The laws of heaven and earth descended.
Even Bei Bei, who was sparring nearby, and the white-robed middle-aged man were drawn over. Bei Bei darted through the mountain forest like lightning and arrived in this valley. He watched Lin Lei hovering there, his eyes filled with delight. "Boss, you've finally grasped Earth's pulse?"
"Big brother, what happened? Did he... just break through like that?" The white-robed middle-aged man flew over, equally astonished.
The bald, burly man 'Burgess' said in a dazed voice, "Just now I knocked him down. I don't know what triggered it, but he actually grasped it. You tell me... that's really a blow to one's pride."
"No wonder Third Brother also praised him." The white-robed middle-aged man also looked at Lin Lei.
As if teleporting, a figure suddenly appeared on the valley floor—it was red-browed Lei Lin. Bei Bei glanced at Lei Lin with some surprise. "This master of Copper Gong Mountain is too amazing. But Grandpa said no matter how powerful a strong person is, they can't teleport. I wonder what method this Lei Lin used."
Lei Lin watched the hovering Lin Lei with a smile, nodding in satisfaction.
Space faintly rippled.
"Chi chi~~" Endless earth elements rapidly gathered above Lin Lei. That peculiar power enveloped Lin Lei's soul, as if it knew everything within his soul completely and thoroughly. Above, the gathering of earth elements accelerated even more swiftly.
In an instant—
"Buzz!" The gathered earth elements dispersed, and where they had been centered, a black crystal radiating a faint yellowish glow hovered in the air.
The divine spark had formed, naturally connecting with Lin Lei's soul.
"Earth attribute divine spark," Lin Lei felt a surge of joy in his heart. He was already experienced with this process.
"Finally, both earth and wind have become divine," Lin Lei couldn't help but feel a bit excited, but at the same time, Lei Lin's image surfaced in his mind. "To break through this bottleneck so quickly, I really have to thank this master of Copper Gong Mountain."
"Time to condense the divine body?" Lin Lei sensed the message from the laws of heaven and earth.
Without hesitation, Lin Lei controlled the earth attribute divine spark to hover outside his body. A faint smile touched his lips. "Time for another soul division. From today on, I gain another body, and can also cultivate other laws... but the pain of soul division..."
"Ah!" Lin Lei's entire body's muscles spasmed and twitched. The intense pain of his soul splitting in two instantly drained all color from his face, leaving it pale and bloodless.
"This Lin Lei seems to want to cultivate other laws after all," Lei Lin remarked with a sigh. "He actually chose soul division again." Lei Lin knew full well the pain of soul division. Tearing one's soul forcibly in two—even the strongest person couldn't help but cry out. Fortunately, this was happening at the moment of his ascension; the soul was protected by the laws of heaven and earth. At this moment, soul division was safe. Under normal circumstances, let alone soul division, even just a tremor, if powerful enough, could scatter the soul completely, leading to eternal oblivion.
A sword-shaped soul segment flew out from Lin Lei's body and merged with the hovering earth attribute divine spark.
"A sword-shaped soul?" Lei Lin's eyes lit up. "He has the potential to cultivate the Laws of Destruction."
Meanwhile, Lin Lei once again perceived that vast and peculiar plane—the Plane of the Elemental Oceans.
In a gray, misty space, there was nothing but boundless elemental oceans, tides rising and falling. The yellowish tides were entirely liquefied elements, and deeper within was increasingly pure Earth Divine Power. Lin Lei strained to explore the power deeper within.
Using the 'Earth Attribute Divine Spark' as the core, the Earth Divine Power directly condensed into a naked divine body, identical in appearance to Lin Lei.
"The laws of heaven and earth always create a naked divine body first," Lin Lei thought, and immediately controlled the Earth Divine Power to form a yellow robe over his Earth Divine Avatar's surface. With a thought, his Wind Divine Avatar also flew out from his main body.
The Earth Divine Avatar and the Wind Divine Avatar, these two great divine avatars, circled around the main body.
Then, both divine avatars merged back into the main body.
In Lin Lei's soul sea, the Lin Lei in the yellow robe and the Lin Lei in the pale blue robe both hovered cross-legged on the surface of the soul sea. Floating above these two divine avatars was a seven-colored, sword-shaped soul, though its size was much smaller than before.
Within the valley of Copper Gong Mountain, now on the ground, Lin Lei opened his eyes to see Lei Lin and his two brothers, as well as Bei Bei.
"Boss!" Bei Bei's eyes were filled with joy, his grin wide as he gave a thumbs-up. "We've only been here at Copper Gong Mountain for half a year, and you've truly become divine in the Laws of Earth. By the way, Boss, did you grasp the 'Mysteries of Earth Elemental Force' or the 'Mysteries of Earth's Pulse'?"
"It's Earth's Pulse!" Lin Lei said with a smile.
"Lin Lei, congratulations," said the master of Copper Gong Mountain, 'Lei Lin,' with a faint smile.
Lin Lei looked at Lei Lin, his expression immediately turning solemn. Then, with perfect propriety, he bowed respectfully. "Mr. Lei Lin, thank you so very much for the help of you three. If not for you, I don't know when I would have managed to break through this bottleneck."
"No need to thank us. If anything, we three brothers should be thanking you," Lei Lin replied.
"Huh?" Lin Lei was stunned.
Lei Lin thanking him? Why would Lei Lin thank him?
The bald, burly man 'Burgess' laughed heartily beside him. "Haha, Lin Lei, if not for you and those other two lower gods, we three brothers would probably still be locked up in the Gebado Planar Prison!"
Lin Lei and Bei Bei immediately understood.
"So, this Lei Lin really did come from the Gebado Planar Prison," Lin Lei thought to himself.
"Boss, that one sword strike from Oliveria did have some benefits after all," Bei Bei chuckled.
But Lei Lin looked at Lin Lei and said with a faint smile, "Lin Lei, you have only just stepped into the realm of a lower god regarding the Laws of Earth. Although you have now grasped 'Earth's Pulse,' for the strong, understanding the law is one aspect; applying it is the most important."
Lin Lei nodded in agreement.
Indeed, when he had first become a Wind lower god, he had still needed to study for a long time before he grasped the 'Whispering Wind.'
"Bei Bei, you'd best not disturb Lin Lei now. Let him calm his mind and properly feel 'Earth's Pulse,' so he can apply 'Earth's Pulse' better and unleash attacks of greater power." Lei Lin actually turned to Bei Bei and said this.
"I know," Bei Bei nodded quickly.