Chapter 226: Trillion-Power Awakener

Amidst the shifting of time and space, Lin Qing reappeared inside a vast, empty, and towering divine hall.

"Have entered the 'Dongyan Di Jun' of the Martial Dao Hall."

A cold and majestic voice rang out; Lin Qing immediately understood that this divine office of the Martial Lord could also transform into the 'Dongyan Di Jun' of the Martial Dao at the Star God stage.

As a Star God, upon successfully completing the Star God trial, one need not undergo further trials and can directly achieve the status of Dongyan Di Jun of the Martial Dao!

In an instant, Lin Qing was enveloped by a massive pillar of light, and his divine office abilities began to transform wildly.

After an unknown duration, when he came to his senses, time and space shifted once more; he was swept up by a vast, immense power and began to shuttle through time and space, returning to Earth.

"It's over..."

While shuttling through time and space, Lin Qing felt his current divine office abilities and nodded inwardly: "The abilities of the Dongyan Di Jun of the Martial Dao are also very strong, and one can forge 'World Artifacts'; if forging artifacts of the Alchemy faction, it would be even faster and stronger..."

Both the Star God and the Dongyan Di Jun of the Martial Dao had undergone tremendous transformations in their abilities.

As for the specific details, he would need to ponder and adapt to them slowly.

Shortly after, that vast power dissipated, and the time-space shuttle ceased; when the time and space before Lin Qing's eyes returned to normal, he discovered he had already returned to Earth, with the mist of the Star God-level Divine Office Restricted Zone not far away.

Just at this moment—

【Order Level has broken through 100,000; new advanceable items have been unlocked; can be unlocked again after 1,000,000】

A line of golden prompts suddenly floated into view before his eyes.

"Hmm?"

Lin Qing was slightly stunned, then realized that after returning to his original circle of life, the Entropy Reverser had indeed confirmed his current Order Level.

"360,000?" Lin Qing glanced at his current Order Level.

With the Order Level so high, it was obvious that Earth's civilization had developed extremely rapidly over these few centuries.

However, Lin Qing did not feel surprised.

Although he had participated in the Star God trial for only a few months, several centuries had already passed on Earth!

Several centuries ago, Earth's civilization experienced a hundred years during which the population reached over one hundred billion, and at that time the Order Level was already 80,000.

Now that several centuries have passed, reaching this level is quite normal.

"No rush to return to Earth yet."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment, then his vertical eye on his brow moved; he released the Black Flame Clone and let the Black Flame Clone fly into that restricted zone mist to participate in the Star God-level Divine Office trial.

It is said that Star God-level Divine Office holders cannot interfere with the Star God-level Divine Office trials, even if it is a clone.

Therefore, he naturally chose to have his main body participate in the Star God trial first, with the Black Flame Clone providing assistance.

Now that the main body's trial has ended, the Black Flame Clone can also go participate in the Star-Eating Demon's trial.

With the Black Flame Clone's genetic index and combined divine techniques, passing the Star-Eating Demon's trial would be nothing more than a piece of cake.

"Return to the Great Void Tomb first."

At Lin Qing's thought, he immediately used the Gravekeeper's privilege to shuttle through time and space back to the Great Void Tomb.

"Indeed, it succeeded."

Prince Su looked at Lin Qing with a smile and said, "How is it? Wasn't I right?"

"The Star God trial is indeed not difficult," Lin Qing nodded and said, "No wonder Your Highness didn't let me wait for the Blood Cauldron King's clone to transform into a Void Creature first; it was because you didn't want me to be targeted by the Star God trial?"

"I didn't tell you to avoid you being targeted by the Star God trial."

Prince Su smiled and added, "Next, you should promote to Void Creature as soon as possible; as a Gravekeeper, if you become a Secret Realm Master in the future, you can also use the time-space power of the Great Void Tomb to conceal the Secret Realm; even if you enter the Void Sea, other Level Two civilizations will not be able to find your Secret Realm."

Lin Qing nodded slowly and asked, "Can there be only one Secret Realm Master?"

"Of course."

Prince Su said casually, "With your soul imprint engraved deep within the world source of the Void Secret Realm, you are the Secret Realm Master; within the Secret Realm world, you can leverage the Secret Realm to manipulate space rules, and your strength can suppress the 'Void Sovereign'."

"Void Sovereign?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask.

Prince Su smiled and explained, "Void Creatures need to recognize various true aspects of the Void until quantitative change leads to qualitative change; truly mastering space rules, the life form will also transform into a 'Void Sovereign'."

She paused and said, "The top-tier powerhouse of the Tower Wheel civilization that you suppressed and sealed was a Void Sovereign."

Lin Qing understood.

He couldn't help but ask again, "I heard the Tower Wheel civilization seems to have one hundred and eight Sky Pillar-level powerhouses; are they all Void Sovereigns?"

"I don't know that."

Prince Su said, "But as long as it is a Void Creature native to the Secret Realm, with the Secret Realm Master's permission, its consciousness can merge into the Secret Realm's source, sensing the true space rules; spatial attainment will improve extremely rapidly, and the probability of a Void Sovereign being born will also increase greatly."

"There is such a benefit?" Lin Qing's eyes lit up.

Prince Su smiled and said, "This is the greatest advantage of Level Two civilizations, which is why Level Two civilizations have never taken Level One civilizations seriously; when the Secret Realm Master's consciousness fully merges into the Secret Realm's source, progress in the mysteries of the Void will be astonishingly fast; if there are cosmic wonders to verify and reference, it becomes even easier."

She paused, "However, the Secret Realm can only make it easier for you to progress in space rules; creating divine techniques relies entirely on yourself."

Lin Qing nodded slowly.

Next, his first step is to become a Void Creature as soon as possible.

"After I became a Star God, is there any special reward here at the Great Void Tomb?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask.

"No," Prince Su said casually, "Do you think the Primordial Realm needs Star Gods? You only receive a reward after completing the Gravekeeper's duties or becoming a Primordial Realm Void-level citizen."

"Alright."

Lin Qing nodded slightly, "Now that I have become a Star God and gained the ability to forge divine artifacts, I should be able to pass those trials in the upper layers of the Sky Archipelago, right?"

"On the Sky Archipelago, there are only the most basic methods for forging divine artifacts," Prince Su said, "Moreover, you can only forge Life-type divine artifacts."

As she spoke, she glanced at the Jin Zita tombs in the void surrounding this platform and said, "Those truly powerful divine artifact inheritances are all within the tomb inheritances; if you want to obtain them..."

"I understand."

Lin Qing nodded and said, "Help find a suitable successor, right?"

"Good that you understand," Prince Su nodded slightly.

"I'll prepare for a while longer. Once I've forged the basic divine artifact, I'll join the Universe Star Patrol Alliance. By then, I can help search for successors," Lin Qing said.

"Go ahead," Host Palace Lord said with a nod.

"Lin Qing, did you succeed?"

Seeing Lin Qing succeed, Qi Lingxiao, Chu Hongjun, and others breathed a sigh of relief.

The importance of Star Gods to a civilization is almost irreplaceable.

Although Lin Qing was confident, they found it hard to rest easy until success was certain.

Now, however, they felt much more at ease.

Lin Qing smiled and said, "Three of you, it's been hundreds of years. How is the situation on Earth now?" "We have already begun large-scale ability awakenings," Chu Hongjun said. "However, it is still very difficult for geniuses with ninth-level ability talents to be born on Earth; even eighth-level ones are rare."

"It doesn't matter. What's more important now is the quantity of Star Origin Stones," Lin Qing said. "As long as we carry out large-scale ability awakenings, that will suffice."

"To open a Void Secret Realm, you need guidance from Void Beings. Are you sure?" Chu Hongjun asked.

"No," Lin Qing shook his head and said, "Anyway, whether opening a Void Secret Realm or expanding and strengthening it, a huge amount of Star Origin Stones is needed. Let's first increase the population as much as possible and raise everyone's lifespan."

"Roughly how much?" Chu Hongjun asked.

"If it's just opening and stabilizing a Void Secret Realm, 38 billion tons of Star Origin Stones are needed every thousand years. Expanding the realm requires even more," Lin Qing said. "Therefore, there must be a sufficient number of ability awakeners."

"H-how much? 38 billion tons?" Qi Lingxiao was somewhat stunned.

Chu Hongjun pondered for a moment and said softly, "That requirement isn't too high. Even if ninety-nine percent or more of a civilization's people have sixth-level ability talents, and each contributes tens of kilograms of Star Origin Stones over a millennium, having trillions of ability awakeners would be enough."

"Indeed, not high," Lin Qing nodded and said, "It shouldn't take too long, right?"

"The growth in the number of ability awakeners is an exponential explosion; it truly won't take long."

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Chu Hongjun said, "Helping the existing people in a civilization awaken their abilities isn't difficult. The difficulty lies in expanding the population scale. There must be sufficient resources to support so many ability awakeners in living and cultivating."

He pondered briefly and said, "Over these hundreds of years, after three global evolutionary radiations, the average genetic index of Earth's civilization has reached 97%. Almost everyone can undergo genetic awakening, and the average lifespan is very long. Achieving universal ability awakening shouldn't take too long either, but there is a very serious problem."

Lin Qing, deep in thought, said, "Dean Chu wants to say that Earth cannot bear it, right?"

"Yes, actually, it already cannot bear it."

Chu Hongjun said slowly, "I have long ago sold the nine-star civilization's universe fleet fortresses and such on the Golden Merchant Guild, using all efforts to purchase resources for civilization development."

"Plus, with Yi Leina Duo maintaining civilization guidance, the development speed is indeed quite fast."

He frowned slightly and said, "But now, the number of supported ability awakeners is growing larger and larger. In the future, we will need to support trillions of ability awakeners. We must also have them all reach the level of Primordial Beings. Such a huge number of Primordial Beings cannot be supported by Earth alone."

Lin Qing understood his meaning.

Conservation of energy.

For a Primordial Being to maintain its own energy balance, ensuring stable consumption and recovery, it must absorb the universe's floating energy gathered by the planet.

With the massive energy attracted and gathered from the universe by a Perfect-class planet every moment, even if a thousand or ten thousand Primordial Beings absorb it constantly, the planet can still supply it.

But the consumption of over ten trillion Primordial Beings?

That consumption would be too terrifying!

Even for over ten trillion ordinary people, the planet's technology would need to be sufficiently advanced, with a continuous supply of external resources, just to feed so many people.

Let alone over ten trillion Primordial Beings!

A Perfect-class planet supplying a million Primordial Beings is already near its limit.

And over ten trillion Primordial Beings? A Perfect-class planet simply cannot possibly supply them!

It's like a large family: supporting a thousand people can be very comfortable, but supporting a hundred thousand people means many are destined to starve.

"Can't we let the Primordial Beings leave Earth and temporarily survive on other planets?" Qi Lingxiao asked.

"Where to?"

Chu Hongjun looked at him and said, "The Moon? Mars? Or those Earth-like planets several light-years away? Those uninhabited, dead planets are not life planets; they do not actively gather universe energy. They are no different from outer space, with energy too thin to supply the consumption and survival of many Primordial Beings."

"Then spread them out?" Qi Lingxiao said. "The universe is so vast, covering hundreds of light-years. Surely it cannot fail to support even ten trillion Primordial Beings?"

"Spread them out?" Chu Hongjun said. "These Primordial Beings must breakthrough on Earth. If Earth cannot supply such a huge amount of energy, then they can only breakthrough in batches. This would take far too long."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Does Dean Chu have a good method?"

"Two methods."

Chu Hongjun said, "First, either purchase energy-type resources to supply the entire civilization's people for breakthroughs and replenishing consumption. But this consumption is too terrifying. With over ten trillion Primordial Beings, even the foundation of a 1.9-level civilization could not hold out for long."

Lin Qing, deep in thought, asked, "Then what is the second method?"

"The second method is to let Earth transform into a high-dimensional planet, beginning to absorb a thread of energy from the Void Sea. Supplying billions or hundreds of billions of Primordial Beings would not be difficult. Then, breakthrough in batches and afterwards disperse to other planets. Only this way can it last long-term."

Chu Hongjun said, "Once enough Star Origin Stones are accumulated, we can then transform the high-dimensional planet into a Void Secret Realm in one go, which will easily support ten trillion Primordial Beings."

Qi Lingxiao helplessly said, "Void Beings... I feel I'm still a bit lacking. I don't know when I'll be able to breakthrough."

Back then, after Lin Qing used space-time power to seal and suppress the nine-star civilization and other extraterrestrial civilizations, he went and killed a batch of Star Divine Officials, so he also experienced the transformation method driven by Divine Officials.

Unfortunately, this requires thoroughly understanding and comprehending a Void True Form. Even with his Divine Official specialization and guide device, and with extremely good luck, he still felt it was hazy and could never truly comprehend it.

"Wait a bit longer."

Lin Qing said, "If Qi Hall Master and I transform into Void Beings as soon as possible, we can solve this trouble. Now, maintaining maximum development speed, how much longer can we hold out?"

"Holding out for another one or two thousand years is no problem," Chu Hongjun said.

Universal ability awakening, universal transformation into Primordial Beings—thinking about such consumption, one knows how terrifying it is. The fact that they can hold out for one or two thousand years is also because the nine-star civilization sent a large fleet of universe ships and precious fortresses.

Chu Hongjun sold almost all of these through the Golden Merchant Guild to purchase these resources.

"Then continue maintaining it."

Lin Qing said, "I'll go out first to find some treasures. Later, I'll sell them through the Golden Merchant Guild and exchange them for resources."

"Go out?" Chu Hongjun looked at him. "Isn't a second-level civilization watching the space-time where Earth is located?"

"It's fine."

Lin Qing smiled and said, "I couldn't before, but now I have a way to deal with it."

Chu Hongjun glanced at him and asked, "Have you repaid the Starfall Source Stones you borrowed from the Void Tomb?"

"Not yet." Lin Qing shook his head slightly. "It doesn't matter; it won't take long."

During the hundred-plus years of seclusion, over a thousand years passed in the Void Tomb's cultivation chamber, and he had long since accumulated enough Starfall Source Stones for a millennium.

Since the Void Tomb's deadline was ten thousand years, he had not rushed to repay the portion of Starfall Source Stones the Void Tomb had lent him.

Instead, he first repaid the eight hundred-plus thousand kilograms of Starfall Source Stones from his initial Authority Awakening.

This also freed up an advance slot.

Later, when he found an opportunity to seclude himself in the cultivation chamber for a century, he could repay the Starfall Source Stones he owed the Void Tomb.

"Lin Qing, how strong are you now?" Chu Hongjun asked.

"Strength?" Lin Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, but I should be stronger than many Void Beings, right?"

Before becoming a Star God, he had already possessed strength nearing the eleventh layer of the Yu Xingyuan, and after achieving Star Godhood, logically, he had advanced another tier.

But the specifics could only be known through a fight.

"I haven't attempted the Yu Xingyuan Trial yet, but there happens to be an opponent I can test myself against."

Lin Qing said no more and immediately mobilized space-time power to shift, arriving inside a crater on Mars.

Only he could see in the distance the Nine-Star Emperor, the Progenitor, and the man in the white-gold robe—the one of the Pillar-Class experts of the Tower Wheel Civilization—suppressed by the space-time cage.

"Perfect; advancing my Divine Office requires killing a group of Star Divine Office holders or a single Void Being..."

Immediately, Lin Qing drifted into the space-time cage where the Nine-Star Emperor was held.

(End of this chapter)