Chapter 558: Chapter 119: The Great Dao is Ruthless, Born into an Other Cosmos

For now, the four-way dynamic was set.

As for whether a fifth or sixth party would eventually join, that was a matter for the future.

Who knew?

At any rate, knowing that there would be at least fifty vacant Pillar God positions meant the alliance between Lince and the Three Gods of the Cosmos would only grow stronger.

After all, even after they crossed the Pillar God threshold, everyone would still prefer to help Deities they trusted join their "big family." This would also allow them to form their own cliques, ensuring that their respective interests wouldn’t be encroached upon or suppressed by other factions once they became Pillar Gods.

In short, whether it was a matter of power or personal rapport, Lince and the Three Gods of the Cosmos could still trust one another for the time being.

Therefore, during their negotiations, the four of them took a step to solidify their pact: they exchanged Spiritual Fragments with one another.

How to put it?

Basically, each of them tore three small slivers from the edges of their own Sea of Souls and exchanged them with the others.

This way, by relying on Spiritual resonance, the four of them could quickly pinpoint each other’s general direction and approximate location, or even find each other outright, even without the permissions granted by the ’True Game’ fragments. If they weren’t too far apart, they could even use the fragments to communicate directly on a Spiritual level.

Furthermore, this allowed them to ascertain each other’s life-or-death status.

If the original being died, the Spiritual Fragment would extinguish itself.

If Lince were to die, even if he could revive quickly, the other three would know he had died by the fragment’s presence or absence.

It would also be the fastest way for them to know if Lince’s journey to become a Pillar God was successful.

Conversely, Lince could also monitor the status of the other three.

In short, even though Lince and the Three Gods of the Cosmos each harbored their own reservations, their bond had undeniably grown stronger.

’Why do I get the feeling we’re turning into the four great schemers of the Subspace?’

Lince muttered to himself after returning to the territory of the Star Empire, reflecting on his recent dealings with the Three Gods of the Cosmos.

But he quickly dismissed the thought.

Right now, He needed to make the most of the next hundred-odd years to both familiarize Himself with His Power and to arrange the affairs of the Star Empire.

Fortunately, Kukudar had already ascended to the Authority Level.

Otherwise, He couldn’t have left with peace of mind.

Even with the Three Gods of the Cosmos secretly watching over it, the Star Empire still had to be strong enough to stand on its own.

After all, the most the Three Gods of the Cosmos could do was guarantee the Star Empire’s survival.

Lince couldn’t very well ask them to babysit the Star Empire for him.

By the same token, that was all Lince could offer in return.

After all, who would spend all their time watching over some so-called civilization?

Or constantly clean up messes for a civilization that offered no significant benefit to them?

Just as Lince only valued the Three Gods of the Cosmos for who they were, they, in turn, only valued Lince for who he was.

As for any unrelated parties or even subordinate factions?

In their eyes, such things were inconsequential.

Besides, for Lince, who was already at the Authority Level Peak and even a Half-step Pillar God, the Star Empire was no longer truly necessary.

However, it did serve as a backup power source for rapid resurrection after death.

If the Star Empire could maintain its current scale, or even continue to expand on its own, then He would simply let it be.

But if they ran into trouble...

If Lince was around, fine. If not... well, so be it.

And just like that, a little over a hundred years flew by.

On this day, Lince finally faced the greatest trial on his path to becoming a Pillar God.

Five Other Cosmoses, all adjacent to his own, were presented as options for Lince.

The will of the Cosmos presented the choices before His eyes as subtitles, facilitated by the True Game.

The choice was obvious.

Lince wasn’t reckless enough to choose the Other Cosmos that was even larger than his own.

He didn’t even choose the one of a comparable size.

He ultimately chose His target from among the three remaining Little Cosmoses!

Then, with a flicker of mysterious light, Lince vanished from his home Cosmos.

The next time Lince opened His eyes, He had already arrived at His destination.

He found Himself on a Barbaric Planet in the Other Cosmos. He had arrived in the most clandestine manner possible, suppressing the aura of His home Cosmos to the greatest degree. Like a newborn life, His ’weak’ form had been born onto this world.

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