Chapter 587: Radiance
Ace immediately understood His meaning. The Fruit of Immortality could be pawned to Ace, but there had to be a vow to mutually check and balance each other. The other True Gods also stared straight at Ace. Ace said:
“Our divine vow will certainly be mutually beneficial. The duration of the vow will last until this Gods’ Fall storm ends. During this period, we will establish an allied pantheon headed by Me, following the conventional rules of traditional pantheons. As long as there is no betrayal, everyone need not worry.
“If you truly do not want to ally, we are all Kaya Gods. You just need to withdraw from Salia.”
Looking around, not a single True God dared to meet Ace’s eyes. If they left Salia, where could they go? Right now, when high-dimensional rifts could not be opened, the city-states and their people were the only source of Divine Power for the deities.
Not every deity possessed a Magic Net like Ace.
Ace snapped His fingers, and seven Star Marks appeared out of thin air. The gods looked at each other. Ultimately, Thoth took a mark first. One after another, the other deities also took the marks and left the place.
In the endless starry sky on the inner side of the world, a star was flickering with dream-like light. That star was exactly the Dream Star, formed after Ace’s sub-plane folded within the inner side of the world.
Invisible threads were slowly growing, silently altering the method of mana transmission nearby.
Within the Dream Star, the three thousand Dream God Kin guarded Ace, and following Ace’s intention, left one by one along the Magic Net.
“The growth of the Magic Net takes time. Even with the most optimistic estimate, it will take at least ten years before it can densely cover the entire inner side of the world. I should first fill the space between the void stars, and then take the earth core in one fell swoop.
“In addition to this, the Reflection World also needs to advance synchronously. I need to deploy a Reflection of the Dream Star in the Reflection World.”
The Reflection World was the sediment of the inner side of the Kaya World. Countless passings had accumulated here, gradually forming this bizarre reflection.
“The Reflection World will inevitably be a resource accumulation point in the future. The Kaya Gods occupy the surface, and the elves might slowly occupy the reflection. It’s not very obvious right now, but a few years from now, as more and more Gods fall, what’s more terrifying is the lack of a source of Divine Power. Rule Gods will be forced to transform into Faith Gods and Guardian Gods. Wars between gods, and between humans, will become very frequent.
“Such an era will also be the era of the Magic Net!”
The figure of Ace’s true body gradually disappeared near the galactic center of the sub-plane, appearing in the sky of the Reflection World. The sky here was very peculiar; there was no sun, only a blood-colored crescent moon and a bright emerald moon.
The two moons appeared in turns. Whenever the emerald moon appeared, a massive amount of the power of death would be converted into the power of life.
Beyond the earth core of the Reflection World was an endlessly desolate starry sky. This place seemed to be a graveyard of stars. Stars that no longer emitted light or shone lay quietly there, perfectly echoing the real world of Kaya.
Ace appeared near that bright emerald moon just like that. The ahoge on top of His head twitched forcefully, trying hard to comprehend this green moon.
Hum!
A shudder originating from the soul. Ace’s whole body suddenly went rigid. He seemed to see an extremely majestic figure from behind, and a momentary backward glance—those emerald green eyes.
Like an illusion, Ace’s rigidity quickly disappeared. He perceived again, and that feeling had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Slowly activating the Law of Comprehension through the ahoge, Ace’s soul began to resonate. In a trance, He entered the rule layer of the Great Source and “saw” the surging Sea of the Great Source.
There seemed to have been a flower amidst the waves, and a murmuring green stream flowing in from the outside, slowly merging with the Sea of the Great Source.
Ace tried hard to search, but could not find that majestic figure from behind. He looked closely at that flower and gradually understood.
“So, this green moon is the projection of that flower from the other world on the inner side of our world.”
The scene shattered. Ace looked at the green moon of the Reflection World and its gentle, life-filled light, but the doubts in His heart grew larger and larger.
He slowly left, found the position in the Reflection World corresponding to His Dream Star, and His Divine Power flowed gurglingly. He quickly molded a shining Dream Star Core and deployed the tentacles of the Magic Net here.
This core happened to connect to the galactic center of the galactic universe in Ace’s sub-plane. Through here, the Magic Net could directly spread and proliferate.
He began to slowly forge the periphery of the Dream Star projection, engraving traces of dream rules one by one. This was not difficult. In fact, for Ace, who had created a hundred thousand stars in the galactic universe, this was simply something He couldn’t be more familiar with.
He summoned the true bodies of over a dozen stars here. Under the suppression of the wondrous rules of the Kaya World, the stars became much smaller. But under the control of gravity, the dozen or so stars condensed together, centered around the Dream Core, creating a shining star.
From this moment on, the sky of the Reflection World was no longer just two moons echoing each other; a bright Dream Star also hung high above, jointly constituting the sky landscape of the Reflection World.
This was unavoidable. Since Ace wanted to weave the Magic Net in the Reflection World, it would inevitably produce astronomical effects.
Ace looked at this Dream Star. The Magic Net had already begun to proliferate bit by bit in the Reflection World. For this kind of invisible net, before it revealed its characteristics, it was hard for anyone to discover. By the time it was revealed, the general trend would already be set.
“I’m not too worried about the Magic Net. If someone asks about this star I deployed in the Reflection World, I’ll just say it’s an eye monitoring the Reflection World. Perhaps other deities will even imitate it. The crux is still that figure from behind; it makes me very uneasy.”
Although it was like an illusion, Ace always remembered that feeling of His soul shuddering. He hadn’t encountered it for a very long time and had almost forgotten it. It was like encountering an absolutely irresistible monster; a mere glance made His whole body rigid.
Ace’s figure slowly disappeared from the Reflection World. The Magic Net continued to permeate and weave, and after grasping a node of mana flow, it continued to simulate a natural state, trying its best not to cause any anomalies.
This was an ultimate move that required time. If Ace truly succeeded in densely covering the entire inner side of the world with the Magic Net, then He would be in an invincible position. The Magic Net was like an organ, and also like some kind of benign symbiote.
Once it took root on the inner side of the world, it would become a part of the world. Such a creation beneficial to the world would be extremely difficult to separate.
As long as the Magic Net was formed, Ace would be an important part of the general trend of the entire world.
Within the galactic universe, Ace tried hard to recall that feeling, and had the lucky baby record it. This feeling made Him very uncomfortable. As an existence at the pinnacle of Level 5, perhaps only the absolute strongest among Level 6s could make Him feel this way.
Just at this moment, Ace suddenly felt a stir in His mind; it seemed someone was calling Him.
He perceived carefully and found it was the God of Craftsmen, the Ancestor God of Alessa.
Thinking of Alessa, Ace couldn’t help but recall this woman. After she converted into a Warlock, Ace had put her aside and paid almost no attention to her.
But during the response to the Abyss demons’ attack, the memory of Alessa’s heroic posture had not been forgotten by Ace.
She had bronze skin, delicate skin texture, healthy mermaid lines, and her head, neck, back, waist, and smooth, powerful thighs formed a single line, like a drawn greatbow, full of savage beauty and combat beauty.
“Judged by the standards for the opposite sex, Alessa is a very charming woman.”
Saying this, Ace’s figure slowly disappeared. He answered the call. It was in a certain sea region near the Old Continent. The God of Craftsmen was already injured and was in a standoff with three deities.
Ace’s appearance aroused the vigilance of those three deities. One of them said politely: “We are the Three Gods of Guarding, in charge of guarding the gates of the Underworld. We are subordinate gods of His Majesty the King of the Underworld. We hope You will not interfere.”
The God of Craftsmen bowed to Ace and shouted loudly: “Your Holiness the Main God, it is They who took my Fruit of Immortality. These three originally had a grudge against me. Twenty thousand years ago, They asked me to forge three divine weapons, but provided no materials. After I refused, They bore a grudge.”
Ace didn’t care about the truth or falsehood of the matter. Even if the God of Craftsmen was in the wrong, it was none of His business. What He needed to do was shelter His subordinate while simultaneously establishing His might before the gods. The King of the Underworld was originally hostile to the Lady of the Night. If They belonged to the Kaya faction, perhaps He would hold back. But since the opponents were Rebel Gods, there was no need to hold back.
“Haha, daring to bully a True God of my Salia Alliance right in front of me. You Rebel Gods are being far too arrogant.”
Stellar projections appeared one by one. A massive gravitational force field locked down this space. More and more stars appeared—hundreds, thousands, ten thousands—almost turning this place into a world of radiance.
The Three Gods of Guarding were greatly shocked. One of them exclaimed: “You are a Star God? Why do You have so many stars?”
Another tried to flee directly, but was instantly distorted by gravity. Even a True God found it hard to resist under this kind of overkill suppression.
One must know that Ace’s ten thousand stars were equivalent to a million drops of Divine Power Essence. An ordinary deity had at most a few thousand or even a few hundred drops of Divine Power Essence. Although everyone was at the same existential level, the gap was simply too great.
It was like both being humans: one was a streaking primitive man, and the other was a modern soldier driving a Tiger tank. Their combat power was not proportional.
The God of Craftsmen watched all this silently, a trace of a smile appearing at the corners of His mouth. This Holiness the Main God’s strength was indeed powerful, and He also liked a grand display. This situation of suppressing others with sheer momentum and overkill strikes was not the first time He had seen it.
“Who are You to His Holiness the Sun God? Actually, I also have some connections with the Sun God. I will return the Fruit of Immortality to You right now. Can’t I just return it to You?”
Under the massive pull of gravity, the three deities were already deformed. One of them shouted hoarsely.
Ace slightly controlled the gravity. More and more deities began to pay attention to the situation here. That brilliant radiance and terrifying distortion made the True Gods also begin to tremble.
Even if their Fruits of Immortality were not shattered, just falling into a long slumber was not something They could accept.
“Who is this deity? How is He so formidable?”
“Do any of you know what happened? This radiance is simply a weakened version of the Sun God. It’s completely impossible!”
“Perhaps it’s a certain Star God? A very powerful kind?”
The melon-eating [1] deities began to communicate and discuss using divine sense. Some bolder deities even directly observed using powerful divine souls.
“I seem to see the God of Craftsmen and the Three Gods of Guarding. The Three Gods of Guarding are about to be torn to shreds.”
A deity covered in eyes roared in His divine sense.
“And then? What about the God of Craftsmen?”
“The God of Craftsmen is standing next to that unknown deity. Wait, that unknown deity looks familiar?”
“Where?”
…
A moment of silence, followed by the urging of many deities. That deity covered in eyes finally remembered and said affirmatively: “There’s no mistake. He is the new god brought in by the Lady of the Night, the one who just recently became a god. That God of Dreams!”
“The True God who penetrated a law domain the moment He became a god?”
“Even so, how did He master the power of starlight? And such a massive amount of starlight?”
“Does this not intersect with the Sun God’s domain? Is His Holiness the Sun God not furious?”
“It shouldn’t count as an intersection. If it did, what about all those Star Gods?”
“No, didn’t you observe that terrifying Divine Power? Even for an ordinary Main God, that’s very rare, right? This god is simply a freak to become so strong in such a short time.”
“You’re right. The majesty radiating from Him is undoubtedly the terrifying majesty of the Main God level. There shouldn’t be many Main Gods who have fallen right now. How did He descend so quickly?”
“Perhaps He wants to seize the initiative?”
“Perhaps He couldn’t resist the storm?”
Deities are not devoid of humanity. On the contrary, because the Kaya Gods walked the Path of Rules, most of them retained their desires and emotions. They would gossip just like humans.
Regardless, Ace’s Divine Name began to thoroughly spread among the gods. The gods began to recognize this rapidly rising deity, a terrifying existence standing at the pinnacle of Level 5.
When the Three Gods of Guarding begged for mercy, a slight smile appeared at the corners of Ace’s mouth. He said loudly: “I didn’t hear clearly. Please speak louder and more earnestly.”
“Respected unknown Main God, we were wrong, we were truly wrong. We will return the Fruit of Immortality to You; please spare us.”
The God of Craftsmen approached Ace at this time and said: “Main God, if You don’t want to offend the King of the Underworld’s faction too much, let Them go for now. We are still in the vow period; let us not be the first gods to make a move.”
Ace gave the God of Craftsmen a surprised look. Although He intended to let them go after meting out some punishment, He hadn’t expected the God of Craftsmen, Bakal, to be so restrained. This gave Ace a trace of a favorable impression of this bearded, red-faced burly fellow.
“Then I will give you face.” Ace turned to the three gods and said: “My original intention was a small punishment as a great warning, letting you go sleep in the long river of time for tens of thousands of years, but…”
The three gods didn’t dare talk tough with Ace. If this unknown Main God really slaughtered Them, then at least tens of thousands of years of time would be gone. As for whether They could crawl out of the long river of time, that would be hard to say.
Hadn’t they seen the Goddess of Hope killed, Her Fruit of Immortality shattered by God King Kronos, making it almost impossible for Her to crawl out of the long river of history again?
“As long as Your Holiness spares us, we will never oppose Your Holiness again. If we encounter You, as long as it does not involve factional disputes, we will inevitably follow Your Holiness’s lead. We beg You to spare us!”
[1] Melon-eating: Chinese internet slang for onlookers or bystanders who are just watching the drama unfold.
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