Purchasing a Godhead

"Lord Olga, here are two hundred Inkstone."

Aier carefully handed a package to the leader of the Crimson Blood Tribe, Olga, then looked at him with a nervous expression.

"Oh?"

Olga took the package, swept it with his divine sense, and nodded in satisfaction after confirming the number of Inkstone.

"Not bad."

"Aier, you are an old-timer in the Crimson Blood Tribe of this plane. After all these years without a breakthrough, it's clear that you've reached your limit."

"However, I didn't expect you to actually scrape together enough money to buy a Demigod Divine Spark. You have some tricks up your sleeve."

In Hell, beings below the god level have no "human rights" at all; they are merely considered "slaves."

Without a background, they cannot even enter cities and are forced by various tribes to act as tools for mining, refining, forging, and planting. Every ten thousand years, they are given a symbolic Inkstone so that these Saint Realm beings have a sliver of hope and won't intentionally seek death.

"This is an Earth-style Demigod Divine Spark. Take it!"

Olga took a black, diamond-shaped crystal from his Space Ring and tossed it to Aier.

"Thank you, Lord Olga!"

Catching the Demigod Divine Spark, Aier was overjoyed and thanked Olga repeatedly, the smile on his face bordering on sycophantic.

"Alright, get out of here and refine the Demigod Divine Spark. I'll give you one hundred years. Once you successfully refine it, report to the guard squad."

"Yes, Lord Olga."

Only after exiting Olga's palace did Aier's heart truly settle.

"Over a million years... I've finally obtained a Demigod Divine Spark."

Having transmigrated to Hell nearly two million years ago, Aier had long known that he was no genius.

The influence of materialism from his past life had created a "cognitive barrier" for Aier, leaving him with absolutely no insight into the intangible laws and rules.

For over a million years, Aier had remained at the peak of the Saint Realm. The laws and rules were like two parallel lines to him, never intersecting in the slightest.

In fact, if he hadn't been lucky enough to be born in a Supreme Plane like Hell, but instead in a material plane, Aier would likely have only lived for a hundred years or so.

Of course, this didn't mean Aier was completely useless.

After all, Aier had managed to survive in Hell as a Saint Realm being for over a million years because he had his own trump card.

It was a space located within Aier's soul.

You could call it a transmigrator's golden finger, or perhaps an innate talent of this life.

After placing an item into this space, Aier could choose between two modes: "Equip" and "Absorb."

By choosing "Equip," Aier could directly gain the bonuses of the item's properties and abilities.

By choosing "Absorb," the space would spend a certain amount of time devouring the item, directly imbuing Aier with its properties and abilities.

Over these million-plus years, Aier had used this ability to secretly absorb quite a bit of Crimson Blood Essence Ore and many broken artifacts, raising his physical strength to a level comparable to a Low-God Artifact. Only then was he able to survive crisis after crisis at the peak of the Saint Realm and save up enough Inkstone to trade for a Demigod Divine Spark.

Admittedly, Aier knew that in the cities, the price of a Low-God Artifact was only one hundred Inkstone; he had paid double the price.

But things didn't work that way.

The Crimson Blood Tribe was seven or eight hundred miles away from the nearest city, and the gravity in Hell was hundreds of times stronger than in the material planes. Saint Realm beings couldn't even fly; at best, they could only run a bit faster.

If Aier had gone to the city alone to buy a Demigod Divine Spark, even with his body strength comparable to a Low-God Artifact, it would have been a ten-to-one chance of death!

After waiting patiently for hundreds of thousands of years, plus some "sponsorships" from his "friends," Aier had finally obtained the thing he had dreamed of.

"Equip!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Aier directly moved the Earth-style Demigod Divine Spark into his Equipment Slot.

For other Saint Realm beings, refining a Demigod Divine Spark would take decades.

But for Aier, using the Equipment Slot to equip it took only an instant!

Furthermore, using the Equipment Slot to equip the Demigod Divine Spark bypassed the restrictions of traditional refinement.

Once the Demigod Divine Spark was equipped, Aier could feel countless profound mysteries regarding the Laws of the Earth flooding into his mind.

"Earth-Walking..."

Soon, recovering from these profound mysteries, Aier realized that the mystery contained within the Demigod Divine Spark he had just refined was the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery of the Laws of the Earth.

"Not bad."

A glimmer of joy flashed in Aier's eyes.

Although the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery was only a low-level mystery within the Laws of the Earth and provided the least boost to strength in combat at the same level, it was a mystery that leaned toward "speed" and "stealth." In Aier's view, it was the most suitable one for him.

His figure shifted slightly as Aier prepared to use the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery to travel.

However, Aier quickly caught himself. He had only just stepped out of Chief Olga's palace, and he didn't know if Olga was still observing him with his divine sense. If he were to reveal a mastered Earth-Walking Profound Mystery right now, what would Olga think?

As the leader of the Crimson Blood Tribe, Olga held absolute control over the tribe.

Within the entire Crimson Blood Tribe, aside from his own son, most of the god-level powerhouses had become gods by refining a Godhead.

After all, Olga did not want any geniuses appearing in his tribe who could challenge him and seize his foundation.

If it weren't for the fact that Aier was born in the Crimson Blood Tribe and had not reached the limit of the Saint Realm even after over a million years—proving he truly lacked cultivation talent—Olga would have made Aier refine the Godhead right in front of him.

Returning to his living quarters, Aier closed the door and sat on his bed before he began to perceive his own changes.

First was the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery, which had reached the Great Completion stage after equipping the Godhead.

With the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery at the Great Completion level, Aier could absorb earth elements from the outside world and condense them into Earth Divine Power.

In this regard, Aier was no different from others who became gods by refining a Godhead.

Refining a Godhead in the Saint Realm only takes a few decades; Olga had given Aier a hundred-year leave, and the remaining decades were for Aier to refine divine power.

Those who become gods by comprehending the Laws and Profound Mysteries on their own can connect to the Elemental Ocean Plane through their Godhead when the Laws of Heaven and Earth descend, allowing them to absorb a massive amount of divine power in a short time.

However, those who refine a Godhead do not enjoy such preferential treatment and must absorb the elements of heaven and earth themselves to condense divine power.

Under normal circumstances, the divine power absorbed from the Elemental Ocean Plane during the descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth is roughly equivalent to the divine power refined from thousands of years of absorbing elements at full capacity.

After experimenting with the Earth-Walking Profound Mystery, Aier focused his attention on his "Equipment Slot."

With a thought from Aier, the Equipment Slot provided a specific time!

Sixty-four years!

In other words, if Aier chose to use the Equipment Slot to refine this Godhead, it would take sixty-four years!