Chapter 1

Carefully examining the mithril ring in front of him, Yusheng An took a deep breath and confirmed that the magic patterns were flawless. He let out a sigh of relief... Finally, it was completed.

Immediately, he couldn't wait to activate the mithril ring.

In an instant, an ethereal scroll slowly unfurled before him.

In the center of the scroll, three powerful characters were written in Azea hieroglyphs—Internet!

It worked!

Yusheng An clenched his fists, his heart surging with excitement.

In a daze, he seemed to see the scene where, after promoting the Internet to the Azea continent, countless people would follow him with fervent enthusiasm.

By then, wouldn't the essence flow in abundantly?

And he would surely become the most powerful deity on the Azea continent!

Ha ha... just daydreaming.

He didn't wish for the Internet to cause a huge craze; he only hoped to earn enough essence to return to his hometown—Blue Star.

Thinking of Blue Star, Yusheng An couldn't help but feel a tinge of melancholy.

He was not from this world of magic, divine arts, martial auras, and other chaotic powers.

He came from the technologically advanced Blue Star.

The reason he appeared here was quite absurd.

The Contract Deity of the multiverse, Tang En, was suddenly besieged by the five major deities. On the brink of death, to prevent his deity rank from falling into enemy hands, he burned all his essence and cast a summoning divine art, piercing through countless dimensions to summon Yusheng An from Blue Star.

However, Yusheng An did not reach the battlefield.

Midway, Tang En signed a "Deity Rank Inheritance Contract" with Yusheng An, using the power of rules to transfer the deity rank to him.

Thus, Yusheng An, mysteriously summoned, dramatically inherited the supreme power that countless people coveted—the deity rank.

Guided by the deity rank, Yusheng An arrived at Tang En's divine palace—a castle drifting in the dimensional rift of the Azea continent.

After the initial shock, confusion, helplessness, and fear of the unknown, time gradually made Yusheng An accept reality.

He began to think about his current situation and the future.

On the surface, things looked good; he had become the new Contract Deity.

In reality, it was terrible. Although he inherited the deity rank, the saying "an innocent man with a precious jade is guilty" applied.

The deity rank would inevitably attract the covetous eyes of other deities!

Tang En couldn't escape the hunt by the deities, so how long could he hide?

Fortunately, the divine palace's location was unpredictable, and with the deity rank's enhancement, as long as he didn't seek death, hiding for a while should be fine.

As for the future?

Yusheng An wanted to return to Blue Star.

There, he had brothers, friends, and most importantly, his parents. No matter how bad it was, he wanted to go back and see them. Now that he had the power of the deity rank, returning would be like returning in glory.

Since Tang En could summon him, there was a possibility of him returning.

Absolute power was the only key to solving all his current and future troubles.

Speaking of power, after gradually adapting to and understanding the deity rank, Yusheng An's expression became peculiar.

Unlike what he had imagined, the deity rank itself had no offensive or defensive power.

To be precise, it was the embodiment of the rules or authority of contracts, driven by essence and exercised through language and writing.

For example:

Yusheng An himself had no power, but if he could make a dragon sign a relevant contract, he could indirectly gain the dragon's power.

The specific power depended on the terms of the contract, such as a life-sharing contract, a magic-sharing contract, or even a servitude contract.

Of course, to contract a dragon, a considerable amount of essence was required.

Currently, the essence Yusheng An possessed had dropped to its lowest point.

This was because Tang En had exhausted centuries of accumulated essence to summon him, a human not tracked or intercepted by the five major deities.

So, what was essence, and how could he obtain it?

Essence, everyone had it, hidden within their souls.

The more powerful the soul, the more essence it naturally produced.

Unfortunately, even the souls of powerful deities produced a limited amount of essence. Accumulating for ten days or half a month could only superficially drive the deity rank.

This was undoubtedly very limited!

But the deities found a solution.

That was to cunningly and forcefully gather the essence of the masses, accumulating it like grains of sand into a mountain.

There were many methods, but the two main ones were:

1. Proselytizing

2. Spreading divine arts

Proselytizing involved designing specific prayers in specific places to collect the essence of believers in bulk.

The five major deities followed this path.

They rejected other deities' proselytizing, labeling any other deities as evil or heretical in their doctrines.

Upon discovery, they would certainly launch a military campaign to exterminate them!

So this path was not suitable for Yusheng An, at least not currently.

The remaining path was spreading divine arts.

Divine arts were essentially a way to temporarily lend the power of the deity rank to the masses in exchange for essence.

For example, the summoning divine art created by Tang En.

As long as both parties agreed, it could establish a solid contractual relationship between them.

After understanding divine arts, Yusheng An's first reaction was, "Isn't this just like 'patent technology, knowledge for payment'?"

Considering that the deity rank exercised power through language and writing!

A bold idea began to take shape in Yusheng An's mind.

That was to use the language and writing power of the deity rank to create a mysterious social platform.

Beyond a social platform, he could even transplant the entire Internet system from Blue Star.

Then, countless低头族 (people always looking down at their devices) would contribute an endless stream of essence for him!

Hard work pays off.

One could say that Yusheng An, who wielded the authority of language and writing, almost effortlessly created a mysterious social platform.

"Luoxia!" Yusheng An called out in his mind.

"Master, what do you need?" A beautiful figure appeared on the wall of the alchemy room.

She was the steward of the divine palace, looking about eighteen years old, with bright eyes, a straight nose, and a black dress with a pearl necklace, exuding a mature and alluring charm.

The first time he saw her, Yusheng An was truly amazed.

Unfortunately, she was a soul.

"Use the door next time!" Yusheng An's eyelids twitched.

"Yes!" Luoxia lowered her head.

Yusheng An tossed the mithril ring to her and said, "Try my new divine art!"

Luoxia nodded, took the ring, and activated it.

Instantly, a virtual scroll unfurled before her, and a mysterious usage guide entered her consciousness.

She touched the word "Internet" with her soul power, and the scroll interface suddenly changed, transforming into a parchment.

If someone from Blue Star were here, they would surely spray salt water all over it!

This was simply a simplified version of a social software interface from Blue Star.

"How does it feel?" Yusheng An asked, needing to gauge the opinion of the natives of this world.

"Master's new divine art is unprecedented and a stroke of genius!" Luoxia respectfully and humbly commented, though she was actually somewhat skeptical.

Multiple people chatting online at the same time?

Everyone was so busy: the poor were busy with food, mercenaries with missions, mages with research, and nobles with wealth accumulation...

Who had time to chat?

And using magic items for such a luxurious purpose?

She was sure this divine art would only become a toy for the rich.