Chapter 262: Main Star

After a vote by the Void Sovereigns of the Tianqi Lake Corporation, the majority agreed with Ji Zao Zhi Zhu's proposal.

Immediately, Ji Zao Zhi Zhu contacted the hidden true owner of the Tianqi Lake Corporation—the prominent figure of the Starfall Civilization's imperial clan.

In the vast conference room, a middle-aged man clad in a plain single garment appeared.

His face was ordinary, his figure tall and slender, bald, with faint silver eyebrows and eyes glowing with cold, dark gold light, exuding extreme indifference and cruelty, like some merciless bloodthirsty creature.

"Greetings, Lord Eternal Night."

Ji Zao Zhi Zhu and the other Void Sovereigns bowed respectfully, performing the Starfall Civilization's worship ritual.

This was not merely out of respect for the powerful, but because Lord Eternal Night had once promised them noble status within the Starfall Civilization.

As a Level 2.8 civilization, even a single marquis family of the Starfall Civilization was far stronger than all three of their civilizations combined, in both number and quality of Void Sovereigns.

Moreover, a Void Divine Office holder like Lord Eternal Night, bearing imperial blood, could be granted a princely title within the Starfall Civilization!

Even across the entire Void Sea, Void Divine Office holders were unquestionably among the supreme powers.

The vast majority of Level 2 civilizations did not possess such beings.

"... Oh? Then it does seem troublesome."

After Lord Eternal Night, expressionless, learned the details and glanced at the file's image of Lin Qing, he said coldly: "This individual is most likely a prodigy of the Three Sacred Sites—and a Star God. Truly extraordinary, and perhaps... even a Chosen Chaos Child?"

"Star God?"

"Chaos Child?"

"What is a Chaos Child?"

"Chaos Child!"

Upon hearing this, the Void Sovereigns' expressions shifted repeatedly.

Of course, the vast majority of Void Sovereigns had never heard of the "Chaos Child."

But those who understood the significance of the "Chaos Child" were drenched in cold sweat, their inner shock unmistakable.

The other Void Sovereigns could not help whispering to one another, quietly inquiring.

When they learned the meaning of "Chaos Child," they too were left momentarily stunned.

The Star God chosen by the six major sects' patron deities?

A peerless prodigy destined to become a Chaos God?

A true Chaos Child who reached peak power could effortlessly slaughter ordinary Void Divine Office holders?

To them, Void Divine Office holders were already supreme, towering beings—while a Chaos Child was a terrifying existence beyond imagination.

"It's only a possibility."

Lord Eternal Night said coldly: "Even if he truly is a Chaos Child, there's nothing to worry about—he's merely an undeveloped Chaos Child. Kill him, and that's that."

The Void Sovereigns were momentarily stunned.

Nothing to worry about?

Kill him, and that's that?

Ji Zao Zhi Zhu couldn't help saying: "My lord, that's a Chaos Child—a peerless prodigy favored by the Chaos God. This..."

"You likely have had little contact with the Three Sacred Sites, so it's natural you don't understand."

Lord Eternal Night said expressionlessly: "A Chaos Child is indeed a Chaos Child—but they are merely candidates deemed promising by the six patron deities. In truth, since the last Great Extinction, as the Void Sea's civilizations were reborn, over the past 8.6 billion years, countless Star Gods have been born, and many have been chosen as Chaos Children—yet only one Destruction Chaos God has emerged."

Upon hearing this, the Void Sovereigns could not help holding their breath.

The Great Extinction.

It was the cataclysm that eradicated all civilizations of the previous era of the Void Sea.

Around this vast Void Sea lies the endless abyss—the high-dimensional manifestation of the Yu Xingyuan, which nurtures countless Yu Xingyuan Demons.

It is said that 8.6 billion years ago, the Void Sea hosted numerous Level 2 civilizations, but wherever the countless Yu Xingyuan Demons surged from the abyss, all was reduced to extinction—whether Void Divine Office holders or Void Sanctuaries, all were destroyed.

Even the Three Sacred Sites, which transcended time and space, could not escape; though the Three Ancestors and the Sanctuaries themselves survived, all other life within them perished.

This was the Great Extinction.

One Extinction equals one epoch.

After the Great Extinction, the many Level 2 civilizations of this epoch emerged like mushrooms after rain, guided by the Three Ancestors of the Sacred Sites.

8.6 billion years is an extraordinarily long span of time.

Aside from the Three Ancestors and the six Chaos Gods, no matter how powerful a Void Divine Office holder, they could live at most a few hundred million years before being dragged into the Yu Xingyuan and killed by Void Demons.

This was an unavoidable calamity—even a Chaos God could not save them.

Over 8.6 billion years, the number of Star Gods born numbered no less than a million, if not ten million.

Yet only one Chaos God emerged?

"But... a Chaos Child is still favored by the Chaos God."

Ji Zao Zhi Zhu frowned: "And even if he fails to become a Chaos God, he will one day become a supreme figure in the Void Sea..."

"So what?" Lord Eternal Night said coldly: "From the information you provided, he possesses no set divine artifacts. Even with a perfect-tier combined divine technique, to achieve such power, he must have an astonishing gene index and must have assimilated an extraordinarily potent bloodline."

His gaze swept across them: "Such a powerful bloodline is a once-in-a-lifetime fortune. Kill him, and even if the Sacred Sites revive him, he must re-cultivate—and he will lose this bloodline."

The group of Void Sovereigns listened, hearts pounding.

"This..." Ji Zao Zhi Zhu couldn't help frowning: "If so, won't we make a mortal enemy? And what of the Chaos God behind him...?"

"The Chaos God will not intervene."

Lord Eternal Night coldly cut him off: "Or rather, precisely because he is a Chaos Child, neither the Chaos God nor the Sacred Sites can intervene for him."

Ji Zao Zhi Zhu froze slightly.

The other Void Sovereigns also paused in surprise.

"This touches upon a secret of the universe. Your knowledge as Void Sovereigns is fortunate."

Lord Eternal Night scanned the group, then said: "Star Gods are indeed uniquely special, but they are also the easiest targets for Yu Xingyuan Demons. It is said that other Divine Office holders, upon transcending cosmic time and space, can evade the Yu Xingyuan's calamity—but Star Gods are different."

"Star God..." said the King of Eternal Night, "Even if one becomes a Chaos God, even if one leaps beyond the universe's space and time, one will still be watched by the Yu Xingyuan. Even after becoming a Lord God and receiving the universe's protection, able to fearlessly face the calamities of the Yu Xingyuan, the Yu Xingyuan will still target anyone with a karmic connection to a Lord God. Therefore... for a Star God chosen by a Lord God as a Child of Chaos, the Lord God is even less willing to intervene, and even more eager to sever all ties."

Only then did the many Void Rulers understand.

Although the six Lord Gods are eternal and unfalling, they are also targeted even more ruthlessly by the Yu Xingyuan Demons.

"And as for the Holy Lands, they do not wish for the Star God to truly become a Chaos God."

The King of Eternal Night spoke indifferently, "If a Star God becomes a Chaos God, and that Chaos God ascends to the position of a Lord God, the Holy Land, as the birthplace of the Lord God, will also be implicated and destroyed by the Yu Xingyuan Demons."

Though the Void Rulers did not fully understand Lord Gods or Chaos Gods, they knew that a Chaos God represented the Void stage of the universe god series of divine offices, while a Lord God was the faction master of this Void Sea, representing authority.

"Does that mean... the current six Lord Gods are not from the Holy Lands?" Ji Zao Zhi Zhu suddenly asked.

"Their origins are unclear, but it should be so," said the King of Eternal Night. "The Star God you speak of has displayed such astonishing strength, clearly having the potential to become a Chaos God. His Holy Land hometown would naturally fear him, and even deliberately obstructing him would be normal."

The Void Rulers all listened with some astonishment.

Their hometowns could not even cultivate a Star God, let alone a Star God of such potential.

And the Holy Land not only refuses to help, but also deliberately obstructs?

Perhaps... this is one of the reasons why becoming a Chaos God is so difficult?

It makes sense.

Who would want their hometown to give birth to a Chaos God, only to have the hometown implicated and destroyed because of ascending to the position of a Lord God?

"So, there is no need to worry."

The King of Eternal Night spoke softly, "Killing him and weakening his potential might even be a situation his hometown Holy Land would be happy to see. Even if not... a Lord God is impossible to intervene for him. Star Gods coming out to face life-and-death dangers is merely training; dying is simply a matter of being less skilled, and they can be resurrected anyway. How could the Holy Land stand up for him?"

He paused, "Even if that Star God comes seeking revenge himself, it matters not. Let him come to the Starfall Civilization. My elder brother, Your Majesty the Yuan Emperor of the Starfall Clan, is one of the strongest existences beneath the Chaos Gods and the Three Ancestors."

Hearing this, the many Void Rulers finally felt relieved.

"No need to hold back. Just act."

The King of Eternal Night spoke coldly, "The hundreds of Void Stars in this Misty Sea are the territory and property of my Starfall Clan. If necessary, I will act myself. Moreover... I am accumulating wealth for my Starfall Clan. Do you understand?"

The Void Rulers nodded one by one, feeling much more secure in their hearts.

The Holy Land will not intervene, and their backs are supported by the powerful Starfall Clan. What is there to fear?

Although the opponent is an unparalleled genius, he is currently just a Void being.

With this King of Eternal Night shouldering the burden, they naturally have little fear.

It is rumored that the Yuan Emperor of the Starfall Civilization is so terrifying in strength that he rivals the direct disciples of the three Holy Land Founders, being one of the strongest existences beneath the Three Ancestors and the Chaos Gods!

The Eastern Extreme Sea of this Void Sea is also ruled by that Yuan Emperor!

"In that case..."

Ji Zao Zhi Zhu immediately spoke, "Let us make plans at once and resolve that Star God as soon as possible."

Eastern Extreme Sea, Starfall World.

Located in the center of the world at 'Yuan Capital', the Palace of Eternal Night is the domain of Wang Zuo, one of the twenty-four Kings of the Starfall Imperial Clan.

The main hall of the Palace of Eternal Night.

Wang Zuo, with silver eyebrows and an indifferent expression, sat silently on Wang Zuo, his fingertips lightly tapping the armrest of the chair, while his consciousness participated in an online meeting of the Apocalypse Lake Group through the Second Universe Network.

A moment passed.

After the meeting ended, Wang Zuo slightly narrowed his eyes and said softly, "Perhaps... he really is a Child of Chaos? That would be troublesome indeed... Letting these fools try is not a bad idea."

The secrets he spoke of during the meeting were indeed true, after all, he could not lie in the contracts to be signed subsequently.

But... they were not the whole truth.

Although Children of Chaos are not favored by the Holy Lands, there are other situations.

Moreover... Children of Chaos are not in a competitive relationship; they can even be considered allies.

"However... the current few Children of Chaos, though their strength is terrifying, are still slightly inferior to my elder brother..."

Wang Zuo slightly narrowed his eyes, "If he really is a Child of Chaos, resolving him now would be a great merit for the Yu Xingyuan. If enough merit can be accumulated, even when the Great Silence comes, our Starfall Civilization might still survive..."

"Hmm, this matter must also be discussed carefully with my elder brother..."

On the boundless, endless Void Sea.

A long white line quietly extended across the dim sea surface, and at the very front of the white line was a massive Void Boat, rushing forward at a terrifying speed of over a million kilometers per second.

Inside the Void Boat, Lin Qing leaned casually against a sofa, looking at the metal map in his hand.

"Only two Life-type Void Stars and one Life-type Lord Star remain without a Soul Imprint planted. After that, we can leave the Misty Sea..."

Lin Qing thought to himself.

Over the past hundred-plus years, he had nearly visited all the Life-type Void Stars among the hundreds of Void Stars in the Misty Sea.

Most of the time was wasted on the journey to board the Void Stars; to avoid being discovered by the Apocalypse Lake Group, he had to disguise himself as an ordinary Void Boat each time.

Otherwise, the time could have been shortened by more than half.

"Void Stars are not difficult; the difficulty lies with the Lord Stars..."

Lin Qing thought to himself, "I heard that those who can leave a Soul Imprint on a Lord Star are at least Void Rulers, and not ordinary Void Rulers. Lord Stars can even nurture innate divine artifacts..."

To achieve a Void-level divine office, one must leave a Soul Imprint on the ten thousand Void Stars, the three hundred and eighty Lord Stars, and that one Supreme Star of their faction.

The number of Void Stars continues to increase as the Void Sea expands.

However, each faction has only 380 Lord Stars, fixed and unchanging, so the difficulty is naturally completely different.

It is said that these Lord Stars are all shrouded by the Will of the Universe and attract the Universe's Origin to draw near. To ascend a Lord Star requires not only strength but also great emphasis on Will!

Those with insufficient Will cannot exert much power even on a Lord Star.

Those powerful ones who can plant a Soul Imprint on a Lord Star not only cultivate closer to the Universe's Origin while on the Lord Star but also have the possibility of obtaining the innate divine artifacts nurtured by the Lord Star!

Divine artifacts are, by nature, products of resonance with the universe's primordial source.

Places like the Main Star, so beloved by the universe's primordial source, can naturally give birth to innate divine artifacts.

It is just that...

The more powerful an innate divine artifact, the more it is favored by the Will of the Universe, and the more terrifying the oppression it exerts on the will of the mind.

Once one attempts to take away an innate divine artifact, they will also face resistance from the Will of the Universe.

Indeed, every living being can take away only one innate divine artifact from the 380 Main Stars of their own faction.

"My will of the mind is not even as strong as the Void Sovereign's; I wonder if I can ascend to the Main Star?"

Lin Qing was not entirely sure and felt somewhat helpless: "I heard that this Main Star, the Sea of Mysterious Fog, also has several innate divine artifacts. Unfortunately... I fear I cannot take away even a single one..."

(End of this chapter)