Chapter 1669: Shaking the Myriad Realms!

Chapter 1669: The Heavens Tremble!

After receiving gifts from Tiancheng God King and Chunqiu Law Master, Zhou Zhou prepared to invite both of them into the inner sanctum of the Jiaoyang Divine Palace for rest.

Neither of them refused.

Though they had other matters to attend to at the moment, nothing could compare in importance to strengthening their bond with Zhou Zhou.

Especially now, Zhou Zhou wasn’t just the first among all potential beings in the Ultimate Void Cosmos—he was actively cultivating future Supreme Will Realm masters for his own domain.

Who wouldn’t find such a moment more significant than any other?

The three of them entered the Jiaoyang Divine Palace and took seats, beginning to chat.

Most of the conversation came from Zhou Zhou, while Tiancheng God King and Chunqiu Law Master appeared distracted, their minds elsewhere.

Zhou Zhou saw this and smiled quietly to himself.

He instantly recognized that both of them were preoccupied with the imminent emergence of their own future Supreme Will Realm subordinates.

He deeply understood this sentiment, so he didn't mind the two's half-hearted gestures, merely smiling and continuing their conversation.

As they spoke, Zhou Zhou silently stirred within his mind, activating the supreme-tier, singular Lord's gift that had awakened today.

Yesterday, he had been fully focused on ascending to the realm of Supreme Will, and thus hadn't deliberately chosen any specific Lord's gift to enhance. Therefore, the Lord's gift that had risen today was purely a random one, drawn from the pool of possibilities.

Fortunately,

Even though this gift had emerged randomly, all of his Lord's gifts possessed excellent attributes and vast developmental potential. Thus, he had no fear that a subpar gift might waste this precious opportunity of ascension.

He glanced at it, then gave a slight nod.

Had he chosen this one?

Still acceptable.

[Protection from the Primordial Supreme Deity Source (Supreme Tier – Singular)]

[Specific Effect 1 – The Supreme Blessing of the Source: The Primordial Supreme Deity—Source, under the command of the Celestial Sovereign of the People, has bestowed upon you and your subjects the Supreme Blessing. Within you and your people now lies a self-contained, freely controllable realm of existence. This realm can grow to reach the peak of the Fourth Rank, Supreme Deity Level!]

[Specific Talent Effect 2 - Grand World Sovereign: Due to the intrinsic connection with the Grand World within your body and that of your subjugated people, your potential is elevated by one full tier. Willpower advancement becomes significantly easier (maximum cap at Four-Rank Supreme God).]

[Specific Talent Effect 3 - Imperial Sovereign's Favor: As beings born of the Grand World God King and as subjects of the People's Imperial Sovereign, you and your subjugated people are blessed by the celestial fortune of the People's Imperial Sovereign—your fortune surpasses that of the vast majority of living beings.

Under the blessing of this great fortune, when danger strikes, you often turn misfortune into fortune, and gain access to rare treasures and resources that most beings can scarcely obtain.

When any of your subjugated people perish, their remains are absorbed by the world within them, enriching the fundamental essence of the Grand World and integrating into the fabric of the myriad realms. Your people do not truly die, but instead become part of the essence of the Grand World, possessing at least the strength of a god, though confined to existence within their own Grand World. They coexist eternally with the myriad realms, living on forever until the destruction of all realms.]

[Specific Talent Effect 4 - Path to Supreme God: Before attaining the rank of Supreme God, you and your subjugated people will encounter no obstacles or bottlenecks. From the first to the fourth rank of Supreme God, the probability of successfully overcoming such bottlenecks increases by 50%. Upon reaching the peak of Supreme Will, the success rate of attaining it increases by an additional 10%!]

...

After reading through the new effects of this exclusive, highest-tier Sovereign Talent, Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.

Although some aspects of this Sovereign Talent overlap with the effects of other Sovereign Talents he already possesses, fortunately, these do not interfere with one another.

In other words, while the effects appear to overlap, they actually reinforce and compound each other.

That's quite impressive.

Especially His third effect, which left Zhou Zhou utterly astonished.

After death, the subjects would become the World Will, possessing at the very least divine-level power?

That meant even if his subjects lived in the worst conditions, they could still ascend to the rank of deity?

As soon as Zhou Zhou thought about the total number of subjects in the Jiaoyang Divine Realm, his mind reeled.

If all of them became deities, how vast would the number of deities in the highest cosmic realm grow?

He shook his head silently, choosing not to dwell on it further.

No matter how many deities there were, it held no significance for Him.

For deities born after death could only wield divine power within their own world.

In other words, they could only protect themselves, unable to be deployed beyond their realm to fight alongside the Jiaoyang Divine Realm's armies against their enemies.

So it seems, the commoners would be better off living on.

After all, as long as the commoners remain alive, with their potential as four-tiered supreme deities, they could easily ascend to true gods, chief gods, even supreme deities—especially with His aid, reaching the rank of master of supreme will is not beyond possibility.

Isn't that far better than dying and becoming a mere guardian deity confined to a single realm?

He decided not to dwell on it further.

Coming back to himself, he saw the two Heavenly Punishment God Kings still chatting idly, waiting for the birth of His subordinate, a being of supreme will.

A quiet smile flickered across His face as He said:

"Brothers, I still have some matters to attend to. You two go on chatting here— I'll return shortly."

"Go ahead," the Heavenly Punishment God King chuckled. "You are the sovereign of the Supreme God Realm. There's no need to waste time just idling beside us."

"Indeed."

The Spring-Autumn Law Master nodded in agreement.

They both had shed their status as Lords, so they were free from countless trivial matters.

But Zhou Zhou was different.

He was the sovereign of a divine realm, naturally distinct from them.

There was no way to delay his duties—business must be handled.

"This is incorrect."

Zhou Zhou smiled and corrected, "Chatting with my two elder brothers, even on the most mundane topics, cannot be called idle talk."

"That's called discussing the future development of the supreme cosmos."

"Ha ha ha..."

The Heaven-Punishment God King and the Spring-Autumn Law Master were delighted by Zhou Zhou's words.

Yet, what Zhou Zhou said was by no means untrue.

The three of them were now Supreme Lords in waiting, each holding sway over a vital domain; the future of the Supreme Cosmos was destined to belong to them. Thus, their everyday words and deeds, or a casual decision made in passing, truly did constitute momentous events capable of shaping the future trajectory of the cosmos itself.

Zhou Zhou shared a few more words with a smile, before rising to take his leave.

Departing from the divine palace, he made his way first to Mu Gu’s estate, where he waited for Wu Xin to emerge from the Primal Scarlet Mother Nest.

A brief moment later.

A streak of golden light shot forth from the Scarlet Mother Nest and touched down upon the ground, revealing itself to be Wu Xin.

"My greetings, Your Majesty,"

Wu Xin said with a respectful bow.

"You are a bit later today than usual,"

Zhou Zhou said, a smile gracing his lips.

"Your Majesty, there's nothing we can do."

Wu sighed bitterly. "The number of mother-nest monsters spawned from these three Crimson Mother Nests today is simply overwhelming."

"This is the first time I've ever seen so many mother-nest monsters. To lead the National Defense Legion and eliminate every last one of them, I've been delayed."

Zhou Zhou nodded, a smile playing on his lips.

He naturally understood the sheer magnitude of mother-nest monsters now swarming within these three crimson mother nests.

Thus, he naturally did not blame Wu at all.

Seeing that Zhou Zhou showed no anger, Wu exhaled in relief and then respectfully presented three world-rings filled with spoils to Zhou Zhou.

Zhou Zhou took them, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Inside one of the rings lay an immense hoard of loot—six times more than in previous encounters.

The second ring contained exactly 1,500 yao of the "Divine Weapon Recruitment Manuals" and 1,500 yao of the "Divine Holy Spellcaster Recruitment Manuals."

The third ring held 1,500 yao of the "Divine Weapon Promotion Certificates" and 1,500 yao of the "Divine Holy Spellcaster Promotion Certificates!"

Zhou Zhou saw this and, on the surface, forcibly restrained the smile tugging at his lips.

Inside, however, he was bursting with exhilaration.

This was no less than 6,000 yuans of recruitment documents and promotion certificates!

If all were utilized, they would directly add 6,000 yuans of legendary junior armies to his Yangyang Divine Nation!

Right now, his total military strength numbered barely over 1,000 yuans.

With this recruitment and promotion, his total forces would instantly multiply by six!

The thought alone made Zhou Zhou feel electrifyingly alive.

With 7,000 yuans of troops as the foundation, the number of deities born daily in his Yangyang Divine Nation could increase sixfold—

and that increase would only grow stronger over time.

Zhou Zhou had a strange, foreboding sense.

Perhaps it wouldn't take long before the number of deities under His dominion surpassed the total number of deities across the highest, primordial cosmos.

Then, eager and impatient, He immediately handed over 3,000 yao of recruitment credentials to Wu Xin, instructing Him to go and recruit reserve soldiers, transforming them into Supreme Divine Warriors and Supreme Holy Divine Beings.

And He himself departed from Wuguo's mansion, flying beyond the realm of the Divine Kingdom, arriving at the Gate of Summoning.

As customary, He summoned a first-tier Supreme Divine-class cosmic warship. Then, he tossed all 3,000 yao of recruitment documents into the Gate of Summoning, and with 100 second-tier Supreme Divine God Crystals, successfully recruited them all, assigning them to this cosmic warship.

Subsequently, Zhou Zhou spent another 100 second-tier Supreme Divine God Crystals to summon today's populace. This time, over 50 billion civilians were summoned—50 billion more than the usual quota, including fifteen second-tier Supreme Divine Beings.

Then, alone, He journeyed to Yu Jing Mountain, spending 1,000 Jing of lower-tier lower-deity crystals, and summoned 100 Jing of Heavenly Army and Heavenly Generals, the Supreme Rulers.

At that very moment—

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

A total of 13,710,238 columns of various law-based light beams erupted skyward from the direction of the Palace of Cycles!

Immediately.

And then, among the countless stars in the heavens, a total of seven hundred and eleven entirely distinct celestial phenomena suddenly reappeared.

The celestial signs marking the ascension of the Primordial God to the status of Supreme Deity!

Then…

Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom…

Fifteen columns of radiant will, each of a different hue, surged straight into the heavens.

The Yin and Yang Sun subtly withdrew their light, and the stars across the cosmos did the same.

In that instant, as if the entire multiverse had collectively dimmed its brilliance, every star and realm gathered its light, making these fifteen pillars of will the sole focus, the undisputed protagonists.

And the mighty beings across the multiverse, observing this scene, were once again left stunned.

"This is absolutely insane! Just yesterday, seven beings who had reached the rank of nearly Supreme Will were elevated to the rank of Supreme Will. Today, another fifteen new Supreme Will beings have emerged. When did it become so easy to attain Supreme Will status??"

"I must be dreaming—what a ridiculous dream… Well, I admit it, I’d never dare dream of doing such a thing! Fifteen newly ascended Supreme Will Beings? That’s absolutely absurd."

"Another Supreme Will Being trained by the Great Emperor of the People. Now, under the Great Emperor’s command, there are already over twenty Supreme Will Beings—nearly half the total number of such beings across the entire Supreme Cosmos. What’s the point of these aspiring Supreme Lords competing with each other? Simply let the Great Emperor of the People inherit the Supreme Will itself!"

"While that assessment may be hasty, I, a devoted follower of the Spring-Autumn Legal Sovereign, find it strangely plausible."

"Currently, does the Great Emperor of the People have twenty-five Supreme Will Beings under his command?"

"More precisely, it should be twenty-one. According to my exclusive intelligence, among these newly elevated fifteen Supreme Will Beings, four belong to the Sun Emperor, the Moon Emperor, the Heavenly Punisher God, and the Spring-Autumn Legal Sovereign. Thus, only eleven of the fifteen are actually under the Great Emperor of the People."

"Only? How could you possibly say that? Oh, you’re the Master of the Azure Dragon Will—yes, you’re absolutely right!"

"True enough, yet the Great Emperor of the People has a deep bond of cultivation with these four newly ascended Supreme Will Beings. Even if they eventually return to the service of their respective masters—Sun, Moon, or the Heavenly Punisher—should the Great Emperor ever call upon them, they would have no choice but to comply. Otherwise, they would fail their own will’s trial."

"That’s accurate. The further one advances on the path of will, the more they value causality. From the moment these four ascended in the Land of the Radiant Sun, they have already been marked by the Great Emperor of the People."

"I am a near-Supreme Will Being myself, and I too wish to be so labeled."

"Go to sleep with that dream—what dreams don’t contain anything?"

"In truth, those of the Supreme Will realm whom you speak of were merely nurtured by the hands of the Emperor of Common People himself. You have no inkling of just how many such masters the Emperor has secretly brought under his sway."

"Do you know the truth, brother?"

"I do not know either."

"It feels as though, sooner or later, the number of Supreme Will masters under the Emperor's banner will exceed the sum total of all those in the Supreme Cosmos."

...

The gods and the masters of the Supreme Will debated frantically over the emergence of these fifteen newly ascended powerhouses.

In particular, those of the Supreme Will realm who were still conversing at the welcoming feast burst into roaring laughter.

"Did I not say that if we waited here, the Emperor of Common People would surely not disappoint us? He was bound to nurture new masters of the Supreme Will, was I not correct?!"

"Such a wait truly holds meaning. Haha, there is no need to rush back and forth today. Let us continue to wait, and we shall feast once more tonight!"

"Tsk tsk, by the grace of the Emperor of Common People, over these past few days, I have nearly grown weary of delicacies that transcend the very bounds of will. I truly never possessed such an experience in the past."

"You're boring me—stop stealing! Give me what's in your hands, I still want to eat it, everything's been packed away by you."

"Go away, get out of here. New transcendental-grade delicacies are guaranteed to arrive tonight—what's there to steal from me?"

"Guys, what do you think—will the Celestial Sovereign Lord cultivate more newly arisen Supreme Will-level beings tomorrow?"

"It's difficult, but… I choose to believe in the Celestial Sovereign Lord, my lord!"

"I do too!"

"I won't be leaving tomorrow, nor the day after, nor the day after that—I just want to watch, to see how many Supreme Will-level beings the Celestial Sovereign Lord can produce!"

"I have the same plan—count me in!"

"Count me in too!"

"Ha ha ha—what a rare and splendid occasion! If that's the case, then count me in as well!"