Chapter 461 - 461: A new world

In the blink of an eye, a year passed since the battle and the world had settled into two factions. One belonged to the remnants of the old gods and their leader the beyond while the other side belonged to the new gods and their leader Derik who had reached the demigod realm and has stabilized his cultivation. Due to the injury the beyond incurred from its first fight with Derik, it was reduced to the lowest grade of the true god realm due to the fatal injury it incurred and that's why it tried to recover its strength by hoarding all the resources of the god vein and after its current battle with Derik where its spirit materialization was consumed by Derik, it was reduced to the Demigod realm, placing the beyond and Derik at the same level.

In such a position it's safe to say Derik has the advantage and can kill the beyond in a one-on-one battle, he is yet to make a move because of the presence of the cosmic beings. Derik strongly believed that even though the beyond was currently weaker than the cosmic beings, they still carried its soul imprint so they will most likely stand against him if he should try to wipe out the old gods and the beyond. For that reason alone, Derik has remained in secluded cultivation. The beyond on its own part believed that the help of the Cosmic beings does not assure victory. From its encounters and clashes with Derik, the beyond finally understood that conflict fuels Derik's power, and unless absolute victory is assured, it had no intentions of risking Derik consuming another god soul and increasing his power once again.

Both sides remained silent and the humans under their watch lived their normal lives not knowing the war about to take place. During this period, the first batch of capable mages and superhuman fighters were formed and the remnants of the supernatural creatures in this world were used to create a new squad in the empire's military. During the space of a year, Derik, Cyrus, and the other new gods joined hands to create new bodies for their most formidable allies in the past, purifying their souls and sealing them inside their new bodies. Amongst those resurrected were Kira, Kin, Kuen, Kalos, Elsa, Agus, Fernandos, Aldora, Gin, Donald, Daemon, Gerald, Mason, and Karl.

While Elsa was resurrected for personal reasons best known to Derik, the others were resurrected because they were considered the most powerful gold realm masters of their time. To improve their strength, these people were needed and while many failed to understand why Derik didn't leave them in their undead form, Derik wanted to create a new world where everyone is given a second chance at life. He wished to give these people the opportunity to cultivate even harder and reach the demigod realm! This is something considered impossible if they remain as undead puppets.

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"It's done.." Tanatos voice echoed in Blink and Derik's ears, causing them to stop halfway through their meditation and vanish.

Reappearing at the lowest chamber of the underground facilities in the empire, Derik gazed at the massive construct there. It was a ring-shaped machine as large as two jeeps stacked upon each other. There were too many wirings and machines around which made Derik's head spin since he couldn't understand any of them.

During that one year, Tanatos has been a great help to Derik and the people of the empire, thereby earning their trust. As for Tanatos, this was the first them he could feel the sincere joy of people having a none combatant god around. He could tell that the people admired him and even some of the new gods envied his gift. While he lacked strength he had something even Derik will never have and surprisingly, Derik appreciated him more than any other person has ever done.

After seeing how much he has contributed to his new world, Derik decided to open up on the vision issues. He told them about his theory on how he was able to get the vision and how he just knows where the new god vein is located. After listening to him, Tanatos found it reasonable and understood why Derik came to him. Derik could feel something extremely powerful residing in that world and he knew it's an energy source capable of granting him access to a realm beyond the realm protector level.

The problem now was that Derik is unable to leave this planet with his current cultivation realm. A god vein suppresses the cultivation base of beings considered threats and that's why the cosmic beings are yet to dive into this planet and wipe out everyone with their immense power. They know if they should step foot into this world, their strength will most likely be reduced to the demigod realm or even lower, leaving them helpless against Derik. But in turn, Derik is unable to leave this place since it's the safest place for him, at least until he recovers his true strength. This was the same reason why he couldn't go to the new planet himself because the world will also suppress him and more importantly those here need him.

"I call it the spatial wheel… It allows you to focus your spatial powers at a particular spot and makes it possible for long-ranged teleportation" Tanatos explained.

Since Derik knew the location of the god vein, if he should focus on its location with the help of the machine, Derik should be able to open a spatial gate leading directly to the new god vein.

Wooosh!

Cyrus and Clovis appeared in the room but the others didn't seem shocked. Clovis had a golden seal on his forehead, just like Blink who had a black seal on his forehead. Since these two are needed here, they had no choice but to send their successors.

"I have no intentions of repeating the mistakes of the old gods and create enmity between us and the current new gods… I am not even sure the god vein has produced new gods… all I want is that power source… You two have been given a means to contact us… If there is an issue you cannot deal with, contact us and we will let them know who your masters are!" Derik said with a sinister smile on his face.