Chapter 1697: War Summary! Upgrade Territory!

Chapter 1697: War Summary! Upgrade Territory!

"No."

"It won't open."

Zhou Zhou merely glanced at it for a few seconds, and in a quiet, fated sense, he felt that he could not forcibly break through this Immortal Gate.

Even with the power of a Ten-Ten Will Transcendence-level master, it was impossible.

"Only a true Immortal Beyond-Endurance master can truly open this Immortal Gate."

"Even though I now possess the power of a Ten-Ten Will Transcendence master, I still fall far short of a true Immortal Beyond-Endurance master."

"What if I possessed a million, ten million, or even hundred million Will Transcendence-level powers within myself?"

"Perhaps then I could attempt it."

Zhou Zhou thought it over in his heart.

Though this method had not been proven, it at least held the promise of being worth a try.

So let's give it a go.

Zhou Zhou set a clear goal within himself.

To recruit as many will-transcendent warriors as possible, to make them his subordinates, and thereby strengthen his own power.

To prepare for the day when he might open the Gate of Immortality.

Then he turned his gaze to the Universal Law Star Palm.

The Universal Law Star Palm, now at the mid-level will technique, had already learned to absorb techniques from will-transcendent warriors, using them to enhance and refine itself.

And it still retained the ability to compress Zhou Zhou’s entire combat power into a single point, amplifying its force tenfold in an instant!

That meant—

When Zhou Zhou now wielded the "King" technique, he wielded the power of one hundred thousand will-transcendent warriors.

But if He once unleashed the Supreme Technique of a Hundred Methods and Stars, the power of that single strike would instantly reach the strength of a hundred wills transcending the bounds of existence!

Did Zhou Zhou therefore become arrogant?

No.

For within his heart, he asked himself: could he, with a single palm, push open the gate of immortality?

The answer was: no.

The gap between a being of eternal immortality and one of transcendent will is as vast as the difference between a being of supreme will and a legendary being—so immense that it exists in entirely separate dimensions.

Thus, he felt no arrogance at all.

For he knew that if, when still in the lower ranks of will-transcending strength, he failed to forcibly open the gate of immortality, he would forever remain trapped within this ultimate void cosmos, perpetually threatened by the race of delusions.

His pride, in the face of such threats from the Delusional Race, was utterly insignificant.

"Keep pushing forward."

"I won't believe I can't do this."

Zhou Zhou's heart was utterly calm.

Throughout his journey, he had always defeated stronger foes by stepping beyond their ranks, and in the end, he had always been the victor.

This time, he believed it would be no different.

Though this confidence had no foundation, he chose to believe in it anyway.

At that moment,

a message appeared on his personal terminal.

He glanced at it and saw it was a war summary.

He opened it and read.

This time, He once again, as before, omitted vast swaths of war data, focusing only on a few key points.

For the Chaos Divine Treasures, today's total acquisition reached 300,000 units!

Regarding Sacred Weapons, a total of 22,311 pieces of Will Sacred Weapons were obtained, along with 18 pieces of Transcendent Sacred Weapons.

On the front of subversion:

Today, Zhou Zhou's various avatars, through the application of the subversion techniques "Mofei Wangchen" and "Heaven's Mandate, the Son of Destiny," as well as direct recruitment by sheer strength, secured a total of 1233 yao 2347 jing of soldiers, 5 zhi 2332 billion 8211 million 2379 divine beings, 8123 billion 3486 million 2341 true gods, 1821 million 2387 master gods, 3784 Supreme Gods, 18 beings of Unparalleled Will, and 8 masters of Will Transcendence.

The Lords of the Star Alliance also successfully subverted 5 yao 2811 jing of soldiers, 3 zhi 2349 billion 2391 million divine beings, 300 million 2378 million true gods, and 550,1231 master gods!

Under the leadership of Zhou Yu and his armies, in just one day, they conquered a total of three entire cosmoses.

This is still due to their unfamiliarity with the terrain; had they been more experienced, they could have conquered many more cosmoses.

Regarding the ascension of divine beings:

Today, a total of 3123 yao 2381 jing 2381 zhi 3712 billion 2348 million 1286 legendary upper-tier soldiers were promoted to lower-tier divine beings.

There remain 721 zhuang 2381 yi 2937 wan 2831 upper deities, divine beings of higher rank, ascending to the rank of True Gods, lower-tier divine beings!

Another 12 yi 2349 wan 2381 supreme True Gods have sensed the bottleneck at the master deity level and have applied to enter the Palace of Cycles for meditation and cultivation, attempting to transcend the master deity realm!

Moreover, 8,121 master deities of higher rank have also sensed their own ascension limits and, today, are preparing to enter the Palace of Cycles to ascend to the rank of First-tier Supreme Deity!

Finally, 56 cultivators of nearly Supreme Will Realm have reached the ultimate limit of will-fused divinity and are preparing to enter the Palace of Cycles tonight to ascend to the rank of lower Supreme Will Realm cultivators!

Originally, Zhou Zhou’s forces consisted of 13,570 zhuang 2333 jing 3721 zhuang 3478 yi 1281 wan 2309 soldiers, 1 jing 9712 zhuang 1811 yi 2381 wan 1927 divine beings, 2 zhuang 986 yi 9285 wan 6441 True Gods, 100 million 649 wan 978 master deities, 8,132 Supreme Deities, 71 cultivators of Supreme Will Realm, and 4 cultivators of Will Transcendence level!

Now, with the newly recruited divine beings and the five Supreme Deities and fifteen Master Deities recruited from the Chaos Secret Realm, the total strength under Zhou Zhou’s command has reached: 11,685 zhuang 7,491 jing 1,237 zhuang 3287 yi 2893 wan 2931 soldiers, 3,123 zhuang 2382 jing 2381 zhuang 2391 yi 2781 wan 2387 divine beings, 723 zhuang 3368 yi 2222 wan 9272 True Gods, 100 million 2525 wan 4605 master deities, 11,921 Supreme Deities, 89 cultivators of Supreme Will Realm, and 12 cultivators of Will Transcendence level!

After reviewing this, Zhou Zhou felt profoundly delighted.

Today, the growth in other aspects of his forces was acceptable.

However, in the realm of divine beings—especially in the growth of lower-tier deities—it was truly terrifying.

Previously, he had only possessed a few jing worth of ordinary divine beings.

Today, a staggering 3,000 plus realms of divine beings were directly promoted—reducing the number of ordinary soldiers by nearly one-sixth!

These soldiers, once mere footmen, had all ascended to lower-tier divine beings.

The root cause?

His newly acquired lordly talent—the Supreme Will Form—had raised the baseline strength of his subjects to the level of legendary upper-tier beings, mere steps away from becoming lower-tier gods.

In other words, any of his soldiers who simply grasped one law technique and engaged in a few battles could, through the blessing of the Supreme War God, amass sufficient promotion energy to leap directly from legendary upper-tier status to lower-tier godhood—achieving the mythical leap from mortal to immortal, forever enshrined in divine form.

Thanks to this lordly talent, one-sixth of his ordinary soldiers were promoted to godhood within a single day—doubling the total number of gods under his command by thirty million!

This is an utterly terrifying number of divine beings.

Zhou Zhou could guarantee that, at this very moment, the total number of gods under his command far exceeds the combined total of gods in the Supreme Ultimate Cosmos and the Crimson Cosmos—by countless multiples.

Plus the terrifying number of twelve wills transcending realms—beings beyond comprehension in strength.

Now, He has firmly established himself as the foremost dominant force within the Supreme Great Cosmos.

Even the Sun Emperor’s might and his own dominion have been left far behind, utterly incapable of comparison.

Yet Zhou Zhou’s vision has ascended far beyond this—already gazing toward the Ultimate Void Great Cosmos, even seeking the path of eternal immortality. Thus, such achievements hold little significance for him.

He only thought: with so many deities and will-transcending warriors under His command, subduing the great cosmic domains within the Ultimate Void Great Cosmos would now be a mere matter of time.

Starting tomorrow, if he fails to conquer ten or more great cosmic domains each day, then it would be a betrayal of the countless deities and will-transcending warriors beneath His banner.

Then, Zhou Zhou glanced at the number of Chaos Divine Treasures in his possession—now reaching 700,000 units!

He then turned his gaze to Zhou Shiyi’s situation in the Yellow Sky Great Cosmos.

Today, Zhou Shiyi’s Holy Day Divine Realm conquered 100 primary divine kingdoms and 50 intermediate divine kingdoms.

On the Supreme Continent, under Zhou Zheng’s arrangements, the Prairielight Divine Realm established thirty primary divine kingdoms across the Supreme Continent and incorporated them into its domain.

Finally, Zhou Zhou turned his gaze toward the situation on Zhou Shiba's side.

Zhou Shiba led the Demon God Nation today, and within the Crimson Great Cosmos, he had invested vast resources to help his subordinate, high-rank Demon God-level Crimson Lords establish twenty primary Sovereign Kingdoms, and conquer ten primary Sovereign Kingdoms that had been built by local advanced Sovereign Kingdom forces.

Upon seeing this, a smile appeared on Zhou Zhou's face.

He was deeply satisfied.

Especially the progress in the Saint Day Sovereign Nation.

In just one day, they had conquered 100 primary Sovereign Kingdoms and 50 intermediate Sovereign Kingdoms—a feat that was utterly unimaginable just a moment ago.

Now, it had been achieved.

The reason, of course, was that his duplicates had already reached an agreement with Hao Ri Xuan Di, allowing them to freely expand across the Yellow Heaven Great Cosmos, conquer Sovereign Kingdoms, and acquire or purchase the necessary resources for advancement.

Otherwise, such a massive conquest of Sovereign Kingdom forces in a single day would have been impossible.

"When I gain power surpassing that of the Yellow Heaven Sovereign Masters,"

"I'll no longer need to employ so many tricks."

"Simply step in personally and claim the entire Huangtian Great Universe."

"The Huangtian Great Universe houses a transcendental-level master faction."

"If I seize it, with its vast resources, I could instantly upgrade my territory to a transcendental-level domain within a single day."

Zhou Zhou thought it over in his mind.

As for now, he still lacked the confidence to take down that legendary Huangtian Dao Master.

After all, this man had once attempted to ascend to the realm of eternal immortality—though he ultimately failed. Yet, the very fact that he dared to attempt such a feat meant he possessed considerable strength.

Zhou Zhou was never one to engage in battles without preparation, so he refrained from confronting this unknown force.

Instead, he prepared to upgrade his territory.

Now, all the requirements for territory expansion had been fully met.

With a single thought, He vanished from where he was, and the next instant, stood directly above the heart of the Jiaoyang Divine Capital.

He gazed down upon the glittering city below, his mind whispering the incantation: "Ascend to the third rank, Supreme Territory."

The next moment—

With a sudden, silent disappearance, forty units of base materials, one thousand three-rank Supreme Divine Crystal cores, one yao-jing of source crystals, ten thousand units of Chaos Divine Treasures, and one thousand units of Ultimate Void Crystalline formations vanished without trace.

A message appeared.

[Congratulations! Your second-rank Supreme Divine Nation (Master's Law) has successfully ascended to the third-rank Supreme Divine Nation (Master's Law)!]

[Your Territory has successfully advanced to the third-rank Supreme Territory!]

[Your second-rank Supreme Divine Stellar King Array has been upgraded to the third-rank Supreme Divine Stellar King Array.]

[Territory Pillar Durability upgraded to: 1 yao-jing / 1 yao-jing!]

[Your Territorial Expanse has expanded to 100 zhe-ji kilometers × 100 zhe-ji kilometers × 10 billion meters!]

[All Red Mist monsters have been expelled from the newly acquired territorial boundaries!]

[Red Mist will no longer appear within any of your territorial ranges!]

[You have received an upgrade reward: The Box of Supreme Construction Blueprints (Third-tier Supreme Divine Rank)!]

[Lord's Talent Prompt: Your Red Mother Nests can now be upgraded!]

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

[Lord's Talent Prompt: The divine personnel of your Life Ark have gained enhanced strength!]

Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.

Then he turned his gaze to the next upgrade requirements.

[Construction Upgrade: 50 units of wood, 50 units of fine sand, 50 units of metal, 50 units of stone, 1,000 units of Fourth-tier Supreme Divine Crystals, 100 billion units of Source Crystals, 500,000 units of Chaotic Divine Treasures, 5,000 units of Ultimate Void Crystals, conquest of 500 Primary Divine Kingdoms, conquest of 100 Intermediate Divine Kingdoms, 10 Fourth-tier Supreme Divine Beings, and 1 billion heroes!]

After reading it through, Zhou Zhou smiled.

Among these upgraded conditions, in His eyes, none presented any true difficulty.

Basic resources, divine crystals, primordial crystals, deities, and heroes—these were nothing to speak of.

As for chaotic divine treasures, He already possessed sufficient quantities.

Regarding the ultimate void crystal, He had already secured it through trade with Hao Ri Xuan Di.

The only truly challenging conditions were conquering 500 primary main deity realms and 100 intermediate main deity domains.

Yet, with His covert collaboration with the leader of the Huang Tian Great Cosmos, these challenges had become exceedingly manageable.

Once tomorrow the three leaders of the Huang Tian Great Cosmos begin their internal strife, His Sacred Day Realm will seize the opportunity to aggressively conquer neighboring realm territories, expanding its domain without restraint.

He even had confidence that within half a day, he would fully satisfy both conditions.

After all, the main deity realms of the Huang Tian Great Cosmos were genuinely ruled solely by main deities. Even those occasionally safeguarded by supreme-tier beings were rare exceptions.

As for the transcendents of the Supreme Will Realm, they all belonged to the leader’s highest-tier domains.

Had it not been for the need to upgrade His domain, there would have been no such unranked realms, and with Zhou Zhou desiring to retain these unranked realms for future upgrades, He could have swiftly conquered vast numbers of unranked realms with His fifteen subordinates.

Then He arrived at the Summoning Gate, spending 200 units of basic material resources and 1,000 third-tier Supreme God Crystals to elevate the Summoning Gate to the third-tier supreme level.

A text prompt appeared.

[Congratulations! Your Summoning Gate has successfully been upgraded to a third-tier supreme structure!]

[Your daily population summoning capacity has increased by 50 billion!]

[Among every daily summon, exactly 5 billion professionals will appear!]

[Note: Due to the racial exclusive title 'The Glory of the Pioneer, XIV,' your daily population summoning capacity now reaches 11,422 billion 351 million 7,000 individuals!]

[Among every daily summon, exactly 70 billion 15 professionals will appear!]

After reading it, Zhou Zhou nodded gently.

The third-tier supreme Summoning Gate's base population summoning capacity is 815 billion 859 million 55,000 individuals!

Boosted by the glory of the Expander XIV, it instantly multiplied by a factor of 14, swelling to 114.22 billion 351 million 7,000 people!

Among them, there were 15 Three-Rank Supreme Deities.

Yet none of this stirred the slightest ripple within His heart.

Then He glanced at the requirements for upgrading the Summoning Gate.

[Building Upgrade: 100 units of wood, 100 units of fine sand, 100 units of metal, 100 units of stone, 1,000 crystals of Four-Rank Supreme Deity level, and territory elevation to Four-Rank Supreme Deity level!]

Zhou Zhou withdrew his gaze and returned to the Supreme Deity Realm, dispatching messengers to summon Mu Gu, Zheng Fugui, and Karlo Mora.