Gods of Yulan: Book 4 of the Coiling Dragon Saga

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  Beirut snorted. “There are not. Definitely not! Even the five Kings of the Gebados Planar Prison have fused only a few profound mysteries of the laws. To fuse all of the laws and become a Paragon? Who can calculate how low the chance is of a material plane to produce one?”

  “Lord Beirut, you are that certain?” Linley was somewhat surprised.

  Not even the five Kings had reached the state of perfection. Linley wasn’t surprised about that. What he was surprised about was how certain Beirut was. Could it be that Beirut could investigate the strength of others?

  “Of course I’m sure.” Beirut nodded and laughed. “This is because, upon a Highgod capable of fusing all of the profound mysteries in an Elemental Law appears, even the Sovereigns… will fight over the chance to invite that sort of genius to work for them.” Beirut sighed in praise.

  “After all, only people like them are at the peak of Deityhood… only they are the true peak Highgods! Experts like them, even if a hundred or a thousand Highgods come to fight against them, those Highgods would all die.”

  Linley’s heart was somewhat shaking.

  Standing at the very top of the pyramid of Highgods. Invincible presences!

  “Invited by Sovereigns?” Linley said in surprise. “Why would Sovereigns invite them? Can it be that their strength is capable of threatening even Sovereigns?”

  Beirut laughed, “Linley, you don’t understand. Sovereigns are indeed powerful, far beyond Highgods in power. However… Linley, you must understand, in the boundless universe, the vast majority of planes are material ones. For example, our Yulan continent is in a material plane.”

  Linley nodded.

  Material planes were the foundation of the universe.

  “Sovereigns, on the other hand, cannot casually enter a material plane. Sovereigns possess an enormous divine presence, enough to cause a material plane to collapse!” Beirut said solemnly.

  Linley’s heart shook. Sovereigns were indeed far too powerful.

  “Linley, the material planes were created by the Laws of the universe. They are not permitted to be destroyed,” Beirut said solemnly. “The Four Overgods have issued a strict order. If any causes a material plane to collapse, then the culprit, even if a Sovereign, would be turned into ash!”

  Linley was secretly astonished.

  “Thus, Sovereigns do not dare to enter material planes, nor can they enter material planes!” Beirut said.

  Linley nodded.

  “Thus… these Highgods who have fused all of the profound mysteries in a Law can be described as invincible against anyone below the Sovereign-level! If they were to flee to a material plane, even the Sovereigns wouldn’t be able to do anything to them. If a Sovereign was to recruit them, they would be able to accomplish many things for Sovereigns, things that the Sovereigns couldn’t do for themselves.”

  Linley nodded, beginning to understand.

  Highgods could enter material planes, but Sovereigns could not!

  “But of course, that’s extremely far off in the future for you.” Beirut laughed.

  Linley laughed as well.

  “I’m telling you this because I hope that you, Linley, when training, will begin to sense the similarities and capacity for fusion of any two profound mysteries. After fusing two of them, fuse the third… only by training in such a manner will you have hope. Otherwise, if you were to completely finish gaining insights into all of the profound mysteries, then try to merge all nine into one at once, it will be far too difficult,” Beirut said seriously.

  To boil a frog alive, all you had to do was slowly increase the temperature.

  Linley nodded, sighing in his heart in praise. “Just the ‘Fast’ and ‘Slow’ mysteries fusing into the Profound Truths of Velocity required me to be able to sense that they had similarities early on. It was so hard to fuse even two profound mysteries. To fuse three or four…” Linley’s heart shook just thinking about it.

  Fuse all of the mysteries in an Elemental Law?

  Indeed, this was harder than rising to heaven.

  “Genius figures such as this are quite attractive to Sovereigns.” Beirut sighed. “Only, these figures are simply too rare, while Sovereigns… there are seven of every type. There are 49 in the Seven Elemental Laws. For the sake of acquiring the services of a Highgod Paragon, they have even struggled against each other.”

  Beirut, as a Sovereign’s Emissary, naturally knew many secrets.

  Linley stared, speechless.

  Even Sovereigns would struggle and compete for the sake of such geniuses.

  “If one could reach such a level, one could truly feel proud of one’s self.” Linley felt some envy of those experts. Only they were truly peak level experts.

  “Beginning to sense the fusibility from the beginning. Only then will your future accomplishments be great.” Beirut laughed self-mockingly. “For example, myself. In the past, I didn’t know these things. By the time I reached the Highgod level and wanted to fuse them, it was too late. Fuse several mysteries of the Laws into one at the same time? It is too hard.”

  Linley couldn’t help but feel grateful towards Beirut.

  Although Beirut had only given him slight guidance, to him, this was as good as pointing out a brand new path for him.

  Two paths. If one embarked on the wrong path from the beginning, at the end, the difference between the two paths would be immeasurably great.

  Most likely, after reaching the Highgod level, he would become like Beirut, completely unable to fuse anything.

  “Enough. I’m leaving now. Your future path, you’ll have to walk yourself.” Beirut laughed.

  “Thank you, Lord Beirut.” Linley bowed gratefully.

  Watching Beirut leave, Linley’s heart began to blaze. It was much like how, when he was young, the War God was the peak, invincible figure in Linley’s mind. But now… the peak in Linley’s heart had become those invincible Highgods who had completely fused the mysteries of an Elemental Law into one!

  This was Linley’s new goal!

  Time passed quickly and stealthily. In the blink of an eye, year 10046 of the Yulan calendar arrived.

  This year was a very fulfilling year for Linley. Having a new goal, he began to train in earnest. The entire Dragonblood Castle was in a constant state of energy, with the various Deities constantly gathering together. Lord Beirut had returned to the Forest of Darkness long ago.

  The elder of the three Violet-Gold Rat Kings, Harry, had returned to the Forest of Darkness as well. As for the second and third brothers, Hart and Harvey, they remained at Dragonblood Castle.

  According to what Hart and Harry had said, they liked noisy, active places. Linley thus naturally had warmly welcomed the two brothers.

  Late autumn in year 10046 of the Yulan calendar.

  The O’Brien Empire’s imperial palace took up an extremely spacious area. Aside from Adkins’ palace, even his four Gods had residences within the imperial palace. But of course, Ojwin and the others had their own private estates as well.

  The number one God under Adkins command, Barnas, was extremely powerful and also had Adkins’ trust.

  Within the imperial palace. Barnas’ residence. Barnas was currently painting atop a long sheet of paper, while Ojwin, Hanbritt, and a golden-haired man were standing by his side, their attitudes quite meek.

  After all, Barnas was simply too powerful, and Barnas had a Highgod-level divine artifact! Adkins had personally bequeathed it unto Barnas. Most likely, even when joining forces, Ojwin and the other two wouldn’t be able to beat Barnas.

  “Speak. What is it?” Barnas continued to paint, not glancing at the other three men at all.

  Hanbritt and Ojwin didn’t dare to make a sound. It was the golden-haired man who spoke instead. “Mr. Barnas, Ojwin dearly loved his son, who was killed. In addition, Ojwin’s divine clone was destroyed by enemies as well. It is hard for Ojwin to accept this sort of humiliation. Only, he didn’t want to make trouble for Lord Adkins, which is why he has never
dared to mention it to Lord Adkins. During the past period of time, I’ve come to the decision that brother Ojwin is a friend worth making. Tomorrow, I will make a trip with him to help him gain revenge.”

  “Gatenby…” Barnas put down his brush, glancing at the golden-haired man and sighing.

  Barnas actually somewhat valued Gatenby. As for Hanbritt, he looked down upon him. As for Ojwin… Barnas felt that Ojwin was too scheming, and thus had never liked him.

  “Ojwin.” Barnas looked at Ojwin.

  “Mr. Barnas.” Ojwin’s attitude was extremely humble. For the sake of Gatenby’s assistance, during the past two years, he had spent quite a bit of effort before finally getting Gatenby to agree to help.

  Barnas laughed calmly. “I’m quite aware of your affairs. If all three of you go and yet still lose, you will have lost face for Lord Adkins. How about this. I’ll go alongside you, and we’ll tear out Dragonblood Castle by its roots.”

  Ojwin was instantly wildly overjoyed.

  Barnas’ power was definitely incomparably great. Even though Ojwin had gotten a taste of Tarosse’s power, he felt certain that Barnas was not any weaker than Tarosse. After all, Barnas had a Highgod artifact.

  Barnas said calmly, “I, too, want to test for myself how powerful that God named Tarosse is.”

  99

  Four Mighty Gods

  In the air above the O’Brien Empire.

  “Boom!”

  A terrifying sonic boom could be heard, and energy blasted in every direction. Four indistinct human figures were flying at high speed towards the east, shoulder to shoulder. The four figures had reached a terrifying level of speed, and they weren’t trying to hide themselves. Sonic booms exploded forth while at the same time, a terrifying, wild aura exploded from their bodies.

  In the ground below, there lived countless civilians as well as hidden experts.

  One middle-aged man who had been laughing while giving some pointers to some youngsters raised his head to stare at the skies in shock, his face changing. “This is… four Gods? Could it be from Adkins’ side?”

  “Master, Master.”

  Those youths were calling out in confusion.

  “All of you, keep training,” the middle-aged man instructed casually, then left. While walking away, he felt a hint of confusion. “Four Gods heading out together, and not trying to hide their movements at all. It seems they are about to undertake something major.” The middle-aged man couldn’t help but feel curious.

  With a flicker, he disappeared from the road.

  Barnas, Gatenby, Hanbritt, and Ojwin flew shoulder-to-shoulder in a straight line. Their long robes fluttered as their sonic booms reverberated in the air. As Barnas had put it, “When acting, we have to have an imposing manner. There’s no need to act as though we are about to sneak attack them. This will cause our Lord Adkins to lose face.”

  How could Ojwin and the others refute Barnas, now that he had spoken?

  Naturally, the four heroically flew towards Dragonblood Castle. Wherever they passed, hidden Saints and Deities all noticed them, who quickly used their divine sense to contact their friends, causing many experts to quietly follow.

  Fortunately, Barnas and the other three were actively emanating a tyrannical aura. Otherwise, there would be no way for these Deities and Saints to follow them.

  Within Dragonblood Castle.

  In the empty area of the western gardens, a violet sword shadow fluttered about like a dream. Linley’s body swayed at high speed along with his sword, and occasionally, a humming sword song could be heard. Wherever Bloodviolet crossed, spatial folds would be seen, followed by occasional spatial collapse. Other times, the only thing left behind would be tiny cracks in space.

  As he continued to train, Linley’s understanding of the ‘Profound Truths of Velocity’ grew deeper and deeper, while Bloodviolet’s power was slowly brought out as well.

  Linley had discovered that Bloodviolet’s humming sword song was actually secondary. Bloodviolet’s true power still lay in its fierce sharpness. As Linley and Bloodviolet became more attuned, even though Linley’s understanding hadn’t increased much, the power of his Dimensional Decapitoator clearly increased significantly.

  “Huh?”

  Linley, who had been absorbed in his training, suddenly came to a halt staring towards the north in surprise. “What a terrifying aura, and no attempt to hide it at all.” Linley could clearly sense that in the north, a powerful aura was moving at high speed towards Dragonblood Castle.”

  Not just Linley.

  Even the War God and the High Priest, who were absorbed in fusing with their divine God sparks, and Tarosse, Dylin, Cesar, Bebe… all Deity-level experts present sensed it.

  “Mr. Barnas. Dragonblood Castle is up ahead.” Ojwin felt extremely excited right now.

  He finally had the chance to get revenge.

  “For this day, I have waited two years.” Ojwin’s face was somewhat red, and his eyes stared towards Dragonblood Castle like sharp knives.

  The silver-haired Barnas stared calmly at the distant Dragonblood Castle. “Oh, that’s Dragonblood Castle? On the way over, the four of us actively emanated our auras. There’s quite a few people behind us.” Barnas was quite certain about this.

  Ojwin, Hanbritt, and Gatenby were all awaiting Barnas’ command.

  “We definitely cannot cause Lord Adkins to lose face. This time, we have to deal with them in a beautiful fashion, Hanbritt,” Barnas said calmly.

  “Mr. Barnas.” Hanbritt respectfully awaited the order.

  “You act directly to destroy Dragonblood Castle. Those ordinary people aren’t qualified to take part in battle,” Barnas gave out the cruel order, and Hanbritt’s eyes lit up. He immediately flew in front, and with a cold smile on his face, extended his two hands.

  “Rumble…” In an instant, the world began to shake.

  A wild surge of wind elemental essence came roaring towards Dragonblood Castle from every direction, creating an enormous, millstone-like green vortex in the air above Dragonblood Castle. This enormous green vortex was filled with faint golden wind blades, blocking out the light of the sun.

  The entire Dragonblood Castle was covered by that ice-cold green light.

  “Swoosh!” “Swoosh!” In the air above Dragonblood Castle, many human figures suddenly appeared. It was Tarosse, Dylin, Linley, the War God, the High Priest, Bebe, and the rest of the Deities. The actions of the enemy were on simply too grand of a scale. Everyone in Dragonblood Castle could sense this aura.

  Linley, the War God, and the others all raised their heads, staring at the sky.

  In the air, the enormous green vortex was clearly filled with incredible power. If this power were to shoot down, even Supreme Warrior Saints would most likely die. Only Deities would be able to survive.

  “They plan to destroy Dragonblood Castle and kill all the ordinary people in it.” Linley’s face was ashen.

  Dragonblood Castle, below them, held too many of his family and friends. Linley definitely wouldn’t allow this to occur.

  “Ojwin again. And this time, he brought two more people.” Tarosse sneered as he looked at those four figures, and Dylin let out a disdainful laugh as well. “Tarosse, it seems last time, Ojwin didn’t mind the pain he suffered at all. He still dares to come.”

  “Then let’s just destroy his remaining body as well and be done with it.” Tarosse laughed calmly.

  Right now, perhaps only Tarosse and Dylin were still capable of laughing so calmly.

  Within Dragonblood Castle, Wharton, Taylor, Gates, Delia, and the others all raised their heads, staring at those four figures, their hearts shaking. In their eyes, those four full Gods that were emanating that heart-palpitating aura were like four invincible demons.

  Powerful, irresistible!

  “Let the ash fly.” Hanbritt smiled, then pressed downwards with his right hand!

  The massive green vortex that had been above Dragonblood Castle suddenly began to sink downwards,
while at the same time, the countless faint golden wind knives began to descend downwards like locusts. In the field of vision of Linley and the others, nothing could be seen besides those infinite faint gold wind knives.

  “Clang!” “Clang!” “Clang!” …

  Metallic collision sounds could be heard. On the surface of Dragonblood Castle, a green-white semi-translucent barrier appeared. The countless faint golden wind blades slashed down against the semi-translucent barrier, but the barrier wasn’t damaged at all.

  “Good heavens.” The thousands of people within Dragonblood Castle stared up at the enormous barrier that covered the entire sky.

  They could all clearly see those countless faint golden wind blades shoot down upon the semi-translucent barrier. Many of the guards and serving women in Dragonblood Castle began to sweat. Deity-level combatants were reputedly capable of instantly destroying the heavens and the earth. This indeed wasn’t just a myth.

  “Haha, Lord Adkins is a revered Highgod. Can it be that you think killing these ordinary people will gain face for your Lord Adkins?” Tarosse’s voice rang out loudly, shaking the surrounding area of several dozen square kilometers.

  The countless wind blades came to a halt.

  Hanbritt, his face ashen, retreated to Barnas’ side. He had summoned his strength for a long time, but Tarosse had in but a few moments created that semi-translucent barrier to resist him. His power was clearly inferior to Tarosse’s.

  Barnas stared at Tarosse. “Tarosse? Your power isn’t bad. I’ll give you a chance. You can leave now, and I can spare your life.”

  Tarosse and Dylin were both startled.

  “You silver-haired old man, have you gone silly?” Tarosse let out a laughter born from the utmost of rage.

  Barnas laughed calmly, then with a flip of the hand, retrieved an ancient, unadorned spear. This spear was bronze colored, and had some bloody runes carved atop it. But this spear, in Barnas’ hand, seemed to suddenly transformed that smiling, silver-haired old man into an invincible divine spirit!