Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1060: Chapter 579

Inserting the neuron progeny into the Storm God Kingdom was initially just a temporary measure by Gu Hang to transport and contain this dangerous beast.

However, he stumbled upon an unexpected discovery.

After completing the containment, he boarded the Fury Owl and continued his journey.

But within just a day, he sensed that something unforeseen was unfolding within his Storm God Kingdom.

Without hesitation, he interrupted a meeting he was conducting, retreated to his private chamber, and activated a subspace rift to enter the Storm God Kingdom.

Now, the Storm God Kingdom he owned was far from the barren wasteland it had been when it was under the dominion of the Primal Fury Owl. Though its dark, cloud-laden skies remained as oppressive as ever, and the gray-white, blue-black interspersed land retained its heavy, stifling atmosphere, the entire Storm God Kingdom could no longer be described as desolate.

The primary credit belonged to the numerous heroic spirits who, over the years, had worked tirelessly to reshape the once-wasteland, constructing countless artificial structures.

In Gu Hang’s Storm God Kingdom, a city had already risen.

The two most central zones of this city included, firstly, the place where Gu Hang had once vanquished the Great Unclean One—Ge Wajia—and spent considerable time digesting its essence. That site had been fashioned into the likeness of an altar. While it had little functional utility, it held profound symbolic significance for the heroic spirits.

The second key area was the black box factory.

The practical importance of this place was immense.

Previously, when the neuron progeny was captured by Gu Hang, it was thrown onto the altar. This was the most suitable location to imprison such a monstrosity.

A total of twenty-three massive steel spikes were driven into its body, pinning it firmly to the ground. Thick chains connected the spikes, binding its form completely.

In this condition, even if the neuron progeny could still utilize its inherent spiritual energy, breaking free was nearly impossible—let alone the fact that its spiritual energy was in a state of total suppression. The chains were conduits for terrifying thunder-like divine power, keeping its spiritual energy confined within its body, rendering escape futile.

It was, for all intents and purposes, an airtight containment.

And yet, the current situation was something of an anomaly.

On the bound neuron progeny’s body, points of light began to emerge continuously, floating into the air and gradually dissipating.

The neuron progeny was disintegrating.

Gu Hang found this rather astonishing.

How was all of this happening?

He had taken no deliberate action.

Yet, what was happening to the neuron progeny bore a striking resemblance to the scene years ago when Ge Wajia, the Great Unclean One, was defeated by Gu Hang within the Divine Realm, and the Storm God Kingdom had “absorbed” it.

Its body was collapsing, there was no doubt about that; the parts breaking apart were transformed into pure energy and absorbed by the Divine Realm.

Gu Hang could then distinctly feel the entire Storm God Kingdom’s power surging rapidly!

To be honest, this kind of growth was something Gu Hang had not experienced in a long time.

The Storm God Kingdom had been growing all along, this much was true. Its growth primarily relied on the expansion of the Alliance, the enlargement of the Alliance’s system, and Gu Hang’s image as the Alliance Governor becoming deeply ingrained in people’s minds—at least within some of the Alliance’s core ruling territories.

Faith could influence subspace.

As the owner of the Storm God Kingdom, the “faith” of the Alliance’s hundreds of billions of people in his governance became the source of the kingdom’s growth.

However, the sentiments of those under Alliance rule hardly constituted genuine faith in Gu Hang.

Moreover, Gu Hang himself was reluctant to actively cultivate true worship toward him.

The National Church was no pushover; doing so would be tantamount to treason. It would severely undermine his ruling foundation and trigger widespread internal upheaval.

When Iron Wrath Stone staged rebellions, their rallying cry was “Purge the Emperor’s Court,” accusing the bureaucrats on Holy Terra of idleness and failure to faithfully execute the will of the Emperor.

Even Humphrey Paolo, an unabashedly ambitious man, dared not echo the slogans of those Chaos Traitors, like calling the Emperor a “false deity.”

Gu Hang stood even less of a chance of attempting something similar.

Beyond these pragmatic factors, in terms of Gu Hang’s understanding of subspace, widespread, religious-style worship was not an unalloyed good.

True, it would greatly amplify the Storm God Kingdom’s power, thereby tremendously increasing the strength of the spiritual energy Gu Hang could wield and command.

But the problem was that this faith brought not just power—it also brought “influence.”

The intentions, desires, and negative emotions of the believers could infect Gu Hang as the master of the Divine Realm. This contamination would be a long-term, gradual process. Gu Hang’s way of thinking would change over time, and ultimately, his personal will would be slowly dissolved and replaced throughout the process.

Once the process was complete, the being that existed in this world would no longer be the current Gu Hang but a purely role-bound version of himself as the Alliance Governor.

In other words, he would evolve into a construct of subspace.

He was deeply cautious of this.

Thus, while the expansion of the Alliance and the increasing “faith” of its citizens in him had indeed grown, the overall magnitude still remained limited. Compared to the surge of growth after absorbing Ge Wajia back then, the current growth of the Storm God Kingdom’s power was at best around five percent in total.

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