Chapter 1536: Four Racial Divine Artifacts! Twenty Missions!

Chapter 1536: Four Racial Artifacts! Twenty Quests!

Zhou Zhan tapped upon the Supreme Monument, navigating to the interface for racial artifacts, and immediately filtered for those exclusive to the Scorching Sun Divine Race—the humans.

To ascend to a high-tier master god kingdom, a lord was required to possess fifty racial artifacts belonging to their own kin.

Yet within his grasp, there were currently but forty-five such artifacts of the Scorching Sun Divine Race, leaving him five short of fulfilling this particular requirement for advancement.

Searching for them one by one by his own means would prove far too slow.

It was better by far to purchase them directly from the Supreme Monument.

As for the acquisition of attribute-immune racial artifacts, that matter could be deferred for the moment; there was no pressing urgency for it anyway.

He observed the listings for a brief spell, and soon enough, he settled upon his targets for purchase.

Racial Artifact - Galloping Bronze Horse (Low-tier Racial Artifact): A racial artifact exclusive to the human race. Once a lord places it within their territory, the subjects under their command will gain a certain affinity for equestrian talents, and the lands will more readily breed horses of exceptional pedigree and pure bloodlines. When subjects ride equine companions into alien territories, the speed of their mounts is increased by ten percent; when executing a cavalry charge against foreign races, their destructive might is augmented by fifty percent. — Exchange Cost: Two million military merits and three Supreme Quest Medals.

[Race Artifact - Si Mu Rong Ding (Junior Race Artifact): Exclusive to the Human race. After the Lord places it within the territory, copper production in the territory increases by 20%. The common people within the territory will show greater respect toward women who have mothers, without affecting their rationality. The Lord's vassals and subjects will grow more devoted to the Lord and adhere more strictly to the territory's laws. — Required military achievements for exchange: 1 million military points, 2 High Mission Medals]

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[Race Artifact - Qingming Shanghe Tu (Junior Race Artifact): Exclusive to the Human race. After the Lord integrates it into the core of the territory, the territory becomes more attractive to external painters, greatly enhancing the artistic talents of the common people. At the same time, the people within the territory will develop a deeper affection for their homeland mountains and rivers. — Required military achievements for exchange: 3 million military points, 1 High Mission Medal]

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[Race Artifact - Xia Yu's Nine Dings (Senior Race Artifact): Exclusive to the Human race. After the Lord places it within the territory, it can suppress the fortune of the Lord and the territorial forces, preventing its loss or theft. Within the territory's borders, rebellions become significantly less likely. When facing invasions by foreign races, the Lord and the territorial forces can respond more swiftly, minimizing losses and launching rapid counterattacks. Upon defeating the invaders, there is a 10% chance of obtaining the Nine Dings Box. Inside the Nine Dings Box, one may unlock the Fog Heart, equipment, materials, talent cards, divine crystals, building blueprints, pet eggs... — Required military achievements for exchange: 6 million military points, 3 Main God Mission Medals]

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[Race Artifact - Terracotta Army (Mid-level Race Artifact): Exclusive to the Human race. After the Lord places it within the territory, the territory can train advanced units—the Terracotta Army. The Terracotta Army excels in all aspects of combat: close combat, ranged attacks, siege warfare, defense, logistics, and construction—mastering every domain! — Required military achievements for exchange: 4 million military points, 4 High Mission Medals]

Zhou Zhan looked at the five race artifacts he had selected, nodded in satisfaction.

Though most of them were junior race artifacts, only the Nine Dings was a senior one,

yet he had originally purchased them merely to meet the resource requirements for advancing to the status of a Main God Nation. Naturally, he hadn't been overly picky.

His gaze fell upon the mid-tier race relic artifact of the Terracotta Army, and then, with a faint sense of regret, he shook his head.

In bygone days, he would have rejoiced immensely at acquiring such a race relic.

After all, the elite troop type—the Terracotta Army—had long since ceased to be a mere weak force among its peers.

But now, under his command, he already possessed the supreme divine weapons, the celestial law gods, and the heavenly troops—these apex-tier, ultra-advanced forces. There was no longer any need for the Terracotta Army.

Then he opened the conditions required for ascending to a higher-tier Supreme God Realm, and indeed, he saw that the entry of the race relic had already been fulfilled.

"Now, for me, ascending to a higher-tier Supreme God Realm, only three most difficult requirements remain."

"Raise my territory's rank to Supreme God level!"

"Conquer three of the junior Supreme God Realm territories ruled by the Crimson Lords!"

"Conquer one territory ruled by a junior Supreme God Realm lord not under the Crimson Lords!"

"Let me first raise my territory to the Supreme God level."

"The other two cannot be forced—they can only come gradually."

Zhou Zhan thought it.

Then he glanced at his information panel.

User: Jiaoyang Lord (Fourth Reserve of Supreme Lord, Second Leader of the Supreme Will Faction—Ultimate Void Battlefield)

Military Merit: 6 million points of military merit

Mission Medals: 10.5 Supreme Deity-level mission medals

Other Rewards: 2 universal race relics

"There's still a great deal of military merit and mission medals left."

"Then perhaps I can exchange for a few race relics capable of attribute immunity modification."

Zhou Zhan murmured to himself as he saw this.

Then He lifted it once more.

Quickly.

His eyes sparkled.

"Exactly that."

With a single thought, 6 million points of military merit and 10 pieces of Supreme Divine-Rank Mission Medals vanished instantly.

By now.

His military merit had once again returned to zero, and his mission medals were left with only 0.5.

Just as before, nearly spent in full.

At the same time, a small white bear plushie appeared in his hands.

[Race Artifact – Holy Bear Puppet (Top-Rank Race Artifact): Exclusive race artifact of the Light Spirit Bear Clan. Once the Lord places it within his territory, all subjects under his rule gain the [Bear's Power] talent, increasing personal base strength by +100 kilograms; gain the [Bear's Defense] talent, greatly enhancing personal defense and reducing 20% of physical damage taken; gain the [Holy Bear's Heart] talent, slightly enhancing the "Force Principle" talent among his subjects. When such subjects advance to deities based on the "Force Principle," their chance of breaking through to deity status increases by 50%!]

"Not worth the 6 million military merits and 10 top-tier divine mission medals I spent to acquire it—this is truly a race's divine artifact."

"The effect is indeed top-tier."

Zhou Zhan sighed in admiration.

And the Law of Strength, ranking among the top five laws in the highest cosmos, is exceptionally rare among race artifacts. Such a top-tier race artifact is found only in divine relics like the Divine Monument. Otherwise, if one were to search across the countless realms of the universe, even with infinite time, it would be nearly impossible to find a race artifact of such supreme and scarce properties.

With this Law of Strength race artifact now empowered, Zhou Zhan and his troops would hold a decisive advantage whenever facing enemies—especially those relying on physical force.

"Next, it must be transformed into a race artifact of the Prajvala Divine Clan."

Zhou Zhan pulled out the Changsheng Ding and immediately tossed the Saint Bear Puppet inside, to undergo the transformation process within the vessel.

Soon.

Zhou Zhan immediately felt that five percent of his own fate had been stripped from his total fate and absorbed into the Chengsheng Cauldron, transforming into fuel for the cauldron and beginning the transformation of the Sacred Bear Puppet.

He sensed the loss of his fate, and could not help but marvel.

The demand for fate conversion was truly staggering.

Then, without further thought, he simply waited.

A moment later—

Boom!

A deep, resonant sound echoed, causing the Chengsheng Cauldron to tremble slightly. Then, the lid of the cauldron opened on its own, and a beam of white light shot out, flying directly toward Zhou Zhan, eventually halting before him.

At the same time,

Zhou Zhan sensed that roughly fifteen percent of his own fate had been released from the surface of the cauldron and seamlessly merged into his own fate.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhan could not help but be astounded.

He had merely consumed only five percent of his fortune, yet the returned fortune surged to a full fifteen percent!

In and out, his own fortune had surged by ten percent.

No wonder this Holy Titan Puppet was such a treasured, top-tier race artifact—its return of fortune was truly overwhelming.

Only then did He turn his gaze upon this newly transformed race artifact.

Now it had undergone a complete metamorphosis—no longer the white little bear doll, but instead a rugged, ancient, chaotic-colored great axe.

He looked upon it, and the race artifact's information appeared.

[Race Artifact – The Heaven-Opening Holy Axe (Top-Tier Race Artifact): Exclusive to the Sunlight Divine Clan! Born from the mythological legend of the ancient deity Pangu, who split the heavens and the earth, and forged through the collective faith of the Heaven-Opening Cult. A top-tier race artifact.

Once placed within a territory by the Lord, all subjects under his rule gain the [Heaven-Opening Power] talent, increasing their base strength by +1000 kilograms; they gain [Heaven-Opening Blessing], greatly enhancing their defense, reducing 30% of physical damage taken; the [Law of Force] talent is subtly strengthened—when advancing to a deity based on this talent, the probability of breakthrough increases by 80%; when advancing to a True God, the breakthrough probability increases by 50%; when ascending to a Supreme God, the breakthrough probability increases by 10%! ]

After reading it, Zhou Zhan inhaled sharply.

What a top-tier race artifact!

Far surpassing the Five Elements Stars He had exchanged for last time!

This transformation—absolutely a windfall!

Then, gazing at the name of this race's divine artifact, He couldn't help but smile.

The Heaven-Opening Holy Axe!

Only one character differs from the Pangu's Heaven-Opening Axe.

And Pangu's Heaven-Opening Axe—was the companion artifact born with Him from the very beginning, one that grows alongside His power.

Now, with the vast resources cultivated within the Radiant Sun Goddom, Pangu has already reached the upper limit of a Supreme God, mere steps away from becoming a Supreme Being.

Zhou Zhan had once privately visited Him. If nothing unforeseen occurs, Pangu should ascend to Supreme Being status within the next couple of days.

"Does Pangu even know of the existence of this Heaven-Opening Holy Axe?"

That thought flashed through Zhou Zhan's mind.

But He did not ask.

After all, the Divine Axe of Creation was already in His hands. Asking or not made little difference—it would only yield a trivial answer, one of no consequence.

He sheathed the Divine Axe, closed the Race Artifact interface, and opened the Task interface.

After careful selection, He chose exactly twenty missions and accepted them all.

They were:

[Conquer the Third-Rank Supreme Deity War Territory – The City of the Ancient God (Third-Rank Supreme Deity Mission)]

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[Explore the Void Sanctum (Exclusive Mission of the Ancient God War Territory)]

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[Conquer the Second-Rank Supreme Deity War Territory – The Crystal Citadel (Second-Rank Supreme Deity Mission)]

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[Conquest of the Void Realm (Exclusive Mission for the Crystal War Territory)]

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[Conquer the First-Class Supreme Divine War Territory – The Nine Dragon Capital (First-Class Supreme Divine Mission)]

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[Conquest of the Void Realm (Exclusive Mission for the Nine Dragon War Territory)]

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[Conquer the First-Class Supreme Divine War Territory – The Purple Cloud Capital (First-Class Supreme Divine Mission)]

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[Conquest of the Void Sanctum (Exclusive Mission for the Zi Yun War Territory)]

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[Conquer the First-Class Supreme God-Level War Territory – Feng Bird Capital (First-Class Supreme God-Level Mission)]

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[Conquest of the Void Sanctum (Exclusive Mission for the Feng Bird War Territory)]

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[Conquer the First-Class Supreme God-Level War Territory – Xuan Huo Capital (First-Class Supreme God-Level Mission)]

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[Conquest of the Void Sanctum (Exclusive Mission for the Xuan Huo War Territory)]

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Zhou Zhan glanced at the twenty war missions, nodding slightly.

Twenty missions to conquer war territories—corresponding to the remaining ten war territories!

As long as he completed all of them, fourteen out of the fifteen war territories in the Ultimate Void Battlefield would fall under the banner of the Supreme Will. Then, all that would remain would be to eliminate the final stronghold where the Void Emperor’s avatar resides—thus expelling the entire Void Clan from the Ultimate Void Battlefield. Once that was done, neither the Supreme Cosmic Realm nor the Crimson Cosmic Realm would ever again face invasion from the Ultimate Void Battlefield.

"By then,"

"The great clash between the Supreme Will, the Crimson Sovereign, and the Void Emperor would surely begin?"

"But that would have nothing to do with me."

Zhou Zhan thought.

A clash of that magnitude—likely even the true Supreme Will Realm would suffer several casualties.

At the level of Precursor Supreme Will, one would be nothing more than a disposable pawn.

His own strength was utterly insufficient to even participate in such a war.

When the time came, as long as the Supreme Will did not command him to go, he would resolutely refuse to wade into those muddy waters.

His own life was, after all, the most precious thing.

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At that very same moment.

Within the Reincarnation Sacred Palace.

Zhou Zhou sat cross-legged upon the Cushion of Enlightenment, deeply immersed in his cultivation.

After a long while.

He slowly opened his eyes.

Gazing at the Holy Scripture of the Heart floating before him, a satisfied smile graced his face.

"Truly worthy of being a Sacred Will Artifact."

"I feel that if I continue refining my will in the World of Time for just one more night, I'll reach the late stage of Will Transcendence."

"By then,"

"I'll be only a single step away from attaining the Will of Supreme Eminence."

He murmured to himself.

At that point, he would elevate his cultivation level to the near-Supreme Will stage.

Then, he could attempt the breakthrough and ascend to the Supreme Will Realm.

He then recalled the encounter he had today with the True Blood Avatar of the Supreme Will Realm in the Ultimate Void Battlefield.

He murmured:

"Though my strength has grown rapidly,"

"so too has the strength of my enemies."

"The enemies encountered during this week's battle in the duplication phase were true blood manifestations of the Supreme Will Realm. Next time, they might very well be genuine Supreme Will Realm beings."

"I cannot slack!"

"We must keep striving!"

"Only by ascending to the Supreme Will Realm, mastering the Supreme Will Technique, and obtaining the Supreme Will Realm's Heavenly Fate Emperor can I truly secure my own safety!"

"Once I have created vast quantities of Supreme Will Realm artifacts—even Will Immortal Instruments through the Heavenly Fate Emperor, I will be truly self-sufficient."

"At that point, even facing beings beyond the realm of Will Transcendence, I should be able to protect myself using the abundant resources of the Supreme Will Realm."

Zhou Zhou thought of this.

All along, he had relied on overwhelming resources to defeat his foes.

Even against enemies of higher realms, as long as he maintained the advantage of resource superiority, he could prevail. If not, at least he could ensure his own survival.

This was the very foundation of his confidence in being able to defend himself within the Supreme Will Realm.

Of course.

On the condition that he first ascends to the realm of Supreme Will.

Thinking this way,

a sense of urgency stirred within his heart.