Manifestation: Soul Stone and Sovereign Power

"Lord Sean." Just as Sean was scanning the battlefield, Mi Piaozheng and over twenty others flew over.

Previously, although Sean was strong, he was still a Lowgod, and given the circumstances at the time, everyone still needed to rely on one another.

Therefore, everyone had simply addressed him by his name; it was only the group who had become gods by refining the Godheads Sean provided who consciously called Sean "Lord."

But things were different now. Sean had advanced to a Midgod, and in terms of strength, he had easily killed the two other invading Midgod powerhouses in seconds.

It could be said that even if this entire group joined forces, they would be no match for Sean. Coupled with the gap in rank, even the former strongest members of the Radiant Church had to address him as "Lord."

"The three who escaped will likely flee to the depths of the South Sea, or perhaps even head to the Higher Planes, so there is no need to waste time searching for them. As quickly as possible, unify the entire Zhongyuan Continent. No other sects shall be allowed to exist. From today on, the Zhongyuan Continent will only permit the existence of our Radiant Church," Sean commanded.

Although a Midgod's divine sense could cover a hundred thousand miles, a material plane spanned roughly a hundred million miles in radius, with the South Sea occupying the vast majority of that area. Finding people in such a vast place wasn't impossible, but if one were truly willing to spend the time—hundreds or thousands of years—it could eventually be done.

However, it was unnecessary. It wasn't worth wasting time for the sake of a mere three Lowgods, and if they had already headed straight for the Higher Planes, they would be completely untraceable.

"Understood. Without Patrick, we can handle things personally," Mi Piaozheng said with a smile.

"Mm, good. I need to go into seclusion. Once the continent is unified, notify me. Also, too many people have died here; we still need to handle the aftermath properly," Sean said, looking at the chaotic battlefield of Qingyue City and the cries of countless people.

Since Patrick and Jialuoke had been launching a sneak attack, it was naturally impossible for them to avoid the common folk. Even if these people weren't the targets, the energy leaking from a Midgod could easily kill Saints. With such attacks occurring in a densely populated city, the casualties were naturally heavy.

At this moment, a large number of Radiant Church priests were desperately casting Light, Life, or Water Magic to save the wounded, but if they were already dead, there was nothing to be done.

"Rest assured, Lord Sean. Later, we will perform the miracle of restoration magic to heal everyone, and we will do so in your name, Lord Sean," said a Lowgod who practiced Life Magic.

"Good." Sean nodded, then flickered and disappeared. He left Qingyue City and flew rapidly toward the Miniature Plane Space he hadn't visited in years.

A Midgod's speed in a material plane was extremely fast. Before long, he arrived at the Kahali Desert.

At this moment, there were many more magic crystals around the Miniature Plane Space, with the highest ones reaching even level 9. It was fortunate that Sean had specifically chosen a deep location beneath the desert; otherwise, in the outside world, it might have been discovered after such a long time.

After collecting all the magic crystals, Sean quickly entered the Miniature Plane Space and prepared to communicate with the original Coiling Dragon novel in his mind.

After reaching the Midgod level, there were simply too many good things within the Coiling Dragon novel. The reason he didn't manifest them in the outside world was mainly out of concern that if this plane truly had a Highgod, they might discover his anomaly, although the possibility was extremely low.

After becoming a Midgod, he could manifest treasures that had appeared before Linley became a Highgod.

However, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he spent some time reading through the book in his mind once more, up until the point Linley became a Highgod, to ensure he didn't miss any good items.

"Soul Stone, manifest." Sean issued the command to the book. In that instant, a spatial ripple appeared in front of Sean, and a black stone hovered in the air.

Sean immediately dripped a drop of blood onto it. After absorbing the blood, the Soul Stone slowly merged into Sean's head. Deep within his soul, the Soul Stone appeared directly above, and streams of soul energy bound it together with Sean's soul.

Sean could also feel the powerful energy contained within this Soul Stone.

However, unlike Linley, he did not feel any method for setting up a gravitational space; in fact, it could be said that apart from his soul seeming to become slightly stronger, it was completely useless for anything else.

"It seems that without the initial understanding of the Amethyst Space like Linley had, there is no way to utilize the powerful strength of the Soul Stone." Sean could roughly guess this; in fact, he had considered this possibility a long time ago.

Linley had been trapped by Reisgem in the Amethyst Mountains for 500 years. This wasn't imprisonment, but rather Reisgem acting under the orders of the Amethyst Sovereign to teach Linley how to comprehend the Amethyst Space, intending to give him the Soul Stone once he had achieved initial success.

Originally, Reisgem had given Linley ten thousand years, but Linley's talent was so high that he had made initial progress in just 500 years.

But now, Sean had only obtained the Soul Stone, with nothing else. He had no way to manifest how Reisgem used the gravitational space to squeeze Linley.

Furthermore, Linley had relied on the positions of the 108 spikes on Reisgem's true form to comprehend his ultimate technique. Sean couldn't manifest a living Amethyst Divine Beast, so he had no way of knowing how the 108 spikes were laid out.

Simply put, he had obtained the treasure, but had no way to use it.

However, having it was better than not having it. He could study it slowly.

Even if he couldn't exert the same strength as Reisgem, being able to exert even ten percent of it would already be a lethal weapon.

In particular, as long as his body could continue to consume Godheads, its hardness would be far greater than that of an Amethyst Divine Beast or Linley, not to mention the innate divine abilities he would gain after becoming a Highgod.

Setting the Soul Stone aside for now, he subsequently manifested other treasures of high value.

The second most valuable items were the 8 drops of Sovereign Power. The first drop of Destruction Sovereign Power came from all the wealth of the Boyd family, Bebe's maternal grandfather's clan.

Three drops came from Gaisersen, who had given Linley three drops of Sovereign Power in total—two of the Water attribute and one of the Earth attribute.

Three drops came from the Eight Great Clans, which had been bestowed upon several elders to surround and attack Linley: one of Life, one of Death, and one of Fate.

One drop was the Life Sovereign Power that Beirut had once brought out to heal Delia.

The third most valuable item was, naturally, the infinite quantity of Amethyst from the Amethyst Mountains. He manifested these directly into his spatial ring. There was no specific count, but it was enough for him to strengthen his soul.

Fourth was a pile of spatial rings from many god-level powerhouses who had died, especially those of the Seven-Star Fiend, Aliquen.

Sean specifically opened his two spatial rings, which contained a massive amount of Inkstone, God-crystals, Death God puppets, and so on. The wealth of this Seven-Star Fiend, who was willing to set aside his pride to act as a bandit and was extremely cautious, was likely second only to those of the great clans in Hell.