Ganwu Kingdom Master had arranged a newly built palace for Zhang Dong. It stood in the most prosperous area of Imperial Capital Star, right next to the imperial palace complex, less than a hundred kilometers away.
Looking at the estate, which stretched over a thousand kilometers, Gao Li couldn't help praising it. "Your Highness, the Kingdom Master is truly good to you. I doubt the location, size, and price of this estate are any less impressive than my spacecraft."
There were plenty of Immortals willing to spend a fortune on spaceships.
But there probably weren't many who would be willing to buy such a luxurious estate on Imperial Capital Star. Even the estates of those few Divine Generals on Imperial Capital Star likely weren't this enormous.
The estate covered 1,130 kilometers. On Imperial Capital Star, where every inch of land was worth a fortune, a single room could buy countless life planets elsewhere.
"The Kingdom Master really went to a lot of trouble." Zhang Dong wasn't particularly interested in such things, but he was still somewhat touched.
The estate was full of beautiful scenery and pavilions. Ganwu Kingdom Master had already made all the arrangements, even transporting Zhang Dong's cultivation residence directly from Ganwu Secret Realm.
After entering, Zhang Dong quietly said to Gao Li, "I need you to take care of something for me. I'd like to acquire some life planets to spread my faith. Just on a small scale."
He remembered that when Luo Feng browsed the Virtual Universe, he'd received advertisements offering to help manage the planets under his control.
There were all kinds of management models, including dynasties, clans, and religions. Spreading faith should be possible too.
The power of faith existed in every Source World, and even those at the bottom could use it. It was just difficult to make use of in the Primordial Universe, and no powerful expert had ever made a point of studying it.
"Understood." Gao Li was smart enough not to ask what Zhang Dong intended to do. He simply agreed, then split off a small part of his consciousness to connect to the Virtual Universe and began purchasing a star system.
An Army Lord Immortal had plenty of money to throw around. In no time, he had bought a star system.
It was a system with a great many life planets. Though Zhang Dong had said he wanted to keep things small-scale, Gao Li had still chosen carefully to ensure there would be enough people.
Just a few minutes later, Gao Li smiled. "Your Highness, I've purchased a star system and selected a religious model for its development. Is there anything else you'd like?"
Zhang Dong was a little surprised. After a moment, he said, "Put up statues in my likeness and have hundreds of millions of living beings worship me."
At its root, the power of faith was connected to karma.
Hating someone was karma, and so was worshipping someone fanatically. When vast amounts of karma gathered, they became the power of faith. Cultivating with this energy could also be extremely fast.
The only problem was that being entangled in karma made transcendence more difficult.
Of course, the Boundary Heart Continent had no such worries. Even True God Sovereigns could resolve such matters. Zhang Dong knew how to make use of this karma to empower himself, and could even condense an incarnation of his divine will.
"Yes." Gao Li waited half a minute. Seeing that Zhang Dong had no further instructions, he left without a word.
Watching Gao Li walk away, Zhang Dong thought, So he's only an Army Lord Immortal. He's so capable at dealing with people and handling affairs. It's a real shame he's still at this level.
Once Zhang Dong became a true Mighty Expert in the future, Gao Li would naturally rise along with him.
After Gao Li left, Zhang Dong resumed his slave cultivation. Deep down, he yearned for strength. And in a world where the strong ruled, he naturally had to work hard and strive forward.
He spent the vast majority of his time cultivating.
Comprehending laws, studying secret techniques, and mastering all kinds of secret arts...
Whenever his true body was in a particular Source World, he studied only that world's fundamental laws to avoid being overwhelmed by too much information. Only combat skills, secret arts, and secret techniques could be used across worlds.
Take the most basic concept of space, for example. On the Boundary Heart Continent, it was merely a Second-Class Divine Heart.
But in the Primordial Universe, it was an Upper Law. The differences between worlds were naturally significant, both in how space was structured and in how it was used.
For instance, King-level Immortals could teleport in units of light-years, but gods couldn't teleport anywhere near that far.
"I think I understand why the limits of gods vary so much." Zhang Dong occasionally spent time studying secret techniques, including combined techniques.
In the Rule Profound Mystery System, if one didn't cultivate powerful secret arts, one really was inferior to the Primordial Universe system in terms of strength.
World Gods were so terrifyingly powerful because they could make up for their shortcomings with their ultimate techniques and Realm God Secret Arts. But most gods simply couldn't cultivate them.
Those gods could only amplify their power through secret techniques.
Among the many cultivation paths in the Chaotic Void, the Rule Profound Mystery System was widely recognized as having weak divine bodies. That was why the disciples of the Tai Xu Heavenly Palace often cultivated a second path to make up for their bodies' lack of strength.
So, in terms of pure strength, a peak God Level cultivator could only reach the level of an Immortal Army Lord.
With secret techniques and secret arts, things could be very different.
Time flowed on, and thirteen years passed in a flash.
"Beep! Beep-beep!"
An email notification sounded in the Virtual Universe. He didn't like using Intelligent Life, so he handled everything manually, at most relying on ordinary intelligent assistants.
Zhang Dong sent a wisp of consciousness into the system and checked his email. He'd been waiting for this mission for a long time.
[Domain Lord Highest Points Mission] [The mission consists of two stages. The first stage is worth 500,000 points, and the second stage is worth another 500,000 points, the maximum.]
The mission didn't specify any requirements for how much he had to accomplish.
It was as if Zhang Dong would complete it no matter what he did—as though the system were simply giving him a million points.
"I hope it gives me a few missions that involve killing." Zhang Dong continued reading. The power of faith couldn't be gathered overnight. At the very least, it would take around twenty years before he could draw on it steadily.
[Mission details: Throughout the many Universe Countries of the Human Race, there are numerous organizations involved in the slave trade. Some of these organizations engage in excessive conduct while operating, seriously violating the laws of their Universe Countries.]
At this point, Zhang Dong had thought the mission required him to pass judgment.
But the next paragraph read: [The senior members responsible for these violations have already received the punishment they deserved. However, the organizations themselves still exist. You will now decide whether to eliminate these organizations entirely—or abolish the slave trade.]
[After you make your choice, the mission will proceed to the next stage.]
"Hm?! Such a simple mission?" Zhang Dong was bewildered. He couldn't understand why he'd been given a mission like this.
He'd thought he would be judging a few senior members. Instead, he was being asked to decide whether to abolish the slave trade.
The slave trade involved an enormous amount of money. Vast sums changed hands every day, even every moment.
A market of such immense scale would inevitably affect the interests of many people.
For example, the royal families and high-ranking officials of the various Universe Countries.
But to the true leaders of the Human Race, those sums were a joke. Could all the money accumulated over billions of years compare to a single top Heavy Treasure?
The slave trade was allowed to exist only because the Human Race's leaders couldn't be bothered to deal with it. Otherwise, if any Cosmic Overlord spoke up, no one would dare engage in it again.
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