Chapter 224: Full Marks

Inside the world of darkness and void.

Lin Qing carefully sensed the void fluctuations within a range of several thousand meters, striving to absorb the mysteries of various void changes.

For him, this dangerous dark world was a good place for cultivation.

Suddenly, just as the Blood Cauldron King's clone fully recognized the true nature of that wave-like void—

"This is the void..."

At the same time, Lin Qing, the original body, also completely understood this true nature of the void.

The originally mysterious, obscure, and unclear void fluctuations suddenly became clear in his eyes, as if clouds parted to reveal the sun, becoming sharply distinct all at once.

And the range of his void sensing began to expand wildly from several thousand meters; in the blink of an eye, a range of hundreds of thousands of kilometers was entirely within his perception.

Within these hundreds of thousands of kilometers, several dark monsters were within his sensing range.

"After understanding the true nature of the void, it is indeed completely different."

Lin Qing also sighed inwardly.

Missing just a tiny bit of understanding versus truly comprehending it fully seems like a negligible difference, yet a hair's breadth off leads to a thousand miles of error.

Once the void revealed its true form in his eyes, it was naturally incomparable.

"This is merely sensing on a purely conscious level."

Lin Qing also understood in his heart, "If the Blood Cauldron King's clone, which constructs a living body based on this true nature of the void, were to sense, the range would probably be billions of kilometers."

For void creatures, sensing a void range of a star system is a very easy matter.

Once they mobilize the void, a casual strike can heavily injure a planet, and if they attack with full power, they can easily completely annihilate a planet.

Mobilizing the void over such a vast range is an ability possessed only by void creatures.

Although Lin Qing's strength is comparable to that of a void creature, he cannot achieve this.

"However, void creatures can only achieve this in the true universe; if it were in the terrifyingly suppressive Void Sea, it would not be so outrageous..."

Lin Qing had also experienced the situation of the Void Sea, so he could naturally judge this point.

"There are still two days left; continue to improve my void attainment..."

Putting away his extraneous thoughts, Lin Qing discarded the true nature of the void he currently grasped and continued to sense various void fluctuations with pure consciousness alone.

After understanding the true nature of the void, one can indeed perceive the void, but that is merely seeing one aspect among the infinite aspects of the void.

It is like finding a unique perspective, suddenly seeing the world clearly, but this is not the world's true form; one must find enough perspectives to truly see the world clearly.

Observing the void using only this true nature of the void is destined to fail to see the other true natures of the void.

Therefore, one must discard the perspective, and even discard past cognition.

"Let's try the true nature required for Kadoan's void transformation..."

Lin Qing immediately immersed himself once again in void sensing.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

"One ten thousand points have been obtained."

As a cold voice sounded, Lin Qing felt the space-time around him shift; when he regained consciousness, he had already returned to that plaza.

He could not help but shake his head slightly, "It would have been better if the time had been longer."

"You actually stayed for seven days?"

On the empty plaza, a figure suddenly appeared before Lin Qing; it was none other than that white-haired woman in a black robe.

She looked at Lin Qing with some strangeness and said, "It seems... you have a clone that is a void creature?"

"Yes." Lin Qing nodded, "I cannot deceive my lord Mirror."

"No wonder." The white-haired woman in the black robe said with realization: "So it seems, this God-Selected Trial is indeed of very low difficulty for you."

"Using this method to become a Star God, does this not count as a violation?" Lin Qing asked.

"Of course not." The white-haired woman in the black robe said casually: "The position of Star God is naturally held by those with strength; moreover, your clone must have broken through only after the Star God Trial began, right?"

"My lord Mirror can guess that?" Lin Qing asked in surprise.

The white-haired woman in the black robe smiled and said, "If a clone of a void creature participated in the Star God Trial, the trial would not be so inclined toward void attainment, but would instead try to eliminate the advantages of a void creature clone. Since you broke through on the spot, this trial was simply meant to improve your void attainment; your ability to break through is your own skill."

Lin Qing understood.

Indeed, comparing void attainment with a void creature, how could one possibly compete?

"But even so, wouldn't a clone of a void creature have an easier time becoming a Star God?" Lin Qing could not help but say.

"It can only be said there is a chance, but not necessarily." The white-haired woman in the black robe countered, "For example, you; if the trial did not test void attainment, even a clone of a void creature could not defeat you, could it?"

Lin Qing was slightly stunned and slowly nodded.

Indeed.

He was not only strong in terms of Divine Skills, but his Gene Index was also very high, and he possessed the special Black Flame Clone and the priceless Fusion Technique, which allowed him to have such strength.

Even if void creatures learn Divine Skills easily, it is hard to say about other aspects.

For a Level Two Civilization, void creatures merely rely on a high foundation; conversely, the potential of these chosen ones is greater, so they would naturally be more inclined to invest in these geniuses.

"Go."

The white-haired woman in the black robe said casually: "Only those with strength have the qualification to occupy the position of Star God; the struggles you will face in the future are the truly cruel beginning. Do not be arrogant over this small achievement."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

It is rumored that the highest rank of Divine Office Trials is merely the Star-Level Divine Office.

Anything higher is gradually eliminated from the relatively free and cruel rules of competition.

There are so many Star Gods in this Void Sea, yet Chaos Gods are few and far between; this shows how cruel the competition between Star Gods is.

"Hah."

The woman in the black robe with white hair vanished without a trace.

Lin Qing then took a step and walked toward the third Space Gate—the Mirror World.

Accompanying the spatial transformation, he found himself already within a boundless, vast world; looking up, the sky was clear and bright as a mirror, while looking down revealed a silent, endless expanse of water, so clear it reflected the sky, creating infinite overlapping images.

And after Lin Qing appeared in this world, he too was reflected within the heavens and the earth.

"Mirror World?"

With a slight perception, Lin Qing discovered that this endless water surface was merely a manifestation of space, and the sky was the same.

"Trialist." A massive voice echoed throughout the heavens and the earth: "Please choose the power level of the mirror image you wish to challenge, from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 100%."

"100%." Lin Qing spoke.

In the next instant, the pure sky suddenly shattered, the endless water surface rippled with countless waves, and massive energy began to converge continuously.

"Mirror Clone?" Lin Qing perceived carefully.

Perhaps due to the world's structure, the spatial fluctuations here were layered upon layered, as if there were countless layers, clearly a manifestation of a void aspect.

"So many layers..."

Under Lin Qing's full perception, he could barely penetrate more than a dozen layers into the countless layers of the void before reaching his limit.

As for the deeper levels of the void, it was completely pitch black to him.

If his mirror image were to ambush him from the deep void, he could only perceive the void conditions within that dozen-layer range.

"This place is indeed suitable for much contemplation." Lin Qing nodded slightly.

In the next instant, his Black Flame Clone flew out from between his eyebrows.

He immediately cast the Fusion Technique, instantly merging into one with the Black Flame Clone.

"Done." Lin Qing sighed slightly in relief. "Unless the mirror image can continuously adjust its power, its current strength should be far inferior to mine."

Logically, the mirror image lacks abilities like clones or resurrection; this is the opportunity the trial provides.

"However, the void structure of this Mirror World is far too difficult to comprehend."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly.

Even the Blood Cauldron King, having abandoned his original void aspect and analyzed it with a time flow accelerated ten thousandfold, failed to understand the true nature of this structure.

The overall void structure of this world is too perfect, finding not a single flaw, making it naturally difficult to comprehend.

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

Lin Qing suddenly perceived a massive, unparalleled figure appearing deep within the void, more than a dozen layers down.

In the next instant, a massive dark-gold World God suddenly appeared in the heavens and the earth, followed immediately by a thunderous punch smashing toward Lin Qing!

At the same time, pure darkness that devoured and extinguished everything appeared on that fist.

!

It was none other than the World God and the Primordial Annihilation!

"It's actually the Primordial Annihilation after perfect deduction..."

Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, then his entire body erupted with endless dark-gold light, and terrifying explosive power immediately surged outward in all directions.

Before the massive mirror World God's fist could land, this terrifying power blasted the entire World God body flying backward!

Moreover, the arm of the mirror World God that made contact with the explosion was instantly pulverized and dissipated on the spot!

"As expected, the mirror image has no clones, and its base attributes are far inferior to mine."

Lin Qing smiled, and then endless dark-gold energy formed a similarly massive and unparalleled World God body.

However, the aura of his World God clearly far exceeded that of the mirror World God.

After fusing with and burning the Black Flame Clone, his base attributes increased tenfold; with such a huge gap, he naturally far surpassed it!

"Boom!"

The World God form taken by Lin Qing moved suddenly; accompanied by the distortion of the space ahead forming a warp bubble, his speed immediately accelerated to the terrifying level of exceeding the speed of light!

Immediately followed was a fist surging with dark annihilation!

While the mirror World God was being blasted backward, its massive body had already begun to sink into the deep layers of the void, but the speed of sinking into the deep void was obviously not as fast as the speed of emerging.

This was the only moment for the trialist to kill the mirror image.

Otherwise, once the mirror image sinks into the deep void, unless one's power is strong enough to easily shatter the deep void, one simply cannot harm the mirror image.

In that instant, before the mirror World God could sink into the deep void, Lin Qing had already landed a punch on the World God's vital point!

With the mirror Lin Qing in the center of the World God's chest being struck, the dark annihilation immediately turned it into nothingness.

"It's over."

Lin Qing was quite relaxed and immediately dissolved the World God.

A tenfold difference in power was too great; it was equivalent to a normal Yu Xingyuan Level 10 strength facing an opponent at the limit of Yu Xingyuan Level 10 or even approaching Level 11, naturally resulting in an instant-kill outcome.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Lin Qing discovered that as his mirror image dispersed and collapsed, strange spatial energy also scattered and dissipated with it.

In that instant, he also clearly perceived those layered void structures.

It was like a complete, undamaged instrument; looking at the exterior revealed nothing, but once broken, the internal structure became visible.

"So that's how it is..."

A smile appeared on Lin Qing's face, and he immediately began to perceive carefully.

Meanwhile, the Blood Cauldron King clone far away in the Vacuum Great Tomb was also contemplating with full effort, with every second equating to several hours of contemplation time.

A few seconds later.

"It's already over..." Lin Qing shook his head slightly with a hint of regret. "If only there had been more time."

He had only barely touched the outline of this void aspect, not even crossing the threshold.

The time was simply too short.

"Trialist."

That massive voice echoed through heaven and earth once more: "You have obtained 10,000 points. Do you wish to continue challenging the mirror image?"

"Can I continue challenging?" Lin Qing immediately spoke: "Continue, 100%."

Fortunately, this mirror image could be challenged again and again.

This also gave him the opportunity to comprehend that Void True Form time and time again.

For Void beings, the more Void True Forms comprehended, the better; naturally, he could not waste this opportunity.

"Break!"

Lin Qing did not waste time; the instant the mirror image Lin Qing appeared, he struck it down again, then carefully began to comprehend it.

Fully three or four days passed, after continuously striking down the mirror image hundreds of times—

"That's about enough..."

After this comprehension ended, Lin Qing also understood that he had grasped the overall structure of this Void True Form; the rest was to slowly comprehend and verify, absorbing more Void mysteries, only then could he truly recognize this Void True Form.

"Order."

Lin Qing summoned the Entropy Reverser, revealing a slight smile, "In this situation, it is indeed possible to draw in advance, but there is no need for now."

Such an opportunity for comprehension was truly too rare.

At the moment the mirror image collapsed, the structure of the entire Void True Form was revealed; even without drawing in advance, as long as he spent enough time, such as tens of thousands of years, there was hope to recognize it.

Normally comprehending a Void True Form was like a blind man touching an elephant, able to comprehend only bit by bit.

But now, it was as if he was directly given the chance to copy.

"Very good."

Lin Qing was very satisfied in his heart, "The more Void True Forms recognized, the further the path of a Void being goes."

This mirror image world offered him no further help.

Lin Qing immediately left.

Immediately, he directly entered the Tianhe world of the first spatial gate.

There were quite a few trial participants 'fishing' here.

In the dark void, a surging and dazzling massive river could be seen winding away, seemingly flowing toward the end of the world; above the river floated a series of floating islands.

At this time, many floating islands were already occupied by trial participants, obviously all fishing.

Trial participants could not stay in the dark world for long; at most, they would try a bit more in the mirror image world, but since the mirror images were incomplete in power, the Void True Form structures they contained were also incomplete, making the value of comprehension relatively small.

Therefore, most time was not spent in the dark world or the mirror image world.

Most trial participants were fishing in the Tianhe world; here they could also comprehend a little of the Void mysteries, mainly for verification.

After entering the Tianhe world, Lin Qing casually found an uninhabited floating island and flew toward it; with a slight sensation, he discovered a fishing rod hidden within the distorted space of the floating island.

If one's Void attainment was too poor, one could not even find the fishing rod.

Immediately, Lin Qing sat cross-legged leisurely on this small floating island, his mind naturally merging with the fishing rod, and began to fish with a relaxed mood.

As a Void being's clone, if he could not get a full score on this test of Void attainment, he would feel he was too useless.

"Full score is 30,000 points..."

Lin Qing leisurely glanced at the trial participants on the floating islands in the distance, "I wonder if any trial participant can reach 30,000 points? If so, the life-and-death battle can be opened..."

(End of this chapter)