Chapter 254: Adventure Team

In the blink of an eye, another hundred years had passed.

On this very day, Lin Qing arrived at the Bronze Demon Mountain and, following the bronze long steps of the mountain path, walked step by step toward the summit.

Every tier of steps carried heavy assaults of will and various mental temptations; the higher the tier, the more exaggerated the difficulty of the trial for mental will became.

The last time he came was a thousand years ago; back then, he had only recently broken through to become a Void Being, and in the end, he reached only the twenty-one thousandth tier.

"It's been so long since I came; I wonder how high I can reach this time..."

Lin Qing's ascent speed was very fast; enduring the heavy trials of mental will, step after step, he made almost no pause at all through the first thirty thousand steps.

Only after reaching the thirty-thousandth tier did his pace begin to gradually slow.

In the end...

He stopped at the thirty-four thousandth tier.

"Progress is indeed considerable..."

Lin Qing nodded slightly. "The memories experienced each time I draw upon advances have some tempering effect on the will; accumulated time and again, they do yield results, but as the mental will grows stronger, the tempering effect also weakens..."

He did not stay long and immediately left the Bronze Demon Mountain.

Immediately afterward, he summoned Yuan Xueqiu, but her main body still had not emerged from the Cangxue Divine Palace, clearly still trapped in the final trial.

"No need to rush; take your time. The stronger your power before your transformation into a Void Being, the greater the benefits you will gain in the future."

After instructing her once, Lin Qing departed.

Then, he went to meet Qi Lingxiao, Chu Hongjun, and Yi Leina Duo.

"Hall Master Qi, have you already created a Divine Technique? And is it a Three-Phase one?" Lin Qing looked at Qi Lingxiao with some astonishment.

Qi Lingxiao had only been transformed into a Void Being for a hundred years.

To create a self-made Three-Phase Divine Technique within a hundred years was something only the Star Gods of the Three Great Sacred Sites could possibly achieve.

In terms of spatial mysteries, Lin Qing helped Qi Lingxiao integrate the world's origin, so rapid progress was normal; but creating a Divine Technique oneself places great emphasis on comprehension.

"Just luck," Qi Lingxiao scratched the back of his head. "Suddenly, a whim struck, and during a moment of sudden enlightenment, some ideas arose."

"Qi Lingxiao's luck has improved again," Chu Hongjun said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with a fingertip. "His luck has always been abnormal; I have conducted multiple tests on him. After each transformation of his life level, his fortune increases; it is very marvelous."

"When life level transforms, luck also improves?" Lin Qing felt this was somewhat incredible.

Could luck improve alongside the elevation of life level?

He had never heard of such a thing.

No wonder even the Crown Prince had noticed Qi Lingxiao's peculiarity.

"I don't know either," Qi Lingxiao touched his head. "But my luck does seem to have improved again."

"Truly marvelous," Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said, "I originally planned to first forge single-color and two-color Divine Artifacts for you to use, but I didn't expect you to create a Three-Phase Divine Technique so quickly."

"No rush."

Qi Lingxiao said, "Anyway, I feel I can still improve; let's wait until you can forge high-grade Divine Artifacts."

Lin Qing nodded slightly, then looked at Chu Hongjun and Yi Leina Duo and said, "How much longer until the two of you transform and break through to become Void Beings?"

"Not long," Chu Hongjun said calmly. "Yi Leina Duo and I are not combat-type Divine Offices; we only need to focus on contemplation, and we do not require Divine Artifacts."

Yi Leina Duo said softly, "I should be able to break through within a thousand years."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "That is good."

These three were all genius figures who had risen during the most backward period of Earth's civilization; now, with sufficient resources for cultivation, their progress was naturally very rapid.

Lin Qing had even specially paid an astronomical price to purchase several slaves possessing the Tenth-Level Authority Talent.

Although the Tenth-Level Authority Talent was rare in a Level-Two Civilization, it still outnumbered the Void Sovereigns by countless times.

A slave possessing the Tenth-Level Authority Talent was worth at least three hundred billion Void Coins.

Although it was an astronomical price, for him, buying a few was nothing.

With an almost 100% success rate in artifact forging, making money was too simple.

Subsequently, Lin Qing raised the Authority of Qi Lingxiao, Chu Hongjun, Yi Leina Duo, Zhao Jiayi, and his Black Flame Clone to the Tenth Level.

The Ninth Level and the Tenth Level were both manifestations of spatial talents; even a Ninth-Level talent could become a Void Sovereign.

However, the Tenth-Level spatial talent was stronger, the perception of space was clearer, the probability of transforming into a Void Being was higher, and mastering complete spatial rules was easier.

As for his clone, it was actually unnecessary.

Even the Tenth-Level Authority was, in essence, merely a manifestation of ability and talent.

As for condensing Star Origin Stones, it held little meaning for him anymore.

The main consideration was that when entering the Relics of the Kings in the future, the Black Flame Clone would be responsible for the Star-Level trials; the higher its talent, the greater the natural advantage.

"Everyone, cultivate in peace."

Lin Qing said, "In thirty-seven thousand years, our Shanhai Realm will also begin to participate in the Civilization War; at that time, my strength alone will not be enough."

Chu Hongjun nodded slightly and said, "You only need to focus on your own cultivation; if you can become a Void Sovereign, allowing the Secret Realm to transform and grow more rapidly, the speed at which geniuses are born in the Shanhai Realm will also increase."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I plan to start venturing into the Void Sea in the next two days to prepare for the Void Sovereign level."

"So soon?" Qi Lingxiao was stunned. "You have only broken through a thousand years ago; even adding the tenfold acceleration of the cultivation chamber, that is only ten thousand years. Venturing out so soon?"

As a Star Divine Office holder and a Void Being, he naturally could not fail to understand the meaning of 'venturing.'

For a Void Being to master spatial rules, besides spatial mysteries and will, one must personally comprehend a sufficiently vast world; this means one must venture into the Void Sea.

Moreover, the Star-Level Rare Divine Office also holds the opportunity to transform into a Void-Level Divine Office.

This requires personally leaving one's soul imprint on the Supreme Stars of the Void Star Sea, the three hundred and eighty Main Stars, and the one hundred thousand Void Stars.

Therefore...

Anyone venturing alone into the Void Sea is almost certainly a powerful figure with grand ambitions!

At the very least, they are strong Void Beings, and among the Void Beings, peak existences are not few in number.

The dangers and intensity of competition within can be imagined.

"I have little room for improvement left recently."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly. "There should be no danger for me to venture out now; do not worry."

He is now truly at the level of a Void Sovereign!

Most Void Sovereigns are probably not his match; this strength is enough to make a name for himself in the Void Sea.

"I heard that civilization wars often follow a soldier-versus-soldier, king-versus-king mode of warfare."

Lin Qing said, "Now, every master of a Level 2 civilization is a Void Sovereign except for me. Before the next civilization war begins, if I can transform into a Void Sovereign, I should not need to worry."

There are still thirty-seven thousand years left; he was not sure if he could succeed.

But he could only do his best.

Otherwise, if the civilization war is lost, the consequences and costs would be quite great.

……

……

This Void Sea is named Tianyuan Sea; the five sea regions of east, west, south, north, and center also each distribute numerous Void Realms.

Among them, a Void Realm located at the edge of the East Pole Sea region is a Level 2.3 civilization—

the Wu Qi He Civilization.

At this moment, a massive Void Boat shaped like a whale was shuttling out from the Wu Qi He Civilization world, becoming a flying fish on the sea, galloping across the turbulent and chaotic surface of the Void Sea.

The spatial folds above the Void Sea rose like mountain ranges, and layered like waves; these folds sometimes soared into the clouds, and sometimes collapsed rapidly. In the instant of collapse, they erupted with dazzling light, and within that light, it seemed countless tiny spaces were being born and destroyed.

Light bursting from the deep sea in the distance was also stretched into strange shapes, forming bands of light that were both brilliant and eerie.

And this Void Boat shuttled through this strange Void scenery just like this.

In the dark Void illuminated by the light bands, dozens of figures were visible on the deck; each was a Void Being, some in groups of three or five, some solitary and alone.

At this moment, at the edge of the deck, a tall man in white robes stood quietly facing the surging Void Sea, occasionally glancing back at those fellow travelers behind him.

"Starting from an ordinary and inconspicuous civilization like Wu Qi He, it should not be too conspicuous..."

Lin Qing gazed at the distant fog of the Void Sea and couldn't help but ponder silently.

He also understood.

The identity of Mirror Light was after all too sensitive; probably many eyes were watching him, so he directly used the Bronze Demon Mountain to obtain a new Level 2 civilization introduction mark, then cast the Reincarnation Technique to transform into a new appearance.

The Wu Qi He Civilization had not experienced a defeat in a civilization war; even if outsiders entered, it would not cause much reaction.

Even after the Master of that Void Realm in the Wu Qi He Civilization discovered Lin Qing, he came to see him immediately.

Only this Master of the Void Realm knew that Lin Qing entered the Void Realm world through a copied introduction mark, not one created by him, the Master of the Void Realm, so he naturally suspected Lin Qing was from the Three Sacred Sites.

Lin Qing did not say much, casually chose an adventure team, and left the Wu Qi He Civilization.

"Fifty Void Beings, each with at least the strength of Yu Xingyuan Thirteen Layers..."

Lin Qing muttered to himself, "Not a very strong adventure team, but passable; at least they are qualified to explore the known world of the Void Sea..."

Whether one can transform into a Void Sovereign has nothing to do with Divine Techniques.

As long as one comprehends the Seven Aspects, comprehends all spatial mysteries, has a will strong enough, and a cognition of a world vast enough, one can become a Void Sovereign.

Theoretically, even without understanding Divine Techniques, one can still become a Void Sovereign.

It is just...

The Void Sea is fraught with crises; not only natural crises of the Void Sea, but also Void Pirates, kin of the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan, servant species, and so on. To dare venture out without sufficient strength is purely suicide.

Yu Xingyuan Thirteen Layers is considered a strong power among Void Beings; with multiple joining forces, they are qualified to venture into the Void Sea.

"I will not think about the Life-System Supreme Star for now..."

Lin Qing muttered to himself, "First, I will visit the one hundred thousand Life-System Void Stars and the three hundred and eighty Life-System Main Stars in the Void Sea, and leave soul marks first."

In this Void Sea, every faction naturally possesses ten thousand Void Stars, three hundred and eighty Main Stars, and one Supreme Star!

Leaving a soul mark on every star is also a prerequisite for achieving a Void-Level Divine Office.

Any Void-Level Divine Office must fulfill this requirement to have hope.

Moreover, leaving soul marks on these faction stars allows the soul to be nourished and nurtured by the strange energy of the stars, improving comprehension, enhancing spatial perception, and stabilizing the soul; there are considerable benefits.

But the number of soul marks each star can accommodate is limited.

Once a soul mark is left on a star, it means a dedicated 'Challenge Platform' has appeared on that star.

This fragment of a soul mark will form an avatar on the Challenge Platform.

Others who want to forcibly plant a soul mark must form an avatar on the Challenge Platform and defeat the opponent's avatar with their avatar.

Every avatar possesses only the same Divine Office abilities, without secret arts, divine artifacts, and so on; the strength of the formed avatar depends solely on personal life level and gene index, unrelated to anything else.

And within this vast Void Sea, the number of strong ones is immense, comparable to carp crossing a river.

Even the Void Stars with the largest numbers have long been filled with soul marks.

Therefore, the strong ones qualified to leave soul marks on Void Stars are almost all top-tier powers among Void Beings.

Of course...

Once a Void Being dies, the soul mark left on the star will also disappear.

This gives some weaker Void Beings the opportunity to 'snatch a bargain'.

Once a soul mark is planted, it can at least remain stable for a thousand years, equivalent to a thousand-year protection period where no one can challenge it.

And the adventure team Lin Qing chose, this group of Void Beings, has the goal of 'comprehending the world' and touring the twenty thousand Void Stars in the East Sea, to see if there is an opportunity to snatch a bargain.

"Mr. Galaxy."

At this moment, a voice carrying a smile suddenly sounded from behind.

Lin Qing turned his head and saw a blue-skinned woman, almost completely naked, standing behind him; she was one of the Void Beings who formed this team, and also the one who was solitary and alone.

And Galaxy was his alias.

"Ms. Doria." Lin Qing nodded slightly.

Fortunately, the two races differed greatly; even though they were nearly naked with only scraps of cloth covering them, it did not feel strange.

"Mr. Yinhe, hello."

The blue-skinned woman said sincerely, "After this adventure team reaches the first Void Star, most will likely disband. Mr. Yinhe, are you interested in teaming up with me?"

"No need," Lin Qing said, shaking his head slightly.

He planned to travel through every Void Star and those main stars in the entire Eastern Sea, never stopping; he had only joined an adventure team to leave the Wuqi River Civilization to avoid suspicion.

However, he had displayed only ordinary strength this time and was alone; why did this woman seek him out?

This made him feel somewhat strange.

"Then... alright." The blue-skinned woman hesitated for a moment, then left.

After she turned her back on Lin Qing and departed, she couldn't help but mutter in her heart: "Old man, are you sure the strongest one in this adventure team is this Yinhe? He doesn't look like it..."

A hoarse voice rang in her mind: "I saved you, and you don't even believe my words?"

(End of this chapter)