Though the God of Eternity hadn't descended personally, which made Zhu Tiedan feel some regret, when the goddess's indifferent gaze fell upon him, he realized he'd been ill-mannered!
This wouldn't do. He immediately kowtowed, then kowtowed again.
"High Priest Zhu Tiedan greets the Lady Goddesses!"
His loud voice penetrated the clouds. Through the action of divine power, the entire Daming territory learned that the two fairies in the sky were actually maids of the God of Eternity.
The Third Holy Mother made a soft "Mm."
Her eyes became gentler. She felt this descent to the lower realm had been worthwhile, especially shuttling through the Chaos Sea.
For the first time, Yang Chan understood the existence of worlds and the meaning of space. After returning, her strength would probably break through again.
"This time you sacrificed meritoriously. The God of Eternity ordered us two to come and bless you."
"We grant Zhu Tiedan a thousand years of cultivation, a Holy Sword, and the status of Two-Star Priest. We hope you will not be proud and practice well."
The ethereal voice fell. Zhu Tiedan instantly felt his strength continuously breaking through. How powerful was a thousand-year cultivation base? It directly allowed him to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm!
However, what he cared about most wasn't his own cultivation—but his wife!
"Goddess, please wait! I... I have something to ask."
"Speak."
In fact, Yang Chan had noticed Su Xin beside him long ago but hadn't said anything. She seemed to be his lover. Her eyes began to soften.
Zhu Tiedan moved to Su Xin and embraced her in his arms, speaking with a trembling voice. "My wife Su Xin had to eat Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom to continue her life because of the confrontation back then. I pray to the two goddesses—if you can save my wife, I don't want this thousand-year cultivation base!"
The people kneeling below all exclaimed in shock.
A thousand years of cultivation! This was the power to become immortal, yet Zhu Tiedan was so infatuated. It was truly admirable!
Including Tian Ya and Haitang, who'd harbored grievances before, had to acknowledge Zhu Tiedan's devotion at this moment.
Xue Jian and Yang Chan looked at each other.
The former had come as Xi Yao's soul split. Though her temperament had been wild before, it had stabilized considerably now.
"Sister, you'd better do it. Seeing his infatuation, even the god would be satisfied."
"Very well, as my sister says!"
A flash of light appeared in Yang Chan's hand, then quickly shot toward Su Xin.
Whoosh.
Soon after the light submerged into Su Xin's body, the sleeping woman awoke.
Yang Chan transmitted to Zhu Tiedan through divine sense, "I have awakened her, but there seems to be a shadow in her heart. I will help you block that memory. Work hard..."
"Thank you, Lady Goddess."
Zhu Tiedan burst into tears. At the beginning, if not for that damn father, how could he have given up Su Xin? Now finally restored to the past—it was wonderful!
I love the Lord of Eternity! From now on I will be your most loyal believer! Unwavering until death.
At that moment, to promote this miracle, Yang Chan deliberately projected her figure throughout the entire Ming Dynasty. This divine technique was very simple—just a side branch of the Light Element Divine Art.
In scientific terms, it seemed to be something about optics, but she didn't understand it anyway. When propagating in the lower realm, one should naturally be bright and magnificent.
After finishing her work, Yang Chan said to Zhu Tiedan, "God has a message: when you can conquer this world, you will be promoted to the Divine Realm and the whole nation will become immortals!"
"I thank God for the gift and thank the Goddesses for their guidance."
"Very well. Work hard."
As soon as her voice fell, Yang Chan and Xue Jian mounted the two qilins and whistled back to the Eternal Divine Realm.
Soon after they left, a light drizzle began falling from the sky. Many places that had never believed in the Divine Religion received blessings one after another.
And believers who already had faith in the god felt their skills improve by a level!
Su Xin opened her eyes and looked at her lover shyly.
"Announce that today shall be God's Grace Day every year, and on the first day of every month, a grand ceremony will be held!"
"Yes, Lord Master."
Zhu Tiedan embraced his queen, his temperament becoming stronger. At the same time, he said to Tian Ya, "Write a letter telling Yagyu that if Japan can't be conquered within three months, he won't need to be the divine envoy there. The god's management doesn't need waste."
"Yes!"
"As for the top ten generals, have them move faster. As long as we expand our faith, our world can become an Immortal Realm."
Hearing this, Tian Ya also showed a look of yearning. Immortal Realm—what a beautiful place that was! One could become immortal in the future, sacred and eternal.
Within the Divine Realm World, the notifications kept ringing.
"Ding... Your believer Zhu Tiedan has sacrificed a Daughter of Destiny to you. You obtain 5% of the world's luck and simultaneously trigger a 100,000-fold amplification. You have obtained the Five-Star Goddess Yagyu Piaoxu."
"Ding... Your believer Zhu Tiedan has sacrificed a Daughter of Destiny to you. You obtain 5% of the world's luck and simultaneously trigger a 100,000-fold amplification. You have obtained the Five-Star Goddess Yagyu Xue Ji."
"Ding... Your believer Zhu Tiedan has sacrificed a Daughter of Destiny to you. You obtain 15% of the world's luck and simultaneously trigger a 100,000-fold amplification. You have obtained the Five-Star Goddess Yunluo."
"Ding... Your believer Zhu Tiedan has sacrificed a Daughter of Destiny to you. You obtain 10% of the world's luck and simultaneously trigger a 100,000-fold amplification. You have obtained the Six-Star Goddess Haitang."
Zhu Tiedan's world was a martial arts world. Besides offering goddesses as sacrifices, there wasn't much other use, but the divine power had increased considerably, expanding the concentration of divine power in the Divine Realm.
Liu Che had been taking a walk, but after hearing the notifications, he asked Kagura to bring the four newly promoted goddesses to him.
In a moment, accompanied by a breeze, the four goddesses arrived before him.
Haitang had now changed back to women's clothing, wearing a pink dress with long hair reaching her waist. It was hard to tell she was a girl who'd been pretending to be a man for more than ten years.
However, it seemed her development wasn't good. Her career line was mediocre.
In the future, he'd have her eat more papaya to supplement—alas, look at this girl, half-starved! Nearly malnourished.
As for Princess Yunluo, who'd provided 15% of luck, she also had the strongest presence among the four goddesses. Her appearance wasn't bad, though her temperament was a bit rough.
But when she saw him, she was somewhat at a loss, kneeling on the ground still trembling, eyes full of tears. However, thinking of Haitang, her figure was very well-proportioned. Well, quite good.
After examining these two, next came the Yagyu sisters.
Xue Ji belonged to the type of tall woman with narrow eyebrows and some natural cunning. She also possessed some coldness. Her appearance was very high.
Looking back at her sister, Liu Che was amazed. Among ordinary people, such a perfect woman was rare.
Her lips were small, her eyes like apricot kernels. She was born an unparalleled charming woman, and her key figure was the best of the four.
Coupled with that detached composure, Liu Che was very satisfied!
"The four of you are not bad. You will follow Kagura to register later and familiarize yourselves with the various facilities and procedures of the shrine before you can join a faction to study."
"Yes."
All four women breathed sighs of relief simultaneously. Being scrutinized by God just now, they'd almost felt suffocated.
Among them, Piaoxu was the most nervous, because God had lingered too long examining her body. She could hardly remain calm. It was too shameful—she felt her very soul had been seen through!
Subsequently, the God of Eternity left accompanied by the four goddesses.
At that moment, the woman in the red dress beside them said, "Come, register your names with me, then choose your faction."
Piaoxu asked softly, "Sister, why choose a faction?"
Kagura smiled. "The god is very busy and can't spare much time to teach us all, so this system was derived. Gods are taught by the deity, then the sisters teach us."
The girls suddenly understood. So that was it.
Thinking about it, with so many people, teaching would definitely waste time. In fact, there was one more thing they didn't know—after factions were divided, there would be competition.
The shrine wouldn't become a pool of stagnant water. This would help them grow while simultaneously making the temple full of vitality.
This was Liu Che's original intention.
However, the lower-level goddesses didn't know this anymore.
As they were walking through the shrine, the teleportation array in the sky suddenly dropped several rays of light.
One woman in snow-white clothes sighed helplessly. "Honghong, your move is too shameful. Why do you keep using illusions?"
"What can I do? Your moves are too underhanded! You keep shooting me with bows and arrows, bullying me for being short-ranged!"
Tu Shan Honghong would not admit defeat when facing Kikyo.
This was already the tenth time they'd sparred with each other, and the result was naturally still evenly matched. After all, both she and Kikyo were talented and intelligent people.
Even if one lost temporarily, she could learn from it next time. Their strength progressed very rapidly.
They were even betting on who could become the next god. The loser would call the winner "sister" in the future, and when serving the god in the future, the younger sister would also kneel to serve!
The stakes were too high. No one wanted to lose.
"Hey... there are new goddesses today. I wonder if some should join my camp? My name is Kikyo and I belong to the Light God System."
"Tch... is there anything worth joining in your Salted Fish Faction? It's better to join our god system. Every day there are people explaining things and people who specialize in training."
Tu Shan Honghong's conditions were significantly higher than Kikyo's.
Piaoxu was very excited. She walked up to the other person and asked, "Sister, which god system do you belong to?"
"I... I belong to the Demon Spirit System, but it doesn't have to be a goddess who is a spirit or monster to join. Our aim is freedom and happiness."
"Don't listen to her—this is a vixen!"
Hearing this, Kikyo couldn't help but tear down the facade. It was clearly a group of gods who didn't want to succumb to the Dark God System, yet they spoke so high-soundingly.