Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

The Star Ancient God heard the voice echoing throughout countless corners of the Realm Sea.

He expressed confusion: “This guy actually made such a promise?”

Ancient Gods could revive living beings, but when the numbers reached a certain massive scale, even Ancient Gods couldn’t revive them.

The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign’s followers numbered far more than billions upon billions?

Reviving such an enormous quantity of living beings was nearly impossible.

“Could it be that he wants to use Ragnarök, obtaining endless faith power through lies, thereby promoting his divinity and breaking through to a higher realm? But after reaching Ancient God level, what matters more for breakthroughs is comprehension and elevation of rules—faith power no longer has much effect!”

The Star Ancient God didn’t quite agree with the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign’s approach, but he also had no interest in stopping it. Recently, he had sensed that Ragnarök was abruptly accelerating, and he contemplated that he should go find the Goddess of Fate to consult her prophecies, even though her predictions often came true in dramatic ways.

The Star Ancient God crossed through numerous pantheons and arrived at the Shattered Star Sea, where there stood a City of Fate. The Goddess of Fate often stationed one of her avatars in the city.

Standing at the city’s edge, he called out toward the divine realm: “Is the Goddess of Fate present? The Star Ancient God pays a visit!”

“No time!” A clear, cold female voice transmitted over, startling the Star Ancient God.

Curiosity stirred within the Star Ancient God, and he couldn’t help but open his divine eye, gazing into the City of Fate.

Inside the city, he saw that the Goddess of Fate had actually manifested in her true form. She was leading numerous deities of the Fate Pantheon, all standing together before a large altar.

This was an altar that felt somewhat familiar to the Star Ancient God. It contained many stellar elements—star cores served as activation materials, star arrays connected everything, and the target of the sacrifice was undoubtedly related to stars.

As the embodiment of star rules himself, the Star Ancient God frequently used such elements. And now, the Goddess of Fate was actually making sacrifices to a star-related existence??

The Star Ancient God froze.

He was extremely curious about what the Goddess of Fate was playing at.

The Goddess of Fate appeared deeply moved at this moment. She respectfully lowered her head and softly parted her crimson lips: “I, the practitioner of fate rules, the master of magic rules, Diana, lead the 321 deities of the Fate Pantheon to offer loyal faith to the supreme and noble Seven Stars Dao Sovereign. May you protect our pantheon and revive us in the future, returning us to the world!”

All the deities prostrated together. Wisps of pure faith power overflowed from above their heads, flowing toward the altar.

The array on the altar was also communicating with the Big Dipper.

Su Yuan abruptly opened his eyes, looking deep into the starry sky.

He saw the Goddess of Fate and her group of deities sacrificing to him.

He saw the offerings on the altar—actually nine Ancient God artifacts and one half-damaged Creation God artifact, equivalent to nine low-grade Acquired Supreme Treasures and one half-damaged mid-grade Acquired Supreme Treasure.

Such an extravagantly costly sacrifice was actually to request that he revive them in the future?

Reviving those below Hunyuan Golden Immortal level was manageable, but reviving the Goddess of Fate wouldn’t be easy. She was an Ancient God, her realm even higher than Su Yuan’s, and with high-level rules like fate rules, revival would be even more difficult.

However, with these offerings as payment, he wasn’t unwilling to revive them. It just meant he would have to give up the Mental Avatars he could obtain from their deaths in the future.

They all counted as Su Yuan’s followers—at the deity level, this meant voluntarily becoming subordinate deities. Either way, they were essentially his subordinates.

Su Yuan smiled lightly: “Approved!”

City of Fate.

At the altar location.

A voice spread out: “Approved~!!!”

As the words fell, the offerings on the altar transformed into streams of light and disappeared.

Instead, a captivating smile appeared on the Goddess of Fate’s face, and she bowed to the altar again: “Praise the Divine Master!”

“Praise the Divine Master!” the group of deities followed.

The Star Ancient God was utterly dumbfounded!

The dignified Goddess of Fate—one of the few Ancient Gods in the entire starry sky you absolutely shouldn’t offend—had actually offered her faith to another Ancient God right before his eyes, and even to a newly advanced Ancient God at that. Wasn’t this too fantastical?

Had he entered an illusion?

The Star Ancient God looked up at the starry sky. The power of star rules clearly resonated with him, without any obstructive feeling of an illusion.

Simultaneously.

All followers of the Goddess of Fate and the deities under the Fate Pantheon received Divine Decrees from their deities at the same moment.

“I, the Goddess of Fate/Goddess of Luck/Goddess of Misfortune/God of Deception and Magic…, from this moment become subordinate deities of the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign. All followers must simultaneously have faith in the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign, becoming followers of the Divine Master!”

One Divine Decree after another left followers across various planes feeling incredulous!

This was completely revolutionary divine instruction.

And this Divine Decree happened to come right after Su Yuan had transmitted his decree to all Seven Stars followers.

Originally, countless living beings had been skeptical about that divine decree.

But when the entire Fate Pantheon’s deities publicly expressed faith in the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign, the credibility of that decree greatly increased.

Consequently, many followers of other deities directly turned to embrace the Seven Stars.

And even more Seven Stars followers became extremely fanatical. Their battles against the Corrupted Beings grew more courageous, more desperate—after all, they could all be revived, so what was there to fear!

The Star Ancient God still waited outside the City of Fate. As soon as the entire sacrificial ceremony concluded, he immediately went to visit.

The Goddess of Fate received him.

When the Star Ancient God entered the city, he discovered that he wasn’t the only Ancient God who had come looking for the Goddess of Fate—several other Ancient Gods had also arrived.

The Goddess of Fate received them all together.

The Star Ancient God immediately asked: “Respected Goddess of Fate, why did you suddenly swear to become a subordinate deity of the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign? Did you foresee something?”

“Your purposes for coming, I already know.” The Goddess of Fate looked at everyone and said, “The revelations of fate I cannot speak. In short, if you trust me, just follow my approach and act accordingly! Beyond that, I don’t wish to explain further.”

The Goddess of Fate’s expression remained calm, leaving no clue about what she had actually seen in fate.

The Star Ancient God frowned, and the other Ancient Gods were also filled with doubts.

The Goddess of Fate raised her hand: “Gentlemen, you may leave!”

Everyone’s expressions froze.

The Star Ancient God left the City of Fate with his mind full of concerns.

He couldn’t understand the Goddess of Fate’s actions. He needed to verify the suspicions in his heart.

Thus, he flew toward the Big Dipper in the starry sky.