The Era of Gods

Chapter 482: Chapter 482: An Irresistible Price

However, the sale of the True God Status did not go through—yet.

It wasn’t because War didn’t want to sell it—after all, just one piece would bring in enough money to develop the plane, so why not?

After all, selling a single True God Status wouldn’t impact the overall control of the plane. Even though he was only a Demigod, possessing a Supreme Status was sufficient to hold sway.

The reason he didn’t sell was that a new big buyer had emerged. Someone wanted to purchase the entire plane, and their offer was too high to refuse.

A complete Top-tier Heirloom, a Nesser Core acceptable in any world, one hundred higher-energy cores that could construct Rank 9 golems, and a completely intact Divine Corpse, including Divinity, Godhood, and Soul of God, completely untouched. Plus, a six-star ancient quality Divine Realm Card capable of expanding the Divine Realm by approximately one hundred square kilometers.

This offer…

Let’s just say, the bidder knew his needs as well as the worms in his belly, tailoring each element of their offer to perfectly suit his requirements, whether personal or inherent value, making them impossible for Lin Xiao to turn down.

He shared this offer with his girlfriend, Jin Sisi, and also sent a message to Xie Yufei, who was far away at the Yan Huang Number 5 Fortress.

Once all three women had replied, he saw that their responses were the same: ‘Sell!’

Furthermore, their reasons were similar; to use Xie Yufei’s words:

“Do you know how difficult it is to develop a large plane? Do you know how much money it takes to develop a large plane with supernatural powers? Do you know how many people are eyeing your plane? Most importantly, your True Body isn’t there. Are you planning to split off another Divine Position Incarnation to stay there indefinitely?”

It was the last sentence that truly moved him, as he indeed couldn’t afford to split off another Divine Position Incarnation to stay in this plane for hundreds or thousands of years.

While he could indeed do so, and would have, prior to the battle with the True God Level Son of the Void, his perspective shifted after that fight.

The risk was simply too great—who knows if there would be a second Son of the Void to appear in this plane?

After that battle, the first War Zone of Yan Huang had already dispatched powerful forces into this Crystal Wall System to conduct a second large-scale investigation, which revealed numerous anomalies and traces of other Sons of the Void.

Having killed one likely made the others wary; they did not catch a second Son of the Void, but it was certain that this Crystal Wall System had been discovered and infiltrated by Sons of the Void, which was no longer safe.

So, when someone was willing to make such a generous offer for the plane, Lin Xiao actually had the desire to sell. Their opinions solidified his decision to sell the plane.

Thus, without the opportunity to warm up to the plane, Lin Xiao returned to the Outpost Base to handle the transfer procedures. He specifically requested a college leader who was still at the base to witness the transfer process, where he received the treasures perfectly tailored to his needs from the buyer.

The first item was a complete Top-tier Heirloom known as Gruul’s Rage.

Ancient Treasure: Gruul’s Rage (Rank 3 Top-tier Heirloom)

Passive effect one: When embedded in the Divine Realm, all Clan members’ strength +10.

Passive effect two: When embedded in the Divine Realm, all Clan members gain an additional strength +10 in a Rage State.

Active effect three: Gruul’s Rage, consumes Divine Power, selects one or more Clan members to grant them the strength of the dragon-slayer Gruul. Each target consumes 10 units of Divine Power, lasting for 60 seconds.

Evaluation: The horn of the legendary dragon-slayer Gruul, imbued with its legendary strength.

A purely combative Ancient Treasure, the exaggerated strength buff for Clan members was perfectly in line with his wishes.

The second item was a Nesser Core universally accepted in any world, essentially a modified version of the Multi-universe’s Nesser Core, possessing the almost limitless energy of a true Nesser Core while functioning in any Exotic Crystal Wall.

This item was something he couldn’t get his hands on even with the rank of Elite Major. With this and the Soul of God from the True God Corpse, Lin Xiao’s first Floating City… well, the Star Realm Battleship that had been gathering dust in his possession could now be put to use.

That item was obtained from a trade with the Myriad Manifestation Dominator in the All-Embracing Crystalline Universe. It contained an independent sub-plane within, capable of crossing Crystal Walls and planes, and could freely change shape—a Super War Fortress.

Previously, without a sufficiently powerful energy core and a strong enough soul for a core, it was left unused in storage, but now it finally had a purpose.

The fourth item was one hundred high-energy cores capable of creating Rank 9 golems.

The fifth was a complete Divine Corpse; the Divine Body had been separated from the Divinity, Godhood, and Soul of God, leaving Lin Xiao free to manipulate it as he wished.

The last treasure was a card capable of expanding the Divine Realm by approximately one hundred square kilometers, a six-star ancient quality Divine Realm Card.

Although not particularly useful to Lin Xiao, who was still expanding his Divine Realm in the Moon Xiao Crystal Wall System, nobody would ever complain about having a too large Divine Realm.

Next, Lin Xiao returned to the New Moon Domain, incorporating all his subordinates who had switched to bloodline magicians into the Divine Realm.

While he couldn’t use Humans as Clan members, temporarily housing a few for transit was no problem.

He then used the teleportation array between Super War Fortresses to return directly to the Yan Huang Number 5 War Zone. Xie Yufei had been waiting for him, and as soon as he arrived, he received a message from her asking him to come over.

He thought she wanted to discuss their earlier matter, but instead she informed him of something that greatly surprised him.

Shortly after his first lecture, all the Super War Fortresses situated in Subspace within the Human World received a distress signal. After investigation, they discovered that a Crystal Wall Universe, which had been sealed over 60,000 years ago in the Main World, had recently had its seal undone.

The messenger was one of the Dominators of that Crystal Wall Universe, a Human super divine power with a God Level reaching 19, seeking assistance from the Human World.

The request for help was displayed on a screen before Lin Xiao, visible only to those with military ranks of general or elite lieutenant colonels and higher.

He scrutinized the contents, growing more astonished as he read, and after a long pause, he said,

“Does this mean that Humans are preparing for a full-scale war with the Nightmare World?”

Xie Yufei said with a smile,

“Not a full-scale war, no. Neither that predecessor nor the other Dominator from the Nightmare World who belongs to the Star Soul Crystal Wall Universe wants any powerhouses to intervene in that world, so they’ve set up rules. Just keep reading and you’ll see.”

Lin Xiao continued reading, flipping through several pages, and understood why she said that.

Let’s put it this way, the world that had been closed for 60,000 years and recently reopened is called the Star Soul Crystal Wall System. Sixty thousand years ago, in the Main World’s time, a superhuman with divine power and a God Level of 19 led their Divine System in a struggle against an equally ranked Dominator from the Nightmare World for control over this Crystal Wall System.

The struggle later escalated to an intense stage where both sides chose to abandon their divine bodies and merge with the origin of the Crystal Wall System, also known colloquially as Merging the Dao.

At the time, everyone thought this move would certainly determine the victor, and that once the Crystal Wall Universe reopened, a great divine power would be born.

However, this wait turned into more than 60,000 years, which could be around eighteen million years in Different Domain terms. No news of demise came from that Crystal Wall Universe, leaving the outcome of the struggle unknown.

The Human Main World had once thought that the Human powerhouse had failed, but surprisingly, news was received recently that the battle still had not been resolved after over 60,000 years.

The current situation is that both parties involved in the deadlock have grown impatient. The two super-beings merged with the world’s origin have compromised and decided to let external forces break the stalemate.

However, due to their current state, they dare not allow any beings above the true god level to enter the Star Soul Crystal Wall System, not even Demigod incarnations. They can only send a hint of their will’s projection and must follow their rules.

And their rules…

Lin Xiao finished reading with a look of strange amusement:

“Isn’t this just gamification?”

Xie Yufei spread her hands and said,

“Yes, that’s the rule. You can only send a sliver of your will into that Crystal Wall Universe and then create a gamified body based on that bit of your will to serve that exalted one.”

Lin Xiao…

“Isn’t that being overly cautious?”

“It’s quite normal. They are now entering the final stage, and defeating their old opponent will elevate them to the great status.”

The envy in Xie Yufei’s eyes was almost too evident as she said,

“An opportunity that’s almost certain to lead to ascending to great divine power lies before them. Wouldn’t any True God Level powerhouse entering first want to replace them? I would be no exception. Do you think they would feel at ease letting your True Bodies in?”

Well, they wouldn’t.

No one would in their place, but without external forces, they couldn’t resolve the stalemate, so they came up with this method. They could only send a wisp of consciousness to create a body within the Crystal Wall Universe.

This way, they could easily control the situation since they created the bodies. If anyone harbored different ideas, they could be easily countered. He didn’t believe for a second that the gamified bodies they created wouldn’t have contingencies.

Having gone through all the information, Lin Xiao knew this operation would involve all the top colleges of the four major powers of the Human Main World. Every student who had not ascended to True Godhood was to separate a sliver of their consciousness to arrive; he would have to do the same.

Fortunately, it was just the descent of a part of their consciousness, which wouldn’t significantly affect their True Bodies.

After staying with Xie Yufei for a while, he also made a trip to the Fury Flames Legion Base. In her words, as the leader of the Fury Flames Legion, how could he not stay in touch with his own troops?

They sat side by side in a close proximity aboard a flying vehicle bound for the Fury Flames Legion Base, and Lin Xiao noticed a faint fragrance, looking up in surprise to see her flawless face. He had not noticed this scent before.

Noticing his reaction, she glanced at him and said,

“I heard you accomplished something big recently, overturning three classes of Lustrous University sophomore and junior students by yourself, and even killed a few True God Level Sons of the Void?”

Well, things escalated quickly.

Lin Xiao covered his face and said,

“You believe that?”

She gave a slight smile and all of a sudden her face turned stern as she grabbed his ear, causing him to cry out in pain. She spoke through gritted teeth,

“You, as the leader of the Fury Flames Legion, got bullied outside, and you wouldn’t come back and call for help? Do you look down on us, or have you forgotten about us?”