Chapter 534 – The Watchtower, the Invincible Angel King

Inside the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm, the Guardian Angel Lapis, bathed in the radiance of miracles, possessed an evolutionary form indistinguishable from that of generals like Deadbone and Dolai.

However, the pedestal of the angel statue located not far from the City Lord’s Mansion had undergone a dramatic transformation. It continuously expanded amidst blazing white light, seemingly morphing into some colossal structure.

Its footprint was so vast that it nearly encroached upon the surrounding buildings.

—The core area had indeed become somewhat crowded.

“Lord’s true form!”

In an instant, he entered the ‘Domain Power – Advanced Mode,’ his entire being transforming as if into an omnipotent deity. With a mere thought, an intangible, mighty force descended.

The earth did not tremble, nor were there deafening roars, yet the buildings around the angel statue were imperceptibly shifted, as if the Creator were rearranging building blocks.

Mu Yuan even adjusted several dozen structures further away, only withdrawing his power when satisfied with their orderly and secure arrangement.

The evolution of the life structure consumed 5 million Evolution Points, but the time required was far less than anticipated.

In merely half a day, golden rays of light manifested across the sky.

In Mu Yuan’s ears, angelic hymns echoed, melodies resonating as if countless angels were gathering around him.

Countless angelic phantoms also appeared within the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm.

Before the City Lord’s Mansion, the evolutionary radiance began to recede, revealing the transformed Miracle Building.

It was no longer a sculptural pedestal.

What presented itself before Mu Yuan was a pure white church, approximately the size of a football field. With white walls, spires, and arched doorways, it resembled a pilgrim’s Holy Land, brimming with sacred, sublime, and serene essence, as if all Filth would be purified here.

Flanking the grand entrance of the pure white church stood two ornate angel statues, one on each side.

Their appearances differed from Lapis—these were two four-winged angels. Each held a sword with both hands, positioning it upright before them, as if poised to eradicate the world’s evils at any moment.

Passing through the central archway, Mu Yuan stepped into the Grand Cathedral.

The interior was vast and open. Sunlight streamed through the nearly transparent dome, seemingly condensing during refraction and scattering specks of Holy Light power.

Straight ahead from the entrance, three angel statues stood on each side, similarly holding their swords upright, guarding the figure at the far end.

The difference lay in the fact that the first four angel statues had only four wings, while the two statues closest to the end had three pairs of magnificent wings spread behind them.

Six-winged angels were of the same rank as the Guardian Angel Lapis before the building’s evolution.

Suddenly,

“Dong—”

A bell tolled, nine times in total, reverberating incessantly both inside and outside the cathedral.

A golden light shot over from afar, piercing through the dome shimmering with golden radiance and landing at the farthest end of the cathedral, where the six angel statues stood guard.

A resplendent, noble angel statue wearing a crown abruptly came into being.

Five pairs of pure white wings rustled open, extending to either side until they reached the ends of the cathedral before gradually fading and vanishing. All that remained was this statue, over ten meters tall, adorned with a visor and crown, standing imposingly in place.An arcane and extraordinary conceptual resonance began to diffuse, filling the entire church, the entire territory, and the entire expanse of heaven and earth.

Ding!

Prompt: The epic building ‘Guardian Angel’ has received an infusion of special power and has been promoted to the legendary building ‘Hall of Vigil.’

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Hall of Vigil (Legendary)

Category: Defense & Special & Life-type Building

Ability 1: Guardian Angel

Description: The hall is guarded by eight guardian angels, both inside and out. Six of them are four-winged angels (current realm: 5000-meter Heaven-Earth Realm), and two are six-winged angels (current realm: 10,000-meter Heaven-Earth Realm). These eight guardian angels are not true living beings; they possess angelic legacies, combat experience, and room for growth but lack self-awareness.

Ability 2: Angel King

Description: The special lifeform ‘Lapis’ has been baptized by the power of Miracle and, against odds of one in a hundred million, has ascended to become the ten-winged Angel King, wielding the authority of Guardian and Judgment. (Current realm: Legendary Law Realm, with potential for further growth)

Guardian Angels and the Angel King can be resurrected an unlimited number of times and possess a patrol range 1000 times the area of the territory.

Ability 3: Angelic Territory

Description: The territory under the protection of angels becomes more stable, with increased morale and happiness among residents. There is a chance for citizens and units to awaken Holy Light-type talents.

Ability 4: Source of Faith

Description: The Angel King, Lapis, can gather the Power of Faith, which can be used for cultivation, breakthroughs, or to enhance herself in battle. This power can only be used by the Angel King Lapis or the Lord personally.

The Power of Faith can also be converted into territory power at a 10:1 ratio.

Is this what a legendary building is?!

Its abilities and effects are far more powerful than he had anticipated.

The capabilities of the Hall of Vigil are not limited to what is described in the panel. He has already discovered that the hall itself is a Treasure Land-level cultivation site, capable of transforming ordinary sunlight into Holy Water imbued with vast amounts of Holy Light power.

This is essentially a cost-free venture.

Tianyuan City specialty +1.

Mu Yuan was already astonished, but there was more to be amazed by.

Prompt: As you have obtained a legendary angel-type building, you now have the possibility of attracting angels.

Prompt: Your chances of recruiting angel-type units have received a fixed numerical increase. (Previously 0%)

Prompt: You may gain the allegiance of wild angels.

Prompt: You have a higher probability of obtaining angel-type buildings (including unit buildings).

Mu Yuan was taken aback, stroking his chin as he pondered for a moment. “So that’s how it is.”

Just like the hypothesis of the ‘World Treasury,’ there is a mainstream theory in the world regarding the acquisition of Remnant Souls and unit recruitment.

Human Lords find it easiest to obtain units of the Human Race.

The majority of Taixuan’s Lords rely on Human Race armies such as cavalry, Halberdiers, Imperial Guards, and master archers as their main forces. This is purely due to the high drop rate of human soldiers.

Aside from humans, units like the Goblin series, Gnoll series, and Half-Beast series also have relatively high drop rates.

This theory generally applies to units of rare grade and above.

As for common-grade units? The drop rates for units like Little Skeletons and small goblins are actually higher than those for Human Race units.Compared to the above series, high-tier remnant souls like elves, elemental beings, and even undead are far rarer. If an ordinary Lord possesses one or two natural elf attendants, it would be enough to dazzle others and attract countless envious gazes—this is the root cause.

For recruiting troops of these races, one could only say opportunities are scarce, but they do exist.

Even for epic beings like Red Dragons, Green Dragons, Cyclopes, and Divine Moon Elves, Lords might obtain them through various opportunities.

However, the chance of recruiting angels is absolutely zero.

No matter how one searches for opportunities or gains chances, it remains an absolute zero.

“What makes angels so special?”

“What is the connection between the Holy Griffin Empire and angels?”

He always felt that the Eternal World was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, even though the surface itself was already profoundly deep.

Mu Yuan glanced at the panel and then at the evolution power.

The cost was a full 5 million points, not exceeding his estimated amount.

And as he had hoped, along with the evolution… the building’s advancement, Angel Lapis’s rank and realm had also greatly improved!

Perhaps this was the uniqueness of living buildings.

He looked over.

A speck of golden light bloomed from the forehead of the angel statue, which stood over ten meters tall.

The golden light slowly descended before Mu Yuan and, with a soft chime, revealed Lapis’s true form.

Five pairs of holy white wings suddenly spread open, enveloping Mu Yuan like a giant cocoon. Inside the cocoon, the angel knelt on one knee, just as before.

“Master.”

But it seemed there was a bit more humanity to her, no longer just a living statue, but a person.

What Mu Yuan cared about more, of course, was the angel’s abilities.

“Tell me about your changes.”

“Yes.”

She paused and said, “Thanks to the infusion of Master’s great power, I have been promoted to a Ten-Winged Angel and possess four epic abilities. The first is ‘Holy Light Resurrection,’ which can perform mass resurrection on non-undead and non-dark beings without a fixed cooldown; ‘Purifying Saint Judgment’ and ‘Angel’s Guardian’ have not changed significantly; the fourth epic ability is ‘Earthly Paradise,’ a projection-type, barrier-type skill.”

“Moreover, I also possess a legendary power—the Guardian and Judgment Scepter. I can bestow guardian blessings on individuals or groups, with both permanent and temporary forms. I can only apply permanent blessings to a limited extent. Judgment includes the Power of Judgment, Judgment Court, Sacred Judgment, and more, which I am still exploring.”

As she spoke, she raised her hands, and a swirling golden orb flew from her palms, merging into Mu Yuan’s body with a soft pop.

「Prompt: You have received the highest, unique, permanent blessing bestowed by the ‘Angel King · Lapis.’ You have gained the Angel King’s Life Guardian, which will activate in times of peril or can be activated manually. Upon activation, it provides purification of all negative effects, immunity to all negative effects, and a Holy Light shield with a relatively long duration.」

「Prompt: The effect of this Life Guardian is equivalent to the personal presence of Angel King Lapis.」

「Prompt: After receiving this Life Guardian, the recipient’s potential will slowly improve and evolve until a certain limit is reached.」

The third effect was certainly useless.

Mu Yuan himself was a legendary being, but he was still delighted by the effects of the Life Guardian.

Did it mean he would have the personal protection of Angel King Lapis for a certain period?So, just how strong is Lapis?

He asked.

The angel blinked in confusion, “I-I’m not entirely sure either. Without a frame of reference, it’s impossible to draw a conclusion.”

There really was no benchmark for comparison.

Lapis was a Law Realm powerhouse, already standing at the pinnacle of the world. Yet even among Law Realm experts, there were varying tiers.

Which tier did she belong to?

She hadn’t fought a single battle since her birth, making it genuinely difficult to gauge.

Just as Mu Yuan was thinking this, he heard her say:

“N-No, but… I previously left a mark in the Land of Origin. This seems to be some kind of symbol, and there was an indistinct hint suggesting my conceptual power has entered a certain stage.”

“Mm, the concepts I possess are Guardian and Judgment.”

Mu Yuan: Huh?

He checked Lapis’s panel again, quite certain there was no legendary power called ‘World Imprint.’

Which meant… Lapis had genuinely mastered third-stage conceptual power through her own Realm.

What did this signify?

The Cold Moon City Lord, who claimed to be undefeated below the Saint Realm (though it was unclear if this was an exaggeration), had only reached the second stage of conceptual mastery.

Even if Lapis lacked experience, had crude techniques, and fought in a clumsy, adorable way—she possessed invincible power!

Truly invincible!

Far exceeding Mu Yuan’s expectations, truly worthy of a 5 million evolution!

“Truly befitting the Angel King—no, I should say, truly befitting me.”

Did Lapis master third-stage concepts through her own ability? (×)

Did Lapis achieve an invincible stance through Lord Mu’s cheats? (√)

What Hunting Grand Duke, what Dragon’s Slumber Valley—utter trash!

Mu Yuan just wanted to say: Even if I were holding up Tianyuan City with one hand, I’d still be invincible in this world.

“Ahem, can’t get too carried away yet.”

“But no matter what, with Lapis guarding the territory, even if all our forces march out, the entire domain will remain perfectly safe.”

This was the sense of security brought by a Law Realm Angel King.

Mu Yuan immediately announced changes in Tianyuan City’s military rankings.

Lapis jumped to first place.

Dolai: “…”

How did I lose my eternal second-place position just from going out for a bit? QAQ!

Deadbone: “As expected of our Lord. With this, the territory will undoubtedly become even more stable.”

After all, Lapis was the Angel King—the territory’s ultimate trump card, not to be used under normal circumstances.

Most of the time, she simply remained a quiet ornament providing a safety net for the territory.

Surprisingly, the first noticeable effect from the legendary Hall of Vigil was its third ability.

Angel Territory!

While concepts like “increased territory stability” and “rising morale index” sounded abstract, Isloria, who handled internal affairs, was overjoyed.

“Conflicts among territory residents have significantly decreased!”

“We’ve accepted more civilians recently than our entire territory previously held, so some turbulence was inevitable. Before, we’d have to lock dozens in prison daily to cool off. But now, even when conflicts arise, both sides show restraint, and those who act impulsively often show deep remorse.”Most importantly, whether it’s worker deployment, resident management, or allocation and placement, work efficiency has improved noticeably.” Everything feels smoother with fewer trivial matters.”

This building effect was truly her salvation!

“This means we can further increase the rate at which we accept refugees into our territory,” she said.After speaking, she fell silent again. She could have taken it easy, so why was she putting more pressure on herself?

Could it really be that she had grown accustomed to it?

Isloria grew even more silent. After a long silence, she finally said, “Given the special effects of the Hall of Vigil, I suggest relocating this Miracle Building to the Southern District. This will better facilitate its effects and help gather some Power Of Faith.”

“Yes, I was thinking the same.”

This laborious task would have to be done by Lord Mu himself, rolling up his sleeves to get it done.

Lord’s true form, arise!

Half a day later,

Mu Yuan stood in his office, leaning on his lower back and nearly losing his balance.

“I underestimated it. I didn’t expect a legendary building to be so difficult to relocate.”

The Hall of Vigil was now in place.

He also ordered some tables, chairs, and decorations to be added inside the hall and selected a group of professional nuns and Imperial Guards. The Church department was officially opening.

(End of Chapter)