Chapter 1561: Upgrade Territory! War Summary!

Chapter 1561: Upgrading the Territory! War Summary!

After the Imperial Council had concluded, Zhou Zhan bid farewell to the various Crimson Lords and returned to the Demon Queen's Capital.

"Your Majesty."

"I believe they are not trustworthy."

Bai Yun approached Zhou Zhan, speaking with a touch of concern.

"I feel the same way," said Zhou Zhan, his tone calm and detached. "But it matters little, for my power and influence far surpass theirs. Whatever rebellious acts they might attempt—against me, they would be as trivial and meaningless as children playing house."

"You need not worry about them disrupting our plans."

"With their capabilities, they could accomplish nothing significant."

"It was my overthinking," said Bai Yun, nodding with sudden clarity.

Zhou Zhan gave a slight nod, saying no more.

...

At night.

The Sun's Capital.

Zhou Zhan was reviewing the war summary compiled by Zero, detailing today's total war gains.

Through the joint efforts of the Praetorian Army of the Sun's Capital and the forces deployed in the Ultimate Void Battlefield,

the Sun's Capital has today annihilated 1,013 primary nation-level lord factions, 522 intermediate nation-level lord factions, 421 advanced nation-level lord factions, and 102 master-level lord factions!

Additionally, on the Ultimate Void Battlefield, since both four-tier Supreme God-level war territories had been entirely abandoned by the Ultimate Void Race, Zhou Zhan did not engage in any combat with the Ultimate Void Race today.

But fortunately, within these two fourth-tier supreme god war domains, there existed a total of ten void sanctuaries.

Zhou Zhan divided his forces and swiftly conquered all ten void sanctuaries, along the way casually activating the "Heir of Destiny" — a lord's innate ability.

Together, the total number of beings eliminated today reached over three billion gods, three billion true gods, over twenty thousand primary gods, more than two hundred supreme gods, and five beings of near-unparalleled willpower.

Undeniably,

the sheer number of enemies destroyed was vastly inferior to what had been previously achieved.

Yet, the ultimate void race's sudden withdrawal from the battlefield was something Zhou Zhan could not have anticipated — he could only accept this somewhat regrettable outcome.

To be fair, after careful accounting:

the Praetorium of the Sun God Nation today harvested approximately 5,000 ying units of fog hearts, source crystals, skill books, equipment, and basic materials.

11 ying 8231 million 1782 billion 1831 ten thousand 3289 fragments of bronze-level lord's innate abilities!

1,588 units of chaotic divine relics!

2811 million 1283 legendary and non-legendary lord talent spheres!

Numerous fragments of lord talent crystals from various levels!

Additionally:

10000000000000000000000000000000

1231 million 2039 pieces of divine-grade medicinal herbs, divine-grade foodstuffs, divine-grade minerals, divine-grade blueprints, and other such treasures!

Recruitment efforts.

Today, Zhou Zhan did not deploy "Mofei Wangchen" from Rate Soil, but instead relied solely on "The Son of Destiny," successfully persuading a divine spirit from a void secret realm. In total, 219 billion 2384 million 1283 lower-tier divine spirits, 14 billion 3498 million 2376 mid-tier divine spirits, 100 billion 2397 million 2381 upper-tier divine spirits, 24 billion 9782 million 3410 true gods, 52,309 supreme gods, and 5 Supreme Deities were recruited.

Additionally, the chieftains of the Star Alliance also recruited 1031 jin soldiers, 7.8 billion 1.1 million divine spirits, over 5 million true gods, and 512 supreme gods!

Finally, regarding divine spirit promotions:

Today, a total of 1123 billion 2988 million 2311 legendary upper-tier soldiers were promoted to lower-tier divine spirits.

Furthermore, 2,219,273 upper-tier divine spirits were elevated to true god ranks.

Additionally, 4,213 elite human true gods and 12,397 elite alien true gods sensed the limitations of their supreme god status and have applied to enter the Palace of Reincarnation for meditation and cultivation, in an attempt to transcend into the realm of supreme gods.

Moreover, two supreme god-level spirits also sensed their own promotion barriers and have decided today to enter the Palace of Reincarnation, preparing to ascend to the first rank of Supreme Deity.

If all proceeds as expected, the breakthrough will officially occur tomorrow.

Zhou Zhou's original forces consisted of 2 yao 7922 jing 2387 zhao 1925 yi 2374 wan 3888 soldiers, 7997 yi 8136 wan 2618 divine beings, 144 yi 8809 wan 9388 true gods, 24 wan 1981 chief deities, and 182 supreme gods, plus one cultivator of the nearly absolute will realm!

Now, with the newly recruited divine beings who have defected, and the five supreme gods and fifteen chief deities recruited from the Chaos Realm, his forces have grown to 1 yao 9822 jing 2387 zhao 1265 yi 2374 wan 3888 soldiers, 9418 yi 320 wan 3901 divine beings, 159 yi 3030 wan 1037 true gods, 29 wan 4802 chief deities, and 196 supreme gods!

After reviewing this, Zhou Zhou gently shook his head.

The battles his main combat forces endured today had eliminated far too few enemies—his soldiers' strength had barely improved at all.

Well.

Let them enjoy a day of ease then.

He didn't dwell on it.

Additionally,

Beyond the above-mentioned battles, in the acquisition of Chaos Divine Treasures from the Chaos Sea today, the Chaos Sea's management personnel acquired an additional 220 units of Chaos Divine Treasures from the nation-level master factions that collected them within the Temporal Ruins.

He originally possessed 4624 units of Chaos Divine Treasures. Adding these 220 units, plus the 1588 units obtained from the Ultimate Void Battlefield, brings the total to 6432 units of Chaos Divine Treasures.

This quantity of chaotic divine treasures is already more than sufficient to meet the demands of upgrading the territory.

Zhou Zhou thought this, and immediately vanished from within the Cycle Palace by a single instantaneous teleportation.

...

The Pride of the Sun Divine Capital.

Above.

Zhou Zhou looked down upon the Pride of the Sun Divine Capital below.

With a mere thought,

the very next second,

4000 yao units of base materials, 10,000 superior divine crystals of the main god rank, 100 jing units of source crystals, 5,000 units of chaotic divine treasures, and 50 units of ultimate void crystalline matter instantly disappeared.

A textual prompt appeared.

[Congratulations! Your Intermediate Divine Sovereign Realm (Lord's Law) has successfully ascended to a Superior Divine Sovereign Realm (Lord's Law)!]

[Your territory has successfully elevated to a Superior Divine Sovereign Territory!]

[Your Intermediate Divine Unity Heart Array has advanced to a Superior Divine Unity Heart Array.]

[Territory stone monument durability has increased to: 100 Jing / 100 Jing!]

[Your territory's expanse has expanded to 100 million km × 100 million km × 50 million m!]

[All fog monsters within the newly added territory boundaries have been expelled!]

[The Crimson Fog will no longer appear in any of your territory boundaries!]

[You have received an upgrade reward: Box of Mythic Architecture Blueprints (Superior Divine Sovereign)!]

[Lord's Talent Prompt: Your Crimson Nidus is now eligible for upgrading!]

[Lord's Talent Prompt: Your Enigmatic Trading Fleet faction has been enhanced!]

[Lord's Divine Gift Prompt: Your Life Ark's divine servants have enhanced their power!]

Zhou Zhou saw this and nodded in satisfaction.

At last, he has ascended to the upper tier of a master god's domain.

Looking back at it from the beginning, 5000 units of chaotic divine treasure certainly sounded terrifying.

But now, reflecting upon it, the difficulty of gathering them was actually quite ordinary.

Then he turned his gaze to the next requirements for advancement.

...

[Construction Upgrade: 5000 yao units of wood, 5000 yao units of fine sand, 5000 yao units of metal, 5000 yao units of stone, 1000 pieces of first-tier Supreme God crystals, 1000 jing units of source crystals, 10,000 units of chaotic divine treasure, 100 units of ultimate void crystalline, 100 advanced divine realms, 10 primary master god realms, 10 first-tier Supreme God deities, and 1 billion heroes!]

...

After reading it through, Zhou Zhou furrowed his brows deeply.

Basic materials, the Supreme Deity Crystal, the Source Crystal, advanced Divine Kingdoms, the Supreme Deity, and heroes—these conditions He can all fulfill.

But.

10,000 units of Chaotic Divine Treasures, 100 units of Ultimate Void Crystalline, ten Primary Sovereign Kingdoms!

These three demands grow more absurd with each one.

Chaotic Divine Treasures need no further explanation.

He himself knows better than anyone how difficult it has been to gather Chaotic Divine Treasures over the past days.

Without multiple channels through which to collect them, he would have been utterly impossible to amass 5,000 units of Chaotic Divine Treasures in such a short time to upgrade his territory.

But!

He has already collected every single Void Sanctum within the Ultimate Void Battlefield. Now, apart from the Sacred Domain, there is not a single unit of Chaotic Divine Treasure left anywhere in the Ultimate Void Battlefield.

That is to say.

He has lost one of the key pathways to acquiring the Chaos Divine Treasures, perhaps even the primary source of such treasures.

After all, whether the Chaos Divine Treasures brought by the Time-Space Chaos Immortals or those born from time and space themselves—these numbers are scarce. Together, they pale in comparison to the vast quantities of Chaos Divine Treasures generated within the Void Sanctuaries of the Ultimate Void Battlefield.

From tomorrow onward.

The number of Chaos Divine Treasures he will harvest each day will plummet dramatically!

As for the Ultimate Void Crystals—there's no need to speak of them.

Should the war between the Supreme Will and the Ultimate Void Clan break out tomorrow, and the Supreme Will prevail while the Ultimate Void Clan is defeated, then their only option will be to flee.

At that point,

Scattered throughout the boundless Ultimate Void Cosmos,

the Ultimate Void Clan could simply hide in any remote corner. Even if the Supreme Will personally searched, they might never find them—let alone seize the Ultimate Void Crystals held by them.

By that time, Zhou Zhou would be utterly unable to locate even a single unit of Ultimate Void Crystal within the Supreme Cosmos.

As for the final ten primary god realms...

Zhou Zhou stared at the sky, speechless.

Ten primary god realms?

Lord of the Supreme Will, are you serious?

Didn't you see how difficult it is for me to find even a single primary god realm?

To find ten primary god realms and conquer them all?

That would take ages—years, perhaps—of waiting.

He furrowed his brow, thinking for a moment, then suddenly exhaled in relief.

Am I being too hasty?

Right now, it's nearly impossible for even the first primary god realm's lordship to emerge.

Even with the immense competitive pressure of the Crimson Grand Cosmos, it had only just given birth to a single primary-tier Master God Kingdom lord territory.

Why, then, should he rush blindly into pursuit of a Supreme God-tier territory?

Even if he found himself unable to upgrade his territory in the short term due to its staggereningly steep requirements,

it would undoubtedly be far more agonizing for other lords.

He could afford to take his time; there was truly no need for such haste.

By the time he spent the necessary years elevating his domain to a Tier-1 Supreme God territory, the entirety of both the Supreme Grand Cosmos and the Crimson Grand Cosmos might not have produced even a single mid-tier Master God Kingdom territory.

He had absolutely no reason to panic.

"Then I shall take it slow."

Once Zhou Zhou cleared his mind, a profound sense of peace settled over him.

He fell into quiet contemplation.

Yet, though he claimed to proceed slowly, he couldn’t possibly linger in blind inertia.

First of all—

Regarding the Chaos Divine Treasures from the Primordial Chaos God’s relics!

It’s true that the Ultimate Void Battlefield may no longer yield new Chaos Divine Treasures in the future.

But the Sacred Domain within the Ultimate Void Battlefield—still unexplored—must harbor numerous Void Sanctuaries, each concealing a certain number of Chaos Divine Treasures.

Even if the quantity is small, he couldn’t afford to overlook them.

After all, why take nothing?

Once every last Chaos Divine Treasure within the Ultimate Void Battlefield has been secured, Zhou Zhou will send Zhou Zhan to investigate the origins of Chaos Divine Treasures in the Crimson Great Universe.

If they can uncover the source and master a stable method of obtaining these treasures from within the Crimson Great Universe,

then although he would lose the supply route through the Ultimate Void Battlefield, he would gain a new, reliable source of Chaos Divine Treasures.

And furthermore, the chaotic divine treasures produced from this source might very well outnumber those harvested from the Ultimate Void Battlefield—there's no telling.

Secondly: it concerns the issue of Ultimate Void Crystals.

If the Supreme Will defeats the Void Emperor, then the Void Emperor will surely carry His Ultimate Void Clan away.

At that point,

within the Sacred Realms of the Ultimate Void Battlefield, certain Ultimate Void Crystals will inevitably exist.

I must find a way to secure these crystals, to compensate for the shortfall in my own resources.

Should the Void Emperor retreat completely, leaving nothing behind, then Zhou Zhou might simply create a few duplicates, dispatching them into the Ultimate Void Cosmos to personally hunt down the Ultimate Void Crystals.

After all, Ultimate Void Crystals are native products of the Ultimate Void Cosmos.

If the Ultimate Void Clan cannot possess them, then they must be gathered directly from their very source—the Ultimate Void Cosmos itself.

As for the upgrade requirement of conquering ten primary god realms,

Zhou Zhou naturally had full confidence in his ability to accomplish this.

But the key issue was that, at present, in either the Supreme Grand Cosmos or the Crimson Grand Cosmos, aside from Os's god realm, there were no other primary god realms.

Thus, Zhou Zhou had a plan.

He would, just as he cultivated Ling'er into a primary god realm, simultaneously nurture eight more primary god realms within both the Supreme Grand Cosmos and the Crimson Grand Cosmos.

Though it would consume considerable resources,

if he wished to continue upgrading his territory, there was no alternative.

You're incapable on your own, are you not?

No problem— I'll accelerate your growth, pull you up from the roots, and then harvest them all together!

Doesn't that work?

Zhou Zhou currently only had these methods in mind; as for other approaches, none had come to him yet—those would be addressed later, when they surfaced.

Then, without hesitation, he immediately contacted the Wàn Xié Mó Zhǔ, who was stationed deep within the battlefield of the Ultimate Void, through his personal terminal.

"Brother!"

The terminal quickly responded with the Wàn Xié Mó Zhǔ's delighted voice.

"Brother, I have something I'd like to entrust to you."

Zhou Zhou said.

"Brother, speak freely—don't hold back. As long as I can do it, I'll do it to the fullest; if I can't, I'll risk everything to see it through!"

The Wàn Xié Mó Zhǔ replied without delay.

Zhou Zhou remained silent.

Though he couldn't tell if this was true or not, it still sounded comforting to hear.

"I am currently facing a difficult breakthrough to a new tier of my territory."

"Right now, I am sorely lacking in Chaotic Divine Treasures and Ultimate Void Crystals."

"Once the war between the Supreme Will and the Void Emperor comes to an end, the Sanctuary should return to our hands."

"When that time comes, if you have the chance, help me retrieve the Chaotic Divine Treasures and Ultimate Void Crystals from within the Sanctuary."

"I can trade you divine artifacts or divine crystals for them."

"From lower divine artifacts all the way up to supreme divine artifacts."

"I have them all."

Zhou Zhou said.

"No problem, Big Brother, leave it to me."

The Lord of Ten Thousand Demons agreed without a moment's hesitation.