131: Artifact clone, elders arrive

The process of refining a divine artifact is not easy.

First, one needs to subdue the divine artifact and make contact with its main body.

Second, one needs to leave their unique aura on the divine artifact.

Finally, through one's aura, one needs to imprint a soul mark at the core of the divine artifact.

This is only the preliminary refinement of the divine artifact, temporarily granting permission to use its abilities.

To truly refine a divine artifact, one also needs to comprehend the Dao contained within it, at least grasping 10% of the Dao, otherwise the divine artifact risks changing ownership.

The illusion dream mirror did not resist Lin Chen, so Lin Chen easily left his aura on it, and using the aura as a guide, engraved a soul mark onto the core of the divine artifact.

This process took half a month.

Fortunately, nothing major happened in the Ye Huo World during that half month, and the Dust World Church was developing steadily, with no major issues requiring Lin Chen's attention for the time being.

Lin Chen already had good plans for the illusion dream mirror, this divine artifact.

After initially mastering the illusion dream mirror, Lin Chen's main body's True Spirit entered the Mirror Duplicate Body, which is to say, Mirror Lin Chen's body.

Wherever the True Spirit is, the main body is.

Under Lin Chen's control, the illusion dream mirror merged with the Mirror Power within Mirror Lin Chen, replacing Mirror Lin Chen's existing Mirror Power with the illusion dream mirror, this divine artifact.

In the future, Mirror Lin Chen will be both Lin Chen's Clone and the illusion dream mirror, this divine artifact.

Using a divine artifact as the foundation for a Clone's existence is not uncommon among the Federal Human Race; any powerful being with the conditions will choose to combine a divine artifact with a Clone, becoming a divine artifact-type Clone.

The benefits of a divine artifact-type Clone are numerous.

First, the essence of a divine artifact Clone is a divine artifact, making it difficult to destroy; even if the physical body externalized by the divine artifact is destroyed, the externalized physical body can be resurrected immediately through the divine artifact, making it virtually immortal.

Second, a divine artifact Clone can open a new Dao path outside of the Dao cultivated by the main body; this is a cultivation ability only available to a Middle God.

For example, while Lin Chen's main body cultivates the Causality Dao, Mirror Lin Chen can completely cultivate the Mirror Dao, gaining a secondary cultivation Dao.

Third, nurturing a divine artifact's spirit is relatively difficult, but the Clone's consciousness can replace the divine artifact's spirit, indirectly giving the divine artifact a spirit and the ability to grow and advance.

Fourth, a divine artifact Clone possesses independent growth, no longer strongly bound to the main body's cultivation.

These four points alone completely combine the advantages of a divine artifact and a Clone; under this powerful combination, the infinite future of a divine artifact Clone is laid.

A divine artifact Clone is destined to Ascension to God.

The initial upper limit of a divine artifact is the initial upper limit of a God.

Barring any accidents, Mirror Lin Chen will at least become a Mirror-type God of the Upper God level in the future.

Most Clones before becoming a God are on par with the main body's cultivation, with little difference between them; as strong as the main body is, so too can the Clone be.

However, once these Clones reach the God level, they can only be considered avatars of a God and do not possess the most important divine personality of a God; they can only be considered pseudo-Gods, with much weaker combat power than the main body, and their utility greatly reduced.

If Lin Chen's Three Souls Clone don't encounter any opportunities, once Lin Chen becomes a God, they can only be relegated to avatars, handling miscellaneous tasks; their growth potential is completely inferior to Mirror Lin Chen, who transformed into a divine artifact Clone, and even the future of a faith Clone is no match.

The Three Souls Clone are essentially just derivatives of Lin Chen.

The divine artifact Clone, just in its divine artifact essence alone, surpasses the essence of the Three Souls Clone.

After Mirror Lin Chen transforms into a divine artifact Clone, he only needs to comprehend the Dao within the divine artifact, and he will naturally grow to the level of the divine artifact's upper limit.

The illusion dream mirror is ranked as an Upper God artifact, indicating that the Dao it contains is sufficient for Mirror Lin Chen to achieve the status of an Upper God.

Moreover, Lin Chen's main body's aptitude is not bad; he can even comprehend the Causality Dao, so comprehending the Mirror Dao, whose upper limit is an Upper God, will only be less difficult and faster.

It's not impossible that before Lin Chen's main body becomes a God, Mirror Lin Chen will first become a God through the Mirror Dao, thereby feeding back to the main body and driving the main body to quickly become a God.

These are all uncertain things.

One can only say that this wave is beneficial to Mirror Lin Chen; not only does it change Mirror Lin Chen's future, but it also utilizes the Mirror Master profession, and under this powerful combination, it's hard to imagine how fast Mirror Lin Chen will grow.

"The collapse of the Land of Dreams will definitely attract the attention of the Gods of the Ye Huo World; it's better to run for now, a head-on confrontation is not advisable."

After Lin Chen retrieved the illusion dream mirror, the Land of Dreams lost its source of support and was gradually shrinking and collapsing; it wouldn't be long before the Mirror Power remaining there would degenerate into ordinary energy.

After the issues on Mirror Lin Chen's side were resolved, Lin Chen withdrew his True Spirit and continued his closed-door cultivation, with Mirror Lin Chen remaining in charge of affairs in the Ye Huo World.

For the next period, Mirror Lin Chen will likely also need to go into closed-door cultivation; after all, his Dao path is already clear, and the missionary work in the Ye Huo World still requires a God to be in charge; for him, closed-door cultivation is the main priority.

Only when the God of the Mortal World (Lin Chen) becomes a God can the Dust World Sect usher in a great expansion.

Currently, the Dust World Sect is not yet qualified to annex the Ye Huo World.

The estimated number of Gods in the Ye Huo World exceeds fifty; even if Lin Chen's three God elders arrive, they can only secure a living space for the Dust World Sect and gather the Ye Huo Human Race; they cannot do more than that.

Lin Chen believes that his elders' strength is definitely stronger than the native Gods of the Ye Huo World; for example, three against seven, annihilating the Wanmu Kingdom is possible.

But to truly confront all the Gods of the Ye Huo World, they would still be outmatched; no matter how weak a God is, they are still a God, and if they attack en masse, the Human Race Gods would also have to retreat.

After all, the Gods of the Ye Huo World are not foolish; the Human Race Gods are outsiders, and if outsiders are going to bully the locals, wouldn't the locals unite? Are they waiting to die?

Lin Chen quietly left the Barren Earth Continent and returned to Forbidden God Island, going into a brief closed-door cultivation for over a month, waiting for his elders to arrive.

Forty days later, Lin Chen awoke from his closed-door cultivation.

Although he only cultivated for forty days, he had already gained some insights into Mirror Power; purely relying on Mirror Power, his combat power had steadily reached the Ninth Order Gods level.

One can only say that a divine artifact Clone is naturally suited for cultivation; not only is the difficulty of comprehending the Dao very low, but there are no bottlenecks on the established Dao path, allowing for an unobstructed journey.

Outside the Ye Huo World, Lin Chen followed the guidance and arrived at a fallen star.

On the fallen star, Liǔ Báizhǐ and the two other elders had already arrived.

The three elders did not come alone; they also brought ten thousand Ninth Order Gods, which perfectly compensated for the Dust World Sect's lack of mid-level combat power.

Cultivating combat power below the Ninth Order Gods is relatively simple; even if it cannot be cultivated in a short time, technological means can be used to compensate for combat power, but Ninth Order Gods combat power cannot be cultivated in a short time.

Among them, there were one hundred Ninth Order Gods, nine hundred Eighth Order Gods, three thousand Seventh Order Gods, and the rest were Fourth to Sixth Order Gods.

"Child, it seems you have gained a lot."

"Great-grandmother, I've only gained a little; by chance, I obtained a divine artifact that suited me and naturally formed this divine artifact Clone."

"Indeed, your luck is astonishing; truly an enviable destiny."

Lin Chen smiled shyly; he had now adapted to his persona of having astonishing luck; if he could bring good fortune to those close to him, then his astonishing luck was a good persona, and he wished that more people could benefit from him.

Then, Lin Chen informed the three elders of his understanding of the Ye Huo World and the development and planning of the Dust World Sect, seeking their guidance and advice.

He was still young, and might handle many things rather immaturely, needing experienced elders to guide him.

"Child, the Dust World Sect you established has a very promising future; now you need to establish a vast framework for the Dust World pantheon; you, as the God of the Mortal World, will be the chief God of the pantheon, and we three will be the vice-Gods."

"This way, the upper echelons of the Dust World Sect will be systematically established, and in the future, whether it's absorbing external Gods into the pantheon or having potential believers within the sect, there will be room for advancement."

"Believers becoming Gods will have a positive impact on the sect's development; with a future, believers will only revere the sect more, their subjective initiative will also be higher, and the sect's development will only get better and better."

Liǔ Báizhǐ offered some of her suggestions; in fact, Lin Chen also had this idea, but he hadn't even become a God yet, so establishing a pantheon felt somewhat like building a castle in the air.

But Liǔ Báizhǐ was not looking at the present, but at the future.

In the future, Lin Chen is destined to become a God; since he chose to develop a faith sect and extract the power of faith, it is natural to establish some of the sect's rules from the very beginning, so that when specific nodes arrive, he won't be caught off guard.

At this time, Lin Jie also offered some of his suggestions.