Chapter 1713: Upgrade Territory! Upgrade Kingdom!

Chapter 1713: Upgrade Territory! Upgrade Nation!

Zhou Zhou was immensely satisfied within.

Beyond doubt,

the mere presence of over a thousand subordinates from the Supreme Will Realm alone was enough to make Him grin with delight.

"Time to upgrade the territory."

With that thought, he vanished in an instant, reappearing directly above the peak of the Jiaoyang Holy Capital.

Gazing down upon the Jiaoyang Holy Capital, he mentally summoned a command—

2 Rang units of fundamental materials, 10 upper-will source cores, 1000 yao units of source crystals, 10 million units of chaotic divine treasures, and 500,000 units of ultimate void crystals instantly disappeared.

A textual notification appeared.

[Congratulations! Your Mid-Level Supreme Holy Nation has successfully ascended to an Upper-Level Supreme Holy Nation!]

[Your territory has successfully ascended to the supreme upper domain!]

[Your mid-tier supreme One-Mind Array has been upgraded to the superior supreme One-Mind Array.]

[Territory stone pillar durability has increased to: 1000 yao / 1000 yao!]

[Your territory's boundaries have expanded to 5000 zha km × 5000 zha km × 200 billion m!]

[All fog monsters within the newly added territory boundaries have been expelled!]

[The crimson fog will no longer appear within any of your territory boundaries!]

[You have received an upgrade reward: Box of Supreme Construction Blueprints (Superior Supreme Will Tier)!]

[Lord's Talent Prompt: Your Crimson Nidus is now ready for upgrade!]

[Lord's Talent Prompt: Your Mystery Caravan faction has been strengthened!]

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

Zhou Zhou nodded in satisfaction after reading it through.

Then he turned his gaze to the next territorial upgrade requirements.

[Building Upgrade: 1 Rang units of wood, 1 Rang units of fine sand, 1 Rang units of metal, 1 Rang units of stone, 10 lower-tier transcendence core nuclei, 2000 Qi units of source crystals, 20 million units of chaotic divine treasures, 1 million units of ultimate void crystals, conquest of three lower-tier transcendence realms, possessing 1000 masters at the Supreme Will level, and 3 masters at the lower-tier will transcendence level!]

After reading it over, Zhou Zhou’s eyes narrowed.

The requirements… were surprisingly simple!

Except for the conquest of the three lower-tier transcendence realms, which had to be carried out immediately, all the other conditions he could already fulfill right now.

With that thought, he immediately contacted Zhou Liu, who was stationed in the Sacred Day Divine Realm, and informed him of the upgrade needs.

"I've seen it too."

"Give me one hour. Within one hour, I'll split my forces into three directions and directly breach the sacred capitals of their three transcendence realms, fulfilling the conquest requirement."

"But the Toad Dragon—you'll have to let Zhou Yu lend me his power for a while."

Normally,

conquering even a transcendental Holy Nation is a task that demands an exceedingly long time.

The mere preparation phase alone takes ages.

Yet there exists one method that can swiftly subdue a top-tier transcendental nation.

It is a direct assault on the capital!

As long as one swiftly breaches the enemy nation’s capital through a direct strike and either slays or captures the master of their Holy Nation, the nation is, by name, annihilated by the Sun of the Celestial Nation.

In truth,

whether it is Zhou Yu battling across the Ultimate Void Cosmos, or Zhou Shiyu fighting in the Yellow Sky Cosmos, or any of the other avatars engaged in battles across countless realms,

the primary reason they manage to conquer so many nations in a single day is precisely because they leverage their unmatched military superiority and incomparable speed—launching direct attacks on the enemy nation’s capital, achieving total annihilation.

The tactic may be old, yet it remains consistently effective.

This time, nature was no exception.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou didn't hesitate. He immediately said, "Take it and use it, but remember to return it to Zhou Yu—He'll need it too."

"Understood."

Zhou Shiyu said that and said no more, clearly already rushing off to put an end to the nation.

Zhou Zhou didn't care. He approached the summoning gate and upgraded it as well.

He had no need to wait.

For no matter how fast Zhou Yu or Zhou Shiyu might be, he himself had to advance step by step—there was no option for direct leap-level progression.

Soon enough.

The summoning gate was successfully upgraded.

[Congratulations! Your summoning gate has been successfully upgraded to an upper-tier supreme structure!]

[You can summon 500 billion vassals per day!]

[Among the vassals you summon each day, exactly 10 million professionals will inevitably appear!]

[Tip: Due to the unique title 'The Glory of the Pioneer XV,' the number of vassals you can summon daily has surged to 100 million 223.7 billion 89.48 million 2500 people!]

[Among the vassals you summon each day, exactly 15 million 16 professionals will inevitably appear!]

Zhou Zhou read it through and gave a gentle nod.

The summoning gate of upper-tier, non-hierarchical rank has a base vassal summoning capacity of 60 billion 681.5 billion 85.96 million 5500 people!

With the influence of 'The Glory of the Pioneer XV,' this figure has increased by a factor of 15, reaching 100 million 223.7 billion 89.48 million 2500 people!

And within this, there are 16 beings of uppermost, supreme will.

He gave a faint smile.

Then he glanced at the requirements for upgrading the summoning gate.

[Building Upgrade: 50 units of wood, 50 units of fine sand, 50 units of metal, 50 units of stone, 3 lower-tier transcendence core nuclei; territory rank upgraded to lower-tier transcendence territory!]

Zhou Zhou withdrew his gaze and then selected to upgrade his nation.

Yes.

The conditions for advancing Zhou Wuyu's nation have also been fulfilled.

[Tip: You have met all requirements to advance your nation to a lower-tier transcendental state. Do you wish to elevate the Jiayang Divine Nation to a lower-tier transcendental state?]

"Advance!"

Zhou Zhou said.

[Tip: You have one opportunity to change the location of your capital city. Do you wish to change or retain the current location?]

"Retain!"

[Tip: Your choice has been confirmed!]

[Tip: Your lordship's domain—the Supreme Realm of Fourth Rank, the Prairial Holy Nation—is undergoing ascension…]

[Tip: Ascension successful!]

[Congratulations! Your Fourth-Rank Supreme Domain Lordship, the Prairial Holy Nation, has officially been elevated to the Lower Supreme Realm Domain Lordship—the Prairial Holy Nation!]

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

Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.

Then he opened the nation ascension interface.

[Nation Name: Prairial Holy Nation]

[Supreme Ruler: Prairial Holy Master]

[Nation Rank: Lower Supreme Realm]

[National Flag: Stars Encircling the Sun]

[Holy Nation Army: Sunlight Legion (Supreme Supreme Legion), Monster Legion (Supreme Supreme Legion), Dragon God Legion (Supreme Supreme Legion), Multinational Legion (Supreme Supreme Legion), Heavenly Map Legion (Supreme Supreme Legion), Homeland Defense Legion (Middle Supreme Legion), Immortal Legion (Lower Supreme Legion)]

[Conditions for ascending to Middle Supreme Nation: Territory rank upgraded to Middle Supreme Territory, 10 Middle Will Source Nuclei, Conquest of 20 first-tier Supreme Nation Lords' territories under the Red Sovereign's command (0/20), Conquest of 10 first-tier Supreme Nation Lords' territories not under the Red Sovereign's command (0/10), Conquest of 10 Middle Supreme Nation powers from any vast cosmos (0/10), 50 million independent regional territories, 5 billion divine spirits of the original race worshipped, 5,000 race-specific divine artifacts (5000/5000), 5 million divine offerings at the level of primary deities of the original race (5 million/5 million), 5,000 divine offerings at the level of supreme gods of the original race (59,591/5,000), the Lord's own power level reaching Middle Supreme Will Level!]

"This requirement isn't difficult at all."

"Whether it comes to resources, population, race-specific artifacts, or divine spirits, I can easily meet all of them."

"I can fulfill every single condition within a short span of time, and then upgrade the nation again."

While thinking this, Zhou Zhou conveyed the upgrade requirements to Zhou Wushi of the Red Cosmic Realm.

Wushih responded with an affirmative.

He had already established countless low-level deity nations. All that remained was to wait for Zhou Zhou's original form to issue a single command, after which he could immediately begin upgrading those low-level deity nations, thereby fulfilling the Sunlight Holy Nation's nation ascension prerequisites.

"Nation upgrade can happen by morning tomorrow!"

Soon after receiving Wushih's promise, Zhou Zhou's face brightened with a smile.

Then He thought it over.

With the temporary truce of the evening battlefield, Zhou Zhan and the vast array of powerful warriors under his command could not be left idle.

"Send them all to Huangtian Great Cosmos!"

Zhou Zhou made this decision instantly.

The reason was simple.

"With the inheritance of the Supreme Immortal, combined with the extremely high time-acceleration ratio of the Cycle Holy Palace, I should be able to fully absorb the inheritance of the Supreme Immortal by tomorrow—advancing from the Mid-Level Supreme Will State directly into the Lower Will Transcendence State!"

"By then,"

"with my strength, I should be able to launch an attack on the Huangtian Great Cosmos by tomorrow!"

Zhou Zhou thought it through in his mind.

In fact, according to the inheritance left behind by the Supreme Immortal, He might even be able to make a single leap straight into the Upper Will Transcendence State.

But He dared not.

The immortal-tier masters of the Immortal Hall had set before Him a trial: at the very moment when His lower will transcended the realm, to forcibly break open the gate of Immortality and stand on equal footing with the immortal-tier masters!

Only then could He legitimately claim the title of Supreme Ruler—an appellation whose meaning He did not fully grasp, yet which, in essence, must be favorable, and which undoubtedly carried great prestige.

Zhou Zhou, himself a being unwilling to remain ordinary, would seize this trial with both hands, and claim the title of Supreme Ruler.

"When I have conquered the Yellow Heaven Great Cosmos, and with the master-type resources of its dominion, I will be able to rapidly elevate both my realm and my kingdom to the level of upper-tier transcendent will."

"At that point, I shall challenge the Great Everlasting Holy Nation and the Great Everlasting Holy Emperor."

"As soon as I claim both the Great Everlasting Holy Emperor and the Great Everlasting Holy Nation, with my title of Holy King and the ultimate primordial will of the Infinite Void Great Cosmos, the very essence of the Infinite Void Great Cosmos will recognize me as its true Emperor."

"And then, I shall vie with the Lord of Void Depths for the chance to achieve eternal and unshakable immortality."

Thus thought Zhou Zhou.

This is the path He shall tread to achieve immortality—indeed, to attain the supreme, eternal immortality.

Clear as day!

Yet profoundly arduous!

Had any other willful transcendent master witnessed it, they would likely have recoiled in dread.

Only Zhou Zhou possesses the means, the potential, and the fortune to pursue this true path of ultimate ascension!

And so, without further delay, He immediately entered the Palace of Cycles to begin his secluded cultivation.

First, He activated the interface of the Palace of Cycles, then began selecting the ratio of time flow.

It is worth noting that, upon ascending from the legendary master's talent to the mythic·unique master's talent, the Palace of Cycles underwent a tremendous enhancement in its maximum time flow ratio.

It surged directly from 1:10,000 years to 1:1,000,000 years!

A hundredfold increase!

That is to say.

Zhou Zhou spent a single night fully immersed in cultivation within the Palace of Cycles, and in the Cyclic World of the Palace, it equated to fifty thousand years of cultivation!

A span of several hundred thousand years was enough to allow him to digest every last piece of spoils he had not yet assimilated, transforming them all into tangible, real strength.

The cost of such an immense time dilation ratio—requiring only that he continuously pour his willpower into the Palace of Cycles—was negligible.

And with the "King" within him, Zhou Zhou had no qualms about such a consumption.

"First, absorb the legacy left behind by the Supreme Immortal."

"Then, draw upon the immortal lineage of the Broken Sky Fist Sect to experience a life as a Broken Sky Immortal."

Zhou Zhou mentally calculated.

Once he had absorbed the legacy of the Supreme Immortal, there was no need to relive that life.

The overlap was too great.

Rather than repeatedly receiving inherited knowledge, it is better to absorb a new lineage.

...

The next day, dawn.

Within the Hall of Cyclic Rebirth.

Zhou Zhou slowly opened his eyes.

He felt the surging tide of willpower coursing through his being, and a faint, gentle smile spread across his face.

"Lower-tier Willpower Transcendence... achieved!"

He murmured softly.

Since his transcendence to the lower-tier Willpower Transcendence occurred within the Hall of Cyclic Rebirth, there was no outward manifestation of his breakthrough in the outside world.

Yet he could sense that once he stepped out of the Hall, his presence would inevitably manifest—though delayed—across the Ultimate Void Great Cosmos, announcing to all its powerful beings that another new Willpower Transcendence master had emerged.

From this, one can also see the terrifying nature of the Cyclic Sacred Palace.

It could even suppress the fundamental will of the Ultimate Void Cosmic Origin, blocking any new powerful beings within this universe from sensing it.

"Could the Cyclic Sacred Palace have originated from an immortal creation?"

"Otherwise, how could its effects be so utterly transcendent?"

Zhou Zhou silently speculated in his heart.

As he learned more about this Lord's innate talent, the more he felt its extraordinary nature.

He shook his head, deciding to stop pondering further. Then, with a mere thought, five Will Technique panels appeared before him.

Since yesterday until now, he had spent a total of over 300,000 years training within the Cyclic Sacred Palace.

Over those 300,000 years, he not only fully absorbed the transcendental inheritance of the Supreme Immortal, elevating his cultivation to the lower tier of Will Transcendence,

but also raised all his Will Techniques to the upper tier of Will Transcendence.

Yes.

It is the higher-tier will transcendence technique, not the lower-tier one!

This is also the method of maximizing the utilization of the energy within the Supreme Immortal Inheritance.

Yet even so.

The energy within the Supreme Immortal Inheritance still remains in a vast majority.

But He has already absorbed everything he was meant to—any further forced absorption would risk shattering his current threshold, directly propelling him into the mid-tier will transcendence realm. At that point, His trial of Supreme Immortality would fail.

Thus, this remaining energy of the Supreme Immortal Inheritance must be temporarily set aside.

Only when He eventually completes the trial of Supreme Immortality and is ready to advance normally, shall He be able to absorb the residual energy of the inheritance, elevating himself to the upper-tier will transcendence level.

And finally, achieve true transcendence as an Immortal-tier master!