Chapter 377

This time, heading to that extremely dangerous world of Sargeras, I had a vague premonition—Luode's strength might just undergo a major leap.

"I'm leaving now, Lord Sargeras." Luode nodded at Sargeras and said.

Every increase in strength is a desperate struggle of one's own; sometimes, if you don't fight, you simply have no chance at all.

Back then, if I had played it safe, avoided Kaido, and chosen to slowly and secretly develop by learning Haki from someone like Garp or King Rayleigh...

Now, I'm afraid I haven't even conquered the Pirate King's world, and in Azeroth, I'm merely an ordinary adventurer.

All strength is built on struggle—how bold a person is, how much land they possess, it's that simple; if you're unwilling to take risks on anything, you'll gain nothing.

"Wait! Luode, if you encounter an opponent you can't handle in that world, don't hesitate—open the portal and summon me to come help you.

If even I can't handle it, then you must immediately flee back, return to our universe—this is your home." Sargeras spoke.

Luode's current ability should allow him to summon his entire true form over.

"I will, Lord Sargeras. Next time we meet, I'll bring you to find enough white dwarf metal, and we'll retrieve that universe's celestial god." Luode nodded at Sargeras, opened the portal once more, and returned to the world of Azeroth.

After returning to the Undercity, Luode summoned all his women, even including Tyrande and the Moon God.

However, the pregnant Tyrande merely came to keep Luode company; as the leader of the Night Elf race, Tyrande still didn't want too many people to know her current situation.

After spending three days together, Luode planned to head to his private space, his personal garden planet, to begin secluded cultivation.

"Are you really not letting us come with you?" Bulin spoke.

"This is a thousand years of time!" Sylvanas spoke.

A thousand years of time, even for the High Elf race, is an extremely long stretch.

"To me, time may feel longer, but to you, it's just a few days—I'll return in a few days." Luode spoke.

This time, I'm not going to enjoy myself, but to thoroughly integrate all of my power.

"If that's the case."

"You must succeed! Lord Luode."

"Don't worry!"

After Luode bade farewell to all the women, he entered the private space's garden planet, where besides himself were only some ordinary planetary lifeforms.

Luode released the Ten-Tails juvenile he had cultivated together with Azeroth, and also produced the heavily injured Hades.

This time, Luode intends to have this Ten-Tails devour the corpse of an Olympian god; in the world of the War God, Luode has harvested many Olympian god corpses.

He even has the corpses of the Titan giants, and even the divine body of the War God Ares, slain by Qutuosi, which Luode has dug up.

Gazing at the fallen Hades before him, Luode even felt an urge to feed this fellow to the Ten-Tails.

Perhaps it could bear a fruit imbued with death godpower, the fruit of the Underworld King's godpower!

However, Luode is not a treacherous, faithless person—though he acts without scruples, he still has a bottom line: he will never betray his allies, unless the ally strikes first.

Otherwise, Luode will absolutely keep his word.

Although beaten to a pulp by Qutuosi, Hades has always honored his deal with Luode, so Luode has no intention of betraying him, letting this poor Underworld King become food.

Luode produced the corpse of another Sea God King, Poseidon—this is the first god king slain by Qutuosi.

In terms of prestige, this one is no less than Hades; he is one of the three great god kings of the Olympian pantheon in the ancient Greek world, and even in some versions where Hades is not among the twelve major gods, Poseidon remains within.

After the young Ten-Tails appeared, it became noticeably excited, opening its massive mouth and continuously chomping, looking at Luode with a face full of longing.

"Damn it, every time you want to eat me, you damn horse—I'm letting you eat me now, and you'll burst!"

Luode shook his head and directly threw the divine body of the Sea God King Poseidon from his hand into the Ten-Tails' mouth.

The young Ten-Tails kept chewing, swallowing Poseidon's corpse whole, then let out a loud belch.

Afterward, the young Ten-Tails' body began to emit a burst of colorful light, and an awe-inspiring godpower surged upon it; immediately, the Ten-Tails' body started to rapidly expand, even seeming on the verge of bursting.

Seeing this, Luode hastily infused the Ten-Tails with chakra and life force to help stabilize its internal condition.

With Luode's help, the Ten-Tails' body kept expanding and contracting, then expanding again, contracting again, going back and forth several times, until Poseidon's divine body was completely digested, then began transforming into a wooden plant state, taking root upon the planet.

"Damn! Indeed, swallowing a god's corpse is still incredibly powerful—even the super juvenile Ten-Tails I created with Azeroth is the same." Luode wiped sweat from his forehead and spoke.

This young Ten-Tails, compared to the one cultivated by the Otsutsuki clan, is significantly stronger—whether in life force or chakra power, both are far more abundant.

Even so, after devouring the corpse of a god king, it nearly burst from overfilling—if not for my sufficient chakra and dark life energy, this young Ten-Tails would have been done for!

But the good news is, everything is now on track—Luode took out all his stock of Infinity Stone energy, began letting the divine tree absorb it, and simultaneously used the remaining time to maintain energy.

He accelerated time for the entire planet. This time, Luode did not leave the planet, but remained directly within the time barrier of the accelerated planet.

First, Luode spent five hundred years integrating all his power, bringing all his forces to a balance point.

Most importantly, he allowed the Asgardian godpower within his body to grow.

Over the next five hundred years, Luode began refining the spells he possessed, studying fel magic, life magic, arcane magic, while also researching Haki from the Pirate World, even fusing Conqueror's Haki, Observation Haki, and even his own spiritual energy.

He made all these powers become his own abilities.

He then spent another five hundred years enhancing the Rinnegan Sharingan, attempting to fuse several major dōjutsu into his eyes, so that he wouldn't need to switch eye forms to use all dōjutsu at once.

Whether it's the Rinnegan's ability, the Byakugan's ability, the dark eye's ability, or even the Samsara Eye's ability, he spent a full fifteen hundred years.

Luode then fully integrated and mastered all his powers, enabling maximum output—his strength increased by more than double compared to before seclusion.

During the following thousand years, Luode began researching Hades, studying the Olympian godpower on him, studying his death godpower, studying his divine status as Underworld King.

Before entering seclusion, Luode had obtained some Olympian holy fire from Herios, then used his own power to ignite it, continuously cultivating the Olympian holy fire.

This Olympian holy fire can also serve as a source of godpower, enhancing ancient Greek godpower; after fifteen hundred years, what was once a small spark has become a large basin of blazing flames.

Herios has also completely devoured the Olympian holy fire, undergone a qualitative change, truly becoming a sun god capable of eternally illuminating his own space.

For the following fifteen hundred years, Luode could only do one thing: wait for the divine tree to bloom and bear fruit, study death godpower, or through arcane energy, life energy, fel energy, and chakra, create his own spells.

After a full three thousand years, Luode's strength underwent a complete transformation—the Asgardian godpower within his body, over three thousand years, became the strongest force, golden godpower surging and raging within Luode's body.

Compared to three thousand years ago, when he first entered seclusion and was merely a seed, the Asgardian godpower is now Luode's greatest strength.

This power will keep growing, as long as Luode's body can withstand it—it is endless growth.

No wonder the Asgardians are the strongest god race on Earth—this ability is truly a bug. Too bad the Asgardians have no way to increase their physical strength.

So the god-king's lifespan is not long either; even Odin in the comics only lived for a million years or so! Luode's current body can still easily handle the growth of Asgardian divine power.

After all, whether it is life energy, chakra power, or demonic energy, or even the arcane energy of order, all of them increase one's physical strength.

Three thousand years have passed, and the World Tree has grown into a colossal being, standing nearly a hundred thousand meters tall, with a huge fruit already appearing at its very center.

This is a fruit larger than a basketball, not a red chakra fruit, but a divine fruit shining with colorful light.

This time the World Tree did not bear several more fruits, but instead devoted all its energy to nurturing a single fruit—an ancient Greek divine fruit—such that whoever eats it, even a mortal, can instantly gain god-king-level power.

After plucking the huge fruit, Luode took a deep breath and ate this fruit containing the power of the ancient Greek god-king.

An unimaginable energy appeared within Luode's body, beginning to wildly enhance his physical qualities and generating a brand-new divine power.

Opposing Asgardian divine power, it rapidly began to grow and expand, even resonating with the divine power of the Asgardians, forming a mighty divine power that words cannot describe.

After the fruit was plucked and eaten, the massive trunk of the World Tree completely died and dissipated, leaving only that, as the root, the Ten-Tails—a Ten-Tails possessing ancient Greek divine power.

The mysterious aura emanating from this Ten-Tails does not resemble that of the ancient Greek gods, but rather somewhat resembles the ancient Greek Titan giants, filled with barbaric and primordial power.

"Hahaha! Not bad! Perhaps you will be of great use in the future." Looking at the colossal Ten-Tails before him, Luode said with great satisfaction.

Indeed an unexpected harvest; the several adult Ten-Tails I previously cultivated, though their combat power was not bad, basically all used chakra power.

I never expected this one to actually possess the power of the ancient Greek gods, and moreover the power of the Titan clan, equivalent to that of a primordial god.

It seems that the cultivation of an entire planet, with vast amounts of Infinite Stone energy supplied, has caused this Ten-Tails to undergo an earth-shaking transformation, becoming an alternative Titan giant.

Although its strength and divine power are not inferior to those of an ordinary Titan giant, this Ten-Tails is still like the previous Ten-Tails—without any intelligence, and it recognizes Luode as its master.

However, its combat power is also extraordinarily strong; besides the primordial divine power of the Titan clan, the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball can also be easily used.

And after mixing divine powers, its power becomes even more formidable.

Even after becoming a god-king, Luode can now easily heal Hades' injuries, though some matters, Luode plans to wait until he reaches the world of the Saints before dealing with them.

Luode flew up into the planet's sky and came before his Homiez creation, Herios.

"Master! Now you are truly a god-king; I feel your divine power within you is so surging and mighty." Herios flew to Luode's side and spoke.

At this moment, Herios's body also underwent a tremendous change; he can now freely alter his form, shifting into an ordinary shape like a small fireball, or transforming into a giant miniature sun as large as the moon.

"Keep it up! In the future I will capture several more planets coming in, and by then your sister will also need to evolve into a sun." Luode said.

The Phoenix that had been continuously evolving had also awakened not long ago, spending some time digesting its own power.

Then it was infused by its elder brother with the Olympic Holy Flame, plus a trace of solar divine power.

Now it has once again fallen into slumber, absorbing the solar divine power given by its brother, as well as the Olympic Holy Flame.

"Hahaha! Rest assured, master! This little sister, I will take good care of her." Herios said.

"Alright! My seclusion this time has ended, and now it's time to go out and see."

Luode said, then left the Little Flower Star, and at that moment released the temporal power—only then did the outside world find that nine days had just passed.

Luode returned once again to the Gloomy City and immediately summoned his women; the women, like flowers, surrounded him in the very center.

To them, Luode had only been gone for a few days.

"Luode, now you look extraordinarily noble, even making me feel a bit ashamed of myself."

"Dear you, you are now completely different; before you were sharp and exposed, but now you are supremely noble, just like, just like a king high above." Sylvanas said.

"Not 'like'; now we should truly call Luode God-King, great God-King, you can establish your own divine system." The goddess of love said, looking at Luode with excitement.

Previously Luode's power was merely akin to that of a god-king, but now Luode is truly a god-king, and vastly stronger than the former Zeus by countless times.

The goddess of love can clearly sense the divine power on Luode's body, which is the power of the Greek gods; indeed she had backed the right choice.

"God-King! Hahaha! You said it correctly; now I truly am a god-king." Luode said with deep meaning.

His ancient Greek divine power, as well as the Asgardians' divine power, have both reached god-king level.

Not to mention the already infinitely strong primal life force, the primal force of order, the primal force of chaos, and chakra power as well.

Now the true gods of the Azeroth world probably cannot defeat me.

"Come on! This time, I will give you a new power." Luode said, then brought all his women back into the room.

"Luode, all of us together?"

"That's only natural! You must know my anger, which has been suppressed for a full three thousand years!"

Then he individually infused their bodies with ancient Greek divine power, and connected it to the Olympic Holy Flame he had cultivated for three thousand years.

Thus his entourage of women all gained the initial level of Greek divine power, and their life levels were all raised to the demi-god level.

Having held it in for three thousand years, Luode's combat power is extraordinarily fierce; this divine infusion lasted a full half month, and Luode's three thousand years of pent-up fire was finally released.

All the girls fell into deep sleep.

Afterward Luode returned once more to the pirate world and gave his father-in-law Kaido Asgardian divine power.

After receiving Asgardian divine power, Kaido can finally maintain his body size for a long time as a burly man over two meters tall.

"Luode, during your absence I have been dealing with the World Government; if needed, we can now wipe them out." Kaido said.

Some things, Luode does not need to say much; he will just do them himself, after becoming a demi-god.

Kaido has already begun moving against the World Government: "Hahaha! Mortal-level existences, I no longer care about them!

Father-in-law! Let's go! This time I will take you to see the true power of a god." Luode said.

No matter how you say it, Kaido's attributes are very compatible with the Saints!

Moreover, with Kaido's current life level, if he awakens the small universe power, will it be a god's small universe or an ordinary human's small universe? This Luode is still very curious about.

As for the World Government, you are nothing but a scallion; by then let Kaido handle it himself.

"I have waited for this day for a long time! Come on! Let us face the new challenge." Kaido said.

Luode nodded, brought Kaido back to Azeroth, then summoned the fire god father and daughter along with the goddess of love, activated his transmigration ability, and went to the universe of the Saints. (End of chapter)