[Fusing these law sources into current holdings requires 46,590,000 Divine Crystals.]
Haru stared at the number. More than 46 million. Even Aurelyss would have felt that. The GM had never offered anything for free, and apparently wasn't starting now, even facing the Abyssal Army together in the coming war, it would still charge him to the crystal.
He checked his reserves. Just over 90 million, the bulk of it from the Titan pantheon's redemption payment. His two Natal Artifacts were fully upgraded and would not be consuming any more resources.
The Angel recruitment ran at most tens of thousands per day. Spending 46 million would leave him over 50 million, enough to keep the Angel Reincarnation Pools running without interruptions.
The return justified it. His daily inflow of Divine Power ran at about 10 million points, drawn from two sources, the Great Aetherium's believers and the Beast God Pantheon feeding back to him, which was already enough to make other Supreme Gods envious.
What the fusion would add in a single session would dwarf that. The Divine Power gain alone, if purchased directly with Divine Crystals, would have cost tens of millions to replicate. Spending 46 million to get that plus the law origin improvements was straightforwardly profitable.
"Use the Divine Crystals. Integrate everything."
The sphere detonated. A dense rain of golden light poured through his forehead, nearly 1.6 million streams, each seeking its matching origin inside his Godhead. The GM's mysterious force reappeared, making the process smooth and rapid.
Every breath or two, tens of thousands of sources fused. The Divine Power in his body climbed in increments of a hundred million and kept climbing.
He could track it in real time. The origins of the Laws of Destruction and Slaughter were pulling ahead fastest, fed by the sheer volume of high-quality sources and the late-stage Supreme God Tier contributions from Malakar and Skarion, both of whose personal origins were exceptionally pure and vast, exactly what his own needed to accelerate.
An hour passed and all the 1.6 million sources were successfully integrated.
The origins of the Laws of Destruction and Slaughter were now very close to the God Monarch Tier. One strong boost, one significant opportunity, and either origin might trigger a breakthrough. With it, Haru would also become a Pseudo God King.
He sat with that for a moment, then opened his eyes and checked his status panel.
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[Castle Lord: Kazehaya Haru]
[Title: Divine Emperor of the Aetherium Empire]
[Territory: Intermediate Imperial Capital]
[Subordinate Divine Factions: Beast God Pantheon (1.18 Million+ Gods)]
[Rank: Peak Supreme God Tier]
[Strength: 80 Million points of Divine Power]
[Divine Power: 7.94 Billion Points]
[Laws: 1,445 in total (Space, Power, Berserk, etc.)]
[Equipment: Scepter of Sovereignty, Armor of Sovereignty, Ring of the Eternal Sanctum, Moonlight Armor…]
[Power Stones: 170 Billion+]
[Magic Crystals: 2.39 Billion+]
[Divine Crystals: 57,000,000+]
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The strength figure was unchanged, 80 million was the standard floor for Peak Supreme Gods, and reaching that floor was what the rank signified. But actual strength didn't come from the rank itself, it came from what was stacked on top of it.
He ran the calculation.
Base strength: 80 million points. Activating the Scepter of Sovereignty doubled that to 160 million. Then layer in the 1,445 sources of Divine Laws, each adding to his Divine Power intensity. His total effective strength pushed well past 200 million, approaching 300 million.
For comparison, the Titan Lord Varkath—one of the strongest beings on the Endless Continent, a Peak Supreme God with a top-level Supreme God Tier Natal Artifact and his own law sources—could barely approach 200 million at maximum output. The First, Second, and Third Demon Monarchs were in the same range.
(T/N: The Bolvark Hammers are considered one Artifact since they are a pair.)
The gap between 200 million and 300 million wasn't a small one. At the peak of Supreme God Tier, every 10 million points of strength differential was clearly reflected in combat. He was ahead of the top three Demon Monarchs by over 100 million, which was similar to the difference between an ordinary human and a Titan.
He thought about the recent war against the Evil Pantheon: he fought a two against one battle, Malakar and Skarion simultaneously, with nearly 200 law sources. He'd won that. Now he has 1,445. Facing the top three Demon Monarchs together, he was confident he could suppress all three simultaneously.
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