Chapter 1393: Returning to the Yellow Spring! War Summary!

Chapter 1393: Another Journey to the Afterlife! War Summary!

Then Bai Yun became excited.

These two divine-king-level units were so powerful—Bai Yun almost foresaw the scene where the military units of the Prajaya Divine Kingdom would surge in strength simply by equipping themselves with these two divine-king-level forces.

"Let's go."

"Return to the Prajaya Capital!"

"I want the Emperor to witness firsthand the overwhelming power of the two divine-king-level units personally selected by Him."

"The Emperor will be absolutely delighted upon seeing these two divine-king-level units."

Bai Yun ordered Zero.

"Understood, Commander of the White Cloud Corps," Zero replied.

Then immediately took command of the Eternal Mother Ship, first vanishing into the Shadow Realm, then using the Shadow Realm itself to return directly to the Jiaoyang Divine Capital.

The entire process took less than five minutes.

Bai Yun gazed at the Jiaoyang Divine Capital before her, recalling the Shadow Realm she had just traversed, and could not help but exclaim:

"The Shadow Realm is truly a splendid place."

"If harnessed properly, it would be an effortless conquest of all the myriad realms across the cosmos."

Then, without further hesitation, she immediately went to report to Zhou Zheng.

At that moment, Zhou Zheng was jointly handling state affairs with Zhou Ba.

Upon hearing Bai Yun's request to see him, he summoned her up.

"Everything went smoothly, didn't it?"

Zhou Zheng smiled.

"Reporting to the Emperor, the journey went smoothly with no obstacles at all."

"The Original Sacred Cannon and the Chaotic Sovereign—both Red Sovereign-level units—I have brought them back safely."

Bai Yun spoke plainly and honestly.

Two ordinary Red Sovereign-level lord factions—indeed, nothing significant for the current Jiaoyang Sovereign State. Bai Yun even felt no need to mention it.

Such trivial matters should not be shared with the Emperor; letting the Emperor remember useless details would only waste his precious time and energy.

"Show me those two Sovereign-level units."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zheng immediately grew interested.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Bai Yun bowed respectfully.

Then with a wave of his right hand, two lower-tier primordial holy cannons and chaos rulers emerged from within His world ring, landing upon the great hall.

At that moment, their eyes were clouded with confusion, their expressions vacant and dazed—clearly already under White Yun's prior control, so as not to risk a clumsy collision with the Emperor upon the sacred hall floor.

Zhou Zheng gazed upon these two divine-king-level units, his face lighting up with satisfaction after reviewing their attribute data.

No wonder they were the strongest divine-king-level units personally recommended by Bodhi Master to His essence!

Their capabilities perfectly matched His very needs.

"Immediately send them to Mu Gu Valley. Have Him swap out the existing storm demon spirits and yellow script soldiers with these primordial holy cannons and chaos rulers."

"These units... are due for retirement."

Zhou Zheng smiled and issued the order.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

White Yun bowed respectfully.

"With the remaining time, you continue leading your soldiers to expand the borders of the Prairial God Realm as it stands today."

"Regardless of the forces you encounter, as long as they are not of Supreme God-tier or Will-tier power, you may conquer them all."

Zhou Zheng said.

The Supreme Continent, at the heart of the Supreme Cosmos, hosts Supreme God-tier and Will-tier forces. Though these beings do not have actual Supreme Gods or Will-tier entities stationed there, their presence remains.

The members of these forces have not established nations—only occupying regions of elevated territorial status, serving as their dwellings upon the Supreme Continent. To them, such places are known as 'Sanctuaries.'

These Sanctuaries exist beyond the reach of ordinary affairs. As long as they are not provoked, they generally remain indifferent to what transpires on the Supreme Continent.

Zhou Zheng, for now, has no intention of provoking them, so he specifically offered a warning.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Bai Yun replied with reverence.

Zhou Zheng nodded.

Bai Yun saw this and withdrew, leaving.

Zhou Zheng and Zhou Ba saw this, laughed and exchanged a few words, then resumed their duties in the administration.

...

At night.

Bai Yun led the army back.

Not long after.

Zhou Zhou, who had been meditating in the Palace of Cycles, slowly opened his eyes.

He felt the surging, primordial divine power within his godly body, and a smile spread across his face.

"True God rank. Already."

"Much faster than I anticipated."

Zhou Zhou felt a deep sense of satisfaction.

Such was the compounding blessing of two pinnacle artifacts, the Supreme Holy Sword and the Sovereign Holy Path Sword.

A progression of this magnitude.

In days past, he would not have dared to even dream of it.

"Within three days, I shall break through to the lower tier of the True God realm!"

"When that time comes, I should just barely be able to wield those two supreme artifacts, the Heavenly Wall Holy Armor and the Haotian Seal."

"With those two supreme artifacts in hand, my defensive capabilities and sealing prowess will elevate to the level of a Supreme God."

"Furthermore, I possess the Will Law Technique—the Myriad Blade Torrent—and the third-order Supreme God-level puppet, the Heavenly Blade Supreme God."

"Armed with such trump cards, I shall command a place of my own, even among the myriad Supreme Gods!"

Zhou Zhou's eyes gleamed with a brilliant light.

After achieving the Primordial God Realm, His power would undergo a qualitative transformation!

At that time,

within the myriad realms of the cosmos, the only beings capable of making Him hesitate would likely be those of Willpower-tier existence.

Then Zhou Zhou opened today's war summary.

Throughout the day, Bai Yun and her forces led vast armies in expanding the territory of the Jiayang Divine Nation across the Supreme Continent, conquering a total of 89 primary nation-level lord domains, 66 secondary nation-level lord domains, 30 tertiary nation-level lord domains, and five Dominant-level lord domains!

In total, they annihilated 105 ying, plus over 30,000 zhe of soldiers, over 200 million divine beings, more than 18,000 true gods, and 104 Supreme Gods!

Following today's territorial expansion campaign,

the armies of the Jiayang Divine Nation gathered approximately 150,000 ying worth of various-tiered mist hearts, source crystals, skill books, equipment, and base materials.

Additionally, they acquired 143 zhe 870.9 billion 342.4 million 8798 fragments of Bronze-tier Lord Talent Crystal shards!

And 154,112 Legendary-tier and lower-tier Lord Talent Spheres!

A vast array of crystalline fragments of various noble lord talents!

Additionally, there is:

600 billion, 412.3 million, 1.233 billion, 40 million units of divine crystals ranging from lower-tier to upper-tier deities!

300 million, 76.87 million, 435.5 pieces of true deity-level divine crystals!

500 million, 12.11 million, 787.8 pieces of master deity-level divine crystals!

234,000 pieces of divine crystals ranging from first to third rank of the supreme deities! (Fourth-rank masters cannot explode; only third-rank supreme deity crystals can be released by higher master deities)

280 million, 498.9 billion, 1.7 million pieces of divine artifacts ranging from lower-tier to upper-tier deities! 25.89 million pieces of true divine artifacts! 28,78 pieces of master artifacts! 24 pieces of supreme deity artifacts!

A total of approximately 120 million, 50 million plus pieces of divine soul fragments, divine-grade herbs, divine-grade ingredients, divine-grade minerals, divine-grade blueprints, and other such treasures!

500 million, 34.24 million, 678.9 pieces of divine-grade herbs, ingredients, minerals, blueprints, and other such master deity-level treasures!

618 pieces of supreme deity-level divine-grade herbs, ingredients, minerals, blueprints, and other such treasures!

In terms of infiltration, today, Zhou Zhan and the lords of the Star Alliance have successfully turned over 28 jing 8977 zhe 3423 billion 1231 million 8788 soldiers, 51,210,1887 deities, 2,873 true gods, and 16 supreme gods. Additionally, 12 foreign supreme gods have voluntarily surrendered, bringing the total to 28 supreme gods!

Furthermore, regarding divine ascensions:

Today, a staggering 310,801,399 legendary upper-tier soldiers have ascended to the rank of lower deities.

An additional 2,898 upper-tier gods have advanced to the rank of true deities.

Six of the most elite human true gods and five of the most powerful foreign true gods have sensed the limits of their supreme god status and have applied to enter the Palace of the Cycles for secluded meditation and cultivation, in an attempt to transcend the supreme god realm!

It is highly probable that they will officially break through tomorrow!

Originally, Zhou Zhou's forces consisted of 117 jing 3663 zhe 8322 billion 2638 million 482 soldiers, 100 million 5732 million 8221 deities, 27,293 true gods, and 88 supreme gods.

Now, with the newly recruited forces and the newly elevated divine warriors, his total forces have grown to 146 jing 2641 zhe 1745 billion 781 million 8321 soldiers, 200 million 3961 million 8609 deities, 33,064 true gods, and 116 supreme gods!

After reviewing the figures, Zhou Zhou nodded in satisfaction.

Two hundred million deities!

Three ten-thousand true gods!

Over a hundred chief gods!

Such power would make any being bow and serve.

Especially among the chief gods.

"Over a hundred chief gods, indeed."

"Alas, not of human lineage—otherwise, in this regard, we would truly stand on par with the three top-bloodline races."

"Right now, though... we still fall short."

Zhou Zhou may have been shaking his head, yet a smile lingered at the corner of his mouth.

Whether or not our own race has a hundred chief gods, having more than a hundred chief gods is still a positive development.

"The three top-bloodline races—if we include the chief gods of their affiliated sub-races—likely number somewhere between five hundred and a thousand."

Zhou Zhou ran a finger along his chin.

For eons, the three paramount bloodline races had governed the supreme cosmos, gathering and assimilating countless higher, mid-tier, and even weaker species.

It was entirely normal to possess so many foreign chief deities.

Yet the sheer number of them was staggering.

Still, He didn’t care much.

With the rapid emergence of new chief deities under His command, combined with those acquired through war, subversion, or outright conquest, He was confident that within six months, He would surpass—indeed, equal or exceed—the total number of chief deities held by all three of the top-tier bloodline races.

That was a pace utterly terrifying.

Then He shut off the war summary report, paused, and with a single thought, vanished from his place.

…

Yellow Springs.

The vibrant, blood-red lotus flowers cluster around a mysterious and majestic dock of the Yellow River Port.

Zhou Zhou materializes suddenly upon the dock of this place.

As soon as he appears, he sees vast numbers of the ghostly people engaged in fishing from their boats upon the Yellow River.

A smaller group of the ghostly people gather on an open field, standing beside the lotus flowers, refining the thick yellow river qi to elevate their own cultivation.

Soon,

a figure materializes before Zhou Zhou, his face filled with panic:

"Your Majesty!"

"Late as I am, I beg your pardon, Your Majesty."

This true god is none other than the True God of the Ghostly People overseeing this place—Yan Luo!

"I too came here suddenly, with no prior thought—what could I possibly have done wrong?"

"Let it go about this matter."

"Has anything unusual happened here lately? Has anything significant occurred in Yellow Springs?"

Zhou Zhou asked.

He naturally hadn't forgotten that Yellow Springs still held one consciousness-level inheritance.

"Report to the Emperor."

"Recently, things have been remarkably calm. At most, we've encountered occasional wandering souls who have lost their memories, passing through here unnoticed—thanks to our careful concealment, they never discovered us and swiftly departed."

"However…"

"Beyond the protective range of the Yellow Springs Dock, there appears to be a great battle raging."

"The disturbance from that conflict is terrifying. Following the Emperor's teachings, we have refrained from venturing out prematurely and exposing ourselves. We have instead focused solely on harvesting the Yellow Springs fish here, and thus currently know nothing of what is happening beyond."

Yan Luo said.

"Good work."

Zhou Zhou nodded.

Then, glancing outward beyond the protected zone of Huangquan Shipyard, he began to think deeply.

Was there a war happening there?

What had happened?

Could it be connected to the Sovereign of Cycles?

Zhou Zhou felt a curious intrigue.

A sense of urgency, too.

Though the Huangquan Shipyard's protection could keep this area hidden from the outside world, if the ripple effects of a battle from beyond reached here, the protection would be powerless to shield it.

Then...

Perhaps He will lose this newly constructed Underworld Wharf.

Though the Underworld Decree grants Him the ability to rebuild a new Underworld Wharf, it would still entail considerable inconvenience.

And it would inevitably reduce His catch of Underworld Fish.

Thinking of the Underworld Fish, Zhou Zhou casually asked:

"How is the catch of Underworld Fish currently?"

"Currently, we have caught over one hundred thousand Underworld Fish. Of these, thirty thousand have already been transported into the Divine Realm, while the remaining seventy thousand are being temporarily kept in the newly established Underworld Fish Lake."

Yan Luo said.

"Prepare me one Underworld Fish."

Zhou Zhou thought for a moment, then issued this order.

Yan Luo stiffened.

Could it be that the Emperor had come merely to eat a fish from the Yellow River of the Afterlife?

Yet, the Divine Realm also had such a dish, and its culinary deity—surely far superior to theirs in skill and artistry.

Still, He would not defy Zhou Zhou's orders. With a single nod of affirmation, He departed to prepare.

In less than a moment,

a perfectly seasoned, fragrant, and delicious dish of Yellow River Afterlife Fish was placed before Zhou Zhou.

"Your Majesty,"

"This dish was prepared by our senior divine-level chef of the Shadow Clan, using a five-color divine elixir to stew the Afterlife Fish—a method we have perfected to preserve every single nutrient within the fish's delicate flesh."

"And furthermore, this—"

Yan Luo, like an insatiable gastronome, poured forth an endless stream of explanations, detailing every advantage and nuance of the dish.

"Stop."

"I'll taste it first, then decide."

Zhou Zhou interrupted the other's spellcasting and immediately began to eat.

The flavor was indeed excellent.

Yet, the point that Zhou Zhou was truly focused on was not this.

After finishing the entire yellow-vein fish, he silently observed the subtle shifts in his own will.

"The will has improved imperceptibly, just a little."

"I am only now beginning to enter the realm of willful transcendence. To reach the mid-stage of this realm, I would likely need to consume a million yellow-vein fish."

"Thus, to advance to the late stage, to completion, or even to the Supreme Will Realm, I would probably have to devour every single yellow-vein fish within the Yellow Vein, in order to stand even a sliver of chance at achieving the Supreme Will Realm."

"But how could that possibly happen..."

Zhou Zhou shook his head.

He saw that the Yellow Spring Fish was offering little improvement to his own progress.

But that made sense.

If this thing were effective even against beings who had achieved the realm of Willful Immortality, then the Yellow Spring Fish would have long since been devoured to near extinction by the supreme deities across the myriad realms.

The very essence of the living Yellow Spring Will would likely be preserved only in the most distant corners of oblivion.

Still, though it had no effect on those who had reached the realm of Willful Immortality, it did offer a commendable enhancement to the will of deities at the level of Will as Light.

Perfectly suited, in fact, for the many chief deities under his command. These Yellow Spring Fish could serve as rewards, helping them ascend to the level of supreme deities.

"Eventually, I need to seek out relics capable of elevating one’s will to the realm of Willful Immortality."

"I recall that the Supreme Deity Stele from the Ultimate Void Battlefield contains a supreme-tier relic known as the 'Eternal Void Demon Statue.' This statue is said to sharpen and strengthen the will. Perhaps I can try it out."

With this thought in mind, Zhou Zhou's anticipation for his journey to the Ultimate Void Battlefield the next day grew even stronger.