Master Changsheng

Chapters 479 and 480: Investiture of the Gods!

A major change has occurred in the Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision-Making Center!

The mist enveloping them surged rapidly in one direction, the very direction where Ankai was.

Player Li Dabao was stunned for a moment, but his mind returned to normal.

He looked in the direction where the mist was gathering and saw a blurry figure. It seemed to take only a moment for the blurry figure to become clear.

"That's Lord Ankai!"

"So I'm not alone here after all; the city lord is here too!"

"I'm saved!"

Li Dabao couldn't help but shout out loud, his excited expression seemingly genuine.

He seemed unaware of everything Ankai had done to him.

"Ankai?"

This was the first time the God of Light had learned of Ankai's name.

It's too late to learn An Kai's name now.

Li Dabao had no idea what An Kai was going through, but the God of Light knew very well!

He had experienced this once himself, and he had witnessed others experience it twice!

—The Supreme Godhood!

A necessary step to become the Supreme God.

Reaching this stage is the divine realm informing you that you are now qualified to become the Supreme God.

When the Investiture of the Gods ends, that will be the time to become the Supreme God!

The God of Light knows all too well that every Supreme God encounters different things during the "conferment of divinity" stage.

His encounter with the Dark God during the "Investiture of the Gods" was unremarkable and best left unmentioned.

The most memorable event was the "Investiture of the Gods" by the God of Law, which turned the entire divine realm into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, causing panic among all the gods and altering the original divine order.

In retrospect, the reforms implemented by [the God of Law] were correct.

Although he was the one who cursed the "God of Law" the most at the time.

The time when gods with a clearly defined hierarchy are the easiest for the "Supreme God" to control.

This is all part of the process of the "conferment of godhood" by the Supreme God.

Of course, besides their different experiences, there are also basic conditions for passing through the "Investiture of the Gods".

That was the true strength of the Supreme God, surpassing that of the previous Supreme God.

This is the setting of the divine realm.

This is why the earlier one becomes a "Supreme God," the lower their strength tends to be.

Because once one achieves the divine position of [Supreme God], it is very difficult to improve one's strength further. It is said that "reaching the [Supreme God] position is the pinnacle, and it is not just a saying."

The God of Light guessed that Ankai would be the fourth Supreme God in the future.

He hadn't expected the other party to be "deified" so soon.

Because once you enter this stage, it's no longer effective to deal with him using methods from a "supreme god".

For example, the method of knowing the true name, descending into the mind of the other party, and then annihilating them—a method exclusive to the [Supreme God]—can no longer be used on Ankai.

Even though the God of Light already knows Ankai's real name.

It's all over.

Stepping onto the "Investiture of the Gods" means becoming the "Supreme God"!

The only way to stop them is to annihilate them with sheer power!

But

Sensing the even stronger restraints binding him, the [God of Light] frowned even more deeply.

He even felt remorse, realizing he shouldn't have left behind a means to conceal the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Center for Decision-Making] outside, which made it more difficult for the other two [Supreme Gods] to discover it.

Upon seeing An Kai's figure clearly and witnessing him undergoing the "Godhood Conferment" baptism, the God of Light was powerless to help.

He still can't rest.

Once he rests, the three rules belonging to Ankai will descend and attack him.

Left with no other choice, the God of Light could only launch a passive counterattack.

Furthermore, he clearly sensed that as An Kai began to undergo the "Godhood Conferment" baptism, the power of the three rules belonging to An Kai was significantly greater than before.

It gave me a feeling that I would suffer if I didn't handle things properly.

This made the God of Light even more cautious.

Yet he would occasionally glance at An Kai, harboring unrealistic hopes that the other would fail in the "Investiture of the Gods" and then die a violent death.

"Your Excellency is mighty!"

"You're awesome!"

"The ruler of the divine realm is none other than you, sir!"

[God of Light] was thinking about Ankai's failure, but he kept hearing the sycophantic words of player Li Dabao.

The noise really annoyed the God of Light.

Unfortunately, he had no way to deal with Li Dabao, that insignificant ant.

Upon entering the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center], the [God of Light] saw Li Dabao's presence. He initially thought that since this guy was so weak and his mind was being artificially controlled, there was no need to waste his energy prioritizing dealing with him.

Although he only needs to sneeze, player Li Dabao will die a violent death.

However, upon hearing the commotion around him, the [God of Light] felt a pang of regret, regretting that he hadn't killed Li Dabao.

The voice, as loud as a duck's quack, made the veins on the God of Light's forehead throb. He was already annoyed by An Kai's "deification" experience, and now he had to listen to an ant flattering him!

Every expression and movement of the God of Light was under An Kai's watchful eye.

An Kai found it particularly satisfying to watch when the other side wanted to kill player Li Dabao but couldn't.

For this, he even sent Li Dabao a reward to encourage him to keep up the good work.

Li Dabao, who thought his shouts wouldn't be noticed by An Kai, suddenly saw a hastily written notification:

You have gained +1 favorability with Ankai and +999 experience points.

[You have gained Ankai's attention; your sincerity has moved him, and you have earned the title of the top player in the House of Goodness.]

In an instant, two system notifications that An Kai had created for him appeared in front of Li Dabao.

From initial stunned silence to later delight.

Li Dabao's expressions were very rich.

Then, in the eyes of the God of Light, player Li Dabao seemed to have become a different person.

They shouted for An Kai with all their might, their hoarse voices echoing throughout the land.

Previously, Li Dabao's noisy voices were merely audible, but now, the [God of Light] clearly felt that the noises were penetrating his brain.

The sound echoed in his mind, disturbing the peace of the God of Light.

He wished he could slap Li Dabao to death, slap the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center] to death, slap An Kai to death, and slap the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center] to death.

Frustrated, he wanted to destroy everyone and everything he could think of.

Ankai found the changes in the God of Light very satisfying.

He happened to be bored at the moment.

The process of "conferring the title of god" was indeed very boring for An Kai.

This is because it forces him to rewatch the process by which the previous three Supreme Gods ascended to the status of Supreme God, and the changes they made, etc.

Ankai had already seen all of this before, through some of the memories of the God of Light and by using the Time Spell to condense crystals.

It was because he had read it before that An Kai was able to enter the "Godhood" state at this moment, gain the recognition of the divine realm, and was about to step into the realm of the [Supreme God].

In summary, before An Kai broke free from his shackles, the level he was aiming for was only that of a [Fourth-Rank God].

It's just unknown what kind of changes their attributes will undergo after the "Investiture of the Gods".

Looking back, every time the four attributes broke free of their constraints, some revolutionary changes occurred.

Of course, this also brings greater strength and makes it more difficult to increase attributes.

After mastering the "time magic element", "deification" is one of the changes. The shackles of the four attributes are being broken. Then there is another change in the evolution. And there is another change that is completed before the other two changes!

—Master the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center]!

The moment Ankai mastered the "Time Magic Element," he had already gained control of the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center].

Everything inside the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center], as well as how to use the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center] to store energy, all turned into a stream of water and surged into An Kai's mind.

From this moment on, Ankai has replaced the previous "teacher" and become the second "decision-maker" in the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: Divine Court Decision-Making Center].

Unfortunately, Ankai is still unable to leave.

He needs to kill or drive away the outsider, the God of Light, in order to absorb the Ninth Level of the Divine Court: the Divine Court Decision Center into his body and leave with it.

The reason for this setting is that the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center] has not yet reached its true opening time.

Of course, there is another way to circumvent this, which is to completely reach the level of a "Supreme God" in terms of strength or realm.

This allows the [Ninth Level of the Divine Court: The Divine Court Decision Center] to be forcibly closed, which is one of the privileges of the [Supreme God].

This is also why the God of Light, upon entering the Ninth Level of the Divine Court: the Divine Court Decision Center, disregarded the ten-year Challenge Day and directly attacked Ankai.

He is the Supreme God, and the rules of the Ninth Level of the Divine Court: the Divine Court Decision Center cannot affect him.

The Supreme God is someone who can do whatever they want.

This is not just an affirmation of strength.

It is more of a term for "power and privilege".

Throughout the history of the divine realm, only one Supreme God appears every five thousand years.

So how could the Supreme God not have some privileges?

Ankai is currently undergoing a "deification" process, which is a crucial step towards becoming the "Supreme God".

Some beings have long since reached the point where they could be "deified," but they have never gained the recognition of the divine realm.

The most important step to ascending to the highest godhood: the conferment of godhood, has yet to occur.

After observing the process of the three Supreme Gods achieving their status as Supreme Gods once again, Ankai could basically guess some of the reasons.

In the realm of gods, strength is one factor in whether a being or a deity can be granted a "deification".

They value more whether the other party can bring about change to the divine realm.

Just like the change that happened with the [God of Law], that was a positive change for the long-term development of the divine realm.

Gods are born from the divine realm. When the God of Law saves the gods, it is equivalent to saving the divine realm itself.

After the [God of Law], there was another person who made a change that almost alarmed the divine realm. That person was the [God of Law of the Divine Court], who created the [Divine Court], which was also a change for the divine realm.

A good time to refine the bloated scale of the deities.

unfortunately

[Divine Court God of Law] has all the necessary conditions, but the most fundamental and least important thing is that his strength has not met the standard.

This resulted in the [Divine Court God] never receiving its own "conferment of godhood".

Ankai, however, was different; his strength had already reached the required level after mastering the "time magic element".

His past actions have convinced the divine realm that he can bring about change.

For example, integrating the abyss into the realm of gods.

This will lead to greater diversity in the divine realm.

Ankai stumbled upon a way to quickly help the divine realm improve, almost by accident.

—The Devouring Insect Realm.

The Abyss is a super-sized insect world, originally created by the gods who released their descendants that did not conform to their aesthetic standards.

Later, as the number of divine descendants increased, the Abyss completed its transformation and became distinctly different from other realms of gods.

By accepting too many descendants of gods, the Abyss, to some extent, completed the process of sucking blood from the divine realm.

Therefore, the Abyss is more like a part that the realm of gods has always been missing.

Unfortunately, no deity ever realized this.

Even the God of Light had previously been actively helping the Abyss, plotting against it.

Until Ankai appeared, shattered the abyss, and reclaimed the part of the divine realm that had been lost.

In the eyes of the gods, Ankai's experience is a particularly valuable asset.

Therefore, the moment An Kai mastered the "time magic element", "Fengshen" was given to An Kai without hesitation.

It is hoped that in the future, Ankai will be able to allow the divine realm to devour more of the insect realm that has been sucking his blood.

This expectation appeared before An Kai during the "Investiture of the Gods" stage.

Because the divine realm explicitly told Ankai that in order to pass the "Investiture of the Gods" and achieve the position of the "Supreme God," the divine realm must continue to devour a thousand more insect worlds.

This idea was directly reflected in An Kai's mind by the divine realm through the "Investiture of the Gods".

It can also be said that Ankai's path to becoming the "Supreme God" has become clear.

Unfortunately, the divine realm underestimated Ankai.

He accepted the "Investiture of the Gods" ceremony not to become the "Supreme God," but because the "Investiture of the Gods" could increase his power.

As for how to become the "Supreme God," Ankai has his own plans.

"If he enslaves or kills the other three [Supreme Gods], and simultaneously enslaves all the gods, then isn't Ankai himself a [Supreme God]?"

Unfortunately, the divine realm was unaware of all this.

The only one who probably knows something about Ankai's thoughts is the [God of Law], because the other party has the same idea.

It will still be some time before the "Investiture of the Gods" ends.

At this time, we are in the [Dark God] stage, and the most important [Magic God] has not yet been developed.

However, Ankai was not idle either.

He was experimenting with the wonders of the "time magic element" he had now mastered.

After the "time magic element" was mastered, it was not imprinted in the system notification, but was directly imprinted in Ankai's heart.

It's unclear whether the system is unable to record it, or if there's a problem with the "time magic element" that Ankai possesses.

However, all the levels that were blocked by the "time magic element" were resolved.

Ankai's current experiment with "time magic elements" is quite simple; it's essentially an enhanced version of the [Time Cage]!

The test subject was none other than the [God of Light].

Suddenly, the [God of Light] felt the scene before him change once again.

(End of this chapter)