Beirut and Linley, at best, only fused with the profound mysteries to the Asura level, and still have no hope of achieving Great Perfection.
Qinghuo is indeed at the Great Perfection of the Fire element, but he has cultivated for countless billions of years. Unlike Cao Ya, even if you include the time spent in the dimensional prison, it is only a few million years. In terms of Great Perfection cultivation, it is extremely short and not worth mentioning. Yet he has already reached the Great Perfection of all five elements!
"Whoosh!"
"Beirut, with Linley, Qinghuo, and Cao Ya in tow, flew alone."
They spread their spiritual senses and communicated with each other, but this did not hinder their journey in the slightest.
With Linley around, relying on the senses of his divine avatar, he anchored himself in the Okaren plane and wouldn't go astray.
"Cao Ya, you've reached the Great Perfection of the Five Elements. Do you have gained more power of will?" Qing Huo asked.
Cao Ya replied with a smile, "After the four elements reach their peak, the heavens and earth offer additional rewards. Now, there are two in total. Adding to the five I was supposed to have, there are a total of seven portions of willpower, which are multiplied exponentially."
Beirut's eyes lit up. "So, your strength shouldn't be inferior to that of a mid-level main god... At least, in terms of willpower, you're not lacking. Even if you're a high-level god—well, you can still use the power of a main god, right? We'll give you several lakes, some wind-based, some fire-based—and your mastery of the profound mysteries surpasses that of most main gods. So, all things considered..."
Beirut was excited. Cao Ya's current combat power was probably comparable to a mid-level main god at the Great Perfection!
The most important point is that Cao Ya has not yet reached his peak; he still has two elements of law, light and darkness, that he has not yet perfected! Judging from Cao Ya's current cultivation progress, he truly has a chance to achieve perfection in all seven elements of law and directly rival the rulers!
“By the way, I can help you get a divine weapon…” Beirut said excitedly.
Cao Ya's eyes flickered slightly. Beirut was a divine beast called "God-Devouring Rat" with the innate divine power "God-Devouring", which could devour the divine sparks of the same level. Unless one had a soul defense artifact, or was at the Great Perfection level and could use the power of will to fight against it, or at the very least, one had to be a super strong person in terms of soul to be able to contend with it.
For example, Beibei, although a high-ranking god, is not like Beirut's dark god avatar. At least he has fused five profound mysteries and is the leader of the Asuras, second only to the Great Perfection. Through his innate divine power "God Devouring", he absorbs and refines the divine sparks. Due to his age, he doesn't absorb many, and the extracted divine spark essence is relatively small. Not much of it is integrated into his own body to enhance the strength of his body, making it as hard and indestructible as a divine spark.
Logically speaking, such a Beibei would only be an ordinary high-level god, equivalent to a four or five-star demon at most in hell. The subsequent six-star demons, seven-star demons, Asura leaders, and even the strongest perfect god among the final gods, would be beyond Beibei's reach.
However, is this common sense? Does common sense apply to mythical beasts? Perhaps common, not-so-rare mythical beasts don't possess particularly special abilities or innate powers that are strong enough.
However, in the four supreme planes, the seven divine planes, and the infinite material planes, there are not even two or three extremely special divine beasts whose innate supernatural powers are terrifying beyond measure.
Just like Beibei, who, with her innate supernatural powers, can even threaten many Asuras and leaders!
Throughout history, only Beirut and Bebe are known to be God-Eating Rats. This number alone shows how rare they are, and their corresponding innate abilities must be extremely terrifying!
It is obvious that Beirut, having lived for millions of years, far surpasses Bebe in the application of "God Devouring." For instance, refining a god's essence and extracting its core, then using exquisite techniques to forge an extremely durable divine weapon—Beirut can do all of that, something Bebe can only dream of today.
It should be understood that regardless of whether a god is of high, middle, or low rank, they all possess a divine status, which is incomparably solid.
Aside from certain innate supernatural abilities, a godhood is basically indestructible—of course, this doesn't include the main god! In fact, the main godhood is generated by heaven and earth and is the master of the rules. Even if one exerts all their strength and wields an offensive supreme artifact, they cannot shake the lower-level main godhood in the slightest!
Among all the weapons in the universe, the supreme divine artifact is undoubtedly the pinnacle, followed by the main divine artifact, then the divine weapon, and finally various higher-level divine artifacts, middle-level divine artifacts, and lower-level divine artifacts.
For Cao Ya, possessing a divine weapon forged in Beirut, which he continues to nurture...
Given enough time, it has a chance to surpass most main artifacts and reach the pinnacle of main artifacts!
It wasn't Cao Ya's doing, but rather determined by the characteristics of divine weapons. After all, most main divine weapons are nurtured by the main god using "the power of will" and "the power of the main god" over a long period of time before they are finally born. It's not difficult, but it's a slow and painstaking process.
These divine artifacts, whether they are created by the ruler, a mid-level god, or a lower-level god, are generally of equal quality because their godhood was not cultivated by themselves.
Unless the materials themselves are vastly different!
How can an artifact made from ordinary ores and common materials, after being nurtured and transformed into a main artifact, be compared with a main artifact that is based on a divine weapon and eventually evolved into a main artifact?
Of course, such special-material main artifacts are extremely rare, and the main gods are too lazy to go to such lengths. In any case, wars rarely break out between main gods, and even at the Great Perfection stage, a god could not destroy the worst main artifact even by risking their life! They still cherish it like a treasure!
In battles between main gods, those of the same rank, or those at the pinnacle of the profound laws and rules, may differ in strength, but none are fatal; it's extremely difficult to take their lives, at most resulting in some disarray. But higher-ranking main gods…
Why waste your efforts when you can't win anyway?! Besides, there are rules set by the four Rule Masters that bind dozens of main gods. Gods of the same rank can fight each other, but higher-ranking main gods are not allowed to wantonly slaughter lower-ranking main gods, unless the lower-ranking main god actively offends or transgresses against the higher-ranking main god!
"Beirut's divine weapon is indeed powerful. Nurtured by the power of will and the power of the main god, it surpasses ordinary main divine artifacts." Qinghuo laughed. He also received a divine weapon from Beirut, and later refined a lower-level fire-type main divine core to become a main god. He then continuously nurtured it himself. After thousands of years, it has taken initial shape and is quite powerful.
"Qinghuo, among the lower-level main gods, probably no one can defeat you!" Beirut smiled with narrowed eyes. It wasn't just empty praise; there was a real reason behind it.
After all, Qinghuo is at the Great Perfection stage, possessing an extra layer of willpower and power, plus the main divine artifact of the divine weapon... Qinghuo's combat strength is indeed among the strongest in the lower-level main god realm. Even if he encounters an ordinary middle-level main god, he can still put up a fight and exchange blows!
Of course, Beirut thought to himself that he was not bad either. His innate divine power was also useful at the level of a main god, let alone a terrifying innate divine power like "God Devourer"!
"Hmm, I'm probably comparable to a normal lower-level Great Perfection God?" Beirut thought to himself.
"He's still not as good as Cao Ya. He hasn't even refined the main artifact, yet he's already comparable to a top-tier mid-level main god." Qing Huo waved his hand, somewhat emotional. As a fire-type master, he had given up on other law systems. But then Cao Ya rose rapidly, and his status as a special main god shocked the universe!
Instantly, the Great Perfection thought that Qinghuo had sealed away surged forth again. If he could also fuse the six profound mysteries of the Earth Law System to the point of 100% and reach the Great Perfection, and gain an additional bit of willpower... perhaps he really could fight against a mid-level God while still a lower-level God!
Unfortunately, Qinghuo's talent is mainly in fire and earth elements. While his earth element skills are not bad, there is really little hope that he can reach the Great Perfection.
However, in Qinghuo's view, this was still a path to continued growth. With an endless lifespan, he had to try; how could he simply give up? That would be too weak-willed! What if, one day, something triggered him, and he truly broke through to the Great Perfection of the Earth Element Realm…
Qinghu chuckled inwardly. To achieve Great Perfection? It wasn't such an easy thing.
He was at the Great Perfection of the Fire element, yet he had a lot to say about it. After countless years of cultivation, and with his already exceptional talent, he had also experienced a variety of events that greatly influenced him. It was through this painstaking effort that he fused the six profound mysteries of the Fire elemental laws and advanced to the Great Perfection.
Along the way, luck is indispensable. Missing any one point may lead to failure, and one may be stuck at the peak of the Asura realm, unable to achieve perfection even after trillions of years, just like many leaders.
"If you achieve perfection in both the fire and earth elements, you will be able to surpass all lower-level main gods!" Cao Ya laughed, still quite optimistic about Qing Huo. After all, he had already achieved perfection in one of the laws, which showed that he had the comprehension.
"But I am far inferior to you, lacking the perfect mastery of the laws of the four elements," Qinghuo sighed.
"Stop praising each other. You two are both at the Great Perfection stage, but I'm stuck on the last profound mystery. Basically, there's no hope of me reaching the Great Perfection stage." Beirut glared and puffed out his beard.
His two divine avatars, one wind-elemental, refined the main godhead and became powerful main gods, but their profound fusion was still far from complete; his dark god avatar, on the other hand, was only one step away from the Great Perfection.
But Beirut knew that that final step might never be taken, perhaps for countless years!
Among the many higher planes, countless individuals have fused with profound mysteries to that level, but only a few dozen, extremely few, can truly step out and join the ranks of the Great Perfection!
Beside Beirut, Linley was also quite frustrated. He possessed divine avatars based on the four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind. Among them, the strongest were the earth and wind elements, but they were at most Asuras, not yet at their peak, and quite far from the Great Perfection.
The reason he possesses the power of will is simply due to the unprecedented mutation of his four-element soul, which mainly depends on luck, not on his personal comprehension or endurance.
“Linley, if you master all four elements of the law—earth, fire, water, and wind—and then fuse them with the eighteen elements of the three-six-one-eighths-one-eighths, plus the nine elements of the wind, making a total of twenty-seven profound mysteries, then you might be able to surpass the limits of the main god, defeat the ruler of the rules, and be comparable to the supreme god!” Cao Ya said.
He believed that, given Linley's situation, if he did not refine the lower-level main godhood of the four laws, he would indeed have a chance to become a six-star supreme god, tear through the barrier of the subordinate universe, and enter the primordial space!
Of course, that would be extremely difficult; even with Linley's comprehension, he might not succeed. Even if there were hope, it would require trillions of years, far more difficult than acquiring the four main godhoods.
Beirut has already decided to give the remaining two main divine cores to Linley.
With the body of a dual-elemental god, the added power of the mutated will of four elemental souls, and the fused power of the main god, Linley's combat strength will reach an extremely terrifying level! Assassinating a main god is not just empty talk.
"After refining the main godhead, Linley, you can continue to fuse with the profound mysteries of the laws. Furthermore, due to the special circumstances of your soul mutation, you can fuse with mysteries of different systems. However, like Cao Ya, your upper limit is unpredictable. As long as your own abilities are sufficient and your comprehension is top-notch, you really have the potential to surpass the main god!"
Beirut whispered, full of anticipation, wondering how Cao Ya and Lin Lei would reach that point many years later!
"Before, I truly couldn't have imagined that you two, as high-ranking gods, could one day join the ranks of the main gods through your own cultivation, and even have a slim chance of surpassing the main gods and becoming comparable to the supreme gods!"
"It should be known that the four supreme gods are life, death, destruction, and destiny. These four laws are manifestations of life and cannot be considered complete life."
Qinghuo sighed. After escaping from the Gobada Plane Prison, what he had seen and heard over the past few thousand years was something he had never dared to dream of before—except for becoming a fire-type Great Perfection expert!
When Beirut first told him that he would be the one to refine that lower-level fire godhood, Qinghuo was so shocked that he almost lost his senses and couldn't tell what year it was or if he was dreaming. Ah, he forgot, he never dreamed that he would become a god one day!
"By the way, Cao Ya, what type of divine weapon do you want?" Beirut asked.
Cao Ya pondered that Beirut's use of his innate divine power "God Devouring" to refine a divine spark was also a laborious task, so it was not advisable to ask for anything too complicated. As for the armor stomach he wanted most, it was definitely out of the question.
“A dagger…and if there’s extra time, a short sword…” Cao Ya’s eyes were burning.
Beirut thought for a moment and laughed, "It's alright, the requirements aren't too high. I'm almost finished forging a dagger anyway, so it's really just the work of making a short sword!"
"Thank you." Cao Ya looked forward to it. After possessing a divine weapon, he could activate the sword and saber paths. So many versions of himself had followed different extraordinary systems, each with its own sword and saber intent. He could further enhance his own profound laws and the power of his will...
Cao Ya couldn't contain his excitement. He didn't need to reveal too much; his combat power could still leap forward, enough to strike a Dominator!
As they talked, they had already traversed countless billions of miles, discovering numerous material planes along the way. The crystal walls were dazzling, and the rules flowed, protecting the material planes and preventing their destruction.
Of the four, only Linley can enter these material planes. Beirut, Qinghuo, and Cao Ya are all gods with too much power and are not from any of the planes. They are rejected and, upon collision, will destroy the material planes, trigger the rules, and be erased by the supreme god.
Of course, they were on their way to the Okaren plane to rescue Linley and Bebe, and would not stop along the way. They also needed to hurry and avoid the Lord of Light.
If Cao Ya were only at the Great Perfection of the Five Elements, he would indeed be inferior to the Lord of Light. However, he still possessed a great deal of magical power, so he was fearless and confident that he could suppress and kill the Lord of Light!
However, in this subordinate universe, below the Supreme God, the Fate Ruler "Ouf," who is revered as the "First God," is not only strong enough himself, but also possesses many supreme artifacts. When facing him, Cao Ya has to admit that he is still slightly inferior.
For example, the Fate Master "Auf" is quite similar to the Ten Ancient Fiends in the [Perfect World] universe, such as the Female Kunpeng and the Thunder Emperor.
Cao Ya is indeed slightly inferior at present.
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