Chapter 1563: Improvement of Lord Talent! Second-Order Supreme God! Strengthened Law Technique!

Chapter 1563: The Enhancement of the Lord's Innate Talent! A Second-Class Supreme God! The Law Technique of Growth!

Zhou Zhou immediately turned to Mu Gu and said:

"You have fifty million fog mothers. Twenty-five million of them will be used to cultivate Chaos Dominators, and the other twenty-five million will be dedicated to nurturing Primordial Holy Cannons."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Mu Gu bowed respectfully, then added seriously:

"Your Majesty. The development of my Crimson Nest is limited by the ceiling of the Lord's innate talent. Therefore, it can only advance up to the level of Supreme God. Should the territory level rise further, the Crimson Nest will not be able to keep pace with such advancement."

"Unless the Mythic-Class, Unique Lord's Innate Talent of the Crimson Nest is elevated to the Supreme-Class, Unique Lord's Innate Talent. Only then, upon the territory's further elevation, will the Crimson Nest be able to progress accordingly."

Zhou Zhou was momentarily stunned, then nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed.

The ceiling of the Mythic-Class, Sole Lord's Talent—was merely at the level above the Primordial God.

Beyond that level, the Lord's Talent could no longer ascend.

Should the protagonist wish to further enhance the reproductive efficacy of the Crimson Nidus, he would have to transform it from a product of the Mythic-Class Sole Lord's Talent into one of the Supreme-Class Sole Lord's Talent.

Fortunately,

this was not a difficult task for him.

Once the Supreme-Class Sole Lord's Talent from the treasure-hunting expedition was secured, he could then proceed to elevate the Crimson Nidus to become a product of the Supreme-Class Sole Lord's Talent.

As for Mu Gu, he simply stepped back after speaking.

Zheng Fugui stepped forward at this moment.

"Report to the Emperor."

"Currently, the number of our mysterious merchants has surged—after our territory reached the Primordial God rank, it has grown from the previous 500 million to 1 billion!"

"The number of cargo wagons has also increased to 100 million!"

"Among these 100 million mysterious merchants, there are 10 million master deities, 99.99 billion 90 million true deities, and 900 million ordinary spirits!"

"Our treasure-hunting capabilities have been further enhanced probabilistically—moving forward, each time we go on trade expeditions, we should be able to bring back at least 10 million divine-grade treasures."

"Moreover, our status within the Mysterious Merchant Guild has been elevated once again. We are now one of the most loyal and core branches of the entire guild, and our daily stipend has risen from 50,000 points of Mysterious Guild Credits to 200,000 points."

"Additionally, if we encounter difficulties during our trips to acquire goods, we are permitted to request assistance from the Mysterious Merchant Guild headquarters."

"The Guild can dispatch a lower-tier Supreme Will-level master to protect us."

"Though such protection is only available once, it will still allow us to successfully collect some crucial treasures."

Zheng Guifu spoke respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up.

He didn't particularly care about the other upgrades offered by the Mysterious Merchant Guild.

But the fact that Zheng Fugui mentioned they could dispatch a Lesser Supreme Will Realm powerhouse to protect their commodity acquisition activities brought immense, pleasant surprise to Zhou Zhou.

Though it could only offer protection a single time, it remained exceedingly precious.

That was, after all, a Lesser Supreme Will Realm powerhouse!

A genuine, true powerhouse of the Supreme Will Realm!

Even if such an existence could only strike once, it was more than enough to demand the utmost gravity and care in its utilization by Zhou Zhou and Zheng Fugui's crowd.

Right at that moment.

Zheng Fugui spoke:

"Your Majesty, the advancement of our Mysterious Caravan has already reached its absolute limit now that we have attained the Upper True God tier."

"If we wish to advance any further from here, we will need Your Majesty to upgrade the Mysterious Caravan's lord talent into a Supreme Tier Unique Lord Talent."

He spoke with deep reverence.

"I understand."

Zhou Zhou nodded.

Raising a lord's innate talent to the highest tier—unique level—was truly an urgent matter.

He thought it over in his mind.

At that moment,

A new idea suddenly struck him.

He turned to Zheng Fugui and said:

"Zheng Fugui."

"Can you acquire the Chaotic Divine Treasure and the Ultimate Void Crystal?"

"Your Majesty."

"It can be done."

"But first, the Emperor must elevate the Master of the Mysterious Trading Guild to the highest tier—unique."

"Only then will our personnel and infrastructure ascend to a new level."

"Then we won't just be able to gather treasures within the Supreme Cosmos—we'll be able to venture beyond it, into the Ultimate Void Cosmos, where we can harvest those treasures."

"Chaos Divine Treasures and Ultimate Void Crystals may be exceedingly rare within the Supreme Cosmos."

"But outside, in the Ultimate Void Cosmos, they are far more accessible."

"After all, the Ultimate Void Cosmos is vast beyond measure—there are countless great cosmoses like ours. In that expanse, Chaos Divine Treasures and Ultimate Void Crystals are not particularly scarce resources."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou's eyes instantly lit up.

Indeed, the mysterious merchants like Zheng Fugui could truly assist him in seeking out Chaos Divine Treasures and Ultimate Void Crystals.

"Excellent!"

"Then, tomorrow, I shall elevate your lord's talent to the highest tier—unique level."

Tomorrow's lordly talent has other arrangements, so the lord's talent of the mysterious caravan must be postponed until the day after tomorrow.

As for the Crimson Nest, it can only be scheduled for the day after that.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zheng Fugui spoke respectfully and then stepped back.

Carlo Moira, observing this, stepped forward and addressed the throne with reverence:

"Reporting to Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, after our territory has ascended to the level above the Master God, our Life Ark now boasts 20 ying clerics, 20 ying priests, 20 ying nuns, and 2,000 ying life holy knights."

"These religious personnel are sufficient to carry out healing and resurrection operations for an army of 100 gai magnitude."

"Additionally—"

"At present, our high-ranking divine officials at the level of Life Ark's deity have reached a staggering one billion!"

"Each of them possesses both minor and major resurrection techniques, enabling them to independently resurrect our nation's divine offerings."

"As for my own strength, I still stand at the level above the primary deity—no further advancement has yet been achieved."

"Your Majesty, the innate potential of the Life Ark's Lordship that I belong to has already reached its absolute limit. To progress further, the Life Ark's Lordship tier must be elevated to the Ultimate Tier—Unique Level, only then can I attain further growth."

"When our territory ascends to the First Tier of Supreme Deity Realm, the effects of the Life Ark Lordship's innate potential will likewise rise to the First Tier of Supreme Deity Level. I have a strong intuition that at that point, divine officials aboard the Life Ark will birth Supreme Deity-level beings—divine officials possessing Supreme Deity strength will then be capable of resurrecting Supreme Deity-level warriors."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou nodded seriously.

It appears that He must urgently elevate the Life Ark's mythic-level, unique Lordship potential to the Ultimate Tier—Unique Level. Only then can He confidently deploy his Supreme Deity subordinates, as well as those at the quasi-absolute will level, in battle—no longer fearing the impossibility of resurrection should any of them perish.

Currently, He can rely on his elder brother, the Cycle of Will, to resurrect his subordinates. However, the Cycle of Will has his own duties, and constantly seeking him out—even for payment—would still be impractical.

Moreover, should the Cycle of Will face unforeseen difficulties one day and become unreachable, He would be unable to resurrect his subordinates in the short term.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, possessing the ability to resurrect Supreme Deity-level beings within His own ranks would be far more advantageous for the development of His dominion and for external conquest.

Then He conversed with the shepherds a little longer about what came next, and finally sent them on their way.

And Zhou Zhou returned to the Palace of Cyclic Rebirth, resuming his cultivation.

……

The next day.

Zhou Zhou slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling the changes within himself, a smile gently touched his lips.

A Second-Class Supreme God!

With the Palace of Cyclic Rebirth and countless treasures, as well as the innate talents of the lords aiding him, his strength had grown rapidly.

Then He glanced at the divine techniques he now commanded.

First and foremost, of course, was His most relied-upon—‘The King’!

[Rule Technique Name: King]

[Rule Technique Rank: Second-Class Supreme God]

[Rule Technique Ability Description: As a Second-Class Supreme God on the Lord's Rule Path, you may mark 100% of the populace within territories and command ten times what they possess—this includes, but is not limited to, appearance, lineage, skills, weapons, rule techniques, and even the elusive concept of fate.

When you command every aspect that the marked populace possesses, that individual shall be immune to any negative effects.]

Zhou Zhou read it through and felt a sharp sense of astonishment.

A First-Class Supreme God only commands five times what its subjects possess!

Now it's directly doubled to ten times.

That increase is truly substantial.

Then he turned his gaze to the second rule technique, Universal Laws and Starhand.

The enhancement of Universal Laws and Starhand, however, was remarkably simple.

It is pure, unadulterated power enhancement!

Now, the Wàn Fǎ Xīng Chéng Fist has reached the status of the very first technique beneath the realm of Supreme Will—truly unparalleled.

The Wàn Fǎ Xīng Chéng Fist, forged from the amalgamation of all methods employed by His vassals, deities, true gods, chief gods, supreme gods, and even those approaching the threshold of Supreme Will, is such that even ten beings at the level of "Approaching Supreme Will" standing in unified defense cannot survive a single strike—they are simply obliterated by one single palm.

This is the true magnitude of the Wàn Fǎ Xīng Chéng Fist's power.

Zhou Zhou even dared to conceive a bold thought:

If the Wàn Fǎ Xīng Chéng Fist at the level of Second-Order Supreme God is already so devastating, then when it reaches the Fourth Rank—or the level of Approaching Supreme Will—could it possibly threaten the very existence of a genuine Supreme Will being?

Even Zhou Zhou himself was startled by the thought that had surged into his mind.

Then, with a light chuckle, he shook his head and dismissed the idea.

Next, he turned his gaze toward the third Law Technique—“Throughout the heavens and earth, there is no land not the sovereign’s.”

Having ascended to a second-order Supreme Deity-level technique, its domain strength has been further amplified.

It previously had the ability to slightly weaken the effects of Will Domains of beings at the Supreme Will level; now, this weakening power has been significantly enhanced.

As for domains below the Supreme Will level, it can now fully suppress them—indeed, forcibly transform them into its own domain.

Additionally,

The technique "The Whole World Belongs to the Sovereign" allows the establishment of exclusive domain rules within the law domain, enabling temporary storage or permanent retention, thus creating a temporary or permanent exclusive territory.

Previously, it could only possess one hundred exclusive territories at the Great Thousand-World level.

Now, this number has increased to two hundred.

Lastly, "The Whole World Belongs to the Sovereign" can now forcibly claim one hundred Great Thousand-Worlds as its own territory each day.

This number has likewise risen to two hundred.

After reading this, Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.

The final two functions—Zhou Zhou's duplicates—each day depart the Supreme Continent, journeying across the myriad realms to utilize them.

Previously, only one hundred great thousand-worlds among the multiversal realms could be made subordinate to the Sunlight Sovereign State each day.

Now, two hundred such worlds can be brought under its dominion each day.

With this progression, inevitably, one day Zhou Zhou will claim all the realms across the multiverse without a single drop of blood spilled.

Then He turns his gaze to the second divine technique—Rate Soil to the Shore, No Subject Beyond the Sovereign!

The enhancement of this technique is relatively straightforward.

Its greatest effect lies in, upon activating its domain, consuming half of his Supreme Divine Power to instantly alter the thoughts and wills of all beings within the domain, transforming them completely into loyal subjects of his own.

Previously, at the first rank of Supreme Divine Being, the technique could only sway beings at or below the first rank of Supreme Divine Being.

Now, it can influence beings at or below the second rank of Supreme Divine Being.

The final technique—originally mastered upon ascending to the first rank of Supreme Divine Being—is the Divine Technique: Supreme Sovereign, Number Nine and Five!

[Technique Name: Supreme Ruler of the Ninth and Fifth]

[Technique Rank: Second-Class Supreme God]

[Ability Description: You stand at the apex of all lords. You are the king of lords, the absolute sovereign. When facing other lords in enmity, all abilities directed at you will be weakened by 20%, with a 20% chance of being completely nullified.]

[Your subjects, when following you into battle, gain a 200% increase in combat power!]

[Other lords will feel an innate sense of reverence, even submission, when facing you. Ideas and opinions you express will have a certain probability of being immediately accepted by them.]

[Those who oppose you will feel genuine fear from within. Only those of the strongest willpower can resist this fear.]

[You may transform into the Supreme Ruler Dragon God, becoming invincible and immortal—unstoppable unless all your troops have perished or the gap in strength between you and your enemy is so vast that it becomes utterly insurmountable. As long as your troops do not all die or the strength disparity is not completely unbridgeable, you will never fall. When you manifest as the Supreme Ruler Dragon God on the battlefield, you will randomly bestow Supreme Blessings upon your soldiers, enhancing their abilities across all aspects.]

Zhou Zhou read it through and gave a slight nod.

The interface seemed unchanged in appearance.

Yet merely one line—"[Your subjects, when following you into battle, gain a 200% increase in combat power!]"—would cause a staggering surge in the combat prowess of his troops!

No less than his fifth Law Technique—worthy of the title.

"Each of my five Law Techniques carries the potential to ascend to the realm of Supreme Will."

Zhou Zhou mused within himself.

Not every Law Technique of a Supreme God possesses the latent potential to evolve into a Supreme Will Technique.

Most beings nearing the threshold of Supreme Will would select the one with the greatest potential for ascension, dedicating their efforts to refine it into a true Supreme Will Technique.

Generally, among ten Law Techniques, only one or two might hold such potential.

Yet Zhou could feel it clearly—each of his five Law Techniques carried the seed of becoming a Supreme Will Technique.

Once he attained the status of a Supreme Will Being, he would instantly possess five formidable Will Techniques.

Ordinary newcomers to the Supreme Will Realm would only wield a single Will Technique.

The gap in power would become immediately apparent.

At that time.

Even if Zhou Zhou was a novice in the realm of Supreme Will, his methods and combat power would not be significantly weaker than those of seasoned masters in that realm.

He shook his head, refusing to dwell on distant possibilities, and instead turned his attention to the newly crafted Supreme-Level, Unique Lord talent he had just created.