Zhutian Panlong: They've all become gods, and they're only just joining the chat group.

Richard put away the divine tree. Although he still had some magic crystals left to absorb, the battle between the water elemental god clone and Remer had caused quite a stir, and there was no guarantee that someone wouldn't come to investigate.

We can't just kill them all, can we? Richard didn't want to expose himself so soon.

Anyway, there's not much left.

We'll feed the divine tree with divine power from now on. It's okay if the digestion is a little slow; keeping it a secret is the most important thing.

Then it turned and fled in another direction.

Three days later, Richard finally stopped on an unnamed deserted island. Now it was time to reap the rewards.

He had captured Remer's two divine avatars, including his original Saint Realm self. How could he make the best use of them?

Putting everything else aside, let's get this guy unbound from the spatial ring first.

Remer certainly wouldn't cooperate, but Richard would make him cooperate obediently.

It didn't take long for Richard to get the guy to unbind all the spatial rings.

As for how exactly it was done, once the person was in their hands, their mental strength was weakened, and then an illusion was cast.

Anyway, by the time Remer regained consciousness, all the spatial rings had been unbound.

Richard began to examine the harvest.

The first thing they brought over was the spatial ring of Remer, a mid-level water god. As his strongest avatar, it should contain the most wealth.

The moment his mental energy probed in, he was drawn to a black longsword.

It was a longsword with destructive properties, and most importantly, it was a high-level divine artifact.

The main body of the sword is a deep, lightless darkness that seems to devour everything, but there is a dark red pattern on its spine, as if a fiery calamity is flowing through it.

Gazing at this sword, one can almost see the world collapsing and countless lives wailing in despair.

At this moment, Richard felt fortunate that Remer's mid-level god clone actually possessed such a powerful weapon.

Fortunately, he acted swiftly and decisively, subduing the man before he could pull out the divine weapon. Otherwise, he would have had to test the sword's power himself.

Indeed, you can't underestimate the resources of these old guys; you never know what kind of trump card they might pull out next.

Therefore, when Richard faces an enemy, he either doesn't move at all, or if he does, he aims for a quick victory. If he can't defeat the enemy in a few moves, he can retreat, go back to train, and come back to settle scores once he's stronger.

He didn't bother to check the rest of the items.

The most urgent task now is to find out the origin of this superior artifact.

If Remer has a high-level god backing him, that would be troublesome. In that case, he would have to consider how to destroy the evidence and hide his traces.

It's really bizarre, though. Which god is so bored that they've managed to survive in the material plane until they've reached the level of a high god and still haven't gone to the divine plane? The local native gods don't know anything about the divine plane.

Or is this a god-level powerhouse who returned to the material plane from the divine plane?

If it's the latter, Richard would have to consider running away to the divine realm or the world of other group members as soon as possible.

Those who can return from the divine plane to the material plane are truly powerful figures.

Teleportation from the material plane to the divine plane is free, but the teleportation fees required to teleport from the divine plane to the material plane or to other divine planes are enough to make even a seven-star demon-level powerhouse feel the pinch.

Therefore, those who can return to the material plane are basically all powerful beings at the level of Seven-Star Demon or above.

If Richard were to encounter someone of that level of strength, he would truly be doomed.

Even if you use the laws of space and time to blind the Rinnegan, you still can't escape.

Fortunately, after interrogating Remer, they learned the origin of the sword. His worries turned out to be a false alarm.

But the origin of this sword is also quite peculiar.

Remer actually found a weak point in the spatial structure of the dimensional prison and then waited there to ambush his prey.

This sword is the spoils of war that this guy obtained, as he killed a mid-level god who escaped from a dimensional prison.

After tasting success, this guy wanted to take over the gods in the pit, but soon this weak point in the space was discovered by a high-ranking god in the prison.

Fearing that the high god might escape, Remer reinforced the weak point in the space with a magic circle.

I never dared to go there again after that.

That was tens of thousands of years ago. I wonder if that high god is still lurking at the weak points in space.

They might still be there. For these gods imprisoned in the dimensional prison, their greatest wish is to get out of there.

This guy saw hope, so he's probably still squatting there. He'd probably be here for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, let alone tens of thousands.

Richard also had his eye on that weak point in the space, but he wasn't strong enough to deal with it right now.

Once I'm stronger, I can go and explore the dimensional prison.

Gods will definitely not go to the divine plane unless they are high-ranking gods, but they can go and see the dimensional prison after the wind god's avatar becomes a mid-ranking god.

Now, his wind-elemental divine avatar has integrated the mysteries of five laws: wind element, wind movement, speed, slowness, and wind space.

For now, I've only fully grasped the profound mysteries of the wind element.

But it's almost here. He has already grasped the profound mysteries of the Windwalking Technique and is only one step away from completing the fusion.

Once the profound mysteries of the Windwalking Technique are fully comprehended and completely integrated with the profound mysteries of the wind element, one can become a mid-level god.

He has already comprehended and integrated most of the mysteries of speed and slowness. Once he has fully comprehended and integrated all four mysteries of the laws, he will not be considered weak even among the high gods.

Then we can go to the dimensional prison to check out the situation.

As for the mysteries of wind space, due to the laws of space, the comprehension was relatively quick, but it was only recently that the point of convergence with other mysteries was found and the fusion began.

The remaining mysteries—Dimensional Blade, Clone, Sound Wave, and Vocal Music—are progressing steadily, but they haven't yet found a point of convergence with other mysteries.

Also due to the laws of space, the Dimensional Blade's profound mysteries were grasped quite quickly.

Ironically, the slowest to grasp was the profound mystery of vocal music. This was the only mystery in the wind-elemental laws that leaned towards the soul, and it was also the mystery Richard entered into relatively early, but it was difficult to comprehend.

This gave Richard a real headache. He used to play the piano whenever he had free time, hoping to touch upon this profound mystery through music.

Unfortunately, I have no artistic talent whatsoever, neither of my two lifetimes combined.

When his wife was still alive, she commented that his zither playing was full of craftsmanship and that he could only be considered a zither maker at best.

His ability to grasp the mysteries of vocal music was also related to his wife. Shortly after her death, he was deeply moved while playing the piano and thus began his exploration of the profound mysteries of vocal music.

There has been little progress since then, and I have no idea how to comprehend this profound mystery.

Put your worries aside; now is the time to reap the rewards, so be happy.

As for the mysteries of vocal music, things will work themselves out. There will always be suitable opportunities in the future.

Then admire the longsword in your hand.

"Good treasure." Richard raised his hand and took out the longsword, which felt slightly heavy in his hand.

He raised his hand and swung his sword, unleashing a massive black sword aura that cleaved through the vast sea, revealing the seabed beneath, much like Moses parting the sea.

After a long time, the sea surface receded, stirring up towering waves.

Richard did not use any energy such as divine power, battle aura, or chakra in this sword strike, nor did he use any laws.

Such power is wielded by a mere longsword.

As expected of a superior artifact, it provides a tremendous boost to Richard's current strength.

This will be his main weapon from now on. If nothing unexpected happens, he should use it for a long time.

He probably won't switch until he gets his hands on the main artifact.