Chapter 283: Great Harvest!

"Given the foundation of these two avatars of our honored guest, obtaining the highest-tier rewards of the Star-level Trial and the Void-level Trial won't be difficult."

The red-robed elder glanced at Lin Qing's Black Flame Tribe avatar and Blood Cauldron King avatar, then looked back at Lin Qing's true body and said, "However, the requirements of the Sovereign-level Trial are extremely high. If I'm not mistaken, honored guest, it hasn't been long since you became a Void Sovereign, has it?"

"That's right." Lin Qing nodded, then said, "I heard that the trials of the Kings' Ruins test potential and talent, not strength, correct?"

"Indeed, strength is not tested." The red-robed elder said, "But the one who set the Sovereign-level Trial is none other than the renowned 'Light King' of our Kings' Realm. Combined with the inherent difficulty of the Sovereign-level Trial, His Majesty Light King's screening conditions are also extremely stringent."

He looked at Lin Qing and consoled him, saying, "Moreover, as the first Gravekeeper, for the new civilization nurtured by the Primordial Realm, you are the trailblazer cutting through thorns and brambles. You won't enjoy many of the benefits brought by the new civilization of the Primordial Realm, and you'll probably even have to support the civilization. Your cultivation environment is likely far inferior to even those 2.9-tier civilizations, let alone 3-tier civilizations. So even if you fail the Sovereign-level Trial, it would be perfectly normal."

"Is the Sovereign-level Trial set by His Majesty Light King really that difficult?" Lin Qing was taken aback.

"Truly very stringent." The red-robed elder shook his head. "Talent, comprehension, bloodline genes — these are all secondary. You'll know once you go."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment, then immediately walked into the Hall of Kings.

Immediately after, the Black Flame Tribe avatar headed toward the Star-level Trial on the right corridor, the Blood Cauldron King avatar headed toward the Void-level Trial in the middle corridor, and his true self headed toward the Sovereign-level Trial on the left corridor.

……

Lin Qing discovered that at the end of each trial corridor was a stretch of cosmic starry sky, and within that starry sky were massive planets one after another.

After passing through the trial corridor, he appeared on a platform floating within the starry sky.

On the platform stood a stone stele, upon which the trial requirements could be seen line by line.

The requirements of the Star-level Trial were not considered difficult—

For example, travel to Planet One, ascend the Heaven-Reaching Mountain, and the trial of heart and will would be passed.

Or trials of comprehension, combat ability, cosmic favor, secret art compatibility — and on a peculiar miniature planet, a trial of bloodline.

The Black Flame Tribe avatar immediately began tackling the trials planet by planet. These trials were all aimed at Star-level beings, and although the requirements were high, for him they were nothing.

For example, regarding heart and will, clearing Planet One only required reaching the two-thousandth level of the Bronze Demon Mountain.

For him, naturally, there was no difficulty at all.

All three avatars shared his consciousness, so their will intensity was naturally the same — all at the level of Will Materialization. Such terrifying will would not diminish in the slightest even if he were reduced to an ordinary person.

As for combat power, although the Black Flame Tribe avatar could not use the divine technique that fused with spatial mysteries, relying solely on basic divine techniques and a gene index of up to 560,000 times, it could easily unleash combat power at the peak of the thirteenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan.

A mere Star-level being able to unleash such strength was simply horrifying.

Passing this Star-level Trial was naturally effortless.

As for the Blood Cauldron King avatar heading to the Void-level Trial, it was equally easy.

Lin Qing had long ago pre-advanced the perfect Seven-Phase Combination Divine Technique for the Blood Cauldron King avatar. This kind of pure comprehension and technique-based skill, he naturally could also help with.

Coupled with a terrifying gene index, its combat power also reached the seventeenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan, more than enough to crush most Void Sovereigns. Passing the trial was naturally not difficult.

……

Sovereign-level Trial Space.

"This trial…"

Lin Qing examined the lines of text on the stone stele, his gaze focusing on the final trial.

These trials were always the same wine in new bottles — the directions tested were merely heart and will, comprehension, gene bloodline, combat, secret art compatibility talent, and so on.

Although the first few trials were difficult, he still had considerable confidence in them.

Even for the secret art compatibility talent trial, a Sovereign-level secret art and the required cultivation resources had been prepared, allowing him to cultivate it to minor completion within the allotted time — he only needed to pre-advance it.

But this final trial was different.

"Stay on Planet Seven for a full year without losing yourself in the future, and you may obtain the highest-tier reward?"

Lin Qing was somewhat bewildered. "What does it mean to lose oneself in the future?"

This was the trial set by that illustrious great being of the Kings' Realm, the 'Light King' — it seemed it was meant to test some aspect of talent?

He had nothing at all in any of the three Daos of time rules, not even a shred of insight, so naturally he didn't understand what so-called 'losing oneself in the future' actually meant.

"Let me pass the first six trials first."

Lin Qing didn't think further and immediately went to tackle the first six trials.

Normally, even if other trial-takers perfectly passed all the trials, they could not obtain the highest reward.

But he was different. As the 'honored guest' of the Hall of Kings, his rewards were elevated by one tier — as long as he could pass all the trials, he could take the highest reward!

……

As time passed day by day, trial-takers began to be eliminated.

And after Lin Qing had some contact with other trial-takers from the Void Seas during these days, he also discovered something—

Whether by coincidence or not, these trial-takers who had obtained the King's Certificate and entered the Kings' Ruins were all absolute prodigies of their respective Void Seas — not even a single slightly weaker one among them, each capable of passing at least three or four trials.

One must know that the difficulty of the Kings' Ruins trials was so high that even passing any single trial would already make one an absolute genius of many 2-tier civilizations, and passing so many was even rarer.

Yet they all happened to obtain the King's Certificate?

This made Lin Qing realize that these people being able to obtain the King's Certificate was probably not simply a matter of luck.

Just like the King's Certificate in his hands — it had originally been in someone else's possession, and only by a twist of fate did it fall into his hands. Perhaps this was not as simple as coincidence.

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

Lin Qing's Black Flame Tribe avatar had finally passed the seventh trial of the Star-level.

"Bloodline compatibility trial passed."

Accompanied by a deep voice, the youthful-looking Black Flame Tribe avatar also rose from the blood pool, looking at the blood water of the pool whose bloodline energy had been completely absorbed, and couldn't help but secretly heave a sigh of relief.

It seemed the bloodline compatibility was quite perfect?

At this moment, Lin Qing only felt spacetime suddenly distort and begin to shift. In the blink of an eye, he appeared within the hall of a divine temple, where three mysterious figures wearing gorgeous crimson robes and flame masks could be seen, observing him from afar.

"Greetings."

One of the flame-masked men spoke in a gentle tone, "We act under the orders of the Flame Demon Sovereign, responsible within this Hall of Kings for screening the talented figures of the cosmos. You have successfully passed the trial."

Another spoke, "Given that you possess the Summoning Mark of our Kings' Realm, and possess such talent, you may obtain the highest reward."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a fist-sized dark-gold orb appeared in the void. Immediately, wisps of dark-gold fire streams arose in the void, their terrifying temperature even incinerating space, emanating a horrifying aura.

"This object is the bloodline of the Fire Abyss Clan, the imperial clan of the Demon Race."

The man in the flame mask looked at the Black Flame Clan avatar and said, "You already possess a trace of the Black Flame Clan bloodline from the Demon Race, and the Fire Abyss Clan is the source of the Black Flame Clan. With the strength of your bloodline genes, you are fully capable of containing this Fire Abyss bloodline and truly awakening the Fire Abyss Clan's innate abilities."

The Fire Abyss Clan?

Lin Qing's heart couldn't help but stir.

The Divine Race is a special human race that has fused with the Void Divine Clan bloodline; every single one of them is extremely powerful, and this is because every single member of the Void Divine Clan is extremely powerful.

The Demon Race, on the other hand, is a special human race that has fused with the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan bloodline; their strength varies, and this is because the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan has both strong and weak members, with the weakest even being at the level of primordial creatures.

However, the imperial clans within the Demon Race are equivalent to the imperial clans within the Divine Race.

Lin Qing never expected that this so-called highest reward would be the bloodline of the Demon Race's imperial clan?

"In addition..."

The mysterious man wearing the flame mask waved his hand, and a wisp of brilliant, dazzling light flew over, merging into Lin Qing's brow. "This is a wisp of soul power from Your Majesty the Flame Demon Emperor. It contains the strongest secret technique cultivated by Your Majesty the Flame Demon Emperor. After you fuse the Fire Abyss bloodline, you may attempt to cultivate it. Although it only covers the Sovereign stage, as long as you can cultivate it to perfection and transcend the universe, Your Majesty the Flame Demon Emperor will teach you the next stage."

"A Source-level secret technique? 'Universe Incineration'?" Lin Qing was not particularly excited in his heart.

Although this was a Fire-attribute Source-level secret technique at the level of transcending the universe, he already possessed the higher-grade 'Mist Pigeon Secret Technique' and had even witnessed the supreme Kite Secret Technique, so naturally, he was not that excited.

"This is the Spirit of the Fire Source."

The mysterious man wearing the flame mask waved his hand again, and a crystal sphere, inside of which seemed to be burning an entire world, floated gracefully toward Lin Qing.

He then said, "This Spirit of the Fire Source is sufficient for you to cultivate the secret technique 'Universe Incineration' to the limit of the Sovereign stage."

Lin Qing immediately accepted it.

The resources and treasures required to cultivate a Source-level secret technique to the Sovereign-level limit are simply far more precious than ten Chaos Divine Artifacts.

For this kind of secret technique cultivation that requires resources, he could still advance his own, but there was no way to do so for his avatar.

With this Spirit of the Fire Source, there was no need to worry about resource problems.

"You may leave."

After Lin Qing left, the three mysterious men wearing flame masks looked at the empty temple and couldn't help but sigh.

"This person has excellent aptitude. Although it is an avatar, reaching such a level is already very impressive."

"Especially the will; it has actually reached the level of Will Manifesting Truth."

"Unfortunately, he is the gravekeeper of the Primordial Realm Vacuum Great Tomb, so Your Majesty the Flame Demon Emperor finds it difficult to accept him as a disciple."

"Your Majesty is truly generous, specially bestowing a wisp of soul power to teach this person a secret technique, and even specially gifting a Spirit of the Fire Source?"

"A lean camel is still bigger than a horse; even if the Primordial Realm is destroyed, the foundation in certain aspects remains very strong."

"Only a great existence like Your Majesty the Light King would not care about such a genius."

"Indeed, didn't you see the personnel Your Majesty the Light King sent to supervise the selection? Every single one of them looks down on everyone else, each more arrogant than the last, acting as if they were Your Majesty the Light King's personal confidants."

After the Black Flame Clan avatar received a great benefit, only three or four months later, the Blood Cauldron King avatar also passed the Void-level trial.

"Your path does not align with that of Your Majesty the Ice Emperor."

Inside the temple, the mysterious woman wearing an ice-carved mask looked regretfully at the Blood Cauldron King avatar and said, "Therefore, Your Majesty the Ice Emperor is willing to bestow upon you two treasures."

She tapped her fingertip, and a mirror resembling hard ice appeared before Lin Qing's eyes.

Inside the mirror surface, a strange world could be seen, where countless crystal-clear ice pillars refracted countless beams of light, emitting a mysterious aura.

"This object is called 'Thousand Illusion Ice World'. It is an item used to enhance comprehension and maintain a state of cold tranquility, which can help you comprehend the Creation Divine Art."

The mysterious woman wearing the ice-carved mask explained.

Lin Qing's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Enhance comprehension?

Help comprehend the Creation Divine Art?

He happened to need to integrate the complete Space Law into a Divine Art, and he was feeling it was a bit too difficult; this Thousand Illusion Ice World could help him just in time!

"The second treasure is this object."

The mysterious woman wearing the ice-carved mask reached out again, and a strange Divine Artifact resembling an ice pillar flew out. A terrifying aura spread out, and an aura of chaotic ignorance enveloped the entire temple.

Lin Qing couldn't help but be startled in his heart and couldn't help but speak up: "A set-type Chaos Divine Artifact?"

"Correct."

The mysterious woman wearing the ice-carved mask said, "You hold a Life-type divine office, so Your Majesty the Ice Emperor has bestowed upon you a Life-type set-type Chaos Divine Artifact. Even though your original body is a Star God and can forge a Heart-Refined Divine Artifact, before you achieve a Chaos-colored Divine Core, this set-type Chaos Divine Artifact will surely be of great use to you, right?"

Lin Qing took a deep breath, suppressed the shock and excitement in his heart, and immediately nodded, saying, "That is natural. Thank you to Your Majesty the Ice Emperor for the gift."

He did not hesitate at all and immediately stored away these two treasures of unknown value.

Chaos Divine Artifact.

It is already the number one treasure of the Void Sea, and a set-type Chaos Divine Artifact is even more incredibly precious!

Of course...

He must first create a Combined Divine Art using the complete Space Laws before he can truly activate this set-type Chaos Divine Artifact.

As for forging his own Heart-Refined set-type Chaos Divine Artifact?

The power of the Heart-Refined Divine Artifact unique to Star Gods is indeed very strong, but who knows when that will be.

Not only must the Divine Core be elevated to Chaos-colored, but enough rare materials must also be gathered, along with a Seven-Colored set-type Divine Artifact to serve as the vessel embryo, before it can possibly be forged; the requirement for luck is also very high.

Having a set-type Chaos Divine Artifact in hand first will allow his strength to increase greatly in the future!

At least...

When he creates a Combined Divine Art using the complete Space Laws and can truly activate this set-type Chaos Divine Artifact, his strength will be comparable to that of a Child of Chaos.

At that time, finding a way to elevate the Divine Core to Chaos-colored will be the simplest path.

"A great harvest..." Lin Qing couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

(End of this chapter)