Changes

Only after the two of them left did Richard have time to examine the changes that had come with becoming a god.

First was the weakness of his soul. Even now, recalling the agony of having his soul split in two left Richard shaken. Yet in the foreseeable future, he would have to go through it at least once more—perhaps even more than once.

Next came Divine Power. Having just become a god, he could now draw Low-level Divine Power from the Wind Divine Power Ocean.

The deeper one went into the Divine Power Ocean, the purer the Divine Power that could be drawn. With his current strength, he could only draw Divine Power from a depth of around ten meters.

One had to remember that although he had only just become a god, his strength was far beyond that of an ordinary newly ascended Low-level God.

Of the nine Profound Mysteries of the Wind Element Law, he had already comprehended six: Wind Elemental Profound Mystery, Wind Movement Technique, Sound Wave, Sound Music, Profound Mystery of Speed, and Profound Mystery of Slowness. Only Wind Space, Dimensional Blade, and Clone remained beyond his comprehension.

Of course, even among the six he had comprehended, there were differences in depth of understanding. For example, he had only just begun with the Sound Wave and Sound Music Profound Mysteries.

But he had already fully comprehended the Wind Elemental Profound Mystery, while the Wind Movement Technique was only one step away from completion. He had also comprehended more than half of both the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slowness.

Most importantly, he had already begun fusing Profound Mysteries. The Wind Elemental Profound Mystery and Wind Movement Technique had long since begun to merge. In addition, the Wind Elemental Profound Mystery was compatible with both the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slowness, while the latter two had also begun to fuse.

Thus, his current strength far exceeded that of an ordinary newly ascended Low-level God.

Even with his current strength, he could only draw Divine Power from about ten meters beneath the surface. Any deeper, he would probably enter the region of Mid-level Divine Power.

Richard flipped his palm and took out his only Divine Artifact, the Azure Forest Sword. It was a Divine Artifact nurtured with Wind Element Divine Power. In the past, Richard had only used its toughness and sharpness against enemies.

Now, however, he could unleash its full power. Richard lightly swung it toward the sky. A pale green sword aura streaked across the heavens, slicing apart the clouds before vanishing into the distance.

Richard chuckled. He had only used a tiny bit of Divine Power just then. As expected, Divine Artifacts had to be wielded by gods.

Even though he was merely a Low-level God, and the Azure Forest Sword in his hand was merely a Low-level Divine Artifact, their combined power was still worlds apart from before.

Now that he had become a god, he could select a batch of top-quality weapons and equipment from the family and nurture them into Divine Artifacts.

This world was simply that crude and direct. There were no pills, no formations, and no artifact refiners. Divine Artifacts were forcefully nurtured by gods with Divine Power, while Sovereign Artifacts were nurtured by Chief Gods with Sovereign's Might.

The nurturing process took anywhere from hundreds or thousands of years to tens of thousands of years. In any case, gods had plenty of time to spare.

As for the classification of Divine Artifacts, it was equally crude and direct: Material Attack Divine Artifacts, Material Defense Divine Artifacts, and Soul Defense Divine Artifacts. There were only those three types, nothing more. There were no other functional Divine Artifacts.

There was a plain, unadorned sort of beauty to it.

Richard now intended to follow local customs and nurture a batch of Divine Artifacts himself.

At the very least, he needed to make up for his lack of a Material Defense Divine Artifact. And now that he had another Divine Clone, he also needed to equip it with a full set of Divine Artifacts.

As for Soul Defense Divine Artifacts, those were extremely precious. Ordinary gods simply could not create them. One had to find an expert in souls, and generally only High-level Gods of the Life, Death, Fate, and similar elements could make them.

There was no need to even consider the Tara Plane. There was not a single High-level God there. Its strongest experts were only a few Mid-level Gods.

Richard had no intention of going to the Four Supreme Divine Planes to take risks just yet. His strength was still improving rapidly. There was no reason to rush off and become cannon fodder in the Supreme Divine Planes. At the very least, he needed one Divine Clone to become a High-level God first, right?

Finally, he turned his attention to the Godhead within his body.

This was also one of the distinctive features of the Coiling Dragon World. The entire Coiling Dragon World possessed the seven Elemental Laws of Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Lightning, Light, and Darkness, along with the Four Rules of Life, Death, Fate, and Destruction—a total of eleven types of Godheads.

Godheads were further divided into Low-level Godheads, Mid-level Godheads, High-level Godheads, and Sovereign Sparks.

Among them, Sovereign Sparks had been created by the Creator God Hongmeng. There were seventy-seven in total, a fixed number. Once all Chief God positions were filled, no other god could become a Chief God.

Becoming a Chief God had little to do with strength. It mainly depended on luck.

The earliest batch of Chief Gods were basically all lucky ones—the sort who walked down the road and had a Sovereign Spark fall from the sky straight into their arms.

Therefore, quite a few Paragon High-Gods looked down on Chief Gods behind their backs. They were the sort who called grapes sour because they could not eat them, always convinced that they would be stronger if they took the position themselves.

After all, they had relied on their own strength and talent to cultivate to the peak of godhood, comprehending every Profound Mystery of one Elemental Law and fusing them all into one. There was nowhere further to advance.

If they obtained the same Sovereign Spark, they truly would be stronger than Chief Gods who had not cultivated to the Paragon level.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs in this world. No matter how unwilling Paragon High-Gods might be, they still had to remain beneath Chief Gods.

Richard could see the green Low-level Godhead bead within his body. It was a genuine, physical bead—the sort that could drop after death. It was practically like killing monsters for equipment.

It contained all of his insights into the Wind Element Law. If a Saint Domain expert picked up this Godhead, they could become a Low-level God by following the guidance of the law insights within it. Though they would become the weakest kind of god, and would basically be unable to continue down the path of comprehending laws afterward, forced to keep refining Mid-level Godheads and High-level Godheads until they eventually became the weakest kind of High-level God. Still, it was ultimately a shortcut to godhood. How many Saint Domain experts desperately wished to become gods but never could?

Lastly came the matter of Divine Clones. A Divine Clone was also him. It was not as simple as growing another consciousness inside a clone, nor was it multitasking. Rather, it was a unity on a higher level, like One Qi Transforms into Three Purities. They were all himself, yet each possessed an independent consciousness.

Richard could not quite put that feeling into words.

This Divine Clone was not only his current main source of combat strength; it could also share the burden of his law comprehension. In the future, his Divine Clone could comprehend the Profound Mysteries of the Wind Element Law while his main body focused on the Profound Mysteries of the Laws of Water.

He could even comprehend the Laws of Fate. He had previously grasped a trace of the Laws of Fate, but they were simply too obscure, making them exceptionally difficult to comprehend.

To become a god as quickly as possible, he had set aside his comprehension of the Laws of Fate and concentrated on the Wind Element Law and the Laws of Water.

Now that he had become a god, time was no longer so pressing. Perhaps he could allocate some time to give it another try. Those were the most mysterious Laws of Fate among the Four Rules. It was impossible for Richard not to be curious.

Richard had always felt a sense of urgency before this. After all, this was the Tara Plane, not the Yulan Continent described in the Coiling Dragon story.

This place had hundreds or even thousands of times more Saint Domain experts than the Yulan Continent, as well as dozens of gods. It was unlike the early days of the Yulan Continent's story, when there were only three gods in plain sight.

On the Tara Plane, there were openly dozens of Low-level Gods and several Mid-level Gods.

Before becoming a god, Richard had never felt secure. Back then, he had not even dared to wander the continent freely. After reaching the Saint Domain, he had only hurriedly traveled twice before returning to enter seclusion. Though Saint Domain experts possessed a fairly respectable status, once they became involved in matters related to gods, they could die for nothing.

Only now, after becoming a god and even gaining enough confidence to preserve his life against a Mid-level God, did that sense of urgency ease somewhat.

Because he knew that from now on, he only needed to proceed step by step, and his strength would naturally grow. Then he would become the strongest person in the entire Tara Plane, and only then would he be completely safe.

Just as Richard was planning out his future cultivation path—

"Ding. The Myriad Worlds Chat Group invites you to join. Please choose whether to accept."

Richard nearly froze before quickly recovering. First, this was not some god from the Tara Plane playing a joke on him. Then was it a Chief God?

Had the Tara Plane ever produced a Chief God? He did not know. It was possible, but unlikely.

If this truly was some great existence playing a joke on him, he was more inclined to believe it was the Controller of Hongmeng. Perhaps that being had seen through his nature as a Transmigrator and decided to play a little joke on him.

If it was not a joke, then did that mean he had lived for centuries, cultivated diligently for several hundred years, and finally become a god—only to be told that his cheat had arrived now?

Whatever it was, whether some great existence was joking with him or it really was a cheat, he had to click in and see what exactly was inside. Even if he died, he wanted to die knowing the truth.

Thus, Richard clicked [Accept] without the slightest hesitation.