Chapter 11)

I sat in my office, surrounded by countless records and texts about the gods. Despite my extensive research, I still found myself grappling with many unanswered questions. The knowledge I had gathered over the years revealed that there were three places of divine heritage on our continent. The Slaughter City housed the inheritance of Asura, an island in the sea that held the legacy of the god of the sea, and the inheritance of the god Rakshasa remained shrouded in mystery.

There was also the inheritance of the Angel God, but obtaining it required possessing a special spirit. As far as I knew, the gods were bound by their divine kingdoms and unable to directly intervene in the affairs of the mortal realm. However, the recent rebirth of a member of the Tang clan challenged this understanding.

The gods could indeed interfere in the world. It remained uncertain whether this power was limited to the God-Kings alone, but the mere possibility posed a great danger. Once our clan progressed to a stage where we dared to traverse realms and birth gods at least once in a generation, the gods could descend out of greed and demand our hard-earned achievements.

The main problem lay in my limited knowledge. I lacked a comprehensive understanding of the abilities possessed by average gods and how they developed their powers after the ascension. The concept of rising in ranks within the divine hierarchy only added to the ambiguity. Perhaps the gods possessed the ability to gaze upon the world, perceiving all future and past possibilities, rendering victory unattainable.

I let out a weary sigh, realizing that I needed to seek the counsel of the Silver Dragon King. As a part of the Dragon God, she should possess valuable information that could aid me. However, convincing her to cooperate would prove to be a challenge in itself.

Meanwhile, internal issues within the clan persisted, weighing heavily on my mind. While the youth continued their promising development, and the second party ventured on a journey across the world, the identity of the traitor remained undisclosed. Additionally, the actions of other clans stirred further troubles. Not to mention the empires that sought to exploit our cultivation methods for military purposes.

At this rate, it seemed inevitable that a world war would soon descend upon us, and we would find ourselves at the forefront of the conflict.

"The Patriarch council of elders is assembled and is only waiting for your arrival."

A young man came up to me and reminded me of an appointment and I should have been there at least a few minutes ago.

Nodding my head, I went to the hall, where all the elders and my wife were already waiting for me inside. Nodding my head to greet me, I took my place.

"Well, since the Patriarch is already here, then I suggest we start."

Elder Snow started first and immediately continued. "As predicted, this party of children is progressing quite well and we can hope for a large addition to our ranks. Preliminary statistics show that several dozen people will be able to become clan guards, and some already have the makings of researchers. There is one child with a talent for alchemy and a couple with a talent for building arrays. "

"It pleases, well-done generation is getting better and better every time, in a couple of hundred years we can truly become the strongest clan in the world. "

"If our development continues at the same pace and if we have enough resources. Recent reports show that the harvest is always good, but the spiritual power in our district is no longer growing. Also with the problem of maintaining spiritual energy in the clan, there is a problem with spiritual beasts. Although we have reached an understanding with the intelligent hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beasts, the young beasts are too stupid and they constantly strive to penetrate our lands, despite the extremely harsh living conditions."

"I thought we dealt with this by increasing the security outside and also expanding the formation so that spiritual energy flows even less often from outside our land. "

"Our knowledge in arrays is still too superficial. After all, this is a young science and it takes time and talents to develop, we are already doing everything in our power."

Elder Ice decided to intervene. "Agreements with the Star Luo Empire have been reached. They won't meddle in our affairs yet and we can even bargain with them for additional resources. However, they hardly changed their minds about getting our methods. They're just waiting for someone else to start a conflict with us to see which side to support."

"Other clans are also starting their movements, some have started sending their spies into our lands and even disrupting the supply of resources. Not to mention the attacks on our young people who travel the world. There have been no deaths yet, but the situation may escalate quite quickly."

"I think we should destroy the couple of clans that are shouting the loudest to set an example."

"Then we will show everyone our strength and the rest of the clans will gather in alliances and decide to launch a full-scale attack on us. All this will only lead to an acceleration of the conflict. We have been sitting quietly for so many years and did not want to conflict with anyone to preserve our strength and develop calmly, for what? To start a major conflict that will not only take many lives in our clan but also stall development."

"Well, at the expense of the stagnation of development, I can argue, after all, such a conflict should accelerate the development of our people's fighting techniques. So I'm in favor of destroying a couple of small clans."

"We can even team up with the Spirit Hall to destroy those clans that are interfering with them. This way we will not only get their service but also show the world our strength."

"By becoming war dogs for them? Is that all your pride as an Elder ?"

"This is a battle alliance and your useless pride won't do us any good. And so we will not only test the combat abilities of our people, we will receive the service of the Hall of Spirits, we will also show the world our strength so that these small fries do not dare to climb into our territory."

"We can vote on this decision later, but for now let's continue our meeting"