The fallen Divine General, two treasures!
Seeing Lei Hong compromise so easily, Bowei in Internal World was speechless.
Lei Hong's act of picking up the Earth God Crystal was not a one-time transaction, but rather represented a causal contract.
After that, whenever Lei Hong obtained any Earth God Crystal, he had to give two-thirds to Zhao Xing!
If they continue playing by Zhao Xing's pattern, they might be able to obtain enough divine-level origins just from this one Divine Mountain Geological Change.
How difficult was it for him to become a god? He had to sacrifice his master, integrate the Starry Sky Historian, and arrange the Follower of the Dao Project. He went through countless hardships to obtain the Mysterious Spirit History and even shattered the General Knowledge Mirror.
"What a disgrace to the Evil God! Why don't they dare to fight Zhao Xing?"
Lei Hong was actually quite reluctant to pay for three bowls of noodles when he only had one.
But there was nothing he could do.
Lei Hong had been weighing the options in his mind for a long time and had considered many possibilities.
Fight? We can't win!
Escape? Then you'll miss out on the Cosmic Ark!
Having traversed multiple Space-Time Barrier to arrive here, Lei Hong had accumulated a considerable amount of debt. Staying here at least offered him a chance to recoup his costs.
Is it possible to achieve a mutually destructive outcome with Venerable Han Bing?
For example, could you "report" to the Free God Biluo, to increase the other party's karmic value?
Lei Hong thought about it carefully and realized it was also difficult.
"This Han Bing summoned the deputy envoy before the event of the fortuitous encounter."
"They deliberately increased our karmic burden. If the Free God Biluo, were to review the whole process in the future, he would find that the deputy envoys who did not report for duty were all suspicious."
"On the contrary, Han Bing arrived after the incident, which greatly reduces his suspiciousness."
"His authority is so high that even if the fish dies, his net probably won't break."
"How did he manage to plan that?"
Lei Hong couldn't understand it. Normally, no one could distinguish between a Descendant and a Non-Descendant unless they gave themselves away.
If Zhao Xing was not confident in seeing through the arrival of the beings, then his decision to summon the deputy envoys beforehand was foolish and would only create more trouble for himself.
"This man is truly unfathomable." Lei Hong glanced deeply in the direction Zhao Xing had left and gave him this assessment.
"It seems the serendipitous event is over; I need to find a way to reduce my karmic burden."
"Splash~"
The currents in the sea constantly surged against Zhao Xing's body as he chased after the other deputy envoys.
"In the first Solar Year, there were a total of three Divine Mountain Geological Change."
"This is the first time; the arrivals haven't even broken even. They certainly won't be satisfied with just one lucky event. As long as I can launch a precise strike..."
There is a high probability that the invaders from the Evil God Faction were coerced into signing a causal contract.
"In this way, I can obtain the most Earth God Crystal at the lowest cost."
Incubation – Participation in opportune events – Increased karmic burden – Resolution of karmic burden – Continued incubation – Waiting for the next opportune event. This is the standard procedure for exploring the Cosmic Ark event.
However, for Evil God like Lei Hong, the cost of a trip to the Spirit Domain Era is very high.
If it takes 150 million Contribution Points for me to come here, the cost for those from the Evil God Faction will be even higher, ten times or even a hundred times.
Zhao Xing was well aware that one of his advantages lay in the cost of taking risks.
The Spirit Domain Era is ruled by Fang Zhen. A trip here only costs 150 million Contribution Points, which is not actually that much.
However, the price is much higher for those in the Evil God Faction.
Of course, if you go to the Five Emperors Era, which is a time and space ruled by the Evil God Faction, the situation is reversed. The Evil God are "locals," and the cost of adventure is much lower for them than for you.
"The reason this happened is simply because certain circumstances limited it to a particular era."
"For example, the Demigod who chose the first or second tier of opportunities on the Ark of Space-Time might not necessarily go to places of opportunity that are of a higher standard than those on the Cosmic Ark."
"But some professions and schools of thought are not a choice. Just like the Demigod musician 'Bai Yuqing' on the Ark of Space-Time, if she wants to become a god, she must at least sneak into the Luo Emperor Era, because at that time [Feather Sound Mountain] was still Feather Sound Mountain, not the later Six-Winged Mountain that was only half left."
By grasping this point, Zhao Xing believed he could gain a great deal.
Of course, another advantage, and the biggest one, is that the panel can distinguish between Descendants and Non-Descendants; otherwise, Zhao Xing wouldn't dare to play like this.
"Compared to Lao Qing's schemes against the Dongyan Ancient Clan, my current difficulties are child's play—hmm? Let's change course."
As Zhao Xing was fleeing, he suddenly felt a pang of fear. He immediately withdrew all Four Pillars Profound Gate and concealed his aura.
"Elder, I sense danger, but I can't see where it is," Zhao Xing hurriedly called to Bowei.
"Of course you can't see it. Inside the triangular mountain range ahead, there's a spherical cave with a radius of 100,000 kilometers, where a god-level sea beast resembling an octopus is Divine Concealment in a deep sleep."
"If you continue stealthily and crash headlong into it, you'll break its Divine Concealment."
Zhao Xing realized how close he had come to danger, so he immediately increased the altitude at which he was traveling through the underwater mountain range.
Many divine beings lived in the Primordial Sea. The Divine Mountain Geological Change was a powerful and overwhelming disaster for the Demigod.
However, even god-level beings can still sleep peacefully, unless the Sacred Mountain is fully revealed, but right now it has only revealed a little bit of its divine essence.
"Om Yu~"
The road ahead was blocked, and when Zhao Xing saw the value instantly turn into negative ten, he immediately changed direction.
After he moved away, the value displayed on his Dao Book immediately turned positive and gradually increased.
For three consecutive days, the scale reading remained stable at around ten.
Zhao Xing then followed the current in the sea.
Two weeks later.
Suddenly, Zhao Xing Fortune's Insight and switched from one pulse to another.
The value of the Karma Token relationship immediately rose positively!
"Ten, fifteen, thirty-six, fifty-four... seventy!"
Zhao Xing immediately realized that there were Earth God Crystal nearby.
Venerable Chu Ji transformed into a torrent of flames and crashed into an underwater mountain, causing it to split open and form a rift valley.
The flame tail contracted, transforming into a young man wearing Fire Feather robe and with flowing red hair.
Normally, such destructive actions would lower the causal value, but now that the heavenly secrets are in chaos, this is the time when these descendants can act with impunity.
"Ten-Direction Earth God Crystal!" Venerable Chu Ji was overjoyed. "Excellent! As expected of the Cosmic Ark, what a wonderful place!"
"At least I know where I'll go home!"
However, he was too happy too soon.
When Chu Ji picked up the Earth God Crystal and took on this burden of cause and effect, alarm bells immediately went off in his mind.
"Huh? What's that—" Chu Ji felt something looming over him from behind, like he was about to be ambushed.
He was startled and immediately tried to hide.
While dodging, Chu Ji unhesitatingly unleashed his ultimate move, his body continuing to shrink, and his lower body transforming into the shape of a caterpillar.
"Wow, that's quite a novel Hou Bian Method."
A teasing voice rang out.
"Who?!" Chu Ji was startled.
But then he suddenly saw the phantom of a divine tree, and his speed decreased sharply.
"Divine power? World Method?!"
Chu Ji was shocked. He was the Minister of Agriculture of the Heavenly Time Sect and had originally intended to transform and run away, but at this moment, his transformation speed seemed to have slowed down a hundredfold.
The Cangwu World Method is a Divine Art of the True Self Faction. Zhao Xing's sneak attack immediately reduced Chu Ji's transformation speed by a hundred times, making him like a sloth, where everything became slow motion.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Next, Zhao Xing inserted three Heaven-Changing Divine Needle into Chu Ji.
This completely interrupted Chu Ji's transformation, causing him to fall heavily into Zhao Xing's palm.
"Ugh~ Ugh!!"
A caterpillar dressed in a Buddhist robe was wriggling in Zhao Xing's palm.
Beneath the robes, beneath the smooth skin, subtle patterns stirred, as if trying to close up.
However, the presence of the three Heaven-Changing Divine Needle prevented these secret patterns from coalescing and completing the transformation.
Chu Ji!
The transformation was interrupted halfway through, like someone about to have a satisfying bowel movement, only to have someone throw a Firecracker Bamboo into the outhouse, abruptly stopping it.
"Vice Envoy Chu, this is quite a novel Hou Bian Method. How come I didn't know you were originally the Agricultural Official of Marquis Transformation Faction?" Zhao Xing looked at the caterpillar in his hand with amusement.
"Special Envoy Han? No! You are...?" At first, Chu Ji thought he had encountered someone from the incident, but he quickly realized...
Han Bing is also a Descendant.
Since the value on his Karma Token did not drop into a negative number, the people involved in the incident should not have attacked him.
"It's over." A sense of despair welled up in Chu Ji's heart. He felt that the other party would definitely kill him. After all, in his time, people's morals were not high, and killing and stealing treasures was a matter of course.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, I can spare your life." Zhao Xing switched to Telepathic Transmission.
"What?" Chu Ji was taken aback.
"We're all just here to seize opportunities in the Evil God's world; there's no need to fight to the death." Zhao Xing seemed to see through his thoughts, pointing to himself with his thumb. "If you can sign a one-way causal contract with me, then you can live."
Zhao Xing used his spiritual power to activate the personal Karma Thread, Chu Ji quickly understood.
"Fellow Daoist, do you mean that if I give you 70% of the Earth God Crystal I obtained, you can live?"
"That's exactly what I mean." Zhao Xing nodded. "It's limited to this space-time, limited to the Cosmic Ark. Once we leave, the cause and effect are severed."
I promise!
Bowei, Internal World, twitched his lips again as he watched.
Lei Hong at least thought about it for a moment, but this guy surnamed Chu threw the ball even faster than Lei Hong, almost without any hesitation!
However, Bowei was unaware that Lei Hong was a disciple of the Heaven Divine King Xi Tian and the General Lingyang, a powerful and influential Demigod.
Chu Ji's situation was different; the power he allied himself with was relatively weak.
He had no protectors; he smuggled himself into this world through the Shadow Sanctum, for which he borrowed a considerable amount of money.
Moreover, he bought a one-way ticket; he needs to earn enough money before he can smuggle himself home!
The Shadow Sanctum only cares about money and has no regard for human relationships. Without money, Chu Ji can only slowly rot in this timeline.
Zhao Xing suppressed him with a flick of his hand; what else could Chu Ji possibly think about?
Without the slightest hesitation, he signed an unequal causal contract.
"Venerable Han, then I shall take my leave." With the suppression over, Chu Ji returned to human form, no longer the beast in human clothing.
"Alright, Fellow Daoist Chu, you must proceed with caution." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
After signing the contract, Chu Ji became his employee, and his attitude naturally improved.
"Thank you." Chu Ji bowed again before picking up the three Earth God Crystal and heading to the next location.
On the other side of the Internal World, General Hua Li, had also been keeping a close eye on Zhao Xing's actions.
After watching two rounds, General Hua Li couldn't help but laugh; she found the scene quite comical.
"Zhao Xing isn't here to take risks; he's clearly here to recruit workers."
He works at his own expense, and people should thank him.
As time passed, after ten months of continuous pursuit, Zhao Xing encountered eight deputy envoys and successfully obtained eight unequal causal contracts.
Why was it so efficient? Mainly because the chief and deputy envoys were connected by tokens, which allowed them to communicate in the early stages of the upheaval.
This is how Zhao Xing found these eight unlucky guys.
For the next three months, Zhao Xing gained nothing, and Bowei felt somewhat relieved.
"It seems your plan isn't going so smoothly. Apart from these eight unlucky guys, everyone else is very wary, and things will get increasingly chaotic from here on out. You'll have a hard time finding people then."
Faced with Bowei's gloating, Zhao Xing remained silent and simply buried himself in searching for people.
At this moment, the Divine Mountain Geological Change became increasingly violent, making it truly difficult for him to detect any trace of the other deputy envoys.
For the next two years, they didn't encounter another deputy envoy.
Just when Zhao Xing thought his luck had run out...
"Whoosh!"
The murky currents became clear, and visibility on the seabed increased significantly.
Two mountain peaks floated in front, with a faint golden halo emanating from their midsections. The halo spread outwards in concentric circles, and many spirit beasts swam around the golden mountains.
"Hmm? An opportunity? Is it the Earth God Crystal?" Zhao Xing's heart pounded.
Although he was excited, he remained cautious and swam step by step.
Once he got close enough to see clearly, Zhao Xing realized he had been wrong.
"Half-Moon Mountain, a medium-sized Spirit Mountain." The panel displayed the coordinates and location name. "Why has it never appeared on the map before?"
Half-Moon Mountain is quite small; it only took Zhao Xing Half-Moon Mountain Heavenly Timing to tour around it.
"I see."
Zhao Xing understood what kind of divine opportunity he had triggered.
That was a divine artifact stuck in the middle of Half-Moon Mountain. It was a Full Moon Blade, and it seemed that this artifact was the one that cleaved Half-Moon Mountain in two.
Bowei also glanced at it briefly, and his eye twitched slightly. "He can stumble upon a divine artifact while just wandering around? What kind of incredible luck is that?!"
"Whoosh~"
Zhao Xing unfolded his Internal World, and an Emperor-Grade Vine emerged, coiling towards the curved divine weapon in the rift valley.
When the vines reached for the curved blade artifact, the Emperor-Grade Vine were instantly shredded by the sharp blade's edge.
Although the vines were cut into pieces, Zhao Xing also gained information from this curved blade artifact.
"I am the General Tianyi, and this Sky God Blade is my natal divine weapon, accompanying me through four Divine Tribulation."
"After the Cosmic Ark Fall Incident, some said the Extreme Continent Universe Theory was absurd, and others said the Cosmic Ark Project was an irresponsible escape, and therefore it was punished by the universe."
"However, I didn't care about any of that. I only wanted to gain the benefits of fighting against the next Divine Tribulation, so I came here with my friend to seek this opportunity."
"However, after entering the Yuanzang Divine Sea Ark, I was trapped here and died."
"I tried everything, but I couldn't escape. My Life Line is about to snap. What a pity—"
"So the two God King Divine Concealment from the entire Cosmic Ark. No wonder I couldn't escape. But that's not important anymore."
"I am about to perish. This Sky God Blade contains my life's legacy. I hope that after the Cosmic Ark becomes a historical event, my Divine Concealment will be broken, and someone will be able to find me and inherit it."
Zhao Xing looked down at the divine light within the rift valley gradually receding, and felt the obsession left by the General Tianyi on the divine blade. He couldn't help but frown.
"Judging from this message, it seems that the General Tianyi was also a descendant, and he actually got trapped and died in the underwater mountain range?"
Should we take it or not?
When in doubt, consult Bowei.
"General Tianyi? Never heard of him." Bowei shook his head. "He must be one of the Descendants who died here before, whose Demigod Concealment was just broken by you."
"Wait a minute, Elder." Zhao Xing asked, puzzled, "Isn't this the first Solar Year of the 341st era before the Desolate Territory? Logically speaking, the General Tianyi and I entered at the same time, so where does this 'before' come from?"
Bowei didn't answer, but instead waved his hand, and a river appeared beneath his feet.
He took a tree branch and made a mark on the riverbank. "This represents the first Solar Year of the 341st century BC in the Desolate Territory."
Zhao Xing listened intently; he knew Bowei was about to give him a lesson.
Bowei waved his hand, picked up a stone from the riverbed downstream, and threw it into the river at the marked point. "Look, this is from 341 epochs before your first visit to the Desolate Territory, assuming it was just you and Ji Si at this time."
Faint ripples appeared in the river water.
"After some time, let's say 1000 years, you and Ji Si were too incompetent and failed to become gods. In the second Solar Year, you were taken away by the gods."
Zhao Xing, watching from the outside, curled his lip. Couldn't Bowei have hoped for something better? Even their examples were personal attacks.
Bowei took another step and retrieved the stone from the river in the second Solar Year.
He then returned to the initial position and once again threw the stone representing Zhao Xing into the first Solar Year of the 341st era of the Desolate Territory.
"When you and Ji Si Time Travel for the second time, you arrive at this point in time again. But the second time—"
Bowei waved his hand, and countless stones from upstream and downstream floated over, slowly sinking into the time-space river of the Desolate Territory 341 years before.
As countless stones sank in, a section of the riverbed representing the 341st era before the end of the Desolate Territory rose, and the water level of the entire River of Time also rose significantly.
Zhao Xing seemed to be deep in thought, while Bowei asked a question.
"Both of these are the first Solar Year in 341 eras before arriving in the Desolate Territory. What's the difference between these two times?"
Zhao Xing looked at the ripples and pondered, "The water level has risen?"
"Be more specific," Bowei said, dissatisfied.
"The rising water level signifies a shift in spacetime in the Desolate Territory 341 epochs ago," Zhao Xing pondered. "It's impossible for Ji Si and I to experience the same thing."
"That's right." Bowei nodded. "The second time you come, you probably won't see Lei Hong again, nor will you see Chu Ji. That's the fluctuation of River of Time, the alteration of history."
"The Evil God Faction stores and releases floodwaters upstream; this is how the so-called time shock and time memory are generated."
Bowei inserted a pillar with many markings into the river.
"Every significant rise or fall in water level represents a fluctuation and shift in the spacetime continuum. Scholars have introduced the concept of 'Reincarnation' to explain these spacetime fluctuations and the historical changes they trigger."
"The three dimensions of the Image Manifestation Layer, the Dao Manifestation Layer, and the Dao Ancient Layer describe space. If we add time and Reincarnation, that makes five dimensions. Are these five dimensions used to explain Time Travel?" Zhao Xing understood Bowei's words.
Bowei said quietly, "The first Spirit Roaming Academy through the River of Time, causing historical changes upstream. Another god downstream observed this change, remained unaffected, and recorded the process, calling it the first era of Reincarnation."
"To ensure that others could also remember, a history book was created, which was called the Mysterious Spirit History."
"And it grants the Mysterious Spirit History the power to record Reincarnation, Major Event Chronicle, and to Solidified History."
Zhao Xing suddenly realized. "Since the Divine Realm is unaffected, then it means that the General Tianyi died in an even earlier era of Reincarnation."
"Indeed." Bowei nodded. "Gods and divine beings all possess this characteristic. So you'll find that even though you've only just entered the Cosmic Ark, and this event of destruction hasn't even begun, the General Tianyi seem to have already experienced many things on the Cosmic Ark."
"Elder, I have a question," Zhao Xing said, gazing at the river. "If I come here a second time, will I see myself from the first time? What would happen if we met?"
Bowei said calmly, "If it's a god, it doesn't matter. An existence in endless spacetime is like an avatar. The two Lu Ya you saw earlier were like that; we usually call them 'divine avatars.'"
"The source of divine power is constant. The more you distribute this source to a particular era, the stronger that era will be, and that era will be considered the true essence."
"If they are not gods, meeting them would be very troublesome, and we would suffer severe karmic retribution."
Therefore, only exceptionally talented Demigod are allowed to travel through time and space, and even then, they are always seeking to become gods.
"Assuming this is your first time here, and you want to come back a second time, you should choose a different spaceship to seize the opportunity and avoid the backlash from the River of Space-Time."
Even so, before becoming a god, one can only come a maximum of three times.
"However, the Cosmic Ark's Independent Space-Time is somewhat special; even Divine General can only come three times, with each visit lasting less than the last."
Zhao Xing recalled his experience in the World Transfer Tower. He had been kicked out of the World Transfer Tower because his two selves met and were rejected and backfired by the rules of the divine artifact.
"Divine objects are also unique. If you bring Yuan Ji Mountain with you on your first and second visit, one of them will become Void History, one will become ineffective, or it may even disappear completely."
"You've taken the General Tianyi's legacy and the sword. Starting from this Reincarnation, this treasure will no longer be on the Cosmic Ark, unless the entire spacetime is distorted, and your entire experience is twisted. That would be a different story. The Cosmic Ark's major events are unshakeable and practically impossible to occur."
Zhao Xing sighed, "I wonder what happened to the General Tianyi in his Reincarnation life, that he died here."
"There's a mainstream explanation in history for why the Cosmic Ark Destruction," Bowei said.
"When the Cosmic Ark reached the Fushan Domain, the environment underwent a major change, and the cosmic rules and the Origin Dao were downgraded. As a result, the originally balanced internal structure began to become unbalanced, and it was ultimately unable to maintain such a massive warship structure."
"And so the three Sea God Boat, carrying Primordial Sea materials, were the first to collapse."
"It's as if the Sun Star and Yin Star, when moved into Desolate Territory, would have their lifespans greatly reduced."
"The General Tianyi must have encountered a 'collapse of the heavens' event."
Zhao Xing immediately imagined such a scenario: with each time Time Travel, the "Cosmic Ark" instance would essentially be refreshed, but each refresh would bring both fewer and more items.
For example, the amount of Earth God Crystal will definitely decrease with each iteration; the extra ones are from external beings like General Tianyi, which will not be refreshed.
It was left inside the instance.
Taking advantage of Bowei's interest, Zhao Xing asked again, "Elder, which region does the Fushan Domain correspond to in the Desolate Territory Era?"
Bowei shook his head. "The Cosmic Ark is unique; after leaving the Xuanling Star Domain, it formed a unique spacetime."
"Therefore, the Cosmic Ark perished in the Fushan Domain, and there should be no corresponding location in later generations, not even a ruin."
"Why is this happening?" Zhao Xing asked.
Bowei pointed to the great river beneath his feet, which shimmered with Golden Light, and warships appeared above it.
"The Cosmic Ark is itself space, and at the same time, it has transcended the River of Time. This is the purpose of the Extreme Continent Universe Theory and the Zhoushan Faction."
"To escape the universe, you must first break free from the constraints of spacetime rules."
Bowei pointed to a spot where 1,200 Cosmic Ark were arrayed above the river.
"The fact that the Cosmic Ark incident was historically defined as a split indicates that the Extreme Continent Universe Theory and the Zhoushan Faction had opponents."
"The two God King gave themselves no way back. Their divine domains covered the entire Cosmic Ark, causing the entire fleet to disappear into the Divine Concealment, as if gods had leaped out of the River of Time."
"In this way, no one can go back to the beginning of the Cosmic Ark Project to stop them; it's as if the two God King solidified that period of history with their own power."
"And when the Cosmic Ark shattered, this event only spread to 1200 Solar Year within the 341st era before the Yunhuang Domain."
"The Fushan Domain only exists in this one era; it cannot be found in later generations. It does not exist; this is what is commonly referred to as an 'Independent Space-Time.'"
Zhao Xing immediately thought of the Land of Fengshan, which was also known as Independent Space-Time. However, it still had some ruins, but after the Cosmic Ark fell, there were no ruins left in later generations.
The determination of the two God King is truly astonishing. They not only gave this plan no way back, but also gave themselves no chance to be resurrected, choosing to perish with the Cosmic Ark Project.
Having received confirmation from Bowei, Zhao Xing no longer hesitated and retrieved the Sky God Blade.
Because these were legacies and treasures left over from the previous cycle of Reincarnation, Zhao Xing did not incur any additional karmic burden.
He threw the Sky God Blade into his Internal World for Bowei to examine.
"Elder, what level is the Sky God Blade?"
"It is only a low-grade Dao Divine Artifact in itself, but it contains the General Tianyi, so it can barely be considered as a mid-grade Dao Divine Artifact."
"The Xuanling Treasure Pavilion should be able to reclaim this divine artifact."
The reason we say "should" is mainly because the number of martial artists is too large, and consequently, there are too many divine artifacts. Top-tier treasure vaults like the Xuanling Treasure Pavilion almost never recycle them.
After all, the martial arts artifacts in the treasure vault are more than enough to sell, and even better ones.
If there is a demand, a master craftsman like the General Jieluo can create it, and it can be tailor-made!
For a god-level martial artist, taking someone else's divine weapon is certainly not as good as having a personal artifact crafted by a master craftsman.
Occasionally, low-level Dao Divine Artifact belonging to martial artists are recycled, but they are melted down and used as materials for reforging, and the recycling price is the same as the material price.
At most, it's equivalent to one chance to become a god, with a price ranging from 50 million to 100 million Contribution Points.
However, the situation is different for Dao Divine Artifact with complete inheritance. There is a certain possibility that the inheritor can cultivate to the Divine General Level, and the resale price will be much higher.
The Earth God Crystal is for personal use and I won't sell it, but obtaining the Sky God Blade has already made it worthwhile.
In other words, Zhao Xing broke even on this trip, and everything that follows will be profitable.
"Charge! Keep searching!"
With success comes motivation, and Zhao Xing doesn't want to be forced to work like Lao Qing.
Having finally made it across, Zhao Xing naturally wanted to make the most of what he had. The entire ocean was murky, so he put aside the kidnapping of the patrolling envoys for now and wandered around trying his luck, hoping to make the most of his thirty-level luck.
In the fifth year after the geological upheaval, Zhao Xing's luck erupted once again, and he encountered another ancient site.
"I am the Beast God 'Tibu,' born in the Li Emperor Era during the Bai Zhuo Era. I heard that Spirit Domain Era, when the Desolate Territory Evil God ruled, a Cosmic Ark appeared. Based on its fame, I brought three of my most talented clansmen from under the demonic realm to this time and space to protect them."
"I should be the one who entered the Cosmic Ark during the 329th Reincarnation."
"Before the cataclysmic event, the Cosmic Ark suffered a severe attack."
"This has caused my causal burden to increase exponentially, now exceeding three hundred."
"Two of the three talented clansmen have now died."
"However, the cataclysmic event is about to occur. If we can succeed in even one case, the trip will have been worthwhile."
"Alas, 'Intestine' is dead too. I underestimated the crisis facing the Cosmic Ark."
"It doesn't seem to pose much of a danger. As long as the causal burden can be controlled and the value doesn't skyrocket, it's safe."
"But the longer I stay, the more uncontrollable things become. In order to reduce the causal burden, I have to do something in the event. For example, my superior, 'General Yueying,' suspects me, which causes the causal burden to increase significantly, resulting in rejection and backlash from the Cosmic Ark."
"Therefore, I had to do something to dispel his doubts and reduce this increased burden of cause and effect."
"But in this process, not only did I fail to resolve the issue, the Karma Token actually became even more negative!"
"To cross the river, you need to build a bridge; to build a bridge, you need to cut down trees; to cut down trees, you need to sharpen an axe; to get an axe, you need to find a forge—hahaha, what a Cosmic Ark! I already regret coming here, but my karmic burden has exceeded five hundred, and I can't get out on my own."
"I, Tibu, am destined to die here."
"My only concern now is my people from the Bai Zhuo Era. If any fellow Daoist sees my Last Words, I left behind a single divine artifact in the eighth cave beneath my remains. If you are willing to care for my people, then please give this treasure to those who come after you."
In the dark cave, Zhao Xing silently dug open the three remains of demonic beasts and pulled out a long shuttle that shimmered with silver-white light.
"Elder, what kind of weapon is this?"
"It's not a weapon." In his Internal World, Bowei stood on the open ground, watching the silver shuttle descend from the sky. "It's a vehicle for burrowing underground, similar to the Earth-Escape Shuttle of your Ancient Hill of Antiquity. This Beast God probably isn't skilled in burrowing techniques, so he prepared such a treasure."
"It's a mid-grade Dao Divine Artifact, worth at least one billion Contribution Points."
"A billion?!" Zhao Xing's eyes lit up. "Really, Elder? There's that much?"
"Is a billion a lot?" Bowei laughed. "Zhao Xing, you'll have many more places to use your Contribution Points in the future. Don't even mention a billion, a hundred billion or a thousand billion might not be enough for you."
"Elder, I'm not that extravagant."
Zhao Xing laughed and said, "Besides, things in the future are in the future."
Seeing that Bowei remained silent and was only calculating on the ground, Zhao Xing couldn't help but ask, "Elder, have you figured something out?"
Bowei is an all-around scholar Divine General; he is also skilled in divination and strategy, making it difficult for Zhao Xing to ignore Bowei's every move.
"Your path to godhood won't be that simple." Bowei wiped away the marks under his feet, and the divination array on the ground immediately fell apart.
"You cultivate three schools of thought simultaneously. If you want to balance the three great paths of Timing, Earthly Advantage, True Self, you may very well need to achieve godhood in all three at the same time."
"If you become Earth God first, the Extreme Pulse within your body will drain the Great Sun Nature Sea and crush your Primal Chaos World."
"Since you've cultivated up from the Source Origin Realm, you should have encountered this problem all along."
Zhao Xing's expression immediately turned solemn. He had indeed encountered this balance problem at every stage, but no one in the Desolate Territory Era had been able to reach this point; he had to figure it out on his own.
"True Self Faction is easy, but Heavenly God is not so easy. How many Contribution Points would it take to travel to the Five Emperors Era? Even just traveling to the last Solar Year of the Luo Emperor Era would require a hundred billion Contribution Points."
Bowei scoffed, "Do you still think a billion is a lot?"
"So that makes sense." Zhao Xing smiled.
"Looks like I need to pull myself together and make the most of this first opportunity to travel through time, hoping to make a big enough fortune from this first trip. Elder, thank you for the reminder!"
"Oh, how do you plan to pull yourself together?" Bowei asked with interest.
Zhao Xing did not answer, but instead used telepathy, and soon the mental images of Chu Ji and Lei Hong appeared in front of him.
"Brother Lei, Brother Chu, how is the situation?"
"We've made some progress," Chu Ji said first. "Brother Han, I'm currently tracking them."
"I've also found some clues," Lei Hong said. "But we need to confirm them first. Once confirmed, we can act immediately."
"Alright, then I'll pay my respects to you both." Zhao Xing nodded in satisfaction.
"What did you say to them?" Bowei asked.
"It's nothing," Zhao Xing replied. "I told them that if they could help me find other deputy envoy positions, they could reduce the amount of Earth God Crystal they had to pay."
"If you can lure someone to my side, I can reduce the amount I have to pay by 10%."
"There will be many more opportunities to come, and I can use my authority to allow you to enjoy them first."
After listening Bowei couldn't bear to look at it anymore; it was truly a collapse of social order!
Who exactly am I protecting? A space pirate leader?
With the help of Lei Hong, Chu Ji other eight, the number of deputy envoys forced to sign labor contracts reached as high as fifteen over the next six months!
Eight years after the Divine Mountain Geological Change, Zhao Xing finally encountered a tough opponent.