Chapter 246: Chaos

Bai Ta World, Holy Star City.

Inside the quiet manor, Lin Qing waved his hand, and a dark cyan glass Wang Zuo appeared on the ground before him.

He immediately sat upon it, and his consciousness connected to the virtual space within.

Then, in that boundless starry sky-like virtual space, Lin Qing began to practice a divine technique he had created himself.

……

Second Universe Network, inside Verlo's private auxiliary space.

"What a trouble..."

Verlo frowned as he looked at the intelligence just received from his home civilization, "That genius invested in by Xiayax back then has become a Void Ruler; that's one thing, but he actually created a divine technique using spatial rules? He has the potential to become a Void-level Divine Servant? Is it that he is favored by the universe, or am I?"

The blonde masked woman, his personal attendant, spoke slowly, "Young master, the influence of the universe's favor is limited, especially regarding super-strong beings at the level of Void-level Divine Servants; their birth is a miracle in itself."

"I know."

Verlo took a deep breath, "But if Xiayax truly has a Void-level Divine Servant supporting him behind the scenes, then it will really be troublesome. At the next group evaluation, unless I make a major breakthrough or have the support of a super-strong being, the group might reselect Xiayax as the first heir. One step slow, all steps slow; in the end, my fate will also..."

As one of the heirs selected by the Tianze Group, he had to face much competition.

Having reached this point, even if he wanted to withdraw, it was impossible.

The blonde masked woman was slightly stunned and said, "Young master is now able to connect with my lord Xingyin, which will also earn a high evaluation from the group. Moreover, as long as young master passes the trial of the King's Relic in the future, things will be very different."

Verlo fell silent for a moment, then shook his head, "My lord Xingyin is ultimately a high-ranking figure of the Tianyuan Seat Holy Land; how could she take me seriously? It is just that, to her, I happen to have some utility value."

He paused, "As for the trial of the King's Relic? Whether one can pass is uncertain; even if passed, what one can obtain is also uncertain."

The blonde masked woman had nothing to say.

Indeed, the three Holy Lands are so transcendent, always looking down upon the many civilizations of the Void Sea; how could they value an heir of a 2.7-level civilization force?

"I can only do my best."

Verlo said in a low voice, "Try to leave a good impression on my lord Xingyin. For such a great figure, if she feels even a hint of annoyance or impatience, I'm afraid I will never have the chance to connect with her again."

The blonde masked woman nodded slightly.

"By the way." Verlo suddenly asked, "What is the status of those geniuses I asked you to invest in?"

"The one with the most potential, like me, is estimated to have a chance of becoming a Void Ruler." The blonde masked woman said, "However, that person's comprehension is quite ordinary; he hasn't even created a Three-Phase Fusion divine technique, so he probably has no hope of achieving the status of a Void-level Divine Servant."

Verlo frowned and shook his head, "True geniuses are each full of arrogance; it is too difficult to dig out the unknown ones."

With his status in the group, dozens of Void Rulers already support him; having one more or one less makes no difference.

It must be a sufficiently weighty great figure.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Verlo's eyes changed, and he immediately spoke in a solemn tone, "My lord Xingyin wants to see me; you may withdraw first."

The blonde masked woman immediately nodded and left.

Verlo adjusted his clothing, then took a deep breath and invited my lord Xingyin into this private auxiliary space.

In the next moment, Xingyin, dressed in magnificent robes, appeared here.

"My lord Xingyin." Verlo greeted respectfully.

"Verlo, send people to watch that Master Jingguang. Do not let him escape." Xingyin said indifferently.

"Watch him?" Verlo was slightly stunned, instantly reacting: "Could it be that my lord Xingyin has already confirmed it?"

"My father has already confirmed that this Master Jingguang is not one of our Tianyuan Seat's people."

Xingyin said indifferently, "It took such a long time to create even a single-phase divine technique; obviously, he is not a Holy Land Star God. He is most likely a Star God who got lucky and emerged from some weak civilization, pulling the banner of our Tianyuan Seat civilization to seek benefits."

She paused, then added, "After observing the entangled connections on that Master Jingguang, father also confirmed that the Void Creature servant beside him is merely his clone."

"Truly..." Verlo's face was somewhat complex, and regret arose in his heart.

If he had known this, back at the Endless Deep Pool, he should have acted directly, seized the Proof of the King, and there would not be so many troubles; moreover, my lord Xingyin would owe him a favor.

At that time, he was also awed by the background of the opponent's Tianyuan Seat civilization, so he did not dare to act, but chose to yield a slot.

"Verlo."

Xingyin looked at Verlo and said indifferently, "Have your people watch that Master Jingguang closely; do not let him escape back to his home. I must not have to descend personally. Do you understand?"

Verlo slowly nodded and said solemnly, "Please rest assured, my lord."

Xingyin glanced at him, then left.

She was going to ask my lord father for instructions; with father, the direct disciple of the Progenitor, thoroughly investigating, as long as it is confirmed that the opponent is not one of those Star Gods of the Holy Land whose status is unbelievably high, she will have no scruples.

Perhaps Verlo will act, but as long as it is not ordered by her, it has nothing to do with her.

"Young master?"

After Xingyin left, that blonde masked woman appeared behind Verlo again.

"Have the personal guard watch that Master Jingguang." Verlo said in a low voice, "If anything happens, inform me immediately; absolutely do not let him escape."

"Yes." The blonde masked woman said, "Young master, rest assured; I will personally lead the team."

With her self-created Five-Phase divine technique and her strength in wielding the Five-Colored Divine Artifacts, she could be called a peak strong one among Void Creatures!

Dealing with a Void Creature who just created a single-phase divine technique, even if the opponent has a Void Creature clone, is not that strong; naturally, she has full confidence.

"Do not startle the snake."

Verlo instructed, "Only a Star God can truly threaten a Star God. I will go now to invite Mr. 'Mo Feng'; at that time, with 'seizing the Divine Core' as a threat, he will hand over the Proof of the King."

The blonde masked woman nodded slightly.

She had also experienced the voyage and adventure of the Void Sea and naturally witnessed battles between Star Gods.

When a Star God fights a Star God, once the Divine Core appears, if one of the Star Gods dies, the Divine Core will be seized and absorbed; even if resurrected, one will forever lose the Divine Core and the position of Star God.

Therefore, in battles between Star Gods, either one voluntarily hands over the Divine Core to save one's life, or after being killed, the Divine Core is seized.

Only by absorbing four Divine Cores of the same color and quality can the Divine Core evolve to a certain level.

In an era where tens of thousands of Star Gods are born, only a few Star Gods with Chaos-colored Divine Cores are produced.

This is the natural rule of competition among Star Gods.

"If there is an opportunity, let us act ourselves to snatch that half of the Proof of Kings from that Master Jingguang."

Verlo said slowly: "If it truly develops to the point where Lord Xing Yin must act personally, descend from the Holy Land, and laboriously search for the Proof of Kings, then there is no need to speak of favors anymore."

"Yes." The blonde masked woman nodded.

Tianyuan Zuo Holy Land.

As a civilization that leaped out of time and space, existing just one step away from becoming a Level Three civilization, the Tianyuan Zuo civilization was also incomparably vaster than the Void Secret Realm, like an infinitely vast world.

In the center of the Holy Land lay a majestic and towering palace complex.

The closer the palaces were to the center, the more majestic and grand they were; especially the Ancestral Hall and the Chaos Hall at the very center, whose scale far exceeded that of the other palaces.

The dozens of surrounding palaces encircled these two great palaces.

However, although the Ancestral Hall and the Chaos Hall appeared to hold equal status, a discerning person could see that the Ancestral Hall was subtly slightly lower than the Chaos Hall.

At this moment, within the palace surrounded by endless Lei Ting among the dozens of palaces encircling the two great palaces like stars surrounding the moon, Xing Yin knelt beneath a golden Wang Zuo flashing with lightning.

Upon the golden Wang Zuo sat a tall figure clad in a white robe, hidden within the thunderous light; only endless Lei Ting could be seen transforming into lightning-like embroidery patterns on his sleeves.

"Father, please help verify this."

Xing Yin said respectfully: "That Master Jingguang is highly likely a Star God from a weak civilization. However, I recall Father's words—that anyone who might possibly involve the one from the Chaos Hall must be treated with extreme caution even if there is a shred of suspicion, so I have not yet acted."

"My child, you are very sensible." The Lei Ting white-robed figure said in a low voice: "The Legacy of the Kings is indeed quite important to you, and even more so to your disciple. I am willing to help you, but... since there is a possibility it involves the Lord from the Chaos Hall, we can only wait a bit longer. After that Lord emerges, I will ask indirectly."

Xing Yin nodded slightly.

After all, to the one from the Chaos Hall, her matter was merely a trivial small affair.

It would not do to ask Father to seek an audience with that Lord over such a small matter.

In the entire Tianyuan Zuo Holy Land, only the Ancestor has the qualification to see that Lord at any time, and the Ancestor likewise respects that Lord.

"Rest assured."

The Lei Ting white-robed figure said: "It will not be too long. Every ten thousand years, that Lord convenes a meeting of numerous Void-level divine officials from the Life System, based on intelligence from the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan. The next meeting will be in merely a few hundred years."

"Thank you, Father." Xing Yin breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At the same time, Lin Qing also sent a message via the Second Universe Network to the Secret Realm Master of the Bai Ta World—the Bai Ta Holy Master.

The two immediately arranged to meet in the Bai Ta Holy Master's private auxiliary space.

"I did not expect Mr. Lin Qing, who rejected that Tianyuan Zuo Ancestor, to actively invite me to meet?" the Bai Ta Holy Master said with a smile.

"Coincidentally, there are some matters for which I wish to ask the Holy Master for help." Lin Qing said.

"Oh?" the Bai Ta Holy Master said: "Please speak. If I can help, I will do my best."

The entire Void Sea knows that this newly emerged Lord of the Shanhai Realm not only received the legacy of a Level Three civilization but even received an active gesture of goodwill from the Tianyuan Zuo Ancestor.

There are many Secret Realm Masters who wish to befriend him; she never expected it would be her turn?

"Indeed, there are two matters I wish to trouble the Holy Master with."

Lin Qing said: "First, I wish to exchange a divine artifact with the Holy Master. I have an Order-system Five-Color divine artifact of the Domain type. Does the Holy Master possess a Life-system Five-Color divine artifact of the Domain type?"

"A trivial matter." Upon hearing this, the Bai Ta Holy Master felt somewhat disappointed.

She often exchanges divine artifacts with other Secret Realm Masters; this does not count as helping, at most it is merely a small favor.

Such a small favor cannot establish any friendship.

"These are all the Life-system Five-Color divine artifacts in my treasure catalog." The Bai Ta Holy Master immediately transmitted a catalog of data to Lin Qing. "Just tell me which one you wish to exchange."

"Thank you."

Lin Qing immediately began to examine it carefully.

The Bai Ta Holy Master, having lived for hundreds of millions of years as a Secret Realm Master and being a Void-level divine official, surprisingly possessed as many as seven Life-system Five-Color divine artifacts.

"Very well, I will take this one."

Soon, Lin Qing selected one Life-system Domain-type divine artifact from among them, also Five-Color.

The Bai Ta Holy Master nodded slightly and asked: "Is this divine artifact for your own exchange, or...?"

"For my own use." Lin Qing said: "After all, I still only possess a single-color Divine Seat and cannot forge high-level divine artifacts."

"I have heard that the innate divine artifacts forged by Star Gods possess power several times greater than normal divine artifacts." The Bai Ta Holy Master said: "I believe Mr. Lin Qing will also reach that day in the future."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

He also wishes to.

Unfortunately, an innate divine artifact must be integrated into one's own Divine Seat and evolve alongside the evolution of the Divine Seat, so one can only forge one or a set of innate divine artifacts.

He must first obtain the most suitable set of divine artifacts before choosing to forge them as his innate divine artifacts.

"And the other matter?" the Bai Ta Holy Master asked.

"This matter will require the Bai Ta Holy Master's help."

Lin Qing said: "I wish to trouble the Holy Master to find a little one for me and have that little one join my Shanhai Realm civilization."

"Oh?" the Bai Ta Holy Master could not help but ask: "Which little one is so lucky to have earned the favor of Mr. Lin Qing?"

"In the Marquis Yuan Xueqiu family, there is a core genius named Yuan Xueqiu." Lin Qing said: "Please help me. If Marquis Yuan Xueqiu is unwilling, you may also discuss it with me."

"Yuan Xueqiu?" Under a single thought search by the Bai Ta Holy Master's true body, the target's data was immediately confirmed.

A little one still at the level of a primordial creature.

"Yuan Xueqiu is indeed a core genius of the Yuan Xueqiu family, possessing not only Authority at the Tenth Energy Level but also demonstrating extremely astonishing comprehension and luck from a young age."

The Bai Ta Holy Master said softly: "And most crucially... Yuan Xueqiu successfully fused a trace of the 'Heavenly Snow Kite' bloodline. There is great hope for her to formally fuse the bloodline in the future, so Marquis Yuan Xueqiu values her greatly and would rather she remain at the primordial creature level to temper her will."

"Heavenly Snow Kite?" Lin Qing understood.

Heavenly Snow Kite.

One of the terrifying species of the Void Sea, a natural Void Sovereign; as long as its bloodline can be fused, there is hope to push the gene index to nearly three hundred times the cosmic standard.

A genius with transcendent comprehension; only with such a gene index is there hope to achieve the status of Star God.

No wonder Marquis Yuan Xueqiu attaches great importance to this.

"Is there hope to make Marquis Yuan Xueqiu agree?" Lin Qing said, "I can provide her with a better cultivation environment and inheritance."

"Hard to say."

The Bai Ta Holy Master shook his head slightly and said, "Mr. Lin Qing wants Yuan Xueqiu; you should intend to make her sign a contract to become part of the Shanhai Realm civilization, to have her immigrate completely, correct?"

"Of course." Lin Qing nodded.

"Then that is indeed somewhat troublesome."

The Bai Ta Holy Master said, "Marquis Yuan Xueqiu has also lived for hundreds of millions of years; the traces of time are naturally heavy. With his strength, relying on inherited divine artifacts, he can only just resist the descent and attacks of the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan, but he is nearing his limit. Perhaps one day he will no longer be able to hold on, so he is also quite eager for a suitable successor."

Lin Qing frowned slightly.

After the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan grows into the Void Demon stage, they feed on time and most crave those living beings who have lived the longest.

Moreover, descending from the Yu Xingyuan, under the shroud of the Yu Xingyuan, it is said to be impossible to guard against.

The longer one lives, the more terrifying the Void Demons encountered become.

Having lived for hundreds of millions of years, how terrifying must the Void Demons encountered be?

"However, I will still help you go talk to Marquis Yuan Xueqiu." The Bai Ta Holy Master said.

"Troublesome." Lin Qing nodded.

This Yuan Xueqiu concerns the funeral goods, or rather the inheritance, of a tomb in the Primordial Realm; naturally, it is very important.

In the past, for the sake of steadily transforming into the Void, for the sake of the Earth civilization's transformation, he had temporarily endured it.

Now there are not so many reservations; if it can be obtained, naturally, one must do one's utmost.

(End of this chapter)