"Could it be possible to defeat?" Lin Lei felt a tremor in his heart.
Belute finished speaking and sat there, a hint of a smile at the corner of his lips as he watched Lin Lei. When Lin Lei noticed Belute's expression, a sudden realization dawned on him, and he laughed self-deprecatingly. "Lord Belute, are you telling me not to even think about fighting a god of a higher rank?"
Belute stroked his beard and chuckled. "Yes."
Lin Lei felt helpless in his heart.
Was he the most outstanding lower god? Lin Lei certainly wasn't confident about that.
Was the opponent the weakest middle god? That was hard to determine as well.
So, a lower god wanting to kill a middle god was only theoretically possible. In reality, the probability was astronomically low. Unless a middle god was grievously wounded on the verge of death, a middle god in normal condition could practically never be defeated by a lower god.
Belute stood up and walked to the study door.
Creak! The study door opened on its own, and the night breeze blew in from outside, lifting Belute's long black hair.
Belute hesitated for a moment, then turned back to look at Lin Lei. "Lin Lei, there are some things I originally planned to tell you once you were stronger. But whether you and Bei Bei will remain in the Yulan Continent plane in the future is hard to say, so I'll tell you everything today. It might sting a little, but at least it will help you avoid unnecessary detours going forward."
Lin Lei immediately stood up.
A blow? Avoid detours? He had never been afraid of a difficult road. He'd gone from an ordinary youth to becoming a god—what did he have to fear from some harsh truths?
"Please speak, Lord Belute," Lin Lei said respectfully.
Belute nodded with a smile. "You already know the conditions for reaching the Supreme God rank."
"Yes. Comprehending all the profound mysteries of the Laws," Lin Lei answered with a nod.
Belute sighed. "That's right. Once you've fully comprehended all the profound mysteries, you become a Supreme God. But each elemental Law is an integrated whole. For example, your two profound mysteries of 'Fast' and 'Slow' can be fused into one. If we suppose a single elemental Law has nine profound mysteries, then..."
Belute's gaze suddenly brightened as he fixed his eyes on Lin Lei. "Any two of the nine can be fused. Any three can be fused... and all the way up—all nine profound mysteries can be fused into one!"
Lin Lei was stunned.
All of them could be fused?
"Comprehending nine profound mysteries is already incredibly difficult, and fusing two or three of them together is even harder."
Belute sighed repeatedly. "Lin Lei, the true path of cultivation isn't about comprehending as many Laws as possible—it's about fusing as many Laws and profound mysteries together as you can. For instance, the two profound mysteries you've grasped, 'Fast' and 'Slow,' are both lower-tier mysteries. But once the two are fused into one—the Profound Mystery of Speed—they rival a higher-tier mystery. Even three lower-tier Laws fused together will far surpass a single higher-tier mystery."
Lin Lei's eyes lit up.
"And fusing all nine profound mysteries into one—that is truly comprehending an elemental Law! That is the ultimate pinnacle of a Supreme God!" As Belute spoke this, his very bearing seemed to change.
Lin Lei marveled in his heart as well.
Grasping nine profound mysteries to become a Supreme God? That was still far from the true summit. Fusing all nine into one—that was the real peak.
"Fusing all nine Laws' profound mysteries into one?" Lin Lei's voice dropped involuntarily. "Lord Belute, how many such beings exist across the infinite planes?"
"How many?"
Belute looked at Lin Lei with a smile.
"Among billions of gods, there is only one Supreme God! And among Supreme Gods, how many have fused all the profound mysteries of their elemental Law into one, becoming the invincible Supreme God—even I can't say," Belute admitted. "I can only tell you that even in the Highgod Planes, beings of that caliber can be counted on one hand!"
"Counted on one hand?"
Lin Lei's heart trembled.
This space had existed for an immeasurably long time. A single material plane could produce an astonishing number of divine-level beings. Across the infinite planes—and especially in the Highgod Planes—just how many gods existed was virtually impossible to calculate. And yet even in the Highgod Planes, those Supreme Gods who had reached the absolute pinnacle could be counted on one hand!
"Lord Belute, what about the Gobada Plane Prison? Are there any beings there who have fused all their Laws' profound mysteries?" Lin Lei asked curiously. "I've heard there are the Five Greatest Kings."
Belute snorted. "There are not! Absolutely not! Even the Five Greatest Kings in the Gobada Plane Prison have fused, at most, only a handful of Laws' mysteries. To achieve complete fusion, to reach the state of perfection—since the birth of the planes, across who knows how many planes, there has been at most one such person."
"Lord Belute, how can you be so certain?" Lin Lei was somewhat surprised.
That the Five Greatest Kings hadn't reached perfection didn't surprise Lin Lei. What surprised him was Belute's absolute certainty. Could Belute somehow probe other people's strength?
"Of course I'm certain," Belute nodded and smiled. "Because the moment a Supreme God who has fused all the Laws' profound mysteries appears, even the Chief Gods... would compete to recruit such a genius." Belute's voice carried genuine admiration.
"After all, a person like that stands at the true apex... the absolute pinnacle of Supreme Gods! Against such a being, ordinary Supreme Gods—even a hundred or a thousand of them—would be marching to their deaths."
Lin Lei felt a tremor of awe in his heart.
Standing at the very tip of the Supreme God pyramid—an invincible existence!
"The Chief Gods would recruit them?" Lin Lei was shocked. "Why would the Chief Gods invite them? Is it because their strength could threaten the Chief Gods?"
Belute smiled. "Lin Lei, you don't understand yet. The Chief Gods are indeed powerful, far beyond Supreme Gods. But... Lin Lei, you must know that in this boundless space, the most numerous are the ordinary material planes—planes like our Yulan Continent plane."
Lin Lei nodded.
Material planes were the foundation of everything.
"And Chief Gods cannot freely enter a material plane. The immense divine might that a Chief God possesses is enough to cause an entire material plane to collapse!" Belute said gravely.
Lin Lei was shocked to his core. The Chief Gods were truly far too powerful.