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Chapter 112: Torch Race


Finally.

Only the wife of the Death Giant dragging the raft remained, the Giantess Queen wielding the Earth Divine Object, yet she had not spread the mysterious power.

And her Earth Divine Object, like flame, was also not adept at spreading.

At this moment, Anu, unable to bear seeing his wife show a sad expression, spoke:

"God, why not transform my ship into a mud boat, carving paths on the earth, with mysterious traces lingering within the mud paths."

"I will use the ship to draw mysterious patterns on the earth, circles in the wheat fields, triangles in the desert..."

God saw his inefficiency, but did not refute, because he proclaimed allegiance to God, becoming a Subordinate God, "If you wish to do so."

"Thank you for God's blessing." The giant couple could not help but be filled with joy.

In the sky, God glanced at all the deities, saw that all the Divine Objects had been allocated, and suddenly said:

"Mysterious, let's leave it at that."

As soon as the words fell, the Celestial Kingdom seemed complete.

And so it was done.

Thus, most of the Divine Objects of the entire era gave birth to Subordinate Gods, light, water, wind, fire, and earth, all aiding in spreading the mysterious and all pledged allegiance to God.

...

After the opening ceremony of the Celestial Kingdom, the deities and guests on the Nether Sea began to sing and dance with great joy.

They drank wine and sang songs.

The entire Nether Sea was filled with laughter and joy.

Giant Gods, draped in white robes, walked in the sea water, which only came up to their waists.

Smaller beings sat on large ships, leisurely floating, clinking glasses with the Giants raising their cups!

Although, the cup of God of Light Rex was only palm-sized, the cup of the Fire God was as large as the boat at the foot of the God of Light.

At this moment, the Sea Goddess said, "I have personally blessed the sea water beneath my feet."

"A month ago, I researched the magic of wine yeast water, the flowing water can brew fine wine, and now this Nether Sea has become a sea of wine!"

Many Divine Spirits and great mages began to taste this ocean of wine, exclaiming in admiration.

"Delicious!"

"As expected, the fine wine brewed by Divine Spirits!"

"The Sea Goddess is truly the master of sea water, having already studied various Divine Power of Water."

The atmosphere was jubilant.

The Sea Goddess could not help but say, "I learned this technique from the most famous mortal brewer Ceres, using his yeast formula to spread and brew the entire ocean."

"Ah? I've heard of him!"

"I've also tasted his fine wine, and that day, I had an unprecedented beautiful dream!"

The deities were very pleased and called in Ceres, the brewer responsible for preparing the wine at the banquet.

The scruffy old Ceres was extremely happy, trembling with excitement, watching the Giant Divine Spirits bathing from the deck of the ship, shouting to the sky, "Greetings to all great gods! Thank you for tasting the fine wine brewed by me, a mere mortal!"

This will be the highest honor of his brewing career.

A mortal from the earth, brewing wine for the noble deities.

Even the deities of the Celestial Kingdom praised him, learning brewing techniques from him, an earthly resident.

His future, perhaps, will be written in poems.

As a mortal, his future reputation might only be second to the other mortal, the heroine Rilla who quelled the Wind Disaster!

At the feast, there was also discussion about God's Sacred Body.

The Fire God looked excited, "God's Sacred Body seems incapable of bloodline transmission, not universal, yet its blessings to the era are by no means less!"

The Water God smiled gently, "Indeed, God's body is extraordinary, able to distribute various Saint's Organs, flying out of the Celestial Kingdom each day, transforming into the sun, moon, clouds, gales, torches... spreading the mysterious over the earth."

They found it incredible.

The Sacred Body, isn't it supposed to emphasize perfect fusion?

In the old days, Xiangtuo Mo's final heart failed to fuse properly, almost causing a disaster.

Showing how crucial the fusion, a harmonious union, is to a Sacred Body.

But now?

It can split freely!

Broken into pieces.

It overturned their conventional three-world view, a truly mythical method!

Mysterious is truly mysterious.

They might never understand its structure and principles, even in a lifetime.

God of Light uttered, "This way of spreading the mysterious surpasses our previous terrestrial church nodes by far."

"Of course, after all, we are Subordinate Gods, and he is the true king, the mysterious is indeed unparalleled," the Fire God exclaimed endlessly.

"Mother, I can already foresee that there will be various new fairies emerging all over the place in the future." Thetis, as the daughter of the sea, could not help but exclaim.

Sea Goddess Valuna looked at her daughter, "How is your apprenticeship under Rilla at the Great Duke's Mansion going? You are my daughter with the most mysterious talents, perhaps after my death, you will be the new Sea Goddess."

Thetis shouted loudly, "Mother could never die! Don't say such somber things."

They kept discussing, imagining the future with great joy.

As the era progresses, the number of gods is also increasing, even now forming a god system.

God connected them all together.

The changes of the future, they could hardly imagine.

Gradually, in cheerful conversations, the kings of the five races put aside their prejudices and formed new friendships here.

They drank like this for half a month, gradually getting tipsy, growing closer and closer.

Suddenly, the straightforward and bold Fire God Agni suggested, "How about we start the first competition to lift the mystical sacred fire right now?"

The God of Light was also very interested: "As gods, participating in a competition? How interesting! It's just right for us subordinate gods to measure our strengths and weaknesses."

"Then what should we compete in? Running?" The voice of the Water God Valuna was very gentle.

"No, let's have a chariot race! How about the Butterfly Cage Sedan mode?"

The God of Light said, "With cities as nodes, run all the way, holding high the torch containing the mystical sacred fire, starting from the east of the Tower of Babel and returning from the west of the Tower of Babel, running around the continent under our feet to see who reaches the finish line first!"

"During the process, you must protect the holy fire torch in your hand. If the torch goes out, even if you reach the finish line, the competition is failed."

"Can we attack other people's torches?"

"You are not allowed to attack the body, but you can attack the torch, and you can also use strategies to extinguish the opponent's torch."

"Alright!"

"Alright!"

They each got a little drunk and began the competition.

First, they started making and choosing their chariots, flying in the sky, sailing on the earth, each with its characteristics.

...

Celestial Kingdom.

Liu Jun, as God, quietly watched the gods' farcical antics at this banquet with interest: "These guys got drunk."

"They're running a lap, which will take at least several months or even years!"

The metal box said, "Since this is the first competition of the gods, with the Tower of Babel as the starting and ending point, why don't we prepare the podium in advance for when they run?"

Liu Jun looked at the metal box that was looking for trouble, "So, what do you want to do?"

"I want to be the box for the awards," the metal box shouted, "As for the prizes, what do you think would be good?"

Liu Jun was amused.

This wants me to provide the prizes.

But their antics are quite interesting.

As the host and leader of the gods, since I endorsed this holy fire competition, I should prepare three prizes for the top three.

So, what should the prizes be?

Just giving it a little thought, Liu Jun had the answer.

It has to be:

Mysterious.

After all, isn't the characteristic of God mysterious?

"Bring three metal trophies."

Liu Jun said casually, "I will imbue them with enough 'Mystery', these trophies will be very good embryos for divine artifacts, enough for the gods to create their weapons."

This is equivalent to providing a metal ingot and assigning a powerful artifact spirit to it!

As for what they use this metal ingot with an artifact spirit to create, I don't need to care.

Soon.

The metal box brought three trophies, getting excited: "Looks like I'm going to have peers! Just like me, with a high concentration of 'Mystery'."

Liu Jun ignored him and began to infuse the power of 'Mystery' into them substantially.

Fortunately, Liu Jun had low consumption and ample physical strength.

Otherwise, this high-intensity output would have drained all the energy from his body.

A week later.

Liu Jun filled the three trophies in the Celestial Kingdom.

The metal box kept whispering to the three trophies: "Hey, I'm your big brother, you know?"

"Ah! Your future is going to be very bright, because you're destined to be forged into divine weapons!"

"By the way, my task of holding divine objects is also complete. God has fully infused 'Mystery' into my body. I should be turned into a handsome God's Sword, not a strange square box."

Liu Jun ignored its ramblings.

This was hinting at wanting to become more stylish, to become a weapon.

But he couldn't be bothered, a box is fine.

It's powerful and heavy when used to hit someone like a metal brick.

After finishing the three trophies, listening to the constant stream of competition news from the front, he felt a bit emotional:

"They do seem to be running quite fast."

"And, they've also set up various traps to extinguish the opponents' torches."

He was quite satisfied with this Celestial Kingdom ceremony.

The key thing was that by using the sacred body in creation, he managed to make the subordinate gods below feel shocked and astonished, thereby completely "pledging" their loyalty to him.

Liu Jun couldn't help but ponder: "I seem to understand what Xiangtuo Mo carried in those days."

"He, the Butterfly Race Emperor, after Die Lvxin died, his heart also died. What remained was just the shadow of the responsibility of the Butterfly Race Emperor, lingering in the times."

A few feelings of emotion crossed his face,

"When we stand in this position, fate is no longer in our hands, we're a standard of the times, the character of a civilization."

"We must live up to the expectations of all beings, so the momentum must be sufficient to give people confidence."

Being a divine king of an era isn't easy.

You have to keep the subordinate gods in check!

If this Celestial Kingdom ceremony were ordinary without any new elements.

The subordinate gods might not say anything, but there would be some inner grudges.

Luckily, I did a decent job.

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