Chapter 1130

Though trapped, the Dark Elf Goddess was not panicked; instead, she gathered her strength and launched an attack.

Her attack was especially terrifying, as vast waves of dark power surged toward the Sacred Flame.

To counter the Sacred Flame, the best method is to overwhelm it with greater force and extinguish it!

"The fourth-tier Dark Elf Goddess!"

The Lord of Flames once again echoed Lin Yan's whisper.

This Dark Elf Goddess was actually a fourth-tier Dark Elf Goddess!

You should know that even in the spirit divine realms of the celestial realm, there is no fourth-tier spirit goddess!

On the Continent of Gods, all Dark Elves originally originated from Elves.

After all, neither the Abyss nor the Dark Abyss contains the Elf race.

The Elf race was created by the Goddess of Life!

Yet this Dark Elf Goddess is fourth-tier!

If she had become a goddess as a Dark Elf and then gradually ascended to the fourth tier, Lin Yan found it unlikely.

Though there are shortcuts in darkness.

But Dark Elves are few in number; after becoming a goddess, where could she gather enough dark faith?

In the Dark Abyss, gods are divided into two types.

Native ones, and outsiders.

Outsider gods, after slowly gaining strength over long ages, chose the shortcut—contacting dark power—and were eventually discovered and hunted by the Heavenly Realm, forcing them to flee to the Dark Abyss.

These gods had lost their kingdoms on the Continent of Gods and had no roots in the Dark Abyss.

Many outsider dark gods, once captured by stronger dark gods, were directly split into parts and forged into individual dark suns to nourish the Dark Abyss—what a horrific fate.

Wasn't the one Angesite encountered exactly like that?

So, the outsider gods who fell into darkness in the Dark Abyss don't live as easily as imagined.

Lin Yan believed this Dark Elf Goddess must have been a powerful Elf Goddess before she fell into darkness.

Then Lin Yan recalled that Vivela had once said that, in the past, the Elf Divine Realm had possessed a divine system.

But for some reason, the Elf Divine System had eventually disbanded.

Even Vivela did not know the reason.

Meivis did not know either.

In the past, Lin Yan had paid no attention.

But upon seeing this Dark Elf Goddess, a flash of insight struck Lin Yan.

He thought he had grasped something crucial.

Countless years ago, the reason the Elf Divine System disbanded was simple.

It was because the master of the Elf Divine System had fallen into darkness!

For Elf Goddesses, such an event was a source of shame.

So, the Elf Goddesses who knew the truth never revealed it.

After all, family disgrace should not be aired publicly.

Vivela and others, not being first-generation Elf Goddesses, naturally did not know.

"So you are the former master of the divine system in the Heavenly Realm's Elf Divine Realm."

Lin Yan said.

Inside the Sacred Flame, the Dark Elf Goddess's expression changed slightly: "Who are you?"

Clearly, Lin Yan's words had struck upon her true origin!

In the Heavenly Realm, the Elf Divine Realm was uniquely isolated; many events within it were unknown to other gods.

Thus, for Lin Yan to reveal her origin upon first meeting, the Dark Elf Goddess was thrown into inner turmoil.

Gods are indeed powerful.

To a god, a mortal cannot hide any secret before them.

After a mortal prays, the god casts a glance and can swiftly capture countless thoughts of that mortal.

In simple terms: a mortal's thinking is merely brainwave activity; gods naturally detect these fluctuations and analyze them with their divine essence, easily knowing what the mortal thinks.

Unless the mortal bears another god's blessing that shields them from divine sight.

Like Lin Yan's Holy Maiden, other gods could never easily know their thoughts.

Moreover, the stronger a being, the more they can conceal their brainwave fluctuations and protect their own secrets.

Thus, to mortals, gods are omniscient and omnipotent!

But…

Between gods, even a supreme god cannot know the thoughts of a first-tier god without using forceful or forbidden methods.

Of course, supreme gods who have lived infinite ages may sometimes guess your thoughts with just a glance.

Yet this one directly named her origin.

And she was a powerful fourth-tier god.

This truly shocked the Dark Elf Goddess beyond measure!

And what further astonished her was Lin Yan's power.

She was completely surrounded by flames; even with her fourth-tier strength, escape was impossible.

Her earlier attack had no effect whatsoever on Lin Yan's Sacred Flame.

Moreover, she could feel it.

If he wished to kill her, it would be effortless.

Lin Yan did not answer her question, but said calmly:

"I guess you were trapped at the peak of the third level for a very, very long time, wanting to break through but lacking confidence, because the life rule you wished to create was too narrow, unable to accommodate many sub-rules. When the Life Goddess originally created the elf race, she may not have considered it in such detail."

"So, under all these factors, you eventually fell into darkness and successfully broke through to the fourth level—am I right?"

Lin Yan's words plunged the Dark Elf Goddess into utter shock.

She had never imagined that Lin Yan not only knew her identity, but had laid out her origins and journey with perfect clarity.

The Life Goddess had created the elf race for reasons unknown, and the elf race understood the life rule more profoundly than any other.

And she, in her past, had been the most powerful Elf Goddess.

She had single-handedly established the Elf Pantheon, just barely short of breaking through to the fourth level.

In fact, when she attempted to break through to the fourth level, she would have faced almost no opposition.

First, other gods gave the Life Goddess due respect.

Second, she intended to create a sub-rule of the life rule—a domain in which no other godhead excelled, so none competed with her.

But the problem was that the inherent difficulty of breaking through to the fourth level had stumped her.

The life rule was too pure; purity led to narrowness, making it nearly impossible to establish another sub-rule upon it—this step filled her with unbearable anguish.

After being trapped at the peak of the third level for countless years, she was tempted by darkness and ultimately fell into it.

This event had long been buried as a forgotten chapter in the Elf Divine Realm.

Few gods knew of it.

As for why the Life Goddess did not help her?

The reason was simple: the Supreme Deity dwells far above. Even though the Life Goddess created the elf race, she was not their caretaker. Unless faced with annihilation, she likely would not even cast a glance.

Moreover, one must walk one's own path—perhaps this was even a trial the Life Goddess had set for her. But she had failed it, falling into darkness.

In short, any event's cause is never singular.

But the question was: how did Lin Yan know?

And how did he know it so clearly?

"Who… are you?"

The Dark Elf Goddess asked again.

But the same question, asked twice, carried entirely different tone and attitude.

"You don't need to know who I am. Take me to other Dark Gods. I won't kill you!"

Lin Yan said calmly.

The Dark Elf Goddess fell silent.

After a while, she said: "Fine!"

"Head in this direction, advance one more day—that's the domain of a third-level god. Whether he dares to emerge, I can't be sure. But two more days ahead lies the domain of a fourth-level god—a former Heavenly God, an ancient deity. Be careful—he is extremely powerful!"