Chapter 488: The Call of the Star God

"I understand. I will do my best to avoid such things."

"Next, let’s look at the development of the Bug Spirits Clan over the past five years."

With a thought, the Star God made various situations of the Bug Spirits Clan appear in the surrounding space.

"With your massive investment of the power of Wealth Source, over the course of five years, a total of one billion four hundred fifty million Bug Spirits have awakened their ancestral bloodline."

"Ninety-seven million have completed the transformation process into Phantom Beasts."

"One million nine hundred fifty thousand have crossed the gate of creation you built, gaining the ability to transform into multiple Phantom Beast forms."

"However, until now, only thirty-five Phantom Beasts have reached Demigod-level battle capabilities, able to skillfully control various Phantom Beast forms."

"Among these thirty-five, only one Phantom Beast is about to break through the Demigod bottleneck, possessing true god-level battle capabilities."

"I estimate that if given another ten years, it will break through and become a true god-level Phantom Beast!"

"With this speed of breakthrough, it might truly become a god king-level powerful being in the future."

Beside him, Rui frowned and asked, "The strength of the Phantom Beasts is increasing this quickly?"

"I remember during the First Age, my comrade, who was already a god king, took a thousand years to cultivate one true god-level Phantom Beast."

"Perhaps this is the opportunity of your era!"

"Everything starts from zero, but the speed of breakthrough will be infinitely raised."

The Star God shook his head and replied, "It shouldn’t be. I’ve thought about it; this might be the effect of the power of Wealth Source."

"When the Deity of Wealth of the First Age took over the Bug Spirits Clan, the power of Wealth Source allowed the Bug Spirits Clan to become incredibly powerful Phantom Beasts."

"But in our age, the Deity of Wealth is in office!"

"The power of Wealth Source of the current Deity of Wealth cannot be the same as that of the first eight ages!"

"There must be some extremely powerful abilities within!"

"Therefore, the rapid rise of the Bug Spirits Clan’s strength is quite normal."

As he spoke, the Star God shifted the topic and began to introduce Su Wen to these rapidly advancing Bug Spirits.

The most powerful among them was the fifth elder of the Bug Spirits Clan.

He acted low-key, with a diligent personality; any traits he had had nothing to do with being an extraordinary genius.

In fact, his path of cultivation had been extremely difficult.

But unexpectedly, this fifth elder turned out to be the one with the fastest progress after awakening!

Additionally, other Bug Spirits living near the Sound Province of the Bug Spirit Realm had a slightly higher efficiency in the transformation process.

The Evil spirit bug swarm, guided by the power of Wealth Source, would have its evil devouring power suppressed after completing the awakening program and turn into the most domineering means of attack.

In summary, each branch bloodline within the Bug Spirits Clan would explode with its own powers under the awakening formations of the Phantom Beasts.

All of this brought great surprises to the Star God.

Across from him, Su Wen frantically recorded everything the Star God said.

Though the Star God spoke a lot, every matter he mentioned was significant!

As long as it’s not a major event, it wouldn’t be mentioned by the Star God.

After all, from the Star God’s perspective, some things might seem troublesome, but if there’s a significant change in the main Time and Space, those issues might just resolve themselves.

And his counterpart in the main Time and Space would handle all these matters!

He had quite a bit of confidence in himself.

"Alright, the major issues here are pretty much sorted out."

"Anything you want to do here?"

The Star God asked, puzzled, sensing that the Great God of Wealth was gearing up for something big!

"Not planning anything major, just… want to sharpen my skills in wealth accumulation," Su Wen said with a smile. "A few more rehearsals, and I’ll be more adept when the time comes."

A glimmer of understanding flashed in the Star God’s eyes. "So, you’re planning to focus on wealth gathering, right?"

"Exactly."

"Next time, just say it straight. No need to beat around the bush. We know each other well enough, don’t we?"

"…"

This time, with his true self descending into the sub-timelines, the income was substantial.

Next time, the entry fee might be sky-high.

Given the Dark River’s nature, they’d surely charge more if they could.

Did they think the Dark River of Time was running a charity?

Even charities need steady, legitimate income to survive, right?

So, it’s best to cash in on this opportunity.

After that, life in the main Time and Space, even its development, would speed up significantly!

Of course, helping out the sub-timelines is also possible, when conditions allow.

…

Two years later.

During this period, Su Wen lived quite safely under the protection of a powerful being like Rui, the Master Lady.

Even though the fortune on his forehead turned from blue to black uncontrollably, pouring more wealth into the Time and Space Store could only slow down, not stop, the impending catastrophe.

The main reason was that Su Wen didn’t have enough wealth.

If he had an infinite amount, the river of time would surely treat him differently.

But clearly, in the short term, he couldn’t avoid the lack of wealth.

He eagerly awaited the day when wealth would no longer be an issue!

By then, things would surely have progressed to an excellent stage, right?

As for the Star God?

Over these two years, he became a guide in this Time and Space, leading Su Wen to all the "resource-rich" spots he knew.

Especially some resources left behind by enemies, or meaningless items after their demise, were quickly scooped up by Su Wen, refined into wealth, and filled his coffers.

Moreover, some allies who had previously erred voluntarily donated most of their wealth, swayed by the Star God’s persuasive call.

On the donation day, the clans’ slogans were loud and clear.

"Serving the Great God of Wealth!"

"Devoting ourselves, lighting the path for the Great God of Wealth!"

"As long as the Great God of Wealth is happy, everything is worth it!"

"…"

Various slogans were mixed in, even including customs and phrases from different parties.

In some clans, whose appearances were humanoid and whose aesthetics closely resembled the Human Race, the Star God and Su Wen were given a grand reception.

Especially some uniquely characteristic exotic experience projects were also arranged by the top levels of these clans.

However, such matters incited the Star God’s furious anger!

While Su Wen felt there was nothing wrong with enjoying the exotic scenery with his brother, and perhaps after returning to the main Time and Space, he could share this strange yet reasonable experience with the Star God there, the Star God’s anger changed things, and he naturally agreed.