The Wizard: From Zero-Ring Wizard to Almighty Lord.

The moment the missions related to the Natural God Dynasty appeared in the Morning Star Palace, the details were quickly leaked by the wizards of the Golden Shell Merchant Alliance and spread like wildfire.

The most eye-catching information was undoubtedly about the newly appointed lord of the Western Maple Domain, a mere fourth-level wizard.

The news was like a stone thrown into a calm pond, instantly creating quite a stir in the Morning Star Palace.

Immediately following was an uncontrollable burst of laughter.

Some chuckled softly, some made no attempt to hide their mockery, and some even shook their heads and laughed, their tone full of contempt and incomprehension.
"Someone of this caliber can become a lord?"

"Is the Nature God Dynasty out of talent?"

"If this continues, I'm afraid we'll completely decline..."

For a moment, a relaxed atmosphere with a hint of mockery filled the entire Morning Star Palace.

However, despite the laughter, none of the wizards standing in the Morning Star Hall were there simply to watch the spectacle.

After a brief moment of laughter, everyone's attention quickly returned to the task itself.

After all, choosing a suitable task is the real matter of life and death.

This time, the Natural God Dynasty has released quite a few missions, some of which are indeed quite tempting. If handled properly, one can take the opportunity to earn a considerable amount of Morning Star Points.

However, the problem is that the background of these tasks is not simple.

They point to extraterrestrial dimensions, to a direct confrontation with the "civilization of gods".

The "civilization of gods" is also a highly advanced civilization.

In other words, these are not missions in the usual sense, but high-risk operations that could very well escalate into a direct war with beings from advanced civilizations.

Even these capable Morning Star councilors dared not take such a task lightly.

Therefore, under these circumstances, choosing "who to do the task with" is more crucial than the task itself.

If you're going, you must go with a strong enough lord, at least someone who can handle the situation when uncontrollable risks arise.

This is why, in everyone's eyes, the interdimensional war missions issued by that "Level 4 Lord" of the Western Maple Domain are almost equivalent to a blatant trap.

Accepting the assignment wasn't just because the mission was dangerous.

Even the lord himself might be the first to "crash and burn".

At that point, forget about getting points; even coming back alive will be a question.

Thus, what was originally just verbal banter and mockery quickly transformed into a highly unified practical action, with no one choosing to participate.

Throughout the Morning Star Palace, the Morning Star Wizards were remarkably united in their attitude.

Whether they were seasoned level 5 or 6 Morning Star wizards or newcomers who had just entered level 4 and desperately needed resources, they all chose to avoid the task issued by Lynn without exception.

In contrast, the other three lords of the Natural God Dynasty are Donghui, Nanshuang, and Beiniao.

All three are beings who have entered the Morning Star Realm.

The dimensional missions they issued were snapped up by numerous Morning Star wizards almost immediately, and were quickly divided up.

It was lively, popular, and even had a hint of competitive tension.

Meanwhile, Lynn, this lord who was "only level four," had his quest seemingly forgotten, hanging there quietly, unnoticed by anyone.

………………

In fact, similar scenes did not only occur in the Morning Star Hall of the Eastern Wizarding Council branch.

Within the vast and sophisticated internal intelligence network of the Golden Shell Grand Merchant Alliance, and among the numerous branches of the Bloodblade Tavern...

The invitation missions from the four lords of the Natural God Dynasty were also quickly spread and became a hot topic.

The situation there was almost identical to that in the Morning Star Palace.

Within the Golden Bay Grand Merchant Alliance, when those shrewd and profit-driven wizards saw the mission issued by Lynn, a "Level 4 Lord," their reaction was swift and decisive; they didn't even bother to discuss it further and simply ignored it.

It was as if that particular task was never within their options from the very beginning.

As for Bloodblade Tavern, that place is not so "restrained".

In each of the tavern branches, the atmosphere became exceptionally lively as a large number of missions from the Natural God Dynasty were posted simultaneously.

In particular, the moment the relevant missions of the Western Maple Domain were unearthed, bursts of laughter erupted almost instantly.

"A mere fourth-level lord dares to lead troops into an extraterritorial war?"

"You still want us to follow him?"

"Is this price a mistake? Or is he still half asleep?"

Some people held wine glasses, laughing so hard they were doubled over; others simply slammed their fists on the table, their faces full of amusement and their tone utterly contemptuous.

"If the price doesn't double, who's going with you?"

"If you're not good enough and don't pay well enough, why would you expect people to risk their lives for you?"

"This isn't asking for help; it's a pipe dream."

Mocking remarks, tinged with the smell of alcohol, echoed throughout the tavern.

In their eyes, this task wasn't even worthy of "considering"; it was simply a joke.

………………

Meanwhile.

Just as the Natural God Dynasty was making large-scale invitations to Morning Star Wizards through various channels, preparing to join forces in the extraterritorial war against the civilization of gods.

Inside the Natural God Dynasty.

In the Lord's Mansion in the Western Forest Domain.

Lynn was standing inside the hall, casually flipping through the messages that had just arrived.

Upon seeing a certain line of text, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and his expression became somewhat subtle for a moment.

That message came from the Ring of Life.

The content, however, is related to the results of this external recruitment.

Not long ago, the four lords submitted their respective mission reports.

The Ring of Life is responsible for external distribution, connecting to multiple channels such as the Wizarding Council, the Golden Shell Merchant Alliance, and the Bloodblade Tavern for widespread dissemination.

Logically, a release of this scale should generate some response, but the feedback Lynn received was as follows:

"Lord Lynn, according to information from various channels, no one has accepted the quest you posted. We suggest appropriately increasing the quest reward or lowering the quest requirements to enhance its appeal."

The short line was phrased euphemistically, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.

No one chose it.

Lynn looked at the message, remained silent for a moment, and then couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.

"Fine……"

"So you think I'm not qualified to be a lord."

There was no anger in his tone, but rather a hint of self-deprecation. After a moment's thought, he understood the reason.

If he were in the shoes of those Morning Star Wizards, a Level 4 Lord leading an army to fight in an extraterrestrial war against a civilization of gods.

This combination doesn't seem very reassuring at all.

Nine times out of ten, he himself wouldn't choose it.

Thinking about this, Lynn felt relieved.

He let out a soft breath, too lazy to dwell on any issues of saving face, and directly raised his hand to send a message back to the Ring of Life.

Adjust the tasks, lower the threshold, and increase the rewards.

Since a "reputation" can't make up for it, we can only make up for it with something more substantial.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of outsiders, his status as a "level four lord" is ultimately too insignificant. If he wants to attract enough combat power, he has to pay the corresponding price.

“Even strangers who don’t know me have this attitude… let alone the old nobles in the Western Forest Region who already dislike me.”

After the message was sent back to the Ring of Life, Lynn didn't look at it again, casually put the message away, and turned to walk to the window.

From the high window, the entire Western Yuan Forest Domain can be seen.

The ancient forest undulates like waves, with cities and wizard towers scattered among them. Faintly, one can see streaks of energy flowing in the distance, the aftershocks of power belonging to the Morning Star level.

Lynn stood with his hands behind his back, looking down from above, his gaze gradually darkening.

He knew very well that the old nobles of the Western Forest Domain had never submitted to him from the beginning, not to mention that he had taken the initiative to draw his sword and had Gena and others implement the three major regulations.

This almost completely severed his ties with the old aristocracy.

Now that we've come across a major event like an "extraterritorial war" that truly requires effort and risk, these people will certainly not cooperate obediently. To feign compliance while secretly opposing it is already considered lenient.

It's perfectly normal to sabotage, hinder, or even deliberately disrupt things behind the scenes.

That's why Lynn never intended to place his hopes on these native Morning Star wizards from the very beginning.

Therefore, when he saw the outside world's indifferent reaction to his recruitment, he didn't experience much emotional fluctuation.

They simply made a straightforward choice: increase rewards, lower the barriers to entry, and artificially inflate the "attractiveness."

As for face and lordly authority, those are no longer priorities in this situation.

However, Lynn was not entirely without confidence. Thinking of this, he suddenly chuckled, a hint of amusement in his expression.

“I didn’t expect this… I asked him not long ago, and he said he would come to the Wizarding World to see me again sometime in the future.”

"As a result, they've already arrived in the Southern Region."

What came to mind was that being from a deep-sea civilization... the Sea Emperor of the Storms.

He has now reached the sixth level of biological level.

Although placed within the Wizarding World, one would be suppressed by the dimensional rules, with strength limited to the fifth level of perfection, the main battlefield this time is not in the Wizarding World, but in an outer dimension.

There, he could unleash his true power without any restraint, his true level six combat strength.

This alone is enough to fundamentally change the situation.

"With him there, the situation can be kept under control."

Lynn muttered to himself, his tone gaining more confidence. Then, he remembered another name and chuckled softly.

"And... that guy Ald is coming along too."

Lynn was indeed a little surprised when he first heard the news, but he quickly came to his senses.

This is actually perfectly reasonable; after all, the Sea Emperor of the Storms is an outsider from a deep-sea civilization.

Even though the Deep Sea Civilization has an alliance with the Wizard Council of the Southern Region of the Wizard World, this time, he is going to cross the region to the Eastern Region.

For native wizards, crossing domains might just be a formality.

However, for the powerful beings of foreign civilizations, it means a whole set of cumbersome and strict reviews and restrictions.

For a native wizard like Lynn, traveling from the Southern Region to the Eastern Region requires almost no additional procedures.

But the Sea King obviously cannot enjoy such convenience.

In this situation, with the law enforcement wizard Ald accompanying them, many troubles were naturally resolved.

Thinking of this, Lynn's eyes held an even deeper meaning.

However, he also knew the truth in his heart.

The Sea Emperor of the Surging Waves traveled thousands of miles across vast regions to arrive; to explain this solely through "friendship" would be far too naive.

Ultimately, it all comes down to interests, or rather, to a larger strategic plan.

He is no longer the insignificant fourth-level Morning Star Wizard he once was, but one of the four great lords of the Natural God Dynasty.

This identity itself implies a kind of "channel".

If managed properly, this could very well build a more solid bridge between deep-sea civilizations and natural deities.

It's not just the Natural God Dynasty, but the entire Eastern Region.

Once cooperation is established, its impact will not be limited to the individual level, but will rise directly to the level of competition and connection between civilizations.

That is why the Sea Emperor was so decisive, willing to travel thousands of miles to make this trip himself.

Regardless of their purpose, the other party has come after all, without asking for any reward or resources.

As the saying goes, relationships are based on mutual exchange. If this war in the outer regions goes smoothly, Lynn wouldn't mind helping the deep-sea civilization and the natural god dynasty establish friendly relations.

"But... there's still no reply from them..."

Lynn's eyes were deep. This time, he took the initiative to choose the plane world where the Goddess of the Magic Network was located as the main battlefield, not only because he had faced the Goddess of the Magic Network before and knew some of her methods.

Another important point is that he hopes to use the Magic Goddess to attract a "powerful outside help".

That was the Martial Immortal of the Morning Star Realm. This person was extremely powerful, and seemed to be only a hair's breadth away from the Radiant Moon Realm.

This person had previously said that in the future, the "Magic Goddess Mark" on Lynn's body might be needed to attract the Magic Goddess to take action against the goddess.

However, many years have passed since then, and the other party has never taken the initiative to contact him.

Therefore, Lynn took the initiative to contact Hercules, hoping to impress them with information about the Goddess of the Magic Network.

Unfortunately, the message was sent, and Wizard Green assured him that he would pass it on to his teacher, Hercules.

But to this day, there has been no reply whatsoever. We don't know if they've received the message, or if they'll come to the Eastern Region…

If successful, then he will have two level six Morning Star Wizards on his side this time, and no matter what tricks the local Morning Star Wizards play, they will be nothing to fear!

Thinking of this, Lynn slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and the slight, almost imperceptible irritation in his chest dissipated with that breath.

He looked up again and gazed out the window at the deep and oppressive scene between heaven and earth.

During this period, the entire Natural God Dynasty has entered a state of war preparedness, and the rules seem to have been mobilized.

Every now and then, thunder would explode from the depths of the sky, lightning would tear through the sky, accompanied by a low, rumbling sound as if space was being forcibly torn apart, and waves of dimensional teleportation would spread out in the void.

That was no ordinary thunder, but rather the echo of rules triggered by a large-scale cross-dimensional scheduling.

Each flash signifies that a force is being deployed to an unknown battlefield.

In contrast, the other three regions were engaged in fierce and aggressive pre-war preparations.

The Western Forest Domain, however, appeared much quieter.

Lynn's gaze narrowed slightly as his thoughts began to race.

"The plane I've chosen is the one that the Goddess of the Magic Network is currently invading..."

"Pano Dimension".

The name gradually became clearer in his mind.

That was no ordinary small plane, but a world of considerable importance under the jurisdiction of the Natural God Dynasty.

"It is said that... this plane has extremely high potential."

"In the initial stage of evolution, it was even judged that there was a chance to give birth to an existence at the level of the Radiant Moon."

"Qualified to cross the threshold into the intermediate civilization plane."

At this point, Lynn paused slightly, then shook his head.

"pity."

"It was discovered before that."

Back then, when the Natural God Dynasty was conducting its interdimensional expedition, it had already locked onto the Pano plane.

A force from a higher level of civilization intervened directly.

The "upward trajectory" that was still in the making was forcibly interrupted almost instantly.

The phrase "possibly growing independently into a moderate civilization" has been replaced by "being incorporated into a higher system."

The subsequent developments are not hard to imagine.

The entire plane was integrated and taken over, incorporated into the ruling system of the Natural God Dynasty, and became one of its subordinate planes.

Although the local indigenous civilization chose to submit.

The Natural God Dynasty did indeed invest resources and provide a certain degree of support and cultivation for it.

But potential is never the same as the result.

Having the potential to give birth to a radiant moon and actually giving birth to a radiant moon are two completely different things.

That step was too big a leap.

It is large enough to filter out the vast majority of so-called "genius planes".

Therefore, even now, the Pano plane remains at the level of a subordinate plane.

To be precise, it is the pinnacle of an elementary civilization.

However, even so, it is still considered one of the most important resource planes in the Natural God Dynasty's territory.

With abundant resources, relatively stable rules, and a solid foundation for development, the Natural God Dynasty has invested a considerable amount of resources in it over the years.

And the benefits it brings back are equally considerable.

In a sense, this is a "treasure trove" that has been carefully cultivated.

Therefore, if the forces of the Goddess of the Magic Network successfully invade and destroy it, the loss will not be as simple as just an ordinary plane, but a real and crippling blow.

Lynn's gaze sharpened slightly.

"In a few days... I'll go to the Ring of Life and check on the situation there..."

The Ring of Life, as one of the core hubs of the Natural God Dynasty, possesses the means to monitor and observe the operational status of many planes.

Before actually setting off for the Pano plane, let's get a clear understanding of the situation there.

Is it a localized infiltration, or has a stronghold already been established? How much power has the Goddess of the Magic Network invested? Are there any hidden high-level beings among them?

Just then, a unique fluctuation suddenly came from a great distance, attracting Lynn's attention.

He stood by the window, his gaze passing over the forest and looking towards the distant horizon.

In that direction, lightning tore through the void once more, the light flashing and disappearing in an instant, as if the distant sky were about to crack open.

Endless fluctuations in the void of the plane spread outwards into the distance.

Clearly, this is not a routine pre-battle supply delivery, but a large-scale inter-regional teleportation. It is highly likely that some lords have already set off for the front lines.

"That's... the direction of the Southern Region... it's Nan Shuang, heading directly to that plane of existence... her opponent is a follower of the God of War from the civilization of gods..." (End of Chapter)