Rosen approached the Ascension Dynasty from underground using the Breath Soil Spirit Pearl. After emerging from the ground, he activated the Apocalypse Eye in the darkness.
As the Apocalypse Eye gazed down at the Ascension Dynasty from a god-like perspective, the Canvas of the Mind began to gradually reflect the entire dynasty. When the Hunter's Map merged with the Canvas of the Mind, red dots immediately marked various locations within the painting.
Rosen projected the Ascension Dynasty reflected on the Canvas of the Mind through the Apocalypse Eye in his right eye, displaying it in front of him. He raised the Dragon God's Wrath, aiming at the painting and began charging his attack. Using the special skill Fatal Strike, he stacked various skills to maximize the damage.
Once all the damage was fully stacked, the compressed holy light bullet in the gun fired into the painting.
At the same time, the entire Ascension Dynasty was struck as if by divine punishment. Countless beams of light descended from the sky, obliterating towns and slaughtering the goblin Cyborgs in the wilderness. By the time the rain of light covering the Ascension Dynasty dissipated, there were almost no living beings left in the dynasty.
The Dark Sun Descendants and the Dark Sun Children—the former possessed intelligence, while the latter did not.
Dark Sun Descendants could be ordinary people, and some could even reproduce. Countless civilizations' Dark Sun Descendants died without ever realizing they were soulless living dead.
In contrast, while Dark Sun Children lacked intelligence, they were born at Sequence 0.
Rosen not only wanted to annihilate the trillions of goblins in the Ascension Dynasty, but he also wanted to test whether he could obtain something similar to the Dark Sun Mark. Finally, he aimed to probe the Cosmic Holy Emperor by hunting these Dark Sun Descendants.
Through the Apocalypse Eye, Rosen investigated the seven dynasties surrounding the Cosmic Holy Court and discovered a hidden secret.
Near these dynasties, the appearance rate of Ancient God Black Cavities was extremely high. Since each appearance led to the formation of a Dark Sun Nest, one of the dynasties would inevitably suffer heavy losses.
The Cosmic Holy Court had the ability to provide aid, but it never intervened. Every time, it waited until the dynasty was on the brink of collapse before stepping in to eliminate the Dark Sun Nest.
Because of this behavior, the relationship between the seven dynasties and the Cosmic Holy Court had become extremely strained. Although they didn't dare to openly oppose the Holy Court, if any of its Extraordinary were caught alone by the Extraordinary of the seven dynasties, they would be quietly killed in retaliation. The seven dynasties weren't fools—they had long suspected that the repeated emergence of Dark Sun Nests was linked to the Cosmic Holy Court.
In the current Ascension Dynasty, the majority of the surviving life forms were wild beasts. As for the goblin Cyborgs, only two True Gods and a few Sequence 0 beings had managed to protect a small number of their people.
The Ascension Dynasty could already be considered a dynasty in name only. After the deaths of the two True God position holders, the remaining goblin Cyborgs were too few in number to grow into Sequence 3 demigods and qualify for merging True God positions.
Moreover, with the civilization gone, the national destiny formed by the civilization's Luck would continue to decline. The divine positions relying on the power of national destiny would naturally grow weaker as well.
Under the lock of Rosen's Apocalypse Eye, the Cosmic Holy Emperor quickly descended upon the Ascension Dynasty after the attack.
The Coin True God had gone missing, and even though a Great True God had been humiliated like a dog, the Cosmic Holy Emperor showed no signs of anger. However, this time, the Cosmic Holy Emperor completely lost control, venting its rage by killing all the remaining goblin Cyborgs.
Only then did it calm down, migrating part of the population from other dynasties to rebuild the Ascension Dynasty.
However, this move caused significant losses to the remaining six dynasties as well. Now, it would take the seven dynasties hundreds of years to recover, meaning that, for the time being, the Cosmic Holy Emperor would be unable to continue guiding the Ancient God Black Cavities to appear nearby or allow the seven dynasties to be ravaged by Dark Sun Nests.
The Cosmic Holy Emperor clearly also realized that all seven dynasties could potentially be attacked.
Thus, it left behind some kind of technological device in each of the seven dynasties. After being analyzed by the Apocalypse Eye, these were identified as True God-level Wormhole Generators. If any of the seven dynasties were attacked again, the Cosmic Holy Emperor could instantly arrive to provide aid.
This approach was correct—provided that Rosen hadn't witnessed it firsthand with the Apocalypse Eye.
Knowing about these wormhole generators in advance allowed Rosen to relocate them beforehand. By the time the Cosmic Holy Emperor arrived to assist a dynasty, Rosen would already have the ability to annihilate the majority of its population. However, it would be best to wait until the Cosmic Holy Emperor fell into slumber.
All the Great True Gods of the Holy Courts spent the majority of their time in slumber.
The reason was simple: to reduce consumption.
Ordinary people needed grains to survive, and Extraordinary also required energy to sustain themselves. The stronger one's power, the greater the appetite.
The will of the New World couldn't accommodate Great True Gods. Rosen even suspected that it wasn't that the New World couldn't control them, but rather that the Great True Gods' appetites were too large. Not all Great True Gods could create independent worlds like the Dragon Realm or the Abyss to free themselves from dependence on the New World.
These Great True Gods, hiding in the Old World, were safe but also perpetually underfed.
The Old World's essence was either corrupted by the Dark Sun or siphoned away by the New World. The Great True Gods couldn't compete for resources, which was why they had turned their attention to the civilizational fortune, a unique and renewable form of energy.
Simply consuming resources wouldn't lead to starvation, but the Great True Gods were unwilling to let their strength stagnate. They all sought to advance further. The energy that barely kept them fed, once used for cultivation, forced them to frequently enter slumber to reduce consumption.
Rosen returned to the Ascension Dynasty, which was now in a state of utter chaos.
The value of divine positions varied depending on the individual.
Some people didn't want divine positions. Although self-cultivation was difficult, it offered a long lifespan. Even if they couldn't become rulers of a nation, they could still live freely and enjoy a high status as rulers of a city. After enduring hardships, they would have more time to enjoy life.
Others craved divine positions, desiring greater power and a higher status.
They didn't strive for eternity but only for the present. Even if it meant living a shorter life, they wanted to experience the wonders of the world.
Relatively speaking, there were more of the latter.
Because those who walked the path of the Extraordinary and could inherit True God positions were at least Sequence 3 demigods. The transformation of spiritual essence into divine essence was no simple feat. Those who crossed this threshold almost always possessed unwavering determination and a thirst for power.
Thus, to compete for the divine positions of the Ascension Dynasty, demigods from the six dynasties were already engaged in open and covert struggles.
Rosen arrived at a desolate mountain where the wormhole generator was located and retreated into the Mysterious Study Room.
He also took out a Sequence 3 demigod's divine position, which he had obtained by capturing a divine position holder on his way here. Through this divine position, he might be able to trick the Cosmic Holy Emperor at a critical moment. Even if it failed, there would be no real loss.
Rosen took out the Hunter's Map, preparing to spend some Hunter Points.
Hunting Dark Sun Children had earned him 160,000 Hunter Points, while hunting the Dark Sun Descendants of the Ascension Dynasty had yielded 90,000 points. The ordinary goblin Cyborgs provided very few points, but the accumulation of small amounts had still resulted in this 90,000-point gain.
If he were to hunt through the remaining six dynasties, earning a million points wouldn't be difficult.
Converted into laws, that would be enough to exchange for over a hundred of them.
Although Rosen now had a lot of Hunter Points, there weren't many things available for him to exchange.
The highest-value exchange items almost all came from the Sequence 1 Abyssal Flame Demon he had hunted. As for hunting Dark Sun Children, aside from Hunter Points, there was almost nothing he could exchange.
The Dark Sun Descendants weren't much better. Even if he hunted a Sequence 1 divine position holder, he couldn't exchange for the power of the divine position itself. At most, he could exchange for the abilities and talents of the holder's true Sequence 4 strength.
Therefore, if he wanted to exchange for laws, the best option was still to return to the New World and hunt deities and True Gods.
Rosen assessed his own condition. His divine essence was complete, his skills were perfected, and he could advance to Sequence 0 at any time.
However, thinking about the Dark Sun Slime, he felt unwilling to simply advance to Sequence 0 like this.
He wanted both the spiritual divine core and the material Bloodline Divine Core. Even if he couldn't reach the Eternal Sequence at Sequence 0, he at least wanted to achieve the Immortal Sequence to avoid future regrets.
But how to become an Immortal Sequence or an Eternal Sequence? He had no answers to these questions.
Rosen clearly understood that he lacked knowledge about the level of Great True Gods.
Back then, he hadn't understood True Gods either. If it hadn't been for encountering the Golden Pharaoh, he would have remained ignorant about True Gods.
Therefore, to truly understand everything about the Great True God level and find a path to mastering the Immortal and Eternal Sequences, the best approach was to interact with Great True Gods. Using the Apocalypse Eye to analyze and gather information was also an option, but it would undoubtedly be far more difficult than direct communication.
That said, would Great True Gods be so willing to communicate with him?
Unless it was a conversation between Great True Gods.
Rosen thought of the Miracle Stone Golem. Strictly speaking, the Miracle Stone Golem wasn't even a demigod in terms of level, as it still wielded the weakest form of spiritual essence rather than divine essence. However, the sheer quantity of the Miracle Stone Golem's spiritual essence allowed it to directly clash with the True God Will of a Great True God.
Thus, he had no doubt that the Miracle Stone Golem could become a miracle lifeform at the level of a Great True God.
Rosen tallied up his pets. He currently had eight pets: the Dark Sun Slime, the Golden Divine Ox, the Calamity Apostle, the Primordial Vampire Fara, the Miracle Fairy Dragon Little Dragon Girl, the Fantasy Spirit Amy, the Void Pufferfish, and the Small World Tree.
As for his former Bronze Dragon Avatar, it had already been released from its pet status and now existed purely as a self-portrait Avatar.
Originally, contracting the self-portrait Avatar as a pet was simply to better share abilities.
But now, even without the pet status, Rosen and his self-portrait Avatar could still share abilities without issue.
Thus, the pet status had long been removed, leaving only those pets that couldn't be released.
Rosen summoned the Miracle Stone Golem, planning to use the Ancient God's Shackles to assist in contracting it as a pet.
It sounded like a great plan, but implementing it proved extremely difficult.
The difficulty of contracting the Miracle Stone Golem far exceeded that of the Small World Tree, which was already at the True God level.
On the other hand, Rosen's divine essence was reaching its limit.
He had been able to contract the Dark Sun Slime because its original form, the Nightmare Slime, had already been his pet. Thus, the Dark Sun Slime's advancement to Sequence 0 didn't place much pressure on him.
As for the Calamity Apostle and the other Sequence 1 pets, controlling them was no problem.
The Small World Tree wasn't much of an issue either, as it wasn't strictly a full-fledged pet. Rosen had merely used his Psychic Ability to create a tree spirit that parasitized the Small World Tree, allowing him to cleverly contract it with the help of the Ancient God's Shackles.
Thus, these pets didn't impose much difficulty on Rosen in terms of control.
The real trouble was the Golden Divine Ox, a True God-level miracle lifeform.
If Rosen hadn't taken advantage of the Golden Divine Ox's weakened state, he would never have been able to contract it as a pet. Even so, contracting the Golden Divine Ox placed a significant strain on him. The Golden Divine Ox's divine essence was 135, while Rosen's, even after being amplified by the Ancient God's Sacrificial Artifact, was only 126.
If it weren't for the various contract abilities he had mastered, especially the Equivalent Contract Law, a weaker being trying to control a stronger one as a pet would easily lead to backlash.
Rosen had already exhausted his efforts to stabilize the Ancient God's Contract with the Golden Divine Ox, making it difficult to contract an even stronger Miracle Stone Golem.
After careful consideration, Rosen thought of leveraging an external force at his disposal.
This external force happened to be related to the Golden Divine Ox.
The Coin True God had mastered the Law of Wealth, but how had it managed to merge its abilities with the Golden Divine Ox?
The answer lay in a miracle treasure that had been integrated into the divine kingdom transformed from its divine territory. This miracle treasure was still fused within the battered Wealth Divine Kingdom. By extracting it and integrating it into his own divine territory, Rosen could use it to control the Miracle Stone Golem.
After more than half a month of effort, Rosen finally succeeded in extracting a True God-level miracle treasure.
[Kingdom Guardian: Miracle Structure]
[Level: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: Can fuse with a miracle lifeform to transform it into a Kingdom Guardian Beast.]
[Miracle Traits: Nation Stabilization, One and Only in Heaven and Earth, Eternal and Indestructible]
This was a miracle treasure derived from royal authority, formed from the remains of a Nation-Stabilizing Guardian Beast of an ancient kingdom. Instead of becoming a miracle lifeform, it had transformed into a miracle structure.
Rosen integrated the Kingdom Guardian into his divine territory and then began using it to transform the Miracle Stone Golem into a Kingdom Guardian Beast. The most challenging part of this process was that the target of transformation couldn't resist, and the Miracle Stone Golem was extremely obedient and would never resist.
Under a thousandfold time acceleration, it took nearly half a year in real time for the Miracle Stone Golem to fully transform into a Kingdom Guardian Beast.
The previously inactive miracle trait, Nation Stabilization, was finally activated.
Different Kingdom Guardian Beasts would cause the Nation Stabilization trait to produce different effects.
As a Kingdom Guardian Beast, the Golden Divine Ox had caused the Coin True God's Wealth Divine Kingdom to generate countless gold veins. It could also transform the entire divine kingdom into gold when necessary and even enhance the Golden Divine Ox's power within the divine kingdom.
As for the Nation Stabilization activated by the Miracle Stone Golem, it took Rosen several days to figure out the extent of its effects.
First, the entire divine territory could be transformed into stone. Whether it was the land that formed the foundation of the divine territory, the water and air within it, or even the world barrier, everything could be turned into stone. This stone was as difficult to destroy as the surface of the Sky-Piercing Stone Pillars.
Moreover, if damaged, the petrified divine territory could self-repair.
Even if a True God exhausted themselves to cause destruction, the damage would be repaired faster than it could be inflicted.
Furthermore, Rosen's divine territory could now generate mineral veins of the same material as the Sky-Piercing Stone Pillars. The Miracle Stone Golem could also receive strengthening buffs from the divine territory. Finally, the Nation Stabilization trait allowed the king and the Kingdom Guardian Beast to fuse and fight together.
With the help of the Apocalypse Eye, Rosen finally managed to roughly understand the attributes of the Miracle Stone Golem.
[Miracle Stone Golem: Miracle Lifeform]
[Level: Great True God]
[Spiritual Essence Strength: 164]
[Laws: Primordial Stone Law, Sculpting Law]
[Skill: Primordial Stone Sculpting]
[Miracle Traits: Primordial Stone Essence, One and Only in Heaven and Earth, Eternal and Indestructible]
The Miracle Stone Golem's abilities were very simple. The two laws it mastered were neither new laws nor old laws.
To be precise, the laws mastered by the Miracle Stone Golem didn't originate from the Ancient Gods.
As a result, the Miracle Stone Golem couldn't master the two homologous laws of the New and Old Worlds, but these laws also couldn't affect it. This was the first time Rosen had encountered such a situation, and he wasn't sure whether it was a good or bad thing.
Its only skill, Primordial Stone Sculpting, was truly the only ability it possessed.
Then there was its unique miracle trait, Primordial Stone Essence, which could activate the essence within stone sculptures made through Primordial Stone Sculpting. Of course, the prerequisite was that the material of the sculptures had to be Primordial Stone, which was the true name of the material used in the Sky-Piercing Stone Pillars—meaning the most primitive form of stone.
The Miracle Stone Golem's combat ability was almost zero, but its defensive capabilities were such that even a Great True God would find it difficult to kill.
Finally, there was its spiritual essence strength, which was as high as 164 points.
Rosen had confirmed that the Miracle Stone Golem's spiritual essence growth rate was 14 points per sequence level. At the Great True God level, the Miracle Stone Golem was already in the late stages. However, due to its inherent difficulty in developing intelligence, its spiritual essence couldn't transform into divine essence.
From this perspective, the Miracle Stone Golem was quite similar to the original World Tree.
With a thought, Rosen fused the Miracle Stone Golem into his body.
He was somewhat disappointed, as he didn't gain the combat power of a Great True God as a result.
When the Coin True God fused with the Golden Divine Ox, its power skyrocketed because the Coin True God itself was already a True God.
Rosen, however, was only at Sequence 1. Although his divine essence strength was on par with any deity, it still fell short compared to a True God. As a result, he couldn't fully control the Miracle Stone Golem's immense spiritual essence. Due to this incomplete control, it even caused some interference with his divine essence.
Thus, after fusing with the Miracle Stone Golem, many of his abilities became unusable due to the strain on his divine essence.
However, the fusion wasn't without benefits. Rosen's defensive capabilities became even stronger than those of the Miracle Stone Golem.
At the same time, he could use his own weakened version of Immortal Will and Sovereign Will to forcibly control the Miracle Stone Golem's 164 points of spiritual essence for a short period, unleashing power comparable to the true Immortal Will of a Great True God.
But the cost was that his divine essence would permanently collapse and erode during this time.
Based on estimates, he could maintain this burst state for a maximum of 21 seconds. Beyond that, his divine essence would drop to Sequence 2.
To control the Miracle Stone Golem's power without loss, Rosen would need to become a True God himself.
However, for now, this was sufficient. Rosen decided to fuse with the Miracle Stone Golem and then, posing as a Great True God, interact with other Great True Gods. As long as the battle time didn't exceed 21 seconds, he wouldn't have to worry about being exposed.
Having made up his mind, Rosen began using the Apocalypse Eye to filter a suitable contact.
First, the target couldn't be connected to the World Government. Second, it couldn't have a personality that was unapproachable or unreasonable. Finally, it would be best if Rosen could offer some help to this Great True God, as only mutual benefit between equals would make a Great True God willing to communicate with him.
(End of Chapter)