[Ding! You are the first Lord to reach a population of 10,000! The Lord's Territory Ranking is now opening…]
[Ding! You are the fastest Lord to reach a population of 10,000 in the Novice Trial in all ages, the Heavenly Dao System will announce your territory and your name to the whole world!]
[Ding! World Announcement: Lord Immortality of the Immortal Realm has achieved the miracle feat of becoming the first player to reach a population of 10,000 in the Novice Trial of the Earth Human Domain with a time of 8 hours and 21 minutes. Due to this, he receives 100,000 reputation points, 100 million spirit coins, and a random Legendary Building.]
Qin Tian was taken aback, "Another World Announcement?" He couldn't help but feel thrilled. The reputation points were valuable, but the Legendary Building could be a game-changer, just like how he acquired the Demigod Hero Bai Qi before.
The [Chat] exploded:
[SaltyGamer: Bruh! How the heck did Lord Immortality hit 10k so fast?!]
[OttoHater54321: My population only reached a pitiful 250…]
[SaltyGamer: This Immortality dude must be hacking. There's no other explanation!]
[TacticalTurtle: Bro, he's just that good, and you're that bad. Admit it.]
[WorldTyrant69: I bet he's some rich heir with all the best resources. No way a normal player could do those things.]
[TeemoFanboy: Maybe Lord Immortality is actually an immortal. Think about it.]
[InvisibleDragoon: He must have Goblin troops and added some items gotten from his rich family, that's why they could replicate so fast. It must be…]
[TeemoFanboy: Stop trying to comfort yourself, InvisibleDragoon, if he had a weak race then how could he have gotten that much beast meat.]
[ShiningDarkKnight: I'm just an ordinary Lord, and have no backing in the Novice Domain. Can I join Lord Immortality?]
Out of curiosity, Qin Tian opened the [Lord's Territory Ranking]. As the interface loaded, he was greeted with a leaderboard displaying the top territories and their respective territory prosperity.
Territory prosperity considered the strength of your territory, the quality of the buildings, the population—anything that contributes to the territory's success.
[1. Name: Lord Immortality]
[Territory: Immortal Realm]
[Territory Prosperity: 105,251]
[2. Name: Lord Ye Fan]
[Territory: Ye Family]
[Territory Prosperity: 9,612]
[3. Name: Lord Nangong Wei]
[Territory: Nangong Family]
[Territory Prosperity: 9,612]
[4. Name: Lord Wang Zhen]
[Territory: Wang Family]
[Territory Prosperity: 9,051]
[5. Name: Lord Xiao Feng]
[Territory: Xiao Family]
[Territory Prosperity: 8,051]
[6. Name: Lord Yun Hao]
[Territory: Yun Family]
[Territory Prosperity: 7,541]
[7. Name: Lord FederationArmy581thBattalionLieutenantColonel]
[Territory: Federation's Army]
[Territory Prosperity: 7,397]
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"Oh, the heirs of the five major families?" Qin Tian's eyebrows were raised.
It was said that every fifty years, the five major families of the Federation will send their heirs and let them join the Novice Trial of Global Lords at the same time. The five major families will compete for the ranking in the various Lord rankings.
Though there were no rewards for winning this ranking, or even if there was, it was nothing for their rich families, it won honor and face for them. That's why the five heirs also didn't hide their names and named their territories according to their respective surnames.
"Well, I'm still more than ten times stronger than this Ye Fan, who is in second place."
"Hmm, however, this 581st Battalion Lieutenant Colonel may not be as simple as it is... He is the strongest military Lord in this Novice Trial. He may be the representative of the military this time around."
At this moment, in a fancy castle hidden in the forest, Ye Fan was also looking at the ranking and frowned,
"How did he get that high of a prosperity? I was given a Mythical Building, a Legendary Hero, and the rare race of Angels. How did I get surpassed by him? Is it possible that he got a Divine Talent? No, that's impossible… The last Divine Talent appeared hundreds of years ago, which was the Martial God."
…
Back in the Ziwei Emperor Palace, Qin Tian looked at the series of notification before him,
[Ding! You have received the following:]
[100,000 reputation points]
[100 million spirit coins]
[Altar of Heroes (Legendary)]
[It has been automatically placed in your warehouse]
Qin Tian was excited when he saw the Legendary Building that he got. Altar of Heroes was a powerful legendary building with the effect of reviving a Fallen Hero one time. It can be said to be a second life. However, he was more excited to see what was going to happen to the Legendary Building after it gets transformed by his talent [Immortal].
[Ding! Altar of Heroes (Legendary) is evolved by talent [Immortal] and becomes Underworld Palace Shard 1/10 (Demigod)]
[Underworld Palace Shard 1/10 (Demigod)]
[Description: It is a shard of the Underworld Palace. Complete the shards to get the Underworld Palace (Divine)]
"A shard of a Divine Building?!" Qin Tian exclaimed and shook his head. He got his hopes up for nothing. Well, at least if he completes the shards, he will get a Divine Building.
Qin Tian then went into cultivation, training until the next day, just before the second day of the Beast Siege event. In the Beast Siege event, the beasts grew stronger with each passing day. Though they were no match for his army, he still had to be vigilant.
After Qin Tian opened his eyes, he first checked his attributes;
[Name: Qin Tian]
[Race: Primordial Human]
[Level: Golden Core II]
[Territory: Immortal Realm]
[Talents: Immortal (Taboo), Music Immortal (Divine)]
[Spirit Coins: 200,000,300]
[Area: 161 square kilometers]
[Inhabitants: 20,713]
[Heroes: Bai Qi (Demigod)]
[Charm: 71]
[Luck: 85]
[Strength: 91]
[Agility: 85
[Physique: 86]
[Spirit: 83]
That's right, after a whole night, Qin Tian has already reached Gold Core II. This was unbelievable. According to the information that the Ziwei Emperor Palace gave him, a talented monk in the Mortal Realm usually takes 50-100 years before they reach Golden Core from Qi Refining. However, he only took a night to reach it.
Of course, this is due to his Race attribute and also the various factors that his talent [Immortal] gave him.
"Oh, it's time to harvest the seeds from last night." Qin Tian suddenly remembered the seeds he planted last night. He wanted to check their effects before deciding whether to sell or keep them for himself and his troops.
Qin Tian teleported to the Spirit Farm using the Ziwei Emperor Palace's ability and looked at the seeds planted.
[3-star Crownless Herb]
[Description: Boosts physique by +200% for 10 minutes after taking it]
[2-star Purple Grass Herb]
[Description: Boosts agility by +150% for a minute after taking it]
Looking at the herbs grown from the original 1-star seeds he bought, he thought for a while before deciding to sell them at the auction in exchange for higher-level seeds or music-related equipment.
It was too pitiful. He, the Lord, had no equipment, only the most common clothes, while his Hero had Demigod equipment, and even his Heavenly Soldiers were spawned with Legendary equipment.
At this stage, his troops can basically one shot everything, including the bosses of the beast waves.
"I hope the beasts in the Beast Siege event this time will have Rare and above quality so I could get a beast core." At this time, Qin Tian basically had everything needed for upgrading his buildings, except a Beast Core. A Beast Core was a magical core dropped by a beast of Rare quality or above. Though they didn't always drop, they had a certain percentage drop rate.
After mulling over these things, Qin Tian teleported to the Heavenly Soldier Camp and greeted Bai Qi and the troops. He looked at their information and nodded in satisfaction.
[Bai Qi (Demigod Hero)]
[Level: Foundation Establishment X]
[Charm: 109]
[Luck: 71]
[Strength: 122]
[Agility: 117]
[Physique: 120]
[Spirit: 89]
[Skills:]
[Iron Will (Passive Legion Skill): Soldiers under the command of Bai Qi will never yield to the enemy, and will fight until their last breath)]
[Forged By Blood (Passive Legion Skill): Soldiers who are following Bai Qi will receive a 250% experience boost rate]
[Bloody Battle (Active Legion Skill): When activated, the soldiers enter a state of madness for 15 minutes, and all their attributes are strengthened by 300%. After the soldiers exit the state of madness, they enter a state of weakness for 30 minutes. Cooldown of a day]
Bai Qi had reached Foundation Establishment X. Even though he was Foundation Establishment X, his attributes had reached the strength of a normal Level 40 Hero. On the other hand, the troops were all Foundation Establishment VIII. Though the troops under Bai Qi had a 250% experience boost rate, it didn't matter much since Bai Qi killed half of the beasts alone, so all the troops were equal in level.
Afterward, Qin Tian recruited 10 more Heavenly Soldiers as the recruitment quota refreshed daily. He stationed the new recruits with Bai Qi so they could level up faster and instructed Bai Qi to give experience to them, defending the Western Frontier, while the veteran Heavenly Soldiers were stationed with him in the Eastern Frontier.
He didn't place anyone in the Northern and Southern Frontiers, as they were guarded by his two defense towers, and the villagers there could handle any threats.
Soon,
[Ding! The second day of the Beast Siege event has started!]
[Calculating…]
[Your territory will be facing 20 waves of beasts]