85: Chapter 85 Conditions for Advancement to a Mid-Level God

"Do you also wish to become a Slave God?"

Looking at the beautiful Hu Rong before him, Lin Xiao frowned.

In the current environment, it didn't seem very suitable to continue recruiting Divine Beings.

Seeing his hesitant expression, Meng Ning's voice sounded in his mind.

"Although it is still a bit early, given your resources, Lord Lin, you could start cultivating your own pantheon. The subordinate pantheons of descendants from large Families are basically cultivated starting from Divine Beings."

"What is this so-called pantheon?"

Hearing Lin Xiao's question, Meng Ning was slightly stunned.

He didn't understand why Lord Lin didn't even know this, but on second thought, he guessed this was likely the cultivation habit of descendants from large Families—taking things one step at a time, without being overly ambitious.

"This should have been taught to you by the elders in your Family, Lord Lin. If they didn't say anything, they probably had their own considerations. It might be inappropriate for me, a lesser god, to overstep?"

This made the corner of Lin Xiao's mouth twitch. The identity of a direct descendant from a large Family seemed quite troublesome at times.

"It's fine, just tell me in detail. The elders in the Family have their own ideas, and I have mine as well."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ning immediately thought of the infighting within his own Family. Since Lord Lin was in a large Family like the Lin Family, such secret schemes would only be more frequent.

"Since you have said so, Lord Lin, then I will overstep…"

Collecting his thoughts, Meng Ning spoke slowly.

"The fundamental reason why a Intermediate God is distinguished from a lower-tier god lies in this pantheon. The promotion of a lower-tier god depends on the depth of their mastery of the Law. If we were to use a game as an example, Divine Beings and demigods are basically just messing around. They can only operate within the established rules of the Divine Domain."

"Once one masters the Law and promotes to a formal deity, in a sense, one jumps out of the rules of the Divine Domain. Deities can use the Law to amplify their attack, defense, speed, healing, and other aspects. The further one goes, the stronger the amplified Law power of a lower-tier god becomes. It is said that top-tier Third-order Deities can even expand this amplification to ten thousand times!"

"To promote to a Intermediate God, one cannot do without the coordination of various Laws. At this point, one needs to build one's own temple within the Divine Domain. I don't know the specific details, only one condition: one needs to find five Third-order Deities to serve as the foundation of the temple."

"It is precisely because the conditions for promoting to a Intermediate God are so harsh that some remote Star Domains cannot produce even one. It is said that the temple is like our Divine Kingdom, requiring massive resources to maintain every day. This is also why the school encourages everyone to recruit Subordinate Deities from the moment they undergo Awakening as Divine Beings."

Meng Ning's explanation gave Lin Xiao an intuitive understanding of a deity's promotion. At the same time, he couldn't help but have a question.

"Compared to demigods, lower-tier gods are almost leading by a huge gap. Since Intermediate Gods are so difficult to promote to, I assume their power is far beyond what a lower-tier god can compare to?"

Hearing this, Meng Ning revealed a wry smile.

"If lower-tier gods amplify their own Law power, then Intermediate Gods rewrite the rules within a small area. Under the suppression of the temple, the rules of Anping County will be rewritten. Based on their own Laws and the Laws possessed by their subordinate pantheon, a Intermediate God can cause spontaneous combustion without fire or suffocate a lower-tier god without water. Without the suppression of an equally powerful peer, a Intermediate God can basically sweep across the entire Anping County."

Hearing news about Intermediate Gods for the first time and understanding their power, everyone couldn't help but gasp. They hadn't forgotten that someone was currently in Anping County attempting to promote to a Intermediate God!

Lin Xiao's expression was also very grim at this moment.

"If Intermediate Gods are this dangerous, are there no emergency measures for planets like Anping County? Using the living beings of an entire planet to achieve the status of a Intermediate God is just too…"

Meng Ning's expression was also bitter.

"This is one of the drawbacks of remote planets. After all, the Divine Domain is vast, and remote planets like Anping County are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. You can't put a Intermediate God on every planet to guard it, right? Moreover, places like Anping County cannot support the expenses of a Intermediate God. This kind of promotion using a planet as a foundation is something only a lunatic who cultivates the Law of Death would do. Therefore, the higher-ups have accepted it; once the matter here is discovered, they will at most issue a wanted notice for the other party based on the remaining clues."

Seeing the expressions on Lin Xiao's face changing like magic, Hu Rong wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Since it is inconvenient for Lord Lin…"

"It's convenient! How could it not be convenient? I will plant the Slave Mark on you right now."

After learning the method for promoting to a Intermediate God, Lin Xiao felt that the number of Slave Gods he had recruited was still too few. Others used five Third-order Deities as a foundation, so he would use 50! He focused on quantity and abundance. As for the consumption of the temple and such, with the System in hand, anything that could be solved with divine power points was not a problem!

Watching the Slave Mark flash and disappear on Hu Rong's forehead, the descendants of the powerful families in the distance all showed expressions of shock and anger.

"Lin Xiao! Do not bully us too much! Taking advantage of the moment our Families cannot spare their hands, you want to forcibly plant Slave Marks on us. I will not let you have your way even if I die!"

"Although we are very grateful for your help, this does not mean we have to repay it with our entire lives! Lin Xiao, you should think twice!"

"How dare you forcibly enslave a third-generation direct descendant of the Hu Family! You are dead! The Hu Family will definitely not let you go!"

Just as Lin Xiao was about to rebuke these people, Guan Hong's expression changed slightly. His voice instantly rang in his mind.

"Lord Lin, something is not right. I sense a huge crisis rapidly approaching us…"

Jiang Meng's expression also changed upon hearing this, and she activated the Law of Time. She immediately saw a glimpse of their future.

"There are three powerful figures whose faces I cannot see, bringing hundreds of First-order Deities toward us. We will encounter them in ten minutes at most."

Lin Xiao couldn't care about rebuking these students anymore and immediately ordered Jiang Meng to command the starship to flee.

Jiang Meng changed directions several times, but the pursuers behind them were still clinging tightly. This made her expression look unpleasant. She transmitted her voice to Lin Xiao through the Slave Mark.

"Lord Lin, there is a problem! The pursuers behind are still chasing us tightly. Theoretically, our actions were very clean and left no traces. Unless it is a Third-order tracking Law, it is impossible to cling to us so tightly. If we didn't leave a tail, then it is very likely that someone is guiding the direction for the other party…"

As Jiang Meng said this, her eyes glanced imperceptibly at the students in the distance, and the bound First-order Deity…

Lin Xiao's expression suddenly became extremely grim. He didn't expect that not only would these people not be grateful for his help, but they would actually dare to plot against him?

He walked over with a gloomy face, his words simple and clear, with no intention of hiding anything.

"The enemies behind us are clinging to us tightly. I now suspect that someone among you is secretly tipping them off. Everyone, do not make any other moves; hand over your communication devices to me!"