Chapter 561

Watching Lei Hong compromise so easily, Bo Wei, within the internal world, could not help but be speechless.

The act of Lei Hong picking up this Earth God Crystal was not a one-time transaction; it represented a type of causal contract.

From then on, any Earth God Crystal Lei Hong obtained had to have two-thirds given to Zhao Xing!

If one were to continue playing by Zhao Xing's playbook, I fear that just this single Shenshan crustal shift would be enough to rake in sufficient God-level origin.

How difficult was it for me to become a god? It involved sacrificing my mentor, integrating starry sky historians, and setting up the "Follower of the Dao" plan; it was only after enduring thousands of hardships that I managed to obtain the Profound Spirit History Book, and I even shattered the Mirror of General Knowledge.

"Truly a disgrace to the Evil Gods; why didn't you dare to have a go at Zhao Xing?"

Lei Hong was actually quite unwilling in his heart to pay the price of three bowls of noodles just to eat one.

However, he had no other choice.

Lei Hong had weighed things in his heart for a long time just now and had already calculated many types of possibilities.

Fight? I can't win!

Flee? Then I would have no connection to the Ship of the Universe!

Having crossed multiple layers of space-time barriers to get here, Lei Hong had incurred quite a bit of debt; staying here at least offered a chance to recoup his costs.

So, could he manage to end up in a mutual destruction with Venerable Han Bing?

For example, by "reporting" him to the Biluo Free-Roaming God to increase the other party's causal value?

Lei Hong thought about it carefully and found that it was also very difficult.

"This Han Bing summoned the deputy envoys before the fortuitous event even occurred."

"He deliberately increased our causal burden; if the Biluo Free-Roaming God were to review the entire process in the future, he would find that all the deputy envoys who didn't go to report for duty were suspicious."

"On the contrary, Han Bing only arrived after the incident, so his suspiciousness is greatly reduced."

"His authority is also high; I fear that even if the fish died, his net would not break."

"However, how did he calculate that?"

Lei Hong couldn't figure it out; normally, no one could distinguish between a descender and a non-descender unless they revealed their own flaws.

If Zhao Xing didn't have the certainty of seeing through the descenders, then his act of summoning the deputy envoys beforehand would be stupid and would only add causal burden to himself.

"This person is truly unfathomable." Lei Hong took a deep look at the direction in which Zhao Xing left and gave the other party such an evaluation.

"It seems that after the fortuitous event ends, I must find a way to reduce my causal burden."

"Whoosh~"

The pulse currents in the sea constantly buffeted Zhao Xing's body; at this moment, he was already chasing after other deputy envoys.

"In the first Yang year, there are a total of three crustal shifts of the undersea divine mountains."

"Now is the first time; the descenders haven't broken even yet, so they definitely won't be satisfied with just one fortuitous event. As long as I can carry out precise strikes,"

"the possibility of coercing the descenders of the Evil God camp into signing a causal contract is very high."

"In this way, I can obtain the most Earth God Crystals at the minimum cost."

Lurking—participating in a fortuitous event—causal burden rising—resolving causal burden—continuing to lurk—waiting for the next fortuitous event. This is the standard procedure for exploring the events of the Ship of the Universe.

But for an Evil God like Lei Hong, the cost of coming to the Spirit Domain Era once is very high.

Even for me, it costs 150 million contribution points; for those in the Evil God camp to come here, the price paid would only be higher—ten times or even a hundred times more.

Zhao Xing was very clear that one of his advantages lay in the cost of adventuring.

The Spirit Domain Era is ruled by his own camp; for him to come once, spending only 150 million contribution points is actually not much.

But for the Evil God camp, it is very expensive.

Of course, if he were to go to the Five Emperors Era, which belongs to the space-time ruled by the Evil God camp, the situation would be reversed; the Evil Gods would be the "locals," and their adventure costs would be far lower than his.

"And the reason this situation occurs is purely because certain fortuitous encounters are limited to a certain era."

"For example, the demigods who chose the first or second tier of fortuitous encounters on the Space-Time Ship—the places they go to may not necessarily have a higher specification than the Ship of the Universe."

"However, certain professions and schools have no choice. It's just like the demigod musician 'Bai Yu Qing' on the Space-Time Ship; if she wants to become a god, she must at least smuggle herself to the Luo Emperor Era, because at that time, 【Feather Sound Mountain】 was still Feather Sound Mountain, not the later Six-Winged Mountain that only had half left."

By grasping this point, Zhao Xing believed he could have a great harvest.

Of course, another advantage, and the biggest one, was that his panel could identify descenders and non-descenders; otherwise, Zhao Xing wouldn't dare to play like this.

"Compared to plotting against the Dongyan Ancient Clan with Old Qing, the difficulty of what I'm doing now can only be considered child's play—? Hmm? Change course."

Zhao Xing was traveling when he suddenly felt a palpitation; he immediately put away all four pillars of the Profound Gate, and his aura vanished.

"Elder, I feel danger, but I can't see where the danger is." Zhao Xing hurriedly called Bo Wei.

"Of course you can't see it. Inside the triangular mountain range ahead, there is a spherical cave with a radius of 100,000 kilometers, inside which a god-level sea beast resembling an octopus is hiding in a divine state by sleeping."

"Assuming you continue to sneak forward and bump into it, you will break its divine concealment."

Zhao Xing thought it was close, so he immediately increased his altitude while traveling through the undersea mountain range.

Many god-level life forms live in the primordial ocean; for demigods, the crustal shift of the divine mountain is a mighty and unstoppable disaster.

However, god-level life forms can still sleep soundly unless the divine mountain is completely born, but now it is only leaking a little god-level origin.

"Hum—"

The road ahead was blocked; Zhao Xing saw the value instantly change to negative ten and immediately changed direction.

After moving far away, the value displayed on his Dao Book immediately jumped back to positive and gradually climbed.

For three consecutive days, the scale remained stable at around ten.

Zhao Xing then proceeded along the pulse currents in the sea.

Half a month later.

Zhao Xing suddenly had a flash of inspiration and switched from one pulse current to another.

The value of the Causal Order immediately climbed positively!

"Ten, fifteen, thirty-six, fifty-four—seventy!"

Zhao Xing immediately understood that there were Earth God Crystals nearby.

Venerable Chu Ji transformed into a torrent of flames and heavily smashed open an undersea mountain peak, causing the peak to crack and form a rift valley.

The flame tail retracted, turning into a young man wearing fire-feather dharma robes with elegant red hair.

Usually, such destructive actions would lower one's causal value, but now the heavenly secrets were chaotic, which was the moment when these descenders could act unscrupulously.

"Ten square Earth God Crystals!" Venerable Chu Ji was overjoyed. "Good, good, good; it truly lives up to being the Ship of the Universe. It really is a good place!"

"At least I have a way to go home!"

However, he was still happy too early.

When Chu Ji picked up the Earth God Crystals and accepted this wave of causal burden, alarm bells immediately rang in his heart.

"Hmm? What is that—" Chu Ji felt something looming over him from behind, with a feeling of being about to be bludgeoned by someone.

He was startled and immediately wanted to dodge.

While dodging, Chu Ji did not hesitate to launch his ultimate move; his body continued to shrink, and his lower body also turned into the appearance of a caterpillar.

"Yo, quite a novel Hou Hou Bian technique."

A teasing voice appeared.

"Who?!" Chu Ji was shocked in his heart.

But he suddenly saw the phantom of a divine tree, and then his entire body's speed plummeted.

"Divine power? World Law?!"

Chu Ji's heart was shaken wildly; he was a Si Nong of the Heavenly Time School and originally wanted to transform to run away, but his transformation speed at this moment seemed to have slowed down a hundred times.

The Cangwu World Law is a divine law of the True Self School; under Zhao Xing's sneak attack, it immediately reduced Chu Ji's transformation speed by a hundred times, just like a sloth, where everything turned into slow motion.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—" Next, Zhao Xing inserted three Heavenly Change Divine Needles into Chu Ji.

This caused Chu Ji's transformation to be completely interrupted, and he fell heavily into Zhao Xing's palm.

"Mmph, mmph—mmph, mmph!!"

A caterpillar wearing dharma robes kept wriggling in Zhao Xing's palm.

Under the dharma robes, secret patterns surged faintly beneath the smooth skin, wanting to close up.

But the existence of the three Heavenly Change Divine Needles made these secret patterns unable to aggregate and complete the transformation.

Chu Ji was miserable!

The transformation was interrupted halfway; it was like being about to have a satisfying excretion, only for someone to throw a firecracker into the outhouse, forcibly cutting it off.

"Deputy Envoy Chu, quite a novel Hou Hou Bian technique. How come I, this official, didn't know you were originally a Si Nong of the Hou Hou Bian School?" Zhao Xing examined the caterpillar in his hand with interest.

"Chief Envoy Han? No! You are—" Chu Ji initially thought he had encountered a character in the event, but soon he reacted.

Han Bing was also a descender.

Because the value on his Causal Order had not dropped to a negative number; logically speaking, characters in the event would not attack him.

"It's over—" A sense of despair surged in Chu Ji's heart; he felt that the other party would definitely kill him. After all, in the space-time he came from, everyone's morality was not high, and killing people to seize treasures was a matter of course.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, I can spare your life." Zhao Xing switched to spiritual transmission.

"What?" Chu Ji was stunned.

"We are all out here in the Evil God's space-time mixing for fortuitous encounters; there is no need to fight to the death." Zhao Xing seemed to see through his thoughts and pointed at himself with his thumb: "If you can sign a one-way causal contract with me, then you can live."

Zhao Xing used his soul intent to trigger the personal causal line, and soon Chu Ji understood.

"Fellow Daoist means that if I give you seventy percent of the Earth God Crystals I obtained, I can save my life?"

"That is what I mean." Zhao Xing nodded. "Limited to this space-time, limited to the Ship of the Universe; once you leave, the cause and effect are cleared."

"I agree!"

Bo Wei, in the internal world, had his mouth twitch again.

Lei Hong at least thought about it for a while; this guy surnamed Chu surrendered even faster than Lei Hong, almost without any hesitation!

However, Bo Wei did not know that Lei Hong was a disciple of the Spirit Yang Divine General under the Xi Tian God King, a demigod with power and background.

Chu Ji's situation was different; the power he relied on was relatively weak.

He had no protector and had smuggled himself into this space-time through the path of the Shadow Holy Temple, for which he had borrowed quite a bit.

And he bought a one-way ticket; he had to earn enough before he could smuggle himself home!

The Shadow Holy Temple only recognizes money and does not talk about human feelings; without money, Chu Ji could only slowly rot in this space-time.

Zhao Xing suppressed him with a flip of his hand; what else did Chu Ji have to think about?

Without the slightest hesitation, he signed the unequal causal contract.

"Venerable Han, then I will leave first." Ending the suppression, Chu Ji returned to human form, no longer a beast in clothing.

"Good, Fellow Daoist Chu must act carefully." Zhao Xing smiled.

Having signed the contract, Chu Ji was his worker, and his attitude was naturally better.

"Many thanks." Chu Ji bowed again, then picked up the three square Earth God Crystals to chase after the next location.

On the other side of the internal world, Divine General Hua Li had also been paying attention to Zhao Xing's actions.

After watching two waves in a row, Divine General Hua Li couldn't help but laugh; she felt this scene was quite comical.

"Zhao Xing isn't here to adventure; he's clearly here to recruit people to work for him."

"Working at their own expense, and they even have to thank him."

Time passed; after ten months of continuous tracking, Zhao Xing encountered eight deputy envoys and successfully made people sign eight unequal causal contracts.

Why was the efficiency so high? It was mainly because the tokens between the main and deputy envoys were connected, and they could be contacted during the early stages of the crustal shift.

These eight unlucky guys were found by Zhao Xing in this way.

For the next three months, Zhao Xing gained nothing, and Bo Wei felt a bit refreshed.

"It seems your plan isn't going so smoothly. Except for these eight unlucky guys, everyone else is very vigilant, and the heavenly secrets will become more and more chaotic. It won't be easy for you to find people."

Facing Bo Wei's schadenfreude, Zhao Xing didn't say a word, just buried his head in finding people.

At this time, the crustal shift of the undersea divine mountain became more and more intense; it was indeed difficult for him to capture the traces of the remaining deputy envoys.

For the next two years, he didn't encounter a single deputy envoy.

Just when Zhao Xing thought his luck had run out.

"Whoosh!"

The turbid pulse currents became clear, and the undersea field of vision increased significantly.

Two mountain peaks floated ahead, with faint golden halos radiating from the mountainsides. The halos spread outward in circles, and many spirit beasts swam around the golden mountains.

"Hmm? A fortuitous encounter? Is it Earth God Crystals?" Zhao Xing's heart pounded.

Although he was very excited, he remained cautious and continued to swim step by step.

After getting completely close and seeing clearly, Zhao Xing understood that he had thought wrong.

"'Half-Moon Mountain,' a medium-grade spirit mountain." The panel displayed the coordinates and place name. "How come it has never appeared on the map before?"

Half-Moon Mountain was very small; Zhao Xing spent only half a day swimming around it.

"So that's how it is."

Zhao Xing understood what kind of god-level fortuitous encounter he had triggered.

It was a divine artifact stuck in the middle of Half-Moon Mountain; it was a crescent moon blade, and it seemed that this divine artifact had split Half-Moon Mountain.

Bo Wei also took the time to take a look, and the corners of his eyes twitched: "Bumping into a divine artifact while wandering blindly; what kind of dog-shit luck is this?!"

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing expanded his internal world, and an emperor-grade vine shuttled out, curling toward the crescent blade divine artifact in the rift valley.

When the vine went to grab the crescent blade divine artifact, the emperor-grade vine was instantly shattered by the sharp blade light.

However, although the vine was shattered, Zhao Xing also obtained information from this crescent blade divine artifact.

"I am Divine General Tianyi, and this Tianyi Divine Blade is my life-bound divine object, which accompanied me through four divine tribulations."

"After the Ship of the Universe destruction event occurred, some said the Extreme Land Universe Theory was absurd, and some said the Ship of the Universe plan was an irresponsible escape, so it was punished by the universe."

"However, I don't care about these; I just wanted to come and obtain the benefits of resisting the next divine tribulation, so I rushed here with my good friends to seek fortuitous encounters."

"However, after entering the Yuanzang Divine Sea Ship, I was trapped and died here."

"I tried every possible way but couldn't escape; my lifeline is about to break. It's a pity—"

"It turns out the two great God Kings hid the entire Ship of the Universe; no wonder I couldn't escape, but that doesn't matter anymore."

"I am about to fall; this Tianyi Divine Blade contains my lifelong inheritance. I hope that after the Ship of the Universe becomes a historical event, my divine concealment will be broken, and someone will be able to discover me and inherit it."

Zhao Xing looked down at the divine light in the rift valley gradually receding, feeling the obsession left by Divine General Tianyi on the divine blade, and couldn't help but frown.

"Looking at this message, Divine General Tianyi seems to have also been a descender, yet he was trapped and died in the undersea mountain range?"

So, should I take it or not?

When in doubt, ask Bo Wei.

"Divine General Tianyi? Never heard of him." Bo Wei also shook his head. "He should be a descender who died here before, whom you happened to bump into and break his semi-divine concealment state."

"Wait a minute, Elder." Zhao Xing asked in confusion: "Isn't this the first Yang year of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain? Logically speaking, this Divine General Tianyi and I should have come in at the same time point, so where did the 'before' come from?"

Bo Wei did not answer but waved his hand, and a river appeared at his feet.

He took a branch and made a mark on the riverbank: "This represents the first Yang year of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain."

Zhao Xing concentrated; he knew Bo Wei was about to give him a lesson.

Bo Wei waved his hand, grabbed a stone from the riverbed downstream, brought it to the mark, and threw it into the river: "Look, this is your first time coming to the first Yang year of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain. Assume there are only you and Ji Si here."

Faint ripples appeared in the river water.

"After a period of time, let's say 1000 years, you and Ji Si are too weak and failed to become gods. By the second Yang year, you were fished away by the gods."

Zhao Xing, in the outside world, curled his lips; could Bo Wei wish him well? Even his examples involved personal attacks.

Bo Wei moved another step and fished the stone out of the river from the second Yang year.

Then he returned to the initial position and threw the stone representing Zhao Xing into the river water of the first Yang year of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain again.

"When you and Ji Si travel through time for the second time, you come to this time point again. But the second time—"

Bo Wei waved his hand, and countless stones from upstream and downstream floated over, slowly sinking into the space-time river water of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain.

As countless stones sank, the section of the riverbed representing the 341st era before the Desolate Domain rose accordingly, and the water level of the entire time river was clearly higher by a section.

Zhao Xing was thoughtful, and Bo Wei asked a question.

"It is also the first Yang year of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain; what is the difference between these two times?"

Zhao Xing looked at the ripples and thought: "The water level rose?"

"Be more specific." Bo Wei was dissatisfied.

"The rise in the water level represents that the space-time of the 341st era before the Desolate Domain has already undergone one change." Zhao Xing thought. "It is impossible for Ji Si and me to experience the same things."

"Not bad." Bo Wei nodded. "Coming for the second time, you may not see Lei Hong again, nor will you see Chu Ji. This is the volatility of the time river, which triggers historical changes."

"The Evil God camp is storing and discharging floods upstream; the so-called time impact and time memory are also produced this way."

Bo Wei inserted a pillar into the river water, which had many scales on it.

"Every time the water level rises or falls significantly, it is a fluctuation and replacement of the space-time of the era. Scholars introduce the concept of 'reincarnation' to explain this kind of space-time fluctuation and the historical changes triggered by the fluctuation."

"The three dimensions of the Xiangxian Layer, Daoxian Layer, and Daogu Layer describe space, and then adding time and reincarnation, that makes five dimensions. Using these five dimensions to explain time-space travel?" Zhao Xing understood Bo Wei's words.

Bo Wei said gloomily: "The first god traveled through the time river and triggered historical changes upstream; another god downstream observed this change, was not affected, and recorded the change process, calling it the first reincarnation era."

"In order for the rest of the people to remember, a history book was created, called the Profound Spirit History Book."

"And the Profound Spirit History Book has the effect of recording reincarnation eras, major events, and solidifying history."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "Since the divine realm is not affected, in this way, Divine General Tianyi died in an earlier reincarnation era."

"Not bad." Bo Wei nodded. "Gods and divine objects possess this characteristic. So you will find that you have just entered the Ship of the Universe, and this destruction event has not yet begun, but Divine General Tianyi seems to have already experienced many things on the Ship of the Universe."

"Elder, I have a question." Zhao Xing looked at the river: "Assuming I come here for the second time, will I see myself from the first time? If we meet, what will happen?"

Bo Wei said lightly: "If it is a god, this has no effect; existence in infinite space-time is like a clone. The two Lu Ya you saw before are this situation; we usually call it a 'Divine Power Clone'."

"Divine power origin is constant; whichever era you distribute the origin to, that era is stronger, and it is regarded as the true self."

"If it is not a god, meeting is very troublesome and will be subject to severe causal backlash."

"Therefore, only demigods with outstanding talent are allowed to travel through time, and when they travel, they are seeking to become gods."

"Assuming you come here for the first time, and want to come for the second time, you should choose another divine ship to obtain fortuitous encounters to avoid the backlash generated by the time river on you."

"Even so, before becoming a god, you can come at most three times."

"However, independent space-times like the Ship of the Universe are a bit special; even divine generals can only come three times, each time shorter than the last."

Zhao Xing remembered his experience in the Chuanjie Building; at that time, he was kicked out of the Chuanjie Building because two of him met, which was subject to the rejection and backlash of the divine artifact's rules.

"Divine objects also possess uniqueness. Assuming you come here for the first time and the second time, and both bring the Yuanji Mountain, one of them will become a virtual historical divine object, one will become invalid, or even disappear directly."

"The inheritance and blade of Divine General Tianyi were taken by you; counting from this reincarnation of yours, there is no such treasure on the Ship of the Universe, unless the entire space-time is distorted and your entire experience this time is distorted. This is another situation; the major events of the Ship of the Universe are unshakable, so it is basically impossible to appear."

Zhao Xing was a bit emotional: "I don't know what happened to Divine General Tianyi in his reincarnation era that he died here."

"There is a mainstream saying in history about why the Ship of the Universe was destroyed." Bo Wei said.

"That is, when the Ship of the Universe traveled to the Fushan Domain, the environment changed significantly, and the universe's rules and origin Dao were downgraded, so the internal originally balanced structure began to lose balance, and finally could not maintain such a huge warship structure."

"So the three Sea Divine Ships loaded with primordial ocean matter collapsed first."

"It's just like the Star of the Sun and the Star of the Moon moving into the Desolate Domain, and their lifespans being greatly reduced."

"Divine General Tianyi should have encountered the 'Heaven Collapse' event."

Zhao Xing immediately imagined such a scene; every time he traveled through time, the Ship of the Universe copy was equivalent to being refreshed, but every time it was refreshed, things would be less or more.

For example, Earth God Crystals would definitely be less each time; what was extra were descenders like Divine General Tianyi, who would not be refreshed,

but left in the copy.

Taking advantage of Bo Wei's interest, Zhao Xing asked again: "Elder, by the way, which area does the Fushan Domain correspond to in the Desolate Domain era?"

Bo Wei shook his head: "The Ship of the Universe is very unique; after leaving the Profound Spirit Star Domain, it formed a unique space-time."

"Therefore, the Ship of the Universe crashed in the Fushan Domain, and there should be no corresponding location in later generations, not even ruins."

"Why is that?" Zhao Xing asked for advice.

Bo Wei pointed to the big river at his feet, where golden light flickered, and warships floated above the river.

"The Ship of the Universe itself is space, and at the same time, it has escaped the time river; this is the purpose of the Extreme Land Universe Theory and the Zhoushan School."

"If you want to escape the universe, you must first escape the constraints of space-time rules."

Bo Wei's finger passed, and 1200 Ships of the Universe were arranged above the river.

"History defines the Ship of the Universe event as a split, which means that the Extreme Land Universe Theory and the Zhoushan School had opponents."

"The two great God Kings did not leave themselves a way back; their divine domains covered the entire Ship of the Universe, making the fleet as a whole complete divine concealment, just like gods jumping out of the time river."

"In this way, no one could return to the beginning of the Ship of the Universe plan to stop them, which is equivalent to the two God Kings solidifying that period of history with their own great power."

"And when the Ship of the Universe broke, this event only spread to the 1200 solar years within the 341st era before the Desolate Domain."

"The Fushan Domain only exists in this one era; it is completely untraceable in later generations, and it does not exist. This is what is commonly referred to as an 'independent space-time'."

Zhao Xing suddenly remembered the Land of Fengchan, which was also called an independent space-time, but it at least had ruins, while the Ship of the Universe had no ruins in later generations after it crashed.

The determination of the two God Kings was truly sigh-worthy; they did not leave a way back for this plan, which was equivalent to not leaving themselves a chance to be resurrected, coexisting with the Ship of the Universe plan.

Having obtained Bo Wei's confirmation, Zhao Xing did not hesitate and fished out the Tianyi Divine Blade.

Because it was a descender's inheritance and treasure left over from the previous reincarnation era, Zhao Xing did not increase his additional causal burden.

He threw the Tianyi Divine Blade into his internal world for Bo Wei to appreciate.

"Elder, what level is the Tianyi Divine Blade?"

"It is only a low-grade Dao divine artifact, but it contains the lifelong learning of Divine General Tianyi, so it can barely be counted as the price of a medium-grade Dao divine artifact."

"The Profound Spirit Treasury should recycle this kind of divine object."

The reason for saying "should" is mainly because the base of martial artists is too large, and corresponding divine artifacts are also many, so top-level treasure repositories like the Profound Spirit Treasury almost never recycle them.

After all, the martial artist divine artifacts in the treasure house can't be sold out, and they are better.

Assuming there is a demand, divine craftsmen like Divine General Jieluo can forge them, and they are customized!

For god-level martial artists, taking someone else's divine artifact is of course not as good as a personal exclusive forged by a divine craftsman.

Occasionally, low-grade Great Dao divine artifacts of martial artists are recycled, which is also melted down as material for recasting, and the recycling price is also the material price.

At most, it is equivalent to a chance to become a god, with a price between 50 million and 100 million contribution points,

However, the situation is different for Great Dao divine artifacts with complete inheritance; this has a certain possibility of allowing the successor to reach the divine general level, and the recycling price will also be much higher.

Earth God Crystals are for self-use and will not be sold, but after obtaining the Tianyi Divine Blade, the ticket price has already been recouped.

In other words, this time travel is considered breaking even, and everything else is profit.

"Charge, charge, charge, continue searching!"

Having a harvest gave him motivation; Zhao Xing didn't want to be forced to work like Old Qing.

Having finally traveled through time, he naturally wanted to get as many harvests as possible. The ocean was turbid, and kidnapping those patrolling deputy envoys was put aside for now. Zhao Xing wandered around blindly to try his luck, striving to let his own thirty-stage free luck exert more effect.

In the fifth year of the crustal shift, Zhao Xing's luck erupted again, and he encountered another relic.

"I am the Beast God 'Tibu,' grown up in the Li Emperor Era of the White Burning Era. I heard that the Spirit Domain Era ruled by the Desolate Domain Evil Gods appeared with a Ship of the Universe. Based on its fame, I brought the three most talented clansmen under my command to this space-time to protect them."

"I should be the descender who entered the Ship of the Universe in the 329th reincarnation era."

"Before the Heaven Collapse event occurred, the Ship of the Universe encountered a serious attack event."

"This caused my causal burden to increase linearly, and the value has exceeded three hundred."

"Two of the three talented clansmen also died at this time."

"However, the Heaven Collapse event is about to happen; as long as one succeeds, it won't be a wasted trip."

"Alas, 'Chang' also died; I still underestimated the crisis of the Ship of the Universe."

"It looks like there is no great danger; as long as you can control the causal burden and not let the value skyrocket, it is safe."

"But the longer you stay, the more uncontrollable things become. In order to reduce the causal burden, I must do some things in the event. For example, my superior, 'Divine General Yueying,' suspected me, causing the causal burden to increase significantly, and I was rejected and backlashed by the Ship of the Universe."

"Therefore, I had to do some things to dispel his suspicion, so as to resolve this increase in causal burden."

"But in this process, not only did I not resolve it, but the value on the Causal Order became even more negative!"

"To cross the river, you have to build a bridge; to build a bridge, you have to cut down trees; to cut down trees, you have to sharpen an axe; to get an axe, you have to find a forging furnace—hahaha, what a Ship of the Universe; I already regret coming here, but my causal burden has exceeded five hundred, and I can't get out on my own."

"I, Tibu, am destined to die here."

"Now the only concern is my clansmen in the White Burning Era. If a fellow Daoist sees my last words, I left the only divine object I have left in the eighth cave below my skeleton. If the fellow Daoist is willing to take care of my clansmen, then this treasure will be given to the latecomer."

In the black cave, Zhao Xing silently dug open the cave, where three beast remains lay, and found a long shuttle flashing with silver-white brilliance.

"Elder, what kind of weapon is this?"

"It is not a weapon." In the internal world, Bo Wei stood on the open ground, looking at the silver shuttle descending from the sky. "It is a tunneling vehicle, similar to the tunneling shuttle of your Taigu Zhi Qiu. This Beast God should not be good at tunneling techniques, so he prepared such a treasure."

"It is a medium-grade Dao divine artifact, and its value should be 1 billion contribution points."

"1 billion?!" Zhao Xing's eyes lit up: "Is it really true, Elder? There is actually so much?"

"Is 1 billion a lot?" Bo Wei laughed: "Zhao Xing, you will have many places to consume contribution points in the future; let alone 1 billion, 10 billion or 100 billion may not be enough for you."

"Elder, I don't spend money so lavishly."

Zhao Xing laughed, "Besides, future things are future things."

Zhao Xing saw Bo Wei not speaking, just deducing on the ground by himself, and couldn't help but ask: "Elder, did you calculate something?"

Bo Wei is an omnipotent scholar divine general, and he also understands divination and deduction; Zhao Xing found it difficult to ignore Bo Wei's every move.

"Your path to becoming a god won't be so simple." Bo Wei wiped away the traces on the ground, and the divination array on the ground immediately became a mess of sand.

"You practice three schools; if you want to balance the three great Daos of Heavenly Time, Earthly Benefit, and True Self, it is very likely that you will have to become a god in all three at the same time."

"If you become an Earth God first, the weight of your extreme pulse will suck dry the Great Sun Ran Sea and crush your Hunyuan World."

"You have cultivated from the Origin Realm; you should have encountered this problem at every stage."

Zhao Xing's expression immediately became solemn; he had indeed encountered this balance problem at every stage, but no one in the Desolate Domain era could reach this step, so he had to explore it himself.

"It is not hard to become a god of the True Self School, but it is not so easy to become a Heavenly God. How many contribution points does it take to go to the Five Emperors Era? Even if it is just traveling to the last solar year of the Luo Emperor Era, it costs 100 billion contribution points."

Bo Wei hummed: "Do you still think 1 billion is a lot now?"

"In this way, it is indeed not much." Zhao Xing smiled.

"It seems I have to pull myself together and grasp the opportunity of the first time travel well, striving to make this first pot of gold big enough. Elder, thank you for the reminder!"

"Oh, how do you plan to pull yourself together?" Bo Wei asked with interest.

Zhao Xing didn't answer, just performed spiritual communication, and soon the spiritual phantoms of Chu Ji and Lei Hong appeared in front of him.

"Fellow Daoist Lei, Fellow Daoist Chu, how is the situation?"

"There are already some clues." Chu Ji said first: "Fellow Daoist Han, I am following them."

"I also found some traces here." Lei Hong said: "However, I still need to confirm it; once confirmed, we can act immediately."

"Good, then I will trouble the two of you." Zhao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

"What did you tell them?" Bo Wei asked.

"Nothing much." Zhao Xing replied: "I told them that if they can help me provide the locations of the other deputy envoys, they can hand over half a percent less Earth God Crystals."

"If they can trick people to my side, they can hand over one percent less."

"There will be many more fortuitous events in the future, and I can also use my authority to let you enjoy the fortuitous encounters first."

After listening, Bo Wei could no longer bear to look; it was truly a collapse of rites and music!

Who exactly am I protecting? A pirate leader?

With the help of Lei Hong, Chu Ji, and the other eight, in the following half a year, the number of deputy envoys forced to sign labor contracts had reached fifteen!

And just in the eighth year after the divine mountain crustal shift, Zhao Xing finally encountered a tough nut to crack.