The Holy Chronicles of Baator

These spirits had been stored by Akaban, the Emperor and founder of the former Sakartes Empire. There were millions upon millions of Souls within the crystal, because Akaban has been collecting them for countless centuries. 

He planned to ascend to the Greater God Rank the moment he finished his Apotheosis with the usage of the overwhelming number of Souls, but unfortunately for him, he met Leylin and thus met his ultimate demise.

A small number of them had been used for tests in Baator, but now Leylin had cast most of them out.

His Godfire rumbled as it absorbed so many spirits, its power skyrocketing as a sparkling translucent crystal emerged, the depiction of his Divine Domain.

This crystal was flawless, a hint of blood to its color indicating that it belonged exclusively to a God of Massacre.

"Such a pity. Malar is only a Lesser God in the end. If Cyric was here, this Demigod could only fall…"

Mystra's face was full of doubt because, with the death of Malar, there was nothing that could stop Leylin from his Apotheosis to the Lesser God Ranks.

"Why exactly is Cyric sitting back and watching others take over his domain?"

"There's no use guessing right now!"

Tyr shouted from beside her, his huge sword in hand.

"All we can do now is wait. The power of Laws and the Prime Material Plane will stop protecting him once he Ascends, and he'll be thrown out. A Lesser God has nowhere to run facing my true body…"

As a Greater God, Tyr was confident in himself, because once Leylin finished the Apotheosis they could still kill him, as the disparity in power between them was too huge. In his eyes, the Lesser God had no chance of surviving the confrontation with the Greater God like him.

Someone who has reached the peak of the Greater God.

"That's the only way."

Mystra sighed. Her heart was filled with anxiety, but she had no other choices because she had different options and suspicions about the entire thing. 

She was feeling that something was taking place in the shadows, that someone was scheming something and right now, the feeling was getting stronger and stronger.

From the first moment she found about the existence of Leylin, she felt that there was something odd about the man, something that she couldn't explain and her inborn precognition abilities couldn't see.

But even though it was shielded in the unknown, that didn't stop her from suspecting that something really terrible was brewing within the World of Gods.

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[Beep! The host has obtained the Divine Domain of Massacres. Comprehension of the Law of Massacres has reached 100%.]

[All conditions have been met, the host is now ascending…]

[The host comprehension of Massacre rule: 100%! All the conditions have been met! Advancing to the True God!]

[Beep! The host has automatically been classified as a Legendary Priest. All spells unlocked.]

All of Leylin's followers seemed to sense something at this moment, their eyes brimming with tears of excitement as they started praying.

"Nāgarāja, my Lord, you are the Lord of our Souls. You shall shelter us in your Kingdom after Death, for you are the ruler of all!"

"Nāgarāja, my Lord, rule the Massacres and Slaughter. The Death of your enemies shall bring you power, and you are the End of everything!"

"Nāgarāja, my Lord, you rule the Bloodlines and Serpents. We wish for your throne to join the stars in the skies!"

Devout prayer spread across the prime material plane, followed by Baator, the Abyss, the heavens, and even the entire astral plane.

Those of Legendary Might, Devils, Demons, Vampires, Dragons, Humans and all other creatures that worshipped the Nāgarāja and Church of the Heavenly Serpent; they all shifted their attention to this location.

A True God had been born, recognized by the world to stand at its peak!

The terror of the Law of Massacre was enough to support a powerful God, because it was one of the more combat-oriented Divine Domains and Godhoods, giving him a tremendous advantage in combat.

Furthermore, Leylin hadn't comprehended the Law step by step, instead having it all thrust upon him through Faith and the power of the World Origin Force.

It caused him to feel bloated in an instant as the terrifying energy mixed with Faith spread around his body. If not for the Divine Body he already possessed, Leylin would have exploded due to the enormous force.

But he was prepared for this moment since the first second he stepped foot on the World of Gods and he gathered Faith and Worshippers just for this moment. He could have ascended to Godhood a long time ago, but he was waiting for the right opportunity.

And that had now come.

With such terrifying energy, his Godfire and Divine Force seemed to fuse with his Divine Domain, ultimately forming a True God's body. In that split second, Leylin Faulen had entered the realms of Rank 7 and became a True God!

Though he knew that this wasn't the end, because he still hadn't used all of the reserves of Faith and things that he collected during his time in the World of Gods and all of his preparations, but now, there was no time for that...

The more pressing matter appeared...

The whole world started to roar, and the space around Leylin began to shatter.

The world was beginning to suppress him, the prime material plane unable to accommodate the body of a true god. It was urging him on, to move into the Starry Sky of the World of Gods and establish his Divine Kingdom.

'Establish a Divine Kingdom? And in the Starry Sky in that? I am not that idiotic, you fools...'

With his Ascension, Leylin had an understanding of the process of establishing his Divine Kingdom that was almost second nature. The moment he became God, he obtained the innate knowledge of how to construct the Divine Kingdom.

Through various means or combinations of luck and fate, he managed to gather the favor of the Origin Force, the construction of his Divine Kingdom would far surpass normal Domains and save a great amount of Divine Force.