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PS: The internet was down yesterday afternoon, and it wasn’t until now that I was able to connect and upload.
The battle between two great divine powers and a Dominator ended after Lin Xiao emerged victorious over the king of the insect race. As he defeated his opponent and disintegrated his Divine Realm to appear in the void, two surprised and uncertain gasps echoed in the void. Then, a sky full of brilliant light scattered like the tide, and simultaneously, the insect race’s fleet also vanished.
The father-in-law looked at Lin Xiao with a face of shock, and very solemnly, he paid Lin Xiao his respects.
Lin Xiao calmly accepted the salute.
Of course, it wasn’t for himself, but on behalf of Tishar.
The insect race king within the Divine Realm had suddenly used a strike that contained the power of the Insect Race Dominator, which he had been able to block thanks to Tishar. Such a feat could not be concealed from the two great beings who were in close proximity.
Xia Yunzhe did not inquire about the origins of Tishar. At their level of existence, unless she revealed herself, they would not take the initiative to ask about each other’s origins.
Of course, one could be certain that the father-in-law was exceedingly curious. After all, the number of mighty beings at their level was limited. Every great divine power or similar existence encountered by Human Divine Realm civilization was recorded. Anything that Human civilization came into contact with was noted, including the master-level powerhouses from other Divine Realm civilizations.
It’s important to note that every great-level being has the power to change the overall strength dynamic of Divine Realm civilizations. When the insect race’s Dominator felt Tishar’s presence, he didn’t hesitate to turn and flee, chiefly for fear of being left behind.
If Tishar belongs to the Human Divine Realm civilization as a new great divine power, and joins forces with Xia Yunzhe—the first great divine power of humanity—there’s no saying they couldn’t have left behind a Dominator.
If one side gains an additional great-level being and the other loses one, a nearly qualitative change would occur in the power dynamics between the two great civilizations.
Of course, as an even more ancient Divine Realm civilization than humanity, the insect race has accumulated many Dominators and pseudo-Dominators over a long period of time. The loss of one would not cripple their civilization, but it would significantly reduce the overall competitiveness of the civilization, something no Divine Realm civilization could afford.
With the insect race’s Dominator and their main forces retreating, the Tidal Crystal Wall System was, in effect, seized by them. Yet their own battle had not ended, and Lin Xiao was the third contestant to finish his battle, with seven others still engaged in combat.
Lin Xiao was interestedly waiting to see the outcome. The insect race’s Dominator had fled too hastily to take them along; these remaining seven insect race elites were essentially abandoned.
Lei Wanqing and many other elites from the war zone were very confused. The sudden clash at the level of great divine powers, followed by the abrupt retreat of one side, left them utterly clueless about what had actually happened. They only knew that the Master of Radiance told them they had won before leaving, but the specifics were completely mysterious to them.
Regardless, this was all good news. After waiting for a while, they led their generals in a charge to surround the remaining insect race elites and directly intervened.
Since victory was theirs, there was no need to follow the rules and, naturally, they were to protect their own elites from harm.
Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Lin Xiao left behind an incarnation at the site while his true body entered the Tidal Crystal Wall System directly.
The moment he crossed the World Crystal Wall, he immediately sensed a very powerful will waiting for him:
"Finally, we meet again, my brother!"
The aura of the soul-shell structured from the Origin Core of his own Crystal Wall System was exactly the same, coming from the same source. Although their races might not be the same, in some way, they truly were brothers.
Zustar, the Lord of the Tidal Crystal Wall System.
Once the child of the Zusa Crystal Barrier System, great divine power.
No explanation was needed, nor any clarification required. The moment they met, they instinctively knew everything. Lin Xiao warmly said:
"Crossing the endless void, we brothers meet again. After Zusa’s demise, I wandered other worlds and have yet to return. Do you know where our enemy is now, brother?"
Zustar spoke in a heavy tone:
"Of course, I know. I’ve been seeking information about them for a long time and knew long ago that they came from the Twisted Abyss, a world of tremendous power."
As he spoke, Zustar went quiet for a moment before Lin Xiao asked:
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"How powerful are they?"
"They have one Supreme, three Upper Rulers, and more than a dozen lower Great Dominators!"
Lin Xiao’s pupils constricted instantly, his shock profound.
In the Chaos Sea of Void, mighty beings at the level of ’great’ are generally referred to as Great Dominators, irrespective of whether they are the great divine powers of Pantheon Systems, the Ancestors of the Wizard World, great beings of civilizations like the Insect Race or Nightmare, Titans of the Azeroth Crystal Wall Universe, and so forth.
While they might be known by different names in different worlds, in the Chaos Sea of Void, they are all referred to as Dominators.
Dominators are divided into three different levels, Lower, Upper, and Supreme.
The Supreme can be likened to Hongjun from the Primordial Mythology System, possessing strength far beyond other great entities. Among the great beings Lin Xiao has seen and heard of, only Enigma, a legendary great chaotic life form, seems to fit this description.
The true body of Ice Soul Kael’thas should be considered one as well.
Even the Nine-faced Dragon God, Ao, and His Majesty Ao who wields the Destiny Clay Tablet from the Toriel Multiverse don’t qualify, but although their strengths do not reach such levels, they are outstanding among Upper Rulers.
An Upper Ruler is a powerful figure among the Great Dominators. Xia Yunzhe, my father-in-law, is one such example, as are the Nine-faced Dragon God and Ao.
Oh, and Tishar has also reached the level of an Upper Ruler after merging with the Innate Death Ancestor Power.
Lower, then, include just the normal great divine powers, along with many other Dominators and pseudo-Dominators who have achieved their status through various special means. Zustar himself is currently at this level, though he has stepped into this tier more than once, making him one of the most elite in the lower ranks.
By that measure, the Twisted Abyss Crystal Wall System that has one Supreme, three Upper Rulers, and more than a dozen lower Great Dominators must be one of the most powerful worlds in the Chaos Sea of Void.
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If a full-scale war were to break out, human civilization in the Divine Realm might not necessarily be able to win, after all, humans lack a Supreme Dominator, a super-powerful being of that level.
Of course, it wouldn’t necessarily mean defeat either, for humans have Gaia Will. In the main world’s home field, Xia Yunzhe, as the strongest human, could mobilize the strength of the entire civilization, possessing power to contend with a Supreme Dominator.
Through communication, Lin Xiao obtained a very important piece of information from Zustar.
The Twisted Abyss, although immensely powerful, is not without enemies. As a world that naturally seeks to invade others, it regularly assaults other worlds, particularly those capable of giving birth to Great Dominators. Many worlds have been crushed by the Twisted Abyss; their worlds destroyed and devoured, thereby making the Twisted Abyss increasingly stronger.
The strong beings of these destroyed worlds are absolute enemies of the Twisted Abyss. On their own, they are mostly powerless against the Twisted Abyss, and even when united, they can barely protect themselves.
According to Zustar, among the remnants of shattered Crystal Walls, a large number of exotic strongmen who are enemies of the Twisted Abyss have gathered. There are altogether three Great Dominators, and countless beings above the True God level. They are all survivors from worlds that the Twisted Abyss has destroyed and have been opposing the Twisted Abyss for a long time.
But due to their inadequate strength, they have so far been unable to do anything against the Twisted Abyss, only able to cause trouble covertly when the Twisted Abyss is destroying other worlds, saving the remnants of the destroyed worlds’ strong ones and silently accumulating power.
This is a very powerful force that might be useful, but not right now, for he is not yet ready to confront the Twisted Abyss.
Not to mention, without possessing a Supreme level of combat power, it is fundamentally impossible to deal with the Twisted Abyss.
However, Lin Xiao soon received bad news from Zustar: due to the saboteurs’ organization thwarting a major operation of the Twisted Abyss more than a thousand years ago, the Supreme Dominator of the Twisted Abyss seems to have taken notice of them and appears to be planning to take action against them.
Given the strength of the Twisted Abyss, if it takes the matter seriously, the current resistance organization will not be able to withstand it at all.
It’s uncertain whether they can withstand this assault. If not, and the resistance organization is defeated, there will undoubtedly be heavy casualties among their warriors. It’s unknown whether any of the three highly watched Great Dominators will survive, which would represent a tremendous loss.
Lin Xiao and Zustar both come from the Zhusar Crystal Universe, which was devoured by the Twisted Abyss. They are sworn enemies, and a battle between them is inevitable.
If these members of the resistance organization can survive, they will be excellent forces for the future battle, especially those three Great Dominators, who at the very least could hold off the Twisted Abyss’s three Great Dominators if a full-scale war were to break out. It would be a pity if they were to die.
Upon leaving the Tidal Crystal Barrier System, Lin Xiao immediately contacted his father-in-law and Commander Xie Tianyan to relay this news.
This information could not be kept from them, as they are the top brass of human civilization in the Divine Realm, with insights far beyond his own. Perhaps they would have a better approach.
Apart from this, Lin Xiao relayed Zustar’s willingness to join human civilization in the Divine Realm.
Both elders took this very seriously, with the father-in-law taking the initiative to have a heart-to-heart with him for the first time, and Commander Xie appearing in his true body to meet with him.
It’s not unusual for an exotic strongman to join human civilization in the Divine Realm as one of its own. For instance, Lin Xu’s mother, the wife of Lin Xiao’s second great-uncle, is a goddess from a Different Domain. However, there has never been an Exotic Great Dominator willing to join human civilization in the Divine Realm.
A Great Divine Power, which could directly change the power balance of the Main World. For example, if there were a Great Divine Power based in the Fifth War Zone, it would instantly become one of the top forces in the Main World.
If it were anyone else, they might have hesitated, but Lin Xiao had already made up his mind, decisively telling Xia Yunzhe that the distinguished person had decided to join the Fifth War Zone.
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Believe it or not, he had already made arrangements with Zustar, and no question would tease out any more information.
After all, being a Great Dominator, no one could stop him from going wherever he pleased.
Thus, the battle for the Tidal Crystal Wall System came to a close with Zustar joining the Fifth War Zone, but the impact of this battle was quickly magnified.
Lin Xiao had severely underestimated the influence a Great Dominator could wield or, to put it another way, he was not at that level of power himself and had no clear idea how significant the role of a being from that echelon could be.
When Xie Tianyan, on behalf of the Fifth War Zone, applied to the Gaia Will for Zustar’s True Body to leave its spiritual mark in the Human Main World, signifying its official membership in the human Divine Realm civilization, all powerful entities in the Main World knew of this new Great Dominator. In the following period, the Fifth War Zone received countless envoys from various forces.
Not just from the HuaXia District but also from the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools, the Giant Enterprises Alliance, and the Aristocracy Council, all major influential powers sent their representatives.
The intentions of these envoys were not merely to offer congratulations; more so, they were there to probe and court favor, even to undercut and poach.
Zustar joining the Fifth War Zone, a major power in the HuaXia District, meant its inclusion significantly propelled the district’s strength beyond that of the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools.
In those days, Lin Xiao witnessed the madness with which these major powers went to poach allies, proposing outlandish conditions, including merging a top college with a war zone affiliated to the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools, consolidating two large forces solely for the establishment of a top-tier power for Zustar.
If this were to come to fruition, it would instantly become a superpower ranked within the top ten of the Main World.
However, no matter how tempting the offers, Zustar rejected them all.
His relationship with Lin Xiao was only one reason. Another was that the terms offered simply could not sway him.
Zustar was following the path of ascension like that of the Lord of the Crystal Wall System, nurturing his growth by strengthening the Crystal Wall System and naturally advancing his power. Having merged with the Origin Core, the Tidal Crystal Wall System had elevated in dimension, with room still left to grow. Next, he would quietly stabilize the world and grow gradually, with no time to entangle himself in all sorts of messy affairs.
Inside the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao’s colossal True Body sat cross-legged at the core of the Divine Palace. He had been resting his chin on his hand, which was propped up by the armrest of the golden throne, maintaining this posture for a long time.
As the Divine Realm expanded, the Divine Palace grew accordingly. Today, his Divine Palace was no less grand than the Tower of Truth, with a vast dome from which poured down Milky Belief Power like a waterfall. In mid-air, it coalesced into thick clouds of faith, where dark golden streams of light shuttled back and forth, devouring a great swath of the Power of Faith with each pass.
Then a dark gold stream of light flew past him, and Lin Xiao intuitively extended a finger through which the passing stream curved towards and entered. Soon, several pale gold streams of identical light flew out from behind his head into the air.
Each of these golden streams represented one of the many laws and origins he commanded.
This was one way for him to enhance his strength—dispersing the origins of the laws he controlled, continuously absorbing the Milky Belief Power and the myriad thoughts contained within it from the Void. He would draw from those thoughts the sorrows, joys, separations, life experiences, and insights of his followers, merge them with Divine Power to reinforce the law’s origin, and then reabsorb them.
Though the increase was incremental, it was an additional layer of power, and there was nothing else to be done anyway.
But lately, he had also been feeling some concern. After obtaining information about the Twisted Abyss from Zustar, and further data from the Fifth War Zone and Radiance regarding the Twisted Abyss, he grew to understand this world better and realized its magnitude and terror.
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