Chapter 345: The Realm of Kings Where War Flames Burn

The Realm of Kings, Jueying Star.

On the boundless glacial land, the cold wind was biting, and frost and snow danced wildly.

A streak of light suddenly tore through layers of ice; accompanied by a rolling avalanche of vast snow, that streak of light flew up into the sky above the glacier.

"So that's how it is..."

Lin Qing looked at the surging massive snow flow below. "One must first perfect a subtlety before smoothly cultivating the next? Fortunately, the Future Sight subtlety is only a tiny bit away; I just need to break through the final bottleneck."

After the Future Sight subtlety fell into a bottleneck, he tried turning to cultivate the 'Future Body' and 'Descend into the Future', these two major time subtleties, but it was unexpectedly difficult and slow.

Even though he had already advanced these two major time subtleties, their fusion was extremely difficult.

If this continued, even with thirty-eight million years, he had no confidence in becoming a High Chaos Being, let alone completing the second trial.

"I can only follow Zhe Yu's method."

Lin Qing pondered silently: "Find some strange treasures involving future rule abilities as references; perhaps that will allow me to break through the bottleneck faster..."

He turned to look at that distant continent. "These strange treasures only work within the universe. Eternal Existences almost always operate in the endless chaos and look down on such treasures; only High Chaos Beings might use them. Perhaps the High Chaos Beings with enfeoffed titles on First-Class Stars have collections?"

Lin Qing did not waste time; immediately, he transformed into a streak of light and flew toward that continent over ten million kilometers away.

Under existing conditions, he had nearly reached the limit of his cultivation; continuing to seclude himself would yield very slow progress. Wasting time might mean failing the trial of Your Majesty, the Light King.

Coincidentally, he and that Lord Tianchuan still had an unfinished transaction.

Jueying Star, this massive planet with a diameter of tens of billions of kilometers, has over 90% of its territory extremely treacherous and unsuitable for habitation and survival.

The only territory suitable for human gathering is this extremely vast Jueying Continent.

At this moment, inside a small city located on the edge of the continent.

Lin Qing found a shop selling various books in the local area; paying just one Universe Sand allowed him to browse all the books in the entire shop at will.

And the shop owner was incredibly delighted, respectfully gave change, and then granted Lin Qing the library access rights established by the Second Universe Network.

Lin Qing was not entirely clear on the value of this one Universe Sand, but among the relics he obtained after killing that witch, he had only found several thousand Universe Sands and discovered no other currency.

It seems there must be an online bank on the Second Universe Network, and the circulating currency is likely the common money used by civilians.

"Let's first look at the history of the Realm of Kings..."

Lin Qing started by reading the basic common knowledge of the Realm of Kings. Although such a small library could not possess knowledge of too high a level, it did have some basics.

"The Realm of Kings has a three-hundred-billion-year history; before transforming into a Level Three Civilization, it was called the Sacred Land of the Palace of Kings..."

"The entire Realm of Kings, besides the three Divine Kingdoms of Tian Guang, Yuan Chu, and Wan Hai, also has twenty-six nations?"

"The star domain of the Frozen Empire can be divided into nine hundred and fifty-two prefectures, with five levels of life planets. As a First-Class Star, Jueying Star also has Prefecture Stars and Emperor Stars..."

"The various nations, led by the three Divine Kingdoms, are constantly at war. Besides the border wars that never cease, every so often, the various prefectures also wage war and plunder against each other..."

As Lin Qing's understanding of the Realm of Kings gradually deepened, he could not help but feel increasingly alarmed.

It appears that the Realm of Kings has almost never had a peaceful period; the frequency of war and the vastness of the battlefields can be called a war of the entire universe!

Not only does war constantly break out between the Realm of Kings and the Yu Xingyuan Demon Clan at the edge of the universe, but wars are also continuous between the various nations; down to wars between prefectures within a nation, and even wars arising among lords with titles within a planet fighting for territory!

Moreover, any being who reaches the Void Level must serve in the military!

The only rule is this one point—

War must not affect beings below the Void Level, must not affect desolate star regions, and must not affect specific groups possessing Glory-Level military merit.

"That makes sense; beings below the Void Level consume negligible energy, and they can almost never achieve immortality, having only that many years of lifespan..."

Lin Qing also specifically checked the conditions for 'Glory-Level military merit'.

He found that one must either have made great contributions in the Yu Xingyuan War or made significant contributions to the Realm of Kings; the specific standards also depend on the life level of the meritorious person, and the conditions are quite harsh.

As for the desolate star regions, those are dead zones with no energy supply. People who voluntarily live in desolate star regions, while not affected by war, will face a dead end once their energy is exhausted.

"On a First-Class Star like Jueying Star, where the environment is so superior, almost everyone becomes a Void Being upon reaching adulthood, meaning they face war at all times..."

Lin Qing sighed silently.

On a First-Class Star, the High Chaos Beings who have been enfeoffed with the title of Earl each have their own territories, and these territories are closely linked to the lords' interests.

What do High Chaos Beings do if they want to expand their territories?

The only path is war!

In such wars, Void Beings are merely civilians who could be trampled and crushed by war at any moment.

"Marquis Xing Lian, so the star domain where this Xing Lian Prefecture is located is his fief? No wonder that witch suspected me after I said I hadn't heard of Marquis Xing Lian..."

"So the Wanxiang World Company is in Xing Lian Prefecture, and it is still the top power of Xing Lian Prefecture..."

"Lord Tianchuan's status on Jueying Star seems average, and his territory isn't particularly large?"

After Lin Qing spent several days reading in this shop's library within the Second Universe Network, he had gained a basic understanding of the Realm of Kings.

Simply put—

As a newly formed Level Three Civilization, the Realm of Kings has been attacked by the Yu Xingyuan many times, so it desperately needs powerful beings to resist the Yu Xingyuan.

And the best method of cultivation is relying on the tempering of war!

Everyone is a soldier; this also perfectly solves the hidden danger of the increasing number of immortals in a Level Three Civilization, eliminating the weak or useless through war.

"Truly cruel..."

Lin Qing gradually realized that a Level Three Civilization is not the transcendent, supreme civilization he imagined; it too has various disasters and a class system of the strong devouring the weak.

However, ultimately, it is because the Realm of Kings faces the crisis of the Yu Xingyuan that such a cruel war universe was created.

Otherwise, as long as the three Masters of Civilization modify the universe rules to restrict birth or limit the population in other ways, it would suffice.

"Go find Lord Tianchuan first."

Lin Qing did not linger; after sending a message to Lord Tianchuan, he left this small city and headed straight for Lord Tianchuan's territory.

This Jueying Continent spans over a billion kilometers in length and width, yet it occupies less than 10% of the entire Jueying Star's area.

And Lord Tianchuan lives within the capital at the center of the Tianchuan Region.