Chapter 185: Divine Son Trial

October 28, 2124, 3:00 PM.

The headquarters of the Star Patrol Council.

"Order."

"Advance payment, World God Body modification."

Lin Qing sat cross-legged in the cultivation room, his entire body trembling slightly as countless energies surged and poured into him, causing his physique to undergo mysterious and wondrous transformations again and again.

Accompanying the terrifying influx of energy, the aura of his flesh became increasingly astonishing.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

"Haa..."

Lin Qing opened his eyes, slowly exhaled, sensed his own condition, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of a satisfied smile.

"Luckily I could advance the payment; only then could the basic life structure be modified so quickly, otherwise half a year might not be enough to catch up with the Divine Duty Trial..."

At this moment, he could clearly sense just how terrifying a power was hidden within his body.

This was a perfect modification achieved based on Kadoan's research theory on the World God's body, combined with the advance payment, allowing his body to reach a state capable of containing a World God.

"Let's try."

Lin Qing tapped with his fingertip, immediately using the Hand-Command ability of a Weapon Master to drive a divine weapon; in an instant, it turned into a streak of light within the cultivation room, began circling and accelerating wildly, and under the blessing of the Holy Letter Blood Edge, finally pierced his chest with all its might.

Even without activating a Divine Technique, with his gene optimization index plus the Holy Letter Blood Edge, this strike could easily kill most experts of the Star Abyss Fourth Layer.

With such a strike, he had directly hit himself, who had no thought of defense!

"Zing!"

The sharp streak of light, carrying power sufficient to shatter a Shanfeng, landed on Lin Qing's chest, yet failed to leave even a single scratch; the faint glow on the surface of his skin seemed like the membrane wall of a world.

Even his figure did not change at all; the impact force contained in this strike was completely neutralized.

"Not a single wound?"

Lin Qing clicked his tongue in wonder, "I didn't expect that merely modifying the body into a container for the World God could be so astonishing; even without using any Divine Technique, relying solely on this body is already terrifying..."

Integrating the World God into oneself and solidifying it within the body requires two steps.

The first step is to thoroughly modify one's own life structure, equivalent to turning oneself into a container capable of holding a World God; this will also naturally cause the flesh to embody the characteristics of the four Divine Techniques, possessing various great powers.

This first step is extremely complex and tedious; even with a complete theory, it requires a long time to change thoroughly.

After clearing the debt for merging the World God a few days ago, he happened to free up a slot, so he directly advanced the payment to skip this step.

Otherwise, the energy consumed alone would be an extremely exaggerated number.

According to his calculations, even with pure energy accumulation and the Star Origin Stone accelerating it a hundredfold, it would take at least half a year.

Without the Star Origin Stone, it would be a minimum of fifty years.

"Next, as long as I load the World God body into this container of mine and fuse and solidify it, it will be completely finished."

Lin Qing pondered silently.

The first step is creating a suitable container, so it is extremely tedious and troublesome, while the second step is very simple.

He immediately tried fusing and solidifying slightly; in just eight minutes, he fused one finger of the World God's body with his own finger.

"Calculated by energy and volume, one finger occupies only a few thousandths of the whole body..."

Lin Qing pondered thoughtfully, "I estimate that in a dozen or so days, the entire World God body can be thoroughly integrated into every part of me."

By then, when he unleashes the World God, he will need neither to gather energy nor to condense a form; he can release it instantly, and no one will be able to stop him from unleashing the World God.

Moreover, the release of the World God body's immense power in an instant is itself an extremely astonishing explosion.

"A dozen or so days... that's enough for the early stage of the Divine Duty Trial."

Lin Qing silently sorted through the various methods and trump cards he possessed, his heart growing calmer.

He had prepared sufficiently.

If this level of ability cannot pass the Divine Son Trial, then he has nothing to say.

"Pity, without being a Star Lifeform, one cannot truly wield the power of the Seventh Level; otherwise, the 'World God' of the Seventh Level has two Divine Techniques that can be used just by combining them..."

Over a hundred thousand years, Kadoan's cognition of Seventh Level power reached a total of 61 types.

Among them were the 'World Skin' and 'Mother River Blood' Divine Techniques, which required the essential power of the Seventh Level, while the Heaven Pillar Bone lacked one type, and the Ten Thousand Spirits Flesh lacked three types.

After Kadoan lowered his life level, he himself could not truly use the power of the Seventh Level; otherwise, he would have slaughtered recklessly long ago.

"However, in Kadoan's memories, there is actually no true name for the Mysterious Energy; after lowering his life level, he even forgot the true name?"

Lin Qing felt somewhat strange.

Kadoan was once a Star Divine Duty Holder; it is impossible he didn't know the true name of the Mysterious Energy. It seems that before possessing and being reborn, he deliberately forgot this part of the memory?

It seems...

Without being a Star Lifeform, one truly dares not know the true name...

"Kadoan's memories do contain quite a bit of intelligence on the Primitive Divine Duty Trial..."

Lin Qing couldn't help but sigh, "The Primitive Trials for other Divine Duties are too simple..."

Even for rare Divine Duties, during the Star Level Trial, as long as one masters two or three Divine Techniques, there is generally a very high chance of success.

But for the Divine Son, merely the Primitive Trial has such terrifying requirements; one doesn't know how absurd the difficulty of the Star Level 'Star God' Trial would be.

"Luckily, at least I am confident about the Divine Son Trial."

Lin Qing glanced at the time and then continued to fuse the World God body; after all, the time was sufficient.

Another hour or so passed until he had fused the World God's right hand, at which point he stopped.

"It's time to set out."

Wisdom Star Group, top of the fortress.

Inside the spacious and bright hall.

"My lord Kadoan."

The white-haired, three-eyed man frowned slightly, looked at Kadoan appearing opposite, and said, "That Earthling Lin Qing has already gone to the Second Forbidden Zone to participate in the Divine Office Trial. Perhaps this is the last chance. Do you wish to strike again?"

Kadoan fell silent for a moment, then said, "Chu Hongjun and Yi Leina Duo must be watching him. If such a genius is not eliminated, he will likely become a root of disaster for our Yuanchen Civilization in the future."

He looked at the white-haired, three-eyed man. "You are the Yuanchen Envoy. If possible, go and kill Lin Qing."

The white-haired, three-eyed man frowned and said, "What if Chu Hongjun, disregarding all consequences, detonates the bomb and destroys Earth?"

Kadoan spoke softly, "At this moment, it depends on how you choose. If you recklessly abandon the treasures of Earth, you will indeed be severely punished, but solving the threat of Lin Qing for the Yuanchen Civilization is also a good thing."

Of course, he also knew in his heart that Lei Tong's sense of belonging to the Yuanchen Civilization was not strong; even for his own sake, he could not possibly abandon the treasures of Earth.

Lin Qing had only said this intentionally.

Indeed, he heard the white-haired, three-eyed man say in a low voice, "Nothing. In a year and a half, the great army of our Yuanchen Civilization will descend upon Earth. By then, even reaching the Star Creature level might be too late for that Lin Qing. He poses no threat to us; do not worry too much."

The current Kadoan naturally would not care.

In the vast ocean, a solitary island stood on the sea surface, where a huge silver-white fortress could be seen floating above the island.

This was the Second Forbidden Zone. When Lin Qing flew down near the forbidden zone, he found the upper end of that silver-white fortress slowly turning, and a scanning beam swept across him.

With his current strength, he was actually no longer afraid of this Tier-5 space fortress.

If he had to confront it head-on, he could also withstand the firepower of a Tier-5 fortress.

"Lin Qing?"

A white-robed, three-eyed man stood inside the fortress, staring at him expressionlessly.

Lin Qing glanced at that person and had no interest in paying attention; the other was one of the highest echelons of the Wisdom Star Group and also a Star Creature.

"Go in," that white-robed, three-eyed man said coldly.

The Second Forbidden Zone, also called the Primordial Divine Office Forbidden Zone, would directly initiate the trial once a life form reaching the Primordial Creature level, possessing the foundation of a Divine Office, made contact.

Lin Qing transformed into a streak of light and flew directly into that mist of the forbidden zone.

In the moment of contact with the forbidden zone mist, he heard a low, majestic voice sound:

"The 'Divine Son' trial is about to begin. Please wait patiently. As long as you pass the Divine Son trial, you will directly pass the 'Warlord' trial."

Pass the 'Divine Son' trial, and you will directly pass the 'Warlord' trial?

Lin Qing's heart stirred.

Warlord, that is the name of the Divine Office for the Primordial stage of the Armament Master.

I didn't expect... as long as the Divine Son trial is passed, the Warlord trial is directly waived?

This was actually normal.

After passing the Divine Son trial, strength would undergo a massive increase; at that time, how could one possibly fail the Warlord trial? That would be purely bullying.

After passing the Divine Son trials, one's strength would surge dramatically; how could one possibly fail the Warlord trials after that? That would be outright bullying.

Lin Qing felt a dizziness before his eyes; space and time shifted accordingly, as if an invisible yet vast boundless power began to wrap around him, shuttling him through space and time.

In his daze, he did not know how far this power had sent him.

When Lin Qing opened his eyes, he found he had already appeared in a world shrouded in swirling clouds; below, a vast sea of clouds was visible, along with a full hundred huge Shi Zhu carved with various strange patterns, extending out from the sea of clouds; no one knew just how long these Shi Zhu were.

When Lin Qing opened his eyes, he found himself in a world wreathed in mist and clouds; below, the sea of clouds stretched endlessly, and exactly one hundred massive Shi Zhu, carved with strange patterns, rose from the cloud sea, their full lengths unknown.

Geniuses of a Tier-2 civilization?

While descending, Lin Qing quickly scanned each of the candidates present.

Judging solely by appearance, these geniuses of Tier-2 civilizations had nothing special about them; their auras were merely different.

Lin Qing did not conceal the Tier-2 civilization introduction mark he had obtained in the Bronze Demon Mountain, allowing the aura belonging to the Void to naturally radiate outward.

Lin Qing made no effort to conceal the Level-Two Civilization Summoning Mark he had obtained on the Bronze Demon Mountain, allowing the aura of the Void to naturally radiate from him.

Several nearby Divine Son candidates glanced at Lin Qing.

Lin Qing also maintained a calm expression, glanced indifferently at the others, and immediately landed on one of the empty Shi Zhu.

These people are the geniuses of Tier-2 civilizations?

Lin Qing silently observed each trial participant while checking the items he had prepared for this trial, specifically which ones had not been transferred over.

Lin Qing observed each trial participant in silence, while also checking the items he had prepared for this trial, noting which ones had not been transferred over.

The Zero-Point Energy Bomb he had specifically asked Chu Hongjun for had not been transferred over, and neither had that Life Token.

It seems the Divine Office trial indeed does not allow external objects to intervene.

After Lin Qing sat cross-legged on the Shi Zhu, he casually observed the trial participants around him; a fissure also split open in his brow, revealing the vertical eye, connecting to an alien space, and continuing to silently fuse the World God Body.

These trial participants did not seem to know each other; obviously, they were randomly selected trial participants.

No wonder these trial participants were all waiting.

Gathering a hundred Divine Subordinates to participate in the trial at the same time period would certainly require some time.

However, these were certainly Divine Subordinates gathered from an extremely vast scope within the universe.

Still, this was surely a gathering of Divine Below Walkers from across a vast expanse of the universe.

"You are connecting to an alien space?"

A telepathic voice with a hint of amusement suddenly sounded: "Your space manipulation is so crude; it seems you are at the Ninth Energy Level. Is this your authority?"

Lin Qing turned his head slightly, looking at the person who sent the telepathic voice.

Black long robes, pale skin; half of his head was completely bald, while the other half had long hair cascading down; he looked very eerie.

Black robe, pale skin, half his scalp bald, the other half draped with long flowing hair—he looked deeply eerie.

Truly a genius of a Tier-2 civilization; his insight was so precise, spotting the existence of the alien space at a glance, and upon speaking, he immediately mentioned 'authority,' a power nearly non-existent for Tier-1 civilizations.

No wonder he is a genius of a Level Two civilization; his insight is so precise that he spotted the existence of the other-dimensional space at a glance, and his very first words were about Authority, a power that is nearly non-existent for a Level One civilization.

However, Lin Qing glanced at the other party once and then deemed it not worth his attention.

Yet the other party continued, a half-smile on his lips: "I know the aura of the Secret Realm on you... You are from the Bai Ta World? If so, as the defeated faction, you Bai Ta World people should naturally pay your respects when meeting someone from our Chao Yue World, correct?"

Lin Qing's expression did not change, but his heart gave a start.

The other party not only knew of the Level 2.7 civilization 'Bai Ta Civilization', but also claimed Bai Ta was the defeated side?

However, he was already in disguise; the more he spoke, the easier it would be to expose himself. Naturally, he had no intention of paying the other party any mind, letting the fellow guess at his leisure.

"Interesting..."

The man with half a shaved head, seeing that Lin Qing continued to ignore him, instead smiled.

"I hope you can break through to the God-Selected Stage; otherwise, it would be far too dull," the man sneered slightly.

Lin Qing turned a deaf ear and continued to fuse with the World God Body.

As time passed, more and more trial participants appeared on the Shi Zhu.

In such a short time, so many Divine Walkers had gathered here; they must have been summoned from a vast area.

Suddenly—

"Hmm?"

Lin Qing suddenly heard a suppressed, low gasp of surprise and could not help but open his eyes to look.

He saw a bald man flying down toward the Shi Zhu. He possessed a pair of silver eyebrows, and a trace of ferocity lay between his brows; his entire presence appeared extremely cold and dangerous.

"So many people recognize him? Could this person be famous in a Level 2 civilization?"

Lin Qing pondered, a faint premonition stirring in his heart.

—This God-Child Trial, he feared, would not end so simply.

Afterwards, through the scant information casually exchanged by other trial participants, Lin Qing roughly understood the identity of this silver-browed bald man.

A descendant of some great figure from a Level 2.8 civilization, seemingly a genius, with what appeared to be a high probability of passing the trial.

Another three days passed before the hundred trial participants were finally assembled.

"Prepare to begin the trial."

A cold, majestic, and imposing voice suddenly rang out.

(End of this chapter)