"It's Cao Ya! He's actually... a god who has attained godhood four times?!"

The group from Dragonblood Castle had already arrived at this nameless, desolate mountain. Lin Lei was also startled when he discovered Cao Ya with his divine sense.

"Cao Ya... is he really that fierce?" Bei Bei exclaimed, her eyes wide.

The others also shuddered involuntarily.

Then Beirut and his three sons, Qinghuo and his two elder brothers, and other divine and holy domains appeared. Although they greeted each other or were shocked, their sense of horror could not compare to the astonishment brought by Cao Ya from inside the nameless desolate mountain.

As the person in charge, Cao Ya naturally noticed their arrival, but he was so engrossed in his breakthrough that he couldn't talk to them.

As for the possibility that someone might be envious and try to interfere with his breakthrough and interrupt his journey to godhood, there is no need to worry about that. Because when the rules of heaven and earth descend, no one can penetrate them and harm the divine realm that is breaking through.

Even if the supreme deity is present, it is no exception.

Moreover, Cao Ya was fairly certain that Beirut, the main god, would not harm him.

They haven't provoked Beirut, so what reason do they have to take action?

Beirut is not the kind of person who is capricious, violent, cruel, or cold-blooded.

Cao Ya was completely at ease, quietly waiting for the completion of the judgment of the heaven and earth rules, and then condensing his divine status.

Buzzing~~~

Space seemed subtly distorted.

hiss~~~

Above Cao Ya's head, a power containing the aura of "laws" began to gather, and at the same time, the power of light elements also gathered frantically. A large amount of heaven and earth elements surged in from all directions and poured down.

At this moment, Cao Ya's location seemed to be at the center of the world, receiving an infusion of boundless energy.

Of course, at present, this is limited to the element of light; the elements of lightning, fire, and earth have not yet arrived.

Ultimately, the elemental energies of the light attribute condensed into a single point.

"It's almost done..." Cao Ya was quite excited.

He knew that it was a sign that a divine nature of light was about to take shape.

In just a moment, the surging light elements dissipated, and a crystal emitting white light was floating above Cao Ya's head. It was the divine spark of a lower-level god with the attribute of light.

The moment this divine essence was formed, it naturally became connected with Cao Ya's soul.

Because this divine essence was formed based on Cao Ya's soul aura, and it is completely compatible with Cao Ya.

Even if you successfully refine someone else's divine spark, it will never be as good as a divine spark formed by the laws of heaven and earth based on your own soul. The compatibility will always be somewhat inferior.

This is also an obstacle that limits the progress of those who refine divine essence.

The upper limit of becoming a god independently is far higher than that of refining a godhood, and by a great deal!

"The Light attribute divine spark... my fourth divine spark, although it is the weakest of the four, only a lower-level god, the other three are all mid-level divine sparks."

Looking up at the lower-level godhood that was floating and radiating white light, even though Cao Ya had experienced this many times before, and should theoretically be calm and composed, how could his heart truly remain undisturbed at this moment? Naturally, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

Even though he was only a lower-level god, his water, wind, and darkness godhoods were not originally mid-level godhoods. They also started as lower-level godhoods and gradually improved, becoming mid-level godhoods only after progressing in understanding the profound mysteries of the laws.

The middle-ranking god is naturally not Cao Ya's target.

They are not even high-ranking gods.

The Great Perfection is it!

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and one cannot reach a thousand miles without accumulating small steps. Cao Ya understood that the road ahead of him was still very long.

After all, what he envisioned was... all seven major law systems reaching their ultimate perfection!

"To comprehend a profound mystery and become a god independently is already a great achievement. There are only six profound mysteries in total: earth, fire, water, light, darkness, and lightning. Only the wind element has a few more, with nine in total."

As Cao Ya pondered this, a smile appeared on his face. Just then, a message naturally entered Cao Ya's soul.

"The rules of heaven and earth allow me to choose whether my divine essence resides outside my body or within it..."

"Is there even a need to consider this? Of course, it's about achieving godhood outside the body!"

"Otherwise, I won't be able to continue my journey to godhood!"

Without hesitation, Cao Ya controlled the divine spark of light, which hovered beside him.

Then--

"Ah!!!" Cao Ya couldn't help but let out a scream of extreme pain. The intense pain caused Cao Ya's entire body to convulse, his veins to bulge, and he was sweating profusely from the pain.

At this moment, deep within Cao Ya's mind, the scythe soul floating in the ocean of souls, under the embrace of the rules of heaven and earth, actually split into two parts with a "bang".

The pain of having one's soul torn in two is millions of times greater than physical torture.

The souls of the beings in the Panlong universe are not miniaturized versions of their physical bodies, but come in all shapes and sizes. There are sword-shaped souls, as well as knife-shaped, gun-shaped, spear-shaped, or other rarer souls, such as Cao Ya's sickle-shaped soul.

"Cao Ya's ambitions are huge."

Upon seeing Cao Ya's choice, the onlookers whispered among themselves.

"This is only the first time. Judging by the noise, there will be three more times. Will Cao Ya faint from the pain?" Bei Bei said, looking at Cao Ya with great sympathy.

The pain of a split soul is far more agonizing than being cut in half or torn apart by five horses.

Therefore, when asked about Beibei's problem, everyone thought about it seriously, and many nodded in agreement, believing that Cao Ya would eventually be unable to withstand it and would faint.

Especially those gods who became gods independently and chose to become gods outside the body, recalling the pain of their souls splitting under the protection of the rules of heaven and earth, even after countless years, still broke out in a cold sweat.

That feeling is truly terrifying and chilling.

"Ah~~~" Cao Ya's screams gradually subsided, and in his mind, the soul that had been broken in two had now transformed into the shape of a "scythe".

To be precise, Cao Ya's original scythe spirit turned into two smaller scythe spirits.

One of the scythe-wielding souls remains deep within Cao Ya's mind, hovering above the sea of ​​souls, guarding this place.

As for the other scythe-wielding soul, it flew directly out of Cao Ya's soul ocean and went outside his body.

"A scythe soul?" Beirut, Qinghuo, and the others' eyes lit up, then they exclaimed with emotion, "Cao Ya actually has the potential to cultivate the rules of death?! Could he eventually cultivate even the four great rules to become a god?!"

"Seven Great Laws, Four Great Rules, and eleven divine avatars? You must be joking!"

"Is this even human?!"

The air seemed to freeze at the words of Beirut and Qinghuo. Even Linley opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and stared blankly at Cao Ya in the desolate mountains.