Chu Qing had no idea that a casual remark from him had given Mingyue absolute confidence.
Then, another casual remark from Mingyue ultimately led to hundreds of thousands of empires across the continent beginning to worship—or rather, manufacture wild Gods and Devils.
Countless ordinary people held sandalwood incense and offered incense flames.
Incense smoke coiled through the air.
One custom-made wild God and Devil after another was born.
While these wild Gods and Devils were still muddle-headed, groups of experts brought them to academies, taught them a few simple things, then instructed them:
"You are going forth to serve the ruler of the continent, the god of all gods, the devil of all devils, the great Terror Ancient God of the Emperor's Seat, Emperor Liuli Chu Qing, Great Lord Qing!"
"The mission of your birth is to serve Great Lord Qing!"
These Construction Gods and Devils had not been bright to begin with. Since they had been artificially made and lacked the support of a manor, they were vastly different from Innate Gods and Demons.
Thus, they did not resist.
In less than a year:
Several hundred thousand Construction Gods and Devils appeared at Stone Ridge Mountain.
Though these Construction Gods and Devils had only barely reached the Third Limit in strength,
when it came to construction, they were far more terrifying than the New Realm experts of old.
One Construction God and Devil slapped at the mountain rocks. Chunks of stone fell away, sprouted seven or eight legs of their own, and crawled to suitable locations to settle themselves.
Another Construction God and Devil oozed slime from its body and smeared it over the assembled boulders.
Once new boulders were piled atop them, the slime took effect, fusing two separate boulders together.
Some Construction Gods and Devils turned their