Terrible at Naming

The newcomer wore a gray-black robe, with long white hair hanging messily over his shoulders. Waves of an aura that seemed capable of destroying everything radiated from him, terrifyingly oppressive. The newcomer was Bolan, who had rushed back from the South Sea—or, more precisely, Bolan's Destruction Divine Clone!

When they saw that the mysterious God-level expert who had arrived was Bolan, everyone immediately relaxed. Then they all stared at him with burning eyes. A God-level expert! Over the Yulan Continent's tens of thousands of years of history, there had only been the one from the Dark Forest, the High Priest of the Yulan Empire, War God O'Brien, and Dilin, the master of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Aside from them, there were the two before them now. Especially Bolan, who had forcefully entered the ranks of the continent's peak experts at around twenty years old. Even Cesar, the youngest among God-level experts, was already at least five thousand years old. To someone like Cesar, Bolan's twenty years were no more than a brief period of closed-door training.

Seeing that something was off about everyone's gazes, Bolan coughed twice. Then he teased Cesar, "Brother, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon."

Cesar saw that this brat was still making fun of him and said irritably, "If I'd known it was you, I wouldn't have been so nervous!" Then he added in amazement, "You're really a freak. I already considered myself a genius, yet I only just broke through the Saint-level and became God-level. You're only twenty, but you've already reached the realm countless people spend their entire lives dreaming of. When I was your age, I'd only just broken through the bottleneck of a Level 8 warrior." He smacked his lips as he spoke.

"I just happened to break through by chance. Can't be helped—I'm a genius." Bolan laughed at his own joke.

He then looked at the laughing crowd before finally turning his gaze toward his younger brother, Linley. "Linley, you've found yourself quite a few good companions."

"Big Brother, have you really become a god?" Linley asked in disbelief. Becoming a god was simply too shocking for him.

He had thought he was nearly catching up to his elder brother and would soon be able to fight alongside him. Yet after only a few years apart, they were no longer even in the same Dimension. His elder brother truly stood at the peak of the Yulan Continent now, looking down upon all living beings.

After Bolan confirmed it, the entire group fell silent. The Bolan of the past could be called the idol of the Yulan Continent's younger generation, but now, all they could do was look at the young man before them with reverence and awe.

Afterward, everyone sat around the campfire again. As they listened to the crackling of burning wood, they listened to Bolan recount what had happened when he last left Fenlai. They also learned that Bolan had not become a god through the wind elemental laws, but through the Destruction Rule, which they had never heard of him cultivating.

Only Cesar stared at Bolan in amazement. Over the past several thousand years on the Yulan Continent, only the High Priest of the Yulan Empire had become a god through the Life Law. But the High Priest had been far too distant a figure for Cesar before he became a god. Then there was Tulirei, the Saint-level limit expert of the Far East Prairie, who had reached the Saint-level limit through the Destruction Rule. Other than those two, Cesar had never heard of anyone else becoming a powerful expert by cultivating one of the Four Higher Laws.

The Destruction Rule possessed the greatest destructive power among experts of the same level. Compared to the Stealth Technique within the Darkness Elemental Laws he cultivated, its destructive power was vastly greater.

When Bolan brought up the subject of divine clones, Linley asked in confusion, "Big Brother, you said there are two choices when becoming a god—one outside the body and one inside the body?"

"When becoming a god, the Laws of the World offer you a choice: one outside the body and one inside the body. If you choose to become a god outside the body, your Saint-level original body can still cultivate other laws and rules. But if you become a god inside the body, then for the rest of your life, you can only cultivate the one type of laws or rules through which you became a god," Cesar added.

Everyone repeatedly exclaimed in amazement at Cesar's words. This was experience imparted by God-level experts. Even if they might never have a chance to use it, they still carefully committed every word spoken by the two God-level experts to memory.

"Of course, becoming a god outside the body has its flaws as well. When you choose that path, the Laws of the World will tear your soul in half," Bolan said with a smile.

Cesar nodded with lingering fear. It seemed the agony of having his soul divided had left a sufficiently deep impression on him.

Seeing that no one had any more questions, the eastern sky had brightened before they knew it, and the sun had begun its workday. Cesar returned directly to the Saber organization's headquarters to help Barker and his four brothers retrieve the Undying Secret Manual. As Bolan looked at Linley, who was now capable of standing on his own, he smiled with satisfaction. He was destined to walk a different path from Linley's.

A novel world was still a novel world, but this was not some virtual world imagined by a great god. Having lived in this world for more than twenty years, Bolan knew with absolute clarity that it was real. Everyone could die, including himself. Even if Linley did not become a Sovereign in the end, Bolan would not be overly surprised. In a real world, anything was possible.

Even Hongmeng, the creator god of this world, had only known that Linley could become a first-tier Sovereign when Linley broke through Hongmeng Space. To that great god, the current Linley was merely one of countless people whose Fate could not be foreseen.

In Bolan's eyes, the current Linley was no weaker than Heidesen, who proclaimed himself the number one Saint-level expert. The only real difference was probably the amount of battle-qi he possessed. If they truly fought, it was still impossible to say who would win.

"I'm preparing to leave as well," Bolan said with a satisfied smile as he looked at Linley and the others.

"Big Brother, where are you going? Aren't you coming with us?" Linley asked in confusion. Beside him, Bebe squeaked as well. Bolan took Bebe from Linley's shoulder into his hand and gently stroked Bebe's back, making the little creature close his eyes happily.

"I'm going to take a look at the Yulan Empire first, then the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and finally the O'Brien Empire to see Father and Wharton," Bolan said with narrowed eyes and a smile.

Linley understood. In the Yulan Empire, only the High Priest was likely worthy of drawing his elder brother's attention. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, it was the divine beast Dilin. As for the O'Brien Empire, it was probably the War God. Linley knew very well that ever since his elder brother had made his name, he had continuously challenged powerful experts and constantly surpassed his limits. That was how he had gained his current strength step by step. It seemed his elder brother was about to begin another round of challenges.

Linley immediately became filled with fighting spirit. He said to Bolan, "Big Brother, I'm going to challenge powerful experts all the way too, just like you did back then, until I reach the O'Brien Empire!"

"Hahaha!" Bolan burst into laughter at Linley's words, then looked at him seriously. "Then we'll meet again in the imperial capital of the O'Brien Empire. Don't die!!!"

With that, he handed Bebe in his arms directly back to Linley.

With a loud laugh, he shot through the air toward the Yulan Empire.