Divinity

After admiring the murals, Huo Ling turned his gaze to the most important altar in the grand hall.

Upon it, Huo Ling saw the most precious thing in the entire underground city.

It was the root cause of the battle between the dark elves and Dragon King Iwa, the secret the dark elves had hidden away.

It was also why Spider Queen Lolth valued this place so highly, even going so far as to generously dispatch a divine servant through divine descent.

Atop the nine-tiered altar, a spiraling light that constantly rotated and twisted appeared before Huo Ling.

Surrounding the light were the draconic rune seals Iwa had set down anew, ensuring that its power would not leak out.

Huo Ling slowly climbed the nine tiers of the altar, which had also been built by the dark elves.

He reached through the draconic seals Iwa had established. Huo Ling had swallowed Iwa whole, so these seals were no different from seals he himself had set.

Huo Ling grasped the cluster of light, then closed his eyes and raised his head.

"Hah!"

Huo Ling let out a long breath, then stared at the light with an entranced gaze.

This light was the embodiment of rules and power. It was one, yet it was everything.

It was a strand of divinity!

A strand of Pain Divinity!

A strand of Pain Divinity valued by Lolth!

Divinity was the most crucial thing a god needed in order to ascend.

If a creature wished to ascend to godhood, it first needed to ignite its divine fire, then condense divinity, and finally combine the two to form a divine spark.

At that point, the creature could already be called a god. What came next was raising its divine kingdom and ascending into the Outer Void, where