Rule the heavens from eternity on

As for Hogg, he didn't dare to associate this terrifying pressure with his eldest son, Lin Xiao, since it was too far-fetched.

It's like someone suddenly telling you that you are actually the sole heir to the world's richest man.

Lin Xiao didn't care about Hogg and the others' thoughts. He continued to learn carving from Hogg every day and practiced with Hillman from time to time.

During this time, Lin Xiao's attention was drawn to the battle between a Saint-level mage named "Rudy" dressed in gray robes and a Saint-level warrior named "Tylon" nicknamed "Star Warrior" dressed in green robes, thousands of meters above the ground.

This also gave him a general understanding of the powerful beings in the Saint Realm.

"Rudy" rides a hundred-meter-long black dragon, which has two large wings and looks like a typical Western dragon.

Black dragons are top-tier magical beasts, generally level nine. Some powerful black dragons can reach the level of a saint, yet they are subdued by saint-level mages.

On the other hand, the Holy Warrior Tyron, who was opposite him, could unleash a sword beam that stretched for dozens of meters with a single strike, but it was blocked by the protective armor on Rudy's body.

Rudy, on the other hand, activated his magic, summoning countless house-sized boulders, each weighing a terrifying nearly 100,000 kilograms. Driven by magic, these boulders hurtled towards Tyron, the green-clad warrior of the Sanctuary.

In the end, these boulders were all shattered by the holy warrior "Tylon," and the fragments flew in all directions.

If these fragments of boulder were to fall, who knows how many people would die.

At the critical moment, Lin Xiao transformed, and his azure dragon blood battle qi surged forth.

The boulders that flew towards Wushan Town were all shattered by Lin Xiao at an extremely fast speed, but unlike in the original story, they did not cause any casualties.

Lin Xiao showed no mercy to the two, directly taking on both of them. The Starry Sky Sword Saint Tyrone's battle aura was even inferior to his own, not to mention his physical attributes. He was completely overwhelmed by Lin Xiao and eventually fled in a sorry state.

Rudy was an Earth-type Saint Archmage. As everyone knows, mages are extremely fragile, far inferior to warriors. Although Rudy had protective armor, it still couldn't withstand the sharpness of Lin Xiao's dragon claw. It should be noted that the dragon claw was not a sword energy attack, but a pure physical attack. With 300,000 jin of force gathered in one grab, even Rudy's Earth Guardian Saint Armor was directly torn apart.

In the end, in desperation, "Rudy" threw a purple object at Lin Xiao to divert his attention, and also chose to flee.

After driving away the two holy domains, Lin Xiao examined the things that "Rudy" had thrown out in his desperation.
It was a palm-sized, 20-centimeter-long shadow mouse with purple fur.

Although it's only the size of a palm, this purple shadow rat is already at the level of a level nine magical beast!
However, he also seemed to be injured and his breathing was weak.

In the end, Lin Xiao rescued the purple shadow mouse.

It became Lin Xiao's pet.

It's worth mentioning that not long after Lin Xiao adopted this female shadow mouse, she somehow brought back her own offspring—a baby shadow mouse.

Well, this little shadow mouse seems to have just been born; its eyes aren't even open yet.

In the end, the shadow mouse also became Lin Xiao's pet.

As the days went by, the little shadow mouse gradually grew up, with big eyes and a fluffy tail, making it look extremely cute.

Xiao Lin Lei was particularly fond of it.

The two gradually became good friends, which was something Lin Xiao hadn't expected.

It's worth mentioning that this little shadow mouse seems to be improving its strength at an extremely rapid pace; it hasn't even been a month old yet, and it's already reached the level of a first-level magical beast. It's hard to imagine its potential. Of course, these two little guys are also mentioned in the original work.

The husband of that level-nine Shadow Rat was a grandson of the king of the Jade Orchid Continent, possessing the bloodline of the Purple-Gold Rat, a peak Saint-level magical beast. And this little guy, originally named "Beibei," was an extremely rare god-level magical beast, the "God-Devouring Rat," who, upon reaching adulthood, could directly become a god-level powerhouse of the Dark Law system.

Lin Xiao never expected that he would avert a huge tragedy.

In the original story, "Starry Sky Sword Saint" Tyrone and "Rudy" clashed over a Level 9 Shadow Rat, ultimately resulting in a stalemate. The Level 9 Shadow Rat became a casualty of their battle, killed by "Starry Sky Sword Saint" Tyrone—a classic case of "if you can't have it, destroy it." The Shadow Rat's husband, a Level 9 Stone-Eating Rat, also refused to submit and was eventually killed by Tyrone. Although the Level 9 Stone-Eating Rat possessed incredibly formidable defenses, making it difficult even for early-stage Saint Realm experts to kill, its defenses were easily breached by a mid-stage Saint Realm expert.

The reason the two wanted to subdue these two level-nine shadow rats was that a level-nine shadow rat could command a swarm of millions of rat-like magical beasts, and both of them wanted to subdue it for their own use.

As a result of their battle, Linley and Walton nearly died from the flying debris, and more than 300 people in Wushan Town were killed and more than 1,000 were injured.

Thanks to Lin Xiao, this tragedy has been averted.

However, it's a pity that "Beibei's" father, the level nine Stone-Eating Rat, is still dead!

On the same day, while watching the battle between the two great holy domains, Lin Lei accidentally tripped and fell, scraping his arm. Unintentionally, he came to possess the "Panlong Ring," which he wore as a pendant, and encountered the soul of Delin Kowert, an earth-elemental holy domain mage of the Puang Empire, which was born over eight thousand years ago, disintegrated five thousand years ago, and is now long since destroyed. Delin Kowert's physical body was destroyed in a sneak attack by two holy domain mages, and he ultimately sealed his soul within this "Panlong Ring," a weapon comparable to a divine artifact.

Later, the Panlong Ring was acquired by the Dragon Blood Clan and placed in the old house in the backyard of their ancestral home. Lin Lei accidentally discovered it while cleaning and used it as a pendant. Ultimately, it recognized Lin Lei as its owner because of his blood.

Lin Xiao was unaware that the Panlong Ring had recognized its owner.

With the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique, the True Demon's Indestructible Body, and the Three Thousand Great Dao, Lin Xiao had long adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the original plot. Unless it involved major changes, he rarely recalled it.

The elements in the world include earth, wind, water, fire, light, darkness, and thunder. These seven elements of heaven and earth each have corresponding profound laws. Except for the wind element, which has nine profound laws, the others only have seven.

So-called magicians, great magicians, archmages, and holy archmages are those who have comprehended some of the mysteries of the universe and are able to release the elements of heaven and earth in various ways under the name of "magic".

Whether warrior or mage, after reaching the Holy Realm, only by comprehending the profound mysteries of the laws can one continue to improve.

The powerful beings above the Holy Realm are called gods. It can be said that a god, as long as he does not perish prematurely, is an immortal being.

Based on their level of understanding of the profound mysteries of the laws, deities can be divided into: lower-level deities, middle-level deities, and higher-level deities.

Regardless of the elemental law or any profound mystery, as long as one cultivates it to the point of mastery and fully comprehends it, one can condense a divine spark of law and become a lower-level god. At the same time, a divine body will also be born based on the divine spark.

To become a mid-level god, one needs to fully comprehend the profound mysteries of three different laws within an elemental law, or to integrate the profound mysteries of two of those laws into one.
To become a high god, one must comprehend all the profound mysteries of a single elemental law; or integrate at least three of those mysteries into one.
It is worth mentioning that if a high god integrates all the mysteries of an elemental law into one, then he will become an almost invincible existence among high gods and be revered as a "Great Perfection High God".

The profound mysteries between different elemental laws can also be integrated.

However, the conditions are extremely stringent, and it only occurs in special cases where a soul mutation takes place.

Only by fusing the different elemental laws that one has comprehended can the different divine powers that one has comprehended be combined, and the power will be greatly increased.

The fusion of two divine powers can increase the power of this fused divine power tenfold.
Three types, a hundredfold!
Four types, a thousand times more!
However, the conditions for soul mutation are extremely demanding, and the mortality rate is extremely low.

For example, if a person possesses two divine powers and their soul mutates, they will typically remain in a coma for several months.

The soul mutation caused by the three divine powers almost certainly means certain death!
The souls of these four divine powers have mutated, and for countless years, across countless planes, not a single person has ever appeared in this phenomenon. (End of Chapter)