Water Element Godhood

Outside the orchard, the god-level battlefield remained a scene of brutal slaughter.

But as that vast surge of Laws of the World suddenly descended, the several god-level combatants fighting in the high sky simultaneously unleashed their divine sense, probing to see which Sanctuary expert had broken through to become a god amidst such chaotic warfare.

When they realized it was Gideon, the Earth Violent Bear of the Ice Blade Squad, who had successfully ascended, and that over thirty Sanctuary experts from Azure Fire Royal City had been instantly annihilated, the expression of Jasper, the fire-element mid-god, changed drastically. He roared sharply, "Retreat! Let's go!"

Before the words had even faded, he swept up his three god-level subordinates with a surge of fiery divine power and fled rapidly.

Once the dust settled, Haywood, the earth-element mid-god, returned to the center of the orchard. Looking at the intact fruits on the trees, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Nominally, he was the master of this orchard, but he was required to hand over one hundred fruits on schedule every year; only the remainder belonged to him.

As a mid-god who had refined a godspark, his strength was insufficient to squeeze into the core of the Royal City, leaving him no choice but to guard this small resource point to occupy a place where the elements were slightly denser.

"Many thanks to you all for helping me protect the orchard. I, Haywood, keep my promises. Here are three divine artifacts as a reward for this battle."

He took out three divine artifacts, yet they were all merely ordinary offensive low-level divine artifacts, and not a single one was of the earth element.

Gideon frowned slightly but did not say anything.

Julia quietly sent a Soul Transmission to Fukaloss: "Miss, before Gideon ascended, I promised to reward the other two squads in exchange for them not interfering at the time."

Fukaloss glanced at her, confirmed the matter with a look at Gideon, then gave a light cough and smiled at the other two squads:

"Everyone, my subordinate was able to ascend successfully thanks to your protection. I will set aside one of these divine artifacts, plus one dark-element divine artifact, for you all to split."

She took out the black iron hook they had captured earlier and handed it to them.

The two squads were overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly: "Miss Fukaloss is generous! We won't stand on ceremony! Congratulations to brother Gideon on breaking through to the god level!"

With seventy years remaining in their garrison mission, the three squads returned to their respective stations.

"As expected of someone I took a liking to, you became a god so quickly!"

Fukaloss shed her cold, aloof exterior, her eyes curving into crescents as she smiled.

Gideon scratched his head and gave a bashful laugh: "It's all thanks to you all protecting me while I was breaking through, especially Julia and Barn."

Julia said indifferently, "We'll settle it if there's a chance in the future."

Barn also nodded: "We're all on the same side, no need for formalities."

Blair took out the battle axe he had received earlier: "This is an earth-element low-level divine artifact; take it. It doesn't suit me very well."

"How could I accept this?" Gideon hurriedly declined.

Fukaloss waved her hand and smiled: "There is no need for such modesty."

She took out the blood-red greatsword and handed it to Gideon solemnly: "This Blood Sword, as I said before, goes to whoever ascends first. Its quality is already close to a divine artifact; even if it hasn't fully transformed yet, it will never drag down your combat power."

Gideon accepted it solemnly and bowed: "Thank you, Miss!"

Fukaloss looked around at everyone, her tone encouraging:

"When the mission ends, we shall celebrate properly. You all should work hard too; don't let Gideon leave you too far behind!"

"Yes, Miss!"

Perhaps because the losses in the previous battle were too heavy, for the next few decades, Azure Fire Royal City did not send any more god-level experts to attack this resource point.

At this moment, it happened to be Barn's turn to guard the underground station, and Fukaloss's Water Clone was meditating nearby, continuously radiating water-element divine power.

Bathed in this god-level aura, Barn's deduction of the Water Profound Mystery became much clearer.

But Gobada was, after all, a plane prison, and the environment was extremely harsh.

Even with a god-level expert nearby providing divine power, Barn's speed of comprehending the Laws remained slow.

Although the Water Element and Water Body Technique had begun to fuse, decades had passed, and he still hadn't taken that step to become a god.

One must know that in the original story, after Linley fused the earth-element and Earth Pulse, he broke through to become a god in just a few years. Of course, that was also because Linley's comprehension of Earth Pulse had already been profound to the extreme.

It wasn't until three years before the garrison mission was set to end—

That is, more than sixty years after Barn began fusing the two Profound Mysteries—that a long-awaited and magnificent Law of the World finally descended with a roar.

"Finally done."

Barn looked at the water-element godspark slowly condensing above his head, his heart letting out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Broken through?!"

Declan rushed over at the first moment, his face full of shock as he stared at the godspark.

Fukaloss gently raised her hand, making a gesture for silence.

Under the gaze of the few, Barn's spear-shaped soul flew out from his mind, and amidst a painful howl, it split into two, transforming into two smaller long spears.

One returned to his main body, while the other slowly merged with the water-element godspark above his head.

A surging torrent of water-element divine power poured in, and a naked body, identical in appearance to Barn, rapidly condensed into form.

The few people present were not purely human and had no need for modesty, so they simply watched in silence.

A pale blue robe of divine power automatically draped over his body. Barn closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the ocean of water-elemental essence connected to his godhead.

Crossing the surface of the elemental liquid, he touched pure water-type divine power for the very first time.

His consciousness continued to sink, the resistance growing stronger and stronger until he could not descend a single inch further.

"Ten meters..."

Barn understood in his heart, In the original story, when Linley first broke through to the Lowgod level, he also sank to a depth of ten meters. Could it be that all Lowgods who become deities by fusing profound mysteries can only reach a depth of ten meters in the elemental ocean at first?

He felt it carefully: at a depth of ten meters, the purity and power of the divine energy were a full two times stronger than at the surface!

With a slight movement of his consciousness, his godhead began to autonomously absorb divine power.

Threads of pure divine power flowed slowly from the godhead into his body through a special channel.

However, this absorption speed was nowhere near as smooth as when the Laws of the World had instantly forged his body.

Lowgods absorbing divine power on their own is indeed very slow.

Barn thought to himself, But now that I possess an endless lifespan, I am in no rush. It is just that Gobada is too cruel; I must store up more divine power to prepare for any unforeseen events.

He tried to use his Water Clone to sense the Laws of Fate, only to find that the clone's perception of that profound power of fate was extremely vague.

Yet, when his Water Clone moved slightly, he could freely cast the Laws of Fate he had already comprehended.

Barn understood in an instant: for a normal deity, once the soul and godhead fuse, the soul is effectively completely wrapped in pure water-type divine power. With no other complex elemental forces around, they can naturally only cultivate a single law and find it difficult to touch other attributes.

But he was a Soul Mutator! The characteristics of his soul remained unchanged. Even if the soul of his Water Clone was wrapped by the godhead and could no longer comprehend new powers of fate, he could still cast the Laws of Fate he had already mastered!

This was the unique advantage of being a Soul Mutator.

Barn opened his eyes, and what met his gaze were the familiar faces gathered around him.

Fukaloss was the first to raise her small hand high, laughing crisply: "Congratulations to our Ice Blade Squad for having its third member break through to the deity level!"

Declan, Julia, Blair, and Gideon joined in the cheering:

"Whoo—congratulations, Barn!"

A group of deities and Sanctuary-level experts, right there in that crude, dimly lit underground outpost, used the most unconventional and relaxed manner to witness the moment Barn truly stepped into the deity level.