Chapter 0234: The Billion-Dollar God Emperor Army

The entire Huangfeng Pavilion was sparsely populated, with no servants around. Only three or four idle customers were present, giving it a rather desolate atmosphere.
When Huang Long and his companions arrived, the counter clerk glanced up briefly before lowering his head to continue counting something.
This counter clerk was actually a powerful being from the Divine Realm!
Seeing this, Long Yi and the others frowned.
“Excuse me, do you not have any star maps of the Tianyun Dimensional Space for sale?” Long Yi asked before reaching the counter.
“Star maps of the Tianyun Dimensional Space…” Only then did the clerk lift his head and gaze at Huang Long and the others critically. “Do you have Divine Stones?”
“Divine Stones?” Long Yi was stunned. Could it be?
Seeing their astonished expressions, the clerk knew the answer and said mockingly, “What? Without Divine Stones, do you still expect to buy things from our Huangfeng Pavilion?”
The expressions of Huang Long and his companions darkened.
They hadn’t expected that transactions at Huangfeng Pavilion required Divine Stones. The clerk’s condescending tone filled them with anger.
“What? Do you plan to use force?” Seeing their anger, the clerk sneered instead, unafraid. How dare these mere mortals, like Huang Long, try to use force in their Huangfeng Pavilion?!
“How much?” A indifferent voice spoke up at that moment.
The clerk’s sneer froze on his face as he was momentarily stunned before turning his gaze to Huang Long.
Had he misjudged them this time?
Even ordinary powerful beings from the Divine Realm couldn’t possess Divine Stones. Usually, only godly-level powerhouses or Divine Realm experts from various domains would come to trade here. He naturally recognized the Divine Realm experts from the various domains of the Tianyun Dimensional Space. That’s why he was sure Huang Long and the others didn’t have Divine Stones. Moreover, he had seen too many ordinary people like Huang Long who came to Huangfeng Pavilion without the means to afford anything.
“Do you have Divine Stones?” the clerk asked Huang Long uncertainly.
Huang Long remained expressionless, but a glint appeared in his eyes as he exerted immense pressure. “How much?”
The clerk was shocked, feeling suffocated under Huang Long’s pressure. His expression changed, and he quickly stepped away from the counter, forcing a smile. “So it’s this senior who wants to buy a star map of the Tianyun Dimensional Space.”
His attitude shifted instantly—from hostile to deferential, like night and day.
Huang Long still remained expressionless and said nothing.
Long Yi and the others snorted inwardly.
Seeing this, the clerk forced a dry laugh and continued, “There are two types of star maps for the Tianyun Dimensional Space: one detailed and the other rough. May I ask if this senior prefers the detailed one or the rough one?”

Detailed or rough? They didn’t expect there to be two types of star maps! Huang Long was stunned.
“The detailed version provides comprehensive information about various star regions, such as family factions and god-tier powerhouses, while the rough version only gives a brief overview of the major star regions,” the shopkeeper explained upon seeing Huang Long’s confusion.
“How much are the two types?” Huang Long asked after thinking for a moment.
“The detailed version costs twelve divine stones, and the rough version costs five divine stones,” the shopkeeper replied.
“What?!” Long Yi, Neptune Apton, and the others paled.
A detailed Tianyun Star Map costing twelve divine stones?! They had thought it would cost at most two or three divine stones. After all, not even one divine stone was in their possession.
Huang Long also frowned upon hearing this: “Twelve divine stones?”
Seeing Huang Long’s expression, the shopkeeper quickly said with a wry smile, “Please don’t misunderstand, sir. It’s not that I’m setting the price arbitrarily; it’s fixed by higher authorities, and we just sell according to that price.”
By “higher authorities,” he naturally meant the family headquarters in the Divine Realm. Hearing this, Huang Long realized the shopkeeper had no say in the matter. After pondering for a while, he asked, “Do you accept divine artifacts here?”
The shopkeeper was taken aback before breaking into a radiant smile. “Of course! We accept as many as you have.” After a pause, he added, “Sir, please follow me inside to discuss this.” With that, he bowed slightly to gesture for them to come in.
Huang Long nodded and followed Long Yi and the others into the interior.
The interior was small, only twenty to thirty square meters. Its decoration was different from the lavish style outside—elegant and noble, while also exuding a sense of pressure. This pressure wasn’t visual but rather spiritual.
“Is this Soul Wood?!” Upon entering, Simp from the Phoenix Clan stared in disbelief at one of the pillars in the room.
“That’s right, it is indeed Soul Wood!” The shopkeeper glanced at Simp in surprise before smiling, unable to hide his pride. He hadn’t expected Simp to recognize Soul Wood.
Soul Wood was one of the building materials in the Divine Realm. This wood had the effect of pressing on souls, which was why Long Yi and the others felt such spiritual pressure upon entering.
“That’s Purple Thunder Stone!” Long Yi exclaimed upon seeing a half-meter-tall stone in the center of the room.
A faint mist emanated from the surface of the stone, lingering without dissipating—caused by the spiritual energy within. Upon closer inspection, faint purple lightning flashes could be seen within it.
“Indeed!” The shopkeeper was surprised but grew even more pleased.

Huang Long glanced around the cabinet, his expression unchanged.
“Elder, may I ask what divine artifact you intend to sell?” the shopkeeper asked respectfully after inviting Huang Long and the others to sit down.
At that moment, the space flashed, and a deep blue great sword appeared in Huang Long’s hands. With its appearance, the entire cabinet turned a bright blue.
This deep blue great sword was the low-grade divine artifact Huang Long had obtained by killing the half-orc Ale.
There was another one among the Five Pits Divine Cauldrons—the low-grade divine artifact, a long spear, obtained by killing Lin Youwu. As for killing the Hellish Demon Gods FranFrancis and the lower-tier gods sent by theglass Domain Palace a few days ago, they did not obtain any divine artifacts.
Seeing the deep blue great sword in Huang Long’s hands, the shopkeeper’s eyes lit up. After taking it from him, he stared at it intently while stroking it repeatedly.
Huang Long remained calm, sitting there with a composed expression.
“This is an offensive low-grade divine artifact of decent quality,” the shopkeeper said after a while, raising his head. After pondering for a moment, he announced a price under everyone’s gaze: “One hundred and ninety divine stones!”
“Only one hundred and ninety divine stones?!” Long Yi and the others were shocked and blurted out, their faces showing unmistakable anger. Huang Feng Pavilion was really too unfair—selling a star map for fifteen divine stones, while an ordinary divine artifact was worth over two hundred divine stones, yet they were only offering one hundred and ninety?
Huang Long also frowned.
“Elder, you may not be aware that generally, offensive divine artifacts in the divine plane are worth two to three hundred forty divine stones. But that’s just the selling price. The purchase price is thirty percent lower,” the shopkeeper explained.
“Thirty percent lower?!” Long Yi was stunned before sneering, “So after reselling it, this offensive divine artifact can fetch around two hundred and fifty divine stones. You make sixty divine stones in just one resale—how utterly unfair!”
The shopkeeper ignored Long Yi’s sarcasm and smiled at Huang Long, saying, “It’s true that we can sell it for two hundred and fifty divine stones after reselling, but it’s not as if we can make sixty divine stones as you and the others think. Families like ours that run shops in lower-dimensional spaces have to pay taxes to the main gods of the divine plane and the realm kings of these dimensional spaces every hundred years. For example, thirty of those sixty divine stones have to be paid as taxes.”
“So, we only make half of that. Moreover, shops like ours require manpower and financial resources to operate. After accounting for all these expenses, it’s uncertain whether we can even make ten divine stones.”
“Taxes?” Long Yi and the others hadn’t expected such a thing.
Huang Long was also taken aback.

“Not bad,” the shopkeeper said with a smile. “In the Divine Plane, every Supreme God possesses an army of ten billion Supreme Gods, requiring enormous military expenses—expenses that must be covered by taxes from businesses like ours!”
“Ten billion Supreme God armies?!” Long Yi and the others were shocked and stunned.
“That’s right. In the Divine Plane, every Supreme God has an army of ten billion Supreme Gods!” The shopkeeper said, noticing their obvious disbelief.
“How many Supreme Gods are there in the Divine Plane?” Huang Long’s eyes sparkled.
“There are the Seven Systems Supreme God Planes and the Six Supreme Divine Planes—over a hundred Supreme Gods in total. As for the exact number, I really don’t know,” the shopkeeper replied. “As you elders know, people like us hold no status within our families. We’re essentially like servants in some families in your mortal world. There are many things in the Divine Plane that we don’t fully understand; we only know about them from casual conversations among the family’s young masters and ladies. I was able to be assigned to guard this shop in this lower-dimensional space thanks to my ancestors’ contributions to our family.”
After hearing the shopkeeper’s words, Long Yi and the others fell silent, their emotions complex.
This shopkeeper had a strength comparable to theirs in the Divine Realm, yet in his family in the Divine Plane, he was merely a servant!
Wouldn’t they also end up as the lowest-class beings in the Divine Plane once they entered there soon?
Although they had thought about this before, facing it now was still hard for them to accept.
In the Hengyuan Plane, they were at the very top.
Meanwhile, Huang Long was thinking about the Supreme Gods of this world. With over a hundred Supreme Gods, on average, that meant around ten per plane in the Seven Systems Supreme God Planes and the Six Supreme Divine Planes.
Though not exact, this gave Huang Long a clearer idea of the strength of those planes.
Afterward, Huang Long and the shopkeeper asked more questions about the Divine Plane. By the time they left Huangfeng Pavilion, two hours had passed.
They had obtained the star map, but Huang Long and the others didn’t seem very happy.
From the detailed map showing various star regions in the Tianyun Dimensional Space, they learned that the Mo Fa Star in the Qingyao Star Region had now become a death zone.
Thousands of years ago, for some unknown reason, the Earth’s crust of Mo Fa Star suddenly became unstable and collapsed. Now, its surroundings were filled with star dust storms!
Star dust storms were even more terrifying than elemental magnetic storms.