Chapter 43 - Improving the Divine Realm

Chapter 43 - Improving the Divine Realm Han Wu entered his landing pod and traveled to his divine realm to begin the weapon branding ceremony. Adhering to the instructions provided with his purchased weapons, he constructed an array using some Divine Points. Inside the array, he placed the God weapons and dripped a single drop of his blood onto each. His blood spread open as if they were becoming the blood vessels of the God weapon. The 0 Star God weapon, Inspect Eye, the first God weapon to recognize him as its master, transformed into a glowing orb and attached itself to his earlobe, and if he wished to inspect the data of other life forms, he only needed to activate it mentally. The next God weapon to bond with Han Wu was the 2 Star God weapon, the Gu Jar, which transformed into a pot-bellied toad and croaked quite loudly. To test the Jar’s functionality, he ordered 100,000 Elite locusts into it, understanding that the refinement would require a full day. However, the Ravenous Wolf, the last God weapon, refused to acknowledge Han Wu as its master. He received a notification indicating that the weapon needed more blood. I was utterly mistaken in believing that all God weapons would yield so easily. Han Wu, with a heavy sigh, supplied the required amount, almost passing out from the blood loss before the Ravenous Wolf finally accepted him as its master. The Ravenous Wolf transformed into a small wolf pup and immediately began clamoring for food, demanding God weapons. Han Wu furrowed his brow, as he lacked the funds to buy more God weapons at that moment. Visibly disappointed by Han Wu’s denial, the wolf pup began to sniff its surroundings, its eyes suddenly brightening as it detected an alternative food source—pure Energy Stones. Han Wu, possessing a good amount of Energy Stones in his inventory, fed some to the wolf pup. The pup happily munched on the Energy Stones, which were as hard as steel. Seeing how effortlessly the wolf pup crushed the Stones with its jaws, he was finally convinced that the Ravenous Wolf was indeed capable of devouring God weapons. With the God weapons dealt with, Han Wu turned his attention to the Refinery. It had produced 428 Sources of Sacred Objects from the 48 Rank 2 Sacred Objects he had previously fed into it. He then allocated 400 of these Sources to Yuan Zhong for the repair of his God weapon and used the other 28 to improve his Rank 2 Sacred Object: Law of Gluttony (Incomplete). The Law of Gluttony had undergone some changes after continuously being repaired with the Sources of Sacred Objects. After absorbing the 28th Source of Sacred Object, it emitted a brief flash of light. Han Wu, upon inspecting it, was surprised to discover that it had been upgraded. [Rank 3 Sacred Object: Law of Gluttony (Incomplete): Grants the Gluttony trait to the core race when equipped. Common life forms evolve into Elite life forms after consuming food equivalent to 100 times their basal metabolic rate, and Elite life forms evolve into Unique life forms after consuming 1000 times their basal metabolic rate. (Incomplete. Effective only on Common and Elite life forms.)] Han Wu was astounded by just how powerful it had become. It effectively provided a complete Evolution Path, transforming a Common life form into a Unique one. He only needed to ensure that his locusts had enough food, and they could all ascend to the Unique rank! The thought of having billions of Unique locusts at his command filled him with excitement. Despite their relative weakness, Unique locusts would still have advantages such as enhanced life force, extended lifespan, and increased Faith Point production. He could use the Gu Jar to refine them, gradually building a massive army of Heroic locusts. Han Wu’s hopeful vision of the future was abruptly interrupted by a sudden crack in his Core. Upon immediate inspection, he discovered that his Core was overloading. The upgraded Law of Gluttony, now too powerful, had pushed his Core beyond its limits. With his core level, he was only supposed to equip Sacred Objects up to Rank 7, but his total rank had now reached Rank 8. If he didn’t act quickly, his Core would face imminent destruction. However, he was unwilling to simply unequip the Law of Gluttony, as Divine Beings were restricted to equipping Rank 2 Sacred Objects at most. The only reason the Law of Gluttony, now a Rank 3 Sacred Object, was equipped right now was because it had ranked up while it was still equipped to his Core. Should he unequip it now, he’d first need to become a Demigod to equip it once more. He’d essentially exploited a minor loophole, allowing him to equip a Rank 3 Sacred Object as a Divine Being. In an attempt to prevent his Core from further deteriorating, he quickly unequipped the Rank 1 Sacred Object, Poison Orb, planning to re-equip it when his Core leveled up later. However, right after removing the Poison Orb, it unexpectedly shattered. “The hell?” Stunned and bewildered, he couldn’t comprehend why the orb had shattered. He quickly went online to investigate, and ultimately, he discovered that Sacred Objects would disintegrate if unequipped from a Core above level five. Despite feeling a pang of sadness at the loss of a valuable Sacred Object, Han Wu sighed in relief, realizing he had made the right choice in removing the Poison Orb rather than the Law of Gluttony or the other two Rank 2 Sacred Objects, as losing them would have been far worse. Once he had gathered the Poison Orb’s fragments and deposited them into the Refinery, Han Wu became aware of certain changes taking place in his divine realm. Under the effect of the Law of Gluttony, the locusts were constantly feeding, resulting in continuous rank advancements. The other four races were also engaged in their respective activities: Steely was diligently learning a new skill, the Scorching Dwarves were mining and forging with zeal, the Minotaurs were crafting new totems, and the skeletons... were proudly displaying the Bone Stones their god had graciously given them. Thanks to the Bone Stones, the Skeleton Lord’s three negative statuses had effectively been reduced to two, restoring it to Heroic status. It had also gained a new skill: Summon Skeleton Knight. The little skeleton had gained the ability to summon Skeleton Knights from the remains of Unique life forms, an amazing skill that would be incredibly useful and particularly active in extended battles. As Han Wu nodded in satisfaction, he suddenly noticed a newly constructed building within his divine realm. Upon closer inspection, he discovered it was the Blood Coliseum. In contrast to the original Blood Coliseum, which was enormous, this one was considerably smaller, roughly 10 sq km in size at most. He could send his units into the arena to battle, and those who won had a chance to ascend to the next tier. Even Unique life forms had a small chance of evolving into Heroic life forms without the need for a Heroic Template. Han Wu’s eyes gleamed with excitement upon seeing the Blood Coliseum’s effect, and he quickly sent his Unique units into the arena to fight. After all, obtaining a Heroic life form would be a significant benefit to his realm.