Chapter 1123

As for the number of major deities in the Abyss and the Dark Abyss, the Life Goddess did not say.

She probably wasn't unaware, but rather quite likely uncertain.

After all, the Life Goddess had never set foot in the Abyss or the Dark Abyss.

In the Heavenly Realm, the Nine Major Deities are:

the Light and Dark Major Deities, the Lord of Order, the War Major Deity, the Lord of Thunder, the Lord of Ice and Snow, the Mother of Earth, the Ocean Goddess, and the Life Goddess herself.

The Life Goddess did not specify the major deities of the Abyss and the Dark Abyss.

Yes, the major deity who controls the Dark Law also resides in the Heavenly Realm.

This is because the Dark Law and the Darkness Law are two different things.

The power attribute of the Dark Law is very close to the moon of the Heavenly Realm, so the major deity who controls the Dark Law is also called the Moon Major Deity in the Heavenly Realm!

However, among the information given by the Life Goddess, another matter was revealed.

That is, some evil deities possess power nearly approaching that of major deities.

The threat of evil deities is everywhere.

This threat is not merely directed at the Continent of Gods.

More importantly, it also poses a certain threat to the Heavenly Realm.

"There is no Fire Major Deity."

Lin Yan thought.

This means Lin Yan's divine form could become a major deity by mastering the Fire Law.

As for Lin Yan's flame form, there is no need to worry—just keep evolving!

Currently, in the Abyss, Lin Yan's forces are still inciting wars and burning through the Abyss for him.

Yet, at Lin Yan's current level, even burning an entire layer of the Abyss does not generate enough evolution points to ascend one rank.

Of course, Lin Yan did not overlook it—even ants are meat.

"You could become a major deity by mastering the Fire Law, but the Fire Law is an extremely powerful law. From what I know, ancient deities have already mastered fragments of the Fire Law—they will likely be your fierce rivals!"

The Life Goddess said.

Lin Yan showed a hint of curiosity: "Although the power of ancient deities differs from ours, they still require faith energy. Yet they have no kingdoms on the Continent of Gods—how do their powers grow?"

The power of ancient deities grows slowly, but it does grow; they simply find it extremely difficult to become major deities.

The Life Goddess said: "Is this the third question?"

Lin Yan shook his head—this question wasn't worth using up one of his questions.

The Life Goddess understood his meaning, yet she chose to tell Lin Yan the answer:

"What do you think lies in the endless heights above the Continent of Gods?"

This was something Lin Yan had never understood before.

When he once fought a divine avatar, he had reached a place extremely distant from the Continent of Gods.

There, the suppression of the Continent of Gods' laws was not as strong, and the destructive power of Saint Realm beings was considerable.

In those regions, there were many meteorites from beyond and some shattered stars.

According to Lin Yan's estimation, the endless heights above the Continent of Gods likely contained vast regions.

Some of these regions even contained shattered stars comparable in size to the planet Lin Yan had come from.

But…

There were no stars!

The starry sky of the Continent of Gods was not lit by stars.

It was lit by the divine realms of deities.

Every single star represented a deity's realm.

Unlike Lin Yan's previous world, where all stars were in fact burning stars.

If there were an outside universe beyond the Continent of Gods, it would certainly be a dead, dark universe—because it contained not a single spark of light!

Of course, the world structure of the Continent of Gods is clearly different from Lin Yan's previous world.

Moreover, on the Continent of Gods, the true dark universe is boundless, filled with strange rocks throughout space—the Dark Abyss.

The Life Goddess gave Lin Yan the answer: "In the endless ancient past, the starry sky above the Continent of Gods was not the divine realms of deities!"

Lin Yan's gaze slowly focused, indicating he was thinking.

The Life Goddess had existed for countless years.

Her "endless ancient" was not measured in tens of thousands of years—it was far beyond even millions!

It was likely measured in hundreds of millions, or even billions of years.

The starry sky above the Continent of Gods was not the divine realms of deities!

For deities native to the Continent of Gods like Weiweila, this statement might be hard to grasp vividly at first.

But for the transmigrator Lin Yan, it was… not so hard to understand!

"Could it be that, in the distant past, the starry sky beyond the Continent of Gods was also composed of countless stars?"

Lin Yan thought.

The Life Goddess glanced at Lin Yan and continued:

"In the distant past, beyond the Continent of Gods, there were many stars like the sun—though they were billions of times smaller than the sun."

Lin Yan did not intend to reveal his specific knowledge on this matter; he asked: "Then where did they go?"

The Life Goddess said coolly: "Back then, it was the age of the ancient deities—what do you think?"

Lin Yan's gaze sharpened slightly; a guess surfaced: "Eaten by the ancient deities?"

The Life Goddess glanced at Lin Yan a moment longer, but her expression gave no hint of her thoughts.

She said: "Correct. When eaten by the Ancient Gods, many of them called themselves Star Devourers—every one with a star on their forehead was a Star Devourer, at least one that had swallowed a star. Later, the entire starry sky went dark, and some powerful Ancient Gods turned their gaze upon the sun."

Here, she paused, then continued in a faint tone:

"So war broke out. The Ancient Gods were immensely powerful; at first, they scorned to control any rules or laws. Yet many of their strongest wielded power greater than that of the Law Lords who had mastered the laws. Fortunately, we had the Primordial Gods—so we defeated them. Then, the Primordial Gods multiplied, while the Ancient Gods dwindled, growing weaker and weaker."

By now, the conversation had already exceeded the limit of three questions—and five minutes.

But the Goddess of Life seemed not to care.

Lin Yan pressed on: "So the Ancient Gods sought to prevent the birth of Primordial Gods—but why not exterminate them completely?"

The Goddess of Life glanced at Lin Yan, then softly spoke one sentence:

"The Ancient Gods are not the only ones who wish to prevent the birth of Primordial Gods!"

These words caused Lin Yan's gaze to sharpen!

As a Primordial God-level entity, every word she spoke carried immense information.

For Primordial Gods had existed for too long.

Their understanding of this world was profoundly deep.

Thus, even a casual remark from them might contain knowledge that countless gods yearned for.

Yet with only this one sentence, Lin Yan could not deduce much in a short time.

Lin Yan was about to ask again when the Goddess of Life said: "Time and questions have exceeded the limit—but you may still ask your third question."

Lin Yan paused, then asked: "Can I save it?"

The Goddess of Life replied: "Of course. This space remains active. Farewell, Flame Primordial God!"

With that, the Goddess of Life cast one final glance at Lin Yan.

Then her figure slowly faded.

Her will had departed.

Lin Yan also withdrew from that space.

He pondered the meaning of the Goddess of Life's words.

"The Ancient Gods are not the only ones who wish to prevent the birth of Primordial Gods!"

Before the Ancient Gods appeared, Lin Yan had known only this: in the Heavenly Realm, when a god sought to ascend to Primordial Godhood, numerous fourth-tier gods would launch ambushes.

Even gods from the Abyss and the Dark Abyss would come to intercept.

After all, the Abyss and the Dark Abyss stood opposed to the Heavenly Realm—they would never watch passively as the Heavenly Realm's power grew.

These were facts known to many powerful gods within the Heavenly Realm.

The Goddess of Life's words could not possibly refer to these well-known facts.

Then what did she truly mean?

Lin Yan sank into deep thought.