Gods threw the land into chaos, and mortals everywhere once again sank into a dark age.
No one could keep the Divine Clan members infected by the poison of faith in check.
For nearly all these corrupted Divine Clan members were beings at the Emperor-Rank Second Step or above.
Even though the Transcendent Power of the entire world had declined, greatly reducing the might of the Emperor-Rank Second Step compared with the Golden Age and the Silver Age, they were still beyond the ability of mortals whose strongest were merely at the Saint Domain, or the Emperor-Rank First Step, to handle.
But there were always exceptions. The decline of the magic system and the system of faith in gods unexpectedly led to the rise of a new system.
This system did not rely much on the energy between heaven and earth, instead following a path of transcendence through laws. Although it too had severe side effects, it happened to suit this age perfectly!
This was none other than the new potion system, formed through improvements made by countless bronze mortals!
The potion system was based on consuming Magic Potions, choosing a direction in the laws, and drawing the power of the laws into the body step by step.
This process was excruciatingly painful and had an extremely high mortality rate, but as long as one completed advancement through a Magic Potion, one could step into the supernatural realm, one stage at a time.
As for the ingredients chosen for potions, they naturally came from things in the world that possessed Transcendent Power.
These included body parts from supernatural races and wondrous plants, objects containing Transcendent Power and the power of laws, and so on.
The potion system offered fast growth and a low entry threshold, and it soon spread throughout