Harvest

"According to that masked man, there is a god-level expert behind them, so I won't stay any longer."

Liewen bid farewell to everyone.

"Mr. Liewen, be careful!"

Linley felt a bit guilty; today was supposed to be a conflict between him and the two major churches. If Liewen hadn't saved him, he wouldn't have killed the four masked men and offended a god-level powerhouse.

Liewen nodded, his body transforming into a streak of white light as he returned to the Yulan Empire.

He was now very close to becoming a god, so he needed to seize the time to cultivate.

If that Lady Lolita really came to deal with him, before he became a god, only other god-level powerhouses could protect him.

If he could obtain the protection of Beirut, he would naturally have nothing to fear, but currently, Liewen had no connection to Beirut.

According to the original plot, it was only after the battle at the Liuyan River that Bebe officially met Beirut and learned the truth about his parents' deaths and his identity as a God-Eater Rat.

Because they were both God-Eater Rats, Beirut was very fond of Bebe, and by extension, paid some attention to Linley. However, it was only attention; during several of Linley's life-and-death crises, Beirut had never intervened.

It was only as Linley's talent continued to manifest that his status in Beirut's heart grew higher and higher.

If this was the case for Linley, then the others around him were even less likely to catch Beirut's eye.

If Liewen had saved Bebe, Beirut would certainly protect him, but since Liewen only saved Linley today, it was highly probable that Beirut would not step in.

The only ones Liewen could count on now were his own ascension to godhood and the High Priest.

He first made a trip to the Sunset Mountain Range to check the situation at the location of the magic array.

The stone platform that held the magic array had already shattered into several pieces, and the magic array had completely failed.

"As expected!"

Liewen had already anticipated this in his heart.

He immediately returned to Yulan City.

Entering the Forest of Life outside the city, he landed in the center of the forest, in front of the wooden house where the High Priest resided.

"High Priest, sorry to disturb you, Liewen has something to request."

"Creak."

The wooden door opened, and the High Priest walked out of the house.

"Liewen, what is it?" The High Priest's tone was gentle, like a warm breeze in the forest.

Liewen recounted the battle at the Liuyan River truthfully.

"High Priest, is there really another god-level powerhouse in the Yulan Continent named Lolita?" Liewen asked.

If Lolita had truly escaped from a weak point in space in the Sunset Mountain Range, it certainly wouldn't have escaped the notice of god-level powerhouses like the High Priest.

"Yes, about three years ago, a Lowgod appeared on the Yulan Continent. Her name is indeed Lolita, and she is now the joint leader of the Radiant Church and the Dark Church," the High Priest said.

"It really is true!" With his premonition confirmed, Liewen couldn't feel happy at all.

"This Lolita has never officially appeared; only a few of us gods know of her existence."

When the High Priest said this, he paused slightly before continuing: "Liewen, you should be reaching the god-level soon, right?"

"Yes, I will be able to break through in a year or two at most." Liewen did not hide it.

He currently had two ways to become a god.

One was to fuse profound mysteries to become a god, which would take another year or two.

The other was to master the profound mysteries of the Light Element and then become a god. The timeframe for this was hard to determine; it could be a few years, or it could be the very next second.

"Go back and cultivate well. Before you break through, do not leave Yulan City," the High Priest said.

Hearing this, Liewen felt relieved; the High Priest saying this meant he had decided to protect him.

"Thank you, High Priest."

"Go back." The High Priest returned to the wooden house.

Liewen also returned to his mansion in Yulan City.

In his room, Liewen took inventory of the interspatial rings belonging to Heidens and the four masked men.

In Heidens' interspatial ring, the only thing that caught Liewen's attention was the "Bible"; the rest were just worldly items like Magic Crystal Cards.

The "Bible" was book-shaped and pure white throughout. The paper was soft yet tough, and it was impossible to tell what material it was made of.

There were no words on the paper, only golden patterns flickering on the surface of the white pages.

Liewen tried dripping a drop of fresh blood onto the Bible.

The blood did not soak into it but instead slid off the surface of the Bible onto the floor, leaving no trace behind.

"It seems I cannot bind it with blood," Liewen muttered.

He then tried to release his spiritual energy.

As soon as his spiritual energy touched the Bible, he immediately sensed an ethereal and elusive aura.

"This is the Rules of Fate!" Liewen felt a shock in his heart.

This Bible actually contained a small portion of the Rules of Fate.

Through mental contact, Lewin could perceive the Rules of Fate within it, which were significantly clearer than those sensed through normal cultivation.

This must be a treasure passed down from a higher plane, Lewin thought.

Higher planes possessed many treasures, and those powerful beings had many methods at their disposal.

Some experts who had reached the pinnacle of the Death Law could even strip the laws they had comprehended from the souls of Saint Realm peak experts, using them for their descendants to refine and cultivate.

Refining such law insights was equivalent to reaching the bottleneck of a profound mystery directly; one only needed an epiphany to achieve mastery.

By comparison, the methods used in this Bible were nothing special.

Lewin put the Bible into his interspatial ring; he had no time to study the Rules of Fate for now, as his top priority was cultivating the Laws of Light.

Once he became a god and escaped the threat of Lolita, it would not be too late to study it then.

After finishing with Heidens' interspatial ring, Lewin proceeded to inventory the interspatial rings of the four masked men.

These four people didn't have many good things, and the only items that surprised Lewin were two mysterious crystal balls.

There was dense mist inside the crystal balls.

"These are souls!" Lewin's expression changed drastically.

Inside these two crystal balls were the souls of countless deceased living beings.

"It seems this Lolita is an expert who cultivates the Death Law," Lewin's gaze turned cold.

Experts who cultivated the Death Law could refine the souls of the dead into soul essence to increase their own soul strength.

Lewin also understood now that these two masked men must have been staying in the Land of Chaos, taking advantage of the war to collect souls for Lolita to refine.

Lolita now controlled the two great churches, and there was no telling how many people she had harmed over these past three years just to refine souls.

"I must hurry and become a god."

Lewin put both crystal balls into his own interspatial ring.

What was inside the crystal balls were souls, not soul essence, so they were of no use to Lewin.

Pure souls could only be refined by practitioners of the Death Law; practitioners of other laws like Lewin could only absorb refined soul essence.

Lewin began to cultivate.

Although the High Priest was willing to protect him, Lewin's personality was such that he preferred to rely on himself as much as possible and avoid owing favors.

Holy Island.

The highest level of the Radiant Temple.

Luoye and the others fled back here to report the battle situation to Lolita.

In fact, there was no need for them to report; Lolita already knew that her four subordinates were dead.

She had used soul control on her subordinates, so she naturally sensed it when they died.

"Lewin Andrew!" Lolita's eyes were filled with killing intent. That someone who wasn't even a god-level expert dared to kill her subordinates made her feel humiliated.

"Lord Lolita, this Lewin is in the Yulan Empire and is one of the High Priest's people; I'm afraid it won't be easy to move against him," Affleck said cautiously.

The High Priest was also a god-level expert, and having become a god ten thousand years ago, she was not easy to deal with.

"Hmph! Would I be afraid of that woman Catherine?" Lolita said dismissively.

In the current Yulan Continent, the only person she feared was Beirut; even Dylin, who had already reached the peak of a Lowgod, did not intimidate her.

With a flash, Lolita vanished from the Radiant Temple, transforming into a gray streak of light as she flew toward the horizon.