Chapter 1578: Total Troops! Method of the Bodhi Venerable!

Chapter 1578: Total Forces! The Method of Bodhi Master!

All deities across the myriad realms witnessed the extraordinary ascension of these ten Supreme Deities.

Compared to them, the nearly forty thousand ascensions of Primordial Deities seemed rather mundane.

After all.

Though Primordial Deities were among the most powerful beings, their emergence was not uncommon.

In contrast, Supreme Deities—being one tier above Primordial Deities—were exceedingly rare. The entire Supreme Cosmos boasted no more than over ten thousand such beings.

Ten Supreme Deities born in a single day!

Such a phenomenon had never occurred in any historical period prior—except when the Supreme Will or the Crimson Sovereign directly created Supreme Deities themselves.

This time, the Sunlight Divine Nation had truly set a record.

After the initial shock, the various powerful beings across the Multinational Combat and Chieftain Channels began to discuss it feverishly.

"Ten Supreme Deities emerged simultaneously. As an elder Supreme Deity, I must admit my knowledge is but shallow."

"I've never heard of such a thing, never seen anything like it—this truly broadens my horizons."

"Sunshine Divine Realm, amazing! The People's Sovereign, absolutely incredible!"

"The People's Sovereign is truly phenomenal—by sheer force of will, he has increased the peak combat power of the Supreme Great Cosmos by one-thousandth!"

"Exaggerated!"

"The presence of the People's Sovereign among the Supreme Great Cosmos is truly a blessing."

"Are you exaggerating? Isn't it just ten first-tier Supreme Deities?"

"Exaggerated?!! I'll say it plainly—what you call excessive, even the Three Supreme Lords on standby—Heavenly Punishment God King, Spring-Autumn Law Master, and Ten Thousand Evil Demon Master—have never done anything like this. Are they unwilling? Are they incapable?"

"As far as I know, back in a million years ago, the Spring-Autumn Law Master once used the power of the River of Time to create three subordinate Supreme Deities within a single day. However, after hearing of that incident, I understand the Law Master was struck by certain forbidden counter-effects of the River of Time, and ever since, he has ceased using the River of Time to forcibly create Supreme Deities."

"The People's Sovereign must possess a unique method of forging supreme warriors. If the People's Sovereign were to share this method with us, wouldn't the Supreme Great Cosmos soar forward at unprecedented speed? I strongly urge the People's Sovereign to reveal his method of cultivating great warriors. If the People's Sovereign is not selfish, surely he would agree with what I've said."

"Where did this fool come from? Saying such disgraceful things? Why didn't you contribute your cultivation resources so more practitioners in our Supreme Cosmic Realm could break through?"

"Malicious intentions—trying to disgrace our Celestial Sovereign, Master of the People? I strongly suggest we immediately investigate this individual. I suspect he harbors ill will toward our Supreme Cosmic Realm. Perhaps he's a spy planted by the Illusory Clan or the Ultimate Void Clan!"

"Ha ha, everyone, relax. I've already consulted the Holy Master of Calculation and had him divinate the location of this person. Once I know where he is, I'll immediately go with my friend to find him."

"I've contacted the Magisterium of the Sun God Court to hunt him down. Soon, he'll be apprehended and publicly executed. Do you think the Channel is a lawless place? That anyone can speak without restraint?"

"You've gone too far! Are you really that reckless? When you find his location, let me know! I've mastered the Heavenly Hook Technique, which excels at long-range summoning." (Dog head emoji)

...

The gods debated fervently.

Many deities, upon hearing these chaotic exchanges, felt a mixture of amazement at the variety of characters in such a grand assembly, and secretly marveled at the standing of the Celestial Sovereign of the People.

This reputation did not stem solely from the fact that the Celestial Sovereign was a fourth reserve leader of the Supreme Sovereign. It also arose from the fact that the Celestial Sovereign had cultivated numerous powerful Supreme Deities. With status, strength, formidable subordinates, and a stellar reputation across the multiverses—this was no ordinary figure.

A multitude of virtues converged upon the Celestial Sovereign, making His prestige among the deities nearly unrivaled.

It was evident from the fact that any deity who dared speak ill of him or harbored ill will toward the Celestial Sovereign would immediately be met with collective condemnation from the other divine beings.

Even the once-dominant Tian Chen God King and the Spring and Autumn Law Master had once attained such influence—though only after enduring a long period as a candidate for the Supreme Lordship.

Now, the Celestial Sovereign had only been in the fourth tier of the Supreme Lordship's reserve for a brief span, and already possessed such prestige.

It was utterly astonishing!

Within the high-tier divine nation channels, the people of the Jiaoyang Divine Nation were fervently discussing the emergence of ten Supreme Deities within their nation.

Yet, compared to the divine beings beyond their borders, the people of Jiaoyang were far more composed and calm.

They had long grown accustomed to their sovereign achieving feats that seemed miraculous. Though they felt proud at the birth of ten Supreme Deities within their nation, on the surface, everyone smiled contentedly, as though this were merely a routine occurrence.

Of course.

The exhilaration and fervor within their hearts, only they themselves could know.

And when all the visions of ascension had finally faded, they saw thirty-nine thousand, one hundred and forty-eight columns of colored laws, and ten especially immense columns of divine law, erupting skyward from the Palace of Cycles, rushing toward Zhou Zhou, and swiftly alighting before him.

Precisely the newly ascended chief deities and supreme deities!

Upon their arrival, they immediately knelt before Zhou Zhou in unison, bowing with solemn reverence and offering thanks.

Zhou Zhou waved his hand, smiled, and spoke with them for a while. Then he bestowed upon them a complete set of divine artifacts tailored perfectly to his own essence.

Then he turned his gaze to these ten newly elevated chief deities.

When he saw among them the original chief deity, the mechanical chief deity, the wise chief deity, and the Emperor—four of the newly ascended supreme deities—he silently nodded to himself.

It was complete.

Of the nine chief deities who had joined the Prairial Divine Realm, now all had ascended to the rank of supreme deity.

Thus, he had finally fulfilled the promise he had made to them at the outset.

The only one remaining was the chieftain of the Chaotic Deity Clan—the Tian Su Shen.

That being had long since been subdued by the Supreme Will, and Zhou Zhou naturally had no need to concern himself with it.

"Congratulations to you all."

Zhou Zhou smiled warmly at the Primordial Supreme God and the other former Ten Supreme Gods.

The Primordial Supreme God, along with the four newly ascended Supreme Gods, and the Supreme Goddess of Life—who had risen to the Supreme rank earlier—stood up together, bowing respectfully and gratefully before Zhou Zhou:

"Your Majesty, all of our achievements today are gifts from Your Majesty. Please accept our deepest obeisance once more."

"This debt can never be repaid in full. We shall serve the Sun God Realm with absolute dedication, until the very end of our lives."

They spoke in unison.

Zhou Zhou nodded with a smile.

Then, he opened their information panels and discovered that their loyalty ratings had indeed all been upgraded to Saint-Spirit Level Devotees.

Zhou Zhou nodded in satisfaction.

Subordinates who were loyal, capable, silver-tongued, and knew how to return gratitude were always endearing.

After conversing with them for a short while longer, he dismissed them to seek out Zheng Yuanqi, so they might receive their official appointments and divine stipends.

Once they had departed, Zhou Zhan mentally calculated the current military strength of the main combat legions under his command.

His original forces numbered 2,454,472,376,643,712,912,387 soldiers, 832,434,636,889 deities, 16,010,370,000 true gods, 312,464 master gods, 236 supreme gods, and 6 quasi-supreme will realm entities!

Factoring in today's newly recruited and transitioned 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 fresh recruits, 66,666,666,000 pure-blooded dragons, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 heavenly soldiers, 39,148 newly ascended master gods, and 10 newly ascended supreme gods.

The military strength under his banner had strikingly reached 4,454,572,376,709,712,912,387 soldiers, 833,100,636,889 deities, 22,610,370,000 true gods, 351,612 master gods, 246 supreme gods, and 6 quasi-supreme will realm entities!

Zhou Zhou nodded slightly after reviewing the figures.

Then, he sensed the current lower limit of potential among the subjects of the Blazing Sun Divine Race.

It remained unchanged, still at the advanced stage of the mid-tier deity realm.

Yet originally, He had needed 45,813 newly ascended deities to raise the baseline potential of the Sunlight Clan to the threshold of lower-tier upper deities.

Now, with today’s influx of newly ascended deities, only 39,602 would suffice to achieve that same threshold.

The pace at which the Sunlight Clan’s baseline potential is being raised has begun to slow.

Yet Zhou Zhou showed no urgency.

How long had He even been developing? What could possibly make Him anxious?

And He was very clearly aware that:

With His current daily recruitment of 20 yuans of epics-level upper soldiers, the number of deities, true deities, main deities, and ultimate deities emerging under His command would only grow ever larger.

This is the immense power of scale.

So though it may appear that His progress in raising the baseline potential has slowed—

It is only temporary.

As He continues to evolve.

The speed and number of deities emerging under His command will grow more terrifying.

Raising the lower limit of the Prajaya God Clan's potential to the level of Upper Deities, True Deities, or even Supreme Deities—this is not beyond the realm of possibility!

...

Meanwhile.

Zhou Wu had brought Tanatos, Nasario, and ten thousand deities of Supreme Divine rank to the Chaos Sea.

They swiftly located the Chaos God-Monsters of Time and Space, and discovered that beside the Four Primordial Chaos God-Monsters—Time, Void, Wind, and Shadow—there were no less than four hundred and fifteen additional Chaos God-Monsters.

Zhou Wu's eyes lit up at this revelation.

The number of Chaos God-Monsters they had brought this time had nearly doubled compared to the previous time!

He immediately led the deities to stand before them, exchanged a few brief words, and then bestowed upon the Time Chaos God-Monster a total of 1,660 Supreme Divine Artifacts. Then, with a single palm, he obliterated those four hundred and fifteen Chaos God-Monsters.

After extracting the spoils, a total of 1700 units of Chaotic Divine Treasures were obtained.

Then they ventured once more to the temporal ruins of Chaos' Death, securing an additional 170 units of Chaotic Divine Treasures.

Thus.

The number of Chaotic Divine Treasures in His possession had now reached 8,568 units.

Zhou Wu's lips curled into a faint smile.

Rising to the first rank of Supreme God territory required 10,000 units of Chaotic Divine Treasures.

Now, only a little over 1,000 units remained.

It seemed that after dispatching a copy of himself to seize the Chaotic Divine Treasures held by the Ten Thousand Evil Demon Master, the supply would be complete.

Yet Zhou Wu's face bore no sign of joy.

At present, due to the abundance of channels through which Chaotic Divine Treasures could be acquired, obtaining them had become far from difficult.

The ultimate challenge now lies in the pure void crystal and the utterly absurd demand to conquer ten primary god realms in order to upgrade his territory from first to supreme god level!

Ten primary god realms!

And crucially, they cannot overlap with the four primary god realms required to elevate an advanced god realm.

Thus, if He wishes to upgrade his territory to first-tier supreme god status and elevate the Yangyang Divine Realm to a primary god realm, he would still need to conquer a total of twelve primary god realms.

Even with the inclusion of Ling'er's spiritual elixir primary god realm and Os's chaotic primary god realm—otherwise, he’d need to conquer fourteen.

It’s utterly unmanageable.

If things continue like this, his rate of territory advancement will plummet dramatically.

What now?

Zhou Zhou pondered this issue once again.

He could not afford to hesitate.

After all, He was now nearing the fulfillment of the Chaos God's required conditions. Among the remaining prerequisites, ten units of Ultimate Void Crystals—He had a solid grasp on resolving those as well. What remained was merely one condition: subduing ten primary divine realms.

In this state, He naturally pondered whether there was any way to expedite the completion of all advancement criteria, thus upgrading his domain. Yet, after hours of contemplation, no viable solution came to mind.

The growth rates of the Supreme Cosmic and Crimson Cosmic realms remained as they were—what could He do?

Could He possibly demand that every lord become as extraordinary as Himself, capable of rapidly elevating their domains to the level of primary divine realms?

As Zhou Wu reflected on this, he suddenly realized another issue—

One identical to the one he had faced back then.

That issue was:

His current competitors had now completely fallen behind his pace of development. To his dismay, when he sought to turn around and harvest them—the so-called "carrots"—he found that these very "carrots" had lost all value, having already been consumed by progress.

Zhou Wu scratched his head, his expression tinged with helplessness.

This might be the only drawback of rapid development.

At this very moment.

A flash of light suddenly appeared in His mind.

"Ah!"

"Perhaps we should ask Bodhi Master what to do?"

Think it over and act.

He immediately produced Bodhi Master.

"Hey!"

Bodhi Master, upon appearing, teased, "Our Emperor of the People, Fourth Reserve of the Supreme Sovereign, no—more accurately, Third Reserve of the Supreme Sovereign, how could you possibly find time to come to me now?"

"You haven't reached out to me for questions in a long time."

Zhou Wu’s lips twitched twice.

Yet, over these recent days, his true body had indeed seldom questioned the Bodhi Venerable.

It was chiefly because the level his true body had currently attained was already sufficiently exalted.

Most enigmas within these myriad worlds could be unraveled by his true body relying solely on his own discernment and the bloodline inheritance within his mind; there was simply no need for the Bodhi Venerable’s aid, and thus, during this period, the Bodhi Venerable rarely manifested before the true body and the clones.

He paid no heed to the Bodhi Venerable’s teasing, asking directly:

"Bodhi Venerable, I have a question."

"It concerns the realm of the novice Lord Gods, does it not?"

The Bodhi Venerable spoke languidly.

"Exactly."

Zhou Wu nodded, "Presently, the development of the lord factions in the Supreme Cosmos and the Crimson Cosmos is far too slow; they can no longer satisfy the requirements for my territory's advancement."

"What should I do now?"

"Hmph," said Bodhi Zen with a smile. "You've got a kind of happiness tinged with suffering."

"Then let me take a regular question-answering session as payment."

"A regular question-answering session? That's too cheap!"

Zhou Wu was surprised.

"It's not really a difficult problem at all—you've simply been blinded by a single leaf," said Bodhi Zen lazily. "I'm not a greedy merchant; I only charge according to the difficulty of the problem."

"A single leaf blocking one's view?"

Zhou Wu pondered thoughtfully, curiously asking, "Then what exactly is the solution?"

"Go to the Ultimate Void Great Universe."

The Bodhi Venerable cast a glance at Zhou Wu as if looking at a fool, "You surely did not believe our universe is the solitary one in the entire ultimate void cosmos to follow the path of the Lord?"

"Within the vast expanse of the ultimate void cosmos, universes that tread the path of the Lord are by no means few."

"Deep within some of those very universes, there even exist Lord factions that have achieved the level of Will Detachment."

"You find yourself lacking primary main god kingdoms?"

"Then go forth and conquer those universes."