A Godhead as a Gift for Crossing Worlds?

Yu Sheng'an carefully examined the Mithril Ring before him. Once he confirmed that there were no flaws in its Magic Runes, he let out a sigh of relief... It was finally complete.

He immediately activated the Mithril Ring.

In an instant, a Phantom Scroll slowly unfurled before him.

At the center of the scroll, three bold Aizeya pictographs stood out vividly—Internet!

It worked!

Yu Sheng'an clenched his fist, his heart surging with excitement.

In a daze, he seemed to see countless people fanatically flocking to it after he promoted the Internet across the Aizeya Continent.

Wouldn't Source Essence come pouring in then?

And he would undoubtedly become the most powerful god in the Aizeya Continent! Hahaha... What a daydream.

He did not expect the Internet's spread to cause much of a sensation. He only hoped it could earn enough Source Essence for him to return to his hometown—Blue Star.

At the thought of Blue Star, Yu Sheng'an could not suppress a trace of melancholy.

He was not a native of this multiverse, a world filled with Magic, Divine Arts, Battle Qi, and all sorts of other chaotic powers.

He came from technologically advanced Blue Star.

The reason he had appeared here was downright absurd.

Thorne, the God of Contracts of the multiverse, had suddenly come under attack from the Five Great Gods. On the verge of death, to keep his Godhead from falling into enemy hands, he burned all his Source Essence and cast the Summoning Divine Art. Passing through countless dimensional worlds, he summoned Yu Sheng'an from Blue Star.

However, Yu Sheng'an never reached the battlefield.

Partway through, Thorne signed a "Godhead Inheritance Contract" with Yu Sheng'an and used the power of rules to transfer the Contract Godhead to him.

Summoned here for no reason at all, Yu Sheng'an thus inherited the supreme authority countless people yearned for—the Godhead—in such a dramatic fashion.

Guided by the Godhead, Yu Sheng'an arrived at Thorne's Divine Palace—a Castle drifting through the dimensional cracks of the Aizeya Continent.

After weathering the initial shock, confusion, helplessness, and fear of the unknown, Yu Sheng'an had no choice but to accept reality as time passed.

He began considering his current circumstances and future.

His current situation looked wonderful. He had become the new God of Contracts.

In reality, it was terrible. Though he had inherited the Contract Godhead, a man could be innocent and still be condemned for possessing a treasure.

The Godhead would inevitably draw the covetous eyes of the gods! Even Thorne had failed to escape their hunt. What about him? How long could he hide? Fortunately, this Divine Palace Castle drifted unpredictably, and now had the Godhead's protection. As long as he did not court death, hiding for a while should not be a problem.

As for the future?

Yu Sheng'an wanted to return to Blue Star.

There, he had brothers, friends, and most importantly, his parents. No matter how bad things were, he wanted to go back and see them. Besides, now that he possessed the power of a Godhead, returning home would count as coming back in glory, wouldn't it? Since Thorne could summon him here, then it was possible for him to return.

And absolute power was the only pass that could solve all the troubles of both his present and future.

When it came to power, Yu Sheng'an's expression immediately turned strange after he gradually adapted to and learned more about the Contract Godhead.

It was different from what he had imagined. The Contract Godhead itself possessed neither offensive nor defensive power.

More precisely, it was the embodiment of the rules and authority of contracts. Powered by Source Essence, it exercised its strength through language and writing.

For example:

Yu Sheng'an himself had no power, but if he could come into contact with a dragon and have it sign a relevant Contract, he could indirectly obtain the dragon's power.

The exact power depended on the Contract's terms, such as a Life-Sharing Contract, a Mana Sharing Contract, or even an Enslavement Contract.

Of course, contracting a dragon also required an enormous amount of Source Essence.

At present, Yu Sheng'an's Source Essence had fallen to a historic low.

That was because Thorne had exhausted the Source Essence he had accumulated over centuries in order to summon a human who could not be tracked or intercepted by the Five Great Gods.

So what was Source Essence, and how could one obtain it? Everyone possessed Source Essence. It lay hidden within the soul.

The stronger the soul, the more Source Essence it naturally produced.

Unfortunately, even a soul as powerful as a god's could only naturally produce a very limited amount of Source Essence. Saving for ten days or half a month could only drive a Godhead at a superficial level.

It was undeniably useless! But the gods had found a solution.

That was to seize the Source Essence of all living beings through every possible means, gathering sand into a tower.

There were many methods, but two were mainstream.

First, preaching. Second, spreading Divine Arts.

Preaching involved designing specific prayers in specific locations to harvest the Source Essence of believers in bulk.

The Five Great Gods followed precisely this path.

They rejected other gods from preaching. In their doctrine, aside from the Five Great Gods, all other gods were Evil Gods and Heretics.

Once discovered, they would certainly dispatch armies to wipe them out! Therefore, this path was unsuitable for Yu Sheng'an, at least for now.

That left only the path of spreading Divine Arts.

So-called Divine Arts were actually methods of temporarily lending the power of a Godhead to mortals and collecting Source Essence as payment.

For instance, the Summoning Divine Art created by Thorne.

As long as both parties to a Contract agreed, it could establish a firm contractual relationship between them.

After learning about Divine Arts, Yu Sheng'an's first thought was, Isn't this just the whole "technology patents and paid knowledge" model?

Considering that the Contract Godhead exercised power through language and writing, a bold idea began brewing in Yu Sheng'an's mind.

He would use the Contract Godhead's power over language and writing to create a mystical social platform.

Beyond a social platform, he could even transplant the entire Blue Star Internet model here.

Then countless screen addicts would provide him with an endless stream of Source Essence!

Hard work paid off.

Or rather, for Yu Sheng'an, who wielded authority over language and writing, creating a mystical social platform was practically effortless.

"Lucia!" Yu Sheng'an called out inwardly.

"Master, what are your orders?" A beautiful figure silently appeared on the wall of the Alchemy Room.

She was the steward of the Divine Palace. She looked around eighteen, with bright, limpid eyes and a high nose bridge. Dressed in a little black dress with a pearl necklace, she carried a hint of charm amid her maturity.

When Yu Sheng'an first met her, he had truly been stunned by her beauty.

Sadly, though she was a beauty, she was only a soul.

"Use the door next time!" Yu Sheng'an's eyelid twitched.

"Yes!" Lucia lowered her eyes and nodded.

Yu Sheng'an tossed the Mithril Ring over. "Try my new Divine Art!"

Lucia nodded, caught the ring, and activated it.

In an instant, a Virtual Scroll unfolded before her. A mysterious set of usage instructions entered her sea of consciousness.

Her heart stirred. Her Soul Power touched the three words "Internet," and the scroll's interface abruptly changed, transforming into a sheet of parchment.

If someone from Blue Star had been here, they would definitely have sprayed their drink all over it!

It was practically the interface of a simplified social media app from Blue Star.

"How does it feel?" Yu Sheng'an asked. He needed to hear the opinion of a native of this world.

"Master's new Divine Art is something Lucia has never seen or heard of. It is truly an ingenious idea!"

Lucia gave her assessment respectfully and humbly, though inwardly, she was rather dismissive.

A chat system where many people could talk online at once?

Everyone was busy to death. The poor were busy finding food, mercenaries were busy with missions, mages were busy with research, and noble lords were busy amassing wealth...

Who had time to chat? And use Magic tools to chat so extravagantly? She was certain this Divine Art would only become a toy for the wealthy.

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