Chapter 605

The most fundamental remains the Flame Rule.

Then come the Life Rule, the Space Rule, the Destruction Rule…

The Eight Gates Rules are arranged in order, together forming the foundational rules of the Shenge.

Foundational rules must be mastered to 100%; otherwise, the Shenge will collapse.

The second-layer rules have no such strict requirement.

A large number of rules mastered to 50% can also be placed on the second layer.

Then come rules with even lower mastery, placed on the third layer.

The rudimentary form of the entire Shenge begins to take shape.

All Shenge follow the pattern of a small Jin Zita.

If another Shenge constructs a Shenge, it is a highly time-consuming process.

A Saint Realm deity typically spends several years to several centuries building their Shenge.

Some weaker Saint Realm beings spend even longer to construct their Shenge.

From the moment a Saint Realm being begins constructing a Shenge until its completion, they are not called true gods.

They are pseudo-gods!

Pseudo-gods are not a true realm, but merely a special phase!

Though not yet deities, pseudo-gods have touched the Realm of the Deities and possess certain divine abilities.

Yet a pseudo-god's strength is not necessarily stronger than a Saint Realm's.

Especially pseudo-gods formed at the First Rank of the Saint Realm—their actual combat power equals only that of a Second Rank Saint Realm, let alone a Third Rank.

However, before the Shenge is fully constructed, pseudo-gods may remain on the Continent of Gods!

Yet on the Continent of Gods, pseudo-gods are almost never seen.

Because like divine incarnations, pseudo-gods are easy prey for powerful Saint Realm beings.

So even if a few pseudo-gods exist on the Continent of Gods, they hide tightly—no matter what happens, they will not show themselves.

But for Lin Yan, constructing a Shenge is not nearly this difficult.

Strictly speaking, the power system of the Continent of Gods is merely a side pursuit for Lin Yan.

He himself is Flame.

Even without constructing a Shenge, without possessing a divine body or divine realm, as long as he continues to burn, Lin Yan can infinitely evolve and grow stronger.

Yet the Shenge still offers Lin Yan considerable benefits.

Having two forms is not a bad thing.

To switch Shenge, Lin Yan needs only to tap a few times.

The system will automatically complete everything.

"Switching Shenge…"

The system's voice sounded.

Then, a countdown began.

"Thirty… twenty-nine… twenty-eight…"

Finally, the 30-second countdown ended.

"Shenge switch complete. Congratulations—you now possess a formal Shenge."

The system's voice sounded.

【Divine Name: Lord of Flame

Shenge Rank: 15th-Rank Shenge

Temple: 58

Holy Maiden: 12

Believers: 802.5 million

Divine Realm: Can be created

Faith Power: 25.9 billion

Dark Faith: 12.5 billion

Divine Power: 150,000

Advanced Divine Power: 3,000

Chaotic Divine Power: 5,000

Divine Lineage: Inactive, unnamed】

The Shenge's information panel has changed considerably, but the Shenge operation panel has been removed.

Because Lin Yan can directly command all Shenge functions through thought alone!

"It doesn't seem to have changed much."

Lin Yan murmured.

Judging solely by the information panel, this transition appears merely to be moving from trial to official status—hardly any visible change.

But Lin Yan soon realized the Shenge's transformation was not reflected in the numbers.

These numbers were merely simple descriptions of the Shenge's state.

First, the Shenge now has a physical form: a solid golden Jin Zita, the hardest substance in this world.

Second, within the Shenge, divine power has solidified into a vast golden ocean of divine power, layered—the lowest layer is advanced divine power, above it ordinary divine power.

No—he has two divine power oceans.

These two divine power oceans, like the atria and ventricles of a heart, coexist within the Shenge.

In another ocean of divine power, chaotic divine power surged.

The chaotic divine power appeared black in color.

And some special divine powers Lin Yan created also became visibly distinct within the ocean of divine power, each displaying different colors scattered throughout.

For instance, the life divine power Lin Yan synthesized by combining life rules with a large number of energy points appeared white.

The ice divine power Lin Yan synthesized by combining ice rules appeared transparent.

Within the ocean of divine power, various rules interwove, allowing Lin Yan to instantly summon forth different divine powers.

Materialized divine power possessed greater potency and enabled Lin Yan to better study the composition of divine power.

Additionally, the divine core gained more functions, doubling its effectiveness compared to the virtual divine core.

"Level 15 divine core—what is this?"

Lin Yan murmured.

The strength differences between gods largely manifested in the disparities of their divine cores.

And Lin Yan's divine core was inherently different from those of other gods.

The simplest truth: which other god could simultaneously possess two powers?

In fact, other gods' divine power attributes were fixed; they could not, like Lin Yan, freely summon forth life divine power, ice divine power, and similar divine powers.

Lin Yan opened the description.

Soon, Lin Yan understood.

Divine cores of levels 1–5 were weak divine cores; gods possessing weak divine cores were weak gods, and weak gods belonged to the first tier.

Divine cores of levels 6–10 were inferior divine cores; gods possessing inferior divine cores were inferior gods, and they belonged to the second tier.

Divine cores of levels 11–15 were medium divine cores; gods possessing medium divine cores were medium gods, and they belonged to the third tier.

Beyond level 15 lay high divine cores, the domain of fourth-tier gods.

That meant, the moment Lin Yan's divine core transformed, he possessed a divine core at the peak of the third tier.

Yet his divine core was in fact far more potent than even the peak-level divine cores of the third tier.

Although the divine core determined a god's tier,

without a powerful divine body, one could not unleash their full combat potential.