The Era of Gods

Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Strengthening Direction of the Crystal Wall System’s Core (4000)

Bolts of Creation Energy, in the form of lightning, were continuously hammered into the outer shell of the Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core, disappearing into it without a ripple, but he could feel that deep within this core, a wonderful sensation was gradually awakening. As more and more Creation Energy was infused, it grew stronger until…

With the last unit of Creation Energy transformed into a bolt of lightning striking in, it was as if a sun had suddenly risen in the sky, bringing with it an incredible sensation. The Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core seemed to undergo a metamorphosis, emerging anew.

Simultaneously, at the very moment the Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core awoke, an invisible wave of energy radiated from the core as its center, flashing through the God Country in an instant and spreading throughout the entire Divine Realm, extending far into the distance.

It quickly reached the frontier of his Divine Realm, merging with the God’s realm crystal wall there. The wave didn’t stop; instead, it propelled the edge of the crystal wall to keep expanding outward.

As the Divine Realm Master, Lin Xiao could clearly sense his Divine Realm expanding at a frantic pace; in a matter of seconds, it had grown several times larger.

In less than ten seconds, the diameter of his Divine Realm had increased by several hundred times, and it was still expanding.

At the same time, Lin Xiao began to check the attributes of the upgraded treasure in his hand:

Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core Shell (Awakened): A surviving Origin Core shell from a fallen Crystal Wall System. Fortunately, the shell is intact with the core preserved within.

Crystal Wall: Strengthens the Divine Realm, expands the Divine Realm, enhances Divine Realm space to Rank 8 in terms of strength and energy concentration, stabilizes the Divine Realm, grants the ability to merge +2 Cards every month. At the cost of not being able to load any Cards for a year, it can utilize one higher-ranked Card beyond one’s current level.

Core: The reawakened core within the Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core needs to reweave its foundational rule network before it can be utilized. Please consider carefully the foundational rule network that suits you.

Evaluation: A reawakened Crystal Wall System’s Origin Core—My God, it’s a miracle!

As Lin Xiao expected, the upgraded Origin Core Shell of the Crystal Wall System had improved his Divine Realm’s spatial strength and energy density to Rank 8, which meant that his Divine Realm could now give birth to Rank 8 legendary creatures.

But what surprised him most was the ability to utilize one high-level Card that exceeded his level in exchange for not being able to load any Cards for a year.

This ability…

Could be said to be awesome, but also could be viewed as somewhat useless.

The cost of not using any Cards for a year seemed rather steep since the value of that one high-level Card had to outweigh the use of forty-eight Cards for a year.

Lin Xiao personally thought it was somewhat useless.

Although many high-level Cards had values far greater than forty-eight five- star mythical quality Cards, their attributes were generally singular, capable of enhancing one or two of your abilities to an exaggerated extent in an instant. However, being unable to load a single Card for a whole year meant that in time, you would quickly fall behind your peers in other respects, creating a gap and subsequent weaknesses.

Oftentimes one strength can make up for other weaknesses, but it can’t make up for every weakness.

The high school entrance exam tests comprehensive abilities. If you’re extremely strong in one or two areas but fall behind in others compared to everyone else, it’s like being extraordinarily good in just two subjects while failing all the others in a regular exam—Tsinghua and Peking Universities wouldn’t admit such unbalanced students, I presume.

Moreover, the Divine Territory Players’ high school entrance exam is much more demanding than the regular exam, not allowing for significant shortcomings.

So this ability might seem pretty awesome, but in reality, it’s pretty much useless.

Unless he could get his hands on an advanced card that significantly and comprehensively amplifies his abilities, it’s worthless.

As for the second new ability obtained after the repair of the Crystal Wall System’s Core…

Just as it literally suggests, he needs to re-edit a new foundational rule network.

It’s common knowledge that every Crystal Wall Universe has its own set of fundamental rule networks unique to itself. For instance, the Azeroth Crystal Wall Universe has the exclusive system of Star Soul Titans and Void Demon System, the Ferren Crystal Wall Universe has the Faith God System, the Wizard World has the Wizard System, and the once All Things Crystal Wall Universe had the Hero System, etc. These are all unique systems of each Crystal Wall Universe and are manifestations of the universe’s foundational rule network in the material plane.

The shell of Lin Xiao’s Crystal Wall System’s Core had long been damaged, and its original core had vanished long ago. Now, this new core is one he has awakened anew, so the original foundational rule network has long since disappeared.

Three choices now lay before Lin Xiao.

The first is to use the Plane Origin, Crystal Wall Origin, or Creation Energy to repair the original foundational rule network via the imprints left within the shell of the core, reconstructing the underpinning rule network of the Crystal Wall Universe before it was destroyed.

The second option would be to reference other Crystal Wall Universes’ foundational rule networks, essentially cloning another Crystal Wall Universe.

The third choice is to start from scratch, weaving an entirely unique Crystal Wall foundational network on his own.

The first option is naturally the easiest since there are remnants to work with; with enough resources, it can be restored.

However, doing so would be akin to reviving the previously destroyed Crystal Wall Universe. This might involve the original cause and effect of that universe’s destruction. The advantage is that he can inherit what remains of the natives and debris lost somewhere in the Chaotic Void Sea from the prior destruction-making the reconstruction both simple and requiring little thought, but there’s also a significant risk of attracting the attention of the powerful Crystal Wall Universe that caused the destruction in the first place. Hence, Lin Xiao directly passed on that choice; the risks were too great.

The second option also carries huge risks. Since every Crystal Wall Universe is unique, cloning one would inevitably lead to a sensory connection between the two. The Crystal Wall Universe he duplicates would definitely go to great lengths to find him and then devour him.

Yes, devour.

Since he would be a clone, and the foundational rule network constituting the Crystal Wall Universe identical, to another Crystal Wall Universe, that would be like a piece of flesh far weaker than itself. The unique laws of the Chaos Sea of Void would prompt the two Crystal Wall Universes to come into contact and collide, inevitably leaving only one standing as the other gets devoured.

This is inevitable, even if he were to hide in the Main World. The Main World is also a part of the Chaos Sea All Crystal Universe and can’t shelter him.

The third option, and the only one available to Lin Xiao, is to start from zero and shape a brand new, unique Crystal Wall Universe.

As the creator of this new Crystal Wall Universe, he would naturally become the Lord of the Crystal Wall System, the King of Gods within the Crystal Wall Universe, God Above Gods, the Supreme Deity – – not like Ao, who is merely the Spokesperson for the Will of the Crystal Wall, handling the Destiny Clay Tablet, but the real Lord of the Crystal Wall System who possesses complete control over everything in a Crystal Wall Universe.

Of course, the benefit of this is immense power, but the difficulty… well… Starting from scratch to create a Crystal Wall Universe and requiring a newcomer, who isn’t even a Demigod, to edit the foundational rule network of a Crystal Wall Universe…

This isn’t just a formidable task—it’s a Herculean one; he’s completely clueless right now, as if in the dark, knowing nothing.

Thankfully, there was no need to rush this matter at the moment, and he was not without options either; the Creation Rubik’s Cube located in the Sea of Gods provided him with a method, which was to “gaseous.”

Yes, to gaseous, but not gaseous gold, instead gaseous Creation Energy. He might lack the ability, but the Creation Rubik’s Cube certainly did not. The feedback from the Creation Rubik’s Cube told him that as long as there was enough Creation Energy, anything was possible.

As long as he prepared enough Creation Energy and then drafted the general rule network design for the new Crystal Wall Universe, with the Creation Energy payment in place, the Creation Rubik’s Cube would be able to properly edit the rule network.

“Well, isn’t there anything you can’t do!”

Even capable of designing a Crystal Wall Universe, Lin Xiao felt as if he was just getting to know his Golden Finger; this feature was simply defying the heavens, who knows, one day this thing might turn into a beauty and tell him she’s carrying his child…

Of course, he wouldn’t believe it, unless he experienced it himself…

If the Creation Rubik’s Cube could be gaseous, Lin Xiao’s mind raced with numerous promising ideas; in an instant, he had several very promising ideas. For example, referencing the Star Soul of the Azeroth universe, they could create a group of Innate Divine Spirit Titans with great divine statuses, or, taking inspiration from the Magic Net of the Ferren Crystal Wall Universe, establish a super Magic Net that covers the entire universe; or perhaps adopting the Demon evolution system from the Abyss to establish a complete evolution system, or maybe…

Overall, Humans had discovered a vast number of Crystal Wall Universes, among which some were extremely powerful; he could completely use these as references to re-edit a brand-new Crystal Wall Universe unrelated to them.

This was sure to require a massive amount of Creation Energy, but compared to the gains, any expenditure was worthwhile.

He stretched out his right hand and slowly gripped in the air, the Creation Rubik’s Cube slowly disassembled into countless transparent light points that dissipated, revealing the Origin Core of the Crystal Wall System suspended within the Rubik’s Cube. With a thought, the Core fused into the Divine Realm.

In that moment, the entire Divine Realm trembled abruptly. In the midst of presiding over a prayer ceremony in the Heaven Divine Realm, Slarda suddenly lost control over his power, which surged uncontrollably, forcing all surrounding Church officials to retreat, creating a vast empty space. The dignity in the Vault of Heaven rapidly solidified, and Lin Xiao’s immense and majestic face slowly emerged, his eyes fixed upon his Core Race. A colossal beam of Divine Power thundered down striking Slarda, who was in the midst of transformation.

As the Core of the Crystal Wall System ascended, both the upper limit and energy concentration of the Divine Realm reached Rank 8. Naturally, Slarda, who had been stuck at the limit of Rank 7, could not contain his own powerful strength and ascended to Legendary level.

Moreover, he was not just any legendary warrior, but a true legend who had mastered the rules.

At the same time, the upper limits of all the Clans within the Divine Realm were also raised to Rank 8. Among them, the Wise Goblins’ leader Alemente and the Flame Lord Kurbert, both of whom were top Rank 7 powerhouses just behind Slarda, were waiting for the Divine Realm to stabilize before immediately ascending.

Although Rank 8 troops had also been unlocked, the Naga’s normal strength limit was Rank 7; unless for special reasons, they could not normally reach beyond Rank 7 under regular circumstances.

With the descent of a full thousand units of Divine Power from Lin Xiao himself, Slarda’s power began to surge wildly.

As his most Core Race and the one he had the highest hopes for, Lin Xiao did not hold back, even though so much Divine Power could potentially be wasted.

The increase in the Divine Realm’s upper limit and the explosive increase in the strength of the Clans was indeed good news, but it did not solve the crisis his Incarnation was currently facing.

After bestowing Divine Power to assist Slarda in his perfect ascension, Lin Xiao still found himself deep in thought-how could he help his Incarnation overcome the current crisis?

The True Body could not descend, and even if it could, that would be useless.

Clans could descend, but even if Slarda, Alemente, and Kurbert ascended and personally took action, they probably wouldn’t be able to hold back, for they were just a few Legendary Level warriors, and facing an almost endless tide of monsters, it was impossible to withstand.

After much deliberation, unless a great hero came to save the day, there was simply no solution, and his thoughts came to a deadlock.

While he was engrossed in thought with no solution in sight, Lin Xiao’s Incarnation, who was also in deep trouble, suddenly felt the Void tremble violently; he quickly looked up, only to see a gigantic face smashing into the six layers of protective barriers that remained, shattering the outermost barrier, leaving him trembling with fear.

Afterward, the eyes of that face spewed out black liquid like sludge, coating the barriers, which darkened visibly at the speed of sight, corrupted. Spots of mildew grew on the originally white barrier, and with a sharp, pitch-black fingernail piercing down, the next layer was easily penetrated.

“Damn it, this is the end.”

The force was too fierce; there was no way to resist it.

Lin Xiao gave up entirely, leaving a small part of his Clans to guard the two entrances and quickly summoning the rest back to the Divine Realm.

Since his demise was certain, there was no need to waste the Clans he had painstakingly cultivated.

As the last of the Clans was summoned back and treasures were stored in the Creation Rubik’s Cube with the portal closed, the magical passages guarding the entrance were breached. Thick black sludge-like liquid poured from the passages, submerging the Clans and quickly flooding towards Lin Xiao.

He watched expressionlessly as an evil, twisting head snapped at him, and he slowly opened his arms…

He was engulfed by the dark tide.

The moment he disappeared, his name on the competitive strength ranking list, which was quite high up, suddenly dimmed, and then plummeted down the ranks rapidly until it disappeared, drawing the attention of several players who happened to be watching the list at the time, shocking them.

His disappearance did not cause much stir; since he was anonymous, no one knew who it really was that had vanished.

Aside from that, the Floating Islands showed no change. The Titan Giants were using the power released by the Eternal Fire to hold back the viscous tidal waves, completely oblivious to what was happening below in the small sanctuary under the altar.

Time passed silently, and soon enough, the twelfth month arrived, marking one year. At that moment, everyone received a notification from the Hero System:

“The year’s term has expired, the Treasure Land of Myriad is now open, all heroes may teleport to the Treasures of Myriad.”

Note. The Treasure Land of Myriad will last three months; after three months, the game will end, and all unopened Treasures of Myriad will close.”

Note: The Treasure Land of Myriad allows entry but no exit, once entered, there is no leaving.”

Then, all participants received a one-time teleport option to teleport to the land where the Treasures of Myriad were located.

At this moment, the heroes were abuzz with excitement; the next second, countless beams of white light rose to the sky, teleporting to the Treasures of Myriad to compete for the treasures, while many who felt they lacked the power to compete chose not to enter and remained where they were.