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Attributing it to Hodan's excellent mindset of adapting to circumstances, since he could not change his current predicament, he would simply go with the flow and strive to become stronger until he possessed the power to completely grasp his own destiny.

Hodan finished his self-examination and began to plan his path forward. First and foremost, he had to take up the post of Plane Overseer. Whether it was the clan's requirement or the mission from the Sovereign's Army behind the scenes, these were things Hodan could not refuse at the moment. Of course, Hodan had thought about finding a place to hide and cultivate until he reached Grand Perfection before emerging to find a way home, but the current situation did not allow for that.

If Hodan were to defy the Sovereign's order, he might be tracked down by the army under the Sovereign's command and wiped out instantly, potentially even bringing disaster upon the Renars Clan.

Having possessed the body of Hodan in the Coiling Dragon World, he had inherited "his" karma. No matter what, he could not bring disaster to the original body's clan, especially since Elder Muli of the clan had treated the original body quite well.

Therefore, he had no choice but to take up the post. At most, he could keep a low profile in the Yulan Continent and ignore its affairs. He believed that Beirut, being a Sovereign, would not make things difficult for a mere Mid-God like him. After all, in the original story, didn't Hodan survive until the very end? As a transmigrator, if he knew the plot and still went out of his way to court death, he would have no one to blame but himself if he died.

Thinking of this, Hodan couldn't help but sigh; weakness was the original sin. If Hodan wanted to protect himself in Hell, he needed at least the strength of a High-God. Of course, he didn't need to become a High-God immediately; after all, in the original work, being a Mid-God was the best stage for comprehending and fusing profound mysteries.

Hodan currently only had a Thunder Element Mid-God clone. He needed to cultivate to the peak as quickly as possible and then find a way home. Who knew what the time ratio was between these two places? Hodan could not afford the cost of trial and error.

It would be best to become a High-God Fiend; that would be much safer.

High-Gods were considered true elites in Hell. They no longer needed to act as dangerous bandits. Whether it was nurturing a High-God Artifact, refining divine crystals, or joining a great clan to become a core member, they could all live very comfortably.

This could be seen from the price of High-God sparks; a Mid-God spark only cost ten thousand Inkstones, but a High-God spark cost as much as ten million Inkstones. An ordinary Mid-God artifact was only worth one thousand Inkstones, but an ordinary High-God artifact cost as much as one million Inkstones.

In this dangerous world, Hodan was desperate to possess the strength to protect himself.

Of course, cultivation also required resources. Hodan couldn't help but probe his spatial ring with his divine sense, and immediately, everything inside the spatial ring was clearly displayed in his mind.

There were a total of one hundred and fifty azure stone slabs, ten centimeters long and wide, and one centimeter thick. There were five thousand azure stone cubes with sides of one centimeter, and about three hundred thousand black stone cubes with sides of one centimeter. These were the currencies of Hell: Azure Stones and Inkstones, totaling just over twenty million Inkstones.

There was also an offensive sword-type artifact, which was much stronger than the one he was currently using. Upon closer inspection, this was an heirloom left to him by the parents of the Hodan of this world—a High-God artifact.

After Hodan's parents were killed, Jiawei, an elder of the Four Divine Beasts Clan, didn't care for such meager items, so this artifact was reclaimed by the clan and eventually ended up in Hodan's hands. It was a memento from the clan to remind Hodan not to forget the clan's deep hatred, and also to provide him with some self-defense.

Unfortunately, the person Hodan encountered was again Jiawei, an elder of the Four Divine Beasts Clan and a Seven-Star Fiend. The gap between an ordinary Mid-God and a Seven-Star Fiend was simply too vast—so vast that even if Hodan had been given a Sovereign Artifact, it wouldn't have saved his life. In the end, Hodan still died at the hands of Jiawei, though he had managed to escape for a short distance, and Jiawei hadn't paid much attention to a Mid-God ant like him.

That was how Hodan got the chance to possess the body.

Thinking of this, Hodan clenched his fists tightly, cold light flashing in his eyes: "Just you wait, Jiawei and the Four Divine Beasts Clan. I will make sure to repay this debt properly."

Inside the spatial ring, there were also some scattered healing medicines, a few Soul Golden Beads, some Amethyst, and a special token imprinted with a strange black mist. There was nothing else. That token was the proof of being a Plane Overseer—the Overseer Token.

Hodan was considering what he would need for his future cultivation. First of all, Soul Golden Beads were definitely necessary because they could be easily absorbed without the need for refining. They could rapidly increase a god's soul power, which could greatly improve the speed at which a god comprehended the laws and mysteries, acting as a small accelerator.

However, the price of a Soul Golden Bead was as high as one hundred thousand Inkstones. With Hodan's assets, he could only buy about two hundred of them. Even if he sold his artifact, he wouldn't be able to buy many more—at most, a hundred extra. For Hodan, this was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

Although one could also refine Amethyst to improve the soul, refining and purifying Amethyst was troublesome. If one didn't know how to refine it, it was likely that eighty percent of the soul energy in the Amethyst would dissipate, with only twenty percent being absorbed, and the speed was extremely slow. It was incredibly time-consuming.

Moreover, there wasn't much time left for Hodan. The term for a Plane Overseer was generally one thousand years per term; for large material planes, it was three thousand or ten thousand years, but the overseers of large material planes needed to have the strength of a High-God.

The Yulan Continent was a small material plane, but because it contained the Necropolis of the Gods, the term was three thousand years. Originally, it wouldn't have been Hodan's turn to oversee it; this was something Elder Muli had fought hard to secure for him. To be honest, Hodan didn't want to go to that place of trouble, the Yulan Continent, at all, but it was already a fact, and Hodan was powerless to change it. Since he had transmigrated and possessed the body of Hodan in the Coiling Dragon World, the current Hodan had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Counting it all up, by the time Linley returned from Hell, he would have at least the strength of a Seven-Star Fiend, and the clan would be forced to abandon its hatred. This was something Hodan could not allow. Hodan didn't have any particular opinion on Linley; looking at the books by Tomato, the protagonists in his stories generally had sound values. But as the saying goes, everyone stands in a different position, and everyone views things differently.

In Hodan's view, the Four Divine Beasts Clan had a blood feud with them. When the Four Divine Beasts were still alive, the Eight Great Clans naturally didn't dare to do anything and had to swallow their anger. But now that the Four Divine Beasts were dead and the Four Divine Beasts Clan no longer had a Sovereign backing them, the opportunity for revenge had arrived.

Even if they had the Sovereign Power left behind by the Sovereigns, that was water without a source and would eventually run out. If they didn't seize this opportunity to take revenge now, when would they?

One could only blame the Four Divine Beasts Clan for being too arrogant and domineering when the Four Divine Beasts were alive. The Four Divine Beasts themselves hadn't expected that even with their combined strength as Sovereign-level combatants, they would one day fall. Now that the Four Divine Beasts Clan's backing was gone, it was time to settle both old and new scores. That was what led to the siege of the Four Divine Beasts Clan led by the Eight Great Clans.

If it hadn't been for Beirut, who had obtained the Sovereign Spark of the Four Divine Beasts and stepped forward in his Darkness God Clone to protect the Four Divine Beasts Clan, slaughtering over twenty Seven-Star Fiends of the Eight Great Clans and ordering them not to attack the Tianji Mountain Range, the Four Divine Beasts Clan would have long since vanished into the torrent of history.

From an outsider's perspective, the Four Divine Beasts Clan was just stubbornly trying to maintain their former glory, but the torrent of the era was rolling forward. Since they refused to shrink back, they had to be prepared to be crushed by the torrent. Furthermore, it wasn't just the Eight Great Clans; the blood debts of countless clans from various planes also had to be collected from the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Hodan's thoughts continued to wander, but fortunately, he sobered up in time and returned to his own self.

Hodan's soul had not yet reached the limit of a Mid-God. Originally, Hodan had planned to slowly refine Amethyst to improve his soul.

But with only about three thousand years left for Hodan, he certainly wouldn't consider the path of refining Amethyst. Since he didn't want to refine Amethyst, he could only absorb Soul Golden Beads or other heaven-sent treasures that could rapidly improve the soul. However, the situation facing Hodan was—he had no money.

Hodan could only think about how to quickly obtain wealth and rapidly improve his strength. After all, he had to have the ability to protect himself before he could properly consider a way home.

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