"This is the Temple of Ares!" Oros, the bone dragon, had somehow appeared and looked at the temple with a complicated expression.
A whole night was enough time for a level 6 dragon to learn some basic common phrases, and although it wasn't very proficient, it could still manage to say them haltingly.
At the same time, he finally realized the changes in the world: darkness had invaded, and the world he once lived in no longer existed.
"The Temple of Ares?" Ye Chen looked up; it was the first time he had ever heard of this god.
"The Radiant War God of Kalan is one of only two gods," Oros introduced, the hatred and anger that should have been in his eyes ultimately turning into a sigh.
He used to hate Ares. It was Ares who imprisoned him here for countless years, and it was Ares's blockade that turned him from a grown dragon into an undead.
But it was Ares who allowed him to escape the Dark Cataclysm, to avoid the destruction of the planet, and ultimately to become the sole survivor on this planet.
Therefore, Oros had very mixed feelings upon seeing the temple, and for a moment he didn't know how to face it.
"Alright, instead of being sad here, let's take a good look at what the Radiant War God of Kalan Star left us," Ye Chen said with a forced smile. He then gestured to Ye Xi to control several stone golems as they walked into the main hall.
He could understand Oros's feelings, but he couldn't truly empathize with them. However, he knew that instead of wallowing in self-pity, he should pull himself together as soon as possible and see what else he could do.
"Boom~~~" Stone golems filed in and came out one after another, which meant that there was no danger in the temple. Then Ye Xi and the others went in.
"The Temple of Ares is safe, only filled with boundless divine power! As the radiant God of War, he disdains any schemes or tricks!" Oros said, though he was unhappy that the other party had sealed him away for countless years, he was still quite familiar with his style of doing things.
Sure enough, Ye Xi and the others soon came out, each holding a long spear, and approached Ye Chen.
“Your Majesty, there is nothing else in the temple except for a statue and this spear!” Ye Xi replied, bowing.
“This is the Spear of Ares, his weapon from his early years. It was later placed in the temple to gather faith and divine power, which was then transmitted to the stone tablet to maintain the blockade against me!” Oros recognized the spear’s origin at a glance and immediately spoke up.
"Gather faith and divine power? To maintain the blockade against you?" Ye Chen raised his head in slight surprise. To gather the divine power of a temple, just how strong was Oros back then?
"Hmph! I was once a demigod-level ice dragon. Even Ares, a god, couldn't kill me. He could only join forces with Hiss to seal me away and let time wear me down," Oros said smugly.
"So he was sealed away until he died?"
"..."
With a cold snort, Oros silently turned and left, returning to his territory to rest.
Ye Chen shrugged and, together with Jian Mengyi, turned their attention back to the Spear of Ares.
The spear was made of ordinary material, just a regular iron spear, but the divinity it contained was dazzling, even surpassing the inheritance stone tablet that Ye Chen had obtained before.
"Why don't you use it as a heritage stele?" Ye Chen asked Jian Mengyi, who was standing next to him.
Upon hearing this, Jian Mengyi's heart stirred. The divinity within the Spear of Ares was indeed sufficient to forge a legacy stele, but using it to make a legacy stele would inevitably feel somewhat wasteful.
The divine requirements in the inheritance stele don't need to be that high. As long as the inheritance can be passed down, that's enough. Anything more would be a waste. It only increases the chances of successful inheritance. Families with poor aptitude still won't be able to comprehend it.
However, the divinity of other gods is not of much use to the lord; at most, it can be used to condense some divine weapons or faith stones.
For example, this Spear of Ares was forged from ordinary materials, but it contained a great deal of Ares' divinity, making it comparable to some sixth or seventh-tier divine artifacts, with immense power.
"Let's not use it. I'll just use the bottom one for my inheritance stele. Didn't you say it would be moved soon? As for the Spear of Ares, let's keep it. It's too wasteful to use it as an inheritance stele!" Jian Mengyi hesitated for a while, but finally shook her head and said.
The legacy stone tablet here was clearly created to inherit Ares' legacy. As the radiant war god of Kalan, he is quite compatible with Jian Mengyi's angel. However, it is hard to say how strong he is, since Kalan is already dead.
"But if we just leave it like this, the divinity on the Spear of Ares will slowly dissipate, and its grade will continue to decline. Wouldn't that still be a waste?" Ye Chen shrugged helplessly. Surely he couldn't ask Jian Mengyi to turn all of it into faith stones or divine power stones, could he? With the few angels she had, wouldn't she be exhausted?
“That’s true~~~” Jian Mengyi lowered her head, her tone full of regret. It was a real pity to be sitting on a treasure trove but not knowing how to use it.
"Actually, if you really think about it, it's not entirely true that divinity is useless!" Ye Chen stroked his chin and looked at the Spear of Ares thoughtfully.
"Huh? What else could it be useful for?" Jian Mengyi was taken aback, looked up at Ye Chen, her eyes full of doubt.
"Our status as lords was bestowed upon us by the gods, and what is the strongest power in the hands of the gods? Isn't it precisely this divinity?"
"So, if we could possess sufficiently powerful divinity, could we, to some extent, alter the rules established by the gods?"
Ye Chen's words stunned Jian Mengyi. No one had ever thought of using the divine power of a god to change the rules set by the god.
"So, what can divinity do? Rekindle the divine fire for an ordinary person?" Jian Mengyi asked blankly, feeling completely bewildered and unable to think straight.
"It's not that easy. Even the full divinity of several gods might not be enough. But it should be possible to gain some benefits for oneself within the rules, right?" Ye Chen said with a smile, looking back at the open temple.
"Mount Tai, you and a few mountain gods should join forces and try to move this temple, along with the rocks below, into our territory!" Ye Chen said.
Not sure how to handle it right now? Then let's move it back and figure it out slowly! Throughout history, he's the only lord who's ever had to carry something he couldn't lift...
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