The two surviving Midgods of the Heiyu Tribe fled toward their own tribe's remaining Lowergods for protection.
"Chase them!"
Sadius led his group, charging forward in pursuit.
The Heiyu Tribe's Lowergods, upon receiving the command, immediately redirected their attacks, ignoring the retreating Thunderwing Tribe's fleeing Lowergods.
In an instant, twenty to thirty Lowergods who specialized in soul attacks launched a combined assault, bombarding Sadius' group with relentless soul strikes.
But Sadius' Earth-elemental divine clone instantly condensed an elemental earth dragon in front of the group.
The soul attacks slammed into the earth dragon.
Normally, soul attacks should've passed directly through an elemental construct and hit the targets behind…But this elemental earth dragon was fused with the Profound Mystery of the Vitality of the Earth, allowing it to block even soul attacks.
The next moment, the elemental dragon exploded into fragments,
but it had successfully absorbed the combined soul strike.
"Kill!"
Sadius' Earth-elemental clone drew his divine-spark longsword and charged at the group of Lowergods.
Meanwhile, the Destruction clone had already caught up with one fleeing Midgod.
On Emilin's side, he unleashed his innate divine ability—"Devour the Heavens!"
This slowed down the other fleeing Midgod's speed significantly.
The three Six-Eyed Golden Lion brothers immediately used their joint immobilizing technique, forcing that Midgod into direct combat with Emilin.
Sadius' sword descended—killing the first Midgod instantly.
His Earth-elemental clone continued to sweep through the Lowergods, cutting them down like grass.
At this time, the remaining Thunderwing Tribe's Lowergods joined the battle as well.
Sadius did not harm them—after all, if all the Lowergods united, even he might face difficulties.
After Sadius' Destruction clone killed another Midgod, he immediately went to support Emilin.
But upon arrival, Sadius saw that Emilin was becoming more ferocious the longer he fought.
So Sadius didn't step in to help.
Emilin also cultivated the Edicts of Destruction, and combat itself was the best form of training for him.
And clearly, during this life-and-death battle, Emilin was showing faint signs of an impending breakthrough.
As a Divine Beast, his physical constitution already gave him a huge advantage.
His strength was already at the peak of the Lowergod realm, so against a weaker Midgod, Emilin had the power to fight head-on.
If he followed the usual slow cultivation path, he would've needed a few more centuries to reach the Midgod level.
But now, this cross-realm battle was pushing him toward an early breakthrough.
At this moment, aside from Emilin's fight, the rest of the battlefield had been completely cleared by Sadius.
The surviving Thunderwing Tribe's Lowergods gathered together.
"My lord, thank you for saving our lives."
One of the Lowergods spoke, deeply grateful.
Indeed, Sadius had effectively saved them from slaughter.
"What's your tribe called? What's your current situation?"
"Reporting to my lord, our tribe is called the Thunderwing Tribe. It's just a small tribe with only five Midgod warriors, but they were all killed just now by the Heiyu Tribe. The rest of the Lowergods are just ordinary tribe members, not warriors."
Sadius nodded.
A tribe with only five Midgods was indeed very small.
"Then, there's no problem with us joining your Thunderwing Tribe, right?"
"My lord, what are you saying? The Thunderwing Tribe is already yours. Even the Heiyu Tribe… is yours now."
One of the Lowergod squad leaders replied respectfully.
Liya and the others flew over.
"My lord, you were so handsome just now!"
Liya looked at Sadius with eyes full of admiration.
Nien immediately felt a huge sense of crisis.
"Alright, let's just wait and see when Emilin finishes his battle."
In the sky, Emilin was already overpowering the Midgod he was fighting.
Right now, he was only one step away from becoming a Midgod himself.
Emilin had also chosen the path of fusing profound mysteries, otherwise, he would've already become a Midgod long ago.
The Midgod he was fighting felt sheer terror.
Divine Beasts' physical defenses were far superior to ordinary Gods.
"Damn it, I must escape! Otherwise, I'll die here today!"
The Midgod was panicking internally.
"Wait! I have ties with a Highgod Fiend from Blackcloud City! You can't kill me! If you kill me, that Fiend will make you pay the price!"
A Highgod?
Emilin hesitated slightly.
"On the divine path, you hesitate now? How will you ever move forward?"
Sadius' calm voice entered Emilin's mind.
Upon hearing this, Emilin no longer hesitated—he launched a decisive, fatal blow.
With a single punch, the Midgod was completely obliterated.
At that exact moment, Sadius' words seemed to trigger something deep inside Emilin.
He immediately broke through the bottleneck holding him back.
The heavenly rules descended.
Emilin officially became a Midgod.
"Congratulations."
"Thank you for your guidance, my lord."
"This was your own effort. I didn't really do much."
"Now that you're a Midgod, we can finally have a proper discussion about insights into the Edicts of Destruction."
The battle ended.
The others had already finished clearing the battlefield.
All the Midgods' Divine Sparks and space rings were collected and handed to Sadius.
As for the Lowergod sparks, Sadius let Liya, and the others divide them freely.
"What's your name?"
Sadius asked the Lowergod squad leader.
"My lord, I'm called Longdot."
"Good. Lead us to the Thunderwing Tribe settlement."
"Yes, my lord."
Then Longdot respectfully led Sadius and his companions toward the tribe's gathering grounds.
The Thunderwing Tribe was indeed small—there were only a few hundred Lowergods.
Aside from the remaining three or four warriors, the rest were just ordinary tribe members.
The Thunderwing Tribe had no special resources.
Most of the tribe members survived by forging divine artifacts, but their income was very meager.
Sadius looked at the rows of crude stone houses in front of him, feeling as though he had stepped into a primitive society.
"These Gods really can make do with such a simple life…"
Soon, Longdot gathered all the remaining Lowergods of the tribe.
"Everyone, listen well. These two lords, Sadius and Emilin, have defeated the Heiyu Tribe's Midgods and saved our tribe's warriors. Our former chieftain and the other four Midgods all fell in the battle against the Heiyu Tribe. So now, Lord Sadius is our new tribe chief!"
Most of the Gods didn't seem to care much.
Who the chieftain was didn't matter to them—their lives were all the same either way.
Sadius then took out two Midgod sparks—one of the Dark element, one of Destruction.
These were the two most common elements among the tribe members present.
"I have here two Midgod sparks. I will give them as rewards to those who complete tasks I assign. If you finish the task, you will earn the spark."
Upon hearing this, the tribe's Gods became instantly excited.
"My lord, what do you need us to do?!" someone asked eagerly.
"First, this tribe's layout is far too random and ugly. It displeases me.
I want the settlement reorganized, and a proper castle built for us."
"My lord, I was a master architect back in the material plane. Leave it to me!" a middle-aged man said quickly.
"Good. Do it. Once it's complete and I'm satisfied,you'll earn one Midgod spark."
The others immediately began asking if they could also participate.
"Don't rush. There will be more tasks coming."
Sadius' lips curved into a faint, knowing smile.
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