The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend

A notable difference existed between the Divine Essence obtained from the fallen Demigods and that contained within the cards provided by the school as rewards. The Essence provided by the school could be instantly absorbed, while the Essence extracted from deceased Demigods demanded a slow and meticulous process of refinement using one’s own willpower.

The underlying reason for this difference lay in the residual will of the deceased Demigod that lingered within the Divine Essence. Consequently, any person wishing to utilize this Essence was compelled to gradually erode the Demigod’s lingering will using their own willpower.

Despite the significant effort required for refinement, Han Wu discovered its rewarding aspects. As he refined the Divine Essence, he was able to glimpse fragments of the deceased Demigods’ memories, including vivid recollections of their past battles and secret information only Demigods knew. Furthermore, the act of eroding the residual will served as an exercise in strengthening his own willpower.

Han Wu expected that it would take ten realm years for him to completely absorb the two Divine Essence, which was about ten whole days in real time. Being a student, he couldn’t afford to be absent for so many days. He’d even expected the absorption to take way longer. Luckily for him, there was no real hurry to get it done.

By 11:40 pm, Han Wu had successfully refined ten percent of one Divine Essence. While resting for a bit, he noticed that his locusts had multiplied like crazy, and their population had once again swelled to 10 billion. So, to get some breathing room with his resources, he used the Sacrifice skill once again.

With the activation of Sacrifice, the collective life force of Han Wu’s locusts surged upwards and converged into the massive array that loomed overhead, and just as before, three distinct options popped up in front of him.

[Option 1: Rank 4 Sacred Object, Hurricane Chainmail: After equipping it to the Core, the core race will obtain the ability to summon the Hurricane Chainmail.]

[Option 2: Rank 3 Building, Observatory: Can be built in the divine realm to detect anything within a 10,000 km radius.]

[Option 3: Flesh Golem Manual. Uses the corpses of powerful life forms to make Flesh Golems. The Flesh Golems will inherit part of the abilities of their previous lives. Strength and abilities of Flesh Golems are permanently fixed upon completion.]

Without a moment’s hesitation, Han Wu selected the third option, as the first two presented no practical benefit to him. His current status as a Divine Being restricted his ability to equip Rank 4 Sacred Equipments, rendering the first option irrelevant.

Also, Han Wu’s divine realm wasn’t some huge, sprawling place—it was just 1,000 sq km, about 32 km across. He could just hop on a hill and see the whole thing. So, building an Observatory was totally pointless and unnecessary.

Given his current circumstances, the third option, the Flesh Golem Manual, proved to be the most suitable.

I even have the perfect set of materials ready to go—that high-level Rank 6 Gemora and the incredibly resilient Rank 6 locust with hyper-regeneration that killed it!

Following the manual step-by-step, Han Wu slowly worked on those two corpses. He carefully refined their flesh, extracted every bit of their energy, and then added all sorts of amazing stuff—black dragon blood, rare metals, tons of Energy Stones, crystal bone shards, and other high-quality ingredients.

Finally, he poured in a massive 10 million Divine Points to solidify their form. It was after ten long realm-months that his project was completed.

From the two corpses, Han Wu successfully constructed a total of ten imposing Flesh Golems. Each Golem towered at a height of two meters, their bodies protected by a layer of dense black dragon scales, and bore a pair of translucent locust wings on their backs.

Their mouths were massive with these terrifying rotating teeth, and they possessed four powerful, segmented limbs. Furthermore, they exhibited both considerable physical prowess and high magic resistance. Han Wu put them to the test in a spar and was absolutely thrilled with how they performed.

The strength of each Flesh Golem matched that of a Heroic life form, but their capacity to endure and withstand damage was considerably beyond those limits. This remarkable endurance inspired Han Wu to give them the descriptive nickname Cockroach, highlighting their near-indestructibility.

[Name: Cockroach]

[Race: Flesh Golem]

[Rank: Heroic]

[Talent: Hyper-regeneration, Gluttony, Big Mouth, Sharp Teeth, Crystal Bones, Dragon Scales]

The thought of seeing his ten Cockroaches in action, and thoroughly irritating his enemies, filled Han Wu with excitement.

With all his tasks finally finished, Han Wu promptly reached out to the Imperial College recruiter using the contact information he possessed.

Following Han Wu’s report on his current status, the recruiter concluded that his enrollment into Imperial College could proceed without delay. He advised Han Wu to get to the College immediately to register, and they’d take care of everything with his current school to get him transferred.

No sooner had he spoken with Han Wu than the recruiter called the high school to announce his enrollment. The higher management at Han Wu’s high school were absolutely overjoyed and utterly delighted with how things had turned out.

Tian Wen personally organized a farewell gathering to honor Han Wu’s departure. He extended invitations to the school’s management, Xu Mei, and all the other homeroom teachers. Every invited guest was in attendance... well, except for Liu Letian; it was totally obvious why he didn’t come.

During the farewell party, the school leaders made sure to give Han Wu lots of encouragement. Also, Xu Mei, standing in for the principal, gave him a special Divine Essence as a parting gift, with the sincere hope that he would achieve stellar success and bring immense honor to their school.

A big smile spread across Han Wu’s face as he accepted the gift. He made a silent promise, Grandpa, I’ve finally taken my first steps into Imperial College. Don’t worry; I will find my parents, even if I have to search every corner of the Chaotic Starfield!