Chapter 379: The Value of the Supreme Brain

It turned out that the Destroyer Monarch had recklessly used his divine power, causing the last remnants of it to be exhausted. Unable to suppress the injuries within his transformed body, the hidden dangers of divine intrusions erupted all at once.
Before the Destroyer Monarch’s transformed form could collapse, Donald immediately summoned a projection of the Book of Truth and released a beam of divine light to capture it. In a flash, the Destroyer Monarch’s transformed form, along with its will, vanished entirely—its will never returning to its true body to convey any message!
Of course, Donald couldn’t let the Destroyer Monarch’s true body know his situation. Being targeted by a powerful Abyssal King on par with an upper god would mean constant anxiety and distress.
Thus, destroying the enemy’s transformed form had long been part of his plan, though he had never been sure of its success rate. Thanks to the Supreme Brain, the threat posed by the Destroyer Monarch was temporarily eliminated!
This was why the infamous Destroyer Monarch, a demon king with poor judgment, would fail—had another upper god of equal rank taken his place, Donald’s plans would never have worked. Escaping would already be a stroke of luck; there would be no chance of reaping any benefits.
“Heh! What a great harvest! It was worth traveling thousands of miles just to deal with the Destroyer Monarch!”
After eliminating the most threatening transformed form of the Destroyer Monarch, Donald smiled as he approached Aethelred, the Supreme Brain, who was now on his last legs with one and a half of his brain golems destroyed.
“Human! I admire your wisdom. Do you wish to become a god? I can show you the shortest path!”
Seeing that this guy still tried to scheme, Donald sneered in disdain.
“Don’t try to waste time or deceive me! You fool who’s been on the wrong path from the start, having spent thousands of years without succeeding in becoming a god—how dare you try to guide me on the path to true divinity?”
Picked at his greatest weakness by Donald’s mockery, Aethelred became furious and embarrassed, screaming in anger as he unleashed a psychic shriek with his last remaining strength at Donald.
But with a high-tier artifact serving as a spiritual barrier, how could Donald be affected by psychic spells?
“It’s disgusting. No matter how much you scream, it won’t change your fate!”
Impatient, Donald used the projection of the Book of Truth to envelop Aethelred’s 50-foot-diameter brain mass, extracting most of its divinity. Within just a few minutes, he drained everything from the Supreme Brain.

Finally, Donald ordered that this core brain be fully utilized by refining it with the stored divine power, turning it into a semi-finished magical material. Such a material imbued with divinity could already be considered a lower-tier divine artifact. Then, Donald proceeded to refine it into a minor divine artifact. Due to the retention of a trace of divine spiritual power, this minor divine artifact served a supportive role—it could connect with the user’s own soul, granting them most of the psychic abilities possessed by a supreme core brain, as well as the mental domains they had previously used. Moreover, it greatly enhanced both the capacity and strength of the soul’s core. It also had the ability to store all soul memories, with an almost infinite storage capacity—far surpassing even the largest hard drives from his past life. In other words, once a legendary warrior obtained this minor divine artifact, their combat strength could instantly rise to that of a semi-divine psychic mage, without conflicting with their original profession. This minor divine artifact was also extremely powerful for Donald; it allowed him to fully unleash his semi-divine strength without hesitation and granted him immunity to all psychic abilities without relying on the Book of Truth. Donald officially named this artifact the Supreme Mind Core, as if it were a supercomputer attached to his brain. Watching the once mountain-sized Supreme Core brain, refined by the Book of Truth into a palm-sized, crystal-like, hard, and transparent spherical core, Donald was satisfied and claimed it as his own, integrating it into his consciousness world and merging it with his soul’s core. At least this golden crystal-like spherical brain looked much more pleasing than the original Supreme Core brain. If it still had that terrifying and disgusting appearance, integrating it with his soul would have been quite psychologically burdensome! As for the memories and knowledge of the Supreme Core brain, he planned to have the Book of Truth transfer them to him bit by bit after returning to his territory. With the buffer provided by the Supreme Mind Core, even an enormous amount of memory would not cause any harm to his soul! After acquiring the psychic abilities granted by the Supreme Mind Core, Donald couldn’t resist testing the effects of these psychic mage spells, which were completely different from the mages’ arcane systems. He closed his eyes in meditation for a moment, then opened them and instantly teleported back to the underground tunnel he had come from. This was a spell highly mastered by advanced psychic mages, called Mental Teleportation.

As long as it’s a place one has been to before, by recalling the environment in memory, one can instantly teleport to the desired destination. Once skilled enough, there’s no need to recall like Donald did first; a mere thought is enough to teleport away. After all, the speed of thought is nearly that of light, and there’s basically nothing faster in the world. Donald clearly realized that this ability was much more convenient than his own teleportation technique. “The only drawback is that group teleportation is difficult—at most, three or two people can be taken along by holding hands, but the advantage is that it can be used instantly. Unlike teleportation, no matter how streamlined it is, it still takes some time to activate before teleportation, and there’s also a brief period of stiffness after arriving at the destination, making it easy to be interrupted or attacked.” “But if one is alone, unless caught by a space-restricting spell, it’s nearly impossible for enemies to catch them!” After testing mental teleportation, Donald then used several other spells typical of mental mages, such as mental blast and mental control, to experience the differences between psychic abilities and the arcane system. In the world of spellcasters, there’s still much debate about whether psychic power and arcane magical energy are essentially the same thing, but one undeniable fact here is that there’s a huge philosophical difference between psychic power and the spell-like powers used by spellcasters and magical beasts. Spells and similar powers produce clear and fixed effects in a non-logical manner, while psychic power is acquired through psychic cultivation—a term rarely used to describe magic. It’s somewhat similar to the distinction between materialism and idealism, and perhaps this can explain why the Mind Flayer’s mucus, secreted due to mental effects, has such strong resistance to magic. The Mind Flayer’s mental abilities stem from their innate psychic power, meaning these powers come from mental training, allowing users to influence reality on a mental level and cause physical changes. As for the archaic mages to today’s wizards, these research-oriented spellcasters are undoubtedly more like a group of scientists pursuing truth and rules!

A psychic or other spellcasting class that relies on innate talents, such as those of powerful creatures like demons or dragons, sees their abilities gradually improve over time as they age and their bloodlines are fully developed—just as a Heartstealer grows stronger year by year. But mages, if they stop pursuing the study of arcane truths and the principles behind spells, will see no improvement even after living for a hundred years; instead, their strength will gradually decline over time! This is how Donald understood the difference between psychics and mages as spellcasting professions. “Strictly speaking, even without the power of a Supreme Brain, my own multiple divine bloodlines are equivalent to a kind of psychic bloodline—one with extremely strong innate abilities. And after acquiring the psychic powers granted by the Supreme Brain, I truly possess formidable psychic capabilities!” Clearly, with such powerful abilities on both fronts, his future potential is immense. It was then that Donald realized how lucky he was to have obtained the complete knowledge of a legendary brain and a full semi-divine brain. You see, entities like the Heartstealer Brain, especially those at the legendary level or above, are extremely rare experimental materials even for true gods—useful whether for transforming creatures or crafting divine artifacts. Yet, monsters like Heartstealers generally inhabit the Abyss and the Primary Material Plane, areas that are difficult for gods to reach directly. Even if they descend in the form of avatars or saints, there’s no guarantee they can capture a legendary brain, which is why few true gods have ever been able to uncover the mysteries of these brains. But the gains this time go even further. After scanning and analyzing the physiological structures and soul compositions of the two brains, the Book of Truth led to a significant improvement in its creative abilities, especially in creating living beings. If a true god were to acquire this knowledge, they might very well earn the title of Creator! Throughout the multiverse, even among true gods and other transcendent beings like Abyssal Lords, few have earned the title of Creator. Even those powerful higher gods and ancient sovereigns are no exception.

It is undeniable that the vast majority of true gods possess the ability to create intelligent beings through their divine power and existing souls. However, the intelligent beings they create often have many flaws, one of the most common fatal shortcomings being their inability to reproduce!
A so-called Creator is a powerful being who can create intelligent beings with souls and the ability to reproduce out of thin air.
Although this title does not enhance the god’s power—after all, it is more of a specialized title rather than a divine rank—it can still make other true gods regard them with awe or reverence.
Because Creators have advantages that other true gods lack, they need not worry about gaining followers, nor about finding candidates to defend their divine realms or serve as messengers.