98: Chapter 98: He created the Investiture of the Gods, and the whole of China was made a god!

High above the starry sky, Jiang Feng stood with his hands behind his back.

Beneath his feet, the Blue Star had long since expanded savagely into a vast, boundless star domain continent.

Thick, high-dimensional realm essence rolled through the air, and the tsunami-like worship of the Chinese people surged straight into the clouds.

On his retina, a blinding golden notification popped up.

[Ding! The Demon Realm has 100% merged with reality, and the Blue Star's realm essence is abundant. Triggering unique event: Heaven-Opening Investiture of the Gods!]

[Announcement: New plane formed, Heavenly Dao reconstructed. Total Investiture slots opened: 365 Star Sovereigns of the Zhou Heavens, 108 Heavenly and Earthly Fiends, and 10 Supreme God positions.]

[System Prompt: Please ask the Heavenly Dao spokesperson "Divine Venerable Qingfeng" to open the Sacrificial Ceremony, bow to the Upper Heavens, and request the Investiture of the Gods list!]

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Jiang Feng glanced at the last prompt, the corners of his mouth twitching. What a joke.

Bow to the Upper Heavens?

Beg the Realm King for a job application form?

The scope is way too small.

He raised his right hand, palm facing up, his tone filled with absolute dominance: "My Heavenly Dao, I call the shots."

His mental power, reaching 661 sextillion, surged violently!

The massive realm essence brutally tore through the system's Investiture program and forcibly took control!

Hongmeng Purple Qi, Star Remains Origin, plus the faith and willpower of countless Chinese people across the globe, were grabbed in his palm and kneaded crazily.

The blinding purple-gold light mass compressed in his palm, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-long golden scroll that spread savagely across the starry sky!

Do not respect the Heavens, do not bow to the Realm King.

I'll forge the Investiture of the Gods myself!

The system frantically popped up harsh red error alerts.

But in the next second, under Jiang Feng's terrifying dimensionality-reduction suppression, the system crashed completely and obediently handed over the highest authority.

[Ding! You have successfully forged an exclusive Investiture of the Gods!]

[You have obtained the God Position: Proving the Dao of the Heavens · Master of All Stars · Divine Venerable Qingfeng.]

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Once the Investiture of the Gods was formed, the world origin and faith power accumulated over twenty thousand years flooded into Jiang Feng's body like a broken levee.

Jiang Feng's bones emitted a hair-raising explosion, and the realm essence crazily reshaped his limbs and skeleton.

[Stat increase/Blessing complete!]

[You have obtained the ultra-high-dimensional law trait: Hongmeng Dao Bones (Ultimate Wisdom Root). All law comprehension is greatly enhanced.]

[Exclusive multiplier boost: Increased by 4 million times!]

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Jiang Feng glanced at the panel.

His base four-dimensional stats, reaching 5 quadrillion, were forcefully multiplied by an absolute multiplier of 4.66 million!

In the multiplier column, the 4 million times bonus brought by the Hongmeng Dao Bones and Ultimate Wisdom Root were clearly listed, their pressure terrifying.

This unreasonable, perverted value had long since crushed the limits of the realm essence of the mortal and heavenly realms.

He raised his hand casually, and a trace of pressure leaked from his fingertips, crushing an abandoned dead star into cosmic dust across the endless starry sky.

Holding the authority of the Divine Venerable, Jiang Feng looked down upon the common people, his voice ringing out like an ancient bell across the entire star domain continent.

"The old heaven has shattered, the new heaven shall stand!"

"Today, in the name of the Master of China, I self-seal and self-canonize, conferring divinity upon all spirits!"

On the star domain continent, countless Chinese people held their breath, staring fixedly at the majestic divine shadow in the sky.

"Jiang Jianguo, Liu Cuilan. Step forward to receive your investiture."

Inside the Tianshu Dragon Garden estate, Jiang Jianguo and Liu Cuilan were stunned.

Before the two elders could react, they were lifted by a gentle law and rose slowly into the high sky, facing Jiang Feng.

Facing his parents, the coldness that had not melted for ten thousand years in Jiang Feng's eyes faded, leaving only gentleness.

"I confer upon Jiang Jianguo the title of Emperor of the Eastern Hua · Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Virtues."

"I confer upon Liu Cuilan the title of Holy Mother of the Western Spirit · Sovereign of Ten Thousand Longevities."

"Enjoy the worship of the Star Sovereigns of the Heavens, and be bestowed with the Hongmeng Godhead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two thick, exaggerated streams of purple qi crossed the starry sky and forcefully poured into the two elders' bodies.

Jiang Jianguo's slightly hunched worker's body instantly grew taller, draped in an imperial robe flowing with the brilliance of the galaxy.

His white hair turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye, his muscles bulged, and his combat power soared crazily at a rate of ten thousand times per second!

The old spatula in Liu Cuilan's hand transformed instantly into a Hongmeng divine weapon wreathed in the power of creation.

The old apron she wore, washed until it was pale, turned into a shimmering, colorful celestial garment, and every gesture was filled with the majesty of a Sovereign that made the stars bow.

The lifespan panel of the two elders turned directly into a pile of garbled code, sharing longevity with this sea of stars!

Jiang Jianguo touched the short black beard that had just sprouted on his chin, grinning from ear to ear.

Liu Cuilan's eyes were red, gazing with immense pride at the son before her who looked like a creator god.

Jiang Feng's gaze shifted down, landing on Li Hu, who was kowtowing frantically on the estate lawn.

"Li Hu."

"Foster father! Tiger is here!" Li Hu raised his head abruptly, roaring at the top of his lungs.

"I confer upon you the title of War God of the Suppressed World · Head of the Heavenly Fiends, leader of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Fiends, guarding the borders of the star domain!"

Dark gold chain armor covered Li Hu's entire body with a few "clanking" sounds.

His hand sank as he held a heaven-opening giant axe brimming with baleful aura.

His level soared like a rocket, and his base combat power instantly rose by fifteen thousand times.

Li Hu grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, and slapped his dark gold chest armor with a bang: "Thank you, Divine Venerable, for the investiture! With Tiger here, if those grandsons from the Upper Heavens dare to come down, I will hack them to pieces!"

Jiang Feng nodded slightly, turning his gaze to the Ancient Ancestral Dragon circling above.

"Dragon Girl."

"I confer upon you the title of Heavenly Venerable of the Ancestral Dragon · Empress of the Star Realm. Command all dragons of the heavens, and hold the authority of the New Heavenly Dao's thunder punishment!"

"Roar—!"

The Dragon Girl erupted in a high-pitched dragon roar, her body swelling ten times over like it was being inflated!

She spat a breath of dragon fire, and the countless meteorites floating around the Blue Star were burned into nothingness and scorched earth on the spot.

On her smooth forehead, a third Heavenly Dao dragon horn broke through her skin, and with a gentle pinch, she grasped the ultimate thunder punishment capable of obliterating a Realm Lord.

This round, the win was absolute!

Then, Jiang Feng's voice boomed continuously over the land of China.

"Xiao Zhenjiang! I confer upon you the title of Leader of the Earthly Fiends · Holy King of Protecting the Dao, leader of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends."

"Li Yan! I confer upon you the title of Heavenly Fierce Star · Heavenly Venerable of Demon Extermination."

"Zhang Changlin! I confer upon you the title of Heavenly Machine Star · Military Strategist of the Ages."

"Jiang Shuyun! I confer upon you the title of Heavenly Fortune Star · Dao Venerable of Ten Thousand Treasures."

Beams of divine light, as if they had eyes, smashed down from the Investiture of the Gods, precisely striking the bodies of these pillars of China.

The hidden ailments and old injuries on Xiao Zhenjiang's body were instantly wiped away, and the dead end of his seventh rank was shattered.

In one step, he ascended to the heavens, entering the heavenly realm level of combat power!

This iron-blooded commander had tears streaming down his face, dropping to one knee and kowtowing heavily.

Blazing black demonic fire rose around Li Yan.

This fiery temper, combined with this invincible combat power that felt like a dimensionality-reduction strike, turned him into a ruthless killing machine.

At the top of the highest office building in the capital, Jiang Shuyun's capable professional attire transformed into magnificent divine robes.

She pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, holding the ultimate authority over the wealth and resource allocation of the entire star domain, and bowed deeply to the master in the depths of the starry sky, her eyes clear and absolutely loyal.

Thirty-six Heavenly Fiends, seventy-two Earthly Fiends, three hundred and sixty-five Star Sovereigns of the Zhou Heavens.

Based on the Chinese legion commanders, city lords, and the bloodlines of heroes who had died in battles, Jiang Feng exhausted all five hundred god positions in one go.

The god positions were distributed, but the benefits were not over.

Ordinary Chinese people who did not receive god positions welcomed the most brutal racial gift.

Golden rain fell across the entire star domain continent.

Any Chinese citizen touched by the golden rain, whether old, young, weak, or ordinary, had the shackles of their bloodlines shattered!

Their base combat power soared a hundredfold, those with slightly better Physiques increased a thousandfold, and their lifespans were increased by an additional five hundred years out of thin air.

This wave of Heavenly Dao benefits was maxed out to the extreme.

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On the pedestrian street of Dongjiang City.

Shen Qingni knelt on the cracked ground.

As the golden rain fell on her shoulders, the [Ice Empress] inheritance in her body transformed instantly, directly advancing to the Ice Source Law.

The surrounding temperature plummeted to absolute zero, and even the surrounding space was frozen into fine ice crystals.

But she felt no joy, and she dared not even straighten her body.

No matter how turbulent her heart was, she remained prostrate on the ground, looking up at the figure at the peak of the starry sky who could not be looked at directly, in the most humble posture.

Behind her, the four lackeys Wang Qiang, Zhao Feng, Li Hao, and Zhang Ming were feeling the explosive power within their bodies with fanatical faces.

"Qingni, do you feel it! I've leveled up to four hundred! I can kick down a building with one foot now!" Wang Qiang waved his fists, his face flushed red.

Zhao Feng leaned forward, his tone unable to suppress his pride: "As long as we keep grinding levels and killing high-level monsters, we'll eventually catch up to the heels of Divine Venerable Qingfeng! By then, he will surely look at you with high regard!"

Hearing this stupid remark, Shen Qingni turned her head slowly.

Her eyes were as cold as if she were looking at a few corpses.

"Catch up to His heels?"

She let out a very short, cold laugh, her voice filled with bone-chilling clarity and despair.

"Are you blind, or is your brain stuffed with realm essence? Look at that Investiture of the Gods above your head!"

She pointed at the golden scroll that covered the sky, her tone filled with sorrow: "That is the Heavenly Dao. He is no longer some professional or awakener. He is the Creator God who established this new set of rules."

The ecstasy on the faces of the four lackeys froze instantly.

"Any opportunity that leaks from His fingers is enough for us so-called geniuses to extend our lives by a thousand years. What are you going to use to catch up? Your life?"

Shen Qingni withdrew her hand and pressed her forehead tightly against the cold concrete ground again.

"Face reality. In this lifetime, we have already been deprived of even the qualifications to look up at His back. We are only fit to kneel and worship."

The four men swallowed hard, looking at Shen Qingni's desperate yet fanatical profile, finally terrified by the bottomless dimensional gap, and honestly kowtowed heavily.

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At the same time, outside the original borders of the Blue Star.

Wilson, the commander of the Beacon Country, led a group of senior officials from the Western Alliance, kneeling straight in the muddy buffer zone.

Above their heads, not a single drop of golden rain fell.

The land beneath their feet had its realm essence drained dry, completely reduced to exhausted wasteland.

Wilson stared fixedly at the beams of divine light shooting straight into the sky within the Chinese defense line, his eyes almost popping out with blood.

Just a moment ago, he watched with his own eyes as an elderly Chinese man selling roasted sweet potatoes on the opposite side just sneezed loudly.

With a "bang," a stone mountain hundreds of meters away was shattered into gravel by that sneeze!

China was canonized as a nation, and everyone received a dimensionality-reduction strike.

And they, these outsiders, were mercilessly kicked out of the game by the new Heavenly Dao.

Combat power locked, panels shut down.

Forget about any extraordinary legions; even if this group of top elites rushed into the Chinese defense line, they couldn't even beat a baby who had just turned one year old!

Their bodies were as brittle as wet toilet paper, shattering at a single poke!

"Oh Heavens..."

A five-star general of the Beacon Country slumped in the mud, pulling his hair desperately, crying in a breakdown.

"It's all over! We've been deprived of even the qualification to be trash! Without the baptism of realm essence, we aren't even fit to be cannon fodder for others!"

Wilson dug his hands deep into the mud, his nails breaking and bleeding without him even noticing.

His guts were twisted with regret!

This wave was a total loss!

If he had lowered his status earlier, even if he had been thick-skinned enough to curry favor with Jiang Feng, he might have been able to get a qualification as an outsider.

But now? There was no way out but to wait for death.

Inside the defense line, a group of Chinese middle school students with schoolbags happened to pass by.

Across the towering iron fence, they looked at the group of Western big shots who used to hold their heads high and were now crying with snot bubbles, not even bothering to say a mocking word.

"Walk faster, walk faster! The Chinese central station is rebroadcasting the Divine Venerable's Investiture Ceremony tonight. If we go late, we won't be able to grab the C-position big screen in the square."

"Tsk, those people outside are really pathetic. It seems like they lose health bars just by breathing on their side."

Not a trace of sympathy, only complete and utter disregard.

Twenty thousand years of bloodline suppression, sixty years of data humiliation, at this moment when Jiang Feng held the Investiture of the Gods, were completely ground into the dust of history.

Fighting three thousand emperors with one hand, pushing across thirteen continents with both palms!

China not only stood firm but also stepped onto the pinnacle of the heavens in one stride.

The ceremony ended, and the visions in the starry sky faded.

Jiang Feng tapped the Investiture of the Gods into his brow, but he did not immediately teleport back to the Tianshu Dragon Garden, instead floating quietly in place.

His vast, peerless mental power turned into an invisible giant net, spreading instantly to thousands of star domains—not to mention light-years away, even if a thin needle fell across dozens of planes, he could hear it clearly.

Suddenly, Jiang Feng's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a cold glint flashed across the bottom of his eyes.

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