It was already very special, the veil between Rage Owl Star and subspace was very thin. This brought abundant benefits to Rage Owl Star early on, as energy mines like the spiritualized gas field, are not easy to find; yet it also brought profound disaster, leading to the near world-destroying invasion of subspace demons.
Only in such an environment, could the simple affection of a planetâs inhabitants toward certain animals create the conceptual prototype of a subspace inferior god.
Yet the most critical aspect lies in the system Gu Hang inherited, regarding the upgrade options for his personal panel.
Without it, no matter how powerful a psychic one is, able to obliterate a prototype inferior god like the Primal Fury Owl into bits, how could they inherit its divine realm?
Itâs impossible.
That is not something humans can achieve.
And with this divine realm, Gu Hang truly underwent a qualitative transformation.
The so-called qualitative transformation does not refer to any explosive growth in his spiritual powerâthough it did occur, he became stronger, and could even tear open the veil of reality, allowing the Storm God Kingdom to briefly, controllably descend, providing Gu Hang with a very strong spiritual power boost.
But these are just application methods, minor details.
The fundamental change lies in Gu Hang possessing a portion of subspace essence.
This is the fundamental change.
With this subspace essenceâthe direct manifestation is his Storm God Kingdomâfrom then, encountering any Great Demons, other inferior god prototypes, Neuron Worms... monsters of similar levels, Gu Hang could not only defeat them, destroy them, but also do something more crucial: devour them.
Devour the subspace essence they represent.
The greatest gain comes from the last victory in war, when Reyadoces was thoroughly demolished by the âplanetary annihilation explosionâ, leading to the death of the Queen.
Up to now, Gu Hang has to admit, the insect race is truly a bizarre species. Theyâre certainly not natives of subspace, and their nature has nothing to do with subspace.
They are numerous, without thought, without emotion, driven only by instinct to devour. Even the thinking ability shown by advanced insects is merely a custom evolution based on needs.
To them, the brain is no different from other organs; if needed for combat, it can evolve this element in the next batch of creatures, placed on nodal organisms.
The swarm absorbs combat experience, evolves accordingly, in weaponry and tactical thinking. This point was a piece of fairly certain intelligence from Imperial scholars.
However, that this evolution can produce spiritual energy is already quite shocking; they can even analyze something like âsubspace essenceâ from countless wars and can even evolve it to create stronger spiritual units!
Itâs simply terrifying.
The Void Insect Species, these aliens... an absolute cosmic enemy, potentially one of the most terrifying foes.
Their existence is exceedingly daunting.
And the Queen, to combat a top-level psychic like himself, paid unknown costs to evolve numerous Neuron Worms, and she herself even evolved subspace essence to hatch Neuron Worms and directly confront himself.
What she possessed was even a higher tier than Neuron Worms!
This huge supplement truly made Gu Hang enjoy an explosive thrill.
Yet this supplementation through devouring is still minor.
For Gu Hang, the major growth channel actually comes from the Alliance itself.
As the Allianceâs real-controlled regions continuously expand, Gu Hang, as the image of the Alliance Leader, inevitably becomes deeply rooted in the hearts of the entire Alliance, and the Storm God Kingdomâs power naturally strengthens.
The emotions people have towards him are not religious faith but an affection, trust, loyalty... these sentiments, deeply rooting in the hearts of millions, produce effects that are no weaker than traditional religious faith.
This is his greatest foundation. As the Alliance grows, so does his Storm God Kingdom significantly expand.
Whatâs more, recently, thereâs a new path. As his personal image spreads widely on Holy Terra and even throughout the Sun Star Domain, being adored, it provides him with some new power.
This was an unexpected delight.
At this point, he can vaguely sense, realize why The Emperor is so strong? Why is his realm of golden light in subspace so dazzling, so ostentatious, yet those four greatest evil gods in subspace dare not confront him directly?
I only have the trust of the whole Alliance, but The Emperor has the trust of the entire Empire, those countless billions of people.
Furthermore, Gu Hang can even speculate on the origins of those four ancient evil gods.
But this aspect is rather distant, and pointless to imagine.
Returning to the present, Gu Hang himself actually does not know how to define his own power?
Very difficult to say.
But at least, individuals like Martins, Salius, who are a notch above Battle Group Champion, almost can be called top warriors Divine Chosen by The Emperor, are just stubborn rocks in his handsâa bit of effort, but with a hammer, he can smash them after a few hits, as his hand gets a bit numb.
Moreover, since they are merely stubborn rocks, hardly any worry is needed that they would have the ability to harm him.
Top-level warriors can suppress subspace power, use blades of fervor to cut through spells, rapidly close the distance, be it against psychics, even divine beings.
But that only stands for those of the same level.
Gu Hang already stands beyond their level.
As for any evil gods, Great Demons... if all the Great Demons are on the level of Great Unclean One - Gowaga, he now could slay a stack of them by himself.
The so-called Emperorâs sons, referred to by Interstellar Warriors as Fatherâs Sons of God, those figures from Imperial mythology, former legion leaders... beings of this level, due to the lack of observation samples, Gu Hang canât compare.
But being optimistic, perhaps he has already reached this level.
Itâs merely within this level whether considered strong, or considered weak.
Now possessing such power, he indeed has a desire to venture into subspace to hunt various Great Demons, inferior evil gods, to enhance himself.
Though, presently, itâs limited to thoughts.
He has not forgotten, his Storm God Kingdom is under the protection of the golden divine realm. Were he to run around frivolously without protection into the chaotic subspace waves, itâs easy to be targeted by those four frightening entities, whom Gu Hang still dares not provoke.
As for the worry back then when first acquiring the Storm God Kingdom, fearing too deeply into this path losing the essence of being human...
Now, thereâs no need to ponder this issue.
He has ventured very deep.
Along this path, he cannot abandon this power. Without it, he canât overcome many challenges.
In such a case, he can only hope that proceeding down this path wonât be a dead-end.
Regardless, he must continue forward.
Devouring other great existences, looting and supplementing subspace essence, this path ultimately is a secondary means. Building a stronger alliance is truly the broad highway.
Now that Zebert is sorted out, the remaining issues are no longer challenges.
Gu Hang then found Luo Fei.
This person, in plain view, is the Prime Minister of Administration, known as the greatest obstacle to the âAlliance Planâ, but in the current situation, has no power to oppose.