Chapter 1134 - 322: First Venerable-Level Gain
As a master of the Ascension process, Black Shark is well-acquainted with the Absolute Pinnacle realm.
Whether ordinary creatures or demigods, those at the Absolute Pinnacle are among the few who stand at the very summit, representing the highest realm beneath the True God.
As for demigods, the federation’s high-ranking officials generally consider them not a normal realm, but a pseudo-realm: more like False Gods failed in becoming a True God.
Moreover, the entire world has cycled through reincarnation for tens of thousands of years, yet no demigod has ever filled the missing part to become a True God. Instead, they seem to be cursed, sinking further and further. Therefore, the Absolute Pinnacle can be considered theoretically the strongest realm.
As for methods to break through the Absolute Pinnacle realm, Ascension masters of the federation all know it and have received the relevant cultivation techniques.
However, knowing is one thing; reaching it is overwhelmingly difficult.
A billion people’s faith in a year! Even if it’s shallow faith, it’s enough to drive one to despair.
Furthermore, with so many Ascension masters in the federation, the populace simply isn’t enough to go around, which is why in the early days of the federation, many Ascension masters carried out large-scale self-promotion to amass followers, creating chaos.
Thus, after an initial period of chaos, considering the condition of the Human Race, the federation’s top officials issued clear regulations: all propaganda resources in administrative regions and states are consolidated to the federation’s central unit. Ascension level and below are prohibited from seizing faith and prohibited from forming cults or organizations to harvest believers. As for paths to promotion, the official distribution is based on standards.
Regarding distribution standards, these are allocated based on contributions to the federation and position. For example, when He Weidao became the Chairperson of Xida State, he would receive a fixed share of propaganda to promote his policies and achievements, helping him gain the populace’s faith.
When He Weidao later became the Vice Chairperson of the Eastern Administrative Region, he would receive another fixed propaganda share.
For individuals like Black Shark, working covert operations, it’s similar. However, such positions often accumulate merits first, then transition and redeem in one go at a certain point.
Of course, the prerequisite for getting propaganda resource distribution is: belonging to federation’s Awakener and Ascension master. Both requirements must be met.
If they are nobles, noble vassals, or Awakeners below Ascension level, the federation does not allocate any share.
As such, propaganda resources are actually among the most important resources controlled by the federation. Which is why, after Old Mr. Bai’s passing, the Eastern Administrative Region did not propagate him: because every promotion of Old Mr. Bai was a waste of Power of Faith.
A few days ago, when the high-ranking officials of the Eastern Administrative Region learned that Fang Ze laid territories and became the Uncrowned King of the Eastern Administrative Region, they all guessed Fang Ze’s intention: to ascend to the Absolute Pinnacle.
Though there was some envy, who would dare confront Fang Ze now, with his overwhelming strength? Even the federation’s central unit can’t provoke him, let alone the shattered Eastern Administrative Region. Hence, the high-ranking officials were mentally prepared for Fang Ze to become the Absolute Pinnacle.
However... no matter how prepared, no one expected Fang Ze to ascend to the Absolute Pinnacle in just a week!
Can the Power of Faith gained after becoming the Uncrowned King of the Eastern Administrative Region be that abundant?
But in the past few days, Fang Ze hasn’t used much propaganda to promote himself!
This doesn’t add up at all!
Where did he get so much Power of Faith?
Thinking of this, feeling the terrifying aura of an Absolute Pinnacle master emanating from Fang Ze’s room, Black Shark was truly bewildered.
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Meanwhile, as Black Shark was shocked, the news of Fang Ze achieving the Absolute Pinnacle spread rapidly within the administrative region.
The terrifying celestial phenomena couldn’t be hidden from others, and with only a few Ascension masters in the region of the anomaly, it was easy to verify. So before long, the high-ranking officials in administrative regions and each state had almost all learned of Fang Ze’s ascension to the Absolute Pinnacle.
Then... the top officials of the federation also received the relevant news.
Upon learning of Fang Ze’s terrifying speed of ascension, the top officials of the federation, administrative region, and each state were all silent....
And at this moment, the one who triggered this storm, Fang Ze, was completely unaware that the Real World had already erupted because of him.
At this moment, he was comprehending the changes of the new realm!
After ascending to the Absolute Pinnacle realm, Fang Ze’s strongest feeling was power. Power from within to out.
If he had to describe it, he felt his current state could almost rival his state when he first transformed into a demigod:
His body became a complete whole, and whenever he conceived an idea, his body would react almost instantaneously, with no delay.
Moreover, his thoughts and Power of Laws operation speed increased four or five times more than before.
This has led to him, despite only ascending one level, experiencing an increase in strength by ten to twenty-fold. It can be said that now, even relying solely on physical strength, he could easily crush his past self.
Of course, the Absolute Pinnacle realm isn’t without its downsides.
For someone like Fang Ze, who has experienced the demigod state, he feels that the greatest drawback of the Absolute Pinnacle realm is that Power of Faith operates so efficiently only when it circulates within. Once externalized, the sense of seamless control disappears, reverting to the operational efficiency of a normal creature.
Fang Ze speculates it might be because the power possessed by the Absolute Pinnacle isn’t true Divine Power, but False God Power, a mixture of Power of Faith and Power of Laws, lacking a certain critical transformation, much like how the golden body created in the Absolute Pinnacle realm is a False God Body.