For the next twenty pickups in the Forest Divine Realm, there were plenty of treasures. However, there was nothing that could help Meng Lei break through to become a higher deity.
He had no choice but to change the target existential plane.
Meng Lei locked in the Netherworld.
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Fallen Angel bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”
“No, don’t assimilate it.”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Necromancer’s Spiritual Core. Will you assimilate it?”
“Necromancer? Spiritual core? What are those?”
“Necromancers are higher netherworld beings that level half-deities at birth, and they will become higher deity level as adults!”
Dodola continued explaining. “The spirit core is the core of the Necromancers, similar to divine cores of the various deities and demonic cores of demons, basically divine cores.”
“I see.”
The pressure generated from this spirit core was terrifying, similar to the higher deity’s divine core, meaning it should be a higher spirit core.
A higher spirit core’s value must be shockingly high. As long as it was assimilated, Meng Lei could leap toward becoming a higher deity, but he did not want to risk his future.
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Cerberus cub!”
“Cerberus... cub?”
With a thought, a cute little puppy appeared in front of Meng Lei. It looked like a month-old husky, cute and chubby.
It was a pity that it was shrouded in black-red flames with incredibly high temperatures. Any normal person who got close would be burnt into ashes!
“What a nice little dog!”
Meng Lei liked this little guy at first sight as he could not resist patting its furry head.
However, in the next moment...
Woof!
The puppy bit Meng Lei’s hand and growled at Meng Lei, obviously showing its unwillingness to let Meng Lei pet its head.
“That’s pretty fierce!”
Meng Lei smiled and lifted the puppy by its neck. “Isn’t this a Cerberus? Why is there only one head?”
Woof! Woof! Woof!
The little dog bared its teeth and barked at Meng Lei as it would not listen to Meng Lei at all. Meng Lei did not mind as he brought out a bone.
Woof?
The puppy’s attention was caught immediately. It stared at the bone and drooled all over the ground. What was the difference between this and the normal dogs in Meng Lei’s house in his previous life?
“I guess no matter what kind of dog they are, they all love bones. Now I know how to deal with you!”
[1] An idiom that lauds the supreme medicinal properties of the medicine
Chapter 308: Limits-Level Divine Body, Pinnacle-Grade Divine Spirit
Cerberus was an extremely fearsome divine beast. An adult Cerberus could even swallow a higher deity alive. They could be said to have an exceptionally wild and violent nature.
Additionally, they also inherited a characteristic typical of canines—their reproduction rate was especially high. Cerberuses had a wide distribution in high-end demonic existential planes like the Netherworld, the Demon Realm, and Hell.
As a result, Cerberuses were even more fearsome and more powerful than the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!
Therefore, one mustn’t underestimate the little dog that looked remarkably similar to a husky. It would grow into an extremely fearsome existence in the future!
However, it was ultimately still just an adorable little puppy at the moment. A few bones were enough to trick it into running around in circles, and it showed great affection for Meng Lei.
“Good doggy!”
Meng Lei stroked its furry head, which felt especially nice to the touch. He said, “Since you’re so adorable and look so much like a husky, I’ll just name you Husky!”
“Woof!”
Husky didn’t put up any resistance, allowing Meng Lei to stroke it. Its jet-black little eyes were fixed on Meng Lei and filled with desire as though it was saying, “Bones! I wanna eat bones!”
“Don’t worry. You’ll get what you want!”
Meng Lei brought out another divine beast thighbone and fed it to Husky while he continued to carry out pickups.
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a spatial ring!”
“Another spatial ring?”
Meng Lei perked up slightly. His divine cognition swiftly entered the spatial ring, and then he began to look through the contents.
Meng Lei was all smiles the moment he did—there were much richer rewards in this spatial ring than the previous one. One could tell at first glance that it had belonged to a wealthy tycoon.
Meng Lei promptly ordered, “Collect the Divinity Crystals and the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, system!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth instantly spiked by 3.6 million Divinity Crystals!
“3.6 million Divinity Crystals? What a windfall!”
With the newly-gained 3.6 million Divinity Crystals, Meng Lei’s Wealth successfully broke through the 10 million milestone and reached an amount as high as 12.1 million Divinity Crystals, making him a rich man overnight!
“28 mid-tier demonic weapons and innumerable low-tier demonic weapons!
“And most importantly, there are actually so many Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts in here! I’ve struck gold! I’ve struck gold big-time! Say no more, I’ll just assimilate these Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts first!”
Boom!
Following vast amounts of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts entering his body, Meng Lei’s divine spirit flame began to visibly expand as though it had been doused with buckets of petroleum.
It doubled, tripled, quadrupled...
At last, after an unknown amount of time, the divine spirit flame’s expansion rate finally began to slow down. His divine spirit flame was currently as many as ten times bigger than what it had previously been.
Another look at the stats interface revealed that his divine spirit had also gone from mid-grade intermediate deity-level to pinnacle-grade intermediate deity-level. His divine spirit was only a step away from becoming a higher deity-level now!
“A limits-grade intermediate deity-level divine body and a pinnacle-grade intermediate deity-level divine spirit!”
Meng Lei slowly let out a pent-up breath and remarked, “Apart from lacking a divine core and divine incarnations, I’m already totally a pinnacle-level intermediate deity now! It’s just a shame that I still haven’t found anything that can enhance my divine body yet.”
There were also a lot of Demon God, Specter God, and Undead God dead bodies in the spatial ring. In fact, the divine power that some of them gave off could rival an intermediate deity’s.
Meng Lei devoured and absorbed them all, causing his life force to grow without end.
Yet, no matter how it grew, it simply couldn’t cross the hurdle. His divine body remained stuck at limits-grade intermediate deity-level the whole time, unable to progress any further.
Meng Lei rubbed his temples. He was rather frustrated. He muttered, “Why can’t my divine body evolve, even though I’ve already devoured this much life force?”
“This is a very normal occurrence.”
Dodola’s voice rang out. “The progression from an intermediate deity to a higher deity might seem like only a single step, but it’s no different from an insurmountable obstacle in reality. One can’t just break through it so easily.
“Otherwise, people like the Titan Spiritual God won’t be stuck as a pinnacle-level intermediate deity for so long and unable to take that critical step forward.”
“What should I do, Dodola?”
Meng Lei frowned slightly. Must he really spend 3 million Divinity Crystals on Super Enhancement?
“You can consider two ways,” Dodola said dispassionately, “Firstly, if you have enough power of divinity in your reserves, I’d suggest tha
t you try the Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s Rise From The Ashes.”
“Rise From The Ashes?”
Meng Lei’s eyes lit up slightly.
That’s true. Why didn’t I think of using that Innate Special Ability?
“The second way is to look for treasures that can enhance your divine body, such as a Titan King’s blood essence and so on.”
Dodola cast a meaningful glance at Meng Lei and said, “I believe this shouldn’t be much of a problem for you?”
Meng Lei gave Dodola a wry smile and replied, “Ordinary treasures aren’t hard to find, but that’s not necessarily also the case when it comes to treasures of that grade.”
After carrying out so many Super Pickups, the Titan King’s blood essence droplet could be said to be the most valuable treasure that he had obtained. As for the others... They were really very mediocre.
“That’s out of my hands!”
Dodola looked relaxed as it said, “If all else fails, then just split your divine spirit and deify in advance. Your divine spirit is very strong, so splitting it should be a cinch for you.”
“Easy for you to say!”
Meng Lei shook his head. It hadn’t been easy enhancing his divine spirit to its current state. He’d rather use Super Enhancement than split his divine spirit and weaken his divine spirit.
“Just do as you deem fit, then!”
Dodola’s voice subsequently faded away.
A resigned Meng Lei could only continue to carry out pickups.
“Ding...”
“Ding...”
“Ding...”
In the time that followed, Meng Lei continuously carried out pickups. However, things didn’t go his way. The Netherworld, the Demon Realm, the Abyss, Hell, the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, the Light Divine Realm... He carried out pickups in all of them!
He gained a lot of average treasures, but he didn’t pick up anything else that could aid him in breaking through.
For a few consecutive days, Meng Lei only picked up a large amount of random, messy trash.
Of course, in the eyes of true gods, lesser deities, and even intermediate deities, what he viewed as trash were undoubtedly treasures that could enhance one’s strength instead!
“Forget it! Since I can’t pick up any, then I’d better just stop for now. It’s pointless to continue any further.”
Meng Lei finally walked out of the wrecked palace. Then, he summoned Puhaman over.
“Greetings, Master!”
Puhaman bowed respectfully.
Meng Lei asked casually, “How’s the migration progress?”
“After our hard work the last few days, we’ve already sent the first batch of Beast People into all 48 existential planes,” Puhaman replied respectfully.
Then, he added, “There are a total of 48 million Beast People with one million on each existential plane.”
“An acceptable progression rate.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. The Beast People Empire was teeming with Beast People, after all. 48 million? That was nothing but just a drop in the ocean. However, to the 48 existential planes, those 48 million Beast People... were instead the best seeds!
Given the Beast People’s terrifying reproduction rate, those one million people on each existential plane would multiply by tenfold, maybe by even a few dozen times, in just a year!
Of course, if they were to relax the timeline even further or migrate more seeds over, the population growth would undoubtedly also become even faster.
“All of you have done well. Keep up the good work!”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he brought out a huge pile of treasures with a wave. They were treasures that he had picked up but were of no use to him and brought over in the past.
They included Saint Domain magic devices, half-divine weapons, true god-level divine weapons, magic materials, magic crystals, etc.
“Master, these...?”
Puhaman looked puzzled.
“These things were brought over from the Dragon God Empire, the Beast People Empire, the Titan Empire, and other forces’ treasuries, but they are no longer of any use to me.”
Meng Lei said dispassionately, “I’ve taken them out now to fill up the empire’s treasury so that they may be used wherever is appropriate. As for how they should be used, you can do as you deem fit.”
Treasures would definitely always be useful. It merely depended on who the one using it was. They might be useless to Meng Lei, but it didn’t mean that they would also be useless to others!
Given the Meng Lei Empire’s vastness and how generations of geniuses were currently emerging, a new batch of pillars supporting the empire would definitely come to pass in the future. It wouldn’t do at all if the empire didn’t have anything to bestow upon them!
Puhaman launched into a mad deluge of flattery at once. “Master, your wisdom and generosity are as if the blazing sun in the sky...”
Chapter 309: New Home, The Demon God Descends
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Howl!
Howling chilly winds wreaked havoc in the ice fields.
A world of ice completely covered in frost and snow, these were the Far Northern Icelands of Heaven’s Vault Continent.
Whoosh!
A huge shadowy mass suddenly traveled swiftly across the ice fields—it was actually an astonishingly large group of humans that numbered tens of thousands flying in the sky.
Upon closer look, they turned out to be tens of thousands of shabbily-dressed Beast People. At the moment, however, they all sported fearful and horror-stricken looks on their faces and looked as if they were full of despair.
Above them was a Multi-Armed Behemoth—it was Meng Lei’s Magical Beast pet, Sacas.
“Listen up now!”
Sacas tried to comfort the Beast People as they flew. It said, “The new home that I’m bringing all of you to is an all-new continent. There, the lands are vast, and the resources rich and abundant. It’s a perfect habitat to live in!
“There, no one will compete with you for resources or fight with you for food. Neither are there savage Magical Beasts that will attack you! You can reproduce freely and make the place your home.”
The Beast People were dubious about his claims. Vast lands? Rich and abundant resources? No natural enemies?
Did a place as wonderful as that really exist?
Amid their doubts, everyone arrived at the teleportation magic circle in the Far Northern Icelands in no time. Sacas led the Beast People through the teleportation magic circle and arrived at Demonic Dragon Continent.
“Look, this is your new home!”
Sacas pointed at the vast and boundless Demonic Dragon Continent and said passionately, “Here, there are lush grasslands, dense and luxuriant forests, clear rivers, and fertile soil!”
The Beast People’s eyes widened big and round as they gazed at the all-new world. True enough, what entered their sights was green grasslands that stretched as far as the eye could see, a sea of lush forests, and great rivers that meandered through the lands like silver snakes...
And yet...
They didn’t spot even a single Magical Beast!
They didn’t spot even a single human!
They didn’t spot even a single Colossal Dragon!
“Here, you can freely till the fields, herd or let the livestock graze as much as you want, and fish as you wish. You can also pick fruits and enjoy life as much as you want!”
Sacas said loudly, “Now, I’ll bring you to your new home!”
Shortly after, they arrived at the intersection of an expanse of grasslands and a forest. Sacas let the Beast People down. At the same time, he also brought out a huge pile of food, seeds, etc.
“Welcome to your new home, my people!”
...
Similar incidents were also taking place in all the other existential planes.
Thaniel the Black Dragon, Bubbles the Fallen Titan, Mervyn the squid Magician, Pursuer the alch
emy creature, Nadja the Black Panther Goddess, Seisia the Thunderbolt Queen, Galen the Swirling Snow Sword Saint, Rose the Spider Goddess, Nagaros the Dark Fairy Empress, Anton the Dark Snapping Turtle King, etc.—all of them were also busy migrating people over.
Every one of them took the trouble to personally migrate them over.
All of them were full of smiles and brimming with anticipation.
In the past, many of them could only hide underground and painstakingly build up what they could because they didn’t have fiefs of their own.
But now that they had such wonderful resources sitting in front of them, how would they possibly let it pass them by?
They couldn’t wait to see the day where their worshipers filled the 48 existential planes and provided vast amounts of power of faith for them!
With power of faith, they would be able to convert it into power of divinity!
With power of faith, they would be able to enhance their divine spirit!
Even the mere thought of it seemed wonderful!
They had only one word for it—beautiful!
After settling the group of Beast People, Sacas went through the teleportation magic circle and returned to the Far Northern Icelands. However, something shocking entered its sight at this moment:
A massive black pit suddenly appeared in the sky, spanning across it like a black hole. It was hard to say just how big it was, but it measured at least 100-meters-wide even when looking at it from the faraway Far Northern Icelands.
Given that it measured 100-meters-wide even when looking at it from such a great distance away, one could easily imagine just how massive the black hole must be!
Boom!
A black-light beam suddenly shot out of the black hole and shone vertically downward on the ground, forming a black pillar of light that connected the heavens and earth.
Vast, majestic might spread everywhere into the surroundings from the black pillar of light, spreading throughout Heaven’s Vault Continent like a tsunami.
Thud!
Everywhere the mighty aura passed through, be it normal humans or Saint Domain experts, everyone fell onto their knees uncontrollably. They felt as if a huge rock was weighing down on their hearts, making it difficult for them to breathe.
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