High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

After doing all this, Song Chen flew into space.

The matter of Thunder Star is over; the mission is complete, and the rebels have been defeated.

But he wasn't in a hurry to return to Judgment Star; he had more important things to do.

Song Chen turned back for one last look at Lei Ze Village.

Under the moonlight, the sea was as calm as a mirror, and the wishing ribbons on the old banyan tree were still fluttering in the wind.

The little girl holding the Thunder Cat had somehow run to the village entrance and was squatting on the beach picking up seashells, completely oblivious to the devastation around her.

He withdrew his gaze, entered the spaceship, and initiated the jump.

……

The next day, Song Chen appeared in a desolate starry sky.

This place is very similar to the place where he last went into seclusion. There are no stars within tens of light-years and no civilization activity within thirty light-years.

The only difference is that there isn't even a gravel belt here, only pure emptiness and absolute silence.

He hovered the warp drive in mid-air, then floated out of the cabin, sitting cross-legged in the endless darkness.

Above, the spiral arms of the Milky Way stretch across the sky, the light of billions of stars converges into a long, silvery-white river that runs through the universe, and beneath your feet lies a void deeper than any ocean.

He opened the system panel, and his kill count was 305.2 billion.

Lei Mingxing and his party had gained a lot; it was time to spend it.

Song Chen flipped to the system upgrade section. Upgrading the system to Star Crown level required 100 billion, which he had finally raised.

"System, upgrade system level."

[System Main Program Upgrade]

[Required kill points: 100000000000]

[Upgrade unlocks Star Crown-level items, including Star Crown-level combat skills, Star Crown-level elixirs, and high-level attribute enhancements; system storage space is increased one hundredfold.]

[Confirm upgrade?]

"confirm."

[System upgrade in progress...]

This upgrade is different from previous ones.

The system had been deeply rooted in his consciousness for so many years, and each upgrade was a complete re-architecting of the system itself, but this time the scale far exceeded any previous one.

The transition from Level 6 to Level 7 is not simply a feature update; it represents the entire system leaping from one stage to another.

His consciousness was pulled into a space composed entirely of data streams, with countless points of light in all directions, each of them spinning at high speed, like a city built of light being replanned and expanded before his eyes.

He could sense that every module of the system was being dismantled and reassembled: the combat skill database, the attribute point allocation module, the kill value calculation core, the storage space structure...

The old architecture was peeled away layer by layer, and a new architecture rose up on the original site.

This process lasted for an unknown period of time; time has no meaning in the realm of consciousness.

When Song Chen opened his eyes again, he was still suspended in that void.

The spiral arms of the Milky Way were still quietly rotating overhead, and the void beneath his feet remained unfathomably deep. But a brand new system panel appeared before him.

The system upgrade is complete.

Song Chen couldn't wait to open the system store; the list of Star Crown-level items was similar to that of Star Core-level items.

The virtual screen is filled with a dense array of products, each with a faint gold border.

The name of one of the attributes immediately drew his attention.

[Star Crown-level Combat Skill]

Star-Splitting Slash - Fourth Level: 500 billion kill points. Ten overlapping wave slashes, ten strikes stacked, power increases exponentially.

[Combat Skill Tier Explanation]

[Levels 1-3: Star Core-level combat skills, corresponding to the seventh-tier Star Core Realm.]

[Levels 4-6: Star Crown-level combat skills, corresponding to the eighth-tier Star Crown Realm.]

[Levels 7-9: True Star-Level Combat Skills, corresponding to the ninth rank of True Star Realm.]

……

Song Chen carefully read through the descriptions of each new product.

He then realized that the fourth level and above were no longer within the scope of the Star Core level, but rather a combat skill system corresponding to the eighth-order Star Crown Realm.

In other words, no matter how powerful the first three levels of Star Slash are, they are essentially still based on a seventh-tier combat skill. The Nine-Layer Wave Slash can shatter asteroids because of the explosive power of the combat skill itself and the amplification of the Silver Radiance Armor, but the ceiling of the combat skill's tier is limited to the Star Core level.

The fourth layer, the Tenfold Wave Slash, has already crossed a major realm in terms of rank, making it a true eighth-tier combat skill.

Using an eighth-tier combat skill to fight an eighth-tier expert is a completely different concept from using a seventh-tier combat skill to fight an eighth-tier expert.

He continued scrolling down, and soon made up his mind.

Swordsmanship is the main combat skill and must be upgraded to the fourth level.

The other three gates were upgraded to the third level, maximizing the Star Core level foundation, and the remaining killing points were used to stack attributes.

He then looked at how much it would take to upgrade the system to a true star level. Even though he was already prepared, he was still shocked when he saw the number.

Upgrading to the True Star System requires a staggering 20 trillion kill points.

Song Chen simply couldn't be bothered with this matter anymore.

At that moment, the disciplinary terminal on my wrist vibrated.

He glanced down at the automatic notification from the Alliance Mission System.

[Mission ID CT-SR-1127, Mission to quell the internal strife on Thunder Star, Status Update: Completed.]

[Confirmed by: Lei Yuan, Lord of Leiming Star, and the Elder Council of the Leiming Clan.]

[Task rating: Grade A, 100% completion, exceeding expectations.]

[Contribution Point Reward: 5000 points.]

[Additional Note: In his mission evaluation, Star Lord Lei Yuan specifically thanked Punisher Song Chen, stating that Song Chen single-handedly saved the civilized order of Thunder Star.]

[Based on the alliance contribution point calculation standard, the overachievement coefficient is 1.6 times, and the original target of 5000 contribution points has been increased to 8000 points.]

[Additionally, Lei Mingxing's repayment ability assessment has recovered to pre-war levels, and he is expected to be able to make normal payments in the next repayment cycle.]

Song Chen remembered that he got 1,000 contribution points during the last Emerald Star mission, and this time, working alone, he got 8,000 points.

The Department of Punishment exchanges contribution points for Cosmic Crystals at a 1:1 ratio. Eight thousand contribution points equal eight thousand Cosmic Crystals, enough to buy a lot of good things.

Of course, he no longer needs to exchange contribution points for resources; the items in the system shop are far superior to those in the disciplinary department shop.

However, contribution points are the hard currency within the disciplinary department; accumulating enough can upgrade privileges, exchange intelligence, and allocate resources.

Moreover, the additional notes for this task are very important. The Star Lord personally expressed his gratitude, and the rating was exceeded. With more of these positive records, his authority level in the Disciplinary Department will be promoted more quickly.

Sooner or later, trainee disciplinary officers will be promoted to full-fledged officers. After that, they can take on higher-level missions and have access to a wider range of kill points.

He turned off the notifications and reopened the system panel.

"System, upgrade Star Slash to level four."

[Confirmed to have consumed 50 billion kill points to upgrade Star Slash to level four?]

"confirm."

Five hundred billion kill points evaporated instantly.