"To deal with the Lord of Light 'Augusta', we can't just consider him!"
"The other body of this person, 'Auf,' who is in charge of the destiny of his other body, even though he was focused on cultivating, after discovering some primordial arrangements in the universe, such as spatial teleportation magic arrays, he sought to transcend them and wanted to go beyond the universe to see if there really was such a person influencing everything!"
"But, if the Lord of Light is in danger, can the Lord of Destiny really sit idly by and watch his second body perish? What a joke! He must be mobilized, leave the Realm of Destiny, and rush to the Lord of Light's aid, with all sorts of reasons and excuses, so that other gods will not discover the secret that he and the Lord of Light are one person with two bodies."
"Now is not the time to engage in a direct war with the ruler of fate!"
“My seven elemental law avatars are not all at their peak, while Linley has not yet refined his main godhead, nor has he yet fused the mysteries of different law systems…”
Cao Ya pondered. Before he was confident he could defeat the Lord of Fate, "Auf," he felt he couldn't reveal his full strength and had to conceal it—just like the Lord of Fate had done for countless billions of years when facing a host of gods! The Lord of Destruction was toyed with in the palm of his hand!
Because his own combat strength was at most enough to block a mid-level main god, Cao Ya felt that, to be on the safe side, it was acceptable to release some of the power of other extraordinary systems to propel himself to the level of a high-level main god or a master of ordinary laws. As long as he was careful to control it, it would be acceptable.
Anyway, he is the only one who has achieved the Great Perfection of the Multiverse from ancient times to the present. Who knows the specifics?
"So, Orf, it all comes down to who progresses faster and has more trump cards!" Cao Ya thought, glancing at Linley with his divine sense. He also had a chance to rise up later and defeat the Lord of Fate!
"However, the Magnolia camp has changed and strengthened considerably compared to the original book. Naturally, the attitudes of the main gods have changed. It won't be so easy for Linley to obtain the last two main godheads. He will also need time to fuse at least one of the four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind!"
Cao Ya thought to himself, there was no rush. In this subordinate universe, the Magnolia faction had nothing to fear except for the rule-maker. And the special rule of this world was that those above the Saint Realm could achieve immortality.
Furthermore, the universe is eternal, having existed for over a thousand epochs, each lasting six quadrillion years, demonstrating the immense antiquity of the Panlong universe. It took countless creations of the primordial chaos to find the perfect path, with one primary and four secondary universes, forming five great universes existing within the primordial space, eternally indestructible!
Cao Ya and his group have plenty of time to develop slowly and surpass the rules that govern them.
Cao Ya and Lin Lei have even more hope of breaking free from the shackles of the subordinate universe and stepping into the primordial space!
"Being too hasty can be dangerous. What if the car overturns? Wouldn't you regret it for the rest of your life?"
While Cao Ya was pondering this, they had already arrived outside the Okaren plane.
Looking at this material plane, Cao Ya saw that it was bright and clear. In the distance, he could vaguely see continents, oceans, and the billions of living beings that lived in them. Most of them were mortals, with occasional holy realms and gods.
"Sizzle!"
Suddenly, a corner of the Okaren plane was torn open, and two figures fell into the spatial turbulence. One was Linley, and the other was Bebe. Their other divine avatars were all in their spiritual seas, and only their strongest divine avatar was visible to the outside world.
Beirut's will and power spread out, and with a swirling motion of the divine power, he brought the two of them to his side.
Because of the fire god's avatar, Linley already knew that besides Cao Ya, Beirut and Qinghuo were also supreme gods! But when Beibei first saw them, she was completely dumbfounded and speechless.
"Grandpa Beirut, am I dreaming? You and Lord Qinghuo, you actually..." Beibei exclaimed in disbelief, "You're also gods? How is that possible... Grandpa Beirut, you have other divine avatars, are there ones I didn't know about? Secretly, you've cultivated to the Great Perfection..."
Beirut's face fell. Perfection? He wanted that too, but after millions of years of arduous cultivation, he had made no progress.
Just then, with a whoosh, Linley's fire-elemental divine avatar transformed into a stream of light and entered the spiritual sea of the earth-elemental divine avatar, where it sat cross-legged together with the Holy Domain Main Body, the wind-elemental divine avatar, and the water-elemental divine avatar.
“Alright, Beibei, let’s not talk about this now. We’ll have plenty of time once we get back to the Magnolia Plane!” Linley said. Back in the Magnolia Plane, Beirut’s explanation had taught him a lot about the past and secrets, and he understood that it was dangerous for Beirut, Qinghuo, and Cao Ya to stay in the spatial turbulence.
Of course, Lin Lei also knew that when Bebe suddenly realized that Grandpa Beirut was also a god, his shock was completely unbelievable, followed by boundless excitement that he could not contain!
"Our Yulan Continent, a single material plane, actually has three main gods!" Bebe grinned, appearing extremely excited. He was familiar with Cao Ya and Qing Huo, but not as close as Lin Lei. But Beirut was his ancestor, someone he always called "Grandpa Beirut"!
Beirut and Bebe are the only two God-Eating Rats recorded since the beginning of time!
"So, I'm now considered a descendant of the main god, just like you, boss," Beibei said with a smile.
“I can’t compare to you. Even after being baptized in the Dragon Transformation Pool of the Azure Dragon Clan and awakening my innate divine power, I can only be considered a half-divine beast. The power of my innate divine power ‘Dragon Roar’ is far inferior to that of our ancestor, the Azure Dragon. Your innate divine power ‘God Devouring’ is almost on par with Lord Beirut’s; both are complete divine beasts,” Linley said.
If the offspring of a divine beast intermarries with a different race, their bloodline will be diluted. Except in very rare special cases where the bloodline reverts to its ancestral form, they will generally be unable to awaken their innate supernatural abilities.
Beirut's sons, for example, did not possess any special talents.
The reason why the Four Divine Beasts family has the baptism ceremony, allowing their offspring who have reached the required age to undergo bloodline baptism and awaken their innate supernatural abilities, is because the Four Divine Beasts have lived for countless years, are incredibly powerful, travel to higher planes, and have sent their normal divine avatars to travel to countless material planes. It was both luck and painstaking effort that they finally found some kind of rare object in the world. After being harmonized, it could help their descendants, even those with diluted bloodlines, to have the opportunity to awaken their innate supernatural abilities.
Beirut was extremely envious of this, but the four divine beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—were completely different from the God-Devouring Rat and had no connection whatsoever. The strange items they needed would also be worlds apart.
Beirut searched for millions of years without any success, failing to replicate the ancestral baptism rituals of the Four Divine Beasts families. That's why he valued and nurtured Bebe, the regressed God-Eating Rat, among his descendants, and treated Linley with great affection, regarding him as a junior.
“You are either true divine beasts or have divine beast blood. As for me and Cao Ya, we are just pure humans with no special talents or abilities,” Qinghuo laughed.
"Lord Qinghuo, only you and Lord Cao Ya are at the Great Perfection!" Bei Bei said, muttering a few words. Given a choice, he would rather give up his complete identity as a God-Devouring Rat and become a Great Perfection.
Beirut and Linley both smiled. If they themselves had already fused five of the most powerful and profound laws, only lacking the final sixth to break through to the Great Perfection, then Beirut…
Even the fusion of two profound mysteries hasn't yielded much progress, let alone the Dark Law system. To advance to the Great Perfection of the Dark God realm, one needs to fuse all six profound mysteries to a 100% degree!
“The Lord of Light should be arriving soon,” Cao Ya suddenly said, sensing a threat.
The Lord of Light, "Augusta," and the Lord of Fate, "Ouf," are the same person. Due to their innate supernatural powers, they separate their different emotions and desires, one practicing asceticism and the other indulging in boundless desires.
The Lord of Light can learn all the special moves created by the Fate Master "Ouf".
Furthermore, the Lord of Light possesses a supreme artifact with ridiculously high attack power, making him extremely powerful.
Although Cao Ya was not afraid of the Lord of Light, he would still be in some danger when facing this person who wielded the Supreme Artifact. If he was too careless, he might perish and be killed by the Supreme Artifact.
"So fast?" Beirut was surprised. They had just arrived in the Okaren plane and picked up Linley and Bebe. How could the Lord of Light be almost here already? This speed was a bit beyond their expectations!
"It should be because I set off from Hell. At that time, because of the Star God, I was trying to trick him, which delayed me for a while, and as a result..." Cao Ya apologized, admitting that his momentary oversight led to the problem.
The only saving grace is that the one who comes is not the Lord of Fate; if it's only the Lord of Light, he's confident he can hold him off. Even if the Lord of Fate attacks, at worst, he can retreat back to the Magnolia Plane.
Fighting and retreating, Cao Ya figured that once he was free from the Lord of Light, things weren't too bad.
"Converting this to the scenario of the [Perfect World] universe, the Lord of Light is roughly equivalent to a mid-to-early True Immortal, wielding an Immortal King artifact... Indeed, the boost to his strength is far too significant; he cannot be underestimated!"
"If it is the master of destiny, it is even more terrifying! Basically, even a peak True Immortal, wielding multiple Immortal King Divine Weapons, such power, even the Ten Ancient Fiends, True Dragon, Gu Zu, and Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, might not be able to defeat! That Auf has created countless ultimate moves over countless years, encompassing all aspects, material attack, material defense, soul defense..."
Cao Ya's expression was serious; unlike his self in "Perfect World," he did not possess the Heavenly Desolate Halberd.
That Heavenly Desolation Sword was almost at the level of a Celestial King's weapon; if placed in this realm, it would be a supreme divine artifact.
What he possessed was at most a main artifact. Even though Beirut later gifted him a divine weapon, nurtured it, and transformed it into a main artifact, it was still far inferior to a supreme artifact and could not be compared to it.
"It's alright. The three of us, helping each other, will be enough to return to the Jade Orchid Continent," Qinghuo said.
No matter how powerful the Overlord is, they are not weak either. Beirut is a rare divine beast, and Qinghuo is a fire-type Great Perfection expert. Both are outstanding among the lower-level main gods. In particular, the two possess divine artifacts of the divine type. In terms of material attack and material defense, they can almost be said to have surpassed the limits of the lower-level main gods.
Using his innate divine abilities to extract divine essence was incredibly arduous and exhausting, but given the importance of his family's safety, Beirut patiently spent countless years forging a primary artifact for material defense. Ultimately, he became a main god over ten thousand years ago, a considerable period of time.
In Qinghuo's view, Cao Ya's strength was that of a top-tier mid-level main god, comparable to a mid-level main god at the Great Perfection stage or a special divine beast. With Cao Ya as the main force and the two of them assisting, if they went all out, they should be able to resist the Lord of Light and buy time to retreat back to the Yulan Plane.
After all, what the Lord of Light refined was a supreme artifact of material attack. In terms of defense, it was not invincible and could not completely ignore their attacks.
Of course, from another perspective, the threat they faced was also extremely great. Even the main artifacts forged from divine essence could not withstand the attacks of supreme artifacts and were easily torn apart with a single sword strike, resulting in rivers of blood!
Qinghuo and Beirut also looked quite solemn, not daring to relax in the slightest.
People may criticize or look down on the Lord of Light's character, but his strength should not be underestimated.
“The Lord of Light, ‘Augusta,’ is indeed stronger and faster, but at the same time, he is farther away from the Okaren plane!” Beirut whispered.
Lin Lei felt extremely guilty because his actions had caused several of the main gods to put themselves in danger.
Beirut waved his hand and said, "What's this? We and the Lord of Light have long been mortal enemies!"
Even so, Linley was still very sorry. If he hadn't insisted on vying for the Supreme God's token, like Beirut, Qinghuo, and Cao Ya, they wouldn't have had to risk traveling from the Yulan Plane to the Okaren Plane to rescue him, which led to the Lord of Light discovering his weakness and wielding the Supreme Artifact to attack him!
"With this great opportunity given to me by Lord Beirut, I must cherish it and cultivate diligently, integrating profound mysteries to enhance my strength, so that I can contend with the Lord of Light and help Lord Beirut and Lord Qinghuo, and freely travel to higher planes!" Linley secretly vowed.
Bebe, suppressing his excitement and restlessness, stopped chattering and began asking the main god for information. He knew the crisis was imminent and that he was powerless to help; even his innate abilities were being ignored.
“Beirut, you take Linley and Bebe and quickly return to the Magnolia Plane. As for the pursuers… Qinghuo and I will cover their retreat!” Cao Ya said in a deep voice.
Beirut thought about it and did not refuse. After all, he was not a Great Perfection cultivator, and his innate divine abilities were not in terms of speed. In this respect, he was not only inferior to Cao Ya, but also somewhat inferior to Qing Huo.
Those who have reached the pinnacle of the Fire element possess incredible speed due to the profound mystery of "explosion"!
As for Cao Ya, among the five elements at the Great Perfection stage, he possesses fire, lightning, and wind elements. These three laws are all adept at speed, and when combined, he far surpasses Beirut, leaving him far behind!
"Be careful, don't linger in the fight, fight and retreat. I've sent Linley and Bebe back, I'll come to meet you right away!" Beirut instructed, the azure power of the main god enveloped Linley and Bebe, their will power surged, they transformed into streaks of light and sped away.
But carrying two people along would definitely make it much slower than when he flew alone.
Cao Ya and Qing Huo did not linger outside the Okaren plane to wait for the arrival of the Lord of Light.
They lagged behind the three from Beirut by a considerable distance, roughly hundreds of millions of miles, on guard against a formidable enemy. In reality, this distance was fleeting to the supreme god, hardly far at all, practically very close.
At that moment, Beirut, Qinghuo, and Cao Ya, with their powerful divine senses covering countless billions of miles, all discovered another profound divine sense sweeping in from afar, with a majestic, fierce, and extremely domineering aura!
The Lord of Light has arrived!
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