The Era of Gods

Chapter 215: Countdown Begins

Translator: 549690339 I

Once back in the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao sat on the divine throne at the heart of the Divine Core Palace, his hand pressed to his forehead in deep contemplation.

Although he had already made up his mind before, he still hesitated when it came to the final choice. What should he choose? Which path should he take?

The paths laid before him were actually quite numerous. In addition to the racial Godhoods of Supreme Naga and Fishman, he could also choose between the powerful Godhoods of Creator and Ocean. It was these two Godhoods that made him hesitate.

It wasn’t a matter of choosing which one but whether to choose both, and whether to consider selecting another three possible but highly unlikely Godhoods—Judgment, Truth, and Destiny.

Yes, Judgment—a powerful Godhood, as well as Truth and Destiny, two supremely powerful Godhoods.

The Truth Divine Position stemmed from the Tower of Truth. According to the relationship between the Wise Goblins and the Tower of Truth, there was a high probability that he would develop the nascent form of the Truth Divine Position in the future.

The Judgment Divine Position came from disassembling the broken Scales of Judgment of Fate, and he acquired the Destiny Divine Position in the same way.

Creator, Ocean, Judgment, Truth, Destiny—these five Godhoods were all potential goals for him.

But theory is just that—theory. In practice, apart from Creator and Ocean, the other probabilities were not high.

The Creator Godhood was already destined to form, just waiting for him to become a Demigod to automatically acquire it.

The Ocean Divine Position had already begun to sprout. As long as he chose this path next, whether it was the Fishman or the Supreme Naga race, both born of the great sea, could provide him the bias towards this aspect.

But for the three Godhoods of Judgment, Destiny, and Truth, he only had a lead; determining whether he could condense the Godhoods was highly uncertain.

Most crucially, these three Godhoods were too powerful. Putting Judgment aside for a moment, which was a powerful Godhood comparable to Ocean, War, Life, Death, and others, Truth and Destiny exceeded these powerful Godhoods, becoming Super Divine Positions. Each could support a great divine power when fully developed.

For such supremely powerful Godhoods, not to mention the difficulty of condensation, the key was that the Divinity required to support these two Godhoods was too high, so high that he wasn’t even sure how much Divinity was needed.

According to the experience of elders, low-level Godhoods normally require less than five points of Divinity.

Mid-level Godhoods have an extremely high range, starting at a little more than five points, which corresponds to Level 2 Divine Beings, and can go as high as dozens of points.

As for powerful high-level Godhoods, they require at least forty points, meaning only Divine Beings of Fifth Level and above could condense them.

As for Super Divine Positions, needless to say, they definitely exceed forty points.

Therefore, the vast majority of Divine Territory Players, including those from affiliates to Super Academy like Radiance, choose a mid-level Godhood when they become Demigods. Only a few particularly outstanding ones choose powerful high-level Godhoods right from the start.

Even Lin Xiao, who had a cheat-like advantage, was not confident that after choosing one powerful Godhood, he would be able to condense a second powerful Godhood.

In other words, in addition to the three Godhoods of Creator, Naga, and Fishman, he could only choose one more powerful or super Godhood. It was almost impossible for him to choose a second powerful Godhood.

So, the question arises—Truth or Destiny, which one should be chosen?

If he could only pick one, he would definitely have to choose one of the strongest among the two. The others would have to wait until he was stronger in the future.

The Truth Divine Position is not easy to describe. It can be interpreted in many ways, but from a philosophical concept—

Truth is the permanently unchanging and genuinely correct principle.

Truth refers to the correct principles that are in accordance with the immutable reality of objective things and their laws.

Truth can also be divided into absolute truth and relative truth, where absolute truth refers to broad principles without any restrictions, while relative truth refers to principles that are limited and only valid under certain conditions.

This all sounds very complex.

Indeed, it is very complex.

In terms of Godhood, it implies that the holder of the Godhood will control the absolute correctness of the world. This sounds very prestigious and is naturally extremely powerful.

Destiny, on the other hand, refers to fate and luck, which is a pattern in which things are governed by a combination of a fixed number and variables.

‘Ming’ and ‘Yun’ are two different concepts, with ‘ming’ being the fixed number, which refers to a specific object, and ‘yun’ being the variable, representing the transformation of time and space. Combined together, they refer to the process of a specific object undergoing transformation over time and space, with luck changing destiny accordingly.

From the perspective of Eastern divination, destiny has a dual meaning.

First is ‘ming’, which refers to the innate nature given at birth.

Second comes ‘yun’, which refers to the changes in fortune during different stages of life.

‘Ming’ discusses a lifetime, while ‘yun’ concerns the present.

This sounds mystical and profound. In essence, that’s exactly what it is. Holding the super Godhood of Destiny allows one to control the destiny of everything within a Crystal Wall Universe, encompassing deities as well as planes of existence.

So-

Lin Xiao was in a dilemma because both Truth and Destiny, these two super Godhoods, were extremely powerful. Choosing to master the rules of either one would allow him to ascend to great divine power, which made the decision particularly difficult for him.

Sitting silently on the divine throne for a long time, he carefully and earnestly considered the abilities associated with the Divine Positions of Truth and Destiny, as well as the effects of choosing either path. After several days of comprehensive consideration, Lin Xiao finally made his choice.

Truth!

He chose Truth.

The reason that drove him to make this choice was simple: Truth was much more low-profile compared to Destiny.

If he chose the Godhood of Destiny, the moment he solidified the Godhood of Destiny in the future, he would immediately influence the destiny of the Main World to a certain extent, and most likely be detected by the powerful beings of the Main World. As a mere Demigod, there was no way for him to conceal his Godhood.

The impact of this was unknown, and the consequences of being discovered were also unknown.

In addition, if this Demigod with the Godhood of Destiny entered any Crystal Wall System, his insufficient strength would not allow him to restrain himself, and he would immediately affect any Crystal Wall System, immediately being perceived by the will of the Crystal Wall System’s origin. This would have very adverse effects on him.

Compared to the Godhood of Destiny, Truth was much more low-key. Even if he solidified the Godhood of Truth, he would not cause any impact on the Main World and naturally would not be easily discovered.

It wasn’t because of the saying that “truth is held by few,” but rather because Truth truly did not affect others. It was just like someone discovering a truth: as long as they did not divulge it, it would at most cause psychological effects on the person involved, without causing any substantial impact on anyone before it was revealed.

So, Lin Xiao officially decided to set his goal for Godhood as Truth.

Then, during his Rank 3 and Rank 2 stages, all his actions would be aimed at solidifying this Godhood.

With his current situation, as long as he strived to expand the influence of the Tower of Truth, once it reached a certain extent, he would naturally be able to form the embryonic form of a Godhood. When the time came, as long as the Divinity carried by the Godhood of Truth was sufficient and he accumulated enough Divine Power, he would naturally be able to solidify the Godhood of Truth.

“Hmm! I wonder what it would be like to possess Truth!”

Lin Xiao looked forward to this very much.

Having made his choice, the disintegrated card residue dissipated within the Divine Realm. He immediately felt that his two fixed Divine Extraordinary Abilities could be reselected, and his original three basic Divine Arts could also be chosen again.

His current two Divine Extraordinary Abilities were Mockery and Reproduction, one being an initial choice, the other a derivative of the Creation Rule.

Among these, the Extraordinary Ability of Reproduction could continue to be retained, but Mockery was no longer necessary. This Divine Extraordinary Ability was now useless, inherently limited in use, and its power was not up to par. Even an upgrade wouldn’t make it much stronger. Most importantly, he was now not going to choose the Ocean Divine Position, so there was no need to keep it.

He needed to select a new one, choosing from the available Divine Extraordinary Ability bank according to his current abilities and conditions.

With a thought, a screen of light popped up before him, displaying a string of Divine Extraordinary Abilities.

Extraordinary Strength, Extraordinary Speed, Extraordinary Constitution, Extraordinary Rebirth, Extraordinary Will, Extraordinary Spirit, Extraordinary Charm, and other basic Extraordinary Abilities.

Choosing one, that aspect of oneself would exponentially increase.

For example, if one chooses Extraordinary Strength, their True Body’s strength would double on the existing basis, with each upgrade adding another doubling, incredibly exaggerated.

But for Divine Territory Players, this ability was quite redundant; after becoming deities, it’s all about the clash of Divine Power or Legendary Spells, isn’t it? Who would actually engage in close combat personally? How low would that be?

If it really came down to the True Body engaging in close combat, it would generally mean being in a desperate situation, and at that time, choosing a capability like Extraordinary Teleportation for escaping would be better, wouldn’t it?

There were also Transcendent Fear Technique, Extraordinary Human Immobilization Technique, Extraordinary Monster Immobilization Technique, Transcendent Belittling Technique, Extraordinary Beast Summoning, Extraordinary Undead Awakening, Extraordinary Teleportation… and other class spell-like Extraordinary Abilities.

These were strengthened versions of spells. For example, the Extraordinary Human Immobilization Technique could immobilize any humanoid being not stronger than oneself, including Giant-sized BUG humanoids.

Then there were Extraordinary Resurrection Technique, Extraordinary Light Technique, Extraordinary Slaughter Technique, Extraordinary Tsunami Technique, Extraordinary Catastrophe Technique, Prophetic Art… Technique…

“Wait, a Prophetic Technique? No, it’s a Prophetic Art.”

Lin Xiao glanced at the introduction of this Extraordinary Ability and waved it off:

“Never mind then.”

He thought it was Prophetic Technique.

All the abilities in this Divine Extraordinary Ability bank were related to the abilities he currently possessed. Apart from basic Extraordinary Abilities like Strength, Constitution, and Speed, the other Divine Extraordinary Abilities varied from person to person.

For example, the Extraordinary Tsunami Technique was an advanced version of Mockery, generally appearing only for those with ocean-related Divine Positions.

And the Extraordinary Catastrophe Technique was generally available to those with Divine Positions that could cause various natural disasters, such as earthquakes, storms, lightning, and so on.

Extraordinary Light Technique and Extraordinary Slaughter Technique were related to the Divine Position of Judgement.

Resurrection Technique was related to the Creationist, and Divine Positions related to life could also acquire Resurrection Techniques.

Prophetic Art, on the other hand, was related to both Truth and Destiny.

So the choice was clear; it would definitely be the Extraordinary Predictive Art.

This Divine Extraordinary Ability was straightforward; when he needed to do something, he could use this ability to predict whether the result would be good or bad. Meanwhile, following the path of Truth that Lin Xiao chose, the principle of the Prophetic Art of Truth…