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 1602: How Many Can I Trade Them For?

After returning to the Devil Hunter Star Zone, Lin Huang did not go into closed-door cultivation right away.

Throughout the last few days, apart from handling some trivial matters, he had been thinking of how to break through to heavenly god-level.

Ever since early on, while elevating from virtual god-level to true god-level, his method of advancement was already completely different from everyone else.

Others elevated by killing True Gods and igniting their Divine Fire.

However, Lin Huang's Divine Fire had already been ignited since virtual god-level.

Therefore, he had taken a giant leap when he elevated to true god-level by consolidating a Godly Right with a massive amount of God Rule Power.

Under normal circumstances, individuals only constructed Godly Rights when they elevated from true god-level to heavenly god-level.

Thus, Lin Huang had sabotaged himself by rendering this usual method for advancement completely useless.

"Back then, I constructed my Godly Right through accumulating God Rule Power. In all honesty, it can't be considered a genuine Godly Right. Based on the situation now, once my capacity for absorbing God Rule Power has reached satiety, I should be able to enter the second stage of a Godly Right and begin accumulating sequence powers.

"Therefore, if I want to elevate to heavenly god-level, I just have to wait for the Godly Right to absorb enough God Rule Power, then I can advance to the second stage—sequence power integration…"

Lin Huang very quickly discovered the way forward for his breakthrough, but he was rather unsatisfied with this method.

"In that case, the amount of sequence power a Godly Right can hold is the same as its capacity for God Rule Power. There's a limit…

"Is there a way to increase my Godly Right's capacity so it can hold more sequence power, or else make its capacity infinite?!"

Lin Huang went back and read through the inherited memories of Great Heaven and the Sword Servants. Very soon, he found what he suspected might be an answer.

"So the Godly Right's maximum capacity is related to the strength of one's God Territory!"

From the inherited memories, Lin Huang realized that the more powerful the Heavenly Gods killed when constructing the Godly Right, the more powerful the integrated God Territory would be. Not only that, its capacity for containing sequence powers would also be greater.

Apart from the fact that he could consolidate a staggering number of god sequence chains far beyond what ordinary folk could manage—forty-two in total—Great Heaven was powerful also because the Godly Right he constructed was sufficiently mighty.

From first-rank to ninth-rank—from the first time he constructed his Godly Right until the end—he integrated ninth-rank heavenly god-level God Territories during each Godly Right elevation. This bolstered his Godly Right by an increase of eighty-one times its power.

In his God Territory, the maximum number of god sequence chains he could invoke while using his Godly Right was a staggering 3,402 god sequence chains.

His might was sufficient to be a threat to many half-step lord-level powerhouses.

Lin Huang's cultivation path was already completely different from Great Heaven's.

He did not need to use his Godly Right for amplification as he had already fully integrated his Godly Right and his God Rule Power. In the future, he would also be integrating god sequence chains.

In other words, this meant he could invoke all of the sequence chains in his God Territory, no matter how many there were.

However, there was a limit to the number of god rules and god sequence chains that a Godly Right could integrate.

For instance, the Godly Right in Lin Huang's body could integrate a maximum of 1.8 billion god rules. He had accumulated 1.5 billion now; it was fast approaching its limit.

Based on this, Lin Huang could foresee that the number of god sequence chains his Godly Right could integrate in the future would have a limit as well.

However, from the inherited memories of Great Heaven and the others, Lin Huang saw that the Godly Right's strength could be increased and intensified.

However, from first-rank to ninth-rank, there were only nine chances for his Godly Right to achieve advancement.

In other words, by elevating his Godly Right, he could increase the upper limits of its capacity for integration.

"However, my God Territory has already integrated half-step Lord God Territories. If I want to elevate my Godly Right, using lower-level God Territories won't work. The only way is to integrate the God Territories of more half-step Lords…"

Step by step, Lin Huang rapidly came up with the solution to his problem.

However, he soon ran into another headache. At his current ability, he was unable to kill half-step Lords. Therefore, the only way to obtain their God Territories was through purchasing them or trading resources.

Half-step Lord God Territories were definitely expensive. In auctions, they were usually sold at the same price as Pseudo-Dao Weapons.

Even if Lin Huang pawned everything he had, he would not be able to afford even a few.

After thinking for a while, he turned on his communicator and called Virtuoso's number.

After a mere moment, Virtuoso's figure projected itself in front of Lin Huang.

"You contacted me just in time. I'm officially going into closed-door cultivation tomorrow." Virtuoso sounded happy; they seemed to be in a good mood. "Is anything the matter?"

"How many half-step Lord God Territories would I be able to trade for the Nirvana Trees that I divided between you and Saber9?" Lin Huang did not bother with small talk and got down to business right away.

Virtuoso was stunned upon hearing that, and their tone became rather odd. "How many? You might not even be able to get one. The price will more or less be considered the starting bid at auction."

Lin Huang frowned slightly at that. He did not want to pour resources into purchasing a God Territory.

After all, if that were only the starting bid, the final auction price would go up several times over—perhaps even by several dozen times.

"Don't tell me you want to refine the God Territories of half-step Lords to boost your Godly Right's amplification?" Virtuoso "saw through" Lin Huang's intention right away. "Let me tell you, it's useless. A half-step Lord is still, in essence, a ninth-rank Heavenly God.

"Not just in the universe, but even in the great world where we are now, countless people have tried that. After refining half-step Lord and ninth-rank heavenly god-level God Territories, a Godly Right's amplification remains the same. Not only that, the refinement takes more than a dozen times longer than refining ninth-rank heavenly god-level God Territories.

"You have sufficient authorization now to do a quick search and find at least several hundred threads on Death Sickle's forum regarding this matter. It's common knowledge among Heavenly God and many True Gods.

"If you really want to refine God Territories, Saber9 and I can help you gather nine ninth-rank ones. That will be sufficient to last you until you get to ninth-rank…"

Virtuoso said a great deal more, but Lin Huang let it go in one ear and out the other.

Naturally, he was aware of this common knowledge. However, with his body's current state, he could only refine half-step Lord God Territories. Ninth-rank ones were of no use to him at all.

"If not, I don't mind Abyssal half-step Lord God Territories either," Lin Huang interrupted Virtuoso's continuing flow of conversation.

"Are you sure you only want half-step Lord ones?" Virtuoso paused, then asked in all seriousness.

"I am." Lin Huang nodded resolutely.

"Alright then…" Virtuoso did not pursue the matter further. After all, everyone had their own secrets.

"As long as they're half-step Lord God Territories, that will do. Abyssal ones will work too—if they haven't been cleansed, that's not a problem either. Even those that have had their sequence powers sucked dry and are merely an empty shell are fine as well…" Lin Huang extrapolated on his requirements, "Just get me as many as you can."

"Very well, I'll think of something." Virtuoso nodded and added, "The same goes for Saber9 as well?"

"Yes." Lin Huang nodded.

After ending the call, he felt slightly relieved.

Fortunately, Virtuoso had not asked any sensitive questions, so Lin Huang had no need to fob him off with the answers he had prepared.

However, at least his heart was finally settled.

Abyssal half-step Lord God Territories would be much cheaper, especially those that had yet to be cleansed. He should be able to trade one with the hundred-over Nirvana Trees.

At the very least, he had prepared the most essential component of elevating to heavenly god-level.

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Chapter 1603: Yang Ling is Dead?!

August was the hottest month on the Pfister Star; it was also the dry season that hardly rained.

During the day, the average temperature was above 40 degrees Celcius, but it would drop to approximately 20 degrees Celcius at night. Even for ordinary folks, it was more comfortable at night, let alone cultivators.

Moreover, all one had to do was look up, and they would see a starry sky; it was rare that there were no stars.

The main reason why Lin Huang and his subordinates had chosen to station the Sword Alliance here was that this planet was closest to the teleportation point connecting the gravel world to the great world.

Lin Huang lay on the rooftop, silently watching the unfamiliar starry sky overhead.

It did not taking him very long to identify the other planets around the Devil Hunter Star Zone, as well as the planet where he suspected the teleportation point was.

That particular planet was in the same galaxy as the Pfister Star. Although it was just a dwarf planet that was slightly further from the other stars and reflected a much weaker light, it was very close to the Pfister Star. One could still see it with the naked eye.

Right as Lin Huang was about to use Divine Telekinesis to confirm that the teleportation point was located on the planet he had spotted, his communicator device suddenly began vibrating.

He tapped on the communication page. It was a message sent from an unfamiliar number.

"Are you in the Devil Hunter Star Zone now?"

Lin Huang was stunned when he read this. The image of a particular skinny figure immediately came to mind.

"Yang Ling?!"

The only person he could think of who liked using unfamiliar numbers to contact him and who was also able to locate his coordinates was Yang Ling—a traveler just like himself.

Just when he was about to reply to the message and ask if this was Yang Ling, another message came.

It was from another unfamiliar number.

"Don't reply. The previous message was just to confirm your current location."

Almost at the same time, a message came in from yet another unfamiliar number.

"See you tomorrow morning. We'll talk when we meet. (Don't reply)"

Lin Huang frowned slightly after closing the communication page.

From the looks of things, Yang Ling had run into some serious trouble, or he would not be this cautious.

He still distinctly remembered the last time Yang Ling had sent him a message—that had been four months ago or so. Lin Huang had been in closed-door cultivation back then and had only seen the message around two months later. When he had called back, the number was already out of service.

What caught his attention back then was that Yang Ling had only sent a short message—"Take care of Hong Zhuang for me…"

At the time, he already suspected that something might have happened to Yang Ling.

Fortunately, he had finally received a message from Yang Ling after four months or more.

Lin Huang was slightly relieved that at least he had received some form of communication. It proved that Yang Ling was at least safe for the time being.

"I'll find out what exactly happened tomorrow when we meet," Lin Huang mumbled to himself.

When he checked the time, it was already past one o'clock in the wee hours of the morning.

He swiftly slipped into his bedroom, took a quick shower, and went to bed.

In reality, at his current level of ability, his physical body would not get dirty, nor did he need sleep.

It was just that he was used to doing these things. When he was not cultivating, he still retained his normal habits of eating, sleeping, and showering.

The next morning, Lin Huang woke up early.

By the time he finished his morning ablutions, it was not even 6 a.m. yet.

One of the reasons he woke up so early was that in the early hours of the morning previously, he had agreed to meet Yang Ling. For another, he wanted to try breakfast at one of the small shops.

This little breakfast place was extremely busy, even in the morning. Lin Huang was unwilling to queue for a place, so he decided to just wake up early instead.

Once he had finished getting himself ready, he made an area sweep with Divine Telekinesis and discovered that the breakfast place had just opened its doors. In a flash, he immediately appeared at the entrance.

He ordered two trays of the shop's signature buns and a bowl of plain congee. He then sat down and waited patiently for the buns to be served.

A figure appeared out of nowhere less than two seconds after he had taken his seat.

Lin Huang was utterly stunned when he saw who it was. It took him a moment to regain his composure.

"How come you're here? Where's Yan Ling?"

The person who had come to meet him was Hong Zhuang!

Lin Huang scrutinized her from head to toe. She was different from before; her personality had undergone a drastic change.

Not only was her previous alluring air conspicuously absent, but she was also no longer wearing red. Instead, she wore a plain green blouse, and a faint trace of worry creased her brow.

"Yang Ling… he's dead…" Hong Zhuang hesitated for a moment but decided to say it anyway.

"Yang Ling is dead?!" Lin Huang found this rather hard to believe. He squinted at Hong Zhuang. "Then who sent me those messages after midnight?"

"I did." As Hong Zhuang spoke, screenshots of the three messages popped up.

The screenshots confirmed that she had indeed sent those messages.

"How did you find my coordinates then?! My communicator device's location has been turned off," Lin Huang voiced his suspicions again. From what he remembered, Yang Ling was the only one who could do that. It was no use even if his communicator's location had been turned off; Yang Ling could still locate him.

"He transferred his Goldfinger to me before he died." While Hong Zhuang was explaining, Lin Huang kept staring at her. However, she did not look as if she was lying.

Lin Huang knew about Yang Ling and Hong Zhuang's relationship. However, he did not think that Yang Ling would reveal his identity as a traveler and the matter of his Goldfinger to Hong Zhuang. After all, Yang Ling had been betrayed before, so it was very hard for him to fully trust anybody.

However, what Hong Zhuang said convinced Lin Huang a little further.

This was because Yang Ling might have planned for the future once he realized he was marked for death. To prevent the Raiders from obtaining his Goldfinger, it sounded like it was something that Yang Ling would do— transfer his Goldfinger to someone else in advance. Furthermore, the recipient of the Goldfinger was Hong Zhuang, which was completely logical as the two of them were already in an intimate relationship.

Theoretically speaking, only travelers could use Goldfingers. However, Yang Ling's Goldfinger was not whole. Moreover, with his intelligence and capability, it was entirely possible that he had found a method of transferring his Goldfinger to Hong Zhuang.

"He asked me to look for you." Hong Zhuang made no move to avoid Lin Huang's scrutiny. "He also said that in this world, you're the only traveler he trusts."

Lin Huang became very thoughtful after he heard this.

What Hong Zhuang said sounded rather cheesy, but it certainly seemed to be something that Yang Ling would say before he died. Hong Zhuang probably did not make this up.

"How did he die?" Lin Huang asked again after sorting out his thoughts and feelings.

"We were actually targeted by Raiders as soon as we arrived in the great world. Yang Ling's Goldfinger was just a remnant, but the individual capable of plundering his Goldfinger could sense its rough location. We've been on the run these past few years in the great world because of that.

"About four and a half months ago, the person who plundered Yang Ling's Goldfinger personally made a move. It was a Lord who easily located our hiding place… Yang Ling sensed that all the layers of security measures he put in place had been breached. He knew our enemy was coming, so he transferred both his Goldfinger and the secret information in his mind to me before sending me away."

"So you didn't actually see Yang Ling's death with your own eyes?" Lin Huang persisted.

"I didn't see him die, but I'm sure of it," Hong Zhuang explained patiently, "I can sense that his aura remnant has been completely obliterated from his Goldfinger.

"You don't need to worry that the Goldfinger within me might attract that particular Lord. Yang Ling reset the Goldfinger entirely when he transferred it to me. Although the reset made the Goldfinger lose most of its functions, it has cut off any connection with the original Goldfinger. Otherwise, I would have been captured over four months ago."

"Let's talk somewhere else," Lin Huang shot a glance at the buns that were now ready and got the lady proprietress to pack them for takeaway.

With breakfast in hand, Lin Huang led Hong Zhuang to the Sword Alliance's headquarters.

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Chapter 1604: The Name That Cannot Be Mentioned Again

Lin Huang had initially thought he would be reuniting with Yang Ling; he had never expected Hong Zhuang to be the one who showed up instead.

Not only that, the woman had brought news of Yang Ling's death.

Lin Huang was familiar enough with Hong Zhuang—he had met her the first year he had traveled to the gravel world. Back then, he had just started on his cultivation path. Since that time, the two of them had crossed paths more than once. However, as far as Lin Huang was concerned, his interactions with her could not be considered pleasant.

From the very beginning, he had never understood this woman.

If he only took into consideration their past interactions, Lin Huang would not be willing to have too much contact with her.

However, due to her position, he could not ignore her request for help.

She was Yang Ling's girlfriend.

Furthermore, Lin Huang had considered Yang Ling a true friend.

Although on the surface it seemed that many of the interactions between the two over the last few years had been limited to business transactions involving disguising identities, Yang Ling and Lin Huang were both travelers from Earth. As a result, they were able to relate to many of the things that each encountered respectively.

They were both strangers in a strange land.

Both of them came from the same place; both also had similar experiences as travelers who were now strangers residing in strange lands. In truth, they could sympathize with each other.

Lin Huang had even considered that when he had time, he would chat with Yang Ling about things that had happened on Earth.

However, he would never have the opportunity to do so now.

After a detailed talk with Hong Zhuang, he found out what had happened to her and Yang Ling.

The pair were almost constantly hiding from the Raiders' pursuit. Many times, they had to resort to hiding in various gravel worlds and mini worlds.

Yang Ling had also mentioned that he wanted Hong Zhuang to leave him so she could avoid being dragged into this matter. However, she rejected his suggestion and had remained with him, on the grounds that she could help Yang Ling handle many things where it was not convenient for him to reveal any traces of his existence.

The ill-fated couple had not lived a good life for the past few years. The resources they managed to obtain were also extremely limited.

According to Hong Zhuang, Yang Ling had only managed to restore his combat strength to ninth-rank true god-level before he died.

Meanwhile, she had elevated to first-rank true god-level. In Yang Ling's own words, he had given her more resources to prevent her from becoming a burden.

As for the Goldfinger Yang Ling had transferred into Hong Zhuang's body, in reality, it could not be considered a real Goldfinger by far.

Lin Huang could only vaguely sense that there were energy remnants in the Goldfinger within her.

Yang Ling's Goldfinger had been incomplete ever since it had been plundered. Now that he had reset it and transferred it to Hong Zhuang, it might not be capable of even one-tenth its previous function.

"Although Yang Ling had me look for you, he didn't expect you to avenge him."

As Lin Huang's thoughts ran rampant, Hong Zhuang suddenly spoke again, pulling him back from his woolgathering, "He even asked me to tell you to stay as low profile as you can. If you can't, at least disguise yourself. Before you're sufficiently powerful enough, try not to attract the Raiders' attention.

"In the memories he left for me, there are some things that he stressed I must pass on to you.

"The first thing is that, among the Raiders, the Primordium of the Lord that plundered Yang Ling's Goldfinger has departed for the universe. However, he left a clone in the great world. This clone has the ability of a Lord as well. Not only that, he wears a surveillance device that the Lord's Goldfinger left behind. The surveillance device monitors the information of any suspected travelers.

"The second thing is that due to the existence of this surveillance device, when we're somewhere with surveillance equipment or if we're on the internet, we can't mention these two keywords—traveler and Raider. This includes the intranet of some organizations, as well as encrypted devices—it's best not to bring up the keywords, as there's no way of guaranteeing complete safety.

"Thirdly, in front of all surveillance equipment or if you're on the internet, never mention the name 'Yang Ling' again, or anything at all regarding Yang Ling. Whether it's via text or voice recording, don't do it at all.

"It's best not to mention my name anymore as well, since it's most probably connected with Yang Ling already. I've given myself a new name—Violet. From now on, just call me that. I'll change my appearance and physical body too." As Hong Zhuang spoke, her body began rapidly transforming into a young lady with short purple hair. She looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old and had a scattering of tiny freckles on her face. She was at least ten centimeters shorter than before.

Lin Huang raised his brows as he watched Hong Zhuang's transformation.

She had used a disguise god sequence relic that could practically deceive most heavenly god-level powerhouses. As for Lin Huang, whose spirit strength had reached peak heavenly god-level, he had seen through her disguise right away. However, it was entirely sufficient for use on a daily basis.

After patiently listening to the precautions that Hong Zhuang had mentioned, Lin Huang felt only a faint sense of sorrow.

Yang Ling was already dead, but his name could not even be mentioned…

From this, the tyranny of the Raiders could be seen.

Not only did they want to take every good thing from an individual, but they also wanted to wipe out every trace of one's existence.

This was viciousness of the highest order!

Lin Huang fell silent for a long time, looking at Hong Zhuang. Her form had changed completely now, and she had purple hair. There was almost no trace to be seen of the former Hong Zhuang.

This woman had truly changed a great deal.

The old Hong Zhuang had been stubborn, untamed, and free. However, in place of that, Lin Huang now saw grief, steadiness, and a strange determination.

Even after hearing her story, it was hard to imagine the things she had gone through over the last few years.

"I definitely have to avenge him…" Lin Huang suddenly spoke.

Hong Zhuang was stunned when she heard this and stared blankly at Lin Huang. She had initially thought that this man would be fearful—afraid that she would bring disaster upon him. She had never expected him to react in this manner.

"Yang Ling was my friend. Even without him, it's only a matter of time before I would be targeted by Raiders." Lin Huang fixed his gaze on Hong Zhuang and continued, "Sooner or later, I'll have to settle the grudge between the Raiders and myself. However, now isn't the time to do so.

"I'm not powerful enough at the moment. One day, though, I'll be so powerful that those people will tremble!

"When the time comes, I'll take that man's head to console Yang Ling's spirit in heaven!"

Although what Lin Huang said sounded like a tall tale, Hong Zhuang was not sure why she found it extremely convincing.

She could be considered someone who had witnessed Lin Huang's growth.

She still remembered that when they had met for the first time, he was only an insignificant bronze-level.

Now, however, Lin Huang had grown into a formidable individual capable of establishing an organization of his own in the great world.

"You can settle down in the Devil Hunter Star Zone with peace of mind. Although this is a remote location, the resources here are sufficient for you to cultivate to heavenly god-level.

"Yang Ling is already dead, and you need time to mourn as well—but don't stay mired in your emotions. Spend more time on cultivation. When humans are busy, they'll naturally have fewer distracting thoughts. In your free time, if you really don't feel like cultivating, getting Lin Xin and the others to go shopping with you for some distraction wouldn't be a bad idea either."

Lin Huang got up slowly after he finished speaking. "I'll show you around first and then introduce you to everyone."

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Chapter 1605: Death Sickle's Missions

Yang Ling had genuinely liked Hong Zhuang. However, Lin Huang was not sure if Hong Zhuang had reciprocated Yang Ling's affections. In any case, he did not wish to probe further into the matter.

However, as Yang Ling's friend, he would fulfill Yang Ling's dying wish, which was to take care of Hong Zhuang for him.

After getting Hong Zhuang settled in, Lin Huang began sorting out his thoughts.

Yang Ling's death gave him an even more acute sense of impending danger.

The Raiders were much more powerful than he had expected, as well as more despicable.

As far as Lin Huang was concerned, the best way to rid himself of this overhanging sense of danger was to elevate his ability.

"Let me max out the number of god rules for my Godly Right integration first, as soon as possible. That way, as soon as I get the half-step Lord God Territories from Virtuoso, I can refine them right away and elevate to heavenly god-level!"

Although there were other channels he could use to elevate his ability, Lin Huang decided to fill up his god rules to capacity first after some consideration.

His Godly Right had already integrated 1.5 billion god rules; in truth, he was fast approaching his limit.

Moreover, this was not a difficult undertaking—it could be achieved by killing Heavenly Gods.

However, Lin Huang wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Therefore, he pulled up the missions page on the Death Sickle forum and began looking for missions.

Although obtaining god rules would be a little slower when hunting down mission targets, he would be able to gain some handsome rewards from the missions themselves.

To Lin Huang, who needed a massive amount of resources to trade many times for half-step Lord God Territories, everything counted, however small. After all, most people's wealth was accumulated bit by bit like this.

If one did not take on any missions today or tomorrow, when would they be able to accumulate the money needed to purchase a half-step Lord God Territory?

"It would be great if I could take out a mortgage… I'd get one that lasts for a million years so I could pay it back slowly!"

When he thought of just how expensive half-step Lord God Territories were, Lin Huang began yearning a little for the mortgages on Earth.

He collected his thoughts somewhat and looked at the missions page again.

The level of difficulty for Gold Sickle missions was fighting Heavenly Gods.

Generally speaking, either the assassination targets would be Heavenly Gods, or he would come into conflict with heavenly god-level powerhouses while carrying out the mission.

Lin Huang glanced through the missions list and realized that the missions were arranged by the time of publication. The ones that were published later would be listed further up on top.

He changed the sorting order right away, opting to list the missions with the most handsome rewards first.

The missions list changed immediately.

Lin Huang looked over everything again and realized there were very few changes in which missions were listed first.

The mission in the top spot was still the same one, which was to kill a half-step heavenly god-level Bug Tribe Queen Mother. It was published over eight thousand years ago.

In eight thousand years, nobody had ever managed to complete this mission.

Lin Huang skipped over it after a mere glance at the heading and continued scrolling down. He did not even look to see what the reward was.

Killing a half-step heavenly god-level powerhouse was still a tall order for him to pull off in a short time.

Furthermore, this was a half-step heavenly god-level Bug Tribe Queen Mother that might have heavenly god-level guards by her side.

Lin Huang looked at the second mission on the list after skipping over the first one.

It was still a familiar heading, also about killing a Bug Tribe Queen Mother.

To be exact, the mission was to kill a fallen Queen Mother that resided in the Abyss.

This fallen Queen Mother possessed half-step heavenly god-level combat strength too.

Lin Huang skipped over this as well and looked at the third mission.

It was the exact same mission as previously—killing the half-step heavenly god-level Succubus Mia.

He shook his head helplessly and quickly scanned down the list.

He skipped past a dozen or more missions for killing half-step Heavenly Gods and looked at those that had ninth-rank heavenly god-level targets.

"Killing God Capital's King Kong…"

"King Kong, saber cultivator, suspected to be class-5.5, ninth-rank heavenly god-level combat strength…"

The first mission listed was to kill King Kong.

Lin Huang was familiar with King Kong. He was the most powerful of all the Heavenly Gods in God Capital, with abilities that might be no less than those of Buried Heaven.

He was an overbearing entity who could directly take on half-step heavenly god-level powerhouses in a fight.

Previously, when the Great Heaven Territory had been opened, King Kong had been the leader of God Capital. Lin Huang had met him once at the time.

"This fellow's abilities might very well be on par with Buried Heaven's. Among the Heavenly Gods in the God Territory, his abilities are definitely in the top three ranks." At present, Lin Huang did not think he would be able to fight a battle with King Kong on equal footing.

After skipping over the mission to kill King Kong, he saw yet another familiar name.

"Kill Peerless Overlord from the Combat God Temple…"

"Peerless Overlord, spear cultivator, suspected to be class-5, ninth-rank heavenly god-level combat strength…"

Peerless Overlord, King Kong, and Buried Heaven were all powerhouses of the same level. The three of them were already at peak heavenly god-level and had been cultivating at ninth-rank heavenly god-level for years in order to break through to lord-level in one fell swoop.

Although a target like this offered extremely handsome rewards, Lin Huang did not consider the mission for the time being.

He resumed scrolling down and finally found a suitable target.

"Killing God Capital's Shen Jue…"

"Shen Jue, saber cultivator, class-5 supreme god-level, ninth-rank heavenly god-level combat strength…"

"Reward for completion of mission: Pseudo-Dao Weapon x1"

Lin Huang had heard of this Shen Jue individual before.

He ranked No. 7 on the God Territory's Heavenly God Leaderboard.

However, Lin Huang's familiarity with him was not because of the Leaderboard, but because Shen Jue's name frequently appeared on Death Sickle's forum.

This fellow was an utter racist.

He had been born into the largest pure blood clan in the God Territory—the Shen family. Not only that, he was a direct descendent of the Shen family. Therefore, since childhood, he had always possessed a superiority complex, regarding everyone else as beneath him.

His looks were unparalleled, but in character, he was brutal and extreme.

To him, all living beings that were not pure blood Protoss were nothing but animals. They were only fit to be slaves.

What he loved most was to buy slaves of various races and subject them to abuse and torture. After he was done, he would then kill them using various methods.

Unfortunately, due to his status and his abilities, everyone else could not say anything. They could only fume in silence.

"This jerk is also on the missions list." Lin Huang raised his brows. "His abilities should be on par with mine now…"

After some consideration, he accepted the mission.

As far as Lin Huang was concerned, accepting easily achieved missions with generous rewards was a matter of course. However, he also felt that more challenging missions afforded him the opportunity to improve.

Besides, this Shen Jue fellow certainly deserved to die!

After accepting the mission to kill Shen Jue, Lin Huang resumed scrolling down the list and came across yet another familiar name.

"Killing God Capital's Shen Yu…"

"Shen Yu, saber cultivator, class-5 supreme god-level, ninth-rank heavenly god-level combat strength…"

"Reward for completion of mission: Pseudo-Dao Weapon x1"

Shen Yu was Shen Jue's older sister by birth; the pair of them were twins.

Brother and sister had grown up together, and their characters were so similar it was as if they came from the same mold. She and Shen Jue were constantly up to no good, and they would even exchange slaves so that they could torment them further.

Rumor was that Shen Yu had been the one who had first given Shen Jue his taste for slave torture.

Her own abilities were also powerful. She was ranked No. 11 on the God Territory's Heavenly God Leaderboard and could be considered extremely talented.

Without hesitation, Lin Huang accepted that mission too.

After that, he continued perusing the list and accepted over 20 missions at once before closing the missions page.

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Chapter 1606: Mixue Ice-Cream And Tea's Sweetness Tea

(TN: The title comes from the name of a famous Chinese bubble tea brand, Mixue Ice-cream and Tea)

Mixue Planet was located in the Milky Star Zone. It was a planet covered in snow all year round, and it produced ice honey.

The plants here were extraordinarily resistant to cold, and most of them could bloom even at -80 degrees Celsius.

On this planet lived a very special species of bee—the Ice Bee—that had unique ice crystal scales on its body. They were impervious to cold weather of even -200 degrees Celsius, and the honey they made was remarkably delicious.

The weather and this specialty product were what gave the planet its name.

The most bustling city on Mixue Planet was Ice City.

Currently, Lin Huang was at one of the bubble tea shops there. While patiently waiting for his target to appear, he sipped on an iced tea called Sweetness Tea.

He had accepted twenty-six missions from Death Sickle all in one go and had also marked out all the mission targets' coordinates one by one. He had then planned out his route based on how easily accessible the location was, from the easiest to the hardest.

Milky Star Zone was less than thirty thousand light-years away from the Devil Hunter Star Zone. A dimensional portal would take him straight there.

Therefore, the target on Mixue Planet naturally became the first on Lin Huang's list.

This round, his target was Este, the governor of Ice City, who was also the master of the entire Milky Star Zone domain.

His main cultivation path was ice elemental truth. In terms of abilities, he was ranked No. 97 on the God Territory's Heavenly God Leaderboard and could be considered a powerhouse.

He had a particular obsession for freezing living people into ice sculptures which he then displayed in his showroom. In his ice sculpture collection, there were not only Protoss and humans but also beings from many other tribes. He had over a thousand of these sculptures.

As a result, he took great pride in his collection and had designated himself an "ice sculpture artist".

Lin Huang wrapped himself in a heavy trench coat, not because he was cold, but because everyone else was wearing thick clothes.

He sipped on his iced tea, waiting patiently for Este to show up.

According to the information he had received, Este would come to this shop to get iced tea every morning.

Halfway through his drink, Lin Huang slowly glanced up and saw his mission target gradually coming closer. A faint smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth.

A red gleam suddenly flared at the opening of his sleeve.

The next instant, the ice-blue bearded Este suddenly stopped in his tracks and toppled to the ground immediately after.

Nobody noticed that the storage ring on Este's finger had quietly disappeared without a trace, along with the God Territory in his body.

At the same time, Lin Huang had also vanished into thin air.

The powerhouse who was ranked No. 97 on the Heavenly God Leaderboard was disposed of within seconds, just like that.

In all honesty, Lin Huang would have certainly found it difficult to kill Este in a direct confrontation.

However, he had used a telekinetic flying dagger to launch a stealth attack. At such close proximity, given the flying dagger's speed, Este had been unable to dodge at all.

Furthermore, Lin Huang had compounded this telekinetic flying dagger—a top-grade god sequence relic—with eighteen levels of sequence power and Sword Dao heavenly rule.

Even if it had been Buried Heaven or King Kong, they might not have had time to react either if they encountered a stealth attack like this from such close proximity.

After taking care of the first target, Lin Huang immediately withdrew and left without any hesitation.

"Second target, Gu Ming…"

After killing his first target, Lin Huang had no plans to rest. He immediately headed to the location of his second target and began his second hunt…

On the first day after accepting the missions, he successfully killed seventeen targets within a short twenty-four hours.

Each target was killed by a single telekinetic flying dagger strike. Lin Huang did not have to use a second telekinetic flying dagger on any of them.

He killed seventeen ninth-rank Heavenly Gods within a day; thirteen of them were also in the top one hundred rankings on the Heavenly God Leaderboard. Lin Huang killed all of them within seconds!

This made all the major organizations panic.

Many grade-5 and even grade-6 organizations felt as if they were confronting a mortal enemy and were afraid that their organizations would be targeted. After all, ninth-rank Heavenly Gods possessed the highest combat strength within their organizations. Losing these Heavenly Gods would be a crippling blow.

All the major organizations were speculating as to who this assassin might be.

Naturally, the news spread to Death Sickle as well. Very soon, the members in Death Sickle discovered that someone had accepted many difficult missions on the missions list. Furthermore, the seventeen people who had died were all targets of these particular missions. The missions had yet to be submitted, though, so they had no idea who exactly might be behind them.

However, many people in Death Sickle's inner circle suspected that Buried Heaven was responsible.

This was because thirteen of the targets were in the top one hundred ranks on the Heavenly God Leaderboard, and they had been killed almost instantly. As far as everyone knew, out of all Death Sickle's Gold Sickles, Buried Heaven was the only one who could pull this off.

After a busy first day, Lin Huang did not slow down on the second day either.

He rapidly disposed of his eighteenth, nineteenth, and other subsequent targets.

By dawn of the third day, Lin Huang had completed twenty-four missions.

Only two targets remained—Shen Jue and Shen Yu.

The twins' territory was located within the core zone of the God Territory—a fiefdom that God Capital had allocated to them.

This was also the most difficult thing about the mission.

God Capital's headquarters was guarded by a Lord. Not only that, there were several half-step Lords who were stationed across God Capital's various territories.

Shen Jue and Shen Yu's fiefdom was not far from the territory of one of God Capital's half-step Lords.

Therefore, the greatest difficulty in killing the pair lay not in their inherently powerful abilities but in the fact that Lin Huang had to dispatch them swiftly and then escape from God Capital's territory.

Based on the information provided by Death Sickle, Lin Huang had to kill both Shen Jue and Shen Yu within three seconds and then teleport out in order to successfully complete this mission.

If not, the half-step Lord from the next territory would hasten to the scene.

Furthermore, once the half-step Lord had sprung into action, the Lord who was guarding God Capital would send his consciousness over right away.

In other words, even if the half-step Lord powerhouse were the one making a move, Lin Huang would die on the spot if he were unable to escape in time.

'I only have one chance to attack. Whether I manage to kill them or not, I have to leave immediately.' Upon entering Gemini, Lin Huang had gone into complete seclusion and was now cracking his head over how to complete this mission.

He was also aware that his two-day killing spree had alerted the various major organizations, including God Capital, which was a grade-7 organization.

After all, the ones killed were all ninth-rank heavenly god-level, and most of them were well-known figures on the Heavenly God Leaderboard. Not only that, they had been instantly killed and completely unable to defend themselves.

The several grade-7 organizations were rather worried that their young potentials would be targeted.

After all, individuals who had been singled out for nurturing all had the potential to become Lords and were immensely talented.

The siblings, Shen Jue and Shen Yu, happened to be young potentials of this sort.

God Capital was a gathering ground for pure blood Protoss, and most members looked down on other tribes. Theoretically, they did not think that there was anything wrong with the twins. At most, they thought their behavior was rather cruel; no one disciplined them either.

God Capital's upper echelons were not unaware of the things the pair had done behind their backs. They merely turned a blind eye and acted as if they saw nothing.

This was why over the years, the siblings had become increasingly unreasonable and ruthless.

However, as far as Lin Huang was concerned, the duo's behavior was completely unforgivable.

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Chapter 1607: Gemini

Gemini was where siblings Shen Jue and Shen Yu were stationed.

Since many ninth-rank geniuses on the Heavenly God Leaderboard's ranking list had been killed one after the other, the twins' movements had been curtailed by God Capital's upper echelons. The siblings had been unable to leave Gemini for the past few days.

God Capital's upper echelons thought it would be the safest for them to stay on Gemini.

The minute something went awry, the half-step Lord would be able to get there at once.

Not only that, God Capital was now regulating all entries and departures from Gemini. Any powerhouses above heavenly god-level who wished to enter Gemini would have to submit a complete set of identification documents for review; they would only be allowed entry if they passed. For high-level Heavenly Gods and half-step Lords, the process was especially stringent.

However, none of this had anything to do with Lin Huang. No matter what, he still looked like a True God.

In God Capital's eyes, he was the completely harmless type.

Lin Huang disguised himself prominently as a tourist over the next few days and visited various tourist attractions. In reality, though, he was secretly gathering information while waiting patiently for the chance to carry out the assassinations.

Seven days passed as he waited…

In the Gemini God Palace on Gemini, a lady in a white dress and purple stilettos was standing on the back of a muscular Protoss.

The Protoss retained his human form and was at least three meters tall. His body was knotted with muscles, and he was clad only in a pair of underpants. At the moment, he was crawling on the ground on all fours like a dog, letting the lady stand on his back as she pleased. Around his neck was a collar with a black chain attached to it. The lady was holding the other end of the chain.

"Three Two Six, go to Shen Jue's courtyard."

The muscular Protoss immediately began crawling, going as fast as the wind.

Judging by his speed alone, his abilities were definitely those of a heavenly god-level powerhouse.

However, this powerful being was not only chained like a dog, but he was also submitting to the lady's orders.

It only took a moment for the Protoss to arrive at a particular courtyard, bearing the lady on his back.

However, once he got to the entrance, he stopped and prostrated himself on the ground.

The lady in the white dress stepped forward on her stilettos and trod on his head, taking her time to hop down slowly.

She then casually fastened the chain around the neck of a stone sculpture at the entrance, then went through the gate.

After seeing the lady in the white dress through the gate, the muscled Protoss glanced at the length of the chain between him and the stone sculpture. It did not seem long enough for him to sit up, so he crawled two steps forward to try and shorten the distance. When he saw that the chain had loosened significantly, he slowly got up and tried to sit down.

However, before he could be fully seated, the chain tightened completely—it was not long enough.

He hurriedly stopped trying to get up, worried that he might accidentally break the chain. Once again, he lay down and prostrated himself helplessly on the ground.

In reality, the chain was looped around the stone sculpture several times. He could absolutely have unwound the chain twice, and it would be sufficient length for him to be able to sit. However, he did not dare to touch it at all.

The lady in the white dress and purple stilettos went into the courtyard and slipped quickly into a large palace.

In the deep recesses of the palace was a naked lady tied to a metal stand.

She had seven foxtails growing from her lower back—she was obviously was a member of the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe.

The Nine-tailed Fox Tribe was part of the Protoss. A nine-tailed lord-level powerhouse had even emerged previously, and they had attained the rank of a grade-7 organization.

However, since the death of that particular Lord, the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe had been utterly reduced to a grade-6 organization. Not only that, for thousands of years, they were ranked at the bottom of all the grade-6 organizations.

Despite their decline, theoretically, members of the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe should not have been reduced to the level of slaves.

Clearly, this nine-tailed fox had not been obtained via legal channels.

"What? It's been over a month now, and this girl still hasn't yielded?" The lady in the white dress seemed to be enjoying the show. She was watching a man who bore ninety percent resemblance to her whipping the nine-tailed fox lady with a whip imbued with a thunder god sequence chain. Not only was the lady in white devoid of sympathy, but she also seemed eager, as if she would like to have a go with the whip herself.

"Her God's soul is already ninth-rank, and she has immense force of will. I've tried countless ways over the past few months, but the results are insignificant. All I can do is torture her slowly." Upon hearing that, the man wielded the whip twice more before stopping. He turned around and looked at the lady in the white dress, "However, there will come a day when I'll make her kneel on the ground and lick my toes willingly and obediently."

In appearance, he was extremely handsome—he could even be considered pretty. If he were on Earth, he would certainly outshine all the young, pretty-boy celebrities. The white suit he wore set off his charisma, making him look extraordinarily refined.

However, those who were acquainted with him knew that although he looked good on the surface, there was nothing else good about him. He was rotten on the inside—even more odious than the Disasters in the Abyss.

"Why did you come here today?"

"You're my brother. Can't I visit you when I have nothing to do?" The lady in the white dress said with a smile.

"If you're not here for anything in particular, I'll resume what I'm doing," the man in the white suit said and raised the whip in his hand.

"Aren't you bored after being confined for a week?" The lady in the white dress asked in exasperation.

"The old geezers won't let us go out. What can I do?" The man in the white suit more or less guessed the purpose of his older sister's visit.

"I heard there'll be good stuff at the auction tonight," the lady in the white dress commented.

"What you think is good might not be something I find acceptable." The man in the white suit feigned indifference.

"Do you think I don't know your taste? Don't worry, there are things that will suit you."

Only then did the man in the white suit turn around and look at his sister. "What about the old geezers?"

"It's not like we're leaving Gemini. We can't stay in all the time. It's been a week!" The lady in the white dress sounded rather annoyed as she spoke, "Do they think we're pet birds they can lock in a cage?!"

"That's true. It's been a week, and there's been no more news about other Heavenly Gods being assassinated. I wonder what those old geezers are worried about." The man in the white suit was not very happy either. "Who would be foolhardy enough to barge into God Capital territory to kill someone?!"

"That's right!" The lady in the white dress agreed, "The minute the half-step Lord shows up here, the Lord would sense it. The assassin wouldn't even have a chance to attack. If they were heavenly god-level and we joined forces to fight, even if we're no match for Buried Heaven and King Kong, it wouldn't be hard to drag things out for a couple of hours. Besides, it will only take three to five seconds for the half-step Lord to get here."

The man in the white suit abruptly fell silent. Naturally, he knew that his sister was exaggerating their abilities. He had seen King Kong fight; he was very much aware that they would not be able to hold out for an hour even if he joined forces with his sister. In fact, it would be hard to last for even half an hour. However, he also felt it should not be a problem for them to hold out until the half-step Lord arrived.

"Given how vigilant that bunch of old higher-ups is, they probably aren't going to let us out for at least a month." The man in the white suit thought this over. "If we want to go out, we'll have to sneak out."

"I think so too." the lady in the white dress nodded in agreement, "Anyway, we're not leaving Gemini. Even if they find out later on, at most, they'll just give us an earful."

"Alright, that's set then. After dinner, we'll each leave a clone behind to cover up for our absence, then we'll meet up directly at the entrance to the black market." The man in the white suit officially finalized the plans for their outing.

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Chapter 1608: The Joys Of The Rich

Lin Huang headed straight to the black market after dinner.

There was an underground auction there tonight.

He had heard that there would be slaves of various tribes among the items up for bid.

Lin Huang knew that the siblings, Shen Jue and Shen Yu, would be there.

It had been a week since the consecutive killings of the Heavenly Gods who were on the Heavenly God Leaderboard's ranking list.

Throughout the week, this incident had stirred heated discussions everywhere.

At first, most people speculated that Buried Heaven was responsible. However, someone confirmed that Buried Heaven had gone into the Abyss with an expedition of troops and had not come out yet.

There were also several people who thought it might be Xiu Mu from Death Sickle, who had risen to fame recently. However, others quickly shot this speculation down.

After all, although Lin Huang had obtained the highest combat results under the guise of Xiu Mu a couple of months ago, he had only killed third-rank heavenly god-level powerhouses. Furthermore, he was only a True God.

Many of the dead victims were geniuses from various organizations and had been on the Heavenly God Leaderboard's ranking list. Anyone who could make it into the Heavenly God Leaderboard rankings was the cream of the crop among ninth-rank Heavenly Gods. Their abilities were beyond those of any ordinary ninth-rank Heavenly God. Any individual who could kill these people almost instantly had to be either a half-step Lord or a peak heavenly god-level powerhouse like Buried Heaven.

Many people had no doubts about Xiu Mu's ability once he elevated to ninth-rank heavenly god-level in the future. They even felt that he might surpass Buried Heaven.

However, logically speaking, it was less than half a year since Xiu Mu had first shown his face in public. No matter how talented he was, it was impossible for his combat strength to advance a whole level within such a short time and elevate to ninth-rank heavenly god-level.

The name Xiu Mu merely came to everyone's mind for a second and was then immediately buried and forgotten.

Anyway, there were other assassin organizations in the God Territory as well, apart from Death Sickle. Not only that, but the assassin might also be from outside the God Territory.

After several days of enthusiastic discussion, Lin Huang's temporary pause in the killings caused the popularity of the topic to gradually die down.

On the internet, with its constant information explosion, everyone had short memories. They were easily distracted by new things as well.

This was what Lin Huang wanted because he knew that if the topic grew more popular, it would only make it more difficult for him to kill his last two targets.

After entering the auction grounds, he quickly found himself a seat.

After sitting down, he began looking around.

This sort of illegal underground auction happened from time to time with no fixed schedule. Each time, the venue would either be temporarily erected, or rented to avoid the event being reported.

The auction venue in Gemini's black market was not very large and could only hold three thousand people. There was no VIP room either.

It was just an open hall with thirty rows of seats in total, with one hundred seats per row.

Lin Huang's seat was in the last row—the thirtieth row—and was beside the walkway, closest to the door.

One of the reasons why he picked this seat was that if anyone were sitting behind him, they would notice something unusual if he made any moves, however small. Another reason was that this was the most convenient seat for leaving the hall.

He chose to carry out the assassination inside the venue, as there were many uncertain factors if he were to attempt the killings while his targets were on their way to the auction.

If the two targets did not depart at the same time, he could only kill one of them and would have to give up on his second target.

No such issue existed if the assassination took place in the venue itself because the siblings would meet there sooner or later. All he had to do was to wait patiently for the two of them to appear.

Moreover, during this period when everyone was jittery, Shen Jue and Shen Yu's status and potential in God Capital meant they would certainly have powerful guardians covertly following them.

In a place with a crowd, it would also be easier to distract these guardians.

Lin Huang's arrival at the venue was considered relatively early; after he went in, more people began showing up rapidly.

Seeing that the first row was fast filling up, Lin Huang became increasingly uncertain whether or not Shen Jue and Shen Yu would come.

After all, the guest list was completely confidential, and he was only guessing that they would make an appearance since there were slaves at the auction this time. He was not one hundred percent certain that they would.

Right as the auction was about to officially start and the auctioneer was waiting to go on stage, two figures finally showed up late.

These two individuals were a lady in a white dress and a man in a white suit.

Both of them looked ninety percent similar to each other. In face and form, they were so utterly perfect that no one could find anything to nitpick.

Their appearance soon attracted the attention of everyone in the venue, including Lin Huang's.

These two were no other than the targets he intended to kill—the siblings Shen Jue and Shen Yu!

Despite having attracted everyone's attention as soon as they showed up, the twins' expressions betrayed no signs of surprise, as if they were already used to such reactions.

Shen Yu held onto Shen Jue's arm, and they slowly made their way to the last two seats on the first row. They occupied the two best seats in the entire auction.

However, nobody objected.

On Gemini, even tourists were aware of who the siblings were.

Lin Huang smirked faintly. He might well be the happiest person in the venue to see the brother and sister.

The thing he had been most worried about for his plan this time was if the pair did not make an appearance. If they did not come, he would have wasted his efforts. Not only that, he had no idea when he would have another opportunity to make his move.

To Lin Huang, the twins showing up now was the equivalent of completing half his assassination mission.

Lin Huang did not attack right away when he saw the siblings taking their seats. Instead, he waited patiently.

The auction had yet to begin, so there was no one to distract the crowd's attention from him. It was not the best time to attack.

After Shen Jue and Shen Yu entered, the auctioneer checked the time, then made his way on stage.

After some opening remarks, the underground auction officially began!

"Let's look at the first item we have up for bids today!" As the auctioneer spoke, he pulled off the red cloth that covered the item, revealing a suit of golden armor.

Lin Huang could not see what was so special about this item. It was just a top-grade god sequence relic, and the craftsmanship could not be considered particularly exquisite. He had no idea why it would be sold as part of an underground auction.

However, he noticed that many people seemed to be interested in this suit of armor.

Just when he was having doubts, the auctioneer finally began introducing the item.

"I'm sure many of our guests can tell that this is a suit of General's Armor from the Combat God Temple. Even in the Combat God Temple, only the top Heavenly Gods have the right to purchase it. Under normal circumstances, something like this would be prohibited from being displayed anywhere outside of the Combat God Temple. Therefore, in the entire God Territory, apart from the Combat God Temple, it's said that only three people own such a collectible.

"I wonder which of our guests will be able to obtain this collectible and become the legendary fourth person to own one…"

After listening to the auctioneer's description of the item up for bid, Lin Huang suddenly realized that the suit of armor was contraband goods from the Combat God Temple.

Some powerful organizations possessed exclusive equipment that was strictly for their own internal use. This set of armor was clearly one of these items.

As such, it was no longer a god sequence relic but a limited edition collectible.

As potential purchasers kept shouting bids continuously, the price skyrocketed. Within ten seconds, it had gone up to triple the price of regular top-grade god sequence relic battle armor and was still getting increasingly higher.

All Lin Huang could say was that the joys of the rich were things one could not even begin to imagine.

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Chapter 1609: Here's My Chance

"I believe many men here will be interested in the second collectible we have today…"

The auctioneer removed the red cloth covering the display case. Within the transparent case was an exquisite bottle the size of a human palm.

Lin Huang stared at the bottle for a little bit. It was nothing special—just a regular jade bottle. The patterns carved onto it added to its aesthetics, but they were actually divine patterns for sealing off its aura.

However, Lin Huang could obviously sense that many of the men present began to breathe more heavily once they saw this collectible.

They must be coveting whatever the bottle contained.

Right as Lin Huang was puzzling over this, the auctioneer finally announced the name of this collectible—the Desire Elixir!

Lin Huang still looked confused after he heard the name of the item. He had never heard of such a thing before.

Fortunately, the auctioneer seemed to have taken into consideration that there might be people who knew nothing about the item's provenance or its use, so he launched into an explanation.

"The Desire Elixir is a rare and very special potion. This bottle that you see before you came into the auction house's hands by chance. There are no reliable channels for obtaining it.

"There are two main reasons for this elixir's rarity. One is that there are very few apothecaries who know the formula. At present, in the entire God Territory, there are perhaps only two or three individuals who can formulate this potion. The other reason is that its main ingredient is the blood of Abyssal Desires, which is extremely difficult to obtain!"

Lin Huang was stunned when he heard Abyssal Desires being mentioned.

A Desire was a type of Disaster derived from extreme desire and Abyssal energy.

'Can we really use an elixir made from the blood of something like that?' Lin Huang had already guessed the so-called Desire Elixir's general function without the need for further explanation from the auctioneer.

No matter how thoroughly the apothecary had purified the elixir from Abyssal energy and negative emotions, its ingredients alone meant that it could not be auctioned or sold legally.

It could only be put up for bid at underground auctions.

A short while later, the auctioneer began describing the elixir's powers after he had finished boasting about its rarity and how difficult it was to produce.

He added many exaggerated embellishments, but they were not too far from Lin Huang's speculations.

This potion was an extremely powerful aphrodisiac with strong hallucinogenic properties.

The auctioneer even admitted that it could be slightly addictive.

However, the word 'slightly' made Lin Huang scoff. If this could cause even half-step Lords to become addicted, one could imagine how tremendously habit-forming such a thing could be for less powerful Heavenly Gods and True Gods.

Even if one did not take into account the main ingredients and focused only on the elixir's function, it was inconceivable that the various major organizations would allow this to be sold legally through the proper channels.

What made Lin Huang speechless was that Shen Jue and Shen Yu also joined in the bidding wars, even bidding against each other a few times.

In the end, the two seemed to come to some sort of agreement and stopped bidding against each other.

Shen Jue managed to obtain the Desire Elixir at a high price, equivalent to that of a Pseudo-Dao Weapon.

This made Lin Huang greatly covet the storage rings the twins were wearing.

He knew that they were definitely wealthy, based on their extravagant bids.

After the second item sold, the auction continued.

The subsequent items that were put up for sale made Lin Huang realize why this was an underground auction.

Among the auction items were limbs of unpurified Abyssal creatures, exclusive items obtained from major organizations, including grade-7 ones, as well as strange, peculiar cursed items. There were even the remains of half-step Lords from sources unknown…

The entire auction went on in a heated frenzy, with endless bids being shouted out.

To avoid suspicion, Lin Huang bid numerous times as well.

He bid on exclusive items from the Combat God Temple and Death Sickle, two cursed items, and the remains of three half-step Lords.

In truth, he was genuinely interested in the remains of the three half-step Lords. This was because, according to what the auctioneer had said, the God Territories within their bodies were intact and had not been stripped away.

However, in the end, all his bids were unsuccessful. He was completely unable to go up against the others.

As for the remnants of the three half-step Lords, Shen Jue bought the female remains, while Shen Yu bought those of the two males.

Both of them bid so high it was ridiculous.

The female half-step Lord's remains were eventually sold for the price equivalent of seven Pseudo-Dao Weapons.

Shen Yu's bid was the price equivalent of six Pseudo-Dao Weapons for the two male remains.

Everyone else could not compete with them at all.

Watching the pair and their starting bids, Lin Huang could not help exclaiming secretly in his mind, 'Are Pseudo-Dao Weapons worth so little this year?!"

After the remains of the three half-step Lords had been sold off, the auction finally entered the next session—the auction of living creatures.

As soon as it began, a huge case was brought on stage.

The auctioneer removed the red cloth, revealing an inky-black monster sealed in a transparent crystal cylinder.

Lin Huang's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this.

He had come across such a monster in the Abyss not long ago. It was an abyssal monster called the Ink Killer.

Its combat strength was usually that of a high-level Heavenly God, and its main cultivation path was Shadow Elemental Truth. It was extremely proficient in the art of killing by stealth.

Although the one on stage had been sealed within the crystal, its aura was still able to seep through faintly. It was obviously still alive.

Lin Huang could sense that this Ink Killer's combat strength was only seventh-rank.

Although its combat strength was low, in the Abyss, this creature could severely harm even a ninth-rank heavenly god-level powerhouse if it managed to successfully ambush them.

A living creature like this was most certainly a dangerous item!

Lin Huang felt that anyone who wished to purchase this would be just asking for death.

Even an Imperial Censor could not tame this creature.

That was because a monster like this harbored only murderous intent within its mind, and it possessed only partial consciousness. All living things were its prey.

However, Lin Huang had not expected that there would be successive waves of bids, even after the auctioneer had introduced the item.

Subsequently, he watched, somewhat speechless, at the abyssal monsters being auctioned off one by one. He had no idea what those people were going to do with the creatures they had purchased.

'Do they have nothing better to do except purchase Abyssal creatures, then feed themselves and their families to them?' Lin Huang could not help secretly ridiculing the bidders.

After the auction of Abyssal creatures ended, the auction of living creatures went on.

It was already the early hours of the morning now, but the auction did not seem like it would be ending any time soon.

Lin Huang continued waiting patiently. In truth, there were a few times when he had wanted to make his move, but he had restrained himself in the end.

This was because even when the remains of the half-step Lords came up for auction, there was no upsurge in the twins' emotions.

If he attacked under such circumstances, it might alert the siblings.

He wanted to wait for an opportunity when the pair's attention was fully focused on the item up for bids.

Since Lin Huang had withheld making his move, the auction proceeded smoothly to the last session at around one in the morning—the auction of slaves!

Lin Huang noticed that even before the session began, Shen Yu and Shen Jue's behavior was clearly different from before. Even their sitting posture was no longer indolent.

'Here's my chance…' Lin Huang's lips curled up in the slightest of smirks.

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Chapter 1610: An Unexpected Fight That Benefits A Third Party

Many of those present started breathing heavily when they saw the auction item that was being brought on stage.

A lot of them had come to this underground auction specifically for the slaves.

The siblings Shen Jue and Shen Yu were two such individuals. They had bid on other things just because those items happened to be there.

On stage, the auctioneer quickly removed the red cloth from the crystal display case.

Sealed inside the crystal was a living female being with a snake's tail. Her upper body was no different from that of a human female and extremely impressive to boot.

She was completely naked, with only a line of sigils encircling her neck. This was for controlling slaves and was concealable. The auction house had intentionally revealed it to show the guests that this slave was under restriction and controlled.

What primarily caught Lin Huang's attention was that the snake lady's tail was golden.

'They managed to capture something like this as well?'

He could not help giving vent to a secret exclamation about how capable the auction's organizers were.

"The item being auctioned this round is a snake woman," the auctioneer said calmly upon seeing how stirred the crowd was, "I'm sure all our guests have noticed that this isn't an ordinary snake woman, but a class-5 supreme god-level Golden-scaled Snake Woman.

"There's a secret in the Snake Woman Tribe that most of the guests here might not be aware of. That is, the Snake Queen of each successive generation in the Tribe is selected from among the princesses. How then are these princesses selected?"

The auctioneer paused and looked around. He only answered the question, smiling, after seeing that nobody volunteered a reply.

"There's only one selection requirement for the princesses in the Snake Woman Tribe—they have to be class-5 supreme god-level! It has nothing to do with their combat strength or their clan. As long as they're class-5 supreme god-level, they will acquire the title of 'Princess' right away and become a candidate for succession to the Snake Queen's throne.

"If the Snake Queen dies and there's only one princess, she doesn't even have to go through any selection—she'll directly inherit the position of Snake Queen.

"In other words, we're auctioning off a princess of the Snake Woman Tribe. Who knows, she even might be the future Snake Queen!"

Lin Huang felt he had learned something new when he heard this. It was also his first time hearing the selection rules for choosing the Snake Queen's successor.

The crowd went absolutely wild.

Everyone understood the underlying meaning of what the auctioneer was saying.

If they could obtain this Snake Woman princess and come up with a suitable plan—for instance, killing off the Snake Queen and the other Snake Woman princesses—they could have their slave inherit the Snake Queen's position. This would give them control over the entire Snake Woman Tribe.

Although the population of the Snake Woman Tribe was low and they were not considered a major tribe in the God Territory, there might just be a half-step Lord in the tribe—perhaps even more than one.

Gaining control of a tribe like this would be the equivalent of controlling a top grade-6 organization.

Naturally, Lin Huang caught the hidden meaning behind the auctioneer's words. However, he was not thinking about the affairs of the Snake Woman Tribe—rather, he was considering the situation in the Nephilic Judge Tribe.

Ever since Kylie's elevation to class-6, she had become the queen of the entire Nephilic Judge Tribe. In actuality, this also meant that Lin Huang secretly controlled the fate of the entire Nephilic Judge Tribe.

The Nephilic Judge Tribe was much more powerful than the Snake Woman Tribe.

Among the numerous pieces of information she had passed on to Lin Huang, Kylie had conveyed a specific detail to him once.

There were only three visible half-step Lords in the Nephilic Judge Tribe, but the actual number might be double that. Furthermore, there might also be still-living lord-level patriarchs; it was just that they had not made an appearance in this era.

The abilities that this tribe displayed publicly were just the tip of the iceberg.

This was also why Lin Huang had dismissed the idea of using a summons to compel Kylie to return. Instead, he had agreed to Bloody's plan, which was to have Kylie remain with the Nephilic Judge Tribe.

Thanks to the auctioneer stirring up the crowd, the bidding for this first slave was extraordinarily intense.

The siblings Shen Yu and Shen Jue were bidding continuously.

However, they were not the only wealthy ones present at the auction. There were also several others who kept bidding against the twins and were not willing to give up.

One lady even raised the bid to the price of a Dao Weapon, scaring off a few competitors.

It was not just the people present who were puzzled; even Lin Huang was confused at this.

A price like that was enough to buy a half-step lord-level slave.

This Golden-scaled Snake Woman was only third-rank heavenly god-level, after all. However incredible her potential, one would still need to invest in resources to train her.

As for what the auctioneer had said about controlling the entire Snake Woman Tribe through her, it was utterly ridiculous.

The Snake Queen of the present era was a half-step Lord. According to the succession rules for the Snake Queen that the auctioneer had described, the Snake Queen currently in power should be at least class-5 supreme god-level.

The abilities of a class-5 supreme god-level half-step Lord would certainly be outstanding even among half-step Lords. How could she be assassinated so easily?

Those who did possess the ability to kill the Snake Queen would not covet the Snake Woman Tribe either.

Lin Huang could understand why Shen Yu and Shen Jue were bidding. After all, the pair loved to collect slaves.

However, he could not understand why the lady sitting in the same row as him was bidding so furiously.

Could it be that this lady had the same interests as the sibling?

However, in terms of wealth, in the end, it was still the twins who were more solid financially.

When the lady saw that the siblings were still bidding after she had raised the price to that of a Dao Weapon, she dropped out and did not continue.

The siblings seemed to have come to a quick agreement, and Shen Jue raised the bid for the Golden-scaled Snake Woman to the price of a Dao Weapon and two Pseudo-Dao Weapons.

Just when the auctioneer was about to announce that the bid had been successful, an incident suddenly occurred in the venue.

The lady in the same row as Lin Huang—the one who had been bidding—suddenly made a move. She thrust a hand out and made a snatch at the crystal that contained the Golden-scaled Snake Woman.

Even Lin Huang's pupils contracted when he saw her claws. She was clearly a half-step Lord.

At that moment, a hand extended out of thin air on the stage and swung a punch at the lady's sharp claws.

It was another half-step Lord!

Right as everyone's attention was focused on the two half-step Lords, Lin Huang immediately went into action without any hesitation.

Two blood-red gleams shot out from his sleeve like faint, almost imperceptible electric arcs, heading straight for Shen Jue and Shen Yu.

The two half-step Lords immediately became aware of the covert assassin within their midst—Lin Huang. The lady ignored him, while the man who held her in check wanted to attempt a rescue. However, seeing that the lady wanted to seize the opportunity and circumvent him, he withdrew the hand he had extended.

The two half-step Lords started fighting once more.

Since everyone present was focused on the two half-step Lords, nobody else had noticed Lin Huang's attack at all.

Shen Yu and Shen Jue were craning their necks to watch the battle as well. By the time death threatened them, even if they had wanted to react, it was already too late.

This time, within Lin Huang's eighteen compounded levels of sequence power, not only were there multiple speed-type powers but there were also two concealment-type powers. Only when the attack presented itself right before Shen Jue and Shen Yu was its murderous intent revealed.

Two telekinetic flying daggers with eighteen compounded levels of sequence power and Sword Dao heavenly rule—both weapons on par with top-grade god sequence relics —pierced through the sibling's heads like lightning bolts.

Almost at the same time, Lin Huang immediately appeared in a flash beside the two bodies. He extended multiple telekinetic threads, picking up the two headless corpses so he could put them in his storage space.

However, at this point, the half-step Lord at the auction finally had a moment to strike at Lin Huang with his palm.

"You stay right where you are!"

However, Lin Huang smirked, "You can't make me."

The next instant, he suddenly crushed a card.

A golden saber gleam consolidated out of thin air before him. It was only a meter long and looked nothing out of the ordinary.

Of course, the saber gleam was not Lin Huang's technique; he had replicated it using a Skill Card. It was the last trump card Saber9 had used when he killed Nine Gloom—the attack that had been triggered using the survival measures left behind by his Primordium.

Since the power of the attack remained below lord-level, the grade-5 Skill Card authorization that Lin Huang possessed happened to be able to replicate it, so he did just that.

In actuality, aside from Saber9's attack, Lin Huang had also replicated the attack from Virtuoso's survival measures.

He had done that to prevent a situation like this from happening.

He had never thought it would actually be put to use.

The golden saber gleam collided with the half-step Lord's palm print, stirring up a terrifying energy storm.

"Is this fellow a half-step Lord as well?!"

Amid the two half-step Lords' astonishment, Lin Huang's figure had already vanished with the two headless corpses…

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Chapter 1611: Maligned Even After Death

After killing the siblings Shen Yu and Shen Jue, Lin Huang randomly located a Death Sickle branch and submitted the missions. After that, he returned to the Devil Hunter Star Zone straight away.

As soon as he arrived at the Devil Hunter Star Zone, he immediately passed the storage rings he had obtained over the last few days to Hong Zhuang so she could unlock them.

Most of the great world's storage equipment technology was copied from the human world. The God Territory was no exception.

Even if the Goldfinger's capabilities had been significantly reduced, to Hong Zhuang—who had inherited Yang Ling's Goldfinger—unlocking dimensional equipment like this could more or less be considered the easiest task of all.

In less than half an hour, she had unlocked all thirty-four storage rings.

Throughout the entire process, Hong Zhuang did not once use her Divine Telekinesis to discover what exactly these storage rings contained.

She knew that her current position was awkward in the extreme. After all, the few occasions she had met Lin Huang in the past were probably not entirely pleasant as far as he was concerned. Now that she was under his protection, it was only natural that she wanted to show her worth.

She genuinely did not covet the items in the storage rings.

She knew that she would not lack for cultivation resources at all, now that she was staying in the Devil Hunter Star Zone.

Therefore, she did not so much as even glance at whatever these valuable storage rings might contain.

After receiving the unlocked storage rings, Lin Huang returned to his own courtyard.

Here, a quaint, antique house with three floors had been designated for his exclusive use.

In terms of interior size, it did not seem very big—the three floors only added up to three hundred square meters or so. In reality, however, this was a top-grade dimensional god sequence relic. It was just that the interior and exterior had been decorated to look like a Chinese villa.

Lin Huang entered the house and sat down on the sofa right away. He took out all thirty-four storage rings and placed them on the coffee table. He then began checking through them one by one.

As he did so, the expression on his face became increasingly peculiar.

This was not because he had gained very little—it was because the profits obtained from this round of missions were far too astounding!

Of the twenty-six targets he had killed, eighteen of them were ranked on the God Territory's Heavenly God Leaderboard. The eight of them who were not on the Leaderboard were either from major organizations or were members of major clans.

The value of the items in almost every storage ring far surpassed Lin Huang's expectations.

"I thought Shen Yu and Shen Jue were extra wealthy because they were direct Protoss descendants in God Capital. I had no idea even grade-5 and grade-6 elders would have such an extensive array of collector's items!"

Naturally, out of all the storage rings, it was the siblings' collections that were the most astonishing.

Lin Huang felt that the twins' net worth might even have surpassed some half-step Lords.

Since the Gemini auction did not require immediate payment per item, and a lump sum would be paid after the entire auction had ended, the siblings had not paid for the items they had successfully made a bid on.

In the twins' storage rings, Lin Huang saw not one, but two Dao Weapons and close to thirty Pseudo-Dao Weapons. There were also over two hundred top-grade god sequence relics… that was not even counting the staggering piles of Divine Crystals and various other energy crystals.

What shocked Lin Huang the most was that there was also a half-step lord-level God's Dead Body Puppet in Shen Jue's storage ring.

This seemed like it might be a treasure that God Capital had given the siblings as a life-saving measure. Unfortunately, at the auction earlier, Shen Jue had been killed instantly before he even had time to use it.

While Lin Huang returned to the Devil Hunter Star Zone and leisurely inventoried his loot, the entire God Territory was already in an uproar.

The news of the twins Shen Yu and Shen Jue being killed in Gemini by a half-step Lord spread like wildfire throughout the entire God Territory in less than half an hour.

One must know that the siblings were powerhouses who were high on the ranking list of the God Territory's Heavenly God Leaderboard. One was ranked No. 9, the other No. 11.

They could almost be considered peak entities among those at heavenly god-level.

However, these two powerhouses had been instantly killed. Not only that, they had been assassinated as a half-step Lord tried to intervene.

Rumor had it that the individual responsible was a half-step Lord saber cultivator.

The incident had even galvanized God Capital's Lords into action!

Furthermore, God Capital was offering a substantial reward for capturing the killer.

According to the rules of the God Territory, Lords and half-step Lords could not simply attack Heavenly Gods where and when they pleased.

This was also to prevent confrontations between those of ultimate combat strength within the God Territory.

After all, if conflict of this level broke out, the God Territory might end up with dead half-step Lords or even Lords. It would be an immense loss for the entire God Territory.

Furthermore, preventing Lords and half-step Lords from attacking Heavenly Gods was considered something of a safeguard for top heavenly god-level powerhouses. This would allow the God Territory to gain more half-step Lords and even Lords in the future.

In reality, to powerhouses who had mastered Dao seal power, combat sans the use of Dao seal power was child's play to them. No matter how many conflicts they had with each other, those were just minor flare-ups that would not harm the God Territory at all.

Although all the major organizations had an assassination list, the Lords or half-step Lords basically would not involve themselves personally.

This was also why there were many missions on Death Sickle's Gold Sickle missions list that remained uncompleted, even after so many years.

It was not that Death Sickle lacked capable individuals—it was that the handful of Blood Sickle members with the ability to complete these missions could not take part.

However, Lin Huang's emergence shattered this

trend.

As a Death Sickle insider, he completed the missions easily. Not only that, he made everyone else think that an outsider was interfering.

This was the real reason why God Capital's upper echelons were so furious.

They thought someone had broken the rules of the game—that a half-step Lord had personally stepped in and assassinated Shen Yu and Shen Jue.

Lin Huang, however, was completely unaware of the checks and balances that God Capital's upper echelons had imposed. He had borrowed the use of Saber9's attack at the time because, for one, his own inherent ability was definitely insufficient to counter the half-step Lord's attack. For another, he truly did wish to confuse everyone else to prevent them from connecting the incident to him.

However, he had not expected that his ploy would cause such a massive chain reaction.

Practically the entire God Territory was discussing the matter of Shen Yu and Shen Jue's death.

On the internet, many people were applauding Lin Huang's actions.

There was nothing new under the sun, and in this era of internet access, news spread with extraordinary rapidity. Shen Yu and Shen Jue had already been rendered notorious many years ago when their torturing and killing of slaves had come to light. Countless netizens had criticized them. Although God Capital had quickly suppressed the matter, many people still remembered it. Now that the twins were dead, their dark pasts were once more dragged into the open. Both were now being maligned on the internet.

Unfortunately, the siblings were unable to witness this.

As Shen Yu and Shen Jue's dark pasts were exposed, netizens very quickly discovered that the twenty-six individuals who were killed during this time all had skeletons in their closets.

The collective power of netizens was mighty indeed.

Within less than a day, the remaining twenty-four individuals' dark pasts were dug up one after the other.

Therefore, everyone started another round of flogging the dead on the internet.

Not a single one of the twenty-six individuals that Lin Huang had killed escaped this fate.

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Chapter 1612: Buried Heaven's Return

After sorting out his loot, Lin Huang dropped by Death Sickle's headquarters and entrusted them with the handling and disposal of all the items he did not need.

After all, there were certain unique items among his battle spoils. If he gave them to Sword12 to handle, Sword12 might be targeted by people with ill intentions.

By comparison, it was much simpler to have Death Sickle dispose of all these items. After all, they were a top grade-6 organization, and they also had their own channels within the black market.

At the same time that he entrusted Death Sickle with the disposal of his loot, Lin Huang also requested their help in purchasing half-step Lord God Territories.

For the next few days, he was able to relax completely.

He was waiting for the outcome of Death Sickle's disposal of his loot, as well as the end result of the purchase of half-step Lord God Territories. He was also waiting for news from Virtuoso.

Three days went by just like that. Early in the morning of the fourth day, Lin Huang suddenly received a call request on his communicator.

When he raised his wrist for a look, he discovered it was Buried Heaven's number.

Once he clicked the answer button, the figure of a young man with white hair was immediately projected into the room.

"Have all of you returned from the Abyss?" Lin Huang asked as soon as he saw Buried Heaven.

"Yes, we've come back one by one over the last two days." Buried Heaven nodded. He was not surprised that Lin Huang knew about this. After all, Lin Huang's Xiu Mu identity had Gold Sickle-level authorization and could check on information about this expedition into the Abyss.

"How was it?" Lin Huang asked once more.

Naturally, he was not about to tell Buried Heaven that he and Virtuoso had gone into the Abyss as well and come out with significant gains.

"Overall, it wasn't bad at all." Buried Heaven already regarded Lin Huang as a peer when conversing with him. "This time when we went, the timing was a little more ideal. The Abyss is in its dormant season, so the powerhouses in the deep reaches were all in hibernation. The journey went very smoothly, and we were able to withdraw in a timely fashion as well…"

After a brief account of their journey, Buried Heaven realized he had gone slightly off-topic, so he immediately brought the conversation back on track.

"I contacted you this time because I'm going into closed-door cultivation, and it might take longer this time."

"Are you going to try breaking through to lord-level?" Lin Huang's eyes lit up. This was the level that he had targeted as well.

"Yes. I managed to obtain some good things from the Abyss this time, so I think this may be my chance for a breakthrough," Buried Heaven admitted generously; he did not hide anything.

From this, it was clear that he treated Lin Huang as someone he could trust. If it were anyone else, he definitely would not have admitted anything.

"Then let me convey my wishes in advance for a smooth breakthrough and a successful elevation to lord-level! You'll lead Death Sickle to new heights!" Lin Huang said with a mischievous smile.

"There's one more thing…" Buried Heaven paused, then continued, "The siblings Shen Yu and Shen Jue, as well as the twenty-four others on the missions board—they were all killed by you, am I right?"

"Yes." Lin Huang had submitted the missions anonymously.

However, the several Blood Sickle members, including Buried Heaven, would have the necessary authorization to check. If Buried Heaven wanted to, he would be able to look up the information, so there was no need for Lin Huang to conceal this fact.

"So what exactly are your abilities now?" Buried Heaven was aware of Shen Jue and Shen Yu's abilities. They were definitely the cream of the crop among the Heavenly Gods in the God Territory. However, Lin Huang had killed them both instantly; this puzzled Buried Heaven a little.

"Currently, I ought to be slightly weaker than you and King Kong," Lin Huang readily admitted, "I was able to kill the twins because I had the advantage of a sneak attack."

The latter half of what he said was true as well.

Buried Heaven fell silent for a moment and did not inquire further about Lin Huang's combat strength.

He had always thought highly of Lin Huang, but he had never expected that the young man would be able to reach this level in such a short time.

"This kind of ability is enough for you to protect yourself in the great world," he exclaimed softly.

"The caveat being, as long as I don't tempt death," Lin Huang added.

Buried Heaven was bereft of speech when he heard Lin Huang's addendum.

As far as he was concerned, Lin Huang assassinating Shen Yu and Shen Jue was absolutely tempting death.

"Just treat the entire matter as if it never happened. Death Sickle will take care of the aftermath, don't worry," Buried Heaven reassured Lin Huang, then resumed.

"I also looked at the consignment list you submitted; the gains were certainly substantial. However, I'm a little confused about the purchasing list. What do you want with so many half-step Lord God Territories?"

"I want to strengthen my God Territory." Of course, Lin Huang could not disclose that his elevation method was different from everyone else.

"Alright, then…" Buried Heaven did not pursue the matter any further. He knew that Lin Huang's answer was not the truth. "I have one that I'm unable to refine. I'll just give it to you. Later I'll have someone send it over to you along with the God Territories that have already been traded in."

"Thank you very much." Lin Huang gladly accepted the other's kindness.

Even though Buried Heaven had said nothing about it, Lin Huang knew that in the future, he would have to return the favor.

After ending the call with Buried Heaven, Lin Huang began to feel some anticipation about his impending breakthrough.

He was not exactly worried about Buried Heaven's elevation.

One must know that Buried Heaven could almost be considered No. 1 among all the Heavenly Gods in the entire God Territory.

If a powerhouse like that failed to elevate to lord-level, then hardly anyone in the entire great world would be able to become a Lord.

"If Buried Heaven elevates to lord-level, theoretically, Death Sickle would also be elevated to a grade-7 organization…" Lin Huang's thoughts drifted slightly, and he soon thought of even more things. "Will the existing veteran grade-7 organizations allow him to elevate?"

Although he was not sure what kind of protocols and balances the major organizations in the God Territory had, Death Sickle's rise would definitely affect the God Territory's original setup.

No one had any idea what attitude the several grade-7 organizations and some grade-6 organizations would take regarding this matter.

At this point, Lin Huang suddenly felt that Buried Heaven's elevation might not be as smooth as he had predicted earlier.

Naturally, Buried Heaven's individual ability was sufficient to elevate him. However, if there were external factors affecting him, then it would be hard to say.

One must know that back in the day, Great Heaven was even more powerful than Buried Heaven was currently. However, Great Heaven was also ambushed by Raiders when he was elevating to lord-level. In the end, he was unable to escape and died as a result.

After a moment of consideration, Lin Huang sent Buried Heaven a message advising him not to reveal his plans to go into closed-door cultivation to achieve a breakthrough before he had done so.

In the afternoon, the delivery person that Buried Heaven sent showed up.

Once Lin Huang had received the storage ring, he immediately checked through it.

There were six half-step Lord God Territories inside the ring.

One was a gift from Buried Heaven, while the remaining five were the ones Death Sickle had acquired for him through trading.

Of course, it was not that his resources were only sufficient to be exchanged for five half-step Lord God Territories. Rather, it was because he had requested that the half-step Lord God Territories be sent to him first. As for the rest of the resources, he could wait until all the items had been sold and then have everything delivered to him together.

"Virtuoso is so slow!" Lin Huang could not help sighing secretly as he looked at the storage ring he had just received.

A few days had passed, but there had been no news from Virtuoso. Lin Huang did not bother to hurry them either. He took the six half-step Lord God Territories currently in his possession and entered the Great Heaven Territory.

After all, it would take only a few days to refine all of them as the time flow within the Great Heaven Territory was a thousand times faster.

He would just go into closed-door cultivation for a few days when the God Territories from Virtuoso arrived.

After entering the Great Heaven Territory, Lin Huang greeted Sword1 and went straight into the Great Heaven Palace…

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Chapter 1613: Elevating to Heavenly God-Level!

In the Great Heaven Palace, Lin Huang adjusted the time flow once more to be one thousand times faster than the outside world. He then brought his mind into a calm, meditative state and sat down cross-legged.

He retrieved the headless corpses of the twins Shen Yu and Shen Jue, then began refining the God Territories within their bodies.

In all honesty, he did not care how many god rules he could plunder from them.

Previously in the Abyss, he had already obtained over five thousand God Territory Shell Remnants.

The Eternity Fire had already devoured all the Abyssal energy remaining in this earlier batch of God Territory Shell Remnants.

Lin Huang's main objective in killing Shen Yu, Shen Jue, and the other twenty-four targets was actually to plunder resources and obtain the mission rewards. Plundering God Territories was just a habit.

After all, in order to trade for half-step Lord God Territories, one required a massive amount of resources.

What Lin Huang had not expected was that the net worth of all twenty-six people he had assassinated was far beyond anything he could have possibly imagined. The loot that he obtained from this round of assassination was enough to allow him to elevate to ninth-rank heavenly god-level.

Within merely half an hour, Lin Huang had fully completed the refinement of Shen Yu and Shen Jue's God Territories. The pair contributed a significant number of god rules—added up together, they numbered over two million in total.

He had already refined the God Territories of the other twenty-four targets one by one and plundered their god rules when he had been lying low in Gemini, waiting for a chance to carry out his assassinations.

None of the twenty-four targets possessed more than a million god rules each. When the god rules were all added up together, they came to a total of less than 15 million.

After refining Shen Yu and Shen Jue's God Territories, Lin Huang opened his eyes and glanced briefly at the two headless corpses in front of him. Casually, he produced two blood-red flames and immediately burned the bodies to ash in no time at all.

After disposing of the bodies, Lin Huang did not give them a second glance. Instead, he closed his eyes and resumed refining the five thousand and more Abyssal God Territory Shell Remnants within his body.

Time passed in the Great Heaven Palace.

When Lin Huang opened his eyes again, one week had already gone by.

The Godly Right in his body had already reached the maximum number of god rules it could contain, but he persisted and refined all five thousand-plus God Territory Shell Remnants.

As for the extraneous God Rule Powers, Lin Huang put all of them into the mainland area where the gravel world was.

By now, he had plundered many thousands of God Territories. There were complete gravel worlds or mini worlds in many of these God Territories; there were even a considerable number of living beings in existence.

Lin Huang had preserved everything. On some level, these living beings in the refined worlds were his all people. Essentially, this was no different from the gravel world.

It was just that he possessed a certain affection for the gravel world that he had grown up on, so he took special care of its inhabitants.

By the time his god rules had reached the limit of what his Godly Right could hold, Lin Huang's combat strength had finally elevated to full tenth-rank true god-level as well.

After he achieved this stage, he could clearly feel that his physical body and spirit strength had grown stronger once more.

He experimented a little and discovered that his body could now sustain twenty levels of compounded sequence power.

Theoretically, in this present state, he could break through to heavenly god-level entirely.

However, Lin Huang did not do that. Instead, he closed his eyes again and sent his mind into his inner world. He then began to visualize the nameless Divine Telekinesis visualization images.

Before going into the Abyss, by the time he had visualized the 80th image, he had reached the limit his God's soul could sustain. His visualization efficiency had plummeted.

Now, his combat strength had elevated to full tenth-rank true god-level. Not only that, his God's soul had been refined by the Immeasurable Calamity Fire, and his God soul's strength was at least a hundred times more powerful than before.

He felt that it was the right time to visualize this set of inheritances again.

Before elevating to heavenly god-level, he wanted to raise his God's soul's strength even further.

This was because he knew that each level of advancement was an opportunity for transformation.

The stronger his foundation, the better his transformation results would be.

Now that he was visualizing this set of inheritances again, Lin Huang was absolutely certain that it was progressing much faster than before.

Based on his current God's soul's strength, he would still need two years of outside world time to completely visualize the 81st to the 90th visualization image, despite time being sped up a thousand times.

However, he merely used around six years to fully complete the visualization this time. Less than two and a half days had passed in the outside world.

The visualization this time had gone so quickly because apart from his God's soul becoming stronger, his innate understanding had also increased after being refined by the Immeasurable Calamity Fire.

After he was done visualizing the 90th visualization image, Lin Huang realized that his God's soul's strength had broken through the limit for Heavenly Gods. Although he had not reached lord-level yet, he supposed he was already at the level of a half-step lord.

As his God's soul became stronger, Seamless' separation of telekinetic thread accelerated again.

The automatic hourly separation had now increased to thirty thousand threads.

Seeing that he still seemed to have energy left, Lin Huang looked at the 91st visualization image.

He tried to visualize it for a little bit; it did not take him long to calculate the visualization speed. Given his current state, approximately a month would pass in the outside world for him to visualize all the way to the 100th image.

Lin Huang felt that this was an acceptable period of time. He then entered another round of closed-door cultivation and began to visualize the rest of the visualization images.

Eighty-one years passed by as he did so.

Although the time flow in the Great Heaven Palace was one thousand times faster, almost a month passed in the outside world still.

When Lin Huang opened his eyes again, he felt that his God's soul had once again become stronger.

He did not know if it had reached lord-level strength, but he could clearly sense that it was more than a few times more powerful than a month ago.

He did not continue trying to visualize the last eight images.

This was because he knew that it would take several dozen times, perhaps even several hundred times, longer. For now, he did not have that sort of time.

Now that he had pushed his God's soul's strength to its limit, Lin Huang finally let out a long sigh.

"After this, I'll just follow my original plan for my breakthrough."

A thumb-sized purple crystal appeared in his hand.

It was the God Territory Shell Remnant of a half-step Lord.

Lin Huang flicked his fingers and sank the crystal into his brow. He then activated the Divine Fire in his body to refine it.

This round of refinement was not considered very long—it only took around three hundred days or so to complete both the refinement and integration.

The moment the integration was fully complete, Lin Huang sensed waves of new energy emanating from his God Territory and feeding back into his body.

He observed carefully for a while before discovering that these were sequence powers issuing from countless god sequence chains.

Although he was familiar with sequence powers and had even successfully consolidated god sequence chains, Lin Huang had only borrowed sequence powers in the past. The cells in his body were still full of God Rule Power.

However, at this very instant, countless sequence powers started surging into every cell and particle of his body, beginning another round of cleansing his entire physical body as well as his God's soul.

He could clearly feel that his physical body was transforming. Even his God's soul was undergoing a further change.

His entire body was being continuously fortified—from each strand of hair on his head down to his skin, his bones, his inner organs, and every particle that made up his body.

The process lasted a full twelve days before finally coming to an end.

Lin Huang sensed things out carefully; he felt that he was now so powerful, he was practically invincible.

To test his limits, he rapidly began stacking and compounding layers of sequence power onto his fingertips.

Ten layers!

Twenty layers!

Thirty layers!

…

Eighty layers!

Ninety layers!

One hundred layers!

Once he had stacked and compounded one hundred layers, Lin Huang finally began to feel that his body was being burdened.

He did not go on, as he already had a rough idea now of his limits.

One must know that going from twenty layers to one hundred layers was not just a simple matter of fivefold multiplication.

Each additional layer of stacked and compounded sequence power would result in a surge of potential ability.

"Right now, I think I might be able to defeat Buried Heaven with one hand," Lin Huang mumbled softly, "Of course, the caveat is that he hasn't broken through to lord-level yet."

Lin Huang was only saying this, of course.

He knew that he was more powerful than Buried Heaven if he were to base this solely on the number of sequence powers he could compound. In that regard, he was even more powerful than Great Heaven, who had dominated an entire era back in the day.

However, he was not sure what would happen if he really were to attack.

After all, Great Heaven could massacre half-step lord-level powerhouses back then, while Buried Heaven had a record of battling half-step Lords as well.

"I genuinely would like to know how powerful a half-step lord-level powerhouse is!"

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Chapter 1614: The Secret of the Great Heaven Palace

When Lin Huang successfully elevated to first-rank heavenly god-level, not only had his physical body broken through Heavenly God limits, but it had also reached a level comparable to that of a half-step Lord. His God's soul had broken through as well, officially crossing the threshold to lord-level.

Apart from that, the original limit of twenty god sequence chains that he could borrow had now increased to a hundred chains.

It could be said that he was invincible among Heavenly Gods now.

He even suspected that he might have the ability to fight a half-step Lord if he encountered one.

This was still based solely on brute force alone.

In terms of mastery and skill, all of his God Weapons had been upgraded due to his elevation.

His combat sword, combat armor, telekinetic weapons, and one of his offense and defense Soul Weapons—a total of four God Weapons—had successfully been elevated to level-4. They had directly leveled up from god sequence relics to Dao Weapons.

This set of equipment could fully raise his abilities by another level.

Apart from these personal changes, Lin Huang could sense many other changes as well.

His successful elevation had fully unlocked authorization for the Great Heaven Territory. He could now put the Great Heaven Territory into his God Territory and leave with it. The authorization to accelerate time by ten thousand times had also been unlocked.

Apart from that, Lin Huang's authority over Swords1 to 10 had finally been unlocked as well. Not only that, but he could also bring the Great Heaven Territory's living beings out of the Great Heaven Territory now.

After checking over the authorization for the Great Heaven Territory, Lin Huang soon noticed that the Great Heaven inheritance in his mind had finally been fully unsealed.

He immediately began an in-depth exploration.

Given that Great Heaven had been a supreme powerhouse who had dominated an entire era, his cultivation experiences were naturally a valuable reference.

Within these fully unlocked memories, Lin Huang very soon came across information that utterly shocked him.

"It seems the Great Heaven Palace isn't just a top-grade god sequence relic?!"

Great Heaven had deliberately sequestered this secret within the deepest reaches of his memory, and now it had finally been unsealed.

The Great Heaven Palace's real name was unknown. It was a damaged treasure that Great Heaven had obtained from a ruin in the universe.

These ruins were an ancient battlefield. It was said that there had been Almighties—entities above lord-level—who had died there.

Lin Huang had thought all along that the damage in the Great Heaven Palace was due to Great Heaven's unification. Only now did he find out that this treasure was already over 80% damaged when Great Heaven obtained it.

Not only that, the treasure's original form was a cauldron. It was Great Heaven who had camouflaged it into a palace, so the form had been in use until the present day.

"I've always said that a function like the time accelerator doesn't seem to be something that a god sequence relic could possess." Lin Huang had always thought the Great Heaven Palace's functions were too overblown. "Even if it contained Time Sequence, being able to accelerate time tenfold is already impressive enough. Not only that, it can affect the flow of time in the entire Great Heaven Territory…"

In the meantime, the authorization for accelerating time in the Great Heaven Palace had increased exponentially from one thousand times to ten thousand times now.

Lin Huang could not help wondering if it would affect the flow of time in his God Territory if he were to put the Great Heaven Territory in there. After all, his God Territory was much bigger than the Great Heaven Territory.

If he were able to do that, once the time flow was ten thousand times faster, he would be able to train up a significant number of powerhouses.

Lin Huang gave it a shot and attempted to move the Great Heaven Palace into his God Territory.

However, the attempt failed. The Great Heaven Palace's deeply slumbering weapon spirit transmitted a wisp of consciousness, indicating that it was unwilling to be moved out of the Great Heaven Territory.

"In that case, if I refine the Great Heaven Territory completely, that would be alright, wouldn't it?" Lin Huang asked in some frustration.

After a moment of silence, the weapon spirit gave its consent.

Lin Huang immediately began refining the Great Heaven Territory. It was only during the refining process that he discovered just how vast the Great Heaven Territory was. It even extended beyond the half-step Lord God Territories that he had just finished refining.

Furthermore, as there were many living beings, the benefits that the Great Heaven Territory brought to Lin Huang's God Territory were on par with those of a half-step Lord God Territory.

"Impressive—I can't believe this is equivalent to refining a half-step Lord God Territory," Lin Huang could not help exclaiming.

This time, the refinement process lasted more than four hundred days. It took even longer than refining the half-step Lord God Territories previously.

Refining the Great Heaven Territory had also caused the number of living beings in the God Territory within Lin Huang's body to increase more than threefold.

However, when the refinement process was complete, he felt something was lacking when he compared this with refining half-step Lord God Territories.

He tested the effects of using time acceleration and discovered that not only did the effect extend to the area outside the location of the Great Heaven Territory, but it also spread through his entire God Territory.

This was good news, no doubt about it!

Lin Huang thought for a moment, then retrieved a half-step Lord God Territory and proceeded to refine it.

Time passed. A year went by swiftly.

Lin Huang felt an obvious difference when refining this God Territory. He sensed his God Territory had really absorbed the nutrients.

"So it has to be a half-step Lord's God Territory?"

He still did not elevate, but he knew this was because his God Territory had not yet reached its limits.

Consequently, he retrieved another half-step Lord God Territory and began another round of refining.

Close to one year passed, and the second God Territory was now completely refined. Lin Huang's combat strength finally advanced a notch and elevated to second-rank heavenly god-level.

"The number of half-step Lord God Territories required for elevation has increased?! Judging from the situation, the number required might very well keep getting higher and higher…" Lin Huang had initially thought that once he had reached heavenly god-level, he could elevate a rank every time he refined a half-step Lord God Territory. From the looks of things now, he had been entirely too naïve.

After elevating to second-rank, he did not bother wasting time. He resumed closed-door cultivation to refine the remaining three half-step Lord God Territories.

This round of closed-door cultivation went on for three years before Lin Huang finally managed to completely refine all three God Territories.

However, he still had not achieved a breakthrough. He remained stuck at second-rank heavenly god-level.

He could more or less sense that he should be able to elevate if he refined one more half-step Lord God Territory.

"It's true then—the number of half-step Lord God Territories required increases for every elevation in rank.

"One for first-rank, two for second-rank, four for third-rank… If the numbers keep doubling according to this pattern, I wonder if there'll be enough half-step Lords in the entire great world for me to kill." Lin Huang felt rather frustrated.

Naturally, this was just a joke.

One must be aware that in the entire great world, half-step Lords were the ones who had the highest combat strength, second only to Lords. They were respected entities in every major organization.

Whether it was in the God Territory, the human world, or in other tribes, fighting between Lords and half-step Lords was basically prohibited. The reason was that they were the ones with the highest combat strength in the great world. Losing even one would be a great loss for the entire tribe, equivalent to damaging their foundations.

If anyone with nothing better to do took it upon themselves to kill a half-step Lord belonging to any of the tribes, they would only end up becoming the tribe's common enemy. The entire tribe would pursue them.

This no longer had anything to do with which organization the half-step Lord belonged to.

Naturally, if they killed Abyssal creatures or the Bug Tribe's half-step Lords, the other tribes might applaud them for it.

There were only two ways for Lin Huang to obtain half-step Lord God Territories.

One was to go into the Abyss or enter the Bug Tribe's battlefield. Another was to trade a massive amount of resources for them.

He could not kill the half-step Lords in the God Territory because even Death Sickle might turn against him directly if he did so.

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Chapter 1615: Returning To The Great World

When Lin Huang came out of the Great Heaven Palace, only a month had passed in the outside world.

Sword1, who had been guarding the door, immediately rose and hurried over to him.

Lin Huang nodded slightly at him, then walked down the steps. He extended his arms toward the two pure gold sculptures on both sides of the steps.

The bodies of both three-legged Golden Crows rapidly blazed up with pure gold flames.

The flames melted the metal on the surface of their bodies. They turned into two giant blazing birds that flapped their wings and rose into the air.

These two three-legged Golden Crows were archaic legacies. They were comparable to class-5 Supreme Gods. Furthermore, they possessed peak heavenly god-level combat strength.

If they were to join forces and fight together, their abilities might be on par with Sword1!

When Sword1 saw this, he realized immediately that Lin Huang's authorization had increased again. His spirits rose.

"I've refined the Great Heaven Territory into my God Territory. My authority over all of you is also completely unsealed now." Lin Huang looked at Sword1. "From now on, Swords 1 to 10 no longer have to guard the Great Heaven Palace. I'll bring all of you back to the great world."

"Lord Swordmaster may command us as you please." Sword1 immediately cupped his hands together in respect and spoke to Swords 2 to 10 through voice transmission.

The swordmaster's ten guardians all gathered at the palace a moment later.

"All of you will leave the Great Heaven Territory with me today. Once you've reached the great world, you can discuss arrangements for any specific matters with Sword12."

Once Lin Huang finished speaking, he said to Sword1, "Summon Sword11 and Wu Hao here."

Sword1 nodded slightly and contacted Sword11 right away.

Not too long later, the red-haired Sword11 brought a handsome young man to the palace.

"Lord Swordmaster!"

"Master!"

Both of them greeted Lin Huang as soon as they saw him.

Lin Huang shot a glance at Sword11, then transferred his gaze to Wu Hao and scrutinized him from head to toe.

Wu Hao was the disciple that he had accepted in the Great Heaven Territory. In fact, he suspected all along that this boy might be Great Heaven's reincarnation.

It had been over half a year since they last met. Wu Hao was taller now, close to 1.7 meters in height. His skin was considerably fairer compared to when they had first met.

Lin Huang could still remember when he first met Wu Hao; he had thought the boy seemed like a scared little creature. Looking at him again now, Wu Hao carried himself like an elegant young master. He did not seem flustered at all, even in the presence of so many seniors.

The only thing that had not changed was his raven-black eyes. They had always shone brightly, flashing with intelligence.

"Not bad. You've grown considerably taller, and your combat strength has improved significantly." Lin Huang could tell from a glance that Wu Hao's current combat strength was already at Virtual God rank-9. He was just half a step away from crossing the threshold to elevate to True God.

What surprised and delighted him the most was that Wu Hao's comprehension of Sword Dao had reached the level of Sword Dao true meaning. Not only that, he had made a leap from True Martial Level and advanced to the second level of Sword Dao true meaning—True Meaning Level.

He had suspected all along that the boy was Great Heaven's reincarnation. Now, upon seeing the outstanding progress of Wu Hao's Sword Dao, he was even more certain of that.

"You can participate in some actual combat now." Lin Huang patted Wu Hao's head.

"Master, where are we going?" Wu Hao asked in some curiosity.

"We're leaving the Great Heaven Territory today to go to the great world." Lin Huang did not plan on leaving the boy in the Great Heaven Territory.

Wu Hao's eyes lit up at this. Naturally, he had heard about the great world from Sword11 and the others and was aware that it was a world countless times larger than the Great Heaven Territory.

Young men had the instinctive desire to explore the vast universe.

"From now on, Swords 1 to 10 will be your teachers, just like Sword11. If I'm away, you can ask them any questions you might have." Lin Huang glanced at Sword1 and the rest.

Although Swords 1 to 10 had no idea who Wu Hao was, they felt an inherent kinship with him.

Moreover, he was the swordmaster's disciple. Naturally, they would not dare to neglect him.

Sword11 had no objections to Lin Huang's arrangement. The boy had long since exhausted most of his personal resources. Furthermore, the materials he used to instruct Wu Hao had basically been provided by Lin Huang; he was just instructing the boy on Lin Huang's behalf. Sword11 was very much aware that at his level of skill, he would only be able to be Wu Hao's teacher for a time.

Although he felt a measure of reluctance, he knew he would have to let the boy go when he grew up.

Wu Hao seemed to notice that Sword11 felt a little down. He comforted him through voice transmission, "Uncle 11, you'll always be my teacher. That won't ever change."

At that moment, Sword11's eyes became slightly wet.

Naturally, everyone present could hear Wu Hao's voice transmission loud and clear.

After all, he was just a Virtual God, while everyone else present was a peak heavenly god-level being.

No one said anything; they merely felt that this boy was very sweet. Sword1 and the others immediately liked him even more now.

"Alright, if there's anything that you haven't brought with you, I'll give you another five minutes to sort it out. We'll meet here in a moment." Sword1 and the rest did not move after Lin Huang finished speaking.

Sword11 was the only one who disappeared on the spot in a flash.

Meanwhile, Wu Hao moved closer to Lin Huang and asked, "Master, will we be coming back here in the future?"

"All of you can come back anytime you want." Lin Huang nodded.

Wu Hao nodded only after hearing that. He disappeared in a flash as well to pack his belongings.

In a short while, Sword11 came back first.

Not long later, Wu Hao managed to make it back in the nick of time.

Lin Huang did not ask the two what they had brought with them. Straight away, he gestured with his hand and activated the dimensional gateway.

With Sword1 in the lead, they went in, single file.

A moment later, the dozen over people appeared directly in the Devil Hunter Star Zone.

Sensing the dense population of the Pfister Star, Sword1 and the rest were rather stunned.

Apart from Sword11, it had been many thousands of years since the swordmaster's ten guardians had come into contact with outsiders.

Even Sword11 was moved. Although he had lived and mingled in the Great Heaven Territory for years, it had been several hundred thousand years since he had returned to the great world.

Wu Hao was the only one who looked excited and adventurous.

Ever since he started cultivating with Sword11, he had remained on the Golden Crow Mountain for this entire year or so. He had never returned to the Great Heaven Territory after that.

The Pfister Star he saw before him was much more lively and bustling than Heavenly Sword Planet, where he used to live. The population was on an entirely different level in terms of numbers.

Moreover, although the Pfister Star was not considered a flourishing territory in the human world, there were still tall buildings clustered everywhere.

The tallest building on Heavenly Sword Planet would be considered merely ordinary if it were placed here.

Wu Hao was not the only one who had never seen a place packed with tall buildings. Even a few of the swordmaster's guardians were also curious.

"These buildings are so tall. Are they all accommodations for powerhouses?" Sword8—her hair in two ponytails—could not help asking.

Lin Huang glanced at the girl. Throughout this year, apart from her ability being restored to its peak, her appearance had remained practically unchanged. She had been as tall as Wu Hao over a year ago, but Wu Hao was now a full head taller.

"No, they're just normal residential buildings," Lin Huang explained.

"I'll get Sword12 to show all of you around in the next few days so you can familiarize yourselves with this new environment."

While Lin Huang was speaking, he led them all into the Sword Alliance's territory.

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Chapter 1616: I Would Be Able To Elevate All The Way to Ninth-Rank!

Sword12 stepped forward as soon as Lin Huang and the group entered the Sword Alliance.

In fact, he had sensed familiar auras the moment they teleported here.

"Lord Swordmaster, Master Guardians," Sword12 greeted.

"For the next few days, help them familiarize themselves with this new environment."

"Of course, Lord Swordmaster!" Sword12 responded immediately.

"Did anything happen during the month or so that I was away?" Lin Huang asked.

Although he was an absentee leader, he would still occasionally ask about recent developments.

"The delivery person who came from Death Sickle the last time dropped by again two days ago. He gave me an encrypted ring, saying that the exchanges for the items you wanted have all been completed. Everything is in the ring. He also left a note inside," Sword12 answered and brought out two storage rings.

"There's another encrypted ring as well. A man in a mask delivered it over a month ago. He said his name was Virtuoso, but he didn't say very much more. He only asked me to tell you to inform him when you returned."

"Alright, I've got it." Lin Huang casually took the rings from Sword12. He already had a rough idea of what was probably in them.

The storage rings were encrypted because they had not been sent to Lin Huang directly but through someone else. It was not that Virtuoso or the delivery person from Death Sickle did not trust Sword12. It was just a regular procedure for items when a middle person was involved.

As for the encryption password, it would usually be sent directly to the receiver's communicator.

Lin Huang had not had the chance to check his communicator yet.

After assigning Sword1 and the others to Sword12, Lin Huang returned to his courtyard again.

He tapped on the communicator's contact page and soon found the passwords that Virtuoso and Death Sickle's delivery person had sent.

Lin Huang entered the two passwords into the rings accordingly and unlocked the two storage spaces.

Inside the ring that Virtuoso had sent were the God Territory Shell Remnants of five Abyssal half-step Lords. Not only that, the Abyssal energy in all five God Territory Shell Remnants had been cleansed—something Lin Huang had not expected at all.

It was very clear that the hundred over Nirvana Trees were insufficient to be exchanged for five cleansed and purified Abyssal half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants. The only logical explanation was that Virtuoso had found someone else to handle this for them after obtaining the God Territory Shell Remnants.

"Virtuoso really is considerate." Lin Huang could not help giving a quiet sigh. In reality, he would have preferred if God Territory Shell Remnants were not cleansed, as the Abyssal energy was a rare delicacy to the Eternity Fire in his body.

After setting down the ring that Virtuoso had sent, Lin Huang checked the other ring.

There were many items in this second ring.

There were twenty-one half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants alone, as well as a considerable number of various rare materials.

Lin Huang very soon saw the note that the delivery person had left for him.

He immediately picked it up to read.

The rough gist of the note was that Death Sickle had tried their best to collect half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants for him. However, twenty-one was the most they could gather. It was probable that in the entire God Territory, there would not be half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants on the list of commodities in the immediate future. This was because Death Sickle had purchased all of the available ones. The remaining exchange items had been traded for various rare materials to substitute for the God Territory Shell Remnants.

"All the half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants on the God Territory market have been purchased?!" This piece of news was something Lin Huang was not expecting. However, after thinking it through carefully, he realized that it was nothing unusual.

Half-step lord-level powerhouses hardly had any opponents.

In all probability, since the founding of the God Territory, the number of deceased half-step Lords could likely be counted. Even if this were expanded to include the entire great world and the total number of deceased half-step Lords from every tribe were tallied up for every battle throughout history, it would not come to very many at all.

For Death Sickle to collect the God Territory Shell Remnants of over twenty half-step Lords within a month or so was already no small feat.

The number of God Territory Shell Remnants Death Sickle had managed to gather had completely surpassed his expectations—that was what Lin Huang felt, even. It was just that he now had a slight problem—how to gather more half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants later.

Only when he had taken all the items out from the two rings and put them away in his storage space did Lin Huang turn on his communicator and call Virtuoso's number.

A moment later, the video call connected, and Virtuoso's figure was projected into his room.

"It's been over a month, and you're only contacting me now. How was it? Did you get the items?" Virtuoso was still wearing their mask, and their expression could not be seen. However, Lin Huang could tell from their tone that they were in a good mood at the moment.

"Yes, I did, thank you very much." Lin Huang nodded.

"I specifically looked for someone to cleanse them for you," Virtuoso added.

"Yes, I noticed. That was very considerate of you," Lin Huang expressed his gratitude again.

"That's all you have to say? Let me tell you, the value of these God Territory Shell Remnants has increased at least tenfold after the cleansing," Virtuoso emphasized.

"Actually… I do have a method of cleansing them," Lin Huang had no alternative but to be forthright.

"Alright. Apparently, I poked my nose in where I shouldn't have," Virtuoso said in a huff.

"Have you finished refining the Phantom City?" Lin Huang changed the subject rather stiffly.

"I have. I've also elevated to first-rank heavenly god-level now." Virtuoso sounded rather smug at this point. They thought that since Lin Huang had just elevated to ninth-rank true god-level, it was unlikely that he would advance to heavenly god-level in such a short time.

"Oh, I've elevated to second-rank," Lin Huang returned expressionlessly.

"What?!" Virtuoso was stunned when they heard this.

"I said I've elevated to second-rank heavenly god-level," Lin Huang repeated for emphasis.

"You only elevated to ninth-rank true god-level over a month ago, didn't you?" Virtuoso was completely bereft of speech. "You've advanced to heavenly god-level so quickly, aren't you afraid that your foundation won't be stable?!"

"My foundation is very stable. If I had enough resources, I would be able to elevate all the way to ninth-rank." What Lin Huang said was very true.

However, to Virtuoso, this was clearly bragging.

"I don't want to listen to you anymore. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

"Wait a moment." Lin Huang stopped Virtuoso, who was about to terminate the call.

"If you've got anything else to say, hurry up and say it!" Virtuoso snapped irritatedly.

"Do you know if there's any way to obtain a large number of half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants?" Lin Huang asked.

"Why do you want so many half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants for?" Virtuoso was getting more and more puzzled. "Oh, that's right, when I got out of closed-door cultivation a few days ago, I received news that Death Sickle has been gathering God Territory Shell Remnants lately. Were they helping you collect them, then?"

"Just tell me how to obtain them, that's good enough." Naturally, Lin Huang was unwilling to reveal his secret.

"How else would you go about it? You'd have to trade resources for them." Virtuoso was practically speechless.

"Of course I know that. What I mean is, do you know if there are any channels to do so?" Lin Huang persisted.

"What, aren't Death Sickle's channels enough for you?" The words were barely out of Virtuoso's mouth when they suddenly froze for a moment, then snapped back to their senses and stared at Lin Huang, eyes wide. "You've cleaned out the God Territory's resources?!"

"That's right… That's why I asked you about other channels," Lin Huang had no alternative but to admit it.

"You're really something!" Virtuoso gave Lin Huang a thumbs up; his feelings were convoluted.

"How do I say this? Things like half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants aren't regular items. For one, the demand is very low, so not many people specifically supply these commodities.

"Not many people collect these things, even at the Club, so even if you send out a request there, you'll probably only be able to obtain a few. After all, compared to all those major organizations in the universe, the Club has too few members."

After they finished speaking, Virtuoso cupped their chin and pondered for a while.

"There's an organization called Royal here in the great world. It's a branch of Royal in the universe. It seems low profile in the great world, but its combined strength is actually on par with any grade-7 organization. It's said they have a special channel that can bring in resources from the universe and other worlds. That's why many major organizations collaborate with them. I think you could go talk to them."

'Royal?!'

If Virtuoso had not brought it up, Lin Huang would have almost forgotten that he also had Royalty status.

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Chapter 1617: The Royal Market

Lin Huang's official arrival in the great world after resolving the crisis in the gravel world had, in fact, only been nine months ago or so—not even a year.

Most of his time had been spent in cultivation.

As for cultivation resources, most of them came from Death Sickle.

All this while, the resources he had obtained from Death Sickle via exchange had been sufficient for his needs.

Therefore, he had also never contacted Royal this entire time.

It was not until Virtuoso brought the matter up earlier that Lin Huang remembered his existing status as a Rank-A member of Royal.

From being a nobody in the gravel world to becoming Royal's elected Emperor, all this had come about because he had passed Royal's trial and became an official Royalty.

However, ever since he arrived in the great world, he had set aside this identity.

After ending the call with Virtuoso, Lin Huang took out Royal's identity token.

Based on the information that Virtuoso had provided, he now had a new understanding of Royal.

In the great world, Royal was just a branch; their headquarters were located in the universe.

All the major organizations in the great world knew about Royal's background. Although they were not certain what exactly Royal's standing was in the universe, they knew that Royal's branch was guarded by a Lord—more than one, in fact. That told them all they needed to know.

As a grade-7 organization with lord-level powerhouse guardians, Royal was very low profile in the great world. Royalties hardly ever stirred up trouble. Furthermore, most of them were outstanding suppliers of resources.

Businesses and auctions in the great world loved working with Royal.

Even grade-6 and grade-7 organizations of different tribes had established partnerships with them.

Virtuoso had suggested that Lin Huang go to Royal because the number of half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants that he needed was just too high. After all, Lin Huang had snapped up all the available ones in the God Territory, and the amount still proved to be insufficient. Royal was perhaps the only channel in the great world that could provide him with enough half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants.

Lin Huang had never expected that his status as a Royalty would come in handy at such a time.

Using his Royal identity token, he was able to log into the Royal market very quickly.

After glancing at the list of goods, Lin Huang did a direct search for the keywords "half-step Lords' God Territories".

An instant later, the list changed to show only the God Territory Shell Remnants of half-step Lords.

Lin Huang glanced through the list. There were not many—only twenty-eight available in total.

He then looked at what trading for them required. None of them could be exchanged for Divine Crystals; they all required cultivation resources or Pseudo-Dao Weapons.

Lin Huang felt rather frustrated. Death Sickle had traded in just about all of his battle spoils. Apart from the two remaining Dao Weapons, all the Pseudo-Dao Weapons had been exchanged for rare materials.

Moreover, he could not trade in those materials either, as they were for his imperial monsters to elevate from Class-5 supreme god-level to Class-6 Pure Spirit.

Although he had said that he wanted the imperial monsters to be independent, he also knew that it was hard to obtain some of the rarer materials. If the imperial monsters were to collect these themselves, they probably might not be able to gather all the necessary materials to elevate to Class-6 even after hundreds and thousands of years.

He even somewhat regretted not checking out the Royal market sooner.

At least he could have obtained this batch of God Territories first and then given Death Sickle the remaining loot to trade. That way, Death Sickle would have been able to get around twenty half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants in exchange. By doing that, he would have obtained at least twenty God Territories, but he would have considerably less rare materials.

After looking through the trade-in list for a while, Lin Huang felt rather aggravated.

However, he quickly noticed the auction option on top of the page. "Auction?"

After pondering for a moment, he clicked on it.

There was a stunning array of items up for bids; Lin Huang was dazzled by just the sight of them.

However, he merely gave everything a cursory glance, then searched for the keywords "Dao Weapon".

Previously, he had given Death Sickle practically all his loot for disposal. He had only retained Shen Yu and Shen Jue's two Dao Weapons and their half-step Lord's Dead Body Puppet.

He had kept the half-step Lord's Dead Body Puppet so he could use it to mask his actual abilities.

As for the two Dao Weapons, he did not intend to keep them for his own use.

His four God Weapons had now been elevated to Dao Weapons, which were good enough for him.

Besides, one of the Dao Weapons was a saber, and the other was a suit of battle armor.

Lin Huang could not use the saber. As for the suit of battle armor, its function was a repetition of his own God Weapon battle armor.

One of the reasons he had not given these to Death Sickle for trading in was because the value of his other battle spoils was considerable—enough to be used in exchange for the materials he desired. Therefore, he was not in a rush to sell them. For another, he was also worried that Death Sickle would not be able to get a good price for them.

However, now that he had access to Royal's trading channel, he felt that he could definitely put them on the market now.

After typing in the keywords "Dao Weapon", hundreds of related pieces of auction information appeared on the list. They were all about various types of Dao Weapons.

Lin Huang went through these pieces of information one by one. After scrolling for a long time, he finally gained some insight into Dao Weapons.

In reality, Dao Weapon was just a general term. Weapon-type Dao Weapons were usually called Dao Weaponry, while armor-type Dao Weapons would usually be called Dao Armor… Furthermore, Dao Weapons were divided into grades, namely low-grade, intermediate-grade

and expert-grade from low to high.

Low-grade Dao Weapons would usually be inscribed with single-digit Dao tattoos and would not exceed ten tattoos in total.

Intermediate-grade Dao Weapons would usually be inscribed with anywhere from between ten to a hundred Dao tattoos.

Meanwhile, expert-grade Dao Weapons would have anywhere from one hundred up to one thousand inscribed Dao tattoos.

There was also a handful of supreme-grade Dao Weapons with more than one thousand Dao tattoos inscribed. As there were so few of these, they were not considered an official grade.

In all honesty, Lin Huang did not even need to think about it to know that the two Dao Weapons he had were low-grade ones.

If they were intermediate-grade or expert-grade, they would certainly not have come into Shen Yu and Shen Jue's possession.

He took out the two Dao Weapons and checked them with Divine Telekinesis.

The sword was inscribed with only two Dao tattoos. However, apart from Dao tattoos, there were also many engraved divine patterns.

As for the suit of battle armor, it had three Dao tattoos inscribed and was also engraved with many divine patterns.

It had to be said that the quality of both Dao Weapons was lower than Lin Huang expected. Among low-grade Dao Weapons, they could only be considered ordinary goods.

Lin Huang checked out two or three Dao Weapons of similar quality to see the final price they had fetched in the auction.

He then uploaded pictures of both Dao Weapons.

His condition for trade-in stated, "Will only accept half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants".

As for the starting bid, Lin Huang filled in "50 half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants" for both Dao Weapons.

This number was actually the final successful bid that other people had used to purchase Dao Weapons of similar quality.

Although the market price of half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants and Pseudo-Dao Weapons were similar in the great world, Lin Huang knew that if price were the sole consideration, then Pseudo-Dao Weapons possessed higher value. After all, Pseudo-Dao Weapons were in higher demand, while half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants were hardly in demand under normal circumstances.

Therefore, Lin Huang set 50 half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants as his starting bid.

As for the auction period, Lin Huang filled in "Ten days".

He knew that the serious bidders who frequented Royal's auction would come on almost every day to check on item information. Even if they were busy and unable to log in for a few days, they would certainly log in whenever they had the time. In reality, it did not matter very much if he set the auction period for ten days or even a month because the ones who would bid were always the same group of individuals.

Finally, Lin Huang wrote a quick note in the "Remarks" section.

"Remark: All half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants from every tribe will be accepted, including those of the Bug Tribe and the Abyssal Tribe. There's no need to cleanse them."

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Chapter 1618: Elevated Sword Dao—Complete-Stage Heavenly Dao!

After listing his items for auction on Royal's page, Lin Huang did not intend to waste the ten days. Instead, he entered the Great Heaven Palace once more.

He adjusted the time flow to be 10,000 times faster than the outside world and began another round of closed-door cultivation.

Of course, Lin Huang's main objective was to refine the twenty-six half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants that Death Sickle and Virtuoso had contributed.

This time, his closed-door cultivation took over nine thousand days or so.

At the end of it, he had completely refined all twenty-six half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants.

His combat strength had also soared all the way from second-rank to fifth-rank heavenly god-level.

As he had anticipated, the number of half-step Lords' God Territories needed for refining doubled every time he elevated a rank.

He only had to refine 1 God Territory when he elevated to first-rank, then 2 for second-rank, 4 for third-rank… all in all, it would require 256 to elevate to ninth-rank.

Furthermore, this was only the number of half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants required to elevate from eight-rank to ninth-rank. If he started counting from first-rank to ninth-rank, he would need a total of 511.

If one Dao Weapon could only be exchanged for 50 half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants, then he would need 11 Dao Weapons to be able to obtain enough half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants to elevate to ninth-rank.

When Lin Huang opened his eyes, he did not feel at ease in the least.

Although he seemed to be elevating faster than other people at the moment, he required a hundred or a thousand times more resources than they did.

After pushing these convoluted thoughts to the back of his mind, he checked through the changes that had taken place.

His physical body and God's soul's strength had seen significant advancement. His Divine Telekinesis was also considerably more formidable.

Most importantly, the number of god sequence chains that he could borrow had skyrocketed from 200 to 1,600.

"I think I should be much more powerful than many half-step Lords now," Lin Huang roughly gauged his ability. However, he did not think that he could call himself a half-step lord-level powerhouse at the moment.

After thoroughly checking over his current status, his expression soon became rather odd.

"I can't believe that a genuine sword cultivator like myself is currently being held back by Sword Dao cultivation…"

Since he had been busy elevating his combat strength, he had barely spent any time at all practicing his swordsmanship for the past half a year. As a result, his Sword Dao had been stagnant at level-2 of Sword Dao heavenly rule—Heavenly Heart.

Although he had reached the pinnacle of Heavenly Heart quite some time ago, he had not been able to experience a breakthrough.

"It hasn't even been a day in the outside world, and the auction will only end in another nine days. In the Great Heaven Palace, that would be more than ninety thousand days." Lin Huang had no intention of wasting the remaining nine days. "I'll seize the opportunity to focus on cultivating my Sword Dao then."

It did not take Lin Huang very long to list out, one by one, all of the Sword Dao inheritances that he had obtained. He then began to practice by simulating them in his mind.

Days passed in the Great Heaven Palace.

Lin Huang began simulating the Sword Dao inheritances one after the other, starting with mythical-level, then going to supreme god-level (including Rule Bending Power), and onto Pure Spirit (including sequence power).

There were not only inheritances he had obtained from the many sword cultivators in the Great Heaven Territory, but also endless inheritances from the Sword Scripture.

After all his Pure Spirit sword skills had been simulated for practice, a Sword Dao general outline consolidated swiftly in his mind.

This Sword Dao general outline had a core of over thirty thousand Pure Spirit sword skills, millions of supreme god-level sword skills as its frame, and more than ten million god-level sword skills to flesh it out, as well as hundreds of millions of transcendent sword skills as its outer covering.

As soon as the Sword Dao general outline had consolidated, Lin Huang did not even have time to amend and streamline it before his Sword Dao achieved a breakthrough right away. It elevated from level-2, Heavenly Heart to level-3, Heavenly Dao!

After this Sword Dao breakthrough, Lin Huang did not stop. He merely glanced at it and resumed amending his Sword Dao general outline.

Days passed in the Great Heaven Palace, as well as in the outside world.

When Lin Huang opened his eyes again, twenty-one days had passed in the outside world.

He had never thought that this round of closed-door cultivation would take so long.

After looking at the progress of his Sword Dao, he felt satisfied.

Although his Sword Dao had not yet achieved a breakthrough and he still remained at Heavenly Dao level, he had already come to complete-stage Heavenly Dao.

Only an opportunity separated him from a Sword Dao breakthrough and the consolidation of a Sword seal.

This period of closed-door cultivation also gave him a complete understanding of what a sword cultivator would have to do in order to become a Lord.

It was very simple; all one had to do was to consolidate a Sword seal.

Of course, this was easy to say, but in reality, not many people could do it.

Lin Huang knew very well that he would be able to do so, and it would work.

However, he had no intention of going down this path since someone else had already done it. Even if he were more powerful than other sword cultivators, it was difficult for him to surpass the essential gap in abilities.

He wanted to use his method to achieve complete-stage in all aspects that nobody could surpass, and then go onto become a Lord!

It was not until he came out of the Great Heaven Palace that Lin Huang discovered twenty-one days had passed in the outside world.

The amount of time needed for this round of closed-door cultivation had taken far longer than he had anticipated.

Once he returned to the Devil Hunter Star Zone, he checked his Royal identity token immediately.

The auction had already ended eleven days ago.

When he saw the amount of the final bid, Lin Huang was clearly stunned for a moment.

"The bidding went up to such a high price?!"

The final bid for the saber Dao Weaponry was 112 half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants.

The battle Dao Armor's final price was even higher—127 half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants.

Lin Huang doubtfully looked at the God Territory Shell Remnants within his identity token; the exchanges had been fully completed.

The traded items from both the Royal market and the auction would be stored in both parties' identity tokens respectively. There were no extra logistics procedures required. This was also a Space Rule inherent in a Royal identity token.

Both batches of God Territory Shell Remnants had been automatically moved into Lin Huang's identity token eleven days ago upon completion of the trade.

With doubts in his mind, Lin Huang looked through them with Divine Telekinesis. It only took a moment for him to understand why two such low-quality Dao Weapons could be sold for such a high price.

Among the total of 239 God Territory Shell Remnants, seventy percent of them were from Abyssal half-step Lords, while thirty percent of them were from Bug Tribe half-step Lords.

None of them had been cleansed…

Lin Huang could even faintly smell a pungent stench of blood and a disgusting reek. Clearly, some of these half-step Lords had been killed very recently.

Abyssal God Territory Shell Remnants were hardly worth anything as they were contaminated by Abyssal energy. Cleansing them required considerable effort. Furthermore, only Lords and powerhouses above Lords had the ability to cleanse half-step lord-level Abyssal God Territory Shell Remnants.

As for the Bug Tribe's God Territory Shell Remnants, nobody wanted them as they were just too incompatible.

Bug Tribe powerhouses obtained god sequence chains by inheriting or plundering them, so the interior of their God Territory was extremely disorderly. The expulsion rate from God Territories of other living beings was very high; they were also highly difficult to refine and integrate.

Compared to other God Territories of the same rank, refining Bug Tribe God Territories of that rank might well take several dozen times longer or more. Not only that, the Bug Tribe God Territories might be expelled as well. Not only would one be unable to strengthen their personal God Territory, but it might also cause problems for their own God Territory.

However, none of these things were problems for Lin Huang at all.

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Chapter 1619: Elevated to Eighth-Rank!

After putting Royal's identity token away, Lin Huang tapped open his communications page.

Very soon, he saw two missed call requests. One was from Lin Xin half a month ago. Another one was from eighteen days ago; it was Sword12 who had called.

He did not call back right away. Instead, he opened up his message page and checked it.

As expected, he saw the messages that Lin Xin and Sword12 had sent. There was also a message from Buried Heaven, as well as an unfamiliar number.

With some curiosity, he tapped on Lin Xin's message first.

Only after reading the message did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Initially, he thought Lin Xin might be calling him about some urgent matter. It turned out she was entering the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss with Xiao Mo and the rest and only wanted to inform him of this.

Lin Huang then opened the message from Sword12.

It was nothing too urgent either. Sword12 was merely informing him that he had sorted everything out for Sword1 and the others. Sword12 also mentioned that he had turned over everything regarding the Sword Alliance to Sword1, and he would now be assisting Sword1 instead.

Lin Huang had anticipated that such a thing might happen.

From Great Heaven's inheritance memories, he had realized that Swords1 to 10's functions were more complicated compared to those of the other Sword Servants. Apart from guarding the swordmaster, they were also involved in combat, as well as managing and coordinating all the other Sword Servants. All of that was included in their job scope. Naturally, the girl—Sword8—was excluded.

As for the Sword Servants after Sword11, they were actually only combat personnel.

Lin Huang had previously assigned Sword12 to be responsible for the Sword Alliance as he had been training Wu Hao back then, and Sword12 had the highest authority among the Sword Servants. Sword12 had no inherent work experience of this kind, so he was thrown entirely into the deep end with something far beyond his skills. Since the swordmaster had requested it, he had no choice but to take up the task regardless.

Now that Sword1 and the others had taken over, he was more than happy to be a backseat boss.

After reading over Sword12's message, Lin Huang thought about it and decided to send a brief reply back to him.

After that, he glanced at the topmost message, which was from Buried Heaven. He skipped it for now and opened the message from the unfamiliar number.

The communicator he had was different from mobile phones on Earth in that there were hardly any messages that were advertisement-related.

When Lin Huang saw the stranger's number, the name that flashed through his mind immediately was, without question, Yang Ling. However, on second thoughts, he remembered that Yang Ling was now dead.

He opened the message with some misgivings.

Only after quickly glancing over the message was he able to ascertain the sender. It was not Yang Ling but Sword1.

This unfamiliar number was Sword1's new communicator number in the great world.

Sword1 was not the only one; in fact, Swords 1 to 10 all had their own respective communicators.

Sword1 had sent the message to give Lin Huang a brief update on their current situation.

He and the other swordmaster's guardians had taken over management of the Sword Alliance. Sword12 remained a member of the management team, but no longer had any real authority.

Sword1 also gave a brief description of the future development plans he had drawn up for the Sword Alliance.

Apart from that, he also indicated to Lin Huang that whenever the swordmaster was out, he had to have guardians with him at all times—at least two each time. His position required a show of prestige, after all.

Lin Huang was rendered slightly speechless upon reading this, but he did not directly reject it. Naturally, he knew that Sword1 meant well.

After reading Sword1's long message, Lin Huang gave it some thought, then replied as well.

He suggested promoting Sword11 and Sword12 to become swordmaster's guardians.

After all, be it ability or prestige among the Sword Servants, both were imminently qualified.

Sword1 replied almost immediately after the message was sent.

"I'll arrange it accordingly. Lord Swordmaster does not need to worry."

Only after replying to Sword1 did Lin Huang look at the message from Buried Heaven.

It had been sent just a day ago.

Upon opening it, he only saw two brief sentences.

"I'll officially perform unification in ten days' time. If you'd like to witness the ceremony, you can come and watch."

The message came with a star map attached that had coordinates marked on it.

It had to be said that Buried Heaven trusted Lin Huang implicitly.

The process of a Heavenly God's unification for elevating to become a Lord was very risky. The slightest mistake might see one forever doomed.

Under normal circumstances, one would only invite one's closest friends to witness a Heavenly God unification ceremony.

Furthermore, the ceremony's coordinates were secret and not disclosed to the public.

This was to prevent any disruptions when one was performing the unification.

One must know that if by chance the unification failed, the most minor consequence would be the individual failing to consolidate their Dao seal and being unable to elevate to lord-level forever. The worst-case scenario was that their Dao seal would collapse, and they would immediately disintegrate into smoke and ash.

Lin Huang knew that one of the reasons Buried Heaven had invited him was because he trusted Lin Huang. For another, he thought highly of Lin Huang, so he had specially given him an opportunity to observe the ceremony.

After all, Lin Huang would certainly have to elevate to lord-level in the future, so he would have to go through the unification process as well.

"He sent this yesterday, so I still have nine more days." Lin Huang checked the date and replied to Buried Heaven right away.

"I'll definitely be there! Let me express my wishes in advance that Master Buried Heaven will succeed in this unification and become a Lord!"

Buried Heaven replied immediately as well after Lin Huang replied.

"Thank you!"

After closing the communications page, Lin Huang scanned his Royal identity token with Divine Telekinesis to check the number of God Territories within. He then came up with a rough time estimate.

"There should be enough time…" He gave this some thought, then set a date reminder on his communicator.

After that, he did not waste any more time but teleported straight back to the Great Heaven Palace in a flash.

After entering the palace, he adjusted the time to be 10,000 times faster than the outside world again. He then retrieved the half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants one after the other…

Time went by in the Great Heaven Palace.

As Lin Huang had expected, the refining of all the God Territories was extraordinarily successful.

It did not matter if it was the Bug Tribe's chaotic half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants or the half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants contaminated with Abyssal energy. There was no hindrance to his refining process at all.

This round of closed-door cultivation went on for over eighty-five thousand days.

During this time, he fully refined a total of two-hundred and thirty-nine half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants.

His combat strength elevated from its initial fifth-rank heavenly god-level all the way to eighth-rank heavenly god-level.

Sensing the number of god sequence chains that he could borrow had skyrocketed to twelve thousand eight hundred chains, Lin Huang had a vague feeling that he might possess sufficient ability to challenge a Lord now.

He raised his brows after looking at the time on the communicator.

"Eight and a half days have passed in the outside world."

This was not too far from what he had anticipated—perhaps a little slower, that was all.

Lin Huang stood up immediately and spent a few minutes familiarizing himself with his massive increase in both power and his God's soul's strength. He did not go in-depth, nonetheless, and opened the doors of the Great Heaven Palace.

Since he had given Buried Heaven his word that he would be present at the ceremony, of course, he was not going to break his promise.

Moreover, watching Buried Heaven performing unification would be beneficial to him.

In the future, he would definitely have to do the same to become a Lord. Watching another's unification procedure could be considered a preview of what he would be doing.

Lin Huang did not waste even a second and teleported out of the Great Heaven Palace. On the way, he activated the spatial dimensional gateway and hastened to the coordinates marked on the star map.

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Chapter 1620: Meeting Blood Sickle Members For The First Time

In a vast, silent sky full of stars, a giant black hole invisible to the naked eye rotated slowly.

It was mercilessly devouring everything around it—stars, meteorites, dust, and even light…

Right now, however, a figure stood before this black hole, seemingly unaffected by gravity at all.

If one were to observe from up close, they would see that this was a "young man".

He looked to be thirteen or fourteen at most and was less than 1.6 meters tall, but he had a head of short white hair.

He hovered before the black hole's great mass just like that. His hands were in his pockets, and his eyes were slightly lidded as if he were waiting for something.

Not too far from the white-haired "young man" stood six figures of various shapes and sizes.

If any senior Gold Sickle members from Death Sickle were here, they would be able to identify these six as Death Sickle's Blood Sickle members.

Six out of the seven Blood Sickle members were present. Clearly, they were guarding Buried Heaven's unification ceremony to prevent anyone from interfering.

When Lin Huang traversed the void and showed up, the six Blood Sickle members immediately had their guards up.

Fortunately, from quite a distance, Lin Huang had sensed the presence of seven people and had revealed himself. Otherwise, he might really have been attacked by the six Blood Sickles.

Sensing Lin Huang's arrival, Buried Heaven slowly opened his eyes and nodded at him.

Lin Huang nodded slightly in response, then turned his head to study the six Blood Sickle members.

He had never seen the Blood Sickles before. However, judging from the intensity of their auras, all six were half-step Lords. Furthermore, among half-step Lords, they would be considered powerhouses.

Meanwhile, the six Blood Sickle members were weighing Lin Huang up as well.

Over the course of this year, they had naturally heard many stories about Lin Huang, this exceptional newly-emerged genius. Whether in his identity as Xie Lin or Xiu Mu, he had left behind a stunning record of battle exploits in Death Sickle.

Not long ago, Lin Huang had anonymously accepted twenty-six missions. They knew about his consecutive killing of the geniuses on the Heavenly God Leaderboard in the God Territory, as well as how he had managed to successfully assassinate Shen Yu and Shen Jue despite a half-step Lord attempting to stop him.

Right now, this young man had finally appeared before them.

Naturally, the Blood Sickle members could not help giving him a second look.

However, the more they studied him, the more apprehensive they felt. In fact, a moment later, their expressions revealed bewilderment.

Although Lin Huang had concealed his aura instead of letting it show through, powerhouses did not need to sense a fully released aura to gauge the standard of their opponent—just a trace would do.

The six Blood Sickle members only had one word come to mind after sensing the aura emanating from Lin Huang's person—impenetrable!

Due to this peculiar feeling, two of the six could not help but try probing with Divine Telekinesis.

Naturally, the probe attempts ran into a snag.

Lin Huang's current God's soul's strength was already at the level of a regular Lord. Not only that, he had a spirit-type Dao Weapon within him that easily blocked any attempts at Divine Telekinesis probes from the outside world.

The two Blood Sickle members who could not resist probing had both their strands of Divine Telekinesis snuffed out easily by the Dao Weapon.

After the failure of their attempts, the two gave an involuntary exclamation at practically the same time.

After the remaining four asked about it via voice transmission, they could not help trying to probe as well. They encountered the same issue.

All six Blood Sickles were looking at Lin Huang in an increasingly odd manner.

Naturally, Lin Huang had sensed the six of them probing one after the other. However, it did not particularly bother him; he then took the initiative to greet them.

"Xiu Mu greets the six Blood Sickle seniors!"

"Young Xiu Mu, we've heard many things about you throughout this year, and now we're finally able to meet you in person today." The first person to greet Lin Huang was a tall, thin old man. He was fully three meters tall and then some, while his body was as gaunt as a withered corpse. His skin was pale, and he looked almost bloodless.

Although Lin Huang had never met any of the Blood Sickle members before, Death Sickle's Gold Sickle authorization gave access to a limited amount of information regarding the seven Blood Sickle members.

The man in front of him was one of Death Sickle's founders. His name was Boundless Blood.

He had been born into the Blood Protoss Tribe, which was considered a major tribe in the God Territory, and had a large population.

"Truly, the younger generation has surpassed their elders!" The second person to speak was a long-legged woman of alluring beauty.

Her body was almost no different from that of a human. However, several flame-like red tails undulated beneath her skirt.

Lin Huang recognized at a glance that this was the only female among the seven Blood Sickle members—Hu Xian'er of the Nine-tailed Fox Tribe.

The Nine-tailed Fox Tribe had been considered prominent for a time in the God Territory. At their peak, they had been regarded as one of the most powerful tribes in the God Territory. However, they had experienced a significant decline since then.

The rest of the Blood Sickles did not speak, but Lin Huang saw one of them nodding slightly at him.

This was a saber cultivator who was roughly about the same height as Lin Huang. In appearance, he looked no different from a human, with no distinguishing features to set him apart from an ordinary human being.

It was only after Lin Huang had been promoted to Gold Sickle-level and obtained authorization to look at information about the Blood Sickles that he found out there was a human among the seven Blood Sickle members. The man standing before him was evidently this individual.

Although only a few brief pieces of information were disclosed, Lin Huang knew that this Blood Sickle was called Gao Ming, and he was a saber cultivator.

Lin Huang was aware that the reason he had been able to progress so smoothly as a human within Death Sickle was in no small part due to Gao Ming.

It was because of Gao Ming—a human within the Blood Sickles—that such a massive organization in the God Territory like Death Sickle had never discriminated against humans. Furthermore, they had always accepted human members.

Lin Huang nodded back at Gao Ming as well, indicating that he knew the other's identity.

As for the anomaly they sensed from Lin Huang's being, the Blood Sickles did not ask about it.

Every supreme genius possessed inherently matchless destinies and incredible luck. These were things others might envy but never achieve.

In reality, the six Blood Sickles had vaguely guessed that Lin Huang might have a soul-type Dao Weapon on him.

Very soon, the Blood Sickle members came forward one by one to chat for a while. The atmosphere was not as awkward as Lin Huang expected. He had initially expected that since the Blood Sickle members had higher status and were all half-step Lords, they would definitely be haughty in front of him, a mere junior. However, this was not the case. They seemed to sense that his ability was no weaker than theirs. All six Blood Sickle members did not treat him as a junior, nor did they put on airs.

"When selecting a venue for the unification ceremony, is there anything particular that one must pay attention to? Why did Buried Heaven choose this place?" After they had become a little more familiar with each other, Lin Huang soon brought up his concerns.

From a long way off, he had already sensed the giant black hole behind Buried Heaven. As he had heard a great deal about black holes during his past life on Earth, he still regarded this celestial phenomenon with some awe.

"The process of unification releases massive amounts of energy, and one also has to battle raptors. It would cause destructive harm to the entire star zone. Naturally, one can't select a region with a dense population," Gao Ming explained, "Moreover, there's an advantage to performing unification near a black hole. It can absorb massive amounts of energy waves, which will significantly lower the possibility of being sensed by other powerhouses."

"I see. So that's why." Lin Huang had evidently learned something.

After that, he asked some questions about unification, and the Blood Sickle members answered him one by one.

Several hours passed by in this manner.

When they sensed Buried Heaven's aura beginning to emanate from him, Lin Huang and the others immediately stopped talking and turned in Buried Heaven's direction.

They knew that Buried Heaven's unification was about to begin!

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Chapter 1621: Buried Heaven's Unification

Buried Heaven's figure hovered in front of the black hole, like a particle of dust facing a giant black whirlpool. He appeared infinitely small in this vast starry sky.

However, his aura kept skyrocketing.

Within the blink of an eye, Buried Heaven seemed to transform into a ferocious, unrivaled beast even more terrifying than the black hole.

God sequence chains of various colors extended out of his body like tentacles. They were no longer invisible like they usually were to ordinary people but had materialized into actual chains.

As the god sequence chains extended, Lin Huang was finally able to see the number of god sequence chains that Buried Heaven had mastered—twenty-seven in total.

Compared with Lin Huang, this was not considered very many. However, in the entire great world, this number was already the ultimate limit.

After all, Great Heaven, who had dominated an entire era in the great world, had only mastered forty-two god sequence chains.

Although Lin Huang could control over ten thousand god sequence chains, most of them were borrowed and were not ones he had comprehended himself. In all honesty, the number of god sequence chains that he had comprehended was far less than Buried Heaven.

Lin Huang did not find it that impressive, but the six Blood Sickle members were clearly envious.

The more god sequence chains a Heavenly God had mastered, the more powerful the Dao seal would be after unification.

From this standpoint, Buried Heaven's foundation was enough to suppress most Heavenly Gods. They might elevate to become Lords, but Buried Heaven would undoubtedly be more powerful than the rest after elevation.

Furthermore, he would only become even more powerful after elevating to become a Lord.

The number of god sequence chains used in the first Dao seal would determine the maximum number of god sequence chains all the subsequent Dao seals could hold. In other words, two Lords who started with different numbers of god sequence chains would see an increasing disparity in their abilities as they consolidated more and more Dao seals.

Buried Heaven, for example, had consolidated a Dao seal that could hold 27 god sequence chains. If he consolidated two Dao seals, they would be able to contain 54 god sequence chains. However, if another Lord's Dao seal could only hold 9 god sequence chains from the start, then they would only have 18 god sequence chains when they consolidated two Dao seals. Even if the two Lords had the same combat strength, the gap between their abilities would only grow wider as the number of consolidated Dao seals increased.

Although the number of god sequence chains that Buried Heaven had mastered did not unduly surprise Lin Huang, he was still fully focused on watching the entire unification process without so much as a blink.

In the void, the god sequence chains moved threateningly in a frenzy as if they were completely out of control.

Amidst his uncertainties, Lin Huang saw a scene that shocked him even more.

The god sequence chains detached from Buried Heaven's body one by one and began coiling together in the air above his head. They seemed to be possessed of some form of sentience. The feeling they gave off was one of dissatisfaction each with the other and wanting to fight until a winner finally emerged.

"Is this normal?" Lin Huang could not help asking the Blood Sickle members.

"This is the first stage of unification—psychic communication," Gao Ming was the first to explain, "During this stage, the god sequence chains in the body gain a measure of intelligence. Therefore, they'll vie with each other, with none willing to surrender."

"This stage is also called the chaotic sequence period and is a very dangerous state. If one's God's soul is not strong enough to suppress the god sequence chains, the unification will fail right away," the Nine-tailed Fox off to one side added with a smile, "The best-case scenario would be one's God's soul being severely injured and losing their god sequence chains. If they're unlucky, their God's soul might be impaled by the berserk god sequence chains, resulting in immediate death."

"Shouldn't this be happening within his body? How come we can see it?" Lin Huang brought up the point that was puzzling him.

"It's happening in the God Territory within his body, certainly. We're only seeing the Heavenly Dao's projection," Gao Ming explained again, "The exact reason is unknown, but the great world's will appears to hope that this process will be noticed by the outside world. Therefore, it projects the process of the Lord's unification."

Very soon, Lin Huang saw Buried Heaven's God's soul drifting out and engaging the god sequence chains in battle.

The god sequence chains had transformed into mutated monsters of all kinds, releasing all sorts of different sequence powers.

Within a moment, half the nearby star zone had turned into a battlefield.

However, Lin Huang and the rest did not retreat. As this was just a projection, it would not interfere with reality.

Nevertheless, they could all fully witness the intense battle in Buried Heaven's God Territory.

The resilience of a combat cultivator was no exaggeration. Buried Heaven was completely fearless in the face of the multitude of sequence powers, inflicting heavy blows on them. Within half an hour, he had forced all twenty-seven god sequence chains to surrender.

Only at that moment did the god sequence chains gradually consolidate into line after line of Dao tattoos.

All twenty-seven Dao tattoos swiftly coiled together, forming a Dao tattoo in the void.

However, right at this moment, the Dao tattoo began frenetically radiating endless Divine Power.

At the same time, Buried Heaven's God Territory materialized before them at last. It was like a phantom galaxy suspended in front of them.

Before Lin Huang could ask, Gao Ming immediately explained right away.

"This is the second stage of unification—unification. Simply put, it's the god sequence chains turning into a Dao tattoo and consolidating into a Dao seal.

"This process is also the one that has the highest failure rate in Heavenly God unification. In the past, over 80% of individuals failed at this stage of unification.

"Since the process of consolidating god sequence chains into a Dao seal releases terrifying energy, it's a triple test of the individual performing the unification in terms of their physical body, their God's soul, and their God Territory.

"The energy released from consolidating god sequence chains into a Dao seal impacts the individual's God Territory first. At the same time that the God Territory is affected, there will be a measure of energy seeping out that will impact the individual's physical body and God's soul.

"If either the individual's God Territory, physical body, or God's soul is unable to withstand the impact, the unification will fail straight away."

Lin Huang kept nodding as he listened. He immediately thought of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen bombs on Earth.

The process of nuclear fusion was the collision of two atomic nuclei, causing polymerization and producing atomic nuclei with heavier substances. At the same time, it would trigger a large number of electrons and neutrons into releasing massive energy.

This process was exactly like consolidating god sequence chains into Dao seals.

It was also the first time Lin Huang realized that apart from a strong physical body and God's soul, one also needed a powerful God Territory to perform unification.

However, he was aware that he himself was unusual.

From the very beginning, his God Territory had been at imperial-level, which was already different from everyone else. From that time on, he could already refine and integrate the God Territories of others.

As for later on, he could already directly integrate massive amounts of half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants after he had only just elevated to heavenly god-level.

However, for normal cultivators, the number of God Territories they could refine and integrate was limited. The intensity of the refining process was severely restricted as well.

Great Heaven was so powerful that he had dominated an entire era and mastered forty-two sequence chains. Yet even he only dared to refine nine ninth-rank Heavenly Gods' God Territory Shell Remnants from first-rank all the way to ninth-rank heavenly god-level.

That was the limit his God Territory could sustain.

Although Buried Heaven was powerful, the strength of his God Territory was certainly weaker than Great Heaven's.

Fortunately, the number of god sequence chains he had mastered was lower than Great Heaven's. Therefore, there was significantly less pressure during his unification.

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Through the Heavenly Dao's projection, the scene inside Buried Heaven's God Territory was clearly displayed.

At the moment, the Dao seal that had been consolidated from the twenty-seven Dao tattoos was like an intensely blazing star suspended above the God Territory, radiating endless awe-inspiring power.

The glaring white light had almost spread to every corner of Buried Heaven's God Territory. Wherever it passed through, it left scorched earth in its wake.

Lin Huang could even see countless planets inhabited by living beings, all burning fiercely. Some even crumbled immediately. Almost all the living creatures in the God Territory were killed; none were spared.

"Does this happen to the God Territory of everyone who performs unification?" Lin Huang asked the handful of Blood Sickle members with some misgivings.

"This process is almost inevitable. Living beings will die, stars will collapse, and even galaxies will fall apart…" Gao Ming answered, nodding, "However, as soon as unification is completed successfully, time in the God Territory will revert to the moment before unification started. The destroyed galaxies will be restored to their original state, while the living beings that were killed will be revived where they were. Furthermore, all their memories of having died will be removed.

"The God Territory might seem the same as before, but in reality, once unification is successful, the entire God Territory will evolve to a new stage. Realms, rules, and sequences will be reconstructed, creating a fully complete internal circulatory system and forming an independent universe. Only then can the God Territory truly be called a Kingdom."

'It sounds very much like a system being upgraded and restarted…' Lin Huang thought to himself.

As the Dao seal released its energy, the God Territory within Buried Heaven's body became riddled with craters in the mere span of a few breaths. Practically none of the star zones remained whole.

Even the area of space around the entire God Territory was starting to quake, and cracks began appearing in the air.

Lin Huang and the others could clearly feel a terrifying energy wave being transmitted from Buried Heaven's body.

"The God Territory within his body can directly interfere with the material realm we're in?!" At this moment, Lin Huang finally became aware that the energy produced from the unification process was utterly beyond what he had expected.

Off to one side, Gao Ming could hear the misgivings in Lin Huang's question. He then immediately explained, "The energy produced from unification isn't energy from the Dao seal itself but from the consolidation of the Dao tattoos. During this process, the energy released from the Dao seal might be dozens, even hundreds of times more than what the Dao Seal itself inherently contains."

This caused Lin Huang to think about nuclear fusion again.

"If one's God Territory isn't strong enough and can't sustain this process, it will immediately collapse, causing the unification to fail," Gao Ming added.

At that moment, Buried Heaven suddenly gave a low groan. A trickle of fresh blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

"When the energy from unification breaks through the God Territory's restrictions, it will impact the individual's God's soul and physical body. This is also the second most difficult stage in the unification process. If either one's physical body or one's God's soul cannot sustain this process and collapses, unification will fail."

"Then does this mean that if one's God Territory is strong enough, they can directly suppress the force coming from the unification process and prevent it from impacting their physical body and God's soul?" Lin Huang could not help asking.

"Theoretically, that should be the case." Gao Ming glanced at Lin Huang, then continued, "However, nobody has managed to achieve this yet. No one's God Territory has ever been so powerful that it can directly suppress the process of unification."

Lin Huang was not paying attention to the last part of Gao Ming's words. At the moment, he was wondering whether he could strengthen his God Territory sufficiently to completely suppress the energy released from unification if—at his current pace—he were to integrate more half-step Lords' God Territory Shell Remnants.

Buried Heaven, who was not too far off, had his eyes tightly closed, but he seemed to be very much aware of his current condition.

A layer of battle armor automatically began appearing on his body. At the same time, a golden glow lit up between his brows, protecting his God's soul.

These two pieces of equipment were clearly Dao Weapons.

Once this equipment appeared, Buried Heaven's aura very clearly calmed itself.

Not long later, the white rays of light released from the Dao seal suspended mid-air in his God Territory gradually began to diminish at last.

The expressions of the watching Blood Sickle members finally relaxed slightly.

"I think we can consider him as having made it through this stage," Nine-tailed Fox Hu Xian'er said with a smile.

Lin Huang was slightly relieved as well. He could sense that the crest of energy released by the Dao seal had passed and was beginning to wane.

Buried Heaven making it past this crest meant that half the unification process was already complete.

In a little while, the white glow radiating from the Dao seal faded entirely.

Buried Heaven finally opened his eyes and exhaled long and slow.

Without hesitation, he retrieved a handful of elixirs from his storage ring and gulped them down one after the other.

"The most difficult stage is coming up next!" Gao Ming said softly.

Lin Huang was stunned when he heard that.

His first reaction was to wonder, 'Didn't they say earlier that consolidation of the Dao seal had the highest failure rate—over 80%? Why is the next stage the most difficult one?'

However, he quickly revised this first impulse. The most difficult stage did not mean that it had the highest failure rate. This was because 80% of the candidates had not made it past the consolidation of the Dao seal. Therefore, less than 20% would make it to the next stage.

"What's the next stage?" Lin Huang could not help tilting his head and asking.

"The third stage of unification, which is also the last stage—Dao plundering!

"When a Dao seal has been properly consolidated through unification, it will attract the attention of raptors who covet and desire it."

"Raptors?" This was not Lin Huang's first time hearing this term. However, he had only heard it; he did not really understand what it meant.

"That's right. We're not sure where the raptors come from. We only know they don't belong to the material realm. Each raptor is unbelievably powerful. They only appear they sense a Dao seal, and they always show up without warning.

"These raptors will steal the Dao seal of the individual performing unification. The individual must defeat the raptor to officially gain control of their Dao seal."

"If the individual is defeated and the raptor takes the Dao seal, what will happen then?!" Lin Huang asked curiously.

"When an individual performing unification loses their Dao seal, they'll lose all of their cultivation abilities and become an ordinary mortal, if the consequences are light. Severe consequences would mean immediate death," Gao Ming explained patiently, "As soon as the raptors obtain the Dao seal, they'll refine it almost immediately and arrive in the material realm as a Lord. This would result in an utter catastrophe.

"I've read related records from historical data where a raptor in the ancient epoch took someone's Dao seal during unification. When the raptor arrived in the material realm, the Lords could not kill it immediately, and it was able to escape. It caused a terrible disaster. That raptor devoured many Heavenly Gods, half-step Lords, and Lords within a short few years, causing it to become extraordinarily powerful. In the end, the Almighties above lord-level had to take a hand before it was finally suppressed for good."

As he listened to this story, Lin Huang had already started pondering. In the event Buried Heaven failed his unification, and the raptor took his Dao seal, arriving in the material realm, Lin Huang wondered if he should show his hand and reveal his true abilities.

Just when Lin Huang was still turning the issue over in his mind, a change happened in Buried Heaven's God Territory.

Not far above the Dao seal, an irregular space rift began to form at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Within less than the time it took for a breath, the rift had expanded to the maximum. It looked like a malevolent eye.

Lin Huang was stunned when he saw the rift. 'Isn't that the Virtual Eye from the gravel world?!'

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Chapter 1623: Buried Heaven Versus The Raptor

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Lin Huang was slightly dazed when he saw the space rift in Buried Heaven's God Territory. It was as if he had returned to the gravel world and was seeing the Virtual Eye opening in the heavens.

From the very beginning, he had already known the truth about why the gravel world had been invaded by the Virtual Eye. It was a result of the Emperor's Heart performing modifications to the gravel world in order to train the native residents.

Seeing the space rift that preceded the raptor's arrival, Lin Huang immediately understood that this must be the inspiration for the Emperor's Heart in creating the Virtual Eye.

The space rift above the Dao seal split apart like an eye opening.

In the black, fathomless void, a massive, muscled arm suddenly extended out of nowhere, reaching right through the space rift and into Buried Heaven's God Territory.

Immediately after, a head poked through as well.

The head had a face that looked human. It was bald, and there was a single eye on its forehead, while a huge mouth occupied almost half its face.

The creature's inky-black eye swept its gaze over Buried Heaven's God Territory and finally alighted on Buried Heaven. It opened its huge mouth, revealing a maw full of sharp, shark-like teeth.

"So this is the unification raptor…" Lin Huang mumbled softly. He did not verbalize the second part of the sentence, which was, "It doesn't look very powerful".

Off to one side, Gao Ming heard Lin Huang muttering and explained earnestly, "The raptor's form isn't fixed. The fact is, the people who performed unification—the ones we know about—encountered different raptors. None of them were the same.

"However, the one thing we're certain of is that the raptor has a specific connection to the individual. Almost all saber cultivators will encounter a saber cultivator-type raptor. Almost every sword cultivator will encounter sword cultivator-type monsters. Buried Heaven is a combat cultivator, so the raptor he's encountering this time is clearly a combat cultivator like him."

"What if it's someone like me, who is a sword cultivator and a psychic?" Lin Huang asked rather curiously.

"Ordinarily speaking, the raptor you encounter at that point will most likely be a sword cultivator-type monster. After all, sword cultivation is your main cultivation path. There were Lords in the great world who were in the same boat as you. In essence, they encountered raptors that cultivated the same path. There doesn't seem to have been anyone who's encountered a raptor that cultivated their secondary path," Gao Ming answered after giving this some thought.

During Gao Ming and Lin Huang's conversation, the raptor had fully emerged from the space rift and intruded into Buried Heaven's God Territory.

Only now were Lin Huang and the others finally able to see the monster's full appearance.

It was a one-eyed giant that was at least a hundred meters tall. It looked like a skinned, deformed human.

The surface of its body was enveloped in a layer of blood-red energy that did not give off the feel of Divine Power; it was another type of energy. An indeterminate aura radiated from its entire being.

Its single eye had practically never left Buried Heaven.

"What a powerful flesh-and-blood aura. You're definitely delicious. Just catching a whiff of the scent on you from far away has already increased my appetite…"

As the one-eyed raptor spoke, it extended its long tongue to lick its lips. It did not seem to care what an ugly, drooling spectacle it made.

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to devour you first, then refine your Dao seal!"

The one-eyed raptor had only just finished speaking when Buried Heaven attacked from his end.

Even though the raptor was unbelievably arrogant and aggressive, right now Buried Heaven did not fear it in the least.

One must know that this was his God Territory. He had full advantage on his turf.

Moreover, his Dao seal had already been consolidated, which also gave him absolute confidence in his abilities.

As Buried Heaven was illuminated by the Dao seal's light, a Dao tattoo that was exactly the same as the Dao seal formed on his forehead. At the same time, golden Odyl began flowing through his entire body.

At that moment, it was as if he had transformed into a golden-armored combat god.

Within the blink of an eye, his figure darted forward like lightning. Landing in front of the raptor, he landed a heavy blow on it.

He did not bother testing this blow at all; he launched into it full force.

A combat cultivator's physical body was already formidable. In addition, this basic punch had been compounded with all the sequence powers that Buried Heaven could borrow in his God Territory. In fact, its sheer power could be considered earth-shattering.

The six Blood Sickle members watched with wide eyes. Clearly, the force of Buried Heaven's blow was way beyond anything they had expected.

Even Lin Huang could not help raising his brows.

"He's compounded over one thousand eight hundred levels of sequence power… Is this the Godly Right's effect in his God Territory then?"

Through his inherited memories, Lin Huang had discovered that powerhouses who elevated to heavenly god-level by the usual methods could—within their God Territory—boost their Godly Right by using Rule Bending Power.

An example was Great Heaven, who had only mastered forty-two god sequence chains. However, from first-rank all the way to ninth-rank, he had integrated ninth-rank heavenly god-level God Territories when he first constructed his Godly Right and during every subsequent elevation. This had given his Godly Right a full eighty-onefold boost.

This meant that in his God Territory, he could allocate a maximum of 3,402 sequence powers when using his Godly Right.

As for Buried Heaven, he had mastered twenty-seven god sequence chains. He could compound one thousand eight hundred levels of sequence power in his God Territory because his Godly Right had clearly given him a sixtyfold boost.

Lin Huang's Godly Right, however, was completely different from theirs. His Godly Right's maximum limit was far beyond that of Buried Heaven and Great Heaven, and not just in terms of numbers. In his God Territory, he could freely borrow all of the sequence powers it contained.

If his God Territory absorbed a million or even ten million god sequence chains, then he could use a million or ten million sequence powers.

However, under normal circumstances, a Heavenly God's Godly Right would only work in their own God Territory. It could not be used in the outside world.

Only by consolidating a Dao seal, becoming a Lord, and making their Dao seal the vehicle of the Godly Right could the Godly Right be used in realms outside the God Territory. This would result in the Lord benefitting from the boost in their god sequence chains.

It was the equivalent of having one hundred million in fixed assets; if it could not be converted into cash, it could not be used at all. However, if one had one hundred million in cash, they could use it where and when they pleased.

That was the reason why the disparity in ability between Lords and Heavenly Gods could not be bridged.

Buried Heaven had yet to complete the entire process of unification. Naturally, his abilities could not be reflected in the outside world. Fortunately, the current battle was happening inside his God Territory. This was his turf, which meant he could allocate his Godly Right's boost as he wished. On top of that, he had successfully consolidated his Dao seal, so the flow of Odyl throughout his entire body right now made him no different from an actual Lord.

The punch he threw at the one-eyed raptor at that moment was undoubtedly the most powerful blow he had ever thrown in his life!

The heavy blow was imbued with a dazzling golden layer of Odyl and sent straight at the raptor's face. It was unbelievably fast.

However, just as the punch was about to strike the raptor's face, the raptor suddenly grinned at Buried Heaven. The next second, its hand shot out, transforming into eagle-like talons that stopped Buried Heaven's attack midway. With its other hand, it curled its fist and sent an even faster punch at Buried Heaven.

Boom!

The six Blood Sickle members had not even been able to see very much of the exchange of blows between the two when they heard the loud boom.

Dust and smoke rose from every corner of the God Territory after that, obscuring the figures of the two combatants.

Lin Huang was the only one who could see everything clearly, and he could not help but frown slightly.

"This raptor's physical strength is even more powerful than Buried Heaven's. Not only that, it's far more familiar with using its body than he is… I'm afraid Buried Heaven might have a difficult time in this battle."

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Chapter 1624: Leave It Here

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Smoke and dust rose from every corner of Buried Heaven's God Territory.

This first clash between Buried Heaven and the raptor was extraordinarily spectacular.

However, Lin Huang was frowning slightly as he watched.

Buried Heaven's situation was not exactly ideal.

Whether it was physical strength, power, or speed, the raptor was still a cut above.

Furthermore, its battle style was based more on instinct. Even when encountering techniques that it had never seen before, it could react accurately in time.

As for Buried Heaven, even though he displayed great initiative and did not withhold any of his martial arts skills, he was gradually losing the upper hand. His tempo of battle was also beginning to be affected by his opponent.

Buried Heaven's expression was gradually becoming more serious as well.

From the very beginning, he had not made the mistake of underestimating the raptor. However, after they had exchanged blows, he realized that the raptor was more powerful than he had expected.

The six Blood Sickle members could only see the two fighting within the smoke and dust; they seemed to be equally matched.

However, Lin Huang saw what was going on more clearly than the rest.

The raptor's overall ability was certainly more powerful than Buried Heaven's, but its ability also had its limits.

Buried Heaven's advantage was that the God Territory was his turf. The drain on his Divine Power was minimal there.

As long as he stood his ground and fought steadily without making mistakes and did not allow his opponent to affect his tempo of battle, he would, in essence, be undefeatable.

The raptor was only able to remain in the material realm for a limited time. The longer the battle took, the more it would be at a disadvantage.

Lin Huang had initially thought that Buried Heaven would be aware of this logic.

However, he had never expected that Buried Heaven might fall prey to rashness right from the start, to where his battle rhythm now was affected by the raptor.

If this went on and the raptor gained full control of the tempo of battle, Buried Heaven would completely lose his chance to turn things around.

As a bystander, Lin Huang felt somewhat anxious for him as he watched.

However, Buried Heaven's physical body was currently in his God Territory at the moment. He could not sense anything in the outside world.

If not for the Heavenly Dao's projection, Lin Huang and the rest would not be able to see anything at all either.

Within the God Territory, the battle between the two combatants was growing increasingly worrying.

Buried Heaven was gradually beginning to lose the upper hand, to where the six Blood Sickle members could clearly see that something was off. They began an anxious discussion.

"Just now, it was very clear he held the advantage; why has the raptor gained control of the tempo of battle all of a sudden?"

"This raptor's ability is more powerful than Buried Heaven's, to begin with, and now it's seized control of the tempo of battle. If this goes on, I'm afraid Buried Heaven's unification will fail this time."

"It has nothing to do with how powerful the raptor is. Buried Heaven was too impulsive and gave his opponent an opportunity. The truth is, he's always held the advantage because that's his turf. He could defeat the raptor just by stalling it."

After all, the onlookers were able to see the situation in a much clearer light. The Blood Sickle members' estimation of the situation was roughly the same as Lin Huang's previously.

Unfortunately, Buried Heaven could not hear these discussions.

While the few of them were still in a heated debate, the first clash between the two in the God Territory came to an end at last.

Buried Heaven was sent flying by the one-eyed raptor's heavy blow, shattering dozens of planets.

The discussion among the Blood Sickle members stopped as soon as they saw what was happening in the projection. They stared at the projection with worry in their eyes.

Lin Huang was the only one who raised his brows.

Buried Heaven had lost this first encounter.

However, as far as Buried Heaven was concerned, this might just be a chance for him to regroup.

Lin Huang clearly noticed that while Buried Heaven seemed to have been sent flying, in reality, he had put up a defense at the very last moment and had not suffered any physical harm.

Furthermore, he had utilized the impact of his opponent's attack to exit the battlefield temporarily. Perhaps he wanted to buy himself some time to replay the battle mentally and find out what the issue had been in the previous encounter.

Lin Huang had always regarded Buried Heaven as a true powerhouse.

A true powerhouse not only had to have formidable abilities but also extreme mental fortitude.

Lin Huang felt that Buried Heaven possessed such qualities.

Just like Lin Huang had thought, Buried Heaven was indeed rapidly replaying the battle in his mind.

The truth was, he had succumbed to his opponent's blow on purpose.

He merely wanted to get out of this battle temporarily, so he could utilize the viewpoint of a bystander and see where his problem lay.

It only took a moment for his mind to replay the entire first round of battle.

He instantly realized his problem after watching the entire battle as an observer.

"I was in too much of a rush to defeat him…"

Buried Heaven grinned slightly after discovering the root of the issue.

He felt that in the next round of battle, he would definitely be able to emerge victoriously.

The raptor had no idea what Buried Heaven was thinking. It merely assumed that it held the upper hand.

It did not intend to give Buried Heaven a chance to recoup at all. Right after it had sent Buried Heaven flying, it leaped into the air and pursued its opponent's falling body.

The minute it caught up and was preparing to deal a heavy blow to the other party, it noticed Buried Heaven's calm smile as well as the kick that he had been preparing for some time.

In a flash, millions of golden rays shot from Buried Heaven's right toe, aiming straight for the one-eyed raptor's single eye.

The angle of the attack was extremely tricky; it was also swift, accurate, and savage!

The raptor immediately used its hands to block the attack.

It was then sent flying by Buried Heaven's kick.

Almost simultaneously, countless golden chains emerged like undulating boa constrictors, sweeping toward the raptor.

Buried Heaven had now fully understood that this was his turf and he possessed not just combat cultivator techniques.

He had consolidated these chains by invoking the use of his Godly Right's sequence powers.

He did not need the chains to cause any harm to the raptor. All he needed was for them to obstruct its movements just a little, which would be enough to affect the entire battle situation.

Watching as the raptor tried to free itself from the chains, Buried Heaven was in no hurry to take the initiative and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Instead, he consolidated more chains to interfere with it, then looked for an opportunity to attack.

Within a few short seconds, he had already taken control of the entire tempo of battle.

"Things should be stable from now on." Lin Huang gave a slight nod.

Sure enough, Buried Heaven's performance was now completely different after adjusting his mindset.

The six Blood Sickle members—who had initially felt somewhat worried—were now overjoyed and their spirits lifted.

It was as if they could see that Buried Heaven's elevation to lord-level was not far off.

However, just when the situation in the God Territory had improved and Buried Heaven was taking control of the battle, an abnormal wave of energy came from the nearby black hole.

Lin Huang sensed the anomaly at once and immediately looked in that direction.

He saw a Dimensional Whirlpool appear inside the black hole. It had almost completely integrated with the black hole so that it appeared as one with it and was extremely hard to see with the naked eye.

Right as Lin Huang looked over, he saw a fair, flawless palm extend itself from the Whirlpool. Imbued with immeasurable force, it hurtled toward the Heavenly Dao's projection of Buried Heaven's God Territory.

As soon as the palm appeared, the six Blood Sickle members instantly attacked without hesitation, intending to block the assault.

Thanks to the broken Dao seal's effect, the power of the six Blood Sickles' attacks far surpassed that of Heavenly Gods.

The attacks were compounded with over one hundred levels of sequence power.

The minimum was over four hundred levels, with a maximum of over seven hundred levels.

As the six joined forces, a vast and mighty momentum struck the massive palm in succession.

However, the palm breached the six Blood Sickle members' attacks one by one. Its speed merely decreased slightly; it was still determinedly heading in the direction of Buried Heaven's God Territory.

"Since you don't seem to want this hand anymore, you may as well leave it here!"

Lin Huang muttered softly as if he were talking to himself. An instant later, a long, narrow-bladed battle sword had appeared in his hand—when, no one could tell. He returned the sword to its scabbard slowly.

In the distance, a blood-red sword gleam had already swept over the massive palm.

The unstoppable palm halted its advance as if time had stopped that very instant.

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Chapter 1625: Buried Heaven Elevates

The individual who had attacked so suddenly was clearly a Lord.

The six Blood Sickle members were not able to block the assault even though they had joined forces.

If the massive palm struck Buried Heaven's God Territory, it might wreck the God Territory altogether.

Once Buried Heaven's God Territory was damaged, the unification raptor would certainly escape.

Since the God Territory was Buried Heaven's turf, for the raptor, the only fair place to do battle was outside the God Territory.

As soon as the raptor escaped out of the God Territory, Buried Heaven would lose his home ground advantage.

Although his Dao seal had already consolidated, and he could invoke the boost from his god sequence chains outside his God Territory, the Divine Power within his body would not be inexhaustible like it was within his God Territory.

In his God Territory, at least he could exhaust the raptor to death. However, outside his God Territory, the raptor would most likely wear him down instead.

Furthermore, once the raptor escaped, Buried Heaven would have no choice but to follow it out. Once he did so, he would become the target of the Lord's attack.

That was why Lin Huang and the rest wanted to stop that massive palm.

Although the onslaught of the six Blood Sickle members was halted, Lin Huang made his move in the nick of time, stopping the enemy's attack.

In truth, he was rather unwilling to display his real ability in front of the six Blood Sickles. After all, he was not familiar with any of them. He knew nothing of their characters, nor did he know if there were any Raider spies among the six.

However, he had no choice. If he did not show his hand, there was a high possibility that Buried Heaven's unification this time would fail.

Within the Dimensional Whirlpool inside the black hole, the Lord powerhouse who had attempted the stealth attack withdrew its arm, turned around and made good their escape after the attack failed. They did not even retrieve their severed hand.

From that one clash alone, they knew that they were not Lin Huang's match. In fact, they feared that Lin Huang would kill them on the spot.

"It's certainly fleeing very quickly." Naturally, Lin Huang immediately sensed the other party escaping far away.

He did not pursue it either. For one, he was worried that the opponent might be creating a diversion—once he left in pursuit, another Lord would attack Buried Heaven. For another, he felt that he might not be able to catch up. The black hole inherently possessed a spatial distortion effect. Even if he followed the other via teleportation, the tiniest variance would result in the dimensional coordinates being completely different.

Lin Huang knew that it was only a matter of time before his true ability was revealed.

He could hide it for a time, but he could not hide it forever.

Compared to before, now, he no longer shied away from his identity being exposed. After all, he already possessed the ability to fight on equal footing with Lords.

Watching the severed hand hovering in the air, the six Blood Sickle members only snapped back to their senses a moment later. They all turned to look at Lin Huang.

They knew Lin Huang was a genius with astounding ability. After all, he had previously assassinated the twins, Shen Yu and Shen Jue.

However, in their eyes, this young fellow named Xiu Mu could only be regarded as a mere junior. At most, he was just a slightly bigger fish in the pond.

After all, no matter how powerful a Heavenly God was, their Godly Right would only be effective in their own God Territory. Outside the God Territory, it would be useless.

However, at that very moment, the six of them finally realized just how much of a mistake they had made.

Lin Huang had suppressed a bona fide Lord on his own!

If not for the fact that their attacks had been easily countered, the six might even have had doubts about the ability of the stealth attacker. However, they had attacked full force earlier, yet they had failed to stop their opponent by even a fraction.

Lin Huang, however, had not only stopped the stealth attack, but he had even severed the other's hand.

The disparity in ability was extremely obvious.

"Your cultivation base is at lord-level?!" Gao Ming could not help but ask.

Actually, this was the speculation of the remaining five Blood Sickles as well.

After all, the preconception they had was that only Lords could fight Lords.

"Not yet." Lin Huang shook his head. He did not mention exactly which rank he was at; he did not think this was necessary.

"How is that possible?!" Boundless Blood was in slight disbelief. "A Heavenly God's Godly Right can only be used inside their God Territory. The sequence powers they've mastered in the outside world won't gain a boost. Your attack earlier likely had over ten thousand levels of compounded sequence power. How is it possible that it wasn't a boost?!"

"Why do I need that? Can't I have mastered up over ten thousand types of sequence power?" Lin Huang retorted at once.

The six Blood Sickle members present thought Lin Huang was spouting nonsense.

One had to be aware that individuals with a normal heavenly god-level aptitude would need tens of thousands of years to master one god sequence chain. Even if it were a one-in-a-million talented genius, they would need hundreds of years at least to master a single god sequence chain. They would need tens of thousands of years to accrue mastery for over ten thousand god sequence chains.

Moreover, Lin Huang was a newly-emerged genius. According to Death Sickle's investigation, he might not be even a hundred years old. Naturally, he could not possibly have mastered ten thousand god sequence chains.

It was even more unlikely that he had already elevated to Lord!

The six Blood Sickle members rapidly calmed down when they remembered Lin Huang's identity information.

All six had practically the same speculation—Lin Huang must have used some special technique, such as borrowing an Almighty's power. That was how he had managed to stop the Lord's massive palm.

Indeed, logically speaking, that was the most reasonable explanation.

In addition, Lin Huang had also stopped a half-step Lord's attack previously during Shen Yu and Shen Jue's assassination, and the technique he had used then was very obviously not inherently his own.

This made the few half-step Lords even more certain of this point—Lin Huang had a powerful survival trump card left to him by an Almighty.

Only after they had thought this out did the Blood Sickle members come out of their shocked state and regain their composure.

Seeing that Lin Huang was stubbornly denying any use of an Almighty's technique, they did not pursue the matter further.

Lin Huang, on the other hand, had no idea what the Blood Sickle members were thinking. Since they had stopped asking, he also did not bother to explain further.

He extended a telekinetic thread and coiled it around the severed hand. He then put the hand away in his storage space.

Only then did he turn his head to watch the projection of Buried Heaven's God Territory.

The six Blood Sickle members did not speak any further. They looked over at the projection of the God Territory in silence and continued observing the fight.

In the God Territory, the battle between Buried Heaven and the raptor was becoming more and more intense.

Buried Heaven had also gotten increasingly into the zone and had taken control of the entire battle now.

Every attack was delivered full force without holding back.

Even in defense, he was only protecting crucial body parts.

He was like a mad demon now.

Lin Huang and the rest could not help exclaiming in admiration to themselves.

This was the best way to do battle in the God Territory. There was no need to worry about the drain on one's power or be concerned about getting injured.

On the other end, the Divine Power in the raptor's body was nearing critical levels.

When the raptor entered the material realm, it was restricted by the realm itself.

Before obtaining the Dao seal, they could not replenish their power from the material realm at all. The more they used the energy in their bodies, the more it would decrease.

The battle between Buried Heaven and the raptor lasted for almost three days and three nights before coming to an end at last.

The powerful raptor was finally drained to the point of collapse, and Buried Heaven slaughtered it in his God Territory.

After the raptor's death, Buried Heaven's Dao seal absorbed the raptor's true spirit automatically, making it part of the Dao seal itself.

Only then was Buried Heaven considered to have completed his unification.

A moment later, he strode out of his God Territory and his aura was now completely different.

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Chapter 1626: Headquarters Was Attacked

"Buried Heaven, your successful unification can be considered something that we haven't managed to achieve. That's awesome!"

"You've become a Lord today—after this, you'll soar to new heights!"

"Congratulations—let's have a celebration party when we return to headquarters!"

…

The six Blood Sickle members immediately hastened forward to congratulate Buried Heaven.

Seeing that Buried Heaven was surrounded by Blood Sickle members, Lin Huang did not join them. Instead, he waited till they had finished chatting, and Buried Heaven was making his way over before he delivered his congratulations, grinning.

"Congratulations, boss Buried Heaven, for succeeding in your unification and becoming a Lord! Don't forget to protect me, boss."

"You little rascal…" Buried Heaven smiled and scrutinized Lin Huang for a while. He noticed the anomaly in Lin Huang's aura as well but was still able to vaguely sense his combat strength. "Given the current progress of your cultivation, it won't be too long before you're at this level.

"Don't rush into things after achieving ninth-rank. Build your foundation and only break through when you're confident," Buried Heaven added, "I have a feeling that your ability might far exceed mine after you become a Lord. When that time comes, it won't be me protecting you anymore."

Clearly, Buried Heaven had no idea that a Lord had attempted a stealth attack outside his God Territory earlier, nor was he aware of Lin Huang's true ability. He genuinely thought that right now, he could protect Lin Huang.

The expressions on the faces of the six Blood Sickle members were rather odd. In their minds, they were thinking that this young fellow's background was much more complicated than Buried Heaven had imagined. He had an Almighty above lord-level protecting him. Why would he need the protection of a low-level Lord who had just elevated?

Lin Huang did not intend to reveal his abilities for the moment. He nodded with a smile. "Alright, when I become a Lord in the future, I'll protect you!"

The two of them chatted for a little bit before Buried Heaven was dragged away by the Blood Sickles for the celebration party. They invited Lin Huang along as well.

Initially, Lin Huang wanted to decline since he was not familiar with the Blood Sickle members. However, after giving it some careful thought, he realized that nobody had mentioned the Lord's attempted attack earlier. He felt that he should find some time to tell Buried Heaven about it.

The Lord had attempted to attack during Buried Heaven's unification, but this did not mean they would not try again after Buried Heaven's elevation to lord-level.

Everyone went through the dimensional portal and returned to Blood Sickle's Shelter right away.

However, everyone sensed something odd right after they went through the dimensional portal.

The guardian half-step Lord's aura was gone. Not only that, there was no trace of any life force in Death Sickle's headquarters.

Lin Huang did a sweep with Divine Telekinesis. Everyone in Death Sickle's headquarters was dead!

Buried Heaven and the six Blood Sickles looked grim. Evidently, they had just discovered the situation at headquarters.

Buried Heaven vanished right away in a flash. The next instant, he appeared in the cultivation room on the highest floor of headquarters.

Lin Huang and the rest hurriedly followed suit.

Subsequently, Lin Huang saw a middle-aged man quietly sitting on a meditation cushion in the cultivation room. His head was sunk low, and any signs of vitality were completely absent.

Lin Huang immediately identified the man; he was one of the seven Blood Sickle members, Sun Zhan of the Heavenly Ape Tribe.

According to the information Death Sickle had made public, Sun Zhan was a combat cultivator and the powerhouse with the most powerful physique in Death Sickle. Of course, this was based on the rankings before Buried Heaven had elevated to lord-level.

"Old Sun!" The Blood Sickle members exclaimed involuntarily.

"Don't get close yet. Check with Divine Telekinesis to see if someone's left any sort of booby trap on him." Lin Huang immediately stopped them, seeing that they were about to hurry forward and lift the body.

It was not that Buried Heaven and the other Blood Sickle members had not thought of this; it was merely that concern had made them lose their heads.

In comparison to Buried Heaven and the rest, Lin Huang was the least familiar with the deceased. In fact, it was his first time seeing Sun Zhan. Naturally, he was also the most vigilant.

The others halted immediately upon hearing Lin Huang's reminder. They began carefully checking the deceased over with Divine Telekinesis.

They only went forward a moment later after finding nothing amiss.

"There are no traces of battle, and Old Sun doesn't have any wounds on him," Gao Ming said after checking the corpse, "It should be that his God's soul was obliterated right away by a lord-level powerhouse."

"It has to be the same group of people as that fellow who launched a stealth attack at Buried Heaven," Hu Xian'er said venomously.

"What? Someone tried to launch a stealth attack at me?!" Buried Heaven's expression was full of disbelief.

"During your unification, a Lord tried a surprise attack. He wanted to damage your God Territory. However, Xiu Mu stopped him…" Gao Ming gave a brief summary of what had happened.

Buried Heaven looked at Lin Huang with an utterly astonished expression.

"You severed the Lord's hand?!"

"I've got some special techniques." Lin Huang did not deny anything, but neither did he admit that he possessed this level of ability.

The six Blood Sickle members were now even more certain about their previous speculation when they heard this. Lin Huang had to have borrowed the technique that an Almighty had left for him.

"Can you show me the hand?" Buried Heaven asked.

Lin Huang immediately retrieved the severed hand and passed it to Buried Heaven.

Buried Heaven took the severed limb and sent his Divine Telekinesis into it. A second later, there was a low grunt, and the hand tore free from Buried Heaven's grasp. It then charged in Hu Xian'er's direction as if it had come alive.

However, at that moment, Lin Huang extended a few Divine Telekinesis threads and entangled the hand in them. He then pulled it back forcefully.

"If you dare try moving again, I'll obliterate you!"

Lin Huang's battle sword came out of its scabbard once more. The point of the sword lightly rested on the back of the hand and pierced down about a centimeter or so. Blood began oozing from the severed hand. It seemed to be able to understand Lin Huang's threat and did not dare to move again.

Nearby, Hu Xian'er was still in a state of shock. Earlier, she had thought she was going to die.

The others were staring at Lin Huang in amazement.

At that moment, Buried Heaven spat out a mouthful of blood. He gave Lin Huang an inscrutable glance after coming back to his senses, then said, "This person's abilities are more powerful than mine. Although he's also a low-level Lord, he's definitely consolidated more Dao seals than I have. He's mastered at least five thousand god sequence chains."

As to how Lin Huang had managed to sever the hand, Buried Heaven did not pursue the matter further.

"For now, we'll leave the suppression of the hand to you; in a few days, when we need it, we'll come to you then.

"From the looks of things now, Old Sun's death and the attempted attack on me ought to be related. Moreover, it's no surprise that the same group of people is likely responsible. That's because it can't possibly be a coincidence—two such events happening at the same time." Buried Heaven did not dwell further on the issue of the hand.

"They sent two Lords to suppress Death Sickle. That's unbelievably brazen." Boundless Blood's eyes narrowed slightly.

"The attack might not really be directed at Death Sickle," Lin Huang could not help speaking up at that point, "They might have a personal grudge against Buried Heaven, or Old Sun and the rest of you Blood Sickle members. Killing everyone in Death Sickle might just have been in passing.

"It's also possible that they targeted some other Death Sickle members rather than all of you…" Lin Huang thought of the Raiders when he said that.

"Of course, I'm just stating other possibilities; they're not necessarily correct," Lin Huang added.

"The things you've mentioned are certainly possible," Buried Heaven was the first to agree.

"Right now, my thoughts on the matter are that we should look at Lords specializing in God's soul cultivation first. That's the biggest lead. Secondly, we should look for a Lord who has recently had his hand severed. The hand Xiu Mu severed isn't something that can be regenerated within a short time. The third thing is that the Lords who attacked might not have come from the God Territory but from somewhere else. We can check the God Territory's entry records for Lords. Lord-level powerhouses have to report to the authorities when visiting other territories…"

Buried Heaven rapidly sketched out his investigation plan.

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Chapter 1627: A Suspected Killer

As soon as Lin Huang returned to the Devil Hunter Star Zone, he activated the communication transfer function on his communicator and transferred it to Sword1's communicator. He also authorized access for Sword1 to enter and exit the Great Heaven Territory freely.

Furthermore, he let Sword1 know that if he received news from Death Sickle or any other important information, he could come into the Great Heaven Territory and knock on the door of the Great Heaven Palace.

After making these arrangements, Lin Huang entered the Great Heaven Palace again and went into closed-door cultivation.

As for the matter of Death Sickle's headquarters being attacked, he did not participate any further in subsequent discussions.

In reality, his presence did not really matter since Buried Heaven and the Blood Sickle members were there.

In terms of resources and connections, Death Sickle most certainly had more of them than he did.

Lin Huang did not want to waste his time by joining in.

Of course, if they needed his help with anything, he would not say no either.

Since the two Death Sickle incidents, all he wanted now was to become as powerful as possible.

This was because he felt that it was only a matter of time before he was noticed by Raiders.

He even suspected that he might already have been targeted by Raiders.

Inside the Great Heaven Palace, Lin Huang sat down cross-legged and began to list out, one by one, the methods for making himself more powerful.

"First of all, for my combat strength, I'll need 256 half-step Lords' God Territories to elevate from eighth-rank to ninth-rank. Although there are an extra 17 God Territories left from elevating to eighth-rank previously, I still need 239 more to elevate. In the interim, it will be extremely difficult to obtain so many half-step Lords' God Territories. All I can do is obtain more resources later on to trade for half-step Lords' God Territories.

"Secondly, my Sword Dao is already at a critical boundary. Whether or not I can go a step further and break through from Sword Dao heavenly rule to Sword seal will depend on chance. Looking at things now, the possibility of achieving a breakthrough in the short term isn't very high.

"Thirdly, the maximum number of god sequence chains that I can borrow is already at twelve thousand eight hundred chains. If I want to increase that number, I have no choice but to use combat strength to achieve a breakthrough. Of course, in the long run, I need time to comprehend those borrowed god sequence chains and transform them into my own. However, I can't strengthen my ability by comprehending god sequence chains from scratch. I can definitely wait on this until I've elevated to ninth-rank or tenth-rank.

"Number four—there's still room for improvement in my Divine Telekinesis. I still have the last eight images of the unknown Divine Telekinesis visualization set that I haven't visualized yet. This is a way for me to elevate my abilities at present.

"Number five—the God's Figurine's Combat Souls' strength is lagging far behind my current abilities. This is actually also something that can be elevated. However, should I refine a new batch of half-step Lord dead bodies or use Advance Cards right away to elevate the original God's Figurines? For now, I haven't figured that out yet…

"The sixth thing would be elevating the imperial monsters' abilities. They'll mainly have to rely on themselves for this. After all, I can't help with elevating their combat strength. I'll help when they need to advance a level. However, apart from Advance Cards, it's quite impossible to expect them to accumulate materials. I'm guessing that for rare elevation materials, I'll still need to find a way to gather them…

"Number seven—there's room for improvement in the Sword Servants' abilities as well. The swordmaster guardians like Sword1 and Sword2 in particular; they have the ability and the accumulated experiences necessary to break through and become Lords. However, this can't be rushed. I still need to give them enough time to prepare themselves. For the rest of the Sword Servants, their potential has almost been exhausted. Not many of them will be able to elevate to lord-level…"

Lin Huang analyzed every aspect of his current situation.

After a moment of thought, he calmed his mind and began to visualize the 101st unknown Divine Telekinesis visualization image.

He chose to strengthen his Divine Telekinesis since this was the fastest way for him to elevate at present and would not cost him anything extra. All he had to do was to invest time and effort.

Very soon, Lin Huang entered a visualization state.

Time passed, day by day, in the Great Heaven Palace.

In the outside world, three days had passed.

However, in the Great Heaven Palace, it had been over thirty thousand days.

Lin Huang—who had been sitting, legs crossed, like a piece of deadwood—finally opened his eyes today.

After spending over thirty thousand days, he had finally visualized the 101st image successfully.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing he did was check the date. When he realized he had only used thirty thousand days or so, he felt quite happy.

This was because he knew that the visualization would become increasingly difficult after the 100th image. Based on his estimation, if he had tried this when his Divine Telekinesis was not at lord-level yet, he would need over three hundred thousand days to visualize just the 101st image. In other words, approximately a month would pass by in the outside world.

Now, however, the efficiency of his visualization had increased significantly.

He could clearly sense that his Divine Telekinesis had also become more powerful.

"It looks like the origin of this set of visualization images might not be so simple after all." Lin Huang had only now realized that the improvement in his Divine Telekinesis brought on by the visualization images had far surpassed his expectations.

Seeing that Sword1 had not come to awaken him, Lin Huang decided to quiet his mind again and seize the time to visualize the 102nd visualization image.

Six days went by in the outside world.

In the Great Heaven Palace, however, over sixty thousand days had passed, since time was accelerated ten thousand times.

When Lin Huang opened his eyes again, he had already visualized the 102nd visualization image.

He only needed a cursory check to discover that his Divine Telekinesis strength was now at peak lower-rank lord-level.

He had initially supposed that his Divine Telekinesis strength would elevate to lower-rank lord-level after visualizing all one hundred and eight visualization images. However, he now discovered that this had been achieved even though he had only visualized the 102nd image.

"If I continue the visualizing, don't tell me my Divine Telekinesis strength might achieve a breakthrough to middle-rank lord-level?!" Lin Huang was rather astonished.

Seeing that there was still no news yet from Sword1, Lin Huang calmed his mind again and continued to visualize the 103rd visualization image.

However, this time, he had only been visualizing for a few days before a series of knocks sounded on the door of the Great Heaven Palace.

Lin Huang immediately came out of his visualization state.

"It looks like news has probably come from Death Sickle."

He gestured, and the door of the Great Heaven Palace opened. Sword1 was standing there, clad in a long green robe.

"Lord Swordmaster, news has come from Buried Heaven. I've already informed him that you'll reply to him in a little while."

"Alright."

Lin Huang nodded slightly and strode out of the Great Heaven Palace.

A moment later, the two teleported back to the Devil Hunter Star Zone.

Lin Huang returned alone to his courtyard and called Buried Heaven's number.

In just a little while, the video call connected. Buried Heaven's white-haired, youthful figure projected into the courtyard.

"How is the investigation going?" Lin Huang asked right away, without bothering about niceties.

"We've located someone whom we suspect might be the owner of the hand you severed." Buried Heaven paused and took stock of Lin Huang. "But I need you to bring the severed hand over to verify it."

"Not a problem. Where do we meet?" Lin Huang agreed readily.

"Let's meet at headquarters," Buried Heaven said, a ferocious gleam flashing through his eyes, "After that, we'll both go and pay a visit to the Combat God Temple!"

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Chapter 1628: The Combat God Temple's Temple Master

Kratos Star Zone was a galaxy supercluster with a diameter of over 180 million light-years.

If it were viewed from sufficiently far away, the shape of this star zone looked a little like a battle-axe.

This was also the location of the Combat God Temple's headquarters.

It was Lin Huang's first time setting foot on this star zone. It was also his first time at the Combat God Temple's headquarters—the Combat God Shelter.

Looking at the massive palace in front of him that seemed to be built for giants hundreds of meters tall, Lin Huang was somewhat bereft of speech.

The door alone measured at least five hundred meters in height.

"The Combat God Temple's headquarters is a Dao Weapon left behind from the ancient epoch. It's said to be the palace of the Giant King of the ancient epoch's Giant Tribe," Buried Heaven explained off-handedly as if noticing Lin Huang's confusion.

Both of them made their way slowly to the door. A warrior in silver armor, who was guarding the door, quickly went to announce their arrival.

A moment later, the warrior returned and said to them respectfully, "Please follow me."

Led by the silver-armored warrior, Lin Huang and Buried Heaven made their way into the palace.

After all, this was the Combat God Temple's headquarters. It would be imprudent for them to invade the place before they had ascertained the facts of the matter—that would be equivalent to a complete falling out with the God Combat Temple.

Therefore, Buried Heaven led Lin Huang through the usual visitation procedures.

Right after they stepped into the Combat God Temple, many people in the palace turned their gazes toward them.

Not many were able to identify Lin Huang as Xiu Mu, but almost everyone recognized Buried Heaven.

Of course, Buried Heaven was not using his youthful Primordial form right now, but the muscular form that he displayed to the outside world.

In the crowd, countless people whispered among themselves.

"Is that fellow Buried Heaven?"

"Why is Buried Heaven here at the Combat God Temple?"

"I heard a rumor a few days back that Buried Heaven succeeded in unification and elevated to become a Lord."

"I saw the gossip thread online too. What's strange is that Death Sickle didn't deny it, nor did they give a definitive answer."

"I think that's got to be fake news. If I were Death Sickle's upper echelons and Buried Heaven really did successfully undergo unification to become a Lord, I'd trumpet it with a foghorn everywhere I went. I'd want everyone in the entire God Territory to know. What's there to hide?!"

"That's right. Death Sickle has been so low-key lately. It doesn't look as if they have a new Lord."

Naturally, Lin Huang and Buried Heaven heard the gossip among the crowd as clear as could be.

Lin Huang felt rather puzzled. He had thought the news about Buried Heaven's elevation to lord-level had been circulated much earlier. That was because good news like this would usually be announced right away. Furthermore, it was also considered a boost for Death Sickle's reputation.

"The news of your successful unification hasn't been announced?" Lin Huang asked rather doubtfully through voice transmission.

"Not yet." Buried Heaven shook his head. "As soon as it's announced, we'll have to temporarily shelve the investigation. That's because the God Territory gaining a new Lord is no small matter. All the major organizations would take turns to congratulate us, and we'd need to host a banquet out of courtesy and invite them… It would be at least half a month before things settle down."

Lin Huang immediately understood Buried Heaven and the few Blood Sickle members' points of view.

The longer the two cases dragged on—the attempted attack on Buried Heaven, as well as the massacre at Death Sickle's headquarters—the more difficult it would be to find the murderer.

Buried Heaven and the others had prioritized investigating the truth over Death Sickle's honor to find the perpetrator as soon as possible.

The warrior in silver armor led Buried Heaven and Lin Huang through the crowd. They ascended a floating staircase and soon came to a cultivation room.

"Please go in, both of you."

The two opened the door and went in. Lin Huang realized that the cultivation room was completely bare. There were no furnishings; even the walls, ceiling, and floor were like those of the most rudimentary unfinished house.

There was only a woolen blanket on the floor in the middle of the room. An old man with white hair sat upon it, cross-legged.

Lin Huang identified the man at a glance. This was the Combat God Temple's current Temple Master—Zhan Guang!

Lin Huang had seen his picture on the internet more than once.

Zhan Guang opened his eyes when the two of them entered, then locked his gaze on Buried Heaven. Only after observing him for a good while did he venture, "So you really have succeeded in unification and elevated to become a Lord, young fellow. I knew I wasn't mistaken in you."

"Senior Zhan Guang, you praise me too highly," Buried Heaven said respectfully.

Zhan Guang was a veteran Lord. Even the few Blood Sickle members from Death Sickle would have to address him as their senior.

"This is…" Zhan Guang then turned his gaze to Lin Huang. It was not long before he discovered that there was something odd about the young man.

"This humble junior is Xiu Mu. It's a pleasure to meet you, senior." Lin Huang went forward and offered his greetings.

No matter what, they were still not enemies for now and should not skip the usual formalities.

Zhan Guang scrutinized Lin Huang again and realized that he was still unable to read this young man. He could not help exclaiming, "The younger generation has certainly surpassed the old!

"Please take a seat." Zhan Guang casually brought out a teapoy and arranged the tea service, taking his own time. "Peerless told me there's something important that you'd like to speak to me about in person? What is it exactly?"

The Peerless mentioned was the Combat God Temple's Peerless Overlord, whose rank was on par with Buried Heaven.

"During this junior's unification, a Lord attempted a stealth attack on me…"

Buried Heaven took his seat directly across from Zhan Guang; Lin Huang followed suit and sat beside Buried Heaven.

"Such a thing actually happened?!" Before Buried Heaven could finish speaking, Zhan Guang paused in the middle of what he was doing. Frowning, he asked, "Do you suspect that this was someone from the Combat God Temple?!"

Buried Heaven did not answer this question. Instead, he continued, "Almost the same time as the attempted assault on me, Death Sickle's headquarters was attacked. Old Sun, who was standing guard, was killed. Besides him, there were also five hundred and thirteen lives lost. Nobody was spared."

Zhan Guang's expression was one of utter shock when he heard this. "Old Sun, the combat cultivator?! How did he die?"

"There were no traces of battle at all in Death Sickle's headquarters, nor did Old Sun have any wounds on him. His God's soul was instantly obliterated," Buried Heaven explained.

"This must have been done by a Lord whose main cultivation path is God's soul!" Zhan Guang said with certainty, "None of the four Lords from the Combat God Temple are experts in God's soul techniques, let alone specializing in God's soul cultivation."

"I know that. However, it's impossible for there not to be a connection between the two attackers. It's just too much of a coincidence." Buried Heaven nodded.

"So what you're saying is that the Lord who tried to attack you is from the Combat God Temple. And he collaborated with another Lord to destroy your headquarters?" Zhan Guang looked at Buried Heaven with a displeased expression.

Although he had always thought well of this junior sitting in front of him, Zhan Guang would definitely turn violent if Buried Heaven dared to slander the Combat God Temple.

"I only suspect this is so; nothing has been confirmed yet." Buried Heaven stared right back at Zhan Guang as well. He had no intention at all of backing down.

The two of them locked gazes for a long time before Zhan Guang finally spoke, "Tell me the reason for your suspicions. If it's not legitimate, I'll have no choice but to ask you to leave."

"A few days back, the Combat God Temple discovered the battlefield of a Lord. Your Lords were preparing to explore it. However, there was someone who cited closed-door cultivation as a reason and declined to join in…" Buried Heaven abruptly changed the topic of conversation as soon as he finished speaking. "The Lord who attempted to attack me was wounded."

"Are you suspecting that it was Zhan Zhuo who tried to attack you?" Zhan Guang's eyes narrowed slightly at this point. "What means do you have to verify your suspicions?"

"He left behind a severed hand," Buried Heaven stated very calmly.

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Chapter 1629: Meeting A Raider For The First Time

Zhan Gang fell silent.

Buried Heaven had the stealth attacker's limb. As soon as the limb approached its body of origin, it would immediately sense this. It was a reaction that could not be faked.

If the individual responsible for the covert attack really was Zhan Zhuo, he would be exposed as soon as he met Buried Heaven.

Zhan Guang had no intention of shielding the murderer. It was just that he felt Buried Heaven's request to verify whether or not Zhan Zhuo was the perpetrator would not look good for the Combat God Temple's reputation.

"What if he's not the perpetrator?" Zhan Guang finally broke the silence after a long while.

"I'll publicly apologize to the Combat God Temple, as well as compensate Zhan Zhuo with a Dao Weapon," Buried Heaven said unhesitatingly. Clearly, he had prepared his mitigations before he came here.

"If he really is the perpetrator, though, I hope that the Combat God Temple will seek justice for myself and Death Sickle." Buried Heaven stared fixedly at Zhan Guang, waiting for his response.

Zhan Guang pondered for a moment, then nodded. "If he is truly the attacker, the Combat God Temple definitely won't shield him. Not only that, we'll give Death Sickle our full support to help find the wretch who destroyed Death Sickle's headquarters!

"As a member of the God Territory, attacking a person performing unification in the God Territory violates the God Territory's joint pact. Slaughtering a grade-6 organization's entire headquarters makes them a public enemy of the God Territory!"

"Senior is wise!" Buried Heaven complimented immediately.

"If something's not right with Zhan Zhuo, he'll definitely sense something is off if I asked him to come here. He might even flee straight away. I think it's best I take you over to see him." Zhan Guang gave this some thought and took a sip of tea before standing up.

Lin Huang and Buried heaven immediately got up as well. They followed Zhan Guang and left the cultivation room.

As soon as they stepped out of the door of the cultivation room, Zhan Guang summoned a Dimensional Whirlpool with a flick of his wide sleeve and led the other two into it.

A moment later, they exited the Dimensional Whirlpool.

The three of them had arrived directly on another planet.

This was a barren, desolate place. Lin Huang did not sense any traces of life force at all. He only saw an ancient palace not too far away.

Zhan Guang arrived in front of the great palace in just a few steps. He pounded on the door heavily with his fist.

"Zhan Zhuo, Buried Heaven from Death Sickle wants to ask you about something."

However, despite knocking for quite a while, the massive doors of the palace remained closed.

Lin Huang and Buried Heaven glanced at each other. Both of them felt that the chances of Zhan Zhuo showing his face were low.

He most likely would pretend that he was away to avoid this meeting.

However, after knocking for a long time without a response, Zhan Guang decided to shout at the top of his lungs.

"Zhan Zhuo, I'm here today to give you the chance to explain yourself. However, if you refuse to see us today and Buried Heaven and his people make trouble for you later, the Combat God Temple won't intervene on your behalf. Also, according to the God Territory's joint pact, the Combat God Temple will join forces with the other grade-7 organizations to aid in your capture!"

Lin Huang had never expected Zhan Guang to go this far.

Initially, he thought that at most, Zhan Guang would only bring both of them here and would not bother whether Zhan Zhuo was willing to see them or not. After all, Zhan Zhuo was part of the Combat God Temple. Even if Zhan Guang could not display favoritism openly, there was nothing that they could do if he privately decided to let Zhan Zhuo get off scot-free.

However, Buried Heaven did not seem surprised. Evidently, he knew Zhan Guang's character very well. This was also why he had met with him directly in person and confided in him about what had happened to Death Sickle.

After Zhan Guang's shout, the door of the ancient palace finally opened a moment later.

"Come in."

A voice came from within the palace.

Lin Huang was expressionless, but Buried Heaven frowned slightly.

Zhan Zhuo's ancient palace was clearly a Dao Weapon.

If they went in, they would be in his territory altogether.

Zhan Guang turned his head to glance at Buried Heaven and Lin Huang. He seemed to notice Buried Heaven's hesitation. "Don't worry, I'm here after all."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and entered the ancient palace.

Buried Heaven did not hesitate any further. Following behind Zhan Guang, he went into the palace with Lin Huang.

As soon as the three of them stepped inside, the door of the ancient palace closed with a loud thud.

They walked straight through into the deeper recesses of the palace and saw a young man sitting upright on a prayer mat.

This man's appearance was extremely eye-catching. His countenance was handsome, his eyes were like stars, and he gave off a sense of standing out from the common crowd.

Lin Huang immediately looked in the direction of the young man's right hand. The limb was whole.

However, this did not explain away anything. For Lords, physical regeneration of the body was a simple task. However, Lin Huang had not just simply severed the attacker's hand; he had also severed a quantity of Odyl. If this was a regenerated hand, Odyl could not possibly circulate smoothly in the short term.

Obviously, Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang also looked at Zhan Zhuo's hand at once.

"I've been in closed-door cultivation for the last few days. Is there something I can help both of you with?"

Zhan Zhuo did not even ask Buried Heaven who Lin Huang was at all.

However, although Zhan Zhuo did not so much as glance at him, Lin Huang sensed that he had surreptitiously used Divine Telekinesis to look him over.

Buried Heaven took a step forward and said bluntly, "A few days back, was it you who attempted a covert attack on me during unification?!"

Beside them, Zhan Guang raised his brows when he heard that. He had not expected Buried Heaven to be so straightforward.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Zhan Zhuo's eyelids twitched as he looked at Buried Heaven, his expression quite displeased. "Have you considered the consequences of accusing a Lord like this?"

"Oh, really?" Buried Heaven turned his head to nod at Lin Huang. "Bring it out."

The minute Buried Heaven gave the word, Lin Huan retrieved the severed hand from his storage space.

Almost as soon as the severed hand was taken out, it began struggling intensely, eager to go to where Zhan Zhuo was.

However, several of Lin Huang's telekinetic threads secured it in a death grip, forcibly suppressing it.

Zhan Guang's brow furrowed tightly when he saw what was happening. Although he had already been mentally prepared, feeling that Buried Heaven would not have come here without a strong case, he still found it hard to accept the evidence of his eyes—that the severed hand was clearly Zhan Zhuo's.

"Do you have any other explanation for that?" Buried Heaven stared at Zhan Zhuo coldly.

Zhan Zhuo did not answer the question, nor did he continue feigning ignorance by asking what the hand was. Instead, he turned his head to look at Zhan Guang. "You shouldn't have come."

"Covertly attacking an individual during unification is behavior that violates the God Territory's joint pact!" Zhan Guang's expression was severe."Why did you do that?!"

"The God Territory's joint pact?" Zhan Zhuo gave a snort of laughter. "Why would I bother obeying a child's game?"

Zhan Zhuo had completely revealed his true colors now. His gaze had finally settled on Lin Huang as well.

"I never thought that we'd actually manage to lure you here, even though we were just attacking to test the waters."

Lin Huang's heart sank when he heard that. "You're a Raider?!"

Zhan Zhuo smirked suddenly. "I was merely guessing just now, so I used that simple sentence to test you. Who would have thought that you would betray yourself?"

Lin Huang frowned.

Only travelers were aware of the Raiders' existence. His question earlier had completely exposed his identity as a traveler.

"You've not lived this life in vain, seeing that you'll have two Lords as your burial companions." As soon as Zhan Zhuo finished speaking, the hand seals that he had been secretly performing within his sleeves suddenly took effect.

The relief carvings on the bronze pillars in the palace seemed to come alive. Every single one of their auras was lord-level!

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Chapter 1630: The Raiders' Creed

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang frowned when they saw what was happening.

"Zhan Zhuo, are you out of your mind?!" Zhan Guang realized that Zhan Zhuo was going to kill him as well.

"I already said you shouldn't have come." Zhan Zhuo turned his head to look at Zhan Guang, his eyes set with killing intent. "After you brought them here, you could have just given an obligatory show of courtesy and left after you knocked and the door didn't open. You should have just let them figure something out. But no, you had to make threats, demanding I open the door so you could force me into confronting them."

"Senior Zhan Guang, you needn't indulge in wishful thinking anymore. From the moment this fellow opened the palace door, he already knew that his deeds would be exposed. From that instant as well, he never intended to leave any of us alive." Lin Huang did not use voice transmission; his voice resounded through the great palace.

"You're absolutely right," Zhan Zhuo admitted frankly after hearing what Lin Huang said. "I began setting up the palace ever since you teleported here. I opened the door because I had completed my preparations. What a pity all of you were so foolish as to step right into my carefully-prepared trap."

One by one, the relief-carved monsters on the bronze pillars came alive and materialized in the palace. There were a full twenty to thirty of them, and the intensity of each of their auras was obviously lord-level.

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang's expressions were rather odd. Both of them could clearly sense that the monsters' auras were very similar to that of the unification raptors.

These dozen-over monsters soon split into three groups and charged at Lin Huang and the other two, respectively.

When Zhan Guang saw this, he did not hold back any longer.

He made a sweep with the Dao Weaponry spear in his hand, aiming at the monsters surrounding him.

On the other end, Buried Heaven was frowning hard. He wanted to go to Lin Huang's rescue, but he was blocked by several monsters.

Although he had roughly guessed that Lin Huang had severed Zhan Zhuo's hand using his own inherent abilities and not some unique technique, he did not dare guarantee that his speculations were correct.

If Lin Huang had indeed previously used the trump card that an Almighty had left for him, then what he faced now under the current circumstances was certain death.

However, the next instant, Buried Heaven saw dozens of blood-red gleams shooting out from Lin Huang's sleeves. They shot through the air like dozens of lightning bolts.

A moment later, the monsters charging at Lin Huang all toppled to the ground and did not get up again.

Not only that, even the monsters that surrounded Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang all fell to the ground.

When Buried Heaven took a closer look, he realized that all the monsters' heads had been instantly impaled, and their God's souls removed.

"This is your carefully prepared setup?" Lin Huang took a step forward and asked Zhan Zhuo calmly.

The flying daggers he used earlier were his elevated Dao Weapon-rank telekinetic god weapon. Each of the daggers had up over ten thousand levels of compounded sequence power.

One could say that the power of each attack far surpassed Zhan Zhuo's inherent full-force attack, what more the relief-carving combat spirits he had conjured up.

For a moment, it was difficult for Buried Heaven to regain his composure. Although he had guessed long ago that Lin Huang's abilities might be astounding, Lin Huang's attack earlier had startled him a little.

He could clearly sense that if he had been attacked by any of the flying daggers earlier, there was a very high chance that he would have been killed instantly.

Nearby, Zhan Guang was dumbfounded.

He had never expected that the heavenly god-level junior Buried Heaven had brought along possessed such terrifying ability—he was powerful enough to suppress Zhan Guang himself. Zhan Guang had no idea what to say at the moment.

Zhan Zhuo's expression, on the other hand, was not very pleasant.

Initially, he had thought he would win through numbers by draining the three's Divine Power. He had never expected that the first phase of his setup would be destroyed completely in just the first encounter.

Although he had intentionally given Lin Huang's abilities as high an estimate as possible, Zhan Zhuo could not believe he had still underestimated him.

"It's too early for you to celebrate yet."

Zhan Zhuo gave a cold snort. Lin Huang and the other two could clearly sense that more auras were rapidly awakening in the shadows all over the palace.

The auras were similar to the twenty-over monsters, but they had doubled in number now.

When they sensed the monsters' auras again, Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang were finally able to confirm that these monsters were unification raptors.

They did not know what method Zhan Zhuo had used to summon so many unification raptors and seal them within the relief carvings of the ancient palace. What he had done subsequently was merely to unseal the carvings and release these raptors.

In reality, the unification raptors were not very powerful in terms of ability. The most powerful one had only mastered less than two thousand god sequence chains. Most of the others had only mastered a thousand or so god sequence chains, which was on par with a new Lord who had just succeeded in unification.

The trouble was that there were far too many raptors.

If Lin Huang had not intervened earlier, Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang would definitely have been sucked into a grueling battle that drained large quantities of their Divine Power.

A subsequent second round would certainly have exhausted them to death.

However, Lin Huang was now a variable within the ancient palace.

The second round of monsters rapidly emerged from the relief carvings on the walls of the ancient palace and surrounded Lin Huang and the other two.

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang looked tense. There were over a hundred unification raptors surrounding them this time. Just the sheer numbers alone were enough to cause them psychological stress.

However, Lin Huang remained calm. He shook his sleeves, and over a hundred telekinetic flying daggers turned into blood-red streams of light that traveled through the palace like fishes swimming.

It was the mere work of a moment before the hundred or so unification raptors toppled to the ground. Their wounds were in the same place—the flying daggers had directly impaled their heads.

After that, the bodies gradually blurred, then vanished.

"If that's all you have, stop wasting time continuing to fight. Surrender your partner willingly, and I'll make sure to give you a quick death." Lin Huang withdrew the telekinetic flying daggers and turned his head to look at Zhan Zhuo.

From off to one side, Zhan Guang spoke as well, "Stop persisting in the error of your ways!"

"Do any of you know the nature of the raptors?" Zhan Zhuo suddenly asked with a smirk.

Lin Huang and the other two thought it ridiculous of Zhan Zhuo to ask such a thing out of nowhere.

"The world the raptors inhabit is called the virtual realm. What we know as raptors are actually the resident living beings of this virtual realm," Zhan Zhuo explained, heedless of anyone but himself.

"Do you know what the virtual realm is?" he asked again.

Lin Huang, Buried Heaven, and Zhan Guang had even more misgivings now. They could not figure out what Zhan Zhuo was trying to say at all.

"The virtual realm is the reflection of the material realm. The size of the material realm will be the size of the virtual realm. It's not just the whole universe—it stretches even beyond that…

"All of you are just ants with no idea of how vast this world truly is. The boundless great world that you see is essentially a speck of dust.

"Death Sickle, the Combat God Temple, the God Territory… What of them, they're just dust within the dust!

"To us Raiders, every living thing, every item, all the power, all the worlds—in fact, everything that there is—they're targets for plundering as long as they bring us benefits!

"To me, the three of you will forever be mere targets to be plundered!

As soon as Zhan Zhuo finished speaking, three 'Virtual Eyes' opened in the vault of the heavens. They were like living eyes staring at Lin Huang and the other two.

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Chapter 1631: The Voids

"Enjoy the big gift that I've prepared for the three of you!"

The three Virtual Eyes in the void opened slowly, while Zhan Zhuo's figure became increasingly indistinct as well, vanishing a moment later.

"We're in his God Territory." Buried Heaven frowned slightly.

After undergoing unification just a few days ago, seeing the Virtual Eyes opening once again gave him a vague sense of unease.

"He must have shrouded the entire ancient palace with his God Territory before we entered." Zhan Guang seemed to have noticed this as well. "However, I have no idea how he managed to do it and spontaneously open a passage to a virtual zone within his own God Territory."

Under normal circumstances, the consolidation of a Dao seal during a Heavenly God's unification would attract raptors. This process would be initiated by the raptors opening a passage from the virtual zone to come into the material realm. However, Zhan Zhuo had currently used some unknown method to spontaneously open a passage to the virtual zone on his own.

As to what methods Zhan Zhuo had used, Lin Huang had a vague suspicion that it might be connected to the other party's Goldfinger. That was because he could not figure what other methods Zhan Zhou could have used to do this.

Furthermore, ever since the beginning of the fight until now, Zhan Zhuo did not seem to have displayed his Goldfinger's ability. If that were the case, it was entirely possible that communicating with the virtual realm was his Goldfinger's ability.

The auras emanating from the Virtual Eyes were becoming increasingly powerful. Lin Huang could even clearly sense that the aura radiating from one of the Virtual Eyes was already a threat to him.

Zhan Guang and Buried Heaven looked grim as well. Both of them also clearly sensed that the monsters within the Virtual Eyes this time were much more powerful than those that Lin Huang had killed earlier. In particular, as the aura of the strongest monster began permeating through, both of them experienced the suffocating feeling that preceded death.

Although they had seen Lin Huang's display of ability earlier, they did not think that he stood a chance of defeating this creature at all.

"I'm mainly responsible for both of you ending up in this situation. I shouldn't have brought you in here," Zhan Guang apologized with a wry smile. He knew that if he had not led them in, Lin Huang and Buried Heaven would certainly not have entered the ancient palace recklessly, and they would not have fallen into Zhan Zhuo's trap.

"Right now, we should be thinking more of how to deal with the impending threat." Buried Heaven glanced at Zhan Guang. Although he did not think they had very much chance of winning at all, he still had no intention of giving up just like that.

In the Virtual Eyes, the figures of three monsters began to coalesce.

"If I'm not wrong, these few monsters should have the same nature as the raptors; they're attracted by our auras. Therefore, even if they're more powerful than we are, they won't be that much more powerful. This ought to be a rule limitation when arriving from the virtual realm," Lin Huang ventured a guess.

The reason for his speculation was that he sensed the strength of the three monsters' auras, which was similar to their own auras.

However, Lin Huang had been hiding his aura all along, so Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang could not sense it. That was why they had erred in supposing that his ability was much weaker than the most powerful monster of the three. In reality, if Lin Huang were to fully unmask his aura, it would not be very much weaker than that of the monster.

"So the most powerful one was attracted by your aura?" Zhan Guang came to a sudden realization.

"I think so." Lin Huang nodded.

"Are you confident enough to fight the strongest monster?" Buried Heaven turned his head to ask Lin Huang.

"If I don't use my trump card, maybe about fifty percent confident," Lin Huang admitted after thinking about it.

Buried Heaven really wanted to follow up by asking, "What if you used your trump card?" Seeing Lin Huang's calm expression, however, he felt there was not much point to the question.

Within the Virtual Eyes, the forms of the three monsters rapidly materialized.

One was a giant ape monster, one was a black-armored cavalry soldier, and one looked almost entirely like a human.

The one whose aura was so powerful it gave Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang the shudders was the humanoid fellow.

His appearance was that of a handsome young man who looked to be in his early 20s. His hair was pulled up in a man bun, and he was clad in white.

His build was slim, and his fingers were long and slender.

If he were on Earth, this man would definitely be a top celebrity.

Be it appearance or charisma, he made a definite impression. He was certainly the sort of person one would be unable to forget after merely meeting them once.

The handsome man's gaze immediately fixed on Lin Huang. He did not even give Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang so much as a glance.

The man smirked slightly after that. With one stride, he passed through the Virtual Eye and appeared not too far from Lin Huang.

"You're human?" The man in white asked Lin Huang directly.

His tone was calm, without a trace of killing intent at all.

Lin Huang was stunned when he heard that. He had previously determined that the enemies the three of them were about to face ought to be entities similar to raptors. However, this fellow in front of him did not look like a raptor no matter what. Not only that, he was even engaging in small talk with Lin Huang.

"That's right." However, Lin Huang quickly regained his composure and asked immediately, "You're human too?"

Upon hearing that question, the expression in the man's eyes altered slightly. "Human… I was considered one in the past."

"How about now?" Lin Huang followed up by asking.

"Now, I'm a Void," the man in white answered with a smile, as if he felt this was nothing to be ashamed of.

Li Huang became quite curious upon suddenly hearing the term 'Void'. "Are all living beings in the virtual realm called Voids?"

"Your understanding is not wrong." The man in white nodded.

"You said you were human before—so how did you become a Void?" Lin Huang asked curiously.

The smile on the man in white's face became rather mysterious upon hearing that question. "Do you really want to know? I don't mind letting you experience it."

"There's no need for that," Lin Huang declined at once, "Can you explain what the virtual realm is like?"

"There's no color in the virtual realm. Everything is black and white." The man in white did not elaborate further. "Black and white, and barren.

"It's not like your material realm—rich and colorful and vibrant…" The man in white clearly displayed a look of yearning. "It's so wonderful!"

"Do you want to stay in the material realm?" Lin Huang inquired.

"More precisely, I want to return to it." The man in white eyed Lin Huang and corrected him, "All Voids wish to return to the material realm!"

"Return…" This term caught Lin Huang's attention. "Do you mean to say all of the Voids used to be living beings in the material realm?"

The man in white smiled when he heard Lin Huang's question. "Some things are secrets that only Voids know. Are you sure you want to hear them?"

Lin Huang smiled awkwardly and without mirth when he heard the man's reply.

During their conversation, the two monsters from the other two Virtual Eyes rapidly emerged as well.

Seeing that, Lin Huang finally set aside his curiosity and got down to the subject matter.

"How were you able to enter the material realm this time without someone consolidating their Dao seal during unification?"

"Someone opened the passage for us and offered the three of you to us as sacrifices for free."

Lin Huang could not help frowning slightly when he heard the man in white's answer.

At that moment, the two other monsters passed through the Virtual Eyes almost simultaneously. Their eyes locked onto Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang, respectively.

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Chapter 1632: Dark Sword

Both the monsters fully unleashed their auras as soon as they stepped out of the Virtual Eyes, targeting Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang respectively.

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang's nerves were also were taut. Both could clearly sense that the two monsters in front of them were no weaker in terms of ability.

Right as both parties were on the verge of beginning a massive battle, the man in white suddenly turned his head to look at his two 'partners'.

A black battle sword suddenly appeared in his hand, and he swung out with it immediately.

A circle of faint black fog seemed to spread through the air, piercing straight through the bodies of the two Voids.

An instant later, both Voids were sliced in two. Immediately after that, their bisected bodies burst apart on the spot.

Lin Huang, Buried Heaven, and Zhan Guang were stunned to see him attack.

Lin Huang raised his brows. He could see that the man in white's Sword Dao attainment was higher than his own. This fellow must have consolidated a Sword seal and become a Lord.

After their initial shock, Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang felt goosebumps rising on their skin.

The two monsters as powerful as themselves had been easily disposed of by the man in white. Not only that, he had killed both of them instantly with just one slash. This meant that the man in white possessed the fearsome ability to kill them both in one attack as well.

"I don't like being interrupted in a fight." The man in white calmly slid his sword back into its scabbard, as if what he had just done was something not worth mentioning.

These words made Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang tense up.

The man in white seemed to guess their thoughts. He smirked lightly. "Don't worry, I have no interest in the two of you. However, if this fellow loses, after I kill him, I don't mind taking both of you as well so you can be his escorts."

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang were bereft of speech when they heard this.

The two of them were overlord-rank personages in the God Territory. They had never expected to be reduced to someone else's escorts once they arrived here. However, after witnessing the man in white's display of ability, they did not dare to refute his words. After all, he was a terrifying entity who could kill both of them immediately.

Lin Huang, on the other hand, did not seem to be shocked by the man in white's ability at all.

"I have another question." Lin Huang gestured to the spot where the two Voids had been killed. Their corpse remains had vanished completely. "Do Voids die after they're killed? Or do they return to the virtual realm?"

The man in white smiled when he heard Lin Huang's question. "Voids can only be expelled from the material realm. They can't be killed."

"Then after a person undergoing unification kills a raptor, what's the 'true spirit' that gets left behind?"

"That's the price to pay for accepting a Dao plundering contract," the man in white paused, then elaborated more in detail, "Under normal circumstances, Voids must pay a price to enter the material realm. To plunder a unification Dao seal, they must sign a Dao plundering contract. The minute the plundering fails, they'll be stripped of a portion of their Origin Energy. It's rather appropriate that you call it 'true spirit'.

"This is what's known as Heavenly Dao balance. When there's a catastrophe, there will be good fortune also. Every gain has its price.

"Just like how I'm answering your questions and helping all of you expel those two Voids—I'm actually paying a price first.

"Although on the surface it seems as if it cost nothing for me to come to the material realm this time, I know that if I kill all of you without paying something, there'll be a bigger price for me to pay later."

Lin Huang was somewhat speechless after hearing what the man in white had to say. Naturally, he was aware of the 'gain some, lose some' theory. However, the man in white seemed to wholeheartedly regard it as an absolute law by which things worked.

All along, Lin Huang had been curious why the man in white was so easy to talk to and why he answered almost everything Lin Huang asked. It turned out that the other party had drawn up this set of peculiar rules that governed his behavior.

"In that case, what if I kill you instead?" Lin Huang asked mockingly, "Wouldn't you have paid that price in vain then?"

"If that's the case, I'd be even happier." The man in white smiled. "You would expel me back to the virtual realm so I wouldn't gain anything this time. In that case, I'd definitely be able to gain even more at some point in the future."

Lin Huang was speechless when he heard the man in white's perfect circular logic.

"Do you have any more questions? If not, let's begin as soon as possible. After all, the time I have here is limited." The man in white's tone remained amiable; he did not display any trace of enmity at all toward Lin Huang.

"One last question." Lin Huang thought about it and felt he had asked almost everything necessary. If he asked any further about the virtual realm's secrets, the man probably would not answer him either. "How do I address you?"

"You mean my name?" The man in white did not answer the question right away. Instead, he lifted his head to look at the ceiling of the ancient palace as if he were trying to recall something. "I don't remember anymore…

"Names have no meaning in the virtual realm. We simply give ourselves a codename.

"My codename is—Dark Sword."

Lin Huang looked at the black sword that the man in white held. He guessed that this black sword must be the source of his codename.

"Alright, I have no more questions." An inky-black, narrow-bladed sword coalesced in Lin Huang's hand as soon as he finished speaking.

"An excellent sword!" Dark Sword could not help complimenting Lin Huang when he saw the God Weapon in Lin Huang's hand.

"Yours isn't too shabby either." Lin Huang could tell that Dark Sword's blade was a Dao Weapon also.

Almost at the same time that Lin Huang finished speaking, both their figures vanished immediately on the spot.

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang could only catch two afterimages, even after boosting their vision to its limit.

Their Divine Telekinesis was able to capture the movement trajectories of the two figures, but their speed had clearly far exceeded the speed of Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang's reactions.

The two figures clashed immediately.

Two black swords—one narrow and long, the other broad and thick—unleashed Divine Power full force once they clashed together.

At the moment of impact between both parties' Divine Power, Odyl began to spread.

It was like two waves rippling together, causing mutual interference.

Violent winds sprang up endlessly from all four directions.

Lin Huang had yet to consolidate a Dao seal, but he had a complete Sword seal within him.

This Sword seal was what the Sword Scripture from before had transformed into.

In the past, Lin Huang could not activate the Odylic Force within it.

However, as his God's soul's strength elevated to lord-level, he realized that he could borrow the use of the Odylic Force within the Sword seal.

At the level of his previous battles, though, he had been able to resolve things easily without resorting to the use of Odyl.

Now that he was facing a strong enemy like Dark Sword, he could no longer conceal his strength.

He could clearly sense that if he continued to do so, he might end up being killed by his opponent.

Buried Heaven was utterly shocked when he saw Lin Huang using Odyl.

He knew that Lin Huang was only heavenly god-level and had not undergone unification yet.

Theoretically speaking, one could not have a Dao seal within them without undergoing unification, which meant that it was impossible to spawn Odylic Force. However, Lin Huang was now using Odylic Force in front of Buried Heaven's very eyes.

Zhan Guang did not know any of this. Since witnessing Lin Huang's attack, he had thought all along that Lin Huang was a Lord, just like him. He thought Lin Huang was merely feigning heavenly god-level combat strength.

However, Lin Huang was the only one who knew that he was only borrowing the use of Odylic Force. Not only that, due to the limitations of his physical strength, he could not sustain this borrowed usage for very long. After all, the hardiness of his physical body was merely near lord-level right now—it was still not at lord-level yet.

In this battle, he had to kill his opponent as quickly as possible! The longer things dragged on, the worse it would be for him.

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Chapter 1633: Have You Seen Enough Yet?!

Inside the massive palace, the two figures clashed ceaselessly.

Black and red electric arcs intersected continuously. Every time they collided, they generated terrifying Divine Power aftermath.

Even two Lords like Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang could barely watch the battle at close quarters in the face of such intense Divine Power aftermath. They were forced to retreat over ten kilometers away.

After a mere two to three minutes of fighting, Lin Huang and Dark Sword had clashed hundreds upon thousands of times over.

These hundreds upon thousands of encounters gave them insight into each other's abilities.

In terms of Sword Dao attainment, Dark Sword was more powerful.

However, Lin Huang could borrow the use of more sequence powers than Dark Sword.

These pros and cons balanced out the abilities of both combatants to the same level.

However, Lin Huang knew very well that Dark Sword surpassed him in terms of Sword Dao skills.

After all, he was a lord-level powerhouse who had consolidated a true Sword seal.

Lin Huang did not feel pressured by that.

To him, battling an opponent who was also a Sword Dao powerhouse like himself was the perfect opportunity to study and test everything he had learned.

On his part, Dark Sword was roughly able to determine Lin Huang's level.

Based on Sword Dao alone, Lin Huang was no match for him. However, Lin Huang's overall ability was by no means inferior to his own.

Despite the hundreds and thousands of encounters, he had not been able to gain the upper hand at all.

After a moment of thought, he began to change his style of fighting.

He used his sword and forced Lin Huang to retreat. However, this time, he did not engage in a direct confrontation with Lin Huang. Instead, he thrust from a distance with the point of his sword.

An instant later, countless crystal blades swiftly began to form in front of him.

This assault no longer utilized pure Sword Dao alone. Instead, it was powered mainly by the Odylic Forces of both Ice Element and Sword Dao.

Lin Huang knew right then that the warm-up had ended.

He only had one Sword seal within him, as well as merely level-1 Odyl.

If he were to counter Dark Sword purely by using Sword Dao, that would be biting off more than he could chew.

He shook his sleeves, and over ten thousand telekinetic flying daggers shot out like blood-red lightning bolts, colliding with the white crystal blades.

The intensity of his Divine Power was already at peak lower-rank lord-level. With the addition of Sword Dao Odyl and over ten thousand compounded levels of sequence power, he shattered the crystal sword gleams easily.

Dark Sword had initially thought he could suppress Lin Huang with that attack. He had never expected that Lin Huang's attack would catch him by surprise.

Seeing that blood-red lightning bolts were besieging him from every direction, Dark Sword did not dare to hold back anymore.

He attacked with water, fire, wind, and lightning Odylic Forces all at once. Compounded with Sword Dao Odylic Force, they formed swathes of Sword Energy swirling with Dao tattoos.

The aura of each swathe was so powerful that Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang shuddered as they watched from the sidelines.

They could almost imagine that if they were the ones on the battlefield, they might have died countless times already.

In the void, over ten thousand swathes of terrifying Sword Energy formed in just the blink of an eye.

However, this number seemed to be the limit of what Dark Sword could consolidate. After all, this trump card was an extreme drain on his Divine Power.

The swathes of Sword Energy shot forth at an even more terrifying speed than before. They were also multiple times more powerful.

As they collided with Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers, the daggers ricocheted off them.

Lin Huang could not help but raise his brows when he saw what was happening.

Dark Sword's current attack was compounded with level-5 Odylic Force. In comparison, Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers were enveloped in level-1 Odylic Force; they could not give him any sort of advantage.

Watching the swathes of Sword Energy surging toward him after causing his telekinetic flying daggers to ricochet, Lin Huang did not panic at all.

More telekinetic flying daggers shot out from his sleeves. Each of them was compounded with Sword Dao Odylic Force and over ten thousand levels of sequence power.

Within the blink of an eye, the telekinetic flying daggers in the void had multiplied to over one million in number and continued to increase. They did not seem as if they would stop anytime soon.

Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang were somewhat stunned as they watched what was happening.

The sky was filled with blood-red electric arcs that almost blotted out the heavens.

"How many telekinetic flying threads can this fellow divide his Divine Telekinesis into?!"

"That's not the only issue either—his telekinetic Dao Weaponry can split into far too many flying daggers!"

As Lin Huang's opponent, Dark Sword experienced a similar shock.

He could tell that Lin Huang's telekinetic weapon had evolved from a God Weapon. He was not surprised at all by the number of flying daggers, but he was indeed shocked by the number of telekinetic threads Lin Huang was able to divide his Divine Telekinesis into.

In general, lord-level powerhouses could certainly divide their Divine Telekinesis into over a million units.

However, to be able to achieve what Lin Huang was doing was bizarre. Not only could he divide his Divine Telekinesis into such a vast number of telekinetic threads, but he could manipulate each thread like fingers.

Apart from the three people present, there was also someone else secretly watching the battle, who was utterly astounded as well.

After leaving his God Territory, Zhan Zhuo had actually been covertly watching the battle happening inside his God Territory.

When Dark Sword displayed his true ability, he thought that Lin Huang would be defeated.

He had never expected that Lin Huang's ability would be on par with Dark Sword.

This round of battle completely turned everything he had imagined upside down—even more than before. Dark Sword had already compounded his attack with level-5 Odylic Force.

However, using merely level-1 Odylic Force, Lin Huang had found his own way to forcefully suppress Dark Sword's lethal attack by countering with sheer numbers of flying daggers.

Lin Huang had certainly used that rationale. Since he only possessed level-1 Odylic Force, which was not enough to defeat Dark Sword, he would overpower him by sheer numbers.

If he could not drain Dark Sword's Sword Energy in one clash, then he would clash with him ten times, a hundred times, even a thousand times!

He wanted to whittle down the layers of Sword Energy one by one!

That was what he was doing by using the telekinetic flying daggers to surround the swathes of Sword Energy and besiege them.

Very soon, the Odyl on the Sword Energy was stripped away one layer at a time and eventually destroyed altogether.

In contrast, Lin Huang's flying daggers had not decreased at all. Instead, they had now accumulated to over ten million in number.

One needed to be aware that these flying daggers were a bona fide Dao Weapon. Even if the outer layers of Odylic Force and sequence power were destroyed, the Dao Weapon itself would not be damaged.

Watching himself surrounded by over ten million flying daggers, Dark Sword knew that he had lost the battle.

The attack earlier was already his lethal move; it had drained ninety percent of the Divine Power within him.

Lin Huang had successfully countered Dark Sword's assault; the Void no longer had the capacity to fight.

Dark Sword did not bother to try and mount a defense. Instead, he slid his sword back into its scabbard and looked at Lin Huang with a smile.

"I've lost this battle. I feel we'll probably encounter each other again, though. I hope you'll have become even more powerful when we next meet!"

"If we do have a chance to meet again, I also hope that I'll be able to defeat you with my sword!" Lin Huang nodded slightly.

The minute he finished speaking, all ten million or more telekinetic flying daggers shot forth at almost the same time. They turned into an endless blood-red lightning storm that utterly swallowed up Dark Sword's figure.

A moment later, the last Virtual Eye in the sky gradually closed, then vanished from sight.

Lin Huang lifted his head and looked at the sky. "Zhan Zhuo, have you seen enough yet?"

Almost simultaneously, Lin Huang attacked again. The ten million or more telekinetic flying daggers hurtled toward the heavens.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to be deluged with lightning raining down from the sky.

In just the time it took for a few breaths, Buried Heaven and Zhan Guang saw that the ceiling of the massive palace had split open immediately.

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