1: Chapter 1 Fairyland-Bai Yujing

"Yang Bai, you haven't even been able to obtain your own follower race. What right do you have to receive Jinghai University's special funding!"

Wu Youfang slammed his palm heavily onto the desk with a loud bang, his expression distorted and terrifying.

"Yang Bai, oh Yang Bai. You might be in the top ten for the grade and the class monitor for Class 9, but that was all before you awakened your divine domain. Even five follower summoning cards couldn't get you to awaken a follower, yet you still have the face to stand here and ask me for funding? Feel your own face and ask yourself, are you worthy?"

Yang Bai looked at him expressionlessly and said calmly, "I don't care about being class monitor, but this is special funding provided by Jinghai University for recommended students. Teacher Wu, it seems you don't have the authority to accept it on my behalf."

"Dammit, you really think you're something, don't you? If I don't have the authority to accept it, ask the other teachers here if I have the authority."

Wu Youfang's face flushed red as he pointed at the other teachers in the office and shouted loudly.

Wu Youfang was the Grade Dean for the senior year at No. 4 Middle School in Linchuan City. He was able to sit in this position entirely because the principal of No. 4 Middle School was also surnamed Wu.

Hearing Wu Youfang's questioning, the teachers lowered their heads one after another, pretending to be busy.

"Teacher Wu, considering how much you've looked after me over the past two years, I'll call you Teacher Wu one last time."

Yang Bai pulled out a matte black object from his pocket that looked like a recording pen. "I came prepared. You must give me the funding today."

"You actually dare to threaten me? A piece of trash who doesn't even have followers and can't even be considered a New God dares to threaten me? Watch out—"

Seeing Yang Bai actually take out a recording pen, Wu Youfang became incoherently angry, but before he could finish, Yang Bai interrupted him.

"Watch out for what? I'm all alone; the worst that can happen is being expelled. If this recording spreads online, think about the consequences. Let me remind you, I am still a recommended student for Jinghai University."

After saying this, Yang Bai stretched his hand out in front of Wu Youfang and said word by word: "I'll say it one last time: give me my special funding!"

Wu Youfang's gaze shifted between the recording pen in Yang Bai's hand and the "City's Outstanding Teacher" trophy on the desk. Two veins pulsed on his forehead. Finally, he opened a drawer, took out a white card, and slapped it into Yang Bai's hand.

"Hiss~" Yang Bai shook his hand in pain and asked with a puzzled expression, "Just one? And it's a Random Building Card?"

Seeing that Yang Bai still wasn't satisfied, Wu Youfang pointed toward the door and roared, "Just one! Now get the hell out of here!"

Flipping the card over, Yang Bai saw the Jinghai University school crest. After confirming that Wu Youfang hadn't just grabbed a random resource card to fool him, he said nothing more, turned around, and prepared to leave.

"Wait," Wu Youfang barked, stopping Yang Bai.

"Is there something else?"

"The pen!"

"If you like it, you can have it." Yang Bai tossed the black pen over and walked out of the dean's office.

Taking the black pen, Wu Youfang's face turned livid, and his palm suddenly exerted force.

The black pen was crushed, and a burst of ink exploded from Wu Youfang's hand, splashing ink spots everywhere.

That's right, it wasn't a recording pen at all; it was just a sophisticated-looking fountain pen full of ink.

"Yang Bai!!!"

Wu Youfang roared through gritted teeth, his voice low and suppressed.

Leaving the dean's office, Yang Bai passed the stairwell and encountered a familiar person.

"Monitor, you were looking for Teacher Wu too?"

Liu Tong saw Yang Bai and greeted him with a smile.

Liu Tong was the deputy class monitor of Class 9. His family owned three sizable hotels, making him something of a second-generation rich kid.

Because both his parents were ordinary people who hadn't opened a divine domain, the two elders had been strict with Liu Tong since he was a child. Unfortunately, he was assigned to Class 9, and his theoretical knowledge in every subject was always inferior to Yang Bai's.

Yang Bai nodded to him and noticed the two gift bags in Liu Tong's hands. "Are you sure you want to give gifts now? Fat Wu's temper isn't very good right now."

"Fa... Fat Wu?"

Liu Tong was a bit confused. In his memory, the relationship between Wu Youfang and Yang Bai was quite good; it wouldn't be an exaggeration for Yang Bai to call Wu Youfang his "mentor."

Why did he change his tune today and call him "Fat Wu" directly?

However, Liu Tong was only confused for two seconds. After all, he was here today for important business.

"Oh, well, isn't it the second semester of senior year? The college entrance exam is in four months. I just awakened my divine domain and summoned my followers two days ago, so I wanted to ask the teacher which direction I should develop in."

Liu Tong smiled, then quickly passed Yang Bai while carrying the gift boxes.

Yang Bai watched Liu Tong's retreating figure thoughtfully, but didn't dwell on it too much and left the area.

While walking back to the dormitory, a message appeared on Yang Bai's phone.

[Ding-dong~ Your package has arrived at Niuma Station. Please pick it up promptly.]

[We wish you a happy life, thank you.]

[Note: Tianqing Technology Company wishes all New Gods great fortune in battle.]

"Tianqing Technology Company... In that case, the divine power chip has arrived."

Thinking of this, Yang Bai's pace unconsciously quickened, and he eventually broke into a full sprint.

Yang Bai, the current class monitor of Class 9 at Linchuan No. 4 Middle School, had been transmigrated into this world for 18 years.

A thousand years before he arrived, the Milky Way's starry sky shattered, and countless streams of galactic energy poured onto the Blue Planet. This energy transformed the Blue Planet into a world where everyone had the chance to become a deity.

Deities could create a divine domain within their sea of consciousness and cultivate within it.

Speaking of deities, one cannot ignore the followers and believers that all gods possess.

Recruiting followers and believers is something every deity who creates a divine domain must do.

By using cards inscribed with special materials, deities recruit followers from the multiverses within the Sea of Stars to protect their divine domains.

And also, to invade other divine domains.

When Yang Bai was ten years old, he was detected by state institutions to have the potential to become a deity, thus successfully obtaining the right to compulsory education.

As a former graduate student who died from overwork while pursuing a PhD, Yang Bai had a certain level of talent for learning. Even though this school taught advanced mathematics, G-type programming language, and multi-threaded physics starting from the first year of high school, he did not fall behind.

With top-five grades for the entire year, he secured a recommendation spot for Jinghai University, became the monitor of Class 9, and received an additional student aid grant from the school.

Wu Youfang had been Yang Bai's teacher during his second year of high school. Seeing Yang Bai's excellent grades and potential to awaken as a deity, he had always looked after him.

However, that care had soured a few days ago, and the reason lay in Yang Bai's attempt to summon followers.

To recruit followers, a deity must not only use specialized follower cards but also consume divine source matter from their mental sea.

The probability of failing the first recruitment is generally below 5%. If the first attempt fails, the divine source matter consumed for the second attempt doubles, and the failure probability increases.

But Yang Bai had failed five consecutive times.

Two of the unit cards were free benefits from the state and the school, another two were purchased with money Yang Bai had saved from part-time jobs over the years, and one was a private subsidy from Wu Youfang.

Failing five times meant that Yang Bai had exhausted his divine source matter and lost the ability to recruit followers.

A deity with a divine domain but no followers cannot be called a deity; they are just an ordinary person with "meat" hanging off them.

Awakening a divine domain but being unable to recruit followers is very rare. Among the millions of New Gods who awaken every year, there are always three or four unlucky bastards who cannot recruit followers.

Yang Bai was one of those three or four unlucky bastards.

Later, after seeing his investment fail, Wu Youfang blamed the loss of the follower cards directly on Yang Bai, which led to the scene in the office.

After picking up the package, Yang Bai returned to his single-room dormitory.

Yang Bai opened the package and took out a small metal safe. After entering his fingerprints, iris, and voiceprint information, the metal safe opened automatically.

Inside the metal safe was a thumb-sized chip that looked like a crystal handicraft.

"Is this the divine power chip, the divine domain management system developed by Tianqing Technology Company?"

Yang Bai held the crystal chip in his hand, observed it for two seconds, and then pressed the chip against the back of his neck.

When the crystal chip touched Yang Bai's skin, dense hollow needles extended from both sides and pierced directly into his flesh. After reading Yang Bai's genetic data, the chip merged into his body.

Yang Bai felt a chill at the back of his neck, followed by the sensation of something crawling up his spine.

[Genetic identification successful. Tianqing Technology is happy to serve you.]

An electronic voice echoed in Yang Bai's mind. He understood that the chip had successfully integrated.

Tianqing Technology Company was one of the top tech companies on the Blue Planet. Its chairman, president, and CEO were all high-level technological deities above level 85. Its subsidiary, the Tianqing Technology Legion, was also a powerful combat force in the Sea of Stars.

Of course, what made Tianqing Technology famous on the Blue Planet was the divine power chip they manufactured and the divine domain management system they developed.

Before this chip was created, low-level deities had a blurred link to the divine domains in their mental seas and could only manage them by issuing divine oracles. This resulted in high consumption of divine source matter and inconvenient command delivery.

The divine power chip could strengthen the communication between a deity and their divine domain, allowing the deity to personally enter the divine domain space to manage it better. It could also replace electronic communication devices and was something everyone had on the Blue Planet, though it was limited to deities.

Tianqing Technology was also incredibly wealthy; with a wave of their hand, they provided free divine power chips to the millions of new deities who awakened every year.

"Initiate divine domain connection," Yang Bai said softly as he lay on the bed.

[Connecting to divine domain: 10, 9, 8...]

Yang Bai felt his consciousness gradually rising. When he opened his eyes again, he had already appeared within his divine domain.

What met his eyes was a vast, lifeless desert region.

Just as Yang Bai was preparing to explore this divine domain, he felt a strange fluctuation of divine thought.

Opening the divine domain management system, he discovered that the fluctuation actually came from the Random Building Card he had obtained.

Taking out the Random Building Card, a flash of white light occurred, and the image of a white city appeared on the card.

"This is?"

Yang Bai opened the card's details with curiosity.

[Low-level Building Card - Samsara White Jade Capital]