And this once again strengthened these people's loyalty to the Magic Empire.

Many nations had already abandoned their own names, turning instead into provinces of the Magic Empire.

Coupled with AI management, these people's lives have undergone a tremendous change.

Many have even become devotees of Wizard Shen Yu, attributing anything inexplicable entirely to "the power of the gods."

If only this world had Extraordinary Rules for gods born from faith, then Wizard Shen Yu would even have the confidence to greatly enhance his own power with these fifty billion people.

However, these actions have clearly attracted the attention of the Divine Spirits.

In many destroyed Planes, god-created monsters appeared with greater density than ever before.

Where they once concealed themselves, now, in recent times, they don't even bother to hide.

More and more varieties of monsters have been discovered and recorded.

Among the Magic Empire's upper echelons, there is growing concern about this situation.

Everyone can see that the gods created these monsters not merely to reverse the shift from Divine Power to Magic Power, but also to test the destruction of human civilization with these creatures.

As long as human civilization endures, as long as the mages survive, the balance between Divine Power and Magic Power can never be maintained.

The gods will not allow such a hidden danger to exist.

"We can't just sit by and watch." Wizard Shen Yu summoned the Magic Empire's top brass once more, and said directly, "We should send out legions proactively to sweep clean these uninhabited Planes."

This stance gained widespread support.

During this time, the Magic Empire has not only gathered survivors from all the Planes and perfected imperial institutions, but has also built a powerful imperial legion.

This legion does not consist entirely of mages, but even those who are not mages have trained in Enhanced Magic, or even in Martial Arts Extraordinary.

If supplemented with technology weapons, their combat power should not be underestimated.

It is a mighty legion with mages as its backbone and extraordinary beings as its flesh and blood.

Nevertheless, someone raised the greatest remaining threat.

"If a True God takes action, how should we defend ourselves?"

Indeed, among all the apocalypses the Magic Empire faces, the greatest danger is not any other force—it is the Divine Spirits themselves.

The Divine Spirits created these monsters, intending for them to destroy human civilization, rather than intervening personally, which clearly reveals a deep wariness toward Wizard Shen Yu, or perhaps toward the Divine Court.

But, their reluctance to act directly does not mean they cannot.

Especially once war begins.

A sudden attack could wipe out the human legions, or give support to god-created monsters. There is nothing impossible about it.

If we do not have countermeasures, disastrous losses are inevitable.

More importantly—

If the Divine Spirits gradually realize that Wizard Shen Yu doesn't have the power for sudden growth, or is in fact helpless against the gods, then even the Main Gods might act personally!

However, Wizard Shen Yu also has a plan for this scenario.

"I'm preparing to act, to reclaim the godly bodies of other fallen Divine Spirits, and awaken them." Wizard Shen Yu looked toward the Forest Goddess, "Including those two Main Gods!"

The Forest Goddess still dwelled upon the god-like, her Divine Power yet to recover, but upon hearing Wizard Shen Yu's words, she was clearly shaken.

"It's very difficult." the Forest Goddess replied, "The godly bodies and Divine Power of those spirits are heavily guarded. As for the two Main Gods, all eleven Main Gods guard them personally."

"I know, all of them are locked in the Origin Plane." Wizard Shen Yu nodded slightly.

During this time, the Forest Goddess has been trying to win over the remaining Divine Spirits.

In truth, those Divine Spirits who firmly opposed destroying humanity have all been attacked in the last war of gods, falling into slumber.

But among the remaining Divine Spirits, there are some who belong to the middle faction.

Initially, the Forest Goddess's attempts to win them over were effective.

This was also thanks to Wizard Shen Yu's extraordinary display of power.

Now that he has ascended to godhood, he is no longer seen as an ant in the eyes of the gods, and to side with him is no longer unthinkable.

However, about a month ago, those middle-faction spirits suddenly became sensitive.

They began to refuse contact with the Forest Goddess.

Some even tried to lure out the Forest Goddess's true body—but fortunately, she was vigilant enough.

Previously, Wizard Shen Yu didn't know the reason, but now it's clear: the eleven Main Gods must have exerted pressure, and it must be connected to these god-created monsters.

After all, the Divine Power within god-created monsters is the real thing.

Apart from obtaining it from slumbering Divine Spirits, perhaps the middle-faction—and all non-Main-God Divine Spirits—have also received oppression and warnings.

After all, the power of the Main Gods is on an entirely different tier.

Compared with the Demon Pattern Meditation Method, it's at least the Fifth Fusion, Sixth Stage mage!

Even one Main God could not be opposed by other spirits—let alone eleven at once.

But precisely this situation has made Wizard Shen Yu even more determined to awaken the slumbering gods.

Human civilization desperately needs this level of power—even a severely weakened Main God would be a formidable force.

And not only as aid to this world: beings of such power could equally play a decisive role in other worlds.

"Though extremely difficult, as long as the Main Gods temporarily leave the Origin Plane, I will have a means to reclaim the bodies of the slumbering gods!" Since Wizard Shen Yu has had this idea, he certainly already has a plan.

He had, in fact, long since consulted the Gray Mist.

To use the Gray Mist to reclaim the godly bodies from under the gods' noses would consume an immense amount of energy.

But if the Main Gods leave, it's a different story.

It could even drop to the scale of only a few hundred million Gray Mist.

So, how to make the Main Gods leave?

The Forest Goddess cannot imagine, nor can the other mages.

Yet, Wizard Shen Yu has an ace up his sleeve.

"Forest Goddess, describe the Origin Plane to me in detail." Wizard Shen Yu did not answer directly, but instead questioned the Forest Goddess.

"The Origin Plane... it's the birthplace of the Divine Spirits, the very first Plane of the world. At the beginning, it was covered almost entirely by endless lands..." The Forest Goddess began her slow description.

The Plane where this world first arose—there was only the Origin Plane.

The gods were born at that time as well.

Back then, space itself was extremely unstable.

The Origin Plane was riddled with spatial fissures. Even the earth lacked all forms of life—there was nothing but infinite yellow sands.

After the gods were born, a long time passed before things other than yellow sand gradually emerged.

For instance rock, magma, earth...

After that, the space began to stabilize, and that illusory "infinity" ceased to appear.

Vast tracts of land and space split away from the Origin Plane.

Like an extremely unstable bubble, on the verge of bursting into countless small bubbles.

Today, the Origin Plane is plain and ordinary—far less than many Planes.

The land is barren, lacking plants, with magma everywhere; both space and Extraordinary Power are rather chaotic, and even the Great Sun often appears upon the earth.

It is far from the paradise that its faithful imagine.

Yet the gods see this peculiar landscape as proof of their own mighty power.

Because in the present day's Origin Plane, aside from the gods and mortals endowed with Divine Art, no other life can survive.

Thus, the gods built their palaces amid magma, atop mountains, and floating high above.

And these palaces, under the power of the Divine Spirits, are indeed exceedingly luxurious.

Outside the palaces: endless thunder, howling sandstorms, spurting magma.

Inside: a climate as warm as spring, lush beautiful gardens, and the utmost extravagance of architecture.

This stark contrast greatly pleases the gods and drives many worshippers to fanatical devotion.

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