tea of the Elven Race, sensing a special, vibrant essence of life within it: "Good tea!"

"If you like it, sir, Catherine will send you some!" the High Priest said politely. She took a canister of tea leaves from her space ring and handed it to Hodan, looking slightly pained: "This tea is not easy to cultivate. This is all that remains, so I shall give it all to you, sir."

The High Priest clearly wanted to build a good relationship with the stranger, Hodan, and had given away her entire collection of precious tea. After all, aside from Beirut's family, a Mid-God was now the strongest known entity on the Yulan Continent, fully capable of deciding the life or death of Low-Gods like them. Just consider it paying for peace of mind, Catherine consoled herself.

Hodan quite liked the tea, so he accepted it. However, he did not intend to take advantage of her; he prepared to educate the High Priest on cultivation problems and knowledge regarding the various Higher God Planes. Although this information was common knowledge in the Higher God Planes, it was a priceless treasure to the natives of the Yulan Continent.

Hodan began to enlighten the High Priest, covering everything from the ranks of gods to the cultivation of laws and profound mysteries, the fusion of those mysteries, and various cultivation issues. In short, he explained that it was best to fuse profound mysteries during the Mid-God stage, and that for the Rules, corresponding cultivation would be faster; there were no specific mysteries, and once one comprehended the laws of heaven and earth, it would automatically judge and help one advance.

Because the High Priest was reclusive and a minor character in the original story with no particular bias, Hodan was willing to tell her so much. Moreover, she cultivated the Life Law, which was not within the scope of Beirut's cultivation plans, so Hodan felt safe sharing this knowledge with her.

As for whether this would cause variables? Hodan himself cultivated the Fate Rule; the appearance of variables would only make it easier for him to comprehend the Fate Rule, so he welcomed it.

"Oh, I forgot to mention," Hodan said, smiling at the High Priest, "I am the Plane Overseer of this Yulan Continent material plane. You may call me Hodan."

Catherine was shocked by the knowledge Hodan had imparted. As someone who had become a god through independent cultivation, no one had ever taught her these things. Her talent was quite good to have achieved godhood alone on the Yulan Continent, but due to a lack of knowledge and direction, she had remained a Low-God for so long. Now that Hodan had pointed out the path, the High Priest finally understood how to proceed with her cultivation.

For a moment, the High Priest felt very grateful to Hodan. He had not only shown her the path of cultivation but also told her of the vastness of the world. Even as a homebody, the High Priest now had thoughts of traveling to the Higher God Plane. Catherine no longer felt pained about giving away her tea; instead, she felt fortunate for the gesture.

Seeing the High Priest's expression, Hodan couldn't help but warn her: "Until you reach the Mid-God level, you had best not go to the Higher God Plane. A Low-God is at the very bottom in Hell. A Mid-God has a bit of self-preservation ability, but to live well, it is best to wait until you are a High-God."

Hodan's words were reasonable. With the High Priest's strength, going to a Higher God Plane would be like serving herself up on a platter. Without self-preservation, a woman with such a beautiful soul aura would likely end up as someone else's slave if her luck was bad.

Hodan also told Catherine that if she truly wished to go to a Higher God Plane, she could find him at the Arctic Icefield, and he would be responsible for sending her there.

Hodan then asked Catherine about the current time on the Yulan Continent. In truth, he could have known the time with a single sweep of his divine sense. His visit this time was mainly to see the mysterious High Priest of the Yulan Continent and to learn some of its secrets. As a god-level expert who had lived for thousands of years, the High Priest knew quite a lot.

After obtaining the information he needed, Hodan left the mountain peak where the High Priest resided and flew toward the depths of the continent.

Hodan learned from the High Priest that it was currently the year 9977 of the Yulan Calendar. In the original story, Linley was born in 9982. Hodan swept his divine sense across the current Kingdom of Fenlai and discovered that the Baruch clan had already declined, and Hogg had only recently married; Linley had not yet been born.

Hodan began to wander around the Yulan Continent. He couldn't be sure when Beirut would check on him, so he wandered about to wear down Beirut's vigilance. He would implement his plan once the time was right. Of course, Hodan wasn't idle; while traveling, he was also condensing Soul Seeds. As time passed, his Soul Seeds condensed faster and faster, and he could control stronger people. During this period, Hodan's soul trembled twice, each time for about half a month.

On his travels, Hodan experienced the customs of different worlds and felt the mundane atmosphere of the mortal realm. He saw gladiators fighting recklessly for fame and fortune in the arena, saw street vendors busy working for their daily bread, felt the darkness of the slave markets, and experienced the joy of a long-bedridden patient regaining their health.

This journey lasted for three years. Amidst these various inspirations, Hodan's Fate Rule divine clone improved rapidly. Slowly, his Fate God Clone reached the limit of a Low-God, just one opportunity away from advancing to a Mid-God.

Comprehending the lives and fates of different people truly allowed Hodan to rapidly improve his cultivation of the Fate Rule, which made him even more immersed in the process.

As for his Thunder Mid-God clone, because he had been busy distracting Beirut on the Yulan Continent, he hadn't spent much time cultivating it. Furthermore, his talent for the thunder element didn't seem very good; he had only just grasped the basics of the Violent Profound Mystery, and there was no sign of fusion between the thunder element and the Swiftness Profound Mystery he had already comprehended.

Of course, during his travels, Hodan also visited the War God's place of seclusion. When Hodan suddenly appeared before him, the War God wanted to fight, but Hodan used a Divine Domain to bind him in place. He was just a Low-God who had become a god by refining a Godhead; Hodan still remembered the look of horror on the War God's face at that time.

As for his responsibilities as a Plane Overseer? Was that a thing? Wasn't this plane run by Beirut? What did it have to do with him?

As for those Saint-level experts wanting to be sent to the Higher God Plane, let them wait; they wouldn't dare say anything anyway. Besides, there were only so many Saint-level experts on the Yulan Continent, and they were all terrified of death. Very few people thought about venturing to the Higher God Plane; they only thought about obtaining a Godhead from the Necropolis of the Gods and refining it to become a god.

Therefore, he didn't know if Beirut's creation of the Necropolis of the Gods to cultivate the natives of the Yulan Continent was right or wrong. If not for Linley and Qinghuo, this Yulan Continent would be like a stagnant pool; everyone just thought about getting a Godhead from the Necropolis of the Gods, and almost no one thought about cultivating to become a god themselves.

Fain, a peak Saint-level expert, had been stuck at the final step for thousands of years because he wanted to obtain a Godhead to become a god; their spirit was already gone. Anyone who could become a powerhouse was someone who firmly believed they could reach the peak, like Linley or Qinghuo.

Those who relied on refining Godheads to become gods would only achieve so much, and their path was cut off; they had no chance of climbing to the peak.

Finally, after another soul warning, Hodan knew that Beirut would not scan him again for a short time. After all, Beirut was a high and mighty Chief Sovereign; taking the time to check on him was already enough to honor his status as a member of the Eight Great Clans and a Plane Overseer. Hodan quickly used his divine sense to find a den of bandits, planted the Soul Seeds in their bodies, and then quickly left the scene.

After Hodan left, he controlled these bandits through the Soul Seeds. According to his experiments, Hodan discovered that the Soul Seeds could perfectly control these weak bandits. Moreover, these bandits would faithfully carry out his orders, and he could truly direct them to do things via divine sense, which reduced the chances of Hodan being discovered. Because the Soul Seeds were condensed by his thunder divine clone, he could only control up to level-six warriors; even level-three mages were impossible, as their mental energy was too high for the Soul Seeds to control.

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