Chapter 1061

"The Flame Empire has risen to ninth place?"

In a vast divine realm, a voice tinged with mild surprise rang out.

"Yes, my lord, not only has the Flame Empire risen to ninth, but the Eternal Night Empire has vanished; I suspect it has been absorbed by the Flame Empire, and the Eternal Night Goddess has likely joined the Flame Lord's divine lineage!"

In the divine realm, a holy spirit spoke.

Even fourth-tier lords prefer to use their own holy spirits.

Because holy spirits are one hundred percent loyal.

Do not underestimate fourth-tier holy spirits—some powerful ones possess strength comparable to first-tier gods.

And once imbued with divine power, their strength becomes terrifying.

Some fourth-tier lords even grant their holy spirits specialized weapons, allowing them to unleash even more terrifying combat power.

Upon hearing this news, the lord fell silent.

After a while, the lord said:

"Prepare He Li; as soon as the Flame Lord and the Eternal Night Goddess hold their celebration, send it immediately!"

The lord said.

"Yes, my lord!"

The divine realm fell back into stillness.

Yet, the lord's heart was unlikely to remain calm.

Meanwhile, in another vast divine realm, a lord had also received a report from a holy spirit.

The holy spirit had also submitted all gathered intelligence regarding the Flame Lord.

"Arrived in the Heavenly Realm nearly eleven months ago; first battle occurred in the Elf Divine Realm, killing the third-tier Seya and three second-tier gods including Star God Hulington; battle lasted approximately three minutes, sparked because the Flame Lord seized their realms."

The lord murmured softly.

"More than two months ago, extracted massive amounts of divine substance near the Sun, exchanging it at high prices for abundant resources, many of which are useful for advancing to the fourth tier."

"Caused ripples within the Sun, but they vanished within half a minute; then slew a god-lord outside the Sun."

"…"

The lord carefully read through each piece of intelligence collected by the holy spirits.

His holy spirits' intelligence was relatively comprehensive.

It covered nearly everything Lin Yan had done since arriving in the Heavenly Realm that was known to others.

However, the lord did not yet know that Lin Yan had also slain a god-lord within the Sun.

Only three god-lords—Ziyun, Tianlong, and Tianfeng—knew of this, and none of them had spoken of it.

The god-lord slain outside the Sun, however, had been witnessed by over a hundred people near the spatial gate.

"The Flame Empire seems to have emerged only recently; interesting. I never expected that during my nap, the Heavenly Realm would spawn such a god. Could he be a deity who has cultivated in seclusion for countless years? Yet his demonstrated combat power doesn't seem like an act of disguise…"

The lord pondered.

Lin Yan's first battle upon arriving in the Heavenly Realm—against one third-tier and three second-tier gods—showed combat power that, in this lord's view, amounted to no more than a high-tier third-tier.

Not even a god-lord.

Moreover, the reason for the battle puzzled this lord.

The four gods had been hunting Lin Yan for revenge because, two years ago, Lin Yan seized their realms!

The question arose:

To this immensely powerful lord, those gods' realms were no better than remote backwaters.

No, calling them backwaters was an exaggeration—they were more like trash.

He wouldn't even bother to pick them up if they were lying there.

Yet now, such a powerful Lin Yan had seized the realms of three second-tier gods two years ago?

More importantly, one of them was a barbarian god!!

And after being robbed, they still dared to seek revenge against the Flame Lord!

Who would believe that?

Simply thinking in the normal way of a god, this lord found it utterly absurd.

But this lord knew that many absurd things often concealed hidden logic.

"Once they investigate your realm on the Continent of Gods, you'll have nowhere to hide!"

The powerful lord thought.

On this day, when the Flame Empire's ranking changed,

Several unwelcome guests arrived in the Flame Empire.

These unwelcome guests quietly entered the Flame Empire through unguarded zones and headed toward its heartland.

The Flame Empire was too vast.

It was still difficult to completely eliminate foreign spies.

Yet the core regions of the Flame Empire—such as the City of Divine Relics—were utterly inaccessible to foreign spies.

This was also why Sister Qing Ling insisted on maintaining Yan Province's relative independence.