Chapter 1154

A divine lord took a deep breath.

"No, I suspect that before joining the Flame Lord's divine system, Goddess Vivela was always at the second tier!"

Another divine lord spoke.

"It's possible. On the Continent of Gods, elves are powerful, but their numbers are simply too few. Now there are so many elf goddesses, scattering their worship. Though they can exchange plant fruits in their divine realms for considerable divine stones, their power is generally at the second tier—there are very few elf goddesses at the third tier!"

The third divine lord said.

"You say that, and I recall—the elf goddesses who joined the Flame Lord's divine system have all demonstrated third-tier power!"

At this moment, the fourth divine lord spoke.

Hearing this, the divine lords exchanged glances.

They were all highly intelligent gods.

With so many clues now, they could already deduce a… fact that shocked them!

No, not just shock!

It would rise to utter horror!

"That means Goddess Vivela likely only surged forward after joining the Flame Lord's divine system. The Flame Lord first appeared publicly in the Heavenly Realm over a year ago, and at that time he was already in the Elf Divine Realm. According to the Flame Empire's timeline, Goddess Vivela probably joined the Flame Lord's divine system less than two years ago!"

One divine lord began summarizing.

The other divine lords and surrounding gods turned their gazes toward him.

As a powerful head of a divine system, this divine lord did not falter like the third-tier great god had; he continued:

"In less than two years, Goddess Vivela rose from the second-tier level 8, broke through in a few months to reach high-grade third tier, then spent another few months breaking through to the peak of the third tier, and now she is beginning to assault the fourth tier!"

As he spoke, even he felt it was unreal.

He even felt his own voice sounded ethereal.

As if it weren't his own voice.

Because what he said sounded ordinary, but when you truly pondered its meaning, you felt the power hidden within those plain words!

As gods of the Heavenly Realm, every god deeply understood the difficulty of power advancement.

Some gods spend over a hundred years without advancing a single level.

The hardest part is accumulating faith power.

For the sake of their realms, they've exhausted themselves.

Though the Continent of Gods is relatively peaceful, wars across the continent are still numerous.

You never know when disaster might strike from the sky!

Like the Starfall Divine System, which lost its realm—its army swiftly conquered the Four Kingdoms; the gods of those four kingdoms are probably still stunned to this day.

What else could you call it but disaster from the sky?

They had painstakingly built their kingdoms, never provoked anyone in the Heavenly Realm, yet simply because the Starfall Divine System needed a realm, it was stripped away—how unjust!

Many gods in the entire Heavenly Realm have suffered similar fates.

Many powerful gods grew through suffering.

Of course, there are those who have it easy, blessed with incredible luck—like the Eternal Night Goddess.

But even the Eternal Night Goddess took over a thousand years!

Yet…

The speed at which Goddess Vivela's power has risen… is simply beyond reason!

Even comparing it to a rocket wouldn't capture it.

No, the Continent of Gods doesn't even have rockets, and rockets are nowhere near as fast as a god's ascent.

This speed has surpassed all gods' imaginations!

So after that divine lord finished his summary, silence fell instantly around him!

His voice wasn't quiet—other gods in the distance had also been listening.

Instantly, this silence spread outward.

Throughout the entire Elf Divine Realm, countless gods fell silent—so quiet you could hear a pin drop!

All the gods were stunned!

After nearly half a day, one god took a deep breath and uttered four words: "Flame Lord!"

Flame Lord!

Though his words were only four, every god understood his meaning!

That is, the only explanation for Goddess Vivela's astonishing advancement speed is this:

The Flame Lord!

The Flame Lord provided assistance to Goddess Vivela!

Through some unimaginable means, granting her such rapid advancement!

This was obvious—no debate was needed!

Only this could explain why it took Goddess Vivela thousands of years to reach the second tier.

Yet after joining the Flame Lord's divine system for less than two years, she is now assaulting the fourth tier!

If elf goddesses could achieve such speed on their own, the former Elf Divine Realm would never have lacked a divine system!

"Whoosh!"

After the silence, all the gods erupted!

Instantly, the Elf Divine Realm filled with a buzzing hum.

"This is unbelievable—the Flame Lord is truly beyond reason!"

One god cried out.

"In just two short years, raising a Level 8 Second-Stratum deity to the brink of the Fourth Stratum—this method is not merely terrifying!"

Another deity spoke, his face filled with shock.

"What exactly was the Flame Lord's identity in the past? How could he possess such an anti-heavenly method? Such a technique can only be held by a Primordial Deity, perhaps."

One deity said.

"A Primordial Deity might indeed possess such a method, but even Primordial Deities would not casually boost another deity's power—it would disrupt the balance and be constrained by the Law of Equilibrium. I've heard that in the infinitely ancient past, such forbidden techniques did exist, but they were generally held by exceptionally powerful deities, deities whose mastery in certain areas rivaled that of Primordial Deities."

A Third-Stratum deity who had lived for an immense span said.

"Forbidden technique? Could it have side effects?"

"I doubt it. Side effects from forbidden techniques usually arise from insufficient power or crude execution. From the celebration, the Elf Goddesses showed no abnormalities—this proves the Flame Lord's method has no side effects."

A deity explained.

"If the Flame Lord wields such a terrifying forbidden technique, his own power must be rising at an equally terrifying pace. It seems my guess was right—the Flame Lord will likely return to his peak at the fastest possible speed!"

One deity stared with burning eyes at Lin Yan's divine realm—he was a deity who held immense confidence in Lin Yan.

So far, all speculations about Weivela remained merely speculation, unconfirmed with absolute certainty.

Yet, after synthesizing clues provided by countless deities, a great many deities had already come to believe these speculations were true!

These speculations spread rapidly, causing a sensation among all the deities who had arrived.

"This place is truly bustling! Huh, what are they discussing?"

A newly arrived deity, upon arriving, was stunned by the topic the deities were discussing!

Wave after wave of rumors battered his mind until he felt dizzy!

The expression on this deity's face instantly became extraordinarily amusing.

These rumors quickly spread far and wide.

The Heavenly Realm was vast.

Within the Heavenly Realm, a topic might take dozens or even hundreds of years to spread—or never spread at all.

Because such topics lacked strong propagative power.

Though deities' time was endless,

they did not gossip about topics they found uninteresting.

Every deity was far more interested in enhancing their power.

They would not waste time paying attention to overly gossipy topics.

Yet deities paid close attention to topics concerning the powerful.

Once an explosive topic arose, its spread was extremely rapid.

After all, every Holy Spirit served as a deity's eyes.

Through these Holy Spirits, deities could learn of events occurring at unimaginably distant locations.