97: Chapter 97 The God of the Sky.
In the boundless sea of Stars, a supercontinent formed by dozens of interconnected continents of varying sizes is called a Divine Territory.
The Kaiyang Divine Territory is one of them.
In Star, although many continents belong to the same Divine Territory and there are no clear boundaries between them, every continent has its own Governing God. Any god in a continent they do not govern will be restricted by the divine laws, and their combat power will be suppressed by thirty percent...
Meanwhile, in the continent they govern, they will receive the blessing of wish power; after activating Divine Wish Power, their combat power will increase by thirty percent...
There is only one exception among the gods—the God of Sky Patrol...
The continents of the Kaiyang Divine Territory are divided into five tiers.
The lowest level is the First-Tier Continent, a place with no Governing God, Ninth-Turn Experts, or Saint Spirit Grade Beast Tamers Pets. It is the only continent among the many where any trade can be conducted, and it is also known as the Land of Slaves...
Anything that cannot be done openly on other continents is moved to the Land of Slaves, making these First-Tier Continents the most chaotic...
For the Kaiyang Divine Palace, they are like chicken ribs—tasteless to eat but a pity to discard—and most gods would not fight for such a continent that provides no Divine Wish Power...
The people in these First-Tier Continents, subjected to violence and slavery, have fundamentally lost their faith in the gods. To them, there are no good gods in this world...
There are twenty-one such continents in Star, and most have now become gathering places for chaos and evil...
Next are the Second-Tier Continents, which have Saint Spirit Level entities or Ninth-Turn Experts but no gods.
When these continents have no Governing God, they are collectively managed by the Kaiyang Divine Palace. The gods of the palace decide whether to demote them to First-Tier Continents or hand them over to a certain god to govern, making them Third-Tier Continents...
After reaching the God Realm, cultivation levels are no longer distinguished by levels or turns, but are instead divided into three realms based on the amount of Divine Wish Power: Star Radiance, Moon Radiance, and Sun Radiance.
The initial, middle, and late stages of Star Radiance correspond to the first, second, and third tribulation realms of beast tamers...
Continents governed by gods in the middle stage of Star Radiance are Fourth-Tier Continents, and those governed by gods in the late stage are Fifth-Tier Continents...
A god can only govern one main continent at a time. If there are other continents, the remaining sub-continents are managed by Attendant God Envoys. The tier of a sub-continent is linked to the cultivation of the Attendant God Envoy. Eighty percent of the Divine Wish Power provided by a continent governed by an Attendant God Envoy goes to the god, and twenty percent goes to the envoy...
In the Kaiyang Divine Territory, the one with the strongest Divine Wish Power is the Governing God of the Tianguang Continent, a late-stage Star Radiance expert and the Chief of the Kaiyang Divine Palace—Luo Huang.
In the outer hall of the Kaiyang Divine Palace, a middle-aged man with graying temples and a sword on his back frowned.
"Xuan Shu, where did Luo Shu go? Why has the divine radiance of the Tianshu Continent dimmed so much?"
This person was none other than Luo Huang.
In a corner, a figure with a slender and graceful silhouette turned around.
Her face was covered with a thin veil, and her sparkling eyes rippled with soul-stirring tenderness as she said softly, "Why are you asking me?"
"He came to see me that day, wanting me to help him secure a Second-Tier Continent so he could fully step into the middle stage. I refused him." Luo Huang's expression was serious.
"Don't think I don't know he went to see you afterward!"
"If you know, then ask him. My relationship with him isn't as close as yours..." Xuan Shu blinked and said crossly, "You are his third uncle, after all..."
"I advise you not to push me too far, you vixen!" Luo Huang's brow furrowed, and the spiritual energy around him began to circulate...
His cultivation was already at the peak of the Kaiyang Divine Territory, and the location of the Kaiyang Divine Palace was within the Tianguang Continent...
As long as he wished, his strength was sufficient to slay any god in the Kaiyang Divine Territory!
"What? Do you intend to kill me? The God of Sky Patrol hasn't appeared for hundreds of years; do you really think he's dead?" Xuan Shu said calmly with a smile.
"What did you say?" Upon hearing the name of the God of Sky Patrol, a hint of nervousness instantly appeared on Luo Huang's face.
"The previous God of Sky Patrol of the Kaiyang Divine Territory, if I remember correctly, was named Tian Xuan. Why is it that as soon as he disappeared, you, a minor god who was only at the initial stage of Star Radiance, quickly entered the late stage? After that, most of the continents Tian Xuan governed became part of your God of Heavenly Light's domain, and you became the Chief of the Star Gods because of it..." Xuan Shu's eyes curved slightly. "Hmm?"
"He and I shared life and death, went through hardships together, and stepped from the First Turn into the God Realm side by side. We fought together countless times on the Gods Battlefield. Naturally, I didn't want to see the continents he painstakingly governed fall into being Lands of Slaves." A flash of ruthless killing intent appeared in Luo Huang's eyes as he said loudly, "What's wrong with me helping him?"
"That's good then. Given the bond between you, when you see him again in the future, you'll surely return his continents to him, right?" Xuan Shu raised an eyebrow.
"Rest assured, if he returns, I will certainly return everything of his with both hands..." A smile appeared on the corner of Luo Huang's mouth. "Unfortunately, he won't be coming back..."
"Then your nephew probably won't be coming back either."
Luo Huang's smile instantly froze. "What did you say?"
Xuan Shu also had a smile on her lips. "He came to me that day saying he had found a Second-Tier Continent and asked me to make a prediction for him. After learning that my prediction was an 'excellent' sign, he took the initiative to go to that continent."
"Just now, I performed another observation and prediction on that continent and found that it is now a Fourth-Tier Continent..."
"At almost the same time, the Tian Xuan Divine Palace in the palace's back garden, which had been dim for hundreds of years, lit up once again. Didn't you... notice?"
Luo Huang's expression suddenly turned panicked. He quickly sent his divine sense into the back garden and found that the small pavilion, buried in dust and surrounded by weeds, had indeed lit up. The headless stone statue inside was also glowing... it was even brighter than Luo Huang's Tianguang Divine Palace!
His breathing suddenly became rapid, and his body trembled involuntarily. His expression at this moment was as if he had seen a god of plague, and he had long lost his previous calmness and composure.
"What's wrong? Aren't you good brothers? Just hearing the name scares you like this; what will happen when you actually see him?" Xuan Shu said gloatingly.
"Help... help me! Predict his life or death for me! I'll give you whatever you want!" Luo Huang said nervously.
The moment that face appeared in his mind, it filled him with absolute terror!
That man was simply a god of slaughter!
"I want you to help me break through the barrier to the middle stage—not necessarily to late-stage perfection, but as long as I reach the late stage!" Xuan Shu smiled.
"You certainly have some nerve asking for that."
"The price is quite fair. Does peering into the secrets of heaven not come with a cost?" Xuan Shu waved her hand and sighed. "If you don't want to, then forget it. Anyway, I am an Astrologer and can use divine skills to avoid disasters. At worst, I'll just wait a few more years. I won't die, and if I keep a low profile, I'll eventually advance..."
"I promise you!" Luo Huang said through gritted teeth.
At this moment, his heart was bleeding, and his expression was gloomy to the extreme. For a middle-stage god to enter the late stage, it would require at least two continents, both of which must be personally governed by the main god for over a hundred years and cannot be delegated to an Attendant God Envoy...
A god can only govern one main continent at a time, and the rest can only be managed by Attendant God Envoys. The Divine Wish Power provided by a continent is directly related to the cultivation of the governor. Naturally, a continent managed by an Attendant God Envoy provides much less Divine Wish Power than one personally governed by a god...
But... he had no choice but to do this, because if that terrifying existence was truly alive and growing, his end would be near!
"Deal!" Xuan Shu's eyes overflowed with uncontrollable joy. She said, "Tell me his name."
"Ying Xiao."
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