Ch. 181Investment from the Five Giants

After receiving the Prodigy God-Sealing Battle reward and reviewing investment offers from the five great families, Yang Fan chose to sign with the Gu Family. Gu Yuan noticed Yang Fan’s decision and wondered whether he had rejected him earlier while waiting for a better offer.

  • Sima Tianci arranged a Sima Family investment for Yang Fan, including an S-Rank building, and offered to help him join the Fifth Legion after graduation.
  • Yang Fan received 5 billion Divinity Points, a Spirit Vein Star, and an Earthcore Spirit Marrow Source Nest as his unrestricted tournament reward.
  • Yang Fan reviewed investment contracts from the Lu, Sima, Han, Gu, and Qin factions, each with different obligations and resources.
  • Yang Fan chose the Gu Family’s offer, which included Spirit Vein Stars, Spirit Plant Stars, and a marriage tie, and signed its contract.
  • Gu Yuan saw Yang Fan listed as a Gu Family investment target and wondered whether he had rejected him before in anticipation of a better offer.

Ch. 182Choice Matters More Than Effort

After signing with Gu Spiritual Domain, Yang Fan received major resources, including an Earthcore Spirit Marrow Source Nest, and installed eleven such buildings in his Divine Kingdom. He reviewed Yang Da’s preparations to secure the Spirit Vein Star and Spirit Plant Star, leaving the resource operations ready to begin.

  • Yang Fan received two billion Divinity Points, resource permissions, coordinates for two Resource Stars, and an S-Class building from Gu Spiritual Domain.
  • Yang Fan learned that the Gu Family had selected an Earthcore Spirit Marrow Source Nest for him, mistakenly believing his talent was Hundredfold Timeflow.
  • Yang Fan installed eleven Earthcore Spirit Marrow Source Nests in his Divine Kingdom, causing spiritual energy to surge and believers on Penglai Island to praise him.
  • Yang Da reported establishing garrisons, fighter patrols, God's Eye buildings, cities, and plans for Otherworld Collectors on both Resource Stars.
  • Yang Fan asked whether the defenses were sufficient and considered the immense value of the Spirit Vein Star and the advantages of his powerful platform.

Ch. 183Income Surge

Yang Fan took over eleven Spirit Vein Stars and ten Spirit Plant Stars, then directed Yang Da to expand alchemy training to use their abundant resources. With family investments, subsidies, and income from his new assets, Yang Fan’s monthly revenue surpassed fifteen billion Divinity Points.

  • Yang Da assured Yang Fan that Divine Kingdom rules protected the Resource Stars from discovery by other Demigods until they formally took possession of them.
  • Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to send believers to take over every Resource Star, and the believers entered the planets through spatial transmission formations.
  • Yang Fan saw that the Spirit Vein Stars offered extraordinarily dense spiritual energy and that the Spirit Plant Stars held vast fields of medicinal herbs.
  • Yang Fan told Yang Da to double Primordial School’s resource investment and train more Alchemists so the Divine Kingdom could process the Spirit Plant Stars’ output.
  • Yang Fan reviewed his Divine Kingdom’s expanded assets and learned that the Sima Family’s investment and the Gu Family’s subsidy had arrived, bringing his monthly income above fifteen billion Divinity Points.

Ch. 184Supreme Artificial Lifeform of the Federation

Yang Fan ordered further investments in his Divine Kingdom before learning that his Peerless Monster status had unlocked extensive Federation protection and support. The chapter left him with permanent access to Primordial City and an accumulating annual quota for S-Class Buildings.

  • Yang Fan instructed Yang Da to buy F-Tier Metamorphosis Pods for future believers and to accelerate attacks on Foreign-Race Divine Kingdoms for their cores.
  • Yang Fan entered the Virtual World and learned that his authority had risen to Peerless Monster, unlocking military technologies and S-Class Building purchases.
  • The Federation arranged guards for Yang Fan, protection for his parents and hometown, transfers for Luo Rou and Luo Bing, and support for people connected to his past.
  • One, an avatar of the Federation's Supreme Artificial Lifeform, introduced itself as Yang Fan's Virtual World attendant.
  • One explained that Yang Fan had become a permanent resident of Primordial City and would receive an accumulating annual quota of ten billion Divinity Points for S-Class Buildings.

Ch. 185Gu Family Resources

Yang Fan learned how the Federation’s S-Class Building quota worked and explored the Gu Family’s strategic resources and protections. The Gu Spiritual Domain revealed the scale of the Gu Family’s influence and the wider world awaiting him.

  • The Supreme Artificial Lifeform explained the annual quota and recommended the Earthcore Spirit Marrow Source Nest, Void War Ark, and Myriad Dao Evolution Temple to Yang Fan.
  • Yang Fan decided to postpone choosing an S-Class Building until he could discuss it with Yang Da.
  • Yang Fan entered the Gu Spiritual Domain and learned that he held Peerless Monster-level authority as a Gu Family core investment target.
  • One showed Yang Fan the Gu Family Resource Repository and explained that the family controlled strategic resources and frontline channels.
  • One told Yang Fan the Gu Family commanded seventy-two direct legions and that he would have to join one after graduating from Primordial Academy.
  • Yang Fan examined the Monster Protection Protocol and realized how much he still had to learn about the Federation, the frontlines, and Divine Kingdom Wars.

Ch. 186Young Lord

Yang Fan decided to keep strengthening his Divine Kingdom before buying a Void War Ark and assigned Yang Da to manage resource trading. He then went to the Gu Family Restaurant for a marriage-alliance meeting, where he was greeted as a Young Lord and approached a woman waiting upstairs.

  • Yang Da advised Yang Fan to delay buying S-Class Buildings until his resources and believers had developed further, while recommending a future purchase of a Void War Ark.
  • Yang Fan told Yang Da to reserve five billion Divinity Points next month for a Void War Ark and entrusted him with future resource purchases and sales.
  • After studying Divine Kingdom Wars through the night, Yang Fan received an email inviting him to the Gu Family Restaurant to meet candidates for a marriage alliance.
  • Gu Yuanshan welcomed Yang Fan as a Young Lord and explained that the title was used for Peerless Monsters.
  • Gu Yuanshan led Yang Fan to the restaurant's secluded top floor, where a woman in a pale green dress sat by the window.

Ch. 187A Pleasant Partnership

Yang Fan met Gu Le, a fellow student and favored daughter of the Gu Family, and agreed to marry her for their compatible interests and resources. After signing the marriage contract, he followed her into the Virtual World to meet her parents at the Gu Family Clan Grounds.

  • Gu Yuanshan left Yang Fan and Gu Le alone to discuss their arranged match.
  • Gu Le described her family connections, business holdings, and S-rank Spirit Conception talent as benefits she could bring to Yang Fan’s future.
  • Yang Fan agreed to marry Gu Le, explaining that he valued a capable partner and that the Gu Family had already offered him a worthy investment.
  • Yang Fan told Gu Le that he already had two wives, and she said she knew and was untroubled by it.
  • Yang Fan reviewed and signed the marriage contract, which imposed no binding terms on their core assets or future profits.
  • Gu Le took Yang Fan to the Virtual World’s Gu Family Clan Grounds, where they arrived at her parents’ courtyard.

Ch. 188A Fine Son-in-Law

Yang Fan met Gu Le’s parents, Gu Xuanting and Lu Qinglan, who welcomed him as their son and praised his potential. After declining Gu Le’s invitation to explore Primordial City, he went to Sima Pang’s gathering, where his friends thanked and congratulated him.

  • Gu Le introduced Yang Fan to her parents, Gu Xuanting and Lu Qinglan, and they chatted warmly about his life and Divine Kingdom.
  • Gu Xuanting and Lu Qinglan praised Yang Fan’s talent and resources, and said they hoped he and Gu Le would support each other.
  • Yang Fan declined Gu Le’s invitation to walk around Primordial City because he had plans with Sima Pang.
  • Gu Le checked her appearance in a mirror and resolved to win over her husband, while Yang Fan headed to Moon Fragrance Tower.
  • Sima Pang welcomed Yang Fan to the gathering, Ye Jianfeng thanked him for the ten million Divinity Points, and Wen Yushui congratulated him.

Ch. 189Soul-Nourishing Wood!

Yang Fan learned about Soul-Nourishing Wood as a potentially lucrative crop for his Divine Kingdom and realized his Hundredfold Evolution Talent could overcome its long growth period. After he left Moon Fragrance Tower, Ye Jianfeng and Sima Pang discussed Wen Yushui’s resentment and agreed to keep their distance from her.

  • Sima Pang congratulated Yang Fan on joining the Gu Family and learned that his marriage alliance was with Gu Le, leaving Wen Yushui quietly resentful.
  • Yang Fan asked about profitable Spirit Plants, and Ye Jianfeng recommended Soul-Nourishing Wood while warning that it could wither, took a long time to mature, and might expose Divine Kingdom Coordinates.
  • Yang Fan realized his Hundredfold Evolution Talent could reduce Soul-Nourishing Wood’s ten-thousand-year growth period to one hundred days and left Moon Fragrance Tower.
  • After Yang Fan left, Wen Yushui departed early, and Ye Jianfeng and Sima Pang criticized her behavior and decided to distance themselves from her.

Ch. 190Mass Cultivation, Upgrading Defenses

After being rated a Peerless Monster, Yang Fan moved into a villa in Primordial City’s core region and considered mass cultivation of Soul-Nourishing Wood. He ordered five trillion trees cultivated, but first strengthened his Divine Kingdom’s defenses against invasion.

  • Tang Yue introduced Ye Wen, a Third-Order God who would help guard Yang Fan, and escorted Yang Fan to his new villa.
  • Yang Fan studied while consulting Yang Da about the risks and potential of mass-producing Soul-Nourishing Wood.
  • Yang Da estimated that the Divine Kingdom could cultivate five trillion Soul-Nourishing Wood trees, worth fifty billion Divinity Points after about one hundred days.
  • Yang Fan ordered the purchase of a World-Anchoring Profound Heaven Great Wall and City-Annihilation Cannons to fortify the Divine Kingdom’s outer regions.
  • Yang Fan commanded Cultivation and martial cultivation believers to garrison the borders and ordered some Elvenkind transferred to assist.

Ch. 191Absorbing the Core, News from His Parents

Yang Fan expanded his Divine Kingdom’s defenses and continued its wars, then absorbed three Divine Kingdom Cores to enlarge his territory and strengthen himself. After spending twenty days studying, he received a message from his parents asking him to visit the Virtual World.

  • Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to install the World-Anchoring Profound Heaven Great Wall and organized the Divine Kingdom for rapid development and defense.
  • Yang San fought two allied Alien Race forces, breached a Divine Kingdom Core, and captured coordinates for another target.
  • Yang Da selected the Rotbone Ratfolk and Blood Lizard Sporefolk as new targets while Yang Fan left the wars to the Artificial Lifeform.
  • Yang Fan absorbed three Divine Kingdom Cores, expanding his Divine Kingdom by six million square kilometers and pushing the Great Wall’s defenses outward.
  • Yang Fan studied Divine Kingdom and Alien Race theories for twenty days before his parents messaged him to visit the Virtual World.

Ch. 192Changes in Hometown

Yang Fan returned to Yang County and saw how his rising status had brought prosperity and protection to his hometown and the people connected to him. After five days of study in reality, he checked his Divine Kingdom’s growth and continued developing its resources.

  • Yang Fan visited his family and acquaintances in Yang County, where Wang Yun and Hong Bing described the Federation’s new investments and the benefits to the region.
  • Yang Fan eased Zhang Pang’s nervousness, then learned that Zhang Pang, Luo Rou, Luo Bing, Yang Tiexin, and Sun Rong had received government support and protection because of their connections to him.
  • Yang Fan left the Virtual World, rested briefly, and returned to studying.
  • After another five days in reality and three thousand years in his Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan reviewed its expanded population, buildings, assets, and 5.8 billion Divinity Points.
  • Yang Da continued investing in Divine Kingdom assets as Yang Fan prioritized using all available resources.

Ch. 193Void War Ark

Yang Fan strengthened the Divine Kingdom’s production and defenses, then sent the newly acquired Void War Ark to support Yang San’s assault on the Goblin Divine Kingdom’s last defensive line. The Ark arrived as the battle stalled, and Yang San prepared to use its weapons to secure victory.

  • Yang Da reported that Spirit Plant Star’s alchemists had made Basic Pills self-sufficient and begun earning the Divine Kingdom about two hundred million Divinity Points each month.
  • Yang Fan ordered Yang Da to maintain high alert because the Divine Kingdom’s coordinates might have been exposed, despite patrol aircraft finding no abnormal targets.
  • Yang Fan spent five billion Divinity Points to purchase the Void War Ark and load it into the Divine Kingdom.
  • Yang San’s army fought heavily armored Goblin legions along the mountainous defenses protecting the Goblin Divine Kingdom’s core, where the battle had reached a stalemate.
  • The Void War Ark arrived over the battlefield, and Yang San thanked Yang Fan for his trust before believers boarded and its weapons began charging.

Ch. 194An Old Steed in the Stable, Still Aspiring to Gallop a Thousand Miles

Yang Fan’s Void War Ark overwhelmed a Goblin army, and he assigned Yang San to invade Peril-Level Divine Kingdoms rather than riskier targets. A year later, Elephant Loans’ boss Ma Yu prepared to review Yang Fan’s record and approach him about a training contract.

  • Yang Fan watched the Void War Ark destroy the Goblin defenses, then ordered Yang San to target Peril-Level Divine Kingdoms instead of high-risk coordinates.
  • Yang Fan declined Sima Pang and Ye Jianfeng’s invitation to join their Divine Kingdom War, and they decided to recruit two other allies.
  • A year after Yang Fan arrived in Primordial City, he officially became a second-year student at Primordial Academy.
  • Ma Yu told Number Three to apply for Yang Fan’s performance data and planned to use it to arrange a meeting about a training contract.

Ch. 195Something Is Definitely Wrong

Ma Yu’s attempt to check Yang Fan’s information triggered a warning from the Federation’s Supreme Artificial Lifeform, which revealed that Yang Fan’s data was under the highest level of protection. Unable to access official records, Ma Yu sought rumors and learned that Yang Fan had allegedly won the Prodigy God-Sealing Battle, been rated a Peerless Monster, and joined the Gu Family.

  • Ma Yu tried to retrieve Yang Fan’s information and received a warning that the data was protected and his clearance was insufficient.
  • The Federation’s Supreme Artificial Lifeform restricted Ma Yu’s network access and summoned him to the Virtual World.
  • The Supreme Artificial Lifeform warned Ma Yu that his commercial contract with Yang Fan gave him no right to access Yang Fan’s confidential records, but said his attempt was not illegal.
  • Ma Yu decided to find out what had happened to Yang Fan by asking Lin Yi for gossip instead of using official records.
  • Lin Yi reported rumors that Yang Fan had won the Prodigy God-Sealing Battle, been rated a Peerless Monster, and joined the Gu Family.

Ch. 196Take Me In

Yang Fan met Ma Yu in the Virtual World to settle his old loan, but Ma Yu tore up the contract and offered him control of Elephant Loans instead. Yang Fan accepted 51% of the company’s shares and learned about its substantial assets, while Ma Yu pledged to follow him.

  • Ma Yu decided to meet Yang Fan after learning of his achievements and his connection to the Gu Family.
  • Yang Fan offered to repay the three million Divinity Points he had borrowed, but Ma Yu tore up their contract.
  • Ma Yu offered Yang Fan 51% of Elephant Loans’ shares and asked to follow him, citing the benefits of having the Gu Family’s backing.
  • Yang Fan accepted the offer, and the two completed the contract changes that made him Elephant Loans’ controlling shareholder.
  • Ma Yu told Yang Fan that Elephant Loans had about five hundred billion Divinity Points in total assets, including eighty billion in liquid funds and two hundred billion in outstanding loans.

Ch. 197Feedback

Yang Fan secured eighty billion Divinity Points from Ma Yu and invested them in his Divine Kingdom’s development and defense. The birth of a Second-Tier Artificial Lifeform transformed Yang Fan’s mind and strengthened his Mechanical Path, before Gu Le arrived at his villa.

  • Ma Yu offered Elephant Loans’ eighty billion Divinity Points to Yang Fan and explained that he was investing in Yang Fan’s future and ties to the Gu Family.
  • Yang Fan ordered Ma Yu to transfer the funds and invited him to work for the company Yang Fan planned to establish as a God.
  • Yang Fan instructed Yang Da to buy a Void War Ark for Divine Kingdom defense, strengthen believers, and accelerate the Mechanical Civilization and Intelligent Weapons.
  • Five days later, the first Second-Tier Artificial Lifeform was born, and Yang Da and Yang Fan received feedback that greatly improved Yang Fan’s mind and control over his mechanical armor.
  • Yang Fan continued studying at his new home until Gu Le arrived, entered the villa, and settled in the pavilion without greeting him.

Ch. 198Hidden Depths

Yang Fan agreed to attend a gathering of Primordial City's top young talents after Gu Le invited him, and the two went together after she fled their sudden flirtation. At the gathering, Yang Fan reunited with Sima Pang and Sima Tianci, who revealed that the Gu Family's generous investment contract had drawn attention.

  • Gu Le complained that Yang Fan had ignored her messages and invited him to spend time with her, but he initially refused.
  • Gu Le invited Yang Fan to a gathering of the Five Giants' young talents, and Yang Fan agreed after hearing it would help them build future connections.
  • Yang Fan pulled Gu Le into his arms when she teased him, and she blushed, ran into a room, and locked the door.
  • Yang Fan and Gu Le left for the gathering at a lavish venue in Central Primordial City.
  • Sima Pang and Sima Tianci greeted Yang Fan, and Sima Tianci said the Gu Family's investment contract for Yang Fan had become widely discussed.

Ch. 199Gu Jiuheng, Cousin

Yang Fan attended a gathering of the Five Giants, where he met Gu Jiuheng, Gu Le’s cousin and a Third-Order God who commanded a Frontline brigade. Gu Jiuheng welcomed Yang Fan into the Gu Family and invited him to join the Ninth Legion after graduation as the banquet began.

  • Yang Fan entered the restaurant with Sima Tianci and greeted the gathered prodigies, including Qin Yang, Sima Ling, Lu Chen, and Gu Xingzhou.
  • Gu Jiuheng arrived, tested Yang Fan with concentrated spiritual pressure, and approved of him as Gu Le’s husband.
  • Gu Le introduced Gu Jiuheng as her cousin, a Third-Order God and Brigade Commander in the Ninth Legion.
  • Gu Jiuheng invited Yang Fan to work under him after graduation, while Sima Tianci warned him that the Ninth Legion’s duties were demanding.
  • The banquet began, and the guests toasted and discussed Divine Kingdom development, the legions, war zones, and Alien Race movements.

Ch. 200Betting Duel

Yang Fan attended a gathering of the Five Great Families, where Gu Le explained why the high-tier Gods arranged such events and invited him to join a betting duel. Yang Fan entered the Virtual World with Gu Le, arriving at the combat arenas as battles were already underway.

  • Yang Fan watched the elite guests socialize and reflected on how rising in status only meant entering a larger circle.
  • Gu Le told Yang Fan that high-tier Gods arranged the gathering and shared her mother's warning that divinity could overwhelm a God's humanity.
  • Gu Le invited Yang Fan to try a betting duel, but he was initially more interested in leaving with her.
  • A staff member announced that guests could use virtual helmets to enter the Martial Arena, Divine Kingdom Simulation Battlefield, and multiplayer combat zones.
  • Gu Le and Yang Fan put on helmets and arrived in the Virtual World, where Gods were already fighting in arenas and simulated battlefields.
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