The boundless power dissipated, and all the teleportation arrays mentioned in the Overgod's decree fifty years ago appeared.
As luck would have it, there was a teleportation array not far from the Amethyst Mountains. In the Infernal Realm, how was a hundred thousand li any different from being right in someone's face?
Seeing a teleportation array right on his doorstep, Lei Jialie's expression twisted indescribably, with traces of worry and a kind of delight both showing on his face.
He worried that the teleportation array was too close to home, making it easy for other factions to launch surprise attacks. His delight came from how convenient the array would make both expeditions and recruiting subordinates.
More than half a day had passed since the supreme power disappeared, yet there had been no activity from the teleportation array. Rhodes and the other three hovered above it, wanting to see how many people would arrive in the first teleportation between heaven and earth. Over the years, Lei Jialie had summoned all the Amethyst Alliance's Midgods back, and a careful count put them at fifty or sixty.
Every single Midgod and Lowgod was there now, watching the teleportation array that had shown no activity for more than half a day.
"Don't tell me it broke before anyone even used it. Or are you just unlucky, Lei Jialie, and nobody happens to be teleporting here?" Pash looked at Lei Jialie with an easy laugh.
With four invincible Midgods here, how much trouble could any arriving deities possibly cause?
Rhodes was not worried at all. The teleportation array on his own continent was very far from the Thunder Region. He contacted Di'ers, who was guarding their home, and told them not to come to the Amethyst Mountains for now. There was no telling when the commotion surrounding the teleportation arrays would die down.
His own faction now had nearly ten Midgods as well. Through the Lowgod clone he had with his faction, Rhodes also discreetly mentioned something he had left in the courtyard, asking Di'ers and Pulide to retrieve it together.
Before leaving, Rhodes had already considered the matter of fusing profound mysteries. At the time, he himself had not fused many kinds of profound mysteries, so naturally, he would not publicize it everywhere.
Only because of the great changes in the Infernal Realm did he now explain it to his subordinates, letting them get a step ahead of others. Sometimes, that one step was a distance others could never overcome in a lifetime.
He also instructed the two not to spread the secret of fusing profound mysteries for the time being, and simply comprehend it themselves.
It was precisely because his home was relatively safe, with no one able to make it through the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison, that Rhodes felt at ease staying in the Amethyst Mountains.
In the supreme plane of the Celestial Realm, directly beneath the golden sun, an immense city stood upon the land, and a mighty torrent of the laws of heaven and earth descended.
The golden-haired Atez floated in the sky, an extraordinarily intimidating aura sweeping across heaven and earth. His Light God Clone was a Highgod, the first Highgod in the Celestial Realm. His exact strength was unknown, and he had over a thousand Midgods under his command, ruling the Celestial Realm's Central Continent.
"I, Light King Atez, have entered the Highgod rank today. Gather the deities arriving through the teleportation arrays. All deities of the Light Alliance, prepare yourselves. In a hundred years, follow me to crush the other continents of the Celestial Realm and unite the Celestial Realm!"
"Follow the Light King and unite the Celestial Realm!"
"Unite the Celestial Realm!"
Every deity in the city was overwhelmed with excitement. They had waited so long for this day.
An aura of a Highgod also spread through the sky above Nether Mountain in the Netherworld, accompanied by a domineering declaration. "Everyone, leave Nether Mountain, or be killed without mercy!"
There had already been legends of Highgods on the Infernal Realm's Central Continent. Now, quite a few Midgods had advanced to Highgod together. Inside a massive castle, no fewer than five Highgods stood below an immense throne. A powerful figure with a pair of demonic horns sat upon it, his aura beyond anything the five below could compare to.
"Demon King, our alliance has now occupied the entire Central Mainland. The Overgod has also finished constructing the teleportation arrays, and we have dispatched people to guard every array. We guarantee that not a single person will escape."
The middle-aged man leading the five spoke respectfully to the terrifying figure on the throne.
"Wait a hundred years. Gather the deities arriving through teleportation and prepare for war. Conquer the other continents and unite the Infernal Realm." A deep voice came from above.
"Yes." All five gazed at the figure above with fervent expressions.
"It's lighting up. Someone should be teleporting here."
"Pash, don't make such a fuss. It's normal for it to light up. It would be abnormal if it didn't, all right?" Rhodes said helplessly.
"It's my first time seeing it. I'm curious, just curious. Do you think the first arrivals will be Midgods or Lowgods?"
"Who cares? Lei Jialie called back every deity in the alliance. With so many people gathered here, nothing will go wrong. Besides, I think more of the arrivals will be Saint-level." Recalling the information in the original story, Rhodes could see that comprehending profound mysteries in a Material Plane was harder than in a supreme plane.
Whether in elemental concentration or the environment for comprehending laws, supreme planes were far superior to Material Planes.
So Rhodes thought there should be more Saint-level arrivals.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Figures continuously appeared in the glowing teleportation array. Before the first batch of arrivals could even speak, the next batch teleported in and pushed them out.
That went doubly for the enormous Saint-level magical beasts that had yet to assume human form. Batch after batch kept arriving. Those pushed out of the teleportation array looked at the figures in the sky and the densely packed Lowgods on the ground, and could not help swallowing the words they had been about to say.
A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. I've only just arrived in the Infernal Realm; I'd better take things slowly. Most people persuaded themselves this way, but there were also obstinate people and magical beasts. Naturally, Lei Jialie and the others did not need to act. The alliance's elders directly killed those people and beasts. This was no time for mercy. No one knew how many people would arrive through the teleportation array, so they had to intimidate these arrivals.
Figures kept arriving through teleportation, and there was no shortage of stubborn ones. Their Divine Sparks served perfectly to intimidate the new arrivals.
The dense stream of arrivals continued for over a month. People still teleported in afterward, but no longer as frequently as before.
Several battles also broke out during this period. Midgods from Material Planes and Midgods from other continents of the Infernal Realm came to gather information. Rhodes and the others had naturally already returned to the Amethyst Mountains, leaving ten Midgod elders and a squad of a hundred Lowgods at the teleportation array to guard it and bring the deities arriving from Material Planes into their ranks.
Lei Jialie had arranged for Lowgods to send all the Saint-level magical beasts to areas within a million li of the Amethyst Mountains to strike out on their own. These were also the beginnings of future tribes.
All the Lowgods from Material Planes joined the Amethyst Alliance. Midgods were given a choice: join or leave. Some chose to join. As for the Midgods who chose to leave, Lei Jialie did not actually kill them, but gave them the opportunity to teleport away.
The Amethyst Alliance was a relatively moderate faction. At the several teleportation arrays occupied by the Demon Alliance on the Central Mainland, the fighting never stopped. Everyone who refused to submit was killed.
Different factions dealt differently with deities who refused to submit.
Alliance factions large and small throughout the Infernal Realm all expanded severalfold.
Once they had finished absorbing and integrating this batch of deities, they would inevitably expand their territories and occupy more resources.
"War is coming. There are more and more living beings in the Infernal Realm, and more and more deities. The great battles between armies in the original story aren't far off either."
Rhodes stood at the edge of the Mist Sea, looking at the increasingly powerful Amethyst Alliance.
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