Linley's Birth, High-God of Fate

After a month of secluded cultivation, Hodan's Fate Mid-God clone finally absorbed enough Soul Golden Beads, and his soul reached the perfection of a Mid-God. For a moment, Hodan's comprehension of the Fate Law became much clearer. His Saint-level clone experienced the same, but because the duration was too short, no significant effects were visible yet.

As for his Thunder-element God clone, it was truly a long story. Even with his Saint-level original body cultivating at full strength, and doing so in a place where the elemental concentration was two thousand times that of the material plane, if one were to calculate progress at 100%, Hodan had only managed to fuse less than 0.5% of the Thunder-element and the Swiftness Profound Mystery. This was only thanks to the bloodline of the Renars Clan.

The Renars Clan is a major clan in the Higher Plane of Hell, and their patriarch is the unique divine beast, the Thunder Serpent. As a member of the Renars Clan, Hodan naturally possesses the Thunder Serpent bloodline. However, it is very thin. Unless a divine beast clan performs a bloodline baptism like the Four Divine Beasts Clan, the bloodline generally degrades generation after generation, with occasional instances of atavism.

Hodan's Thunder Serpent bloodline was so thin that he was only at the eighth rank when he reached adulthood. Being able to cultivate to a Mid-God was only possible because he had good parents, their guidance, and a bit of his own talent. But ever since Hodan reached the Mid-God level, his talent seemed to have hit rock bottom. It was as if Hodan had reached his ceiling; no matter how hard he cultivated, the gains were minimal.

Come to think of it, the fact that Hodan's Thunder-element cultivation could still progress and that he had begun to fuse Profound Mysteries was only due to the benefits of being a transmigrator. This forced Hodan to lament that the original talent of this body was truly poor.

Hodan had to change his strategy. He would have his Saint-level original body focus entirely on cultivating the Fate Law, while his Thunder-element Mid-God clone would observe Baruch in the Yulan Continent. After all, the vision and sensory perceptions of his God clones were shared.

Time slowly slipped away as Hodan cultivated, and he often used his divine sense to observe the Baruch residence.

Finally, one day in the year 9982 of the Yulan Calendar, Hodan's divine sense observed that the Baruch residence was in a state of chaos. It turned out that Lina, the wife of the master of the Baruch residence, Hogg, was about to give birth.

Hodan perked up and began to observe without moving a muscle.

Hogg was pacing back and forth outside the room, restless. Inside the delivery room, Hogg's wife, Lina, was enduring the pains of childbirth. This beautiful woman with brown hair was covered in sweat, but it did not diminish the radiance of her impending motherhood. She was working hard to bring her child into this world.

Hogg could do nothing now but pray silently.

Suddenly, he heard a sound that stirred his heart—the cry of an infant.

A variable had been born!

"Congratulations, Master, it's a young master." The midwife came out with a face full of joy to report the good news to Hogg.

"Lina gave birth, Lina gave birth, hahahahaha. I, Hogg, have my own son! I have my own son!" He shouted and cheered with excitement, gesturing wildly like a child.

Just as Hogg was dancing with joy, a brilliant light flashed in Hodan's eyes; the gears of fate had begun to turn. Without external interference, the infant in Hodan's eyes would grow up, turn danger into safety, and eventually transcend this world to become the supreme Hongmeng Controller.

At this moment, Hodan felt the surging torrent of fate. He seized this fleeting flash of inspiration and merged his soul into the rolling torrent of fate, letting himself drift along with it.

He did not know how much time had passed—it could have been an instant, or it could have been a year—before Hodan broke free from his enlightenment of the torrent of fate.

But it was enough, because—

"Rumble~~~" A powerful fluctuation of the Laws of the World descended, and the location was precisely the attic where Hodan was staying.

Hodan's Fate God clone had truly broken through.

In the secret chamber beneath the attic, which should have been dark, a cyan-green light now illuminated the entire room.

Hodan, with his long black hair, sat cross-legged, but floating beside him was a Hodan with long cyan-green hair. A black crystal emitting a cyan-green glow was hovering above his head—this was his Fate Godhead. Rich, rule-based radiance gathered above the Godhead, containing the Laws of the World.

After a moment... "Finally, I succeeded." The black-haired Hodan sitting on the ground opened his eyes, and the Fate God clone merged into his body.

"This Fate God clone truly cultivates much faster than the Thunder-element God clone. It seems I should prioritize the Fate Law!" Hodan stood up, his face full of smiles.

"First, let me refine my original body." Hodan clearly felt how powerful his Fate God clone's divine body was; compared to it, his original body was simply too weak.

"My original body only reached the level of a Low-God artifact after years of strengthening by the Thunder-element God clone. What level will it reach after being refined by High-God power?"

It had taken so many years of refining with the Mid-God power of his God clone, plus his thin divine beast bloodline, to reach the level of a Low-God artifact. Now, Hodan couldn't wait to test the effects of High-God power on body strengthening.

Hodan controlled a wisp of divine power drawn from the ocean of laws and began to merge it into every part of his original body. The effect of the High-God power was indeed extraordinary. Hodan's body was slowly undergoing a transformation; his muscle strength, meridians, and internal organs were all being upgraded. However, this transformation ended after a relatively short time.

"Although the time was short, this body has improved by a level. In such a short time, my original body has actually reached the level of a Mid-God artifact!" Hodan sighed inwardly. The gap between a High-God and a Mid-God is truly vast.

In the original story, the Evil King Odin was a Seven-Star Fiend; his energy defense alone could reach the level of a High-God artifact. If his body were nurtured by High-God power for such a long time, it wouldn't be impossible for it to reach the level of a High-God artifact. But for Hodan, that was a matter for the distant future. At least for now, Hodan's body had just reached the level of a Mid-God artifact.

"It's enough." Hodan clenched his fist, feeling the powerful strength within his body. He was no longer prepared to stay here and cultivate in seclusion.

Having reached the High-God level, he could be considered a true elite in Hell. Whether he chose to nurture a High-God artifact, refine divine crystals, or join a major clan to become a core force, he would be able to live quite comfortably. If Hodan had no ambitions, he could simply hole up in Silvermoon City, and with his current wealth, he could live a carefree life for countless years as long as he didn't stir up trouble.

However, Hodan still had dreams. He wanted to reach the peak and find a way home. Moreover, given the relationship between this body and the Eight Great Clans, and the grudges between the Eight Great Clans and the Four Divine Beasts Clan, as well as the hatred for the deaths of his parents and his own previous self in this world, Hodan still had to settle the score with Elder Jiawei of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Killing an elder of the Four Divine Beasts Clan would inevitably trigger a series of massive battles. When that time came, it might lead to bloody conflicts, and a final showdown was not impossible.

Thinking of this, Hodan prepared to leave the city to gain experience, because no powerhouse is forged through secluded cultivation alone.

Which powerhouse wasn't forged through slaughter in mountains of corpses and seas of blood? Nourishing war with war had always been the fastest path to becoming a powerhouse, provided one could survive. Hodan firmly believed that he would be the one to survive until the end.

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