Chapter 266: Sunset

Divine Artifact, Ji Zao Zhi Zhu.

It contains nine cosmic origins; as a seven-color set artifact, only a Seventh-Phase Combined Divine Art can truly unleash its power, and only a perfect Seventh-Phase Combined Divine Art can fully activate it.

If someone without a created Combined Divine Art obtains this Ji Zao Zhi Zhu, it is merely equivalent to acquiring four ordinary seven-color divine artifacts.

And Lin Qing is precisely able to fully unleash the power of this set artifact.

"No wonder set artifacts are so precious…"

Lin Qing sensed the Ji Zao Zhi Zhu within his body; now he finally understood the uniqueness of set artifacts.

The key lies in the cosmic origins within.

The fact that the four seven-color artifacts themselves can perfectly combine is already rare; what is most precious is still the nine cosmic origins that can skillfully merge into one.

Without these nine cosmic origins, the set artifact would not be nearly so precious.

Of course, in terms of preciousness.

Even a seven-color set artifact containing cosmic origins is only slightly more valuable than a Chaos Artifact.

"For me right now, a single Chaos Artifact is of little use…"

Lin Qing muttered to himself, "But a seven-color set artifact can instantly boost my strength by a full tier; when I forge my own life-bound Chaos Artifact in the future, I can directly use the Ji Zao Zhi Zhu as its core…"

A single Chaos Artifact can only be fully activated by a Void Sovereign who has created a Divine Art based on complete spatial laws.

For super-strong Void Sovereigns of this caliber, once they possess a Chaos Artifact, their power surges dramatically, and their probability of becoming a Void-Level Divine Official increases greatly—hence their immense value.

Unfortunately, even most Void Divine Officials lack Chaos Artifacts, let alone Void Sovereigns.

A single Chaos Artifact can truly be called a world-suppressing treasure for an entire civilization!

Yet the seven-color set artifact's power is clearly inferior to that of a Chaos Artifact, yet its value is higher—precisely because of the cosmic origins within.

"The number of powerhouses who crave a single Chaos Artifact is probably staggering…"

Lin Qing pondered inwardly, "But a seven-color set artifact isn't so bad—if you haven't created a Seventh-Phase Combined Divine Art, you can't use it at all; yet even for super-strong ones, a Seventh-Phase Combined Divine Art is far inferior to a Divine Art created with complete spatial laws…"

According to what he knew, creating a Divine Art based on complete spatial laws was extraordinarily difficult.

Across the entire Void Sea, with thousands of Level-Two civilizations and a considerable number of Void Sovereigns, perhaps not one in several thousand could achieve this!

The difficulty was unimaginable.

But once a Divine Art is created with complete spatial laws, fully integrating all spatial mysteries, its power becomes absurdly immense.

"Compared to such super-strong ones, my current strength is probably still inferior…"

Lin Qing reflected inwardly, "But on this main star under the gaze of the Cosmic Will, I don't need to fear too much…"

In this era of the Void Sea's 8.6 billion years, only dozens of powerhouses reached the cosmic limit of willpower, and they likely became Void Divine Officials very quickly.

After so many years, most of them have surely perished under the Yu Xingyuan's assaults.

It's uncertain whether any such powerhouses still exist—even if they do, there are surely no more than one hand's worth!

So he had nothing to worry about.

"The Tianqi Lake Group seems to want to deal with me—this is a good opportunity…"

Lin Qing suddenly had an idea.

He immediately activated his divine artifact vessel and deliberately flew toward regions with higher concentrations of Void Sovereigns on the main star.

…

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Second Cosmic Network, Tianqi Lake Group's Highest Council Space.

A host of Void Sovereign high-ups had left a thread of consciousness here, ready to communicate and adjust plans at any moment.

At this moment, they were idly chatting.

"I heard the stolen innate divine artifact is a seven-color set artifact; it seems it won't attract many powerhouses."

"Indeed, except for the truly top-tier terrifying powerhouses of the Void Sea who might need a seven-color set artifact as a core to forge a set Chaos Artifact, other powerhouses have no use for seven-color set artifacts."

"I recall two hundred million years ago, in the Western Extreme Seas, at Five Dragon Sea, an innate divine artifact appeared—it was a Chaos Artifact; countless powerhouses descended, and the struggle was brutal."

"After all, even those few Chaos-Color Divine-Graced Children find it very troublesome to forge Chaos Artifacts."

"This time it's been much calmer—also a stroke of luck for our Tianqi Lake Group."

The group of Void Sovereigns chatted idly; they rarely encountered such earth-shattering events in the Void Sea, and were unusually inclined to idle talk.

Suddenly—

The Ji Zao Zhi Zhu, who had been sitting silently with closed eyes, suddenly opened them, a glint of joy in his gaze.

He took a deep breath and looked at the others, saying: "Gentlemen, I have located the Star God's trail."

"Oh?"

"Finally found him."

"Where?"

"Where did he hide?"

The group of Void Sovereigns immediately began asking.

The Ji Zao Zhi Zhu slowly smiled and said: "This Star God is indeed an unparalleled prodigy; right now he is on this Life-System main star. Remarkably, he is merely a Void Being, yet possesses such astonishing willpower—he not only ascended to the main star, but entered a region belonging to an innate divine artifact; clearly, he is refining his will."

He murmured: "Had he not pushed his will to its limit and lost the mental capacity to maintain his disguise technique, my old friend would never have detected him."

One after another, the Void Sovereigns marveled.

"A Void Being with willpower rivaling a Void Sovereign?"

"Indeed incredible—not only is his strength astonishing, but his spiritual will is this strong? He truly has no weakness…"

"He must be a prodigy cultivated by one of the Three Sacred Sects; truly formidable."

"Then kill him—after all, such sacred sects will revive him anyway."

"But since the plan has changed, shouldn't we inform my lord Yongye?"

At this moment, the Void Dominators all began exclaiming and discussing among themselves.

"Of course." Ji Zao Zhi Zhu nodded slightly and said, "I've already notified the Eternal Night King."

He looked toward another Void Dominator and said, "Jiu Yan Zhi Zhu, this time you just need to come with me to the Main Star. The will of you and me should be the highest among everyone present, right? Although I alone could easily kill him, it's safer if you come along."

Jiu Yan Zhi Zhu nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry, my will has also improved recently. On the Main Star, I can exert more than ten percent of my strength."

"Oh?" Ji Zao Zhi Zhu's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he praised, "That's quite an improvement. Congratulations."

Hearing this, the group of Void Dominators also couldn't help but offer their praise.

Being able to set foot on the Main Star means one's will can bear the complete spatial laws.

Some veteran, long-established Void Dominators, with astonishing mental will, could forcibly exert a few percent of their strength on the Main Star despite the pressure of the universe's will.

If one's mental will can exert ten percent of its strength on the Main Star, it means that mental will has already touched the threshold of becoming a Void Divine Professional.

Most Void Dominators who temper their will on the Main Star do so to reach this threshold.

What if one day they had a sudden enlightenment and created a terrifying divine technique that integrates complete spatial laws, and their will is sufficient? Then they could completely go to the Supreme Star and try their luck at a Void-level Divine Profession!

"With Ji Zao Zhi Zhu and Jiu Yan Zhi Zhu taking action, this operation is already more than enough."

"Although that Star God has decent strength, barely reaching the threshold of the seventeenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan, on the Main Star he probably can only exert one or two percent of his power. Any Void Dominator with strong will could probably defeat him."

"That Star God was already far inferior to the two of them, and is restricted so harshly. He's bound to die."

"He's just seeking his own death."

"Then I'll have to trouble the two of you to make a trip."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the conference room immediately relaxed considerably. The plan, which had already been fairly confident, now seemed certain to succeed, so naturally everyone was in a pleasant mood.

At the same time, Ji Zao Zhi Zhu also sent the message to the true master behind the Tianqi Lake Group—the Eternal Night King of the Star Fall Civilization.

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Star Fall Civilization world, Eternal Night Palace.

In a palace dark as an abyss, the Eternal Night King sat upon Wang Zuo, while before him in the void, strange images appeared one after another.

Some of these images had overlapping shadows, some were dark as an abyss, and some were like messy, chaotic lines interwoven, making no discernible meaning.

"Honestly…"

The Eternal Night King frowned slightly. "Brother has already reached this step, and he still needs me to help find that newly born innate divine artifact?"

However, he actually understood in his heart.

His brother, this Yuan Emperor, as the strongest of the Star Fall Civilization, is also one of the strongest beneath the Three Ancestors and the Main Gods in the entire Void Sea, and doesn't even fear those Chaos Children in the slightest.

He only lacks one set-type Chaos Divine Artifact to truly be invincible.

But…

Without a Seven-Colored Set Divine Artifact as an artifact embryo, even a Chaos Child cannot forge a set-type Chaos Divine Artifact.

As for the universe's origin?

That is even rarer; only the Three Ancestors and the Main Gods can obtain the universe's origin!

Now that a Seven-Colored Set Divine Artifact has finally been born, it's perfectly normal for brother to desire it.

"Hard to investigate…"

The Eternal Night King sighed inwardly. "Such terrifying will—I don't know how it was tempered. Even Royal Brother is still a hair's breadth away from 'Will Becoming True.' Perhaps this person also wants to forge a set-type Chaos Divine Artifact…"

He looked at these patterns before him that only he could understand, feeling both troubled and headache-y.

"Not even a trace of time and space can be detected. Has the essence of life already leaped out of time and space? Is it someone from the Three Great Sacred Lands again?"

As a Void Divine Professional skilled in deducing and detecting traces, he could already glimpse a trace of time and space.

In the vast Void Sea, only those six Main Gods and the people of the Three Great Sacred Lands were ones he couldn't detect any trace of.

Only means of leaping out of time and space can shield his detection.

"Oh, besides the Three Great Sacred Lands, that Mountain Sea Realm is also like this, not allowing me to glimpse anything at all…"

The Eternal Night King frowned. "The methods of a third-level civilization are truly unfathomable…"

Suddenly—

He received a message from the Tianqi Lake Group.

"Went to the Main Star?"

The Eternal Night King raised an eyebrow slightly, then couldn't help but smile: "A Void creature actually has such astonishing mental will. Could it really be a Chaos Child? If it's true, that would be a huge gain."

Previously, he had only judged based on the strength of that Star God who destroyed the Tianqi Lake Group that there was a certain possibility it was a Chaos Child.

But he was only guessing blindly.

However… now it seems, a Void creature having such astonishing will means there's a high probability it's the legendary Chaos Child.

It just hasn't grown up yet.

"How lucky."

The Eternal Night King smiled. "I actually encountered a Chaos Child that hasn't risen yet? If I perform such a great merit, what reward will that Yu Xingyuan Monarch bestow this time?"

His heart was filled with anticipation, and he immediately sent out a message—

【Mr. Luori, that Star God is currently on the Main Star of the Strange Fog Sea. Please go take action personally and seize his Divine Spark】

Only a Star God can deal with a Star God.

His goal was to completely destroy that Chaos Child's future. Dealing with this Star God who hadn't yet grown up, naturally he couldn't just kill him and be done with it.

With the Sacred Land's ability, resurrecting a Star God is also effortless.

He must seize his Divine Spark, causing him to lose his identity as a Star God—only then could a Chaos Child truly be destroyed.

Therefore, he naturally couldn't just let those Void Dominators from the Tianqi Lake Group take action, but had also invited a powerful Star God to be the oriole behind the mantis.

This Mr. Luori, among Star Gods, could be considered extremely strong. Not only had he long achieved Void Dominator, he had also cultivated many extremely powerful Dominator-level secret arts, and possessed multiple Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts. He had long since transformed his Divine Spark to the Five-Colored realm.

Compared to those subordinates of the Void Dominators, he trusted this Mr. Luori more.

"What a pity? A Son of Chaos, gone and withered just like that."

The King of Eternal Night could not help but laugh.

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Sea of Eerie Fog, the main life-system star.

A towering, colossal giant peak stood here, as if unchanging through the ages.

This was the No. 18 Innate Divine Artifact zone.

Under the omnipresent, terrifying pressure of the cosmic will, in the past only Void Dominators would come here to temper their spirit and will.

But today, an additional Void creature had appeared.

This made the group of Void Dominators tempering their will on the mountain peak feel somewhat surprised and taken aback.

Although this Void creature was only at the foot of the mountain, at the outermost edge of the divine artifact zone, bearing the lowest cosmic will pressure, for a Void creature it was already astonishing enough.

Quite a few Void Dominators had also heard about the disappearance of an Innate Divine Artifact, but not that many went to join the commotion.

"Little fellow, how old are you? To already possess such will?"

Lin Qing heard the voice and looked up, only to see a Void Dominator in the appearance of a withered old man sitting cross-legged on a rock not far above, looking him over with unconcealed curiosity.

"I've been cultivating for quite a number of years as well," Lin Qing said casually.

"Oh?" the withered old man asked, "Do you have any special secret arts for tempering the will?"

"No," Lin Qing said, too lazy to say more, and immediately closed his eyes.

Suddenly—

Lines of crimson prompts appeared before his eyes, and Lin Qing could not help but be stirred in his heart.

Here it comes!

(End of this chapter)