Lin Feng gazed at the translucent panel floating before him. The golden words "500 billion God Crystals" weighed on him like a massive mountain, making his breath catch slightly. He slowly raised his hand, and a pale golden halo appeared in his palm, clearly displaying his reserves of 34.8 billion God Crystals. Yet before that astronomical sum of 500 billion, this seemingly considerable fortune was only a drop in the ocean, nowhere near enough to cover even the remainder.
The Heavenly Profound Realm was barren to begin with, its Spiritual Energy thin and its resources scarce. Even Tianyuan City, which had unified the Central Region, collected only a few hundred million God Crystals in annual taxes, barely enough to sustain the cultivators' daily cultivation and keep its cities running;
The Azure Profound Sect in the Eastern Region was even worse off. As the region's foremost sect, its annual income amounted to only a few tens of millions of God Crystals, not even enough to fill Tianyuan City's shortfall.
Lin Feng sighed inwardly. Even if he risked offending every cultivator in the realm and confiscated all their God Crystals, he could never gather 500 billion. Besides, as the Heavenly Profound Realm's guardian, he could never deprive its people and cultivators of the God Crystals they depended on to survive and cultivate, severing the realm's very foundations.
After a long silence, Lin Feng's gaze darkened, and a glint of resolve flashed in his eyes. He had made his decision. Only in Heaven Beyond Heaven can I find the opportunities to gather enough God Crystals. Only there can I further strengthen myself to face the unknown crises ahead.
With his mind made up, he hesitated no longer. He turned and stepped out of the Chaos Space, streaking like a beam of light straight