supreme deity

Chapter 820 Usurpation
On the Divine Pivot Island of the Machine God Temple, the phantom of the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable appeared within the bronze chains, his eyes reflecting the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire and the power of purification surging within Tan Shenzhi's body.

At this moment, the platinum ball of light released sunlight and heat, and endless holy lightning and tribulation fire burned along the gaps in the gears of the mechanical heart. Every bolt of lightning and every burst of tribulation fire was stripping away and refining his original will.

The power of purification is like an invisible brush, gradually washing away the divine imprints that cling to the depths of the runes.

The Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable snorted coldly, and the bronze chains suddenly expanded, with ancient divine runes appearing on each link, coiling towards the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire like a giant python.

These runes contain all the powers that can counteract fire and lightning—water, frost, ice, vacuum, gale, space, time, and so on, encompassing everything, and at one point compressed the sun's heat and light to only wisps of flame.

However, this Lord of Light actually possessed the 'method of immortality'. Both the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable and Tan Shenzhi were doing their best to extinguish the flames, but it was all in vain.

The Holy Lightning Tribulation Fire is like a leech clinging to one's bones. As long as one slightly loosens the suppression and reveals a slight flaw, it will erupt with even more intense light the moment the chains tighten, scorching the runes into hissing white smoke.

What's terrifying is that the parts destroyed by the Holy Lightning Tribulation Fire will also frantically reassemble with the help of the 'Immortal Law'.

The true will of the God of All Machines seems to be being born within this body.

The Celestial Master of Divine Talismans quickly changed his tune, shifting his main focus to discussing divine will.

Wang Yinyue's 'Chaos Divine Instrument' actually helped him a lot, as it mixed his primordial spirit with Tan Shenzhi's.

But how can oil and water be mixed? This actually makes it easier for the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable to gradually refine and replace the consciousness of those who speak of divine will.

Countless bronze-colored rune chains snaked like venomous snakes within the mindless mechanical shell, while the phantom of the Divine Rune Celestial Venerable became increasingly solid amidst the rumble of gears meshing.

Every time His fingertips brushed across a circuit, ancient seal script was imprinted into the metal's marrow. The quantum chips in Tan Shenzhi's body also continuously sparked electrical activity. This Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable was actually overwriting and rewriting all the programs in Tan Shenzhi's body, as well as every circuit and magic array.

"Don't even think about it—"

Tan Shenzhi was almost powerless to resist and could only exert all his strength to activate the Myriad Spirits Reflecting God Technique, causing his electronic eyes to flash wildly.

At the same time, he began to guide the white flames of tribulation, enveloping the bronze rune chains within his body.

About five hours later, Wang Yinyue suddenly clenched her fists, her eyes fixed on Tan Shenzhi's mechanical body.

She had hoped that the Chaos Ritual would disrupt the consciousness of the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable as she had anticipated, but the scene before her eyes made her heart sink to the bottom.

The gilded patterns on the mechanical wings behind Tan Shenzhi were being eroded by bronze, and her carefully prepared spiritual cleansing array was like a glass cup falling into a mud pit, collapsing inch by inch under the crushing weight of the divine talisman.

Fortunately, the Purgatory Source Core inside the Chaotic God Instrument was still burning fiercely, releasing boundless light and heat. Even the Divine Talisman Heavenly Venerable was helpless against its Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire and Purifying Power.

Even when discussing his mind, he began to rely on the power of the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire to resist the erosion and contamination of the Delaying Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable.

However, Wang Yinyue could sense that Tan Shenzhi's self-awareness was getting weaker and weaker, while the phantom of the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable was becoming more and more stable.

Wang Yinyue felt extremely desperate and sad. She thought to herself that all their efforts had been in vain, and that they were ultimately no match for the power of the ancient gods.
Just then, the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable suddenly looked up, a hint of shock and anger flashing in his eyes.

He sensed a power that surpassed all the runes, surging forth from the depths of the 'Root'.

"This is—One? One transforms into all things, and all things return to One?"

It was an extremely powerful conceptual force. Although it hadn't reached the divine level, it had already become the source of concepts such as mechanics, precision, divine runes, and magic arrays at the root, bringing them all under its control.

The runes and arrays that the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable was so proud of were now trembling, as if bowing down to their origin and destination.

At this moment, Lin Rui uttered a decree, causing the boundless sea of ​​origin to ripple with silvery-white waves. The nine pairs of starlight wings continued to unfold in the void, covering a 9000-mile airspace. Each feather reflected the trajectory of gears turning: "Mechanics as limbs, precision as blood, divine runes as bones, and magic arrays as veins—all these are extensions of my 'One'!"

The priests of the Temple of the Machine God and the Church of Light felt a connection and chanted a hymn together: "Holy thunder forges golden bones, calamity fire tempers the soul crystal. Runes are engraved with heavenly laws, gears turn eternally. Wings of light cover the starry sky, the source traces back to the Great Purity. One law melts ten thousand machines, divine machines protect the light."

They hadn't learned this hymn, yet they sang it naturally.

The song shook the heavens, and the holy thunder and golden flames on the mechanical divine body of Tan Shenzhi suddenly shot straight into the sky, burning through the sky and bursting out with thousands of golden rays, like the Milky Way pouring down.

Countless gears, bearings, bolts, chains, chips, and circuits appeared in the sky, crushing countless wrinkles into the void. Ten thousand gilded runes pierced through the starry sky, and a torrent of holy power, carrying precise laws, swept across the universe.

The Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable stared intently at Lin Rui, who hung in the sky like a brilliant sun, and thought to himself, "So that's how it is."

This person had already laid out a backup plan, closely linking the birth of the God of Myriad Machines with his "One" method. All the power of the God of Myriad Machines originated from this Lord of Light, so how could it be beyond his control?
This battle of primordial spirits that took place within the body of the God of Myriad Machines was practically a trap set for him, the Celestial Venerable of Divine Talismans!
While He was focused on resisting the Holy Lightning Tribulation and refining His divine consciousness, His concepts of divine runes and magic arrays were taken advantage of by this child. The child's "One" method connected the source and the end, making it a link in the vast system that Lin Rui had woven within the root.

"What a worthy Lord of Light!"

Two hundred and seventy thousand years later, such a hero has emerged!

No wonder the Great Sun Celestial Venerable was unable to corrupt or erode this child; no wonder this child was able to replace the Great Sun and wield the power of light.

This child's 'One' has clearly permeated and controlled hundreds of concepts within the source, and at this moment it is penetrating the essence of all things one by one with an overwhelming force!
This Lord of Light is even more greedy and ambitious than the former Supreme Celestial Venerable!
"Old friend!"

The Celestial Venerable of Divine Talismans suddenly sensed a familiar wave of divine thought: "Your defeat is inevitable today. Why not surrender to my master and plan for the future?"

This is—the Supreme Immortal Venerable Tai Xuan?
The Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable narrowed his eyes instantly, realizing that he had most likely been betrayed and his secrets had been exposed by this Tai Xuan.

In the past, Tai Xuan followed Him to fight against the Dream Celestial Venerable, but now this one has found His new master.

Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable then raised his eyes and met Lin Rui's gaze once more.

He can continue to struggle until both sides are exhausted.

The Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable will lose the possibility of this revival, and may never be able to wake up again for all eternity; this Lord of Light will also pay a certain price. Not only will this child be unable to extend His One Dharma Gate into the source and end of the concept of runes and arrays, but this newly born God of Myriad Machines will also be greatly affected, at most reaching the level of the quasi-Abyss. Therefore, He still has the capital to bargain with this god.

The two gazed at each other from afar, completing their exchange in just a moment.

The next instant, the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable stopped resisting, allowing the silver-white threads that pierced through the source to connect with his conceptual power, and the bronze chains began to merge with the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire.

The phantom of the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable completely merged into Tan Shenzhi's body. The ancient seal script, washed away by the fire of purity, shed its rust and transformed into silvery-white patterns flowing with holy thunder.

The holy lightning and tribulation fire transformed into golden snakes that coiled around His divine body, while the power of purification, like spring rain, nourished His divine thoughts. The undying law allowed His divine runes to undergo nirvana in destruction and rebirth.

His mechanical body gleamed with a golden luster, and the surfaces of all his internal parts, including gears, bolts, bearings, and chips, were illuminated with luminous marks. The electronic pupils of the Divine Symbol Celestial Venerable shone with golden flames.

At this moment, upon sensing this scene above, the 1200 million priests of the Church of Light and the 790 million priests of the Temple of the Machine God, their faces flushed, sang in unison: "Holy thunder tempers the golden pivot, calamity fire forges the soul crystal. The rune array traces back to the primordial beginning, the gears carry the light. The root melts all laws, a single lineage runs through the vast ocean—"

Wang Yinyue watched as the remnant spirit belonging to the God of Ten Thousand Machines struggled and howled in its final moments within the God of Ten Thousand Machines, and her heart was filled with bitterness and complexity.

The God of Machines she had longed for was born, but he was no longer the same as described in the ancient tomes of the Machine God Temple. Instead, he became a divine mechanical angel under the Lord of Light, governed by the Dharma of "One".

Whether it's her or her sanity, they are all pawns in the hands of the Lord of Light.

However, this situation is much better than the worst she had anticipated.

Moreover, she could sense that the true 'God of All Machines' had indeed been born, and this was the true 'Abyss'!
At this moment, the shape of the 'God of Myriad Machines' was almost identical to the visualization given to believers by the Lord of Light. He hovered in the air, his mechanical wings spanning three thousand miles, and countless gilded runes in the shape of gears, bolts, and bearings flowed across his body. Holy lightning and tribulation fire coiled around his joints like living things, and every crevice overflowed with brilliant golden light.

When He flapped His wings, countless rays of holy light burst forth, dyeing the clouds within a radius of ten thousand miles into a golden hue. His electronic pupils reflected countless mechanical phantoms, creating a mysterious beauty that intertwined the mechanical and the divine.

At this moment, all mechanical creations within a radius of tens of thousands of miles knelt down in His direction, bowing down to this newly born divine mechanical angel.

But in the next instant, the God of Myriad Machines placed one hand on his chest and bowed to Lin Rui: "Divine Mechanic Angel Wei Fan pays respects to the Lord of Light! Through the Lord's guidance, Wei Fan has been reborn and forged into this body of light! This body is willing to be an instrument of light, to clad and wield the sharpest blade for the gods, and to cleanse all evil!"

Lin Rui smiled slightly and raised his hand to help the Divine Mechanized Angel up: "It is my good fortune to have your help! Now, by the decree of light, I grant you the authority to govern all mechanical laws of heaven and earth."

The heavens and earth suddenly trembled and roared. A divine emblem appeared between the brows of this former Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable, now the Divine Mechanized Angel, with holy thunder and tribulation fire intertwined, a great sun crown above it, and twelve pairs of starry wings spread out.

The moment the emblem appeared, the golden bone wings behind Wei Fan suddenly split into seven pairs of secondary wings, each of which extended three thousand six hundred bronze chains that pierced into the void and were tightly connected to the source.

The divine angel was completely calm.

He lost this time, but not completely.

It would be mutually beneficial for Him to unite with the Lord of Light. Lin Rui allowed Him to retain a certain degree of self-will in order to gain His loyalty and obtain a true Abyss-level 'Mechanical God Messenger'.

The Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable was also able to be resurrected. Although he is now forced to submit to others, he has gained the time and opportunity to recover his power.

The Lord of Light distorted His mind with the will of all beings, and at the same time restrained and controlled Him with the faith of hundreds of billions of believers, making Him the Lord of Light's most loyal so-called 'angel'.

But this sect and its beliefs will eventually become corrupt and collapse.

And as long as His power is restored, restored to near-limitless peak, He will naturally be able to break free—when the Divine Mechanic Angel thought of this, his mind went blank, thinking to himself, how could I have such thoughts? It's simply blasphemy!

He is the most faithful arm of the Lord of Light, the sword in the hand of this sovereign!
Lin Rui's lips curled up slightly, making no attempt to hide his pleasure and excitement.

He had no idea what the divine angel was thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't care.

The struggle for transcendence is within these few years, so He doesn't need to think too far ahead.

All He needs to do is control this mechanical angel within these few years and make this former 'Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable' His strongest arm and wing.

This was once a being whose overall combat power rivaled that of a god-king. Even though it has only recently been revived and its power is far from reaching its peak, it is still far beyond the reach of ordinary gods.

At that moment, Lin Rui's expression shifted slightly as he looked towards the north.

"This is?"

He sensed a power similar to his own over there, and the concepts of 'law,' 'judgment,' and 'order,' rooted in the heavens, were violently turbulent.

Lin Rui narrowed his eyes immediately: "Great Sun Celestial Venerable?"

This person is actually plotting to seize the power of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable?

It seems this was a long-planned move, choosing the Eastern Abyss as the location for the ascension to transcendence, while the gods were preoccupied and the plan was launched in time.

"Someone is usurping the power of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable!"

When the Divine Mechanic Angel thought of the god 'Divine Law', a golden flame even shone in his eyes.

"Divine Law was once one of the gods under the banner of the Great Sun. He was also the only god who survived after the Great Sun Divine Court was wiped out by the Supreme Celestial Venerable. It is said that in the battle when the Throne of Truth was shattered, the Great Sun Celestial Venerable fought with all his might to save the life of Divine Law under the sword of the Supreme Celestial Venerable. However, ten thousand years later, when the Great Sun Celestial Venerable plotted to be resurrected, he placed great hopes on Divine Law. In the end, it was Divine Law who delivered the fatal blow and assisted the Goddess of Despair and Pain in killing him."

His predecessor, the Divine Talisman Celestial Venerable, was born in this era and knew this history like the back of his hand.

"Some believe that the reason why the Divine Law Celestial Venerable betrayed the Great Sun was due to his disappointment with the Great Sun Divine Court period. Others believe that the Divine Law Celestial Venerable wanted to seize the power of the Great Sun Celestial Venerable. The concept of 'judgment' of the Great Sun did indeed fall into the hands of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable afterward."

The Divine Mechanism Angel never expected that the Divine Law Celestial Venerable would survive to this day in this form.

In the era when he fought against the dream, the Divine Law Celestial Venerable had a physical form and was the most powerful god below him and the dream, with overall strength also approaching the limit.

The divine angel seemed thoughtful: "Your Majesty, after the Great Sun Celestial Venerable retrieves the 'Judgment,' he will return to his position in the Abyss. At that time, he may once again threaten Your Highness's Great Sun authority. Perhaps—"

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Rui waved his hand to interrupt: "No need!"

He gazed into the distance, looking towards Luojing City: "It's too late to go there now. The most important thing right now is to get to Luojing City!"

However, he will need to change his body next, and his original body will have to return to the Ninth Base City to take charge.

As for Luojing City, it's best to let the aliens handle it.

Inside the Great Cathedral of Light in Star Harbor, Lin Yi, the Goddess of Pain, frowned deeply.

She is still the 'Holy Maiden' of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable, having received a total of 174 divine favors, and is considered by the world to be the most favored being of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable.

Therefore, when the Divine Law Celestial Venerable underwent a change, Lin Yi sensed it immediately.

"What happened to that scoundrel Shen Lu?"

Fragmented memories flashed through Lin Yi's mind.

In ancient times, her predecessor and the divine law disliked each other. Due to the conflict of positions and power, they were irreconcilable enemies, determined to kill each other.

However, when the Goddess of Pain was fighting the resurrected form of the Great Sun God, the Divine Law God unexpectedly helped them.

She vaguely remembered some fragmented scenes from that time, in which the Great Sun Celestial Venerable was filled with extreme anger and hatred for the betrayal of the Divine Law.

At that time, He was close to success. As long as the Great Sun revived and returned, and he recuperated for a thousand years, He could completely seal the Supreme Being in the upper reaches of the river of time.

But all His efforts failed because of divine law.

The divine law, however, said that it could not wait, not even for a moment, saying that the divine court of the Great Sun Heavenly Venerable had completely destroyed the laws and order established by the Supreme Heavenly Venerable, and it could no longer tolerate it.

Lin Yi frowned deeply when she recalled the angry appearance of the Divine Law Celestial Venerable.

Is this very enemy of mine destined to perish today?

Just then, she heard Lin Rui's voice: "Where is the Celestial Venerable of Separation and Union?"

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. Their third task here was to keep an eye on the Celestial Venerable of Separation and prevent this remnant spirit of the ancient god from escaping.

(End of this chapter)