Chapter 1235

Under these circumstances, the first day passed quickly.

On the second day, the number of deities arriving at the Spirit God Realm increased steadily.

By now, the news had spread far and wide.

Every celestial deity knew that the Flame Lord might be attempting to ascend to Supreme Deity!

This news stunned countless celestial deities into silence.

These deities hurried eagerly toward the Spirit God Realm.

Whether from the first, second, or third tier, all rushed over.

Even some Supreme Deities might have cast their gaze downward.

Yet, no Supreme Deity had made any move yet.

Even the Life Goddess, who held considerable goodwill toward Lin Yan, had done nothing.

"Who can tell me—is the Flame Lord truly attempting to ascend to Supreme Deity?"

The curiosity within one deity was nearly overflowing.

Although several third-tier Divine Lords believed Lin Yan was attempting the ascent, with so many great figures present, the words of a third-tier Divine Lord seemed less authoritative.

So far, not a single fourth-tier deity had spoken.

Finally, a third-tier Divine Lord summoned courage to ask a fourth-tier deity he knew.

"Lord Gumu, may I ask—is the Flame Lord truly attempting to ascend to Supreme Deity?"

The fourth-tier deity, whose full attention had been fixed on Lin Yan's divine realm, replied in a deep voice:

"Yes!"

"Whoa!"

After receiving Lord Gumu's response, many deities had no further doubts.

After all, in the Celestial Realm, the word of a fourth-tier Sovereign carried great authority.

"The Flame Lord is truly attempting to ascend to Supreme Deity—this is defying heaven itself!"

"How little time has passed—already the Flame Lord is attempting to ascend? My heavens, I feel this isn't real."

"…"

In that moment, countless deities expressed their shock in countless languages!

"I knew it, I knew it—the Flame Lord always brings surprises!"

Some deities showed expressions of surprise, yet not disbelief.

"The Flame Lord's return to his peak is too swift—yet surely many enemies don't want him to succeed. Can he withstand those enemies?"

Some deities worried for Lin Yan.

"The Flame Lord is too reckless! His divine system will soon gain a fourth-tier deity; once these three fourth-tier deities mature, they'll relieve him of immense pressure. With the Flame Lord's methods, delaying the attempt by a few thousand years would give him over a fifty percent success rate. Why attempt it now? I can't understand!"

Other deities, while stunned, were puzzled by Lin Yan's choice to attempt the ascent now.

The deities debated endlessly; throughout the Spirit God Realm, tremors on the level of rules and laws continued spreading in all directions.

The second day passed quickly; Lin Yan's enemies still did not appear.

Within the Spirit God Realm, aside from deities endlessly expressing their shock in various tongues and debating whether Lin Yan's attempt would succeed, all was utterly calm!

Yet throughout the entire Celestial Realm, every deity sensed an unusual aura.

Attempting to ascend to the fourth tier had never been this quiet.

But attempting to ascend to Supreme Deity—two days had passed, and it was unnervingly silent!

"This must be the final calm before the storm!"

One deity suddenly thought.

He could almost see that within days, a cataclysmic battle would erupt here!

And the scale of that battle would surpass all deities' imaginations!

It would be the Supreme Deity Ambush War!

A war unseen for countless ages!

"They're holding out well!"

Within his divine realm, Lin Yan sat upon the Wang Zuo, continuously imprinting his will onto the Flame Law while observing the outside.

This time, pretending to attempt the ascent, Lin Yan's Flame Law had originally been insufficient.

But at the critical moment, Lin Yan's Rule Fire rose to Lv10, granting him one Law.

Lin Yan directly chose the Flame Law, bringing his mastery of it to 100%.

That was sufficient.

Otherwise, Lin Yan's Flame Form would have needed to rise one more level for the Flame Law to reach 100%.

The backlash of the Flame Law was terrifying; Lin Yan continuously consumed divine power to resist it.

Yet Lin Yan discovered his divine power consumption was actually minimal.

Not nearly as terrible as the Life Goddess had claimed.

Lin Yan initially paid it no mind, continuing the process and further stirring the tremors on the Law level.

Now, on the second day, the hidden Law Lords showed no movement whatsoever.

Among the fourth-tier deities present in the Spirit God Realm, most were merely here to watch the spectacle.

The Law Lords hostile to Lin Yan still lurked in the shadows!

According to Lin Yan's estimate, another two or three days would likely be enough for some Law Lord to lose patience.

Or perhaps, they might even communicate with each other!

No matter what moves they made behind the scenes, Lin Yan feared nothing—as long as they dared to emerge, they would fall right into his trap.

In Lin Yan's divine realm, all the goddesses and fairies were already poised and ready.

The second day passed quickly.

The third day arrived.

On this day, Lin Yan unexpectedly discovered that a thread of his will had already taken root, however preliminarily, upon the Flame Dao.

"Huh?"

Lin Yan let out a soft murmur of surprise.

According to the light cluster given to him by the Goddess of Life, imprinting the soul mark onto the Flame Dao was extremely time-consuming and taxing.

Before imprinting the soul mark, one first sent a thread of will ahead—essentially cultivating rapport with the Flame Dao, establishing numerous outposts, securing a foothold, before daring to imprint the soul mark.

But his thread of will took root far faster than the timeline the Goddess of Life had originally provided.

Moreover, Lin Yan had not truly been attempting to ascend to a Primordial Deity—he had merely lured the serpent out of its hole—so most of his attention remained outside, not on this task.

Yet even so, the progress was far ahead of schedule.

"Could it be because my soul is exceptionally strong?"

Lin Yan thought.

After a moment's consideration, Lin Yan drew his gaze back from beyond his divine realm and directed more of his focus toward the Flame Dao.

Then, he sent another thread of will.

Immediately, Lin Yan discovered that, now that he was focused, his thread of will settled firmly upon the Flame Dao.

Soon, the Flame Dao's backlash came.

Lin Yan expended a bit of divine power and easily withstood the backlash.

"So simple? Then with my current divine power, perhaps I could effortlessly imprint a soul mark onto the Flame Dao."

Lin Yan murmured to himself.

This was an unexpected discovery.

In other words, Lin Yan could now easily complete the first step toward ascending to Primordial Deity—even with his current accumulation.

And the reason for this was likely tied to Lin Yan's formidable soul—and also to his Flame Form.