The World Conquest: Giving Birth To Become A God

Soon, a special exchange station appeared in the stronghold.

Accepting an unlimited number of dark beast bodies at a normal price, the crowd couldn't help but erupt in cheers.

"The leader is really generous! I didn't expect they came from such a rich family!"

"Heh, the Shadowcrest family is one of the top families in the Dimensional Alliance. This bit of resources is nothing to them!"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"The leader is also the eldest of the second generation!"

The talents of the Dimensional Alliance couldn't help but brag.

Although most of them were also from top families, they came from countless generations down the line.

Compared to the founding members of a top family, they were incomparable.

"Then what about that sir? Who is he?"

Until now, they still didn't know the identity of Maximus.

The only thing they knew was that he was unprecedentedly strong—so much so that even Zar had to respect him.

"It's our top Primordial candidate!"

"He's the one who single-handedly took the Shadowcrest family to the top, over the corpses of a dozen Ocean-level masters!"

"Corpses of dozens of Ocean-level masters?!"

Hearing such a legend, they couldn't help but think of Zar.

This monster had also fought and killed multiple masters of the ocean of law during his rise.

Filled with admiration, they orderly lined up, exchanging the dark beast bodies.

Although this would make their progress stagnant, it was better than being infected by dark energy.

Soon, with a stable source of strands of causality, the panic in the stronghold stabilized.

Furthermore, with the micro-surveillance bot, they could steadily hunt void beasts every few months in the most efficient way.

With more points, they were no longer stingy and exchanged them for strands of causality.

Although it had a lower exchange rate than the bodies of the dark beasts, it didn't hinder their progress.

The dark beasts could be purified for merit, strengthening their physique and path of law.

Using such a precious resource just to stabilize their state was a huge waste.

Thus, although they were thankful to the Shadowcrest Family for opening such a channel, some held grudges, thinking they were too greedy.

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Another thousand years later…

In the center of the stronghold, the Shadowcrest's brother and sister were having a meal, talking about the recent progress of the stronghold.

"Brother, there have been fewer and fewer individuals exchanging dark beast bodies. Should we increase our exchange rate?" Asha suggested.

The dark beast's bodies could not only be used as materials but also to cheat their way into advancing to the Ocean of Law.

After thousands of years of using merit, their progress had already reached 99%.

Just a little push, and they could break through to the ocean of law.

"No, we are not a charity," Liam shook his head.

What a joke—they were already generous enough not to hike the price during times of disaster. How could they raise the price now?

"Oh~ What a pity…" Asha pouted.

"Have you heard about the rumors, brother?" Nathan suddenly butted in.

As the Shadow Guardian of the family, Nathan was sensitive to all that was happening in secret.

"Of course I have…" Liam said, squinting his eyes.

As the controller of the stronghold, how could he not know of the people's dissatisfaction?

Although they had saved them from crisis, they had also cut off their path of advancement.

In the thousand years of exchanging dark beast bodies, their progress had been stagnant.

On the other hand, those rich individuals who had plenty of strands of causality to solve their problem had already advanced halfway to the ocean of law.

Such a rift made the poor people resentful, blaming their greed.

If they had so many strands of causality, why couldn't they just exchange them for points like everybody else?

Unfortunately, for Liam and the others, points were not of value.

They were confident enough in their own strength to pass this round of the competition.

Using strands of causality to buy their way out would only humiliate them.

Thus, the bodies of the dark beasts, which could be converted into merit or ultimate materials, were the only things that could interest them.

"What is it? What rumors?" Lily asked.

Usually, she and the girls were roaming the void, killing dark beasts outside the stronghold.

Unaware of the current state of events, Lily couldn't help but be curious.

"It's about Father..."

Recounting the rumors, the brothers and sisters in the room exploded.

"What?! How dare they?!"

"Father was already generous enough, yet they still complain?"

"Hmph! Tell me their names—I'll kill them!"

Filled with killing intent, they brandished their fists and knives, ready for a massacre.

"Don't be too violent~" Liam quickly pacified their anger.

Being too violent would tarnish the name of the Shadowcrest family.

Furthermore, although these were rumors, they were not too blatant.

Killing someone just because of the words of the ignorant would be too uncivilized.

"Tsk, you're too soft, brother." Max rolled his eyes.

"What reputation? As long as we have enough strength, they'll only think we're eliminating evil for the greater good."

"I just don't want you to bear a bad reputation."

"But—"

"No! You can't kill anyone just for bad-mouthing us, right?"

"Why not? Given enough time, we could kill almost everyone in the base. By then, we could win this Dimensional Competition without even trying," Nathan said without much emotion.

"Hahaha! As expected of my brother—you match my taste!" Max laughed, seeing someone back him up.

"You guys are too reckless!" Liam shook his head in frustration

Fortunately, Lily was quick to back him up.

"With Father's intelligence, how could he not foresee such an outcome? Let's wait and see what he decides. Don't be reckless,"

"Roger that, Sister Lily!" they agreed without hesitation.

Seeing this, Liam's face darkened.

Did they treat him as air?

When it came to him, they were full of opposition. Yet a single word from Lily turned them into soldiers who would obey even unto death?!

Soon, as the rumors were left unchecked, the dissatisfaction began to spread.

Furthermore, as they investigated how much crystallized causality Maximus had exchanged, they came to a shocking conclusion.

"175 trillion crystallized causalities?!"

In the past thousand years, the Shadowcrest family had exchanged over a hundred trillion crystallized causalities?!

One had to know that a tier 12 ultimate material was only worth a few billion crystallized causalities at most.

Spending tens of thousands of times that in just a few thousand years—they couldn't help but be shocked.

"Just how much wealth has the Shadowcrest family brought into this trial?"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Even the overlords don't have that many spare strands of causality!"

"Unless..."

"Unless they possess the Dimensional Source Physique."

"The Holy Physique of the Aeon Plane?!"

"This—how could it be?"