Chapter 1297

However, Lin Yan decided to wait a little longer.

See if he could lure out more great serpents.

The Celestial Dragon Sovereign's body was too large; although Lin Yan had already claimed the bulk of the evolution points, the flames burning on the Celestial Dragon Sovereign continued to steadily provide Lin Yan with evolution points.

Thanks to the giants' massive bodies, each one was a treasure trove of evolution points.

They contributed far more evolution points than other deities.

Even the Lord of the Seven Seas contributed fewer evolution points than the Celestial Dragon Sovereign.

Lin Yan continued releasing flames, burning the Celestial Dragon Sovereign.

He paid no attention to the watching deities.

Instead, he fixed his gaze on the system panel.

Yes, after his Finality Flame reached level 3, Lin Yan decided to test the "Law Imprint" on the system panel.

This was a new section Lin Yan gained after becoming the Finality Flame.

Lin Yan decided to figure out now how this thing related to the Soul Imprint.

However, the Law Imprint could only be activated in flame form.

After thinking it over, Lin Yan directly entered the body of the Celestial Dragon Sovereign, then sealed its body with spatial law, preventing other deities from peering inside.

Given the Celestial Dragon Sovereign's strength, even in death, it was beyond the sight of second- or third-tier deities.

But Lin Yan's real concern wasn't second- or third-tier deities—it was other powerful Law Lords and Main Deities.

After sealing the space, Lin Yan assumed his flame form.

His flame form could be large or small.

As long as he was willing to spend energy points and inject energy, his flame form could rival a massive star.

And when small, it could shrink to a tiny cluster.

This time, Lin Yan did not grow his flame too large; instead, he shrank it to barely the size of a fist.

The Celestial Dragon Sovereign's body was star-sized; such a tiny flame was utterly inconspicuous amid the flames still burning around it.

Immediately after, Lin Yan began to experiment.

Not long after, Lin Yan understood the purpose of the Law Imprint.

The Law Imprint functioned similarly to the Soul Imprint used when ascending to Main Deity.

But there were significant differences.

Main Deities control laws by imprinting their Soul Imprint onto the law, claiming it as their own.

Over time, the union between a Main Deity's Soul Imprint and the law grows tighter, becoming unbreakable.

The Law Imprint, however, leaves a thread of sub-flame beneath the law while in flame form.

This sub-flame differs somewhat from the sub-flame Lin Yan bestows upon his believers.

The sub-flame given to believers is consumed upon use.

But the Law Imprint's sub-flame requires Lin Yan to grant it the property of eternal flame; this thread of sub-flame then fuses with the law, allowing Lin Yan to better wield the law.

Compared to Main Deities' Soul Imprints, its power is slightly weaker.

But Soul Imprints are exclusive, while Law Imprints are not.

This exclusivity means not only that one law can be controlled by only one Main Deity.

It also means that one Main Deity can control only one law.

On the Continent of Deities, no Main Deity has ever controlled two laws.

Of course, a Main Deity might dabble in other laws and possess considerable mastery over them.

For example, the Goddess of Life likely also masters Wind Law and Water Law, with equally high mastery.

But the only law the Goddess of Life controls is Life Law.

This is precisely what enables the Goddess of Life to become a Main Deity.

But Law Imprints have no exclusivity.

That is, Lin Yan can leave a Law Imprint on Flame Law, and simultaneously leave Law Imprints on Water Law, Lightning Law, and other laws.

In short, Lin Yan can leave Law Imprints on many laws at once.

He can also leave imprints on powerful laws like Spatial Law and Killing Law.

And if Lin Yan leaves both a Law Imprint and a Soul Imprint on the same law, his mastery over that law will reach an astonishing level!

"This thing was clearly made for flame form!"

Lin Yan thought.

A deity in physical form can control only one law upon becoming a Main Deity.

But Lin Yan currently possesses too many laws; his number of mastered laws even exceeds that of many Main Deities.

Most crucially, his mastery over these laws is already quite high.

After his Finality Flame reached level 3, Lin Yan had already achieved 100% mastery over three laws.

Even if he ascended to Main Deity in physical form, Lin Yan could ultimately choose only one law to leave a Soul Imprint on, thereby fully controlling it.

The other laws, though mastered to 100%, still fall short of true, complete control.

Such a large number of laws at 100% mastery would be completely wasted.

But now, with Law Imprints, this problem is easily solved.

Although Law Imprints are initially weaker than Soul Imprints, they grow stronger as Lin Yan's level increases.

Lin Yan can leave Law Imprints on all laws where he has achieved 100% mastery.

This way, Lin Yan effectively "semi-controls" many laws.

And as Lin Yan's level rises and more laws bear his Law Imprints, he effectively becomes the combined power of N Main Deities.

Back then, even if the flame form hadn't advanced to the next stage, Lin Yan would still have been one of the strongest among main-god-level combatants.

Becoming the King of Gods wouldn't even be an issue.

However, leaving a law imprint is no simpler than leaving a soul mark.

Leaving a law imprint also requires a great deal of time.

Lin Yan must continuously touch the law with flame, burn it with his subsidiary fire, and likewise face the backlash from the law's balance.

Yet, this backlash—most feared by other law lords—was the very thing Lin Yan's flame form feared least.

If worried he couldn't withstand the backlash, he could simply condense all energy and maintain minimum consumption.

Lin Yan's eternal flame state could never be extinguished.

Go ahead and backlash however you like.

"Let's start with the Flame Law."

Lin Yan muttered to himself.

Leaving a law imprint on laws controlled by main gods would very likely alert them, so Lin Yan first chose the Flame Law.

Then, he would select other unclaimed laws and leave law imprints on them, such as the Space Law, the Killing Law, and so on.

Once a law imprint was successfully left, even if Lin Yan's divine form wasn't a main god, his combat power would far exceed that of ordinary law lords.

The combat power of his flame form would surge even further!