Village Head's Debauchery

Considering that all of his wives were currently pregnant, despite their desire to accompany him, he disagreed.

After all, they were pregnant with his children, and even if they were goddesses, their divine mandates wouldn't work in the Spirit Realm, making them only goddesses in name as they couldn't utilize their abilities.

They settled on sending their divine clones instead. Only Greta, Celeste, Fifi, Fiona, and Ayla's clones, and the others who didn't possess a devourer's heart were stronger than the others at the moment, so they were in charge of leading them.

Aurora and Aerialia were still locked indoors.

As for Brane and the others, they had decided to come along in hopes of obtaining divinity through their own efforts. At this point, Orion wanted to tell them to meet Ilse and the others so they could be added to their ascension, but he respected their wishes and remained quiet.

However, before they commenced their exploration, they spent several days transporting all races within the domain of the gods to their own respective universes. The total number of Paradise's residents was approximately 960 million. Each race was given a world suited explicitly to their race and physiology.

Even races with smaller populations of around 3,000 to 20,000 and more were placed in their own universe. Given enough time, they could repopulate their planets and expand outward to other regions.

However, considering that some of these worlds were 20 to 50 times the size of Earth from his previous life, and the surrounding planets were equally large or more significant—many of which could easily be inhabited—Orion understood that it would take time for them to achieve this.

The gods' chosens and other individuals who could control diluted Vylkr energy were purified of it. However, this did not mean that the Paradise Realm was free of Vylkr energy.

Vylkr energy had become one of the top-ranking energies, taking the second position, right below Primordial energy. Unlike Divine Energy, where one had to be a divine being to utilize it, with Vylkr energy, individuals would need to grow and become powerful enough before they were granted the right to use it freely.

Once they ascended to divinity, like Whisperwing, Crystalia, Saria, and the others who had never utilized Vylkr energy, they would, depending on their own efforts, gain incredibly high resistance to it.

This would allow them to freely utilize Vylkr energy without harm as they continued ascending to the Realm of true gods.

In this way, Paradise would have divine powerhouses who could utilize Vylkr energy, thanks to the care of the Mysteries of the Twelve-Step Stairs.

Orion had also begun to study the Vylkr combat techniques that Avarielle and Margonna had created, ensuring they would become a cornerstone for the Realm's future.

Also, with the help of the two ancient goddesses, separate universes were created for the residents with Mother Seed Cells. Using the structure of the Mirror Realm, they were able to create several other universes that would suppress and cleanse the Mother Seed Cells across generations until they were entirely eradicated.

However, due to the nature of the residents, these universes were among the few where Vylkr energy could be freely used, as it had become an integral part of their being.

Due to this, their universes were among the sturdiest, constantly evolving to disrupt the emergence of a sentient Vylkr entity. They were also located far away from the rest of the regular universes, and it would take an unknown number of years before they encountered each other. By then, they would have been cured of their Mother Seed Cells.

However, they were aware that peace would become unstable in the distant future as each race began seeking more lands to conquer, fighting among themselves, or perhaps gaining the power to traverse their universe and enter the home universes of other races, seeking to seize their worlds.

To address this potential conflict, with the help of General Reynold, Oberon, and the Mysteries of the Twelve Steps, and with an understanding of each race's culture, Orion used the Throne of Infinite Edicts to inscribe several laws in each universe.

These laws would dictate future conflicts and govern their ways of life to be morally upright.

With these rules, even if a tyrant rose among them as their leader, they would be unable to lead their race, world, or even universe to total destruction.

Of course, there was also a grading system for each race, which rewarded those who adhered to the laws for generations without consistently breaking them. Those at the top would be rewarded for the peace they had brought to the Realm of Paradise.

At the same time, those at the bottom would be placed under the guidance of those who had maintained peace, reminding them that this was still Orion's Realm—Paradise—and they needed to understand their place. After all, the best way for mortals to learn was from other mortals.

And since they aimed to prevent divine interference in mortal affairs, this was the best course of action until further intervention was necessary.

Nonetheless, there were still several empty universes that were theirs to conquer.

Once they became strong enough to ascend to the Domain of the gods, they would be granted a home there, along with a branch for their races, which would be directly connected to their home universe. This connection would allow them to descend and ascend with limited permission.

Still, they would not overly influence the affairs of their races, as the influence of a divine being on mortals was too great to describe.

The ascended beings would be able to freely interact with the Domain of the gods, which had expanded to such an extent that Orion needed an hour to travel from the boundary line to the other end, even with his Throne of Infinite Edict. And it was still growing, with various new territories emerging, divine artefacts being birthed, and other unique divine phenomena that would cause even the gods to gasp in awe.

These divine beings could also leave Paradise's Realm to interact with the other realms beyond. This way, they would be able to announce Paradise's existence to the outside with their formidable divine presence, drawing the attention of those still in hiding or unaware of them.

However, Orion doubted that many would remain unaware for long, given the actions they were about to take. But there were still many gods like Oberon, General Reynold, Avarielle, and others out there who could overcome their challenges and grow stronger, shattering the known realities of what was once considered impossible.

As General Reynold once said, 'There is no monopoly on survival.' If they could create their own Realm using the corrupted fragment of the Divine Mysteries and the imperishable corpse of an Ominthriallian, there was no telling what others could accomplish with similar resources in their hands.

The only races able to reside directly within the Domain of the gods were the Humans, Nymphs, Pixies, Prismerions, and Four-Eared Elves—each of them holding a key leadership role in the Paradise Realm.

The inclusion of the Four-Eared Elves was initially a debated topic since they joined later. Still, after witnessing their contributions to the exploration of the Spirit Realm and realizing how much their success could enhance the Paradise Realm, the discourse was settled.

Each of the Key Leaders was given the right to possess their own territory, which was unrelated to their race's residential areas. Even if a Key Leader stepped down, they would still retain ownership of their territory.

The only way they would lose this right was if they committed an unforgivable or inconceivable crime, in which case they would be punished accordingly.

As various Key Leaders stepped down in the future to make way for the next generation, the Domain of the gods would become increasingly complex and lively.

For now, their only issue was the absence of magical beasts across the Realm. Currently, every universe relies on vegetation and fresh fruits for sustenance. One of their tasks during the exploration would be to capture as many magical beasts as possible and release them into the Realm.

Had they known where Earth's animals came from, the humans' home universe would have been an even more beautiful place.

Each Spiritual Realm Point was directly guarded by the Mysteries of the Twelve Step Stairs—not to prevent the races from entering, but to stop intruders from breaking into their Realm.

Orion didn't know the full extent of the power of the Mysteries of the Twelve Step Stairs, but he felt that the more divine beings emerged within the Realm, the more powerful it became. With this understanding, he realized that the Divine Mysteries, which had existed for an unknown number of years with countless divine beings tied to them, likely possessed unfathomable power.

Given this, Orion's suspicions that the Will of the Divine Mysteries had a deeper reason for its existence deepened. However, the reasons behind it were beyond his current understanding. Nevertheless, this provided him with enough motivation to continue having more children in the future.

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Author's Note: We went from an apocalyptic, chaotic society to a structured one that seemed like the ideal birthplace of some main protagonists.