Chapter 1164: Ambition and Position

One day later.

Outside the shattered Huttian Imperial Palace, the Huttian Emperor knelt there, his expression bitter.

Behind him, the Huttian clansmen all had pale faces, their bodies clearly showing weakness, and among them, the three clansmen who had once blocked Xinghuanzi now had blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, listless and weak.

Their cultivation had already declined!

No longer at the quasi-immortal level, but directly fallen to the Sovereign realm.

Upon closer inspection, it was not just these three; all the Huttian clansmen had experienced varying degrees of cultivation decline.

Even by carefully observing the fluctuations of the soul, one would discover…… this decline is eternal.

It comes from the soul, and also from the bloodline!

Their bloodline has been severed, their souls bound!

The affected also include that bitter Huttian Emperor.

He silently knelt there; though his cultivation remained quasi-immortal, it was barely maintained.

And this state will persist, difficult to change.

Because, the second face behind him has already withered.

His atavism has been interrupted!

Yet, including him, all the Huttian clansmen at this moment chose to lower their heads, with little resentment.

Before them, in the starry sky, a group of departing figures could be seen.

They were the Ascenders.

Leading them was Xu Qing.

They have left.

……

The large amount of source substance accumulated from the Huttian clan's ritual for purifying the bloodline has already been taken by everyone, and it matches what Xu Qing had judged.

Under Zhou Zhengli's leadership, they voluntarily handed over the twenty percent they had obtained.

Thus, Limutu and the others also followed suit one after another.

As for the handling of the Huttian royal clan…… Xinghuanzi, in the name of order, united everyone and launched the Balance Charter.

By this, using the Balance Method to extract the bloodline, making the bloodline of this clan's people mixed.

And since the Huttian clan was the first to rebel, if not for the fact that other heavens beyond heaven were still involved here, reporting this would normally lead to extermination of the clan.

Now, in the absence of killing, merely having severed the bloodline, no matter how this is reported, the actions of Xu Qing and his group will inevitably conform to the great trend of the Fifth Star Ring Human Race.

No one can find fault with it.

At the same time, such handling is very much in line with the reputation of the Procurement Envoy……

It can be said that considerations were made from inside and out.

And the Huttian clan also agrees to this.

Because they also know that facing this group, all of whom are Ascenders…… whether in strength, background, or otherwise, they are inferior.

And when their tribe encounters such people, it is merely bad fortune for the clan.

If the other side truly had resolved to exterminate their tribe, they could only head toward a dead end.

After all, this is the Fifth Star Ring, where humanity is supreme.

Thus, the result of this handling also made most of them feel relieved in their hearts.

As long as the clan members are still alive, it is already the greatest fortune.

In this way, the affairs here can be considered concluded.

Next, Xu Qing led the group back to the place where Jiazi Twenty-Nine is located.

Along the way, he informed everyone in the team of his investigation and plan regarding the True God Sun.

Upon hearing that the seaweed in the Jiazi Twenty-Nine prison is actually a warden of a True God, and that this True God can have its source substance extracted, everyone became excited.

Although nowadays they have not only completed their own collection tasks but also each gained considerable harvests…… yet, for source substance, their demand is greater.

Thus, everyone's eyes burned with fervor.

Moreover, having experienced these days of contact, and having jointly invaded a clan and engaged in dividing spoils, all this has also caused everyone to undergo considerable adjustment in their relations with one another.

They also agree with Xu Qing's leadership.

Especially since Xu Qing enabled everyone to obtain source substance and reach peak combat power, this naturally strengthened their sense of approval.

Thus, everyone hurried along.

They arrived at the location of the Jiazi Twenty-Nine prison.

The True God Sun remains in its original position, and the seaweed that left with Xu Qing, though it is the main body, dare not abandon its post, so when they departed earlier, it separated a clone to constantly monitor the True God's prison.

Now, having returned to this place, Xu Qing suppressed his inner anticipation, first observed for a while, confirmed there was no issue, then looked toward the people beside him.

"Then, we will collect the source substance here according to the plan!"

Xu Qing spoke slowly.

Around him, including Xinghuanzi, all the Procurement Envoys, who had already learned of the plan along the way, after personally witnessing and sensing it now, each had eyes flashing with strange light.

After a while, their gazes met, and each saw their own resolve in the other's eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Qing said no more, took the lead, and flashed straight toward the True God Sun.

The seaweed clone's roots trembled, opening the entrance, while its main body also returned at this moment, having provided a certain degree of support to everyone, Xinghuanzi closely followed Xu Qing.

Zhou Zhengli, Xielingzi, and Yuanshan Su Limutu followed in succession.

Soon, this group of Procurement Envoys, like a pack of hungry wolves, all rushed in.

……

Time passed.

Three days later, the true god sun trembled violently, and the seaweed outside it swayed violently.

This tremor lasted seven or eight days, and finally a thunderous roar came, even in the starry sky one could feel a terrifying source substance spreading from within the sun.

It was as if a seal had been opened.

Until several days later, the fire and heat of this true god sun actually diminished, its overall size seeming to wither, and faintly it seemed a denser source substance was about to erupt.

But just then, suddenly a domineering divine sense shot up from within the true god sun.

It turned into a voice.

"You…… enough!!"

"This grain, I will take it. You lot, get out within ten breaths, or die here after the time limit, and your masters and backers cannot blame me!"

This voice was like heavenly thunder exploding, shaking the entire Hun Tian universe.

It caused countless stars and galaxies in the universe to tremble in unison, and all beings shivered.

Xu Qing and the others who had entered the true god sun also felt their hearts pound.

Soon, their figures appeared, each spitting blood, expressions fluctuating, and they flew back swiftly.

At the moment the tenth breath arrived, they flew out of the true god sun.

As they appeared in the starry sky, a huge vortex suddenly appeared directly beneath the true god sun.

This vortex was as vast as a boundless void mouth, from within which an enormous hand stretched out, seized the true god sun, and dragged it into the vortex.

The seaweed there also had to loosen its tendrils, or it too would be dragged in.

Though this sounds slow, in reality, the moment the people appeared, the vortex and the great hand appeared instantly, took the true god sun, and the vortex and hand vanished in an instant.

As if they had never appeared.

In the empty starry sky, now only the trembling seaweed and Xu Qing's group with grim faces remained.

For a moment, no one knew what to say.

Before, after entering the true god sun and breaking the first two seals, though there were some obstacles, the process was generally smooth, and they had also absorbed not a little source substance from that true god.

But…… when breaking the third seal, an accident occurred.

Within the third seal, there was actually an eye!

It was an immortal's eye, left there as the main body sealing this true god sun.

And when they saw that eye, it suddenly opened, emitting a terrifying will like a sweeping storm.

Making them unable to resist.

As for its identity, it goes without saying—it was the hidden lower immortal.

Obviously, this former Envoy of the Extreme Light Heaven Beyond Heaven, through his disciple, knew the identities of those who came here, so in his anger he still left a margin.

He gave them ten breaths' time.

Afterwards, he was unwilling to leave the true god sun behind, choosing to spare no expense to take it away by force.

Obviously, this act was also the helpless move of that lower immortal.

Otherwise, he would have no need to do this only now……

And Xu Qing and the others all felt helpless.

But facing the lower immortal, they were truly powerless.

At this moment, they could only sigh in their hearts and choose to leave.

The seaweed there was somewhat dazed.

The prison it guarded…… was gone.

The spirits in the leaves had also been completely plundered by its neglectful guardianship.

Now heaven and earth are vast, and it suddenly had no purpose……

Thus, under Xu Qing's persuasion, it chose to follow them and leave together.

Thus, after finding a meteorite field, the people scattered, each choosing a meteorite, sitting cross-legged upon it, preparing to first digest their gains.

And they set a time to leave this universe in one month.

After all, though they had only absorbed the source substance from the first two seal layers, the total amount was still considerable.

And half a month's time was not long, passing in a flash.

This meteorite field drifted silently in the starry sky, and the people upon it were likewise quiet.

During this half month, everyone sat cross-legged on their own meteorites, striving to turn the harvested source substance into their own cultivation and combat power.

The aura emanating from them also grew day by day, becoming ever more sharp.

Until the seventeenth day arrived…… the quiet starry sky, on this drifting meteorite field, suddenly a vast aura shot up into the heavens.

This aura was so strong it shocked the eight directions, causing the meteorites to also become disordered, being pulled by the impact and scattering outward.

For a moment, time and space twisted, the five phases corresponded, activating the rules of this universe, which gathered from the eight directions, forming five-colored light, gorgeous beyond compare.

Moreover, waves of deafening heartbeat sounds arose at this moment, thumping and throbbing.

Like heavenly thunder echoing.

This sight also immediately caused everyone here to have their hearts and spirits shaken, each one waking from cross-legged sitting, instantly opening their eyes, and all looking together toward the source of this vast fluctuation!

It was an oval meteorite, upon which sat a person wearing a black long robe, with long hair fluttering, their whole body emitting a hazy light, and upon them was dense immortal aura, continuously bursting forth in waves.

It was Xu Qing!

"He is impacting the quasi-immortal!"

Star Ring Child's eyes revealed a strange light.

"Such momentum, such waves……"

Evil Spirit Child's expression was heavy with gravity, Distant Mountain Plain was somewhat dazed, and Li Meng Tu immediately paid attention to all directions to protect Xu Qing as a dharma guardian.

Ten thousand troops scattered, each with palpitations, secretly calling out that it was not good.

They had a feeling that after Xu Qing successfully ascended to quasi-immortal, all it would take was a raise of his hand, and the two of them brothers would involuntarily transform into immortal swords, cheering as they flew away……

Thinking of that scene, the two brothers grew anxious.

At this moment, Zhou Zhengli narrowed his eyes, pondered deeply, his gaze revealing resolve, rose in a flash, and arrived on the meteorite closest to Xu Qing, sat cross-legged, his expression solemn, and spoke in a low voice.

"Everyone, if you do not guard the Dharma now, when will you?"

"Furthermore, regardless of whether there are others among you with ulterior motives, Zhou must warn you of this……"

As he spoke these words, Zhou Zhengli's eyes flashed with a dark light.

"Do not forget, this place……was once called the name of the Outer Heavens."

"And in the other Outer Heavens, the upper seats are mostly already filled."

"These, you understand, so no matter how you consider it, Zhou's goal is to secure a position in advance, beside the future master of this Outer Heaven!"

"Although the possibility is not great, even minuscule, but……compared to the immense gain, Zhou is willing to take the gamble!"

"Therefore, anyone who might cause my gamble to fail is my enemy!"

This was Zhou Zhengli speaking his ambition for the first time; though the crowd did not know if his words revealed his true purpose, ……

It must be said, his words indeed stirred the thoughts of many.

The myriad troops stepped aside, no longer startled, but after a moment of shock, their eyes flashed with strange light.

"Position?"