It was precisely because of those reasons that Zhou Tian controlled the Abyss World to enhance the strength of any living beings. However, when enhancing the strength of those beings, Zhou Tian must have a reasonable justification. For instance, Zhou Tian would have the Abyss World issue some tasks, and upon completing those tasks, Zhou Tian could then enhance the strength of these beings.

However, originally Zhou Tian had his own reasons for this arrangement. He didn’t foresee that after not using the power of the Abyss World to enhance the strength of internal beings earlier, the Abyss World would suddenly lose that ability once confronting the Divine Realm.

If Zhou Tian originally had no reason to massively cultivate powerful thugs using the power of the Abyss World, then once confronting the Divine Realm, being suppressed by those deities to the point of being unable to lift his head, Zhou Tian naturally had every reason to create a large group of powerful thugs. But the current problem is that, although Zhou Tian had a reason to do so at the time, when he was about to carry it out, the influence of the Divine Realm deprived him of the ability to do so.

When the Divine Realm invaded the Abyss World, although Zhou Tian, in alliance with the Abyss World, did not fall short by much compared to the Divine Realm’s consciousness in a contest of consciousness. But if both sides were to truly face off, given the might of the Divine Realm, its consciousness, after contact with Zhou Tian and the others, would inevitably affect the Abyssal Consciousness.

The most obvious point is that, at this moment, the Abyssal Consciousness’s control over the Abyss World no longer reaches its original height. It can still control the Abyss World, but when it comes to doing certain things, without the corresponding rules, even the Abyssal Consciousness cannot act willfully within the Abyss World.

Thus, due to the influence of the Divine Realm consciousness, the Abyssal Consciousness, which could have freely enhanced the strength of beings within the Abyss World, found itself unable to enhance the strength of its subordinates at that time.

At that time, under such a circumstance, the only way for Zhou Tian to ensure that his side possessed sufficient combat power was to help those beings through the method of tasks. It is precisely for this reason that Zhou Tian issued such tasks to the Abyssal creatures at that time—just by killing deities, they could double their strength. Such tasks would have been unthinkable in the past.

Even though Zhou Tian issued such tasks, the Abyssal creatures still seemed lacking in stamina, mainly because their opponents this time were too powerful. In the later stages of battle, as the number of beings continued to dwindle, no matter how quickly individual strength was improved, given the innate strength of the Abyss World being inferior to the Divine Realm, continuing to fight like that would inevitably lead to defeat, which was not surprising.

Thus, at this time, it was simply impossible for Zhou Tian to instantly enhance the strength of the Abyss World. After all, the power of the Divine Realm was undeniable, and it was impossible to expect Zhou Tian to achieve such growth in such a short time from every perspective.

However, if at this time Zhou Tian’s ultimate goal was merely to let the Abyss World possess the ability to resist the Divine Realm, then although this was difficult, it was not entirely unfeasible to execute in reality.

Given Zhou Tian’s side’s circumstances at the time, while it seemed unlikely to block the Divine Realm, in truth, preparation for such a move only required readying enough Warriors to confront the deities. As long as the Abyss World could consistently produce Warriors able to fight the deities, the combat power on Zhou Tian’s side would be greatly enhanced in the ongoing battles. Ultimately, though this might not be enough for Zhou Tian’s side to achieve final victory, it would definitely make stopping those deities’ advances possible.

Zhou Tian was well aware of his side’s advantages and weaknesses, so at the time he was working on remedying his weaknesses with his own methods. Zhou Tian also believed that as long as there were no accidents and his preparations were flawless, achieving his goal should not be difficult in theory.

In the Abyss World, although the Abyssal Consciousness and Zhou Tian had not yet been defeated by the Divine Realm consciousness at that time, given the opponent’s influence—it was undoubtedly challenging to directly assemble a team capable of facing the opponent in battle. And in that situation, the tactics Zhou Tian originally used for his development showed their amazing effect.

Through the means of contracts, Zhou Tian could completely send those beings within the Abyss World, whose strength was not considered potent, to the Different World. In this way, although those beings could not battle the deities, relative to those weaker Different World, Zhou Tian’s Abyssal beings could likely still become a very formidable combat force.

Thus, Zhou Tian could enhance those originally weak beings through tasks, enabling those Abyssal creatures to grow to the point where they can fight deities. In the subsequent battles, they would become a fresh force for Zhou Tian’s side, preventing the situation where only a batch of Abyssal creatures continually battles deities.

As long as reinforcements continuously appeared on the battlefield, the war that seemed unsustainable for a long time might just continue indefinitely.

Of course, if the Divine Realm directly deployed a force so powerful that Zhou Tian could not resist, such as a Divine King army, then Zhou Tian would still be forced to ’surrender’. However, clearly from the situation within Zhou Tian’s grasp, although the Divine Realm was capable of reaching that point, they were less likely to do that than to directly abandon retaliating against the Abyss World.

After reaching the level of a Divine King, since one has already mastered a rule of the Divine Realm, from a certain perspective, the Divine Realm consciousness and those Divine Kings’ status are somewhat equalized. And in that situation, even if the Divine Realm consciousness had the ability to force them to do something, it would be impossible to move those Divine Kings without paying a tremendous price.

If it truly concerned the rise or fall of the Divine Realm, then no matter how high the cost, it would inevitably solicit those Divine Kings to take action. And as soon as those Divine Kings took action, it was believed that the Divine Realm should be able to handle most of the predicaments relying on the combat power of those Divine Kings.

Of course, whether or not the Divine Kings’ deployment could resolve the crisis of the Divine Realm is one thing, but at this time, logically speaking, it would not use those Divine Kings to deal with the Abyss World.

First, because of the high cost of soliciting those Divine Kings, the Divine Realm obviously wouldn’t do such apparently unnecessary things without need. Secondly, the reason the Divine Realm opposed the Abyss World was just due to the ’offense’ caused by the Abyss World; originally, it was believed that the Divine Realm did not take the Abyss World seriously at all. Therefore, making some deployments to deal with the Abyss World was already decent—wanting to mobilize a large number of Divine Kings to deal with the Abyss World was certainly impossible.

Not to mention a group of Divine Kings, it was estimated that in a considerable period of the war between the Abyss World and the Divine Realm, they would not encounter combat power at the Divine King level. Thus, according to the battlefield situation of the time, as long as Zhou Tian could provide sufficient troop sources, blocking the Divine Realm’s attack on the Abyss World would not be difficult.

And according to Zhou Tian’s arrangements at the time—to send a large number of Abyssal creatures to the Different World—after completing the corresponding tasks, it was expected that those Abyssal beings’ strength would increase significantly. Upon enhancing their strength, those Abyssal creatures would certainly be able to battle deities. And, upon slaying the deities, those Abyssal creatures’ strength could continue to increase, potentially reaching a point where battling a True God was possible. (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)