Although their passion was somewhat too over-the-top, they nevertheless achieved excellent results as role models.
Several dubious islanders also attempted worshiping the new god, and then, incredible things happened!
Those with disabilities... were cured!
Those with illnesses... recovered!
Those facing fertility issues... became pregnant!
The marine beasts that frequently attacked the islands and gave the people a huge headache... also disappeared!
The islanders were incredibly poverty-stricken from the start. Thus, these efficacious incidents brought about astounding effects.
More and more residents entered the temples and started to pray to the Great God Meng Lei for various things.
For a while, Meng Lei’s faith took root and sprouted in every island, gradually beginning to develop and strengthen.
A month later, 20% of the islanders had become Meng Lei’s worshipers. Two months later, the number increased to 40%.
A year later, the number reached a frightening 70%. How much was 70%?
Out of 10 billion islanders, 7 billion of them worshiped Meng Lei. This number was even bigger than the total population on Earth!
The four half-deities were highly satisfied with the results. After laboring for a good half a year, they were finally seeing results. Their efforts hadn’t gone to waste.
The only problem was that Meng Lei still hadn’t awakened. This sorely disappointed the four half-deities.
They were just like children who had done well—eager for Meng Lei’s acknowledgment!
Of course, if it pleased him, it would be even better if Meng Lei could bestow a little something or two upon them.
In the Golden Dragon-Lions’ palace...
A year had passed. The ice that had frozen Meng Lei’s whole sea of consciousness gradually melted. At last, only a lump of ice surrounding the divine spirit flame remained.
Crack!
Crack!
All of a sudden...
A crisp sound rang out. Tiny, densely-packed cracks formed on the surface of the large ice lump freezing the divine spirit flame. As more and more cracks started to form...
Boom!
The ice lump exploded violently! The divine spirit flame started to blaze once more, and the Soul Ice Marrow that had melted integrated itself into the golden divine spirit flame all at once.
Boom!
As though it had been doused with a few buckets of petrol, the divine spirit flame instantly erupted and started to surge and blaze even more exuberantly, fiercely, and fervently!
Boom!
At the same time, a terrifying spiritual might also spread outward from Meng Lei, instantly sweeping through the entire Golden Dragon-Lions’ base.
“Master!!”
The four half-deities standing guard outside jumped in shock, almost flattened to the ground.
The force of the aura was simply too fearsome. It felt rather unbearable, as though a great, lofty mountain was weighing down on them.
“Master has become even stronger!”
The four half-deities exchanged a look, a sense of mortification coming over them. Previously, Meng Lei could already slay even a true god-level Demon Lord with his blood-red scythe.
Yet now, he had gotten stronger again. His speed of improvement was practically horrifying!
Improve? He had indeed improved!
As the person involved himself, Meng Lei could sense this the clearest. He could clearly feel the change in his divine spirit—it wasn’t just a hundred times more powerful than before!
When he spread his divine spirit outward, it could easily cover several thousand miles of where he was. Nothing within the range could escape his divine spirit’s inspection. There was practically nowhere to hide.
“My divine spirit has actually gone from the pinnacle-grade half-deity stage to the mid-grade lesser deity stage. This level of improvement is truly rather dramatic!”
A smile appeared on Meng Lei’s visage as he gazed at his stats interface. He was very satisfied with his upgrade this time.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human <16%>, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, Hundred-Armed Giant)
Wealth: 64.41 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals
Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)
Spirit: Lesser Deity (Mid-Grade)
Power of Divinity: 0.1 Divinity Crystal
Laws of Nature: Metal-Dark Fusion (100%), Water-Fire Fusion (100%), Earth-Wind Fusion (100%), Wood-Earth Fusion (100%), Fire-Thunder-Ice Fusion (0.1%), Earth-Wood-Thunder Fusion (0.1%), Metal-Dark-Ice Fusion (0.1%)
“Now that my divine spirit has strengthened so much, the cost of buying credit to assimilate laws of nature should be lower now, right?”
With that in mind, Meng Lei promptly contacted the system. As expected...
“Ding! Raising Triple-Elemental Laws of Nature assimilation rate by 1% costs 100,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.”
“It has gone down by so much? Not bad, not bad!”
Meng Lei rejoiced at the news. Previously, it had cost 1,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals to raise the assimilation rate of triple-elemental laws of nature, yet it cost only 100,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals now.
Such a price was completely within an acceptable range. If raising it by 1% required 100,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, then 100% would require 1,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!
,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals weren’t a lot!
Meng Lei thought to himself, I’ll wait before I raise it, though. When my divine spirit becomes even stronger, the price will definitely fall even further! It’s not too late to buy credit again at that time!
His gaze then shifted away from the stats interface and toward his sea of consciousness.
As the blazing sun, his divine spirit flame was burning even more exuberantly and fiercely than before. A million golden rays lit up his boundless sea of consciousness, and attached all around his divine spirit were innumerable milky-white threads!
They were connected to his divine spirit flame like antennas. Dense and packed, their numbers were endless.
“So many threads of faith?”
Meng Lei was rather taken aback.
Even a modest estimate of the number of threads
