Chapter 487 – Inheriting the Divine Position: Recreating the Divine Body!

The earth is the cycle of Hell.

The Mortal Realm is the Lord of Mount Tai, who wields the Genesis Authority along with the Authority of Calamity.

The heavens are the sovereign of the sun and starlight—the Giant of Light.

Mu Lin’s concept of the Trinity has now been largely established.

Of course, a concept is merely a concept. Setting aside the fusion of the Trinity, at present, among Mu Lin’s three Divine Positions, only the Lord of Mount Tai of the Mortal Realm has barely reached the level of a True God due to the inheritance of the Divine Position.

His Giant of Light has just been utterly destroyed.

As for the cycle of Hell, it has only barely reached the stage of a Celestial Master, still far from being a True God.

“Even the Genesis Authority, I have only just begun to accept it.”

…

There were no surprises in the inheritance of the Divine Position. Regardless of what the Goddess of Life of the Celestial Spirit Clan had originally thought, once Mu Lin’s body possessed the bloodline of the Celestial Spirit Clan and transformed into the Celestial Spirit·Giant of Light, this Goddess of Life acknowledged Mu Lin.

Thus, she readily relinquished her pure essence and soon developed a desire to face death—without Authority or Divine Position, her resistance to corruption greatly diminished, and she would soon fall into depravity. Therefore, she wished to die sooner.

However, before leaving, she reminded Mu Lin:

“Be careful. After all, I was once fused with the Divine Position and Authority. Although I have done my utmost to take all the corruption from the Divine Position with me, there is no guarantee that none remains. Do not be careless.”

“I understand.”

After saying this, Mu Lin did not let the Goddess of Life leave and also stopped Yue Ling, who was similarly preparing to face death.

The latter did not wish to die out of despair… Mu Lin had shown the Celestial Spirits the future, and his active fusion with the bloodline of the Celestial Spirits made them no longer view submission to him as a humiliation.

Yue Ling wanted to face death because, as a demigod, she had previously taken on a portion of the corruption for the sake of her people and her mother.

This corruption could not be cleansed, and if she did not face death, she would soon succumb and fall into depravity.

The same was true for the Goddess of Life. Thus, though somewhat comforted by being stopped, she soon shook her head and said, “Do not grieve for me. I am beyond saving. The future of the Celestial Spirits is now in your hands.”

However, while she believed herself beyond saving, Mu Lin held a different opinion.

“Beyond saving? I don’t think so. Life is a miracle of the world. For the sake of survival, the power of life is incredibly strong.”

Mu Lin indeed had some confidence in curing the Goddess of Life and Yue Ling. In his view, the corruption they suffered was akin to a virus.

And humans, or living beings in nature, possess a certain resistance to viruses.

Even if they initially lack it, when faced with a lethal threat, life evolves antibodies and antigens to survive.

Just like smallpox, the Black Death, cholera, plagues… these formidable viruses were once beyond humanity’s control, but eventually, methods to combat them were found, and resistance was developed.

Mu Lin believed he could do the same.

“With the Genesis Authority, I can create tens of thousands of organisms and then spread that corruption among them to see if any of them trigger a miracle and develop antibodies.”

“Even if none initially do, it doesn’t matter. I can use the Life Authority to sustain them and add the light of Purification. With such active genes and the power of Purification, it is highly likely that antigens and antibodies can be created…”

Historically, smallpox, which claimed countless lives, was eradicated in this very way.

Two worlds, millions of lives and genes—Mu Lin believed his chances of finding antibodies were quite high.

“If that still doesn’t work, I can use Fated Death, the decay of Sky Burial Power, and combine it with biological genes to create a new virus. Then, I can fight poison with poison to combat that contamination.”

Mu Lin hadn’t forgotten that he had once used the power of Black River Water to counter Sin Salt.

Using an extremely aggressive virus to fight contamination now was a perfectly normal approach, and it was highly likely to succeed.

……

Not wanting the two to die, Mu Lin explained in great detail.

His clear and logical explanation made the two women realize… this truly could succeed.

Then, their expressions froze.

No one wanted to die. Originally, if they didn’t die, they would degenerate into Malevolent Ghosts or evil demons, which was why they had no choice but to sacrifice themselves heroically.

But now, discovering they didn’t have to die, they naturally felt joy in their hearts.

After the joy, however, their expressions turned peculiar.

Especially Yue Ling, who looked at her mother with a face full of frustration at her lack of effort.

“Mother, you’ve held the Life Authority for so many years and have been locked in a stalemate with the contamination for so long—did you never think of using other lifeforms to fight the contamination?”

“…I’m sorry!”

The Goddess of Life, being scolded, blushed deeply, filled with shame.

This matter… the Goddess of Life, Ling Yan, truly hadn’t considered.

She had always believed her Divine Body was the strongest. If even her own body couldn’t withstand it, other lifeforms naturally wouldn’t be able to resist the contamination either.

Because of this, she had never thought in that direction.

—In a way, her thinking wasn’t wrong. Her Divine Body was indeed the strongest. Without other abilities to support them, the contamination would instantly kill all kinds of lifeforms as soon as it arrived.

Even if those lifeforms could originally produce antibodies or antigens, weak antibodies wouldn’t be enough to counter contamination capable of threatening a True God.

However, Mu Lin was still here—he could intervene.

Using the power of Creation of Life to extend the lifespan of lifeforms gave them the means to stalemate the contamination and provided the foundation for antibodies to emerge.

And after finding antibodies, even if they were very weak, Mu Lin could infuse them with life force, making them stronger and more numerous.

Finally, with these antibodies as the core, Mu Lin could construct genes—or rather, medicine—to resist the contamination.

And this was the true way to use the Life Authority.

It could only be said that the Goddess of Life, who hadn’t thought of this, suffered from a lack of knowledge.

She also didn’t understand that life is a miracle—no matter how strong a lifeform is, it has its shortcomings, and no matter how weak a lifeform is, it has praiseworthy aspects.

……

Apart from frustration at her lack of effort and shame, there was another reason for the peculiar feelings in the hearts of the Goddess of Life, Ling Yan, and Yue Ling.

Looking at Mu Lin’s calm demeanor, they immediately understood that he must have long since thought of a way to deal with the contamination.

And indeed, that was the case.

After obtaining the Life Authority, Mu Lin knew that with the Authority, he would have strong resistance to all kinds of contamination. Even if he didn’t originally have it, he could gradually develop it.

As for why he hadn’t mentioned it before, it was naturally because he wasn’t a saint.

If he revealed the method to counter the contamination and Ling Yan successfully carried it out, the Celestial Spirit Clan would have no need for Mu Lin at all. Consequently, the matter of inheriting the Divine Position would come to nothing.

Although the Celestial Spirit Clan at that time would likely have been immensely grateful to Mu Lin for saving their Mother God, no matter how grateful, they would never hand over the Life Authority, nor would they allow Mu Lin to become a god of the Celestial Spirit Clan.

Having reasoned this far clearly, unless Mu Lin had been kicked in the head by a donkey, he would never have revealed his intentions beforehand.

He spoke of it now because Ling Yan had severed the Divinity cleanly—to minimize contamination.

Moreover, this Divinity had been completely fused with and controlled by Mu Lin, making it impossible for anyone else to seize it.

Under these circumstances, to repay the favor, reduce karmic ties, and clarify his own Dao heart, Mu Lin had no qualms about saving Ling Yan and Yue Ling.

…

Both women had also come to understand Mu Lin’s reasoning. Fortunately, they were clever enough not to mention returning the Divine Position, a response that greatly satisfied Mu Lin.

“Quite clever, and they know when to advance or retreat.”

“But then again, if they didn’t understand such principles, they would have stubbornly clung to the Life Authority and fallen into corruption, rather than leaving a path of survival for their kin.”

Not everyone possesses the resolve to abandon their Divine Position and willingly face death.

“Yet it is precisely because of your goodness and understanding of when to yield that I am willing to lend you a hand.”

Such is the nature of karma in this world—every action and reaction follows its destined course.

…

After obtaining the Life Authority, Mu Lin’s first act was to create tens of thousands of soulless lives and use them to resist contamination.

His second act was to reconstruct the Divine Body.

(End of Chapter)