Orderly tyrant

A tall figure cloaked in a dark red robe stood on the moon, gazing at the blue planet hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, silently sensing its presence.

With his mastery of the void, he perceived space as countless intersecting channels. Even though he couldn't penetrate the invisible rules protecting the life-bearing planet, he could faintly sense its unique aura.

"As expected, it's extraordinary… A relic of a second-tier civilization?"

The figure in the dark red robe narrowed his eyes. "Kloville died at the hands of Earthlings?"

With his level of cultivation, he could remotely sense the existence of his bloodline and naturally knew of the Seventh Prince's death.

Although he felt it was a waste that one of the candidates nurtured with so many resources had died, he placed more importance on the information sent by the Seventh Prince's confidants.

"In a few months…"

The space around the figure in the dark red robe slowly distorted as he stood silently on the moon, motionless, gazing at the planet.

He was very patient.

With his immense power, he could easily destroy such a planet if he wished.

However, protected by the power of rules, his strength was already at its limit simply by standing on Earth's satellite.

At the same time, his consciousness entered the Second Universe Network.

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Earth, Defense Base.

"Lin Qing, we've discovered some information about the Nine Stars Civilization that might be useful to you."

In the living room, Chu Hongjun handed Lin Qing a semi-transparent crystal chip and said, "This is a data storage device found in the Seventh Prince's seventh-tier fortress of the Nine Stars Civilization. You can take a look; you can read it with mental power."

"Oh?" Lin Qing took the chip and immediately began reading it with his mental power.

After a while, he said, "It's all information about the high-level members of the Nine Stars Civilization? Why would the Seventh Prince's fortress specifically leave behind this kind of information?"

"It's understandable."

Chu Hongjun said, "The Nine Stars Civilization is a feudal empire, and these princes are still vying for the throne. Naturally, they would collect information on rival factions. The information in this chip comes from a constantly updated database, which is clearly the Seventh Prince's private intelligence network."

Lin Qing continued to read the information, and after a while, he slowly nodded and said, "This information is indeed very useful to me. Among the princes of the Nine Stars Civilization, there is one who is very suitable to be my clone."

"The Blood Cauldron King is quite suitable," Chu Hongjun said. "But I'm afraid we can't kill him."

Lin Qing couldn't help but ponder.

The Blood Cauldron King was the Second Emperor's brother and also a prince born to the First Emperor, making him the Seventh Prince's imperial uncle in terms of seniority.

He was also the only surviving brother of the Second Emperor; the others had already died.

They didn't die solely because of competition for the throne, but because the Second Emperor of the Nine Stars Civilization had been in power for over six hundred thousand years. After such a long time, most would die unless they were immortal void beings.

Normal ultimate star beings only had a lifespan of three hundred thousand years.

Unless they had rare treasures or life-extending sacred writings, they could live longer.

Among the seven princes of this generation of the Nine Stars Civilization, the eldest prince, who was born the earliest, had already died of old age.

The eldest prince had lived for more than five hundred thousand years. Although he had the talent of the ninth energy level, he failed to break through and become a void being.

This was quite normal. Of the hundreds of princes of the previous generation, only one had succeeded, and that was considered quite lucky—one success out of a hundred.

According to the information, the Blood Cauldron King had lived for over a million years and hadn't died because he was inherently skilled at survival as a life-type being and had obtained some special life-extending treasures, allowing him to survive until now.

"As a prince of the previous generation, the Blood Cauldron King was also focused on becoming a void being, but his comprehension was insufficient, and he never succeeded."

Chu Hongjun said, "According to the information, the Blood Cauldron King is still trying to cultivate, trying to break through and become a void being. He has tried many paths. For the past million years, he has mainly been trying the path of 'perceiving the essence of all energy.' The current emperor is also allocating resources to him, so he should have perceived the essence of many life-type energies."

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, the current emperor only needs one successor, whether it's his son or his brother, as long as they succeed."

He couldn't help but say with shining eyes, "With his cultivation resources and environment, and a full million years, he must have perceived more than half of the essence of life-type energy, maybe even more? If I can turn him into my clone, it would indeed save a lot of time."

The main reason he was able to cultivate the seventh energy level World God so quickly was because of Kadoan's memories.

"But the Blood Cauldron King's strength is also astonishing."

Chu Hongjun said, "His last action was three hundred thousand years ago. At that time, he was recognized as the strongest expert below the void beings in the Nine Stars Civilization. Even the Third Prince, who was at the peak of the ninth level of the Star Abyss, was faintly suppressed by him."

Lin Qing was thoughtful.

According to the information, the strongest of the current generation of princes of the Nine Stars Civilization was the Third Prince.

He not only mastered several powerful divine techniques with excellent combinations, but his gene index also exceeded 20,000%. Combined with the treasures obtained from the second-tier civilization, he could be considered at the peak of the ninth level of the Star Abyss.

Even if he was placed in a second-tier civilization, he would be considered a decent genius.

But even this level of strength was not a match for the Blood Cauldron King, which showed the strength of this Blood Cauldron King of the Nine Stars Civilization.

"The Blood Cauldron King is very strong, but there is also a chance to kill him."

Lin Qing suddenly said, "As long as you give me a suitable opportunity, I am confident that I can kill him."

"Are you really confident?" Chu Hongjun looked at him.

When deploying the plan before, Lin Qing had also revealed his strength, which could only be considered at the lower reaches of the ninth level of the Star Abyss. How could this level of strength kill the Blood Cauldron King?

The twelve puppets of the battle group working together could only suppress the peak powerhouses of the ninth level of the Star Abyss, but they might not be able to suppress the Blood Cauldron King.

Lin Qing was actually confident that he could kill him?

"The premise is that the void beings don't interfere."

Lin Qing shook his head and said, "According to what those puppets said, void beings can normally reach the eleventh level of the Star Abyss, and those who have just broken through are at least at the peak of the tenth level of the Star Abyss. I don't know what level the two of the Nine Stars Civilization are at?"

"They are too rare. There are no records of the two void beings of the Nine Stars Civilization taking action in the intelligence," Chu Hongjun shook his head slightly. "But for void beings, as long as they are willing, they can destroy a planet. This is indeed much stronger than you and Qi Lingxiao."

Lin Qing also nodded in silence.

His current World God's power was already vast enough, and he was quite good at large-scale destruction, but even with his full attack, it would take multiple attacks to shatter a continental plate, let alone completely destroy a planet.

Void beings, however, could completely shatter a planet and turn it into cosmic dust.

The difference was obviously huge.

Even in a second-tier civilization, void beings were considered high-level.

The puppets he brought from the Vacuum Tomb could only be considered social elites in a second-tier civilization.

"Fortunately… this time you brought back two seventh-tier fortresses from Mars, and you can create two more batches of 'big killers'."

Chu Hongjun said, "As long as you grasp the time well, you should be able to deter the two void beings for three to five years, as for longer… it will be difficult."

"Three to five years…"

Lin Qing pondered in silence.

He knew.

The 'big killer' in Chu Hongjun's mouth was the void bomb that could completely destroy the Earth. Theoretically, the energy output of the explosion was much higher than that of void beings. Although it couldn't hurt void beings, it could annihilate the Earth in an instant.

However, this big killer was based on unstable space energy after all. With the existing technology, it couldn't be preserved for too long, at most one or two years.

This was also the deadline for deterrence.

It was only because they obtained two new seventh-tier fortresses that they could continue to manufacture new big killers, so they could deter for three to five years.

"Three to five years is really not enough for me to become a tomb keeper," Lin Qing shook his head slightly.

With all kinds of energy essences recognized in Kadoan's memory, it took him so many years to complete the seventh energy level World God.

The eighth energy level World God was even more complex and difficult. Relying only on the few eighth energy level energy cognitions in Kadoan's memory wouldn't help much, and it would take more than a century to complete it, even at the fastest speed.

Even with the time acceleration of the Vacuum Tomb, it would take at least ten years.

And there were only more than half a year left before Earth opened.

The 'big killer' manufactured by Chu Hongjun could only deter for three to five years.

So, there was not enough time.

Unless he could get a clone that would save him a lot of time.

—For example, that Blood Cauldron King.

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"However, this is too risky. The premise must be based on the fact that I can kill the Blood Cauldron King, and the Blood Cauldron King really helps me a lot, and I have to become a tomb keeper."

Lin Qing shook his head slightly, "I can't bet my hopes on so many unknown factors in the future. Dean Chu, you still have to prepare the Fire Seed Plan. At worst, we can evacuate the Earth first, and wait until we have cultivated and are confident before we take back the Earth."

"If there is no other way, we can only take this step," Chu Hongjun nodded slightly.

Then, he frowned again and said, "But this is still very troublesome. First of all, it's you. Once the Nine Stars Civilization discovers that you have escaped, they will definitely guess that you will eventually carry out the star-level priesthood trial. What will you do if they seal off the star-level priesthood restricted area on Earth, or even the void beings personally seal it off?"

Lin Qing was silent.

The three priesthood restricted areas on Earth were like cradles for nurturing strong people.

As an Earth-native life, he could only carry out the priesthood trial on Earth with the lowest difficulty. Once he changed to an unfamiliar planet, he would be an outsider, and the difficulty would immediately skyrocket.

Like the Black Flame Clone, although he was an Earth cosmic citizen, he was not born on Earth, nor did he awaken on Earth, and the difficulty of the priesthood trial would be several times higher.

And for him, not only was he not born on a native planet, but even his awakening, transformation of origin, and self-transformation into stars were all done abroad, a complete outsider, the difficulty of the trial was so high…

It was unimaginable.

"Moreover, we can't really destroy the Earth."

Chu Hongjun shook his head and said, "Once the Earth is gone, you can only go to other planets or secret realms to carry out the star priesthood trial. The difficulty is so high that I'm afraid you have no confidence at all, right?"

Lin Qing nodded slowly.

"What's more, void beings can肆意develop after occupying the Earth."

Chu Hongjun shook his head and said, "Once the two void beings of the Nine Stars Civilization get any treasures and make breakthroughs, it will be a big trouble, so… the Fire Seed Plan can only be used as a last resort."

Lin Qing nodded and said, "Then let's send a batch of people away from Earth first."

"You don't have to worry too much about these things, just focus on cultivation," Chu Hongjun said.

……

That night.

"Order."

Lin Qing's heart moved, "Overdraft, the eighth energy level life transformation method."

After killing a star priesthood person in the battle on Mars a few days ago, his priesthood 'experience bar' was full, and he also tried to experience the eighth energy level life transformation process that was most suitable for him.

After figuring it out these days, he finally mastered this transformation method.

As an ultimate star being, the eighth energy level life was also the last life level that could be cultivated smoothly all the way.

In a second-tier civilization, ordinary star priesthood people were simply countless, and only rare star priesthood people could be regarded as the elite class. It could be seen that as long as there was talent and resources, ultimate star beings could be cultivated at will.

After that, it was a darkness.

Lin Qing couldn't manage so much for the time being, at least he still had a lot of room for improvement at present.

After a while.

The surging memories and violent energy gradually calmed down and slowly returned to normal.

And the aura exuded by Lin Qing at this time was completely different from before.

"It's done."

Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes, feeling the difference in himself at this time.

This was the most perfect star being, and also the ultimate in the evolution of life in the cosmic starry sky. The void beings above that no longer belonged to the category of starry sky life.

Although the sacred writing and divine techniques were still at the seventh energy level, and there was no qualitative change in energy, his total energy and gene index had undergone amazing transformations, especially the genes optimized by the eighth energy level energy, which also completely developed that trace of the Void God Race's bloodline.

"Gene optimization index… 1240 times the cosmic standard!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Qing's mouth.

The changes in genes alone had more than doubled his strength, and his energy control and burst have also improved.

If he could only be considered at the lower reaches of the ninth level of the Star Abyss before, then he could now be considered in the middle reaches.

When he mastered the eighth energy level World God, that was the real tenth level of the Star Abyss!

If he passed the Star God trial again…

Even void beings, he might not be unable to fight!

"Well… the Black Flame Clone is still missing."

Lin Qing's eyebrows lit up, absorbing the Black Flame Clone next to him into the alien space.

At this time, the alien space had expanded to a range of tens of thousands of kilometers, much larger than in the past, and the space channel had also stabilized a lot.

"There are still more than half a year before Earth opens, and I can go to the Vacuum Tomb."

Lin Qing slowly took a deep breath and stood up.

As a star-level citizen of the Beginning Realm, he can enter the Vacuum Tomb at every life level. Now that he has transformed into an ultimate star being, he can naturally enter again.

Unless he can become a tomb keeper or void being, this is theoretically the last time.

In reality, he also possessed a temporary pass for the Vacuum Grand Tomb, allowing him to traverse time and space into the Vacuum Grand Tomb at any moment. This was unrelated to his life level; he had specifically inquired about it with that Lord Su last time.

Once he became a tomb guardian, he could obtain a genuine Vacuum Grand Tomb pass.

With Earth's opening still more than half a year away, he naturally wouldn't waste this time.

More than half a year in the Vacuum Grand Tomb's training chamber was equivalent to several years.

Just right, he needed some preparation to kill that Blood Cauldron King from the Nine-Star Civilization, to raise both the life level and gene index of his Black Flame clone.

"Hopefully, I'm not too late..."