The Era of Gods-Chapter 651: The Echo After Promotion

Half a month later, an eight-level god avatar of Lin Xiao appeared deep within the fifth layer of the Dark Territory. Further down was the sixth layer of the Dark Territory.

The former kingdom of The Lord of Darkness was situated in this layer. With the fall of The Lord of Darkness, his kingdom was seized and merged into Lin Xiao’s own God Country, absorbing the entire Dark God System and all the gods of the Dark Territory. Now, the fifth layer of the Dark Territory had become a paradise for prowling magic beasts, devoid of free-roaming True Gods once again.

After promoting his divine power, the Shadow Demon Web combined with the Magic Web, which began to cover the entire Primary Material Plane and the nearby void. As his Divine Power level continued to rise, the range it covered would expand even further.

But constrained by divine power and rules, the Magic Net couldn’t possibly cover the entire Crystal Wall Universe, unless he ascended to great divine power, which was impossible.

At this moment, Lin Xiao could clearly sense that as soon as his controlled Magic Net entered the sixth layer of the Dark Territory, it began to experience an invisible suppression. Many evil creatures and Divine Aberrations exiled in ancient times inherently suppressed the presence of the Magic Net within the sixth layer.

Lin Xiao came to the sixth layer of the Dark Territory for two purposes.

One was to find the Divine Aberration that had previously escaped, resembling a Hundred-Armed Giant. The other was to capture some Divine Aberrations and evil creatures for research.

The combat power of the Divine Aberration resembling a Hundred-Armed Giant was comparable to Powerful Divine Power. However, it was vulnerable to bloodline suppression by the Ancient Material Godhood he possessed. He had long coveted it and now, having freed up his hands, went to look for it, hoping to capture and tame it with the Creation Rubik’s Cube.

If successful, he would gain a powerful enforcer on par with powerful divine power, which could be his trump card against other powerful divine beings in the future.

The other goal was to prepare for the clan within his Divine Realm.

Although his true body couldn’t return from the Wizard World yet, it didn’t mean that his kin in the Divine Realm didn’t need to be cared for.

As his power continued to increase, the demands of the God Realm Kin rose accordingly... Of course, even for Legendary Satellites, it was adequate to face powerful divine power or even great divine power. But if they could be made even stronger, it would naturally be better.

When his true body reached the level of powerful divine power, the kin within his Divine Realm rarely had a chance to personally enter the battlefield. At their level of strength, they would have conquered many planes and established massive Aboriginal Legions. During wars in the Outland, mostly aboriginal cannon fodder legions were deployed, and his own kin were rarely mobilized.

Like Lin Xiao, if he conquered this Crystal Wall Universe, he could mobilize an army of cannon fodder in the billions in a matter of minutes – there would be no need for his kin from within the Divine Realm to take risks.

But that didn’t mean the clan didn’t need attention or continued cultivation.

They were, after all, his most core foundational support. Should anything significant happen, or they encounter a powerful enemy, if the forces conquered in the Outland collapse or become unmanageable, then his core races would have to take the forefront.

If he neglected their cultivation, and they proved useless at a critical moment, the outcome would be predictable.

So, it was possible that the core races within the Divine Realm might not be used in the later stages, but they were indispensable.

There is a saying that goes:

"I may not need to use it, but I must have it!"

Besides, both his Divine Realm and his kin were struggling to keep up with his rapidly growing power. He needed to continue their cultivation and expand the Divine Realm.

Between the fifth and sixth layers of the Dark Territory, there was a rock layer tens of kilometers thick. The deeper one went, the thicker the earth between each layer, and the strange energy within the earth increased in intensity, gradually interfering with the stability of spirit and energy.

Here, it was practically impossible to cast Magic Web spells, but Arcanists who relied on their own spellcasting could still use magic. True gods would cast spells using divine power. Lin Xiao, after endowing himself with a series of stealth spells, descended deep into the fifth layer and found a vast pitch-black cavern, seemingly bottomless, and leaped into it.

In mid-air, he sensed many hidden presences along the edges of this kilometers-wide space; he knew not what hid along the edges of this hollow cave, and he had no interest in finding out.

It took him about fifteen minutes to quietly pass through the layers and enter the sixth layer of the Dark Territory. Immediately, he sensed the presence of numerous evil creatures and Divine Aberrations hidden in this layer.

He had been to the sixth layer of the Dark Territory before. When he confronted The Lord of Darkness, he had entered here, only staying on the surface of the sixth layer, not daring to delve deeper at that time.

Now that he had promoted to Powerful Divine Power, his strength was many times greater than before, giving him the courage to return.

The aftermath of the battle from centuries ago had long since vanished. The evil creatures and Divine Aberrations living in this layer had settled down again. Lin Xiao repressed all his auras, turning into a transparent shadow, and silently slid into the depths of the misty sixth layer.

When he came across a vast forest of stone pillars, he stopped, his gaze piercing through the omnipresent fog of the sixth layer deep into the forest. Suddenly, he extended his hand to slice through the air. An invisible sword light swept by, severing a stone pillar, which immediately provoked a thunderous roar. The massive forest of stone pillars shook violently; one by one, the thin stone shells on the surface cracked and twisted, transforming into tentacles that surged skyward.

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This stone pillar forest that stretches over several kilometers is actually the lair of a powerful ancient evil creature that has been hiding here for who knows how long. These thick and long stone pillars are actually the tentacles of this powerful evil being.

All he needed was the creature’s genes, so after chopping off just one tentacle, he left, leaving only the raging evil creature in impotent fury, unable to find a target to vent its anger on.

Following this, the many hidden evils and divine aberrations within the sixth layer of the Dark Territory had fallen on hard times. From time to time, furious roars emitted from the thick fog, not knowing how many dormant evils or divine aberrations were awoken by the severe pain, only to discover that at some unknown point, parts of their bodies had been sliced off.

Although these were not grave injuries, given their regenerative abilities, they could regrow in minutes, but still, it was infuriating!

Meanwhile, another incarnation of Lin Xiao had already left Crystal Wall Universe CY-00801 and returned to the Outpost Base fixed on the exterior of the Crystal Wall.

Even though his true body wasn’t present, the incarnation could represent him all the same.

Currently, the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team still garrisoned the Outpost Base. In his absence, Major General Single-Sword Peak had taken charge of the base’s operations. The original members of the Giant God Combat Team had basically dispatched their incarnations to descend upon Crystal Wall Universe CY-00801 and were now deities within the Divine System.

Besides, he had also sent a large number of demigod reservists from the battle teams to descend upon the Primary Material Plane and its many affiliated planes, the Bottomless Abyss, and various Elemental Planes, etc.

Conquering a Crystal Wall Universe wasn’t limited to just the Primary Material Plane; other large material planes required strategic planning as well.

However, since their arrival was only a hundred years or so ago, many had not yet secured their footing, and the road to Divine Enthronement was still far ahead.

Lin Xiao wasn’t in a rush; he simply made sure to understand their current situations so as to be well-informed and incidentally issued them their next stage of orders—prepare for Divine Enthronement!

He had by now been promoted to Powerful Divine Power and was among the most powerful beings in this Crystal Wall Universe. As per the usual practice, he was qualified to participate in establishing the order of this universe.

Simply put, it meant expanding his own strength and influence—and it was all perfectly legitimate.

As one among the Powerful Divine Powers, aside from the Dark Territory, it was only natural to seize other territories and expand his faith. Lin Xiao not aiming for land disputes with other True Gods and Powerful Divine Powers in the Primary Material Plane but instead venturing to the planes outside the Primary Material Plane to carve out new faith and territory, presumably would not raise any objections.

Acting in this way was also meant to avoid confrontation with both the God of Justice and the God of the Sun; his slaying of the Magic God had already incensed the God of Justice.

Soon after his promotion to Powerful Divine Power, Lin Xiao, while taking over the many Mage followers of the former Magic God, became aware of many hostile actions taken by the God of Justice and the Lord of the Sun. If he wished to move from the underground to the surface, he would undoubtedly be subject to the full suppression of the two Powerful God Systems.

Although Lin Xiao didn’t know why the God of Justice harbored such great animosity towards him, he was well aware that expanding his faith to the surface would be incredibly difficult.

Rather than getting embroiled with the God of Justice and the Lord of the Sun on the surface, it was better to give up the Primary Material Plane and focus on developing beyond it.

After all, he had already unified the entire Dark Territory and had established a solid foundation in the Primary Material Plane. Expanding into the planes beyond would not affect his status and authority within the Hall of All Gods.

It is worth noting that beyond the Primary Material Plane, there lie eight super-large planes, fifty-one large planes, and several thousand medium and small planes. Although nearly half belong to single-attribute Elemental Planes or barren and chaotic planes not suitable for intelligent life, the remaining planes still constitute a sizeable territory.

If he could unify more than two super-large planes, a substantial amount of faith could sustain many more True Gods, and he could expand the strength and heritage of his Divine System. It would not take long to catch up with any of the veteran Powerful Divine Powers.

Tactics like the lightning-fast surprise attack used against the Magic God could not be used a second time. In the future, if he wants to tackle several Powerful Divine Powers and unify this Crystal Wall Universe, it must be a head-on, flesh-and-blood confrontation. Without a solid and substantial foundation, it would not work.

This time, returning to the Outpost Base was not only to reassign tasks to his subordinates but also to discuss an important matter with Major General Single-Sword Peak, the commander of the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team—how to weaken the civilizations of the Other Races’ Divine Realms in this world.

It was also a task he had to accomplish after his promotion to Powerful Divine Power, which could also be seen as a show of allegiance to the will of this world.

When the Lord of the Sun was promoted to Powerful Divine Power, he had done the same by leading a Divine System and various divinities in an assault on a Human outpost outside of the Primary Material Plane, crippling the precursor to the Giant God Combat Team in one fell swoop, which later benefited Lin Xiao.

Now that he had been promoted to Powerful Divine Power, he had to do the same. His targets, naturally, were the bases of other Divine Realm civilizations.

But since his Divine System didn’t have a good reputation among the deities of this world, he suspected few True Gods would be willing to respond. If he had to rely solely on the Dark God System to attack, it would likely be very difficult. Furthermore, he was concerned that as soon as he led his forces into battle, the God of Justice, in alliance with the Lord of the Sun, might attack his God Country.

Thus, Lin Xiao planned to have a discussion with Major General Single-Sword Peak, the commander of the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team, to see if they could collaborate to swiftly take down the internal bases of civilizations from the Nightmare Divine Realm, Spirit Tribe Divine Realm, and Insect Tribe Divine Realm.