The Era of Gods

Chapter 670: Chapter 670: True Underworld Council and Succession

Julian’s organization was called the True Underworld Council, and its original founder was the progenitor of the True Underworld.

At that time, the progenitor of the True Underworld was not yet the progenitor, and was competing with another nearly progenitor-level entity for the opportunity to ascend. He recruited a large number of Children of the Spirit Realm from the Spirit Realm Main World to come to this world. Subsequently, the True Underworld progenitor succeeded in ascending to progenitorhood, but the force did not dissolve; on the contrary, it grew ever stronger.

A large number of Children of the Spirit Realm descended to the Wizard World, retaining their memories through the authority of the True Underworld progenitor and dispersed across different worlds.

Many, including Julian, did not think that the progenitor of the True Underworld intended to conquer and subjugate the Wizard World, which was completely impossible even had he become a progenitor.

As the strongest world discovered by many Divine Realm civilizations within the Chaotic Void Sea, the Wizard World, with its numerous progenitors, made it unlikely that several Divine Realm civilizations combined could defeat it. Julian guessed that the True Underworld progenitor’s most likely aim was to seek out that great enemy who competed with him for progenitorhood initially.

Of course, speculations were just speculations. Even if a large portion of the Children of the Spirit Realm guessed this, they had no interest in specifically seeking him out, as beings of that level were beyond their reach. They were more interested in using the channels opened by the True Underworld progenitor to grow within the Wizard World.

The True Underworld progenitor had achieved progenitorhood in the Wizard World, and they too harbored such dreams.

At first, Julian wanted to rely on his own ability and talent to exert effort. However, reality was cruel, and it became clear that no matter how hard he tried, his strength’s growth progress was incredibly slow. As he saw one Descender after another catch up or surpass him, he finally couldn’t resist bowing to reality and married someone from his own race whom he had not liked before.

With his wife’s unrelenting support, who was already one of the three major principals of the True Underworld Council in this world, Julian was able to condense several spiritual powers within just two hundred years, successfully ignite The Light of Spirit and advance to become a Dawn Wizard, ranking as one of the stronger beings even within the True Underworld Council; at the same time, he became one of the high-ranking members of the Azure Sect, where his wife belonged.

Their Sect wasn’t a pure Child of the Spirit Realm Sect; it was originally a powerful force in this world, but after more than a hundred thousand years of continuous infiltration by them, the entire Sect had come under their control, with the high ranks all being Descenders of the Spirit Realm.

They followed the world’s rules, occasionally waging wars on Alien Worlds to plunder resources, Rules, and origins, thus contributing to the strengthening of this world.

After all, for the powerful Children of the Spirit Realm in this world, their initial plan was internal infiltration. Many Children of the Spirit Realm had long regarded this world as their possession, just like many branches of the True Underworld Council in other worlds that silently infiltrated and controlled their respective worlds.

The world’s strength similarly represented their overall strength, which they recognized very clearly.

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As a Dawn Wizard, Julian was now mainly the middle to high-level combat force for expeditions to other worlds, directly becoming the high-level combat force in some weaker worlds.

This time, Julian’s Sect was conquering a small world. At the beginning of the exploration, the strongest beings encountered were just a few Level 4 native powerhouses, and it was thought that they could easily be defeated. However, it turned out that this world was a colony of an even more powerful world when about half of it had been conquered.

The consequence was naturally a war escalation. The Sect had previously deployed several Rank 5 Dawn Wizards personally leading two new legions into that world, but still could not suppress it. Now Julian’s group was the second batch of reinforcements.

The main task was to lead two new legions in support, without any new Rank 5 Wizards arriving. The Sect’s prior assessment concluded that the newly emerged world wasn’t too strong and that the Sect could overcome it.

At the same time, the Sect was very interested in this newly emerged world. If they could deal with it, they would not mind switching their main conquest target to this new world.

This war was greatly impactful for Julian’s Azure Sect, with nearly half of the Sect’s forces already having been mobilized. Yet, for the vast Wizard World, it was hardly a ripple. Especially since the Azure Sect deliberately kept the news secret, and with the recent heated debates among the upper echelons of the Wizard World regarding the new Witch King successor, even fewer paid attention to these matters.

Compared to the bustling debates among the natives of the Wizard World, the highest levels of the True Underworld Council reacted most strongly to this matter.

According to their plan, as soon as any one of the three principals ascended to Rank 7, they would choose to become guardians of this world. Then, once the Old Sorcerer King died, the position of Witch King, as the sole heir, was theirs for the taking.

For this reason, all three principals had already reached an agreement that no matter who ascended to Rank 7 and became the Witch King, they must ensure that the interests of the other two principals were not infringed upon.

The idea was sound, and internal consensus had been reached—all awaited who would first ascend to Rank 7. However, before that day came, they suddenly heard that the Witch King’s position, which they regarded as secured, had become someone else’s. The three principal could not tolerate this and immediately began searching for new information about the Witch King through the True Underworld Council channels.

However, the outcome once again defied their expectations, with no internal information available, not even the name had been heard before.

But from the name, it seemed unlikely to belong to the natives and was very much in the style of a Child of the Divine Realm from the Human World. However, before meeting the person, they dared not confirm it. After discussing amongst themselves, the three principals decided to wait and see the individual during the succession ceremony.

As days passed by, Lin Xiao, who had been immersed in the ocean of knowledge, was finally awoken by the Old Sorcerer King, and he knew that the succession ceremony had begun.

On that day, he changed into a luxurious robe and was taken by the Old Sorcerer King to a quiet room to wait.

There, he needed to communicate with the world will and express his intention to it. If the world will gave its approval, he would be the de facto new master of the Wizard King’s Tower. The ceremony outside was just a formality for others to see, and would not affect his status.

As a natural-born World Guardian, Lin Xiao had been a Son of Gaia in the Main World, with many experiences of communicating with Gaia Will. Sitting quietly in the quiet room for a moment, a will from the Void descended. He spoke emotionlessly,

“I am willing to become the world’s Guardian, until ten thousand years from today!”

The silent will fell, and the quiet room was exceptionally still.

The so-called test was merely an oath, and with a duration of ten thousand years as its term, as long as one did not betray or voluntarily abdicate, one could continue in office indefinitely. The Old Sorcerer King had served twenty-some terms, becoming the master of the Wizard King’s Tower for over two hundred thousand years.

For Lin Xiao, this term was still very long, but it was much better than perpetual. Moreover, when the time came when he must leave, there would be plenty of reasons for his abdication.

Less than five minutes had passed, and Lin Xiao felt an overwhelming surge of primal force flooding toward him, rapidly increasing his own power. At the same time, information regarding the authorities that came with being the Chief Guardian appeared in his mind, which he scrutinized carefully.

There was no earth-shattering transformation. From now on, he was the new Chief Guardian, the Wizard King of the Wizard World, the most powerful wizard in this world.

“Boom…!”

The stone door slowly pushed open, and the Old Sorcerer King and the strikingly beautiful Emerald Queen Tishar appeared at the door. The noticeably aged Old Sorcerer King spoke to him,

“Good day, the new World Guardian!”

Lin Xiao returned the salute.

Emerald Queen Tishar performed a strange courtesy he had never seen before and said,

“Congratulations, Your Excellency. According to the ancient contract, you will need to take a trip to the Jade Dreamland soon.”

He looked questioningly at the Old Sorcerer King, who nodded,

“You’ll understand once you get there, and it will be a good thing for you.”

Lin Xiao nodded, putting his curiosity aside for the moment.

At this time, the Old Sorcerer King said to him with a smile:

“Then, Your Excellency, the new World Guardian, please follow me to meet the signers of the ancient contract!”

Leaning on his wooden rod, the Old Sorcerer King turned and walked away. Lin Xiao gestured politely to the stunningly beautiful Emerald Queen,

“Beautiful lady, after you, please!”

The Emerald Queen Tishar, with eyes as verdant as emerald gemstones, watched him, her usually expressionless and stunningly beautiful face rarely breaking into a slight smile as she nodded slightly to indicate departure.

Inside a spacious golden hall, warm chandeliers hung from the ceiling, casting a soft yellow light that, together with the light from wall lamps, bathed the entire hall in a resplendent glow.

Figures dressed in gold-threaded and silver-edged black garments mingled like aristocrats, either dancing gracefully in the corners of the hall to the beautiful tunes of the orchestra or gathering in small groups for whispered conversations, occasionally raising glasses in greeting when spotting familiar faces.

Amidst the gentle and soothing sounds of harps, bagpipes, and the delicate tones of a triangle, the soft yellow light illuminated the silhouettes in the hall.

“Ladies and gentlemen, on this wondrous night, an event that will impact our entire world is about to take place!”

A middle-aged man dressed in exquisite attire stood in the center of the stage and spoke in an impassioned voice to the figures below:

“The moon tonight is so bright that even the loveliest ladies here make it pale in comparison. On this thrilling day, let us welcome the protagonist of the evening, our new lord of the Wizard King’s Tower, His Majesty Lin Xiao!”

The lights shifted, focusing on a portal at the back of the stage. A circle of gentle ripples dispersed, and the space looked hazy and uncertain as three figures appeared out of thin air before the audience.

Representatives from different forces and races in the hall turned their attention to the only unfamiliar man among the three central figures, all of them very surprised, especially the young man, the old man, and the woman—the three Children of the Spirit Realm.

The three looked at each other, and one of them, a stout man in a robe, rubbed his forehead and communicated telepathically to his companions:

“It must be the Descender from the humans.”

“This is disadvantageous for us!”

“He must die!”

“Agreed!”

“I agree as well!”

Almost instantaneously, while other representatives were still guessing his identity, the three Children of the Spirit Realm had already reached a consensus.

The ceremony did not change due to their decision, as not all the signers of the ancient contract were aware of Lin Xiao’s identity. There were as many who rejected him as there were supporters, the opinions were diverse.

But no matter their thoughts, nothing could change the fact that he was now the lord of the Wizard King’s Tower.