Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Su Jin's eyes narrowed, and she formed her fingers into a claw, placing them lightly on Chen Fu's crown.

The moon-white divine power transformed into hundreds of extremely fine threads of light, which entered Chen Fu's sea of ​​consciousness through his seven orifices.

A few seconds later, Su Jin withdrew her hand.

Empty.

Chen Fu's sea of ​​consciousness dried up completely, and not even a trace of his memories could be found.

The other party acted swiftly and cleanly, erasing Chen Fu's soul along with the karmic imprint from this universe.

This kind of technique is something that ordinary demigods cannot perform.

Su Jin frowned deeply.

She looked down at the lifeless body on the ground, pondering what to do.

Conventional soul-searching techniques are ineffective in extracting information from the mouth of a dead person whose soul has been extinguished.

The only solution is to ask a true god who controls the laws of time to forcibly reverse the river of time in this space.

Going back to the moment Chen Fu was killed, capture the killer's appearance and aura.

But this path is completely impassable.

The Law of Time is one of the most supreme laws in the myriad realms of the cosmos.

For nearly a thousand years, habitats associated with the Time Path have almost disappeared throughout the entire federal territory.

No new god has ever been heard of igniting the divine fire by relying on the laws of time.

As for those ancient time gods who have lived for tens of thousands of years, they have long since hidden themselves in the deepest part of the universe, indifferent to worldly affairs.

Su Jin had no idea who this level of old monster was.

Even if we know each other.

The other party would never bear the backlash of reversing the flow of time for the sake of assassinating a freshman.

The trail went cold.

The opponent was too perceptive, preemptively severing all sources within the extremely short time difference between Blood Raven's death and the time he used the Causal Sundial to deduce the cause and effect.

Su Jin sighed.

With a wave of her sleeve, she took Chen Fu's body into it.

The mastermind behind this is extremely well hidden; it would be too inefficient for her to search for a needle in a haystack by herself alone.

This matter must drag those old guys in the upper echelons of Starry Sky University into it.

Lin Yuan is the leader of the vanguard and the core asset of the school. Now that the asset has been targeted, these people will not be able to stay out of it.

Su Jin took a step forward, her figure merging into the void.

The main campus of Starry Sky University is located at the deepest part of the floating island group.

senate.

This is a magnificent hall crafted entirely from pure meteorite iron. In the center of the hall sits a massive circular stone table.

Six elderly men, their auras as deep as the ocean, sat on stone chairs, discussing the resource allocation for the Blood Pact War among the myriad races.

"Bang!"

The heavy metal doors of the main hall were kicked open with tremendous force.

A violent, moon-white divine power swept through the entire conference room like a hurricane.

The projections in front of the elderly men disintegrated.

Su Jin walked into the main hall, and with a flick of her wrist, Chen Fu's corpse slammed heavily into the center of the circular stone table.

All six elders frowned.

"Su Jin, what's wrong with you?" The red-robed elder sitting in the main seat had a stern face as he glanced at the corpse on the table.

"This is the Senate grounds; how dare you trespass here?"

"Breaking in?"

Su Jin sneered, placed her hands on the edge of the stone table, leaned forward, and stared directly at everyone present.

"If I had come back any later, the ashes of your Starry Sky University's most precious vanguard leader would have been scattered far and wide!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the elders changed drastically.

"Explain clearly, what happened?" the old man in the red robe asked in a deep voice.

Su Jin straightened up and pointed to Chen Fu's corpse on the table.

"This person is Chen Fu, a senior deacon of the Sirius District Ocean Trade Chamber of Commerce."

Just a few days ago, he offered one million cubic meters of pure divine power crystals, a life-bearing planet, and a divine magic inheritance to hire Blood Raven, a wanted criminal at the seventh level of demigod status.

"Forcibly locate Lin Yuan's divine realm and carry out a cross-realm assassination!"

The atmosphere inside the main hall suddenly turned somber.

One million cubic meters of divine crystals! Seventh level of demigod!

These two words together carry too much weight.

"Where is Lin Yuan? How badly is the core of the Divine Realm damaged?" The green-robed elder sitting on the left asked urgently.

"He was lucky; he managed to kill Blood Raven," Su Jin said mockingly. "But that's not the point."

"The key point is that someone has reached into Starry Sky University's coffers, placing a bounty on our people right under your noses!"

Su Jin crossed her arms and spoke in a strong, clear voice.

"You old guys sit here all day, calculating the resources of this sector and weighing the interests of that conglomerate."

"They kept saying they would cultivate Lin Yuan as a future god, but what happened?"

"Someone offered a million cubic divine crystals to buy his life on the black market, and your intelligence network didn't even catch a whiff of it!"

Su Jin's words were exquisite, each one striking a nerve with these high-ranking officials.

The elders were scolded until their faces turned ashen, but they had no way to refute them.

The invasion of the God Realm by Blood Ravens into the freshmen's area is indeed a major dereliction of duty by the school's security system.

"Su Jin, watch your words."

The old man in the blue robe on the right slammed his hand on the table, his tone harsh.

"This was indeed a dereliction of duty by the security department, and we will investigate it thoroughly, but you don't need to put it so harshly."

"Hateful?" Su Jin's eyes were practically blazing with anger. "I haven't interfered in school affairs for a century, but today I've truly seen something I never expected!"

"You've known me for a hundred years, when have you ever seen me so out of control?"

"I followed the cause and effect to the Sirius region, and the soul of this corpse had been completely erased."

"The other side has the ability to block my deductions. What does that mean? You old foxes know better than I do!"

"A powerful force has intervened!" Su Jin said, emphasizing each word. "They don't want to see Lin Yuan stand out in the Blood Pact War of Ten Thousand Races."

"Today there's one Blood Raven, tomorrow there could be ten."

"If you can't even protect your own students, you might as well disband that vanguard force and everyone go home to avoid making a fool of yourselves!"

The entire hall was completely silent.

These high-ranking elders looked at each other in bewilderment.

They knew Su Jin's temper well, and what happened today had indeed crossed her bottom line.

After a long while, the old man in the red robe exhaled a long breath of stale air.

"Alright." He broke the silence, his gaze sweeping over the other five people. "What are you still looking at? Su Jin is right, they've already put a knife to our throats. If we don't fight back, do they really think Starry Sky University is made of clay?"

The elder looked at Su Jin, his tone softening.

"The body was left behind."

"The intelligence department and the discipline inspection department will be deployed to thoroughly investigate all fund flows and space jump records in the Sirius sector."

"I'll personally go and give the security department a talking-to."

"Before the Blood Pact War of Ten Thousand Races begins, I will use two main artifacts to seal off the spatial coordinates around Lin Yuan's villa."

"Let alone a demigod at the seventh level, even a true god would have to ask my formation if they want to cross over."

Only after receiving the red-robed elder's promise did Su Jin's expression soften slightly.

She snorted coldly and turned to walk out of the main hall.

As she reached the door, she stopped and, without turning her head, uttered a single sentence.

"I'd better not find out that this matter is connected to certain powerful families within the school."

The gate was slammed shut.

Even after Su Jin left, the atmosphere in the main hall remained oppressive.

"Go investigate." The old man in the red robe rubbed his temples. "We must find the clues, even if it means digging three feet into the ground. Otherwise, we'll be the subject of gossip and slander."

……

Su Jin returned to her independent subspace residence.

She slumped into the sofa, raised her hand to rub her throbbing temples, and a deep sense of helplessness welled up inside her.

She knew very well that her outburst at the Senate today would likely end up being all bark and no bite.

Starry Sky University is no longer the pure institution it was tens of thousands of years ago, intolerant of even the slightest imperfection.

As the Federation expands, the interests of major star sector conglomerates and ancient families have intricately permeated every corner of the school.

Those at the top are becoming increasingly tactful, emphasizing checks and balances and prioritizing the big picture.

Investigate who's behind Chen Fu?

The investigation will most likely end abruptly once it reaches a scapegoat.

If even with all his personal efforts, he couldn't find the real culprit, how much truth could be uncovered if he handed it over to the hesitant intelligence department?

"Lin Yuan, you're a real hot potato."

Su Jin sighed deeply.

All she can do now is force the school to strengthen the physical protection of the Lin Yuan Divine Realm.

……

At the same time, at Villa No. 079.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on a futon in the center of the living room, his eyes slightly closed.

He was completely unaware of the uproar he had caused in the outside world, or Su Jin's furious outburst at the Elders' Council.

At this moment, his entire mind was immersed in the depths of his consciousness.

Inside the divine realm, he had already accelerated things using a high-level time card.

During this time, he had been pondering a fundamental question concerning his future godhood—the construction of the prototype of divinity.

The seventh stage of demigodhood is the foundation for condensing the rudimentary form of a godhood, which is the cornerstone for stepping into the realm of a true god.

Previously, Lin Yuan's plan was very clear.

He fused with that forbidden divine fragment, [The End and the Origin], which even the old military scholars couldn't understand.

Based on my understanding of this divine essence, I only need to absorb the power of faith step by step.

This fragment can be used as a medium to easily condense the rudimentary form of the [End and Origin] deity.

At the end of destruction lies new life, an endless cycle of life.

But now, Lin Yuan is wavering.

His gaze fell on the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, where a crystal radiating intense blood-red light and deathly aura floated.

"If I only use [End and Origin] to condense the divine core, then this rudimentary form of a withered blood divine core will be formed."

"Aside from absorbing some energy as nourishment, the profound principles within are completely wasted."

Lin Yuan mentally deduced the scenario.

"I possess [Creation Extraction]."

"This means that as long as I kill enough gods, I can extract fragments of divine essence from the laws of space, time, thunder, flames, slaughter, and so on."

"If we take the 'End and Origin' as the sole basis, it would be far too simplistic."

Lin Yuan's thoughts began to wander wildly.

In the common knowledge of the gods, the key to good laws is quality, not quantity.

Trying to do too much at once will only lead to failure. Forcibly fusing laws of different attributes can easily cause the divine essence to collapse and the divine fire to be extinguished.

But Lin Yuan is different.

The End and the Origin do not belong to any specific elemental system.

It touches upon the most fundamental operating logic of this starry sky.

Everything has a beginning and an end.

"Since the end represents the destruction of all things, and the origin represents the creation of all things..."

A chillingly fervent light gradually shone in Lin Yuan's eyes.

"Then may I use the Origin as the base of the furnace and the End as its lid?"

"I will extract all the myriad laws I will find in the future—the Law of Blood, the Law of Bone, even Time and Space…—and throw them all into this great furnace!"

"Use all paths as fuel, and the faith of all beings as a raging fire."

"Crush and recombine all the laws, forcibly imprinting them upon my divine essence!"

"I don't want a single taboo."

"I want my divinity to encompass every rule in this universe."

"I am all paths, and all paths are me."

"With a single thought, all phenomena arise; with a single thought extinguished, the heavens collapse!"

This idea is so crazy, it's practically heretical.

If a professor from Starry Sky University who studies theology heard this, he would probably point his finger at Lin Yuan and call him a madman.

This completely violates the ironclad rules of divine cultivation.

But the more Lin Yuan deduced, the more feasible this path seemed.

[Extraction from Creation] – that's his greatest source of confidence!

He looked at the crystal, preparing to try to put it into the closed loop of [End and Origin] for initial smelting.

"drop--"

The smart terminal suddenly issued a communication request.

Lin Yuan frowned slightly, withdrawing from the deep-seated deduction.

He glanced at the terminal; it was Su Jin's encrypted band.

Lin Yuan connected the call, and the holographic projection lit up. Su Jin leaned back on the sofa, looking somewhat tired.

"Senior," Lin Yuan said.

"Chen Fu is dead." Su Jin went straight to the point, speaking quickly. "When I followed the causal thread, his soul had already been completely erased. The trail went cold."

She briefly recounted her discoveries in the Sirius sector and her efforts to pressure the Elder Council.

"The school's higher-ups have promised to conduct a thorough investigation and mobilize the main artifact to seal the spatial coordinates of your villa."

Su Jin looked at Lin Yuan and said in a serious tone, "But you need to be mentally prepared."

"There's a lot more to this than meets the eye, and it's highly unlikely we'll be able to find the real mastermind behind it."

"The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. From now until the Blood Pact War of All Races begins, you must not leave the villa even for a moment."

Lin Yuan listened quietly to the end.

He did not show the anger, fear, or disappointment that Su Jin had expected.

His expression was unusually calm, and he didn't even blink.

"I understand." Lin Yuan nodded casually.

Su Jin was stunned.

"You found out? And this is your reaction?" Su Jin couldn't help but sit up straight.

"The mastermind behind this has erased your soul and could launch a second assassination attempt against you at any time. Aren't you afraid?"

Lin Yuan looked at the anxious Su Jin in the holographic projection and chuckled.

What came to mind was the grand vision he had just deduce about "all paths returning to one".

"Senior." Lin Yuan looked directly into Su Jin's eyes, his voice soft but exceptionally firm.

"Any conspiracy or trickery, any hidden scheme, is nothing more than the weak revelry in the gutter."

"As long as my divine realm is vast enough, and as long as my divine status is indestructible enough."

"When my power transcends the rules of this starry sky, all calculations are not even dust that can hinder my progress."

Lin Yuan paused, his tone returning to its usual calm.

"They want to kill me, so let them. Just consider them deliverymen bringing my head to my grave."

Su Jin opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes at Lin Yuan's unyielding and even slightly excited expression.

This little guy, I really don't know whether to say he's carefree or extremely arrogant.

For his sake, I crossed star sectors to hunt down the culprit, went back to school to bang on the table and curse at the higher-ups, and was busy running around and worrying myself sick.

He, on the other hand, acted as if he didn't take the assassination seriously at all.

However, seeing Lin Yuan's unwavering composure, Su Jin's pent-up frustration miraculously dissipated.

"Fine, you've got guts, kid." Su Jin snorted.

"Since you're so confident, then I won't meddle in your business."

"Absorb those five extraordinary world hearts quickly."

"Understood." Lin Yuan nodded.

The communication was disconnected.

The living room returned to quiet.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and once again immersed his consciousness into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Let the storms of the outside world blow away.

All he has to do now is continue to deduce that Great Dao Furnace, which is based on the Origin and covered by the End.

The first step in forging a divine personality through myriad paths.

Let's start by crushing this nascent form of a withered blood god.