Yesterday's fourth update: Chapter 2612! 4/4!
Xu Kun stood with the Mount Tai Governor Seal above his head, the Book of Life and Death in his left hand, and the Judge's Pen in his right.
"In the name of the Mount Tai Governor, I enfeoff all the martyrs who gave their lives for the human race in this war as City Gods and Earth Gods of our human race. May they henceforth protect peace across our lands!"
Since gaining the authority to enfeoff City Gods and Earth Gods throughout the realm, this was Xu Kun's first large-scale enfeoffment.
There was one prerequisite for becoming a City God or Earth God: the chosen person had to die first!
In the form of souls, they would have temples built in places where faith in them was gathered. They would receive incense offerings and become low-ranking underworld officials who connected the realms of the living and the dead!
Most of the human powerhouses who had died in the climactic battle had chosen to self-destruct just to delay their opponents for a moment. Their bodies and souls had both been obliterated.
Yet remnants of their souls still drifted through this world. If the gates of the underworld opened, they would be summoned to become part of it.
But what Xu Kun wanted to do now was keep them here.
From the perspective of benefits, Xu Kun was squeezing out their remaining value. Even after death, they would have to continue protecting the peace of the human race.
Of course, no one would think of Xu Kun that way.
And if those being enfeoffed knew they could still receive such treatment after death, they would not fear death in the slightest!
After becoming City Gods or Earth Gods, their range of activity would be