144: The God Emperor's Recruitment

Before that blurry, yet seemingly vast and majestic figure, encompassing the entire Universe, all living beings were like the humblest dust, their breathing becoming... incredibly difficult!

Their Divine Souls trembled madly under that terrifying pressure, which seemed to transcend all Laws of this world, as if they would be utterly... crushed in the next second!

Especially those Disciples and deacons of the Thunder Cloud Clan who had previously mocked and resented Lin Ye! At this moment, they were already scared Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, collapsing to the ground, soiling themselves, their eyes filled with nothing but... fear and despair as they looked at the slender figure still standing calmly before the stone tablet!

First of all time!

god ascension tower shattered!

God Emperor personally descended!

However, amidst this absolute silence, enough to make all creation submit, Lin Ye, at the center of the storm, still maintained that... unperturbed calmness on his handsome face.

It was as if the terrifying anomaly that could even alarm God Emperor-level powerhouses, and the vast pressure that could make the Laws of heaven and earth tremble, were nothing more than... a trivial breeze to him.

Lin Ye looked up.

"Disciple Lin Ye," he slowly began, his voice not loud, but every word was clear, like metal striking the ground, echoing distinctly in the silent world, "Ascended... from the Lower Realm."

These simple ten words seemed to contain a strange power... capable of contending with that vast pressure!

The previously blurry, majestic figure suddenly trembled!

A hint of uncontrollable... surprise appeared in his pale golden eyes!

What a... terrifying Divine Soul Foundation!

To be unharmed under his "Emperor's Might," and even... answer fluently?!

He slowly retracted some of the vast pressure that had enveloped the entire world.

His pale golden eyes, like two bolts of lightning capable of piercing through all ages, locked onto Lin Ye! As if to thoroughly see through him from the inside out, from Physical Body to Divine Soul, and even the secrets hidden in the deepest parts of his Soul!

He "saw" what terrifying Divine Demon power, filled with endless destruction and rebirth, was hidden beneath that seemingly slender physique! That power was so ancient, and so... overbearing! As if it transcended all known Laws of this Divine Realm!

He "saw" what a perfect Chaos Divine Core, seemingly woven from the most Origin light and darkness of heaven and earth, floated within that seemingly calm Dantian Qi Sea! Upon that Divine Core, three mysterious Dao patterns, filled with endless killing, devouring, and strange auras, were even inscribed! As if they contained the supreme mystery of suppressing the Nine Nether Purgatory and purifying all Heavenly Gods and Demons!

The God-Demon Prison Suppressing Body!!!

Although, it was only a prototype (rudimentary form).

Although, its aura was still very weak.

But, that unique and terrifying Dao rhythm, as if it would completely suppress this world, could not be mistaken!

It's really... it?!

That ancient Body Refining method, rumored to have lost its Legacy, and even been listed as taboo, the number one Body Refining method of antiquity?!

Even this Heavenly Profound Divine Emperor, who had achieved Dao for tens of thousands of years and whose mind was as calm as an ancient well, could not help but feel a monstrous surge in his heart, which had been as still as ten-thousand-year-old ice, the moment he confirmed this fact!

No wonder!

No wonder even the god ascension tower, which had been passed down for countless ages, would be... torn apart!

So... so it was this kind of supreme method... that had already transcended the cognition (understanding) of this world!

An indescribable, extreme ecstasy and... love for talent, suddenly gushed from the deepest part of his heart!

How many years has it been?

One hundred thousand years? Or... a million years?

He had been stationed in Tianxuan City for so long that he had become accustomed to so-called "Geniuses" and "Prodigies." But an existence like the one before him, one that could make even him feel... amazed, was... the first he had ever seen!

If this child... could be brought under his command... No!

If he could be kept in Tianxuan City... then the future achievements of his Tianxuan City would be... immeasurable! Perhaps even enough to... unify this vast and boundless Cangxuan Divine Realm!

The moment this thought appeared, it grew like wild grass, completely uncontrollable!

As for his identity as a "Wild God"?

Before absolute talent, before a future that could change the entire Divine Realm's pattern (structure)... what did it matter?!

"Hahaha... Hahahahaha!"

A vast laugh, filled with endless joy and appreciation, suddenly erupted from the majestic figure's mouth!

The laughter, like thunder from the Nine Heavens, rolled and spread! Instantly, it dispersed the terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire Tianxuan City, making it vanish like smoke!

All living beings, who had previously felt as if they were in an ice cellar, were instantly granted a great pardon!

They gasped for air like drowning people, their faces filled with the relief and... bewilderment of surviving a catastrophe.

They didn't understand why this unpredictable God Emperor... would suddenly be overjoyed.

Only Lin Ye, as he looked at the majestic figure that had been full of supreme majesty, a hint of understanding flashed in his dark eyes.

"Good! What a Lin Ye! What an... Ascension from the Lower Realm!"

The Heavenly Profound Divine Emperor's voice was no longer cold, no longer majestic, but filled with genuine... appreciation and admiration!

His pale golden eyes, like the warmest sunlight, fell upon Lin Ye.

"You are... excellent."

He slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but every word was clear, like a final decree, resounding throughout heaven and earth!

"This child has... a connection with this Emperor!"

Boom!!!

Upon hearing this, the entire audience erupted in an uproar again!

However, before everyone could recover from this immense shock, the Heavenly Profound Divine Emperor's more astonishing and majestic declaration had already... descended!

His pale golden eyes calmly swept over the crowd below, filled with undisguised... indifference!

Then, his voice suddenly rose, filled with undeniable dominance, clearly imprinted deep within every living being's Divine Soul!

"This Emperor, in the name of the Tianxuan City Lord, hereby... declares!"

"From this day forward!"

"Lin Ye shall be our Tianxuan City's... 'guest elder'!"

"His status..."

He paused, his voice, like the final thunderclap, boomed!

"—Equal to mine!!!"

...Silence.

So quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone's minds, at this moment, completely fell into... a blank!

guest elder?!

And... equal to the God Emperor?!

An hour ago, he was just a "Wild God" who had just arrived in the Divine Realm, despised by everyone, and even extorted just to enter the city!

And an hour later, he had transformed, becoming one of the most esteemed and powerful... supreme authorities in this vast Divine City?!

This... this was even more bizarre... and dreamlike... than the most absurd folk tales!

"No... impossible..."

Among the crowd, the few Thunder Cloud Clan Disciples and deacons who had still been filled with resentment and malice towards Lin Ye, upon hearing this thunderbolt-like declaration, felt their vision go black and were actually... scared unconscious on the spot!

And Lin Ye himself, upon hearing this "bestowal" that would drive anyone mad, his heart, which had long been as calm as an ancient well due to his Demigod cultivation, couldn't help but tremble violently!

He slowly raised his head, meeting those pale golden eyes filled with endless admiration and... a hint of playfulness.

And at this moment!

In his mind, the cold System notification sound rang out again!

[Ding!]

[Detected that the host's prestige has spread far and wide, and his reputation has reached the 'Renowned in the Divine City' level...]

[Congratulations to the host! Hidden achievement — 'Famed in the Divine City' achieved!]

[Achievement Reward: [Idle Acceleration Points] * 10000! Unlock System Mall [Special Items] exchange permission!]

Lin Ye's spirit suddenly shook!

He forcefully suppressed the wild joy that was almost bursting out of him, and respectfully bowed to the majestic figure still suspended in the sky, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Disciple Lin Ye..."

"Receives the order!"

...When the majestic figure, filled with supreme majesty, slowly receded like a tide.

When the terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire Tianxuan City completely dissipated.

On the square, the crowd, who had been stunned like clay sculptures and wooden statues, came back to life, erupting in a tumultuous roar like a mountain collapsing and a sea raging!

Shock! Fanaticism! Envy! And... a hint of uncontrollable fear!

Countless gazes, filled with complex emotions, converged like a tide upon the slender figure still standing calmly before the stone tablet!

They knew that from today onwards, the sky of Tianxuan City... would change!

And those "Wild Gods" who had previously seen a glimmer of hope, looked at Lin Ye with even more boundless fanaticism and... worship!

They seemed to see... light in this young man, who also came from the Lower Realm!