Chapter 1178: Over 500 Trillion Soldiers! 'Artifact Forger Job Transfer Certificate'

Chapter 1178: Over 500 Million Soldiers! The Transcendent Rank Certificate of the Divine Artifact Forger

Zhou Zhou glanced and saw it was from Wu Tu.

He picked up the call immediately.

"Your servant Wu Tu, bowing to the Emperor."

Wu Tu spoke respectfully.

"What is it?"

Zhou Zhou asked.

"Just moments ago, the Sovereign of the Bimoon Divine Nation suddenly sent a divine script letter to our nation, which we have received. Please, the Emperor, review it."

Saying this,

Wu Tu opened the divine script letter and allowed Zhou Zhou to read the contents of the divine script message, while he himself could not see it.

Zhou Zhou looked over.

What is known as divine text message is essentially information encoded according to the laws of heaven and earth—only divinities who grasp these fundamental rules can comprehend the meaning conveyed within them.

And this divine text message, personally composed by the sovereign of the Tieh-Mon Godrealm, reaches the level of sub-divine in terms of rule complexity.

Typically,

only other true gods can decipher the meaning hidden within such divine texts.

But who is Zhou Zhou?

Though currently he holds only the rank of sub-true god, he wields the rule technique "King," enabling him to master the complete rule awareness of over two million divine spirits and more than 1,500 true gods beneath him. Furthermore, through the secret rule method "Moon Demon" and his possession of several primary divine artifacts, he has even begun to grasp fragments of the rule-level knowledge of true gods.

Not only this divine letter—

even a divine text message at the level of a true god, he could already glean some meaning. Thus, he effortlessly deciphered the message's content.

After reading it, he shook his head.

"Hope I can send Elissar away, and in return receive a true divinely-tiered gift?"

"Or perhaps I may keep Elissar, but with the condition that she signs a binding oath never to become a Lord?"

"Rather polite."

"Too late."

"This letter has arrived too late."

Zhou Zhou shook his head in silent contemplation, then wrote a reply himself.

He didn't conceal anything—only that Elissar had merely passed through his domain and had since departed. Where she had gone, he had no knowledge.

"Send this letter to the High Sovereign of the Dragonmound Godrealm."

Zhou Zhou dispatched the divine scroll to Wu Tu.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wu Tu bowed respectfully.

Then he went about his duties.

Soon after, He too was not idle, arriving at Mu Gu, where he found Bai Yun had already led the army into the Crimson Hive, beginning the extermination of the monstrous creatures within.

Zhou Zhou saw this and, together with Mu Gu, took to sipping tea and chatting.

Half an hour later.

Bai Yun emerged.

"Your Majesty, I am at your service."

Bai Yun spoke with reverence.

"Give it to me," said Zhou Zhou, smiling faintly, and extended his right hand.

Upon hearing this, Bai Yun immediately produced the three world rings and offered them to Zhou Zhou, holding them in both hands.

Zhou Zhou's divine consciousness entered each ring to inspect its contents.

Inside one of the rings lay a vast number of iron-eating bear pet eggs and tree-heart gemstones—combat trophies gathered from distant realms. In the other two rings, one contained ninety quadrillion copies of the "Yellow Script Army Recruitment Manual" and ninety quadrillion copies of the "Storm Spirit Recruitment Manual," while the other housed ninety quadrillion copies of the "Yellow Script Army Promotion Certificate" and ninety quadrillion copies of the "Storm Spirit Promotion Certificate!"

Upon seeing these promotion documents and certificates, Zhou Zhou's face broke into a warm, radiant smile.

A short while later, after converting all these documents into new recruits, the number of soldiers under His command would surge past fifty quadrillion, reaching an astonishing 512 quadrillion, 249.5 billion, 420.8 million, and 1.906 million soldiers!

"You go recruit new troops; I'll handle the promotions," said Zhou Zhou, handing over the ring containing the promotion certificates to Bai Yun, while retaining the one filled with recruitment manuals and spoils.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Bai Yun replied with deep reverence, and then took the world ring and departed.

Zhou Zhou said nothing more, took the World Ring, and approached the Summoning Gate. He summoned a Cosmic Emperor-class vessel, then tossed all 180 million recruitment documents into the gate. With 100 mid-tier god-level divine crystals, he instantly summoned all the new recruits.

Through a virtual video link, he briefly addressed the recruits, then sent Zero and the Storm Spirits among them to reclassify as Banishing Mage specialists.

He remained at the Summoning Gate, spending another 100 mid-tier god-level divine crystals, and with a single thought, summoned the remaining 21,650,500 new subjects, bringing them into a Galaxy-class vessel.

Through the virtual video, he had the professionals and deities identify themselves. The count revealed 15,125 professionals and 10 deities summoned.

Zhou Zhou’s eyes sparkled.

This summoning had produced 5,125 more professionals than normal.

After a moment’s thought, he decided not to include them in the main combat forces, but instead assign them to the Homeland Defense Corps—responsible for safeguarding the borders of the Prairial Empire.

The Homeland Defense Corps currently had too few deities, and the responsibilities were too heavy. He needed to strengthen their power and influence.

Going forward, any combat professionals or deities summoned through the Summoning Gate would, without exception, be assigned to the Homeland Defense Corps.

After giving official personnel his instructions to organize these new subjects and deities, he alone walked into the Lord’s Marketplace.

"Your Majesty, I have been waiting a long time."

Zhou Chengmin smiled and spoke.

"You've been absent from gaming, and I've actually grown used to it."

Zhou Zhou teased.

"Your Majesty is being too serious."

Zhou Chengmin chuckled, then moved to the counter, pulling out three golden boxes hidden beneath it, opening them one by one to display the contents.

"I hope this isn't like yesterday—again, all useless trinkets."

Zhou Zhou had come the day before, only to find items that held no real value, leaving Him with a small disappointment.

"It's not my fault."

"Indeed, with Your Majesty's current strength and standing, there are hardly any treasures in this entire domain that would truly interest you."

Zhou Chengmin chuckled bitterly.

Zhou Zhou remained silent.

Indeed.

With his current power level, equivalent to a false Supreme God, even a Supreme God-level artifact would not interest him much—let alone any item of lower rank than a Supreme God artifact.

Only an artifact of the highest divine level would pique his interest.

Yet how could his territory possibly possess such a thing!?

Even across the myriad realms of the cosmos, artifacts of the highest divine level were exceedingly rare.

He didn’t dwell on it long, merely glancing over the three items.

One of them was the legendary upper-tier "Proof of Culinary Occupation," a special vocational title for chefs.

The other was a mid-tier upper-level armor-type artifact, seemingly a replica from some deity’s original armor—unknown as to which god it belonged to.

Zhou Zhou had no interest in the first two items, and instead turned his gaze to the third.

Upon seeing it like this—

his eyes instantly sparkled.

[Item Name: "Certificate of Proficiency for Master Artificer"]

[Item Rank: True God Level]

[Item Effect: A True God-level vocational advancement item for daily life professions! Upon use, the user becomes a True God-level Artificer, gaining foundational theories of artifact crafting, a century's worth of experience from a master artifact craftsman, and the ancestral lineage of crafting the legendary artifact—the Sun God Fan.]

[Item Description: A True God-level vocational advancement certificate, inherited from the junior artifact craftsman of a lower deity—Gik, whose master is the artisan and Sun Sky Deity—Oropha.]

"It seems Gik, with his master's guidance, has finally become an Artificer."

After reading the item description, a faint smile played at Zhou Zhou's lips.