Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 529 Forging the Inherited Divine Essence

"One seclusion lasts twenty years! Time is truly a wondrous thing. If I could collect all eight items from the stone disc pattern, would one seclusion last eighty years?"

Lei Chi smiled calmly. He was no longer concerned about the time dilation within the stone disc passage. As his divine sense strengthened, he had a vague intuition that the stone disc had opened a crack in spacetime to form the flowing light tunnel.

This tunnel of light is like a loophole. If one's strength becomes too great, the loophole may not be able to accommodate one. Or, if one stays in the tunnel of light for a certain period of time, one may not be able to enter it again. If one forces one in, it may break the balance of the tunnel of light and cause it to collapse.

"With the Great Universe Unification Divine Art, this stone disc will no longer be necessary for me, but it still has some use for me now..."

Lei Chi looked at the void. "The Faith God War is about to begin. With this stone disc, I can open a twenty-year seclusion in a day. Although the chances of becoming a system-recognized main god before the Faith God War are slim, it can still rapidly improve my strength and allow me to advance to main god status faster."

To advance to the level of a main god, Lei Chi needs to cultivate the fourth level of the [Great Mighty Divine Art] to perfection, according to the system settings. This requires a total of one trillion thoughts, which he is still far from achieving. Lei Chi estimates that he will need to cultivate diligently for at least several thousand years before he can advance to the level of a main god. Even with the help of the stone disc, it will still take about ten years. By then, the war of faith gods will have already broken out.

A moment later, Lei Chi left the Otherworld and returned to Little Turtle Island.

Qixinger was still on Little Turtle Island. He was squatting on the ground, cursing and swearing. When he saw Leichi, his eyes widened, and he jumped up and started cursing loudly.

"You despicable bastard! I treated you as a friend, and you stole my treasure! Do you have no humanity left? Have you no shame...?"

"This feeling...it's been so long! Sixth Brother is still so energetic, it's wonderful!" Lei Chi smiled as he looked at Qi Xinge's exasperated expression, saying, "Old friend, I'll return your Eternal Sword to you later, no need to rush..."

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child, easy to fool? Give me back my Eternal Sword..." Qixinger looked like he was about to rush up and provoke him, but then he remembered that this guy could summon the Great Tiger, so he didn't dare to make a move.

Lei Chi, with a gentle expression, accepted Qi Xin Ge's long shouts for a while before slowly taking out the Eternal Longsword and saying, "Sixth Brother, how about this? I will take you to the Other Shore World, where you can cultivate. I can also provide you with cultivation resources, cultivation techniques, and even divine artifacts. I will also return the Eternal Longsword to you. However, you must help me activate the stone disc every day. How about it?"

Qixinge shook his head vigorously, waving his hands repeatedly, and said, "Just return the Eternal Sword! What nonsense about going to the Other Shore? I'm not going! Don't try to trick me!"

"You stubborn old man, you really are incorrigible!"

With a thought, Lei Chi conjured up the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore beneath his feet. The lotus suddenly grew larger and then quickly shrank, completely enveloping Lei Chi and Qi Xingge.

The next moment, the golden lotus disappeared, and Lei Chi had already brought Qi Xingge to the other world, appearing in front of his courtyard.

He tossed the Eternal Sword to Qixinge, saying, "Here you go! The War of the Faith Gods is approaching, and your strength is too weak. To prevent you from being killed prematurely, just stay here and cultivate in peace!"

Qixinger clutched the Eternal Sword tightly to his chest, then looked around curiously, saying, "This is the Other Shore World, Thunder Pool! You're imprisoning me! How could you do this? I protest!"

"Protest denied! Then stay here and experience my boundless love!"

After saying this, Lei Chi put his hands behind his back and prepared to leave.

"Wait, don't go!" Qi Xingge's tone softened, and his expression changed to a playful grin. He hurriedly said, "Lei Chi, good brother, don't do this! I apologize, I admit my mistake, please let me go. Or tell me how to let me leave. Even if you're going to lock me up, at least let me know the sentence, right?"

Lei Chi said, "I have found the round mirror in the Sword Realm that can observe the future. You may leave the Blissful World if you wish, but first go and observe your own future."

"A circular mirror for observing the future? What's that?"

Qixinger was a little confused. He had entered the Sword Realm before, but he had never seen any round mirror in it. In fact, the [Return to Origin Qi Gong], the [Invincible Golden Body], and the observation round mirror were all hidden in the Sword Realm, and ordinary people could not find them at all.

Lei Chi didn't offer any further explanation; he strode into his small courtyard.

The courtyard is quite lively now. The Spirit of Molten Fire and a group of artifact spirits are all here. Lei Chi has not paid attention to them during his seclusion. They are carefree and have become very familiar with each other. Apart from Fanfan, the artifact spirit of the cooking machine, who often goes out to open a porridge shop to collect faith, and the Qilin of the Magnificent Landscape Painting who follows Zhao Zilong, the other artifact spirits usually play and frolic in the courtyard. When they see Lei Chi come, they are very excited and rush forward to curry favor.

Lei Chi also missed the kind of treatment he received, and he also missed the spirits of the artifacts. He chatted with them for a while.

The manor has undergone many changes. Lei Chi collected a large number of statues, buildings, strange objects and stones from the ancient sacred domain, and used them mostly in the decoration of the manor. Some beautiful trees were even transplanted here, giving the manor a certain ancient charm and scenery.

A moment later, Lei Chi and the Spirit of Molten Fire arrived at the Molten Fire Temple.

The Molten Temple is now vastly different from what it used to be, much more magnificent than before, with the sacred fire of faith burning even more fiercely in the main hall of flames.

The Molten Spirit said smugly to the Thunder Pool, "Great Master, over the past few years, the Faith Pool has accumulated a vast amount of faith power. The Faith Artifacts like the Cooking Machine are truly amazing, and I have benefited from them as well. The overflowing faith power was sent here and ignited into the Faith Fire!"

"Not bad!" Lei Chi nodded.

The Spirit of Molten Fire's smug expression deepened, and it continued, "Great master, I have a secret method for becoming a god here. As long as you perform the ritual according to this method, with the divine fire of faith I have accumulated here, you have a high chance of directly becoming a main god. Once you become a main god, you can transform the Molten Fire Temple into a Molten Fire Armor, greatly enhancing your combat power. How about it, do you want to give it a try?"

"That's unnecessary." Lei Chi now disdained becoming a god through faith. He slowly said, "Use these faith artifacts to create artifact spirits. Also, according to the system settings, I am already a peak high god, and I can use the Molten Temple to forge inherited divine sparks. Forge some now."

"Huh?" The Molten Spirit immediately remembered how extravagant his current god was, and his face immediately turned ugly.

Lei Chi had already activated the power of the Molten Fire Temple. He pointed his hand at the Divine Fire Hall, and the divine fire within surged and then a fist-sized, multicolored gem flew out.

That gemstone was naturally the inherited divine essence forged by the Thunder Pool.

Within this divine essence, he left behind the first three levels of the Great Power Divine Skill, as well as many spiritual cultivation secrets such as the Mindless Cycle, the Shocking God Break, and the Mind Power Storm.

"Due to system limitations, this inherited divine spark can only contain the first three levels of the [Great Mighty Divine Art], which means it can allow cultivators to break through to the Upper God level. It can be considered an inherited divine spark for an Upper God! And an inherited divine spark for an Upper God is already the limit for this Molten Fire Temple!"

Lei Chi gently shook him. System items must follow system settings, and he couldn't change that.

Next, Lei Chi forged many more inherited divine cores, including those of the [Great Might Divine Skill], the [Three-pronged Thunder Technique], the [Great Jade Body], and so on. These were all branches of his [Universal Unification Divine Skill].

Lei Chi plans to give these divine essences to the players of Bliss City. If they are willing, they can absorb the divine essences, obtain these cultivation techniques, and become the exclusive gods of Bliss City.

This was the original idea of ​​the Beast God of Raichi.

As for why Lei Chi didn't leave behind any fragments of the [Universal Unification Divine Art], not to mention that the Burning Fire Divine Art can only be forged into a godhood using a "system technique," the [Universal Unification Divine Art] is only suitable for Lei Chi himself, created with his body and soul, and it is constantly changing. It is not a fixed cultivation method, and others simply cannot cultivate it.

After forging a large number of inherited divine cores, Lei Chi left the Otherworld and betrothed these inherited divine cores to Deedlit.

"If any player is willing to become a true god of the Beast Tribe and learn the techniques of ferocious beasts, they will be granted a divine inheritance. The inherited techniques within these divine inheritances are different and are recorded in their attribute information, so please take a close look! In addition, the War of Faith Gods is about to begin. Those who wish to cultivate diligently and aspire to become true gods should gather together. Tomorrow, I will take them to the Other Shore World for secluded cultivation..."

Lei Chi gave Deedlit some instructions, and then listened to Deedlit's report on the current situation in Elysium. After assessing Deedlit's abilities and work performance, Lei Chi went to the Treasure Hall.

The treasure hall was filled with a large number of treasures, neatly stacked and categorized. Many of them were upgrade materials for the Beast Tower that he needed. Among the treasures were even some divine artifacts, but the quality of those divine artifacts was not very good. Most of them were everyday items like the Night-Shining Cup, the Qiankun Pot, and the Thunder Pool, while ordinary items were no longer worthy of being placed here.

Lei Chi looked at the numerous treasures and felt very comfortable. He let his thoughts wander, grabbed at the air with his hand, and opened the Star Acupoints in his body, which formed their own storage space. Instantly, he put a large number of items into it.

Now, Lei Chi truly carries all his belongings with him, whether useful or not, storing them all in his internal acupoints.

"These low-level artifacts are just what I wanted. I can send them into the Otherworld and let the Spirit of Molten Fire nurture their spirits! But are there no gold coins in this treasure hall?"

Upon realizing this, Lei Chi spread his divine sense and, with just a slight sense, discovered Hua Tianbao and Ye Beifeng, the two Gods of Wealth. With another sense, he understood the cause and effect: it turned out that the gold coins accumulated by Bliss City over the past three years had all been used to cultivate these two Gods of Wealth, pushing their levels to 900!

With such intensive training, the two Gods of Wealth have become incredibly powerful, earning more than 500 million in salary every day. If the income from the Treasure Plate and Money Tree is included, their daily income could easily reach 1.5 billion, and their Treasure Plate and Money Tree have not yet reached the highest level.

These two benefactors still have room for growth, so Deedlit had long ago issued an order that all the gold coins from Elysium's revenue be sent to their mansions so that they could grow as quickly as possible. All the two of them needed to do was pay wages to the people of Elysium.

Lei Chi doesn't have a great need for gold coins now. He only wants gold coins to upgrade the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore. If fighting in the main world controlled by the system, the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore, as a super artifact, is still very powerful.

After leaving the treasure hall, Lei Chi upgraded the Beast Tower.

He is the Tower Defense Lord, and only he can control the Beast Tower in Bliss City. However, due to his previous seclusion, the Beast Tower in Bliss City has not been updated for more than three years.

After briefly glancing at the territory management panel, Lei Chi discovered that the four sacred beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—had automatically grown to the seventh rank a year ago, greatly enhancing their abilities. However, it would take them 119 years to advance to the eighth rank.

In addition, the Primordial Iron Kun should have been fed a large number of growth pills and is now a seventh-order Primordial Beast.

[Primordial Chaos - Sang Biao] has also advanced to the seventh rank, while the four Heavenly Kings who need to level up through battle, such as [Azure Dragon King - Magic Azure] and [Red Dragon King - Magic Red], have also collectively advanced to the seventh rank. However, the road to advancing to the eighth rank is still very long.

In the dinosaur world, there are now as many as 2232 Tier 6 Heavy Ion Tyrannosaurus Rex and 3266 Tier 5 Heavy Firepower Tyrannosaurus Rex. On the other hand, there are not many Tier 3 Tyrannosaurus Rex, with only 12 left.

Under the influence of the [Metal Life Thermal Weapon] technology, conventional ancient dragon creatures possess automatic growth potential, but creatures like [Pheasants] do not. As a result, [Tyrannosaurus Rex] can automatically advance to [Heavy Firepower Tyrannosaurus Rex] and [Heavy Particle Tyrannosaurus Rex], but its own numbers cannot be replenished, leading to a decline in its numbers.

Lei Chi performed a series of operations, first upgrading two thousand [Wild Chickens] to Tier 4 [Tyrannosaurus Rex], then upgrading [Sky Crane], [Primordial Spider], [Primordial Golden Phoenix], etc. to Tier 7, upgrading [Great Jade Rhinoceros Beetle], [Thousand Illusion Divine Beast], etc. to Tier 6, upgrading [Six-Eyed], [Cosmic Fat Star], [Bear Ba], [Cosmic Golden Crow], [Cosmic Phoenix], etc. to Tier 7, and collectively upgrading the Four Great Monkey Kings to Tier 7...

After Lei Chi finished his work, most of the more powerful beast towers in Bliss City had been upgraded to the seventh tier, with only a small number remaining at the sixth tier.

However, the eighth-tier Beast Tower still only has one [Great Mighty Tiger], and the condition for it to be upgraded to the ninth tier is that the Molten Fire Temple provides faith stones, and now it is only missing one [Divine Might Stone].

(End of this chapter)