Devouring, slaughter, death, greed…
Various powerful Forces of Law converged within Leilin Farell's wizard true body, causing his form to swell to unimaginable heights.
A seventh-level wizard needed to master one Force of Law, while the threshold for an eighth-level wizard required the comprehension of multiple Forces of Law!
Leilin's true body had long since reached the peak of the seventh level, only limited by his comprehension of the Laws. But now, after receiving everything from his clone, everything fell into place naturally.
Originally, Slaughter and
But now, with both Slaughter and Death Laws fully comprehended, along with Devouring and
"Hsssss…"
Along with a roar that seemed to come from some primordial overlord, the terrifying phantom of the Tagelian Winged Serpent fully materialized behind Leilin.
A body stretching across the starry sky, dense scales adorned with dark crimson patterns, that pair of demonic wings, a fearsome horn—and most captivating of all, the third Nightmare vertical eye at the center of those stellar, cold, indifferent serpentine pupils!
The image of the Tagelian Winged Serpent represented all of Leilin's comprehension of the Laws. Nearly every scale was inscribed with the force of Law—enough for any wizard to glean insights of their own, guiding them through the gateway into the power of Law. For those Dawn Star, Bright Moon, and Sunrise Wizards, it was an invaluable treasure beyond compare!
And now, even more powerful Forces of Law began pouring into the Tagelian Winged Serpent.
The terrifying Primordial Forces of Slaughter, Death, and Greed converged into enormous vortexes, causing the Tagelian Winged Serpent's phantom to swell and expand ever further.
"Hsssss…" The Tagelian Winged Serpent hissed without cease as protuberances bulged outward around its original head.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With three thunderous explosions, the bulges around the Tagelian Winged Serpent's neck instantly burst open, becoming three ferocious serpentine heads imbued with the auras of Slaughter, Death, and Greed.
Compared to the central head, these additional heads were almost identical—only slightly smaller, and lacking the horn and Nightmare vertical eye.
Beyond the original four serpent heads, numerous Shadow Serpent Heads also manifested, though far more ethereal—seemingly lacking something critically important, unable to fully solidify.
"An eighth-level wizard must master multiple Forces of Law. An eighth-level wizard at the absolute limit must forge their own Forces of Law into a Path belonging to them…"
The multi-headed winged serpent roared in Leilin's own voice, each syllable causing the universe to tremble, the Primordial Force to quiver and cheer.
"My Path is the Source of All Evil! Using the Power of Dreams as its foundation, I forge the seven cardinal sins—Devouring, Greed,
"From this day forth, I am the Lord of Original Sin!!!"
In that moment, Leilin's voice rang throughout the multiverse, and across the entirety of the Astral Plane.
Primordial Forces gathered and howled. Amid the trembling of the world, Leilin ceaselessly released his peak dark crimson Dream Primordial Force.
After obtaining the bloodline power of the Nightmare Energy-absorbing Constitution and sacrificing the Calamity Lord, he had gained the most supreme supply of Dream Primordial Force—more than sufficient to forge his own Laws.
"Hsssss…"
The Tagelian Winged Serpent's four heads roared as Devouring, Slaughter, Death, and Greed—based on the power of
A faint, incomplete, yet somehow radiantly perfect point of light appeared, instantly merging into the Tagelian Winged Serpent's phantom.
Upon receiving this Path embryo, the Tagelian Winged Serpent immediately fell silent. The changes upon its body were permanently fixed.
A layer of dark crimson light spread across the great serpent. When the radiance faded, it revealed an even more massive and terrifying form.
Nine pairs of strange demonic fleshy wings unfurled, each bone wing large enough to shroud an entire world.
Pitch-black massive scales covered its entire body, each one adorned with intricate dark crimson patterns.
Nine ferocious serpent heads roared in every direction—four of them particularly solid and corporeal, while the rest remained ethereal and ghostly. At the very center, the Devouring Head bore a colossal horn and a crimson Nightmare vertical eye, radiating an aura of unfathomable power that emitted terrifying fluctuations.
An aura that transcended the seventh level, infinitely pointing toward the Origin of Truth, continuously emanated from the colossal nine-headed serpent.
「Ding! Host bloodline promoted — has reached Origin Limit!」
The Chip's mechanical voice rang out at this very moment, and a segment of Law comprehension emerged directly from the colossal nine-headed serpent, bearing its True Name!
「Ding! Collecting Law data… Acquired true body bloodline information! Host bloodline evolution — Tagelian Winged Serpent gene transition, has reached Perfect Limit!」
「Ding! Deciphering Law Runes… Host bloodline True Name — Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent (Incomplete Form)!」
「Ding! Affected by bloodline, host's original seventh-level innate Law — Devouring has evolved! Currently at eighth-level; innate Wizardry formed!」
"A Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent, huh?"
Leilin studied the Chip's lengthy prompts. Although his bloodline had undergone a dramatic leap, due to the absence of several critical Laws, it still remained in incomplete form.
Once he had completely devoured the entire realm of Hell and all the Devil Lords, he could presumably push the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent bloodline to its absolute peak, clearing the path toward advancement to ninth-level Arch-
"My Path of Original Sin is founded upon the seven deadly sins, combined with Slaughter and Death… Evil emotions inevitably lead to Slaughter, and Slaughter inevitably leads to Death… Thus forming a perfect cycle…"
At that moment, the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent behind Leilin began roaring toward the heavens.
Accompanied by terrifying shrieks, waves of Greed, Slaughter, Death, and Gluttony emotions were continuously drawn into and absorbed by the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent.
The emotional forces even transformed into black mist, wreathing the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent at their center, making it appear all the more savage and terrifying.
The collected emotional forces came not only from Leilin's Divine Kingdom, but also from Hell, from the Primary Material World, from the multiverse, from the Astral Plane…
Whether they were his believers, his enemies, his friends, or complete strangers—as long as any sentient being generated an emotion of Original Sin, it would inevitably be absorbed by him.
A channel built upon the Power of Dreams—sufficient to spread his Web of Original Sin across the entire Astral Plane!
"From this day forward, as long as sentient beings exist within the Astral Plane, I am truly immortal!!!"
Leilin made his declaration.
He fed upon the emotional power of Original Sin. All the evil Original Sins of sentient beings would transform into his strength. Moreover, as long as sentient beings existed within the Astral Plane—even gods and wizards—none could escape the grasp of Original Sin emotions. Therefore, broadly speaking, unless the entire Astral Plane itself was destroyed, Leilin was completely unkillable.
Even if his true body were besieged and struck down, he could resurrect within the heart of any being harboring Original Sin emotions!
This was the terrifying power of the Path of Original Sin that Leilin had forged with the Power of Dreams!
Eighth-level wizards at the absolute limit were not unheard of throughout history—countless Paths existed—but Leilin's Path of Original Sin would absolutely rank among the very best!
This was the monumental fruit of his meticulous scheming from the very beginning, step by step strategic planning, only now bearing its grand harvest!
Leilin then turned his gaze toward his Divine Kingdom.
Indeed—even though most of his god clone had been devoured by himself, and the remainder had perished together with the Twisted Shadow in the backlash of the Magic Network—his Divine Kingdom still stood proud and defiant, nothing short of miraculous, shattering all conventions of the world of gods.
"My Lord
Within the Divine Kingdom, the multitude of devotees continued their prayers without the slightest awareness of what had transpired.
It seemed that the disappearance of Leilin's god clone had no impact on them whatsoever.
「Plan One successful! Divine Kingdom operating stably, faith channels flowing smoothly!」
At this moment, an avatar bearing an extremely strong resemblance to Leilin emerged from the Divine Kingdom, radiating divine light and majesty—though its voice was unnaturally mechanical, like the Chip.
In truth, it was exactly that. This new god was formed from the subsidiary Chip carried by Leilin's clone, fused with a divine avatar.
After the true god clone's fall, this entity had seamlessly taken over everything the god clone once managed.
Yes! This was Leilin's plan! From the very moment he had named his divine identity Kukulkan, he had already set this decision in motion.
The divine path depended far too heavily on faith—Leilin himself had no need for it—but he was unwilling to simply abandon the benefits of a Divine Kingdom and its devoted followers.
Therefore, he had devised this substitute plan.
To have the subsidiary Chip carried by his clone receive the faith of all sentient beings and become Kukulkan!
In the eyes of any god, this would seem utterly preposterous—but Leilin had succeeded!
The key to it all was the Chip that was fused as one with his soul!
The Chip had already merged with Leilin's soul from the very beginning, and therefore could be considered another "Leilin." In fact, this Chip avatar had indeed passed the scrutiny of Primordial Force and successfully assumed control of the Divine Kingdom.
"Excellent!"
Leilin nodded. Behind him, the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent spat out a phantom Divine Office and phantom Divinity, which merged into the Chip avatar.
The subsidiary Chip was always under the control of the primary Chip in Leilin's main body, and furthermore, his avatar was a part of himself—so this clone was essentially equivalent to the original god's true body being reborn.
Of course, the Divine Office and Forces of Law had already been absorbed and fused by the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent. What was delegated here were virtual Divine Offices and virtual Divinity—similar to how powerful gods grant their subordinate gods and lesser deities certain authority, allowing them to manage portions of their Divine Kingdoms.
Through this move, Leilin had utterly outmaneuvered the Twisted Shadow—which had originally intended to cause him serious harm—while suffering no real damage himself.