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Chapter 584 I Will Enter Deep Space

Time flies by.

The entire void world has returned to normal, all game functions have been restored, and the war between civilizations continues.

On the human player side, some people are still willing to fight tooth and nail for a single card, while others are grinding day and night for card upgrade materials, with all sorts of farces constantly unfolding.

The battle in the world of Investiture of the Gods has become a small story, and is increasingly forgotten.

At this moment, a woman whose face was obscured appeared in the world of Investiture of the Gods. She wore a long robe, held a red umbrella, and stood on a seven-colored river. Wherever she went, the seven-colored river flowed.

A jade pendant hung from her waist, with the words "Make a Wish" written in gold seal script on it.

She appeared out of nowhere, walked up to Zhou Nan who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and whispered, "Wake up!"

Zhou Nan's body trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

He was as if waking from a dream, his consciousness still somewhat hazy, and he could no longer remember how long he had been sitting there cross-legged.

After the destruction of Tomorrow, Zhou Nan absorbed the deep space data, which has now been fully digested. He has reached an unprecedented peak, with his Qi cultivation at the Perfect Returning to Emptiness stage and his Light Radiation cultivation at the late stage of Tathagata stage.

Both methods of cultivation have reached their limits and can no longer advance; they have reached their end.

Now, Zhou Nan can finally refine his Qi to the point of filling a warehouse every day. Based on the information provided by the deep space data, Zhou Nan knows that he is almost a being who has achieved supreme divinity.

During the time he closed his eyes and remained silent, his divine power was also being consolidated. He did not create any cards, nor did he accumulate any imaginary gods.

"Who are you……"

Upon seeing the strange woman in front of him, Zhou Nan frowned slightly. His consciousness quickly returned, but he did not recognize the person.

The woman did not answer, but said only, "I wish to go to the deep space. You lead the way, and I will grant you one wish."

"Deep space?"

Zhou Nan's black card database immediately became active.

This database does indeed contain route maps to deep space.

This deep space is a mysterious place, the depths of the starry sky, and also a deep void. It can perhaps be understood as a deep spacetime beneath the surface spacetime, a hyperdimensional world with no path and difficult to reach.

Of course, this path is also unconventional. It requires the power of imagination or deep space data to open the entrance, and then there is still a long journey to reach the first layer of deep space.

Deep space has more than one layer, but Zhou Nan's black card database only contains some information and roadmaps for the first layer of deep space.

With his divine power, he could use that map to open the entrance to the deep space path, and entering that entrance would mean leaving the card world.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan stood up, cupped his hands in greeting to the woman with the red umbrella, and said, "I know you are no ordinary person, but I have no plans to go to deep space for the time being."

"Your divinity is already firmly established; it cannot advance any further in the external world. Where else can you go but deep space?"

The woman spoke calmly.

Zhou Nan said, "Although I have undergone a transformation, there are still some people I cherish, things I love, places I long for, and places I yearn for. Could you allow me to settle down for a while...?"

The woman said, "Your cultivation period is too short, your progress is too fast, and you cultivate through empty thinking. You have achieved divinity but still have some worldly desires, which is understandable. Fine, I will give you another year."

Zhou Nan cupped his hands in greeting and asked, "May I ask how you are addressed?"

"My common name is forgotten. Through the ages, on the Seven-Colored River, under the umbrella of the mortal world, I cultivate immortality, the Tao, and the Dharma. You may call me the Wish-Granting God King."

The woman's voice faded away, and her figure vanished into thin air, as if she had never been there.

Zhou Nan felt as if everything he had just seen and heard was an illusion, and murmured, "Wishing God King..."

He didn't continue to speculate about the woman with the red umbrella; at this moment, he looked up at the sky and felt the changes in the world.

Ordinary players naturally cannot perceive that the world of Fengshen, as well as the Void Realm controlled by the core outside of Fengshen, has undergone tremendous changes.

Zhou Nan couldn't understand or explain this change; he could only sense it.

"Could it be because Master Wu Tian merged with the Dao? Merging with the Dao, his will became one with heaven and earth, thus changing the laws of heaven and earth? The Star Wheel created the universe, and it must have fallen. It seems to have brought some faint, intangible life force to this world... Unfortunately, I can no longer cultivate either Qi Gong or Light Radiance Martial Arts, and I will never be able to comprehend the true meaning of a higher realm."

Zhou Nan sighed, took a step into the air, and left the world of Investiture of the Gods.

He arrived above a white cloud.

A man in white robes sat cross-legged atop the white clouds. Zhou Nan sensed that he was waiting for him.

"God Lord!"

Zhou Nan cupped his hands in greeting; the person in front of him was none other than the Investiture of the Gods.

The God-Investiture Lord laughed heartily and said, "Excellent, excellent! Congratulations on becoming the Black Card Emperor, a figure unprecedented in history and never to be repeated in future generations!"

Zhou Nan said, "We must also thank the Divine Lord for His protection!"

The God of Deification waved his hand dismissively, saying, "The one who just came looking for you is an unparalleled powerhouse. Be polite to her, and you'll reap the rewards."

"Oh, does the God-King know about the Wish-Granting God?"

"I know a little, but I can't mention it. You'd better not say its name directly either. Just call it the God-King, because such a being knows it as soon as you say its name, even if you cross the universe."

"Oh?" Zhou Nan's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, the Wish-Granting God King was a powerful being.

"I'm waiting for you here to remind you that the core hasn't settled your accounts for the God and Demon Coins you accumulated in the Investiture of the Gods world yet. Those were all advance payments and disappeared after you left the Investiture of the Gods world. You need to go and collect those from the core."

"Collecting debts?" Zhou Nan was taken aback.

He hadn't even noticed those mysterious coins. Over the past three hundred years in the world of Investiture of the Gods, he had accumulated quite a few God and Demon Coins, nearly 20 billion.

However, these divine and demonic coins were useless to him.

The Investiture of the Gods said, "Don't be so careless. The Divine Demon Coins are still somewhat useful. If you plan to collect the debt, you'd better hurry. If you're too late, you might not be able to see the core."

"What do you mean?"

The God-Investiture Lord pointed a finger at the sky and said, "This realm has been named the Martial Star Realm by a powerful being. Now, Martial Heaven reigns supreme and is rapidly developing the laws of Heaven. The core will be absorbed by Martial Heaven and become part of the Heavenly Dao. If you arrive too late, the core will have already been absorbed, and Martial Heaven will not honor past grievances!"

"Martial Star Realm?"

"Excellent, a vibrant world with endless possibilities ahead." The God-Investiture Lord waved his hand. "I won't go into details; hurry and find the core!"

"Then I shall take my leave!"

Zhou Nan bowed and left. In his mind, although Fengshenjun called himself a "working man", he was undoubtedly a big shot. At least he himself, who had almost achieved supreme divinity, still could not see through him.

A moment later, Zhou Nan arrived at the core location.

In fact, after mastering the core holy sword, there was no place in the entire fantasy world that Zhou Nan could not go. Now, he can even easily leave the fantasy void.

The core at this point is different from what Zhou Nan saw. Although it still maintains the shape of the brain in the vat, it has become radiant.

Lan Caihe was also there, sitting cross-legged near the core. Seeing Zhou Nan appear, she seemed unsurprised, rising to greet him and saying, "Your Majesty!"

"Emperor?" Zhou Nan asked with a smile, "Why the change in address?"

Lan Caihe said, "Your Majesty has attained supreme divinity; I dare not be disrespectful!"

"Ha, don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you, nor am I here to destroy the core," Zhou Nan said. "I'm here for two purposes: first, to copy the core's card database, and second, to settle the God and Demon Coins."

Lan Caihe frowned and said, "Your Majesty needs a card database? No problem, I can help you. It's just that settling the God and Demon Coins... I'm sorry, this cannot be done! Your Majesty has accumulated too many God and Demon Coins in the Investiture of the Gods world, and God and Demon Coins are issued in fixed quantities according to a fixed algorithm. If I settle the God and Demon Coins for you, the core program will malfunction, and it will be very difficult to repair."

"Is it really impossible to settle the payment?"

Lan Caihe said, "Yes, perhaps... there are other ways to make up for the Emperor's loss."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan said, "When I was cultivating in the Investiture of the Gods world, I had three attendants at the foot of the mountain: a mountain god named Wuming, a Feixiong Xian, and a Yu Ji. They have disappeared with the changes in the Investiture of the Gods world. Could you please have the core reappear them?"

"This is not difficult!"

Lan Caihe pointed, and in the void in front of Zhou Nan, the Mountain God of Chiyang Mountain, Flying Bear Fairy, and Jade Fairy appeared quickly. All three of them looked bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

Zhou Nan nodded. These three were intelligent NPCs created by the core, similar to the gods and demons of the civilized district. They were essentially celestial souls created out of thin air by the core, possessing independent personalities.

Of course, they are merely imaginary gods; strictly speaking, they are not living beings, having neither real physical bodies nor earthly souls.

"I am the Black Card Emperor. Are you three willing to enter my card and become divine beings?" As Zhou Nan spoke, he snapped his fingers, and three cards appeared out of thin air in front of him.

These three cards are all white nine-star cards, but they are blank cards.

The mountain god of Chiyang Mountain, the little fairy Feixiong, and the fairy Yuji were overjoyed upon hearing this and kowtowed repeatedly. They noticed the change in Zhou Nan's appearance, but still addressed him as the True Man of Chiyang with utmost respect.

Zhou Nan said calmly, "I am the Black Card Emperor. My cards are seals of divine power. Once you enter my cards, you will be imbued with divinity and become divine beings. You will serve under me from now on, and one day, I will teach you to become Black Cards!"

After speaking, Zhou Nan's mind stirred, and his divine power erupted. The three mountain gods of Chiyang Mountain in front of him turned into white light and flew into three blank cards, making them nine-star white cards: [Mountain God Chiyang], [Witch Immortal Flying Bear], and [Demon Immortal Jade Princess].

"receive!"

With another wave of his sleeve, Zhou Nan caused the three cards to vanish into thin air and enter his card collection.

Lan Caihe then bowed again and said, "This is a trivial matter and cannot compensate Your Majesty for your loss. I wonder if Your Majesty has any further instructions? Lan Caihe will do her best to meet Your Majesty's requirements."

Zhou Nan said, "I still have some old friends in this realm... This realm is now called the Martial Star Realm. I can feel a powerful life force and unique laws being generated. I don't want any other compensation; just take good care of those old friends for me!"

As he spoke, Zhou Nan reached out and grabbed a handful of cards.

Those are identity cards, each representing a player. There are cards like the Absurd One's, Lin Yun's, Dream Weaver Xiao Mei's, Lu Mingxin's, and so on.

Almost all the players Zhou Nan remembered as decent had their identity cards revealed by Zhou Nan.

Having become a real life form, Zhou Nan now understands the meaning of "card person". When ordinary players come to the world of Fengshen, they are indeed cards. All their status, abilities and changes will be displayed in the card and monitored by the core in real time.

Only true resurrection can transcend the limitations of cards!

Zhou Nan handed these identity cards to Lan Caihe and mentioned the names of some players from the God and Demon realms, asking her to take good care of them.

Lan Caihe readily agreed.

Subsequently, the core's spokesperson shared the card database that the core had built up over time with Zhou Nan. The database contained a total of 9.60362 billion cards, and the data also included information such as the card's origin and deck information.

Zhou Nan was no longer human. He had digested and absorbed such a massive amount of data in less than a breath, and merged it into his black card database.

After doing all that, Zhou Nan left.

He returned to the world of cards, starting from the Great Snow Mountain, revisiting places he had been before, feeling the changes in the world, and reminiscing about the past.

Two months later, after two weeks, he returned to the family camp and reunited with a group of friends.

As the Wish God King said, Zhou Nan's cultivation progressed too quickly. He can now be considered a supreme divine being. Most of the old players of the True Black Clan are still ordinary players. Even Lin Yun and Shen Qianhu, who have cultivated the Light Radiation Technique, are still mortals, although they are much stronger than ordinary players. In terms of power, they are far inferior to the human players secretly cultivated by Lan Cuihua.

Zhou Nan stayed in the family camp for a month, where he met the level 60+ True Black Kun and True Black Ba, the Blue Mage Xiu En who had become a first-rank national advisor, and the True Black Niu Bing who had become a first-rank national guardian beast and whose cultivation had reached the Heavenly Demon Realm. He carried Black Mountain City to pay homage...

Someone else came to visit, claiming to be a special envoy from the Dragon Slayer Empire, and asked him for instructions before taking away the mechanic Wakan IV.

Zhou Nan realized that there were still many secrets in this fantasy world. After that, he bid farewell to everyone and spent five months traveling through the thirty-three civilizations. He then came to the chaotic void and awakened the cosmic power Zhen Dejun.

Previously, Zhou Nan genuinely believed that Zhen Dejun was a cosmic powerhouse. However, based on the information he later obtained from the mad scientist and his current perspective, he realized that Zhen Dejun's abilities were largely exaggerated. He estimated that Zhen Dejun was only on par with Xiao Taichong and Xiao Taiyong, just with a stronger physique.

Zhou Nan failed to rescue Zhen Dejun.

After leaving his lair, Zhou Nan went straight to Illusion God Island, where he stayed for three days, visited the Venerable One, and then left. He sat cross-legged in the void for seven days before his figure disappeared into thin air. He had broken away from the core-dominated illusory void and arrived in the real starry universe.

What Wu Tian couldn't do before, Zhou Nan can now do easily because he possesses deep space data and understands the entire structure of deep space probes, making it easy for him to escape.

In the real starry universe, Zhou Nan could see Earth, the sun, and a spaceship that appeared and disappeared intermittently, shuttling through the void. That spaceship was a deep space probe, and around it, a vast world seemed to be gradually solidifying.

"Farewell, Martial Star Realm!"

Zhou Nan bowed and stepped into the starry sky.

He also wanted to visit another place, the Dragon Slayer Empire.

The Dragon Slayer Empire is in the Star Sea, and the Venerable One of Illusionary God Island has already told me how to get there.

"Yue Baiting ascended to the Cloud Sea Realm through the Ascension Ceremony and should now be within the territory of the Dragon Slaying Empire. I am about to enter the deep space, and before I leave, I should go and see him."

Zhou Nan was pondering silently when, unexpectedly, a heavenly gate suddenly appeared in front of him, and people from the Dragon Slaying Empire took the initiative to guide him.

(End of this chapter)