Secret Chamber Godhood

"Counting the time, there are only a few years left until the Graveyard of the Gods opens."

Entering the Graveyard of the Gods as a Saint-level expert, one could easily clear the trials by revealing only a fraction of their strength. He had no interest in Sovereign Sparks or divine artifacts; in fact, he did not even plan on going inside.

He did have some interest in the levels starting from the twelfth floor, which was why Olivier wanted to make a breakthrough as soon as possible.

However, the creatures within were all gifted with innate talents. If his strength were insufficient, he could lose his life at any moment, and he knew nothing of the situation inside, so he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

Thus, he stopped wandering and sightseeing, intent on finding the miniature spatial chamber as soon as possible.

Finally, after ten days, Olivier discovered the massive magic crystal mine.

He tunneled deep inside, where the quality of the magic crystals grew increasingly higher, the best of which were equivalent to seventh or eighth-rank magic cores. Olivier finally saw a door; he knew this was the entrance to the chamber.

Under the light of his torch, the otherwise transparent magic crystals reflected a hazy glow.

These magic crystals were actually formed from the condensation of various elements within the spatial turbulence leaking from the door.

"This door is truly miraculous."

Olivier's soul energy swept over it, but he found he could not sense the existence of the door at all, nor did he know how it had been constructed.

Arming himself with light and darkness elements, he walked straight inside.

"Sizzle."

The energy currents within the spatial turbulence were like blades. The moment Olivier stepped through the door, they slashed at him thousands of times, sparks erupting incessantly against his energy shield.

The power was not overwhelming; even if he hadn't prepared in advance, it would not have caused him fatal injuries.

By this time, through constant training and the continuous influence of the Taiji Vortex, Olivier's body—though still weaker than Linley's—had grown strong enough that most magical beasts could not compare to him.

It was a miniature space resembling a 'transparent bubble,' circular and about ten meters in diameter, with a membrane on the outside protecting the space from the spatial turbulence.

Beyond the membrane lay the spatial turbulence, colorful and exceptionally magnificent.

Inside, there were a bed, a table, and chairs, just like a cultivation chamber.

"The furniture is all here. Beirut must have spent a long time here."

He could very clearly sense earth, wind, water, fire, light, and darkness, along with some mysterious energies that must have been the four supreme laws. Originally, Olivier could only sense the light and darkness elements, but here, all elements felt incredibly clear and highly dense.

Cultivating magic in this place, any ordinary person could likely reach the sixth or seventh rank, and anyone with even a modicum of talent could reach the ninth rank. Someone with talent like Delia's would likely have no trouble reaching the Saint level.

"This is a good place. It was here that Beirut obtained the bodies of the Four Divine Beasts and the four Sovereign Sparks."

That old fellow Beirut was truly lucky to have stumbled upon such a windfall. But then again, only he could have snatched food right out of the hands of the Sovereign of Light, Augusta.

Setting aside the location and timing, it came down to strength and that incredibly tough God-Eater Rat tail; if it had been a Swallowing Beast or a Ba Serpent, they could only have watched helplessly even if they had found it.

"For now, it belongs to me."

Olivier observed his surroundings, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

Inside this chamber, Olivier felt an extraordinary closeness to nature.

The dazzling, holy, and warm light.

The pitch-black, silent, and evil darkness.

The wind of nature, the flowing water, the burning flames.

Vibrant life, death, and destruction.

He could clearly perceive the profundities of the darkness and light elements dozens of times more intensely, clearly sensing their trajectories, each leaving a mark in his heart, allowing him to easily comprehend their miraculous power.

"This is a cheat code."

Olivier focused on the light and darkness elements. Cultivating before was like seeing a tiny flame from miles away in the dark, but now, a roaring bonfire was burning right before his eyes.

At this moment, Olivier felt like he had entered a treasure vault filled with countless gold and jewels. While there was a limit to what he could carry, everything was within reach, and he didn't know where to start.

The holiness of light and the evil of darkness—profundities he had not yet grasped—could also be faintly felt.

In the end, Olivier decided to focus on comprehending the light and darkness element profundities to reach godhood first, leaving the others for later.

He would study the rest slowly after becoming a god.

As for the Profundity of Light Speed, he would set that aside for now.

He felt the pure light and pure darkness, devoid of any impurities. Ever since his soul mutated and he inadvertently began practicing the Taiji Fist, these two profundities had been intertwined rather than existing as separate entities. They were mutually generating and mutually restricting, complementing each other. Olivier knew that if he were to become a god, he would inevitably have to comprehend both simultaneously.

Olivier felt as though he were cycling between day and night, shifting between darkness and light.

"This is light and darkness."

If he were not in this chamber, where the perception of darkness and light was so pure, he would have been distracted by countless impurities.

Although Olivier's light and darkness element profundities had long since reached their limit, simply sensing them was not enough to advance further; he had to grasp the final mysteries.

These final mysteries required a catalyst.

Deep within the Dark Forest.

"Someone found the chamber I left behind?"

Beirut, the king of the Yulan Continent, discovered Olivier in the chamber while bored.

This chamber held special significance for Beirut, but he hadn't visited it since becoming a Sovereign. Occasionally, when he recalled the feat of snatching food from the Sovereign of Light, he would feel nostalgic for this chamber and check on it remotely.

Time passed, and two years flew by in the blink of an eye.

Over these two years, Olivier wandered through light and darkness, constantly deducing the profound mysteries of the light and darkness elements. Light and darkness are opposites; without light, there would be no such thing as darkness.

At the same time, light is independent, and darkness is also independent, each possessing its own unique characteristics.

"It's coming. This feeling... it's truly exhilarating."

In an instant.

With a flash of inspiration, Olivier broke through. It was a momentary sublimation, a clear crossing of the boundary between the Saint-level and the God-level.

Simultaneously, the profound mysteries of the light element and the dark element fused completely, becoming one.

A primordial, ancient power that shook the soul suddenly descended. It completely enveloped Olivier, and the surrounding space began to distort.

His body floated upward involuntarily.

Olivier had witnessed this same scene twice before, but only by experiencing it personally could one truly grasp the power of this force—boundless, vast, and ancient, existing since the dawn of time.

"This power... it's terrifying."

Only by feeling it firsthand did he realize how insignificant he was before it, like an ant. A sense of fear welled up from within.

A special force invaded Olivier's mind, as if all his secrets were being laid bare, including the laws and profound mysteries he had comprehended.

The force swept past, but at that moment, the transparent Taiji Vortex rotated slightly, absorbing a tiny sliver of this power. It then lay dormant, and Olivier almost thought it had been an illusion.

"Is this scanning me?"

This force felt somewhat like a scanning machine, probing to see what laws and mysteries had been comprehended.

"Sizzle."

Once the scan was complete.

Light and dark elements gathered frantically above Olivier's head. Massive amounts of light and dark elements flowed from the spatial turbulence into the secret chamber, eventually coalescing into two black crystals—one radiating white light, the other pitch black.

"These are my lower god godheads, light and darkness; two at once."

Once the two godheads formed, they immediately connected with Olivier's soul. He knew instantly that these were his godheads and could control them at will.

A godhead formed through self-deification is customized according to the soul's aura and is a perfect fit; whereas refining a godhead to become a god is second-hand, inevitably containing flaws. There are no two identical leaves in the world, and even less so two identical souls.

"It's asking me to choose between external deification or internal deification." A message suddenly appeared in Olivier's mind. "They say the pain of splitting one's soul is countless times worse than childbirth. If it weren't for having an extra life, I really wouldn't want to try this."

Olivier controlled the two godheads outside and signaled to the Laws of the World that he chose external deification.

"Ah, ah..."

The sword-shaped soul within his soul ocean was wrapped by the Laws of the World and split into three with a 'hiss.'

Olivier barely managed to cry out twice before the pain overwhelmed everything, and he began to convulse instinctively.

The sword-shaped soul split into three, and under the influence of the Laws of the World, they transformed into three identical, smaller sword-shaped souls.

Olivier felt incredibly weak.

Two of the sword-shaped souls drifted out of his body and fused with the two godheads. The souls fused with the godheads immediately sensed a peculiar place that only gods could perceive—the Elemental Ocean.

The soul within the light godhead could sense the light elemental ocean, while the one in the dark godhead sensed the dark elemental ocean.

Beneath the elemental oceans lay endless divine power.

Olivier could sense nearly a hundred meters beneath the surface of the elemental oceans—certainly much further than Linley could. His soul had originally been formed from the fusion and mutation of two souls, making it exceptionally powerful.

At the same time, centered on the two godheads, two divine clones—one light and one dark—condensed, appearing exactly like Olivier, completely naked.

"Seeing my own naked body... how strange."

With a thought, the two divine clones manifested white and black robes respectively.

Looking at oneself is very strange; it is different from looking in a mirror. You can even reach out and touch the muscles of your other self. Olivier directly controlled the two divine clones to merge into his original body.

After the two divine clones entered his original body.

The light and dark divine clones entered the soul ocean and landed on the two fish-eyes of the Taiji Vortex.

The calm soul ocean began to surge; the godheads within the two divine clones established a mysterious connection with the Taiji Vortex.

Then.

"What is this doing?"

The mutated Taiji Vortex began to rotate slowly. It started to generate suction, and under the influence of this force, a pitch-black pillar of light rose above the dark divine clone, while a sacred white pillar of light rose above the light divine clone.

It looked like smoke rising in the desert, or even more like a dragon drawing water.

"Whoosh!"

The two pillars of light connected to the mysterious elemental oceans, and divine power poured down like a flowing river, entering the Taiji Diagram through the two divine clones.

Massive amounts of divine power surged from the elemental oceans, causing the entire soul ocean to become turbulent.

As the endless divine power flowed from the two clones into the Taiji Vortex, the vortex absorbed it for a while, becoming increasingly clear.

In just a short moment, it had absorbed more divine power than it had taken to condense the divine clones. Furthermore, by drawing directly from the depths of the elemental oceans through the godheads, it absorbed even more, like a bottomless pit.

"Boom!"

A storm surged within Olivier's soul ocean.

He wanted to exert control, but Olivier realized he currently had no way to do so, nor did he know how.

However, as he absorbed the divine power, Olivier felt his three soul fragments growing continuously; in no time, each individual soul had caught up to the size it was before the split, and his main body was also growing stronger at a perceptible rate.

This rate of growth is like taking a rocket ship to ascension, he thought, stunned.

Since this was a massive stroke of luck, Olivier abandoned his plans to try and control it.

After several hours had passed, having absorbed a vast amount of divine power, the Taiji Diagram finally reached its fill and stopped on its own. One had to realize that the condensation of a divine clone usually took only a split second; having seen the Taiji Vortex absorb so much divine power, Olivier was very curious as to where it had all gone.