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Holding Gungnir, Aphrodite felt a surge of power and was deeply moved that Yi Shuihan had so readily given her this invaluable treasure.
"It was originally in Odin's hands, but I snatched it away. Here's what happened..."
Yi Shuihan briefly explained the cause and effect.
“Odin deserves to die for daring to lie to her husband.”
Aphrodite was furious at Odin's cunning and kept cursing him. Even though she knew Odin was now in hell, she still felt that Odin had gotten off easy. This made Yi Shuihan break out in a cold sweat and mourn for Odin for a second.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you."
Seeing that Aphrodite was quite fond of Gungnir, Yi Shuihan said frankly that he was always very generous when it came to his women.
"No, it wouldn't be of any use to me. If you have Gungnir, your strength will increase significantly. You can protect me then. Besides, I don't really like gun-shaped weapons."
Aphrodite resolutely handed Gungnir over to Yi Shuihan, putting on a show of disdain for Gungnir.
"Take it if I give it to you. With my strength, this thing won't be of much use. But for you, if you have it, you can protect yourself when I'm not around. If you don't want it, I'll just destroy it."
Having said all that, Aphrodite finally accepted Gungnir and then repaid Yi Shuihan by serving him very well, unlocking many different positions for him.
With Odin and Octon gone, the monsters that attacked Asgard returned to where they belonged, and Earth once again returned to apparent peace.
Another six months passed.
On this day, Yi Shuihan was cultivating when he suddenly felt the surrounding spiritual energy increasing at a visible speed, directly changing from a gaseous state to a liquid state, and spiritual energy rain began to fall.
"what happened?"
I suddenly opened my eyes, not understanding what had happened.
"kindness?"
Suddenly, Yi Shuihan sensed something familiar—the aura of origin. Following his senses, he found the source of that aura.
Between them, Xiao Jie and the other main characters were surrounded by a white light, with wisps of their essence constantly emanating from their bodies.
"Is this... already in the final stage?"
Yi Shuihan sensed that the world's will was exceptionally active. As Xiao Jie and the others' origins appeared and merged into the void, the world's will expressed joy.
Even though this was Yi Shuihan's first time experiencing a silver world evolving into a world capable of containing gold, he knew that he absolutely could not go against the world's will at this moment. Otherwise, he would be attacked by the world's will. Yi Shuihan himself might be fine, but he would definitely not be able to stay in this world, and all the benefits would be gone.
Reassuring Xiao Jie and the others, Yi Shuihan quietly waited for the world's will to be shocked. At the same time, he also sensed that the auras of the other main gods, especially Zeus, were constantly accumulating and strengthening. It was clear that he wanted to use this time to do something.
"Let me see what you're really planning!"
With half his attention focused on Zeus, Yi Shuihan planned to attack him at the slightest sign of trouble.
Chapter 886, Smallpox and Golden Lotus
Smallpox and golden lotus
The will of the world is transforming, and when it successfully transforms into the Heavenly Way, that will be the time when this world completes its magnificent transformation from a silver world to a golden world.
Although it's called the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao of the Saint Seiya world is definitely not comparable to that of the Primordial World. Even if it becomes a Golden World, the Heavenly Dao of this world can only restrain the Great Luo Golden Immortal level at most. As for the Quasi-Saints and Saints above that level, there is absolutely no way to control them.
Compared to the primordial world, the Saint Seiya world has a much weaker foundation and insufficient potential. To grow into a world like the primordial world would take hundreds of millions of years, and that would be based on its steady growth over time.
For the worlds, things aren't always peaceful. Take this time, for example: the Saint Seiya world's advancement requires devouring the origins of other worlds. Once it fully advances, the weaker worlds whose origins were previously plundered will certainly not be spared. In order to make the world stronger, the next time it won't be as simple as devouring a portion of the origin; it might even have to devour the entire world.
Those worlds that were completely swallowed up naturally lost the ability to continue evolving and could only exist as a part of the Saint Seiya world.
These things seem far removed from Yi Shuihan, but that's not actually the case. Yi Shuihan now also has a personal world that can follow the path of devouring. Of course, with Yi Shuihan's current abilities, the most he can do is let it devour the Bronze World and the Silver World. Even the lowest-level Silver World is beyond Yi Shuihan's power.
"Holy Spirit, how can I obtain the greatest benefit later?"
On a whim, Yi Shuihan asked the system this question.
The system was silent for about 5 seconds, and just when Yi Shuihan thought the system would not respond, it spoke.
"You can choose to have the system help absorb the dissipated energy and convert it into cultivation points."
"Is this still possible?"
"The conditions for the system to help absorb this information only meet the current circumstances; there was no such environment before."
The system provided an explanation.
"In other words, this is a special case."
"The host's comprehension is not the problem."
"If you choose to absorb the energy, how many cultivation points will you get?"
"At least five figures."
"Five figures? Wow, my system is amazing."
Even though Yi Shuihan had obtained the system for so many years and had accumulated a considerable number of cultivation points, he was still itching to try it himself after hearing the system's words.
To be honest, Yi Shuihan was really afraid of being poor. Recently, the tasks related to cultivation points have been too difficult, making Yi Shuihan miss the time when he was in the One Piece world.
"If I don't let you absorb it, can I break through to the Gold level?"
"The chance of a breakthrough is one percent."
"That makes things simple. You can operate the system then."
He quickly made a decision, and then Yi Shuihan calmed down a lot. Although if he didn't let the system absorb energy, he could at least break through to the Golden Immortal level, and reaching Silver 8-star or even 9-star would be very easy. However, for Yi Shuihan, it was so extraordinary that even Gold would be meaningless.
With the Jade Tablet of Creation, the Golden Immortal realm was not a bottleneck for Yi Shuihan at all; it was the kind of realm that could be easily broken through. However, the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm had already reached the initial stage of immortality, which represented a completely different meaning. It was at least a thousand times more difficult than breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm.
Even with the Jade Tablet of Creation, it would still take Yi Shuihan tens of millions of years to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
If he could take this opportunity to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, Yi Shuihan would rather give up the more than 10,000 cultivation points. It's not that cultivation points are inferior to breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, but in Yi Shuihan's view, the time saved by breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm is more worthwhile. After all, he hasn't even cultivated for a thousand years yet, and there will be plenty of time and opportunities to encounter such an opportunity in the future.
No one knows exactly how much time passed, but everyone in this world suddenly heard a loud bang from the depths of their souls, and the sound of a soul echoing.
"From this day forward, this world will be elevated to the Golden World. Since I have become the Heavenly Dao, I now bestow upon you the opportunity for advancement."
Flowers rained down from the sky, white blossoms falling from the void. Any creature touched by these white blossoms experienced a rapid increase in its cultivation level, much faster than flying.
An ordinary person who hadn't even reached the Black Iron 5-star level was directly promoted to Bronze level under the nourishment of the smallpox, and this was still a relatively ordinary level.
Even more remarkably, a newborn baby caught this wave of good fortune, and its cultivation level went directly from zero to Bronze 9-star, which was simply heaven-defying.
Of course, the lower the cultivation level, the more realms one can break through. For Xiao Jie and the others, this smallpox can only support them to break through to the Silver level.
Under this smallpox, the warriors of Yi Shui Han seized the opportunity and advanced to the Silver rank, becoming gods.
At any other time, the ascension of so many people to godhood would be an earth-shattering event, and the chief gods like Zeus would definitely come to watch. However, now, they didn't even glance in their direction.
After the celestial flower comes the golden lotus that springs from the ground. Compared to the celestial flower, the golden lotus is much rarer, with only one appearing in a radius of a hundred miles.
There are fewer of them, but the quality of the Golden Lotus is definitely far superior to that of the Heavenly Flower. And the Golden Lotus is the focus of the struggle among the gods of Earth, who are above the Silver Rank.
Aphrodite was constantly collecting golden lotuses, and the creatures fighting over them fought fiercely. The original harmonious atmosphere instantly dissipated, replaced by madness and murderous intent.
Faced with such a life-changing opportunity, no one would easily give up.
Even with the intervention of the main deity, the chances of actually obtaining the Golden Lotus are even lower than winning the lottery. Many end up getting injured and having their possessions stolen, leaving them only to curse in their hearts.
Compared to the busy gods, Yi Shuihan seemed quite idle. He stayed in one place, motionless, while the system automatically collected golden lotuses and celestial flowers, far more efficiently than the gods. While the system was in operation, Yi Shuihan could move, but the more he moved, the lower the system's efficiency became. So he simply stayed put, his attention mostly focused on Zeus; he had a feeling Zeus knew something.
Chapter 887, Zeus's Attempt Against the Heavenly Dao
Zeus, who challenged the laws of heaven.
Advancement opportunities should have been distributed throughout the universe, but Yi Shuihan learned from the system that more than 50% of these opportunities had been sent to Earth by the Heavenly Dao. He didn't know if it was due to some influence or if Earth was truly the so-called center of the world.
It's important to know that this world is quite large, at least the size of a galaxy, with dozens of planets harboring life. Earth alone occupies half of the opportunities, while the other dozens of planets share the other half. It's clear that Earth is treated like a favored child.
"Flowers rained down from the sky, and golden lotuses sprang from the ground. I had a feeling that a great being was preaching. Could it be that the voice of the Great Dao is about to be heard?"
This thought flashed through Yi Shuihan's mind, and it actually made him somewhat expectant. If there really was the voice of the Great Dao, although it wouldn't allow him to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm directly, it would at least greatly reduce the difficulty, turning the breakthrough to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm from a ten-thousand-year task into a thousand-year task.
Yi Shuihan quickly realized he had overthought things. Cultivation in this world wasn't about comprehending the Great Dao. Even if he explained it, the effect would probably be minimal. Moreover, the Heavenly Dao didn't want this world to follow a path that didn't align with the microcosm.
The celestial flowers and golden lotuses lasted for about half a day, then the celestial flowers stopped falling and the golden lotuses stopped appearing.
Logically, this opportunity for promotion should have ended there, but Yi Shuihan knew that this was just the beginning.
If the opportunity for advancement is a benefit that is equal for all beings in this world, then what follows should be a special benefit.
Those who contributed to this promotion will naturally be rewarded accordingly.
A golden light appeared in the sky, and then beams of golden light shot out continuously, heading straight for the gods. Yi Shuihan noticed that the most light flew towards Athena, and he himself was only the size of an ordinary main god. Yi Shuihan could understand this, after all, he had absorbed the essence to this extent.
Fang Shijie didn't contribute anything.
"Holy Spirit, is this the legendary panacea of merit?"
"That's right, this is merit. It can be used to improve cultivation level, enhance the power of magic weapons, and offset sins."
Originally, the energy collected from the Heavenly Flower and Golden Lotus was only converted into cultivation points, barely reaching 10000 points. But this time, the merit points tripled to 30000 points, which is the most cultivation points Yi Shuihan has obtained since getting the system.
Moreover, as merits are continuously transformed, the cultivation points continue to increase.
“Holy Spirit, can this merit be transformed into a point of fusion?”
With cultivation points secured, Yi Shuihan turned his attention to fusion points. In truth, Yi Shuihan used the fusion function far less than he used cultivation points, mainly because fusion points were far too scarce.
"Yes, but the conversion rate of fusion points is only one-tenth of that of cultivation points, so I suggest not converting them into fusion points."
"Give up the points and convert them into cultivation points; convert the rest into fusion points."
After thinking it over, Yi Shuihan decided to get some fusion points for himself. He already had so many cultivation points, and he could borrow them if needed. Fusion points, on the other hand, couldn't be borrowed; you could only use as many as you had.
"As you wish, host."
The cultivation points, which had been fluctuating at 36900, suddenly froze and stopped changing. In the fusion point column, the number 0 finally turned into 1, and it increased at a considerable speed. Of course, the speed of increase was far less than before. After a rough look, it really seemed to be only about one-tenth of the speed.
"They should be able to survive with at least a few thousand fusion points! That should be enough for them to do some things."
After focusing on the growth of the fusion point for a while, Yi Shuihan once again devoted most of his time to Zeus.
In this round of rewards and punishments, Zeus did not seem to receive much merit, perhaps because he was not heartbroken in the final battle for the origin of all things.
But is it really that simple?
Athena received the most merit, yet even so, she did not break through to the Gold Saint level, or, according to this, the tenth sense of her cosmos.
"Could it be that Zeus knew all along that this merit was insufficient to support his breakthrough, and therefore deliberately gave it up?"
The thought was quickly dismissed by Yi Shuihan: "No, even a small mosquito is still meat. As long as they accumulate, they will eventually undergo a qualitative change. This is not a reason for Zeus to give up the battle for the origin, unless there are greater benefits that make him no longer care about the benefits of this battle for the origin."
Yi Shuihan also knew something even better than merit, and had come into contact with it more than once: the origin of the world.
Merit is fine for enhancing the power of magic weapons, but it's not as perfect as breaking through on your own when it comes to improving your cultivation level. However, it's different if you use the world's origin. Breaking through with the world's origin results in a breakthrough that is far stronger than breaking through on your own.
"If Zeus's scheme was about the origin of the world, then everything makes sense."
This is the closest guess to reality that Yi Shuihan has come up with so far.
After the merits were distributed, all the main gods received benefits to varying degrees. The main gods who were originally Silver 8 stars all reached Silver 9 stars, and not just at the initial stage. The original Silver 9 stars all reached the peak of Silver 9 stars, and the next step is to break through to Gold.
Yi Shuihan even discovered that Poseidon had regained his physical body, which was forged with merit and was in no way inferior to his original body that had been destroyed.
It can be said that after this wave of merit, Zeus's position is already in jeopardy, and the gap between him and the other gods has narrowed significantly.
However, Yi Shuihan noticed that Zeus did not show the slightest panic; on the contrary, he had a confident expression.
At the moment the merits were distributed, the Heavenly Dao seemed to weaken a little, as if it was preparing to hide for a while. At that very instant, Zeus made his move.
Only Yi Shuihan, who had been paying close attention to Zeus, could clearly see his attack; Zeus's target was the Heavenly Dao.
"No way! He actually has such audacity."
Even Yi Shuihan was frightened by Zeus's behavior, considering that he had never once considered going against the will of Heaven.
To become a Heavenly Dao, even if it's only the lowest level, means that even a weak Gold-ranking being like Yi Shuihan could be easily suppressed, let alone someone of Silver rank. Zeus looks like he's courting death.
However, things didn't go as Yi Shuihan had predicted. The Heavenly Dao's counterattack wasn't as fierce as he had imagined; everything seemed quite strange.
Chapter 888, Blood of Heavenly Dao
Blood of Heaven
"How is this going?"
Yi Shuihan could sense that when the Heavenly Dao first discovered that someone was attacking the tower, it was extremely angry, as if it wanted to immediately unleash its Thunderous Fury and use the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to annihilate those who disrespected it. However, when it discovered that the attacker was Zeus, it calmed down considerably.
This situation is similar to being rear-ended while driving. You might be aggressive and want to cause trouble for the driver behind you, but then you discover that the driver who caused the accident is actually a relative of yours, and your aggressive attitude immediately weakens.
I'm definitely angry, but not nearly as angry as I was at the beginning.
The Heavenly Dao unleashed an attack powerful enough to annihilate ordinary gods, seemingly as a warning to Zeus.