Chapter 1264: Purchasing the Universal Race Artifact - Morning Star!

Chapter 1264: Purchasing Universal Race Divine Artifacts - The Star Beacon!

Zhou Zhou tossed all 110 vials of potential promotion elixirs into the Military Merit Exchange System, setting appropriate prices to allow the soldiers to redeem them.

Then He turned his gaze to the Recruitment List in the War Summary, the Newly Ascended Deities List, and the Supreme Conquest Statistics Sheet.

Throughout the entire day, Zhou Sheng and the 312 Lords under His banner had successfully recruited 51,500 billion 500.5 million 6905 alien soldiers, 21,545 alien deities, and 112 true gods!

Additionally, within His vast army, 25,100 legendary soldiers had ascended from legendary upper rank to lower god rank, and 25 upper god deities had advanced to lower true god status!

The Supreme Conquest Lord's Talent Statistics Sheet reads as follows:

[Newly Acquired Subjects (Non-professionals, Professionals, Heroes, Deities, True Gods) Statistics]

[Non-professionals (subjects): 1860 quadrillion 150.5 billion 54.06 million 8721 individuals!]

[Professionals (living + combat): 60 quadrillion 526.2 billion 65.06 million 7041 individuals!]

[Heroes: 1,852,123 individuals!]

[Deities (Lower Deity + Middle Deity + Upper Deity): 500,02122!]

[True Deities: 65 subordinate deities, 50 intermediate deities, 18 superior deities!]

After reviewing the data, Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.

His original forces comprised 3888 quadrillion, 837.5 billion, 9569 million, 168.9 million soldiers—364 million, 135,000 deities, and 1,944 true deities!

As always, he assigned all these personnel to the National Defense Corps, while placing the remaining heroes and deities into the main combat forces. Thus, his total forces now stood at 3893 quadrillion, 987.6 billion, 4757 million, 561.7 million soldiers—414 million, 3472 deities, and 1,960 true deities!

He would reach fifty million soldiers by tomorrow!

Zhou Zhou harbored a quiet hope.

Then he turned his gaze toward the current status of Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu.

Over the course of today, Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu had conquered five sovereign-level master domains surrounding Blue Star, 182 imperial-level master domains, and an astonishing 13.57 million clan-level master domains!

They had amassed a total of 22.5 billion, 312.5 million, 5,000 points of dominance, and 1.8 million, 1,250 points of hidden master domain shop points!

Previously, Zhou Zhou had a total of 2 billion 247 million 7200 points of competition points and 161 million 1500 points of hidden lord shop points. Now, adding these competition points and hidden lord shop points together, he possessed a total of 43.1 billion 34 million 2200 competition points and 341 million 2750 points of hidden lord shop points!

Upon seeing such a vast amount of hidden lord shop points, Zhou Zhou's face immediately lit up with joy.

With so many hidden lord shop points at his disposal, he could finally exchange for that powerful race artifact!

Without hesitation, he immediately opened the hidden lord shop and spent 200,000 hidden lord shop points to purchase the sole universal race artifact—the "Star of Dawn."

The very next instant,

He sensed as if the stars above had undergone a subtle transformation.

Looking up, he noticed a new star had appeared in the celestial expanse, radiating a faint golden glow.

This star appeared no different from the others—ordinary, unremarkable, simply shining in the vastness of space.

Yet when its light touched Zhou Zhou’s body, something extraordinary happened. With his unique constitution, he felt a subtle, deep comfort spreading from within—like the light was nourishing his very essence.

As if it were healing his core.

Zhou Zhou was no different.

Let alone the common people of the Jiaoyang Empire.

At this moment,

Under the glow of that star—the forerunner star—countless commoners of the Empire felt their bodies and souls undergo profound transformations.

Bodies and souls that had previously advanced one tier under the sword of the Sun, Moon, and Stars now stirred anew, their potential surging rapidly.

In less than a few seconds, the common people of the Jiaoyang Empire stared in stunned disbelief, realizing their potential had surged yet again—by a full tier!

Some individuals who had been stuck at a critical bottleneck suddenly felt it loosening, as if they were now ready to break through at any moment.

“What… what… is happening?! I feel my body and soul have transformed!”

“The bottleneck that has plagued me for decades has suddenly vanished! Before I could even react, I’ve already ascended to legendary status!”

“I’ve broken the barrier between man and god—I have become a deity! Hah!”

"I'm the same too!"

"This situation has happened once before—later we learned it was the great strategy of our sovereign. How similar is this present circumstance to the original! It must be another divine blessing orchestrated by the Emperor for us!"

"It must be!"

"You're absolutely right. Such a revolutionary method, capable of transforming every citizen of the Empire—only the great Emperor could have achieved it!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Look! The Imperial Channel has just issued a new announcement!"

...

As the entire nation, citizens and subjects alike, thrilled by the prospect of unlocking their potential, even sensing their limits beginning to loosen, the Imperial Channel broadcasted a new notice.

[Imperial Palace Announcement: All citizens of the Prae-Phoenix Empire, please take note. You should have already noticed the changes within yourselves. This transformation stems from our great Imperial Sovereign having obtained a new race artifact—the Star of Dawn. It is precisely this artifact, the Star of Dawn, that has elevated the potential of our people to a whole new level. Moreover, when our subjects undertake major realm ascensions in the future, they will gain an additional 10% chance of success. Let us celebrate the magnificent achievements of our Imperial Sovereign!]

Boom!

Infinite surprises and confusions in the hearts of the people of the Sun Empire found their explanation.

The people of the Sun Empire went mad.

Across the imperial channels, countless citizens flooded the screens, their messages eventually merging into a single, unbroken line of text.

[Long live the Emperor!!!]

[Long live the Emperor!!!]

[Long live the Emperor!!!]

[Long live the Emperor!!!]

[Long live the Emperor!!!]

...

At that moment, no one broke formation.

No one dares, nor anyone wishes to.

For this is the genuine, heartfelt action of every citizen of the Prairial Empire.

At the same time,

Zhou Zhou glanced at the imperial proclamation drafted and issued by Zero, his lips twitching slightly.

He had only wanted Zero to simply inform the people of the Prairial Empire about what had happened. But now, it had been twisted into such a thing.

Greatness... a heroic feat... cheers...

Zhou Zhou, though one who enjoys flattery, had never reached such a level.

After reading the proclamation, even he felt a blush rise to his cheeks.

Did he truly deserve such epithets?

[Your Majesty certainly merits the word "great"!]

[In the eyes of Zero, among the countless greats of the human race throughout history, no one surpasses the Emperor.]

[Even Pan Gu, the Emperor who led the human race to rise, falls short when compared to the Emperor in terms of his achievements for the human race.]

[The Emperor need not feel ashamed—you are worthy of the praise of all the people.]

Zero immediately spoke upon hearing Zhou Zhou's private thoughts.

Zhou Zhou, gazing at the virtual screen before him, where people of all races—including the humans—from every corner of the Sun Empire erupted in heartfelt cheers and excited expressions, the bashfulness on his face slowly faded, until it softened into a gentle, warm smile.