205: True God

Lin Yuan’s words were like a giant rock thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a monstrous wave in Su Jin’s heart.

“Promotion?”

Su Jin’s voice held an incredulous inquiry.

Lady Lin Qing!

The first Lord in Blue Star human history, a living legend, standing at the pinnacle of the demigod realm for hundreds of years.

That supreme being who, with one against three, powerfully suppressed the Dark Star Empire’s peak demigods!

Everyone thought that was the limit mortals could reach.

But... now...

She actually took another step forward…

Lin Yuan did not answer directly; his deep gaze seemed to pierce through the light screen, looking directly at Su Jin.

“Su Jin, do you know what the most core element is for a civilization, a race, to truly establish itself and become an overlord in the boundless Realm Sea?”

Su Jin did not hesitate: “True God.”

“Yes, True God.”

Lin Yuan’s voice was suppressed with excitement and pride.

“A true deity is enough to change the power landscape of an entire realm.”

“A civilization with a True God presiding over it can be called a ‘Divine Race,’ and its territory is called a ‘Divine Realm.’”

“And we humans will also be promoted to a Silver Race the moment Lady Lin Qing advances to True God.”

With that said, everything was self-evident.

Su Jin’s breathing almost stopped at this moment.

So that’s how it is.

So… that’s how it is!

“No wonder…”

He muttered in a low voice, “No wonder the Dark Star Empire and the Three-Eyed Clan are so crazy, willing to stake their racial fortune to launch a full-scale war.”

They weren’t trying to win.

They were afraid!

They were afraid of failure!

Once Lady Lin Qing successfully ascends to godhood, the Blue Star Alliance will no longer be an equal opponent to them.

But a supreme ruler who can manipulate their fate at will…!

By then, let alone waging war, they wouldn’t even have the right to beg for survival, and would have to depend on the new God’s mood!

This is not a battle for national destiny.

This is a war for the survival of civilization!

They are… trying to prevent the birth of a God!

“Yes, they are afraid.”

Lin Yuan’s voice returned to calm, but beneath that calm was a mountain-and-sea-like conviction.

“Lady Lin Qing has been preparing for this step for three hundred years.”

“The Alliance high-level also planned for over a hundred years to cooperate with her.”

“Although they detonated this war prematurely, what do we have to fear?”

“Today’s humans are no longer the humans who first arrived in the Realm Sea and struggled every step of the way!”

“We have enough confidence to clear the final obstacles for Lady Lin Qing’s promotion!”

“So, this is the true grand chess game…”

Su Jin’s heart was stirred.

He thought he had seen the fifth layer.

He didn’t expect that the real chess player was already standing in the stratosphere.

“Lady Lin Qing is the hope of all of us.”

Lin Yuan’s tone was filled with immense respect.

“If she succeeds, Blue Star humanity will usher in a true golden age and reign over the cosmos. Therefore, this battle must be won!”

“I understand.”

Su Jin nodded solemnly.

At this moment, he truly understood the full weight of this war and saw clearly the path he would take in the future.

“Rest well, Su Jin.”

“You and your Infinite City are the primary contributors to the great victory in the Southern Border, and the Alliance will never forget any hero.”

The light screen flickered, and the encrypted communication ended.

Su Jin stood alone in the empty grand tent, motionless for a long time.

True God…

This term made him feel unprecedented pressure, but also ignited an even hotter flame.

…

After the call with Lin Yuan ended, there was no longer any suspense in the development of the war.

The Dark Star Empire’s main army in the Southern Border completely collapsed with the death of commander Valerius and the fall of the Dark Star Throne.

The remaining troops were leaderless.

Under the encirclement of the Blue Star Alliance’s various armies, they turned into scattered stragglers, unable to stir up any more trouble.

The vast Southern Border of Molten Heart, after more than a year of war, finally welcomed a long-awaited peace.

When the emerald green light gate of the Qingmu Leap opened above the central plaza of Infinite City, the entire city fell silent.

Teams of soldiers, clad in profound armor, walked out silently.

Their armor was covered in scars from sword and axe, with lingering gunpowder smoke and dark bloodstains that could not be washed away.

There was no clamor.

Only an iron-blooded aura, forged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, soared into the sky, making the entire city solemn.

Stone Rock, carrying his door-panel-like giant shield, walked at the forefront of the team.

The usually boisterous he, at this moment, merely looked straight ahead with a serious expression, each step causing the ground to tremble slightly.

The return of tens of thousands of troops did not make Infinite City seem crowded.

Instead, like a peerless fierce weapon unsheathed, it injected unparalleled grandeur and sharpness into it!

This was a victorious army returning from a hundred battles, never having suffered a defeat!

Su Jin did not hold any grand welcoming ceremony.

He merely ordered the logistics department to prepare the best wine, meat, and supplies, allowing all participating soldiers to rest for a few days.

For these warriors who had just emerged from blood and fire.

No amount of flowery words could compare to a stable bed and a steaming hot meal.

He himself returned to the Lord’s Mansion.

He dealt with the mountain of post-war affairs, and at the same time, tallied the huge gains from this trip to the Southern Border.

Whether it was Valerius’s legacy or the spoils of the Southern Border War.

Coupled with the war merits the Alliance was about to award, these were enough to elevate Infinite City’s strength to another major level.

That afternoon.

Su Jin was in the Grand Void Azurewood Palace, using the Spirit Source Convergence ability to try and familiarize himself with the surging power within his body.

Preparing to break through to Legendary Rank 15.

A personal guard reported from outside the palace.

“Lord, a messenger from the Southern Border Command Headquarters has arrived.”

“Let him in.”

A moment later, a messenger wearing a Blue Star Alliance standard military officer uniform.

Led by the personal guard, he quickly walked into the palace.

Upon seeing Su Jin, he immediately stood at attention and gave a standard military salute, presenting an official letter sealed with special metal with both hands.

The official letter felt heavy in his hand, and the Alliance star emblem and Southern Border War Zone insignia embossed on it glowed with a faint energy radiance.

Su Jin took it and unsealed it.

Inside was an invitation made of “Light-Woven Brocade,” with a faint glow flowing over it, and the text clearly visible.

“To commend the outstanding meritorious collectives and individuals in this Southern Border Defense War, the Southern Border Command Headquarters has decided to hold a post-war summary and award ceremony on * * day, * month, * * year of the New Calendar, at the Star Dome Council Hall on the top floor of the capital, Red Moon Land.”

“We sincerely invite the Lord of Infinite City, Lady Su Jin, to grace us with her presence.”

The signature was Lin Yuan’s personal signature, the supreme commander of the Southern Border, and the joint seal of the Alliance High Command.

An award ceremony, huh…

Su Jin held the invitation, his fingertips gently caressing the words “primary contributor” on it, a slight smile on his lips.

It seems it’s time to claim the spoils of war belonging to Infinite City.