Technological advancement begins with devouring.

"You want to join the War God Palace?!"

Hearing Jiang Chen's request, Lu Gang was full of doubts and explained, "Mr. Jiang, in principle, the War God Palace only accepts experts at the War God level or above. Unless you join as a service staff member, you won't be able to enjoy any of the War God Palace's benefits. Strength is a hard requirement set by the eight giants, and no one can change it."

"I'm already at the planetary level." Jiang Chen activated the miniature planet within his body, releasing a repulsive force to counteract his own gravity, and slowly floated up.

Upon seeing this, Lu Gang's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help but wonder if he was dreaming.

As a veteran war god, Lu Gang had met quite a few councilors and could tell at a glance that Jiang Chen was definitely not flying with his mental power, but was truly flying with the special abilities inherent to the planetary level.

This is the most obvious indicator of a planetary star, and it is absolutely impossible to fake.

but……

Jiang Chen is only nineteen years old this year!

A nineteen-year-old planetary-level being?!

He was already in his forties or fifties, and was still just a War God, not even reaching the peak of the War God realm. He couldn't see any hope of breaking through to the Planetary level.

Even the two strongest beings on Earth right now, 'Hong' and 'Thor', how many years did it take them to break through to the planetary level?

It will definitely take more time than Jiang Chen.

Although I haven't seen Jiang Chen make a move, judging from the speed at which he's leveling up, it's not impossible for him to surpass 'Hong' and 'Thor' in the future.

For a moment, Lu Gang began to question the meaning of life.

"Does this fulfill the conditions for joining the War God Palace?" Jiang Chen's voice brought Lu Gang back from his reverie.

Lu Gang's emotions were incredibly complex, but he forced himself to calm down and said, "Mr. Jiang, since you have planetary-level strength, joining the War God Palace is definitely not a problem. Moreover, once you join, you will definitely become one of the councilors, a position much higher than that of the War God. However, the specific procedures still need to be followed. Let me contact them first and give you an answer later, okay?"

Upon learning that Jiang Chen had broken through to the planetary level, Lu Gang's attitude became even more respectful and cautious.

Lu Gang used to respect Jiang Chen, but that was because Jiang Chen's inventions could save the lives of many soldiers; it was out of respect for a scientist.

Now, it is out of respect for a stronger person who is more powerful than oneself.

"Alright." Jiang Chen nodded in agreement: "Then I'll trouble you."

“No trouble at all,” Lu Gang said immediately. “I’ll contact them right now, and I’ll let Mr. Jiang know as soon as I have the results.”

After saying that, Lu Gang immediately left the villa to make a phone call outside.

Less than an hour later, Li Dawei personally arrived at Mingyue Residential Area to request a meeting with Jiang Chen.

Inside the reception room, Li Dawei took a cup of tea from Jiang Chen. Recalling the scene a few minutes earlier when he saw Jiang Chen display planetary-level techniques, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still incredibly shocked.

After composing himself slightly, Li Dawei got down to business: "Mr. Jiang, there are usually two ways to join the War God Palace. The first is to personally hunt monsters and obtain 'level certification.' Once the level certification is completed, you can directly join the War God Palace. For example, to be certified as a War God, you need to hunt two Lord-level monsters. To be certified as a Councilor, you need to hunt at least one King-level monster."

This is the path Luo Feng took to join the War God Palace in the original novel.

Hunt monsters and use their corpses as 'battle record certification' to directly obtain the status of a War God.

Of course, to become a member of parliament, one must have a record of achievements at the level of a member of parliament.

The term "King-level monster" refers to a planetary-level monster, and usually specifically to monsters at planet level 1 to 5.

As for monsters of planet level six or above, they are called 'royal monsters' on Earth. There are only three known to exist on the entire planet, all of which are hidden in the deep sea.

"Hunting a King-level monster?" Jiang Chen frowned.

With his level 5 planetary mental power, he should have no problem dealing with a weaker king-level monster.

But Jiang Chen had no confidence in his actual combat skills.

If you really want to go down this path, you should at least hunt some lord-level monsters to practice first, and only after you have enough confidence should you start to deal with king-level monsters. It will definitely take a lot of time.

Jiang Chen didn't consider himself a combat genius. Even if he were to simply unleash his full potential, it would probably take him several months.

I've spent the last few months in the system library, so my level might increase quite a bit.

"As for the second method, it is through recommendations from the eight major powers, but only from our own people. For example, if I am a high-ranking officer in the military, I can recommend military war gods and councilors to join the War God Palace without any testing. Of course, if it is found later that there was concealment or false reporting, our military will also be punished accordingly," Li Dawei continued.

"So, if I want to join the War God Palace, I either have to hunt down a king-level monster, join your military, or join one of the other eight major powers?" Jiang Chen asked, frowning.

“No need for that.” Li Dawei shook his head and explained, “If Mr. Jiang doesn’t want to hunt monsters in the wilderness, nor does he want to join any particular faction, he only needs to find three factions to jointly recommend him. After passing the assessment, he can also join the War God Palace as a ‘free agent.’ Fortunately, in Jiangnan Base City, besides our military, there are branches of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, the Thunder Martial Arts Academy, and the HR Alliance. It’s enough to get the approval of just two of them. I can help Mr. Jiang make the contact, but Mr. Jiang will need to demonstrate his councilor-level skills.”

"I see..." Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Then I'll trouble Elder Li to help me make the contact. The transformation of [Boxer] is at a critical stage, and I'm afraid I won't have time to go to the wilderness to hunt monsters."

"No time" is just an excuse, but it's a very useful one.

In the past few months, Li Dawei has been paying close attention to the "boxer" and has been frequently trying to find out his progress by asking around.

Hearing that the transformation had reached a critical moment, Li Dawei was unwilling to let Jiang Chen be distracted. He immediately assured him, "Leave this matter to me. At most, it will take less than a week to make Mr. Jiang a councilor of the War God Palace!"

If Jiang Chen's strength were insufficient, Li Dawei would naturally not have made such a promise.

But Jiang Chen is a genuine Planetary level expert. He just got a few 'old friends' to recommend him, skipping some cumbersome procedures. So naturally, he doesn't need to worry about causing any trouble afterward.

A few days later, Li Dawei brought in the high-ranking officials of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy and the Thunder Martial Arts Academy in Jiangnan Base City. After Jiang Chen demonstrated his planetary-level skills and strength, the matter of Jiang Chen joining the War God Palace was confirmed.