Chapter 2, Becoming a Deity?
After spending ten years in the Necropolis of the Gods, he came back to a grandson.
This truly caught Linley somewhat off-guard, but while holding Arnold in his arms, Linley still felt very happy.
Within the main hall of the castle.
“Taylor, where is your mother?” Linley asked.
Taylor immediately began to laugh. “Father, two years after you left, Mother reached the Grand Magus Saint level…”
“What? Two years?” Linley wasn’t only overjoyed; he was also shocked.
In the Necropolis of the Gods, he had finally broken through to the Grand Magus Saint level on the tenth floor of the Necropolis of the Gods. That was the ninth year in the Necropolis of the Gods. Compared to Delia, Linley had actually reached the Grand Magus Saint level much slower.
“Delia really is amazing.” Linley secretly said to himself while grinning.
Taylor continued, “After reaching the Grand Magus Saint level, she went to the underground training room you always used. A while ago, when Arnold was born, Mother had come out of seclusion, but after his first month, Mother went back to continue training.”
“Oh?” Linley nodded slightly.
Turning, he glanced at the others. “Everyone, wait here for now. I’ll bring Delia out soon. We’ll have dinner together.”
Deep within Dragonblood Castle was that mysterious dimensional gateway. Only, compared to the dimensional gateway beneath the South Sea, this one was much smaller. Linley’s body was already covered with a ‘Pulseguard Defense’ layer, and he walked in.
“Ten years.”
Linley stood in the pocket dimension. Outside of that membrane was chaotic space, and within it, Delia was seated cross-legged, meditating. Her face was covered with a holy light, and she seemed like a goddess.
“Hrm?” Linley suddenly frowned in confusion.
While she was training, the aura which Delia was emitting was actual capable of causing Linley’s heart to clench.
Delia opened her eyes, turning her head in puzzlement. But when she saw Linley, she immediately stood up in surprised joy. “Linley!” Delia’s eyes instantly turned red. The feeling of being separated for ten years truly had been hard to endure.
Delia threw herself into Linley’s arms, clutching Linley tightly.
Linley also tightly held Delia, saying softly by her ear, “Forgive me, Delia.”
“Linley, I’ve been so afraid. I was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to return from the Necropolis of the Gods.” As Delia spoke, Linley suddenly felt that his clothes were growing wet. Delia was already crying!
Delia lifted her head to look at Linley, a mixture of laughter and tears on her face, with tears glistening on her eyelashes. “Linley, you won’t leave now that you are back, right?”
“I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving,” Linley reassured her.
Linley and Delia walked towards the stone bed, sitting down while holding each other.
“Right, Delia. Why is it that I have the feeling as though you are rather different compared to the past?” Linley asked questioningly.
Delia looked at Linley, intentionally putting on a mysterious air. “Linley, guess why I am different from before?”
“Is it because you have reached the Grand Magus Saint level?” Linley asked.
Delia shook her head.
“Hrm?” Linley couldn’t understand it.
Delia smiled, then said softly, “Linley, I’ll tell you big a secret. I. Have already…become a Deity!”
Linley instantly was utterly stunned. It was as though he had been struck by a bolt of lightning. He was speechless for a long time.
“What did you just say? Delia, did you say you’ve become a Deity?” Linley stared disbelievingly at Delia. How could one become a Deity so easily? The likes of Desri and Fain had trained for so many years without success. Even Linley himself had experienced countless life and death battles before, out of a lucky happenstance, he had broken through on the eleventh floor of the Necropolis of the Gods.”
But despite that, Linley would still need around ten years to become a Deity.
Delia had become a Deity?
“It’s true.” Delia nodded.
“Delia, stop joking around.” Linley began to laugh. “If you really want to become a Deity, that’s not a big deal. This time, I acquired divine sparks in the Necropolis of the Gods, one of which is a wind-style divine spark of a Demigod. You can use it to become a Deity.”
Delia gently shook her head.
“Linley, watch carefully.” Delia said softly to Linley.
Suddenly….
A strange presence suddenly filled the area. Linley felt as though he had suddenly come under tremendous invisible pressure, binding him and causing him to be unable to move.
“Godrealm?” The experienced Linley instantly understood.
But Linley’s layer of Pulseguard Defense over his body shuddered and broke free of the ‘binding’. Linley couldn’t help but feel astonished. How could a so-called ‘Godrealm’ be broken through so easily?
Linley stared at Delia in disbelief.
Delia said, somewhat embarrassed, “I’ve only been fusing with this divine spark for eight years, and I’ve only gained insight into a small part of the Laws held within it. I haven’t even finished absorbing the divine spark. I can only use this ‘Godrealm’ for scaring people. After I completely absorb the divine spark, my ‘Godrealm’ will become a true ‘Godrealm’.”
Hearing Delia say this, Linley stared at her in astonishment.
“Delia, what is this all about?” Linley spoke.
Linley was truly stunned.
He came back after ten years and found a grandson, fine. But his wife was becoming a Deity?
“Linley, do you still remember how on the day of our wedding, Bebe said that the Violet-Gold Rat King friend of his had given him a black stone? And then, Bebe had given that black stone to me as our wedding present.” Delia said.
Linley’s mind suddenly shook.
“Delia, are you saying that the black stone…” Linley was no fool. Now that Delia mentioned it, he instantly understood.
“Right. That black stone was a wind-style Demigod divine spark!” Delia said.
“So it really was the case…” Linley felt that this was simply too ridiculous