Chapter 573 - 5: Shell at the Fourth Heaven, Void Realm Gate
In the Witch God World, thirteen years passed in the blink of an eye.
And it was on this very day that in the Mortal World, the Flame Race completely unified all the mortal settlements across the land.
This was, however, a unification in name only.
After all, a territory this vast was difficult to fully control with only the capabilities of a primitive civilization.
The unification of language, culture, and systems of measurement—all these things required time.
But regardless, the high-end combat power—the institutions of violence—had been completely monopolized by the Flame Race.
All faiths in previous Deities were now branded as Evil God worship.
On the Path to the Extraordinary, any Witch who followed a path other than faith in the so-called Blazing God was deemed illegal.
They were hunted down and exterminated by the Witches of the Flame Race.
Before the Flame Race had completely unified the Mortal World,
Lince had spent just a little over four days completely purging this world of all its Primordial Deities.
His original intention was to leave none alive.
But in the end, he spared three Primordial Deities who were quick to bend the knee.
A White Rat.
A Sparrow.
And an Earth Dragon that was basically a 'worm'.
These three fellows had each ruled over only very small tribes.
They were so timid that they had rarely ever interacted with other Deities.
In short, they looked so pathetic and had immediately groveled the moment Lince sought each of them out.
So, Lince spared them.
There really wasn't much more to it.
Whether you called it pity or a rare act of kindness,
the fact remained that these three Deities were simply too weak.
They were of no real use to Lince.
That was why Lince let them live.
All in all, it wasn't a bad idea to keep three guys around to run errands.
After devouring over a hundred Primordial Deities from this world,
Lince's current body had finally completed its Life Essence transformation into that of an Ancient God.
To put it simply, the 'depth' of this body's life had reached the very limit of this world.
It was now barely comparable to when Lince had first completed his transformation into a Divine Tier Dragon.
Now, this body could no longer be called a Flying Lizard.
If one had to give it a name, it should be called a Fiery Sun Dragon Lizard.
Its length from head to tail now spanned a massive one hundred kilometers.
Its appearance was a combination of a Lizard's features and a Giant Dragon's form.
It had been completely transformed.
[Body: Fiery Sun Dragon Lizard]
[Divine Title: Roasted] (Witch God's Roasted)
[Status: Primordial Deity]
[Realm: Fourth Heaven] (Peak, comparable to Main God Tier)
[Body Type: Approx. 100 kilometers]
[Potential: Peak]
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The Four Sky-breaking Realm is the limit of this world.
To advance further, the only way was to invade other worlds and seize their Heart Cores.
'Achieving that won't be easy.'
Just as Deities in the Star Cosmos were restricted by the Mana Will,
in this Witch God Cosmos, Witch Gods were naturally confined to the Celestial Realm.
The Mortal War could almost only be resolved through the power of mortals.
However, the conflict between Witch Gods was a bit more direct than in the Star Cosmos.
Whenever a Witch God fell,
the mortal beings who believed in that Deity and had become Witches through the Contemplation Method would suffer a severe backlash.
Therefore, as long as a Witch God achieved victory in the Celestial Realm,
the battlefield of mortals would naturally proceed much more smoothly.
However, to be safe,
Lince had not spent these years merely watching the Flame Race annex other tribes while doing nothing himself.
Over the years, he had been comprehending the rules of the Celestial Realm under his control.
At the same time, following the principles of this world's so-called Contemplation Method, he improved upon its techniques.
He wanted to enhance the strength of the Witches as much as possible.
To this end, in the fifth year,
Lince sent down a new Oracle to the Flame Race, disseminating the improved technique.
The new technique was still centered around contemplation.
However, the name had changed.
The new Contemplation Method was called: [Nine Revolutions of Witchcraft]
It was a meticulous refinement made by Lince, based on the divisions used in the Star Cosmos.
Every three revolutions of Witchcraft corresponded to the Low, Middle, and High Tier power divisions of the Star Cosmos.
At the same time, with each revolution, the appearance of the so-called Witch would become more akin to that of a Deity.
Ultimately,
the Witches of this world were, in essence, a form of Clan.
Naturally, in terms of strength, Witches of the Nine Revolutions of Witchcraft were certainly stronger than mortals.
Their appearance would also gradually become more similar to that of Deities.
Nine Revolutions of Witchcraft.
It lowered the difficulty for mortals to practice the contemplation.
After all, before this, there was also an apprentice-like stage.
However, this stage, in accordance with the world's terminology, was called the 'Initial Transformation of Witchcraft'.
This so-called initial transformation was the probationary and apprentice stage for a Witch.
The requirements for one's Spirit and willpower were not high.
With this system in place, while not every human in the Fiery Sun Race could complete the transformation into a Witch,
at least three out of every ten people could obtain the power of a Witch.
And it was precisely because of the popularization of the Nine Revolutions of Witchcraft
that within a mere thirteen years, the Witch God World—no, it should now be called the 'Fiery Sun World'—was smoothly unified by the Flame Race.
The mortals of the entire world were unified.
This also meant that Lince's divine name was now known by nearly every mortal in the world.
At the same time, this ultimately allowed Lince to more quickly master the entire Third Heaven Law of the current Fiery Sun World.
This was roughly analogous to Lince completely mastering the Mana Will of an entire planet in the Star World.
Mastering the Mana Will of an entire planet with the mere power of a Main God?
'After all, that's something unthinkable in the Star Cosmos.'
Because in the Star Cosmos, to control the Mana Will, one would need to be at least a Star God, at the Dominator Tier.
But the Laws of this cosmos were different, after all.