Infinite Professions

Chapter 381 - 199: Celestial Rules (Part 2)

The birthday celebration of the Mountain God spans three days.

There’s still time, there’s still time.

...

On the other side, Little Yellow Mountain.

Within the Magic Realm, inside the temple.

The feast has dispersed, everyone has retreated, leaving Shen Hex alone.

Though alone, he does not feel solitary nor does the atmosphere seem cold; it’s one of solemnity, with incense smoke curling around, and Wish Power roaring upon him.

Shen Hex sits on the dais, lowering his gaze to see the panel.

Shen Hex

Profession: Earth God.

Professional Rank: Tier Three Level Ten.

Professional Talent: Earth Receiving Incense, Earth Golden Body, Earth Yellow Turban.

Professional Skills: Dream-Entering Technique, Fertile Land Technique, Divine Striking Art, Spirit Capturing Technique, Mountain-Moving Skill...

Common Skills: Omitted.

...

Twenty years, he has cleared demons and taken over Little Yellow Mountain; twenty years have passed.

In these twenty years, he has done many things, but in essence, they boil down to two matters.

Training troops for upgrades!

Farming and development!

The former needs little explanation: after occupying Little Yellow Mountain, he deployed troops, eradicating demons and evil spirits around Huangshan and even in adjacent counties, not only deepening his authority and solidifying his position but also gaining much experience and merit. Now, his Earth Golden Body is complete, his Professional Experience is full, ready for advancement.

As for the latter, there’s much to say.

Developing mountain paths, building dock fortresses, farming land, breeding livestock, engaging in agriculture, industry, medicine, and weaving... One might say all flowers bloom, with progress across all sectors.

Technology drives production, production promotes technology, both forming a virtuous cycle that is applied towards livelihood.

Thus eventually achieving great governance, Qinghe and Huangshan see a population surge, incense thriving, and faith resolute, steadily increasing his Divine Power authority, advancing from Junior Ninth Grade to Seventh Grade, reaching the pinnacle of "Little Yellow Mountain God."

Seventh-rank God!

At this moment, using the Qi observation method reveals golden yellow clustering above his head, akin to the blazing sun suspended high, with internal azure qi gradually transforming into red qi, hinting at breakthrough potential.

Outer gold light is Merit, inner azure qi is good fortune.

A Seventh-rank God who has condensed a Merit Golden Body!

This is the main achievement from twenty years of effort.

Profound strength!

But at this juncture, he encounters a bottleneck, constrained.

Little Yellow Mountain is simply a small peak, incomparable to famous mountains and great rivers, with status equivalent to a county, sharing the same Seventh Grade rank.

When he initially took this position, he hadn’t even reached Seventh Grade because at that time, Little Yellow Mountain was occupied by demons; Jinyang Prefecture held authority but not power, granting him a Junior Ninth Grade official position. Only after he conquered Little Yellow Mountain did he progressively upgrade to Seventh Grade, becoming genuine.

Though genuine, he’s stuck here, Jinyang Prefecture clearly has no intention of allowing him further advancement, so regardless of his adept management causing Qinghe and Huangshan’s population to soar, he can’t break through that bottleneck to rise from Seventh Grade Little God to Sixth Grade True God.

Under others’ control, he naturally is unwilling, thus long seeking ways for promotion.

Conventionally, a small god like him has but two paths to advance.

Either promotion or rebellion.

The former seems nearly hopeless; he has held divine office for merely twenty years, his credentials too shallow, lacking family background. Though the Jinyang Prefecture Civil Judge initially favored him, that bit of connection is insufficient for such a swift elevation from Seventh Grade Little God to Sixth Grade True God.

Furthermore, his development speed and various anomalies have caught some attention.

While Jinyang Prefecture hasn’t yet planned to suppress him, they won’t allow further progress.

Limitations are inevitable; promotion seems nearly impossible.

So, rebellion...

Shen Hex investigated and found it infeasible.

These years he has constantly gathered intelligence, deepening his understanding of this world.

From various collected records, and inquiries from various deities and even demons and evil spirits, he has attained profound awareness of many aspects of this world.

First, in terms of strength.

Third-rank Great God is the pinnacle.

Regarding First and Second Grades, they’ve long transcended this realm, unable to advance conventionally; they must harness the power of all people under heaven to achieve.

How to harness it?

Quite simple, a world dragon quest!

Those First and Second Grades of Great Gods can only be realized during world dragon quests and New Dynasty’s inauguration, gathering the power of all people and New Dynasty’s fortune to achieve greatness, and after achievement cannot remain long in the mortal realm, soon to ascend the Celestial Realm as Celestial God.

This head of Celestial Gods, whoever holds the First Grade Authority, must be the True Dragon of the New Dynasty, the Founding Emperor!

World dragon quest, founding a nation, after death can obtain First Grade Authority, becoming an existence alongside Martial Dao Martial God and Immortal Dao True Immortal?

It’s not that simple!

Shen Hex has investigated; those True Dragon of New Dynasties are fundamentally not ordinary people; this world dragon quest is not merely a mundane struggle, but a divine competition from heavens to earth.

Indeed, heavens to earth!

Simply put, the world dragon quest is an "Ultimate Survival Match" held by Divine Beings every few hundred years!

To become First Grade, to ascend the Celestial Realm, various Divine Beings of the human world, and even evil ghosts and demons, will, at the old dynasty’s end, when the country crumbles, enter reincarnation, reborn into the mortal realm, initiating dragon quests to seek their merit.

If successful, they can break through, become First and Second Grades of Great Gods and ascend the Celestial Realm.

So, various Divine Beings of the human world, especially those Third-rank Great Gods, Demon Kings, and Ghost Kings, will seize the opportunity to enter reincarnation, pursue Dragon Qi further.

Not just in the human realm, but even the Celestial Court Upper Realm sees some Second Grade Heavenly Gods descend into the mortal world—like Ziwei Star rebirth, White Tiger Star reincarnation—to participate in this Ultimate Survival Match, seeking Dragon Qi for First Grade ascension.