The Era of Gods

Chapter 545: Chapter 545 Divine Realm Church and Army Adjustment

The so-called treasures he quietly acquired were only two items, one of which was the Duronel’s Titan Sword in his hand, a God Artifacts embryo…

This was a Divine Artifact forged by Star Soul Duronel, made from exceptionally high-quality materials, including a trace of the Innate Titan Ancient God’s source, imbued with the power of Duronel’s authority. Although its power is mediocre at the current stage, its high quality and contained authority mean it has an extremely high potential.

After taking the Divine Artifact from the Star Soul Crystal Wall System with the Creation Rubik’s Cube, he casually eradicated the imprint of the Titan Ancient God within the artifact, leaving it as a mere embryo.

Although Lin Xiao is still a Demigod, his true strength is barely comparable to a newly enthroned True God, but he does not yet have a Destiny God Artifact in his possession.

Previously, the challenge was finding materials, as forging a real Divine Artifact is no easy task. It’s much harder than how novels describe the Dwarves seeking rare materials and the entire clan forging a Divine Artifact—it’s not that simple.

It’s not to say it’s impossible; if there indeed are materials suitable for forging Divine Artifacts, then with the effort of an entire clan and the infusion of Divine Power, it’s possible to forge one.

However, such Divine Artifacts are usually Demigod Artifacts, or at most, Sub-god Artifacts. It’s generally impossible to forge a true Divine Artifact, especially the Destiny God Artifact of each Deity.

Deities’ Divine Artifacts are broadly classified into four categories, namely Demigod Artifacts, Sub-god Artifacts, True God Artifacts, and Destiny God Artifacts.

These four categories are merely types and are somewhat related to power, but it’s not an absolute measure.

Demigod Artifacts need no explanation; they are for Demigods, with only Normal Demigod Artifacts and High-Level Demigod Artifacts available.

Sub-god Artifacts typically refer to Divine Artifacts forged by mortals, like many novels suggest, some forging masters or by chance or by the collective effort of certain races can create a Divine Artifact with uneven power, which could be average, but may also possess extraordinary power in certain aspects, like the legendary God-slaying Sword, known for its extremely high additional damage and armor-breaking capability against Divine Beings.

True God Artifacts are divine artifacts personally forged by a True God, and are the most common amongst various artifacts between deities.

Actually, Destiny God Artifacts are just a type of True God Artifacts. The reason they are called Destiny God Artifacts is because they contain a mix of the forging deity’s Divine Power, Divinity, Divine Blood, and even the Soul of God, allowing a perfect fit with the forger and enabling it to exert exceptional influence over the rules they control.

Going back, many True God Artifacts were once Destiny God Artifacts.

When the forger falls, other Deities who obtain these Destiny God Artifacts cannot utilize their full potential, making them just like ordinary Divine Artifacts. Most of the Divine Artifacts in circulation today were once the Destiny God Artifacts of some fallen Deity.

Lin Xiao rubbed away the imprint of Titan contained within the Duronel’s Titan Sword, as he wanted to use this embryo to forge his own Destiny God Artifact.

After all, after some time when he receives the Innate Ancient God Source from the overlord of the Star Soul great world, he will re-condense a unique Body of Titan Ancient God based on his current control of Godhood and the characteristics of his Soul of God. He will incarnate as a Titan Ancient God in his True Body, and then use this embryo to craft a powerful and potentially infinite Titan Sword tailored for himself.

The ranking of True God Artifacts is quite simple, ranging from the lowest one-star to the highest five-star; however, beyond the five stars, there are even stronger tiers such as Higher Artifacts and Super Artifacts.

He took the embryo out from the Creation Rubik’s Cube, and it automatically transformed into a shimmering gold eight-star card.

Besides that, there was another card inside the Creation Rubik’s Cube, shining with purple light, but it was only six-star. He took out the card, which bore the branding of a very beautiful woman’s portrait, named Afilia.

Yes, before returning, he brought back the soul of his Grand Priest, preparing to reshape her into a Star Spirit body, to become the Grand Priest of his Church.

The current Pope of the Church is Slarda, but Slarda’s strength is too great, and many weaker dimensions will strongly resist the entrance of such an overpoweringly strong lifeform. At this time, the Church needs some slightly weaker but sufficiently capable leaders, and Afilia is the Grand Priest he has his eyes on.

According to Lin Xiao’s original Church setting, there was no position of Grand Priest, but it can be added at any time. He plans to take advantage of this period to adjust the structure of the Church, preparing for his Divine Enthronement.

He doesn’t have much time left. As the Crystal Wall System’s Core that has merged with his soul ascends, the speed at which he devours the Moon Cloud Realm further accelerates.

That is not the main point, though—the main point is that, after a while, when the transaction with the Human Overlord is complete, he will obtain the Innate Ancient God Source and condense the Body of Titan Ancient God. When that happens, the speed of devouring will increase significantly, and it is predictable that the destruction of the Moon Cloud Realm will happen within a hundred years.

After devouring the Moon Cloud Realm, the Crystal Wall System’s Core will undoubtedly ascend again, and his accumulation will reach an unforeseeable extent. By then, he would have basically reached the limit of the Demigod Stage. Unless he devours another powerful Crystal Wall System, even after ten thousand years, he would still be marking time at the Demigod Stage, and at that point, he must ascend to godhood.

That is to say, after the destruction of the Moon Cloud Realm, he must prepare for Divine Enthronement; waiting any longer would just be a waste of time.

Therefore, Lin Xiao’s tasks in the next hundred years are twofold—first is to transfer the believers within the Moon Cloud Realm, and the second is to prepare for Divine Enthronement.

Upon returning to the Core of the Divine Palace in the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao took a pure Star Spirit Bloodline Essence and put it into the Creation Rubik’s Cube, along with Afilia’s soul card, and then poured in ten units of Divinity, one thousand units of pure Divine Power, one hundred units of Creation Energy, and bestowed the ancient god authority—Life.

With various resources invested, the power of the Creation Rubik’s Cube beautifully fused them together into a huge light cocoon, which was then taken out.

The light cocoon cracked open to reveal a flawless jade body in front of him. His gaze swept over her exquisite form, stretching out a finger, the beauty opened her eyes, and a rich aura of life emerged.

Grand Priest Afilia: Mythical Hero, Demigod, the Divine Chosen of Truth and Creation, holding authority over the Holy, Lifeline, and possessing the ancient god’s divinity of Life.

As soon as Afilia was born, Lin Xiao immediately issued two divine mandates, one to reorganize the structure of the Church, and the other to formally establish the Church’s legions.

The original structure of the Church was abandoned, and now a new Church structure was established, drawing on the structures of the Sons of the Divine Realm from various online sources and combining them with the actual situation of his own clan.

The new Church practiced a dual pope system, with the highest echelon being Pope Slarda and Grand Priest Afilia.

Pope Slarda oversees all affairs and military forces of the Church, while Grand Priest Afilia is in charge of all followers and external missionary work. In terms of both title and authority, Slarda holds the highest position, with the Grand Priest coming just after the Pope.

The Church’s second tier is divided into the Tribunal, Knight Order, and the Bishopric, each further split into different positions based on status and authority.

For example, the Tribunal is further divided into Judgement and Heresy sections.

The Knight Order is divided into internal and external parts; internally typically refers to the Holy Knights stationed at the headquarters and throughout the Main Divine Realm, while externally typically refers to the military forces of the Church conquering The Aboriginals of exotic worlds. This part will become very large in the future; if there are a lot of Foreign Dimension territories, the scale of the Expeditionary Army and various dimension stationing forces will be enormous when combined.

The Bishopric refers to deeply pious Divine Office Staff such as Priests and ascetics, mainly responsible for missionary work.

All members of the Church’s second tier, whether it is the Chief Judge or Legion Commander, are collectively known as Cardinal Bishops. There are twenty-four of them, and this number will not increase.

Below the Cardinal Bishops are the Archbishops of the major dioceses, the Bishops of the minor dioceses, Grand Priests, Priests, Pastors, etc. There are not many changes compared to before.

After the Church structure was adjusted, the next step was to establish legions in preparation for the future conquests of Different Domains.

The clans within the Divine Realm have developed to this stage, long past the primitive stage where all clans rushed together. Now, the elites of the university stage are following the elite route, selecting the finest warriors from amongst the many clans.

Lin Xiao was no exception and had been preparing for this for some time. After developing the Red Furnace Clan, he had them begin forging fine weapons and equipment to stockpile, and then had the Star Spirits enchant them into Magical Equipment. He had already accumulated three to four hundred thousand sets, including those for Star Spirits, Lesser Naga, and Humans, all of which are high-quality full sets, including full-body Armor and weapon accessories.

The exceptional craftsmanship of the Red Furnace Clan combined with the enchanting of the Star Spirits meant that any set could easily sell for thousands of points of Divine Power outside, with ten sets per unit of Godforce Crystal.

The four major clans of the Divine Realm are the Lesser Naga, Supreme Naga, Star Spirits, and the Red Furnace Clan.

The Red Furnace Clan specializes in forging and does not need to enlist, even though they possess considerable combat strength.

The Lesser Naga population has reached one million one hundred thousand. With such a massive population base, many Lesser Naga are transforming into Supreme Naga every day, but Lin Xiao did not expect much combat strength from them. However, selecting close to two hundred thousand elites from among the Lesser Naga was effortless—they would not be needed on the front lines but would instead maintain order in the rear.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The main combat forces are the Supreme Naga and the Star Spirits, as well as the followers who are bloodline Magicians from the Moon Cloud Realm.

Additionally, not long from now, all those under his command in the Star Soul Crystal Wall System who have merged with the Supreme Naga and Star Spirit bloodline crystals—a little over one hundred thousand, at least of Rank 6 Transcendent Level, and seventeen thousand Rank 7 High Transcendents, as well as more than a thousand Rank 8 Legends—will also be sent by the Human Overlord.

However, these subordinates are not living beings but instead creatures similar to Puppets created through the means of the Creator, with limited lifespans and incapable of Reproduction or revival upon death.

Therefore, these cannot be cultivated as the main force; the main force has to rely on the clan and the bloodline Magician followers.

Nevertheless, a little over one hundred thousand subordinates of Rank 6 Transcendent Level are an exceptionally powerful force for the present and can be used as the vanguard of the first Expeditionary Army entering the Different Domains.

As for the Supreme Naga and the Star Spirits, they will definitely be the main force. The number of troops to be established has not yet been determined, so for now, only five Ten-Thousand Naga Legions and two Ten-Thousand Star Spirit Mage Legions will be formed. The rest adult members of the races will undergo training but will not be organized into armies—since both races have a very strong average strength and can be recruited at any time when needed.