2: Chapter 2 Source Primary Talent

When Su Ming opened his eyes again, the sight that met his eyes was a vast, boundless sea of stars.

Rivers of stars hung upside down, nebulas roiled like billions of zhang of divine flames burning, and each star was merely a speck of dust dotting the space in between.

Above the firmament, towering and boundless deities stood divided on two sides, their bodies supporting the heavens and stepping on the earth; a single thought from them could shatter the galaxies, and a single wave of their hands could cause the sun and moon to collapse.

Behind each of them hung a majestic divine kingdom whose territories were vast and boundless; golden light and divine radiance intertwined to form barriers, and billions of pillars of faith shot straight into the clouds.

Within the divine kingdom, thousands of faithful races arrayed themselves like mountains.

There were angel clans with glowing wings on their backs standing solemnly with swords in hand, Titan giants clad in heavy armor beating drums that shook the heavens, sea god kindred covered in stern scales whipping up furious waves in the sea of stars, and even countless mortal believers, divine servants, and warrior generals raising divine weapons and chanting the honorific titles of the deities in unison, as the majestic power of faith surged into the true body of the deities like a tide, transforming into boundless battle power.

The briefest clash of deities caused the sea of stars to collapse and time and space to fracture; the barriers of the divine kingdoms collided with an apocalyptic roar, and countless faithful races rushed forward one after another, using their flesh, blood, and divine souls as sacrifices to protect their respective divine masters in their conquests across the heavens.

The flames of war swept across the sea of stars, and the blood of deities spilled to transform into meteor showers; divine radiance and demonic flames tore the firmament apart, and the entire universe trembled slightly amidst this great war of gods.

The galaxy beneath their feet served as the chessboard, the myriad realms around them as the battlefield, and the faith of all living beings as the pawns; the gods held the pieces, playing a game together across the heavens.

For a moment, Su Ming was deeply shocked by the scene before him—although he had seen divine clashes in videos before, never had it felt so vivid and tangible.

However, before Su Ming could react, everything before his eyes completely dissipated, as if everything just then had been his hallucination.

Soon, he felt a majestic divine power pouring into his limbs and bones like a torrent; his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones were reshaped and transformed under the scouring of the divine power, his mortal flesh completely shedding its mortal coil, and a faint divine radiance slowly bloomed around his body.

Within his meridians, the patterns of divine laws flowed clearly, his divine soul sublimated accordingly, and the laws of heaven and earth faintly resonated with it. At this moment, he completely broke free from mortal shackles, transforming into a true divine creature.

A dim halo slowly emerged behind him.

That was the glory of a deity, and even more so, the intuitive manifestation of divinity.

But none of this was the most important.

The condensation of the divine domain was the foundation of a deity.

Su Ming immediately reined in his mind and, following the methods for condensing a divine domain taught by the school over the years, focused on controlling the divine power within his body.

As his will drove it, the divine power within his body suddenly surged, frantically expanding outward with his divine soul as the core; the laws of heaven and earth converged in response, and taking a radius of a hundred zhang around him as the boundary, space even rippled with subtle tremors and distortions.

The hazy divine radiance landed and took shape, and an exclusive divine domain slowly unfolded; Dao patterns crisscrossed and intertwined, and a faint pressure quietly permeated all directions.

The divine domain has been successfully condensed!

Su Ming slowly opened his eyes, his figure already having appeared above his own divine domain.

Looking at the land below that was constantly evolving and continuing to grow as if seas had turned into mulberry fields, his face was filled with undisguised joy.

This day, he had waited for far, far too long.

Gazing at the slowly forming land below, Su Ming shifted his will, and a virtual panel instantly appeared before his eyes.

[ Su Ming (Demigod) ]

[ Divine Domain: Unnamed (Attribute: Netherworld) ]

[ Divine Title: None ]

[ Divine Art: None ]

[ Divinity: 1 ]

[ Divine Power: 100 / 100 ]

[ Power of Faith: 0 ]

[ Divine Crystals: 20,000 ]

[ Talent: Divine Grace (F-Rank): Attract and gather the thoughts and vows of believers, increasing the power of faith offered by believers by 10%. ]

The talent levels in this world, from lowest to highest, are F-Rank, E-Rank, D-Rank, C-Rank, B-Rank, A-Rank, S-Rank, SS-Rank, and SSS-Rank.

Among them, SS-Rank and SSS-Rank talents are extremely rare across the entire universe, truly as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; as for S-Rank talents, they are also few and far between within the entire human race.

Looking at the information on the panel, a trace of disappointment flashed in Su Ming's eyes, but he quickly came to terms with it: "Fine, although the talent is only F-Rank, it is better than nothing. Besides, this talent effect is quite decent for a poor fellow like me."

Not every deity who condenses a divine domain in this world can awaken a talent; more than half of the deities cannot awaken any talent even if they condense a divine domain.

Being able to obtain an F-Rank talent already surpassed more than half of the deities.

Su Ming's gaze slowly shifted to the divine domain attribute, and the moment he saw it clearly, his expression instantly turned complicated: "No way? My divine domain attribute is actually Netherworld? Should I cry or laugh at this?"

The divine domain attribute directly determines the development direction of a deity. As one of the special attributes, the Netherworld attribute can only cultivate Netherworld-type kindred such as the undead, zombies, skeletons, ghosts, and heroic spirits.

Deities with the Netherworld attribute possess highly polarized characteristics: when strong, they can crush peers of the same rank and roam unhindered across divine domains; when weak, they might even be inferior to deities with ordinary attributes. The root of all this lies in the extreme characteristics and innate shortcomings of the Netherworld attribute.

The advantages are very prominent: Netherworld kindred do not consume vitality or spiritual energy, and can be mass-produced relying solely on corpses, remnant souls, and Yin qi, making their source of troops nearly inexhaustible; furthermore, as long as the soul seed remains, they will not truly die and have no lifespan limits.

In addition, they feel no pain or fear, their military morale does not scatter, and they excel at fighting to the death and surrounding enemies with a sea of people. Their attacks can erode divine souls and suppress the opponent's divine sense, holding the advantage against the vast majority of living creature-type divine domain attributes, with extremely high growth potential and upper limits.

The disadvantages are also very obvious: the strength of Netherworld kindred converted in general will decrease to some extent, and the Netherworld attribute comes with dead silence and Yin qi. There are no plants or spiritual energy within the divine domain, and most resource cards cannot be used, leading to extremely high resource costs for the Netherworld.

At the same time, it is countered by light- and lightning-attribute kindred; moreover, the rebirth of Netherworld kindred requires consuming massive amounts of divine crystals, and they cannot reproduce naturally, making high-tier kindred particularly precious.

In short, the Netherworld attribute has quite a few advantages, but its disadvantages are also very obvious. Among them, the biggest disadvantage is that it burns money extremely fast.

Whether pursuing the army-flooding build or the boutique build, a massive investment is required.

For the penniless Su Ming, this was definitely not a good thing.

Su Ming pondered for a moment, let out a helpless sigh, and then expanded his divine sense to begin exploring his divine domain.

Within the divine domain, it was indeed gloomy and eerie; the void was filled with Yin qi that perfectly matched the Netherworld attribute.

He helplessly shook his head and chanted inwardly: "Since the divine domain has the Netherworld attribute, I shall name it Jiuyou."

The area of the Jiuyou Divine Domain was approximately one hundred thousand square kilometers.

Generally speaking, the area of an initial divine domain is between 50,000 and 120,000 square kilometers, and the area of Jiuyou could already be considered quite outstanding.

However, Su Ming did not pay too much attention to it.

As long as there are resources or one is willing to invest divine power, the area of the divine domain can be gradually increased.

One hundred thousand square kilometers was already sufficient for early-stage development.

Even if nothing was done, the divine domain would slowly expand on its own; it would only take a thousand years to expand into a medium-sized divine domain, which was one million square kilometers.

Demigods possess a lifespan of 10,800 years, so a thousand years is merely a tenth of their time to them. Furthermore, no one would completely let their divine domain expand on its own without making any investment.

Just as Su Ming was pondering how to develop the Jiuyou Divine Domain in the future, the stone embedded in his necklace suddenly broke free from the necklace's restraint, transforming into a stream of light that instantly merged into his body.

Looking at the disappeared stone, Su Ming was slightly stunned, and then a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes: "As expected, anything that could follow me across time and space cannot be simple. After all, as a transmigrator, how could I truly be ordinary?"

Su Ming waited full of anticipation, and after a moment, on the panel before him, an extra line of information appeared under the talent column.

[ Supreme Evolution (Origin-Rank) ]

1. Myriad Things Evolution: Consume divine crystals to modify and evolve any existence. The greater the target's transformation magnitude and the higher its tier, the more divine crystals are consumed.

2. Divine Enlightenment: Consume divinity to forge an origin Dao mark for the divine domain. Each additional Dao mark requires consuming more divinity.

Looking at this line of information, Su Ming's eyes instantly filled with shock, and he whispered involuntarily: "Origin-Rank talent? What level of talent is this?"

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, confirming it repeatedly.

Although he did not know what grade the Origin-Rank talent actually belonged to, a strong intuition inexplicably arose deep within his heart:

This was definitely an existence even more terrifying than an SSS-Rank talent, especially after seeing the effects of Supreme Evolution, making this intuition grow even stronger.