【Guarding the Realm: All Star Lords within the Star Lord Divine Court will receive the following enhancement effects.】
【1. As long as the Divine Court Star Lords remain, no demon shall step into the Underworld: When intercepting external enemies within the Land of the Undead or the territory of the Divine Court, the damage dealt by Star Lords is doubled, and damage taken is halved.
As long as a single star in the Divine Court remains lit, any unauthorized external power will be blocked outside the world by the starlight.】
【2. To repay the Lord's favor on the Golden Platform, I shall carry the Jade Dragon and die for the Sovereign: When the Land of the Undead or the Divine Court's territory is invaded by external enemies, any undead creature illuminated by the starlight will receive the Protection of Starlight, increasing all attributes by 50% and granting the Will of Gratitude buff.
Will of Gratitude: Killing an external enemy grants one layer of Starlight Recognition. Upon accumulating one hundred layers, the soul will not dissipate upon death; instead, it will consume all layers of Starlight Recognition at once to reshape its body and gain a second life.】
【3. Under the starlight, all is the King's land: Any place illuminated by the starlight of the Divine Court's Star Lords will be designated as Divine Court territory, triggering the effects of both "As long as the Divine Court Star Lords remain, no demon shall step into the Underworld" and "To repay the Lord's favor on the Golden Platform, I shall carry the Jade Dragon and die for the Sovereign."】
One could only say that Chen Xu’s innate 007 talent was truly formidable; its effects were incredibly powerful.
The first two enhancements of 【Guarding the Realm】 were already commendable, as they functioned within the scope of the Divine Court—specifically, the Land of the Undead.
If it were only those two points, the scenarios for using the Star Lords' talent enhancement would be quite limited. It would only take effect when Hell or other enemies reached their doorstep and invaded the Land of the Undead.
However, with the emergence of the third enhancement, all problems and limitations were resolved in an instant.
While others might say, "Under the heavens, all is the King's land," for Chen Xu, it became, "Under the starlight, all is the King's land." Wherever the starlight reached, that place became the territory of the undead.
This meant that when the one hundred and eight Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend stars descended upon the outside world along with the Overlord's City, starlight would spill across the sky.
What was originally a long-distance expedition would instantly transform into a home-turf defense. A series of buffs would be fully applied: attribute increases, damage amplification, damage reduction, and even resurrection through combat. These were all practical and powerful traits.
As long as the enemy didn't have eleven Great Shamans like Hou Yi who could shoot down his stars in an instant, these buffs would never stop until the war ended.
From now on, wherever the starlight of the undead shone, it would be an invincible ground for the undead army.
With the starlight enhancement combined with the specific upgrades of the various undead units, Chen Xu felt that even if his army were to take over for Heaven as the main force against Hell right now, it wouldn't be a problem.
The only concern was the number of high-level powerhouses.
Particularly these one hundred and eight stars; although the starlight provided powerful buffs to allies, the Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend stars themselves were not at a high level—they were merely mythic-tier.
On Blue Star, this rank might allow them to dominate the strength rankings. In the Myriad Worlds, they would be considered powerhouses capable of ruling a region and leaving behind legends for centuries.
But once placed on the battlefields of Hell, they were somewhat insufficient.
The Hell Demon Kings were no fools. Once they figured out the function of the starlight, Chen Xu could forget about using them on the front lines.
Against mythic-tier stars, Hell could easily send multiple necrotic archdukes to launch suicide attacks. In a life-for-life trade, even if Chen Xu sent eternal-tier guardians to protect them, it was possible for the enemy to force a trade of one for ten, or even one for twenty.
Therefore, he had to find a way to raise the rank of the Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend stars.
They didn't need to be too high—reaching the eternal-tier would suffice, even if it was just the initial stage.
He only had one Exquisite Heart, and tuning them one by one would take far too long. Moreover, they weren't like Kunpeng or Sindragosa, who were at the peak of the mythic-tier and only a step away from breakthrough. The acceleration from the Exquisite Heart would be limited.
“Star Lords... Gods...”
Chen Xu murmured softly. Perhaps he needed to approach this from the perspective of godhood.
As long as a deity had enough believers and produced sufficient faith, they could break through rapidly without needing to comprehend the Dao or worry about thresholds.
“Perhaps Big Boss’s advancement and the revenge against the space pirates will provide a good opportunity.”
In an instant, a god-creation plan formed in Chen Xu’s mind. If executed smoothly, the Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend stars might quickly accumulate a batch of original believers, thereby rapidly increasing their strength.
Chen Xu opened a spatial gate and arrived at the City of Miracles, entering the Wanbao Pavilion shop.
“My Lord!”
Seeing Chen Xu enter, a group of employees immediately flocked to him to pay their respects.
The floor manager, who had met Chen Xu a few times, came running from the back of the shop.
With a face full of flattery, he looked at Chen Xu.
“My Lord, you’ve arrived. Are you here for Boss Big Boss? He is upstairs making the final preparations.”
Chen Xu nodded without a word and went straight upstairs to find Big Boss.
“Lord Chen Xu, what brings you here? Please, have a seat.”
“How are the preparations for your advancement ceremony coming along?”
Upon hearing Chen Xu’s inquiry, a confident smile appeared on Big Boss’s face.
“Everything is ready. The treasures from the Land of the Undead were just traded through Wanbao Pavilion’s channels. Such a massive volume of treasures has pushed Wanbao Pavilion’s transaction figures to an exaggerated level.
Even if you added up all the other merchants in the City of Miracles, they wouldn't match us.
In the Land of the Undead, the slots for the opening event of the first open city and the debut of the Wanbao Pavilion Auction Hall were snatched up long ago.
Furthermore, thanks to your reputation, My Lord, even top-tier powers of the Myriad Worlds like Heaven, the Universe Martial World, and the Extreme Martial World have sent representatives.
Besides them, there are countless small and medium-sized factions like the Eternal Heart.
As long as the opening event goes smoothly, my strength and deeds will be perfected, sufficient for me to obtain the God of Trade godhead buried within the City of Miracles.”
Big Boss was extremely excited, his emotions growing more intense as he spoke.
After all these years, he was finally about to fulfill his lifelong wish: to seize the God of Trade godhead hidden in the City of Miracles and become a God of Trade who ruled the city.
Indeed, the unique world known as the City of Miracles had once been the divine kingdom of a God of Trade.
In a certain transaction, that God of Trade had unfortunately encountered a group of very professional robbers. Even though the God of Trade was willing to surrender all his property, the robbers refused to let him go.
That was because those robbers were Divine Marauders who specialized in hunting gods and extracting their divine power to create Divine Power Crystals.
The God of Trade was thus drained to death by the Divine Marauders using specialized instruments.
Logically, after a god falls, they can be resurrected through the power of faith provided by their believers.
However, the believers of the God of Trade were all a bunch of profit-seeking merchants. When news of the god’s fall spread, those merchants scattered in an instant, seamlessly throwing themselves into the arms of other commercial deities.
Later, a legend spread from somewhere, saying that the fallen God of Trade’s godhead still remained within his divine kingdom—the City of Miracles.
If one met the conditions and passed the trials he left behind, they could obtain his godhead as a successor and take control of the entire City of Miracles.
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