Chapter 1239: The Regional Classification Levels of the Sun Empire!

Chapter 1239: The Territorial Ranking System of the Proud Sun Empire!

"The Crafting Master's Insights of the Creator's Ancestor?"

"Is this the teaching from Master Xuanhuo, the teacher of Aolofa?"

Zhou Zhou was astonished.

The value of this insight was nearly on par with a lineage passed down by a master-level living professioner.

"How much does this item cost?"

Zhou Zhou asked.

"Only one hundred million legendary mist hearts are required."

Zhou Chengmin smiled.

"What if we exchange it for divine crystals?"

Zhou Zhou thought for a moment, then asked.

"Only ten main god-tier divine crystals are needed."

Zhou Chengmin replied.

"Then let's use main god-tier divine crystals for the trade."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou immediately said so.

To date, the divine crystals in his possession had not been significantly depleted—most were merely distributed as salaries for domestic deities, with only a small portion issued out.

Yet, compared to the vast quantity he possessed, it was utterly negligible.

On the other hand, ordinary Fog Hearts, as the most commonly used currency across the highest continent, circulated with extraordinary frequency.

Therefore, even though he had ample divine crystals, Zhou Zhou decided not to continue using Fog Hearts for payment. He would simply use divine crystals instead.

Ten main god-tier divine crystals—nothing at all.

He could casually annihilate a true god and spawn hundreds of new ones in return.

"Alright!"

Zhou Chengmin received the ten master-tier divine crystals from Zhou Zhou with a radiant smile.

"I'd also like these two items."

Zhou Zhou said casually.

Though he didn't particularly value the other two goods, adhering to the principles of "I don't lack money" and "why not if I'm already here," he simply purchased them as well.

"These two items total eleven upper-tier divine crystals."

Zhou Chengmin chuckled happily.

Meeting a lord who didn't mind spending money made his daily performance consistently meet targets—a feeling of pure happiness.

Zhou Zhou nodded, took the three items after handing over the crystals, and then walked away with them.

Then He simply stepped forward and, without hesitation, tossed two items he didn’t particularly value directly into his personal treasury. Afterward, his gaze settled upon the book titled "The Art of Crafting by the First Master of Creation."

In his mind, images of Jik and Sili emerged—two young ones who had already ascended to the esteemed rank of Master Artificer. Naturally, they were the most suitable recipients of this lineage.

Yet, who should receive it? That remained a question.

After some contemplation, He decided it would be best to leave the decision to Olofa.

After all, this inheritance originated from His own teacher. To hand it over casually to someone else, even if it seemed justified, felt somewhat improper.

Let Him wrestle with it himself.

Later, Zhou Zhou returned to the Summoning Gate once more, summoning today’s 600 million 6666 thousand 6666 pure-blooded dragon kin.

What troubled Him, however, was that once again, no Legendary Dragon was summoned.

"Am I about to face a massive safety net?"

Zhou Zhou couldn't help but question his own fortune.

It shouldn't be like this.

Through countless activities, rewards, and noble talents, he should have accumulated a substantial amount of fate—there was no way it should be so conservatively guarded, was there?

"Only a few more summonings left," he muttered, shaking his head, not overly troubled.

Just then, Zheng Yuanqi hurried over from afar.

"Report to the Emperor, a vast number of vassals, deities, and true gods have arrived at our Jiaoyang Empire, seeking to become our imperial vassals."

"I have already instructed the domain lords across all regions to warmly receive these distant visitors. By tonight, all the newly arrived vassals and deities should be fully accounted for."

"I will immediately report the complete list to the Emperor."

Zheng Yuanqi spoke with respectful solemnity.

Now, within the vast expanse of the Proud Sun Empire, its territorial domains are hierarchically divided into five levels, based on regional size—from the highest to the lowest:

Domain—equivalent to the entire territory of a race, governed by a Domain Master.

For example: the Yin Ghost Domain, the Fire Roar Domain, the Blood Moon Domain, the Rakshasa Domain...

Province—generally equivalent to a nation's land; however, depending on the nation's status, provinces are further classified as Zhongshen (Great Nation), Dizhou (Imperial Province), or Wangzhou (Royal Province), each led by a Province Master.

For example: the Bimeng Zhongshen, the Quamagi Dizhou, the Tahán Wangzhou...

Region—composed of multiple territorial holdings, typically ranging from three to ten regions within a single Wangzhou, governed by a Region Master.

Zone—this is the fundamental territorial unit. As long as a zone contains a Regional Edict, it qualifies as a Zone-level territory, governed by a Zone Master.

And finally, the city—this is the smallest territorial unit, established by a Territorial Edict. Examples include the original Proud Sun City, the Sandflow City, the Kun'te City, etc., each led by a City Master.

"Very well."

Zhou Zhou nodded.

No surprise—most of the newly arrived commoners and deities among these newcomers were likely the direct result of the Supreme Conqueror Lord's innate talent.

After all, yesterday he had conquered two deity-state-level lord factions.

Although Zhou Zhan had subdued five true-deity-level lord factions, they were merely imperial-level lord factions under the protection of true deities—not actual deity-states established by deity-level lords—and thus entirely different in nature. As such, they could not provide Zhou Zhou with significant numbers of commoners or deities.

With no delay, He immediately led all soldiers and deities toward the monster-magic nation-states surrounding the Brute God Realm.

...

Surrounding the Brute God Realm, there were five monster-magic clans' deity-state-level lord factions.

Among them, the most powerful deity-state-level lord faction was a mid-tier deity-state-level lord faction known as "Kidoke"!

Zhou Zhou's objective for this journey was precisely this deity-state-level lord faction.

Inside the Cosmic Emperor Ship.

Inside the bridge commander's cabin.

Zhou Zhou stared at the virtual projection before him, displaying intelligence reports on the Kingdom of Kido-ko.

"The Kingdom of Kido-ko was founded by a true god-tier monster god named Kido-ko, a superior deity among the true gods."

"It is said that this being is a direct descendant of the former Monster Emperor Kido-Tali. After the Monster Emperor Kido-Tali was jointly annihilated by a coalition of the major deities, this individual vanished into obscurity. Only after a period of turmoil did Kido-ko dare reemerge and establish his own lordship."

"It is rumored that the Monster race once possessed numerous high-tier kingdom-level lordships. However, due to the concerted eradication campaigns launched by the major deities against these elite Monster kingdom leaders, no subsequent faction dared to create a high-tier kingdom-level lordship—only mid-tier ones were permitted."

"Because of this, although Kido-ko appears on the surface as the ruler of merely a mid-tier kingdom-level lordship, the actual power he commands may already surpass that of a high-tier kingdom-level lordship—only that he has chosen not to elevate himself."

"Is that so?"

Zhou Zhou raised an eyebrow.

Then a smile spread across his face.

At last, an interesting adversary had appeared.

A moment later.

On the borderlands of the Gidok Strange Demon Nation.

The Cosmic Emperor vessel hovered above the frontier, and as soon as it entered the territory of the Strange Demon Nation, Zero's voice suddenly resonated directly into the ears of the high-ranking officials of the Praetorian Empire.

[Reporting to the Emperor.]

[The Gidok Defense Bureau requests a connection—shall we proceed?]

"Connect."

Zhou Zhou said.

[Yes, Your Majesty.]