102: Chapter 102 Heart Devouring, Dimensional Thief

Inside the hollow of the divine wood of life, a pale golden orb of light continuously circled around Chen Mo.

Waves of affectionate thoughts drifted over, and the orb of light pulsed rhythmically.

“Alright, alright!”

Chen Mo shook his head dotingly and reached out to take out the remaining Ownerless Divinity.

Even after subtracting what he had bestowed upon his subordinates, there were still 68 points left.

“Divine Lord, is there really this much?” Little Plague's thoughts came through.

“Mm, it is quite a bit.”

Chen Mo beckoned to Little Plague and extracted the two points of divinity that the latter had already finished refining within its body.

“No need to rush, take it slow. Put your own growth as the first priority.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Saying so, Little Plague swallowed these points of Ownerless Divinity in one gulp.

“How much of that divine kingdom fragment have you ‘eaten’?”

Chen Mo pointed outside the Divine Domain, where a massive shadow still floated—the continent formed by the divine kingdom fragment.

“I've already eaten nearly half.” Little Plague wiggled its body, a smug thought transmitting from it.

During the nearly twenty days Chen Mo was away, aside from refining divinity, it had spent the rest of its time diligently digesting that divine kingdom fragment without a moment of slack.

“Mm, not bad.”

Chen Mo smiled and then clicked on the expanded panel regarding the Divine Domain within his character interface.

Divine Domain Name: Source of Plague. Rank: Tier 4 {47.85%}

Area: ≈237,188 square kilometers. Subordinate Units: 213,547

Non-subordinate Units {Blood Beast}: 554,741

Daily Faith Output: ≈214,900. Daily Experience {Plane Power} Output: 30% {Current Level}

“The Plane Power stored by the Divine Domain over these twenty days, plus the remaining portion from Latos, should be enough for me to break through to the Third Transition, and...”

Chen Mo suddenly raised his hand, and a thread of faith was instantly grasped in his palm.

It was clearly visible that this thread of faith was far more illusory than a normal one.

This wasn't because of the faith level, but because the location of that subordinate was too far away from him.

As for who this thread of faith came from...

There was no doubt it was the one far away in the Twin Star Plane... [Heart Devourer].

This was a special ‘subordinate’ that Chen Mo had spent a great price to cultivate in his previous Life; there were only three portions of it in the godhead crystal.

Compared to most virus subordinates cultivated as Combat Units, the Heart Devourer was more like a ‘weapon’.

Feeling the continuous stream of Plane Power coming from the thread of faith, a curve couldn't help but lift at the corner of Chen Mo's mouth as he casually opened the attribute panel for that subordinate.

Plane Virus: Heart Devourer. Rating: N/A {Evolution possible after maturity}. Current Status: Latent. Level: 52 {Increasing rapidly}. Effect: Steals Plane Power; the amount grows with its own level.

“A plane, even a small-scale plane like the Twin Star Plane, produces hundreds or thousands of times more Plane Power than a Divine Domain.

Even if the ‘Heart Devourer’ can only steal a small fraction right now, it's enough for the current me to ‘eat and drink my fill’.”

As he spoke, Chen Mo had already closed his eyes.

In his sea of consciousness, the Plane Power flooding into his body instantly transformed into countless tiny, multicolored specks of light.

The rules of heaven and earth are like a giant tree.

Every type of law corresponds to a leaf, and Plane Power is like a magnifying glass for comprehension, allowing Chen Mo to ‘appreciate’ the veins of these leaves from a more detailed, even microscopic, perspective.

The reason why the path of the Divine Dao Deity is hailed as the strongest path for a deity is that the stable production of the Power Of Faith is the key.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Mo had already been in closed-door cultivation within the Divine Domain for a full 46 days.

In those 46 days, he completely refined all the Plane Power accumulated by the Divine Domain.

“...It was even faster than I expected.”

Inside the tree hollow, Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes and immediately opened his character panel.

Name: Chen Mo. Level: 126 {Demigod · Third Transition} {Experience: 24%}

Divine Domain Level: Tier 4. Subordinates {1}: {Mutated Species · Licker} × 128,454, {Mutated Species · Tyrant} × 41,574

Subordinates {2}: {Jikai Race · Commander Unit} × 1, {Combat Unit} × 8,000, {Analysis Body} × 850, {Observation Unit} × 848, {Research Subjects} × 300.

Special Subordinates: [Apostle No. 0] [Tyrant of Strength] [divine wood of life] [Tyrant of Steel] [Soul Lord]

[Illusory Dream]...

Divinity: 5

Strength: 201 {160+35+26}

Speed: 201 {160+35+26}

Spirit: 262 {195+35+262}

Divine Power: 593,852

Godhead: [Source of Plague · damaged]

Laws: Death {9.11%}, Life {8.95%}, Calamity {8.89%}, Blood {13.25%}, Earth {15.13%}

Divine Arts: Omitted. Special Fate: Chaos Blessing {Curse} {1/4}

“With the ‘Heart Devourer’, even after breaking through to the Third Transition, my leveling speed won't slow down—it might even get faster.” Chen Mo clenched his fist inwardly.

For a demigod who had awakened their Divine Domain for less than two months, his growth speed was already quite terrifying.

But only Chen Mo himself knew that this was just the beginning.

“Third Uncle, you were looking for me.”

Immediately after ending his seclusion, Chen Mo went to the small courtyard of his Third Uncle, Chen Xueli.

“You're here!”

Looking at Chen Mo walking into the courtyard, Chen Xueli's eyes were filled with nothing but satisfaction and pride.

Nothing else.

Just yesterday, the Lanshan Education Bureau officially announced the detailed contents of this Hundred Academies Special Recruitment, and the Lanshi City Government issued a commendation notice at the same time.

Three people were commended.

Wu Feng, Du Ruo, and the one at the very top... Chen Mo.

“Good lad!”

Chen Xueli beckoned Chen Mo over and slapped his shoulder three times in a row.

“Actually, it was alright.” Chen Mo gave a bashful smile.

“Alright, are you still trying to act humble with me?” Chen Xueli teased, then handed a storage bracelet to Chen Mo.

“I didn't call you for anything else; your grandfather told me to give this to you.”

“Grandfather?”

Chen Mo took the bracelet, and as his divine sense swept through it, his expression changed immediately.

“Is this really for me?”

“Mm.” Chen Xueli's smile didn't fade, but a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

There was only one item in the bracelet: a piece of silver-white metal about the size of a fist.

Even though it was metal, Chen Mo could faintly feel a special rhythm inside it, like a heartbeat.

This metal was... alive!

“Although most Divine Dao Deities only start cultivating their Natal Divine Artifact at the Ninth Transition of a demigod, your grandfather and I discussed it.

If you want to compete with true geniuses, you can't just follow the crowd. The Natal Divine Artifact must be cultivated in advance.”

As he spoke, Chen Xueli took another item out of his own storage bracelet.

Chen Mo had seen this thing before; it was exactly the ‘plane core fragment’ that Blue Cave had once offered him, and both were even similar in size.

“You don't need to worry about the Plane Power consumed to cultivate the Natal Divine Artifact; the family will bear it. Once this fragment is used up...”

“...”

“Uncle!”

Before Chen Xueli could finish, Chen Mo interrupted him.

“I remember you haven't even started cultivating your Natal Divine Artifact yet, right?”

Chen Mo held the storage bracelet containing the divine artifact embryo, his brow furrowing slightly.

“I'm in no rush.” Chen Xueli shook his head. “I'm still a distance away from the Ninth Transition.”

Saying so, Chen Xueli forced the fragment into Chen Mo's hand. “The Chen family is small; this is all we can do. Don't think it's too little, and don't feel any psychological burden.”

“I don't think it's too little, but...”

Chen Mo gritted his teeth.

Yes, whether it was during this plane trial or while climbing the ranks in the Myriad Domain Arena, he had seen many Students who cultivated their Natal Divine Artifacts in advance.

But what kind of foundation did their families have, and what did the Chen family have?

He even suspected that this divine artifact embryo was originally prepared for Chen Xueli.

But Chen Mo couldn't bear to refuse.

How could he not know the family's intention? They simply didn't want the Chen family to hold him back.

What other families can give, my Chen family can also give—this was the meaning behind Chen Bailou's decision.

“Thank grandfather for me.”

Chen Mo finally accepted the items.

He didn't have the heart to, nor did he want to, let down this affection.

“Good!”

Chen Xueli also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, Chen Mo's guess wasn't wrong.

This divine artifact embryo was indeed prepared for him by Chen Bailou; after all, he had been at the Eighth Transition of a demigod for many years.

But this idea was proposed by Chen Xueli himself, and Chen Bailou had only reluctantly agreed after considering it for a long time.

“It's hard on you.”

That was what Chen Bailou had said to him at the time, but Chen Xueli didn't feel wronged in the slightest; he was even very happy.

Because the Chen family had finally produced a true ‘prodigy’.”