Chapter 1304: Over 17,000 Trillion Soldiers! Elf Clan Requests to Join the Sun Empire!

Chapter 1304: 17,000 Plus Million Soldiers! The Elf Race Requests Joining the Prairielight Empire!

After a long while.

Only then did His composure settle.

Then He sensed the current state of His own power.

Undoubtedly!

He had reached the level above that of a Supreme God!

Though not yet at the absolute peak of the Supreme God tier, it was still astonishingly powerful.

"Quantitative change can indeed lead to qualitative transformation,"

Zhou Zhou nodded with satisfaction.

Blood Moon, Kido Talis, and the other Supreme Gods, as divine beings serving the Supreme Gods, could at most elevate His power to the level of a lower-tier Supreme God when their strength was bestowed upon Him.

The remaining augmenting power came from other soldiers, deities, true deities, and from the people of over forty jing in the realm.

Especially the power bestowed upon him by those over forty jing of the realm.

Without each and every fragment of strength contributed by them, Zhou Zhou would barely reach mid-level main deity status.

Let alone upper-level main deity status.

"With my current strength, combined with the augmentation from my main divine artifact, the supreme holy body of a true deity, the invincible power of Li Tian Di, and all the various master lord talents that enhance my combat effectiveness—"

"My strength should now be comparable to that of the Top Ten Main Deities."

"Even facing War Main Deity Tris, if I unleash all three of my Master Lord Techniques simultaneously, I should be able to engage in combat for a period of time—there's even a small chance of defeating him."

"If I further employ those divine artifacts of the Supreme Deity level, I would then stand as the first among the deities beneath the Supreme Deity tier."

Zhou Zhou murmured to himself.

Then, a smile spread across his face.

Then He ceased to ponder, and flew out of the divine palace, arriving at the Pasture Valley, where He obtained 480 quadrillion copies of the "Yellow Seal Army Recruitment Document," 480 quadrillion copies of the "Yellow Seal Army Promotion Certificate," 480 quadrillion copies of the "Storm Spirit Recruitment Document," and 480 quadrillion copies of the "Storm Spirit Promotion Certificate!"

He took the recruitment documents to the Summoning Gate, spending 100 upper-tier god sub-tier god crystals, and at once summoned 960 quadrillion—960 million—new recruits.

Then He summoned 66 billion, 66 million, 66 thousand, and 6666 pure-blooded dragon clans.

Unfortunately, this time, the legendary dragon clans did not appear.

Yet Zhou Zhou was not truly disheartened.

After all, yesterday, the legendary dragon clan—the Zombie Ancient Dragon—had already been summoned.

Today’s absence was not a loss.

"Adding the 960 million newly recruited soldiers who were promoted through the promotion certificates,"

"Now the total number of soldiers under my command has reached 17,797 million, 215 billion, 656 million, 825 thousand, and 3 soldiers."

"Close enough to the forces of the Two Capitals."

Zhou Zhou gave a slight nod.

Then, using 100 lower-tier god crystals from upper-tier gods, He summoned today's new subjects.

The result was 34 million new subjects and 15 deities.

That was 2 million more subjects and 3 additional deities than the usual summoning.

Zhou Zhou didn't care much, simply handing them over to the specialized officials in charge of managing the newly added population through the summoning gate.

Then He proceeded to the Lord's Marketplace.

Unfortunately, today's offerings were quite ordinary—only three true god-level items.

Zhou Zhou spent several hundred true god-level god crystals to purchase them, then casually tossed them into his first treasure vault.

At that very moment,

Zheng Yuanqi rushed over and quickly reached Him.

"Have you seen the Emperor?"

"What is it, Prime Minister?"

Zhou Zhou said.

"Emperor."

"The Grand Minister Yuan Cheng has already led the army to the Titan Holy Domain—the Titan Continent—to retrieve the Titan God Clan's treasures and assets."

"The Titan God Clan's possessions are vast. Just now, the Grand Minister informed me that it will take until nightfall to bring all of the Titan God Clan's treasures back."

"Additionally, among the Titan God Clan's vassal races, there are four high-bloodline races, one thousand and thirty-one medium-bloodline races, fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy-six low-bloodline races, over a million weak races, and countless races of unknown bloodlines."

"I have already dispatched envoys to take control of these races. In no time, they will all become vassals of our Jiaoyang human race."

As Zheng Yuanqi spoke, there was a sense of triumphant pride in his voice.

A feat once reserved exclusively for high-bloodline races—now, they too could accomplish it.

And yet.

This is far from the end.

Zheng Yuanqi believed that, under the leadership of His Majesty, the achievements and future of the Jiaoyang Empire would not stop here, but would instead soar toward a brighter, more powerful destiny.

Upon hearing Zheng Yuanqi’s words, Zhou Zhou’s face also broke into a smile.

The spoils mentioned yesterday in the war report were merely the beginning.

The spoils Zheng Yuanqi spoke of were, in truth, the vast majority of the profits the Jiaoyang Empire had gained from winning yesterday’s war!

That was the accumulated essence and heritage of an elite bloodline race ranked among the top ten!

With their integration, the Jiaoyang Empire would surely advance faster, stronger, and with far greater potential.

“Tell Yuan Cheng.”

“Now that the Titan Divine Clan has become part of our Jiaoyang Empire, they are now our subjects, our vassals of the Empire.”

"The treasures of the Titan race need not all be taken."

"Take only the portion necessary for our territory's development."

"The remainder should remain with the Titan race, to meet their daily needs."

Zhou Zhou said casually.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhen Yuanqi replied with respectful deference.

After a while of further conversation, Zhen Yuanqi finally departed.

Zhou Zhou did not idle either—he immediately returned to the Palace of Cyclic Enlightenment to continue meditating on the Master's Law.

He was still merely a lower-tier True God at this point.

Though, thanks to the 'King' and other means, his combat strength had already become quite formidable.

But this power had still far from reached the pinnacle of the Supreme Cosmic Realm.

He would need to keep striving.

Meanwhile.

Within the Central Imperial Palace,

Zhou Zheng sat upon the imperial throne, handling state affairs.

At that very moment,

He suddenly saw a virtual memorial scroll.

The contents of the scroll caused a slight furrow in His brow.

This scroll came from the God Sovereign of the Brood of the Ogres—Koril, who now also served as the Domain Sovereign of the Ogres—Koril.

It stated that the Emperor of the Ash Elves Empire, the Ash True God, had requested to join the Jiaoyang Empire, even if only as a subordinate race under the Jiaoyang human people.

"The Ashen God will lead the entire elf race to voluntarily join my Sun Empire?"

Zhou Zheng was stunned.

How had this idea suddenly arisen in him?

Yet the official report offered no clear explanation.

After pondering it over, Zhou Zheng simply decided to use divination magic to seek answers.

Soon,

a look of sudden comprehension appeared on his face, followed by a series of astonished murmurs.

It turned out that since the last time the Ashen Empire forcibly took away the wounded Mother of the Elves—Xijes—within the elf race, a fierce internal conflict had erupted over the rightful ownership of this newly born deity, involving the entire elf population.

The elves, already weakened in strength, had suffered a further decline after this internal strife, their racial standing nearly plummeting from a mid-tier to a weak-tier race.

In the end,

It was the Mother of the Elves, Xijes, who awoke, and willingly chose to join the Ashen Elven Empire, appointing the Emperor of the Ashen Elven Empire—the Ashen True God—as the chieftain of the Elven race, placing Him at the helm of all Elven affairs.

The Ashen True God saw the Elves' internal frailty, their external enemies encircling them on all sides.

To protect the Elven race, to prevent their annihilation,

He thought of Zhou Zhou, with whom the Elves had once shared a bond.

And recently, He had heard the news that the Lord of All Races would lead the myriad tribes into a new age.

So, with a single breath, He clenched his teeth and stomped his foot, deciding to cling to Zhou Zhou’s leg and join the Jiayang Empire—no matter if it meant becoming a vassal race.

First, preserve the lineage of the race!

Yet, He had no means of contacting Zhou Zhou.

In desperation, the Elves reached out to their former enemies—the God of Brutes—through their channels, and only thus did the petition reach His hands.

"Even the original form and the Elven race still share such a fate."

Zhou Zheng shook his head.

Only felt how strange the world truly was.

Then he didn't care much, wrote a "yes," and turned to the next memorial.