All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 8 The Birth of the Feathered SerpentIt had a long, winding body like a giant serpent, covered in cyan-gold diamond-shaped scales. A pair of massive wings that could blot out the sun grew from its back, each feather swirling with the light of wind and thunder!

Its head resembled both a majestic falcon and the coldness of a serpent, with a vertical eye-like rune shining brilliantly on its forehead!

Exotic Beast: Feathered Serpent!

”Hiss-roar—!”

A strange, long cry that combined a snake’s hiss and an eagle’s screech, sounding as if it had traveled through endless time and space, echoed throughout the Myriad Beast Jungle Plane!

That cyan-gold Soul of the Feathered Serpent, carrying an ancient pressure that made one’s Soul tremble, transformed into a streak of light that pierced through heaven and earth. It dove down abruptly and instantly vanished into the forehead of Zhou Zheng’s divine thought projection!

Boom!

Zhou Zheng’s entire projection erupted with intense cyan-gold light! A lifelike feathered serpent totem, appearing as if it possessed Life itself, was branded right in the center of his projection’s forehead!

The entire plane fell into a deathly silence.

All the mocking, contempt, and discussion came to an abrupt halt.

The smug sneer on the Cat-person Deity’s face froze completely, her emerald pupils dilating from extreme shock.

In the central area, for the first time, the Lion God and Tiger God turned their gazes toward the Snake-person projection on the periphery, their eyes filled with scrutiny and a hint of solemnity.

Even the consistently expressionless Tiger-person Master of Ceremonies had an unbelievable light flash through his eyes!

”The... feathered serpent totem! A-rank!” The Tiger-person Master of Ceremonies’ voice carried a tremor he didn’t even notice himself as he looked at Zhou Zheng with a complex gaze.

”Possessing both the feminine grace of a snake and the masculine ferocity of an eagle, the darling of both sky and earth... Good! Very good!”

He raised his hand, and a dark-gold voucher engraved with special beast patterns flew toward Zhou Zheng.

”According to the laws of the God System, those who awaken an A-rank totem are granted one a-rank voucher (Orc God System)! In exchange, within a hundred years, you must shoulder three calamities for the God System!”

It was a reward, a responsibility, and even more so, a shackle.

Zhou Zheng took the a-rank voucher, which was clearly different from the universal vouchers of the World Shop and bore the mark of the Orc Royal Court. He felt the surging power and profound connection coming from the totem on his forehead.

His heart was in turmoil, yet his face remained calm: ”Thank you for the Royal Court’s grace.”

He ignored the Cat-person Deity’s gaze, which was practically spitting fire, and the complex stares of the other deities, calmly walking down from the stone platform and returning to his corner.

The ceremony continued. In the end, only Zhou Zheng, the Tiger God, the Lion God, and another Monkey God who had awakened the Giant Ape Totem received an A-rank evaluation.

Once all the deities had finished their Awakening, the Tiger-person Master of Ceremonies spoke again, his voice solemn: ”In the hundredth year of the Divine Realm (ninety years from now), the Beast God’s trial shall descend! It concerns the survival and promotion opportunities of your Divine Realms! Take heed!” His tone was full of warning.

After speaking, the Tiger-person Master of Ceremonies’ projection slowly faded away.

Immediately after, another deity’s projection descended onto the stone platform. This was a Fox-person deity with clever and shrewd eyes, wearing a professional smile.

”Fellow colleagues, the official business is concluded. Following tradition, next is the ’Anonymous Trade Fair’.”

The Fox God said with a smile, waving his wide sleeves as countless rays of light shot toward every deity present.

Zhou Zheng reached out and caught one. As the light faded, he was draped in a gray cloak flowing with a faint but undeniable power of laws—the notarization of the God of Trade.

Wearing it could blur one’s racial characteristics and Divine Power fluctuations. The transaction process was protected by the rules of the God of Trade, ensuring relative fairness.

”Put on the mask to participate. The rules are simple: barter or trade with Faith Points, witnessed by the God of Trade.”

After the Fox God finished speaking, his figure also faded, and the light on the stone platform extinguished. The lighting of the entire jungle plane seemed to dim a bit, and the atmosphere became more secretive.