Breaking Through to Highgod!

"Master, what was that technique? It looked so strange."

Three black dragons had collapsed without a sound.

Yet Roger had merely thrust his sword once, without using any laws or edicts. Mia immediately looked at him with awe and admiration.

As a practitioner of the Death Edict herself, she could naturally tell that the three black dragons had died from a soul attack.

But aside from thrusting his sword, Roger had not used any soul attack technique.

"I've just gained an initial understanding of the soul space branch and managed to create soul poison."

Roger smiled.

"Oh! Master, you must be close to breaking through to Highgod now, right?"

As Roger's soul slave, Mia had naturally read Charles's cultivation notes as well.

She knew how difficult the soul space branch was.

But once someone comprehended it, both their combat repertoire and their strength would improve significantly.

Mia, however, had only recently become a Midgod. Forget the most difficult soul space branch-she had not even gained an initial understanding of the soul control branch.

As it happened, Mia had made her breakthrough through the soul refining branch, so while Roger cultivated in seclusion, she could help him produce Soul Gold Beads.

"I should be close. You need to put more effort into your cultivation too, Mia. I'm waiting for you to become a Highgod so I can take you traveling."

"Hehe, I'll work hard!"

Mia smiled happily, then called a few people over to dispose of the black dragon corpses in the courtyard.

"All right, I've finished testing the soul poison. I'm going back into seclusion. Keep working on your cultivation too, Mia."

With that said,

Roger turned and entered the secluded chamber to resume cultivating.

Three years later,

the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended.

Roger's original body had fully comprehended the Water Element Profound Mystery of the Water Law.

From that moment on,

Roger had another divine clone, this one of the Water Element.

After taking out Soul Gold Beads to heal his injuries and strengthening his water clone's soul to its limit,

Roger had his water clone continue comprehending the other Water Profound Mysteries.

His death clone continued comprehending the soul space branch.

After these three years of cultivation,

Roger had successfully reached the late stage in his comprehension of the soul branch.

The illusory space within his soul ocean had also grown to eighty centimeters in diameter...

At the same time, Roger had developed more techniques involving soul space.

For instance, he could expend large amounts of soul power in advance to create Soul Annihilation Blades and store them in his soul space, then unleash them all at once when needed.

This technique was effective against groups of enemies and greatly improved Roger's staying power in battle.

Roger had also discovered other useful applications for the Mind Gray Mist.

By compressing and condensing it, he could incorporate it into his soul defense to strengthen it. Incorporating it into physical attacks gave them the properties of soul attacks as well.

This immediately boosted the combat strength of Roger's death god divine clone considerably.

Even without his other clones present, it could handle most situations.

Several more years passed.

Roger finally pushed his comprehension of the soul space branch to its limit.

He only needed to break through this bottleneck to become a Highgod!

Roger had yearned for this day for far, far too long.

But the bottleneck proved more difficult than he had imagined. Even after a full year of working through it, Roger failed to break through.

His water clone, on the other hand, fully comprehended the Profound Mystery of Roundness and reached the Midgod level.

Better still, he had found a point of compatibility between the Profound Mystery of Roundness and the Water Element Profound Mystery and begun fusing them.

With that,

Roger's physical defense could reach an extremely high level as long as he brought his water divine clone into battle.

After all, defense was the Water Law's greatest strength.

The Profound Mystery of Roundness was also a high-level profound mystery within the Water Law. Once it began fusing with the Water Element Profound Mystery, his physical defense became strong enough to withstand his wind clone's physical attacks head-on!

Those were physical attacks Roger unleashed after fully comprehending the profound mystery of dimension!

Yet his water clone could still withstand them with ease.

However, when Roger unleashed an attack incorporating the Profound Mysteries of Fast and Slow, his water divine clone's defense was broken.

This showed just how much fusing profound mysteries affected one's strength.

That was also why Roger had not rushed to have his wind and water clones comprehend other profound mysteries. Instead, he tried to find points of compatibility between the different mysteries first, so he could begin fusing them as early as possible.

Within his soul ocean,

beneath the spherical soul,

Roger's three clones and his original body sat in a square formation.

Every body was cultivating with all its might.

Several more years passed.

As a flash of lightning streaked through Roger's mind,

the bottleneck that had held him back for over a decade finally broke.

At that moment, he fully comprehended the soul space branch!

Buzz-!

The familiar Laws of Heaven and Earth descended once more.

Inside the secluded chamber,

Roger's death clone floated into the air.

Hiss, hiss, hiss...

The Middlegod Godhead flew out of his skull and, enveloped by the Laws of Heaven and Earth, rapidly began transforming into a High Godhead!

At the same time, his death clone's soul rapidly transformed under the enveloping Laws of Heaven and Earth.

A moment later,

when everything fell silent,

Roger descended from the air. Satisfied with the changes in himself, he sent his surging soul power spreading outward.

One thousand meters... two thousand meters... eight thousand meters!

Soon, Roger extended his soul power to its limit.

"My soul really has grown much stronger, but not as strong as I imagined..."

Roger had originally thought that becoming a Highgod would increase the range of his divine sense tenfold.

But now it seemed,

the further he advanced, the harder it became to strengthen his soul.

It made sense when he thought about it.

If it could grow without limit, that would be far too absurd.

Roger took out a bottle of Soul Gold Beads and swallowed them. His death clone's soul immediately began growing stronger again.

Just as he had expected,

even after consuming an entire bottle of one hundred Soul Gold Beads, Roger's soul had not grown as strong as he had hoped.

The range of his divine sense merely increased from eight thousand meters to nine thousand meters.

He took out several more bottles of Soul Gold Beads and swallowed them.

His death clone's soul slowly strengthened, and the range of his divine sense gradually expanded.

Finally,

only after Roger consumed more than five hundred Soul Gold Beads, exhausting everything he had stockpiled over the years, did he strengthen his soul to its absolute limit.

"Ten thousand meters... is this the current limit of my death god divine clone's soul?"

Roger sensed every movement within a radius of ten thousand meters.

Mia was refining Soul Gold Beads.

Allen was reprimanding subordinates who had been neglecting their duties.

Hagson was cultivating.

Beverly was looking for someone to spar with.

And so on...

Seeing the tribe running in an orderly fashion filled Roger with satisfaction.

He stepped out of the secluded chamber.

Mia, who had been keeping watch, immediately ran over. "Congratulations on becoming a Highgod, Master!"

"Mm. How has your cultivation progressed over the years, Mia?"

Looking at Mia, who had grown ever more radiant and alluring, Roger felt a stir in his heart. He pulled her into his arms as he asked.

"Mm... I've fully comprehended three branches, and I've just gained an initial understanding of the fourth..."

As Roger's large hand caressed her, Mia murmured her answer between soft moans.

"Keep working hard and try to become a Highgod soon too. But for now, come explore the mysteries of life with me."

"Whatever you say, Master~"