Novel Full Chapter230-Withered Grass and Soil
Daniel replied.
Upon hearing Daniel’s words, the three immediately bowed in gratitude.
They were overjoyed, hardly able to contain their excitement.
Never had they imagined that an opportunity to break through to god king rank would so directly present itself.
God king!
It had become their obsession.
Ever since discovering this ruin and realizing that it held the chance for them to ascend to god king,
they had dreamt of returning here day and night,
hoping to unravel the rules of Chaos and seize their opportunity to ascend.
But now, it had happened so easily?
They succeeded just like that?
It felt almost unreal to them.
After all, throughout the journey, they had hardly done anything of note.
At most, they had assisted Daniel in acquiring relics of the Divine Dynasty.
And honestly, with Daniel possessing such a wealth of divine crystals,
he could have easily done it himself without much effort.
The three of them had merely provided additional channels.
In the ruins, their role was little more than a map.
Arya had even nearly been swept away by spatial turbulence while leading the way.
When faced with the Court of Divine King, they were the ones being protected by Daniel.
They had contributed almost nothing.
Without Daniel, they couldn’t have reached this place at all.
Yet now…
everything was different.
The chance to ascend to god king rank was within their grasp.
Their gratitude toward Daniel overflowed.
“Alright, you’ve received what you came for. If you want to leave, you may do so at any time. I’m heading to the central region.”
Daniel looked at the three as he spoke.
Hearing Daniel’s words, the three knew this was their last chance.
If they chose to leave now, it would mean completely severing ties with Daniel.
Once they left, they would no longer have any connection to him.
Daniel wouldn’t take back the life elixir either,
and they could still ascend to god king rank without issue.
Of course, there was another choice.
They could continue following Daniel—
or rather, pledge their loyalty to him.
But doing so wouldn’t be easy.
With someone as powerful as Daniel, what could they offer?
Only one opportunity presented itself.
The three grew calm,
realizing that the choice they made now would shape their futures.
If they chose to follow Daniel, their former freedom would be gone,
even if they became god kings.
On the other hand, following Daniel had its own clear benefits.
The looming calamity in the God Realm threatened to engulf everything.
Being Daniel’s follower would naturally reduce their risks.
Daniel himself was synonymous with strength,
offering a better chance at survival in the coming chaos.
It was a difficult decision.
Finally, Veyla spoke first:
“Lord Daniel, the opportunity to become a god king is a gift from you. I am willing to follow you forever!”
“Alright.”
Daniel nodded.
The other two soon made the same choice.
With these three joining him, Daniel now had five god kings under his command.
Though the three hadn’t yet ascended, the life elixir effectively guaranteed their future breakthroughs.
The group moved swiftly toward the central region of the ruins.
Daniel stood in the void, observing the scene below.
Indeed, it was as Arya had described:
Chaos was the main theme here.
Chaotic rules, a chaotic environment.
Two entirely different systems blended in an eerily bizarre manner—
a power of rules not belonging to the God Realm but equally strong, interwoven with the rules of the God Realm.
It was this interplay that had caused the chaos.
It was almost exactly as Daniel had suspected:
The Life Temple had likely been attempting to ascend a world.
Not a special world, but rather a normal one,
experimenting to see if they could elevate it to match a special world and discover something in the process.
Evidently, they had failed.
The result of their failure was plain to see.
The normal world, despite its qualification for ascension, had not fused harmoniously.
Instead, it had crashed headlong into the God Realm.
Not even the Life Temple could have anticipated that their long-held aspirations would lead to such a result,
ultimately destroying their great faction.
The secret of world ascension—
what was it exactly?
What made a special world different from an ordinary one?
These questions swirled rapidly in Daniel’s mind.
“Lord! Over here! This is where we pulled out the withered grass!”
Arya’s voice snapped Daniel out of his thoughts.
He walked toward her location.
In such a chaotic place,
how could a stable mini world still exist?
Daniel quickly noticed the difference in Arya’s location compared to its surroundings.
It seemed to be a stable mini world,
miraculously preserved amidst the chaos of colliding rules.
Arya and the others were busy pulling out withered grass,
as Daniel had mentioned earlier that this grass served as fodder.
Daniel watched them work.
From the Primordial Divine Spell he’d obtained in the book vault,
he noticed something peculiar:
As they pulled the withered grass,
its energy flowed back into the earth.
Only a small fraction of its energy remained within the grass.
It felt as though the grass and the earth were a single entity.
Pulling out the grass was akin to peeling off a thin layer from an intact whole.
The majority of its energy returned to the ground.
The process reminded Daniel of a scene he had seen in a painting:
When he crushed a butterfly,
its life force didn’t dissipate entirely but instead transferred elsewhere,
leaving only a small portion to fade.
Could it be…
that this mini world was special in some way?
Or perhaps the ground beneath their feet…
At that moment, Daniel noticed something unusual!
The ground beneath them was entirely composed of yellow soil,
with no stones in sight.
This was extremely strange!
Logically, no terrain—mountains or plains—should be entirely made of soil without any rocks.
Moreover…
Daniel looked across the entire expanse. Enjoy more content from empire
Or rather—
This mountain, entirely composed of yellow clay.
“What!!! Could this… could this be…”
Suddenly, the Ink Sea God King cried out in shock.
He fell to his knees, abandoning all semblance of dignity,
and carefully scooped up a handful of soil with both hands.
The soil crumbled in his hands,
falling back to the ground.
The Ink Sea God King, a veteran god king of many years,
was well-traveled in the God Realm.
Could it be that the withered grass wasn’t the true treasure—
but rather the yellow clay?
Daniel watched the Ink Sea God King,
waiting for an explanation.
“This aura, this presence… Lord Daniel,
I think I know what this is!”
“What is it?”
“Lord Daniel,
I suspect that this may very well be what’s known as Soulbound Soil!”
Soulbound Soil?
Daniel had indeed heard of it before.
He’d read about it in books on magic arrays.
Soulbound Soil was a type of divine artifact.
Even a tiny amount of it was capable of endless regeneration.
In extreme cases, it could even create an entire world!
It was considered an unparalleled material for crafting magic arrays,
since no magic array could compare to the might of an entire world!
“This… is Soulbound Soil?”
Daniel found it hard to believe.
He knew about Soulbound Soil,
but these yellow clay’s effects didn’t align with its descriptions.
“Ahem… Lord Daniel,
what I mean is, it’s similar to that—
this yellow clay might be a prototype form…”