Midgod

After gaining a general understanding of the Infernal Realm's current situation, Rhodes finally understood roughly where his strength placed him in its hierarchy.

I've been conscious ever since I transmigrated here, but apart from snatching the title of the universe's first living being, it seems there's still a slight gap between me and these people whose fame will endure for countless billions of years. Rhodes had quite a headache over it.

He had clearly intended to go out for a stroll and explore along the way, searching for other Heaven and Earth Wonders like the Thunder Crystal. Even if their attributes differed and he could not use them, he could still collect them.

But after learning about the Infernal Realm's situation from Di'ers, Rhodes felt that improving his strength should be his top priority now.

That was why Rhodes had asked about the strength of the surrounding factions earlier. If they were all about as strong as Di'ers, Rhodes planned to subdue them and put them to work searching the entire Infernal Realm for suitable Heaven and Earth Wonders for him.

That way, he could cultivate without worry while others collected Heaven and Earth Wonders for him. It would truly kill two birds with one stone.

"The strength of the other four surrounding factions is roughly..."

After listening to Di'ers's extremely detailed introduction, Rhodes looked at him with slight surprise.

"Aren't you allies? You're just selling out their information like this?"

Faced with Rhodes's utterly astonished gaze, Di'ers instead said something Rhodes did not even know how to refute.

"Rather than wait for you to ask, I might as well take the initiative and explain everything clearly. I imagine our five factions will become one in the future anyway. Besides, if I had your strength, I'd also make the surrounding factions either submit or leave. If they chose neither, I'd send them on their way."

"Haha!" At this point, Di'ers could not help laughing aloud. After all, those people were old rivals he had fought for nearly a thousand years. Seeing his rivals suffer misfortune made him very happy.

After laughing, Di'ers immediately said to Rhodes, "I am willing to follow you, Lord Rhodes. I hope you will not turn me away!"

"Good. I appreciate your willingness. I gained some further insight into the Lightning Law just now and need to cultivate for a while. Once I emerge from seclusion, find a way to arrange a meeting with the leaders of the other four factions. I want to take them all in one battle. I can't keep wasting time."

After saying that, Rhodes had Di'ers arrange a room for him as soon as possible. He was preparing for the first true period of secluded cultivation in his life. The previous time had merely been to shorten his growth period, become a god as quickly as possible, and obtain a divine clone so he could leave the Thunder Region.

After this conversation with Di'ers, he had gained a general understanding of which powerhouses currently existed in the Infernal Realm. Since he was already here, would it not waste the opportunity Heaven had given him to come to this brand-new world if he did not properly exchange blows with these powerhouses who would make their names in later generations? If he did not clash with these powerhouses, all of whom might become Sovereigns in the future, he would truly be doing this transmigration of his a disservice.

Di'ers immediately summoned the bald Lowgod and said, "From now on, Lord Rhodes will be the leader of our faction. Everyone must obey Lord Rhodes from now on. For now, lead the lord to a quiet room where he can cultivate." Ignoring the astonishment on the bald Lowgod's face, Di'ers continued speaking.

"My lord, if you need anything, just give the word. Once you emerge from seclusion, I'll arrange for the leaders of the other factions to come here."

Rhodes nodded in acknowledgment, then followed the bald Lowgod deeper into the castle.

"My lord, this is our secluded cultivation chamber. Normally, no one will disturb you at all. If you need anything, you can send me a divine sense transmission at any time." The bald Lowgod led Rhodes to the entrance of the secluded cultivation chamber, then withdrew after speaking.

Although I'm confident I would ultimately succeed if I went to subdue the other four factions one by one now, it wouldn't be as satisfying as waiting a little and overwhelming everyone at once. With the Thunder Crystal's help, I'll have no trouble comprehending the Lightning Law to the Midgod level within a few decades. Then I'll be able to suppress them easily. At this thought, Rhodes could not help thinking of his Wind Elemental Laws again.

Rhodes had never slackened in the slightest in his cultivation of the Wind Elemental Laws.

His wind divine clone had also been constantly comprehending the Wind Elemental Laws within his soul space. Yet of the wind profound mysteries, he had only fully comprehended the Profound Mystery of Speed, while his comprehension of the Profound Mystery of Slowness had only just covered a small portion.

But Rhodes had already begun consciously trying to fuse the Profound Mystery of Slowness with the Profound Mystery of Speed, and he had found their point of convergence. After all, both concerned speed: speed taken to its extreme became slowness, and slowness taken to its extreme became speed. Their point of convergence was relatively easy to find.

I mastered the Lightning Element long ago, but this profound mystery is only one of the simplest within the Laws of Lightning. What I gained insight into during this battle with Di'ers was probably the Profound Mystery of Judgment within the Laws of Lightning. The Profound Mystery of Judgment is a high-level profound mystery of lightning. If I can comprehend it thoroughly, not only will I become a Midgod, but I'll also have a framework for my ultimate Laws of Lightning technique.

Rhodes immediately sighed inwardly. If he could cultivate both his Laws of Lightning and his Wind Elemental Laws to the Midgod level, his strength would truly soar. Only then could he contend with the top divine-level powerhouses of this era, or even suppress them.

Time slowly passed as Rhodes continued cultivating quietly inside the cultivation chamber. In the blink of an eye, forty-eight years had passed.

Rhodes's cultivation had already reached its final step. He could break through at any moment now.

If he had only been comprehending the Profound Mystery of Judgment, then with the insight he had already gained in battle and the Thunder Crystal's aid in cultivation, mastering it would not have been difficult.

However, while comprehending the Profound Mystery of Judgment, he was also fusing it with the Lightning Element. Comprehending and fusing these two profound mysteries simultaneously had caused the timing of his breakthrough to differ slightly from his estimate.

Di'ers was also cultivating in another cultivation chamber within the castle. He had no Thunder Crystal to assist him and could only comprehend things bit by bit. However, his exchange with Rhodes in their previous battle had deepened his comprehension of the Lightning Element. Now, it felt as though he might comprehend it in the next second, yet also as though there was no knowing how long it would take him to truly comprehend it and cross this threshold.

While cultivating, Di'ers suddenly opened his eyes and extended his divine sense behind him.

Buzzz~~~~

A peculiar fluctuation of the laws of heaven and earth descended directly into the room where Rhodes was. In the original story's timeline, such an event might not have attracted much attention, since there were already far too many divine-level beings by then.

But in this era, when a Midgod could dominate a region, every manifestation of someone becoming a god drew particular attention.

"Has my lord finally broken through?"

Di'ers charged straight out of the castle.

Whoosh! Four figures appeared outside the castle almost simultaneously, hovering in the sky on its four sides like guardians.

Inside the room, Rhodes had his eyes closed when, abruptly-

Rhodes's lightning-attribute Lowgod Divine Spark emerged from his head as though it had become incorporeal, finally hovering above him. Vast amounts of lightning element surrounded the Divine Spark. Under the control of the laws of heaven and earth, Rhodes's Divine Spark was slowly undergoing a transformation...

A transformation from a Lowgod Divine Spark into a Midgod Divine Spark!

The lightning element dispersed. The aura of the Divine Spark radiating purple light was clearly far stronger than that of a Lowgod Divine Spark.

Buzzz~~

The purple Divine Spark spun round and round before finally merging into Rhodes's body.

When the laws of heaven and earth descended, Rhodes had not forgotten to mobilize his willpower to help him absorb midgod power. It was the same familiar Elemental Sea, and he once again drew power from the boundary separating it from highgod power.

Having advanced to Midgod through fused profound mysteries, Rhodes's strength was already equivalent to that of a Five-Star Fiend in the original story, apart from the difference between his divine power and a Highgod's.

It must not be forgotten that Rhodes also possessed willpower, which could fully make up for the tenfold gap between midgod power and highgod power.

A short while later.

"My lord has already become a Midgod. Why hasn't he come out of seclusion yet?" the bald Lowgod said in a tone of extraordinary yearning.

Di'ers, however, glared at the bald Lowgod and said through a divine sense transmission, "Shuini'er, be quiet. My lord has his own arrangements for when to come out of seclusion."

At this moment, Rhodes had already fully comprehended and completely fused the Profound Mystery of Judgment and the Lightning Element Profound Truth, successfully stepping into the Midgod realm!

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