Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 541 The Fallen God General, Two Treasures!

Seeing Lei Hong compromise so easily, Bovi in ​​his inner world was speechless.

Lei Hong's act of picking up the Earth God Crystal was not a one-time transaction, but rather represented a causal contract.

After that, whenever Lei Hong obtained any Earth God Crystals, he had to give two-thirds to Zhao Xing!

If they continue to play by Zhao Xing's pattern, they might be able to obtain enough divine-level origins just from this one change in the divine mountain.

How difficult was it for him to become a god? He had to sacrifice his master, integrate the historians of the stars, and set up the plan for those who follow the Dao. He went through countless hardships to obtain the Xuanling History Book and even shattered the Mirror of Knowledge.

"What a disgrace to the evil god! Why don't they dare to fight Zhao Xing?"

Lei Hong was actually quite reluctant to pay for three bowls of noodles when he only had one.

But there was nothing he could do.

Lei Hong had been weighing the options in his mind for a long time and had considered many possibilities.

Fight? We can't win!
Escape? That would mean missing out on the spaceship.

Having traversed multiple time-space barriers to arrive here, Lei Hong had accumulated a considerable amount of debt. Staying here at least offered him a chance to recoup his costs.

Is it possible to achieve a mutually destructive outcome with Venerable Han Bing?

For example, could you 'report' to the God of Freedom, Biluo, to increase the other party's karmic value?

Lei Hong thought about it carefully and realized that it was also difficult.

"This Han Bing summoned the deputy envoy before the incident."

“They deliberately increased our karmic burden. If the God of Biluo Zizai looks back on the whole process in the future, he will find that the deputy envoys who did not go to perform their duties are all suspicious.”

"On the contrary, Han Bing arrived after the incident, which greatly reduces his suspiciousness."

"His authority is so high that even if the fish dies, his net probably won't break."

"How did he manage to plan that?"

Lei Hong couldn't understand it. Normally, no one could distinguish between a Descendant and a Non-Descendant unless they gave themselves away.

If Zhao Xing was not confident in seeing through the Descendants, then his decision to summon the deputy envoys beforehand was foolish and would only bring him more trouble.

"This man is truly unfathomable." Lei Hong glanced deeply in the direction Zhao Xing had left and gave him this assessment.

"It seems the serendipitous event is over, and I need to find a way to reduce the karmic burden."

"Wow~"

The currents in the sea constantly impacted Zhao Xing's body, and he was already chasing after the other deputy envoys.

"In the first Yang year, there were a total of three changes in the underwater sacred mountain."

"This is the first time. The visitors haven't even recouped their investment yet, so they're definitely not satisfied with just one lucky event. If I can launch a precise strike, there's a high chance I can coerce the visitors from the evil god's camp into signing a causal contract."

"In this way, I can obtain the most Earth God Crystals at the lowest cost."

Incubation – Participation in opportune events – Increased karmic burden – Resolution of karmic burden – Continued incubation – Waiting for the next opportune event. This is the standard procedure for exploring the Cosmic Ship event.

However, for an evil god like Lei Hong, the cost of a trip to the Spirit Realm Era is very high.

If it takes 150 million contribution points for me to come here, the cost for those from the evil god faction will be even higher, ten times or even a hundred times higher.

Zhao Xing was well aware that one of his advantages lay in the cost of taking risks.

The Spirit Realm Era is ruled by one's own faction. A trip here only costs 150 million contribution points, which is not a lot.

But the price is much higher for those in the evil god faction.

Of course, if you go to the era of the Five Emperors, which is a time and space ruled by the evil gods, the situation is reversed. The evil gods are the 'locals', and the cost of adventure is much lower for them than for you.

"The reason why this situation occurred is simply because certain circumstances limited it to a certain era."

"For example, the demigods who chose the first or second tier of opportunities on the Time-Space Ark may not necessarily go to places of opportunity that are of a higher standard than those on the Space Ark."

"But some professions and schools of thought are not a choice. Just like the demigod musician 'Bai Yuqing' on the Time Ship, if she wanted to become a god, she would have to sneak into the era of Emperor Luo, because at that time, [Yuyin Mountain] was still Yuyin Mountain, not the six-winged mountain that was only half left later."

By grasping this point, Zhao Xing believed he could gain a great deal.

Of course, another advantage, and the biggest advantage, is that the panel can distinguish between Descendants and Non-Descendants; otherwise, Zhao Xing wouldn't dare to play like this.

"Compared to Lao Qing's schemes against the Dongyan Ancient Clan, my current difficulties are child's play... Hmm? Let's change course!"

As Zhao Xing was fleeing, he suddenly felt a pang of fear. He immediately withdrew all four pillars of his mystic arts and concealed his aura.

"Elder, I sense danger, but I can't see where it is," Zhao Xing hurriedly called out to Bowei.

"Of course you can't see it. Inside the triangular mountain range ahead, there is a spherical cave with a radius of 100,000 kilometers. Inside, a god-level sea beast that looks like an octopus is hiding in a deep sleep."

"If you continue to sneak up and crash into it, you will break its veil of secrecy."

Zhao Xing realized how close he had come to danger, so he immediately increased the altitude at which he was traveling through the underwater mountain range.

The primordial ocean was inhabited by many divine beings. The upheaval at the sacred mountain was a powerful and undeniable disaster for the demigods.

However, even god-level beings can still sleep peacefully, unless the divine mountain is fully revealed, but right now it has only revealed a little bit of the divine essence.

"Buzz~"

The road ahead was blocked. When Zhao Xing saw the number instantly turn into negative ten, he immediately changed direction.

After he moved away, the value displayed on his Taoist book immediately turned positive and gradually increased.

For three consecutive days, the scale remained stable at around ten.

Zhao Xing then followed the current in the sea.

half a month later.

Suddenly, Zhao Xing had a flash of inspiration and switched from one pulse to another.

hum~
The value of the causal relationship immediately increased positively!
"Ten, fifteen, thirty-six, fifty-four... seventy!"

Zhao Xing immediately realized that there were Earth God Crystals nearby.

……

Venerable Chu Ji transformed into a torrent of flames and crashed into an underwater mountain, causing it to split open and form a rift valley.

The flame tail contracted, transforming into a young man with flowing red hair and wearing a fire-feather robe.

Normally, such destructive actions would lower the causal value, but now that the heavenly secrets are in chaos, this is the time when these descendants can act with impunity.

"Ten Directions Earth God Crystals!" Venerable Chu Ji was overjoyed. "Excellent, excellent, truly worthy of being called the Ark of the Universe, what a wonderful place!"

"At least I know where I'll go home!"

However, he was too happy too soon.

When Chu Ji picked up the Earth God Crystal and took on this wave of karmic burden, alarm bells immediately went off in his mind.

"Huh? What is that..." Chu Ji felt something looming over him from behind, as if he was about to be ambushed.

He was startled and immediately tried to hide.

While dodging, Chu Ji unhesitatingly unleashed his ultimate move, his body continued to shrink, and his lower body also transformed into the shape of a caterpillar.

"Wow, this is quite a novel reform."

A teasing voice appeared.

"Who?!" Chu Ji was startled.

But then he suddenly saw the phantom of a divine tree, and his speed decreased sharply.

"Divine power? World law?!"

Chu Ji was shocked. He was the Minister of Agriculture of the Heavenly Time Sect. He originally wanted to transform and run away, but at this moment, his transformation speed seemed to have slowed down a hundred times.

The Cangwu World Law is a divine law of the Original Self School. Zhao Xing's sneak attack immediately reduced Chu Ji's transformation speed by a hundred times, making him like a sloth, where everything turned into slow motion.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Next, Zhao Xing inserted three Heavenly Change Needles into Chu Ji.

This completely interrupted Chu Ji's transformation, causing him to fall heavily into Zhao Xing's palm.

"Ugh~ Ugh!!"

A caterpillar dressed in a Buddhist robe was wriggling in Zhao Xing's palm.

Beneath the robes, subtle patterns stirred beneath the smooth skin, as if trying to close up.

However, the presence of the three Heavenly Transformation Needles prevented these secret patterns from coalescing and completing the transformation.

Chu Ji is in a bad mood!
The transformation was interrupted halfway through, like someone about to have a satisfying bowel movement, only to have someone throw a firecracker into the outhouse, abruptly stopping it.

“Vice Envoy Chu, this is quite a novel reform of Hou’s laws. How come I didn’t know you were originally the Minister of Agriculture of the Hou reform faction?” Zhao Xing looked at the caterpillar in his hand with amusement.

"Envoy Han? No! You are..." Chu Ji initially thought he had encountered someone from the incident, but he quickly realized that Han Bing was also a Descendant.

Since the value on his cause-effect indicator did not drop to a negative number, the people involved in the incident should not have attacked him.

“It’s over…” A sense of despair welled up in Chu Ji’s heart. He felt that the other party would definitely kill him. After all, in his time, people’s morals were not high, and killing and stealing treasures was a matter of course.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, I can spare your life." Zhao Xing switched to telepathic communication.

"What?" Chu Ji was taken aback.

“We’re all just here to seize opportunities in the time and space of the evil god, there’s no need to fight to the death.” Zhao Xing seemed to see through his thoughts, and pointed to himself with his thumb: “If you can sign a one-way causal contract with me, then you can live.”

Zhao Xing used his spiritual power to activate the personal karmic thread, and Chu Ji quickly understood.

"Fellow Daoist means that if I give you 70% of the Earth God Crystal I obtained, you can live."

"That's exactly what I mean." Zhao Xing nodded. "It's limited to this space-time, and limited to the Space Ship. Once we leave, the cause and effect are cleared."

"I promise!"

Bovi, inside the body, watched this and his lips twitched again.

Lei Hong at least thought about it for a moment, but this guy surnamed Chu threw the ball even faster than Lei Hong, almost without any hesitation!
However, Bowei was unaware that Lei Hong was a disciple of Lingyang Divine General under Xitian Divine King, and was a powerful and influential demigod.

Chu Ji's situation was different; the power he relied on was relatively weak.

He had no protectors and smuggled himself into this time and space through the Shadow Temple, for which he borrowed a considerable amount of money.

Moreover, he bought a one-way ticket, so he needs to earn enough money before he can smuggle himself home!

The Shadow Temple only cares about money and has no regard for human relationships. Without money, Chu Ji can only slowly rot in this time and space.

Zhao Xing suppressed him with a flick of his hand, so what else could Chu Ji think about?
Without the slightest hesitation, he signed an unequal causal contract.

"Venerable Han, then I shall take my leave." After ending the suppression, Chu Ji returned to human form, no longer the beast in human clothing.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist Chu, you must be careful." Zhao Xing said with a smile.

After signing the contract, Chu Ji became his employee, and his attitude naturally improved.

"Thank you." Chu Ji bowed again before picking up the three Earth God Crystals and heading to the next location.

On the other side of the inner world, Hua Li, the Goddess, had also been keeping a close eye on Zhao Xing's actions.

After watching two rounds, Hua Li Shen Jiang couldn't help but laugh; she found the scene quite comical.

"Zhao Xing isn't here to take risks; he's clearly here to recruit people to work for him."

"He works at his own expense, and people should thank him."

……

As time passed, after ten months of continuous pursuit, Zhao Xing encountered eight deputy envoys and successfully got eight unequal causal contracts signed.

Why is it so efficient? Mainly because the chief and deputy envoys are connected by tokens, which allowed them to communicate in the early stages of the upheaval.

This is how Zhao Xing found these eight unlucky guys.

For the next three months, Zhao Xing gained nothing, and Bo Wei was somewhat pleased.

"It seems your plan isn't going so smoothly. Apart from these eight unlucky guys, everyone else is very wary, and things will get increasingly chaotic in the future, making it difficult for you to find people."

Faced with Bowei's gloating, Zhao Xing remained silent and simply buried himself in searching for people.

At this moment, the changes in the underwater sacred mountain became increasingly violent, making it truly difficult for him to detect any trace of the other deputy envoys.

For the next two years, they didn't encounter another deputy envoy.

Just when Zhao Xing thought his luck had run out.

"Wow!"

The murky currents became clear, and the visibility of the seabed improved significantly.

Two mountain peaks floated in front, with a faint golden halo emanating from their midsections. The halo spread outwards in concentric circles, and many spirit beasts swam around the golden mountains.

"Hmm? An opportunity? Is it the Earth God Crystal?" Zhao Xing's heart pounded.

Although he was excited, he remained cautious and swam step by step.

Once he got close enough to see clearly, Zhao Xing realized he had been wrong.

"'Half-Moon Mountain,' a medium-sized sacred mountain." The panel displayed the coordinates and location name. "Why has it never appeared on the map before?"

Half Moon Mountain is quite small; it only took Zhao Xing half a day to tour around it.

"So that's it."

Zhao Xing understood what kind of divine opportunity he had triggered.

That was a divine artifact stuck in the middle of Half Moon Mountain. It was a crescent-shaped blade, and it seemed that this divine artifact was the one that split Half Moon Mountain in two.

Bovi also glanced at it briefly, and his eye twitched slightly: "He can stumble upon a divine artifact while just wandering around? What kind of incredible luck is that?!"

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing opened his inner world, and an Emperor-level vine emerged, coiling towards the curved divine weapon in the rift valley.

When the vines reached for the curved blade artifact, the Emperor-level vines were instantly shredded by the sharp blade's edge.

Although the vines were cut into pieces, Zhao Xing also gained information from this curved blade artifact.

"I am the Heavenly General, and this Heavenly Divine Blade is my natal divine weapon, which has accompanied me through four divine tribulations."

"After the Spaceship crash, some people said that the polar continental cosmology theory was absurd, and some people said that the Spaceship project was an irresponsible escape, and therefore it was punished by the universe."

"However, I don't care about any of that. I only want to gain the benefits of fighting against the next divine calamity, so I came here with my friend to seek opportunities."

"However, after entering the Yuanzang Divine Sea Ship, I was trapped here and died."

"I tried everything, but I couldn't escape. My lifeline is about to break. What a pity..."

"...So the two God-Kings have concealed the entire Cosmic Ship. No wonder I couldn't escape. But that's not important now."

"I am about to perish. This Heavenly Blade contains my life's legacy. I hope that after the Cosmic Ship becomes a historical event, my divine concealment will be broken, and someone will be able to find me and inherit it."

……

Zhao Xing looked down as the divine light within the rift gradually receded, sensing the obsession left by the Heavenly General on the divine blade, and couldn't help but frown.

"Judging from this message, it seems that General Tianyi was also a descendant, and he actually died trapped in the underwater mountain range?"

Should we take it or not?
When in doubt, consult Bowei.

“Heavenly General? Never heard of him.” Bovi shook his head. “He must be the Descendant who died here before, whose semi-divine invisibility was just broken by you.”

"Wait a minute, Elder." Zhao Xing asked, puzzled, "Isn't this the first solar year of the 341st era before the Wilderness? Logically speaking, this Heavenly General and I entered at the same time, so where does this 'before' come from?"

Bovi didn't answer, but waved his hand, and a river appeared beneath his feet.

He took a tree branch and made a mark on the riverbank: "This represents the first solar year of the Wasteland, 341 BC."

Zhao Xing concentrated intently; he knew Bowei was about to give him a lesson.

Bovi waved his hand, picked up a stone from the riverbed downstream, and threw it into the river at the marked point: "Look, this is the 341st era before you first came to the Wasteland. Let's assume that it was just you and Ji Si at this time."

Faint ripples appeared in the river.

"After a while, let's say 1000 years, you and Ji Si were too weak and failed to become gods. In the second solar year, you were taken away by the gods."

Zhao Xing, watching from the outside, curled his lip. Couldn't Bowei have hoped for something better for him? Even their examples were personal attacks.

Bovi took another step and retrieved the stone from the river in the second solar year.

He then returned to the initial position and once again threw the stone representing Zhao Xing into the first solar year of the 341st era of the Desolate Region.

"When you and Ji Si traveled through time for the second time, you arrived at this point in time again. But the second time..."

Bovi waved his hand, and countless stones from upstream and downstream floated over, slowly sinking into the time-space river of the wasteland 341 years before.

As countless stones sank in, a section of the riverbed representing the 341st century before the end of the wasteland rose, and the water level of the entire River of Time also rose significantly.

Zhao Xing seemed to be deep in thought, while Bowei asked a question.

"Both of these are the first Yang year in 341 eras before arriving in the Desolate Region. What's the difference between these two times?"

Zhao Xing looked at the ripples and pondered, "The water level has risen?"

“Be more specific,” Bovi said, dissatisfied.

“The rising water level signifies a shift in spacetime in the wasteland 341 epochs ago,” Zhao Xing pondered. “It’s impossible for Ji Si and I to experience the same thing.”

“That’s right.” Bowei nodded. “The second time you come, you may not see Lei Hong again, nor Chu Ji. This is the fluctuation of the river of time, which causes changes in history.”

"The evil god's camp stores and releases floodwaters upstream, and this is how the so-called time shock and time memory are generated."

Bove inserted a pillar with many markings into the river.

“Every significant rise or fall in water level represents a fluctuation and change in the spacetime of an era. Scholars have introduced the concept of ‘reincarnation’ to explain this fluctuation in spacetime and the historical changes it triggers.”

“The three dimensions of the manifest layer, the manifest layer, and the ancient layer describe space. If we add time and reincarnation, that makes five dimensions. Are these five dimensions used to explain time travel?” Zhao Xing understood Bowei’s words.

Bovi said quietly, "The first god traveled through the river of time and caused changes in history upstream. Another god downstream observed this change, but was not affected. He recorded the process of change and called it the first era of reincarnation."

"In order for the rest of the people to remember, He created a history book, which He called the Mysterious History Book."

"And it also gives the Xuanling History Book the power to record the cycles of reincarnation, major events, and solidify history."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "Since the Divine Realm is unaffected, then Tianyi Divine General must have died in an earlier era of reincarnation."

“That’s right.” Bovi nodded. “Gods and divine objects all possess this characteristic. So you will find that you have only just entered the Space Ship, and this event of destruction has not yet begun, but the Heavenly General seems to have already experienced a lot on the Space Ship.”

"Elder, I have a question." Zhao Xing looked at the river: "Suppose I come here a second time, will I see myself from the first time? What would happen if we met?"

Bovi said calmly, "If it's a god, it won't have any impact. An existence in endless spacetime is like an avatar. The two cliffs you saw earlier were like that; we usually call them 'divine avatars'."

"The source of divine power is constant. The more you distribute the source to a particular era, the stronger that era will be, and that era will be regarded as the original body."

"If they are not gods, meeting them would be very troublesome, and we would suffer severe karmic repercussions."

"Therefore, only exceptionally talented demigods are allowed to travel through time and space, and when they do so, they are all seeking to become gods."

"If you come here for the first time and want to come again, you should choose another Shenzhou to obtain opportunities and avoid the backlash from the river of time."

Even so, before becoming a god, one can only come a maximum of three times.

"However, the Cosmic Ship is a special independent spacetime, where even the gods can only come three times, and the time is shorter each time."

Zhao Xing recalled his experience in the Transmission Tower. He had been kicked out of the Transmission Tower because his two selves met and were rejected and backfired by the rules of the divine artifact.

“Divine objects also possess uniqueness. Suppose you bring Yuanji Mountain with you on your first and second visit, one of them will become a mythical artifact of the void, one will become ineffective, or even disappear completely.”

"You took away the Heavenly General's legacy and sword. Starting from this reincarnation, this treasure will no longer be on the Cosmic Ship. Unless the entire spacetime is distorted and your experience this time is completely distorted, then it will be a different situation. The major event on the Cosmic Ship is unshakable and basically impossible to occur."

Zhao Xing sighed, "I wonder what happened to Tianyi Shenjiang in his reincarnation era that made him die here."

“There is a mainstream explanation in history for why the spaceship was destroyed,” Bovey said.

"When the Cosmic Ship arrived at the Fushan Domain, the environment underwent a major change, and the cosmic rules and the original Dao were downgraded. As a result, the originally balanced internal structure began to become unbalanced and eventually could not maintain such a huge warship structure."

"Thus, the three Poseidon ships carrying primitive marine materials collapsed first."

"It's like the sun and moon stars being moved into a desolate region, where their lifespans are greatly reduced."

"The Heavenly General must have encountered a 'collapse of the heavens' event."

Zhao Xing immediately imagined such a scenario: with each time he traveled through time and space, the "Space Ark" instance would essentially be refreshed, but each refresh would bring both fewer and more items.

For example, the number of Earth God Crystals will definitely decrease with each iteration. The extra ones are foreign invaders like the Heavenly General, which will not be refreshed and will remain in the instance.

While Bowei was still in the mood, Zhao Xing asked again, "Elder, which region does the Fushan Domain correspond to in the Desolate Domain Era?"

Bovi shook his head: "The Cosmic Ship is unique. After leaving the Xuanling Starfield, it formed a unique spacetime."

"Therefore, the Space Ship fell in the Fushan Domain, and there should be no corresponding location in later generations, not even a ruin."

"Why is this happening?" Zhao Xing asked.

Bovi pointed to the great river at his feet, which shimmered with golden light, and warships appeared above it.

"The ark of the universe is itself space, and at the same time it has transcended the river of time. This is the purpose of the polar continental cosmology and the Zhoushan School."

"If you want to escape the universe, you must first break free from the constraints of spacetime rules."

Bove pointed to a spot where 1200 spaceships were lined up above the river.

"The fact that the Spaceship incident was historically defined as a split indicates that the polar cosmology and the Zhoushan faction had opponents."

"The two God-Kings gave themselves no way back. Their divine domains covered the entire Universe Ship, causing the entire fleet to disappear into the shadows, just as if the gods had jumped out of the river of time."

"In this way, no one can go back to the beginning of the plan to build the spaceship and stop them. It is as if the two god-kings solidified that period of history with their own power."

"And when the Spaceship broke apart, this event only spread to 1200 solar years in the 341st era before the Fallen Wasteland."

"The Fushan Domain only exists in this one era. It cannot be found in later generations. It does not exist. This is what is commonly referred to as an 'independent spacetime'."

Zhao Xing immediately thought of the Fengshan site, which was also known as an independent space-time. However, it still had some ruins, but after the Space Ship fell, there were no ruins left in later generations.

The determination of the two god-kings is truly lamentable. They not only gave this plan no way back, but also gave themselves no chance to be resurrected, choosing to live and die with the Cosmic Ark Project.

Having received confirmation from Bowei, Zhao Xing no longer hesitated and retrieved the Heavenly Divine Blade.

Because these were relics and treasures left over from the previous cycle of reincarnation, Zhao Xing did not incur any additional karmic burden.

He threw the Heavenly Blade into his inner world for Bowei to examine.

"Elder, what level is the Heavenly Divine Blade?"

"It is only a low-level Dao artifact, but it contains the lifelong learning of the Heavenly General, so it can barely be considered as a mid-level Dao artifact."

"The Mysterious Spirit Treasure Pavilion should be able to reclaim this divine object."

The reason we say "should" is mainly because the number of martial artists is too large, and there are correspondingly many divine artifacts. Top-level treasure vaults like the Xuanling Treasure Pavilion almost never recycle them.

After all, the martial arts artifacts in the treasure vault are more than enough to sell, and even better ones.

If there is a demand, a master craftsman like the God of the Realm can create it, and it can be tailor-made!
For a god-level martial artist, taking someone else's divine weapon is certainly not as good as having a personal artifact crafted by a master craftsman.

Occasionally, low-level Dao artifacts belonging to martial artists are recycled, but they are melted down and used as materials for reforging, and the recycling price is the same as the material price.

At most, it's equivalent to a chance to become a god, with a price ranging from 50 million to 100 million contribution points.

However, the situation is different for divine artifacts with complete inheritance. These artifacts have a certain possibility of allowing the inheritor to cultivate to the level of a god-general, and their resale value will be much higher.

The Earth God Crystal is for personal use and I won't sell it, but obtaining the Heavenly Divine Blade has already made it worthwhile.

In other words, Zhao Xing broke even on this trip, and everything that follows will be profitable.

"Charge! Keep searching!"

With the rewards he gained, Zhao Xing became motivated. He didn't want to be forced to work like Lao Qing.

Having finally made the journey, naturally we want to collect as much cargo as possible.

The entire ocean was murky and turbid. He put the kidnapping of the patrolling envoys aside for the time being and wandered around aimlessly, trying to make the most of his own luck at the thirtieth level.

In the fifth year after the geological upheaval, Zhao Xing's luck erupted once again, and he encountered another ancient site.

"I am the Beast God 'Tibu,' born in the era of Emperor Li during the White Scorching Period. I heard that during the era of the Spirit Realm ruled by the Evil God of the Desolate Region, a cosmic ship appeared. Based on its fame, I brought my three most talented clansmen to this time and space to protect them."

"I should be the cosmic vessel that entered during the 329th cycle of reincarnation."

……

"Before the cataclysmic event, the spaceship suffered a serious attack."

"This has caused my causal burden to increase exponentially, and the value has exceeded three hundred."

"Two of the three talented clansmen have now died."

"However, the cataclysmic event is about to happen. If we can succeed in even one of them, then this trip will not have been in vain."

……

“Alas, ‘Yangka’ is dead too. I underestimated the crisis facing the Space Ark.”

"It doesn't seem to pose much of a danger. As long as the causal burden can be controlled and the value doesn't increase wildly, it's safe."

"But the longer I stay, the more uncontrollable things become. In order to reduce the causal burden, I have to do something in the event, such as my superior 'Moon Hero General' suspecting me, which caused the causal burden to increase significantly and resulted in rejection and backlash from the Space Ark."

"Therefore, I had to do something to dispel his doubts and reduce this increase in causal burden."

"But in the process, not only did I fail to resolve the issue, the causal relationship became even more negative!"

"To cross the river, you have to build a bridge; to build a bridge, you have to cut down trees; to cut down trees, you have to sharpen an axe; to get an axe, you have to find a forge... Hahaha, what a cosmic ship! I already regret coming here, but my karmic burden has exceeded five hundred, and I can't get out on my own."

“I, Tipu, am destined to die here.”

"My only concern now is my people in the White Scorching Era. If any fellow Daoist sees my last words, I left behind the only divine artifact I had left on my body in the eighth cave beneath my remains. If you are willing to take care of my people, then please give this treasure to those who come after you."

In the dark cave, lay the remains of three monstrous beasts.

Zhao Xing silently dug open the cave and pulled out a long shuttle that shimmered with a silvery-white light.

"Elder, what kind of weapon is this?"

“It’s not a weapon.” In his inner world, Bovi stood on the open ground, watching the silver shuttle descend from the sky. “It’s a vehicle for burrowing underground, similar to the burrowing shuttle of your Ancient Hill. This beast god probably isn’t good at burrowing, so he prepared such a treasure.”

"It is a mid-grade Dao artifact, and its value should be worth one billion contribution points."

"A billion?!" Zhao Xing's eyes lit up. "Is it true, Elder? There's actually that much?"

"Is a billion a lot?" Bowei sneered. "Zhao Xing, you'll have plenty of places to use your contribution points in the future. Don't even mention a billion, a hundred billion or a thousand billion might not be enough for you."

"Elder, I'm not that extravagant," Zhao Xing said with a smile. "Besides, the future is the future."

Seeing that Bowei remained silent and was only calculating on the ground by himself, Zhao Xing couldn't help but ask, "Elder, have you figured something out?"

Bowei is an all-powerful scholar and divine general; he is also skilled in divination and prediction, making it difficult for Zhao Xing to ignore Bowei's every move.

“Your path to godhood won’t be that simple.” Bovi wiped away the marks under his feet, and the divination array on the ground immediately fell apart.

"If you cultivate three schools and want to balance the three great paths of Heavenly Timing, Earthly Advantage, and True Self, it is very likely that you will have to become a god in all three at the same time."

"If you become an Earth God first, the extreme weight of your internal meridians will drain the Great Sun Qi Sea and crush your Primordial Chaos Realm."

“You’ve been cultivating since the Origin Realm, so you must have encountered this problem all along.”

Zhao Xing's expression immediately turned solemn. He had indeed encountered this balance problem at every stage, but no one in the Desolate Era could reach this point. He had to figure it out on his own.

"Becoming a god of the ego faction is easy, but becoming a celestial god is not so easy. How many contribution points would it take to go to the Five Emperors era? Even just traveling to the last solar year of the Luo Emperor era would require a hundred billion contribution points."

Bovi scoffed, "Do you still think a billion is a lot?"

"So that's true, there aren't many left." Zhao Xing smiled.

"Looks like I need to pull myself together and make the most of this first opportunity to travel through time, hoping to make a big enough fortune from this first trip. Elder, thank you for the reminder!"

"Oh, how do you plan to get back on your feet?" Bovi asked with interest.

Zhao Xing did not answer, but instead used telepathy, and soon the mental images of Chu Ji and Lei Hong appeared in front of him.

"Brother Lei, Brother Chu, how is the situation?"

“We’ve made some progress,” Chu Ji said first. “Brother Han, I’m currently tracking them.”

“I’ve also found some clues here,” Lei Hong said. “But we need to confirm them first. Once confirmed, we can take action immediately.”

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you two." Zhao Xing nodded in satisfaction.

“What did you say to them?” Bovey asked.

“It’s nothing,” Zhao Xing replied. “I told them that if they could help me provide the positions of the other deputy envoys, they could reduce the amount of Earth God Crystals they have to pay by half.”

"If I can lure people to my side, I can reduce the amount I have to pay by 10%."

"There will be many more opportunities to come, and I can use my authority to give you priority in enjoying them."

"..."

After listening, Bowei couldn't bear to look at it anymore; it was truly a collapse of social order!

Who exactly am I protecting? A space pirate leader?
……

With the help of Lei Hong, Chu Ji, and eight others, the number of deputy envoys forced to sign labor contracts reached as high as fifteen over the next six months!
Eight years after the Shenshan earthquake, Zhao Xing finally encountered a tough opponent.

(End of this chapter)