Shenmu City Jurisdiction.
Borderland Wilderness.
A primitive place.
"Su Xiao, you are already eighteen years old yet still haven't condensed a Godhead. You are hereby demoted to an ordinary disciple and sent out for training. After half a year, there will be an assessment. If you still fail to condense a Godhead and establish a Divine Kingdom, you will be expelled from the academy."
Su Xiao sat on a rock, chewing a blade of grass while staring at the sky. The academy elder's words echoed endlessly in his mind.
He was a transmigrator, having crossed over into an Age of Gods.
He had ignited his Godfire at the age of eight, shocking everyone and becoming the youngest student at Tianshu Academy.
He thought his life was about to take off.
But the reality was the exact opposite; for ten years, he had failed to condense a Godhead.
Without condensing a Godhead, one couldn't open a God Domain space, recruit believers, establish their own Divine Kingdom, or obtain the Power of Faith to increase their strength!
Simply put: No Godhead, no becoming a god!
The genius became invisible, subjected to constant ridicule.
Three years ago, his family disowned him. Now, even the academy had given him an ultimatum.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully condensing the Godhead..."
Suddenly, a mechanical voice sounded in Su Xiao's mind.
Su Xiao was startled, then overjoyed.
It was the System!
A golden halo appeared behind Su Xiao's head, its light flickering, illuminating the surroundings. It was majestic and solemn, like the nimbus behind the Buddha's head.
After condensing a Godhead and opening a God Domain space within it, a God Domain Halo appears.
The more colors in the God Domain Halo, the higher the quality of the Godhead, and the higher the upper limit on the number of halos one can manifest in the future.
The size of the halo represents the size of the God Domain space. The larger the space, the more believers one can recruit, and the more Original Power of Faith can be obtained.
A God Domain Halo with only one color was far too ordinary.
At Tianshu Academy, there were quite a few people who manifested two-colored God Domain Halos after condensing their Godheads, and even geniuses with three colors existed!
"I've awakened a System, and I only get one color? This makes no sense!"
Su Xiao couldn't help but pout.
Shua!
Just then, another color appeared within the golden halo: red...
Followed by purple, cyan, yellow, orange...
A total of nine colors.
And the size of this halo also grew larger and taller, like a celestial gate stretching across the void.
In an instant, the heavens and earth seemed to change color. An area several kilometers wide was illuminated by the nine-colored divine light, an extremely profound sight.
"N-Nine... Nine colors..."
Su Xiao stared at this scene, utterly shocked!
As far as he knew, the record for the most colors in a God Domain Halo in Shenmu City was only five!
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And he actually had nine!
This was the capital a super genius should possess!
"Hahaha, worthy of a protagonist template! I, Su Xiao, am the eternal god!" (Translator's Note: "eternal god" translates a popular Chinese internet slang 'yyds')
Su Xiao retracted the God Domain Halo, his joy beyond words!
Host: Su XiaoDivine Name: NoneDivine Title: NoneGod Domain: 1-StarGodhead Rank: Nine-Colored Supreme, 1-Star God ApostleBeliever Rank: Fourth Calamity, SSR-Rank (Translator's Note: "Fourth Calamity" is a common term for Players in these settings; SSR is a gacha game rarity)Original Power of Faith: 0
"Ding! Detected other wild God Apostles in the Borderland Wilderness. Conflicts will inevitably arise. Host, please recruit at least 10 believers as soon as possible to avoid being devoured by other God Apostles..."
"Additionally, the Host's first Divine Tribulation is about to descend. Please be prepared."
"Mission: Successfully recruit at least 10 believers.""Mission Reward: Unknown."
Suddenly, Su Xiao heard the System's voice again.
"???"
Damn it!
Danger is already here?Isn't this too unlucky?Weren't places like the Borderland Wilderness supposed to be trash-tier and have the least danger?
The choice of location for establishing a Divine Kingdom is also extremely important.
Good locations have abundant life forms, often of higher levels. Recruiting these high-level beings as believers greatly benefits future strength development, making them prime choices.
However, having been demoted to an ordinary disciple, Su Xiao had no priority in choosing, so he could only select this poor, remote backwater.
Su Xiao looked around. It was empty and desolate.
Where the hell am I supposed to recruit believers...?
"System, quick, think of something," Su Xiao pleaded with the System.
"Ding! Detected that Host originates from Blue Star. The System can be used to recruit Blue Star players to come here and serve as the Host's believers..." (Translator's Note: Blue Star = Earth)
"After successfully recruiting player believers, when players kill enemies, additional Original Power of Faith can be obtained. The Host can extract a corresponding proportion to nourish the Godhead and raise their level."
Eh...
Truly worthy of being the System!
Su Xiao's eyes lit up.
This is quite ingenious.
Normally, a main god obtains Original Power of Faith through the daily worship and offerings of their believers!
But now, besides obtaining Original Power of Faith from player worship and offerings, he could also gain extra from them killing monsters.
This was like being a landlord, having players grind monsters and level up for him. It felt incredibly awesome!
Soon, using the System, Su Xiao created an online game recruitment website and began recruiting player believers on Blue Star!
The online game was named: Miracle World.
Su Xiao even deliberately put a large line of text on the website's homepage: "In another world, already a god! Recruiting players, waiting for you to fight!"
"Come on, workers!" Su Xiao thought silently.
...
Blue Star.
Final exams were over, winter break had arrived. Zeng Yu tossed his schoolbag aside, leaped onto his bed, and sprawled out.
"Oh yeah, vacation at last! So damn happy! I can play games all night!"
"Today, I'll definitely hit Silver rank."
Zeng Yu skillfully took an AR virtual reality gaming helmet from the cabinet, put it on, and began his happy winter break.
Suddenly, a pop-up window appeared in Zeng Yu's vision:
《Miracle World》First Beta Test! Special beta accounts available! If you're my bro, come fight me! (Translator's Note: "If you're my bro, come fight me!" is a classic, often memed, Chinese game ad slogan)
"A new game?"
Zeng Yu was always very curious about every new game.
"Let's see..."
"Wow, this official website looks so crappy."
Zeng Yu clicked into the game's official website and found only a video showcasing game scenery and a few promotional slogans.
Compared to other flashy websites, this was really lacking.
"Follow and become a god, resist and become a demon. God or demon, it's just a thought away!"
Zeng Yu: "???"
Damn, such a chuuni slogan. (Translator's Note: Chuuni refers to 'Eighth-grader syndrome' - overly dramatic, self-important, often cringey).
But I like it!
With a 'let's try it' attitude, Zeng Yu registered an account, naming it: AllStud.
Soon, Zeng Yu entered the game screen.
The scenery here was pleasant, like a dream or illusion.
The multi-colored sky was filled with spatial-temporal rifts, like a mirror that was cracked but hadn't shattered.
Deep within spacetime, enormous, pale blue fish large enough to occupy half the sky slowly swam from east to west, sometimes visible, sometimes hidden, as if projected from ancient times.
Below the sky stretched vast primeval forests.
"Holy crap, this scenery is kinda realistic!"
[AllStud]looked up and pinched himself.
Ouch!
Holy crap!
There's even a sensation of pain!Such a realistic feeling!There's actually a game this realistic on the market?
[AllStud]was shocked!
