Leon Lee thought for a moment and said, "Nothing unusual has happened in the Heavenly Court."
"What about the matter of 'the world cannot be without an emperor'?" Ian Song pressed.
Leon replied, "The Heavenly General Zhao Derek, whom I sent to the mortal realm to gather information, has already returned. Following your instructions, I haven't sent anyone to look for the true-fate emperor in the mortal world yet!"
Since the Jade Emperor had handed the matter of establishing a new mortal emperor to Leon, it was easy to adopt a delaying tactic and drag things out for three to five years.
Once he completed the Global Faith mission, he could travel to the Golden World.
When he returned from the Golden World, his strength would definitely skyrocket again. By then, he wouldn't have to fear the Heavenly Court anymore.
Thinking this through, he gave Leon a few more instructions, then asked for a Heavenly General's token. After changing his appearance, he swaggered out through the South Heaven Gate and returned to the mortal realm.
He pulled up the System interface to check: his Faith Power had reached 3.13 billion. Apparently, his Faith Power was increasing by ten million every day.
Back at Song Corporation Tower.
Ian called Zhao Xin over to ask about the progress of WonderTaste Ready-to-Eat Foods.
Thanks to government promotion, WonderTaste Ready-to-Eat Foods had gone global and were now selling briskly all over the world.
At the same time, Zhao Xin proposed a new acquisition plan.
As a result, WonderTaste's current production could no longer meet worldwide demand.
Ian immediately signed off on the new acquisition plan and allocated funds, telling Zhao Xin to go all out.
As for Song Pharma, things were looking good too. Although it had been affected by the Church of the Holy Light before, after that massive 'Bathe in Holy Light' campaign and with the church now completely wiped out, no one was left to smear Ian anymore.
Meanwhile, the martial arts school was also developing steadily.
To speed up Faith collection, Ian decided to come up with a few more miracle drugs.
In the end, Ian chose to launch miracle cures for AIDS and various skin diseases.
AIDS might not be as deadly as cancer, but it was still a terrifying virus. Once contracted, it couldn't be eradicated, and tens of millions suffered from it worldwide.
As for skin disease sufferers, there were even more—up to four or five hundred million globally.
Once these two miracle drugs hit the market, they'd definitely harvest even more Faith.
So, that very day, Ian developed formulas for both miracle drugs and handed them over to Gaopeng Shangguan to begin production and clinical trials.
One month later.
The miracle cures for AIDS and skin diseases officially launched, causing a sensation once again.
Thanks to the reputation of the previous three miracle drugs, these two new ones sold explosively from day one.
The AIDS miracle drug sold for 1,000 yuan—a single box cured the disease, and the user developed permanent immunity.
As for the skin disease cure, mild cases could be healed in just one day, while severe cases took three to five days.
This miracle drug was very cheap, costing only 20 yuan per box.
After half a month of sales—
Ian's Faith Power surged again, reaching a whopping 3.8 billion.
There were less than 200 million left to complete the mission.
Also that day, Ian brought all his wives out of the Divine Temple.
With all the resources poured in, and everyone cultivating Immortal-grade techniques, every one of his women had surpassed the Nascent Soul realm—even Hannah Han, whom Ian sent in later, had reached early Nascent Soul.
Lena Ling was the most outstanding, breaking through to early Deity Transformation. Next was Wendy Lin, reaching late Nascent Soul Out-of-Body. After that came Lily and Autumn: Lily reached early Out-of-Body, Autumn mid Out-of-Body.
Next up was Coco Murong, who reached late Nascent Soul.
Susie and Lena Yu, whose talent was a bit lower, reached mid Nascent Soul.
Lillian Liu, Coco Guan, and Hannah Han were all early Nascent Soul, same as Lena Yu and Susie.
As for Cici, who was still fusing with the Vampire Progenitor Bloodline, hundreds of years had passed inside the Divine Temple, but she was still undergoing the transformation.
After so many years of bitter cultivation in the Divine Temple—
Ian cooked a huge table of delicious dishes to reward his wives.
Time slipped by, and soon three months had passed.
That day, Ian was watching the completed TV adaptation of Legend of the Condor Heroes when a cold System notification sounded in his ear: Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've completed the Global Faith mission. Reward: 50 billion Fame Points.
"It's done!" Ian was briefly stunned, then quickly regained his composure. He pulled up the System interface and saw his Faith Power had reached over 4.36 billion.
His Fame Points had also increased by 50 billion.
"Nice!"
He nodded in satisfaction and kept watching Legend of the Condor Heroes.
A few hours later, Ian left the screening room. Big-Beard Zhang had done a great job—the adaptation had some changes, but most scenes stayed true to the original. Cynthia Murong's performance as Raina Huang was spot on, bringing the character to life.
In just a few months, thanks to endorsing Song Pharma's miracle drugs, her fame had skyrocketed worldwide. Even Hollywood wanted her for lead roles—not just minor supporting parts, but actual leads.
And after these months of buildup, she'd officially entered the ranks of Heaven Emperor Superstars.
She'd become Song Entertainment's top money-maker.
During this time, Tonia Tong signed several newcomers. The AIDS and skin-disease drug endorsements were given directly to these fresh faces, so even before their music or film debuts, their fame spread worldwide thanks to the endorsements.
This made all the other entertainment stars nothing but envious.
As a result, a bunch of first-tier celebrities with expiring contracts started throwing themselves at Song Entertainment, hoping to sign on.
Back to the main plot!
Ian asked Meow-Meow, "When can I start traveling to a new world?"
"After you finish the Main World mission, there's a one-month rest period, but you can travel right away if you want!" Meow-Meow replied.
"Alright, let's start the new world travel now!"
He said goodbye to his wives, summoned four Tribulation-realm demon cultivators from the Divine Temple to stay in the Main World, then went to his study. With a flicker, he entered the System space.
Facing three differently colored doors, Ian pushed open the golden one and stepped inside.
Inside the golden door were three portals, each representing a Golden-grade world.
Since it was all unknown anyway, Ian didn't hesitate—he simply chose one portal and stepped through.
When Ian came to, he found himself lying in a dark, damp little wooden hut.
He calmly accepted the memories of the person he'd replaced, understood his situation, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. He murmured to himself, "This is a pretty interesting world."