"You've been wandering around for six years and only now you realize you need to come back," Veronica scolded.
"It's five and a half years! -- Ouch!" Jason tried to explain, but was grabbed by the ear. "I was wrong!"
Jason had originally considered whether to go and greet the few Saint-level Limit on the mainland, but then he thought of his wife at home and decided against it.
Veronica and the three magical beasts have returned to Bloodshadow Valley.
Compared to Crescent Island, a settlement specifically used as a training ground, Bloodshadow Valley is inhabited by members of the Rhine Clan and is more inclusive. Located on the Yulan Continent, it also has a greater abundance of resources.
"Lightning Element has become a god too?" Veronica and the others listened as Jason recounted the events of the past few years.
Actually, Jason didn't experience much; he only met with the High Priest and the War God, and spent the rest of his time cultivating.
Jason transplanted the Blue Jade Fruit Tree to a shady ravine beside Bloodshadow Valley; Tree of Life sapling, as tall as a person, was planted not far from the Blue Jade Fruit Tree.
In five years, the Tree of Life had only grown two meters. Jason transplanted it only in the hope of providing enough life force to the Blue Jade Fruit, and had no other expectations.
The Blue Jade Fruit is already over three meters tall. Over the years, Jason has been nourishing it directly with Water Element Divine Power, and it has grown very quickly. However, due to insufficient life force, it is still far from bearing fruit.
The Tree of Life, a treasure of the elves, is renowned for its powerful vitality and ability to accelerate the ripening of nearby plants.
The forbidden area within Bloodshadow Valley is rich in elemental energy, which is why the three Blue Jade Fruit have ripened. Jason doesn't have that kind of treasure land, so he can only pin his hopes on the Tree of Life.
"I want to leave a clone of myself on the Yulan Continent to accompany you," Jason and Veronica discussed.
"I was even planning to go to the Netherworld with you."
Jason shook his head. "The Netherworld is too dangerous. It's best for those below the Deity-level not to go."
"Would your ancestor Delisha allow it?"
"I'm also having a headache about this --"
Forty-one years have passed since Delisha set the deadline. During this time, it is absolutely impossible for Jason to become Midgod; even Linley couldn't do it.
However, Jason could try to elevate death to the Deity-level as well. His understanding over the past few decades has already placed him in the second tier of the peak of the Edicts of Death Peak Saint.
If there are three Divine Clone, then leaving one on the Yulan Continent shouldn't be a problem.
"I think you should take advantage of these few years on the Yulan Continent to try to improve your strength. If the Netherworld is as dangerous as you say, you might not be able to protect yourself with your current strength," Veronica thought.
Jason agreed wholeheartedly. He had already made up his mind that if Delisha really couldn't protect the Rhine Clan, he would just burrow underground and hide for thousands of years before coming out again—those powerful Highgod shouldn't bother to drag him out just because he was a Lowgod who had gone underground.
"My Lightning Clone is going into seclusion for a while, and my Water Clone will take this opportunity to travel around the outside world. The main body will stay with you most of the time."
Jason planned to first improve the strength of the Lightning Element as quickly as possible, so that Fusion Profound Mysteries could allow him to break through to the Midgod level quickly; he would start fusing with the three profound Profound Mysteries of the Water Element, which would be a higher starting point, and since there were a total of six Profound Mysteries in the Water Element, he would not rush to break through, but rather gain more insights and try to fuse as many Profound Mysteries as possible when Lowgod.
As for the Edicts of Death, he is already in the second tier of the Saint-level. What he lacks now is not arduous training, but an opportunity. If he is lucky enough, it is possible for him to break through to the Deity-level in more than fifty years.
"If Blue Jade Fruit could be supplied without limit, my strength would improve incredibly fast," Jason remarked, looking at the two small trees before him.
"Dream on." Veronica pinched Jason's cheek.
The Lightning Clone in seclusion in Bloodshadow Valley, where the elemental density is conducive to enlightenment; the main body usually enjoys life, spending time with his wife and friends while seeking opportunities to comprehend the Edicts of Death; as for the Water Clone, he is also searching for an opportunity, but this time through travel.
However, before that, Jason's Water Clone first went to the forbidden area of Bloodshadow Valley.
Delisha had asked Jason to go there after Jason made a breakthrough.
Jason returned to the forbidden area, surrounded by Delisha, Aaron, Angela, and Rita, but not Landon.
"Landon and Bili have gone to pick them up," Rita Soul Transmission.
Although she hasn't broken through to the Deity-level, as Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiend from the Abyss, she still holds a very high status.
Delisha sat in the main seat. "Jason, you really are a genius. You've become a god in two systems in less than a hundred years. In a few thousand years, when you become Highgod, I'll probably have to step down."
"Chief, you've accumulated so much power during your time as Midgod. After your breakthrough, you're definitely stronger than someone like me with a weak foundation," Jason said modestly.
"Hehehe, it seems you're quite confident you'll become Highgod within a few thousand years," Delisha laughed, and the people around her joined in the laughter.
Delisha changed the subject. "By the way, I have a High Godhead here, do you want it?"
It was a High Godhead with the attribute of death. The moment Delisha took it out, everyone around stared in disbelief.
Jason was also taken aback for a moment, then quickly looked away. "I'm just a Lowgod, I dare not covet such a treasure."
"It's alright, I can add a Mid Godhead to you." Delisha seemed to be joking, but Jason broke out in a cold sweat.
Jason never forgot that Delisha, though seemingly a petite young girl, Demon raised in the Abyss! She was far more dangerous than Dante, who were born on the Yulan Continent!
Jason seized the opportunity to change the subject. "Chief, there's something I don't understand."
"Explain."
"I have already become a god of Water Element. If I were to refine another Water Element Divine Spark, or even a High Godhead, would my original Water Clone spontaneously break through to become Highgod?"
"You're really greedy." Delisha shook her head. "With the Water Element Divine Clone still around, your true self cannot refine the Water Element Divine Spark, and blood cannot be used to establish a bond. This is a constraint of the Laws of Heaven and Earth."
"Then, if my Water Clone is destroyed, but my main body refines a Lowgod Spark from another Deity-level being, and the laws in my memories overlap with the laws in the Divine Spark, will I be able to directly break through to the Midgod?"
Delisha seemed to have been distracted by the topic. "Don't treat the Laws of Heaven and Earth as inanimate objects. Although they are indeed lifeless, they possess wisdom."
After Refine Divine Spark, the laws within your memories will remain, and your strength will even be greater than before due to the addition of laws from the external Divine Spark. However, the Laws of Heaven and Earth will actively cause the key laws within the Divine Spark to be missing, preventing you from reaching the threshold of Midgod.
Furthermore, the mismatch between your Divine Spark and soul will still exist, making it difficult for you to improve your strength through cultivation.
Furthermore, the laws contained within Divine Spark can only record the laws comprehended at the moment of becoming a god, because only the Laws of Heaven and Earth have the ability to rewrite the contents of Divine Spark; laws comprehended afterward are only preserved in the soul. This also results in most Divine Spark containing relatively few laws, and the vast majority of Deity-level Refine Divine Spark are quite weak.
Jason nodded. "I see. The clan chief is indeed very knowledgeable."
"Don't flatter me. This knowledge comes from the Laws of Heaven and Earth after I became a god." Delisha seemed to be in a better mood. "Demon are also species that cultivate through bloodlines, just like magical beasts. When they break through to Deity-level, they awaken some common knowledge about Deity-level cultivation."
The other Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiend around him nodded, clearly indicating that they also knew this knowledge.
"Alright, Landon and the others are here. Let's get down to business."
Jason released his divine sense, revealing Landon and a jewel-like dragon, with ten humans on its back.
The aura emanating from that dragon was none other than Bili.