Martial Ascent to Divinity

"Your Majesty, from now on, I am the Insect Queen, and you are the Insect King. You are above, I am below."

Zhou Leng glanced at Ma Dabai, whose body was over a hundred meters long, and said, "Don’t take advantage of me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ma Dabai didn’t quite understand, thinking of its own charm, noticing the lustful gazes of those giant insects, wondering why His Majesty the Insect King wasn’t moved.

Zhou Leng said, "Next, I will bring the Tree-man Demigod here to secretly sign an alliance agreement with you. From now on, both races will put aside past grievances and cooperate, sending envoys to the Dragon Country for secret alliance and cooperation."

"Whatever you say, Your Majesty." Ma Dabai’s entire body warmed up.

"Also, in your capacity as the Insect Queen, order all giant insects, all of them, to drop everything and concentrate on finding Ancient Beast Blood..."

Zhou Leng pointed to the Celestial Ladder in the sky and continued, "Whoever finds the Ancient Beast Blood, you will grant them Radiant Juice and higher status. In short, I need the Ancient Beast Blood."

"Rest assured, I will do my utmost to help you find it."

"Issue the command now."

Ma Dabai, using its status as the Insect Queen, immediately issued the command.

Some Grandmaster Insect Queens didn’t obey. Zhou Leng made a round, exterminated them, and collected a large quantity of Radiant Juice in passing.

After a major purge, all Insect Queens obeyed and jointly elected Ma Dabai as the new Insect Queen.

Then, Ma Dabai issued the order.

The entire Insect Race mobilized.

Zhou Leng went to the Tree-man tribe for negotiations, where the Tree-man Demigod unanimously agreed to a ceasefire.

However, to avoid drawing the attention of Demon Purgatory, both sides remained enemies on the surface but allied in secret.

With the Tree-man Demigod in tow, Zhou Leng reached the Insect Queen’s nest, and both sides signed the alliance agreement.

Afterward, the Tree-man Demigod expressed willingness to give up the Celestial Ladder in favor of finding the Ancient Beast Blood for the Ancient Crown.

After a great nirvana, the wooden heads of the Tree-men finally started to turn.

Zhou Leng was the last hope of the Tree-man Race.

Before the new Mother Tree matured, the power of these newly ascended Tree-man Demigods in the Ten Realms was close to zero.

The Tree-man Demigod then overthrew past methods and negotiated to fully cooperate with the Humanoid Alliance.

However, this time, they would pay a higher price.

Zhou Leng didn’t linger long in the Tree-man World, instructing them to keep the Ancient Beast Blood safe, then secretly infiltrated the Beastman World.

At the moment, Demigod Beastmen and Demigod Dwarves were frequently at war, leaving the task of searching to non-Demigods.

Zhou Leng infiltrated the Beastman territory, disguised as a Beastman, and began the search.

The first few days were quite smooth.

He secretly killed two Beastman Demigods.

But gradually, he found nothing.

After three consecutive days of no results, Zhou Leng had no choice but to leave.

In ten days, six drops of Ancient Beast Blood, not bad.

The key was the end of the Beastman and Steel Dwarves’ war, making it impossible to fish in troubled waters.

Returning to the Shuizhou Base, Zhou Leng thought about whether to head to Demon Purgatory, while browsing the news and intelligence.

Zhu Shiji sent a solemn warning.

"In the near future, don’t go to Demon Purgatory, stay away from all Demon Purgatory exits..."

"Our people in Demon Purgatory have confirmed that the Celestial Calamity God has indeed descended..."

Upon seeing this, Zhou Leng’s heart skipped lightly.

Back during the Mother Tree battle, the Celestial Calamity Envoy was critically injured, and he himself needed the Mother Tree’s protection to win.

Without the Mother Tree’s protection, a single word from the Celestial Calamity Envoy would mean his death.

None of that mattered.

What mattered was his treachery, swallowing the Void God’s throne.

It’s not out of fear, but... out of respect for the Divine Spirit.

The reason for keeping a low profile these days, never proclaiming Ascension to Divinity, was mainly to guard against the Celestial Calamity Envoy.

In the end, there was no need to guard against the Celestial Calamity Envoy, for the Celestial Calamity God had arrived.

Could the possessions of the Celestial Calamity God be so easily double-crossed?

It was unclear how much news the Celestial Calamity Envoy could send back to his true form upon dying, but if the Celestial Calamity God was truly angry, he would undoubtedly come after him directly.

What to do?

Zhou Leng couldn’t think of a solution.

The Celestial Calamity Envoy was unimaginably strong, now even stronger as the Celestial Calamity God...

He continued reading Zhu Shiji’s message.

"Demon Purgatory has kept this matter quite secret..."

"But due to the appearance of the Celestial Ladder, conflict erupted between the Despair Shepherd and the Supreme Saint..."

"The two of them were powerful beings from planets previously devoured by Demon Purgatory, having undergone demonization, and have always been at odds. Back then, the Despair Shepherd betrayed the humans of that world, and the Supreme Saint feigned demonization but secretly aimed to kill the Despair Shepherd..."

"There has always been a rumor that the Supreme Saint is a collective consciousness of countless humans from that planet..."

"Originally, the Despair Shepherd was slightly stronger than the Supreme Saint, but surprisingly, not long ago, the Supreme Saint suddenly showcased overwhelming strength. On the Endless Battlefield, he slightly edged over the Despair Shepherd, forcing the Despair Shepherd to flee the Endless Battlefield..."

"Then, the Supreme Saint led demonic creatures to slaughter all subordinates of the Despair Shepherd on the Endless Battlefield, including most Demigods and Grandmaster Demons..."

"Knowing he couldn’t surpass the Supreme Saint, the Despair Shepherd sought help from other Lords, but as you know, the Demon Prison Lords are so mad they’ll kill themselves, so why would they care about an old betrayer..."

"With no options left, the Despair Shepherd deployed a large number of Demons to search for the Celestial Calamity God, hoping for his help, resulting in a leak of information. Now, the entire Ten Realms are staying quiet, and seeking the Ancient Beast Blood cautiously..."

Zhou Leng thought to himself it was no wonder the Beastman and Dwarf war ended.

He continued browsing other news and intelligence. After a short while, a video transformed from a Spell image was sent by the Demon Spirit World’s envoy to Xiong City.

In the video, the sky is darkened, blood clouds are dense, just like the Endless Battlefield.

Suddenly, a black sword of tens of thousands of miles pierced through the sky.

Clearly black, the longsword was so bright it stung the eyes.

The black sword slashed through the sky, and disappeared.

A displeased yet languid voice echoed in the air.

"Disturb me again, and you’ll all perish."

Then, the Demon Spirit envoy left a message.

"Sir, the latest intelligence shows that the Celestial Calamity God struck, using just one move, severely wounding both the Despair Shepherd and the Supreme Saint..."

"At that time, the Despair Shepherd and the Supreme Saint were in the Temple of Despair on the sixth layer of Demon Purgatory. You should know that the Despair Shepherd and the Supreme Saint are acknowledged dual Lords of the sixth layer by Demon Purgatory, with real strength exceeding peak Demigod Kings but equal to newly ascended Void Gods in the sixth layer of Demon Purgatory..."

"Just like the Insect Queen and the Mother Tree in the Tree-man World."

"Yet, they were severely wounded in one move. It’s said that all Lords of Demon Purgatory were intimidated, and many powerful Demigods fled the Endless Battlefield, terrified of the capricious Celestial Calamity God’s wrath."

"Before you mentioned to the higher-ups to always monitor the Celestial Calamity God’s news. As soon as we got it, we contacted you right away, not even the Supreme Court. If nothing unexpected happens, our alliance will soon hold a high-level meeting regarding the Celestial Calamity God..."

After reading the message and watching the video, Zhou Leng felt rather conflicted.

The voice was so familiar.

The Lords of Demon Purgatory only sought out the Celestial Calamity God and were severely injured.

He had robbed them of the Void God’s throne and personally slain his avatar, so...

Zhou Leng headed straight for the Fierce Beast World, found Huang, returned to Elder Tree, explained the situation, and then gave Huang a knowing glance.

Huang nodded repeatedly, searching for the Golden Page.

Half an hour later, Huang stood up, spread its paws to the sides, shook its head, and slightly wiggled its ears.