Having just broken through, Rhodes had no intention of ending his seclusion immediately. He merely notified Di'ers through divine sense before continuing his secluded cultivation.
Breaking through from Lowgod to Midgod, with the laws of heaven and earth enveloping my soul, the transformation and growth in this brief moment alone have made it as large as my two previous souls combined. Rhodes marveled inwardly as he looked at the three souls in his soul space, one large and two small.
Rhodes could feel that his soul was still rather "hungry." He recalled that treasures capable of strengthening the soul seemed to have appeared several times in the original story.
Soul Gold Beads probably did not exist yet. Those were extracted from vast numbers of Saint-level and deity-level souls by experts cultivating the Edicts of Death.
The world had only just come into being. Where would anyone find so many Saint-level and deity-level souls to extract from?
What else was there besides Soul Gold Beads? Amethyst. Right, amethyst! That should already exist now. The Amethyst Mountains in the Infernal Realm-I must have Di'ers thoroughly inquire about that place when I come out.
Having figured out where he could obtain treasures to strengthen his soul, Rhodes decided that if he learned where the Amethyst Mountains were, he would definitely make a trip there and enter the mountains to "pick up amethyst" to strengthen his soul.
Time passed. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years had gone by since Rhodes became a Midgod. To test the ultimate technique he had created, he had also moved out of his cultivation chamber and into a quiet little courtyard with a garden.
Rhodes stood in the center of the courtyard, streaks of lightning constantly flickering over the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword in his hand.
When we first met, he had only comprehended the Lightning Element Profound Truth. How many years has it been? He has already mastered the profound mystery that took me nearly a thousand years to comprehend, then stepped into the Midgod realm. And I'm still comprehending the Lightning Element Profound Truth!
Di'ers watched Rhodes from the side, a jumble of conflicting feelings stirring within him.
"That's about it. This is already the limit." Rhodes opened his eyes and looked at the divine sword in his hand. After occasionally sparring and exchanging insights with Di'ers over these twenty-odd years, he had finally perfected his own ultimate technique, "Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain."
Yes, it bore the same name as the actual Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain behind him. As for its power, one needed only to look at Di'ers now. They had comprehended the same profound mysteries, and every time Di'ers sparred with Rhodes, he could feel his understanding of the lightning element improve. Yet he truly did not want to spar with Rhodes.
Rhodes, on the other hand, kept dragging Di'ers into testing his techniques under the pretext of letting him experience the profound mysteries of lightning.
Every time, Di'ers was struck by lightning until he was in such pain that he wished he were dead. Rhodes also came to understand the meaning of the Profound Mystery of Judgment: judgment, passing judgment on your soul and your body alike. Whoever opposed him was guilty and had to face judgment.
The Profound Mystery of Judgment truly deserved its place as a high-level profound mystery within the Laws of Lightning.
This is also the power of fusing profound mysteries! Delight surged through Rhodes. Without fusion, even if I had comprehended both the Profound Mystery of Judgment and the Lightning Element Profound Truth, my attack power would be far weaker than it is now.
Rhodes now understood why the differences between Highgods in the original story could be so enormous.
I've only fused two profound mysteries of the laws, and their power has increased tenfold. What if I fused three? Or four? Rhodes marveled inwardly.
Once profound mysteries of the laws were fused, their power kept stacking.
As for the elemental greatsword he had comprehended upon mastering the Lightning Element Profound Truth, Rhodes was too embarrassed to say any more.
But now that he had comprehended the Profound Mystery of Judgment and completely fused the two profound mysteries of the laws, his attacks combined soul attacks and physical attacks. For attacking groups, he unleashed Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain; for single combat, he compressed Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain to the size of the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword, with equally tremendous power. He had tested both on Di'ers, whose current strength could not withstand either at all.
Had Rhodes not controlled the power of his ultimate technique, a single move would have sent Di'ers to his grave.
Rhodes remembered his rudimentary system again and softly called it up to take a look.
Host: Rhodes (Wind-Thunder Divine Roc) Realm: Midgod (lightning element Midgod, wind element Lowgod) Innate divine ability: Heaven and Earth Extreme Speed, (???) Willpower: fifty percent Profound mysteries of the laws: lightning element, Profound Mystery of Judgment, Profound Mystery of Speed Overall strength: Five-Star Fiend level (the strength of a Highgod who has fused two profound mysteries) (Innate divine abilities not included)
"A Midgod with the overall strength of a Five-Star Fiend. Haha, my willpower directly bridges the gap in divine power between a Highgod and a Midgod. By that reckoning, my strength should exceed a Five-Star Fiend's, but fall short of a Six-Star Demon's."
Looking at his system panel, Rhodes muttered to himself as he calculated his strength.
"Di'ers, it's time. Notify the other four powers. Tell them there's something to discuss and have them come straight here. Have them bring their subordinate Lowgods, too. I don't want to run a circuit around the Thunder Region and subdue them one by one." Having finished checking the system and creating his ultimate technique, Rhodes gave Di'ers his orders directly.
This period of seclusion had lasted almost a hundred years. Rhodes's mentality was drawing ever closer to that of a true deity. Time could no longer leave the marks of passing years on his body; its long passage would only make his mind stronger.
After hearing Rhodes's words, Di'ers rose without another word and flew outside, notifying his subordinate Lowgods to prepare to depart as well. Otherwise, if he went to notify everyone by himself, he could forget about returning within a year or two.
While Rhodes was in seclusion, another of Di'ers's Saint-level subordinates had become a deity, a Lowgod who had comprehended the earth element. Rhodes planned to have this earth-element deity renovate his residence after he unified the surrounding area.
What could he say about Western aesthetics? In any case, Rhodes did not particularly like them, and castles were not his cup of tea either.
While Rhodes waited for the five powers to gather, he also sent his subordinate Saint-level magical beasts out to search for purple crystals, ordering them to bring any they found back immediately and notify him. Had he not had so few deity-level subordinates at present, he would have sent deities to search long ago.
A divine clone could go out searching while the Saint Domain true body stayed home, allowing them to notify him directly once they found something. How fast that would be! Relying on Saint-level creatures to search was too slow.
This further strengthened Rhodes's resolve to unify the surrounding powers.
Even in the future age of Sovereigns, Sovereigns had Sovereign's Emissaries and Sovereign Legions. Whether because of the Planar War held once every million years or for other reasons, all of it demonstrated the importance of having a power base. Until he could become invincible beneath the heavens, having some forces of his own would still be very useful.
Now Rhodes only needed to wait for Di'ers and the others to return. From his conversations with Di'ers, he had learned that among the Lowgods of the surrounding powers, practically none were stronger than Di'ers. However, their numbers of Lowgods far exceeded those on his side, which was why they had coexisted peacefully for so many years.
Over these two years, Rhodes had further familiarized himself with his ultimate technique, Ten Thousand Layers Thunder Domain. He could now expand and withdraw it with practiced ease at will. Anyone he did not intend to attack would suffer not the slightest injury.
"My lord, they are less than ten thousand li from the castle now. More than thirty Lowgods are coming together." Di'ers looked at Rhodes with worried eyes.
After Di'ers finished, Rhodes, who had been sitting cross-legged in the courtyard comprehending the laws all this time, opened his eyes and said, "They're finally here. Let's go out and welcome them together. They'll all be on our side from now on."
He then rose and flew outside the castle with Di'ers to wait.
Rhodes planned to open with a powerful attack once everyone had arrived, severely injuring most of the deities before defeating the rest with one sword strike each. Easy and effortless. Before becoming a Midgod, Rhodes might have considered whether to defeat his enemies one by one.
But now that he had become a Midgod and possessed overwhelming strength, Rhodes disdained playing the pig to eat the tiger.
Whether in his previous life or now, he would never pretend to be weak. Perhaps he might during the endless divine life ahead of him, but the present Rhodes absolutely would not.
If he couldn't show his might before others, what the hell was the point of cultivating?!
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