Chapter 1037: Finale (Part 1), Becoming a God
Gu Hang sat quietly in the empty hall.
This is Holy Terra, the most magnificent hall in the Imperial Palace. Ten thousand years ago, the Emperor met with the Imperium's Sons of God, Commanders, Prime Ministers, and Lords here, announcing the beginning of the founding expedition.
Then, the Emperor walked out of the hall. Outside was the largest square within the palace, the Square of Vision, which connected to the Avenue of Eternity. There, the first Space Marine Legions, the Emperor's Guards, and the most elite mortal warriors, were reviewed by the Emperor, and with great vigor and courage, they began the grand expedition to establish the nation.
And wait, Gu Hang will also preside over a similar ceremony.
Now is the time to wait.
Logically speaking, there should be many ministers and waiters accompanying Gu Hang, making various preparations for the scene.
This was indeed the case before, but Gu Hang had temporarily asked everyone to leave more than ten minutes ago.
The moment of becoming a god was calmer than expected.
Unlike when Slaanesh was born, he sacrificed the entire Eldar Empire, the dominant race in the universe, which caused waves in the Warp for ten thousand years and caused a huge catastrophe in almost the entire universe.
When the Emperor ascended, the noise was much smaller than when Slaanesh ascended.
But according to records, at that time, throughout the empire, one could see golden light in the sky, and the shadow of the Divine Emperor ascending to heaven, which moved billions of people to tears and kneeling in worship - of course, this could also be a myth made up by the state religion.
But no matter what, there must have been some movement at least in Holy Terra at that time.
And at this moment, without any external movement, Gu Hang was successful. He clearly felt that the thin layer of window paper that had blocked his way for a long time in the past was quietly shattered.
In this way, humans gained a god to protect them in the subspace.
Today, it has been thirty years since the Furnace of All Things was swallowed up by the Kingdom of Storm God.
Gu Hang finally took that step and entered the top level of both the subspace and the physical universe.
And his becoming a god was not really without any movement.
But not now.
Thirty years ago, Bassol, the lesser god who had the greatest hope of becoming a great being in the subspace, fell. When his kingdom of God, the Crucible of All Things, was smashed and devoured by Gu Hang, this was the "movement" of Gu Hang becoming a god.
Using the most powerful Chaos God under the Four Gods as a sacrifice is actually not a small amount.
And if this is not enough, then ten years ago, Gu Hang faced a challenge of a rather large scale.
By that time, he had already completed his analysis and mastery of the Creator's authority.
The key that Bassol had painstakingly crafted over hundreds of years, the Rain Star made using the ancient Knight Star as a template, was also in Gu Hang's hands.
Although it was not made by himself, after Gu Hang completed the control of the authority of the "Creator", it was not difficult for him to analyze and control the key. He completed it in less than two years.
After mastering the key, it’s time to look for the so-called ancient weapon.
But in fact, this was a trap - a trap from Tzeentch.
He fooled Bassol; one of the information about the ancient weapons was false.
A simple lie would not have deceived Bassor into devoting his life to the pursuit of something. But as the god of lies, Tzeentch would not be so low-minded as to deceive another god to death.
The many clever lies Tzeentch told made Basthor gradually fall into complete devotion. The most important thing is that the ancient weapon exists, is powerful, and can really make Basthor become a god.
This information is true.
Only true information can successfully deceive Bassol.
But the problem is that a clever lie often involves inserting the most deadly falsehood into the truth.
This ancient weapon came from an ancient cosmic race. When that race was active, even the subspace was not what it is today.
In order for this ancient weapon to work, the subspace must be restored to its original state in the era when it existed.
But this is impossible to do.
Unless, Bassol can destroy the Four Gods, plus the Emperor.
Even after becoming great beings, they were still unable to destroy the other five beings at the same level. After all, the eternal game between the four gods lasted for eternity, and they had beaten each other to pieces, but the positions of the four of them had not changed.
Even becoming a god couldn't do it, let alone Bassol who hasn't become a god yet.
Even if Bassol had successfully obtained the key and unlocked this ancient weapon, he would not have become a god in the end.
He could not destroy the Four Gods, and was powerless to alter the Warp, so this ancient weapon was nothing more than a powerful and exquisite piece of scrap.
And it wasn't just Bassol who was deceived.
Basthor's former collaborator, the Chaos Warmaster Archathon, was also a victim.
This guy also took the matter of ancient weapons seriously.
After losing his partner Bassol, Alchaton came up with a new plan: he planned to take advantage of the time difference when Gu Hang obtained the ancient weapon, and get the ancient weapon that was rumored to change the entire situation in the universe first.
Of course, this could also be a conspiracy of Tzeentch.
In fact, Gu Hang should also be included in the list of victims.
But relatively speaking, Gu Hang suffered the least in the scam.
Because he won the war.
Tzeentch is good at plotting, but not at executing it. This Lord of Change has a plethora of ideas, all kinds of strange and imaginative, making it difficult to guard against them. However, his ideas are always contradictory, leading to confusion in execution.
After making so many moves, Jianqi probably never expected that Gu Hang would win the final battle with Bassol, and that he would win completely.
Just as the scam had planned, he had a bloody battle with Alchaton who came to snatch the ancient weapons. The human army suffered heavy losses here, and when facing Alchaton who was chosen by the four gods and blessed with divine power, Leon and Martins almost died under the sword together.
But this couldn't stop Gu Hang from getting off the court.
While he possessed immense power, it was also crucial to remember that he was still human. Even before his ascension, he possessed an absolute advantage: he could project his power into the real universe more easily than the Four Gods or the Emperor, and even, if necessary, he could be present in person.
Gu Hang destroyed Alchaton.
The losses are heavy, but so what?
Ten years ago, the Indomitable Crusade and the Dark Side Crusade had recovered more than 75% of the empire's territory.
Based on a rule that is more powerful, more efficient, and more centralized than that of the old empire, humanity's potential for war has reached an unprecedentedly terrifying level.
No matter how big or heavy the losses seem, they are a drop in the bucket for the enormous human empire, and they are wounds that can be healed given time.
The old empire had shed blood for ten thousand years but still remained alive, let alone the new empire that Gu Hang now controls.
Regardless of whether it was in the scam, destroying Bassol, devouring the Furnace of All Things, or destroying Alchaton and obtaining ancient weapons, Gu Hang won all of these.
Even if the ancient weapons are useless, it doesn’t really matter.
After all, even if there was no scam, Chaos was still Gu Hang's enemy.
These two things were originally on the kill list.
Because of the scam, it actually made it easier for Gu Hang to take action.
What's more, the so-called ancient weapon was useless in Bassol's hands, but it would be useless in Gu Hang's hands?
That's not necessarily the case.
There is a difference between Gu Hang and Bassol.
Bassol is simply the 'Creator'.
Gu Hang is the top-level secondary god, the patron saint of mankind and also the "creator".
Gu Hang, who was already one step away from becoming a great being, was unable to take that step after eating the 'Creator'.
In this matter, quantitative change seems difficult to achieve qualitative change.
But no matter what, Gu Hang's "quantity" has accumulated enough.
He was not like Bassol, who expected ancient weapons to elevate him to true godhood.
What Gu Hang needs is that bit of "quality".
He didn't care how powerful the so-called ancient weapon was. After obtaining it, he kept this spherical object, a concept between reality and illusion, in the Kingdom of Storm God.
Of course, he could not use this super weapon that was said to be able to destroy everything at will, and he did not have the ability to restore the environment of the subspace.
But it doesn't matter.
After ten years of analysis, he had almost torn the thing apart, turning it into real waste.
Just to extract that little bit of 'quality'.
And today, he succeeded.
What was originally blocking him was no longer just a step away, but just a thin film of obstruction, which broke quietly.
He succeeded.
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I will post the last chapter tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
After two and a half years of serialization and 3.46 million words, it is finally time to end, and I have a lot of emotions.
I’ll express my feelings in the closing remarks after I post the last chapter!
First of all, I would like to thank all the readers. I am really grateful for reading this far!
(End of this chapter)
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