Chapter 1016: Rapidly Expanding Divine Race
Upon hearing Fang Jie's choice, Black Lotus Venerable Sage seemed to show a hint of a smile.
It's strange, even though he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, Fang Jie just had this feeling. Moreover, he could feel that the pressure on him had lessened, and Black Lotus Venerable Sage's mood seemed to have improved as well.
"Since you've chosen this path, then you can pick your destination yourself."
Subsequently, a map appeared beside Fang Jie. No, it should be called a Void Map, the recording method on it was different from a regular map, after all, many things in the void were constantly moving.
The records here also needed to be divided into different levels and recorded with special techniques.
Even some locations would undergo changes over time. In short, creating a map that could record things in the void was definitely not something ordinary people could accomplish; it was a grand project.
Fang Jie only had to glance at it to understand that it basically recorded some border regions.
There were also introductions of the borders and routes to reach these locations. As for the interior, only his own area and a few nearby areas were recorded, with no further records for distant places.
After all, only a few passages were truly useful.
"When heading to the borders, remember to report when passing through other regions. As long as you don't take the initiative to attack others, people from any Divine Race won't actively attack you. Only God Monsters and Evil Gods would do that."
Fang Jie nodded; it seems such a practice is also politically correct within the All Heavens Hunting Ground.
"I understand, I'll prepare to set off as soon as possible."
"Indeed, you should hurry, but it shouldn't be too fast for you; as long as you set off within ten years, it's fine."
Ten years might just be a blink for other gods. But for Fang Jie, it's different; it's not even been ten years since he arrived at the All Heavens Hunting Ground.
Hearing this time limit, Fang Jie felt much more at ease.
Anyway, he didn't need to prepare much, so there was no need to rush.
However, thinking it over, it's better to go as soon as possible; without going to the frontline, his advancement speed would slow down. With his current strength, even on the frontline, as long as he doesn't court death, he should be able to ensure his survival.
After all, Upper Gods aren't just any Tom, Dick, or Harry; if they could die easily, they wouldn't have Upper Gods go over.
It's important to know that even in those frontline places, Upper Gods can manage a region.
If it were in the past, after reaching the level of an Upper God, Fang Jie would also relax for a while. But after meeting Black Lotus Venerable Sage, he realized that his strength was actually very weak.
"Alas, the only pity is that I can't continue searching here. But once my strength improves, it will be easier to search then," Fang Jie thought silently to himself.
With his current strength, without special means, finding his family wouldn't be easy.
Besides, if his family could survive, having survived for so long, they should be fine for a few more years.
Looking at the Black Lotus Venerable Sage who disappeared out of sight, Fang Jie began to ponder his next steps. First and foremost, he needed to continue expanding his Divine Country; his current Divine Country was still too small.
Secondly, to experiment with his new Talent Ability.
The third point was also crucial, which was to collect more Origin Power to evolve his various Divine Arts. If he couldn't fully unleash his strength, he would have trouble if he encountered danger.
With his advancement to becoming an Upper God, now even those special divine arts could be substituted with his own strength.
Not the kind where four laws are fused, but where his power could form the core of the divine art to drive it.
"It's a pity that there's no place to obtain divine arts of Upper God level; you either have to evolve from low-level divine arts or rely on yourself."
Nobody would offer divine arts of this level.
Every Upper God's divine arts are often evolved by themselves, possessing unique capabilities.
Upper Gods don't lack divine arts, which is true, but truly powerful divine arts don't seem to be many.
Fang Jie continued to examine the newly opened discussion area while gathering some common knowledge from within. The only thing that frustrated Fang Jie was that the people here seemed to always be talking about him.
As a newly promoted Upper God, and still a relatively strong one, these people were very curious about him.
However, there weren't many transactions happening here; the few available didn't interest Fang Jie in the slightest. It's conceivable that after reaching this level, besides verbal exchange, other forms of exchange became less common.
After all, resources at this level were useful to everyone, and everyone was lacking in them.
What was useless to him was likely useless to others as well, thus creating the current situation.
Never mind, he decided to check out his Divine Race, hearing that many people wanted to join now. Recently, as news of Fang Jie's breakthrough spread, countless individuals wanted to join.
Even with many people keeping watch, numerous gods still joined in.
The Divine Race was constantly expanding and had grown exponentially. Qin Lan, however, was enjoying it; with Fang Jie, an Upper God holding the fort, no matter how many Middle-Level Gods there were, they couldn't pose a threat to her.
After a few days, Qin Lan finally completed a phase of work and returned to the interior of the Divine Country.
"How is our Divine Race doing now?"
Qin Lan was taken aback; wasn't Fang Jie always indifferent to the state of the Divine Race? It's impossible that he'd care just because of his breakthrough, right? In normal circumstances, this guy should be more focused on personal matters, especially on strengthening his abilities.
"Currently, within our Divine Race, thirty-two Middle-Level Gods have joined, and more than two hundred Lower Gods. This is after strict screening; otherwise, the number would have multiplied several times."
"How could there be so many?" Fang Jie widened his eyes, full of disbelief.
He knew before that other Upper Gods rarely had so many gods when they established their Divine Races.
Though some did have more, they were ancient divine races that had existed for an unknown length of time. Fang Jie didn't expect his Divine Race to expand so much so quickly; were those gods so eager to join?
For a long time, many gods didn't have their own Divine Race or only maintained cooperative relationships with some; Fang Jie thought they preferred freedom, but it seems he misunderstood something.