Chapter 504

Chapter 504: Mu Lin: Oh no, I’ve become the ultimate cheat!

"Hiss…"

"Can one person reshape the entire world? Is this even possible for a human?!!"

"He’s no human – he’s a Deity!"

"Not even Deities should manage this! If I had such power, I’d never fail to protect my own world!"

The feat of transforming the barren Moon into a thriving Gaia-like planet through sheer personal power shattered the understanding of this era’s humans and alien races alike. This wasn’t merely about capability – no one had ever dared imagine such a possibility.

Among all witnesses, the Celestial Spirits and their allied alien races wore the most complex expressions. They knew better than anyone that Mu Lin’s current power stemmed from the powers of life inherited from their own Mother Goddess.

Yet under their Mother Goddess’ care, these powers had only manifested as basic healing, restoration, and rare lifespan extensions – divine blessings occurring maybe once per century. When Mu Lin acquired this power? Within days, their entire tribe evolved from ordinary Celestial Spirits to Great Celestial Spirits, with some even showing potential to become the Giant of Light. This single achievement already surpassed the Goddess of Life’s capabilities by over a hundredfold.

While not all could achieve the Giant of Light transformation, Mu Lin solved their genetic limitations. To repay their gift of power, he constructed a nuclear fusion furnace in their Command Garden settlement, providing endless energy for their growth.

But greater physical forms demanded stronger spiritual will. As a True God wielding the Heart Lamp of Will, Mu Lin’s soul grew alongside his power through sheer conviction:

"I am supreme, beyond mortal or divine challenge!"

"I’ll claim endless victories as ruler of armies and king of gods!"

This absolute belief fueled his continuous evolution, allowing perfect control over his expanding Giant God of Light form. Other Celestial Spirits lacked this advantage – Mu Lin gifted them enhanced bodies and extended lifespans, but spiritual growth remained their own challenge. The same principle applied to humans, explaining why his Golden Fruit granted only 800-year lifespans – the soul’s natural limit without personal cultivation.

…

Watching Mu Lin terraform the Moon, the Celestial Spirits struggled to comprehend their defeat despite holding life powers. "With even 0.01% of his ability, we’d never have become homeless strays!" they lamented.

Their ashamed Mother Goddess whispered, "This failure is mine…"

Yue Ling interrupted her mother’s self-reproach: "Don’t blame yourself. His Excellency Mu Lin’s simply extraordinary. Any power he touches transforms beyond recognition." Changing subjects, she added: "We should rejoice. As human race leader, he won’t let us claim Xuanling world’s lands. But the Moon’s different – our ties ensure he’ll grant territory. With land, our Celestial Spirit tribe can rebuild!"

This remark indeed helped her mother recover from her self-reproach.

"You’re right. With this Moon, our Celestial Spirit tribe no longer needs to wander…and we can thrive even more!"

…

When Mu Lin transformed the Moon into a life-sustaining planet, the alien races first reacted with awe and disbelief.

But as shock subsided, greed replaced wonder in their hearts.

Though unable to claim the Xuanling world, they saw opportunities to seize lunar territory.

Their original plan to sabotage Mu Lin’s efforts now became taboo – mentioning it would make them enemies of all alienkind.

…

The prospect of new land excited both aliens and humans.

Land-obsessed humans of this era saw True Lord Tianwu and Thunderbolt True Lord immediately rush over, itching for battle.

They aimed to defend every inch of territory against outsiders.

Mu Lin shook his head with amusement and intervened.

"We’ll share some land with the alien races."

True Lord Tianwu’s brows knotted instantly.

Martial Arts meant constant struggle against people, land, and heaven. As humanity’s staunchest hawk, the martial lord despised concessions.

Mu Lin’s compromise displeased him.

"Doubting our strength? Rest easy – we’ll handle this."

Thunderbolt True Lord added: "You’ve done enough. Let us old bones earn our keep."

Their stubbornness left Mu Lin sighing.

"It’s not fear. I simply don’t care."

His gaze drifted across solar system planets and moons, lips curling slightly.

"If I can remake the Moon, other planets follow. With the sun’s power, I might create worlds from nothing."

Developing his Five-Color Divine Light had deepened Mu Lin’s mastery of the five elements – their cycles of creation and destruction now let him harness solar fire.

"Solar flames birth earthly matter. No complex conversions needed – sunbeams become soil."

With planets, spiritual algae, and powers of life, crafting habitable worlds became child’s play.

This exemplified a Level 3 civilization’s dread power – the dimensional strike of advanced against primitive.

"Ancient dynasties produced less steel in centuries than modern mills make yearly. Such is technological disparity."

"Now I wield partial Level 3 capabilities, while Xuanling world remains a 0.7 planetary civilization. Our gap dwarfs steel-age comparisons."

Realization dawned on Mu Lin’s face.

His productivity now surpassed Xuanling world’s entire output.

"So I’ve become humanity’s cheat code?"

The analogy held. Divine fruits altering human DNA, planet transformation devices, half-built Dyson spheres, Starry Sky Brains – all resembled game-breaking advantages.

Should Starry Sky Brains multiply, Mu Lin planned to share them as external neural boosters, accelerating human learning and productivity.

…

"When complete, my gifts will make humans god-touched Golden Folk – firstborns of paradise."

"They’ll gain racial evolution plus promised lands: Edens with Life Fruits and wisdom-bestowing harvests."

Such abundance would create utopia.

The irony struck Mu Lin – he’d ceased being human, becoming instead humanity’s patron deity.

"…Trouble. I really am their cheat code now."