68: Chapter 68: Supplementing Infrastructure, the Framework of the Divine Kingdom Takes Shape

Wang Pingan slowly opened his eyes in the secret chamber. His Demigod Divine Fire burned steadily, and the undulations of every earth vein in the Divine Kingdom fell clearly into his perception.

The two thousand five hundred square kilometer newborn world had completely taken shape. In the Eastern Immortal Dao Ancestral Court, spiritual energy formed mist; in the Northwestern Martial Dao Holy City, blood energy soared into the sky; in the southern inland sea, waves surged; the Northern Military Camp, Artillery Battalion, and Cavalry battalion each held their positions. The operation of the entire Divine Kingdom was smooth, without the slightest stagnation.

Watching this scene, Wang Pingan did not relax in the slightest. Although the population limit had been opened to one million, the current foundation could not support the speed at which the Divine Kingdom would continue to grow wildly.

He knew very well that once the Master of Time continued to accelerate, the reproduction, cultivation, and breakthroughs of the citizens would all surge. Spirit veins, Mysterious Blood Pools, mineral veins, grain seeds, and magical artifacts would all become hard requirements.

The issue for the Divine Kingdom now was not whether it could fight, but whether it could handle the coming wave of explosive growth.

Wang Pingan raised his hand to open the panel. As soon as the Source Energy balance popped up, he felt more at ease.

The Federal rewards, school rewards, the Wang family's one billion in special resources, plus the remaining balance from previous settlements, minus the massive consumption used to support his breakthrough to Demigod, left him with a total of six hundred and thirty million Source Energy points. It was enough for him to go all out for a round.

Wang Pingan looked at this string of numbers without the slightest hesitation. Source Energy would only grow moldy if left unused; investing it into the Divine Kingdom was the real skill.

He first summoned the Federal Mall. Just as his fingertip was about to descend, a glimmer of starlight suddenly flashed across the edge of the interface.

That light was not blinding, but exceptionally clean. It was hidden in the furthest corner of the mall, as if it were a door left specifically for him.

Wang Pingan's gaze sharpened, and he clicked on it directly.

The next moment, the entire mall interface changed abruptly. The shelves and purchase limit tags common to the outside world all receded, and a line of golden-white prompts popped up at the top.

"Detected that the admittee has promoted to Demigod. Galaxy Deity University exclusive mall access is officially unlocked. Enjoy internal tax exemption, priority purchase, and strategic resource access privileges."

After reading the prompt, Wang Pingan's eyes lit up immediately.

The exclusive mall of Galaxy Deity University was more than a level higher than the Federal public mall. The items displayed inside all carried the aura of internal channels. Although the prices were still staggering, there were none of the various restrictive bottlenecks found outside.

He flipped down two pages and first saw three B-grade Small Spirit Vein cards, three B-grade Mysterious Blood Pool cards, and a complete set of supporting formation disks suitable for supplementing infrastructure at the Demigod stage.

Wang Pingan glanced at the prices and, without any hesitation, bought them all.

Three B-grade Small Spirit Vein cards and three B-grade Mysterious Blood Pool cards totaled three hundred million Source Energy points, deducted in one go.

The balance immediately dropped by a large chunk, but he didn't even blink.

He didn't buy these to show off, but to completely stabilize the energy-weak areas at the edge of the new Divine Kingdom. No matter how strong an A-grade Great Spirit Vein was, it couldn't cover every inch of the corners. A few B-grade cards were perfect for use as garrison camp and zoning formation eyes.

Wang Pingan stared at the layout of the Divine Kingdom, his mind already beginning to divide the regions.

The Eastern Immortal Dao Ancestral Court needed to expand a second layer of inheritance circles; the Northwestern Martial Dao Holy City needed to push out another satellite city; the Northern Military Camp needed to separate the Artillery Battalion station, Cavalry station, and infantry rotation area; and the southern inland sea coast needed to reserve openings for future naval battles and transportation.

Relying solely on the main spirit vein to support these places was not stable enough. Small Spirit Veins had to be connected in series at the edges, and Mysterious Blood Pools had to be spread out so that the blood energy supply in the Martial Dao area wouldn't be interrupted.

He continued to flip down, his gaze quickly landing on a row of auxiliary resources.

D-grade Spirit Rice Seed cards, D-grade Mineral Vein cards, D-grade Magical Artifact sets, one thousand sets of D-grade heavy armor, plus a batch of grain and medicine supplies suitable for the Foundation Establishment and Blood Condensation stages, were as neatly prepared as if for a fully formed new army.

Wang Pingan did not hesitate and cleared them out again.

Another two hundred million Source Energy points were smashed out by him directly; cards, mineral veins, heavy armor, grain seeds, and magical artifacts were all swept up in one breath.

With this, the mall balance was left with only one hundred and thirty million, but the framework needed for the Divine Kingdom had been mostly set up.

Wang Pingan looked at these resources, calculating clearly in his mind.

In the Demigod stage, the Divine Kingdom's area had increased tenfold, and the population limit had reached one million. However, if there were only spirit veins but no grain, no minerals, and no equipment, no matter how fast the Master of Time was, it would just be idling.

He wanted a living Divine Kingdom, not an empty shell.

Wang Pingan saved the purchase list by category, then his consciousness sank into the Divine Kingdom. His body sank slightly in the secret chamber, and the next moment, his Divine Lord projection lit up in the sky.

In the Eastern Immortal Dao Ancestral Court, Wang Mu had just called a few Cultivation Citizens out of the inheritance field when he sensed familiar divine power fluctuations above his head.

In the Northwestern Martial Dao Holy City, Wang Shan was leading the Blood Condensation Legion to re-practice the Blood Energy Combined Attack Method. Hearing the sky vibrate, he immediately stabbed his blade into the ground and looked up.

Wang Pingan didn't talk nonsense. As his divine sense descended, six B-grade cards flew out from the Divine Core space, hovering over the entire Divine Kingdom, their light weaving into a huge curtain of divine patterns.

"Descend."

He only said one word.

The three Small Spirit Vein cards shattered one after another. Three long, cyan-white spirit vein dragons descended from the sky, drilling into the newly expanded southeastern mountains, the northern border, and the western war zone respectively. When they landed, the ground shook first, and then streams of spiritual energy mist surged directly out from the fissures.

Wang Mu's eyes changed; he immediately sensed that the spiritual energy cycle had been supplemented by a significant portion.

Although the three B-grade spirit veins could not compare to the main spirit vein, they were perfect for use as zoning formation eyes and edge branch veins.

Wang Pingan did not stop. The three Mysterious Blood Pool cards exploded immediately after. Three boiling blood pits slammed directly into the junction of the Northern Plains and the Northwestern Plateau. Dark red pool water surged several feet high, and dense blood energy quickly spread out.

Wang Shan's nose was almost heated by the rush. The Martial Heavy Armor under his command let out a muffled roar in unison, and the blood energy within their bodies surged accordingly on the spot.

"Divine Lord, this stuff is potent."

Wang Shan's voice sounded strained.

Wang Pingan looked down from above, already having a measure of the situation.

With these three Small Spirit Veins and three Mysterious Blood Pools holding the line, the supply chain for the Northern Military Camp and the edge war zone was truly stabilized. Even if the population multiplied several times later, there would be no situation where the spiritual energy was drained to the point of panic.

Next, the D-grade Spirit Rice Seed card turned into a large rain of light, sprinkling into the eastern spirit fields.

As soon as those newly fallen Spirit Rice seeds touched the soil, they drilled into the ground in unison, their roots taking hold in the newly laid branch veins. Not long after, a layer of pale golden mist rose over the entire spirit field.

The spirit herb seeds sent by Wang Qingyan over the past few days were also nourished in the process. Several rows of Hemostatic Grass grew thicker leaf veins, and the medicinal fragrance drifted all the way from the east to the edge of the military camp.

The D-grade Mineral Vein card sank into the depths of the Northwestern mountains. Continuous low, muffled vibrations immediately came from inside the mountain. New mineral layers began to take shape, and the gestation rhythm of basic mineral materials such as Mysterious Iron, Red Copper, and Black Crystal was immediately accelerated.

Wang Shan stood on the edge of the plateau, listening to the vibrations echoing continuously within the mountain, his eyes brightening even more.

"In the future, there will be no worry about lacking materials for heavy armor and artillery barrels."

He said this very directly, but it was exactly what Wang Pingan wanted.

The last batch of D-grade magical artifacts and one thousand sets of heavy armor were scattered and deposited by Wang Pingan into the military camp warehouse. When the sounds of metal clashing rang out, Wang Mu and Wang Shan looked up almost simultaneously.

That was not the sound of ordinary equipment being put into storage; it was the sound of the Divine Kingdom's foundation being raised another level.

Wang Mu quickly led a team of Foundation Establishment citizens to rush into the warehouse to check the compatibility of the magical artifacts and heavy armor one by one.

These D-grade magical artifacts were a full two levels higher than the previous F-grade and E-grade equipment. The spiritual energy conduction was faster, the formation patterns were more stable, and the defensive layers of the heavy armor were thicker. It was just right to use them to re-equip the elites who would break through realms in the future.

Wang Pingan watched the resource output values on the Divine Kingdom panel begin to rebound, and his heart finally settled.

Now his Divine Kingdom could support the initial reproduction and cultivation of the Demigod stage. Continuing to accelerate next would not burn through the entire foundation.

He did not continue to expend energy and slowly withdrew his divine sense.

In the secret chamber, Wang Pingan's original body opened his eyes. The Divine Gold door in front was still tightly closed, but the aura outside the door had not left.

Wang Pingan looked up, and just as his fingertips moved, familiar footsteps came from outside the door.

When the door opened, Clan Leader Wang Tianhe was indeed still guarding outside, with two stewards standing left and right behind him, their postures unchanged in the slightest.

Seeing this scene, Wang Pingan felt a slight stir in his heart. It wasn't that he was flattered, but he realized that his position in the Wang family was already completely different from before.

The moment Clan Leader Wang Tianhe saw him, his pupils contracted heavily.

The pressure on Wang Pingan was not released too much, but that Demigod aura was so deep and heavy that it made the surrounding formation patterns tremble slightly. It was far more stable and thicker than an ordinary Demigod.

Clan Leader Wang Tianhe laughed on the spot:

"Good, good, good. Your seclusion this time was well worth burning those Source Energy points."

Wang Pingan looked at him and was just about to speak, but Clan Leader Wang Tianhe interrupted him first.

"The Immortal Martial dual-phenomenon ten-thousand-mile spiritual cloud you triggered during your promotion suppressed the entire Tianhai City so they couldn't lift their heads. Here in the ancestral land, it directly awakened the Great Ancestor and the Second Ancestor. They are already waiting for you in the Forbidden Secret Realm."

Wang Pingan's brows moved slightly, then he nodded.

He certainly knew that the commotion of his promotion was not small, but it still exceeded his expectations to have startled those two from the deepest parts of the Wang family.

Clan Leader Wang Tianhe looked at his calm appearance and was even more satisfied.

This kid, having won the Seventeen Stars championship, secured a guaranteed spot, and promoted to Demigod, still had this look on his face. His mental state was terrifyingly stable.

"Let's go. Don't worry about anything else for now."

Clan Leader Wang Tianhe raised his hand and pressed it, and a Clan Leader-exclusive teleportation array lit up directly in front of him.

The patterns of the teleportation array unfolded layer by layer, and the surrounding air collapsed in circles. A gap was forcefully torn open in the most secret direction deep within the Wang family's ancestral land.

Wang Pingan didn't ask any more questions and stepped up to follow.

The two stewards outside the door lowered their heads simultaneously, their movements so neat that there was not the slightest bit of sloppiness.

Clan Leader Wang Tianhe walked in front, his voice much faster than usual.

"Please, foster fathers and mothers, give a five-star review. There have been too many negative reviews recently."

"Your foster son kowtows in gratitude. Also, 'generating electricity with love' is free, you know."