Chapter 46: Concealment! Request for Recommendation Votes
Time flew by, and a week had passed.
Everything seemed to return to normal. Civilians began their busy yet stable and peaceful lives, priests were diligently perfecting doctrines, and daily prayer schedules were fully arranged. With the recovery of some low-level divine abilities, the church’s operations returned to normal. Unlike in Modo City, where reforms were conducted boldly within the church’s system, Soren knew that too much change in the church could attract the attention of other deities.
Currently, the church’s operational structure was similar to that of other deities, and the High Priest was able to handle various matters effectively.
Divine Power Value was gradually increasing.
Soren absorbed feedback powers from the Divine Kingdom, earning him nearly a hundred points of Divine Power Value after entering the Pantheon.
Undoubtedly!
These Divine Power Values were used to master the divine ability of [Shape-Shifting].
The speed of gathering divine power was slow. With the current accumulation of believers, Soren could only earn a little less than one Divine Power Value daily. These divine powers were barely enough to enhance his strength, but they would be insufficient for expanding a demiplane or transforming a divine kingdom. Divine power still required consumption, with the granting of divine techniques to priests being the biggest expenditure. During the era of the Saint’s Cataclysm, even deities with strong divine power had to control the number of priests granted divine techniques.
Therefore, Soren could only grant divine power to pious priests for now while controlling the level of divine techniques.
According to Soren’s calculations,
With the current scale of the church, he could roughly accumulate around 300 Divine Power Values in a year, which would be enough to elevate him to [Weak Divine Power], but it would be completely inadequate for reopening a demiplane and a divine kingdom.
With the Investiture of the Gods completed,
Soren naturally had to establish his own small demiplane.
Or rather, it was an interdimensional storage space. However, after only opening a small section, he found the consumption of divine power to be quite severe.
A space of less than 100 cubic meters surprisingly consumed nearly 10 points of Divine Power Value.
This compelled Soren to abandon the idea of fully relying on divine power to open up a demiplane, as the consumption of energy was too great. Perhaps he could wait until he deciphered the knowledge of the Arcane Empire and use the resources from elemental planes to create space.
Gloria was researching the [Element Pool].
Almost all demiplanes would open a channel to utilize the power of elemental planes for expansion!
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The ceremony of Investiture was over.
Everything gradually returned to the right track. Soren’s planned military parade was being prepared intensely, and Treasure Island had also sent back the first batch of spoils.
A lot had happened during this time.
Leaffall City seemed to be temporarily stagnated, with Eugene facing off against the Earthwalkers, and no side managed to gain any advantage. The half-elf’s wish to reclaim lost ground seemed unlikely.
Recently, the Duchess of Red Dragon from the Rosad Duchy frequently mobilized troops, and intelligence indicated that she showed signs of going to war against neighboring countries!
Other news wasn’t that important.
Currently, what Soren was most concerned about was the Rosad Duchy; the Duchess choosing this time to go to war with neighboring countries made him sense a hint of conspiracy.
Things would definitely not be that simple!
As June drew near, the atmosphere of turmoil thickened. After stabilizing the church’s situation, Soren finally had the opportunity to attend to other matters.
With the completion of the Investiture,
He had to remain low-key for a while, at least until the Saint’s Cataclysm formally began. Soren needed to act discreetly. Once the Saint’s Cataclysm fully erupted and other deities transformed into saints walking the world, he would not attract as much attention then.
Thus, he would stay in Modo City for the foreseeable future.
In his study,
Soren held a quill pen and recorded documents. There were only six months left until the complete eruption of the Saint’s Cataclysm.
These six months would be his last chance to accumulate.
Once these six months passed, the various gods would begin to clash, and there would be no opportunity to accumulate any more.
The first thing,
Naturally, was the upcoming military parade, which would showcase his power to various factions. A sufficiently strong display could intimidate hidden enemies.
The second thing,
Was to pacify the nearby Indigenous People’s Tribe. Soren planned to take control of the island’s adjoining parts, ultimately expanding his territorial influence by about two times.
Long ago, he had sent people to investigate the nearby Indigenous People’s Tribe.
This process could not be rushed, to avoid provoking direct hostility from the Lord of Storms’ church or alarming the Amazonian Female Warriors. Soren intended to take half a year to complete it and would ultimately conquer all the Indigenous People’s Tribe nearby Modo Island and Treasure Island. The spirits they served should also provide Soren around 20 points of Divinity Value and about 10 points of Divine Power Value.
This was currently the fastest way to enhance besides challenging other deities!
The third task,
Was to develop the Wizard Tower in the Shadow Plane. Gloria and the Fallen Witch had finally found the key to cracking the Wizard Tower’s demiplane after such a long time. Once they broke open the demiplane, they would be able to enter the interior of the Wizard Tower. With Soren now in the saint form, exploring the remnants of the Wizard Tower from the Arcane Empire era would be much easier, so he would coordinate with them to take down this Wizard Tower.
These were the three main tasks at hand.
If Soren wanted to execute these properly, he had to remain in Modo City!
However,
In his covert plans, there was another important task to undertake.
That was to head to the [Bottomless Abyss]!
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In the quiet room,
Soren glanced at Lulu, who was sleeping at the foot of the bed. The small Cat Girl curled up into a ball, with drool trickling from the corner of her mouth. A gentle smile appeared on Soren’s face as he gently waved his hand to summon a soft blanket and carefully cover the Cat Girl. Since Vivian fell asleep, she had hardly left this place, remaining loyal and dutifully guarding beside him, which greatly increased Soren’s fondness for her.
Vivian was still in deep slumber.
Her power grew stronger day by day, but Soren’s worries also increased day by day!
There were hardly any survivors of the Demon Son of Fear left, and now Vivian’s strength was likely approaching high-level legend, which meant a significant portion of the Demon God’s power of Fear had already merged within her. This power did not belong to Vivian; unlike Soren, who gained his power through his own killings, Vivian’s abilities came entirely from the Demon God of Fear. Now, the aura of the Bottomless Abyss surrounding her was becoming more serious, and Soren feared that if this continued, she would be dragged into the Bottomless Abyss, possibly allowing the Demon God of Fear to resurrect directly through her.
Something had to be done!
The true body of the Demon God of Fear was located in the deepest part of the Bottomless Abyss, in a place known as the [Throne of Fear], where the core of the Demon God’s soul was sealed.
There were the most powerful demonic half-gods guarding the Bottomless Abyss!
Only by destroying the [Throne of Fear] could this terrifying demon truly perish, allowing Vivian to safely inherit the powers of fear.
However,
Even with Soren’s current strength, it would be very difficult to destroy the [Throne of Fear]!
Because it lay within the realm of the Demon God of Fear.
If the powers of fear continued to gather, the most likely occurrence would be Vivian being forcibly dragged into the domain of the Demon God of Fear!
Soren had to take action ahead of time.
As a newly ascended deity, going into the Bottomless Abyss alone was extremely dangerous, even more so than when he was not yet a deity.
Because demon lords would covet the divinity he possessed!
The essence of a deity was like a torch, and no matter how Soren hid, he could still be discovered by powerful demon lords. Furthermore, the rules of the Bottomless Abyss were extremely chaotic, and many demon lords naturally harbored hostility towards him as a [Lawful Evil] deity.
Vivian’s fate could not be changed!
It was destined that either she or the Demon God of Fear would survive. To protect Vivian, Soren might even need to lower his divine kingdom into the Bottomless Abyss in the future.
Because other demon gods also coveted the powers brought by the divine office of fear!
Soren could not boldly enter the [Bottomless Abyss] now. Although this extremely chaotic place might give rise to areas of order, benevolent succubi, and even the [Hellbound] seeking redemption, the chaos would still overshadow it. In the Bottomless Abyss, Soren faced enemies everywhere; all he could do now was to plot in the shadows and leave his own piece on the board in the Bottomless Abyss.
In a nutshell, it could be summarized as—”Build a road openly, while secretly advancing!”
While everyone believed he was quietly accumulating strength in Modo City, his tendrils had already reached into the Bottomless Abyss, preparing to leave his own mark there.
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
