Chapter 1705: Upgrade Territory! Upgrade Kingdom!

Chapter 1705: Upgrading Territory! Upgrading Nation!

Zhou Zhan felt the growing essence of will within his core of will, nodding with satisfaction.

After slaying these ten wills that had transcended beyond the bounds of ordinary strength, his own will had soared to unprecedented heights.

He sensed that within just a couple of days, he would ascend from the mid-tier Supreme Will Realm to the upper tier Supreme Will Realm.

"Excellent. Excellent."

"The protection granted by the War Will has not been in vain."

A surge of joy filled his heart.

With such a substantial gain, others must have experienced equally remarkable progress.

Zhou Zhan had a strong intuition.

Tomorrow, the warriors from the Jiaoyang Divine Nation ascending to higher realms would surely number far beyond expectations.

Another half-hour passed.

All the remaining enemies of the Illusory Clan had vanished without a trace, utterly annihilated by the might of the Sun's Divine Realm army.

The Heavenly Punishment God Kings had originally intended to lend a hand, but were astonished to find that the Sun's Divine Realm army had outright refused their assistance.

Their demeanor was so fiercely protective, as if they weren't there to help, but rather to seize what belonged to them.

"Long ago, I heard that the generals and soldiers under the banner of the Emperor of the People were renowned for their fierce combat spirit, hailed as the first elite legion in the highest cosmic realm."

"Until now, I had only heard rumors of their ferocity—today, I have finally witnessed it firsthand."

One of the Supreme Will-tier beings sighed in admiration.

Others of the Supreme Will tier nodded in agreement, their expressions filled with awe.

A legion so fiercely combative—this was truly something they had never seen before.

At this moment—

The Supreme Emperor of the Common People had descended from the heavens, alighting before them.

Before Zhou Zhan could even take a step forward,

these immortals of the Supreme Will had already surged forward, gathering around Zhou Zhan, offering warm words and inquiries about his well-being—so eager, so affectionate, that one might have thought their bond was as close as brothers.

Wan Xie, the Master of Evil, and Chaochun, the Master of Law, also approached.

As they passed by Tian Cheng, the God of Punishment, Chaochun gave a sly smile, patting Tian Cheng’s shoulder.

“Now the pressure’s on you.”

He whispered softly.

“Good thing I’ve already fought him.”

“Hmph.”

“I’m truly amazing.”

"How could you have resorted to your own methods before your second brother and only then surrendered?"

"Brother."

"Think carefully about how to defeat your second brother."

"If all else fails, just like me, surrender directly."

"Losing to a prodigy of such unnatural talent doesn't make you a coward."

After saying this, the Spring-Autumn Lawmaster also approached Zhou Zhan, chatting and laughing with him just like the other powerful figures.

The Heaven-Punishment God King took a deep breath, chuckled bitterly, and then walked over as well.

...

The Pride of the Sun, the Divine Capital.

Within the Palace of the Cycle of Time.

Zhou Zhou suddenly opened his eyes.

"What happened? How did Zhou Shiba suddenly contact me?"

Zhou Zhou felt puzzled.

But as he saw the message from Zhou Shiba, his eyes instantly lit up.

For Zhou Shiba had stated—

He had already established one hundred primary god realms within the Crimson Great Cosmos, and fifty primary god realms on the Supreme Great Cosmos side.

With these two conditions fulfilled, it now meant that he could elevate the Yangyang God Realm from a second-tier Supreme Realm to a third-tier Supreme Realm.

At the same time, his territory could be upgraded from a third-tier Supreme Territory to a fourth-tier Supreme Territory.

Zhou Zhou held his breath, barely.

How quickly?

It's only noon now!

Even adding last night, that's less than nine hours.

In less than nine hours, they've established no fewer than 150 primary Supreme God realms?

That's incredible!

Then He saw the explanation given by Zhou Shiyu behind him.

After reading it through,

He smiled and nodded.

Ah, now I understand.

The primary reason why they could establish so many primary Supreme God realms so swiftly within the Supreme Cosmic Realm and the Crimson Cosmic Realm is simply the vast array of upgrade territory resources acquired from Hao Ri Xuan Di by Zhou Shiyu.

With these resources at their disposal, concerns regarding the material foundation needed to establish Supreme God realms, Supreme Realms, or even realms of Supreme Will are entirely eliminated.

As for the requirements regarding divine offerings, race-specific relics, and territorial holdings—

leveraging the vast, resource-rich entity of the Prajyā Divine Realm, these concerns are entirely negligible.

Simply transfer vast quantities of divine offerings and race-specific relics directly from the Prajyā Divine Realm—after all, it's all within one's own domain; a matter of swapping hands.

Territorial needs are even less of an issue.

Zhou Yu currently conquers several, or even dozens, of major cosmic factions each day.

From among these powerful factions, he can effortlessly select territories and distribute them to the newly established realms—more than sufficient to meet their territorial advancement requirements.

Precisely for these reasons, the demands for territorial and realm ascension have been fulfilled so swiftly.

Finally, Zhou Wusi added, this is merely the beginning.

Without any resource constraints, their future rates of territorial and realm progression will accelerate into a completely uncharted, unstoppable trajectory.

Zhou Zhou smiled.

He naturally agreed with what the other had said.

Then he wasted no time, instantly teleporting to the zenith above the Jiaoyang Divine Nation, ready to upgrade its nation rank.

Yes.

The Jiaoyang Divine Nation had not only met the territorial promotion requirements, but also the nation promotion requirements.

With a mere thought,

the next instant,

a text prompt appeared.

[Prompt: You have met all conditions for promoting your nation to the third-tier Supreme Nation. Do you wish to promote the Jiaoyang Divine Nation to a third-tier Supreme Nation?]

"Promote!"

Zhou Zhou spoke.

[Tip: You have one opportunity to change the location of the Divine Capital. Change or retain?]

"Retain!"

[Tip: Your choice has been confirmed!]

[Tip: Your vassal territory—the Second-Class Supreme Realm—Jiaoyang Divine Nation—is undergoing promotion…]

[Tip: Promotion successful!]

[Congratulations! Your Second-Class Supreme Realm vassal territory—Jiaoyang Divine Nation—has officially been elevated to a Third-Class Supreme Realm vassal territory—Jiaoyang Divine Nation!]

[Tip: You may display your nation's tier at any channel!]

Zhou Zhou nodded with satisfaction.

Then He opened the interface for the nation's promotion.

[Nation Name: The Sun's Glory Nation]

[God Sovereign: The Sovereign of the Sun's Glory]

[Nation Rank: Third-tier Supreme Nation]

[National Flag: The Stars Bowing to the Sun]

[Nation Armies: The Sun's Glory Army (Lower Supreme Army), The Monster Army (Lower Supreme Army), The Dragon God Army (Lower Supreme Army), The Multinational Army (Lower Supreme Army), The Heavenly Map Army (Lower Supreme Army), The Homeland Defense Army (Fourth-tier Supreme Divine Rank)]

[Conditions to Ascend to Fourth-tier Supreme Nation: Territory rank upgraded to Fourth-tier Supreme Territory, 10,000 Fourth-tier Supreme Divine Crystal obtained, Conquest of 20 intermediate master god nation territories under the command of the Crimson Sovereigns (0/20), Conquest of 10 intermediate master god nation territories under non-Crimson Sovereigns (0/10), Conquest of 10 Fourth-tier Supreme Nation forces from any vast cosmos (0/10), 500 billion independent regional territories, 100 million divine beings of the own race worshipped, 1,000 artifacts of any race possessed (1000/1000), 100,000 master god-level worshippers of the own race (100,000/100,000), 100 Supreme God worshippers of the own race (20,042/100), Sovereign's own power level reaches Fourth-tier Supreme Divine Rank!]

Zhou Zhou read it through and gave a slight nod.

A Third-tier Supreme Nation.

It was about to ascend to the Supreme Nation status.

In the Ultimate Void Cosmos, only the sovereigns of Supreme Nations could be considered true masters among the elite nation rulers.

In the ultimate void cosmos, the rulers of realms below the Supreme rank hold no significance at all.

Like the other Holy Kings bearing the same sacred title, they were nearly all sovereigns of the Supreme Realms.

And now, himself would soon join that number.

Then He turned his gaze to the conditions required for the next promotion.

After reading them over,

He felt a surge of astonishment—yet also a quiet sense of inevitability.

"From this point on, the requirement is to conquer mid-tier Supreme God Realms within both the Highest Cosmos and the Crimson Cosmos."

"And the realms to be conquered have suddenly escalated—from previously advanced God Realms to fourth-tier Supreme Realms, a full tier above."

"Logical. Logical."

"The latter is truly a normal progression requirement."

"Previously, the requirements were so low—probably because the Supreme Will deemed its supreme cosmos to be underdeveloped, with insufficient advanced lord civilizations and few high-ranking lord factions within it, thus setting the standards so low."

"Now that my power and influence have gradually grown stronger..."

"the progression requirements are slowly returning to normal."

Zhou Zhou mused with deep reflection.

After all, as Zhou Wuyu had learned, within the Yellow Sky Cosmos, the general requirement to advance to the Fourth Rank of Supreme Nation typically involved conquering a certain number of Third-Rank Supreme Nations—rather than, as he had done, merely subduing Intermediate Master God Nations.

Now, looking at it this way...

Zhou Zhan suddenly realized that, in this realm of underdevelopment, there was also a benefit to being underdeveloped after all.

He shook his head, dismissing the thought, and then, with a sudden mental shift, began upgrading his territory.

The next instant—

With 200 units of basic materials, 1,000 units of fourth-tier Supreme God crystals, 10 yao-jin units of source crystals, 500,000 units of Chaos Divine Treasures, and 5,000 units of ultimate void crystals vanishing instantly,

a textual prompt appeared.

[Congratulations! Your Third-Tier Supreme God Nation (Lord's Law) has successfully advanced to a Fourth-Tier Supreme God Nation (Lord's Law)!]

[Your territory has successfully been elevated to a Fourth-Tier Territory!]

[Your Third-Tier Supreme God-level Star God Array has been upgraded to a Fourth-Tier Supreme God-level Star God Array.]

[Territory Stone Monument Durability upgraded to: 10 yao-jin / 10 yao-jin!]

[Your territory's domain has expanded to 200 zhe-ji km × 200 zhe-ji km × 1 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 domains!]

[You have received an upgrade reward: The Supreme Structure Blueprint Chest (Four-tier Supreme Divine Rank)!]

[Lord's Talent Hint: Your Red Mother Nest is now ready for an upgrade!]

[Lord's Talent Hint: Your Enigmatic Trading Fleet has been strengthened!]

[Lord's Talent Hint: The divine personnel of your Life Ark have been enhanced!]

Zhou Zhou nodded.

Then he turned his gaze to the next upgrade requirements.

To ascend further, he would now rise to become the sovereign of an unranked territory.

His heart swelled with anticipation and curiosity.

Building Upgrade: 100 zi units of timber, 100 zi units of fine sand, 100 zi units of metal, 100 zi units of stone, 10 low-tier willpower source cores, 100 gai source crystals, 1 million units of chaotic divine treasure, 10,000 units of ultimate void crystals, the conquest of three low-tier supreme kingdoms, and the allegiance of 10 low-tier supreme willpower realm powerhouses!

After Zhou Zhou finished reading, a look of profound astonishment spread across his face.

Good grief.

To upgrade to a supreme-grade territory, the other resources were of little consequence, but it actually demanded ten low-tier willpower source cores, alongside the subjugation of three low-tier supreme kingdoms.

Had the conditions for advancement suddenly soared to such heights?

"Perhaps because this ascension is to become a supreme-grade territory, the requirements have abruptly spiked to this extent."

Zhou Zhou could only console himself with this thought.

As for the remaining resources, they posed no real challenge.

The territory ascension materials acquired from his last transaction with the Emperor of the Radiant Sun alone were more than enough to effortlessly satisfy this current demand.

Afterward, he made his way to the Summoning Gate, expending 400 zi units of basic materials and 1,000 tier-four supreme divine crystals to upgrade the Summoning Gate to the fourth tier of the supreme echelon.

Text prompt appears.

[Congratulations! Your Summoning Gate has successfully advanced to a Four-Rank Supreme Structure!]

[Your daily summonable citizens have increased by +10 billion!]

[Among every batch of citizens summoned daily, exactly 10 billion professionals will inevitably appear!]

[Note: Due to the unique racial title 'The Glory of the Pioneer, XIV', the total number of citizens you can summon each day has surged to 25,422 billion 351 million 7,000!]

[Among every batch of citizens summoned daily, exactly 140 billion 15 professionals will inevitably appear!]

Zhou Zhou read it through and gave a gentle nod.

The foundational citizen summoning capacity of a Four-Rank Supreme Divine Summoning Gate is 18,158,596,550 people!

With the influence of 'The Glory of the Pioneer, XIV', this figure has multiplied by 14, reaching an astonishing 25,422 billion 351 million 7,000!

And among them, there are precisely 15 Four-Rank Supreme Primordial Deities.

Yet none of this stirred any ripple within His heart.

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

[Building Upgrade: 1000 units of wood, 1000 units of fine sand, 1000 units of metal, 1000 units of stone, 3 lower-tier will source cores, and territory level upgraded to lower-tier unranked territory!]

After reading it, Zhou Zhou could hardly contain his astonishment.

Though, compared to territory upgrades, the Summoning Gate's upgrade had become remarkably simple.

Still, it required no less than three lower-tier will source cores to complete.

"The path beyond unranked territory is nothing short of a death march for a Supreme Will-level being."

"Only after ascending to lower-tier unranked status does one have to slay thirteen Supreme Will-level masters."

"He couldn't help but wonder how many Supreme Will-level and Will Transcendence-level masters the Great Hong Ultimate Holy Nation must have slain on its journey to becoming a top-tier transcendence force."

Zhou Zhou mused quietly.

Then He connected with His various avatars, especially Zhou Wushi dwelling in the Crimson Great Universe and Zhou Shili in the Yellow Heaven Great Universe, and informed them of the specific requirements for territory and realm upgrades.

Zhou Wushi: "Just ten mid-tier Supreme God realms—my end already prepared. I’ll have the results for you before tomorrow."

Zhou Shili: "Ten four-tier Supreme Realm dominions and three lower-tier Supreme Realms? Hmph. Finally something interesting. As a top-tier will-transcendent powerhouse, I’ve been bullying these gods every day—long enough, I’ve grown bored. My main body, keep going. When I can finally launch an attack against the will-transcendent strongholds of the Yellow Heaven Great Universe, I’ll be satisfied. Isn’t that a modest request?"