History Book Worm, Myriad Epoch Flower God Seed, Breakthrough and Sacrifice!

"Greetings, True God!"

Venerable Fu Ping, Venerable Hu Jue, and Zhao Xing immediately bowed.

The Boundless True God waved a hand, and a surge of divine power lifted the three of them upright.

When Zhao Xing looked up, he found that Venerable Fu Ping and Venerable Hu Jue had vanished from sight.

He guessed that the Boundless True God was assigning tasks to each of them separately.

The Boundless True God acted decisively. He first gave Zhao Xing the reward he had promised last time.

Three clusters of golden light appeared before Zhao Xing.

"Zhao Xing, these are three portions of divine power containing the origin of time."

"You are a Minister of Agriculture and cultivate both the Earthly Advantage Faction and the True Self Faction."

"Divine power of the origin of time is greatly beneficial whether used for the growth of Extreme Land, your Inner World, or your soldiers."

"If used on soldiers, it can accelerate their growth. Emperor-level Plant Soldiers may even break through and reach Legendary rank."

"If used to evolve your Inner World, these three portions can accelerate it by roughly one era, saving you an era of gradual accumulation."

Zhao Xing froze, then was overjoyed. "Thank you, True God!"

It seemed the Boundless True God was a time formation master who had actually cultivated divine power of the origin of time.

And he truly was generous, casually giving away three portions of it.

This trip had not been in vain. He had gotten a huge benefit.

After offering the sweetener, it was time for the tasks.

"Zhao Xing, I have three tasks for you."

"You may choose freely according to your abilities." Completing any one of them would earn the Boundless True God's reward. But then the Boundless True God changed his tone, his voice turning cold. "If you cannot complete even one within the stipulated time, that proves you are either worthless or insufficiently loyal to me."

"You will suffer a karmic curse. Even if you are a demigod, your lifespan will be greatly reduced."

Zhao Xing's heart trembled. Boarding an Evil God's ship was not so easy after all.

Especially with a god as self-important as the Boundless True God. His task rewards were generous, but his punishments were severe.

"True God, I will certainly do my utmost."

The Boundless True God drew out a wisp of thread and sent it into Zhao Xing's Life Palace.

It was a thought containing the details of the tasks.

If Zhao Xing wanted to know the specific contents, he could only learn them through it.

Moreover, this wisp of divine thought was unique. Like Fan Qianrou's Heart Sealing Art, its contents could be seen and acted upon, but not spoken of.

Zhao Xing touched the wisp of divine thought and quickly learned the contents of the three tasks.

The first was a fairly standard sacrifice task: harvesting stars, gathering veins, and refining flesh, blood, souls, and spirits.

Its requirements were similar to the task Cloud Heaven Dao had received from the Wuji Thunder Mother.

That was normal enough. Material origin was a rigid necessity.

However, Zhao Xing's rank was higher, so the task requirements were higher as well.

The quantity required was a hundred times that of Cloud Heaven Dao's.

If the first task was still fairly normal and within Zhao Xing's capabilities,

then the latter two tasks were somewhat beyond his level.

The second task was to nurture the "Myriad Epoch Flower God Seed."

According to the Boundless True God's explanation, the Myriad Epoch Flower God Seed was a spacetime Parasitic Seed.

The universe's great four seasons manifested differently in different periods.

The Myriad Epoch Flower God Seed needed to pass through ten thousand eras from different periods, absorbing the origins of different cosmic periods before it could blossom and bear fruit.

Zhao Xing had now received one hundred seeds. They resembled grains of wheat, each bearing a tiny spacetime crack.

They had clearly only just passed through one era, so their value was not particularly high.

The Boundless True God required Zhao Xing to make at least one new crack appear on the Myriad Epoch Flower God Seeds.

The more cracks they had, the greater the reward.

The third task was to cultivate Bookworm Larvae.

The Boundless True God gave Zhao Xing three larvae, each roughly half a finger long.

Bookworm Larvae could only grow by gnawing on history books.

The highest-level history books were naturally the Profound Spirit History Books.

If they could gnaw on a Profound Spirit History Book, even biting off a single corner would immediately complete the task.

Next in rank were history books of ancient kingdoms and demon kingdoms.

However, a far greater quantity would be required.

Of the three tasks, only the first was simple. The latter two were comparatively difficult.

"If you can complete either of the latter two tasks, I can take you away from the Wilderness Era and help you become a Free God. Your chance of becoming a god will be at least eighty percent."

The Boundless True God's words were full of temptation.

"If you only complete the first sacrifice task, you can still receive a treasure reward to help you overcome your tribulation."

"Go."

The Boundless True God waved his hand. Zhao Xing's vision blurred, and he appeared at the foot of the mountain.

"The Boundless True God's tasks are really difficult. They're much harder than the Wuji Thunder Mother's tasks."

"If you don't have the ability, no faction is easy to survive in," Zhao Xing thought.

Evil God tasks were also a form of selection. They came with thresholds.

It was impossible for some weakling to join an Evil God and immediately crush the contemporary geniuses.

Of course, the emergence of the Evil God Faction had increased the overall opportunities for becoming gods.

Previously, there had only been Contribution Points tasks from the Profound Spirit Star Region. Now there were also Evil God tasks.

The demigods now had more choices.

The threshold was also somewhat lower than that of the orthodox god faction of the Wilderness Era.

For instance, someone like Venerable Hu Jue had originally not been qualified to compete for god-level resources within demon territory.

Yet now, he had a chance to obtain them from the Evil God Faction.

Of course, if Venerable Hu Jue wanted more choices, he would have to bear greater risks.

"Bzzzt—"

When Venerable Fu Ping and Venerable Hu Jue appeared, space trembled.

Tearing space apart in the Black Heaven Desolate Territory was quite difficult, yet Zhao Xing saw the temple on the mountain suddenly shrink at high speed and vanish into the rift.

Fire one shot, then change locations. The Boundless True God was quite cautious.

"The Boundless True God needs to distribute tasks and bring items over. This kind of descent probably consumes divine power, which is why he summoned the believers together," Zhao Xing pondered.

Descending required a price, and the time one could remain after descending was very brief. That was somewhat similar to the rules of the World Transfer Tower.

Zhao Xing was just about to fly away when Venerable Hu Jue suddenly made his move.

A shadow suddenly spread across heaven and earth, forming a huge black maw that sought to swallow Venerable Fu Ping and Zhao Xing in a single bite.

"What are you doing?" Venerable Fu Ping roared in fury, immediately bringing out a spinning-top artifact. The artifact spun continuously, seeming to crush space and slow the shadow maw's devouring.

Zhao Xing was also within the attack's range, but he bore only around twenty percent of the assault. Venerable Hu Jue was mainly targeting Venerable Fu Ping.

With a casual use of No Distance Teleportation, he leaped out of the encirclement and appeared atop a nearby mountain.

"Why has this tiger demon gone mad? Oh—so it was because I reported him." After emerging, Zhao Xing immediately linked with his split soul and learned of the report.

"Wouldn't the Boundless True God intervene?" Zhao Xing considered it from the Boundless True God's perspective and realized that rather than waste time dealing with this, the Boundless True God might as well invest in other demigods.

If they could not even protect themselves or withstand this little pressure, how were they worthy of serving the Boundless True God?

"Roar!"

When Venerable Hu Jue saw Zhao Xing escape, he did not pursue him. His primary target was Venerable Fu Ping.

From discovery to reporting and then confirmation, that had to take some time, right?

Zhao Xing had exposed his identity as soon as he entered. The timing simply did not add up.

Venerable Hu Jue believed the report must have been submitted before Zhao Xing arrived.

So he directly ruled out the correct answer and decided that Venerable Fu Ping, whom he had already met once, was responsible.

Zhao Xing touched the palm wearing the Luck Divine Bone. This thing's fortune truly was extraordinary. Calling it a charm that turned misfortune into fortune, with luck towering to the heavens, would not be an exaggeration.

"Venerable Fu Ping, pray for yourself. I can't expose my identity to help you."

After seven consecutive jumps, Zhao Xing's main body left the Black Heaven Desolate Territory. With only three more jumps, he returned to the territory of the Red Star Empire.

After returning, Zhao Xing immediately went to the Mind God Palace to meet the Mind General, Qi Luo.

Every time he returned from a mission, he had to meet the Mind General once to clear away the Hidden Danger brought by carrying out Evil God tasks, lest he be beguiled without realizing it.

Within the mist-filled Dao Ancient Layer of the void floated an incomparably massive palace. This was Qi Luo's Mind God Palace.

Whoosh—

Zhao Xing descended onto the first-level plaza of the Mind God Palace. Many extremely high-grade Realm Ships and flying vessels were docked here.

Clearly, Zhao Xing was not the only one carrying out missions. There were many demigod Venerables as well.

"Greetings, Primordial Beginning Envoy." The moment Zhao Xing reached the first level, a graceful maid appeared before him. All of them were mechanical puppets with highly advanced artifact spirits. They were under the Great Derivation Divine Weapon's command and would never leak secrets.

"Take me to see the master of the Mind God Palace," Zhao Xing said.

"Please follow me." The maid led Zhao Xing into a passage shrouded in clouds and mist.

He walked along the passage for a very long time without reaching the destination, as though he were merely walking in place. Yet Zhao Xing showed no impatience.

After walking through the long passage for a very, very long time, a voice suddenly rang out. "Primordial Beginning Envoy Zhao Xing, there is no abnormality in your mind."

Zhao Xing shuddered, suddenly feeling himself retreating at tremendous speed.

"Bzzzt—" He abruptly opened his eyes.

He found that he was still standing where he had been.

"What was that just now?" Zhao Xing looked toward the mechanical maid beside him.

"Primordial Beginning Envoy, your soul had just entered the Mind God Passage. Since there was no problem, you naturally returned," the maid explained.

"So that's how it was." Zhao Xing could not help but marvel at the Mind General's power. His soul had left his body and walked through the Mind God Passage, yet he had not noticed it at all. The methods of the god realm truly were terrifying.

Especially for god-realm Experts specializing in the mind, whose mental methods were even harder to detect.

"Thank you, Master of the Mind God Palace."

Zhao Xing bowed toward the enormous palace, then left the Mind God Palace.

After his main body left the Mind God Palace in the Dao Ancient Layer, he returned to his residence in Primordial City.

"Three wisps of divine power of the origin of time. This is the benefit the Boundless True God gave me. I wonder whether the god-level Original Seed will eat it."

Zhao Xing opened his Inner World and delivered the three wisps of divine power before the god-level Original Seed.

Before the god-level Original Seed, which resembled a planet, the three wisps of divine power were utterly insignificant.

"Whoosh—"

The three wisps of divine power of the origin of time were absorbed in an instant.

"Bzzzt—"

The Original Seed trembled, seeming quite satisfied.

Zhao Xing checked the panel and found no obvious difference. It still displayed that it was being nurtured.

"Whoosh—"

Zhao Xing teleported beside the seed planet and discovered that roughly half of the Boundless True God's divine power of the origin of time had been expelled, merging into a single portion.

"Fifty percent absorption efficiency? That's far higher than the World Opening Divine Stone and Azure Flower Mana."

Back then, when Zhao Xing fed the remaining power of the World Opening Divine Stone to the Original Seed, it had absorbed only one percent. As for Azure Flower Mana, it had absorbed one ten-thousandth.

Yet it had eaten half of the Boundless True God's divine power of the origin of time.

"The Boundless True God's divine power has such a benefit?"

Zhao Xing put away the portion of "residue" expelled by the seed.

After sensing it carefully, he found that the divine power within had become incomparably pure. It contained no Dao at all and had become an entirely new kind of divine power.

"The Boundless True God's divine power also contained Dao and law, but now they are gone."

"My Original Seed can even serve as a filter."

Zhao Xing had originally worried that using the Boundless True God's Divine Power Baptism might carry some Hidden Danger, but now he had no need to worry at all.

"I'll eat it."

Zhao Xing swallowed it himself.

After the pure divine power entered his body, it went straight for his dantian.

Zhao Xing used this portion of divine power on the Extreme Land Mustard Seed Law Domain.

Eight hundred and forty million particle mountains shook.

A touch of gold spread across the originally gray mountains.

The golden mountains reflected a radiant glow that shone upon the True Spirit within his Life Palace.

"Buzz—"

Zhao Xing's True Spirit split soul began to grow continuously.

An increase in cultivation progress would naturally feed back into the True Spirit.

When the reflection and feedback ended, Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

"Since returning, after taking down the Carlos Family, I obtained a vast amount of demigod-level resources. Apart from the Study Abroad Clone and the cultivation clone at the Ancient Hill of Antiquity, my split souls have gradually reached the level of nine tribulations."

"Combined with this Divine Power Baptism, my True Spirit is now ninety-eight times that of a ninth-rank demigod!"

"I can now choose to break through proactively and trigger the tenth True Spirit Tribulation."

"I wonder what my tenth True Spirit Tribulation will be like. Will it even appear?"

Logically speaking, after leaving the White Bone Divine Domain, every split soul should have encountered the ninth True Spirit Tribulation once.

Yet all of Zhao Xing's split souls had now reached the ninth-rank level, but not one had encountered a True Spirit Tribulation.

He consulted the artifact spirit of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror, and the artifact spirit's speculation was as follows:

"The essence of the True Spirit Tribulation is the universe punishing cultivators who escape the operation of Cosmic Law. For example, those who reincarnate and are reborn, thereby indirectly breaking the law governing the lifespan of living beings."

"You have never reincarnated and cultivated anew. That is the first reason."

"Second, because of the divine bone, your luck has reached an extremely high level. What is the essence of luck? It is the favor of the universe's Origin Dao."

"With both factors combined, you will not face a True Spirit Tribulation when breaking through to demigodhood."

"If you do not believe me, ask Guluo He. He probably never experienced the ninth or tenth tribulation either; his True Spirit simply grew stronger on its own."

Zhao Xing sought out Guluo He for confirmation, and the answer he received was indeed much the same as what the Eight Directions Artifact Spirit had said.

"That is correct. I did not undergo a True Spirit Tribulation when I became a demigod. Around seven times, I skipped the tribulations outright and simply grew stronger naturally."

Zhao Xing was left speechless. He had skipped seven times?

Guluo He's luck level was at the Thirty-first Level, one level higher than Zhao Xing's even while wearing the Luck Divine Bone. Moreover, that was Guluo He's innate luck, not something built up through the Five Emperors Coin and the Luck Divine Bone like Zhao Xing's.

"No wonder Guluo He has a Twenty-second Tribulation True Spirit. He truly is the chosen son of this era."

Having obtained his answer, Zhao Xing attempted a breakthrough.

That day, his true body purchased a massive amount of demigod-grade resources, spending all the dividends earned from the Annihilating Star Ancient Road on demigod resources from the Imperial Treasury.

"Gulp~~"

All ninety-eight soul fragments left their bodies and stood within the cells of a formation, continuously consuming True Spirit-type treasures as their auras steadily grew.

"If I do not need to worry about tribulations, with my current wealth, I can buy a great many True Spirit-type treasures."

"For example, the Heaven and Earth Mother, True Spirit Fruits, Hearts of the Origin World—"

After becoming a demigod, the main concern was enduring tribulations.

Venerable Five Poisons and Venerable Hong Shan, for example, entered seclusion after becoming demigods mainly to prepare for tribulations. Going to the Reincarnation World, for instance, could reduce the power of their tribulations.

But what if there were no tribulations to face? Then improving oneself would be relatively simple.

"Divine bone, let me see where your limit lies!"

"I'm eating!"

Zhao Xing began devouring True Spirit-type treasures on a massive scale, going all out to strengthen the True Spirits of his true body and soul fragments.

One month later, the panel showed that Zhao Xing had reached the "Tenth Tribulation True Spirit," yet no tribulation descended.

Two months later, he had reached the Eleventh Tribulation True Spirit, and the tribulation still had not come.

Half a year later, the Twelfth Tribulation True Spirit!

Only at this point did Zhao Xing vaguely sense the existence of a True Spirit Tribulation.

Zhao Xing tried to trigger the thirteenth tribulation on his own initiative.

Boom!

Terrifying thunderclouds suddenly tore through the void, and a bolt of lightning shot straight toward one of his soul fragments.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The other soul fragments and his true body all scattered, leaving only that soul fragment to face the tribulation.

"Go!"

Zhao Xing's soul fragment raised a hand and pointed. A bolt of lightning appeared as well, except it was black.

The black lightning resembled heavy water as it collided head-on with the tribulation lightning.

This move was called Heavy Water Divine Thunder. It was a Celestial Timing thunder art cultivated from the fragment of the Nine Origin Divine Thunder Law that he had obtained from the Heavenly Ji Thunder Mother.

Crack!

The two streams of lightning clashed head-on. The black lightning unleashed by the soul fragment surged upstream, seeking to crush the tribulation lightning apart.

"Did it work?"

Zhao Xing's true body watched closely.

This was merely the thirteenth tangible lightning tribulation triggered by a soul fragment. It had nothing to do with his true body.

Boom!

Just as Zhao Xing believed that this move from a divine-grade thunder art could overcome the thirteenth True Spirit Tribulation—

Suddenly—

A second tribulation bolt appeared and merged with the first, forming a new bolt of lightning. The pillar of light expanded at extreme speed, halting Heavy Water Divine Thunder's advance.

Then came the third fusion, then the fourth. By the time the tribulation lightning had merged with the ninth bolt, the thunder art cast by the soul fragment was already completely overwhelmed.

Bang!

The tenth tribulation bolt merged in, unleashing crushing power. It blasted downward and reduced the soul fragment to scraps.

The lightning then swept back into the void along with fragments of the soul fragment's True Spirit and vanished.

"Failed."

Zhao Xing glanced at the panel and discovered that he had lost one multiplier, leaving only ninety-seven times.

However, he immediately split off another soul fragment, allowing the newly born fragment to continue consuming treasures. It successfully reached the level of the Twelfth Tribulation once more.

This was just how heaven-defying the combination of the Luck Divine Bone and the Primordial Beginning Straw Man Technique's splitting ability was.

"The thirteenth tribulation, the tangible lightning tribulation, is nearly equal in power to the Heavy Water Divine Thunder of the Nine Origin Divine Thunder Law. The origin level of Heavy Water Divine Thunder is even slightly higher than the fusion of ten tribulation bolts."

"However, the soul fragment resides within the body of a Primordial Beginning Straw Man. Without a Celestial Timing cultivation technique like that of 'Extreme Continent' to support it, it lacks Celestial Timing Mana. I can only bolster it with Azure Flower Mana and Red Lotus Mana, so it ultimately cannot fully unleash the power of Heavy Water Divine Thunder," Zhao Xing concluded.

"If my true body were the one facing the thirteenth lightning tribulation, I would probably only barely pass it."

Zhao Xing abandoned the idea of continuing to improve. If he continued, he would have to face the thirteenth True Spirit Tribulation.

If he could only improve by barely passing, that would not be a good thing. It would instead be a bad thing.

Because then the fourteenth tribulation would become uncontrollable. It would no longer come only when he wanted it to.

He would be unable to go all out in battle and would instead have to hold himself back.

Once it reached that point, even if his soul fragments could continuously consume treasures and condense anew to take the tribulations in place of his true body, the tribulations would also continuously destroy those soul fragments. He would fall into a vicious cycle of constantly draining his wealth. The Carlos Divine Official did not dare use his full strength for precisely this reason—he had to suppress himself. Although he had passed fifteen tribulations, he still feared the sixteenth, with no confidence at all in passing it.

Even though he had failed the thirteenth tribulation, Zhao Xing was still deeply shocked by the terror of the "path of becoming a god through luck."

"I skipped directly from the Ninth Tribulation True Spirit to the Twelfth Tribulation. No wonder everyone wanted to steal luck during the Five Emperors Era. The Five Emperors Coin was no longer minted, and even this path to godhood was banned by some God Emperor—this truly is a shortcut to cultivation."

"Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I removed Xuerui Free God's divine bone. Would the True Spirit Tribulation descend again?"

Zhao Xing's innate luck had now risen to the Twenty-first Level. At this point, the Five Emperors Coin no longer provided any additional boost. If he removed the Luck Divine Bone, his luck would fall back to the Twenty-first Level.

The moment Zhao Xing had that thought, he vaguely sensed something.

"No, I cannot remove it."

"If I remove it, I will immediately have to face the thirteenth True Spirit Tribulation."

"It seems this Luck Divine Bone bug cannot be used on a large scale."

Zhao Xing had originally wanted to lend the Luck Divine Bone to Ji Si or Old Liu and the others. Great Zhou's strength would have soared once again. But now it seemed that even this bug could not be exploited casually.

"In the future, I still need to find a way to raise my permanent luck. Relying on Xuerui Free God's divine bone ultimately only makes me a fake chosen son of heaven." Zhao Xing silently warned himself.

But for the time being, the Luck Divine Bone was still quite useful.

The forty-fourth World Star Year before the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory.

Zhao Xing's clones set out in force for places such as the Black Heaven Desolate Territory, Chen Luo Barren Domain, Si Yue Desolate Territory, and Vast Sea Desolate Territory, searching for the whereabouts of Evil Gods.

With the blessing of Thirty-level luck, Zhao Xing connected with fifteen Evil Gods of varying stature during the forty-fourth World Star Year before the end. While carrying out Boundless True God's missions, he also completed the chained missions of those fifteen Evil Gods.

The first few stages of Evil God missions were largely similar.

They all required the collection of Yin Yang Twin Stars and the refinement of soul spirits.

Thus, Zhao Xing began buying Yin Yang Twin Stars in great quantities.

"I will not steal Yin Yang Twin Stars. I can just buy them with money. I will buy some in this star system and some in that one; I will eventually gather enough."

Master Zhao had now taken over quite a few territories belonging to the Carlos Family. He lacked no ordinary wealth and could be said to have achieved financial freedom.

The prestige he had worked so hard to earn before could not be lowered for such trivial gains. Therefore, after informing Guluo He,

he began using his mundane wealth to purchase Yin Yang Twin Stars.

But star pirates and criminals were not so easy to buy.

Because of his experiences mining the Annihilating Star Ancient Road, as well as the Annihilating Star Six-Negations Theory he had created, he could be said to have a natural demand for Yin Yang Twin Stars.

But if he purchased star pirates and criminals to refine soul spirits, it would be far too conspicuous. Some people might even deliberately turn their own subordinates into criminals and star pirates.

"I should do it myself. I can identify star pirates and criminals with mind arts, and I can trust those I handle personally."

"What I need is of a rather high level. Ordinary Source Origin Realm star pirates and criminals are not enough for me. Hunting Dao Domain Realm and even Reincarnation Realm targets will be much faster."

"Bula Star is known as the Star of Crime. It lies in the southern transitional zone of the Profound Spirit Star Region in the Vast Sea Desolate Territory. There are many powerful, utterly unscrupulous independent cultivators there. I do not know whether some major power supports them from behind the scenes, but that does not matter. It will be my first target."

Bula Star was rather famous among underground factions. Some busybody had compiled a ranking, and Bula Star could make the top hundred.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Zhao Xing's many clones began descending upon Bula Star.

On Bula Star, within the territory of the Snow Feather Gang, the largest star pirate organization, the star pirate leader Fan Yu was drinking fine wine and watching the music and dance in the main hall.

Delicacies lay before him and beauties nestled in his arms, yet Lord Fan Yu was not in a particularly good mood.

"Life has been getting harder and harder lately."

"North of the Vast Sea Desolate Territory, it has been getting colder and colder over these past three thousand years."

"Traveling adventurers and merchant transport caravans have become fewer and fewer."

"And I have to hand over most of it to that person. If this continues, the organization will not even be able to maintain basic operations."

"Where is my path?"

With the broader environment worsening, underground forces had a hard time surviving as well.

Lord Fan Yu desperately wanted to go legitimate and quit, but whether he could reach the shore was not up to him.

He had done far too many things for the person behind the scenes. The consequence of suddenly refusing to continue was death.

"Ah~"

"Master, why do you sigh?"

The beauty in his arms asked coquettishly.

"You—"

Lord Fan Yu had just begun to speak when the entire hall suddenly began to shake.

Seven layers of defensive barriers instantly lit up on their own. At the same time, several pillars within the hall exploded, and the seat beneath him suddenly sank.

Whoosh~ In an instant, he and his table were swept into a wind tunnel passage.

The wind tunnel carried his table in a flash toward the planet's core, where a hidden Teleportation Array was activating.

"Someone has broken into my lair!"

"The seven layers of barriers were breached instantly. It must be an expert. But who wants to kill me? Wu Yan of Pengyu Star Continent? No, he does not have that ability—"

Lord Fan Yu was alarmed. Since the Snow Feather Gang was founded, it had never encountered such a critical situation.

"It only needs thirty thousand and forty-six Immeasurable Times before the Teleportation Array activates. Even an ordinary Emperor would not be able to kill me once I am gone. It should be fine—"

He was not overly panicked. This was his lair, after all. It would not be so easy for someone to deal with him.

Lord Fan Yu had already seen the formation light flare up, but at that moment, the formation's foundation suddenly cracked apart and countless clumps of earth churned.

The Teleportation Array was replaced by an unfathomably profound art!

"Not good—" Before Lord Fan Yu could react, the next mechanism formation was replaced by Star Shifting from the Earth Passage Art. He was teleported into Zhao Xing's palm.

"Interesting."

Zhao Xing's Great Beginning Clone curiously examined Lord Fan Yu.

The lair of a mere Snow Feather Gang actually possessed so many formations for protection. With these formations, both for defense and escape, it could withstand some ordinary Emperors. Even Emperors who had passed three or four tribulations could easily let Lord Fan Yu slip away.

"Senior." Lord Fan Yu immediately knelt. The moment he appeared in Zhao Xing's palm, he understood that he had encountered an overwhelmingly powerful expert.

This pressure was even stronger than that of the person he served behind the scenes.

"Senior, please spare my life. I am willing to offer all my wealth and serve you as a slave."

"Very well." Zhao Xing said blandly, "Enter my Human Emperor Banner and pledge your loyalty."

"What? Senior, I—" Seeing that begging was useless, Lord Fan Yu immediately took out a treasure: a snow-white feather.

The space within the palm trembled, as though it were about to tear open the void and flee.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing casually pinched the feather between his fingers, and all disturbances disappeared.

Lord Fan Yu was stunned. This was the greatest opportunity he had obtained in five eras of life, found within a ruin. He had intended to use it one day to escape the control of the person behind him. Unless it was a demigod, no one should have been able to catch him with this treasure. Yet it had failed!

Could the one who had captured him be a demigod?

What virtue or ability do I, Fan Yu, possess to actually draw a demigod here to kill me? Lord Fan Yu despaired.

"A mere star pirate leader actually has such a treasure. Did you encounter some great opportunity, or is there someone behind you?" Zhao Xing was delighted. "Speak quickly. If what you say is valuable enough, I can spare your life."

Zhao Xing could not even be bothered to interrogate him. Wei Tianchen's medicine was worth more than this man's life.

"Yes, Senior." Hearing this, hope reignited in Lord Fan Yu.

One day later, every member of the Snow Feather Gang vanished without a trace, all of them entering Zhao Xing's Human Emperor Banner. The Snow Feather Gang was declared destroyed.

At the same time, within the Three Suns Ancient Kingdom, in the territory of a king.

Whoosh, whoosh! Zhao Xing forcibly pierced the barrier and descended directly into the royal capital.

"Who?!"

A young man in luxurious ceremonial robes and a crown stared in surprise at the person who had appeared before him.

"You are the Snow Moon Emperor, correct?"

"Who are you, to dare trespass into the Snow Moon Royal Palace?" The Snow Moon Emperor was deeply alarmed. He was the son of the previous Lord of the Kingdom and the younger brother of the current Lord of the Kingdom. Someone actually dared force their way into his palace?

"So it is you." Zhao Xing opened his palm, revealing the tiny Lord Fan Yu kneeling within it. "You controlled numerous star pirate organizations to satisfy your personal desires. Over the past two eras, you have killed more than three hundred billion people. You have even harmed many citizens of your own kingdom."

Zhao Xing recalled Lord Fan Yu's testimony. He had heard that the Snow Moon Emperor would usually throw kidnapped people onto a World Star,

then gather the nobles of his kingdom to hold "hunting banquets," toying with them until they had enough before killing them.

There were slaves he could kill without breaking the law, yet he did not kill them. He preferred people with legitimate citizenship, even talented individuals in the Dao Domain Realm and Source Origin Realm.

Sometimes, after growing tired of the game, the Snow Moon Emperor would pretend to be a savior and rescue the talented members of certain factions, earning himself a good reputation.

The thrill of making rules and trampling them beneath his feet left the Snow Moon Emperor unable to stop.

"Do not meddle in other people's affairs. My brother is the Three Suns Kingdom Lord, and my father is Venerable Lei Yang. You dare barge into my royal palace—"

Whoosh~

Seeing that he did not even bother pretending and simply admitted it, Zhao Xing could not be bothered with further words. After recording it with the Star Mirror, he immediately reached out and grabbed.

Bang!

The Snow Moon Emperor resisted desperately, but those five fingers were like a massive mountain. They ignored the layers of treasures he used to resist and seized him by force.

"Ah~"

The Snow Moon Emperor was thrown into the Human Emperor Banner and refined in an instant.

"Not bad. Capturing this one was worth countless Dao Domain Realm and Source Origin Realm cultivators."

The moment after Snow Moon Emperor died,

a rift suddenly tore open in the void outside Yu King's Palace.

The current Three Suns Kingdom Lord appeared, riding a Mechanical Treasure River.

"Who was it? Who dared to kill my blood brother!"

The Three Suns Kingdom Lord's voice was furious.

Zhao Xing could not be bothered with nonsense. He directly revealed his true appearance before preparing to speak.

"Well killed."

The anger in the Three Suns Kingdom Lord's voice vanished at once, replaced by a beaming smile.

The Three Suns Kingdom Lord's attitude changed so quickly that Zhao Xing was caught off guard.

"Doesn't Your Majesty want to ask why?"

The Three Suns Kingdom Lord shook his head. "With Minister of Agriculture Zhao's reputation, for you to personally come all the way to my Three Suns Ancient Kingdom and kill my brother, there must have been a reason. Either he committed an unforgivable crime, or he betrayed the human race. I should be thanking Minister of Agriculture Zhao."

"If you are willing to tell me the reason, I would be deeply grateful. If not, I understand."

"With Your Majesty ruling Three Suns Kingdom, it will surely prosper." Zhao Xing could not help but offer sincere praise.

Whoosh~

Zhao Xing drew out a record from the Star Mirror and passed it to the Three Suns Kingdom Lord.

"The entire course of events is here. I happened to pass by Bula Star and discovered these matters."

The Three Suns Kingdom Lord took one look and immediately became furious for the second time. "Well killed! Snow Moon was a disgrace to our Royal Family. Minister of Agriculture Zhao has truly removed a scourge for me."

Zhao Xing could not quite tell whether the Three Suns Kingdom Lord was acting or whether he was genuinely so impartial.

But no matter what, this man truly had what it took to be a kingdom lord.

"I'm leaving. Handle the aftermath however you wish."

Zhao Xing declined the Three Suns Kingdom Lord's banquet invitation, but he had also given him some face.

Not long afterward, the Three Suns Kingdom Lord announced that his younger brother, Snow Moon Emperor, had accidentally gone berserk during cultivation and died.

Seven years later, in the thirty-seventh-to-last World Star Year of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory.

In the Profound Spirit Star Region, the number of influential figures who had "gone berserk" had risen to twenty-eight.

Seventeen of the top hundred star pirate factions had been wiped out.

Fourteen years later, in the thirtieth-to-last World Star Year of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory.

The number of members of ancient kingdom factions who had "gone berserk" or died in accidental deaths during expeditions had risen to eighty-four.

The number of annihilated star pirate factions had also risen to twenty-nine.

At first, the deaths of emperors still counted as news. For example, Snow Moon Emperor's death had drawn some attention.

But gradually, such news no longer counted as anything major.

When cultivators heard of it, they merely sighed at how difficult cultivation was. Even emperors could go berserk and die during expeditions.

"How strange." Venerable Fu Ping arrived at the intelligence division of the Ancient Kingdom Alliance and browsed intelligence related to star pirate factions. "Why are people even competing to kill star pirates?"

"Could there still be many demigod-level Evil God believers around?"

Zhao Xing was highly efficient. His Great Beginning Clone was already a Twelve Tribulation True Spirit, so naturally, he acted faster than Venerable Fu Ping.

"Quite a few of the easy targets have already been killed. The ones left are all difficult to kill." Venerable Fu Ping continued looking.

Some star pirate organizations were actually fronts arranged by certain demigods to gather intelligence on the demon race.

Once Zhao Xing discovered such an organization, he would not touch it.

"Forget it. I'll search slowly." Venerable Fu Ping did not pay it much mind.

As long as those regions had no established rules or order, star pirate organizations would inevitably reappear after being destroyed. There would always be a dark side to the world!

After all, there would always be cultivators unwilling to abide by order, who preferred the law of the jungle. That was also why the Dark Shadow Temple had so many clients and assassins.

"The requirement is to complete the third mission within fifty years. If there are not many opportunities in human territory, then I'll have to take a look in demon territory." Venerable Fu Ping thought to himself.

Venerable Fu Ping swiped his finger across the Star Territory. His consciousness entered a void space within the Star Mirror. It was a City of Mind, and because its sky was encircled by ten thousand stars that anchored the city in place, it was also called Myriad Stars City.

Myriad Stars City was a place for Venerables who were candidates for the God Realm to interact.

Not all demigods had accepted the mission to infiltrate the Evil Gods. Such people were only a minority, so he was not afraid of exposure.

Venerable Fu Ping did not put all his eggs in one basket either. He often visited Myriad Stars City to make friends and see whether he could find some relatively easy Contribution Points missions. The upper echelons of the human race hoped for healthy competition among demigods, while also hoping that they could unite and form friendships. Many demigods would even call on friends and challenge a Contribution Points mission together.

The instant his mental consciousness entered Myriad Stars City, Venerable Fu Ping appeared in a private room in a tavern.

At that moment, Venerable Fu Ping heard his friend, Venerable Saint Wing, chatting with three other demigods. They seemed to be mentioning the Red Star Empire, the Primordial Beginning Realm, and the like.

"Saint Wing, what are you talking about?" After appearing, Venerable Fu Ping took his usual seat.

"Fu Ping, you came at the perfect time," Venerable Saint Wing said. "We were just talking about a candidate. This person's rise has been incredibly fast. In just over ten years, he has jumped more than ten thousand places."

"Which one?" Venerable Fu Ping had spent the past decade or so focused on Evil God Missions and had visited Myriad Stars City less often.

"The Primordial Beginning Envoy of the Red Star Empire, Zhao Xing," Venerable Saint Wing said. "His Contribution Points ranking has risen steadily every year. Over these fourteen years, he has climbed more than fourteen thousand places."

"Oh? Zhao Xing, the Minister of Agriculture demigod who wrote the two great treatises?" Venerable Fu Ping nodded. "I've heard of him. They say he has cultivated for only a little over ten thousand years. I didn't expect him to enter the ranks of God Realm candidates so quickly."

"One should become a god early." Another demigod, dressed in a black-and-gold ritual robe with three golden inscriptions on his cheeks, spoke up. "Young geniuses like him have greater hope instead. Old fellows like us, who have lived so long, have less hope than he does."

"I hope Zhao Xing succeeds." Another demigod took a sip of wine. "If we can gain one more Minister of Agriculture god, our days in the future will be easier as well."

"Indeed." Venerable Saint Wing and the other demigod nodded in unison. They were all veteran Venerables who had traveled through space-time to fight in Space-Time Territories several times. They understood very well how much a Minister of Agriculture god could help their faction.

"The last time, in the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom of the twenty-third era of the Desolate Territory, I encountered Qingyu Free God. At the time, I was tracking a hostile demigod to the Li River of Stars when I happened to run into a change in the Li River of Stars." Venerable Saint Wing recalled the event. "That natural disaster was terrifying. If Qingyu Free God had not happened to pass by, I probably would have died."

"I heard Minister of Agriculture Zhao has some connection with Qingyu Free God," the demigod in black-and-gold robes said. "Saint Wing, can you invite Zhao Xing for a gathering?"

"I've only met Qingyu Free God once. I didn't even get to say more than a few words." Venerable Saint Wing smiled. "Fang Ying, if anyone should invite him, it should be you. You are far more famous than I am, and you have more influence."

"Haha." Venerable Wan Ying laughed. "How about the four of us make a bet? We'll each find a way to invite Zhao Xing to Myriad Stars City for a gathering. One hundred thousand Contribution Points, just for a little fun. What do you think?"

"Gao Yu is a Fate Venerable. How are we supposed to play?" Venerable Fu Ping looked at another person. "Wan Ying, you're just giving him money."

"Do you think Zhao Xing's karmic fate can be predicted by me? This game is fair to me as well." Venerable Hao Yu smiled.

"If we're playing, let's make it bigger. Two hundred thousand."

"I'm in!"

"Count me in."

After everyone else agreed, Venerable Wan Ying revealed a triumphant smile. "Hahaha, just hand over your money obediently. I know Zhao Xing's teacher."

"Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!" Venerable Fu Ping flew into a rage.

"Fu Ping, this time you're truly helping the poor."

"Hahaha."

Zhao Xing had no idea that over these fourteen years, as he continuously reported Evil God believers and frantically completed Contribution Points missions, he had already gained considerable fame among the demigods.

As he steadily built his reputation, it began to reach higher and higher levels and spread farther and farther, touching even core places like Myriad Stars City.

Naturally, he also did not know that Venerable Saint Wing, Venerable Fu Ping, Venerable Wan Ying, and Venerable Hao Yu wanted to befriend him and had even made a wager over it.

At this moment, he had already completed Boundless True God's first mission and had brought a large quantity of yin-yang star cores and souls to the Black Heaven Desolate Territory.

"I completed the mission in fourteen years. I wonder whether Boundless True God will be surprised." A small boat emitted specks of light as Zhao Xing sat cross-legged beneath the Black Heaven Moon Tree.

Completing the collection mission in fourteen years was incredibly fast. An ordinary Evil God believer could never have Zhao Xing's speed. They would usually slowly kill low-level cultivators, spending time to accumulate souls and trading time for results.

"On the human side, I've continuously reported them over these fourteen years and gained nine hundred seventy thousand Contribution Points." Zhao Xing thought to himself. There were not many demigods who truly defected and became Evil God believers. Low-level Evil Gods did not dare tempt demigods either. If they were merely ordinary Reincarnation Realm cultivators,

or even Dao Domain Realm cultivators, the Contribution Points awarded would be much lower.

"Nine hundred seventy thousand is not a small amount. As I progress through more rounds and climb a little higher in status among the Evil Gods, the panel's function will truly come into play."

Among the known Evil Gods, the strongest was undoubtedly Master of Cold Food Festival's incarnation, a God King.

Next came Heavenly Ji Thunder Mother and Boundless True God. The more than ten other Evil Gods he had encountered were all Divine Soldier Grade Free Gods,

and had not yet contributed much to Zhao Xing.

"We're here!"

Zhao Xing stopped in a certain region of the Black Heaven Desolate Territory. He had the Black Heaven Moon Tree bloom with radiance and discovered that this time's "place of worship" was on a desolate star continent.

This time, there was no need to climb a mountain, and no temple had appeared in advance. There was only a simple array foundation on the desolate star continent. Zhao Xing took out the statue and began summoning Boundless True God.