Advancing to Supreme God King in a Single Breath

Back in his room, Zijun lay with both hands behind his head and summoned the system panel.

"System, do you have anything else new? I've already bought everything in the shop."

Ding!

[New items will appear after the second upgrade! This includes every treasure from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds!]

Glancing at his remaining Influence Points, Zijun asked grandly,

"Does upgrading require Influence Points?"

[Yes! One upgrade costs one trillion Influence Points!]

"Deduct it! Max it out for me! I may not have much else, but I've got more Influence Points than I could ever spend!"

[...]

Zijun truly was not bragging about that.

After all, the lower-world planets governed by the Five Supreme God Kings were absurdly numerous!

In this universe,

every planet other than the God Realm fell under the power of the Five Supreme God Kings!

Any force connected to Zijun could be counted toward his Influence Points!

And every living being on those planets represented 1 Influence Point!

One could only imagine how rich Zijun was!

It had to be said, being born into a good family really was wonderful!

While other system workers were still desperately completing missions to become stronger,

Zijun was already living the blissful life of a foolish son from a landlord's family!

The Influence Points he possessed had long become nothing more than a string of numbers.

At the very least, he had tens of trillions of trillions!

He had bought over ten thousand copies of every treasure in the System Shop!

Most importantly,

as long as he inherited the divine thrones of the Five Supreme God Kings,

he could break through to Supreme God King in one stroke and become the new God of Creation!

And all of this was one of the most powerful methods the system had bestowed upon him!

[Deduction successful! System upgrade complete! Level 2 Shop unlocked!]

Hearing the system notification,

Zijun impatiently clicked into it...

"Holy shit! This... even has Heavenly Flames! There are Primordial World treasures too! What the hell is Ultraman...?"

After browsing through the System Shop, Zijun once again entered a frenzy of shopping!

"Emperor Flame is only one hundred billion Influence Points? Bought..."

"There are even Experience Cards for Level 150 Supreme God King cultivation! Only ten billion each? Give me twenty!"

After sweeping through the System Shop's treasures once more,

Zijun, now possessing all these treasures, could finally be considered truly invincible!

"Absorb the Supreme God King Experience Card!"

[Absorption successful! Congratulations, Host, on becoming a Supreme God King!]

The instant Zijun advanced to Supreme God King,

the entire Douluo Continent was shrouded beneath a terrifying crimson thundercloud!

Yet strangely, the Thunder Tribulation only gathered high in the heavens!

No other abnormal phenomenon appeared!

The Thunder Tribulation was visible for only a few seconds before dispersing into the heavens.

It was as though that terrifying aura had never appeared at all!

At the same time, powerful figures in every corner of the continent sensed the terrifying aura of the Thunder Tribulation!

"Strange... that Thunder Tribulation's aura seems even more terrifying than the one during ascension to godhood! But why did it suddenly disappear...? How odd."

Sea God Island.

The Sea God, secretly searching the lower realm for an inheritor, stood on the island with his hands behind his back.

He looked up at the sky...

After absorbing the Experience Card, Zijun, who was sitting cross-legged on his bed, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

He opened his eyes and smiled.

Lowering his head to inspect his body, he found that aside from his skin becoming fairer and more radiant,

and his features becoming even more handsome, nothing else had changed.

He stretched and got out of bed. Standing before the window and looking toward the Star Dou Forest, he muttered,

"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, let your big brother save your shattered worldview! Hehe!"

With a leap,

Zijun flew into the air and stirred his thoughts.

A blue-white Space Tunnel swiftly appeared before him!

Stepping into the Space Tunnel, he arrived in the Star Dou Forest in the blink of an eye.

"The Lake of Life should be in that direction. I hope Xiao Wu hasn't gone to the human world yet, or I'll have to go to Nuoding Academy."

He opened another Space Tunnel and, following the memories of the plot from his previous life, arrived above the Lake of Life.

Deep beneath the center of the lake, a pair of enormous, ferocious dragon eyes suddenly opened!

A moment later,

the previously tranquil lake surface unexpectedly surged with monstrous waves!

Splash!

A gigantic Spirit Beast, neither quite a bull nor quite a dragon, emerged from the water!

From afar, Zijun, who was only the size of a five-year-old child,

looked like a speck of dust before it!

"Human! You should not have trespassed into this forbidden land! Since you are young and ignorant, leave at once! Otherwise... die!"

Looking at the Spirit Beast before him, Zijun showed no hint of panic. Instead, he revealed a friendly smile.

"Don't misunderstand. I didn't come here to hunt Spirit Beasts. I came to see someone. No! More accurately, a Spirit Beast that has taken human form."

Seeing Zijun walk through the air without using the slightest trace of Soul Power,

the Sky Azure Bull Python narrowed its eyes, unable to make sense of him for a moment.

It seems this person is no ordinary child. Perhaps... he is a high-level human Spirit Master maintaining a youthful appearance!

I should test him first.

After pondering for a while, the Sky Azure Bull Python came back to its senses and looked at Zijun again.

It snorted coldly, its majestic, deep voice reaching Zijun's ears.

"Ridiculous! Are there human Spirit Masters who do not hunt Spirit Beasts? Do not try to deceive me!"

With his hands behind his back, Zijun shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Since you don't believe me, I'll have to show you."

As he spoke, ten platinum Million-Year Spirit Rings rose beneath Zijun's feet!

A terrifying pressure spread outward from him in every direction!

The instant Zijun revealed his Spirit Rings, the Sky Azure Bull Python's pupils violently contracted in shock!

"Mil... Million-Year Spirit Rings! Just who are you?"

The Sky Azure Bull Python stared intently at Zijun with a grave expression. If it had taken human form,

it would surely have been drenched in cold sweat by now!

After all, those were Million-Year Spirit Rings!

In the world of Spirit Beasts, any Million-Year Spirit Beast had a chance of becoming a god!

For someone to kill a Million-Year Spirit Beast and absorb its Spirit Ring was simply not something a Spirit Master could accomplish!

Unless they were an existence on the same level as that lord! Or perhaps even higher!

Noticing the Sky Azure Bull Python's nervousness, Zijun waved a hand reassuringly.

"Relax. I said I'm not here to kill Spirit Beasts. Besides, my Spirit...!"

Roar~!

A roar that resounded throughout the entire forest interrupted Zijun just as he was about to explain.

A flaming ape that resembled a moving mountain descended from the sky!

Its enormous fist smashed directly toward Zijun in midair!

It seemed intent on killing him with a single blow!

Bang!

A small, fair arm casually blocked that fist which covered the sky!

Zijun turned in midair, raised his right hand, and spread his fingers to stop the attack!

"Er Ming! You!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python looked at the Spirit Beast named Er Ming in shock.

"So this is the Titan Giant Ape? It really is huge as—!"

Before Zijun could finish speaking, his gaze accidentally landed on the little girl sitting atop the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder.

Rabbit ears stood upright on her head, and she wore a pink dress.

She looked exceptionally adorable.

With a shake of his arm,

the Titan Giant Ape before him was actually sent staggering back several meters by that immense force!

Just as the Titan Giant Ape was about to fall due to losing its balance,

Zijun followed the momentum!

Only, his target had changed to the little girl on the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder.

He moved so fast that the naked eye could scarcely follow!

He swept the little girl into his arms, spun once through the air, and slowly landed.

"Th... thank you, but you bullied Er Ming. Xiao Wu won't be friends with you."

Xiao Wu's pure, lark-like voice rang out.

Setting Xiao Wu down from his arms, Zijun smiled indifferently.

"He attacked first. Saying that makes you a little selfish, you know!"

Blushing, Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue at Zijun and replied playfully,

"Most human Spirit Masters are big bad people! Xiao Wu doesn't want to be nice to Spirit Masters like you! Hmph!"

Zijun shrugged helplessly, but he did not mind. After all, Xiao Wu was not wrong.

To them, powerful human Spirit Masters truly were hateful.

They painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, only to become Spirit Rings because of Spirit Masters, never to be reborn.

If anyone was to blame, it could only be this damned world.

"Perhaps I'm one of the few good Spirit Masters you mentioned?"