Chapter 837

They suppressed their aura; the demons could not sense their presence.

However, if any demon looked up toward their Wang Zuo, it would feel an instant suffocation.

The Nine Demon Gods silently watched the war below; none attempted to flee.

Without abolishing the Dark Pact, without removing the heart-flame from the heart, escape was impossible.

Even if they merely intended to flee, Lin Yan could instantly drain all their power through the Dark Divine System Pact.

Though the duration was short, it was enough for Lin Yan to easily catch up to them.

After signing the Dark Divine System Pact, Lin Yan naturally gained a pact sensation.

In other words, wherever they went from now on, Lin Yan could basically sense them.

Even, at a cost, Lin Yan could forcibly cast his gaze upon them or open a passage to descend directly, even without their prayer.

Each Abyssal Demon God remained still where they were; none dared make a sound.

"So that's how it is."

Upon the Wang Zuo, Lin Yan murmured.

Lin Yan had roughly understood why, in the Heavenly Realm, a God at the peak of the Third Tier built a Divine System.

On one hand, breaking through from the peak of the Third Tier to the Fourth Tier required an immense amount of divine power, and a God's realm could not expand indefinitely, so the God-Lord needed to draw benefits from the Divine System.

But this was not the main reason.

Even if a God's realm had limited area, the God could still rely on time—fail in a thousand years, try for ten thousand; eventually, enough faith power would accumulate.

The main reason was that breaking through from the peak of the Third Tier to the Fourth Tier was far too perilous.

Not only was it perilous, but it required too many resources.

A single being's power was limited.

No matter how powerful a God was, fighting alone was inferior to gathering more Gods to collect the needed resources.

And once a peak Third-Tier God began to break through, that God would inevitably face ambush.

The reason was simple: the number of Fourth-Tier positions was limited; one ascended, one slot vanished.

Such ambushes occurred not only in the Heavenly Realm but also in wars between realms on the Continent of Gods.

Imagine: the opponent is a group, while you stand alone—you must fight a crowd while attempting to break through the Fourth Tier.

If you had a vast Divine System, it could buy you time and ease your pressure!

During the breakthrough or in battle, you could even borrow the power of Gods within your Divine System.

Moreover, if your Divine System was large enough, your enemies during the breakthrough would be far fewer.

This was certain.

When you grew too powerful, many would fear you and abandon enmity, avoiding retaliation after your Fourth-Tier breakthrough.

Fourth-Tier Gods were exceedingly rare.

In the Heavenly Realm, no Fourth-Tier God had been born in at least the past few thousand years.

Some peak Third-Tier God-Lords had attempted it—but failed.

Yes, even without ambush, failure was highly likely.

Let alone with ambush?

This was the most vital function of a Divine System.

And a Divine System had a third function: each God controlled different powers, allowing you to learn more about the laws of the cosmos.

It was equivalent to a vast power formed by Gods themselves.

Even a Divine System with only a few Gods was not to be underestimated.

In the Abyss, there was no term "Divine System," but powerful Abyssal Demon Gods formed factions that, in some ways, were equivalent to Divine Systems.

Abyssal Demon Gods were far more tyrannical.

A powerful Abyssal Demon God would have weaker Abyssal Demon Gods submit and serve as their servant demons.

Between them, they signed a Servant Pact.

The Servant Pact resembled the Divine System Pact but was even more tyrannical.

In a Divine System Pact, a God-Lord could borrow 30% of a subordinate's power.

The Servant Pact allowed borrowing 50%.

Of course, nothing was more tyrannical than Lin Yan's Dark Divine System Pact, which could drain 100% of power.

Moreover, the Servant Pact was far less stable than the Dark Divine System Pact.

Once the powerful Abyssal Demon God lost a Divine War and ceased to be strong, its servant demons could instantly defect—or even stab it in the back.

In the Abyss, loyalty was the most deceitful word.

Of course, what was discussed above applied only to ordinary Heavenly Realm and Abyssal Divine Systems.

Lin Yan also understood what was different about the Divine System he built through his system's Pact.

In the Light Divine System, Lin Yan could unify the collection of faith power gathered by the Gods within the system, take a certain "fee," then return the remainder to those Gods.

This was something no other God-Lord could achieve.

Other God-Lords typically gained around 30% of the faith power from their Divine System.

Lin Yan's Pact granted him 50%.

But do not forget: the faith power collected through Lin Yan's Divine Core suffered zero loss.

Other Gods, when collecting faith from an ordinary mortal, were lucky to get 0.2.

But Lin Yan could obtain more than 2 points.

Ten times that of other Gods.

And the quality of the faith power was exceptionally high.

That is to say, after Lin Yan drained 50% of the faith power through the Divine System contract, the deities' gains in the Divine System did not decrease—they increased severalfold instead.

Vevila has been too busy lately to collect her own faith power.

When she finally does, she'll probably be shocked.

Mevis will likely be shocked too.

Back when Vevila's Divine System progress was only 25%, she had already noticed her faith power had mysteriously increased significantly.

The Dark Divine System, by contrast, was far more ruthless.

Lin Yan's share of the gains from other Abyssal Demigods in the Dark Divine System reached 80%.

That means the other Abyssal Demigods in the Divine System must contribute 80% of their dark faith gains to Lin Yan.

Of course, Lin Yan could adjust this ratio himself.

Thanks to the miraculous nature of Lin Yan's Divine Core, even at 80%, the demigods in the Dark Divine System still gained more than they had before.

If Lin Yan were heartless, he could raise his share to over 90%.

But Lin Yan didn't adjust it—let it stay like this for now!

After understanding the function of the Divine System in his own system, Lin Yan withdrew his gaze.

Now, there was one more thing to do.

His Divine Core contained both Celestial Divine Power and Chaotic Divine Power.

He possessed both light and dark forces.

And Lin Yan could use dark power as well.

But his Divine Body was purely a Light-type Divine Body—the Flame Divine Body.

Since light and dark forces could coexist in his Divine Core, they should be able to coexist in his Divine Body too.

So Lin Yan decided to study the Abyssal Demigods' Divine Bodies again.

This time, Lin Yan turned his gaze toward the God of Darkness.

The God of Darkness's Divine Body seemed slightly different from those of other Abyssal Demons.

"Master."

In the God of Darkness's Divine Realm, the God of Darkness bowed her head.

The God of Darkness had already brought Lin Yan into her Divine Realm.

At this moment, Lin Yan still retained his flame form.

After submitting, the God of Darkness appeared somewhat more normal.

Whether it was genuine or feigned, no one could tell.

This cunning, treacherous demon goddess now stood before Lin Yan with head bowed and hands clasped, like a little girl who had done something wrong, as if awaiting his guidance.

But if you truly believed that, you'd fall right into her trap.