Su Ming secured a spot for the Star Luo Empire, and Cao Dezhi began tallying the list of factions.
First, the four super factions would definitely not miss this opportunity. Whether it came from their public funds or from private accounts like those of the Qian Gu Family or the Sea God Family was not his immediate concern.
Doing this alone left only four divine artifact spots remaining.
However, there were many factions, and the spots were insufficient.
"The Clear Sky Clan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family—these three major factions aren't lacking in divine artifacts. If the Body Sect or the Blacksmith Association also want to participate, the spots would be completely allocated. But then, Dong Zi'an's Western Corps and the Angel Family's Southern Corps would certainly be displeased."
Cao Dezhi felt a headache coming on.
"Then remove the Clear Sky Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family. Does the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan have a Limit Douluo in this generation? If not, remove them as well," Su Ming said.
Cao Dezhi silently removed the Clear Sky Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family.
From Su Ming's tone, he could sense that Su Ming harbored no fondness for these two sects.
Although he didn't know why, for the sake of the grand formation's security, it was better to exclude these two.
As for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Su Ming actually gave them a chance.
"They do, they do. Since the advent of Four-Word Battle Armor, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan has never been without a Limit Douluo," Cao Dezhi said.
"Truly wealthy." Su Ming curled his lip.
The Limit Douluo definitely wasn't from the Ning Family, so they must have been brought in through marriage. However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan didn't encourage systematic intermarriage. The spouse of each generation's clan leader was a powerhouse, but not from the same family each time, each with different origins.
In other words, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's Limit Douluo were essentially powerhouses closest to the clan leader, elevated with money.
Put another way, in this Federation, if a wild genius emerged, lacking background and connections, becoming acquainted with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's direct descendants could solve this problem—as long as one wasn't overly ambitious.
This was also why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had retreated from public life.
It was too massive.
It had become difficult to manage.
Now, those clearly identified as disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan were primarily the direct descendants with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, followed by their spouses and their offspring.
"In that case, the nine divine artifacts are settled. Coordinate them according to the elements: water, fire, earth, wind, light, dark, space. Additionally, gather the Five Elements for me."
Su Ming's words left Cao Dezhi somewhat puzzled.
An elemental grand formation?
But was this truly compatible with the Sea God's divine rank?
Su Ming had no mind to answer Cao Dezhi's questions. After clearly stating the requirements, he returned to his dormitory for secluded cultivation.
Cao Dezhi was responsible for contacting the major factions, revealing the Blood God Legion's latest plan.
This plan directly stirred up massive waves, causing the entire Federation to tremble. Various major factions, long dormant, now became active.
"An elemental attribute divine artifact? My Yu Family has one called 'Hymn of Life.' How about that?"
The War God Hall's divine artifact spot was directly taken by Yu Guanzhi's Yu Family. They offered a divine artifact with a very rare attribute.
Earth and Life dual attributes.
This Hymn of Life was forged from Life Stones, extracting the essence of a large number of Life Stones. It possessed the earth attribute, while its life attribute also had an affinity for wood. Moreover, it was an auxiliary-type divine artifact, beneficial for Spirit Master cultivation, making it most suitable for constructing the grand formation Su Ming described.
Beyond Yu Guanzhi's Yu Family, competition within various major factions over contributing divine artifacts was fierce.
Being able to reclaim the divine artifact within one's lifetime was already breaking even. Being able to openly take a commission from everyone's efforts—only a fool wouldn't seize such an advantage.
Perhaps this single opportunity could directly advance a divine artifact.
While reaching the level of a super divine artifact might be a distant dream, it could definitely elevate a divine artifact from the lowest tier to a medium-tier divine artifact.
Based on all the information on god-level paths explored by the major factions over ten thousand years, it should be able to advance into a divine artifact comparable to a true god-level powerhouse.
While the factions competed internally, Su Ming also had to make selections.
His requirement for elemental divine artifacts directly excluded many factions from participating, such as the Qian Gu Family. Their family's deities weren't particularly biased in favor of the elemental side.
In the three days after Su Ming released the news, the Blood God Legion also rapidly expanded and grew stronger.
Within just three days, five Limit Douluo had joined. Among them, three were quasi-gods: Yun Ming, Chen Xinjie, and Qian Gu Dieding. The other two were the Qilin Douluo Tong Yu, and the last one, strictly speaking, wasn't a Limit Douluo but possessed limit-tier combat power—Mu Ye.
Exiting seclusion, Su Ming was momentarily taken aback by this lineup.
Including Cao Dezhi and the explosive potential of himself, that was at least five quasi-god-level combatants.
On the Abyssal side, aside from the Sage King, there were only nine quasi-god-level combatants in total.
If Su Ming didn't know that the Abyssal Sage King still needed considerable probing before launching a total offensive, he would have thought the final decisive battle had begun.
Beyond the five quasi-gods, the Blood God Legion now had three more limit-tier combatants.
After reorganizing the Blood God Camp, except for Zhang Huanyun who did not take a Blood God title, the seven Blood God titles were reshuffled.
Cao Dezhi was deeply entrenched, originally Blood One, and no one proposed replacing him now.
Aside from Cao Dezhi, due to his unique circumstances, no one contested Su Ming's position as Blood Two.
Yun Ming took Blood Three, Chen Xinjie Blood Four, Qian Gu Dieding Blood Five, Mu Ye Blood Six, and Tong Yu Blood Seven.
The original Blood Two plummeted, directly falling to Blood Eight.
Wait, he was even challenged by the original Blood Nine—his own son—and nearly fell to Blood Nine.
It must be said, the Three-Word Battle Armor forged by Su Ming was truly formidable, allowing a ninety-fourth rank Blood Nine to nearly defeat the ninety-seventh rank Blood Eight.
Hearing that Su Ming had exited seclusion, Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie simultaneously sought him out.
"Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal?"
Su Ming looked at Yun Ming, signaling that he could take out the crystal now, as he needed to study it first to construct the grand formation.
Yun Ming didn't delay either. Having agreed on the crystal's ownership beforehand, he wasn't worried about Su Ming going back on the deal later.
However, as he took out the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal, something unexpected happened.
Su Ming did nothing, yet the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal flew towards him and merged into his brow.
The entire process happened in an instant, so fast even Su Ming himself didn't react.
The three looked at each other.
"Let's be clear, I truly did nothing. His Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal flew over and acknowledged me as its master on its own."
Yun Ming: "..."
He could indeed sense that Su Ming's Spirit Power and spiritual power showed no fluctuations whatsoever, not even any faith fluctuations.
It was purely the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal flying over on its own.
But he couldn't accept this fact.
Why?
Alright, your divine rank is higher.
And it's the Sea God's rank, no less.
"You've received the Sea God's Divine Trial?" Yun Ming couldn't help but suspect this.
Su Ming remained silent, not answering.
He wanted to tell Yun Ming that this Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal—no, this Vast Sea Cosmic Crest—was the core for opening the Divine Trial.
It wasn't about being acknowledged because of the trial; rather, being acknowledged opened the trial.
And as he fused with the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest, Su Ming also understood the reason it directly merged with him.
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