A white-feathered bird flapped its wings as it soared through the clouds.
The white clouds drifted lazily like hounds, while mountains swept past in succession.
With its sharp eyes scanning the ground below, the bird suddenly dove downward.
It gently snatched a small fish from a stream, then soared upward again, gliding through dense forests, blooming multicolored flowers, and swarms of busy bees, until a simple village appeared in view.
The bird landed on an ancient willow tree situated at the northern end of the village. The tree looked weathered with age.
As it preened its feathers, it silently observed the large group of villagers kneeling before the dilapidated Land God Temple below.
"All villagers of Li Family Village respectfully offer this. Lord Zhang Yue, please bless us with favorable weather next year!"
Village Chief Li Deyang bowed reverently as he spoke.
"All villagers of Li Family Village respectfully offer this. Lord Zhang Yue, please protect the young men of our village from demons and evil beings!"
A dozen or so elderly villagers knelt behind him, their voices equally devout though tremulous.
"All villagers of Li Family Village respectfully offer this. Lord Zhang Yue, please bless our village with smooth sailing in all matters!"
The strong men, women, and children behind them followed suit, bowing down in unison.
"Offer incense!"
Village Chief Li Deyang commanded.
Everyone lit the three sticks of incense in their hands.
"Bow again to Lord Zhang Yue!"
Holding his incense, the chief bowed deeply once more.
The villagers followed in kind.
Thin trails of green smoke rose, making the Land God Temple appear wreathed in mist.
It was as though a god sat high in the Ninth Heaven, enjoying the villagers' offerings!
"Please, Lord Zhang Yue, accept our offerings!"
"Third bow to Lord Zhang Yue!"
Village Chief Li Deyang bowed for the third time.
"Please, Lord Zhang Yue, accept our offerings!"
"Third bow to Lord Zhang Yue!"
All the villagers echoed and bowed again in reverence.
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Li Yue felt completely bewildered.
He looked at the simply dressed villagers kneeling before him...
Then glanced at his own translucent form.
More importantly—he realized something strange.
He was inside the Land Deity statue, trapped in a cramped space no larger than ten square feet.
The statue had essentially become a prison, preventing him from leaving.
"I transmigrated?"
"And into a Land Deity statue?!"
"What the hell is this?"
He closed his eyes slightly, and new information suddenly appeared in his mind.
> [Three billion people have transmigrated globally, each becoming a Wild God.]
[They are divided into 30,000 regions, with 100,000 Wild Gods in each.]
[You may access six interfaces: Personal Information, Personal Task, Believers Information, Regional Chat, Regional Trade, and Godly Warfare.]
[In these myriad heavens and worlds, develop Believers, rise through God Ranks, nurture Subordinate Gods, and compete for the title of Heavenly Emperor!]
"Three billion people from Blue Star all transmigrated and became Wild Gods…"
"They're not even Land Deities yet—just Wild Gods…"
Li Yue's lips twitched.
He was at a loss for words.
How could something this absurd actually happen?
Just how vast is this world to accommodate three billion Wild Gods?
Wait—
The information mentioned the 'myriad heavens and worlds'. Could it be that these three billion are spread across many different realms?
He immediately opened his Personal Information interface.
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[Personal Information]
Name: Li Yue
God Name: Lord Zhang Yue
God Position: Wild God
→ [Reach Ninth Grade (Low) to be promoted to Land Deity]
God Realm: Unrated
→ [Consume 100 Divine Power to promote to Ninth Grade (Low)]
Divine Power: 2
Incense: 765
→ [1,000 units of incense vow power condense into 1 Divine Power]
Divine Arts:
Dream Transmission Technique (1 Divine Power)
Golden Blade Art (1 Divine Power)
Edict of Yin Soldiers (1 Divine Power)
Edict of Temple Keeper (1 Divine Power)
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"Dream Transmission Technique… Golden Blade Art… Edict of Yin Soldiers… Edict of Temple Keeper…"
Li Yue muttered softly.
He could feel it—if he simply willed it, he could unleash any of these Divine Arts with a wave of his hand.
However, the Dream Transmission Technique required a sleeping creature.
The Edict of Yin Soldiers could only be used on ghosts.
And the Edict of Temple Keeper required special conditions to activate.
Only the Golden Blade Art could be cast freely.
He was curious about its power…
But with only two Divine Power, he didn't dare waste it just for testing.
This was the foundation of his survival!
"Promoting from a Wild God to a true Land Deity requires 100 Divine Power…"
He frowned slightly.
Since 1,000 incense vow units equaled 1 Divine Power, that meant he needed 100,000 incense to promote!
That was clearly no easy task.
"So for a god, incense is the most vital resource…"
"With incense, anything is possible."
"Without incense, you're just a clay statue…"
"No wonder in myths and legends, gods valued incense vow power so much…"
"This is the root of their power."
His eyes gleamed with clarity.
He opened the Believers Information interface.
Where does incense vow power come from?
Naturally—from Believers!
Believers are a god's most precious asset.
He now understood this very well.
He was adapting quickly.
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[Believers Information]
Daily Incense: 124
Dao-Level Believers: 0 → [100,000 incense/day]
Heaven-Level Believers: 0 → [10,000 incense/day]
Saint-Level Believers: 0 → [1,000 incense/day]
Grade A Believers: 0 → [100 incense/day]
Class B Believers: 5 → [10 incense/day]
Grade C Believers: 65 → [1 incense/day]
Grade D Believers: 91 → [1 incense every 10 days]
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"Mostly Grade D believers… the overall quality isn't great."
Li Yue raised an eyebrow.
His gaze swept over the crowd of villagers kneeling outside the Land God Temple.
They all looked sincerely devout, yet they turned out to be only Grade D?
He looked at the offering table in front of him.
Besides the usual three sacrificial animals, there was an item shimmering with white light visible only to him.
That item—
Was the true offering the villagers had prepared for this year's two Great Rituals.
"As a God—"
"During each Great Ritual, I can receive one offering from a believer."
"This offering is enhanced by the rules of the God Path, with a twenty percent amplification."
"Additionally, each Great Ritual grants ten days' worth of incense vow power at once."
Li Yue murmured.
This was also part of the knowledge that had appeared in his mind.
Thus—
The two Great Rituals each year were especially important to gods.
After all, a twenty percent enhancement in item quality was extremely rare.
For Wild Gods like him, it was even more valuable.
Of course—
There were requirements for ritual offerings.
They must be free from any direct karma with a god.
In other words—
Only items obtained entirely by the believers themselves could be used as Great Ritual offerings and be eligible for amplification.
He gently reached out.
Immediately, the item emitting white light floated up from the offering table and entered his Divine Domain.
This cramped ten-square-foot space was his Divine Domain.
> [Your believers have completed a Great Ritual.]
[Your believers offered a First Rank 'Body Strengthening Grass'.]
[You gained 1,240 units of incense vow power.]
[Rules of the God Path activating…]
[Your offering, First Rank 'Body Strengthening Grass', has been amplified 100x.]
[You have received a Fourth Rank 'Dragon Blood Flame Grass'.]
Li Yue was stunned.
"…A hundredfold amplification???"
What the hell?
Wasn't it supposed to be just twenty percent?!
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