Becoming a God of Fate

Beirut was also slightly surprised. Originally, Beirut had intended to force Hodan to his knees, but seeing Hodan collapse into a sitting position, he didn't say anything further, merely casting a sidelong glance at him.

Hodan stood up and asked cautiously, "Lord Beirut, what should I do if the people of the Yulan Continent attack me? Also, am I allowed to travel around the Yulan Continent?" After all, this concerned his subsequent plans, and Hodan had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask.

Beirut glared at Hodan, thought for a moment, and said, "As long as the people of the Yulan Continent do not attack you, you are not to take the initiative to attack them, nor are you to disrupt the order of the Yulan Continent. As for your desire to travel, that is fine, but you must also abide by the rules of the mortal realm. Do you hear me?"

"Yes, Lord Beirut." Hodan suppressed his emotions and responded with his head bowed. However, after waiting for a while without receiving a reply from Beirut, he looked up to find that Beirut had already vanished from before him.

Hodan waited on the spot for a while, and seeing that Beirut had no further demands, he hurriedly flew back to the Arctic Icefield to calm down and plan his next move.

At the same time, in the Hell Plane.

Hodan's Saint-level original body had exited its meditative state the moment his Thunder God Clone was teleported to the Yulan Continent. After all, the Thunder God Clone was the guarantee of Hodan's current strength and also one of his lives; he could not afford the slightest bit of carelessness. During the initial period of entering the Yulan Continent, Hodan naturally had to keep a constant watch on the status of his Thunder God Clone.

Perhaps because he was a transmigrator, Hodan's god clones and his Saint-level original body could share a field of vision even across different planes. Moreover, whatever happened to the god clones, the Saint-level original body felt it as if it were happening to itself. This was unlike the original work, where the original body and god clones could only sense each other vaguely.

This was a true case of one mind, two bodies.

Going to pay respects to Beirut was one thing, but for Beirut to actually dare to oppress him and try to force him to his knees—this was something Hodan could not tolerate. Although the world was different, his ancestors had spent so much time and blood to stand tall again; now, someone actually wanted him to kneel. In an instant, Hodan's soul was filled with defiance and rage.

Although he dared not show it in front of Beirut, upon recalling the scene of Beirut's oppression, Hodan's fists clenched tightly, drawing blood. Hodan's entire body radiated defiance and fury, a desire to turn the world upside down surging from the depths of his heart.

The Eight Great Clans to which Hodan belonged were already deeply dissatisfied with Beirut for shielding the Four Divine Beasts Clan. Because of a single word from Beirut, the Eight Great Clans dared not invade the Skyline Mountains despite their ancestral feud. They simply lacked the strength and had to bottle it up inside, and now, this incident had occurred.

For a time, Hodan's soul felt as if it were burning, filled with a sense of resistance. Hodan gritted his teeth and muttered, "Beirut, don't let me catch an opportunity. I may not be able to kill your Chief Sovereign clone, but your Darkness God Clone in Hell—I can still kill that."

If Beirut hadn't intercepted the Eight Great Clans, the Four Divine Beasts Clan would have been wiped out long ago. Consequently, the chain reaction that led to the death of Hodan's parents in this world, Jiawei, would not have occurred, and Hodan's transmigration and possession would never have happened.

At this moment, the seeds of hatred were buried deep in Hodan's heart. If given the chance, Hodan would definitely kill Beirut to properly 'repay' him for the 'great kindness' of letting him transmigrate.

Unfortunately, weakness was the original sin. To control one's own destiny, one must have strength—fearless strength.

For a moment, Hodan's longing for strength became even more intense. He lamented how fate toyed with people, causing him to transmigrate into this world, and he also lamented his own weakness, which left him unable to control his own destiny.

Just in this state, Hodan suddenly experienced a flash of inspiration. A feeling arose naturally in his heart... he clearly felt as if he had crossed a certain boundary. This was the boundary between the Saint-level and the God-level.

A peculiar ripple of the laws of heaven and earth descended, landing directly inside the small bamboo building where Hodan was located. Such things happened too often in Hell to attract anyone's attention.

Hodan suddenly looked up at the sky!

"Hum~~~"

A grand, soul-shaking power suddenly descended, completely enveloping Hodan. The space around Hodan distorted. It seemed to isolate Hodan from the rest of the area, and Hodan himself was lifted directly into the air.

He was lifted up, beyond his own control.

This was the first time Hodan had truly faced the laws of heaven and earth directly; it was a completely different feeling from what he had seen in his memories.

"How terrifying." Hodan could sense that grand, boundless, ancient, and peculiar power. To be precise, it should be an existence similar to laws or rules. In its presence, Hodan felt like a mere ant.

"This must be the law of heaven and earth that determines whether one becomes a god," Hodan thought, feeling incredibly shocked.

"What is this?" Hodan felt a bit of confusion in his heart.

But after only a moment—

The surging elemental energy of heaven and earth dissipated, and a black crystal emitting a pale cyan-green light was floating above Hodan's head. It was a Fate Rule lowgod Godhead. The moment this Godhead formed, it naturally established a connection with Hodan's soul.

Because this Godhead was formed according to the soul aura of Hodan, it was perfectly compatible with him.

Refining someone else's Godhead, even if successful, could never compare to this Godhead formed by the laws of heaven and earth according to one's own soul.

"Godhead."

Hodan looked up at the floating Godhead emitting a cyan-green light, a surge of excitement rising in his heart. When he first came to the Coiling Dragon World, he had always held a dream in his heart: to step onto the peak of cultivation and then find the way home. Now, he could finally take the first step. No matter how calm he tried to be, Hodan could not suppress the ecstasy in his heart.

"Finally, I have become a god of Fate." An expression of wild joy appeared on Hodan's face. Hodan had proven that he too could continuously cultivate and become stronger. Even without the Thunder God Clone, Hodan could walk his own path of the strong. And just at this moment, a message naturally appeared in Hodan's soul: "This law of heaven and earth is asking me to choose whether the Godhead should be outside the body or inside the body."

Hodan, almost without hesitation, directly controlled the Godhead to float beside him. Of course, he chose to split his soul. Not to mention that he still had the potential to cultivate the Destruction Rules, just the fact that having an extra god clone meant an extra life made it impossible for Hodan to place the god clone inside his Saint-level original body.

The laws of heaven and earth accepted Hodan's choice. Immediately, with an "Ah!", Hodan could not help but let out a scream of extreme pain. The intense agony caused the muscles all over Hodan's body to twitch and spasm.

Splitting the soul—this pain was ten thousand times more agonizing than physical torture.

At this moment, Hodan completely stopped thinking; he only instinctively let out screams of pain.

Gradually...

The sound of Hodan's painful screams subsided.

The soul in Hodan's mind, which had been split into two, had now transformed into a 'blade shape'. To be precise, Hodan's original blade-shaped soul had become two smaller 'blade-shaped souls'. One of the blade-shaped souls remained deep in Hodan's mind, while the other flew directly out of Hodan's body.

At this moment, Hodan's soul flew toward the Godhead, and then, the soul easily and directly merged into the Godhead. The soul and the Godhead fused into one; this was a sign of successfully refining a Godhead.

"Rumble~~"

The surrounding space vibrated. The soul within the Godhead strangely sensed a peculiar place. It was located at the very core of the boundless space, a vast and limitless plane that could only be sensed by those who had reached the realm of a god—

The Elemental Ocean!

"Boom~~"

This was a misty space. There was no light in the sky, only the cyan-green light emitted by the Elemental Ocean itself, barely illuminating this plane.

Boundless elemental tides surged, waves rising and falling. This was the Fate Ocean.

The surface layer of the Elemental Ocean consisted of heaven and earth elements that had condensed into a liquid-like substance. Through the Godhead, Hodan's soul could sense a certain depth below the surface of the Divine Power Ocean.

The Elemental Ocean—the surface was elemental liquid, and below... was endless divine power!

Suddenly, a significant amount of divine power vanished into thin air, following a special channel formed by the Laws of the World, and descended directly into the small bamboo building where Hodan was located. Then, with the Fate Godhead that had fused with Hodan's soul as the center, a divine body began to condense.

"Sss-sss~~" Very clearly, starting from the head and moving downward, a naked body almost identical to Hodan's original form took shape. With a thought, Hodan immediately controlled the divine power within his body to condense into a cyan-green robe on his surface.

Just at this moment, that special power representing the Laws of the World vanished into thin air, and the small bamboo building returned to tranquility.

"It's finished." A happy smile appeared on Hodan's face, and at the same time, he directly controlled the divine clone to merge into his original body. This divine clone actually fused directly into one with Hodan's body, which was extremely bizarre.

This was the marvelous utility of a divine clone; the divine clone and the Saint-level original body could transform into each other at will, and the Saint-level original body could even use the divine power of the divine clone to a certain extent.

Beirut absolutely never expected that there would be someone in this world whose divine clone shared perspectives and senses across planes, nor did he expect that a Mid-God ant in his eyes would actually be thinking about getting his Darkness God Clone killed. Moreover, it was precisely because of his own oppressive stimulation that Hodan had managed to cultivate a Fate God Clone.