CHAPTER 2040: CHAPTER 2034: DEPARTURE

"Perhaps, this will be the last time I personally participate in a plane war..."

Watching the floating continent, Lu Ping’an vaguely felt some awareness.

He was dividing himself.

A part of him stayed on Mercury 42, becoming a part of it... In fact, Lu Ping’an’s consciousness was already eroding Mercury 42’s world consciousness, turning the entire world into a part of himself.

This was not even something he did deliberately.

But as an existence of Upper Divine level, its mere presence would naturally contaminate the surrounding world, turning it into a part of itself.

Lu Ping’an could feel the world’s consciousness in slumber, could even feel himself waking It... Of course, Lu wasn’t that bored.

"It is afraid of me."

What does it feel like to be feared by a world? Lu Ping’an felt it for the first time.

Now, he had physically occupied half of this world.

When it split, a part of him was still left... He could try to take it all away; in that case, Mercury 42 might become a "shattered apple".

The entire world was already covered in his green, with the Lamp Trees embedded into the ground, forming his spiritual energy network.

If he wished, he could even use it as a fulcrum to move the entire world... He was already a substantial threat to the world’s will.

"It’s begun."

As the continent slowly rose, the spectators below also breathed a sigh of relief.

They were actually quite scared, afraid the entire world would just fall apart.

After all, over the years, the specifications of the "Father God" had become increasingly outrageous...

"Boom!"

After a shake of the earth and mountains, the floating continent slowly freed itself from the shackles of Mercury 42, and the disturbance was even much smaller than expected.

"Did you take away less than expected?" Chris was a bit puzzled.

"In fact, taking it or not doesn’t matter much... The Courtyard Continent in the material plane is similar to my physical body back then, just a manifestation of the main body in the material world."

"So even if those weren’t taken away, they weren’t actually separated?"

"Accurately speaking, all my parts now are similar projections in the material plane; they’re all separated. Without an initial physical existence, naturally, there’s no talk of division."

Lu Ping’an explained as thoroughly as possible with his words.

Naturally, he noticed Chris’s envious expression... Then her willow brows twitched, lips pouting, seeming a bit displeased. It looked like he’d need to be careful tonight.

"Thank you for your detailed explanation, undeserving as I am."

Sure enough, she was angry.

Lu Ping’an could only try to smile apologetically; whether he’d die in bed or be kicked to the living room, fewer incidents were better.

Over the years, Lu Ping’an had entered a period of rapid growth, with qualitative changes almost every day and year. As for Chris... her strength indeed steadily increased beyond the ninth-order, but now she was just an ordinary Broken Quasi-God, far from reaching the tenth-order.

Becoming an Order God again? That’s not hard, but how could she be content?

Because of this, it was determined that when she could no longer understand what Lu Ping’an was saying, the Big Cat threw a little tantrum.

And when the wife is upset... it’s up to you to coax her, don’t foolishly reason with her.

"...Let’s go to the zoo, didn’t you say there were two restored long-haired Tyrannosaurs and Mosasaurs from the other day? I’ll give them a blessing, and see who becomes the King of Jurassic in a match with infinite regeneration."

This gameplay is quite hardcore, but being naturally a fanatical monster and arena enthusiast, the Big Cat was instantly captivated.

Lu Ping’an wiped his brow. After using this trick, he’d need to come up with more creative ideas to compensate.

And the calmness of the high level steadied the entire Courtyard... even though in these years, Lu Ping’an had not only stopped managing things but also rarely showed up in the Courtyard.

Now a joint group handled affairs, including Catherine, Eve, Fei’er, Xue En, Guan Xinxian, and others, forming the actual managers... several among them were urgently called back by Lu Ping’an; they had established their territories in the Otherworld.

But considering the upcoming grand feast... great war, it would be a pity to miss it, so they returned.

"Are the returning Legions settled?"

"Their conditions are good... now every day, they’re grinding in the Arena, without life insurance, many would have died already."

Those free-range Legions, especially the renowned Burning Legion in the Multi-universe, were also called back by Lu Ping’an.

A top-level plane war, as long as you survive, is worth decades or even a century of accumulation.

One could say that plane wars are mutual hunts... with a super Wolf King like Lu Ping’an, if the wolf pack is still alive, they will naturally respond to his summon.

"Some people... didn’t return." Catherine laid out the reports from the cadres, confirming several vacancies again.

"Take care of their families." Even though he expected it, Lu Ping’an was still somewhat unaccustomed.

What Lu Ping’an referred to was not those who missed the call due to excessive fun, but simply the stragglers.

Time was quite amazing; some people kept up with the pace, while others quietly fell behind... This integration of loose Legions confirmed that some familiar faces either perished entirely, died of old age, or succumbed to extraordinary loss of control.

The road for the Extraordinary is advance or die; some may still be physically alive, but after losing the possibility of advancement, they become just another kind of living corpse.

The only slight relief for Lu Ping’an was that his old friends weren’t on the death list.

It wasn’t by chance, after all, lives above Rule-level naturally lived longer...

"The first batch of elders who didn’t reach Rule-level have mostly retired..."

Though it’s quite unfortunate, that’s reality. Most lives retire when it’s time, and those who continue probably aren’t considered human anymore.

Of course, the new generation is more numerous and powerful, with stronger races more abundant.

The overall scale and combat power visibly increased by hundreds or thousands of times.

"...Just seeing a few fewer names on the list still brings some sighs."

Still looking young on the outside, Lu Ping’an sighed, perhaps when he’s finally at doomsday or considered truly Immortal, he’ll still look the same.

Maybe in a few hundred years, when he walks into the Courtyard’s office building, the younger generation won’t recognize him.

"Boom!"

Beyond Lu Ping’an’s Courtyard, various Divine Kingdoms also began saying goodbye to Mercury 42.

Over the years, within Lu Ping’an’s forces, many had become Deities or Divine Kingdoms, naturally, quite a few in number.

And this time, it will be a true war of the Divine throng.