Having clarified his path of cultivation, Cao Ya devoted himself to arduous practice in that simple mountain cave, comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, and yearning to become a god through the lightning, earth, fire, and light elements, as well as a high-ranking god through the wind, water, and darkness elements.

Several years passed afterward, and Cao Ya devoted himself to comprehending the profound mysteries of the laws of heaven and earth. His progress became increasingly obvious. He could feel that he was only one step away from becoming an independent god in the lightning, earth, fire, and light systems. He had almost comprehended 99% of them and was just one step away from the final step.

However, the progress of the wind and dark elements was not very obvious, since they were already at a fairly powerful level.

However, due to the insights gained by other Cao Yas, such as Cao Ya in "Perfect World" cultivating the "Kunpeng Treasure Technique," Cao Ya in "Nine Cauldrons Chronicle" also comprehending the Way of Water, and Cao Ya in "Panlong" being deeply moved, he made considerable progress in this system of laws, and is about to comprehend the mysteries of all six systems and independently become a high god.

The reason why it took millions of years to comprehend and achieve that level of cultivation in the past was mainly because Cao Ya's comprehension was not top-notch, or even above average. Moreover, he was also thinking about fusion at the time and did not devote his whole mind and body to simply comprehending the profound mysteries.

The main reason Cao Ya is making such rapid progress is that he has been greatly inspired by something else.

If he hasn't made any significant progress under these circumstances, then Cao Ya feels that his comprehension is not even average, let alone top-notch; it's probably the worst.

In fact, Cao Ya's comprehension is indeed not as good as that of people with exceptional comprehension like Lin Lei and Ye Fan, but it is still not a problem to give him a high rating.

On this point, Cao Ya's self-awareness is correct.

On that nameless, desolate mountain, inside a cave, Cao Ya sat cross-legged, his Saintly Realm avatar calmly comprehending the "profound mysteries of the lightning element" of the lightning-based laws, while his other three divine avatars were each studying their corresponding laws.

A divine clone is a reward bestowed by heaven and earth upon a person who has independently become a god after comprehending a profound law. The person can choose to become a god within the body, and from then on, there is only one body. There is no distinction between the original body and the divine clone, and the person can no longer comprehend other laws.

Cao Ya would not want to see this choice and would not choose it.

If one becomes a god outside the body, the soul is torn apart, causing extreme pain. The laws of heaven and earth will then generate a corresponding divine body based on the profound mysteries the person comprehends, to accommodate the other half of the soul that was torn apart. From now on, this divine avatar can only comprehend this one law.

Want to comprehend other laws? Use the Saintly Realm itself.

Currently, Cao Ya has four bodies: a wind-type god clone, a water-type god clone, a dark-type god clone, and a Saint-level main body.

These are all his; from the deepest imprint of his soul, there is no difference whatsoever. All kinds of experiences and observations are also shared at all times.

The only significant difference lies in their cultivation methods.

Cao Ya's goal is, first and foremost, to possess seven divine clones!

Lightning element is the most fundamental of the six mystical elements of the lightning system...

Cao Ya's Saint Realm true form completely dispersed his spiritual power, merging it into every lightning element floating in the void.

Lightning element particles are extremely small, invisible to the naked eye, yet these elements permeate the world, constructing a dimensional world.

Lightning elements floated in various parts of space, moving erratically, and then colliding and separating from each other.

The particles of lightning element both attract and repel each other.

"How wondrous! This is the world of elements! No matter how many times I see it, it is always so beautiful and captivating."

Cao Ya admired it from the bottom of his heart.

However, at this moment, Cao Ya's scattered spiritual power suddenly sensed a vast and incomparable strange power descending. In the face of this special existence, which is similar to the rules of heaven and earth, no matter how powerful the gods or even the chief gods are, they are nothing more than ants.

Cao Ya's heart skipped a beat.

"Someone has become a god?!"

Cao Ya knew that this was the fluctuation when he became an independent god; he had experienced it three times.

Then, Cao Ya's divine avatar's divine sense also spread out, radiating to the place where the rules of heaven and earth descended. He was surprised to find that it was a valley, and in the valley was a secluded mansion, and there were several people in the mansion.

Moreover, the mansion was actually a solid entity formed from earth elements, without a single gap, and it could exist for a long time.

"It's the Azure Flame!"

Cao Ya immediately understood that the mansion must have been built by Qing Huo. Among the people he sensed were Qing Huo's two older brothers, as well as Lin Lei and Bebe, but he could not sense Qing Huo himself.

This is not surprising. Given Qinghuo's level, if he doesn't actively reveal his aura, let alone Cao Ya, who is only a mid-level god, even if he really becomes an upper-level god below the Great Perfection, he would never be able to detect Qinghuo.

Qinghuo Leilin is one of the five kings of the Gobada Plane Prison, and also a fire-type Great Perfection Upper God, a super being who is about to become a main god!

Raylin is his name, his full name is Zacharias Raylin, and Blue Fire is his nickname.

This independent godhood surge emanated from Lin Lei, who became a god of the earth element.

Linley and Bebe went to Tongluo Mountain, where Qinghuo lived in seclusion, and received guidance from Qinghuo. Afterwards, Linley broke through the Earth element and became a lower god. This happened in the original work and has not changed in this timeline.

Cao Ya knew that Qing Huo had given Lin Lei guidance for two main reasons: one was the relationship between Bebe and Beirut, and the other was that he and his two older brothers were able to escape from the Gobada Plane Prison thanks to Lin Lei and his companions.

If they hadn't met, Qinghuo wouldn't have cared too much about the favor. For example, he never inquired about Olivia, Deslie, or Linley before.

But now that they've encountered this, given Qinghuo's personality, he naturally has to do something to repay this kindness.

A few pointers are nothing to someone like Qinghuo, who has reached the Great Perfection stage.

Cao Ya repaid Lin Lei and the others for rescuing him from the dimensional prison almost twenty years ago.

He helped out once and was even granted divine status.

Leaving aside material planes like the Magnolia Continent, even in supreme planes and divine planes, divine status is extremely valuable.

Of course, people with personalities like Cao Ya and Qing Huo are ultimately a minority.

Moreover, they can hardly be considered grateful people.

It was just a coincidence.

"Cao Ya, you've made great progress."

Just as Cao Ya was observing Lin Lei's earth element becoming a god and condensing a divine avatar, a calm voice suddenly rang in his consciousness.

Upon hearing this, Cao Ya quickly replied with a hint of respect:

"Greetings, King Azure Flame!"