Monster Paradise

by Stayrr

800 years ago, 3000 dimensional gates opened across the entire world. In that moment, it was as if 3000 different colored eyes opened across the world as hordes of monsters swarmed out of these gates like tears. Some could destroy city walls with one strike; They had bodies the size of a giant and fed on humans Some latched onto humans, absorbing their bodies’ nutrients and ensla

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Chapter 1439: Welcome On Your Arrival In Our World

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More than half an hour had passed since the captive monsters from the Undead Dimension had been teleported to the gravel world. Teng Ran, who had been dozing on his chair with his legs crossed in front of him, finally opened his eyes and looked at the snake-headed monster beside him.

"What is the situation now?"

"1524 low-rank True Gods died, with 994 remaining; 1151 casualties for medium-ranks, with 668 remaining; 7 casualties for high-ranks, with 340 remaining," the snake-headed man finished sharing the data and continued, "Our opponents should have expended quite a lot of manpower; the number of our True Gods dying every minute is decreasing."

"This is good news, isn't it? It means that the number of True Gods on our opponents' side is decreasing," Teng Ran commented, lifting his brows.

The snake-headed man hesitated but added nonetheless, "However, the speed of the Virtual Gods dying has not slowed down; in fact, it's marginally increasing slowly…"

"Is it possible that they were affected by the battle of the True Gods, so more Virtual Gods died?" The long-legged girl off to the side asked.

"This is also a possibility." The snake-headed man nodded. "As the number of True Gods on our opponents' side declines, it's possible that these True Gods will completely put aside their apprehensions and fight to the death. If that's the case, more Virtual Gods will certainly be affected than before."

After the snake-headed man finished speaking, he added, "But this is just speculation. Only those on the battlefield would know what the exact situation is like."

"No matter what, you have an explanation for everything," the long-legged girl commented, curling her lips.

"Enough, stop fighting." Teng Ran waved his hand. "Prepare to descend!"

"Sect Leader sir, I think we can wait a little longer." The snake-headed man hurriedly stopped him. "Although the number of casualties for the True Gods has slowed down, it has not stopped entirely. That means that there should still be quite a number of True Gods guarding the gravel world."

"So we wait for the undying species and spirit type True Gods to stop dying completely, then go clean up the aftermath—you're so idealistic." The long-legged girl began shaming the snake-headed man again. "Have you ever considered that if these uncontrolled undying species and spirit types stay in the gravel world for just a fraction longer, they could cause the death of hundreds of millions of non-cultivators?! The more losses suffered by the basic population of the gravel world, the further delayed the next cultivation era will be. Our harvesting of resources will also have to be postponed!"

The snake-headed man was rendered speechless and unable to refute her arguments.

Teng Ran, who was beside them, was distracted for a moment; whether it was due to overhearing these words or for some other reason was uncertain. When he returned to his senses, he nodded immediately. "This time the girl is right, we can't wait any longer!"

"But what if this is a trap? What if they're deliberately slowing down the slaughter of the True Gods to bait us?" The snake-headed man raised the biggest worry in his heart.

"So what if it's a trap?!"

Teng Ran stood up, set aside the chair behind him, and looked at the snake-headed man with burning eyes.

"It's impossible for a Heavenly God to go to the gravel world. Not only that, but I have also mastered thirty-six Strength Rules. Among True Gods, besides the top few, who can challenge me?!

"What do you think is the probability of peak True God powerhouses appearing in this part of the gravel world?!"

After hearing this, the snake-headed man fell completely silent.

It was not that he did not know the abilities of his Sect Leader, but all along it had been his cautious character that had allowed him to stay alive up to this point. Upon careful consideration now, however, his worries were indeed a bit redundant.

Sect Leader Teng Ran's abilities were indeed in the top tier among True Gods of the God Territory. Below heavenly god-level, except for a few monster-level fellows who could not afford to be provoked, there was really no need to worry about anyone else.

In this area of the gravel world, the possibility of encountering such a monster was almost zero.

After thinking about this, the snake-headed man finally abandoned his attempts to discourage Teng Ran.

"Get ready for now; later we will teleport through the thirty gateways confirmed to be safe!" Seeing that the snake-headed man did not refute this, Teng Ran immediately gave an order, which was passed along to the rest.

A short while later, Teng Ran took the numerous Virtual Gods and True Gods present, divided them into thirty teams, and stepped into the dimensional gateway…

In the Abyss Brink, Lin Huang had instructed the Sword Servants and summoning beasts to control the speed of their slaughter.

He himself had killed seven high-rank True Gods, but this was not done deliberately. This came about purely because these seven monsters had violent tempers and were eager to break free from telekinetic flying daggers entangling them, resulting in too many wounds on their bodies. They all ended up severely injuring themselves and died.

Lin Huang had controlled the tempo of battle on this field for over half an hour before another wave of spatial fluctuations was transmitted from the space rifts.

As they sensed these spatial fluctuations, everyone in battle could not help being a little distracted.

The expressions on the faces of every individual in the gravel world were not pleasant to look upon.

Although both warring parties had entered a stalemate, the enemy wielded a numerical advantage. The True God battlefield that Lin Huang was leading had been suppressed at every turn and was now forced to fall back on passive defense.

On the Virtual God battlefield, although the gravel world currently had the advantage, it was only marginal.

After half an hour, the enemy returned with reinforcements and obviously came prepared.

The situation was not optimistic!

Dongfang Bai could not help asking Lin Huang via voice transmission, "Now the enemy is arriving with reinforcements again; what should we do?!"

"What can we do? We can't block the dimensional gateways," Lin Huang responded with a smile.

"What I mean is, do you have any trump cards on your end that can handle this batch of reinforcements?" Dongfang Bai also vaguely observed that Lin Huang's attitude was not indicat

ive of worry.

"Yes," Lin Huang merely replied with a single word and gave no further explanation.

Dongfang Bai still wanted to inquire further, but after careful consideration, he abandoned this intention. Lin Huang's answer just now made it clear that he did not want to explain anymore.

In fact, while Dongfang Bai was asking Lin Huang these questions, Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, Lin Xin, and Xiao Mo were all asking Lin Huang similar questions. That was why he was too lazy to waste more words in explanation.

Once he had dealt with the various questions of these individuals, Lin Huang turned his head and looked toward the space rifts. He sensed that the spatial fluctuations in all thirty rifts were getting increasingly stronger. The corners of his lips could not help curving up slightly. "They're finally coming!"

Of course, he knew that the ones who had waited half an hour before leisurely arriving should be the masterminds behind this invasion of the gravel world.

In only half an hour, it was impossible for this group of individuals to round up another lot of undying species and spirit types again as there was not enough time. Therefore, this wave of newcomers could only be the actual invaders.

Lin Huang stared at the dimensional gateway fixedly, impatiently waiting for the enemy to arrive. He deliberately ordered Bai, the Sword Servants, and the others to slow down their slaughter of True Gods in order to draw these invaders out.

This goal had now been finally achieved!

In just a few moments, the spatial fluctuations of all thirty space rifts reached their peak. After that, tens of thousands of figures poured through almost simultaneously!

Lin Huang made a sweep with Divine Telekinesis and instantly locked onto the handful of thirty-seven True Gods. Upon his first glimpse of Teng Ran and the several other ninth-rank True Gods, he flashed a cordial grin.

"Welcome on your arrival in our world!"

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Chapter 1440: I Just Want To Ask You Something

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The instant he led the army over, Teng Ran immediately made a sweep with his Divine Telekinesis. He wanted to see for himself firsthand what kind of enemy he was dealing with.

After scanning his surroundings with Divine Telekinesis, he was able to see an enormous hive and a Bug Tribe army that numbered practically millions. Teng Ran could not help being slightly stunned.

"The Bug Tribe?!"

For a brief moment, the thought that perhaps the gravel world had been secretly occupied by the Bug Tribe even crossed his mind.

However, he quickly discarded this thought the next second when his Divine Telekinesis picked up that apart from the Bug Tribe, humans and other Protoss were attacking the spirit types and undying species too.

"What's going on?!"

Teng Ran's mind experienced a brief moment of confusion. Even after scanning his surroundings with Divine Telekinesis, he still could not make head or tail of what kind of site he was dealing with.

Was he up against the Bug Tribe, Protoss, or humans?!

Fortunately, what allowed him to breathe a slight sigh of relief was that he discovered the numbers on his side far exceeded those of his opponent.

Not only were there more Virtual Gods on Teng Ran's side but the number of True Gods he had with him far exceeded those on the enemy's side. In fact, the number of True Gods in Teng Ran's army was at least ten times greater than that of his enemy. Most importantly, he detected not a single hint of high-rank True God aura within his enemy's site.

Just when Teng Ran thought victory was already at hand, he suddenly realized that the hundreds of high-rank true god-level undying species and spirit types that he had sent over previously were all holed up in a small, narrow area.

Fixing his eyes on that spot, he noticed red gleams that flickered like lightning as they entangled themselves with all of the high-rank True Gods, rendering the True Gods unable to escape.

"Are those… telekinetic flying daggers?!"

A good look at the telekinetic flying daggers and how they kept hundreds of high-rank True Gods in check like puppets caused Teng Ran to feel a chill down his spine.

It was at this moment that he finally noticed an individual hovering in the air over the area where the high-rank True Gods were imprisoned.

It was a young man who peered down at Teng Ran from above. A teasing curve played about the corners of the young man's lips as he suddenly uttered casually, "Welcome on your arrival in our world!"

In that instant, Teng Ran understood—this was his enemy's painstakingly calculated scenario.

Following Lin Huang's booming voice, nearly all of the invaders mentally reached the same conclusion.

Suddenly, a voice broke the spell that paralyzed the army.

"This fellow's just bluffing—he's only a Virtual God!" Unexpectedly, the voice belonged to the young lady with long legs.

Hearing that, Teng Ran came to his senses and used his Divine Telekinesis on Lin Huang. The information that he obtained said that Lin Huang's combat strength was only Virtual God rank-6.

'Perhaps he's not the person controlling the telekinetic flying daggers?!' An idea occurred to Teng Ran.

As Teng Ran readied to make a large-scale sweep with his Divine Telekinesis in his search for the powerhouse who controlled the telekinetic flying daggers, he felt an aura locking down on him.

An instant later, a flicker of a blood-red gleam shot through the air at him like a flash of lightning.

Teng Ran hastily dodged the attack. Before forming a conclusive understanding of his enemy's strength, he did not dare to be rash and allow himself to be hit.

While he twisted his body aside to dodge the attack, he noticed from the corner of his eyes that he was not the only person who had been attacked. The snake-headed man, the long-legged young lady, and some others were also forced to dodge and flee.

'Is he targeting all the high-rank True Gods?!' A glance and Teng Ran understood what had happened.

All thirty-seven high-rank True Gods were the only ones to be targeted while other medium and low-rank True Gods, as well as Virtual Gods, were spared from the attack.

Teng Ran had no time to mull over whether his enemy was disdainful of them or lacking in strength; he sent his Divine Telekinesis sweeping across the area to find the mastermind.

It only took his Divine Telekinesis a short while to sweep across the whole third layer of the Abyss Brink but it came up with nothing.

"Did any of you see where the telekinetic flying daggers came from just now?"

Teng Ran asked the other thirty-six True Gods simultaneously through voice transmission.

Most of the replies were, "It was too fast, I couldn't see clearly."

However, a small number of people replied, "It seemed to have originated from that area where the high-rank True Gods are."

Only the long-legged lady hesitated for a while before answering. "I think it came from that Virtual God, but I'm not so sure."

In reality, she had briefly observed the flash of a red gleam from Lin Huang's sleeves. She was just in denial of the fact.

"Did you see it clearly?" Teng Ran asked urgently.

"I'm not very sure. I think I saw a flash of a red gleam from his sleeves just now, but I could be wrong," said the long-legged lady while shaking her head.

"Forget it. No matter if he's the culprit behind it or not; we'll take care of him first before we pursue this matter!" Teng Ran immediately fixed his gaze on Lin Huang who stood quite some distance away.

Teng Ran temporarily abandoned his attempts to discover the wielder of those flying daggers and locked on his new target—Lin Huang. Although Lin Huang was not even a True God, he had given Teng Ran a sense of unease since the beginning.

'Pretty quick reaction.' The instant Lin Huang felt Teng Ran locking onto him with his aura, he also sensed that the strength of this man's aura was the highest among all the invaders. Yet, Lin Huang felt not the slightest hint of panic.

However, Lin Huang's gaze quickly passed over Teng Ran and landed on the long-legged young lady standing not far from Teng Ran.

Teng Ran failed to notice this. His legs exerted tremendous force as he used the void as a stepping stone and abruptly began skyrocketing upward, charging toward Lin Huang.

Lin Huang did nothing to block this attack. He merely gave Teng Ran an indifferent glance and allowed Teng Ran to charge forward.

Teng Ran whirled the spear he held; like a descending meteor shower, the spearhead struck out to attack.

Yet, Lin Huang merely took a single step forward and his figure vanished on the spot.

Right in the midst of his astonishment, Teng Ran suddenly found himself falling into the center of the amassed high-rank true god-level undying species and spirit types.

Everyone who witnessed this scene was flabbergasted.

This was because, from their viewpoint, they only saw Teng Ran, spear in his hand, ignoring Lin Huang who hovered above him. Then, Teng Ran plunged straight into the area below, where all the high-rank True Gods were gathered.

Only a small number of individuals began observing Lin Huang with a weightier gaze. They roughly guessed that Teng Ran must have fallen prey to an illusion-type rule power.

The fact that Teng Ran's opponent was able to so subtly cause Teng Ran to fall prey to an illusion was proof enough that the enemy had reached a terrifying level of rule power.

"What kind of existing being have we offended now…?"

The long-legged young lady could not help feeling a sudden chill.

Initially, when she noticed that Lin Huang was merely a Virtual God rank-6, she thought that he was just bluffing. Now, it appeared that he must have faked his combat strength.

Whether it was his telekinetic daggers or his control over Teng Ran just now, it was more than enough proof that his real power was close to that of a Heavenly God.

Lin Huang was either the creme de la creme among the True God monsters or a Heavenly God who had entered the gravel world through some special method.

There was no third possibility!

'Why would there be someone like this in this part of the gravel world?!'

After discovering Lin Huang's true strength, a multitude of thoughts began churning inside the long-legged young lady's head.

Amid her convoluted thoughts, while she was still trying to get a handle on the situation, she abruptly discovered that a figure had suddenly appeared in front of her.

As she raised her head and looked straight at the other's face, her body froze instantly. All thoughts of escape died completely!

"Don't panic, I just want to ask you something."

Lin Huang's magnetic voice drifted into the young lady's ears like a lullaby. His eyes, deep as a fathomless lake, drew the young lady in. She sank further and further down into their depths…

The long-legged young lady stood immobile with her guard down, staring blankly at Lin Huang as if she had lost her soul…

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Chapter 1441: Heart-glimpsing

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In the unending darkness, a gigantic face that that blocked out the sun emerged slowly into view. The long-legged lady suppressed her auras as much as possible and curled her body up tight, hoping that the face would not notice her.

However, the next instant, the eyes in the massive face suddenly snapped around and locked onto her.

At that moment, she felt as if time had frozen. She was unable to move a single inch of her body, much less flee. She could not even move her fingers at all.

"I'll ask the questions now, you answer."

As the massive face spoke these words, the long-legged lady finally realized that she could move slightly now, and hastily nodded. At this moment, her mind was completely overtaken by terror with no room for any other thoughts.

"Who are you people?"

"I'm… I'm Teng Qing. I'm the deputy sect leader of the Thousand Snake Sect. We are all from the Thousand Snake Sect."

'The Thousand Snake Sect…' Lin Huang was unfamiliar with this name; he felt that it would probably not be that much of a major organization. 'I should get Bloody and the others to do some investigation later.'

"Why are you invading the gravel world?" The massive face asked a second question.

"Myriad Tribe Palace ordered it; I don't know the specifics. Only the succeeding sect leader from the Thousand Snake Sect will be told."

"Myriad Tribe Palace?!" Lin Huang was certainly familiar with this name. Myriad Tribe Palace was one of the top grade-6 organizations in the God Territory; their overall strength was not under that of Death Sickle.

"Who's your sect leader?"

"My elder brother. His name is Teng Ran." Before answering this question, Teng Qing made a strenuous effort to avoid giving a reply. However, she discovered that she had no means of resisting at all. Whatever the questions posed by the massive face, she would answer truthfully in the shortest time possible, as though she were a puppet whose strings were completely controlled by the person in front of her.

What she did not know was that Lin Huang had used a god rule called Heart-glimpsing that allowed him to read all the information he required directly from his target's souls.

This scenario was merely an illusion. In reality, Lin Huang did not need her to open her mouth to answer—her soul would answer all of Lin Huang's questions with no reservations.

However, this God Rule could only be used on people who were much weaker than the user.

Teng Qing fulfilled the necessary criteria perfectly. Although she had more than thirty types of god rule at her fingertips, she had not reached Control-level in any of them. Faced with the compounded effects from the Hypnosis God Rule combined with the Heart-glimpsing God Rule at Control-level, she was utterly helpless.

Lin Huang had chosen Teng Qing as his breach point because he had managed to sense that, among the few rank-9 True Gods, the rule fluctuation from her was the weakest.

"Is the Thousand Snake Sect responsible for the previous invasions too?"

This was one of the questions that Lin Huang truly wanted to know the answer to.

"Yes, clearing up this part of the gravel world has always been the Thousand Snake Sect's responsibility," Teng Qing blurted out the truth with no means of resisting. "Last time, it was our grandfather. Before that, it was our grandfather's grandfather…"

"Are they still alive?" Lin Huang narrowed his eyes as he asked.

"They died as they were evolving into Heavenly Gods."

Lin Huang was quite surprised to hear her answer but he soon felt relieved.

"How many people from the Thousand Snake Sect are here this time? How many stayed back?"

"All the True Gods and Virtual Gods are here." Teng Qing tried her best to shut up but to no avail. "There are a total of twenty-three small worlds that we are monitoring. We gather all the True Gods and Virtual Gods together whenever it's about time to harvest them and sweep across those worlds. Nobody is willing to give up on such opportunities to obtain resources."

"What you're saying is that all the cultivators below virtual god-level in the Thousand Snake Sect know that you've come out to harvest small worlds?"

"Some know, but most people shouldn't be aware of this. This form of resource harvesting is the concern of the upper levels. Nobody in the lower positions is authorized to know. However, close friendships among the sect are unavoidable, so it can't be helped if some news gets leaked. Even so, everyone knows their place and it's impossible for them to reveal the list of small worlds and their coordinates. Their knowledge of this should be very limited."

"Myriad Tribe Palace should know, shouldn't they? About the list of small worlds under your surveillance, their coordinates, and so on…" Lin Huang could not help frowning when he asked this question.

He more or less knew the answer, but he wanted to hear his guess confirmed from Teng Qing's own mouth.

"They do. Apart from the few small worlds allocated to us from Myriad Tribe Palace, we are required to report to them and register the small worlds we discover."

A flicker of hope blossomed in Teng Qing's heart as she answered this question.

No matter how powerful this fellow in front of her was, he could not possibly be strong enough to go up against Myriad Tribe Palace. If the Thousand Snake Sect did not get annihilated this round, it would only be a matter of time before the news reached Myriad Tribe Palace.

When that happened, these people would end up being the object of Myriad Tribe Palace's wrath.

Teng Qing mustered up all her courage, wanting to spew this out to scare the man before her. Yet, she became aware that she was not able to speak a single word if she was not being asked a question.

"How long would it take for Myriad Tribe Palace to realize that something has happened to your harvesting expedition?"

Lin Huang understood that he could not prevent this matter from being revealed. The only thing he could do was to find out how much time he had so he could mentally prepare himself.

"Under normal circumstances, it will take around one year for us to finish sweeping across all the small worlds. Most of our time is spent traveling. If we take more than a year and three months to finish our harvesting, somebody in the Thousand Snake Sect will probably report this to Myriad Tribe Palace. Once the report is sent, within three days someone from Myriad Tribe Palace should be sent to investigate the matter… We have been away for more than two months now."

'Which means to say, we still have a year and a month of leeway at most,' Lin Huang calculated mentally. His brows were now knitted together even more tightly. In the short span of a year and a month, he was not confident that he could improve his abilities to the level where he could take on a powerful organization like Myriad Tribe Palace.

After all, Myriad Tribe Palace was a grade-6 organization headed by a monstrous entity who was a half-step Lord. Under their command was a multitude of Heavenly God powerhouses who followed them.

Lin Huang collected himself and continued asking, "What's your sect leader Teng Ran's strength level? How many Strength Rules has he mastered, and at what level?"

"From what I know, Teng Ran has mastered a total of 67 types of rule. Out of these, 36 are at Adept-level and 11 are at Control-level." No matter how reluctant she was, Teng Qing still could not help spilling out every truthful detail about Teng Ran's true abilities.

Lin Huang nodded slightly. Teng Ran's abilities placed him among the more outstanding True Gods in God Territory.

After obtaining information on Teng Ran, Lin Huang continued his interrogation.

Teng Qing answered everything without fail.

As Teng Qing's position was rather special—after all, she was the younger sister to the Thousand Snake Sect leader—her knowledge of things was second only to Teng Ran. After his interrogation, Lin Huang was fairly satisfied with the information he had extracted.

Once he had ascertained that he had no other questions to ask, Lin Huang did not plan on letting Teng Qing live.

In the darkness, the gigantic face rapidly withdrew.

As Teng Qing breathed a sigh of relief, a massive palm appeared, blotting out the entire horizon.

An instant later, the palm descended as if the sky was falling.

Teng Qing was crushed out of existence, her expression still full of consternation and terror…

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Chapter 1442: Lin Huang VS Teng Ran

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Teng Ran brandished the spear in his hands to counter not only those blood-red flying daggers with their strange trajectories but also the undying species and spirit types that pounced on him from all directions.

While this group of undying species and spirit types were not highly intelligent, they were still able to recognize that this Protos—who charged in all of a sudden right before their eyes—was the culprit who had sent them to the gravel world here.

These monsters were unable to find any catharsis for their initial ire, as they were suppressed by Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers. Without a doubt, Teng Ran's appearance gave them all a common outlet to vent their frustration.

In the midst of being harassed by hundreds of undying species and spirit types, as well as Lin Huang's blood-red flying daggers, Teng Ran suddenly sensed Teng Qing's life force rapidly vanishing from somewhere close by. He froze in disbelief before reacting instantaneously, letting out a heartbroken howl of grief in the direction of Teng Qing's fast-dissipating aura.

"Teng Qing!!!"

Before Teng Ran could even complete his sentence, he felt Teng Qing's aura disperse completely.

His own sister was truly dead…

The girl who was only a few years younger than him yet always enjoyed acting youthful and dressing up like a high school student.

The girl he had witnessed growing up, whose personality was still as naïve and gauche as that of a young lass.

The girl who had always competed with him, but who had always stood by him during crucial moments.

That girl who was always verbally defiant, but who in reality was always silently following in his footsteps…

In a way, Teng Ran was not a sentimental person when it came to affection, and he had never been close to his parents or elders from the time he was a child.

As for Teng Qing, whom he had grown up with, he was not particularly close to her either. The most he could say was that he cared for her in a detached fashion.

He had always thought that if the day came when Teng Qing were to die, he probably would not be overly upset, just like when his own parents had passed away.

The worst that could happen would be that he brooded for a day, but he would then get on with his life by the second day without pining or harboring any other unusual emotions.

However, now that he actually sensed Teng Qing's life force dissipating, Teng Ran involuntarily discovered a myriad of unusual emotions bubbling up uncontrollably—grief, fury, hatred…

He never thought that Teng Qing's death would stir up so much emotional turmoil within him.

His golden spear swept forward in an attack, slicing through the two spirit types in front of him and reducing them to pulp. Only after clearing the obstacles blocking his line of sight did Teng Ran finally see Teng Qing's fallen body on the ground as it gradually transformed into a God's Figurine.

After staring blankly at his sister's dead body for a moment, he finally shifted his gaze upward and saw Lin Huang hovering above the ground not too far from the corpse. Eyes burning with fury, he snarled at Lin Huang, "I'm going to kill you!"

Lin Huang turned to look at Teng Ran, expression bland. "If I don't mistake my guess, you should be Teng Ran, the sect leader of the Thousand Snake Sect, yes?"

Lin Huang made this deduction based on the other party's reaction after Teng Qing's death. Not only that, the Rule Bending Power fluctuations from Teng Ran were the strongest among all the invaders.

Watching Lin Huang eyeing him indifferently and inquiring about his identity as though nothing had just happened, Teng Ran's fury escalated to full-blown rage.

He no longer had any doubts whatsoever about Lin Huang's capabilities. Whatever rank this individual had demonstrated his combat level to be, he still was the man who had killed Teng Qing within seconds. His abilities could not be underestimated.

The golden Divine Power within Teng Ran's body surged wildly. He imbued the spear in his hands with layer upon layer of the Rule Bending Powers in which he was most adept.

The numerous undying species and spirit types that had been harassing him sensed the strength of his Rule Bending Power fluctuations and began retreating warily in the face of a superior enemy.

Teng Ran ignored these monsters completely. At this moment, he had eyes only for Lin Huang.

Lin Huang was also staring at Teng Ran with great interest. He could not help raising his brows slightly at the way Teng Ran utilized his Rule Bending Powers.

"Interesting; I'll play along with you."

Lin Huang could clearly sense that the five types of God Rule Power Teng Ran had imbued his spear with were already at Control-level. Lin Huang was finally starting to take Teng Ran more seriously as well; one should know that Rule Bending Power at this level was enough to inflict serious harm upon Lin Huang.

While Lin Huang was only starting to get down to business on his end, Teng Ran had already launched off the ground. A minuscule gesture with his spear and the telekinetic flying daggers which had been persistently tangling with Teng Ran were swept aside right away.

The spear point then transformed into a blazing golden star, reducing the distance between Teng Ran and Lin Huang at a terrifying speed.

Just when that blazing star-like spear point was about to close in on Lin Huang, bolts of blood-red lightning suddenly shot out from the cuffs of Lin Huang's sleeves one after another.

Those rank-2 God Weapon flying daggers were already top-notch god rule relics at peak strength. Moreover, this time Lin Huang had imbued them with numerous types of Lightning, Fire, and Wind Elemental Enlightenment. With a total of five compounded layers of Elemental Enlightenment, the telekinetic flying daggers became even keener, swifter, and more mighty than before!

If Lin Huang's opponent had not been a powerhouse who had mastered Rule Bending Power at Control-level, he might not have been able to withstand even a single blow.

However, Teng Ran was clearly no ordinary True God.

The spear that he wielded was also a top-notch god rule relic. Imbued with numerous types of Control-level Rule Bending Power, its force was unrivaled as well.

Upon seeing the blood-colored lightning coming at him, Teng Ran flicked his wrist slightly and the tip of his spear transformed into points of starlight which hurtled toward the blood-red rays.

He originally had assumed that it would be just as easy to sweep these flying daggers aside like he had done previously, clearing the obstacles in his way.

However, Teng Ran was unprepared for the fact that this first clash of blows would almost tear his spear from his grasp.

His own spear point felt as if it had struck an immovable mountain, wave after wave of terrifying aftershocks transmitting through the entire weapon. At the same time, frightening pulses of Rule Bending Power from the flying daggers assaulted him, draining the rule power within him rapidly.

"This is…Elemental Enlightenment at Control-level?!" Just a single blow and Teng Ran was now certain that the other's capabilities far outstripped what he had expected.

By imbuing many layers of Control-level Rule Bending Power on a telekinetic weapon, his opponent had proven that his use of Rule Bending Power was far superior to Teng Ran.

After verifying his opponent's true capabilities at this initial stage, Teng Ran finally began gradually calming himself down.

The rule power on his spear also began increasing one layer at a time from the initial five layers. Each layer increase was an extra burden for him to bear.

However, he quickly realized that when he compounded his Rule Bending Power to six layers, his opponent also did the same; when he increased it to seven compounded layers, his opponent also matched him at seven compounded layers…

Against the flying daggers, the spear point could gain no clear advantage from start to finish.

Teng Ran immediately felt the blood rushing to his head. Heedless of possibly burning out, he increased his powers layer by layer as if he were competing with Lin Huang.

Six layers!

Seven layers!

Eight layers!

Eleven layers!

The battle had not lasted more than ten minutes, but Teng Ran had already revealed his trump card. He had compounded eleven layers of Control-level Rule Bending Power all in one go, without considering the compatibility, coordination, and possible conflict between the different types of Rule Bending Power.

On his side, Lin Huang was calm and collected to the very end. The Control-level Rule Bending Power on his flying daggers was also compounded one layer at a time, all the way to eleven layers.

Although both parties had compounded their Control-level Rule Bending Power up to eleven layers, Lin Huang's flying daggers were becoming more powerful. The blood-red lightning bolts were becoming swifter and stronger, almost crushing Teng Ran toward the end of it.

The only reason for this was that Lin Huang had also carefully considered the combination of different types of Rule Bending Power before compounding them together. The ultimate compounded effects far outstripped that of his opponent by miles.

From beginning to end, Lin Huang had not moved an inch from where he was standing, but the blood-red flying daggers were forcing Teng Ran to retreat further and further away…

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Chapter 1443: I've Found You!

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In the Void, thousands of blood-crimson lightning bolts blasted out one after another and surrounded a lone figure. The figure was holding a spear in their hand which emitted sparks of golden light as it collided with the lightning bolts.

Every impact was like the rumble of a thunderstorm; it changed the color of the sky and made the earth tremble.

The scene was comparable to the fantastical stories of cultivation and overcoming ordeals that were described in cultivation novels.

However, in reality the blood-colored arcs of electricity were just the afterimages that trailed behind the countless telekinetic flying daggers due to their immense speed.

The so-called spectacle of cultivation and overcoming ordeals was in fact just a battle scene where Lin Huang was controlling thousands of flying daggers to crush Teng Ran.

The battle between the two had lasted for more than ten minutes, and Teng Ran had been forced to use up all his trump cards.

He had used eleven types of Control-level Rule Bending Powers, but his opponent's strength was far beyond what he had imagined.

Each of Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers was similarly boosted by eleven types of Rule Bending Powers, but his utilization and synergy of the rules types were far superior to Teng Ran's, which forced Teng Ran to drain a hundred and twenty percent of his strength to withstand every wild blow.

Although Lin Huang did not continue to superimpose his Rule Bending Powers, he was mounting increasing pressure on Teng Ran by increasing the number of telekinetic flying daggers with every minute that passed.

In the beginning, there were only a hundred flying daggers, which then doubled to two hundred, four hundred, eight hundred…

Currently, the number of daggers had surged to three thousand and two hundred.

Teng Ran was beginning to get worn out by the relentless onslaught.

He felt like his opponent was merely toying with him, that his adversary was just testing the performance of his toy. This sort of test was usually destructive in nature, and often ended with—as one would expect—the toy being broken into pieces.

Despite his fear and anxiety, Teng Ran still felt his rage rising.

"This guy is either at True God Limit or a Heavenly God. And he's pretending to be a Virtual God so he won't be rejected by the will of the gravel world! This is so goddamn unfair!"

It seemed to slip his mind that he was the leader of a grade-4 top organization from the great world who brought a group of True Gods to attack a gravel world with rules that were not even complete. How was any of that fair?

Lin Huang was indeed fighting Teng Ran with the purpose of gauging his strength, but he never intended to belittle his opponent.

He increased the number of telekinetic flying daggers time and time again to evaluate exactly how much strength he needed to expand to deal with a top powerhouse in the second echelon of True God such as his current opponent.

This way, the next time he encountered an enemy of similar strength, he would know how much power he would need to expend.

"Three thousand two hundred daggers, and he's almost at his limit…" Lin Huang had been observing Teng Ran's reactions. "If I increase it to four thousand, I should be able to finish him off."

A second after making this deduction, another eight hundred blood-colored lightning bolts shot out from Lin Huang's sleeve cuffs, once again darting toward Teng Ran.

Naturally, Teng Ran immediately noticed Lin Huang's fresh attack. After scanning once with his Divine Telekinesis, he determined the number of new daggers.

"It only increased by eight hundred. He's not going to double them this time?" Teng Ran was slightly caught off guard, but then he laughed to himself and muttered, "Looks like this bastard thinks he doesn't even need six thousand and four hundred flying daggers to finish me off…"

In the next instant, eight hundred blood-colored electric arcs struck from different directions and angles, and the original rhythm of the battle was disrupted.

Teng Ran, who was already reaching his limit, continuously brandished the spear in his hand, trying his best to parry the eight hundred newly-added telekinetic flying daggers, but ultimately he could no longer hold out.

The countless crimson rays searched for any gaps to enter, like a poisonous snake prying on the weakness of its prey, and finally penetrated Teng Ran's body.

The spear in Teng Ran's hand slowed down fractionally due to the inflicted damage, and more blood rays seized this opportunity to swarm down on him.

In an instant, thousands of telekinetic flying daggers tore Teng Ran into pieces like a pack of ravenous wild beasts.

Elsewhere on the battlefield, almost everyone had been distracted by the fierce battle between the two.

They all saw Teng Ran being completely swallowed up by countless blood-colored lightning bolts.

Practically everyone's gazes were focused on the scene.

After a while, the lightning bolts dissipated into the wind, and there was not a trace of Teng Ran left behind…

Seeing this, everyone in the gravel world was overjoyed. The strongest enemy was finished off by Lin Huang, which meant that the war was practically half over.

On the other hand, the people from the Thousand Snake Sect fell into despair.

They never thought that Teng Ran would lose. They were well aware of Teng Ran's strength—his name was ranked twelfth among all the True Gods in the God Territory.

Among the True Gods, only a handful of them could kill Teng Ran, and those individuals were all top powerhouses at True God Limit.

Despite that, Teng Ran was obliterated by the other party right before everyone's eyes.

The only reasonable explanation would be that this young man who killed Teng Ran possessed strength that was at least equivalent to True God Limit, or that he may even be a Heavenly God!

However, as his allies rode their wave of high spirits, Lin Huang could not help but raise an eyebrow.

"He's not dead yet?"

He was quite sure that his opponent's physical body had been torn to pieces by the telekinetic flying daggers. Moreover, in order to avoid any mishaps, he deliberately added God-slaying Power when superimposing the eleven rule powers. Logically speaking, both the soul and physical body of a person killed with God-slaying Power should have perished together.

However, Xiao Hei did not send him any fatality notifications, which made Lin Huang certain that his adversary was definitely not dead.

Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis swept around at full strength in search of Teng Ran's aura, but he found nothing even after a round of searching.

He pondered for a moment, still not giving up.

His pupils suddenly turned an inky-black color, and he immediately activated Truth Vision God Rule.

After a while, the corners of Lin Huang's lips twitched up slightly.

"I've found you!"

In the next moment, Lin Huang took a step forward and vanished from his original spot, then appeared in front of a Virtual God member of the Thousand Snake Sect with a snake tail.

The snake-tailed Virtual God looked at Lin Huang, frozen in place.

Everyone else was also in a daze, puzzled as to why Lin Huang had singled out a Virtual God.

"Stop hiding and come on out."

Lin Huang directed his words toward the snake-tailed Virtual God.

"W…what?" The snake-tailed Virtual God's face was scrunched with confusion.

"If you won't come out by yourself, shall I do it for you?" Ignoring the snake-tailed Virtual God's reaction, Lin Huang continued, "You better make your decision fast. If I attack first, you won't have a chance to make a move yourself."

As soon as he finished his sentence, the body of the snake-tailed Virtual God suddenly started convulsing. The features on his face contorted into a hideous and terrifying sight, and in an instant, the bones in his face were distorted to the point that he did not look human anymore. His mouth, which was originally regular-sized, was stretched out to the extreme to match his twisted bones.

A moment later, he opened his blood-filled mouth which had been completely dislocated and torn, and the golden-colored head of a snake slowly crept out from his mouth.

Not long after, the body of the snake-tailed Virtual God slowly went limp, not unlike the skin of a snake after shedding, and a giant golden-colored python with black markings slithered out of his torn and bleeding mouth, inch by inch…

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Chapter 1444: Rank-6

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Using his innate talent and divine ability, Teng Ran had shed his shell and faked his death at the cost of losing his mortal form, one of his three forms, and returning to his python origin form.

After slithering out of the snake-tailed Virtual God's body in his python form, he did not try to run away.

His origin form being discovered meant that his feigned death was a complete failure, which unexpectedly made him calm down.

"I'm curious—how did you find me? My feigned death was flawless."

Lin Huang eyed the giant python in front of him but did not make any immediate moves. He observed the pair of bat-like wings on the other's back with interest. Although they were currently in a contracted state, they were undoubtedly a genuine pair of wings.

"I have a probing-type god rule ability."

This was naturally a cover-up. He could not possibly explain to his adversary that he did not receive a fatality notification from his Goldfinger.

However, Teng Ran just nodded silently and accepted the statement. There were many probing-type god rules, so it was not surprising that there existed a special Probing God Rule that could detect his fake death.

"I still have one more question. Are you actually at True God Limit, or at heavenly god-level?" Teng Ran brought up the question with a note of dissatisfaction in his voice.

"Neither." The corners of Lin Huang's lips twitched up slightly as he replied.

This response left Teng Ran completely stunned. If he was not at True God Limit, nor a Heavenly God, then was he a Lord?! He never once considered that the virtual god-level rank-6 that Lin Huang had been displaying this whole time was his real combat strength.

"You've already asked two questions, but I'll give you the chance to ask one more." As Lin Huang spoke, four thousand telekinetic flying daggers floated in the air in front of him, all pointed directly at the giant python.

Seeing this, Teng Ran felt a chill run down his spine.

After a moment of careful deliberation, he asked his third question.

"Can we call it a truce?"

Before Lin Huang could give him an answer, he hastily added, "The Thousand Snake Sect will surrender and even hand over all the items in our storage equipment as compensation, as long as you let the survivors leave safely. I admit that we have made a grave mistake, that we shouldn't have invaded this gravel world that has already been occupied by you."

Lin Huang gave a hearty laugh after hearing Teng Ran's words.

"First of all, I'm a native resident of this gravel world. What you and your people have invaded is not a world I have conquered, but my hometown.

"Secondly, does the Thousand Snake Sect have any right to negotiate a truce with us? If anything, the ones who should be negotiating with us are the Myriad Tribe Palace who are above you, right?"

Lin Huang's words hit the nail right on the head, and Teng Ran felt his heart thump loudly in his chest.

Of course, he did not actually want to call it a truce. The proposition was only for the sake of temporarily saving his life. He still had to avenge his younger sister who was killed by them!

Moreover, as Lin Huang pointed out, even if the Thousand Snake Sect and Lin Huang were to reach a settlement, it would be meaningless. After all, one word from the Myriad Tribe Palace, and the Thousand Snake Sect would have no choice but to obey their orders. Whether or not a truce could really be agreed was not something that could be decided by the Thousand Snake Sect.

"Therefore, the answer is—no!"

As soon as Lin Huang said that, the four thousand telekinetic flying daggers once again turned into blood-colored lightning bolts and charged right toward the giant python incarnation of Teng Ran.

The bat wings on Teng Ran's back suddenly unfolded, and with an abrupt flap of his wings, he quickly retreated backward. His current speed was more than ten times faster than his human form, and was comparable to that of Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers.

Lin Huang could not help raising his eyebrows.

"As expected, his strength is on a different level when in his origin form."

Many of the Protosses that he had killed previously all died in their mortal forms, as they did not even have the time to change their physical forms before they were annihilated within seconds.

Some of them would directly enter the battle in their God's form, but very few would reveal their origin form. This was because once their origin form dies, they would die for good.

However, meeting someone like Teng Ran, who initially went into battle with his mortal body before revealing his origin form, was a first for Lin Huang. He could clearly feel the huge difference in strength between Teng Ran's two different forms.

In his origin form, Teng Ran clearly had a higher level of control over the rules. Lin Huang noticed that the current Teng Ran could even use Wind Elemental Enlightenment to slightly interfere with the trajectory of his telekinetic flying daggers. Although the effect was very subtle, compared to his previous state of complete inability to defend himself, he was definitely much stronger than before.

"Looks like this fellow possesses the Wild Beast Teng Snake's Bloodline from the primeval epoch. The bloodline is very diluted, but the fact that there's even a trace of it left to this day, and that it hasn't been watered down to nothingness by other bloodlines, is already quite impressive," the voice of the stone tablet suddenly resonated within Lin Huang's body.

"Teng Snake? What rank is it?" Lin Huang curiously asked.

"Those who were considered Wild Beasts during the primeval epoch were all Pure Spirit rank-6, and they would achieve lord-level strength when they became adults," the stone tablet explained.

"The rank that's above Supreme God rank-5 is pure spirit-level rank-6?!" Lin Huang had always surmised that there were more ranks above Supreme God rank-5, but he did not expect that today would be the day he found out that above Supreme God, there was still Pure Spirit.

"It's a pity that the Teng Snake's Bloodline in this little gremlin's body is too faint and his other bloodlines are too muddled, or there would've been a slight chance that he could've become a Lord," the stone tablet said rather regretfully.

"Even if it wasn't diluted, he still won't become a Lord, because he'll die here today," Lin Huang took over the conversation. "We can't leave a single one of these invaders alive, or they'll just bring trouble to us sooner than later."

If they completely wiped out these invaders, at least news would not reach the Myriad Tribe Palace until a year later. However, if even one of them were to survive and manage to escape back to the great world, the anomaly in the gravel world would be reported back to the Myriad Tribe Palace on that very day.

Even with a year's time, Lin Huang knew that he would not be able to elevate his strength to a level sufficient to fight the Myriad Tribe Palace. Even so, he could at least use that extra time to come up with other strategies.

However, if the Myriad Tribe Palace was to find out about the anomaly in the gravel world now, the entire gravel world would most likely be destroyed within the same day.

This was also the reason Lin Huang refused to negotiate with Teng Ran. Even if Teng Ran could guarantee that what happened here would not be reported back to the Myriad Tribe Palace, it was impossible to be sure that no one else would secretly leak the news. After all, just as how the flames of a fire cannot be swathed with paper, as long as an event has taken place, the day it comes to light will arrive sooner or later.

The only rational solution was to silence them with death. This was also the safest approach.

The stone tablet did not say anything more. It just sensed the Teng Snake's Bloodline in Teng Ran's body and felt a little rueful about it. Even if Teng Ran had the full Teng Snake's Bloodline within him, if Lin Huang wanted him dead, it would not be able to prevent him from achieving that.

Although Teng Ran possessed a Pure Spirit bloodline within his body, it was too faint, and in reality it did not increase his strength by much—it only greatly increased his potential in wind elemental and water elemental attributes.

Out of the eleven types of Control-level God Rule Power that he had mastered, six of them were of Wind and Water Elemental Enlightenment.

However, Teng Ran himself did not seem to be aware that he had the Teng Snake's Bloodline within himself. In fact, he might not even know that he had an innate talent in Wind and Water Elemental Enlightenment. The sixty-seven God Rule Powers that he had cultivated were very disparate in nature, most of which had nothing to do with either wind or water elements, and a lot of time and energy had therefore been wasted in the cultivation.

If he had specialized in wind and water all these years, there might have been twenty or thirty Elemental Enlightenments that could have reached Control-level, or even broke through to complete-stage.

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Chapter 1445: New Monster Card

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Teng Ran hunched up, making himself smaller. His wings kept on oscillating, figure darting around the void non-stop as he dodged the blood-colored lightning bolts coming at him from all directions.

In his original form, his mastery of Strength Rule was much smoother.

If forced to, he could even use compounded Elemental Enlightenment and affect the trajectory of Lin Huang's telekinetic flying dagger attacks but the effects were very minimal.

Even so, the disparity between his abilities and Lin Huang's was still too great—like before, he continued to be completely overwhelmed.

Lin Huang did not panic at all and maintained his original tempo of battle. The number of rules that had been compounded on the telekinetic flying daggers remained unchanged, but the red gleams that shot out from the cuffs of his sleeves kept increasing.

Initially, it was only four thousand telekinetic flying daggers, but that quickly increased to five thousand, then six thousand…

Each of the telekinetic flying daggers transformed into scarlet lightning bolts and shot out like lasers. They drew countless fine lines across the void, hurtling toward Teng Ran like a dragnet.

In contrast, Teng Ran was like a little fly flying wildly through a realm covered with cobwebs.

By the time number of telekinetic flying daggers had increased to 10,000, the blood-red gleams left in the air by every one of those daggers was like a blood-red torrent of lightning arcs that swept toward Teng Ran to overwhelm him.

At the same time, the dragnet that Lin Huang had woven finally took shape, completely sealing off all Teng Ran's avenues of escape and containing him within a sphere-shaped space.

This scenario caused the entire Thousand Snake Sect immense anxiety. Seeing that Teng Ran was finally completely hemmed in, almost everyone fell into despair.

This time, it was Teng Ran's original form that was trapped; he was unable to use his divine ability to shed his skin for the second time. Moreover, if his original form died, he would truly be dead with no possibility of being resurrected.

In the void, the entire blood-red sphere-shaped space formed by the telekinetic flying daggers kept getting continuously smaller, shrinking the area that Teng Ran could move about in.

Teng Ran kept flying along the boundary of the sphere with Rapid Speed. He tried to find a point he might be able to use as a breach, but he could find none at all.

When he saw that the sphere-shaped area delineated by the telekinetic flying daggers was becoming smaller and smaller, Teng Ran suddenly accelerated and charged toward a random point within the space. Just when Lin Huang felt puzzled, Teng Ran's figure suddenly shrank rapidly, almost instantly becoming the size of a mosquito. With his golden spear suspended in front of him, he hurtled toward the gap between two flying daggers.

The spear, compounded with eleven layers of Control-level Rule Bending Powers, pierced forward in an attack. The tip of the spear transformed into a dazzling golden ray and charged with the force of a thunderbolt toward the point of energy connection between the two flying daggers.

The next second, the golden ray pierced through the blood-red ball of lightning arcs, causing a fissure in the scarlet sphere created by the thousands of telekinetic flying daggers.

"Huh?!" When he saw this, Lin Huang could not help exclaiming in surprise. His enemy's attack—a desperate gambit for life—did indeed end up giving him a fighting chance of survival. However, Lin Huang's surprise was only momentary, and the corners of his lips quirked up the faintest hint of a smirk.

Teng Ran did not linger around to try and do more with this end result. Powered by Rapid Speed, in a flash, his figure swooped out through the fissure in the sphere.

Right as he was about to continue his escape, he discovered that there was a figure already standing in front of him.

Fixing his gaze on this apparition, he felt a chill suddenly run through his entire body. It was Lin Huang who was blocking his way.

He had no idea either when Lin Huang had appeared.

Teng Ran's fright lasted only briefly as he suddenly became aware that Lin Huang was right in front of him. In that instant, he harbored the illusion that he could turn the tables.

"This fellow is a psychic; he's only proficient in mid-to-long range attacks. He's certain to be weak in close combat, but close combat is my strong suit. As long as the threat of those telekinetic flying daggers can be eliminated, this fellow's nothing to be afraid of!"

With this thought in mind, Teng Ran's courage returned.

His figure instantly returned to normal size. Golden spear suspended in front of him, he hurled himself forward to attack Lin Huang.

In an instant, the spear was imbued with compounded layer upon layer of Rule Bending Power.

With this attack, Teng Ran no longer merely compounded eleven layers of Control-level rule power; he also stacked them with all 67 rules that he had mastered.

In a flash, he threw himself toward his opponent and the spear hurtled through the air from a distance of less than one meter away from Lin Huang. Wherever the tip of the spear pierced through, it seemed as if time and space disintegrated inch by inch.

When Teng Ran saw that Lin Huang remained expressionless from beginning to end, he assumed it was just because the distance was too close, and the speed of his attack was also too fast for Lin Huang to be able to manipulate the telekinetic flying dagger attacks in time.

However, the moment his spear thrust forward, Teng Ran suddenly noticed that a blood-colored hilt had appeared in Lin Huang's hand out of nowhere.

'Where's the blade?' Just as suspicion floated up in Teng Ran's heart, he suddenly felt a cold sensation coming from his neck.

When he looked at Lin Huang again, he realized that the blade was a narrow silver one—and that it was stained with a golden-red splash that was dripping down along the point of the weapon.

"I don't know where you got the courage to engage in close combat with me." The sword in Lin Huang's hand gradually dissipated and he looked at Teng Ran with pity in his gaze.

These were also the last words that Teng Ran heard before his consciousness was completely obliterated.

The gigantic python's head slowly slid down and the headless corpse collapsed forward onto the ground.

Two strands of Lin Huang's telekinetic threads reached through the air, and the headless corpse was deposited into his space storage. However, another telekinetic thread suspended Teng Ran's head in front of Lin Huang, parallel to his own head.

When Lin Huang stared into the pair of blue diamond-like eyes in the python's head, his pupils instantly turned dark blue, like that of a starry sky.

The Control-level god rule Brain-Read instantly initiated.

Brain-Read was the best type of god rule to decipher a brain that was not completely dead but had lost its sense of self-protection.

This was also why Lin Huang did not need to keep Teng Ran alive.

Unlike Heart-glimpsing, which probed the level of the soul in a mere passing flash of time within the material realm, Brain-Read required a specific amount of time.

Lin Huang waited for the Brain-Read progress bar to slowly rise while he looked at the push notification that Xiao Hei had just sent through.

"Congratulations to the Host, you've obtained a complete Monster Card Teng Mang (Pseudo-supreme God)"

'I obtained a complete Monster Card?!' Lin Huang was a little surprised and immediately retrieved the card to check it.

"Monster Card: Teng Ran"

"Rarity: Supreme-God (Pseudo)"

"Monster Name: Teng Mang"

"Type of Monster: Mutated Snake Species/Winged Snake Tribe"

"Bloodline: Teng Snake (Unawakened)"

"Combat Level: Sixth-rank True God (Ninth-rank True God)"

"Major: Spear Dao, Wind Elemental Enlightenment, Water Elemental Enlightenment"

"Major Skills: God-Slaying Spear, God-Crashing Storm…"

"Minor Skills: Sea of Illusion…"

"Spear Dao: True Meaning Level"

"God Rule: Sharp…"

"Elemental Enlightenment: Storm Wind, Sea of Wrath…"

"Summon Authority: Activated"

"Card Remarks: Trainable! "

"Remarks: It is recommended that training start with the purification of the Wild Beast's Bloodline. "

When he saw that there were hundreds of skills on Teng Ran's skill slots, and even the page on Rule Bending Powers was densely packed, Lin Huang felt that he had profited greatly by this card.

Xiaohei even helped note suggestions about the direction training should take, obviously extremely optimistic about the Teng Ran card.

'If a Wild Beast really has the potential to achieve Pure Spirit rank-6 as the stone tablet says, then this Teng Ran card definitely needs to be properly trained!'

Lin Huang had already begun to quietly plan in his mind how he would train Teng Ran, his newly acquired imperial monster…

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Chapter 1446: The War Is Over!

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It took almost five or six minutes to read Teng Ran's memory.

Lin Huang casually put the snake's head into his space storage; only then did he begin searching for the answers he wanted within Teng Ran's memories.

It took him merely a few seconds to find specific information on the Thousand Snake Sect.

The Thousand Snake Sect was a top grade-4 organization in the God Territory.

Its founder was Teng Hui, Teng Ran's great-great-grandfather. At that time, Teng Hui had only just elevated to true god-level, and the Thousand Snake Sect started out as a mere grade-2 organization.

After the Thousand Snake Sect had been established, it did not see any improvement for several years, and Teng Hui's combat strength advancement was also extremely slow.

Right around this time, Myriad Tribe Palace had just been promoted to a grade-6 organization; they began recruiting and expanding.

Almost all the grade-2 to grade-5 organizations were fair game for recruitment.

As soon as Teng Hui got the news, he submitted an application, and the Thousand Snake Sect successfully became an affiliate organization under Myriad Tribe Palace. Through the first batch of benefits issued by Myriad Tribe Palace, he managed to successfully advance his combat strength to that of a third-rank True God.

Not long after this elevation in Teng Ran's combat level, a mysterious member of Myriad Tribe Palace's top-tier personnel suddenly came to him and assigned a mission to the Thousand Snake Sect.

This task was to eliminate mini world No. 4815162342!

This mini world designated as No. 4815162342 was the current gravel world that Lin Huang had traveled to. In that era, however, the rules of the gravel world were more complete than they were now—it was even possible to breed True Gods then.

To ensure that the Thousand Snake Sect successfully completed its mission, that unknown member of Myriad Tribe Palace's top-tier personnel even sent out one hundred ninth-rank True Gods to arrive with Teng Hui and assist in this genocide.

Although Teng Hui felt that there was something odd about this mission, he still accepted it.

The mission was carried out without any hitches. With the assistance of one hundred ninth-rank True Gods, the Thousand Snake Sect took less than ten days to fulfill their task of elimination, completely annihilating all the cultivators in this mini world.

However, something even stranger occurred afterward.

That same top-tier individual sought out Teng Hui and informed him not to tell anyone about the genocide mission carried out on mini world No. 4815162342. Teng Hui soon discovered that everyone else in the Thousand Snake Sect had completely no recollection of the number and coordinates of this particular mini world.

Although Teng Hui felt that this was extremely peculiar, he did not dare probe further into the matter.

As for Myriad Tribe Palace, no one was sure if it was because Teng Hui was sufficiently obedient in following orders or for some other reason, but mini world No. 4815162342 was then classified as a subordinate territory under the Thousand Snake Sect. Several other mini worlds and gravel worlds were also given to the Thousand Snake Sect as subordinate territories.

The task of supervising mini world No. 4815162342 fell to Teng Hui as well.

Teng Hui set up an alert system—as long as the number of True Gods in that mini world exceeded ten people, or the number of Virtual Gods exceeded three hundred, he would lead a group there to wipe them out.

After several such eliminations, a great deal of resource plundering also happened.

Mini world No. 4815162342 rapidly degenerated into a gravel world with incomplete rules.

"Myriad Tribe Palace—Zos…"

According to Teng Ran's memories, the impression Teng Hui had of this upper-tier individual in Myriad Tribe Palace was only the name "Zos". Nothing else was known.

This was because that particular individual always wore a loose black robe that hid everything beneath it.

However, Teng Hui had a vague guess about the identity of that individual. It was highly likely that they were one of the founders of Myriad Tribe Palace.

"Why would a grade-6 organization like that be interested in our little gravel world—especially one that likely has a half-step Lord behind it?"

With this suspicion in mind, Lin Huang continued to dig deeper into Teng Ran's memory.

After more than ten minutes of searching, he finally found a potential answer to this question.

Although Teng Hui did not have the courage to probe further into the truth of the matter, Teng Ran's grandfather became curious about this issue and secretly investigated it for many years.

In the end, based on the conclusions of various investigations, Teng Ran's grandfather speculated that mini world No. 4815162342 was likely to be the God Territory world core left behind after the death of a Heavenly God, or perhaps even a half-step Lord. Moreover, this Heavenly God or half-step Lord might have had a hostile relationship with Myriad Tribe Palace; the black-robed top-tier individual might also have had some unknown personal grudge against the mini world.

He chose to annihilate the cultivators in this mini world over and over again but had not destroyed the entire world or slaughtered all the living beings there. The purpose for this was so that the descendants of the enemy would keep building up hope repeatedly, but watch it collapse every time.

Teng Ran had also run some investigations based on the clues left by his grandfather. However, he had not made much progress, so he had abandoned the attempt. However, his own speculations were similar to that of his grandfather.

With the ability that Myriad Tribe Palace possessed—or even the abilities of the unknown top-tier black-robed individual—destroying a mini world, or even a gravel world, was a mere snap of the fingers. There was no need at all for this repeated torment.

Lin Huang had not expected that the final answer would be something like this.

Then again, perhaps it was just a personal grievance, which had dragged the gravel world's cultivation epochs into suffering extinction time and time again for millions of years.

From a psychological standpoint, Lin Huang found it difficult to accept this conclusion.

"Perhaps the real truth is only known by that Zos individual from Myriad Tribe Palace." Lin Huang had already made up his mind that someday he had to find out the real reason from Zos himself.

Lin Huang did not get an exact answer to the foremost question that he wanted to ask, so he had no choice but to let it go and dig no further into it. Instead, he sought answers to other secondary questions.

It took another ten minutes to confirm that the information previously obtained from Teng Qing was correct. It was true that all the Virtual Gods and True Gods of the Thousand Snake Sect had arrived in the gravel world, and there was still more than a year before any reports would be sent back to Myriad Tribe Palace. Lin Huang felt slightly more relieved after finding this out.

'If that's the case, we can finish things up now.' After confirming that no other fish had slipped through the net, Lin Huang felt that it was almost time for the war to end.

This eased his mind a little, and his gaze swept over the three areas of the True God battlefield.

An instant later, the tens of thousands of telekinetic flying daggers that had besieged Teng Ran transformed into blood-colored lightning bolts. They shot out in three directions, directly targeting the three True God battlefields.

In a flash, blood-red lightning bolts blotted out half the sky.

A moment later, the true god-level invaders on all three battlefields were impaled by the blood-colored lightning bolts one after the other, and their life force was instantly dispelled.

It did not matter whether they were first-rank or ninth-rank—a single attack and they all died without exception.

This happened for no other reason than every one of Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers retained the compounded eleven layers of Control-level Rule Bending Powers. The might of each blow was almost equivalent to a full-strength attack by Teng Ran—perhaps even stronger.

Besieged by an attack of such power, the numerous True Gods of the Thousand Snake Sect, as well as the undying species and spirit types from the Undead Dimension, could put up no resistance at all.

They could not defend themselves against Lin Huang's attacks, much less even try to dodge in time.

Even to the eyes of the ninth-rank True Gods, the speed of the flying daggers was faster than their Divine Telekinesis could perceive, and was certainly beyond the limits of what the naked eye could see.

In the void, True God corpses fell to the ground one by one.

Everyone in the gravel world watched, stunned, and the invaders were all in a state of desperation.

When Lin Huang's numerous Sword Servants and imperial monsters saw what was happening, they immediately turned and charged into the Virtual God battlefield.

Their participation immediately broke the initial stalemate.

The invading Virtual Gods died in swathes, wailing in despair…

Lin Huang was not idle either. He summoned five giant Titan Bugs that stomped into the Virtual God battlefield…

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Chapter 1447: Lin Xuan's Secret

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With the addition of True Gods—the Sword Servants and the imperial monsters—the Virtual God battlefield was now a one-sided massacre.

Less than ten minutes later, all the virtual god-level invaders had been annihilated; not a single one had survived.

Lin Huang had already stored the loot and monster corpses from the True God battlefield into his space storage much earlier.

On the Virtual God battlefield, the Hunter Association, Dynasty, and other organizations, as well as the Bug Tribe, were rapidly sorting out the loot.

Dongfang Bai, chief of the Union Government, walked over to Lin Huang.

The expression in his eyes as he gazed at Lin Huang was completely different now.

Before, he had regarded Lin Huang as one of his peers, mainly because Lin Huang was the Emperor of Dynasty. After seeing Lin Huang's true abilities in this last battle, however, Dongfang Bai was now completely in awe of this young man.

Everyone on the third layer of the Abyss Brink knew that if Lin Huang had not been present at this invasion along with the reinforcements and imperial monsters that he had brought with him, the invaders would long since have broken through into the gravel world.

"Emperor Lin, on behalf of the Union Government, I offer our sincere gratitude!" The first words out of Dongfang Bai's mouth were his heartfelt thanks.

"Chief Dongfang, you're most welcome. The gravel world is also my homeland." Lin Huang felt the change in Dongfang Bai's attitude as well and gave him a slight nod.

"Where on earth did these invaders come from?" Dongfang Bai asked this because he had noticed Lin Huang holding up Teng Ran's head to read his memory after Lin Huang had killed him.

"They are from the God Territory—a top grade-4 organization by the name of the Thousand Snake Sect," Lin Huang explained briefly.

"We've killed so many of their people; will there be trouble from them the future?" Dongfang Bai asked, frowning. He was rather worried about this.

"There'll be some trouble, yes." Lin Huang nodded. "As to the specifics of the situation, I'll pay a visit to the Union Government in a few days, and I'll explain it all in detail then. Chief Dongfang, if you could, please help me make an appointment with Chief Jiang—it would be preferable if all the higher levels of the Union Government can be present."

"Of course! If there's anything that the Union Government can assist with, please do let me know." Dongfang Bai nodded quickly.

The two of them chatted for a while; the Virtual God battlefield was finally cleaned up as best as could be done.

The upper tiers of all the various major organizations came over to exchange words with Lin Huang one after the other. After all, Lin Huang had already established himself as the most powerful individual in the gravel world, with Dynasty—one of the organization giants—under his command.

In the wake of this war, Dynasty had faintly overshadowed the Union Government in terms of the limelight.

After Sun Zhuo, the Heretics' Presiding Judge, had greeted Lin Huang, he gathered all his subordinates and departed from the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

When they returned to the second layer of the Abyss Brink, Cao Ya could not help speaking out.

"I feel more and more that that silly girl Xia Yu's failure to pull Lin Huang back into the Heretics last time was a huge mistake!"

"That's true. If Lin Huang were the Heretics' Presiding Judge, it wouldn't be Dynasty in the limelight now, but us Heretics!" Zhou Tong's response was muffled as he inserted his little finger into one nostril.

"Hey, that's enough, you two. Are you so brazen already, to be able to say something like this to my face?" Sun Zhuo's expression was black with anger.

"If Lin Huang was our Presiding Judge, I think we could move our headquarters into that hive. Think about how awesome it would be with millions of virtual god-level bug guards! Not only that, anywhere you wanted to go, you could directly fly over in the hive. No matter where we went, everyone would be envious," Zhou Tong ignored Sun Zhuo, continuing to agree with Cao Ya.

"I think that white-haired imperial monster is incredibly handsome. I'd move my desk opposite him; even if I had to remain in the office every day I'd be more than willing!" After this comment, Cao Ya abruptly turned to look at Sun Zhuo. "I think that you should go get plastic surgery and marry someone from Dynasty. Then you can gift the Heretics to Lin Huang as dowry…"

"F*ck off!" Suddenly Sun Zhuo had the urge to resign from his post of Presiding Judge.

On the third layer of the Abyss Brink, following the departure of the contingent from the Union Government, all the various major organizations also departed after they had greeted Lin Huang.

Lin Huang recalled the hive and all the imperial monsters. After the people from Misery left, he returned to Emperor City as well with the people from the Dynasty.

Wu Mo temporarily returned to the floating land.

Lin Xuan followed Lin Huang and returned to the Emperor City.

After requesting Huang Tianfu to help Lin Xuan find a place to stay, Lin Huang, Mr. Fu, and the upper tiers of both Dynasty and Misery held a short video conference.

Lin Huang explained about the Thousand Snake Sect and Myriad Tribe Palace; he also informed everyone present of the potential crisis in a year.

After finding out this information about Myriad Tribe Palace, everyone present—who had been feeling relieved for less than half an hour—suddenly felt twice the amount of pressure from before.

After the meeting, Lin Huang went to look for Lin Xuan at the first possible opportunity.

Because of the war happening previously in the Abyss Brink, there were many questions that he had not asked Lin Xuan. Now, he finally had the time to do so.

"I always assumed that it was either Leib Labs or Shiabelle Studio that cloned you. I didn't expect it to be the Union Government."

"The Union Government obtained gene technology from an ancient ruin more than three hundred years ago. Two years after they completed explorations in those ruins, they set up a genetic laboratory. Later, they obtained related biotechnology from several ruins in succession and trained a large number of biological researchers. Right up until a hundred or so years ago, they obtained cloning technology once again from a nearby ancient ruin. After that, the entire laboratory's work focused on that direction.

"Over the past hundred years or so, they have carried out many cloning experiments in secret. It wasn't until eleven years ago that the technology reached an initial level of advancement sufficient enough to successfully clone cultivators. Eight years ago, they began to use demigod-level samples for cloning experiments. Among these samples were the remains of Mo Kui. I'm one of those clones…"

"The level of security in this sort of laboratory is generally extremely high; it's certainly not inferior to what's used at the Union Government headquarters. How did you escape?" This was the question that had puzzled Lin Huang the most.

"Previously, I'd always thought that I had escaped too. Then I returned to my place of origin, only to discover that I was sent out.

"The reason for this was that the laboratory found that all clones don't have the ability to advance via hunting and killing monsters. Our bodies can't integrate Life Seeds to become transcendent, let alone Life Fire tinder. Hundreds of laboratory staff have spent years on this problem, but none of them were unable to solve it.

"Therefore, someone in the laboratory suggested sending clones into the gravel world to conduct differentiated social observation experiments. They would allow the clones to develop freely and see whether it was possible for them to find a way to evolve.

"Four years ago, they selected a hundred clones just like me and placed them in the gravel world as a social observation experiment.

"Most of these one hundred clones were adopted, but most of them were adopted into ordinary families and didn't become cultivators. Only a few individuals, myself included, were exposed to the Life Power of cultivators. Aside from me, however, the Life Power in the others' bodies quickly dissipated within a year, and they could not assimilate Life Power a second time.

"It was only later that I also discovered that if it weren't for you teaching me Army Attack Tactics, I wouldn't have been able to embark on the path of cultivation. There is only one way that clones can cultivate—that is, you must learn the cultivation method that the parasite body used in its cultivation path to be able to cultivate normally.

"The cultivation path of my parasite body, Mo Kui, was based on Army Attack Tactics, and what you taught me happened to be Army Attack Tactics. So, I became the only cultivator among one hundred cloned individuals.

"However, the Union Government has been continuously keeping me under observation. They also know that you infused me with Life Power, which allowed me to assimilate into a silver-level cultivator. However, due to the short duration of my exposure to Army Attack Tactics, my combat strength never advanced to gold-level, which led them to think that ancient cultivation methods were not that effective. That's why they left me alone.

"Later, the drop of Mo Kui's God Blood that Mr. Fu left behind transferred a lot of Mo Kui's memories to me. At that time, I didn't know that I was a clone. I thought I was Mo Kui, who had been able to regenerate through some means.

"Because of my incomplete memories, as well as too many unanswered questions, I desperately wanted to search for the truth so I left you all…

"After I received Mo Kui's God Blood and left you, I was finally free of the Union Government's surveillance. My combat strength improved every day and my abilities also became more powerful. I also quietly continued to investigate the mystery of my own origins.

"In only half a year, I advanced to virtual god-level. After another six months, I elevated to Virtual God rank-3 and finally located the Union Government's genetic laboratory.

"There, I fought a massive battle with the Virtual God who was in charge of overseeing the place. After I won, I finally learned the truth from the scientific researchers themselves.

"After that, the Union Government contacted me many times to negotiate with me. In the end, Jiang Shan personally came to inform me of the crisis in the gravel world and offered certain terms in exchange to persuade me to cooperate with the subsequent cloning experiments.

"Those few batches of Virtual God clones on the battlefield were all created by them with the information and physical data that I provided…"

After listening to Lin Xuan's experiences over the past few years, Lin Huang was silent for a long time before he stretched out his hand, placing it on Lin Xuan's shoulder. "You've had it rough these past few years.

"What do you plan on doing next?" Lin Huang asked again.

"I don't know. Now that the mystery of my origins has been untangled, I've not much of a purpose anymore." Lin Xuan shook his head and smiled bitterly. "If I have to give a purpose, then maybe it might be advancing to True God."

"Why not go to the great world together with us then?" Lin Huang suggested, "With your current Virtual God rank-9 combat strength, you'll only be able to advance further if you go to the great world.

"Xin Er is also Virtual God rank-9 already, and there's really no need to stay in the gravel world any longer. Our family can be reunited in the great world," Lin Huang continued, "Teacher will also head to the great world with us. You should have a lot of memories of him in your mind, right?"

"Teacher…" Lin Xuan fell silent after hearing this. Of course, he had memories of Mr. Fu. Mr. Fu had adopted Mo Kui from an early age and raised him. To Mo Kui, Mr. Fu was both master and father.

Lin Xuan had previously emphasized that he was Lin Xuan when he met with Mr. Fu in the Abyss Brink, mainly because he did not know how to face Mr. Fu. After all, he was not Mo Kui. Yet, Mo Kui's memories were like Lin Xuan's personal experiences, which made him felt like Mr. Fu was both his master and father.

"Don't think too much about it, just let things develop as they will." Lin Huang also noticed Lin Xuan's struggle. However, he also knew that Mr. Fu had no children, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he thought of Mo Kui as his own since he had raised Mo Kui as an infant. He would inevitably think of Mo Kui when he saw Lin Xuan, who was exactly the same in appearance and temperament.

The relationship between the two would indeed be very awkward.

"I may still need to remain in the gravel world for a month or two. After that, I'll take Xin Er and the others to the great world," Lin Huang continued, "Don't get all knotted up about it, let's just go together. You'll have to go to the great world sometime anyway."

"Alright then," Lin Xuan finally agreed.

After all, he had nothing more to worry about in the gravel world. The only ones who had ties here were Lin Huang and Lin Xin.

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Chapter 1448: Return To First City

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On the same day that everyone in the Abyss Brink returned to their respective organizations, news that the war had been won quickly spread throughout the cultivation world.

There were a handful of Virtual Gods who uploaded videos to the Heart Network that they had secretly recorded. Although the videos were deleted by the Emperor's Heart within seconds, some cultivators still managed to view them. A few people quickly took screenshots and shared them continuously on different social media platforms. By the time the Emperor's Heart had managed to eliminate all the screenshots from all these social media platforms, almost half of the cultivators who were following this incident had seen at least some of the screenshots.

In less than half a day, hundreds of versions of various stories were fabricated based on these screenshots. However, the main focus in almost every version was Dynasty's Emperor, who had returned six months ago.

This was because most of the videos that were posted on the Heart Network were of Lin Huang and a few of the True God battlefields.

That was also why many of the screenshots posted had Lin Huang in them.

One of the clearest screenshots taken showed the scene where Lin Huang had just cut off Teng Ran's snakehead, holding it up in front of him to read his memory.

This scene was interpreted in several versions of the story as Lin Huang's act of declaring his victory after he had slaughtered his opponent.

Fortunately, there were multiple versions of the story and most of the details would not stand up to scrutiny, but in general, they were not far from the actual facts themselves—under the Emperor of Dynasty's leadership, the people in the gravel world had defeated the invaders and resolved the crisis.

Many people who did not like Dynasty and Lin Huang immediately criticized these stories for being untrue. They intimated that these stories were compiled by the people of Dynasty, or by fans of Dynasty, to promote Dynasty and Lin Huang. Some people even deliberately made accusations, trying to provoke conflict between Dynasty and the Union Government and stir everyone up to attack Dynasty and Lin Huang.

Fans of Dynasty retaliated furiously online, flaming those who spread such rumors.

In no time at all, an online war of words was raging. In the space of less than a day, it engulfed almost all the social media platforms commonly used by cultivators.

Even the Union Government and the internal forums of the Hunter Association were spammed by flame wars from both sides.

However, even though the online war went on for one full day, except for the Emperor's Heart continuously deleting posts, none of the participating organizations' official accounts put forward their opinions.

The Union Government did not make an appearance to clarify the situation for the entire day, which caused everyone to vaguely speculate about whether or not the rumors were true.

So the dominant force in the battle was not the Union Government or the Hunter Association, but Dynasty?!

Just as a big storm was being stirred up on the Internet, Lin Huang quietly brought along a few members of Dynasty's upper-tier personnel and arrived at the No. 1A1 foothold in No. 1 Zone—First City.

This was where the Union Government's headquarters was located.

In the conference room, Lin Huang, Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, Huang Tianfu, and Huang Tufu were all present. Two Sword Servants were sitting as observers by the wall behind Lin Huang's chair; they were Sword101 and Sword 102. Their actual combat strength had been re-sealed; what was displayed in public was their previous combat strength of Virtual God rank-9.

No one in the entire room one dared to look down on them.

On the Union Government's side, the Union Government Chief Jiang Shan, vice chief Dongfang Bai, the head of the agency for Agency EA Guan Zhong, the Union Government committee chairman Zhao Lingming, committee vice-chairman Ran Ning, and Qiu Xu, press representative Han Yao, and almost all upper-tier personnel were present.

In addition to the Union Government and Dynasty, the Hunter Association—led by vice president Wu Xing—had also brought three elders along.

Lin Huang was not surprised by the appearance of the Hunter Association.

The group of people exchanged brief greetings before Jiang Shan went straight to the point.

"Emperor Lin, everyone is here now, so let's start first with what you're able to share."

Lin Huang nodded. "Let me think about where I should start…"

After a while, he spoke again.

"The Thousand Snake Sect is a grade-4 organization in the God Territory of the great world. As for what's considered a grade-4 organization, it's one that is protected by top True Gods. Not only that, the number of True Gods will be no less than one hundred, and the number of Virtual Gods in the organization will be over ten thousand. The Thousand Snake Sect is considered relatively powerful among grade-4 organizations.

"Here in the gravel world, if you exclude me as an anomaly, the highest level an organization can reach is only grade-2. The Thousand Snake Sect can easily slaughter thousands of grade-2 organizations under normal circumstances.

"However, behind this mighty Thousand Snake Sect is another extremely powerful backstage player. This backstage player is Myriad Tribe Palace, which is one of the top grade-6 organizations in the God Territory."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of almost everyone present changed drastically. They were not even very clear what a grade-6 organization was, but they had already realized that it was a behemoth that would have no rival in any gravel world.

"Emperor Lin, with your current ability, what sort of a chance do you stand against Myriad Tribe Palace?" Dongfang Bai could not help asking.

Lin Huang glanced at Dongfang Bai, shook his head, and smiled bitterly. "Let's not talk about what I am currently; even if you give me a year, I have no chance of winning if it comes to a head-on clash.

"The grade-5 organizations above the grade-4 organizations are always protected by Heavenly Gods. As for the grade-6 organizations above the grade-5 organizations, they are all protected by top-tier Heavenly Gods, and the guardians are practically all powerhouses at ninth-rank heavenly god-level. Not only that, the number of Heavenly Gods exceeds one hundred.

"As a top grade-6 organization in the God Territory, Myriad Tribe Palace's overall ability is second only to the five major grade-7 organizations protected by Lords. There are rumors in the God Territory that their palace masters and deputy palace masters are half-step Lord peak powerhouses. There are thousands of Heavenly Gods under their command, and there is a multitude of True Gods…"

When they heard that, the expressions of Jiang Shan and the others present—including Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan—became increasingly despondent. They finally understood why Lin Huang had said that even after a year, his ability would not be sufficient to go up against Myriad Tribe Palace.

Having heard Lin Huang's description of Myriad Tribe Palace's might, Jiang Shan could not help speaking up again.

"Would a lofty organization giant like Myriad Tribe Palace interfere in this conflict between ourselves and the Thousand Snake Sect?"

Lin Huang's expression revealed a degree of helplessness as he continued, "This is what I want to talk about next.

"The reason why the Thousand Snake Sect attacked our gravel world was because they were following Myriad Tribe Palace's orders!"

As soon as the words were out of Lin Huang's mouth, the atmosphere in the entire meeting room dropped to freezing point.

"Why? We're just a gravel world with incomplete rules. Why are we being targeted by one of the top grade-6 organization in the God Territory?" It was Mr. Fu who posed the question this time.

"I don't know the specific reason. There's nothing specific about it in Teng Ran's memories either." Lin Huang shook his head. "However, from Teng Ran's memories, I know that every time the gravel world's cultivation epochs have been destroyed, it was directed by Myriad Tribe Palace with the Thousand Snake Sect as the instrument.

"In other words, from the very beginning, the conflict between ourselves and the Thousand Snake Sect has essentially been a conflict between us and Myriad Tribe Palace!"

In the conference room, everyone's hearts gradually sank completely.

"Since the Thousand Snake Sect's invasion has failed now, that means Myriad Tribe Palace will send someone here in person?" Lin Xuan asked, turning his head toward Lin Huang.

"Yes." Lin Huang nodded helplessly. "Every time the Thousand Snake Sect eliminates a subordinate mini world, it takes about a year at most—no more than one year and three months. It's been two months now since Teng Ran and the others set off. That is to say, in a year and a month at the very latest, Myriad Tribe Palace will receive news that Teng Ran's invasion has failed."

At Lin Huang's words, almost everyone present fell into despair.

This was completely different from the previous invasion of the Thousand Snake Sect. If Myriad Tribe Palace really showed up, even Lin Huang would not be able to turn the tide. The fate of the gravel world could only be imagined then.

"Lin Huang, is there really nothing that can be done?" Mr. Fu even forgot the nickname that he used to call Lin Huang when he was being a "good apprentice" and used his name instead.

"The only thing I can think of is to destroy the thirty-three space tunnels in the Abyss Brink. I'm not talking about sealing them, but completely annihilating them to the point where nothing is left! Although this is not a solution to the fundamental problem, at least it can buy us some time.

"However, there is a caveat to this delay—which is, if Myriad Tribe Palace does not have the specific dimensional coordinates of our gravel world. This way, it will be extremely difficult for them to re-establish the space tunnels.

"If they do have our dimensional coordinates though, it doesn't make much sense to destroy the space tunnels. At a rough estimate, it can delay them for a few months at most, and they will soon be able to rebuild the space tunnels."

"Let's set aside the question of whether or not they have our dimensional coordinates first. The internal Space Rules for these space tunnels have long since stabilized since they've existed for several eras. If they could be destroyed, our predecessors would have destroyed them long ago." Jiang Shan exhaled in a long sigh.

"Can you do it?" Mr. Fu asked Lin Huang with a glimmer of hope.

"I've tried, but it doesn't work." Lin Huang shook his head, "If I could do it, I would have destroyed all these tunnels long ago and directly cut off the path for the Thousand Snake Sect's invasion.

"I've asked you to this meeting to discuss whether there might be a way to solve this problem of Myriad Tribe Palace. It doesn't matter if it's destroying the space tunnels or some other way. Everyone brainstorm and share what you think—even if there's only a hint of possibility, share it!"

In the conference room, everyone fell silent, as if they were thinking about whether or not there might be a possible solution.

Suddenly, Jiang Shan's Emperor's Heart Ring began vibrating.

He looked down in surprise. He clearly remembered turning off his communication signal before the meeting started.

However, when he saw the number that popped up on the communication page, his expression suddenly changed.

"My apologies; I have something that I need to deal with."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Jiang Shan got up and left the conference room.

He closed the door to the conference room and surrounded himself with a barrier screen. Then, he clicked on the message that had just been sent through to the communication page.

After he read it, his expression became even more puzzled.

Jiang Shan turned off the communication page and stood still, considering things for a while. Only then did he turned around and open the door of the conference room again.

His gaze traveled through the assembled individuals and settled directly on Lin Huang.

"Emperor Lin, there's a matter on my side that requires you to come with me."

When he saw that two Sword Servants were preparing to stand up, Jiang Shan immediately added, "The rest of you can wait in here in the conference room; we should be back soon."

Lin Huang nodded at the Sword Servants, signaling for them to sit down and be at ease. He then nodded at Mr. Fu, who looked at him, then stood up and walked toward Jiang Shan alone.

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Chapter 1449: Conversation With Emperor's Heart

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After they left the meeting room, the two walked a distance along the promenade before Lin Huang finally asked, "Can you tell me what this is about now?"

"Emperor's Heart wants to see you."

Jiang Shan stopped and activated screen barriers before he turned and confronted Lin Huang.

"Emperor's Heart?" Lin Huang was not expecting this answer and was a little surprised. "It's sentient?"

He raised this question because, apart from Goldfinger, he had not seen any god relic or god rule relic with sentience. Even a god sequence relic like Thousand Face only had a weak consciousness and did not have the ability to think independently.

"It has always been sentient." Jiang Shan nodded and gave an affirmative answer, but these words seemed to have a deeper meaning to it.

Lin Huang fell into silence as he contemplated the messages from Jiang Shan's words.

1. Emperor's Heart was not a product of the new era—it may have come from a certain ruin or wasteland.

2. From the very moment it was discovered, Emperor's Heart had been sentient.

3. Emperor's Heart had the ability to communicate with humans, and it should have reached a certain cooperative relationship with the Union Government.

After he summed up the few pieces of information, the first thought that popped into Lin Huang's mind was—Artificial Intelligence.

Before Lin Huang traveled over, Artificial Intelligence was also one of the developing areas of science and technology. Many giant technology companies had established specialized departments and developed many derivative products such as drones, sweeping robots, smart translators, et cetera.

However, the development of artificial intelligence on earth was still in its infancy stage, and it was still far from advanced artificial intelligence.

However, Lin Huang vaguely felt that Emperor's Heart might be an advanced piece of artificial intelligence.

Otherwise, it was impossible for it to build the Emperor's Heart network throughout the entire gravel world on its own. After all, this world had no programmers.

In an instant, Lin Huang had a whirlpool of thoughts in his mind, but the last thing he said out loud was one short sentence.

"Why does it want to see me?"

"I don't know."

Jiang Shan was telling the truth—he did not know why Emperor's Heart suddenly wanted to see Lin Huang. When he received the news from Emperor's Heart, he was no less surprised than Lin Huang.

Lin Huang could also tell that he did not lie. He nodded slightly and did not press Jiang Shan any further.

After he deactivated the screen barrier, Jiang Shan summoned a dimensional portal, and Lin Huang followed him into it.

Lin Huang was not wary of Jiang Shan potentially plotting against him. With his current ability, there was really nothing that could threaten him in this gravel world, whether it was people, monsters, battlefields, battle formations, or weapons.

However, he was still on guard against Emperor's Heart.

If it was Artificial Intelligence, it may possess weapons beyond this gravel world. If it was a Goldfinger, it likely had mastered a terrifying unknown power.

As he pondered the matter, the dimensional portal opened.

Lin Huang collected his thoughts, followed Jiang Shan, and stepped out of the portal.

The underground cave in front of him was not unfamiliar to Lin Huang.

Two years ago, Guan Zhong brought him here when he unlocked his Emperor's Heart ring.

The giant sphere was still suspended in the void. The entire structure looked like it was constructed from the roots of countless trees, layered on top of each other, but there were round holes on the surface. It looked a bit like a huge honeycomb.

As Lin Huang considered his next move, a deep voice of a middle-aged man resounded.

"Jiang Shan, I want to be alone with Lin Huang for a while."

The sound was transmitted from the inside of the sphere.

Jiang Shan nodded slightly in the direction of the sphere, then turned and addressed Lin Huang, "Then I shall leave first."

As he spoke, he turned around, pushed open the dimensional portal again, and stepped into it. Soon, the dimensional portal was closed and gradually faded away.

When he saw Jiang Shan leave, Lin Huang raised his vigilance slightly and looked at the sphere in the void with scorching eyes.

At this moment, the suspended sphere suddenly squirmed, and the structure that looked like plant roots moved like living tentacles and quickly condensed into the shape of a human head. Its face had a full set of facial features. Its hair was thick, and it had a bushy beard and a sideburn.

When he saw that, Lin Huang was visibly taken aback, but soon recovered his composure.

"Hello, Lin Huang. I'm Emperor's Heart."

The bearded head was the first to offer a greeting.

"Hello," Lin Huang responded quickly.

"No need to be nervous, I have no ill intentions." The bearded head seemed to notice Lin Huang's heightened guard. "Although it is the first official meeting between you and me today, I actually knew about you ages ago and have been observing you silently."

After he heard this, Lin Huang still did not lower his guard. "When you say ages ago, how early do you mean?"

"The first day that you traveled over." Emperor's Heart had a faint smile on his face, he seemed to expect that Lin Huang would not guess his answer.

When he heard the answer, Lin Huang's expression stiffened slightly. He never expected that he had entered the sight of Emperor's Heart so early on.

"The day was June 6th five years ago, the exact time was 8:08 in the morning." Emperor's Heart even offered a more precise time.

Lin Huang's heart jumped when he heard it. Of course, he clearly remembered the specific time he had traveled over, and it was exactly the time Emperor's Heart stated.

"The reason I know it so clearly is because the Emperor's Heart ring you wore was abnormal for a moment on that day. Your life fluctuation disappeared for an instant. Although it returned to normal in the next instant, I still caught it. I knew that the moment Lin Huang's parasite body died, you traveled here."

"You know about the existence of travelers… so you are a Goldfinger?!" Lin Huang realized the identity of Emperor's Heart at this moment.

"That's right," Emperor's Heart readily admitted.

"Who is your host?" Lin Huang pressed.

"My host died a long time ago." Emperor's Heart's answer did not surprise Lin Huang.

"I'm asking about the current host. Without a host, how can you function as a Goldfinger?"

"If you only perform part of the function, you don't need to have a host. A temporary host is fine," Emperor's Heart explained. "Do you remember the Stairway Tree? That is my current host."

"Stairway Tree?!" Lin Huang certainly knew about the Stairway Tree in the genius organization, it was the largest tree he had ever seen in his life. "But isn't that just a virtual thing on the Internet?"

"Why can't virtual things act as a host?" Emperor's Heart retorted. "The essence of consciousness is information. The network can store information, so why can't it store consciousness?"

"Okay." Lin Huang conceded that Emperor's Heart had a point. It had the ability to digitalize their own consciousness, so it was not impossible to hide the ontology in the network.

"I think we should go straight to the topic. What do you want with me?" Lin Huang changed the subject.

"Mainly two things. One is about Myriad Tribe Palace, the other is related to my host."

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Chapter 1450: The One Who Came From The Abyss

"I had always known that this gravel world is facing a threat from a certain organization of the great world."

The Emperor's Heart paused to gather his thoughts a little and continued.

"To be precise, it is under threat from one individual. The Myriad Tribe Palace is just their pawn."

"Are you sure? Myriad Tribe Palace is the grade-6 top organization in God Territory, and they have at least two half-step lord-level powerhouses!" Lin Huang's face was full of amazement. He always thought he had fully excavated the background of the Thousand Snake Sect, which stopped at the Myriad Tribe Palace. "If such a huge organization is only a pawn, then is the person you are talking about a certain Lord of God Territory?!"

"They are an extremely powerful Lord. However, they don't come from the God Territory but from the Abyss." The Emperor's Heart finally revealed this secret that he had kept hidden for many years.

"A Lord from the Abyss has also developed a grade-6 peak organization in God Territory?! Who possesses such great ability?" Lin Huang asked hurriedly.

"Their name cannot be mentioned, because wherever their name is uttered, their sight will be cast there. Their eyes cannot be directly gazed upon. Those who look directly upon them will be completely plunged into the Sea Abyss and perish on the bottom of the sea for eternity. Their call cannot be answered. The responder will lose all of his will and become their slave forever…"

Although the Emperor's Heart's words were somewhat vague, Lin Huang understood how terrifying this "they" was.

"Why is such a terrifying existence setting their sights on a small place like ours?" Lin Huang suddenly guessed the answer when he asked this question. He raised his head and stared at the huge head floating in the void, frowning slightly. "You know so much…Is it because of you that the gravel world is being targeted?!"

"To be precise, it is because of my host." The Emperor's Heart finally told the truth. "They and my host are mortal enemies and have fought many times. In the last battle, my host was defeated, and the remnant of my host's soul and I fled."

"You fled to this gravel world, and then you were discovered? So "they" sent someone to chase after the two of you?" Lin Huang guessed the subsequent plot.

"It's not as simple as you think." The Emperor's Heart shook his gigantic head.

"You should know that there is more than one great world, right? The battlefield where my host fought with them is not in this great world. After my host's initial defeat, my host split their God Territory into a million fragments and projected them toward different great worlds. The severely injured soul of my host and I were hiding in one of the fragments of God Territory and descended into this great world."

"The gravel world under your feet is that fragment of God Territory! To some extent, you are all descendants of my host."

Lin Huang did not expect this turn of events. "What happened after that? Was this fragment discovered?"

"After the epic battle between the two, my host died in the battle, but 'they' were also seriously injured. For millions of years, that person should have been hiding in the Abyss to heal their wounds. But before returning to the Abyss, they left behind a projection in the Incubus World, which has induced a large number of believers in their dreams."

"For these years, that person's followers have been searching for the existence of my host's God Territory fragments in various great worlds. Over millions of years, most of the fragments of the God Territory have been discovered, including ours."

"I have a few questions." As he listened to the story, Lin Huang could not help but interrupt the Emperor's Heart's narration. "According to the information I got from the Thousand Snake Sect, Myriad Tribe Palace should have discovered our gravel world long ago. Why doesn't the powerhouse of the Myriad Tribe Palace directly come to destroy our world? Even if they don't want to let other organizations know, as long as a Lord hides their identity, they won't be discovered by making a single attack.

"Also, why did the Myriad Tribe Palace get the Thousand Snake Sect to only eliminate cultivators and not ordinary people? Isn't it more effective to eliminate all living things once and for all?"

"The reason is very simple. That person wants to obtain the source of my host's strength, they want to get their hands on me, a Goldfinger!"

"Myriad Tribe Palace discovered that our gravel world is a fragment of God Territory, but they didn't know that the remnants of my host and I were hiding on this particular fragment. So, they have not taken the next step to refine the gravel world forcefully and enshrine it for that person. Instead, they have been waiting for that person to give instructions for the next step and dare not make a move themselves."

"As for not eliminating all life forms, the reason is simple. God Territory fragments are not complete worlds (here we are referring to incomplete worlds, not incomplete rules). Once a large number of life forms die out, the world composed of God Territory fragments will soon move toward self-disintegration."

"You should also know that when the Thousand Snake Sect made a move on this world several times in the past, the rules of the True God of this world were still complete. But more than 800 years ago, the rules were no longer complete. This is due to the death of a large number of cultivators. The entire energy of the God Territory fragments scattered, leading to accelerated disintegration.

"It knows that my host's remnant soul cannot be awakened in a short time, and once the fragments of the God Territory attached to the remnant soul collapses, the remnant soul will die for good. What that person wants is the living remnant soul with the memory of the host intact, and as such, they do not want the fragments of God Territory to collapse."

"As for the cultivators who instructed the Myriad Tribe Palace to hunt for the fragments of God Territory, the reason is also very simple. Because once the native cultivators of the God Territory fragments have reached the true god-level and mastered Rule Bending Powers, they may be recognized by the world will of the mini world, and it is even possible for them to successfully refine the fragments of God Territory."

At this point, the huge head of the Emperor's Heart looked down at Lin Huang, and after a pause, he continued.

"You want to relieve the gravel world of its current crisis, here is the solution."

Lin Huang listened for a moment, and then immediately reacted. He looked up at Emperor's Heart with a look of surprise. "You mean…for me to communicate with the world will and refine this piece of God Territory?!

"But, even refining it would be useless. Won't the several spatial dimensional gateways in the Abyss Brink still exist? Myriad Tribe Palace can still transport people over."

"After you refine this piece of God Territory fragment, you will have control over the world will. By that time, you can easily peel off the third layer of the Abyss Brink. No matter how stable those dimensional gateways are, they can only be transmitted to the third layer of the Abyss Brink that has been stripped, and can't reach the gravel world." The Emperor's Heart had obviously put some thought into it.

Lin Huang fell into silence for a while after he heard that. "Are you sure this method is feasible?"

"One hundred percent," the Emperor's Heart answered very firmly.

Lin Huang fell silent for another moment, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Am I your previous host?"

"No," the Emperor's Heart said without hesitation.

"Then your host…has been awakened?" Lin Huang asked again.

"My host has successfully reincarnated." The Emperor's Heart nodded.

"Then why are you asking me to refine the fragments of your host's God Territory, instead of letting your host do it themself? Stripping off the third layer of the Abyss Brink, wouldn't your host be able to do the same?" Lin Huang pressed.

"All Virtual Gods and True Gods born in this gravel world can try to refine it, but my host alone cannot." The Emperor's Heart looked serious and shook his head. "If my host refines any fragment of God Territory from their previous life, there will be energy fluctuations similar to those in the previous life, and this fluctuation will be instantly captured by that person from the Abyss, who will find out our precise coordinates.

"I have followed my host for millions of years and have seen countless geniuses in the vast sea of stars, and there are also other travelers. Your talent and potential, among all the people I have seen, can be easily ranked in the top three. If my host wanted to choose a person in this gravel world to refine the fragments of his God Territory, I believe they would choose you."

Lin Huang was surprised that the Emperor's Heart would have such a high evaluation of him.

Lin Huang instantly quelled his doubts. "Then I will give it a try!"

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Chapter 1451: Don't All Games Have an Opening CG?

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"My host is a traveler like you, but they probably did not come from the same place as you did. Their world possesses extremely advanced technology and has even developed artificial intelligence close to the level of Goldfingers.

"Also, the world that my host traveled to was not this great world of yours. That world was much vaster and stronger than your great world. There even existed powerhouses whose strength exceeded that of a Lord.

"Powerhouses whose strength exceeded that of a Lord… how could such a powerful world be invaded by the Abyss?" Lin Huang could not help asking.

"All I can say is that the power of the Abyss far exceeds your imagination," the Emperor's Heart earnestly explained.

"The Abyssal creatures that you see in the gravel world are mainly from the shallow layers of the Abyss. Their role in the Abyss could be compared to that of plankton in the sea. In the middle layers, even True Gods and Heavenly Gods are merely little fishes and shrimps at most.

"The truly terrifying part of the Abyss lies within the deep layers! There are countless ancient monsters that lay dormant there—some of them are even born as Lords, some have breaths that could transform into black holes and swallow the stars even as they lay in deep slumber. As for the ones that lay dormant within the deepest depths, if even one of those fellows were to awaken, it would be enough to unleash a scene of bloody carnage across the whole universe!"

"If the Abyss is as powerful as you say, why haven't they conquered the entire universe?" Lin Huang did not doubt the honesty of the Emperor's Heart's words, but he felt that based on the description he heard, the Abyss was easily strong enough to conquer the whole universe.

"I am not entirely sure of the reason, but I have heard of a legend which states that the ruler of the Abyss is always in a dormant state, and their deep slumber would construct one dreamland after another. The closer the Abyssal creatures are to their ruler, the stronger they become. It also means that the deeper they fall into dreamland, the more difficult it is for them to leave the Abyss.

"The abyssal monster who is the rival of my host is one of the strongest among the monsters who are still able to leave the Abyss."

Upon hearing all this, Lin Huang could not help inquiring once again, "What's the monster's exact strength? Can you tell me?"

He wanted to have a clear understanding of the level of the potential enemy he might have to face in the future.

"It is the level of Lord, also known as the 'mighty divinity-level' in the universe. Powerhouses that have reached mighty divinity-level will develop Dao tattoos within their bodies to consolidate Dao seals. Lord-level is divided into four ranks based on the complexity level of the Dao seals formed by the Dao tattoos.

"Dao seals formed by ten or less Dao tattoos are known as level-1. Dao seals formed by ten to a hundred Dao tattoos are known as level-10. Dao seals formed by a hundred to a thousand Dao tattoos are known as level-100. Dao seals formed by more than a thousand Dao tattoos are known as level-1000.

"A simple way to categorize the Lords would be as lower-rank, middle-rank, upper-rank, and ultimate-rank Lords.

"My host, as well as that fellow from the Abyss, are both ultimate-rank Lords.

"Millions of years ago, my host and I passed by your great world. I recall that there were no ultimate-rank Lords in this great world during that time," Emperor's Heart added.

Lin Huang was left speechless by what he heard. The existence of the Abyss was too terrifying; for a moment he even considered retreating and searching for another way to overcome the crisis brought about by the Myriad Tribe Palace.

He could not even afford to anger the Myriad Tribe Palace, let alone the great abyssal monster that reigned above the Myriad Tribe Palace.

The Emperor's Heart seemed to have noticed Lin Huang's doubts and quickly continued, "However, you don't have to worry. Even if you refine the Godhead fragment, that fellow from the Abyss probably won't cause any trouble for you. There are millions of God Territory fragments, so there surely must be more than one that has been refined by others. That Abyss fellow will not leave the Abyss as long as the coordinates of my host and I have not been secured. All you have to do is think about how to deal with the Myriad Tribe Palace."

"You say that, but it will inevitably cause some consequences, one way or another," Lin Huang bluntly said what he was dreading.

The Emperor's Heart was stunned for a moment after hearing those words. He obviously did not expect Lin Huang to have thought so deeply into the subject. This was actually something he had wanted to conceal if possible.

The Emperor's Heart let out a dry laugh but still continued on with the conversation, "This so-called consequence is just an illusory concept. Even if your actions indirectly affect the future, it definitely won't be as serious as you think it is."

Lin Huang did not want to get further entangled in this topic, so he just changed the subject.

"I'm a little curious, when did your host's defeat in battle take place?"

"4.83 million years ago," the Emperor's Heart stated the fact blandly. "This piece of God Territory fragment arrived in this world three days after my host's defeat.

"After that, the remnant soul of my host went into a deep sleep, and I used the seed of the Stairway Tree as a host body to begin slowly growing.

"At that time, most areas of the God Territory fragment were still old-growth forests with various living creatures. I imparted the knowledge of cultivation to a bunch of kids that caught my eye, and some of them indeed excelled in their cultivation. This era is called the primeval epoch by the descendants of this world."

"The primeval epoch of the gravel world was started by you?!" Lin Huang exclaimed involuntarily.

"Yes. It's just a pity that less than a million years after the start of the primeval epoch, this piece of God Territory fragment was discovered by that person's subordinates, who mobilized the invasion and began purging this land.

"After the end of the primeval epoch, I once again passed down the knowledge of cultivation to a new batch of people, but a little over a million years ago, another major bout of purging happened. That was the end of the era that was coined the archaic epoch by your people.

"After that, I intervened in the advancement of the gravel world again and again, bringing out different systems of cultivation routes each time. Despite that, the cultivators were all massacred to extinction every time…"

After listening to the Emperor's Heart's explanation of this period of history, Lin Huang was bursting with more questions to ask.

"How much do you know about the opening of various Virtual Eyes during the new era? Was this also that person's doing?"

Hearing this question, the Emperor's Heart fell silent for a moment before speaking again.

"The new era… was started by me. Those Virtual Eyes were also opened by me."

The Emperor's Heart did not know how to react to Lin Huang's expression of shocked disbelief, so he just continued.

"Due to previous cultivation epochs being eradicated over and over again, I've started using a more unorthodox approach. I remember my host telling me that in their world, there were many games where one could increase their levels by fighting monsters. Using this as an inspiration, I used up nearly all the energy that I've accumulated over millions of years to reform the entire God Territory fragment.

"All newborns throughout the whole gravel world will become 'game players' who can upgrade their levels through fighting monsters. The Virtual Eyes were also opened to grant experience to all cultivators."

"So you're saying that the opening of three thousand Virtual Eyes more than eight hundred years ago was your doing?!" Lin Huang felt that things were becoming more and more outlandish every second.

"Yes, because conventional methods can no longer allow any powerhouses in this gravel world to rapidly evolve, let alone break the vicious cycle that is the destruction of the cultivation epochs! Desperate times call for desperate measures."

"But didn't that group of invaders all claim that they're from the God Territory?" Lin Huang asked, puzzled.

"That's all just an act… don't all games have an opening CG?"

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Chapter 1452: No, You Don't Want to Know

"I have one more question. After I cleared the 81st checkpoint on the Stairway Tree, I received an invitation from an organization called the Club. Were you the one who sent me that letter?"

"Yes, but also no. My host is a member of the Club. That invitation letter was the one and only invitation right that my host had.

"To be honest, the checkpoints on the Stairway Tree were not set by me. All I did was put the invitation letter on the top floor of the Stairway Tree. The eighty-one checkpoints were assessment requirements that were automatically set by the invitation letter based on its surroundings and environment. Whoever clears the checkpoints will automatically be eligible to join the Club."

"Those assessments were all set by the invitation letter?!" Lin Huang's face was filled with amazement. "But it just looks like a regular piece of card. There isn't even that much energy fluctuation remaining."

"It's just an object created by a powerhouse who has surpassed lord-level, so it'd be weirder if you actually could sense any energy fluctuation from it," Emperor's Heart could not help but retort.

"Since your host is a member of the Club, you should know a few things about it, right?" Lin Huang pressed for information on the Club.

"I don't really know that much about it. All I know is that after my host joined the Club, apart from receiving a few missions, my host has only met a total of three other Club members in the span of millions of years. The organization is very laid-back, and members practically have free rein. However, one thing that I can be sure of is the fact that rewards for their missions are extremely lucrative!"

His chat with the Emperor's Heart lasted for almost an hour.

Many of Lin Huang's doubts had been cleared, and the conversation was gradually coming to an end.

"Why haven't you asked me who my host's reincarnation is?" The Emperor's Heart suddenly took the initiative to ask Lin Huang this question.

"Would you tell me?" Lin Huang raised his eyebrows. He did not think that the Emperor's Heart would disclose such confidential information to him. After all, the host's reincarnation definitely had not fully grown up yet. Logically speaking, from the Emperor's Heart's perspective, Lin Huang could potentially be a great threat to the reincarnated host.

Although Lin Huang did inquire about a lot of secrets, he still chose to avoid such questions out of a sense of propriety.

Hearing this rhetorical question, the Emperor's Heart smiled and changed the subject. "When are you leaving the gravel world?"

"My original plan was to resolve the crisis in the gravel world, stay for two to three months at most, then leave after a short rest." Lin Huang felt no need to hide his plans. "Now that there's the matter regarding the Myriad Tribe Palace, however, things have become a little uncertain.

"Well, firstly, I'll have to try and see if I can refine this piece of God Territory fragment." After saying that, Lin Huang asked, "If I manage to successfully refine it, will there be any effect on my God Territory?"

"If the refinement is successful, the God Territory fragment will become a part of your God Territory. Once you've evolved into a True God, you could even keep it in the God Territory within your body and completely cut off the connection between the gravel world and the outside world. If that happens, even if the Myriad Tribe Palace were to reconnect the space tunnels with the original coordinates, all they would be able to find after teleporting is an empty void."

"So, there won't be any side effects?" Lin Huang pressed.

"No, there won't. It's essentially the same as accepting an incomplete inheritance, except the inheritance is neither a cultivation method nor a memory. What side effects can you possibly have from refining an inheritance fragment?" The Emperor's Heart was a little speechless. He did not expect Lin Huang to be so cautious.

By the time Lin Huang was sent back to the Union Government's headquarters by the Emperor's Heart, more than an hour had passed.

In the conference hall, the crowd had not dispersed. Due to Lin Huang's absence, they could not proceed with the main agenda of the meeting and could only discuss some minor issues as they waited patiently for Lin Huang's return.

Everyone, that is, except Jiang Shan, who had been a little preoccupied with his thoughts. Due to the fact that the Emperor's Heart and the Union Government were only tied by a partnership and were not constrained by a binding contract, his current worry was the possibility of Lin Huang and the Emperor's Heart forming a contractual relationship and knocking the Union Government off its perch.

If that were to really happen, then Dynasty would not only have Lin Huang, but also True God reinforcements and control over the entire Heart Network.

With that, Dynasty would replace the Union Government's current position in no time.

After being teleported back, Lin Huang headed straight toward the conference room.

When he pushed open the doors and walked in, all heads turned to look at him.

Noting the questioning look in the eyes of Mr. Fu and the two Sword Servants, Lin Huang gave them a slight nod to signal that he was okay, then strode back to his seat.

"Please excuse me. Let's continue, shall we?"

The meeting continued soon after Lin Huang's return.

It was not until past four o'clock in the afternoon that the meeting neared an end.

Yet, the various proposals that were brought up during the meeting were still not enough to relieve the crisis of the gravel world.

After thinking about it, Lin Huang felt that the only reliable solution was still the Emperor's Heart's.

However, it was impossible for him to bring up the matter regarding refining the gravel world in front of so many people. It was highly unlikely that everyone would agree to it; the Union Government, in particular, would definitely be firmly opposed to the idea.

Therefore, Lin Huang had no choice but to execute this plan secretly. After the refinement had been completed and the crisis resolved, it would no longer matter if other people found out—their objections would mean nothing by then.

At the end of the meeting, Lin Huang suddenly stood up.

"Chief Jiang, if I may be so bold, I have a request that I hope the Union Government will agree to."

"Please go ahead, Your Majesty." Jiang Shan became alert at once. He thought that Lin Huang was going to mention something related to the Emperor's Heart.

"I hope that the cloning department of the Union Government will destroy all of my younger brother's clones and genetic materials," Lin Huang said and glanced toward Lin Xuan who was next to him.

Jiang Shan was confused for a moment. "Your younger brother? Do you mean Lin Xuan?"

"That's right." Lin Huang nodded with a serious expression. "I don't care about the other clones, but for Lin Xuan's, I wish for all of them to be destroyed!"

Jiang Shan traded glances with Dongfang Bai who was beside him, as if they were exchanging voice transmissions through Divine Telekinesis, before nodding. "Very well."

With that brief interlude, the end of the meeting was ultimately declared.

Lin Huang was about to summon a portal to leave when he heard Jiang Shan's voice calling out from behind, "Your Majesty, please stay back for a moment."

Lin Huang paused and turned around. "Is there anything else, Chief Jiang?"

With an eye signal from Jiang Shan, Dongfang Bai and others all quickly left. Lin Huang also asked Mr. Fu to leave. Soon, Jiang Shan and Lin Huang were the only ones remaining in the conference room.

"Emperor Lin, did your talk with the Emperor's Heart go well?"

"It went pretty well." Lin Huang smiled and nodded. He had a general idea of what Jiang Shan was worried about. "We talked about a lot of things, and I also learned a lot of secrets."

"That's good, then…" Jiang Shan really wanted to press for more details, but he could not bring himself to say it out loud.

"Don't worry, I won't snatch the Emperor's Heart away." Lin Huang knew what Jiang Shan wanted to ask and could not bear seeing the man's embarrassed look any longer, so he just told him the truth. "Its host has successfully reincarnated, so it won't choose a second host."

"Its host has been reincarnated?" Jiang Shan was taken aback. "Who is it?!"

"How would I know? I didn't ask. If you guys want to know, just ask it yourself."

After realizing he had probably sounded a little too desperate, Jiang Shan coughed twice before swiftly changing the topic. "Then, did it bring up any useful suggestions for our current crisis?"

"It did." Lin Huang nodded, but did not bother to elaborate.

"Could you give me the specifics?" Jiang Shan immediately pressed.

"You wouldn't want to know," Lin Huang said, shaking his head firmly.

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Chapter 1453: Like The Rear Bumper Of An Old Car

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Upon his return from First City to Emperor City, Lin Huang went into closed-door cultivation at the first possible opportunity.

However, this round of closed-door cultivation was not aimed at improving his abilities; rather, it was for him to consider how he might try to communicate with the world will.

According to the Emperor's Heart, it was possible for anyone who had mastered Rule Bending Power to communicate with the world will of the gravel world.

However, the Emperor's Heart had not disclosed how to communicate with the world will. It had only mentioned that the world will's willingness to communicate would vary from person to person.

As for how to refine and integrate the God Territory fragments, the only thing the Emperor's Heart had said was that entrance to the World Core would only be permitted by the world will if one obtained sufficient approval from the world will itself.

In other words, this was all a game of currying favor.

"In this guessing game of how to obtain favor, though, I either need to pick the right option, or I have to present the other party with something that they like before I can conquer the target…" This thought caused Lin Huang some awkwardness. "But there aren't any ABCD options to choose from in communicating with the world will. I don't even know what sort of gift it might like…"

Amid so many uncertainties, Lin Huang decided to try and see if he could successfully communicate with the world will first.

An overwhelming wave of Divine Telekinesis emanated from within his being, spreading in all directions like ripples, and continuously extending further into the distance.

100 meters!

1,000 meters!

10,000 meters!

10,000 kilometers!

100,000 kilometers!

500,000 kilometers!

At last, the wave halted at 600,000 kilometers.

Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis was able to cover practically more than half the entire gravel world.

Quite a number of virtual god-level powerhouses sensed the arrival of this powerful wave of Divine Telekinesis.

Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis was instantly recognizable, not just to Dynasty but also to the faraway Misery, the Union Government, the Hunter Association, and the Virtual Gods from organizations such as Mystic Butterfly, Shadow Killer, and the Heretics.

However, several Virtual Gods who were not so familiar with Lin Huang thought that some powerful existence had once again arrived in the gravel world; this gave them a bit of a shock. Some even secretly contacted the Union Government to report the situation. The Union Government itself was unsure whether to laugh or to cry even as they had to help explain that this was Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis.

All the members of Dynasty did not know why Lin Huang had suddenly sent his Divine Telekinesis out to probe in this manner.

"Isn't His Majesty in closed-door cultivation? Why has he suddenly caused such a stir?"

Mr. Fu even sent out his own Divine Telekinesis probe to inquire of Lin Huang, "What's happened?

"Nothing's happened, I'm just trying an experiment," Lin Huang responded.

Other organizations began to speculate among themselves about what Lin Huang might be up to with his current actions.

"Could he be looking for some sort of treasure?"

"He might also be trying to find someone."

"Then again, he might just be purely demonstrating his power."

Amid everyone's various speculations, Lin Huang suddenly sensed a wave of consciousness making contact with him.

The wave of consciousness did not convey any verbal information; rather, what was transmitted to Lin Huang was a joyous, even lively emotion.

"The world will?!" Lin Huang was stunned for a moment but immediately pulled himself together.

His initial idea had been to extend his Divine Telekinesis and probe around first, then try to communicate with the various incomplete Rules Bending Powers in the void. Afterward, he would search through the vestiges of these Rules Bending Powers for clues to see if he could find any traces left behind by the world will.

However, he had never expected that less than ten seconds after sending his Divine Telekinesis out, the world will would take the initiative to search for him.

Based on what the Emperor's Heart had described, the world will was still in the stages of infancy due to the gravel world's incomplete rules. Most of its behavior was instinctual. In fact, its subjective consciousness was not very strong; it was also unable to understand human language.

When he sensed the desire for connection that the world will conveyed, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis also sent out a message of goodwill.

As soon as he made known his intentions, the world will was even more thrilled.

Lin Huang speculated that the world will displayed such friendliness to him probably because he had killed the invaders from the Thousand Snake Sect.

Although the world will did not have a high intelligence, it was still very much aware that the Thousand Snake Sect were the ones who had suppressed it before.

After condensing his Divine Telekinesis and having some friendly fun with the world will for a little, Lin Huang then guided the world will to the periphery of the Abyss Brink.

Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis transformed into a large hand and stretched out a finger, pointing toward the Abyss Brink.

At the same time, Lin Huang sent out a thought, 'I must find a way to solve the problem of the Abyss Brink.'

Even though the world will was unable to communicate in words, it managed to catch the gist of what Lin Huang meant.

Propelled by Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis, the world will directly broke through into the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Upon entering there, the world will's mood dropped very conspicuously.

Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis once more transformed into a large hand and pointed in the direction of the dimensional gateways.

The world will then fully understood what Lin Huang meant. It quickly nodded, indicating that it needed Lin Huang's help to solve this issue.

Without even waiting for Lin Huang to state his request to refine and integrate his God Territory fragments, the world will suddenly traveled through the dimensions and arrived in Emperor City. It transformed into a dense cloud of fog shaped like a human figure and appeared in the Emperor Palace.

Before Lin Huang could react, the other party had suddenly discovered his physical location; he saw the humanoid-shaped cloud of thick fog rapidly heading toward him.

Lin Huang only felt his vision being enshrouded by the fog, and he experienced a brief moment of confusion. When he came back to his senses again, he was already in the void.

In the pitch-black darkness of the void, Lin Huang quickly saw a thin red-gold sheet not too far away; it was about the size of a palm. The sheet was translucent and irregularly shaped; it looked a bit like a torn half of a playing card.

He stretched his hand toward the sheet to investigate it, placing it in his palm. He was just about to examine the object carefully, only to discover that it was disintegrating into countless red-gold sparks; the sparks then transformed into countless points of starlight that swarmed right into his inner world.

Lin Huang quickly sent his consciousness into his body to probe and discovered that the myriad red-gold sparks were making for the God Territory within him—Monster Paradise.

However, the strangest thing was that the sparks, which descended with terrifying momentum like a meteor shower, did not cause any damage at all to Monster Paradise. After falling into his God Territory, they only generated layer upon layer of ripples in the void, which then quickly dissipated and vanished completely.

Before Lin Huang could even react, he realized that the integration was complete.

"That's it?" He was utterly startled, still finding it hard to believe. "Refinement and integration have been completed just like that?!"

Lin Huang checked his God Territory, still harboring some doubts.

His God Territory did not seem to have changed much, but Lin Huang suddenly discovered that a wreath of dense fog in human shape had infiltrated the entire area.

"The world will can enter my God Territory?!" Only after seeing the incarnation of the world will appearing was Lin Huang finally able to confirm that he had indeed completed the integration and refining of the God Territory fragments.

'How do I use the power of the world will to strip off the third layer of the Abyss Brink?' Right as this doubt arose in Lin Huang's mind, he suddenly experienced a moment of disorientation. When he regained his senses, he found that his perspective was now completely different from before.

Wherever he looked, there were no longer any solid objects. There were only dots and lines of various colors scattered in all directions, as well as fluctuating clouds.

It took Lin Huang a moment before he suddenly realized what had happened. "Is this the perspective of the world will?! I've become the world will?!"

Lin Huang looked around Monster Paradise and quickly discovered a gateway. He sensed that on the opposite side of the gateway was the aura of the gravel world.

After hesitating for a moment, he dived in.

Once he exited the gateway, Lin Huang found that he had returned to the gravel world.

'How do I get to the Abyss Brink?' He could not see any solid objects, so he could not even tell which direction was which anymore. In the midst of his worries, his figure suddenly shifted. An instant later, he appeared directly at the entrance of the Abyss Brink.

Although it was different from what he could see in the material world, it took Lin Huang only a glance to recognize that this was the Abyss Brink.

"Whenever I think about a place, I'll immediately appear there. This kind of ability is really enviable!" Lin Huang muttered under his breath. The next second, he appeared on the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Very quickly, he saw all the thirty-three space tunnels. At this moment, looking at them from the perspective of the world will, he only saw thirty-three huge black vortices leading into the unknown like wormholes.

After only a brief observation, Lin Huang made his decision without further hesitation. "Strip it off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire third layer of the Abyss Brink began shuddering violently.

In just a few seconds, the third layer of the Abyss Brink completely separated from the gravel world; tossed into the void, it vanished instantly without a trace. It was like the rear bumper of an old car that had fallen off, left behind while the vehicle kept moving further and further into the distance.

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Chapter 1454: Advanced Monster Paradise

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Once he had seen the third layer of the Abyss Brink completely stripped away and all the dimensional gateways vanish completely, only then was Lin Huang finally able to exhale a long breath.

The impending danger posed by Myriad Tribe Palace could be considered temporarily resolved for the time being.

Lin Huang also detached himself from his merged state with the world will, and his consciousness returned to his body in faraway Emperor City.

He had only just come to his senses when the world will returned to him almost immediately.

It transformed once more into a cloud of dense, humanoid-shaped fog and flew around Lin Huang several times to express its inner elation.

Although the world will was not fully sentient, it could sense that the threat brought on by the dimensional gateways had been removed.

It circled Lin Huang several times and suddenly dived into Lin Huang's inner core again, entering the God Territory within him.

Lin Huang quickly sent his consciousness into his mind so he could observe what the world will wanted to do.

Very quickly, he saw a faint white mist beginning to rise in his God Territory.

As the white mist rose, the gravel world on the other side of the gateway began to merge with the God Territory at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Didn't the Emperor's Heart mention before that I would have to wait until I reached true god-level before I could begin the process of integration so I could recall the gravel world into my inner world?" Lin Huang hesitated, harboring traces of doubt, but in the end, he did not stop the world will from what it was doing.

Lin Huang sat cross-legged in the Emperor Palace for three full days. Within his inner world, only then did the God Territory fragments and his own God Territory finally integrate fully.

At that moment, Lin Huang felt as if the entire gravel world was within his grasp, as if the God Territory had been birthed from his own body.

What amazed Lin Huang even more was that many Rule Bending Powers in the gravel world rapidly began a recovery process, and those particular Rule Bending Powers were all the ones that he had mastered.

As the one hundred and twenty rules he had mastered became part of the world, Lin Huang discovered that the number of rules was still increasing.

"These… are the rules that Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan have mastered…"

He discovered that the rules replicated by the gravel world to become part of the World Rules included not just those that he, Mr. Fu, and Lin Xuan had mastered, but also those of the other people in the gravel world who had mastered Rule Bending Powers. The exceptions were the Sword Servants, who were non-local residents.

Not only that, these hundreds of Rules were still slowly evolving and being derived; the world will was beginning to derive more Rules on its own to perfect the world.

After a violent shudder like an earthquake in the gravel world, all these complete, replicated rules circulated within the void like Dao tattoos.

At that moment, almost everyone who had mastered rules, or who were close to mastering them, was ecstatic.

"Rule Bending Powers are starting to undergo recovery, and the pathway to becoming a True God is now accessible!"

The integration with Monster Paradise had allowed the gravel world to become a complete world from its original broken state, so it was now possible to have the opportunity of becoming a True God.

The area of Lin Huang's Monster Paradise had also started to expand even further.

Originally it only had a radius of 600,000 kilometers, but now it had expanded to 1.2 million kilometers right away.

Once again, Lin Huang's Monster Paradise had advanced.

"God Territory: Monster Paradise"

"God Territory's Territorial Range: Radius of 12,000 kilometers from the God Territory possessor (potential to grow)"

"God Territory Ability 1: Within the God Territory's territorial range or in the gravel world, the dead summoning beast's soul will return to the God Territory with its body reconstructed with Divine Power and revived. Those that have broken souls will have their broken soul pieces recalled and recovered. They can also be resurrected in the gravel world."

"Ability Restriction 1: Each summoning beast can only be revived 200 times within 24 hours. Their soul will disintegrate when it surpasses 200 times and they won't be able to return to the God Territory (potential to grow)"

"Ability Restriction 2: Each summoning beast can only have their soul recovered 18 times within 24 hours. Their soul will disintegrate if it surpasses 18 times and they won't be able to return to the God Territory (potential to grow)"

"Derivative Ability: If the God Territory possessor is dead within the coverage range, he can choose to use a summoning beast to substitute death. The summoning beast that is chosen as the substitute won't be able to be summoned within 24 hours (potential to grow)"

"Remarks: The God Territory possessor can only be substituted for death 18 times within 24 hours. He can only be substituted 6 times if his soul disintegrated (potential to grow)"

"God Territory Ability 2: Within the God Territory's territorial range, the God Territory possessor and his summoning beasts would have an 18 fold boost on their strength, speed, and spirit. The other summoning beasts would have a 60% drop on their strength, speed, and spirit (potential to grow)."

"Remark 1: The God Territory possessor can turn off the boost and undermining effect as he wishes."

"Remark 2: The weakening ability of the God Territory is not effective for life entities that exceed the God Territory possessor's level by one level or more."

"God Territory Ability 3: Within the effective range of the God Territory, the God Territory possessor can freely borrow any skills from all monsters within the effective range of the God Territory."

"Remark 1: The borrowing of monster skills already possessed by the God Territory possessor is invalid and will not result in a compound effect."

"Remark 2: Within 24 hours, the God Territory possessor's number of Monster Skill spaces will temporarily double and the maximum number of borrowed skills must not exceed the God Territory possessor's number of Monster Skill authorities. (If he originally has 100 skill spaces, he can borrow up to 100 more skills.)"

Lin Huang checked the specific information and found that the number of revivals had increased exponentially from the original 100 times to 200 times. The number of soul recovery and death substitutions had also soared from 12 times to 18 times. The strength, speed, and spirit boost had also increased from 12 fold to 18 fold, and even the weakening ability had increased from 50% to 60%.

The most important thing was that the summoning beasts did not need to return to the God Territory to be revived, but could directly be resurrected in the gravel world on the spot. In other words, the entire gravel world had become Lin Huang's home turf.

While Lin Huang was still observing the changes in the gravel world and Monster Paradise, the Emperor's Heart Ring on his finger suddenly began vibrating.

Lin Huang looked at the Emperor's Heart Ring, rather startled. Before he went into closed-door cultivation, he was absolutely certain he had cut off all network and communication signals.

Harboring these doubts in mind, he clicked on the communication page.

The caller's number did not display any numbers, only two words—"Emperor's Heart". As far as he could remember, he had not added the Emperor's Heart to his address book, but he was also instantly able to confirm that the caller was the Emperor's Heart.

After being connected, the voice of the Emperor's Heart came through, sounding rather excited.

"You succeeded?! "

"Yes, I succeeded." Although this was a very abrupt question, Lin Huang knew exactly what the other party was asking about.

"I anticipated that you would succeed, but I didn't expect you to do it so quickly." The tone of the Emperor's Heart's voice was one of exhilaration. "From the looks of it, you not only completed the refining but also the integration as well."

"Yes." Lin Huang nodded; this kind of thing could not be concealed from the Emperor's Heart.

"Has the third layer of the Abyss Brink been stripped off?" The Emperor's Heart asked again.

"Yes, it has."

"That's good. The threat from Myriad Tribe Palace has at least been temporarily removed," the Emperor's Heart finished speaking and added, "When Myriad Tribe Palace notices the anomalies in the gravel world, they will definitely try to re-establish the coordinates of the gravel world over and over again. Unless it's the last resort, or there is definite evidence to prove the existence of myself and the host, they would dare not contact It who shall not be named from the Abyss."

"I hope so, or we'll all die miserably." Lin Huang raised his brows upon after hearing that. The matter was already done and he had no regrets about it, even if the enemy that he faced in the future might well be that terrifying being within the Abyss.

"Since the integration has been completed, you can now keep the gravel world within you without having to wait for true god-level," the Emperor's Heart said with a laugh, "However, now that the third layer of the Abyss Brink is gone, the path leading to the virtual zone has also been destroyed. If you have no way of returning to the great world, I can help you by opening a gateway."

"There's no need for something as complicated as that; I have a way to return to the great world." If Lin Huang wanted to return to the great world, it was a very simple matter—it only required a thought for him to be teleported back to the Great Heaven Palace and he could make his exit from the Great Heaven Territory

As for the others, he could wait until he returned to the great world, then release them directly from the God Territory within him.

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Chapter 1455: The Third Layer of The Abyss Brink Is Gone

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The World Rule of the gravel world was starting to be restored. The earliest ones to sense it were the few Virtual Gods who were either close to or have already mastered Rule Bending Power.

Seeing the rule sigil ripple through the void, they were overjoyed despite not being quite sure what had just happened.

They were joyous because this meant that the era that required to sense Rule Bending Power from god rule relics or other rule devices has passed. The sensing rule would be ten times easier than before.

The shackles of True God were unlocked as well.

The Virtual Gods rank-9 of the various large forces, as well as a handful of Virtual Gods rank-8, all went into closed-door cultivation immediately, eager to use this opportunity to complete the breakthrough to the next step.

Here at Dynasty, Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan also instantly went into closed-door cultivation.

As for the other Virtual Gods, they could feel tangibly that the Divine Power of the gravel world had become more abundant.

Many gifted cultivators also sensed the abnormality of the energy within the gravel world.

The current changes of the gravel world were somewhat similar to a commonly used phrase in a novel that Lin Huang had read before in his past life—spiritual influence anabiosis.

The monsters in the gravel world sensed changes in the energy density more acutely than to humans.

Many monsters broke through their current Combat Level straight away, with a few gifted monsters even upgrading.

The Virtual Gods and monsters hiding at Inhibited places like the Peaceful Ocean collectively became stronger.

The anomaly of the gravel world quickly became the topic of discussion of the cultivation world. The internal platforms within the various large forces, as well as several large social platforms where cultivators congregated at, were all discussing the sweeping changes in the gravel world.

In the beginning, many people thought that it was just a figment of their imagination. It was only after seeing similar views from many others online that they soon understood that this world has truly changed.

The post that stirred up the most heated debate—"Is there a BUG on the third layer of the Abyss Brink?!"—blew up on the second day after Lin Huang came out of closed-door cultivation.

What happened was that an Imperial-level realized that he was unable to enter the third layer of the Abyss Brink, then described this strange scenario he had experienced online.

On the same day this post was published, there were several curious cultivators who also entered the Abyss Brink and eventually found out that they were unable to enter the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Therefore, this post went absolutely viral!

The various large forces also sent out members immediately to investigate. After confirming that this was real, they too appeared to be dumbfounded, even somewhat anxious about the development.

The Union Government was no exception; they feared that the anomaly of the Abyss Brink was connected to the Myriad Tribe Palace.

When Jiang Shan caught wind of this matter, the first thing he did was to dial Lin Huang's number.

"What are your thoughts about the anomaly at the Abyss Brink? Is it possible that this was the doing of the Myriad Tribe Palace?" Jiang Shan did not beat around the bush and posed this question with some urgency.

"It's got nothing to do with the Myriad Tribe Place. It was my doing." Lin Huang admitted candidly.

"You did it?!" Jiang Shan looked flabbergasted. "You sealed the third layer?"

His first response was to assume that Lin Huang had just sealed the third layer of the Abyss Brink so no one could enter.

"I did not seal it. I stripped it away." Worried that Jiang Shan did not understand, he added, "From now on, there will no longer be the third layer of the Abyss Brink."

"What?!" Upon hearing the explanation, Jiang Shan looked even more dumbfounded.

"I'm unable to destroy the space tunnel. The only way I could think of to eliminate the danger from the Myriad Tribe Palace was to strip the third layer of the Abyss Brink away from the gravel world. So, I did just that," Lin Huang said casually.

Only then did Jiang Shan finally understand what Lin Huang meant, but he was still astonished.

However, he did not know how Lin Huang managed to do it and certainly did not realize that Lin Huang had already refined the entire gravel world.

"But if you do this, won't the tunnel to the virtual zone from our world be sealed off too? How are we able to go to the great world in the future then?" Jiang Shan frowned. The severity of the situation suddenly dawned on him.

"Relax, there isn't just one tunnel to the great world." In order to make it more believable, Lin Huang added, "From what I know, there is a tunnel that leads straight to the great world somewhere at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean, even bypassing the virtual zone."

The reason he revealed this was because he actually was planning on creating a tunnel entrance at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean to connect the gravel world directly to the great world.

"Could you provide us with the coordinates of this tunnel of yours?" Jiang Shan immediately asked.

"I haven't found it, but this piece of information came from a very reliable source. I am sure it exists." Lin Huang could only buy time with this method. After all, he had not opened up such a tunnel and naturally did not know its non-existent coordinates.

Jiang Shan did not know what to make of Lin Huang's answer. He composed himself slightly before posing another question.

"There's something else. Since yesterday, it seems like the energy density in the gravel world has increased. Many monsters have become stronger. I even heard from Sir Chen that the World Rule of the gravel world has started to recover. Do you know anything about this as well?"

"I could sense it, but I'm not really sure about the specifics of what happened." Lin Huang obviously did not reveal the truth.

He chose to lie about this matter because he did not wish for the Union Government to find out that he was the one who refined the gravel world.

The reason was very simple. He was fully aware that the Union Government would never approve of what he had done. Even if it was too late to change it, the moment he revealed the truth, Lin Huang figured he probably would have to face endless rounds of meetings and debates with the Union Government.

Even though Jiang Shan and the others were no match for him, they still had the power to annoy him to death.

It was precisely because Lin Huang understood this clearly, hence he chose to conceal the truth instead.

Of course, he was not planning on covering up the truth forever. If the Union Government ever found solid evidence, he would confess quite readily.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he even went as far as to not tell Dynasty and Misery about him refining the gravel world. Only Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, Lin Xin, and a few others knew about it.

After the telephone conversation with Lin Huang ended, Jiang Shan sat in front of the office desk, lost in deep thought.

Naturally, he did not believe that Lin Huang had no idea about what caused the changes in the gravel world. If he had to hazard a guess, he would even surmise that these changes were most likely brought about by Lin Huang himself.

However, he did not know what exactly Lin Huang had done.

After pondering this over without much success, Jiang Shan rubbed his temples before dialing a number, delivering the news of Lin Huang stripping away the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Half an hour later, the Union Government released an announcement.

"After investigating, we have found that due to the massive threat posed by the space tunnel on the third layer of the Abyss Brink, a strong individual personally destroyed the entire third layer of the Abyss Brink. From today onward, the third layer of the Abyss Brink no longer exists!"

The moment this announcement was released, the entire cultivation world was shaken to its core!

The Union Government neither revealed who this strong person was, nor did they say that the Abyss Brink has been stripped away, instead saying that it has been destroyed for the sake of clarity.

Although the Union Government did not provide a name, almost all the Virtual Gods knew that this matter was definitely connected to Lin Huang in some way. Even if he did not personally do it, he was definitely involved.

After having seen the announcement, a good number of Virtual Gods immediately turned to the Union Government to inquire about the virtual zone.

The Union Government gave the same response as Lin Huang—at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean, there was a space tunnel that also led to the great world.

Numerous cultivators under the Virtual Gods were also astonished upon hearing this announcement. Online discussions were spreading like wildfire.

"The third layer of the Abyss Brink is gone just like that. The Imperial-level, Demigod, even the god-level monsters within it are also gone! This totally sucks. I was planning on going to the third layer next week to have a look. I even took my pants off already…"

"I haven't been there either. After five years of struggles, I…got to see the first layer."

"It's okay even if the third layer of the Abyss Brink is gone. The Peaceful Ocean welcomes you!"

"There is bountiful seafood in the Peaceful Ocean. You can have first dibs!"

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Chapter 1456: Return To Respawn Point No.7D101

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Having completed the refinement and integration of the gravel world, as well as eliminating the threat from the Myriad Tribe Palace temporarily, Lin Huang started contemplating returning to the great world.

Before doing this, however, he was prepared to keep Lin Xin company for some time. After all, with the time spent in closed-door cultivation, both of them have not seen each other much for about a year and a half.

In truth, it was also a convenient excuse to give himself a relaxing holiday.

During these one and a half years, he spent most of his time on the go, cultivating, and elevating his abilities. Due to the crisis within the gravel world, he was almost always highly strung. Now, he could finally slow his pace down slightly.

Early in the morning, Lin Huang dragged Lin Xin along with him to Mrs. Fatty's soup dumplings shop.

It was the end of October already; the autumn season in Emperor City was nearing its end. The weather was gradually turning colder.

This change in temperature did not affect cultivators much, but ordinary people have been forced to layer up with thick outerwear.

The tables and chairs that Mrs. Fatty usually arranged outside her shop entrance had been taken back indoors, with only two empty tables left within the shop. After all, soup dumplings were the sort of food that should be eaten hot and did not taste as good cold.

Lin Huang and Lin Xin entered the shop and immediately sat down at one of the empty tables.

"Bro, you woke me up first thing in the morning just to eat dumplings?" While Lin Xin did enjoy eating Mrs. Fatty's soup dumplings, she did not particularly like waking up early.

Especially since graduating from the Martial Hunter College, she organized most of her schedule by herself. She normally slept until a little past nine in the morning. Since moving to Emperor City, this routine turned into a lifestyle, and no one in Dynasty dared to disturb her lie-ins.

"We haven't had a proper chat in almost a year and a half." Lin Huang smiled.

"Yeah, it's been a year and a half already," Lin Xin lamented.

She still remembered how difficult it was to adjust the year Lin Huang left for the great world. Even though in the past Lin Huang was often away from home, at least she could use her Emperor's Heart Ring to contact him anytime. It was common for them to send messages or converse with each other directly through a digital screen. However, during the year that Lin Huang went to the great world, he went completely off-grid, hence the feeling was not the same.

"You should have been to a number of places in the gravel world already. Is there anywhere in particular you would like to visit but never got around to?" Lin Huang grinned.

"You want to travel?" Lin Xin felt slightly bewildered. It was a rare sight for Lin Huang to be so carefree.

"It's not easy to get time off. It would be good to travel and get some fresh air." Lin Huang nodded.

Hearing this, Lin Xin could not help but smile. "It's rare to see you this laid back."

"The crisis in the gravel world has been eliminated. And I don't have any way to upgrade my combat level here. During this time before I return to the great world, let's treat it as a holiday then." Lin Huang explained merrily, casually looping his hands behind his neck and leaning back into the chair.

"Moreover, you have evolved into a Virtual God rank-9 in a single breath. It isn't a good idea for you to evolve to the true god-level at least for a while. You should first familiarize yourself with using Divine Power as a Virtual God rank-9," Lin Huang added.

"Hmm…rather than using this as an excuse to take a break, I think that someone is worried my combat level ranking has become too high and will leave him in the dust."

"What's there to be smug about? If I were to have your physique, I would have evolved to the heavenly god-level by now at the very least, if not the lord-level." Lin Huang pouted. "Besides, combat levels are virtual, only abilities are real. As a Virtual God rank-9, you can't even beat me, a Virtual God rank-6. There's nothing to brag about."

"Who wants to compete with you?!" Lin Xin had witnessed first-hand Lin Huang's abilities on the battlefield. She felt that her own brother was completely out of a normal person's league.

"Alright, let's change the topic. Give me a list of the places you want to visit in these two days. I need to spend some time on the walkthrough." Lin Huang returned to the initial subject.

"No need to go through the trouble. I've already listed them out, and I've also completed the walkthrough." With that, Lin Xin made a digital file appear before them.

Lin Huang stared at it. Sure enough, there were more than thirty places listed clearly on it.

"Choose the places that you want to visit the most first. We'll spend the next two months touring around these places. As for the remaining ones, let's wait until next time." Lin Huang did not want to visit any of these places in passing.

If he deemed a place interesting, he did not mind staying there for a month. To meet his ideal pace, visiting thirty tourist spots over a span of two months was an impossible feat.

"Alright…" Although Lin Xin was slightly unwilling, she knew that it was difficult enough for Lin Huang to carve out two months' worth of time.

"It should be snowing in Winter City by now…" Lin Xin raised her head to look at the cloudless skies above. "My first stop would have been Winter City, but Xiaoxuan is in closed-door cultivation."

"His closed-door cultivation should not take too long. Two months should be enough. We can put Winter City as the last stop." Lin Huang knew that Lin Xin wanted to relive the moments the three of them shared four years ago.

"Let's make Wulin Town our first stop then," Lin Xin suggested.

"Wulin Town it is then." Hearing this, Lin Huang blinked in surprise but immediately nodded in agreement.

Respawn point No.7D101—Wulin Town was the first place that he had arrived at after crossing over to this world. It was also the place where Lin Huang's former self and Lin Xin had grown up together.

Although it was a barren grade-D foothold with almost no tourist attractions, it bore many of Lin Huang and Lin Xin's childhood memories.

Lin Huang could easily understand why Lin Xin wanted to return to have a look.

"I don't even know what has become of Wulin Town now …" Lin Xin murmured to herself.

"Once we've had our breakfast, we shall start our journey!" Lin Huang announced, just as Brother Fatty cheerfully served two trays of dumplings over to them.

After ten minutes or so, the siblings finished their breakfast.

As they were leaving the shop after having paid the bill, Lin Huang glanced to check the time. It was not seven-thirty yet. He craned his neck to look at Lin Xin, "Do you have anything you need to prepare, or shall we set off straight away?"

"Let's start our journey right now!" Lin Xin also looked at the time, a faint smile etched upon her face. "In the past, I used to leave for school around this time."

Lin Huang waved his hand, and a black whirlpool-like dimensional portal appeared before them.

"What is this?" Lin Xin blinked in surprise. Of course, she knew that this was not a dimensional portal.

"I'll explain later," Lin Huang said, pulling Lin Xin along to step into the whirlpool.

In the blink of an eye, both of them arrived right in front of the house in Wulin Town that the siblings had lived in at the very beginning.

The door plate with the number 23, as well as the sidewalls of the three-story villa, was creeping with vines. The partially shaded rooftop garden was also completely covered with plants.

"Want to go in to have a look?" Lin Huang said, taking the first step toward the house.

After keying in the door password, he was surprised to hear a "beep" sound signaling that the door had been unlocked.

He initially thought that the password had long lost its use and was even prepared to force the door open. Clearly, there was no need for that.

Pushing the door open, the siblings stepped forward one after another.

"Looks like nothing much has changed." Lin Xin sounded gratified.

The layout inside the house was evidently the same as before. Even the couch, carpet, as well as the tables and chairs in the dining hall, looked the same as when they had left them.

The only change was that there were lots of mushrooms growing from underneath the floorboards. Also, the household furniture was coated with a thick layer of dust, and there was a faint moldy stench in the air.

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Chapter 1457: The Emperor's Heart's Host

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After strolling around the house, Lin Xin remained in the bedroom on the second floor, while Lin Huang returned to the first floor.

Suddenly, a misty human-like form appeared in front of him again.

'The world will?' Lin Huang was about to inquire why it had appeared.

Before he could do that, however, the world will suddenly lifted its misty arm and touched a finger to the space between his eyebrows.

The next instant, a series of unfamiliar scenes suddenly appeared in Lin Huang's mind.

Initially, everything was pitch black, and all he could hear was someone in the room talking.

"This child was born with a broken Life Wheel; he won't live long." This voice sounded familiar to Lin Huang. After racking his brain, he finally realized who the voice belonged to—the Emperor's Heart!

"That's not a big issue. I can heal it for him." This voice sounded a bit like Lin Xin, but the vibe it exuded was not quite the same.

"Or maybe… We can use him as your… no, as your reincarnation's protector," the Emperor's Heart continued, "Didn't you obtain a traveler summoning formation from the Club once? This little fellow's body just so happens to be a good host…"

"But he's Lin Xin's older brother," the voice that sounded like Lin Xin's was obviously hesitant. "Moreover, the summoning formation has a success rate of less than 10%. If it fails, there's a very high chance of him dying immediately."

"With the current speed at which his Life Light is fading away, he only has three months left to live. Besides, as your older brother, there's no one more suitable than him to be your protector."

As soon as the voice of the Emperor's Heart finished speaking, a moment of silence fell over the room.

"Don't hesitate anymore. You only have a limited awakening period for your remaining consciousness. Once Lin Xin wakes up, you'll lose this opportunity entirely. Besides, you don't know when you'll awaken the next time. Who knows—this boy's Life Light would probably have already completely dispersed by then."

"Alright then…" Lin Xin's voice agreed, albeit begrudgingly.

After a long while, Lin Huang felt as if his body had been moved, then placed on the floor.

A soft sound drifted to his ears from not too far off, but he did not know what was happening.

Quite sometime later, Lin Huang suddenly felt that his body seemed to be floating.

At that moment, he suddenly regained his senses. However, he now had a bird's-eye view of the entire room.

Lin Huang's body had been placed in the center of a blood-red formation on the floor of the living room, currently completely enveloped in an all-encompassing golden light. His unconscious body even began to float up slowly.

Not far from the formation stood a woman with purple hair and golden eyes, who was ninety percent similar to Lin Xin in appearance.

Next to the woman was a translucent head floating in the air. This was the Emperor's Heart whom Lin Huang had just met not so long ago.

However, he only caught a brief glimpse of this scenario before the purple-haired, golden-eyed woman seemed to sense something and suddenly looked right up at him. An instant later, everything before him dissolved into pitch darkness, and his consciousness retreated immediately from the scene within his mind.

Once his consciousness had returned to his body, Lin Huang frowned slightly, recalling the scene from just now.

"So… the reincarnation of the Emperor's Heart's host is Lin Xin? It wasn't a coincidence that I traveled to this world; it was because I was summoned by that purple-haired woman?!" Lin Huang roughly guessed what had transpired.

After a moment of silence, Lin Huang searched for the number that the Emperor's Heart had previously used to call him, and sent a message.

"Your host's reincarnation is Lin Xin?"

He wanted confirmation from the Emperor's Heart regarding the truth of what he had just seen.

Sure enough, less than a second after he sent his message, he received a communication request from the Emperor's Heart.

After connecting, the Emperor's Heart asked immediately,

"What do you know?"

"I'm in Wulin Town now, and I've recovered that part of my memory," Lin Huang said and glanced at the spot where the world will—now vanished—had previously appeared. "I know that Lin Xin is the reincarnation of your host, and I also know that my traveling to this world was due to both of you. Is there anything else I need to add?"

On the other side, the Emperor's Heart was silent for a while. "I knew that your memories would be restored sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. Actually, I never intended to keep concealing this matter. If you had asked me about my host's reincarnation the last time we met, I would have given you an honest answer. However, you didn't ask, so I continued to keep it from you."

"Lin Huang is an exceptionally good host. He's Lin Xin's older brother, so as a traveler, I would definitely protect my younger sister from this world. Both of you planned things out extremely well." It was a little hard for Lin Huang to let this matter go. It had never occurred to him that his traveling might actually have been set up by someone—in a calculated move at that.

"Lin Huang, we don't harbor any ill-will toward you," the Emperor's Heart explained, "Your traveling to this gravel world was indeed due to our influence. However, if we hadn't summoned you at the time, the you in that different world (Earth) would have traveled to another world anyway; this is destiny. The destiny line you had in your previous world was broken long ago.

"If you want to talk about owing anything to anyone, then we do owe a debt to the original Lin Huang. After all, he lived three months less. I admit that it was selfish of me to do so, and I am willing to bear any consequences. I also admit that I neglected the lives of others, but the truth is that to a Goldfinger, the life of everyone else other than our host means nothing to us.

"I don't think I did anything wrong. In that particular situation, the decision I made was the best one for the protection of my host's reincarnation."

The Emperor's Heart's explanation caused Lin Huang to fall silent again.

He fully understood the Emperor's Heart's behavior of wanting to protect its host. Although the method used was not the most desirable, it was indeed the best decision for Lin Xin. After pondering for a moment, he asked a question that he felt was more pressing.

"What did you mean when you said earlier that even without your summons, my destiny line in my original world had been broken?"

"The summoning formation randomly selects travelers. We were not the ones who chose you, therefore we also had no way of knowing what kind of person the traveler would be. The fact that you were teleported means that at the time, you had already been selected by destiny to become a traveler. Even without our summoning formation, you would have traveled to another world.

"I said that your destiny line was broken because a traveler only has one complete consciousness. If you travel to any other world, your consciousness in your original world will be removed. You can only exist in one world at any given time. Therefore, when you are chosen by destiny to become a traveler, your destiny in your original world has already ended.

"For ordinary people, destiny is a continuous line. Even if there are ups and downs, it will not break. On the other hand, the destiny line of a traveler is interrupted and skips around."

Lin Huang had a better understanding of the matter now, and he felt a little more at ease. After all, he had been selected as a traveler before being summoned to the gravel world. Without the Emperor's Heart's summons, he would have still ended up traveling to another world regardless.

At least, looking at it now, traveling to the gravel world had been a good thing in the end. After all, he was doing well in this world.

"I have another question. What will you do if I take Lin Xin to the great world with me?"

"I will leave with my host's reincarnation," the Emperor's Heart gave its answer without hesitation, "As for the gravel world, I will leave a doppelganger here to handle daily affairs."

"How are you going to explain all this to Lin Xin?" Lin Huang asked again.

"I don't intend to explain anything for the time being." The Emperor's Heart had obviously already figured out how to deal with this. "Informing her of her previous incarnation won't do her any good; it may even cause that individual from the Abyss to covet her instead."

"Regarding my circumstances… you don't need to tell her, and you don't have to mention it in the future either." Lin Huang made this decision because he did not want Lin Xin to be mentally burdened by it in the future. After all, he had been summoned by her previous incarnation, and with Lin Xin's temperament, she would inevitably feel guilty about it.

"Very well," the Emperor's Heart readily agreed.

Just as the two of them finished talking, Lin Huang sensed that Lin Xin was about to come downstairs and immediately closed the communication page.

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Lin Huang did not let Lin Xin know about his conversation with the Emperor's Heart.

For the whole day after that, the two siblings basically strolled around Wulin Town, revisiting their childhood memories.

The two of them walked down the same paths that they used to walk. They even went to the Reserve College where they had studied, looking around the convenience store that was next to the college, and visiting the residence that had long since changed owners…

The siblings strolled around until the street lights by the roadside were turned on, before stopping at a noodle house near their home.

This noodle house was also a place that the two siblings used to patronize frequently.

The owner was still the same old man from five years ago. Compared to five years ago, however, his hair—which had already been thinning—was obviously even more sparse now and had also become much whiter.

The small shop's business was average, with only two tables occupied by customers. Lin Huang and Lin Xin found an empty table to sit at and quickly ordered their meals.

"Uncle Liu, two bowls of beef noodle soup with an extra portion of beef each, please."

"Okay. Please have a seat, both of you, and you'll be served soon," the sparse-haired old man greeted them and busied himself immediately, obviously not recognizing the pair.

After a bit, the noodles were ready. When Uncle Liu went up to their table to serve the noodles, he caught a clearer glimpse of their faces and could not help but scrutinize the two of them carefully.

A moment later, he could not resist asking Lin Huang, "Young man, why do you look so familiar to me?"

"Uncle Liu, I'm Lin Huang," Lin Huang replied with a smile.

Only then did a look of sudden realization cross Uncle Liu's face. "Ah… you've grown up so much in the blink of an eye? I still remember you used to be so thin and small, but now you've grown so tall?

"Oh, that's right, I remember you had a younger sister called… Lin Xin?" Uncle Liu clearly did not recognize Lin Xin, who was now a young woman very different from the little girl she once was.

"She's this girl here right next to me," Lin Huang answered as he motioned with his head in Lin Xin's direction.

"Lin Xin?!" Uncle Liu's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. "You were just a little pudding back then, but you've really matured so much. Now, you've grown into a young lady! How pretty you've grown up to be!"

Lin Xin blushed slightly, embarrassed by the compliments.

"I haven't seen both of you for so many years. Where did your family finally move to?" Uncle Liu asked warmly.

"We're in Emperor City now," Lin Huang responded with a smile, "We took the opportunity to come back and have a look around while on vacation."

"Oh, Emperor City. Is it quite far?" Uncle Liu evidently did not know where Emperor City was.

Perhaps because of Lin Huang and Dynasty, there was not a single cultivator who did not know of Emperor City, but for regular citizens, it was normal to have never heard of it.

"It's a little far." Lin Huang smiled and nodded.

"Then you better have a good time during this trip back." Uncle Liu patted Lin Huang on the shoulder. "Since it's not easy for both of you to come back for a visit like this, today's noodles are on the house!"

"Uncle Liu, you really don't have to. If you do that, we won't dare to come back here and eat again the next time we visit…" After demurring for a bit, Lin Huang quickly paid the bill before he had even taken a bite of his noodles.

Uncle Liu chatted with Lin Huang for a while, only getting up to leave when the next wave of customers arrived.

After finishing their noodles, the siblings bid farewell to Uncle Liu before returning to the house where they used to live during their childhood.

"Do you want to stay here for the night? Or should we just head straight to our next destination?" When they reached the doorstep, Lin Huang turned to look at Lin Xin.

"Let's tidy the place up a little and stay for the night." Nostalgia flashed through Lin Xin's eyes.

"We don't need to go through all that trouble. Let's just set up two tents and sleep in the small garden on the third floor," Lin Huang suggested.

"Okay!" Lin Xin immediately agreed.

The two of them entered the house and headed for the third floor right away.

Seeing the vines and vegetation that covered the whole floor, Lin Huang reached a hand out and pressed it against the wall. All the plants instantly started moving like living animals, leaving the entire central area of the garden clear.

Seeing this, Lin Xin was amazed and promptly asked, "What kind of ability is this?"

"Plant Soul Law. In a nutshell, it's a Law Bending Power that can control plant life." What Lin Huang did not tell her was that there was a definite possibility that this type of Law Bending Power would cause an effect that would awaken the souls of ordinary plants, allowing them to gain spiritual intellect.

"Can I learn it?" Lin Xin seemed very interested.

"You can. I'll teach you when I have time," Lin Huang responded readily.

The two quickly set up their capsule tents, sat outside them, and lit a bonfire, watching the starry sky and chatting.

The night was far advanced and almost all the lights in the town were out before the two of them got into their tents to sleep.

The next morning, only after Lin Xin had gone to the second floor to freshen up did Lin Huang get out of his tent and walk straight toward a corner of the garden.

In that corner, there was a cracked flower pot with a small tree growing in it.

When it realized Lin Huang had come over, the little tree's leaves and branches started trembling.

After Lin Huang's use of Plant Soul Law yesterday, he had immediately noticed that this little tree's soul had been successfully awakened, and it had gained spiritual intellect.

Walking to the small tree, Lin Huang reached for its trunk and grasped it, imbuing it with a small trace of Divine Power.

The little tree began to grow rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In an instant, it went from the thickness of two fingers to the thickness of a water bucket, causing the flowerpot to shatter.

"That's good enough. Restrain yourself a bit; you can slowly grow after I leave." Lin Huang lightly patted the tree trunk.

The tree, which was now twenty to thirty meters tall, shook its trunk slightly, and the momentum of its growth instantly slowed down.

"Since your soul has been successfully awakened, that's your good fortune," Lin Huang said, then continued, "I don't have any other requests; you protecting this town will be enough."

After Lin Huang finished speaking, he extended a finger and transmitted a visualization image called Sky-high from the True Spirit Guide into the tree's spiritual dimension.

The tree trembled slightly, then immediately bowed to Lin Huang, bright green leaves fluttering to the ground.

Lin Huang did not bother saying anything more. He turned around and packed up the tents, put out the bonfire, and walked downstairs.

After he had gone downstairs, the size of the tree immediately increased again, but the speed of its growth was much slower than before.

"Where would you like to go for our second stop?" When he went down to the second floor, Lin Huang asked Lin Xin this after seeing that she was done freshening up.

"Let's go to the White Capital." Lin Xin thought about it for a while, then gave an answer that did not surprise Lin Huang. "I want to go back to the Martial Hunter College for a look around."

In fact, when Lin Xin had wanted to come to Wulin Town for their first stop, Lin Huang had already guessed that the White Capital would undoubtedly be her choice.

Wulin Town held memories of both their childhoods, while the White Capital was the place where they had grown up.

Lin Huang had become a teacher to other people for the first time in the Martial Hunter College while Lin Xin had officially embarked on the path of cultivation as a student in the Martial Hunter College. She had even lived in the White Capital for over two years.

"Okay," Lin Huang immediately agreed. "We can stay in the White Capital for a while. Aside from the Martial Hunter College, there are many other places to visit in the White Capital, and there's also a lot of good food and fun places to enjoy. If any of your classmates are still in the White Capital, you can also ask them out for a meal or something."

"Alright, then we'll stay there for a few more days." When she heard Lin Huang mention her classmates, conversely, Lin Xin's mood dropped even more.

She had chosen such a nostalgic route because she knew that Lin Huang would take her with him when he left the gravel world. She did not know when she would come back the next time. There was even a chance that she would return here ever again.

'Perhaps this will be the last time we can gather,' Lin Xin silently said in her heart.

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Chapter 1459: Return To White Capital

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The capital city of No. 7 Zone, White Capital, also known as respawn point No. 7A1, was the most vibrant respawn point in the entire No. 7 Zone.

Upon their return to White Capital, Lin Huang and Lin Xin found a hotel near Martial Hunter College to stay in.

After checking in, neither of them retired to their hotel rooms. Instead, they headed straight for Martial Hunter College.

Martial Hunter College was completely open to the public. In fact, most of the colleges in White Capital were as well.

After all, since White Capital was the capital city of the No.7 Zone, it was guarded by Demigods. Moreover, for a prestigious educational institution like Martial Hunter College which had powerful transcendents for its dean and vice-dean, no one would dare stir up trouble there under normal circumstances.

When the Saint members of the top dark organizations back in the day attacked the students of Martial Hunter College, even they did not dare charge into White Capital and instead launched the attack at the trial site.

However, as they approached the college entrance, Lin Huang was genuinely surprised when the security guard on duty recognized him on sight.

"Mr. Lin?!"

Lin Huang too recognized the man as the security guard who worked there four years ago.

Although there were more strands of white hair on his head than before, his appearance had not changed much.

Lin Huang could remember because back when he used to chat with this security guard, this old uncle had mentioned that his son was one of the students in Lin Huang's class.

The only thing Lin Huang could not recall was the identity of the security guard's son.

After lingering for a bit at the entrance and making small talk, Lin Huang and Lin Xin soon made their way into the campus.

After the two of them had covered some distance, Lin Xin could not stop herself from grumbling, "You only stayed in the college for half a year while I was here for two years, and this security guard recognized you and not me?"

"Maybe it's because I'm handsome," Lin Huang teased cheerfully.

Lin Xin could not help but roll her eyes at her brother.

Lin Huang took his time before eventually explaining to her, "That security guard is the father of one of my students."

"Oh, I see." The explanation made Lin Xin feel relieved.

After all, the number of enrolled students at Martial Hunter College was around a hundred and fifty thousand. Tens of thousands of students graduated each year, while tens of thousands of new ones enrolled at the same time. It was natural for the security guard to not remember all of them. On the other hand, it was equally natural for him to remember his son's teacher.

The two of them walked along the main path, passing by the student dorms and the two cafeterias. They then made a left turn at the cafeterias and saw a familiar teaching block opposite the sports field.

After returning to this place three years later, Lin Huang felt a strange sense of nostalgic fondness.

Not only was this the place where he had become a teacher for the first time, but it was also the starting point for his garnering of knowledge.

In fact, it was thanks to the library at Martial Hunter College that he obtained an all-around understanding of the gravel world, as well as finding out what kind of world he was in.

Lin Xin harbored even deeper feelings toward this place. She studied here for a year and a half, assuming the identity of Ling Xue. After that, she stayed on as a teacher for around half a year, so in total, she was here for two years.

The amount of time she had spent in White Capital not only surpassed that of Winter City by leaps and bounds, but even Emperor City as well. Apart from Wulin City, you could say this was the closest place she could call her home.

On top of that, she had made several close friends at Martial Hunter College, as well as a group of students with which she had a pretty good relationship.

Martial Hunter College was one of her fondest places as far as her memory went.

"I haven't been back for two years. The students in my year should have all graduated by now." Lin Xin could not help but sigh. "Even my students should have graduated by now."

Based on the three-year schooling period of the education system, the majority of students at Martial Hunter College graduated at the end of their third year. However, there were a fraction of students who flunked a subject and had to repeat a year. Having said so, it had been more than four years since Lin Xin had enrolled; even if she had peers who repeated a year, they would have graduated by now too. Back in the day, Lin Xin was in the first class, the highest achieving class in the Sword Dao faculty. The chances of someone having to repeat a year from that class were not high.

As the siblings stood in front of the teaching block reminiscing about their past, a girl who was walking toward the teaching block spotted them. As her gaze swept across Lin Xin, she suddenly froze before speed walking in their direction.

"Senior Sister Ling!" Before she even got close to them, the girl called out loudly and waved her hand at Lin Xin.

Lin Huang turned his head in the girl's direction. The girl was not tall, about a meter sixty, with a sheep-horn hairstyle. Age-wise, she looked like she was still a student.

"You're…Yang Shan?!" Lin Xin recognized the other person straight away.

"Senior Sister Ling, is it really you?!" When she heard Lin Xin's reply, the sheep-horn haired girl immediately sprinted toward them. When she was right in front of them, she grabbed both of Lin Xin's hands, her face beaming with excitement.

"Yang Shan, weren't you supposed to graduate in July? Why are you still at school?" Lin Xin could not help but ask.

"I joined the faculty. I'm now the teacher of the year one eleventh class of the Firearms faculty," the sheep-horn haired girl answered with a grin.

"I see! Congratulations are in order, then!" Lin Xin was overjoyed for her as well.

The sheep-horn haired girl was not Lin Xin's classmate, but her student. She was also the first student to stir up trouble and make things difficult for Lin Xin during her first class. However, Lin Xin had responded by taking the students to the shooting range. After a round of God demonstration, she managed to convince all the students beyond any doubt, and Yang Shan became a fan of hers since then.

In the six months that Lin Xin taught, none of the students in the class was willing to address her "Teacher" as she was far too young. Under Yang Shan's instigation, everyone started calling her Senior Sister Ling instead.

At the start, Lin Xin protested several times before eventually giving up.

"And this person by your side is…your boyfriend?" Yang Shan asked with a nosy expression and a teasing smile.

"My brother," Lin Xin answered grudgingly.

"Ah, I see," Yang Shan replied, evidently disappointed. "So you're back this time because…"

"I'm on break for a while and decided to make use of my free time to come visit," Lin Xin explained with a grin.

The two of them chatted for a bit until the school bell went off. Only then did Yang Shan quickly bid farewell and darted quickly toward the teaching block.

"That person was one of your students?" Lin Huang smiled.

"Yeah, she was also the first one to find fault with me." Lin Xin nodded with a laugh. "She said that I had just graduated and had no teaching experience, and that I didn't even graduate from the Firearms faculty. So she openly questioned whether I was qualified enough to teach them."

"And then what happened?" Lin Huang pressed curiously.

"Then, I took them to the shooting range…" Lin Xin raised her eyebrows and did not finish her sentence, as no explanation was needed for what followed later.

"Not bad, you have my style." Lin Huang gave her an approving thumbs-up.

"Hey, I got everyone's unanimous approval on my first day at work," Lin Xin teased him cheekily, "unlike someone else whose students ran to the administrative office to collectively file a complaint about him, and even won the annual award for the least popular teacher!"

"I became very popular later, I'll have you know. The students were practically begging me not to resign." Lin Huang's mouth twitched.

The past was fresh in their minds, vivid images kept appearing before them.

After strolling around the college, they returned to the teachers' flats at the end.

Lin Huang and Lin Xin used to stay at the same teachers' flat. The three-story building was currently occupied.

The siblings watched from afar but did not approach it.

When they departed from Martial Hunter College, it was already noon…

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Chapter 1460: Doomsday Sect

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After leaving Martial Hunter College, Lin Huang and Lin Xin hung around in White Capital for a week. They took their time visiting several of the hottest tourist spots and checked out more than ten renowned restaurants and greasy spoons before moving on to their next stop.

In the month that followed, the sibling duo kept traveling and making stops, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction from their trip.

Along the way, Lin Huang also visited the siblings Yi Zheng and Yi Yeyu, Leng Yuexin, Li Lang, and several other old friends for a joyful reunion.

When they journeyed to No. 3 Zone, Lin Huang remembered that his senior Liu Ming was the vice dean of the Martial Hunter College there. He also wanted to see for himself what the Martial Hunter College of No. 3 Zone looked like, so the siblings made the place their first stop.

Early in the morning, Liu Ming received the duo at a brunch shop near the entrance of the Martial Hunter College.

"Senior Brother, long time no see." Standing at the shop entrance, Lin Huang spotted Liu Ming who was sitting next to the French windows and immediately waved his hand in greeting.

Out of the many students under Mr. Fu's instruction, Lin Huang was the closest to Liu Ming. Apart from the Yi siblings and a few other diehard followers, he was Lin Huang's closest friend.

Liu Ming stood up with a smile, beckoning with his hand for Lin Huang to come over. "Come in quickly."

As the siblings entered the shop and sat down, Liu Ming took a good look at Lin Huang. "After not seeing you for so many years, it seems that the more you mingle, the better you get at it. You've become more handsome too, junior brother."

As an Imperial-level cultivator, Liu Ming knew all the happenings in the cultivation world like the back of his hand. Excluding the year when Lin Huang had gone to the great world, Liu Ming was more or less aware of everything that Lin Huang had gone through these years, as he had been keeping a close eye on this junior brother of his all this time.

"Senior brother, you've changed a lot as well. Your Sword Dao has advanced to level-6, and you've slimmed down a lot. I imagine you must have been practicing with your sword often." Lin Huang teased him good-naturedly.

Liu Ming's combat level was currently Yellow gold-rank and his Sword Dao also had advanced to level-6. With his current abilities, he could be considered a powerhouse even when compared to other Imperial-level cultivators.

"It's true that I have been practicing with my sword a lot, but that isn't the reason I slimmed down." Liu Ming shook his head with a smile. "I only started losing weight this past month."

"I've been managing the college enrollment of Reserve students for over a month now. I'm being worked to the bone."

"Isn't the enrollment of Reserve students an easy task?" Lin Huang felt slightly bewildered. He had been a teacher at a Martial Hunter College before and naturally knew about the Reserve students' enrollment.

Under normal circumstances, the enrollment of Reserve students took place six months in advance to select the most outstanding students from Hunter Reserve Colleges to undertake the Reserve Assessment. Passing the assessment would be tantamount to meeting the entry requirements of the Martial Hunter Colleges. Students who passed would not have to take part in the Regular Assessment in June and only had to stay on in their Hunter Reserve Colleges until graduation before enrolling at Martial Hunter Colleges straight away.

The reason this task was easy was that there were not many students in Hunter Reserve Colleges who fulfilled the Reserve Assessment requirements. In No.7 Zone where Lin Huang was stationed previously, there were no more than a thousand students who met the Reserve Assessment requirements each year. For comparison, the number of Regular graduates from Hunter Reserve Colleges every year was as many as thirty million.

The Reserve quota was kept small mainly because the numerous large colleges demanded that the quota be highly inflexible, with the most basic requirement being Iron-level Combat.

This meant that to qualify, one would have to possess the ability to kill Iron-level rank-1 monsters before his or her sixteenth birthday.

As Hunter Reserve Colleges only taught the basic knowledge, practically offering no real combat courses or teaching official combat skills, there were very few students who could accomplish this threshold.

"It used to be a breeze, but I don't know what happened this year. The number of Reserve students submitted by the various Hunter Reserve Colleges has increased by several times over. Even some small grade-C footholds also submitted Reserve numbers." Liu Ming looked rather gloomy.

"Usually, our college's yearly Reserve quota is around three thousand students. This year, the number submitted has reached about thirteen thousand."

Students were not qualified to submit their own names for this Reserve quota. It was the dean of every Hunter Reserve College who submitted the names after doing a thorough check on each student's circumstances.

Every December, Martial Hunter Colleges would run a preliminary selection on all the reporting students. The pass rate of the preliminary selection would be recorded. The Hunter Reserve Colleges with too low a pass rate would be investigated. If they were found to be untruthful, the dean would be sacked straight away. Hence, under normal circumstances, none of the deans from any of the Hunter Reserve Colleges would submit a false quota.

"I don't know if it's due to the changes in the force density in the air that the number of talents this year has suddenly increased." Liu Ming also could not make sense of what this was all about.

On the contrary, after hearing all of this, Lin Huang figured out what was happening. The Rule of the gravel world was completed, making cultivation a lot easier.

The more gifted ones or those with stronger abilities felt the changes of the world more intensely.

Amongst the younger generation, there were many who were naturally gifted or had potential, and they were all becoming increasingly excited around now.

"To be frank, these two months have been quite extraordinary. Lately, the internet has been buzzing with talk of how in the danger zones and forbidden lands of each level, the monsters' abilities in general have increased."

"I've seen many posts claiming that some people found a good number of immortal-level monsters at a moderate danger zone, as well as imperial-level monsters at a severe danger zone."

Here, Liu Ming suddenly lowered his voice.

"I have a friend who works for the Union Government. Some time ago when we were drinking together, he revealed that lately the Union Government has been discussing in meetings about dividing the ranks of certain danger zones."

Of course, Lin Huang knew that these changes were brought upon by himself.

It was not really a bad thing that monsters have become stronger. Humans were becoming stronger as well, it was just that many people have not realized it themselves.

In the long run, these changes would only make the humans in the gravel world stronger.

Compared to the Emperor's Heart straight-up opening the Virtual Door, these changes brought about by Lin Huang were rather insignificant.

After having breakfast and chatting with Liu Ming, Liu Ming escorted the siblings around the Martial Hunter College for a while, before leaving in a hurry after receiving a prompt from his messenger.

Lin Huang knew he was busy and did not try to keep him any longer.

After Liu Ming left, the siblings also took their leave after making a simple round about the Martial Hunter College of No. 3 Zone.

Upon returning to the hotel, Lin Huang opened his Emperor's Heart Ring and started going over the various large social platforms.

Throughout this past month or so, he never looked at messages from social platforms. The most he would do each day was to give the news a cursory glance before sleeping. This was because he felt that there was too much time wasted in scrolling through social platforms. On top of that, he often came across various heated arguments, which were usually not only meaningless, but could also easily sour your mood.

As he was on holiday, Lin Huang had decided he might as well block out all this toxic noise.

However, after his conversation with Liu Ming, he was slightly curious about what people were saying about the changes to the gravel world.

After opening up several social platforms one after another and taking a look at some of the most viral posts, Lin Huang did not know whether to laugh or cry.

What made him truly speechless was that a group of people was advocating the coming of doomsday.

The monsters' increasing strength meant that the gravel world was heading toward its end, for these monsters would continue to become stronger and ultimately conquer the whole gravel world.

More importantly, there was actually a good number of people who believed this kind of theory.

A large group of people even formed an online alliance called the Doomsday Sect.

"If you have so much free time, why can't you guys focus on cultivating instead?" After skimming through some headlines, Lin Huang finally had enough and shut off all the social platform pages.

"Thankfully, not everyone is this senseless. There are still many people in this world who are actively forging ahead and continuously becoming stronger!"

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Chapter 1461: Anomaly in the Peaceful Ocean

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After the meeting with Liu Ming, the Lin siblings' itinerary over the next few days continued as usual.

The information that was being spread on social media platforms did not give Lin Huang any cause for concern. He also did not continue monitoring the various noisy debates on the Internet; he merely checked the news every day as per usual before he went to bed.

On this particular day, Lin Huang clicked on the online news page like he usually did before he went to sleep.

The headline displayed on the Union Government's home page immediately caught his attention.

The title read, "Notice—Peaceful Ocean Off-Limits!"

"The Peaceful Ocean is off-limits… what on earth is going on?" Puzzled, Lin Huang immediately clicked on the notice.

"In view of all the monsters in the Peaceful Ocean becoming more powerful overall, the Union Government and the Hunter Association will be organizing a combined extermination campaign. From now on until further notice, the Peaceful Ocean is now a restricted zone; all cultivators below virtual god-level are forbidden to set foot there. After the extermination operation has been carried out, we will announce at the earliest opportunity when the area will be accessible again so that normal hunting can resume."

After Lin Huang had finished reading the notice, he could not help raising his brows.

His first reaction was that the Union Government was concealing the real reason for sealing off the Peaceful Ocean. This was because if they were really looking to mount an extermination campaign, it would not be necessary to make such a big fuss over declaring the place off-limits.

Something must have happened that the Union Government did not wish the outside world to know about, which was why they had made a strategic decision like this.

Somewhat puzzled, Lin Huang dialed Huang Tianfu's number.

Before the dial tone had even finished ringing, the video call connected.

"Your Majesty!" The minute Huang Tianfu saw Lin Huang appear on the call, he initiated greetings, a smile on his face.

Lin Huang gave a slight nod. "Tianfu, what's been happening lately over at Dynasty?"

"Everything is normal," Huang Tianfu replied, then extrapolated a bit further, "Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan are both still in closed-door cultivation. Other Virtual Gods are also in closed-door cultivation, and there are also some in the Royal wasteland. For the time being, there haven't been any unusual situations that have been reported back.

"Oh… I almost forgot; there's also some good news. Huang Wuji has elevated to virtual god-level—it just happened in the last two days. I didn't think it was anything particularly important, so I didn't want to bother you with it."

"With his talent and potential, his advancement is to be expected." Lin Huang nodded slightly. Huang Wuji had initially been ranked with Chan Dou as one of the Five Princes and could be considered exceptionally gifted among the younger generation.

If Lin Huang had not suddenly appeared out of the blue, eclipsing the Five Princes' brilliant talent, the Five Princes would probably have become the most formidable powerhouses of this epoch.

Moreover, if Lin Huang had not interrupted, Huang Wuji might very well already be holding the current position of Dynasty's Emperor.

"The First Prince's advancement is indeed a cause for celebration. Please reward him with a top-notch god relic weapon and a top-tier set of god relic armor. As for any other rewards, I'll leave that up to you."

"Very well, I'll make arrangements." Huang Tianfu nodded vigorously.

"Oh yes, today I saw the notice that the Union Government sent out regarding the Peaceful Ocean being off-limits. What's happened over there?" After settling the matter of Huang Wuji, Lin Huang switched the topic of conversation to what he really wanted to ask Huang Tianfu.

"For now, I still don't have any definite news…" Huang Tianfu finished speaking, then added, "However, I've heard that the Union Government has had several Virtual Gods dying in the Peaceful Ocean. This news hasn't yet been verified, though; up until now I still haven't received any information about what the actual situation is."

"Once you have any news, remember to let me know immediately." Lin Huang nodded.

The two men chatted for a little while longer before Lin Huang finally ended the call.

"Virtual Gods dying in the Peaceful Ocean…" Lin Huang was still more concerned about the matter of the Peaceful Ocean being declared a restricted zone. "It's normal for Virtual Gods to die. Besides, there are numerous large and powerful monsters in the deep sea area of the Peaceful Ocean—not only that, after the World Rules were finally complete, those monsters would have become more powerful anyway.

"Sealing off the entire Peaceful Ocean right off the bat, however, means the situation is probably more complicated than it looks." Lin Huang made this assumption because he had had dealings with Jiang Shan, Dongfang Bai, and the others more than once. He was very much aware that, based on the characters of these two men, they would not lightly make a decision like this.

Curious now, Lin Huang clicked on the black market forum.

Very quickly, he saw topics related to the Peaceful Ocean being sealed off; these topics were fairly numerous as well.

He investigated by clicking on a few posts that were trending more than the rest and discovered that all kinds of things were being bandied about.

Some people said that a powerful monster—suspected of being a True God—had appeared in the Peaceful Ocean and had slaughtered all the Virtual Gods that the Union Government had sent out for exploration purposes.

Some others said that a dimensional gateway from the great world had appeared in the deep sea area of the Peaceful Ocean, and armies from the great world were invading once more.

Still others insisted that the monsters on the seabed of the Peaceful Ocean had undergone abnormal changes, resulting in an explosive increase in power and turning the area into a zone forbidden to humans.

After Lin Huang finished reading all the posts, he still had no clue about what had happened in the sea areas of the Peaceful Ocean.

Although it only took a glance for him to identify the contents of many posts as being fake, there were also speculations in the contents of some other posts that could very well be possible.

After closing the black market forum, Lin Huang muttered irresolutely to himself for a while, then decided to push the whole matter of the Peaceful Ocean to the back of his mind for the time being.

The way he saw it, the matter had no real connection with him. Even though he was curious, he was not curious enough to immediately ask Jiang Shan or Dongfang Bai. Rather, he decided to wait patiently for news to come from Dynasty.

In the blink of an eye, another three days went by.

The Lin siblings departed from Magical Sky City, the grade-3A1 foothold where the Martial Hunter College was, and arrived at the grade-3A5 foothold of Wanbao City.

Lin Xin's reason for choosing Wanbao City was that it was No. 3 Zone's trade city, and it was also the largest trade center in the gravel world.

She wanted to wander around and see if there might be anything that she wanted.

After the siblings had eaten breakfast and found a hotel they could check into for a stay, Lin Huang's Emperor's Heart Ring suddenly began vibrating.

Lin Huang clicked on the communication page to take a look, and his brows involuntarily went up suddenly.

Initially, he had thought that the caller was Huang Tianfu, but he had entirely not expected that it would be the chief of the Union Government—Jiang Shan.

As soon as he saw that the caller was Jiang Shan, Lin Huang's first reaction was, 'Could this be related to the Peaceful Ocean?'

With this in mind, Lin Huang accepted Jiang Shan's video call request.

"Emperor Lin, I hope you've been well recently?" Although Jiang Shan wore a smile, there was something unnatural about it.

"I'm doing very well; every day I see beautiful scenery and eat good food," Lin Huang answered with a laugh, "Traveling really is something that gives a person pleasure."

Of course, Jiang Shan and the others were aware that of late, Lin Huang had been on vacation.

"I feel very bad about having to interrupt your holiday." Jiang Shan's smile held a faint touch of helplessness within it.

If it were not for the fact that he had encountered a matter that forced him into a last resort, naturally, he would not have contacted Lin Huang.

"Is it the matter of the Peaceful Ocean?" Lin Huang asked, quirking his brow.

"Yes, it is." Jiang Shan nodded hurriedly.

"Tell me in detail then; what on earth is going on?"

"Around six months or so ago, we sent several Virtual Gods to the seabed of the Peaceful Ocean to search for… that entrance to the great world that you'd mentioned." At this juncture, Jiang Shan lifted his head with a touch of embarrassment to gauge Lin Huang's reaction. "It was a team of Virtual Gods, eleven in total, and the team leader was a Virtual God rank-4. The very day that they began their explorations, we lost contact with all eleven of them, one after the other.

"The third day after they lost contact, we gathered together two contingents, each headed by a Virtual God rank-6, and sent them to the Peaceful Ocean to investigate why the previous team had gone missing. Each contingent was comprised of twenty-five Virtual Gods, out of which four of them were intermediate-stage. On the second day after the two teams had descended into the Peaceful Ocean, we started losing contact with them again one by one. By the third day, we had lost contact with every single one of them.

"After this second investigation failed, it took us another week of preparation, then three days ago—the day the notice was sent out, in fact—we gathered together yet another large contingent and headed to the Peaceful Ocean. Last night, Guan Zhong reported to me, confirming that we had definitely lost contact with all of them…"

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Chapter 1462: The Union Government's Request For Help

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After listening to Jiang Shan's explanation, Lin Huang pondered over it for a moment before inquiring further.

"You said they lost contact one after the other—so that means during the journey communication was still taking place?"

"Yes, it was," Jiang Shan affirmed, then added, "You're also aware that there's no signal in a vast majority of the areas in the Peaceful Ocean; it's only possible to get a signal in a handful of place. That's why we gave orders to the second and third exploration teams to report back the moment they reached an area where there was a signal, whether they discovered any anomalies or not."

At this point in his narrative, Jiang Shan's voice paused for a moment, "However, this is the strangest part of the entire matter—all the messages that came back to us said that there was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Once the teams descended into the sea, apart from the first time when the number of people reporting back to us was normal, every other time the number of people sending back messages was always less. But not a single one of the messages that we received mentioned discovering anything unusual. It's like they never realized that the number of people in the team had gotten smaller.

"Not only that, once we discovered that the number of team members was decreasing, we sent out a warning and an order to retreat to those who were still sending back messages as usual, but we never received any responses. There was no way of connecting to any video call requests and communication calls; by the time we received news from them and tried to call them back immediately, there was no way to get through either. Their messages were only able to come through occasionally, and communication became entirely one-sided.

"We were only able to watch mutely as the minutes and seconds ticked by, seeing the number of people sending messages back decreasing continuously until finally, we lost contact with every single one of them."

Upon hearing this, Lin Huang furrowed his brow and sank into a long silence. Only after a while did he speak again.

"From what you've described, I can think of three possibilities.

"The first is, they fell under some sort of illusion and weren't able to discover that the numbers in their team were decreasing.

"The second is that something masqueraded as a member of the team, then more and more of the members were gradually replaced.

"The third possibility is that the people who sent messages back weren't the actual team members themselves.

"Another thing is that you mentioned there was no way for the other party to receive the messages that you sent out, and that both voice and video call requests could not connect—communication flow was only one-sided. This doesn't seem like something a creature living long-term in the deep sea would be able to do; they don't even know what an Emperor's Heart Ring is.

"So, either this is caused by human agency, or it's caused by monsters of high intelligence that have previously come into contact with the human race. Of course, the possibility of influences from the environment itself can't be ruled out entirely either. "

"Is there any possibility that… the dimensional gateway you mentioned has been discovered, and invaders from the great world are breaking through into our gravel world from the Peaceful Ocean?" Jiang Shan hesitated for a moment, before directing his question at Lin Huang straight away with some amount of worry.

"My feeling is that the chances of that are fairly low." Lin Huang shook his head, but in his heart, he knew that the chances of that happening were absolutely zero.

Aside from the fact that there was currently no dimensional gateway on the Peaceful Ocean seabed any more, even if there really was one, any spatial fluctuations from another world teleporting into the gravel world would not be able to be concealed from the world will. If anyone teleported over, Lin Huang would sense it the moment it happened.

The only thing was, since Lin Huang had previously concealed the truth from the Union Government, he could not come forward now and tell them the actual situation. He could only find other means of vetoing the possibility of Jiang Shan's suggestion.

"The Thousand Snake Sect and Myriad Tribe Palace definitely won't find out so quickly about the failed invasion launched by Teng Ran's group. Not only that, the Thousand Snake Sect already has no more powerhouses above virtual god-level. If Myriad Tribe Palace were to invade, they would have sent their troops over the first day they discovered the existence of the dimensional gateway. They wouldn't need to wait for six months without any doing anything.

"If any other organizations in the great world discovered the gateway, at most they would explore for one or two days. Once they had confirmed that there were no issues with the dimensional gateway, they would have launched a general offensive right away—there would be no need to wait this long."

"This matter has already caused all the high-level personnel in the government to panic; we've lost a majority of our Virtual Gods and we have no way of sending anyone else out there to investigate." Jiang Shan's expression was full of anxiety. "I'm at my wit's end already… I hope that your Majesty might be able to lend us a hand and help us solve this crisis!"

The way Jiang Shan addressed Lin Huang had also changed. Previously he had always used the title "Emperor Lin", but now he referred to Lin Huang as "Your Majesty".

"Chief Jiang, there's no need for that. This matter definitely has something fishy about it; two Virtual God rank-9s have already gone missing, so it's useless for you to keep sending people out there." Lin Huang nodded slightly. "Since I'm still in the gravel world, I'll make a trip there and help take a look at things for you."

Only after hearing Lin Huang's answer did Jiang Shan feel vastly relieved.

At first, he had been afraid that Lin Huang would decline, or seize the chance this matter afforded to demand an exorbitant price while talking terms, but Lin Huang had not done so. In fact, he had agreed to look into the matter without hesitation.

If this had been previously, Lin Huang might actually have put forward a few terms and conditions to exchange his services for some cultivation or information resources. However, as far as the Lin Huang of the present was concerned, the Union Government did not have anything that he found desirable or that he wanted.

Another reason Lin Huang had agreed so readily to Jiang Shan's request was that the entire gravel world was already his own God Territory. Resolving the gravel world's issues meant resolving the issues of the God Territory within him.

Once he had agreed to look into things, Lin Huang then enquired about the details of some other matters before disconnecting from his call with Jiang Shan.

Lin Xin returned to the living room only after seeing that Lin Huang had finished his call.

"Brother, did Chief Jiang bring up anything important?"

"A problem's cropped up over at the Peaceful Ocean," Lin Huang explained briefly. "I need to make a trip there."

"Can I go with you?" Lin Xin asked immediately, "I'm already Virtual God rank-9 so I should be able to help out."

"It's better you stay in Wanbao City and wander around to see if there's anything you want." Lin Huang shook his head, smiling. "The situation over there is somewhat complicated; I'll feel better if I go alone."

"You don't need to worry, though. If it's something quick, a day should be enough to resolve it; if it's something that takes more time, two or three days should be sufficient to sort it out." Lin Huang had just finished speaking when something occurred to him. "I'll summon Little Witch to accompany you."

By the time the words left his mouth, he had already crushed Witch's card in his right hand, and her form was rapidly coalescing in the room.

"Little Witch!" As soon as she saw Witch, Lin Xin's mood suddenly improved exponentially.

When Witch saw Lin Xin, she became excited as well.

Seeing the two girls rapidly begin chatting together, Lin Huang then pulled out two storage rings and passed one each to Lin Xin and Witch. "Inside these rings are some Divine Stones. If there's anything you want to buy, just get it—don't feel you can't afford to spend the money. Little Witch too, buy whatever you want to buy!"

Within each of Lin Huang's two storage rings were around a million Divine Stones, enough to buy even a complete set of top-notch god relics.

Moreover, apart from the three God Weapons that Lin Huang currently had on him, the rest of his equipment was fundamentally all top-notch god relics, so he had no need to spend any money in this respect.

Around a million Divine Stones' worth of pocket money was definitely enough to spend.

Now that Lin Xin had Witch to look after her, Lin Huang could finally stop worrying. Even though his own sister was already a Virtual God rank-9 and her abilities were in no way weak, he was still afraid that Lin Xin might be at a disadvantage.

After he had settled Lin Xin's affairs, only then did Lin Huang bid the two girls farewell. With a wave of his hand, he stepped into the Dimensional Whirlpool…

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Chapter 1463: The Mysterious One-eyed Monster

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From above the Peaceful Ocean, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis spread rapidly. Using the boost from the world will, he scanned the whole sea area.

His Divine Telekinesis spread out like ripples on the surface of water, searching for anomalies inch by inch.

Unlike the Virtual Gods of this world, even though his combat strength was only at virtual god-level rank-6, the strength of his Divine Telekinesis was comparable to that of a ninth-rank True God.

With the added boost from the world will, even abnormalities at a microscopic level could be easily sensed.

With this level of scanning, nothing under the surface of the entire Peaceful Ocean could be hidden.

All the virtual god-level monsters took cover when they sensed this wave of powerful, overwhelming Divine Telekinesis, wanting to shrink their presence as much as they could. Many of the monsters even began physically trembling for fear that they would become Lin Huang's prey.

After only a few seconds of scanning the area with Divine Telekinesis, Lin Huang, who was floating above the Peaceful Ocean, suddenly raised his brows.

The next instant, his figure vanished from where he was; when he appeared again, he was already by a deep-sea trench.

Lin Huang spoke as he stared at a nearby reef.

"Come on out, you don't have to hide anymore. You didn't actually think you could elude being detected by my Divine Telekinesis using that little trick of yours, did you?"

A black shadow slowly moved through the reef and came out, quickly coalescing into a humanoid creature.

It was not a human being, but a humanoid monster.

Its single blood-red eye looked even redder under the brim of its conical bamboo hat—from its head down, its entire body was enveloped in a long black robe.

"Biologically speaking, you aren't a native of the Peaceful Ocean, are you?" Lin Huang commented, observing the other party. He quickly discovered that the other's aura gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Where is this strange sense of familiarity coming from?" Lin Huang's confusion increased.

"It's you!" The one-eyed monster, on the other hand, began to seethe violently with killing intent after getting a good look at Lin Huang.

Before Lin Huang could figure out what was going on, he saw the other's figure suddenly spring forward. From under its black robe, a sword-wielding arm emerged, the weapon slashing down at him with a gleam like a black curtain.

Lin Huang pointed his finger, and his Sword Dao—enveloped in Divine Power—also transformed into a blood-red sword gleam as it shot out. The sword gleam of the one-eyed monster was instantly ripped apart, just like a piece of cloth being sliced through by a blade.

Seeing its sword gleam disintegrate immediately, the one-eyed monster hurriedly retreated.

However, the killing intent emanating from its entire being did not reduce in the slightest, and it clearly had no intention of giving up on its target, which was Lin Huang.

Although Lin Huang was baffled, he did not bother exchanging fruitless words with his opponent. Regardless of whether or not the other party was the culprit who had caused the disappearance of the Union Government's people, he would take it down first before any further talk!

Nevertheless, in terms of strength, this monster before him—whose combat strength was already at peak virtual god-level rank-9—had already mastered Sword Dao true meaning as well as two types of Water Enlightenment. It was indeed capable of taking out the Union Government's three waves of troops.

When Lin Huang was scanning the area with his Divine Telekinesis earlier, this one-eyed monster had the highest combat level in the entire Peaceful Ocean. That was why he was able to find it instantly.

Attack thwarted, the one-eyed monster's form immediately retreated. After narrowly avoiding the onslaught of Lin Huang's blood-red electric arc-like sword gleam, it found firm footing on a nearby reef. Its black robe inflated like a jellyfish, then slowly contracted.

The figure paused on the reef for only a moment. A second later, it launched off with a sudden burst of energy from its legs, and its form once again resembled a flash of lightning.

Almost at the same time, what was originally a single figure instantly split into dozens of figures, surrounding Lin Huang from different directions.

Lin Huang could not help raising a brow when he saw this.

More than thirty black-robed figures wielding black blades immediately surrounded Lin Huang, advancing until they were less than ten meters away from him.

Lin Huang appeared to be frozen with fright, remaining in place without moving a muscle.

He did not stir even when all the one-eyed monsters brandished their swords, and their web of black-colored sword gleams approached him with overwhelming force. Just when Lin Huang's form was about to be engulfed, he suddenly raised his hand again.

His movements were so fast that they seemed slow, even creating afterimages within the deep sea. The next instant, however, with just a lift of his hand and the pointing of a finger, a blood-red ray shot out at extreme speed. It pierced through the web of swords formed by the black-colored sword gleams and was swallowed up by the distant shadows.

With a soft muffled grunt, the black web of swords instantly disintegrated into a mass of debris.

"The illusions that you created using First Glimpse-level Water Elemental Enlightenment might be able to fool others, but they're not enough to fool me." Lin Huang shot an indifferent smile in the direction of the black shadows.

Within the black shadows, blood oozed continuously from the front of the one-eyed monster's black robe.

Its do-or-die second attack just now had been easily seen through by Lin Huang. Moreover, Lin Huang had only launched a very casual assault; not only was the monster unable to dodge the attack, but it also could not even block the onslaught entirely despite using all its strength.

Even with an attack as casual as this, the monster's combat effectiveness had been reduced to less than 70%.

The fury in the gaze of the one-eyed monster gradually faded, only to be replaced by apprehension, hatred, and a trace of dread.

Now that its thoughts were no longer controlled by anger, it quickly calmed down.

In fact, ever since Lin Huang had unleashed his Divine Telekinesis earlier, the monster had already known that there was a huge gap in ability between both of them. However, it still chose to test Lin Huang, and the result of its two attempts only served to make it feel even more hopeless, as the other was much more powerful than it had imagined.

Initially, it had thought that its mastery of Sword Dao true meaning and several types of Water Elemental Enlightenment would allow it to at least put up a fight. However, after an actual exchange of combat, it finally realized how wrong it had been. Lin Huang's proficiency in Sword Dao true meaning and god rule far exceeded its own.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through the monster's mind for only an instant, before it turned around and fled without hesitation. Its figure transformed into a black shadow, then escaped silently in the opposite direction from Lin Huang.

However, as soon as it moved, a familiar voice was suddenly heard from close behind it, not even a hundred meters away from where it had just been.

"Hey, I don't remember saying that you could leave?"

As soon as it heard that voice, the one-eyed monster's heart dropped to the pit of its stomach. Just when it was preparing to ignore the voice and speed up its escape, it suddenly felt a faint chilly sensation on its neck. It immediately ceased all movement and stood stock-still on the spot, not daring to move an inch. It knew that if it were to make even the slightest movement, its head would part ways with its neck.

Only after forcibly calming itself down did the monster become very much aware that not only its neck, but also its four limbs, were entangled by an invisible thread. It had no idea exactly when this had happened. It could not move its body at all; just like a puppet, it was completely under the other's control.

That terrifyingly powerful human male finally came slowly around from behind the monster and stopped in front of it.

At the sight of that familiar face, the one-eyed monster could not stop its killing intent from surging up again. Although this was instantly suppressed via reason, it was still noticed by the man standing before it…

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Chapter 1464: The One-eyed Monster's Secret

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"You're displaying obvious killing intent toward me, but why?" Lin Huang carefully scrutinized the other with some curiosity. "Not only that, you seem rather familiar to me…"

Lin Huang quickly searched through the memories in his mind. After a while, he finally recalled a similar monster in a memory from four years ago.

"One-eyed, wears a conical bamboo hat, uses a sword…" The way the monster looked in his memory gradually superimposed itself over the one-eyed monster in front of him.

"I vaguely remember now," Lin Huang said slowly, staring at the one-eyed monster in front of him, "You were the first Life Fire monster from when I elevated to a transcendent—the Regal Sword Killer whom I killed four years ago!"

The reason for Lin Huang initially not remembering was that in his memory, he had killed this monster a long time ago, and he had subconsciously left out the monsters that he had slaughtered. Moreover, the other's physique and build had undergone significant changes, so he did not recognize it right away.

Now, though, his recollections were gradually becoming clearer.

Lin Huang compared the aura of the monster from his memories with the aura of the one-eyed monster in front of him. Although its aura had changed a great deal, he was still rapidly able to locate similarities between them. He also became more certain of the other's identity.

Not only was this one-eyed monster standing before him his first Life Fire monster from when he evolved to holy fire-level, but because he had killed it, he had obtained a complete Monster Card—Regal Sword Killer.

However, Lin Huang looked at the one-eyed monster in front of him with increased astonishment.

"I'm baffled. I was sure that I had killed you back then. How did you survive?"

Lin Huang was absolutely certain that he had completed a successful kill because Xiao Hei had clearly sent a fatality notification at the time, and he had even obtained a complete Monster Card.

Even if his opponent did possess revival-type divine abilities or powers, as long as he did not fully complete the kill, there was no way Xiao Hei would send out a fatality notification.

Nonetheless, the fact remained that he had obtained the Regal Sword Killer Monster Card, which served to prove that he had genuinely killed the other party.

As this logical paradox circled around in Lin Huang's mind, he suddenly thought of another possibility.

Maybe the other really did die, but after Xiao Hei confirmed its actual demise, something unknown brought it back to life again.

At this point in his ruminations, Lin Huang looked at the one-eyed monster in front of him with gleaming eyes. He very much wanted to know how the other had resurrected after being certified as dead.

The one-eyed monster evidently also noticed the change in Lin Huang's gaze. Initially, the scrutiny that it received had clearly been one of slight puzzlement. Now, however, Lin Huang looked at it as if he had discovered something of interest, and was eager to dissect it and obtain its secrets.

The one-eyed monster swallowed. It did not like Lin Huang eyeing it in such a fashion—such scrutiny made the monster feel like a slab of meat on a chopping board, which made it shudder. It tried struggling a bit, but its limbs and neck were still firmly secured, with no way of breaking free.

It watched the corners of Lin Huang's mouth slowly turning up, his lips moving to utter a few words, "Look up and look into my eyes."

As if it had no control over its body, the one-eyed monster raised its head and looked into Lin Huang's eyes.

Those dark-blue eyes were as deep and unfathomable as a starry sky.

The next second, the huge scarlet eye of the one-eyed monster rapidly turned a deep shade of blue, as if it had frozen over.

The Control-level god rule "Brain-read" immediately set to work.

The progress bar of Brain-read slowly went up, and Lin Huang waited patiently.

After about a minute, the one-eyed monster's memories had been completely read and obtained.

Lin Huang quickly scanned through this chunk of newly-acquired memory, searching for the secret that he most wanted to know—how the other had been resurrected after being certified as dead.

Before finding the answer to this question, Lin Huang managed to read, within the monster's memories, the whole process of the monster hunting down and killing the Union Government's three waves of troops.

It had created illusions with Water Elemental Enlightenment and confused all the members of the troops, then followed behind them like a cat-and-mouse game, killing them off one by one.

Even the short reports of the troops' safety came as a result of being deliberately bewitched by the one-eyed monster's illusions, which made them cut off the communication signals of their Emperor's Heart Rings the moment they sent the messages.

The monster's purpose in doing so was actually very simple—it wanted to create a mystery that attracted more explorers to come and investigate, providing more prey for itself.

The reason the monster hunted down humans was not due to its enmity with Lin Huang either. It was so that it could learn human sword skills, and it just so happened that there were sword cultivators among all three waves of the Union Government's explorers.

As for the others, they had become innocent funerary objects to accompany these several sword cultivators in death.

The Union Government's mystery of its disappearing troops was now solved, and Lin Huang was not very surprised by this result. The moment he saw this one-eyed monster using Water Elemental Enlightenment to create illusion clones, he had already guessed that there was an 80% chance it was the murderer.

Having the ability to create illusions meant that it also had the ability to take down the Union Government's troops.

Setting aside the case of the Union Government's disappearing troops for the time being, Lin Huang continued to hunt for the answer that he sought.

In short order, he located the scene that he most wanted to see.

The wind howled over the deathly silent Elam Island.

In the sky, moonlight calmly streamed down from two full moons—one red and one purple.

At midnight, under the black soil, at the very position of the Regal Sword Killer's ruptured heart, a faint golden light appeared.

On the entire island, black-colored death energy began wildly flowing backward from the wound on the Regal Sword Killer's chest into the golden light emanating from its heart.

During all this, the Regal Sword Killer's body was also undergoing extraordinarily drastic changes.

By the time it was four or five in the morning, the worry-inducing blackness over the entire island had completely dissipated.

When the first rays of sunlight shone down upon the island at dawn, the corpse of the Regal Sword Killer buried under the mud slowly opened its single scarlet eye…

"What was that golden light in its heart?" The dark-blue color of Lin Huang's pupils faded, and his gaze shifted downward, stopping at the center of the monster's chest.

He pondered for a moment, then quickly conjured up his God Weapon battle sword to hand.

During this time, the one-eyed monster had also fully recovered consciousness.

"You're also a sword cultivator, so I'll pay you my last respects!" As soon as Lin Huang finished speaking, he thrust the point of his sword forward. The long, narrow blade instantly pierced through the one-eyed monster's chest, once again ripping its heart apart.

Just when Lin Huang was about to bring his sword down to slice open the other's chest and dig its heart out, the one-eyed monster's body rapidly disintegrated. It dissipated in the air, turning into points of black-colored starlight that streamed into Lin Huang's body.

When the black starlight touched Lin Huang's body, for a moment, he contemplated whether or not to dodge. However, he did not sense any threat from the starlight, so he gave up on evasion.

He sank part of his consciousness into his body and checked the whereabouts of the starlight. He saw that the starlight headed straight to his card slots after entering his body, and all of them went into a specific card.

Lin Huang took a closer look. To his surprise, he found that this was the Regal Sword Killer card.

Just when the last of the black starlight was about to penetrate Lin Huang's body, a beam of golden light suddenly sprang out from within the black light, turning into a lightning arc that pierced straight through the point between Lin Huang's eyebrows.

It happened so quickly that Lin Huang had no time to react. He immediately checked to see where the golden light had gone.

He saw the golden light crash into his spiritual dimension like a meteor, heading straight for his Sword Soul, and finally entering the battle sword—formed from the Sword Heart—in his Sword Soul's hands.

After that, the golden seal tactics on the blade lit up again, and line upon line of golden divine patterns that resembled living creatures began to drastically transform at a speed visible to the naked eye, shifting around before finally consolidating into a more complex yet quaint seal tactic.

Lin Huang felt dizzy just looking at the seal tactic.

After the new seal tactic had formed, the golden light on the surface of the blade gradually disappeared, then slowly resurfaced on both sides of the sword hilt like relief carvings.

At that moment, Lin Huang suddenly sensed that his Sword Dao true meaning was getting increasingly stronger. In just the blink of an eye, he broke through his bottleneck at True Meaning Level peak-stage right away, reaching a whole new level!

The three levels of Sword Dao true meaning were True Martial level, True Meaning level, and True Self level.

Lin Huang had been stuck at True Meaning Level for quite some time now. He had even used the Time Cabin Card but still had not been able to achieve a breakthrough.

He had never expected that he would get his breakthrough at a time like this.

Amid Lin Huang's amazement, a notification tone suddenly came from Xiao Hei.

"Congratulations, the mythical-level rank-4 Monster Card, Regal Sword Killer, has evolved and advanced to supreme god-level rank-5!"

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Chapter 1465: Imperial Sword Killer

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Lin Huang did not expect to receive that many benefits just from killing a Virtual God rank-9 monster.

Not only did his Sword Dao advance to True Self Level and his abilities upgraded once again, but Killer also advanced to class-5 and became the second Supreme God-level monster card he possessed.

"Monster Card: Killer"

"Rarity: Supreme God-level"

"Name of Monster: Imperial Sword Killer"

"Type of Monster: Protoss"

"Combat Level: Sixth-rank True God"

"Major: Sword Dao"

"Major Skills: Killer, other sword skills, Sword Realm…"

"Minor Skills: True Illusion…"

"Sword Dao True Meaning: True Meaning 'First Glimpse'"

"God Rule: Water Snap…"

"Elemental Enlightenment: Sea of Illusion…"

"Summon Authority: Activated"

"Card Remarks: Train with maximum effort!"

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Lin Huang immediately summoned the Killer card for inspection. Its rarity has changed from its initial Mythical level to Supreme God-level, and the name of the monster had also changed from the original "Regal Sword Killer" to "Imperial Sword Killer".

Additionally, Killer's Sword Dao True Meaning was only at True Martial Level originally and has now been upgraded to True Meaning Level. God Rule and Elemental Enlightenment also increased by three functions, clearly inheriting One-Eyed Monster's God Rule Power. To cap it off, a lot of sword skills have been added to the information page of the skill slot.

After examining the card information on Killer, Lin Huang kept the card quickly.

Once again, he immersed part of his consciousness into his body in order to look over the details of the massacre of the small teams from the Union Government by the One-Eyed Monster. The culprit had been dealt with, but since he promised Jiang Shan to fully resolve this problem, he still needed to find the corpses of the victims.

Following the scenes he saw in his memory, Lin Huang soon found the location where One-Eyed Monster was hiding the dead bodies.

There was a bright flash and, a second later, he showed up at the corpses' hiding place that was not far away. At the nearby depths of the ocean trench, numerous corpses lay suspended underwater, bound together by a kind of seaweed and spiraling round and round in a helical fashion.

After moving closer, Lin Huang noticed that the rattan-like seaweed was wrapped around the corpses' necks.

There was nothing unusual with the seaweed; clearly it was just being used by One-Eyed Monster as a rope replacement.

Lin Huang examined the corpses. There were a total of 99 people. Three troops and four small teams, not a single one spared. However, all the Godheads within the corpses had been taken away, undoubtedly by One-Eyed Monster for refinement. Thankfully, all the Emperor Heart Rings and other belongings of the deceased were left untouched.

After examining the state of the corpses, Lin Huang quickly stored the corpses into a storage ring one at a time.

After sweeping one wave of Divine Telekinesis to ensure that he had not missed anything, Lin Huang left the place with a flash.

The moment he departed from the Peaceful Ocean, Lin Huang immediately activated the Dimensional Whirlpool and reappeared instantly at No. 1 City before hurrying toward the Union Government Headquarters not too far away.

A moment later, when Jiang Shan, the chairman of the Union Government, saw Lin Huang in the living hall, he was rather astonished.

"Emperor Lin, why didn't you let me know in advance that you were coming?" Jiang Shan quickly masked his misgivings, proceeding to exchange pleasantries with Lin Huang cheerfully while secretly trying to guess his intentions.

"The matter has been resolved, hence I came straight here." With that, Lin Huang produced the storage ring containing all the corpses and placed it directly on top of the coffee table.

"The matter has been resolved?" Jiang Shan appeared flabbergasted when he saw Lin Huang reveal the storage ring. He stared blankly for a moment, his reaction rather delayed.

"Your three small squads were attacked by a monster. That monster's combat level was at the peak of Virtual God rank-9 and was adept with an Illusion-type Elemental Enlightenment. Its abilities were comparable to an ordinary First-rank True God…"

"All the victims' bodies should be inside this ring. If the number of people you previously reported to me is accurate, then not a single one of them was spared. The bodies are virtually unscathed, and their personal belongings are more or less intact. The only thing is that their Godheads have all been dug out by that monster, most likely for refinement…"

Jiang Shan hastily picked up the ring and used Divine Telekinesis to explore its contents. Almost instantly, his expression fell.

"Ninety-nine Virtual Gods, all dead…"

The worst-case scenario he had dreaded still ended up happening.

Truthfully, before he saw the corpses, he had been holding onto a flicker of hope that there would be survivors. He did not dare to optimistically believe that the group was just trapped somewhere, all alive.

Although this outcome was foreseeable from the very beginning, in the moment of seeing the corpses first-hand, Jiang Shan's expression cracked.

"What about the murderer? Is it still alive?" After regaining his composure a moment later, Jiang Shan raised his head and asked Lin Huang.

"I killed it," Lin Huang replied mildly.

"Can you hand over the body for us to deal with? We can purchase it for ten times the market price." Jiang Shan pressed.

"It's not that I don't want to give you the body. After I killed that monster, its body disintegrated on its own." Lin Huang's tone was somewhat resigned. Before heading over, he had predicted that the Union Government would want him to present the murderer, but he could neither produce the body, nor could he tell them the truth. His only option was to fabricate a lie. "I think that the monster was possibly just a clone."

Jiang Shan did not probe further and readily believed this explanation.

It was abnormal for such a formidable monster to suddenly show up in the gravel world itself. If it were a clone of some formidable being from the great world, then that explained everything perfectly.

"If it's just a clone, is it possible for its primordial form to be hidden in the gravel world?" Jiang Shan asked somewhat worriedly.

"Unlikely." Lin Huang shook his head. "For its clone to grow to this stage, there isn't much reason for its primordial form to remain in the gravel world. It would only be able to seal itself, and its abilities would not be much stronger than its clone."

"Before I leave the gravel world, I will do another round of careful examination. If its primordial form actually is hidden in the gravel world, it cannot escape undetected by me.

"Also, bury the people in the ring well…"

"I will make the arrangements."

Jiang Shan nodded with a grim expression. Really, there was no need for Lin Huang to mention this. Any fallen Virtual Gods of the Union Government would be buried properly and with great dignity.

Just as Lin Huang was preparing to leave, Jiang Shan suddenly asked a question.

"Is it possible that the sudden appearance of that monster has something to do with the dimensional gateway at the bottom of Peaceful Ocean?" He still believed in what Lin Huang had said previously about a gateway at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean.

Lin Huang paused for a moment before shaking his head. "I'm not sure. I didn't find that gateway when I went into the ocean this time."

Since it was his lie to start with, he had to see it through all the way.

He had personally announced that there was a dimensional gateway at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean. Therefore, despite knowing everything about the One-Eyed Monster, at this moment he could only play dumb in front of Jiang Shan.

"Don't waste your time and effort on looking for that gateway. I'll definitely be able to find it before I leave. I'll send you guys the coordinates then."

In order to prevent the Union Government from wasting their time and resources, Lin Huang followed up with this statement.

Jiang Shan merely gave a small nod and smile and did not say anything, silently watching Lin Huang leave.

After ensuring that Lin Huang had left, he opened the communication page of his Emperor's Heart Ring and dialed a number.

"Get someone to do an autopsy…"

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Chapter 1466: Lin Xuan Comes Out Of Closed-Door Cultivation

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Lin Huang had taken no more than half an hour to settle the matter with the Union Government. Now, he rushed back to Wanbao City without delay.

When he returned to the hotel, both Lin Xin and the Witch were not in the room.

After deploying a wave of Divine Telekinesis, he located the two ladies at a nearby commercial district shopping for clothes while drinking milk tea. He hesitated slightly for a moment, then decided not to disturb the two ladies and their shopping.

Leaving the hotel, he walked straight into a nearby café, ordered a cup of black coffee, and sat down to look up the news and browse social platforms.

Although the Union Government had banned all news about the Peaceful Ocean three days ago, it was still the most talked-about matter online and its popularity had yet to die down.

Around midday, Lin Huang looked at the time. "It's almost 12, the two girls should be about done with their shopping."

Using Divine Telekinesis again, he discovered the two ladies trying on shoes at a shoe shop.

Lin Huang switched off the web page on his Emperor's Heart Ring and appeared with a flash at the entrance of the shoe shop before walking directly toward the two ladies.

"Bro?!" Lin Xin was visibly astonished seeing Lin Huang appear all of a sudden—she did not expect Lin Huang to be back so soon. Little did she know, Lin Huang had already returned to Wanbao City over three hours ago. "You're back so soon?"

"I returned as soon as I settled the matter." Lin Huang nodded with a smile. "After you ladies are done browsing this shop, let's have lunch."

"Okay!" Lin Xin readily nodded.

The two women tried on shoes for a while and eventually bought a pair each. After Lin Huang settled the bill for them, he turned to the two women. "What would you like to have for lunch?"

"We saw a hotpot restaurant just now. There were quite a number of people lining up. I'd reckon it must taste pretty good," Lin Xin suggested.

"What about you, Little Witch? What would you like to eat?" Lin Huang craned his neck to look at the Witch next to Lin Xin.

"I'm okay with anything." The Witch did not offer an opinion, for a Card Monster like her did not need to eat or drink at all. Moreover, due to the fiend-like tendencies which haunted her, she had extreme tastes when it came to food preferences. She liked to drink blood and eat her meat raw, her favorite being sashimi made from the offal of mammals. However, she could not share these sorts of preferences in front of Lin Huang and Lin Xin.

Thankfully, offal was also served in hotpot, albeit boiled, but this was still within the boundary of the Witch's food preferences.

Seeing that the Witch did not object, it was decided then that they would have hotpot for lunch.

Lin Huang brought the two ladies upstairs and quickly found the hotpot restaurant Lin Xin mentioned on the sixth floor. There was still a long queue at the entrance.

The three of them had to wait for more than half an hour for their hotpot and finished their food at around one. Lin Huang initially thought that he could return to the hotel immediately. However, the two ladies who had eaten to their hearts' content began strolling around the commercial district again enthusiastically, and this time they insisted on dragging Lin Huang along with them.

The three of them wandered around until the skies turned dark. When they finally returned to the hotel, Lin Huang felt like he was about to collapse from exhaustion.

As night fell, the two ladies started fussing about wanting to have supper. Lin Huang was adamant on not leaving the hotel and managed to send them away on their own after a fair amount of effort.

In the days in Wanbao City that followed, Lin Huang was dragged along every day by the two ladies to window-shop until the end of the daylight hours. He was starting to regret summoning the Witch.

Initially, when Lin Xin was all by herself, she did not have much interest in window-shopping. In the month and a half that the siblings had been touring around, there were times when it was Lin Huang who had to drag her out for a stroll. Who could have known that, now that she had the Witch as her close friend, Lin Xin completely let herself go to enjoy herself.

The three of them lingered in Wanbao City for five days before finally leaving. Within this short period of five days, not counting the Witch's purchases, the amount of stuff that Lin Xin alone had bought was several times more than her purchases in the last month and a half.

After leaving Wanbao City, Lin Huang resisted the urge to send back the Witch and instead continued accompanying the two ladies to tour around for more than a week, before finally receiving news about Lin Xuan coming out of closed-door cultivation.

As soon as Lin Xuan came out of closed-door cultivation, he got in touch with Lin Huang.

"Bro, I've leveled-up to True God." These were the first words Lin Xuan said to Lin Huang the moment the communicator got through.

After nearly two months of closed-door cultivation, Lin Xuan finally succeeded in a breakthrough to the True God level.

Upon hearing this, Lin Huang looked at the projection of Lin Xuan in front of him with a gratified expression. "Well done, boy! You're the first person in the gravel world to level-up to True God since the new era!"

"Two months ago, Xin Er told me that we'll wait for you to come out of closed-door cultivation before returning to Winter City together to stay for a few days." Lin Huang said with a smile. "It's already the end of December and it'll be a new year in just a couple of days. Although there's still some time before the end of the year, we can celebrate New Year's Day in Winter City.

"Since you've already come out of closed-door cultivation, Xin Er and I will finish up our trip here in these two days and hurry over to Winter City. Let's meet up there then."

"Okay!" Lin Xuan agreed without much hesitation.

After ending the conversation with Lin Xuan, Lin Huang immediately contacted Lin Xin who was out shopping.

As soon as she received the news about Lin Xuan coming out of closed-door cultivation, Lin Xin dragged the Witch along with her and hurried back to the hotel.

"Xiaoxuan has really come out of closed-door cultivation?" The moment she returned to the hotel, the first thing Lin Xin did when she saw Lin Huang was to shriek this question.

"It's true." Lin Huang nodded.

"Have you told him about going back to Winter City together?" Lin Xin asked instantly.

When she spoke to Lin Huang through the communicator a while ago, Lin Xin immediately rushed back after hearing the news about Lin Xuan coming out of closed-door cultivation. They had not gotten to discussing other matters.

"I've told him."

"What did Xiaoxuan say?" Lin Xin pressed.

"He said 'okay'." Lin Huang repeated Lin Xuan's exact words.

"Then…are we going back to Winter city now?" Lin Xin asked with an eager expression.

"There's no need to rush. I've already told him that we'll wrap things up here in these two days and go there to meet up. We can stay there until New Year's Day. There's still more than a week between now and New Year's Day." Lin Huang explained cheerfully.

"There's nothing to wrap up. I'll pop over to the bathroom and pack all my toiletries. Then we can leave." With that, Lin Xin sprinted to the bathroom.

Only then did Lin Huang turn his attention to the Witch who was still rooted to the same spot. "Little Witch, your holiday ends today then."

With that, the Witch nodded and burst spontaneously into golden specks of light, before transforming into a card in Lin Huang's hands.

He was returning the card to his inner world when Lin Xin emerged from the bathroom with her toiletries packed.

"You really are an impatient one." Lin Huang shook his head with a resigned smile.

"I haven't been to Winter City in nearly a year. I went back once in February at the end of the Lunar New Year and cleaned the house. But I didn't even stay and returned to Emperor City on the same day itself." Lin Xin said all this mildly, but Lin Huang could detect some bitterness.

"Alright, let's stay there a few days longer this time then." After saying this, Lin Huang quickly checked out of their hotel room on the Heart Network before summoning a Dimensional Whirlpool with a wave of his hand. He clutched Lin Xin along with him and stepped into it.

In the next moment, the two of them stepped out from the Whirlpool onto thick piles of snow.

Looking at snowflakes fluttering down the sky, as well as the three-story villa not too far away, Lin Huang was slightly lost for words. It was like he had returned to that wintery Lunar New Year four years ago…

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Chapter 1467: New Year's Day

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It was now the last third of the lunar calendar's twelfth month, and Winter City had long since been transformed into a snowy-white world, just like it had been four years ago at the end of the lunar year.

The Lin siblings were in the midst of watching snowflakes drifting down from the sky, their faces full of mixed emotions, when the door of the villa was suddenly opened by someone.

Standing in the doorway was none other than Lin Xuan.

"I expected both of you to arrive two days later; I had even planned to use all of today to pack, then go buy some things for the festivities and decorate the house a little." Lin Xuan's face bore a warm smile.

"You arrived really quickly—we were delayed by less than ten minutes, and you've teleported over already," Lin Huang returned, going toward Lin Xuan as he spoke.

"I'd previously used a portal to set coordinates for this place. Since there wasn't anything particularly pressing, I notified Huang Tianfu after ending the call and came over immediately," Lin Xuan explained with a chuckle.

At this point, Lin Xin came over to stand in front of Lin Xuan, craning her neck to look up at the young man who towered over her by more than half a head. "Xiaoxuan… why does it feel so strange now, calling you by that name?"

"If that's the case, you may as well call him Daxuan from now on," Lin Huang suggested from where he was standing beside them.

Lin Xuan's expression was wordlessly eloquent, but he did not object. Since in appearance, he now looked to be five or six years older than Lin Huang, he himself felt awkward at being called Xiaoxuan by Lin Xin.

"Daxuan honestly rolls off the tongue a lot smoother, so from now on I'll call you Daxuan instead." The minute Lin Xin finished speaking, she added hurriedly, "Your name might have changed, but don't you go forgetting that I'm still your big sister, Daxuan!"

Even though she was willing to let Lin Xuan change his embarrassing name, Lin Xin still steadfastly refused to abandon her position as the older sister.

Lin Xuan's expression indicated he did not have much of a choice, but he did not object either.

"Alright, let's hurry and tidy up the house for a bit," Lin Huang suggested quickly, dispelling Lin Xuan's awkwardness.

Given that they had not met for the past four years and Lin Xuan had experienced a great deal in that time—as well as awakened Mo Kui's memories—having him re-integrate so quickly into this family was definitely hard on him.

Lin Huang was more than willing to give Lin Xuan some time to let him slowly settle in.

Under Lin Huang's guidance, all three of them very quickly began spring cleaning.

It took the three of them one whole afternoon before they finally managed to clear the house, both inside and out.

"The bedsheets and quilts in the cupboard have been there for quite a few years; let's just get new ones. The toiletries in the bathroom are also past their expiry dates. Everything in the fridge can be tossed out…" As he spoke, Lin Huang jotted down the things that they needed to buy. "Both of you look around and see what else needs to be changed."

Lin Xin and Lin Xuan mentioned a few things; Lin Huang wrote them all down and made a checklist.

The three of them went out to eat lunch then headed straight for the supermarket. They purchased everything on the checklist, went home, and did another round of decorating so that the house, with its faintly forlorn air, now had an atmosphere of festive cheer.

For the next few days after that, neither of the three siblings went out much.

Lin Huang spent most of his time cultivating the Seamless technique and increasing the number of his telekinetic threads.

Lin Xin coaxed Lin Xuan to engage in combat practice with her. Naturally, their training ground was not in Winter City. Given that one of them was virtual god-level rank-9 and the other a first-rank True God, the mere aftermath of a combat session could easily destroy Winter City entirely. Their combat battlefield was in Lin Xuan's God Territory.

In the blink of an eye, a week or more passed by very quickly.

Lin Huang's telekinetic threads had increased by another twenty thousand strands, bringing the total number to around two hundred and fifty thousand strands. Lin Xin's combat skills had also gone up a level under high-intensity face-to-face training.

Currently, her abilities were no weaker than Mr. Fu's before he went into closed-door cultivation.

As New Year's Day—the first day of the first lunar month—drew closer, Lin Huang finally halted his cultivation of the Seamless technique; Lin Xin and Lin Xuan also stopped their combat training.

New Year's Day was actually the new era's new year, but everyone was accustomed to celebrating the end of the lunar calendar's old year, so New Year's Day was slightly less significant in comparison.

At present, however, there were still two months before the end of the lunar year. Lin Huang was not planning to remain in the gravel world for much longer, so he had chosen New Year's Day to step into the new year.

On the night of New Year's Day, Lin Huang showed his two siblings how to wrap dumplings.

Although there were dumpling shops in the gravel world, this was the first time that Lin Xin and Lin Xuan had made dumplings on their own. Both of them were very interested to learn and displayed great enthusiasm in the wrapping process.

The dinner that the three of them had was also very simple—each person had a bowl of dumplings, and they did not eat much more than that. The remaining uncooked dumplings were all packed and stored in the freezer.

That night, heavy snow fell outside the windows once again.

Lin Huang and his two siblings sat around the fireplace, happily chatting about the amusing experiences that they had gone through over the last few years until the wee hours of the morning ushered in the new year of the new era.

Only when they heard the melodious sound of the New Year's Eve bell did the three young people break off their conversation, turning their heads to look outside the window at almost the same time. Right at this moment, from not too far off, countless fireworks soared into the air in quick succession, bursting into gorgeous displays of light in the heavens.

Although the temperature was twenty degrees below zero, Winter City was currently bustling and lively even in these early morning hours.

The merchant street not far from Lin Huang and his siblings' small district was full of people coming and going; there were even a great many individuals who stopped where they were to watch the fireworks.

In the Lin house, however, everything was unusually quiet.

The flames flickering in the fireplace cast a warm yellow light that illuminated the faces of all three Lin siblings brightly.

None of the three said anything; they just quietly watched the fireworks soaring into the sky outside their window, bursting into bright blooms.

The fireworks display lasted for over half an hour before finally stopping. Only then did Lin Huang and the other two finally tear their eyes away.

"Four years ago, they let off a similar display of fireworks at the end of the lunar year," Lin Huang was the first to break the silence.

"That's right, I remember it very clearly—it was just like this. We lit the fireplace in the house as well…" Lin Xuan nodded, smiling.

"I remember it a little differently. Daxuan and I ran to the window to look at the fireworks for a little while. Then it started to snow all of a sudden, so we ran outside to have a snowball fight," Lin Xin reminisced, laughing, "By the time we came back after we were done, the fireworks display had finished a long time ago."

Lin Xuan gave a faintly embarrassed chuckle. Of course, he remembered these things, but he felt awkward bringing them up again.

The three of them chatted idly for a while longer before Lin Xuan abruptly turned to Lin Huang and asked, "Once New Year's Day is over, when do you want to go to the great world?"

Upon hearing this inquiry, Lin Xin perked up her ears as well.

"We'll stay for one more day. On the 3rd, we'll go back to Emperor City first. Let me sort out my remaining affairs, then we can go." Lin Huang obviously already had a clear-cut itinerary planned out.

When Lin Xin heard this, she fell silent for a moment, then asked suddenly, "Brother… in the future, can we still come back to the gravel world to visit?"

"Of course you can." Lin Huang smiled and nodded. "If both of you want, you can come back here any time you wish."

"Returning from the great world doesn't seem as if it's an easy thing, right?" Lin Xuan furrowed his brow slightly as he asked this. He felt that Lin Huang was saying this merely to humor Lin Xin.

"Don't worry—since I've said it, I definitely can do it." Lin Huang chuckled and patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder; he did not extrapolate further.

When he heard Lin Huang say this, Lin Xuan still harbored some doubts, but he did not pursue the matter any further, choosing to believe Lin Huang. After all, this man had managed to accomplish far too many things that other people were unable to achieve.

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Chapter 1468: I Want To Resign From My Position As Emperor

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On the 3rd of the first month, Winter City's consecutive days of heavy snow finally cleared up, and the city welcomed the rare warmth of the winter sun.

After finishing breakfast, the three Lin siblings did not linger for too long but headed straight back to Emperor City.

Over two months had passed between the invasion of the Thousand Snake Sect and the present. According to the plans Lin Huang had drawn up for his itinerary, it was almost time to go back to the great world.

Upon returning to Dynasty's headquarters, Lin Huang called a meeting the minute he arrived.

Apart from Mr. Fu and a few others who were either still in closed-door cultivation or at the wasteland ruins and were unable to be contacted, all the other Virtual Gods arrived within half an hour of being notified.

Although Huang Tianfu had not given the reason for Dynasty calling everyone together when he sent out the notification, practically everyone guessed that the Emperor was about to return to the great world. This time, when Lin Huang departed, it was impossible that he would be back in the gravel world within a year—he might be parting from them forever.

Lin Huang arrived promptly at nine in the morning.

Everyone in the conference room rose to their feet.

Lin Huang's gaze swept over his surroundings. With a slight nod to everyone present, he began to speak unhurriedly.

"Please take a seat."

Lin Huang only resumed speaking after everyone in the conference room had seated themselves.

"I'm quite sure that all of you have guessed my purpose in calling this meeting… The threat to the gravel world has been temporarily resolved, and my vacation is almost at an end. However, before I return to the great world, I would like to talk about my plans for Dynasty's future one last time…

"First of all, I hope that Dynasty will continue to remain neutral. Since Dynasty is fundamentally a dark organization, it's not realistic to expect everyone to change and become upholders of justice. However, I also hope that I won't see any among you return to embracing the dark side. Just remain as a neutral organization, unbiased toward either side. If you feel something is right, do it—if you think it's wrong, then don't. There's no need stand in line…

"My next point is possibly something that everyone should be a bit more mindful of. What I want to say is that I will give Dynasty access authorization to Royal; I also won't remove your registrations from Royal's records. Given that I have a larger quota for affiliate organizations in Royal and I myself am not likely to establish several dozen or even several hundred organizations, these quotas may as well be put to good use.

"Huang Tianfu will still be responsible for access authorization; Wunan and Tufu will assist in managing things."

When they heard this, Huang Tianfu and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. Their greatest worry had been that Lin Huang's departure would signal the termination of any affiliate relations with Royal. If that were the case, they would be denied access to Royal entirely.

Losing Lin Huang's protection meant that Dynasty had only two paths open to them. Either they seceded from Royal and returned all the resources that they had obtained there, or they became a leaderless affiliate organization that was subjected to the lowest level of resources and treatment. Furthermore, they had a limited period by which to become vassal to another Royal member. If they exceeded this length of time, Dynasty and all its members would be entirely considered Royal's private property.

"My third point is that in the future, I hope Dynasty can become a training base for me to nurture and train talent. I will also be establishing my own organization in the great world, and I extend an invitation for Dynasty to send talented people to me in days to come. Of course, the standards of this organization that I will be establishing are higher, and the lowest level of combat strength will be virtual god-level. In the future, these standards may get even higher."

When they heard this, the eyes of numerous individuals present began to gleam.

As an affiliate organization of Royal, all of Dynasty's members naturally hoped that they might become official members of Royal someday. However, Royal's selection process for members was extremely difficult; practically nobody in Dynasty was qualified for admission.

If they joined Lin Huang's organization, it would clearly be so much easier.

It must be noted that most of the people present had become acquainted with Lin Huang's abilities while in the Abyss Brink. Huang Tianfu and a few others were even aware that those several hundred true god-level sword cultivators were not reinforcements from the great world; they were Lin Huang's own Sword Servants.

This was also to say that the organization Lin Huang was going to establish in the future already had several hundred true god-level guardians. Furthermore, with Lin Huang and his astoundingly talented potential, a developing organization like this was something that Huang Tianfu and the others dreamed of joining.

Even the ones present who did not know about the Sword Servants were also optimistic about Lin Huang's future and were looking forward to joining his organization. Moreover, they had witnessed as Lin Huang took charge of a Dynasty originally in decline, and developed it into one of the present six giant organizations.

"Fourthly—if at all possible, don't reveal Dynasty's connection with Misery. Although the Union Government and other organizations have already noticed, unless it's really a last resort, best not to bring it to light.

"My fifth point is that I hope to see Dynasty continue to develop peacefully. Since you now have access authorization to Royal, there won't be a lack of resources, and skirmishes over such will decrease significantly. Furthermore, the World Rule is continuously being restored; the next few decades will see an explosion of prodigies and geniuses. This will also be when everyone sees a surge in the advancement of abilities. Stay low-profile and keep growing—if there's no need, don't take the limelight.

"Of course, not taking the limelight might sound like a bit of a mockery coming from me, since I've already taken way too much of the limelight in the gravel world…"

The meeting continued for over an hour. Lin Huang brought up more than a dozen points, and the majority of everyone present listened attentively.

"My hopes and expectations for all of you are generally outlined in these dozen or so points. After today, I will not continue to hold the position of Emperor. Your future path will be up to all of you now…"

When Lin Huang finished speaking, he retrieved the Emperor Crown, the Emperor Saber, and the dragon robe from his space storage, placing them on the conference table.

"Your Majesty, whether or not you are willing to accept it, as far as Dynasty is concerned, the position of Emperor is forever yours!" Huang Tianfu was the first to speak.

"Tianfu is right! Furthermore, according to Royal's rules, as long as Dynasty remains under your name, you will always be our Emperor!" Honest, straightforward Huang Tufu stood up hurriedly and chimed in.

Lin Huang could not help teasing them when he heard this, "So, Tufu, what you mean is, you still want me to break off the affiliation with Royal?"

Everyone present broke out in a cold sweat, and even the hitherto calm Huang Tianfu betrayed a discomfited expression.

"That's not what I meant…" Huang Tufu waved his hands, slightly flustered.

"That's alright, I know what you meant." Lin Huang smiled and nodded.

"Your Majesty, I feel that you really don't need to resign from your position as Emperor. You've also mentioned that in the future, you hope Dynasty might be able to become your base for training up talent and potential. When you've gone to the great world, even though we can't directly serve you, the very least we can do by proxy is to expend some effort on your behalf. We also hope that Dynasty will continue to be your training base and that our relationship won't be just cut-and-dried, cold cooperation," Huang Wunan also spoke up to dissuade Lin Huang.

After being dissuaded by everyone, Lin Huang finally gave up but did not take back the pieces of equipment on the conference table.

"Very well then, I'll continue as Emperor. However, I won't hold onto this equipment any longer; with my abilities now, I have no need for them."

After such a difficult time persuading Lin Huang to continue as Emperor, everyone present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Huang Wuji—who had been the first to arrive at the meeting and who had not said much the entire time—suddenly came to his feet.

"Your Majesty, I would like to join your organization and go to the great world with you!"

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Chapter 1469: Meet at Nine o'Clock Tomorrow Morning

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Huang Wuji was the First Prince of Dynasty, and one of the Five Princes of the younger generation.

Excluding Lin Huang, he, along with Chan Dou and a few others, were gifted geniuses who possessed the most powerful talent and potential in practically the entire gravel world. He was even considered by Dynasty to be the one most likely to inherit the position of Emperor.

Currently, he had also advanced to virtual god-level, just like Chan Dou.

Whether it was talent, potential, or combat power, he fully met Lin Huang's recruitment criteria.

Upon hearing Huang Wuji's words, a lot of Dynasty's members had shocked expressions on their faces.

As he was the former First Prince, even though he was unable to take the position of Emperor, he would definitely be Huang Tianfu's heir in the future, and it would only be a matter of time before all of Dynasty was within his grasp.

Many people believed that Huang Wuji was the one who looked forward the most to seeing Lin Huang leave the gravel world because once Lin Huang departed, he would become the main training focus for the whole of Dynasty.

Most people would never have expected that he would give up everything he could obtain in Dynasty and journey to the great world with Lin Huang.

Even Lin Huang was a little startled by his decision.

"Are you sure you want to go to the great world with me?" Lin Huang asked after a moment of silence. As Emperor, he had already discussed future development plans with Huang Tianfu and the others. He knew better than anyone how much attention and training Huang Wuji would receive from Dynasty after he left.

"Maybe there are a few things that I wasn't clear about. If you want to join my organization, you'll really need to consider it carefully. Since the organization is in the initial stages of being established, you'll need to obtain most resources yourself." Lin Huang glanced over at everyone present, then directed his gaze back toward Huang Wuji and continued, "With your natural talent and potential, you'll get the best resources for training if you stay in Dynasty. If you follow me, you won't have the luxury of resources or privileges."

"I understand," Huang Wuji did not hesitate, "I've never been one to pursue privileges; I've only sought to grow stronger.

"I'm also very much aware of the kind of training I would get if I were to stay in Dynasty. If I stayed in the gravel world, perhaps within a short time, my combat level would increase even more than if I went to the great world. However, in the long run, going to the great world is the better choice for me, because only in the great world will I face more challenges—even more difficult ones. Only then can I truly become stronger through repeated trials and not just elevate my combat level.

"What I want is a bigger stage. I hope that you'll grant me this opportunity, Your Majesty!" Huang Wuji's gaze burned, and he clearly had already steeled his heart to leave the gravel world.

Lin Huang stared at him for a while; when he saw Huang Wuji's resolute attitude, he nodded. "Since you're determined to do this, come with us then."

Seeing Huang Wuji successfully join Lin Huang's organization, the others that were present could not help feeling stirred as well.

Huang Tufu was the first to stand up. "Your Majesty, I… I also would like to go to the great world with you!"

As soon as he said that, he stole a glance at Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan, who were next to him.

Huang Wunan maintained a poker face, but the expression on Huang Tianfu's face darkened considerably.

"Enough of that now—I'll save places for all of you. Once you've reached virtual god-level rank-9 and your successors have been chosen, then you can join any time." Lin Huang glanced over at Huang Tianfu, Huang Wunan, and Huang Tufu.

The reason he turned Huang Tufu down was that the three of them were the backbone of Dynasty—the ones who maintained its normal operations. The absence of either one of them would result in Dynasty being unable to operate normally for at least a certain amount of time. Moreover, the positions that the three of them held within Dynasty were not ones that could be easily replaced by anyone else.

This was why Lin Huang set out two conditions for them—one was to reach virtual god-level rank-9, and the other was to train suitable successors.

"Alright," Huang Tufu seemed to have already expected this result beforehand, commenting with a chuckle, "I was initially thinking of slacking off a bit and escaping my responsibilities, but I didn't expect that your Majesty would see through my little plan."

"The reason I agreed to take Huang Wuji with me is that his departure won't affect Dynasty's normal operations. The three of you would still do best to stay behind and properly build up Dynasty. Dynasty is my talent-training base, as well as an important part of the organization that I'm putting together."

After Huang Tufu's unsuccessful request, several people in the conference room also asked to join Lin Huang's organization, but Lin Huang turned them all down.

His response was, "You should elevate to high-level Virtual God first."

Although Lin Huang had given virtual god-level as the entry requirement, it was aimed at super geniuses like Huang Wuji. For those whose talent and potential were insufficient, if their combat level did not reach that of a high-level Virtual God, it would be extremely difficult for them to survive in the great world. Lin Huang setting out this condition was actually for their own good.

As soon as the meeting with Dynasty was over, Lin Huang went straight to Misery.

At Misery, he also set out the same conditions as with Dynasty.

Misery was also included in the talent-training plan.

After the meeting, several people also expressed their desire to join Lin Huang's organization but were all tactfully turned down by Lin Huang on the grounds that they had to "elevate to high-level Virtual God first."

After leaving Misery, Lin Huang summoned Sword103.

"How's the formation of the Sword Alliance going?"

"In the past eight months, we have recruited 23 super geniuses and 318 other geniuses in thirteen safe zones. Most of the sword cultivator geniuses already belong to an organization, and most of them are part of major organizations such as the Union Government and the Hunter Association, so it's unlikely that they'll change sides."

"Persuade the ones you can, but don't force the ones you can't. Also, don't use physical violence to persuade them," Lin Huang exhorted, then fell silent for a moment before continuing, "You should also pay attention to other gifted geniuses who are not sword cultivators, and recruit any suitable ones as well."

Previously, Lin Huang had wanted to form the Sword Alliance because he had obtained a large number of Sword Dao inheritances. Furthermore, all the Sword Servants were strong sword cultivators, so it was easy for them to train new sword cultivators.

At that time, he had not considered recruiting other people because he was afraid of holding back other types of cultivators. Now, however, his thinking was more open. Although he had obtained very few other types of inheritances, the Sword Servants were all top-tier Heavenly Gods, who almost certainly possessed other types of inheritances from their previous combat levels. Besides that, they had also fought against other types of powerhouses before, and their ability to make discerning judgments could in no way be compared with that of ordinary cultivators. Therefore, they were actually entirely capable of teaching newcomers who were below virtual god-level.

Moreover, whether from Dynasty or Misery, the gifted geniuses that they would send to his organization in the future would not all be sword cultivators, so a more diversified expansion was still necessary.

After Sword103 had departed, Lin Huang turned his head and looked in the direction where Mr. Fu was undergoing his closed-door cultivation. He could vaguely sense that Mr. Fu was on the verge of breaking through to true god-level.

"From the looks of it, he'll be able to break through in a few days…" Lin Huang had a pleased smile on his face.

The 'spiritual energy recovery' of the gravel world had undoubtedly benefited Mr. Fu a great deal.

That night, on the grounds of going into closed-door cultivation for a few days, Lin Huang quietly placed the gravel world within him, then teleported himself back to the Great Heaven Palace.

After coming out of the Great Heaven Palace and following the map Bloody had provided, he traveled on his own for several days and went through dozens of teleportation points before finally reaching the great world's human domain.

On an uninhabited and remote border planet within the human domain, Lin Huang opened a gateway to the gravel world. The other side of the gateway was connected to a cave at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean that was hidden by a massive shipwreck.

After finishing these preparations, Lin Huang returned to the gravel world again.

Upon his return, Mr. Fu had already successfully evolved to True God and come out of closed-door cultivation two days ago.

As soon as he pushed open the doors of the Emperor Palace, Lin Huang heard Mr. Fu's voice transmission in his ears.

"You've finally come out of closed-door cultivation, my good apprentice."

"Congratulations on successfully evolving to True God, Teacher!" Lin Huang smiled and replied via voice transmission.

"I never expected that I would actually be able to break through to true god-level in this lifetime." Mr. Fu's voice was full of joy.

After a momentary pause, Mr. Fu asked directly, "When do you want to go to the great world?"

"A little impatient, aren't we, Sir?" Lin Huang laughed.

"After evolving to True God, I suddenly feel that everything in the gravel world is dull…" For some reason, there seemed to be a hint of melancholy in Mr. Fu's voice when he said that.

"Then, let's set it for nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I'll notify the others," Lin Huang set the time right away.

Before returning to the great world to make arrangements, he had already informed Lin Xin and the others in advance, telling them that he would set a departure time once he came out of his closed-door cultivation. This was so that everyone could quickly prepare for departure within those few days.

After the exchange with Mr. Fu, Lin Huang quickly composed a message and sent it out to everyone.

"Let's meet at the square at the entrance of the Emperor Palace at nine o'clock tomorrow morning…"

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Chapter 1470: Departure from the Gravel World

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At half-past eight in the morning, Lin Huang ate an unhurried breakfast before returning to the Emperor Palace.

"It's almost time to send out the coordinates."

He glanced at the time, opened the address book in his Emperor's Heart Ring, selected Jiang Shan, Huang Tianfu, and Ku Ji's names, then composed a message and sent it to them.

The contents of this message contained the coordinates of the dimensional gateway that led to the great world.

Lin Huang had really put a lot of effort into this dimensional gateway.

First of all, in order to prevent the people of the gravel world from being teleported into the God Territory, he went through quite a number of places before setting the teleportation point in the human domain.

The next step was to prevent too high a mortality rate of the gravel world's Virtual Gods after they reached the great world.

After connecting this dimensional gateway, he secretly modified the surrounding area on the gravel world side of the dimensional gateway and, using a divine pattern, enveloped it with an Ice-sealing Elemental Enlightenment.

If an ordinary living creature were to approach within a certain distance from the dimensional gateway, they would slowly be frozen by the cold that radiated from the divine pattern.

For individuals who had not mastered God Rule Power, only those whose Divine Power exceeded Virtual God rank-6 (not including rank-6) could use their Divine Power to overcome being frozen and enter the dimensional gateway.

Those who had mastered God Rule Power could easily resist being frozen by the cold. Since the Elemental Enlightenment that Lin Huang had housed within the divine pattern was only First Glimpse-level, the chill that the divine pattern exuded would not be from the power of the Elemental Enlightenment itself. Instead, it would be pure cold that was isolated from the Elemental Enlightenment.

As for cultivators who were below high-level Virtual God and had not mastered God Rule Power, as long as they retreated in time, the frost from the Elemental Enlightenment would automatically fade away quickly. However, if they were to push through regardless of the cold, they would eventually freeze completely.

Nevertheless, Lin Huang did not tell anyone that he was the one responsible for this. He only vaguely mentioned in the text message that he sent to those few individuals, "The area surrounding the dimensional gateway is enveloped in cold, so Virtual Gods who are not high-level should not enter."

This set-up was done for the good of everyone in the gravel world.

This was because most of the great world's resources were monopolized by various major and minor organizations.

Anyone below high-level Virtual God would find it difficult to join a major organization in the great world. Even if they were lucky and managed to join a grade-3 or grade-4 organization, they would basically only be able to rely on odd jobs for a living, and it would be extremely difficult to obtain cultivation resources.

If one were to be a Lone Ranger, not only would the mortality rate be extremely high, but they would have to hand over at least 50% of their gains every time they entered a secret zone ruin owned by someone else—some ruthless organizations would even take more than 70% of those gains. Even if, once in a blue moon, one were to encounter a secret zone ruin with no owner, it would be full of reckless rogue cultivators who were not afraid of death. Without an organization to maintain order, the degree of danger would only be higher.

The exceptions were those who had amazing talent and potential like Chan Dou and Huang Wuji, who could get various organizations to prioritize their training merely at the sight of them. In the meantime, everyone else would have to slowly go through all kinds of trouble and hardships.

If this had been the past, Lin Huang would definitely not have spent so much effort on such matters. He had always been someone who did not like trouble.

However, now that he had refined the gravel world, his thinking had changed slightly, and he had the vague idea that 'these people are my people.' That was why he had worked hard and spent several days making these arrangements.

The people who received the message were in varying states of mind after reading it.

Huang Tianfu and Ku Ji had no doubts about the message that Lin Huang sent, and they also did not doubt the warning he had given them. Lin Huang must have had his reasons for stating that those below high-level Virtual God should not try to pass through the dimensional gateway, so they would follow what he said. Lin Huang had also told them not to spread this information, so they would keep it strictly confidential.

On the other hand, Jiang Shan's reaction after reading the message was completely different.

"He sent the coordinates over so easily? No concrete requirements or trading conditions?" Jiang Shan's first reaction was to doubt the authenticity of the coordinates, as Lin Huang had given out the information too easily. Even so, he banished this idea in an instant because false coordinates would be too easily exposed. All he had to do was send someone to the coordinates to check, and he would know whether they were real or not. This process would take less than half an hour.

"The area surrounding the dimensional gateway is enveloped in cold, so those who are not high-level Virtual Gods should not enter?" Jiang Shan was also skeptical of this warning. "So, those who are low-level and middle-level Virtual Gods can't enter the dimensional gateway?"

As for the part of the message that mentioned not spreading this information, conversely, Jiang Shan did not doubt that at all. This kind of information was top-secret in itself and could be sold at a high price. Why would he spread it for free?!

After carefully reading Lin Huang's message three times and confirming that there were no hidden messages, Jiang Shan closed the text. He then dialed the communication numbers of the two vice chiefs as well as other senior officials to call for an emergency meeting.

By nine in the morning, everyone was already gathered in front of the Emperor Palace.

Huang Tianfu and the other senior officials of Dynasty stood nearby and looked on quietly.

In addition to Lin Huang and Lin Xin, Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, Xiao Mo, Chan Dou, and Huang Wuji were all present as well.

As for Yi Zheng and his sister Yi Yeyu, Leng Yuexin, and Li Lang, their combat levels were still at imperial-level, and they had not elevated to virtual god-level yet, so Lin Huang did not want to take them with him.

As for Fatty, even though he had good potential after using the Flawless Card, he spent a lot of time in his restaurant, so the amount of time he could devote to cultivation was far less than the others. Just a few days ago, he had contacted Lin Huang to inform him that he had broken through to transcendent. He was still a long way from virtual god-level.

Lin Huang glanced around at everyone present, then nodded slightly. "We're all here, so let's get going!"

After saying that, he stretched his hand out, and a whirlpool like a black hole automatically coalesced out of thin air.

Chan Dou and the others were all taken aback when they saw this; it was the first time they had seen this kind of ability.

Lin Xin and Lin Xuan took the lead and disappeared into the whirlpool. Mr. Fu and the others followed behind them and stepped in one after the other. Lin Huang was the last one to go.

Before entering the whirlpool, he turned to look at where Huang Tianfu and the others were standing, then gave them a slight nod.

"Take care, Your Majesty!" Huang Tianfu and the others shouted, waving to Lin Huang.

Only then did Lin Huang turn around and step into the whirlpool.

After a moment, the whirlpool in front of the Emperor Palace slowly disappeared.

"We don't even know when His Majesty will be back again…"

Huang Tianfu and the others watched with forlorn expressions as the whirlpool disappeared; only after a long while did they turn and leave.

Upon stepping out of the whirlpool, Lin Xin and the others found themselves in a deep sea.

Not far away was a massive shipwreck that was half-buried under sand and silt, and they could only faintly make out the shape of a large ship.

After a while, Lin Huang walked out of the whirlpool as well.

His gaze lingered on the shipwreck in front of him for only a moment before he suddenly turned his head to look in a certain direction.

At this point, Lin Xuan also frowned slightly. "Is someone coming here?!"

"It's the Union Government's people. I sent the coordinates to Jiang Shan half an hour ago," Lin Huang explained with a calm expression, "They've probably come to check on the dimensional gateway."

As Lin Huang spoke, he slapped his hand down on Huang Wuji's shoulder, imbuing a portion of Ice-sealing Elemental Enlightenment into his body.

Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan were both True Gods, while Lin Xin was a Virtual God rank-9. Xiao Mo and Chan Dou were both Virtual God rank-3s, but both had mastered Rule Bending Power. Huang Wuji, who had only just elevated to Virtual God rank-1, was the only one who had not been able to learn Rule Bending Power yet. He was also the only one who could not enter the dimensional gateway on his own.

Huang Wuji merely felt a chill within his body, but it was quickly replaced by a different mysterious sense soon after. Before he could perceive it in more detail, though, the Union Government's team had arrived.

Surprisingly, the leader was Lin Huang's old acquaintance—Guan Zhong, the head of Agency EA.

At the sight of Lin Huang and the others, the expression on Guan Zhong's face betrayed visible embarrassment.

"Your Majesty!" Despite this, he still took the initiative to greet Lin Huang. "Are you getting ready to leave now?"

Lin Huang glanced at the troop that Guan Zhong was leading. There were not many members—only six of them—and their combat levels were all different. They were at virtual god-level rank-1, rank-3, rank-4, rank-6, rank-7, and rank-9, respectively.

Although Guan Zhong was only a Virtual God rank-4, he obviously held the highest position among them.

"Yes." Lin Huang gave an indifferent nod. He did not have any particular opinions about Guan Zhong, nor was there any conflict between them. It was just that they had different standpoints, so it was difficult for them to be friends.

"Then… will you all go first?" Of course, Guan Zhong did not dare to jump Lin Huang's queue.

"Don't worry, I really want to see the results of your exploration trials in this area," Lin Huang replied with a smile.

Guan Zhong obviously had not expected Lin Huang to say this, but he quickly responded nonetheless.

"Then hold on for a moment, Your Majesty. We'll try it out first."

Once he finished speaking, he let the Virtual God rank-1 and rank-3 enter the shipwreck first.

The Virtual God rank-1 approached the shipwreck, but even before he could get within a hundred-meter range, a layer of white frost began rapidly condensing on the surface of his body without any warning. He tried taking two more steps forward, and the speed at which his body was being frozen began to accelerate rapidly. It was too late for him to retreat.

At this point, the Virtual God rank-9 from the Union Government suddenly made a move. A long rattan vine lashed out, wrapped around the other's waist—as yet still not completely frozen—and pulled him out.

Fortunately, the Virtual God rank-1 had not been completely frozen; after leaving the shipwreck, his body slowly began to defrost. However, his face was full of fear and terror. "It's so cold, it's like the chill is freezing my soul along with my body… After I took the last two steps, I couldn't move at all—I couldn't get away even if I wanted to…"

After seeing what had happened to his companion, the Virtual God rank-3 was obviously more cautious, and he took very small, slow steps.

As soon as he was within a hundred-meter range, his body also began swiftly freezing, but he frantically fought back using the Divine Power within him. Even so, the cold was all-pervasive, and his Divine Power was being rapidly consumed with every second that passed…

He moved forward slowly, step by step. As soon as he was within a fifty-meter range, his body began to freeze even more quickly. Remembering his previous companion's misfortune, he did not dare to rashly advance any further. He decided to ignite his Divine Power, sending his body flying backward in retreat.

"It's no good. I can only make it to about a fifty-meter range at most. I think I'd be completely frozen if I were to take one or two more steps forward…" His body was shaking with cold, and he shook his head at Guan Zhong.

Guan Zhong hurriedly handed him a Divine Crystal so he could replenish his Divine Power.

The Virtual God rank-3 could only reach about fifty meters, so the Virtual God rank-4 did not even have to try. He turned his head and nodded at the Virtual God rank-6.

The Virtual God rank-6 looked solemn, but he still began to approach the shipwreck one step at a time.

A few minutes later, he finally arrived at the shipwreck, but the moment he set foot on the wreck itself, a layer of white frost suddenly crawled up his legs and ankles like a living creature, then quickly spread upward.

The Virtual God rank-9 from the Union Government already had his rattan vine on hand, ready to come to the rescue at any time.

The Virtual God rank-6 activated the Divine Power within his whole body, but after only a moment of resistance, his Divine Power was completely exhausted. Seeing the frost rapidly enveloping his teammate's body, the Virtual God rank-9 made a move again, and the rattan vine lashed out.

Just as the rattan vine came in contact with the Virtual God rank-6's waist and was about to pull him back, the frost started to spread onto the vine as well. The moment the Virtual God rank-9 pulled on it, the part of the vine around the other's waist disintegrated.

"Crap!" The Virtual God rank-9's heart thumped hard in his chest.

However, at this moment, the body of the Virtual God rank-6 suddenly rose into the air, as if he was being pulled back by some invisible object, and flew backward.

Those from the Union Government activated their Divine Telekinesis; only then did they discover an invisible telekinetic thread wrapped around the Virtual God rank-6's waist. Their gaze followed the telekinetic thread as it retracted, finally landing on Lin Huang.

"No need to thank me." Lin Huang gave them a faint smile.

He took it upon himself to save this individual because this was his doing after all. Furthermore, its purpose was not to kill people but to prevent those who were not powerful enough from hastily charging into the great world.

After the Virtual God rank-6 had been settled, the Virtual God rank-7's expression darkened slightly, but he still moved forward steadily and walked toward the shipwreck.

His Divine Power surged throughout his whole body, and he quickly stepped onto the shipwreck. The moment his feet made contact, frost began to condense on both his legs but was suppressed by his Divine Power.

He hesitated for a moment but decided to move forward. After entering the hole in the shipwreck, he kept going down, following the coordinates given by Lin Huang.

Fortunately, things went relatively smoothly this time.

After entering the shipwreck, the Virtual God rank-7's aura did not significantly weaken.

After about ten minutes, he withdrew from the shipwreck, his body covered in frost. Although he had an exhausted look on his face, he was obviously relieved.

"How was it? Did you see the dimensional gateway?" Guan Zhong promptly asked.

"I saw it." The Virtual God rank-7 nodded.

"How intense was the cold?" The Virtual God rank-9 asked from the sidelines.

"At the current strength of my Divine Power, I could barely pass through the area enveloped by the cold. However, just entering and exiting once has depleted almost all of my Divine Power," the Virtual God rank-7 explained, "Also, the closer one gets to the dimensional gateway, the stronger the chill, and the greater the consumption of Divine Power. My guess is that a Virtual God rank-6 wouldn't be able to pass through even if they took a large number of Divine Crystals with them because the rate of Divine Power absorption would be far lower than its consumption rate."

"I'll go check it out." The Virtual God rank-9 nodded slightly, then walked straight to the shipwreck, evidently preparing to try it out himself.

Although the Virtual God rank-7 had come back alive, the Virtual God rank-9 was still very cautious as he walked. It also took him about ten minutes before he came out of the shipwreck.

He went back to Guan Zhong, and the two exchanged a few words through voice transmission.

After a short while, Guan Zhong turned his head and looked at Lin Huang again.

"Your Majesty, I apologize for holding you up for so long."

After that, his gaze came to rest on Xiao Mo, Chan Dou, and Huang Wuji for a moment. "You've seen the results of our trials. I'm afraid that it'll be difficult for you young men to pass through."

Seeing the results of the Union Government's trial explorations, Chan Dou and the others were indeed a little worried.

"Thank you for the reminder." Lin Huang nodded slightly at Guan Zhong. He did not refute Guan Zhong's words either, merely led his group toward the shipwreck.

Guan Zhong and the others fixed their eyes on Chan Dou and the other two, waiting to see what Lin Huang would do after they froze. Instead, to their surprise, Lin Huang and his group all proceeded smoothly until they stepped into the shipwreck—none of them showed any signs of becoming frozen.

Within the shipwreck, Chan Dou and Xiao Mo had long since understood what was happening. The moment the two of them were within a hundred-meter range of the shipwreck, the Rule Bending Power within them automatically activated, completely isolating the chill so it was on the outside of their bodies.

As for Huang Wuji, who had yet to learn Rule Bending Power, Lin Huang had imbued a small trace of Elemental Enlightenment into him for protection. Because of that, he had a common origin with the Ice-sealing power, so he did not feel the chill at all.

Those from the Union Government watched on as Lin Huang and his group entered the shipwreck. A moment later, there was a wave of spatial fluctuations from under the shipwreck, and the auras of Lin Huang and his group vanished.

Guan Zhong and the others fell silent for a moment.

"How did they do that?"

At this, the Virtual God rank-9 spoke up, "It's probably due to Rule Bending Power. Lin Huang imbued the two Virtual God rank-3s and that one Virtual God rank-1 with Rule Bending Power to protect them…"

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Chapter 1471: Devil Hunter Star Zone

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Pfister Star was an ordinary remote planet located in the border region between the human world and the Abyss.

Lin Huang choosing this place to be the first stop in the great world had been Bloody's suggestion.

This was mainly due to the fact that although this planet was far away, it was located within the administrative zone of the grade-6 Hunt organization—Devil Hunter Star Zone.

Initially, when Devil Hunter Star was established by the Hunt organization, its main function had been to guard the border between the human race and the Abyss, as well as provide members of the organization with a foothold to use for transactions and temporary lodging.

However, with the ever-increasing number of people coming and going, Mysterious Item Pavilion—which was also a grade-6 organization—saw that there was money to be made and established a branch in the same star zone as well.

After that, the entire star zone became more prosperous until even the White Robes specially set up a branch there to maintain order in the entire star zone.

Devil Hunter Star Zone also became a unique scenic route between humans and the Abyss.

Currently, in Devil Hunter Star Zone, including Pfister Star, 38 planets were inhabited by humans and had formed a complete ecological chain.

Pfister Star was merely one of these ordinary planets.

Even so, the level of prosperity was comparable to that of a grade-A foothold in the gravel world. It was just that the buildings were not so densely packed, and the population was slightly smaller.

However, cultivators were much more commonly seen here than in the gravel world.

Looking around, Mr. Fu and his group could see Virtual Gods almost everywhere, and there were a good number of True Gods roaming the streets as well.

Apart from Lin Huang, everyone else was stunned when they saw this.

"Are True Gods this frequent in the great world?" Mr. Fu could not help asking Lin Huang.

Lin Huang could not help but smile and shake his head when he heard this question. "Actually, no. Devil Hunter Star Zone is located on the edge of a battleground, so there are more cultivators coming and going.

"Moreover, in addition to the three large grade-6 organizations—the Hunt, Mysterious Item Pavilion and the White Robes, a good number of other grade-4 and grade-5 organizations have also established their branches here."

"You're thinking of choosing this place as a foothold?" Chan Dou asked.

The others also turned to look at Lin Huang immediately.

"Yes." Lin Huang nodded calmly.

"This place is very close to the Abyss battleground. It's very suitable for hunting abyssal monsters.

"Moreover, Demon Hunter Star Zone is comparable to top-tier grade-5 star zones. Whether it's purchasing supplies, obtaining information, or organizing hunts, and handing over missions, everything is very convenient. There are also White Robes in charge of maintaining order, so, needless to say, it's very safe.

"In the entire human world, the number of star zones that possess this kind of environment don't even add up to five fingers."

"What should we do next then?" Lin Xin could not help asking.

"Let's register our identities at the White Robes' foothold first, otherwise we won't even be able to stay in a hotel," Lin Huang finished speaking, then continued, "When filling in the registration forms, don't reveal that we are from the gravel world—just fill in the mini world number NF404. As for the other pieces of information, you can fill them in normally."

"Is NF404 the number of our gravel world?" Lin Xin asked, unable to restrain herself.

"No, our gravel world isn't officially registered. This number is that of a mini world relatively near here that has connections to the human race."

"If that's the case, won't we be found out?" Lin Xin inquired hurriedly.

"Under normal circumstances, we won't be. Many people from the human world register their identities every day. As long as we don't cause a major incident, normally, no one will check."

After giving his instructions, Lin Huang quickly led the group toward the planet where the White Robes were stationed—Evil Extermination Planet.

The identity registration process was very smooth. After the forms had been filled in, a round of simple physical examinations was conducted to confirm Lin Huang and the others' human identities. The staff members of the White Robes then gave them each a ring that resembled an Emperor's Heart Ring. With that, Lin Huang's group successfully became official citizens of the human world.

After they had obtained their identity rings, Lin Huang then brought a few of his group to the Hunt foothold to register a small hunting team.

Once all of this was finished, Lin Huang found a hotel for everyone to settle in.

"Now that we've already formed a small hunting team, everyone can enter the battleground," Lin Huang finished speaking and glanced at Huang Wuji. "Master Chan and Xiao Mo, your combat levels are about the same as Huang Wuji's, so you can bring him with you and explore around the outer region. At the same time, you can all familiarize yourselves with the environment while you're at it.

"It would be best if all of you can upgrade your combat levels as soon as possible. Don't waste time specifically trying to understand Rule Bending Power—once you've reached Virtual God rank-9, it's still not too late to spend time on that."

After he finished, Lin Huang then turned to look at Lin Xin, "Teacher, Da Xuan, you can team up with Xin Er and explore a little further in."

"What about you?" Lin Xin asked hurriedly.

"I have imperial monsters." Lin Huang smiled.

"Let me briefly give you a rundown now of what the current situation is with the humans in the great world."

"The human world has three Saints and seven sects.

"The three Saints are Daluo Temple, Leiyin Temple, and Sanctuary. They are Holy Land grade-7 organizations and are guarded by Lords. They are also the three most powerful organizations in the entire human world, and they are at transcendent status.

"The seven sects are Taiqing Sect, Tranquil Temple, Mysterious Item Pavilion, the White Robes, Asura, Xiaoyao Sect, and the Hunt.

"Taiqing Sect is an organization that split from Daluo Temple. I won't go into details about the specifics; you can read the information later on your own.

"Tranquil Temple is not a nunnery, but an organization established by a powerful female cultivator. This organization only accepts female members.

"Mysterious Item Pavilion is the largest commercial organization in the entire human world, as well as the largest intelligence organization.

"The White Robes are a management and law enforcement organization jointly established by the three Saints. Practically all the top executives are from Daluo Temple, Leiyin Temple, and Sanctuary.

"Asura is an assassin organization and is extremely mysterious.

"Xiaoyao Sect is a rogue cultivation alliance established by a powerful rogue cultivator, and its administration is a bit more relaxed."

"There's also the Hunt. It's the largest hunting organization in the human world and issues the largest number of hunting missions."

"Is this Hunt organization connected to the Union Government of the gravel world and the Hunter Association?" Mr. Fu was finally unable to restrain himself from asking.

"Yes." Lin Huang nodded. "It's that hunting organization."

Seeing the others' mystified expressions, Lin Huang explained again, "The Hunt is the power behind the Union Government, as well as the Hunter Association in the great world…"

After this round of explanations, Lin Huang continued again sternly.

"Although we have already formed a team, I suggest that you don't hunt first these next few days. Thoroughly read through all the information that I'll be sending to you. Pay attention especially to the great world's monster guide—it contains many more times the number of monsters in the gravel world, so it would be best if all of you can memorize all the monster information."

Everybody nodded one after the other.

All of them were also aware that the great world was certain to contain many monsters that they had never even heard of before in the gravel world. If they were to encounter unfamiliar monsters during the hunting process, it would be extremely dangerous.

"Apart from this, there are also several social media platforms that you should register on. Normally if there's any news or information, it can be found there."

After Lin Huang finished speaking, he put together the various pieces of information and sent them to everyone…

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Chapter 1472: Kylie's Situation

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After settling Lin Xin and the others in, Lin Huang quickly got in touch with Bloody.

Kylie's situation in the Nephilic Judge Tribe still worried him.

"I've basically settled everything on my side—how are things on your end?"

"Not very optimistic…" Bloody replied, "A while ago, Kylie successfully elevated to Supreme God rank-5. Once news of this got out, the Holy Sons of several lord-level organizations have recently come forward to propose marriage. Based on the current situation, it's only a matter of time before the Nephilic Judge Tribe agrees to a marriage alliance."

Lin Huang knew about Kylie's elevation to Supreme God rank-5; he was not overly surprised by this. After all, the Nephilic Judge Tribe was a top-tier grade-6 tribe. With their abundant resources on top of Kylie's talent and potential, her advancement to supreme god-level was no surprise.

Even within grade-7 organizations, supreme god-level rank-5 was potential at the level of a Holy Son. This was also why several grade-7 organizations were willing to use Holy Sons to propose a marriage alliance after Kylie's advancement.

Upon hearing this, Lin Huang's brows furrowed slightly. This was not good news.

"That won't do at all… I'll recall both of you back right away then."

Before Bloody could reply on her end, a push notification from Xiaohei suddenly popped up in front of Lin Huang.

"It is not recommended to recall the two monster cards back right away. My current authorization is not enough to separate cause and effect. If a Lord or half-step Lord skilled in tracking investigates Kylie and Bloody's whereabouts, the host will have a higher risk of exposure."

Right after Lin Huang finished reading Xiaohei's push notification, Bloody spoke from her end.

"I feel that unless it's a last resort, it's best not to recall both of us back. The Nephilic Judge Tribe is guarded by a half-step Lord who most certainly will not allow Kylie to disappear under his nose. If Kylie were to go missing without a trace, the Nephilic Judge Tribe will definitely try its best to hunt for her, possibly even paying high prices to ask Lords from other organizations to help with the search. As long as there is the slightest clue left behind, it won't escape their detection…"

"Do you know of any other way then?" Lin Huang asked with a frown.

"I do know of several, but most of them are only temporary solutions to the problem and can't resolve the main issue.

"Take, for example, tactics such as faking death with Golden Cicada Molting. Even if I design all kinds of plans ingeniously and flawlessly, it may very well be child's play to the eyes of a Lord who has mastered aura—seen through in just a single glance… This is a failure that's to be expected, given the utter disparity in our abilities. Unless my combat level is the same as theirs, there's no solution otherwise.

"At present, I can think of only one way to solve Kylie's current situation in its entirety…" Bloody paused for a moment before continuing, "That is, to have Kylie advance to Pure Spirit rank-6!

"Once Kylie advances to the level of Pure Spirit, her status in the Nephilic Judge Tribe will longer be that of a pawn used for marriage alliances. Instead, she will officially have the right to speak; she may even be groomed to be the next tribe leader. The Nephilic Judge Tribe will also never allow Pure Spirits within the tribe to marry outside the tribe. They will focus on giving their all in training Kylie so that she can lead the Nephilic Judge Tribe to glory…

"However, although this method will solve the marriage problem once and for all, it also has a huge down-side. Advancing Kylie's status will make it even harder for her to leave the Nephilic Judge Tribe…"

Here, Bloody paused again.

"Actually, even if she doesn't elevate to rank-6 now, it'll still be very difficult for her to leave the Nephilic Judge Tribe. Comparing both problems, the more pressing one for us to solve at the moment is the marriage issue.

"Looking at the current situation, Kylie doesn't have very long. If the First Holy Son from any grade-7 organization comes forward to propose marriage, the Nephilic Judge Tribe will definitely agree without hesitation. Even if it's only the Second or Third Holy Son, the chances of them agreeing to a marriage are very high as well."

"So, you're suggesting that we first find a way for Kylie to elevate to rank-6 and solve the immediate crisis, then find a way for her to leave the Nephilic Judge Tribe later on?" Lin Huang asked, brows slightly furrowed.

"Yes." Bloody nodded once more, "Actually, if we don't take marriage into consideration, Kylie is definitely being treated like a princess within the Nephilic Judge Tribe. As for her leaving the Tribe, we can think of ways at our leisure later on. The most urgent thing now is to solve the current threat of marriage."

Lin Huang fell silent for a moment but eventually nodded in assent.

"As long as I advance to true god-level, my authorization will be upgraded once again. Once I've gotten grade-5 Advance Cards, I can assist Kylie in elevating to rank-6. But after mythical-level rank-4, to continue upgrading your levels, we'll need not just Advance Cards but also other advancement materials; there may even be special advancement conditions.

"In a little while, I'll send you a list of Kylie's advancement materials; you can start preparing these first. On my end, I'll elevate to True God as soon as possible to get the authorization for grade-5 cards.

"Before Kylie officially advances to rank-6, try and find a way to deal with things for a while."

Lin Huang had not expected that Kylie's situation would have become so serious to this extent.

In the beginning, he had not thought that letting Kylie return to her Tribe was a bad thing and was even supportive of it. He certainly did not expect that in less than a year, the Nephilic Judge Tribe would sacrifice Kylie for profit.

This matter of Kylie's also made it all the more urgent for him to elevate his abilities.

After ending his conversation with Bloody, Lin Huang quickly sent his consciousness into his inner world and began swiftly searching.

When a monster card appeared in its monster state, there was a corresponding projection within Lin Huang's body. On the almost-translucent projection, he could see all the information about the card monster.

He soon found Kylie's projection card and flipped it over to check it out.

"Monster Card: Kylie"

"Rarity: Supreme God"

"Advancement Conditions"

"Grade-5 Advance Card X5, the blood of a Lord (master of the Lightning aura) X1 drop, the blood of a Heavenly God (master of the Lightning sequence) X10, the heart of an angel (rank-5 angel) X12…"

Just a glance through this list of advancement materials made Lin Huang's head ache. Not counting the several grade-5 Advance Cards, he felt that even for the top-tier grade-6 Nephilic Judge tribe, gathering all these materials would be no easy task.

He could not help thinking how difficult it would be for Bai and the others to advance to rank-6 in the future. Kylie had the Nephilic Judge Tribe to back her up; he did not need to worry about her. For the rest of the other summoned beasts, however, he feared that as their master, he would have to think of ways to obtain the majority of their advancement materials when the time came. As he thought about this, he could not help but feel the mounting pressure.

This was not just confined to future rank-6 elevations; the more immediate situation was that Charcoal and the others were about to advance to rank-5 and needed a lot of advancement materials as well. Moreover, there were more than thirty card monsters like Charcoal waiting to advance to rank-5…

When he got to this point, Lin Huang did not dare to continue his ruminations. Shaking his head to get rid of these distracting thoughts, he immediately copied Kylie's list of advancement materials and sent it to Bloody…

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Chapter 1473: Kids Who Are Digging Their Own Graves

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After ending his conversation with Bloody, Lin Huang pondered for a while and decided to bring forward his intended hunting time.

"Your other materials can be put aside for now; you can look at them when you've come back from the hunt. Today, memorize the monster guide—tomorrow we're going hunting first thing in the morning!"

After sending this message to the newly formed chat group, Lin Huang tagged everyone.

"What happened? Why are we suddenly in such a hurry?" Mr. Fu was the first one to pop up and ask.

He had only achieved his breakthrough to true god-level not too long ago and was still adjusting to the novelty of coming to the great world. He had only just begun to relax and had not expected Lin Huang to bring the originally-scheduled hunting time forward.

"Kylie has run into some problems on her end, so I need to upgrade my combat level to true god-level as soon as possible," Lin Huang explained briefly.

"When you enter the battleground this time, you don't necessarily have to kill tons of abyssal monsters. Your main focus is on familiarizing yourselves with the environment." In reality, Lin Huang could enter the battleground entirely on his own but he was a little uneasy about letting Lin Xin and the others charge into the battleground without his supervision. Therefore, after some deliberation, he still ended up choosing to bring forward the entire itinerary so he could take them in to explore first.

After chatting a bit more in the group, Lin Huang closed the chat group and went to the branch of the Mysterious Item Pavilion alone.

After buying a copy of detailed information about the Abyssal battleground nearby, Lin Huang immediately began going through it carefully.

This expanse of battleground where Demon Hunter Star Zone was located went by the name of the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss. It was originally the main battleground where a Lord from the Dragon Tribe and a Lord from the Abyss engaged in combat. It was currently the off-peak season for battles, and entry to the battleground was restricted by the Lords of the Dragon Tribe and the Abyss—only powerhouses below heavenly god-level could go in to hunt.

The reason for preserving this sort of battleground was mainly to train up new blood for various major organizations.

To prevent geniuses who had not yet grown into maturity from encountering more powerful enemies, the battleground was further subdivided into the outer, inner, and core layers.

Only Virtual Gods could enter the outer layer. The inner layer was the battleground for True Gods, while the core layer was where the topmost-tier True God powerhouses clashed.

The core and inner layers were connected, but the powerhouses in the core layer usually could not be bothered to enter the inner layer to battle with low to medium-rank True Gods.

On the other hand, the outer and inner layers were connected, but only one-way. Virtual Gods in the outer layer were able to enter the inner layer; conversely, however, True Gods from the inner layer were unable to enter the outer layer to hunt Virtual Gods.

As a result, in the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss, some virtual god-level peak powerhouses would hunt along the border area between the outer and inner layers and occasionally fought against True Gods. If they were to find themselves in a situation, they could immediately escape to the outer layer to avoid being hunted down by True Gods.

'Looks like I'll have to go around the inner layer first, hunt enough seventh and eighth-rank Divine Fires, then enter the core layer.' Lin Huang's goal was very clear. 'I just don't know whether there'll be any True God peak powerhouses showing up in the core layer…'

After carefully reading over the information once, Lin Huang sent a copy of it to Lin Xin and the rest of the group.

"All of you, take a look through this information. There's no need to read it all—just read the relevant information about the hunting area you'll be in, and that will do."

After making these arrangements, Lin Huang closed his eyes right away and began cultivating Seamless, patiently awaiting the start of the hunt.

At eight o'clock the next morning, everyone met together at the agreed time.

"Has everyone done their pre-battle preparations?" Lin Huang's gaze swept over everyone present. He could sense that, apart from Lin Xuan and Chan Dou, everyone else was more or less slightly nervous, including Mr. Fu.

Lin Xuan was not nervous, perhaps due to the last few years of hardship that had formed his unflappable character.

On the other hand, Chan Dou was not nervous because, as one of the five princes, he had almost never failed while growing up. This gave him massive confidence.

Mr. Fu being nervous was something Lin Huang could understand. After all, Mr. Fu had not utilized his full abilities in many years, much less hunt in ruins. Moreover, after coming to the great world this time, he had seen a large number of True Gods, which had made him more cautious on some levels.

As for Lin Xin and Xiao Mo, they had minimal combat experience, and both of them had never been to any ruins while growing up.

Huang Wuji was nervous because he had just elevated to virtual god-level and had yet to officially cross swords with other virtual god-level powerhouses.

"There's no need be nervous—the main purpose of going in this time is to familiarize yourselves with the environment," Lin Huang reassured them with a smile, "Let me brief you about the specifics of the arrangement now.

"Master Chan and Xiao Mo, realistically there shouldn't be many Virtual Gods who have mastered Rule Bending Power in the outer layer area. So, my suggestion to both of you is not to use Rule Bending Power unless absolutely necessary, and try your best to find rank-3 and rank-4 Virtual Gods for combat practice, otherwise, the experiences won't bring much in the way of results. Also, I did consider that Wuji is a Virtual God rank-1, so he'll find it more difficult to hunt alone. He'll still need you both to accompany him, which is why I don't recommend delving deep into the outer layer area."

After Lin Huang finished talking, he turned to look at Lin Xin, Lin Xuan, and Mr. Fu once again.

"Xiao Xin, although you're only a Virtual God rank-9, with your equipment, running into low-rank True Gods shouldn't be a huge problem. You can follow Teacher and Da Xuan into the inner area and be their reinforcement because both of them can't enter the outer area…"

Only after arranging the itineraries for both teams did Lin Huang set out with all six of them and enter the dimensional portal to the battleground area.

Once they stepped out of the portal, the seven of them appeared right away at the battleground entrance.

From afar, Lin Xin saw groups of men holding hands and walking through the entrance to the battleground.

"What are they doing?" Lin Xin looked astonished.

"This is to allow teams to be teleported to the same coordinates. If they don't hold hands, everyone will be teleported to different locations."

"Alright then…" Lin Xin nodded, but suddenly asked, "We have both Virtual God and True God combat levels so, if we all hold hands, will we also be teleported to the same coordinates?"

"Yes, we'll all be teleported to the inner layer." Lin Huang nodded. "Virtual Gods can enter the inner layer area; it's only True Gods who can't enter the outer layer area from the inner layer. If True Gods and Virtual Gods teleport together, they will all be teleported to the inner layer area.

"Girl, you definitely must not have read the materials carefully yesterday," Lin Huang commented in some irritated.

"I did read them!" Lin Xin's voice faltered, "It's just that I didn't really look at the details…"

There were not many people lining up at the battleground entrance to register. In front of Lin Huang and the others, there were only three teams left, all of which consisted of only True Gods.

Seeing that there were several Virtual Gods on Lin Huang's team, the other teams began discussing quietly amongst themselves.

A female member of the team in front looked at Huang Wuji and a few others before hesitating a moment and walking over regardless.

"The danger level for this battleground is extremely high. The outer layer area is even more chaotic than the inner layer area. I would suggest that unless you're a high-rank Virtual God, it's probably best you don't enter." After the woman finished, she intentionally eyed Lin Huang, who was a Virtual God rank-6, obviously insinuating, "You shouldn't enter either."

"Thanks for the reminder; we're just going in to have a look. If it doesn't work, we'll come back out," Lin Huang replied with a smile, knowing that she meant well.

Upon seeing this, the woman merely frowned slightly but did not say anything further before turning around and going back to her team.

"Why do you bother about them? They're willing to dig their own graves…" A male member of the team grinned at the woman.

The man intentionally did not use voice transmission, so even the other two teams in front looked over as well.

Lin Huang and the others naturally heard him loud and clear but ignored him and continued to line up.

In less than two minutes, the three teams in front finished registering themselves and entered the battleground holding hands.

Registration for Lin Huang's team was also completed very rapidly.

"Team NF404…" The registrar watched as Lin Huang and the others split into two groups and held hands to go through the battleground entrance. His lips twitched in resignation, "Another bunch of kids digging their own graves…"

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