Su Ye directly opened his territory attribute panel.
Name: Unnamed
Level: 1
Area: 1000 meters in diameter
Building: Dilapidated Lord's Cabin
barracks: Fallen Heaven Sanctuary (God)
Warehouse (100 square meters): None
Upgrade: Wood x100, Stone x100, origin crystal x10
...
"It really is completely destitute," Su Ye muttered, looking at his territory's attribute panel.
After thinking for a moment, he named it after his talent: Supreme Heaven.
Subsequently, Su Ye opened his own attribute panel.
Name: Su Ye
Level: black iron 1-Star
Talent: Supreme Ruler (Unique) (Talent Grades: Common, Excellent, Elite, Overlord, King, Mythical, Unique!)
Territory: Supreme Heaven
Personal Space (Ten Slots): 90 Gold Coins.
lord's Authority: Dominion, Decomposition
PS: A plain and unremarkable novice lord.
...
Su Ye looked at his attribute panel without any surprise. Personal space was a lord's private storage, while the territory warehouse belonged to the territory; the two were not the same thing.
lord's Authority was an ability every lord possessed, granting absolute Dominion over their territory. Simply put, the territory could become whatever they wanted it to look like.
Decomposition was used to break down the corpses of attacking monsters, a special authority of the lord. Of course, this authority could also be granted to Hero Units and ordinary units under the lord's command.
As for whether to share it or not, that was entirely up to the lord.
Su Ye looked at Lilith. As his first Hero Unit, his early development relied entirely on her. It should be noted here.
A lord's first recruitment is guaranteed to yield a Hero Unit. This is considered a benefit and support from the will of the eternal world for novice lords, much like the 1-gold recruitment cost during the novice period—both are hidden novice buffs.
[Ding: troops recruitment detected. Would you like to start the Void Trial?]
A notification sound rang out.
Su Ye looked at Lilith and the others. The Void Trial was the primary channel for novice lords to obtain resources, but it was also their greatest source of danger.
It could be held once a day, and when to start was entirely up to the lord. However, it was limited to once per day. It didn't matter if one chose not to start it.
But that would mean missing out on a day's worth of resources. It depended entirely on the lord; it wasn't mandatory.
"Lilith, are you all ready for battle?" Su Ye asked, looking at Lilith and the others.
"lord God-Emperor, I have long been prepared," Lilith said with a smile as she looked at Su Ye.
"Very well. System, start the Void Trial," Su Ye said in a deep voice.
[Ding: Please select a difficulty. The higher the difficulty, the more abundant the resources. Please choose carefully: Normal, hard, Nightmare, Purgatory, Abyss!]
Su Ye looked at the five difficulty options before him. Higher difficulty meant more resources—was there even a choice? He wasn't a second-generation lord and had no support from high-level lords. All he could do was complete his primitive accumulation as quickly as possible within the thirty-day novice period.
At the very least, he had to build a solid foundation.
Many things were easy to obtain during the novice period but became difficult afterward. The key lay in whether the novice lord had the courage and strength.
"Abyss!" Su Ye looked at Lilith and the others and chose the Abyss difficulty. It wasn't as if no one had ever cleared it, and since Lilith and the others were god-tier troops, there was no reason to choose any other difficulty.
[Ding: Void Trial started. Difficulty: Abyss. Battle begins in thirty seconds. lord, please prepare for combat.]
The sky over Su Ye's territory turned blood-red, and the atmosphere grew oppressive.
"Lilith, I'll have to trouble you all," Su Ye said, looking at Lilith with a serious expression.
"Please rest assured, lord. Just leave it to us." A hint of blood-red appeared in Lilith's eyes as a giant war scythe materialized in her hands.
The other Original Sin Fallen Angels also manifested their divine artifacts in their hands.
The thirty-second preparation time quietly slipped away.
The space-time around Su Ye's territory surged, and hideous imps began to emerge.
These imps were everywhere, coming from all directions.
Su Ye checked their attributes.
Name: Abyss Imp
Rank: Tier 3
Level: black iron 5-Star to 8-Star
PS: Cannon fodder of the Abyss world and the lowest form of demon. However, for novice lords, they are Nightmares!
Su Ye watched the imps closing in from all sides. "Is this the Abyss difficulty? They range from black iron 5-Star to 8-Star, and their rank is equivalent to Tier 3 troops. This is ridiculous."
Novice lords' troops vary in rank, but their initial level is always black iron 1-Star. There are nine sub-levels within each rank.
"The difficulty has really ramped up." Su Ye looked at the imps, then turned toward Lilith and the others with a hint of anticipation. According to existing data, the greatest disparity between troops wasn't level, but rank.
Rank is an innate advantage, whereas level can be made up later.
A hint of madness appeared in Lilith's beautiful eyes. Black flames erupted from the giant scythe in her hand as she swung it.
A massive crescent-shaped slash burst forth.
Wherever it passed, the imps were shattered, turning into the purest origin to be absorbed by Lilith.
This was how troops increased their levels.
The other Original Sin Fallen Angels also began to take action.
The numerous and seemingly menacing imps were harvested like weeds before Lilith and the others.
"Are these god-tier troops? I love it." Su Ye watched their performance.
They hadn't even used any skills, harvesting purely with their weapons and physical attributes. The gap was unimaginable.
"It seems I underestimated god-tier troops. Or rather, no novice lord in this world has probably ever obtained god-tier troops before." Su Ye couldn't help but smile.
The duration of the Void Trial increases with difficulty. Normal difficulty is just one wave, hard is five waves, and Nightmare is ten waves. Starting from Purgatory, the intensity increases; it's no longer waves of enemies, but a continuous stream lasting for half an hour.
Abyss difficulty consists of a continuous stream lasting for a full hour.
The difficulty involved was obvious.
This data was public. People had cleared the Abyss difficulty before, but they only attempted it during the last ten or even the last five days of the novice period.
After all, only after accumulating resources for over twenty days would they attempt the Abyss difficulty to complete their final accumulation during the novice period.
But aside from Su Ye, no one had ever started with the Abyss difficulty on the first day. Everyone else chose to play it safe, focusing on development first.
Su Ye sat cross-legged on the ground and opened the system interface. It had five modules: Chat, Live Stream, Trading, Private Message, and System Log.
A bizarre scene unfolded in Su Ye's territory.
On one side, ten goddess-like beings were continuously slaughtering, with severed limbs and blood everywhere; on the other side, everything was peaceful, quiet, and relaxed.