"Liangbing, I'll tell Keisha about this. Are you still researching this so-called Void?"
"Your Highness He Xi, as one of the foremost researchers in the Known Universe, you should know that studying Void matter doesn't violate Queen Keisha's Order of Justice. And in the distant Styx, it won't infringe upon Holy Keisha's Angel rule either." Death God Karl was as humble as ever. Whether he was facing He Xi, Keisha, or Su Xinghe, he gave the impression of a learned scholar.
"Not yet. I hope it stays that way. That's enough for today."
"Farewell, Your Highness Prince. Your Highness He Xi."
After parting ways with Death God Karl, He Xi hurried back to Heavenly City. Every time she saw Karl, he made her uneasy, and this time the feeling was stronger than ever.
If Angel City hadn't had a few contingencies in place, that guy would have schemed against them long ago. A god who had inherited Space's legacy had terrifying influence beyond sheer power. Even she had to admit that. She could keep Karl in check when it came to research, but she was far behind him when it came to Void theory.
Although Keisha had asked her to secretly research Void abilities and Void weapons, she felt especially helpless facing Death God Karl, a major authority on the Void.
"Keisha, you saw my conversation with Karl just now, right? If you're really going to Earth, you'll need to make some arrangements in advance. I'd guess that once you go offline, Karl will find some scapegoat to target and use against the entire Angel Civilization. Hua Ye, whom you didn't kill, and the Beast Bodies and Triangular Bodies defeated in the Form War over ten thousand years ago will be the first in his sights."
"Tsk, tsk, that boy isn't the same as when he first came to the Angel Civilization ten thousand years ago. But don't you have me, He Xi? Now that you have a Male God, stay here and help me guard Angel City. Later, we can upgrade Yan. With Liangbing included, the four Main Gods might not be able to suppress Death God Karl, but they can at least maintain the balance of the Angel Civilization."
"Don't worry about this for now. Take your little brat and get him upgraded. His divine body is unusual, so even if we upgrade it to a Fourth Generation God Body now, it'll take a while before it can truly activate. As for the Celestial Computer, we can build one. He has the Great Clock's underlying Royal Authority, so he can import its data into his Celestial Computer. That'll be just like giving him his own Great Clock. It'll be a lower-spec version, of course, but it won't be inferior to my Holy Knowledge Treasury."
"Don't try that with me, tomboy. You're going offline to rest, leaving me to handle everything. You trying to work me to death? Fine, I'll get to my own work first. Have Angel Leng and the others get ready on your end."
After ending the Dark Communication, He Xi took Su Xinghe to the laboratory in the Heavenly Base King's hall. Unlike Keisha's royal hall, hers was practically a warehouse, filled with all kinds of weapons, equipment, models, and a standard Celestial Computer.
"You've got so many cheats. No wonder Liangbing said she'd rather offend Keisha than you. Researchers really do sell cheats." As they walked, Su Xinghe looked at the weapons and equipment. Some were only models, but any one of them could help Earth defeat the Taotie Civilization, which had only spaceflight technology.
"These are all my dowry. I developed some of these weapons over the years. I don't need them for myself, so I'll build you an arsenal later. It won't be any worse than Keisha's. You know I'm not interested in things like the throne, but when Holy Keisha goes offline, there has to be a King of Gods. Angel Yan can be King of Angels, but she can't be King of Gods. With my help, though, you can."
"The Divine River Emperor was the King of Gods in the Known Universe before Keisha rose to power. You're carrying on your father's legacy, too. I'll upgrade you first, but your divine body sequence is different from the others. Even if I upgrade you now, you won't reach the Fourth Generation God Body right away. I'll preserve the Holy Atom properties of your Sacred Body. Those will be very useful."
Su Xinghe nodded. The Holy Atom properties of the Sacred Body were indeed the most advanced among the Fourth Generation God Body sequences in the Known Universe. They could basically achieve physical immortality.
[Activating Mimic Heaven, connecting to the Heavenly Base Computing Group... Separating Fourth Generation God Body data and importing it into the target, Divine River's Lord.] [Importing Sacred Body data. A special firewall has been configured for the target's Fourth Generation God Body sequence. It cannot be upgraded directly for now. After the data is imported, it will serve as underlying data and await automatic awakening and upgrade. Execute this plan?]
"Execute!"
[Execution complete. Generating Holy Atom data: 10%...25%...45%...70%...80%...95%...100%. Generation complete!]
Su Xinghe slowly opened his eyes. After the upgrade, apart from feeling that his mental power had grown several times stronger, nothing else seemed to have changed. His divine body was still at the Third Generation, and the Void Engine's processing power hadn't increased either. It felt as if the Fourth Generation God Body upgrade had done nothing at all.
But then he remembered what He Xi had told him: his Royal Family Fourth Generation sequence had a firewall. Even with enough resources to upgrade a Fourth Generation God Body, it still needed to absorb them bit by bit and upgrade gradually on its own.
"All right. Now you just need to wait for your divine body to upgrade on its own. I'm not sure how long that'll take. Next, I'll set up your Celestial Computer. Come with me."
He Xi took Su Xinghe to a spot in space, surrounded by nothing but stars. After reaching out to retrieve information on one of them, she turned and smiled at Su Xinghe.
"All right, little Xing. Just use the information in your head to build a model of a Celestial Computer. Then I'll connect your computer to the energy of the stars around us, and the initial setup will be complete."
"There are about a hundred stars in this area that you can connect to and use directly. That'll be enough for you for a few thousand years. Once you're strong enough, you can expand farther out. Karl's Great Clock, my Heavenly Base Computing Group and Mimic Heaven, and Holy Keisha's Knowledge Treasury are all powered by tens of thousands of large stars or supernovae."
"There's a concept that can be defined to require no energy, but it'll probably take me thousands or tens of thousands of years to figure it out. For now, we'll make do. Anyway, in this universe, no one can beat you as long as Karl doesn't come after you. As for the so-called Triangular Bodies, they've only evolved mentally. We Angels can still keep them in check, so don't worry too much. All right, let's get started."
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