All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 65 The Current State of the Pantheon”I won’t lie to you; returning to the God System will inevitably come with considerable risks!”

Before the connection was about to break, the Monkey God’s Divine Thought became exceptionally serious, even carrying a trace of imperceptible excitement. ”But within crisis, there often lie equal, or even more generous rewards!”

The communication ended, and the golden monkey projection formed from that strand of hair dissipated along with it.

Zhou Zheng stood in silence. Ever since he had stepped onto this path of a deity, the thought of constantly climbing upward and pursuing greater strength had never been extinguished.

He had always been an extremely cautious person, proceeding step by step and avoiding known risks.

But at this moment, the obsession deep within his heart to refuse mediocrity overwhelmed his habitual caution.

”I’ll take a gamble!” A flash of decisiveness crossed his eyes.

More importantly, he had searched through almost every Plane Shop he could access and even inquired through various channels of wandering deities, yet there was absolutely no knowledge regarding the specific methods for a Reserve Deity to promote to a Formal Deity!

This could only mean that the most core secrets of promotion were being held firmly by the major God Systems.

If he wanted to promote, returning was almost the only choice.

Having made his decision, Zhou Zheng no longer hesitated. After several short and precise leaps, he quickly arrived at the periphery of the Orc God System’s core crystal wall.

The scene before him shook his soul.

The once incredibly thick Orc crystal wall, which used to exude a primal aura, now had the pitch-black necromancy curse attached to it receded, but it revealed pits and hollows from severe corrosion.

Even more shocking was that the crystal wall was riddled with holes of various sizes.

In many places, only thin virtual barriers constructed from temporary Divine Power were used to barely maintain the integrity of the crystal wall, waiting for its own incredibly long self-repair process.

The Beast God brand within Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought core automatically floated out, transforming into a pale golden light sphere that enveloped him.

He chose a relatively large hole, transmigrated through that layer of unstable Divine Power barrier, and soon officially returned to the territory of the Orc God System.

Guided by the brand, he once again arrived at the Plane where the Royal Court assembly had been held many times.

However, the scene before him felt very unfamiliar. If he had to use one word to describe this place, the first one Zhou Zheng thought of was—”new.”

The ancient, primal charm originating from the depths of the Bloodline that used to fill the Plane had completely vanished, replaced by the aura of a ”new” space that, while grand, clearly lacked the sense of accumulation from the passage of time.

Zhou Zheng knew in his heart that this likely meant the original assembly Plane had been completely shattered during the god war, and the one before him was hastily reopened after the war.

In the center of the Plane, a figure exuded a majesty far surpassing that of a Reserve Deity; it was precisely that Sheep God who had once presided over the assembly! He sat there presiding, but a deep, hard-to-conceal fatigue hung between his brows.

Zhou Zheng composed himself and stepped forward respectfully, ”Respected Sheep God, I previously accepted an investigation mission dispatched to the Yinghai Plane. It is now complete, and I have come to hand it in.”

With a slight movement of his Divine Thought, the Beast God brand on his forehead floated out and landed on an ancient leather scroll in front of the Sheep God.

The brand flickered with light, completely presenting the process of discovering the Sea Eye in the Yinghai Plane, exploring the alien Plane, and ultimately defeating that Sky-Sea Strange Fish.

The Sheep God’s gaze swept across the scroll, and he nodded slowly, his voice slightly hoarse: ”Good.”

He raised his hand, and a streak of dark golden light flew toward Zhou Zheng, transforming into a voucher exuding boundless blood qi and bestial majesty—an a-rank Orc God System voucher!

A-rank?! Zhou Zheng took the voucher, feeling stunned.

According to the original difficulty assessment of the mission, receiving a B-rank reward would have been the absolute limit.

Directly granting an a-rank voucher could only mean that the current combat power losses of the Orc God System far exceeded imagination, and they were willing to use heavy rewards to win over and motivate any deity who could complete a mission, especially those returning from the outside.

Looking at this Plane that was brand new yet exceptionally desolate, Zhou Zheng couldn’t help but feel a sense of melancholy as things had changed while the setting remained.

He hesitated for a moment but still cautiously asked the question in his mind: ”Lord Sheep God, I wonder where that Tiger God messenger, who previously presided over the assembly and issued missions to us... is now?”

The Sheep God didn’t even lift his eyelids, as if he were merely stating a trivial matter, and calmly replied with two words:

”Dead.”

Zhou Zheng’s heart skipped a beat. Although he had anticipated it, hearing that a Formal Deity with top-tier strength in this realm had fallen so easily still sent a chill through him.

He asked no more questions. After bowing, he prepared to turn and leave.

”Wait.”

Just as he was about to depart, the Sheep God’s voice rang out again, stopping him.

The Sheep God raised his finger, and a more profound, complex brand, even tinged with an ominous bloody light, slowly floated toward Zhou Zheng.

”I have another mission here. You can choose to accept or refuse it.”

Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought made contact with that new brand, and instantly, a large amount of information flooded into his consciousness.

In just a moment, his expression changed slightly, and his scalp even felt a tingle of numbness!

The information within that brand clearly indicated that the god war between the Orc God System and the Necromancy God System and Demon God System had not completely ended as the rumors from the outside world suggested!