Chapter 900: The Next TV Series Is... 'The Investiture of the Gods'!?

Over the past few days, due to the sustained popularity of God of War 4, not only did the shop's revenue experience another phase-like explosion, but it also drove the sales of the previous God of War installments to warm up again.

Originally speaking, the price of the original God of War trilogy was indeed somewhat steep for the majority of players with lower cultivation and strength, and the price of God of War 4 was as high as 318 crystals and magic stones.

Furthermore, many players expressed that the first three games were far too difficult with both puzzles and god-slaying; players of lower strength could not comprehend these god-level magics either, so they could only play them as games to familiarize themselves with combat, making the sales appear rather mediocre, though there were many players watching the livestreams.

But God of War 4 was different; with the help of his son, Atreus, many players expressed that the process was not that difficult, and additionally, God of War 4 placed more emphasis on the application of combat techniques, which was of immense benefit to any player.

Coupled with Boss Fang's livestreams and the highly effective promotional broadcasts of major streamers like Su Tianji...

Needless to say, even Isabella the Valkyrie had fallen in love with watching Elder Su's livestreams, finding great joy in them.

"Let's buy it too!" the elven maiden Sera urged eagerly within the shop at this moment. "If even this streamer can play so smoothly, I feel like we can too!"

And so... when even a group of elven maidens with abysmal skills had purchased it, who else would have a reason not to?

Boss Fang cast a glance; the task of earning crystals had achieved a 61% completion rate as of today, which was quite considerable.

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Around this time, Boss Fang also began conducting on-site inspections, establishing several new subordinate branch stores one after another.

To the north of Jiuhua City on the Heaven-Beyond Continent and south of the Three Saint Factions, in the territory of Mount Fengming, another storefront was opened; branches were also successfully opened in the Orc Kingdom and the Lianshan Principality of the Western Continent as desired.

Additionally, the Xiaoyao Abode of the Eastern Continent and the Demon Race territory of the Heaven-Beyond Continent were included, bringing the first batch to a total of five branches; although they possessed fewer machines than the old shop, they alleviated a considerable amount of pressure from the currently overcrowded storefronts.

Soon enough, Boss Fang was already planning the next batch of branches.

Evidently, given the current scale of the shops, there was no longer any need to confine themselves to a single corner, and there was not even a need for advertisement in the mortal realm.

Yet... perhaps it was precisely because of this.

"To rise from an obscure, ordinary mortal into a peerless powerhouse capable of executing immortals and slaughtering gods..." From the distant heavens, a pair of eyes that seemed capable of piercing the Nine Netherworld narrowed slightly, gazing coldly down upon the mortal realm. "Such efficacy. Interesting, truly interesting."

Immediately after, from the deepest recesses of the Nine Netherworld, a profound and freezing gaze was cast downward as well: "For such an object to fall into the hands of these mortals is a truly egregious waste of heavenly treasures."

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"And if they do not comply, what then?"

"The Pantheon, the Sea of Ten Thousand Immortals... all the celestial gods and deities of the heavens!"

"Beneath the Nine Netherworld, all the fiends of the abysses...!"

Two pairs of eyes, in uncoordinated unison, fell upon the mortal realm, bearing a trace of tyrannical arrogance that sought to govern the three realms and six paths.

"Do they even have a choice?!"

The mere casting of their gazes caused the entire mortal realm, the very heavens and earth, to instantly plunge into darkness!

"...The... why has the sky turned black?!" Countless mortals looked upon this scene in absolute horror; they cried out, shrieked, and fell into frantic disarray, with some even kneeling upon the ground to implore the heavens.

An innocent man falls into jeopardy because of his treasure; they... were merely caught in the crossfire, yet they were perhaps about to face the greatest catastrophe in history!

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Inside the Canglan City shop.

Suddenly, a system notification chimed, indicating that the system had upgraded to 80% and the latest system information dynamics had been updated.

"A new dynamic?" He hurriedly opened the system panel to take a look.

He saw that the final task, whose original reward was a "Mysterious Mythological TV Series Grand Bundle" accompanied by three question marks, had now transformed into a line of glittering, golden characters: The Investiture of the Gods!

Below it was another line: The host's task completion progress has exceeded 50%, granting permission to unveil the mysterious reward and unlocking the trailer for The Investiture of the Gods.

Holding a bowl of instant noodles, Boss Fang was closing his livestream channel and concluding today's session of God of War 4 when he suddenly witnessed this scene: "..."

He nearly choked to death on a mouthful of noodles!

Glancing at the nearby elves who were shouting and cheering in excitement over merely slaying a mountain troll at the beginning of God of War 4, and the timid dragon next to them who jumped at every little thing, and...

"System... you won't rest until you scare all these onlookers of ours to death, will you?"

"Boss, what are you muttering to yourself for?" Just then, Sera looked over from beside him.

"Oh, I was just saying that a trailer for a new TV series is coming out in the shop today."

"A new TV series?!" Sera exclaimed in pleasant surprise.

One had to know that the Journey to the West, which spanned over forty episodes, was nearly finished, and out of the eighty-one tribulations, only the final few remained.

Something like a TV series was obviously the absolute favorite of the idle loafers; unlike games, it had no puzzles or varying difficulties, where failure meant learning nothing.

In the previous series, merely listening to the Dao lectures under Patriarch Bodhi had allowed quite a few people to break through; even for elves of the Western Continent like them, though they could not replicate the Great Sage, listening to the Dao beneath such an unimaginable powerhouse yielded immense benefits.

To think there was actually another one coming?!

This time, it wasn't just the elves who had sharp ears; even several Saint-tier powerhouses were leaning in to eavesdrop, and upon hearing the news, they quickly crowded over from various corners: "Boss... will there be Dao lectures this time too?!"

"..." Boss Fang rolled his eyes. "It hasn't even aired yet, how should I know?!"

"Oh, right, right..." Several Saint-tier powerhouses, still hoping to glean some inside information, remarked, "Then we shall go watch the trailer, watch the trailer..."

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Soon, the Jiuhua City shop, the Yuanyang City shop, and even the newly opened branches received this news.

"A trailer for a new TV series?!" Aside from the various patriarchs of the Eastern Continent, Nalan Hongwu, Gu Tingyun, and others who had already departed for the Heavenly Realm, Su Tianji, who was currently livestreaming 'The God of War and his illiterate, directionally challenged father,' had just defeated a boss. "Well then~ this elder shall watch a trailer first, a new TV series! Everyone... when you have time, you should watch more shows too. Let us step away for five minutes first."

"A TV series?" Isabella the Valkyrie, who had switched to Su Tianji's stream after watching Boss Fang's, immediately looked displeased upon hearing that the broadcast was stopping again. "What on earth is this 'TV series'? What is so good about it?! You are going to waste another five minutes of my time!"

"Do you think a deity's time is so expendable?!" Then she thought about it; unlike before, she actually was quite idle now.

"..." Fine, fine, she would take a look at this so-called "TV series" trailer first.

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Within Su Tianji's livestream room, as well as the cultivators across all the shops, everyone immediately opened this new TV series through the Super Cinema.

Thus it was said:

"When chaos first divided, Pangu came preceding all, / The Taiji, two polarities, and four imagery did fall.

"Heaven arose in Zi, earth in Chou, and man in Yin was born, / To ward off beasts, the wise Youchao brought safety to the morn.

"Suiren struck fire to spare mankind from eating raw and crude, / Fuxi drew trigrams ere Yin and Yang were understood or viewed.

"Shennong ruled the mortal world and tasted herbs galore, / Xuanyuan joined rites, music, and marriage evermore..."

Upon the screen, the heavens and earth split suddenly as stars shifted and constellations turned; the assembly of gods stood in solemn ranks, and a golden scroll manifested where heaven and earth divided!

"Immortals, gods, humans, and ghosts shall henceforth be ordained, never to fall into the wild weeds generation after generation! By the decree of the Supreme Yuanshi Tianzun, let the gods of the five directions come forth to receive their mandates!" A grand, resonant voice, like the utterance of heaven itself, like the primordial bell at the dawn of chaos, echoed across this foreign world!

Immediately following, they witnessed three great golden characters, bearing the collective weight of the gods, shining with a timeless brilliance that illuminated eternity as they lit up before their eyes: The Investiture of the Gods!

"This... what is this?!" Whether within the shops or amidst the Golden Pool of the Divine Realm, countless shocked and terrified exclamations rang out!

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Note: As for why the opening did not completely follow the original work... it is because the original introductory poem is truly far too long.

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