Joseph pointed at himself with a look of disbelief and asked, “Big Brother Meng Lei, am I also capable of becoming a deity?”
Meng Lei smiled and said, “Of course! Thus, all of you must work hard and strive to achieve the Saint Domain stage as soon as possible!”
“Big Brother Meng Lei, we’ll definitely work hard!”
As they ate, drank, and chatted about the past and embarrassing childhood incidents, everyone slowly relaxed and was no longer that reserved. Laughter and chatter went on without pause at the table...
Meng Lei didn’t cultivate during the next few days. Instead, he accompanied the others and had fun in the Imperial City. Only when they were more or less done did he see them off.
The moment he returned to the imperial palace, Puhaman led a group of people and requested an audience with him.
“Didn’t I tell you, Puhaman? You have full authority to handle state affairs on my behalf. You can take care of everything, so there’s no need to ask me for anything!”
“Thank you for your trust in me, Master,” Puhaman said with a wry chuckle before continuing, “But this matter today really requires you to make the decision!”
“What is it?”
Meng Lei was rather surprised.
“The Fairy Empire and the Titan Empire’s envoys are here. They’ve taken the initiative to submit to us.”
An excited Puhaman said, “The Titan Empire is willing to offer up all of their national territory, and only requests that Your Majesty can bestow upon them a plot of land for the Titans to live and proliferate.”
“The Thunder Titan Emperor is surprisingly wise.” Meng Lei smiled and said, “Alright, since he’s so amenable to reason, then I shall fulfill his wishes. Puhaman, draft my decree.”
“Awaiting your instructions, Master!”
“I hereby appoint the Thunder Titan Emperor as the life peer Titan Duke and bestow upon him the Titan Ranges as a fief for the Titans to inhabit,” said an aloof Meng Lei.
“How brilliant of Your Majesty!”
Puhaman bowed slightly.
“Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!”
The Titan Empire envoy bowed and gave his thanks. He had lived up to his mission and achieved his diplomatic mission’s objective.
“You may rise!”
Meng Lei waved lightly.
“Master, the Fairy Empire is also willing to offer up the entire Fairy Forests and submit to us. They only request that Your Majesty bestow the Forest of Life upon them as the Fairies’ habitat,” said Puhaman.
“The Fairies have actually also submitted?”
Meng Lei was awfully surprised. He couldn’t help but turn to the Fairy Empire envoy.
The Fairies weren’t weak. On top of that, they were the Fairy Goddess’ worshipers, while the Fairy Goddess herself was a great higher deity. Was she really willing to part with a territory as vast and spacious as the Fairy Forests?
That didn’t make sense!
“Your Majesty, this is Her Holiness’ holy decree,” said the Fairy Empire envoy with a bow.
“The Fairy Goddess’ instructions...”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but become even more curious. However, this wasn’t the time to be puzzled over something like that. He gazed at the Fairy Empire envoy and said, “Since the Fairy Empire has taken the initiative to express goodwill, neither am I an unkind person. We’ll go with the Fairy Empire’s wishes!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
The Fairy Empire envoy also bowed and expressed their gratitude.
“You can deal with the rest of the matters as you deem appropriate, Puhaman,” said Meng Lei with a wave as he started to chase them away.
“There’s one more thing, Master,” said a rather hesitant Puhaman.
“What is it?”
A look of puzzlement came over Meng Lei’s features.
“It’s about the imperial harem!”
Puhaman reminded him, “Now that Master has ascended the throne and become the ruler of the empire, leaving the harem empty would be disadvantageous to the empire’s stability and development. It’s time to fill up the imperial harem, Master!”
“...”
Meng Lei was rather lost for words. “What does an empty harem have anything to do with the empire’s stability? I’m a great true god who’s immortal and indestructible. Is there a need to pass down the throne and legacy?”
A wry smile appeared on Puhaman’s lips at once. He said, “You are indeed immortal, Master, but you’ll eventually leave Heaven’s Vault Continent someday. When that day comes, who are you going to pass down the throne to?”
“We’ll talk about that when the time comes.” Meng Lei waved and said, “Leave if there’s nothing else. I’m tired.”
“This... Yes, Master.”
A resigned Puhaman could only leave with the others.
“Royal consort selection...”
Meng Lei shook his head resolutely. “I’m a man with a wife and a child. How can I do something as immoral as this behind my wife’s back? No! Absolutely not!
“But... Three palaces, six courtyards, and 72 royal consorts! The sound of it alone already excites me...”
Chapter 266: Reaching An Agreement, A Demon God Contract
The vast universe had birthed countless existential planes.
As though bubbles, the planes floated in the Void, either linked together in a row, or independent of one another, or moved about at high speed...
Their sheer numbers were as though sand in the desert.
There were no magic elements, air, or water outside the planes, but just turbulent, havoc-wreaking time-space fluxes.
These time-space fluxes were the Void itself.
The word “void” meant nothingness, while the world of the Void meant a world of nothingness.
Heaven’s Vault Continent was one of the innumerable bubble-like existential planes. Piled up around it was an infinite amount of dust particles that circled and spun around Heaven’s Vault Continent like meteors.
From afar, the dust particles looked very small. It was only when one went nearer that they would realize that these dust particles were, in fact, incredibly huge like humongous floating blocks of land.
Among them was a certain dust particle that wasn’t very big and looked completely inconspicuous. It floated quietly in
