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Time flew. Two years and four months later.
Tian Dou City.
Nearing noon, Chu Chengzhou lay lazily in a lounge chair in his mansion's front courtyard, soaking up the sun with eyes half-closed.
"Daddy, Daddy—why are you turning into a salted fish again?"
A childish voice suddenly piped up.
He turned to see his tiny "little cotton-padded jacket" standing at the hall entrance, hands on hips, cheeks puffed in disapproval.
"Haha~ Xiao Youyou, do you even know what a salted fish (slacker) is?"
Chu Chengzhou's face softened with paternal affection. He scooped her up, kissed her cheek, and teased.
She sucked her finger thoughtfully. "Mommy said Daddy is a salted fish."
"Nonsense! Mommy's lying! How could Daddy be a salted fish? Daddy's cultivating!"
He shot back instantly.
What did they know anyway?!
"Nyah-nyah! I don't believe you! Daddy's just being lazy!"
Xiao Youyou stuck out her tongue.
"Well, you probably don't know—Daddy can cultivate in his dreams."
He pinched her cheeks, deadpanning with utter seriousness.
"I'm not listening! Turtle chanting! Oh—Xiao Wu Mommy said to call you for lunch!"
She covered her ears, shaking her head—but didn't forget her "mission."
"Haha~ Lunchtime it is!" Chu Chengzhou laughed, carrying his daughter into the dining hall.
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The stronger a soul master, the higher their bloodline (spirit) tier—the harder it was to conceive children. The perpetually sparse Angel Clan proved this rule.
Five years ago, thanks to Chu Chengzhou's… diligent efforts… Tang Yuehua finally became pregnant.
Having a baby before marriage? Terrible for reputation.
Without hesitation, Chu Chengzhou zoomed to the Sea God Island, dragged Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena—midway through their Sea God Trials—back home, then fetched Qian Renxue from the Angel Secret Realm, where she was undergoing her Angel God Trials. All returned to Tian Dou City.
After a month-long harem warzone, Chu Chengzhou finally pacified his six fiancées. He sent out wedding invitations and held a grand ceremony—marrying all six girls at once.
He still remembered the awkward wedding feast—especially the murderous glares from his second brother-in-law Tang Hao and nephew Tang San.
Understandable: among his six brides was both the current Holy Daughter of the Spirit Hall and the daughter of his family's sworn enemy, Qian Xunji.
Fortunately, Chu Chengzhou had planned ahead. He'd had Xiao Guang use Time Reversion to restore Ah Yin (Tang San's mother) from a sapling back to her pre-sacrifice state. With Ah Yin mediating—and it being their sister's (aunt's) wedding—father and son could only grit their teeth and accept it.
In fact, all familial conflicts among the six brides' relatives were resolved by Chu Chengzhou alone.
Unresolvable feuds usually stemmed from blood debts—but if the dead returned to life, hatred naturally dissolved.
And for those it didn't? Well… the groom's fist ruled the world. They'd "choose" to reconcile.
Little Chu Youyou was Chu Chengzhou and Tang Yuehua's eldest daughter.
In the five years since the wedding, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue hadn't conceived—not just due to intense cultivation, but because their god-tier power made reproduction exponentially harder.
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In the dining hall, "daughter-doting" Chu Chengzhou held Youyou as the family of eight shared lunch.
His parents and grandparents? With so many daughters-in-law, they'd moved out to avoid "family disharmony."
Notably, three years ago, his parents—biologically still under 30 due to their 14-year "disappearance"—had given him a little sister.
Youyou's "sister" is technically her aunt.
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"Chengzhou," Hu Liena—forehead marked with a crimson-gold sword sigil—asked, "when will you ascend to godhood?"
The other five wives turned expectant eyes on him.
"Uh… soon. In three days, barring any surprises."
He checked his status panel.
A year ago, Xiao Wu passed the Sea God's Eighth Trial; she only needed the final Ninth Trial: Seven Emotions to claim the Sea God throne.
Similarly, Qian Renxue completed her Angel Eighth Trial over half a year ago, awaiting her final test.
And Hu Liena? After marriage, Chu Chengzhou took her to Slaughter City. At just age 20, a Level 95 Title Douluo with a 100,000-year seventh ring, 700,000-year eighth, and million-year ninth soul ring, the Asura God immediately granted her trials. Martial soul compatibility? Irrelevant for gods. As long as talent and power sufficed, spirits could be rewritten.
Two months ago, with her Heaven-Refined Armor pushing her into god-tier, she passed the Eighth Slaughter Trial—only the final step remained.
Yet all three delayed their ascension—waiting for Chu Chengzhou. Why? Soul bone optimization.
Upon godhood:
- Soul rings could be upgraded into Divine Rings through cultivation.
- But soul bones became Divine Armor at their current tier—permanent unless blessed with absurd luck.
Due to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's spiritual nature, its sacrifice yielded another head bone—even though Hu Liena already had Evil Emperor's. She gifted it to Xiao Wu.
Thus, Xiao Wu's soul bone set was the most luxurious:
- Million-year Tianmeng head bone
- Million-year Deep Sea Demon Whale torso bone
- AFKing Qiankun Ear external bone
- Four 100,000-year limb bones
(Yes—like canon Tang San, Xiao Wu's Sea God Eighth Trial target was the Million-Year Deep Sea Demon Whale, who—under the "Great Lord God's decree"—sacrificed itself, becoming her ninth ring and torso bone.)
Hu Liena's set was slightly inferior: Evil Emperor's external bone + million-year Evil Emperor head bone + five 100,000-year bones.
(Chu Chengzhou had removed her original head bone, upgraded it to million-year over seven months, then re-implanted it.)
Qian Renxue's Angel bones were all 99,999-year, fusing into a 100,000-year set upon completion.
To ordinary soul masters, 100,000-year bones were treasures—but Chu Chengzhou deemed them insufficient for godhood. He wanted full million-year sets.
Impossible? His "AFK upgrade" cheat upgraded bones by 1,000 years/day. A million-year bone required 1,000 days (~3 years). With only one upgrade slot per bone type—and needing a set for himself—he couldn't equip all three wives before his ascension.
So he devised a "crooked path":
After his ascension, Xiao Qing would become a Beast God-tier spirit, able to resurrect million-year beasts via Grand Resurrection.
Then—farm Tianmeng and the Whale repeatedly for infinite million-year bones!
Post-ascension, all soul bones would transform to match one's divine attribute under Law Baptism—so only year-count mattered.
Perfect!
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Three days later.
As the Chaos Law progress bar on his status panel neared completion, Chu Chengzhou flew to a desolate mountain 100 miles outside Tian Dou City.
Half an hour later, under the panel's power, complete Chaos Law comprehension—capable of creating or annihilating all things—flooded his mind.
The World Rules descended. An emerald teardrop, embodying Chaos Law, embedded itself in his forehead—a teardrop-shaped emerald mark.
After absorbing the epiphany, Chu Chengzhou smiled.
"The Level 100 bottleneck… is truly gone."
He activated True Spirit Domain → Domain Skill: Sovereign of Heaven and Earth.
Instantly, he became the axis of the cosmos. Heavenly energy swirled above him, forming a gigantic vortex.
His aura surged—Level 100 achieved.
His body, soul, and soul power underwent cataclysmic transformation—mortal flesh/soul/power evolving toward divine.
The energy vortex expanded, blotting out the sky.
His True Spirit Banner materialized—nine pure-gold million-year soul rings blazing.
As endless energy poured in, a tenth, hazy emerald ring formed outside the ninth.
With Sovereign of Heaven and Earth and Nine Breaths Qi Absorption, he refined energy at terrifying speed.
15 minutes later, the tenth ring solidified—emerald-gold.
Ascension complete: Mortal → God.
The emerald mark flared. Chu Chengzhou channeled Chaos Law—divine power erupted, forging his divine position.
The World Rules descended again.
An emerald pillar—radiating creation and destruction—engulfed him.
Within it, a semi-transparent 36-faceted emerald crystal formed, then merged into his body.
Chaos Sovereignhood granted.
Instantly, his body resonated.
From his torso, skull, and limbs, seven colored lights erupted—his seven million-year soul bones.
Under Chaos Law Baptism, they transformed:
- The Saint Light Dragon Armor (external) became a Chaos Dragon, roaring as it merged into his Nine Heavens Chaos Armor—now Chaos Divine Armor, emerald-gold and radiant.
- The other six bones followed, each becoming Chaos-aligned beasts before merging into the armor.
His forehead mark shifted too—now a tiny emerald-gold banner.
BOOM—!
Armed with Chaos Divine Armor, his power surged again.
His True Spirit Banner and nine rings also turned emerald-gold—becoming Chaos Banner and Chaos Rings.
Divine might radiated for 1,000 miles.
Suddenly, information flooded his mind.
"So my 'AFK upgrade cheat'… is a primordial treasure from my past life's universe? An innate anomalous treasure embodying the 'Way of Breaking Limits'?"
He'd searched for its origin before—always fruitless. But upon Chaos ascension, it revealed itself, sharing its nature.
Now he understood:
This treasure shattered limits. When he "leveled up" martial souls, rings, or bones, it pushed them beyond their natural ceilings—evolving martial souls, increasing ring/bone years.
Even his "self-created soul skills" (once useless) became divine arts through repeated limit-breaking.
The status panel? Merely the treasure's interface—designed for his convenience.
"Hah! So I'm not 'Xiao Chu the Scoundrel' after all!
This innate anomalous treasure chooses the virtuous—and its master is clearly virtuous! And virtuous men aren't scoundrels!"
He activated his first through ninth Divine Rings—nine Beast God-tier spirits appeared.
"Excellent—true Beast Gods!"
Each spirit wielded its Law—but held phantom divine positions synced to his Chaos Sovereignty. Their power would scale with his (e.g., Level 110 → they become Level 110).
"Tenth Divine Skill: Chaos Unification!"
He merged all nine spirits into his body—9x power boost, with access to all their divine arts.
"Divine Art: Annihilation God Claw!"
He swiped—a colossal black claw, capable of erasing all things, shot into the sky.
"Tsk… no worthy opponents left. Loneliness, like snow."
He sighed, testing Golden Behemoth's divine art.
Exiting Chaos Unification, he checked his status panel:
[Status Panel]
[Host: Chu Chengzhou]
[Divine Title: Chaos Sovereign (???)]
[Divine Power: Level 100 True God]
[Divine Martial Soul: Chaos Banner]
[Divine Rings: Emerald-Gold x10]
[Divine Skills:]
1. Life Ancient Tree (Grand Resurrection)
2. Bai Ze (Auspicious Light)
3. Vermilion Bird (Phoenix Flame)
4. Golden Behemoth (Annihilation God Claw)
5. Xuanwu (Xuanwu Shield)
6. Earth Titan (Titan God Fist)
7. Dark Demon Evil God Tiger (Life-Death Arena)
8. Space Dragon (Spatial Mastery)
9. Time Dragon (Time Reversion)
10. Chaos Unification
[Domain: Chaos Domain]
[Divine Cores: Yin-Yang Complementary Triple Chaos Cores]
[Divine Artifact: Chaos Divine Armor (Transcendent Artifact)]
Seeing the "???" after "Chaos Sovereign," he frowned.
"What's this? Even my Chaos Sovereignty—forged from the ultimate Chaos Law—doesn't get a proper title?"
But feedback arrived instantly:
"Transcends God-King tier. Unprecedented. Hence '???'."
"Ah! Beyond God-King? Perfect!"
He edited the title:
[Divine Title: Chaos Sovereign (Eternal God-Emperor)]
If God-King is supreme, then "Eternal God-Emperor" fits perfectly!
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Timeline:
- Year 2655: Chaos Sovereign forges Nine Heavens Chaos Bow (Transcendent Artifact).
- 2660: Creates "Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method"—all soul masters can now condense custom soul rings scaling with their tolerance.
- 2675: Tang Yuehua ascends as 1st-Class Mind Sovereign (Soul Law).
- 2677: Zhu Zhuqing becomes 1st-Class Dark Sovereign (Dark Law).
- 2680: Xiao Wu's Sea God title evolves to God-King (Water-Space Fusion Law).
- 2683: Qian Renxue's Angel title evolves to Radiant God-King (Time-Light Fusion Law).
- 2690: Ning Rongrong ascends as Rainbow God-King (RGB Fusion Law).
- 2692: Tang Yuehua's Mind title evolves to God-King (Soul-Time Fusion).
- 2695: Zhu Zhuqing's Dark title evolves to Netherworld God-King (Dark-Space Fusion).
- 2700: Chaos Sovereign creates "Earthly Divine Kingdom Method" and "Pantheon Method", founding the Chaos Pantheon—ruling all within his ever-expanding Divine Kingdom.
(Note: As Pantheon Head, Chaos Sovereign holds absolute interpretive authority.)
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Time: Douluo Year 2710
Location: Former Spirit Hall City, now Douluo Imperial Capital
Event: World-Elevation Project
As the final Transcendent Artifact-grade star flag was planted, the Zhou Tian Star Lifting Array activated.
Watching cosmic stardust converge from the heavens, feeling Douluo Planet's (now his Divine Kingdom) energy steadily rise, Chu Chengzhou smiled.
Gazing at the Chu family compound—now home to over 100 souls—he laughed and roared:
"Screw the God Realm! I'm not going!"
(FIN. 🎉)
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