Chapter 243: Earth, Ascending to a Level-Two Civilization

In the cultivation room, Lin Qing slowly infused energy into the miniature dark blue glass Wang Zuo in his hand.

As light burst forth, the palm-sized dark blue glass Wang Zuo rapidly expanded, growing to a true throne over a person's height, before settling down.

After Lin Qing sat upon the glass Wang Zuo, a thread of consciousness entered the consciousness space within the throne.

Endless starry void, with only meteorites drifting through space, as if forming a long bridge.

"Trialist."

A deep voice echoed: "To create a single-phase Divine Art grants the Tian Yuan Treasury's reward of a one-star treasure; to create a two-phase Divine Art grants a two-star treasure, and so on; to create a Divine Art based on complete spatial rules grants the Tian Yuan Treasury's reward of one Tian Zuo."

"Oh? A Tian Zuo as reward?" Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

He had heard that the top-tier powerhouses of a 2.9-level civilization, no matter where they were in the Void Sea, received distant protection and empowerment from their homeworld's origin.

The top-tier powerhouses of the Tian Zuo civilization who qualified for such origin empowerment received it as a throne named "Tian Zuo."

The Space Island civilization and the Ten Thousand Gods Hall civilization also possessed various origin protections.

Moreover, this treasure gave no hint that outsiders could not connect to the treasury; had he not learned the truth from His Highness Su first, he might truly have believed he could receive the reward.

"Too bad, I'm not from the Tian Yuan civilization."

Lin Qing didn't care; he immediately sensed the aura of the thousands of meteorites, found the life-system imprint among them, and flew to one of the meteorites.

As he landed, the imprint on the meteorite transmitted a message.

A towering giant, radiating endless flames, his flesh and bones formed from myriads of fire, with boundless void-fire burning the deepest layers of space, his terrifying aura seeming ready to burn all to ash.

"A Divine Art built upon complete spatial rules?"

Lin Qing carefully sensed the flame giant, rich with infinite mysteries, and identified the three void phases he recognized.

Only a Divine Art formed from complete spatial rules could possibly inspire others and offer meaningful insight, for only complete spatial rules contained all spatial mysteries.

"Oh? Not bad. Somewhat similar to the World God's approach."

Merely understanding this Divine Art, Lin Qing already had many ideas, his eyes brightening.

He did not rush to create his own Divine Art, continuing to observe other Divine Arts.

The more he accumulated, the clearer his ideas became, increasing the chance of creating a perfect combined Divine Art.

"Before Earth's opening, I won't practice any Divine Arts for now."

Lin Qing thought to himself.

Only by practicing Divine Arts within this throne's consciousness space could he trigger the Tian Yuan Treasury.

But as an outsider, he was destined never to receive any reward from the Tian Yuan Treasury; triggering it would expose him.

That meant, as long as he never practiced any Divine Art, the Void Dominator of the Tian Zuo civilization would merely suspect him.

Exposing himself too early might cause the opponent to come kill him outright.

But Earth has not yet opened its secret realm, and he still needs to purchase level-two civilization resources from the Bai Ta civilization—he cannot expose himself yet.

"Though exposure is inevitable, the timing isn't right yet…"

Lin Qing understood: if the opponent was determined to investigate, he would inevitably be exposed.

There was nothing to be done about it.

Fortunately…

No matter how strong the opponent, they could only destroy one of his bodies; as long as he placed the half Royal Proclamation in the Void Tomb, the opponent would inevitably find they could not obtain the Royal Proclamation—and would have no choice but to cooperate with him, and must grant him this slot.

Or they could pay a sufficient price to buy the half Royal Proclamation from him.

For now, he only needed to cultivate calmly, ponder the Divine Arts, and wait a hundred years.

…

…

Second Universe Net, Viero's private subsidiary space.

"Star Yin my lord."

Wei'erluo looked at the stunning woman floating behind her, whose back bore a phantom Wang Zuo, and said respectfully: "As you instructed, I've sent a formal invitation to Master Jingguang, but he appears to be in seclusion and has not replied."

"A hundred years have passed," Star Yin frowned slightly. "He's a Star God, capable of forging Divine Artifacts—he should have long since comprehended at least one Void Phase. A Star God should be of extraordinary insight; how could he fail to create even a single-phase Divine Art in a hundred years?"

Though creating a Divine Art infused with spatial mysteries was extremely difficult, and many Void beings spent lifetimes without success, the difficulty skyrocketed tenfold with each additional Void Phase incorporated.

Yet, in her estimation, as a Star God, Master Jingguang should find creating a single-phase Divine Art very simple.

In the Sacred Grounds, many Star Gods, with the aid of a Wang Zuo, could create a single-phase Divine Art in no more than a few decades; only two-phase Divine Arts required centuries.

"Perhaps he's distracted by other matters and hasn't focused on creating a Divine Art?" Wei'erluo speculated.

"Perhaps."

Star Yin said coldly: "But knowing there's a reward for creating a Divine Art, he should prioritize it. A hundred years without a single-phase Divine Art—even I surpass him in insight. His talent seems mediocre. He may truly not be a Sacred Grounds Star God."

Wei'erluo said nothing more.

Creating a Divine Art independently within a hundred years was something only Sacred Grounds Star Gods could confidently achieve.

Many Void beings who succeeded in creating a single-phase Divine Art within ten thousand years were already considered exceptional.

"With such insight, if he's not a Star God of the Tian Zuo Sacred Grounds, he's almost certainly not a Star God of the other two Sacred Grounds either."

Star Yin sneered, then glanced at Wei'erluo and ordered: "As soon as Master Jingguang contacts you, notify me immediately."

Wei'erluo replied respectfully: "Yes."

After Star Yin left, Wei'erluo frowned slightly: "It seems Master Jingguang really is impersonating a Sacred Grounds Star God. Perhaps back at the Endless Abyss, we should have acted immediately—we could have seized the Royal Proclamation right then."

The golden-haired masked woman behind him whispered: "Master is worried?"

"A little," Wei'erluo said slowly. "I intended to curry favor with Star Yin my lord, to establish ties with the Tian Zuo civilization. But because of this Master Jingguang incident, she may already be displeased."

"What will Master do?" the golden-haired masked woman asked.

"Once we confirm Master Jingguang is fake, we'll act ourselves—it'll be a form of compensation, and we won't need to ask Star Yin my lord to pay others for help."

Wei'erluo murmured: "I'll personally invite Mr. Mo Feng to act. Only a Star God confronting another Star God can seize his Divine Core—then we'll force Master Jingguang to surrender either the Royal Proclamation or his Divine Core."

"Mr. Mo Feng?" the blonde masked woman nodded slightly.

The Tianze Group hired not many Star Gods, and Mr. Mo Feng was one of them, his strength considered quite formidable.

Although he possessed only a two-color Divine Core and could forge only two-color Divine Artifacts, he had already created the Four Phases Divine Technique and owned several four-color Divine Artifacts, making his strength a top-tier existence among Void creatures.

Although Mr. Mo Feng's strength was inferior to hers, she could only kill that Master Jingguang; the Lord of the Secret Realm in his homeland could surely resurrect him.

Yet, the struggle between Star Gods allows one to seize their Divine Core!

When a Star God kills a Star God, once the Divine Core is seized, even if the opponent can resurrect, they will still lose the divine office of Star God!

This is the struggle between Star Gods.

"Let us see if this Master Jingguang is real or fake..." Viero took a deep breath, "If it is fake, do not blame me..."

He did not wish to make an enemy of a Star God.

But in his calculations, if he could befriend that Lord Xing Yin, making enemies with other Star Gods would not matter.

Within the Great Void Tomb, inside the cultivation chamber.

On the boundless pure white land, Lin Qing sat silently in lotus position, eyes tightly closed, while strange auras constantly shifted around him.

Suddenly, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Oh?"

Lin Qing checked the message from Chu Hongjun he had just received on the Second Universe Network, "Have they gathered enough 38 billion tons of Star Origin Stones?"

He could not help but reveal a slight smile.

Over these hundred years, Earth has already had over thirty trillion awakened Ability Users.

!

Normally, only with ten trillion awakened Ability Users is there a chance to gather 38 billion tons of Star Origin Stones within a thousand years, after all, the vast majority of awakened Ability Users possess only sixth-level abilities, and a thousand years would only condense a few dozen kilograms of Star Origin Stones.

But Earth civilization has been striving to develop its population these years, causing the population to surge to over thirty trillion people in merely a few decades.

Added to this, he used the Gravekeeper's authority to lend these thirty trillion people enough Star Origin Stones to awaken their abilities.

Thus, in just a hundred years, Earth civilization gathered enough 38 billion tons of Star Origin Stones.

"Pity, I did not create the Three-Phase Combined Divine Technique of the Blood Cauldron King's clone before a hundred years."

Lin Qing sighed with some regret.

Over these hundred years, his progress was still significant.

After witnessing the Divine Techniques created by those Void Lords using complete spatial rules, he gained great inspiration, forming many wonderful concepts and ideas.

Merely theoretical; as long as it works in theory, the difficulty of creation is much, much lower.

As early as thirty years ago, based on World God and Primal Annihilation, he had integrated the spatial mysteries of the Three Phases United and created two perfect-grade Combined Divine Techniques.

These two seemingly perfect Combined Divine Techniques were only theoretically possible to cultivate successfully.

But the actual cultivation difficulty was so exaggerated that there was almost no hope of success.

For anyone else, even if they conceived such a Divine Technique, they would give up immediately.

It is like teaching someone to earn a hundred million; others would at least say to study, to try, to start a business and gain experience, offering at least a sliver of hope for realization.

But he was like saying, win the lottery for several dozen consecutive periods and you will have a hundred million.

The possibility is infinitesimally close to zero.

The method is there, everyone knows it, but everyone also knows it is simply impossible to do.

Without an advance, Lin Qing would also be unable to achieve it.

"However, the Blood Cauldron King has five-color Divine Artifacts; whether there is a Combined Divine Technique or not makes little difference..."

Lin Qing revealed a slight smile.

The most perfect Combined Divine Technique is one level stronger than a standalone Divine Technique, and Divine Artifacts can achieve this step as well.

"If only there were a set of Divine Artifacts," Lin Qing sighed inwardly.

With the Combined Divine Techniques he created, only a set of Divine Artifacts could be effective; otherwise, it would hold little meaning.

Pity, he did not even have the method to forge a set of Divine Artifacts.

Let alone, he currently possesses only a single-color Divine Core; even if he had the method, he could not forge high-level sets of Divine Artifacts.

Most importantly...

As far as he knew, the method to forge sets of Divine Artifacts was an extremely precious top secret, the higher the level, the more so.

Thus, Lin Qing could only place his hope on the Kings' Ruins.

"First, let Earth ascend to a Level Two civilization..."

Lin Qing immediately left the Great Void Tomb.

Nowadays, Earth has long since transformed into a high-dimensional planet.

This step is simple; as long as the natives of a life planet become Void creatures, they can help the planet consciousness ascend dimensions and connect to a point in the Void Sea.

Although it has not truly entered the Void Sea, it can be considered to have a connection.

Thus, the spatial structure where a high-dimensional planet resides is different; not only is the energy much denser, but there is also a sliver of possibility for geniuses with ninth-level talents to be born.

Every main star of a 1.9-level civilization is like this.

This point connecting to the Void Sea is also key to opening Secret Realms in the Void Sea.

On Earth, surrounded by countless Cloud Cities, within a vast plain on the Asian continent, on that vast metal platform prepared long ago, stood mountains composed of colorful crystals.

That incredibly dense energy nearly completely shrouded this platform, as if it were the place of the Universe's Origin.

"38 billion tons of Star Origin Stones, tsk tsk."

Lin Qing surveyed the mountains formed of Starfall Source Stones; this magnificent scene left him unable to help but sigh in awe.

Chu Hongjun appeared beside him, gazing at these Starfall Source Stone mountains as well, and said, "Actually, it is 45 billion tons of Starfall Source Stones. We prepared a bit extra to prevent accidents and for the subsequent expansion of the secret realm."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "Rest assured. I have already checked quite a bit of data. Once the Void Secret Realm is established, the population can continue to expand. Even the initial state of the Void Secret Realm can support hundreds of trillions of primordial beings."

Qi Lingxiao could not help but ask, "How long does it take to open a secret realm?"

"Very quickly." Lin Qing smiled and said, "I estimate it will take only a few hundred years."

Yi Leina Duo voiced some concern, "Will other civilizations in the Void Sea discover it?"

"That is certain." Lin Qing said, "A Level Two civilization's Void Secret Realm is like a series of lighthouses in the darkness of the Void Sea. The masters of other civilizations' secret realms will definitely discover it."

He smiled slightly again and said, "But there is no need to worry. The space-time power of the Great Void Tomb is still effective; it can even integrate into the secret realm. Within the secret realm, my control over the power of the world is surely far stronger than that of other secret realm masters."

Lin Qing said no more, immediately suspended himself in mid-air, began to connect with the consciousness of Earth, and at the same time attempted to cause the entire Earth to ascend in dimension and enter the Void Sea.

"Boom—boom—boom—"

Amidst the invisible roaring, space trembled wildly. At this moment, the entire Earth began to shake as well. The consciousness of Earth transmitted emotions of attachment, joy, and gratitude, while the large quantity of Starfall Source Stones on the platform continuously crumbled.

The planet nurtured life, sheltered life, and gave life the possibility of evolution.

And now, it was his repayment and nourishment to his mother planet.

(End of this chapter)