All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 41 Rally canceledThe festive atmosphere of the Divine Domain celebration had not yet fully dissipated when a cold and urgent message arrived from the Royal Court.

”All Royal Court assemblies prior to the Beast God assessment are hereby cancelled.”

Arriving alongside the message was a copy of the ”Divine Domain Blood Pattern Construction Method.”

This was a divine art used to brand a follower’s Blood Pattern onto the periphery of the Divine Domain. The Blood Pattern would draw energy from the Void Realm to generate ’Blood Beasts.’

Blood Beasts would instinctively attack living creatures within the Divine Domain; followers could kill them to obtain Blood Gems and have a chance to acquire ’Gene Fragments.’

For Zhou Zheng, who had already inscribed Dimensional Veins and Water Veins, the function of this divine art was within expectations.

”The path of the Reserve Deity has been fully explained. Everyone, please await the Beast God assessment. Until then, you may develop on your own — Orc Royal Court Decree.”

Zhou Zheng’s brow furrowed. This was definitely not ordinary!

”I’m afraid... something big is about to happen.” Zhou Zheng immediately sent an urgent inquiry via Divine Thought to the contact mark previously left by the Monkey God.

The response came quickly, still pointing to that quiet public lakeside plane, but the message was even shorter: ”Come.”

His divine thought projection descended upon the lakeside plane once again. This time, there was only a single, lonely figure on the shore—the Monkey God.

He no longer wore his usual carefree expression; all that remained was a heavy solemnity.

Seeing Zhou Zheng appear, the Monkey God skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point. ”Find an excuse to go outside the God System’s crystal wall and stay on guard for a while.”

He stared at Zhou Zheng with burning eyes, carrying an unprecedented gravity: ”Don’t ask why, and don’t try to fish for any information.”

”What are the specifics?” Zhou Zheng asked directly, without wasting words.

”Go to the plane where the Royal Court assembly is held and find the Tiger God Envoy,” the Monkey God spoke rapidly. ”You have an A-rank totem spirit and good potential; last time you brought back three Talismanic Incantations, which was a great service. The Royal Court will help you.”

Zhou Zheng nodded silently, indicating his understanding. With a thought, a card appeared in his palm.

On the card, a miniature pattern of a sandworm covered in a thick shell was clearly visible, and beside it floated ten crystal-clear water jugs filled with the deep blue ’tears of the sand sea.’

He pushed the card and the water jugs toward the Monkey God. ”...I don’t know when we’ll meet again. These might be useful to you.”

The Monkey God looked at the items being handed over and was clearly stunned for a moment. Then he grinned, revealing a smile that was somewhat bitter yet carried a hint of sincerity.

He didn’t refuse and accepted them directly. At the same time, he quickly pulled out an energy formation diagram flowing with green wind patterns and stuffed it into Zhou Zheng’s hands. ”Take it! The [wind vein] construction diagram! It might be useful to you. This way, we’re even!”

After putting the items away, Zhou Zheng and the Monkey God fell into a brief silence. Finally, there was only a single parting word: ”Take care. I look forward... to the day we can both meet again.”

Leaving the lakeside plane, Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought did not linger for a second, arriving at the familiar Myriad Beast Forest plane where many assemblies had been held before.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the plane was eerie and oppressive. The divine projections in the plane were sparse, with only a few hundred present, far fewer than in the past.

Most of them wore expressions of confusion and anxiety, gathered in small groups, their Divine Thoughts communicating intensely as they tried to find out the inside story behind the cancellation of the assembly and the Royal Court’s intentions.

In the center of the plane, the towering phantom of the multicolored giant tiger—the Tiger God Envoy—was still calmly resting with his eyes closed, as if all the commotion below had nothing to do with him.

His massive body radiated a pressure as heavy as a mountain and as unshakable as stone, causing those deities who tried to approach and inquire to shrink back.