Earth Element Godhood

Thirty years flew by in the blink of an eye.

"Bzzzt!"

A strange yet familiar fluctuation spread out from the center of Qingyue City. It was the fluctuation of the laws of the world.

In that instant, the other fourteen gods living in Qingyue City all released their divine senses. With something major happening, naturally no one bothered to hold back.

"Is that Sean? Could it be...?" Everyone was deeply shocked. Perhaps the day they had been waiting for had finally arrived.

At that moment, some felt envious, some jealous, and some were genuinely happy for him.

Sean was now bathed in the descent of the laws of the world. But this time, it wasn't his Darkness Divine Clone achieving a breakthrough and becoming a midgod. Instead, his Saint Domain True Body had finally comprehended Earth Pulse, been acknowledged by the laws of the world, and become a lowgod.

It was rather strange. For outsiders, the simplest way to become a god was to comprehend the simplest elemental mysteries: light, darkness, earth, water, fire, wind, and lightning. Every law had such elemental mysteries, and they were the easiest to understand.

In fact, many spells passed down by the Sovereigns were based on elemental mysteries.

Yet Sean had become a god through higher-level Mysteries in both darkness and earth.

He had even begun to comprehend the Wind Space Mystery, though he was also comprehending the Wind Elemental Profound Mysteries. It was still unclear which one he would use to become a god in the end.

With his Saint Domain True Body becoming a god, he faced another choice: Internal Godhood or becoming a god outside his body.

There was no need to think about it. He would naturally choose to become a god outside his body. Having his soul split in half was a small price to pay—just a moment of pain. How could that compare to the importance of gaining another Divine Clone in the future? And not just one for the Laws of Wind, but also one for the Destruction Law.

Over the past few decades, Sean's Saint Domain True Body had focused mainly on cultivating the Earth Laws. He only worked on the Laws of Wind when he needed a change from the tedious earth cultivation.

As time passed, and Sean sought out other experts to spar with many times, he increasingly felt that he was slowly comprehending the Path of Destruction.

He had even gone specifically to ask Mipiaozhen about it, and received confirmation. Simply put, Sean had already taken his first steps on the Path of Destruction.

Of course, he had only just begun. Sean could clearly feel that his talent for the Destruction Law was far inferior to his talent for earth, darkness, and wind. He guessed that his future achievements in it wouldn't be very high.

Still, gaining an extra life was worth it.

"Ah!" Although he had experienced it once before, the pain of his soul splitting still made Sean cry out. Fortunately, when the laws of the world descended, no one else's divine sense could penetrate the area.

Nor could any attack harm him while he was surrounded by the laws of the world. This was the power of the laws governing the world.

The pain of his soul splitting came and went quickly. Just like last time, the laws of the world swiftly drew a large amount of earth-element lowgod power from the Elemental Ocean to shape a body for his new Divine Clone. Then they vanished.

With a thought, Sean merged his Earth Element Divine Clone into his body, bringing it together with his Darkness Divine Clone and Saint Domain True Body.

"Lord Sean." A familiar voice sounded in his mind, and Sean replied, "Come over."

Soon, a black figure flashed into view. A young man bowed and said, "Lord Sean, what happened? Have you become a midgod?"

"No. I've gained an Earth Element lowgod Divine Clone," Sean said with a smile.

There was no need to hide something like this, whether he had become a midgod or gained another Divine Clone.

There weren't many secrets for gods on a Material Plane—especially one as small as the Zhongyuan Continent, which was only a few million li across.

The divine senses of the other lowgods were also watching. After learning what had happened, they offered their congratulations. "Congratulations, Sean."

"Thank you, everyone," Sean replied politely.

After that, everyone withdrew their divine senses. Sean gaining another lowgod Divine Clone was certainly a good thing, and it made him somewhat stronger, but not by enough to meet their expectations.

"When did you become a god?" Sean asked, turning to Ram.

The man before him was the Saint-level Black Tiger magical beast he had met back in the Dark Forest. After Sean had given him a Godhead, Ram had embarked on his path to godhood.

Before his previous retreat, Sean had known that Ram hadn't yet become a god. He hadn't expected that, after Sean broke through again, Ram would become a god as well.

There was no descent of the laws of the world when someone became a god by refining a Godhead. They simply broke through whenever they were ready.

"Three years ago," Ram said awkwardly. "Although I was the first in Qingyue City to refine a Godhead, I was the last to become a god."

"That's perfectly normal. You comprehended the Evil Profound Mystery, which was entirely new to you, so refining the Godhead naturally took longer. The others comprehended the most basic elemental Mysteries. Besides, they had all reached the Saint-level peak and were comprehending the same Mysteries they'd already studied. Naturally, they refined their Godheads faster," Sean said with a faint smile. "In the long run, your Evil Profound Mystery is far more powerful than theirs."

"I'm still far behind you, Lord Sean," Ram said respectfully.

In Qingyue City, Sean was the strongest. But since they were all lowgods, the others simply called him by name, albeit with some respect. Only Ram and those who had refined Godheads continued to address him as Lord Sean.

"Right. Has the Darkness Church still made no moves lately? Has Patrick still not shown up?" Sean asked.

Everyone was trapped here because of Patrick. Sean wasn't afraid of him, but if he ran into him alone outside, he would still be at a disadvantage.

"No. Our church's forces have nearly wiped out the Darkness Church, but Patrick still hasn't appeared," Ram replied. "Maybe he doesn't dare come here anymore. With so many lowgods around, even if we all used our Divine Domains at once, that midgod probably wouldn't be able to escape."

"He wouldn't be stupid enough to just stand there and let us surround him," Sean said with a shake of his head. "I need to continue my retreat. Contact me if anything comes up."

Although he had become a god in darkness first thanks to the God-Eater Rat bloodline and the shortcut it offered, he felt that his talent for darkness was still inferior to his talent for earth.

Previously, despite relying on the Power of Faith, he had been unable to break through to midgod in the Darkness Laws. Now, he would try using the Power of Faith to focus on cultivating earth instead.

For him, it made no difference which Divine Clone reached midgod. Either one would be just as powerful.

"Understood, Lord Sean," Ram replied.

Fifty years later, in the South Sea, Patrick had been flying for tens of thousands of days and nights when he suddenly stopped. A trace of delight flashed in his eyes.