Chapter 60: Heavens Samsara and Divine Office Inheritance

Due to a slight oversight on Fat Wang's part, he had almost sent the newcomer he had his eyes on into a dead end. Because of this, Fat Wang felt somewhat awkward.

However, Fat Wang quickly steered the conversation in another direction.

"Tell me about your performance in those two Samsara worlds, as well as your evaluation grades."

Once Yang Sheng roughly outlined his performance and evaluation grades for the two worlds to Fat Wang, a look of profound shock immediately appeared on the latter's face.

In reality, it is extremely difficult for most newcomers to obtain a Heaven-tier evaluation in their very first world. Almost all of them barely pass at the Xuan-tier threshold, and quite a few even drop to the Huang-tier with their lifespans deducted.

Securing an Earth-tier evaluation is already considered quite impressive, so Fat Wang never expected Yang Sheng to achieve a Heaven-tier evaluation.

For a rookie mission, goodness knows what kind of heaven-defying chaos Yang Sheng stirred up in the Dragon City Hegemony world to attain a Heaven-tier evaluation—and that too, across two consecutive worlds.

"By the way, what do the strength evaluation and title in my personal information mean?"

Fat Wang replied: "The strength evaluation is quite simple; it is a rough assessment made by the Heavens Samsara regarding your personal combat power, divided into nine tiers.

From lowest to highest, they are: Nine Revolutions, Eight Gates, Seven Stars, Six Harmonies, Five Dippers, Four Symbols, Three Pure Ones, Yin-Yang, and Wuji.

This is also related to your current status. For instance, if your baseline strength is at the Nine Revolutions, but you possess the enhancement of a powerful weapon or magical treasure, your overall strength evaluation will increase significantly.

Therefore, never underestimate other Samsara travelers with lower strength evaluations than yours, as this metric only provides a general estimate.

If the opponent unleashes some desperate secret technique or possesses a hidden divine treasure, their strength evaluation will surge instantly.

As for titles, they are a form of authority granted to Samsara travelers by the Will of the Heavens, which must be earned through examinations. Each promotion in title grants different levels of authority.

Currently, the titles in the Heavens Samsara are divided into six ranks: Samsara Traveler, Realm Inspector, Realm Executioner, Agent, Apostle, and Realm Lord.

Right now, you are merely at the lowest rank of Samsara Traveler and possess no authority whatsoever.

A Realm Inspector, as the name implies, is an envoy who patrols and monitors the various realms on behalf of the Will of the Heavens.

Once they discover forces within any realm that exceed their own capacity, they can report it to the Will of the Heavens so that higher-level forces can be dispatched.

At the same time, you will gain partial investigative privileges.

Anything that other Samsara travelers have investigated, or anything known to the Will of the Heavens, can be displayed before you, functioning essentially as an encyclopedia system.

However, there are restrictions when using this ability on people. If other Samsara travelers or indigenous inhabitants of parallel worlds far exceed your strength, the displayed information will not be comprehensive.

Once you reach the Eight Gates or Seven Stars realm, you can participate in the Realm Inspector examination. When the time comes, just manifest the thought and register with the Will of the Heavens."

After listening and digesting this information for a moment, Yang Sheng suddenly asked, "Is the Realm Lord the most powerful existence within the Heavens Samsara? Are they cultivators at the Wuji realm?"

Fat Wang scratched his head, weighed his thoughts, and said, "This question is actually rather complex, because originally, under the Will of the Heavens, there was no such title as Realm Lord—only Apostles.

To put it bluntly, we Samsara travelers are all hired hands working for the Will of the Heavens. They assign missions, we complete them, and then we collect our paychecks. Therefore, the highest possible ceiling for titles is the Apostle.

As the name suggests, a Realm Lord is the master of a realm. However, beneath the Will of the Heavens, only Apostles are permitted to exist; the master of a world should not appear. In reality, a Realm Lord is merely a more powerful Apostle.

They seized the core of a world and became the masters of that realm, rendering them virtually invincible within it.

Because Apostles possess the authority to customize world missions, they can exploit loopholes in the Will of the Heavens to indefinitely postpone the completion of their world's mission, thereby achieving the goal of remaining in their own world permanently.

However, Realm Lords are also pitiful prisoners who cannot freely leave their worlds.

Once the world core leaves its native world, it will immediately be detected by the Heavens, which will reclaim it. Consequently, whenever they descend upon other worlds, they always choose to use various secret technique avatars.

At the same time, even though Realm Lords can use loopholes to stay in a world for a long time, the Will of the Heavens still issues scheduled missions.

Yet, because they cannot leave their worlds, they are forced to recruit a certain number of Samsara travelers as subordinates to help them complete the missions.

Thanks to their control over an entire realm, Realm Lords command astonishing resources, so they have quite a few subordinates. Moreover, cooperating with one another can reduce mission difficulties.

As for their strength, the majority of Realm Lords are at the Yin-Yang realm; I have never witnessed those at the peak Wuji realm with my own eyes.

By the way, you are just a newcomer who has only experienced two worlds, why are you so concerned with Realm Lords standing at the peak?"

Yang Sheng rubbed his head and said, "There is a matter that might prove quite troublesome. In my second Samsara world, I seemingly eliminated a Samsara traveler who was a subordinate of a Realm Lord."

Fat Wang raised an eyebrow and asked in surprise, "Another traveler actually entered that world as well?

Did you leave any living captives? Which Realm Lord do they serve under?"

Hearing Fat Wang's words, a stir arose in Yang Sheng's heart.

The fat man before him might look sleazy, but to be able to fight his way through the Heavens Samsara up to this point, how could he possibly be just a sleazy fat man?

Just listen to the questions he asked.

Fat Wang first asked if Yang Sheng had taken any captives alive, and only then asked which Realm Lord the person served under.

Kill the witness, leave no loose ends.

This fatty is also a ruthless and decisive character.

Yang Sheng said in a deep voice, "Two people, both of them were wiped out.

The other party claimed he was a subordinate of Lord Mu Jiu of the Nine Nether Realm."

Fat Wang waved his hand casually and said, "Then it doesn't matter.

Anyone trying to scavenge opportunities in a world undergoing upgrading is most likely not a Realm Inspector. Since you were able to take them down, their strength was probably around the Nine Revolutions.

Such trash is the lowest form of existence even within the Nine Nether Realm. The death of one or two means nothing; the Nine Nether Realm won't bother investigating.

The prerequisite, however, is that you keep your mouth shut and don't go bragging about it as a combat achievement.

Otherwise, just to save face, the Nine Nether Realm would have to eliminate you."

"Right, there is one more thing I'd like to consult you about. What is divine office inheritance?"

Fat Wang waved his hand and replied, "Don't be so polite. You are a newcomer I brought in; the further you go, the more benefits I can reap.

You shouldn't have even come into contact with divine office inheritance. Why are you asking about this?"

"In the Dragon City Hegemony world, I acquired a 5% divine office inheritance, and the Jiang Tianlei I cut down seemed quite astonished that I possessed it."

Fat Wang looked Yang Sheng up and down, clicking his tongue in wonder: "You really do have quite extraordinary luck! To harvest a divine office inheritance right in a rookie mission, even if it's only 5%.

Things like divine office inheritance are intimately tied to the strength of middle and upper-tier Samsara travelers.

Within the Heavens Samsara, there are countless lineages of power inheritance, such as your national martial arts, talismanic Daoist magic, fringe technologies from wasteland worlds, internal martial arts energy, bizarre secret techniques, and so on.

However, regardless of the lineage system, there is only one universally acknowledged strongest path: divine office inheritance, which allows one to acquire the formidable powers of legendary deities and Buddhas of the heavens.

Therefore, even the inheritance of the most minor wild deity is extremely precious.

Since you've already come into contact with divine office inheritance, I might as well explain these things to you.

Divine office inheritances are divided into four categories: the Divine Court, the Heavenly Palace, Lingshan, and the Underworld.

These four categories simultaneously represent four realms known as the Four Void Realms, which exist as entities transcending Heaven-tier worlds.

The Divine Court houses ancient deities, the Heavenly Palace holds the orthodox gods of the heavenly realms, Lingshan contains Buddhist Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats, while the Underworld consists of Yama kings and nether deities.

A divine office inheritance can only be utilized once it reaches a 10% integration rate, and upon reaching 50% and 80%, portions of its mighty powers will awaken. However, only at 90% is the divine office truly mastered.

Yet, those in the outside world can never collect and elevate a divine office inheritance to 90%; that is only possible within the corresponding Four Void Realms.

Moreover, theoretically, each person can only enter each of the Four Void Realms once.

One can only enter them after being promoted to the title of Agent, in order to elevate their divine office inheritance beyond 90%.

There is one more thing: people from the Underworld are different from the Samsara travelers of the other three Void Realms.

To the majority of Samsara travelers, they are foes rather than friends. In short, you must exercise caution if you encounter people from the Underworld."

Yang Sheng nodded knowingly and asked, "Do the Four Void Realms have Realm Lords?"

Fat Wang snapped his fingers: "Of course they do. However, some believe that they are not Realm Lords, but rather the earliest explorers of the Four Void Realms who seized the initiative and gained the deepest mastery over them.

The Master of the Divine Court is the Eastern Emperor, the Master of the Heavenly Palace is the Heavenly Emperor, and the Master of Lingshan is the World-Honored One.

As for the Underworld, it has three co-rulers: Kshitigarbha, Houtu, and the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

Actually, those three from the Underworld are slightly weaker, but they are relatively united.

The factions of the Divine Court, the Heavenly Palace, and Lingshan are constantly engaging in open and covert struggles, unable to truly unite, and naturally unable to exert suppression upon the Underworld, so the power among the four factions remains somewhat balanced.

Some have rumored that the Realm Lords of these Four Void Realms are at the Wuji realm, while others claim they have transcended the restrictions of Samsara travelers, directly confronting the Will of the Heavens and penetrating the ultimate mystery of the world.

Of course, these are all rumors; in any case, their strength is definitely greater than that of ordinary Realm Lords."

Yang Sheng said thoughtfully, "So my City God inheritance should belong to the Heavenly Palace? And your inheritance is..."

Fat Wang nodded and flashed a greasy smile: "Though I am unworthy, I am also an Apostle of the Heavens, acting as the divine official Siling Xingjun (Minister of Fate), and I hold a modest reputation within the Heavenly Palace."