Chapter 437: Overlooking the Mortal World
"Interesting!"
Li Meng narrowed his eyes slightly, the corners of his mouth lifting.
He saw the future of humanity in the Southern Continent.
Not just one future—many, many futures.
There was a future where the Holy Nation surrendered.
A future where humanity was effortlessly conquered by the Demon King's army.
There was also a future where the Holy Nation resisted to the death and was utterly annihilated.
The Holy Nation's courage in resistance led the Demon King's army to take more than twenty years to conquer all human kingdoms.
The key points of all these futures depended on the choices of the heroes.
If the human heroes from Earth chose to return to Earth.
The Holy Nation would surrender.
If they chose to stay, the Holy Nation would fight desperately.
Beyond that, there were countless other futures.
And those futures depended on his actions.
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Garrison Fort.
The former Earl's mansion.
It was night, with the full moon high in the sky.
In a certain room, Sandra, who was sleeping, suddenly opened her eyes.
She sat up.
A trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.
A gentle breeze brushed by, making her instinctively look toward the window.
At that glance, Sandra's face froze.
Standing by the window was a familiar figure.
It was the King!
Li Meng gazed at the full moon, his expression calm.
Sandra stared dazedly at the King by the window.
"Sandra, you are free now. Before you leave, send them all back."
Li Meng lowered his head and looked at his hand.
He took off the "Ring of Lust" from the middle finger of his left hand.
With a light squeeze, the Ring of Lust turned to ashes.
Reflecting on the experiences of the past years, Li Meng realized something.
The goblin body had greatly influenced his spirit.
It magnified the evil within his heart.
Making him utterly unrestrained.
Although he had long noticed the goblin body's effects.
He hadn't thought it was bad.
In fact, he enjoyed it.
She was free?
Sandra hesitated, wanting to speak.
But before she could, the figure by the window disappeared.
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Southern Continent.
High in the sky, tens of thousands of meters up, a blood-red magic circle.
Above the surface of the magic circle, a figure suddenly appeared.
Standing in the void, as if standing atop the magic circle.
"Xiao Bai, come out."
A white light shot out from Li Meng's body.
Transforming into a beautiful, graceful figure.
Xiao Bai's expression was complicated.
"Master, do you really want to do this?"
Li Meng didn't answer.
He reached out and tapped Xiao Bai's forehead.
A golden light entered her forehead through his fingertip.
"Don't worry, this is a brand new godhood, merged with the world's laws. From now on, you are this world's deity. But at the same time, you can no longer leave this world."
Hearing this, Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief.
Though the World Lords were gods of their worlds.
They still had a higher authority above them—the Eternal Temple.
World Lords were free, but not entirely so.
The next moment, a phantom emerged from Li Meng's body.
It was Li Meng—his soul form.
As his soul left his body, the flesh body became vacant and dazed.
The soul-form Li Meng waved his hand.
The blood-red magic circle lit up.
Countless blood-colored energy tentacles extended from the circle's surface, wrapping around his body.
His flesh body was slowly pulled into the magic circle.
Gradually dissolving, turning into pure life force.
"Master, you..."
Xiao Bai cried out in shock.
As a World Lord, she knew exactly what her master was attempting.
He was trying to rebuild his body.
For mortals to become gods.
They needed the Water of Life from the World Tree to rebuild their bodies.
Although Xiao Bai could sense the immense life force within the magic circle.
Could it truly replace the Water of Life?
"Xiao Bai, go to the Holy Nation. You know what to do."
With those words, Li Meng merged into the blood-red magic circle.
At the same time, the blood-red magic circles above each continent shone even brighter.
Streams of blood-colored magical energy surged toward the magic circle above the Southern Continent.
Crimson glows appeared across the skies of every continent.
Xiao Bai was speechless.
At some point, she realized she could no longer understand her master.
He seemed more like a god than she did.
But he hadn't been like this just a few years ago.
How could a person change so much so fast?
Was her master the reincarnation of a god?
Time passed little by little, days turning into years.
In the years that followed, Li Meng seemed to overlook the world like a god.
Xiao Bai, having taken on his appearance, went to the Holy Nation.
Faced with the godly Xiao Bai, the Holy Nation was wiped out instantly.
The entire Holy City disappeared from the land.
Not even ruins remained.
Only the heroes from Earth were teleported back to Earth before the destruction.
They would lose all their powers.
As if waking from a strange dream.
Finding themselves back on Earth.
Susan also returned to Earth as she wished.
Xiao Bai retrieved the power of time reversal from her.
Because of the Dragon Kingdom's surrender, the wyvern knights sent to the Irisis Principality were recalled.
This shifted the situation in Irisis.
Irisis abandoned their offensive and chose to defend.
The Holy Nation's destruction worsened humanity's situation in the Southern Continent.
Under the assault of the Demon King's army, one human kingdom after another surrendered.
In less than five years, the Demon King's army ruled the Southern Continent.
The Irisis Principality became the last human kingdom to submit to the Demon God Emperor.
After the Southern Continent was conquered.
The Demon King's army did not occupy the land but withdrew to the Demon Continent.
Humans once again became masters of the Southern Continent.
The only change was in their faith.
The Demon God Church rose rapidly.
The "Moon Demon Clan," who controlled the Demon God Church, became the Demon God Emperor's spokespersons.
They were called the "Daughters of the Demon God."
Under the guidance of the Demon God Church, a new system of professions was established.
The "Spell Ring Cultivation System" became the standard method of training.
Li Meng did not forget his promise to Caroline.
Using a clone with strength equivalent to a god-level powerhouse, he found her.
They lived a peaceful life together in a small town called "Odin."
They lived like an ordinary couple.
In the blink of an eye, twenty years passed.
During those twenty years, Li Meng's clone appeared in many places.
Amay, Amayee, and Ame never stayed still.
Several times, they nearly lost their lives exploring labyrinths.
Each time, it was Li Meng secretly intervening that allowed them to succeed.
The three young girls spent over a decade adventuring before returning to their respective tribes.
Amay married the strongest warrior of her tribe.
Li Meng even attended the wedding.
Though he changed his appearance for the event.
Over the next five years after returning, all three girls married.
For the Beastman tribes, reproducing was a significant matter.
Li Meng attended each of their weddings.