Chapter 1469: Meet at Nine o'Clock Tomorrow Morning
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Huang Wuji was the First Prince of Dynasty, and one of the Five Princes of the younger generation.
Excluding Lin Huang, he, along with Chan Dou and a few others, were gifted geniuses who possessed the most powerful talent and potential in practically the entire gravel world. He was even considered by Dynasty to be the one most likely to inherit the position of Emperor.
Currently, he had also advanced to virtual god-level, just like Chan Dou.
Whether it was talent, potential, or combat power, he fully met Lin Huang's recruitment criteria.
Upon hearing Huang Wuji's words, a lot of Dynasty's members had shocked expressions on their faces.
As he was the former First Prince, even though he was unable to take the position of Emperor, he would definitely be Huang Tianfu's heir in the future, and it would only be a matter of time before all of Dynasty was within his grasp.
Many people believed that Huang Wuji was the one who looked forward the most to seeing Lin Huang leave the gravel world because once Lin Huang departed, he would become the main training focus for the whole of Dynasty.
Most people would never have expected that he would give up everything he could obtain in Dynasty and journey to the great world with Lin Huang.
Even Lin Huang was a little startled by his decision.
"Are you sure you want to go to the great world with me?" Lin Huang asked after a moment of silence. As Emperor, he had already discussed future development plans with Huang Tianfu and the others. He knew better than anyone how much attention and training Huang Wuji would receive from Dynasty after he left.
"Maybe there are a few things that I wasn't clear about. If you want to join my organization, you'll really need to consider it carefully. Since the organization is in the initial stages of being established, you'll need to obtain most resources yourself." Lin Huang glanced over at everyone present, then directed his gaze back toward Huang Wuji and continued, "With your natural talent and potential, you'll get the best resources for training if you stay in Dynasty. If you follow me, you won't have the luxury of resources or privileges."
"I understand," Huang Wuji did not hesitate, "I've never been one to pursue privileges; I've only sought to grow stronger.
"I'm also very much aware of the kind of training I would get if I were to stay in Dynasty. If I stayed in the gravel world, perhaps within a short time, my combat level would increase even more than if I went to the great world. However, in the long run, going to the great world is the better choice for me, because only in the great world will I face more challenges—even more difficult ones. Only then can I truly become stronger through repeated trials and not just elevate my combat level.
"What I want is a bigger stage. I hope that you'll grant me this opportunity, Your Majesty!" Huang Wuji's gaze burned, and he clearly had already steeled his heart to leave the gravel world.
Lin Huang stared at him for a while; when he saw Huang Wuji's resolute attitude, he nodded. "Since you're determined to do this, come with us then."
Seeing Huang Wuji successfully join Lin Huang's organization, the others that were present could not help feeling stirred as well.
Huang Tufu was the first to stand up. "Your Majesty, I… I also would like to go to the great world with you!"
As soon as he said that, he stole a glance at Huang Tianfu and Huang Wunan, who were next to him.
Huang Wunan maintained a poker face, but the expression on Huang Tianfu's face darkened considerably.
"Enough of that now—I'll save places for all of you. Once you've reached virtual god-level rank-9 and your successors have been chosen, then you can join any time." Lin Huang glanced over at Huang Tianfu, Huang Wunan, and Huang Tufu.
The reason he turned Huang Tufu down was that the three of them were the backbone of Dynasty—the ones who maintained its normal operations. The absence of either one of them would result in Dynasty being unable to operate normally for at least a certain amount of time. Moreover, the positions that the three of them held within Dynasty were not ones that could be easily replaced by anyone else.
This was why Lin Huang set out two conditions for them—one was to reach virtual god-level rank-9, and the other was to train suitable successors.
"Alright," Huang Tufu seemed to have already expected this result beforehand, commenting with a chuckle, "I was initially thinking of slacking off a bit and escaping my responsibilities, but I didn't expect that your Majesty would see through my little plan."
"The reason I agreed to take Huang Wuji with me is that his departure won't affect Dynasty's normal operations. The three of you would still do best to stay behind and properly build up Dynasty. Dynasty is my talent-training base, as well as an important part of the organization that I'm putting together."
After Huang Tufu's unsuccessful request, several people in the conference room also asked to join Lin Huang's organization, but Lin Huang turned them all down.
His response was, "You should elevate to high-level Virtual God first."
Although Lin Huang had given virtual god-level as the entry requirement, it was aimed at super geniuses like Huang Wuji. For those whose talent and potential were insufficient, if their combat level did not reach that of a high-level Virtual God, it would be extremely difficult for them to survive in the great world. Lin Huang setting out this condition was actually for their own good.
As soon as the meeting with Dynasty was over, Lin Huang went straight to Misery.
At Misery, he also set out the same conditions as with Dynasty.
Misery was also included in the talent-training plan.
After the meeting, several people also expressed their desire to join Lin Huang's organization but were all tactfully turned down by Lin Huang on the grounds that they had to "elevate to high-level Virtual God first."
After leaving Misery, Lin Huang summoned Sword103.
"How's the formation of the Sword Alliance going?"
"In the past eight months, we have recruited 23 super geniuses and 318 other geniuses in thirteen safe zones. Most of the sword cultivator geniuses already belong to an organization, and most of them are part of major organizations such as the Union Government and the Hunter Association, so it's unlikely that they'll change sides."
"Persuade the ones you can, but don't force the ones you can't. Also, don't use physical violence to persuade them," Lin Huang exhorted, then fell silent for a moment before continuing, "You should also pay attention to other gifted geniuses who are not sword cultivators, and recruit any suitable ones as well."
Previously, Lin Huang had wanted to form the Sword Alliance because he had obtained a large number of Sword Dao inheritances. Furthermore, all the Sword Servants were strong sword cultivators, so it was easy for them to train new sword cultivators.
At that time, he had not considered recruiting other people because he was afraid of holding back other types of cultivators. Now, however, his thinking was more open. Although he had obtained very few other types of inheritances, the Sword Servants were all top-tier Heavenly Gods, who almost certainly possessed other types of inheritances from their previous combat levels. Besides that, they had also fought against other types of powerhouses before, and their ability to make discerning judgments could in no way be compared with that of ordinary cultivators. Therefore, they were actually entirely capable of teaching newcomers who were below virtual god-level.
Moreover, whether from Dynasty or Misery, the gifted geniuses that they would send to his organization in the future would not all be sword cultivators, so a more diversified expansion was still necessary.
After Sword103 had departed, Lin Huang turned his head and looked in the direction where Mr. Fu was undergoing his closed-door cultivation. He could vaguely sense that Mr. Fu was on the verge of breaking through to true god-level.
"From the looks of it, he'll be able to break through in a few days…" Lin Huang had a pleased smile on his face.
The 'spiritual energy recovery' of the gravel world had undoubtedly benefited Mr. Fu a great deal.
That night, on the grounds of going into closed-door cultivation for a few days, Lin Huang quietly placed the gravel world within him, then teleported himself back to the Great Heaven Palace.
After coming out of the Great Heaven Palace and following the map Bloody had provided, he traveled on his own for several days and went through dozens of teleportation points before finally reaching the great world's human domain.
On an uninhabited and remote border planet within the human domain, Lin Huang opened a gateway to the gravel world. The other side of the gateway was connected to a cave at the bottom of the Peaceful Ocean that was hidden by a massive shipwreck.
After finishing these preparations, Lin Huang returned to the gravel world again.
Upon his return, Mr. Fu had already successfully evolved to True God and come out of closed-door cultivation two days ago.
As soon as he pushed open the doors of the Emperor Palace, Lin Huang heard Mr. Fu's voice transmission in his ears.
"You've finally come out of closed-door cultivation, my good apprentice."
"Congratulations on successfully evolving to True God, Teacher!" Lin Huang smiled and replied via voice transmission.
"I never expected that I would actually be able to break through to true god-level in this lifetime." Mr. Fu's voice was full of joy.
After a momentary pause, Mr. Fu asked directly, "When do you want to go to the great world?"
"A little impatient, aren't we, Sir?" Lin Huang laughed.
"After evolving to True God, I suddenly feel that everything in the gravel world is dull…" For some reason, there seemed to be a hint of melancholy in Mr. Fu's voice when he said that.
"Then, let's set it for nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I'll notify the others," Lin Huang set the time right away.
Before returning to the great world to make arrangements, he had already informed Lin Xin and the others in advance, telling them that he would set a departure time once he came out of his closed-door cultivation. This was so that everyone could quickly prepare for departure within those few days.
After the exchange with Mr. Fu, Lin Huang quickly composed a message and sent it out to everyone.
"Let's meet at the square at the entrance of the Emperor Palace at nine o'clock tomorrow morning…"
Chapter 1470: Departure from the Gravel World
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At half-past eight in the morning, Lin Huang ate an unhurried breakfast before returning to the Emperor Palace.
"It's almost time to send out the coordinates."
He glanced at the time, opened the address book in his Emperor's Heart Ring, selected Jiang Shan, Huang Tianfu, and Ku Ji's names, then composed a message and sent it to them.
The contents of this message contained the coordinates of the dimensional gateway that led to the great world.
Lin Huang had really put a lot of effort into this dimensional gateway.
First of all, in order to prevent the people of the gravel world from being teleported into the God Territory, he went through quite a number of places before setting the teleportation point in the human domain.
The next step was to prevent too high a mortality rate of the gravel world's Virtual Gods after they reached the great world.
After connecting this dimensional gateway, he secretly modified the surrounding area on the gravel world side of the dimensional gateway and, using a divine pattern, enveloped it with an Ice-sealing Elemental Enlightenment.
If an ordinary living creature were to approach within a certain distance from the dimensional gateway, they would slowly be frozen by the cold that radiated from the divine pattern.
For individuals who had not mastered God Rule Power, only those whose Divine Power exceeded Virtual God rank-6 (not including rank-6) could use their Divine Power to overcome being frozen and enter the dimensional gateway.
Those who had mastered God Rule Power could easily resist being frozen by the cold. Since the Elemental Enlightenment that Lin Huang had housed within the divine pattern was only First Glimpse-level, the chill that the divine pattern exuded would not be from the power of the Elemental Enlightenment itself. Instead, it would be pure cold that was isolated from the Elemental Enlightenment.
As for cultivators who were below high-level Virtual God and had not mastered God Rule Power, as long as they retreated in time, the frost from the Elemental Enlightenment would automatically fade away quickly. However, if they were to push through regardless of the cold, they would eventually freeze completely.
Nevertheless, Lin Huang did not tell anyone that he was the one responsible for this. He only vaguely mentioned in the text message that he sent to those few individuals, "The area surrounding the dimensional gateway is enveloped in cold, so Virtual Gods who are not high-level should not enter."
This set-up was done for the good of everyone in the gravel world.
This was because most of the great world's resources were monopolized by various major and minor organizations.
Anyone below high-level Virtual God would find it difficult to join a major organization in the great world. Even if they were lucky and managed to join a grade-3 or grade-4 organization, they would basically only be able to rely on odd jobs for a living, and it would be extremely difficult to obtain cultivation resources.
If one were to be a Lone Ranger, not only would the mortality rate be extremely high, but they would have to hand over at least 50% of their gains every time they entered a secret zone ruin owned by someone else—some ruthless organizations would even take more than 70% of those gains. Even if, once in a blue moon, one were to encounter a secret zone ruin with no owner, it would be full of reckless rogue cultivators who were not afraid of death. Without an organization to maintain order, the degree of danger would only be higher.
The exceptions were those who had amazing talent and potential like Chan Dou and Huang Wuji, who could get various organizations to prioritize their training merely at the sight of them. In the meantime, everyone else would have to slowly go through all kinds of trouble and hardships.
If this had been the past, Lin Huang would definitely not have spent so much effort on such matters. He had always been someone who did not like trouble.
However, now that he had refined the gravel world, his thinking had changed slightly, and he had the vague idea that 'these people are my people.' That was why he had worked hard and spent several days making these arrangements.
The people who received the message were in varying states of mind after reading it.
Huang Tianfu and Ku Ji had no doubts about the message that Lin Huang sent, and they also did not doubt the warning he had given them. Lin Huang must have had his reasons for stating that those below high-level Virtual God should not try to pass through the dimensional gateway, so they would follow what he said. Lin Huang had also told them not to spread this information, so they would keep it strictly confidential.On the other hand, Jiang Shan's reaction after reading the message was completely different.
"He sent the coordinates over so easily? No concrete requirements or trading conditions?" Jiang Shan's first reaction was to doubt the authenticity of the coordinates, as Lin Huang had given out the information too easily. Even so, he banished this idea in an instant because false coordinates would be too easily exposed. All he had to do was send someone to the coordinates to check, and he would know whether they were real or not. This process would take less than half an hour.
"The area surrounding the dimensional gateway is enveloped in cold, so those who are not high-level Virtual Gods should not enter?" Jiang Shan was also skeptical of this warning. "So, those who are low-level and middle-level Virtual Gods can't enter the dimensional gateway?"
As for the part of the message that mentioned not spreading this information, conversely, Jiang Shan did not doubt that at all. This kind of information was top-secret in itself and could be sold at a high price. Why would he spread it for free?!
After carefully reading Lin Huang's message three times and confirming that there were no hidden messages, Jiang Shan closed the text. He then dialed the communication numbers of the two vice chiefs as well as other senior officials to call for an emergency meeting.
…
By nine in the morning, everyone was already gathered in front of the Emperor Palace.
Huang Tianfu and the other senior officials of Dynasty stood nearby and looked on quietly.
In addition to Lin Huang and Lin Xin, Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, Xiao Mo, Chan Dou, and Huang Wuji were all present as well.
As for Yi Zheng and his sister Yi Yeyu, Leng Yuexin, and Li Lang, their combat levels were still at imperial-level, and they had not elevated to virtual god-level yet, so Lin Huang did not want to take them with him.
As for Fatty, even though he had good potential after using the Flawless Card, he spent a lot of time in his restaurant, so the amount of time he could devote to cultivation was far less than the others. Just a few days ago, he had contacted Lin Huang to inform him that he had broken through to transcendent. He was still a long way from virtual god-level.
Lin Huang glanced around at everyone present, then nodded slightly. "We're all here, so let's get going!"
After saying that, he stretched his hand out, and a whirlpool like a black hole automatically coalesced out of thin air.
Chan Dou and the others were all taken aback when they saw this; it was the first time they had seen this kind of ability.
Lin Xin and Lin Xuan took the lead and disappeared into the whirlpool. Mr. Fu and the others followed behind them and stepped in one after the other. Lin Huang was the last one to go.
Before entering the whirlpool, he turned to look at where Huang Tianfu and the others were standing, then gave them a slight nod.
"Take care, Your Majesty!" Huang Tianfu and the others shouted, waving to Lin Huang.
Only then did Lin Huang turn around and step into the whirlpool.
After a moment, the whirlpool in front of the Emperor Palace slowly disappeared.
"We don't even know when His Majesty will be back again…"
Huang Tianfu and the others watched with forlorn expressions as the whirlpool disappeared; only after a long while did they turn and leave.
Upon stepping out of the whirlpool, Lin Xin and the others found themselves in a deep sea.
Not far away was a massive shipwreck that was half-buried under sand and silt, and they could only faintly make out the shape of a large ship.
After a while, Lin Huang walked out of the whirlpool as well.
His gaze lingered on the shipwreck in front of him for only a moment before he suddenly turned his head to look in a certain direction.
At this point, Lin Xuan also frowned slightly. "Is someone coming here?!"
"It's the Union Government's people. I sent the coordinates to Jiang Shan half an hour ago," Lin Huang explained with a calm expression, "They've probably come to check on the dimensional gateway."
As Lin Huang spoke, he slapped his hand down on Huang Wuji's shoulder, imbuing a portion of Ice-sealing Elemental Enlightenment into his body.
Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan were both True Gods, while Lin Xin was a Virtual God rank-9. Xiao Mo and Chan Dou were both Virtual God rank-3s, but both had mastered Rule Bending Power. Huang Wuji, who had only just elevated to Virtual God rank-1, was the only one who had not been able to learn Rule Bending Power yet. He was also the only one who could not enter the dimensional gateway on his own.
Huang Wuji merely felt a chill within his body, but it was quickly replaced by a different mysterious sense soon after. Before he could perceive it in more detail, though, the Union Government's team had arrived.
Surprisingly, the leader was Lin Huang's old acquaintance—Guan Zhong, the head of Agency EA.
At the sight of Lin Huang and the others, the expression on Guan Zhong's face betrayed visible embarrassment.
"Your Majesty!" Despite this, he still took the initiative to greet Lin Huang. "Are you getting ready to leave now?"
Lin Huang glanced at the troop that Guan Zhong was leading. There were not many members—only six of them—and their combat levels were all different. They were at virtual god-level rank-1, rank-3, rank-4, rank-6, rank-7, and rank-9, respectively.
Although Guan Zhong was only a Virtual God rank-4, he obviously held the highest position among them.
"Yes." Lin Huang gave an indifferent nod. He did not have any particular opinions about Guan Zhong, nor was there any conflict between them. It was just that they had different standpoints, so it was difficult for them to be friends.
"Then… will you all go first?" Of course, Guan Zhong did not dare to jump Lin Huang's queue.
"Don't worry, I really want to see the results of your exploration trials in this area," Lin Huang replied with a smile.
Guan Zhong obviously had not expected Lin Huang to say this, but he quickly responded nonetheless.
"Then hold on for a moment, Your Majesty. We'll try it out first."
Once he finished speaking, he let the Virtual God rank-1 and rank-3 enter the shipwreck first.
The Virtual God rank-1 approached the shipwreck, but even before he could get within a hundred-meter range, a layer of white frost began rapidly condensing on the surface of his body without any warning. He tried taking two more steps forward, and the speed at which his body was being frozen began to accelerate rapidly. It was too late for him to retreat.
At this point, the Virtual God rank-9 from the Union Government suddenly made a move. A long rattan vine lashed out, wrapped around the other's waist—as yet still not completely frozen—and pulled him out.
Fortunately, the Virtual God rank-1 had not been completely frozen; after leaving the shipwreck, his body slowly began to defrost. However, his face was full of fear and terror. "It's so cold, it's like the chill is freezing my soul along with my body… After I took the last two steps, I couldn't move at all—I couldn't get away even if I wanted to…"
After seeing what had happened to his companion, the Virtual God rank-3 was obviously more cautious, and he took very small, slow steps.
As soon as he was within a hundred-meter range, his body also began swiftly freezing, but he frantically fought back using the Divine Power within him. Even so, the cold was all-pervasive, and his Divine Power was being rapidly consumed with every second that passed…
He moved forward slowly, step by step. As soon as he was within a fifty-meter range, his body began to freeze even more quickly. Remembering his previous companion's misfortune, he did not dare to rashly advance any further. He decided to ignite his Divine Power, sending his body flying backward in retreat.
"It's no good. I can only make it to about a fifty-meter range at most. I think I'd be completely frozen if I were to take one or two more steps forward…" His body was shaking with cold, and he shook his head at Guan Zhong.
Guan Zhong hurriedly handed him a Divine Crystal so he could replenish his Divine Power.
The Virtual God rank-3 could only reach about fifty meters, so the Virtual God rank-4 did not even have to try. He turned his head and nodded at the Virtual God rank-6.
The Virtual God rank-6 looked solemn, but he still began to approach the shipwreck one step at a time.
A few minutes later, he finally arrived at the shipwreck, but the moment he set foot on the wreck itself, a layer of white frost suddenly crawled up his legs and ankles like a living creature, then quickly spread upward.
The Virtual God rank-9 from the Union Government already had his rattan vine on hand, ready to come to the rescue at any time.
The Virtual God rank-6 activated the Divine Power within his whole body, but after only a moment of resistance, his Divine Power was completely exhausted. Seeing the frost rapidly enveloping his teammate's body, the Virtual God rank-9 made a move again, and the rattan vine lashed out.
Just as the rattan vine came in contact with the Virtual God rank-6's waist and was about to pull him back, the frost started to spread onto the vine as well. The moment the Virtual God rank-9 pulled on it, the part of the vine around the other's waist disintegrated.
"Crap!" The Virtual God rank-9's heart thumped hard in his chest.
However, at this moment, the body of the Virtual God rank-6 suddenly rose into the air, as if he was being pulled back by some invisible object, and flew backward.
Those from the Union Government activated their Divine Telekinesis; only then did they discover an invisible telekinetic thread wrapped around the Virtual God rank-6's waist. Their gaze followed the telekinetic thread as it retracted, finally landing on Lin Huang.
"No need to thank me." Lin Huang gave them a faint smile.
He took it upon himself to save this individual because this was his doing after all. Furthermore, its purpose was not to kill people but to prevent those who were not powerful enough from hastily charging into the great world.
After the Virtual God rank-6 had been settled, the Virtual God rank-7's expression darkened slightly, but he still moved forward steadily and walked toward the shipwreck.
His Divine Power surged throughout his whole body, and he quickly stepped onto the shipwreck. The moment his feet made contact, frost began to condense on both his legs but was suppressed by his Divine Power.
He hesitated for a moment but decided to move forward. After entering the hole in the shipwreck, he kept going down, following the coordinates given by Lin Huang.
Fortunately, things went relatively smoothly this time.
After entering the shipwreck, the Virtual God rank-7's aura did not significantly weaken.
After about ten minutes, he withdrew from the shipwreck, his body covered in frost. Although he had an exhausted look on his face, he was obviously relieved.
"How was it? Did you see the dimensional gateway?" Guan Zhong promptly asked.
"I saw it." The Virtual God rank-7 nodded.
"How intense was the cold?" The Virtual God rank-9 asked from the sidelines.
"At the current strength of my Divine Power, I could barely pass through the area enveloped by the cold. However, just entering and exiting once has depleted almost all of my Divine Power," the Virtual God rank-7 explained, "Also, the closer one gets to the dimensional gateway, the stronger the chill, and the greater the consumption of Divine Power. My guess is that a Virtual God rank-6 wouldn't be able to pass through even if they took a large number of Divine Crystals with them because the rate of Divine Power absorption would be far lower than its consumption rate."
"I'll go check it out." The Virtual God rank-9 nodded slightly, then walked straight to the shipwreck, evidently preparing to try it out himself.
Although the Virtual God rank-7 had come back alive, the Virtual God rank-9 was still very cautious as he walked. It also took him about ten minutes before he came out of the shipwreck.
He went back to Guan Zhong, and the two exchanged a few words through voice transmission.
After a short while, Guan Zhong turned his head and looked at Lin Huang again.
"Your Majesty, I apologize for holding you up for so long."
After that, his gaze came to rest on Xiao Mo, Chan Dou, and Huang Wuji for a moment. "You've seen the results of our trials. I'm afraid that it'll be difficult for you young men to pass through."
Seeing the results of the Union Government's trial explorations, Chan Dou and the others were indeed a little worried.
"Thank you for the reminder." Lin Huang nodded slightly at Guan Zhong. He did not refute Guan Zhong's words either, merely led his group toward the shipwreck.
Guan Zhong and the others fixed their eyes on Chan Dou and the other two, waiting to see what Lin Huang would do after they froze. Instead, to their surprise, Lin Huang and his group all proceeded smoothly until they stepped into the shipwreck—none of them showed any signs of becoming frozen.
Within the shipwreck, Chan Dou and Xiao Mo had long since understood what was happening. The moment the two of them were within a hundred-meter range of the shipwreck, the Rule Bending Power within them automatically activated, completely isolating the chill so it was on the outside of their bodies.
As for Huang Wuji, who had yet to learn Rule Bending Power, Lin Huang had imbued a small trace of Elemental Enlightenment into him for protection. Because of that, he had a common origin with the Ice-sealing power, so he did not feel the chill at all.
Those from the Union Government watched on as Lin Huang and his group entered the shipwreck. A moment later, there was a wave of spatial fluctuations from under the shipwreck, and the auras of Lin Huang and his group vanished.
Guan Zhong and the others fell silent for a moment.
"How did they do that?"
At this, the Virtual God rank-9 spoke up, "It's probably due to Rule Bending Power. Lin Huang imbued the two Virtual God rank-3s and that one Virtual God rank-1 with Rule Bending Power to protect them…"
Chapter 1471: Devil Hunter Star Zone
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Pfister Star was an ordinary remote planet located in the border region between the human world and the Abyss.
Lin Huang choosing this place to be the first stop in the great world had been Bloody's suggestion.
This was mainly due to the fact that although this planet was far away, it was located within the administrative zone of the grade-6 Hunt organization—Devil Hunter Star Zone.
Initially, when Devil Hunter Star was established by the Hunt organization, its main function had been to guard the border between the human race and the Abyss, as well as provide members of the organization with a foothold to use for transactions and temporary lodging.
However, with the ever-increasing number of people coming and going, Mysterious Item Pavilion—which was also a grade-6 organization—saw that there was money to be made and established a branch in the same star zone as well.
After that, the entire star zone became more prosperous until even the White Robes specially set up a branch there to maintain order in the entire star zone.
Devil Hunter Star Zone also became a unique scenic route between humans and the Abyss.
Currently, in Devil Hunter Star Zone, including Pfister Star, 38 planets were inhabited by humans and had formed a complete ecological chain.
Pfister Star was merely one of these ordinary planets.
Even so, the level of prosperity was comparable to that of a grade-A foothold in the gravel world. It was just that the buildings were not so densely packed, and the population was slightly smaller.
However, cultivators were much more commonly seen here than in the gravel world.
Looking around, Mr. Fu and his group could see Virtual Gods almost everywhere, and there were a good number of True Gods roaming the streets as well.
Apart from Lin Huang, everyone else was stunned when they saw this.
"Are True Gods this frequent in the great world?" Mr. Fu could not help asking Lin Huang.
Lin Huang could not help but smile and shake his head when he heard this question. "Actually, no. Devil Hunter Star Zone is located on the edge of a battleground, so there are more cultivators coming and going.
"Moreover, in addition to the three large grade-6 organizations—the Hunt, Mysterious Item Pavilion and the White Robes, a good number of other grade-4 and grade-5 organizations have also established their branches here."
"You're thinking of choosing this place as a foothold?" Chan Dou asked.
The others also turned to look at Lin Huang immediately.
"Yes." Lin Huang nodded calmly.
"This place is very close to the Abyss battleground. It's very suitable for hunting abyssal monsters.
"Moreover, Demon Hunter Star Zone is comparable to top-tier grade-5 star zones. Whether it's purchasing supplies, obtaining information, or organizing hunts, and handing over missions, everything is very convenient. There are also White Robes in charge of maintaining order, so, needless to say, it's very safe.
"In the entire human world, the number of star zones that possess this kind of environment don't even add up to five fingers."
"What should we do next then?" Lin Xin could not help asking.
"Let's register our identities at the White Robes' foothold first, otherwise we won't even be able to stay in a hotel," Lin Huang finished speaking, then continued, "When filling in the registration forms, don't reveal that we are from the gravel world—just fill in the mini world number NF404. As for the other pieces of information, you can fill them in normally."
"Is NF404 the number of our gravel world?" Lin Xin asked, unable to restrain herself.
"No, our gravel world isn't officially registered. This number is that of a mini world relatively near here that has connections to the human race."
"If that's the case, won't we be found out?" Lin Xin inquired hurriedly.
"Under normal circumstances, we won't be. Many people from the human world register their identities every day. As long as we don't cause a major incident, normally, no one will check."
After giving his instructions, Lin Huang quickly led the group toward the planet where the White Robes were stationed—Evil Extermination Planet.
The identity registration process was very smooth. After the forms had been filled in, a round of simple physical examinations was conducted to confirm Lin Huang and the others' human identities. The staff members of the White Robes then gave them each a ring that resembled an Emperor's Heart Ring. With that, Lin Huang's group successfully became official citizens of the human world.
After they had obtained their identity rings, Lin Huang then brought a few of his group to the Hunt foothold to register a small hunting team.
Once all of this was finished, Lin Huang found a hotel for everyone to settle in.
"Now that we've already formed a small hunting team, everyone can enter the battleground," Lin Huang finished speaking and glanced at Huang Wuji. "Master Chan and Xiao Mo, your combat levels are about the same as Huang Wuji's, so you can bring him with you and explore around the outer region. At the same time, you can all familiarize yourselves with the environment while you're at it.
"It would be best if all of you can upgrade your combat levels as soon as possible. Don't waste time specifically trying to understand Rule Bending Power—once you've reached Virtual God rank-9, it's still not too late to spend time on that."
After he finished, Lin Huang then turned to look at Lin Xin, "Teacher, Da Xuan, you can team up with Xin Er and explore a little further in."
"What about you?" Lin Xin asked hurriedly.
"I have imperial monsters." Lin Huang smiled.
"Let me briefly give you a rundown now of what the current situation is with the humans in the great world."
"The human world has three Saints and seven sects.The three Saints are Daluo Temple, Leiyin Temple, and Sanctuary. They are Holy Land grade-7 organizations and are guarded by Lords. They are also the three most powerful organizations in the entire human world, and they are at transcendent status.
"The seven sects are Taiqing Sect, Tranquil Temple, Mysterious Item Pavilion, the White Robes, Asura, Xiaoyao Sect, and the Hunt.
"Taiqing Sect is an organization that split from Daluo Temple. I won't go into details about the specifics; you can read the information later on your own.
"Tranquil Temple is not a nunnery, but an organization established by a powerful female cultivator. This organization only accepts female members.
"Mysterious Item Pavilion is the largest commercial organization in the entire human world, as well as the largest intelligence organization.
"The White Robes are a management and law enforcement organization jointly established by the three Saints. Practically all the top executives are from Daluo Temple, Leiyin Temple, and Sanctuary.
"Asura is an assassin organization and is extremely mysterious.
"Xiaoyao Sect is a rogue cultivation alliance established by a powerful rogue cultivator, and its administration is a bit more relaxed."
"There's also the Hunt. It's the largest hunting organization in the human world and issues the largest number of hunting missions."
"Is this Hunt organization connected to the Union Government of the gravel world and the Hunter Association?" Mr. Fu was finally unable to restrain himself from asking.
"Yes." Lin Huang nodded. "It's that hunting organization."
Seeing the others' mystified expressions, Lin Huang explained again, "The Hunt is the power behind the Union Government, as well as the Hunter Association in the great world…"
After this round of explanations, Lin Huang continued again sternly.
"Although we have already formed a team, I suggest that you don't hunt first these next few days. Thoroughly read through all the information that I'll be sending to you. Pay attention especially to the great world's monster guide—it contains many more times the number of monsters in the gravel world, so it would be best if all of you can memorize all the monster information."
Everybody nodded one after the other.
All of them were also aware that the great world was certain to contain many monsters that they had never even heard of before in the gravel world. If they were to encounter unfamiliar monsters during the hunting process, it would be extremely dangerous.
"Apart from this, there are also several social media platforms that you should register on. Normally if there's any news or information, it can be found there."
After Lin Huang finished speaking, he put together the various pieces of information and sent them to everyone…Chapter 1472: Kylie's Situation
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After settling Lin Xin and the others in, Lin Huang quickly got in touch with Bloody.
Kylie's situation in the Nephilic Judge Tribe still worried him.
"I've basically settled everything on my side—how are things on your end?"
"Not very optimistic…" Bloody replied, "A while ago, Kylie successfully elevated to Supreme God rank-5. Once news of this got out, the Holy Sons of several lord-level organizations have recently come forward to propose marriage. Based on the current situation, it's only a matter of time before the Nephilic Judge Tribe agrees to a marriage alliance."
Lin Huang knew about Kylie's elevation to Supreme God rank-5; he was not overly surprised by this. After all, the Nephilic Judge Tribe was a top-tier grade-6 tribe. With their abundant resources on top of Kylie's talent and potential, her advancement to supreme god-level was no surprise.
Even within grade-7 organizations, supreme god-level rank-5 was potential at the level of a Holy Son. This was also why several grade-7 organizations were willing to use Holy Sons to propose a marriage alliance after Kylie's advancement.
Upon hearing this, Lin Huang's brows furrowed slightly. This was not good news.
"That won't do at all… I'll recall both of you back right away then."
Before Bloody could reply on her end, a push notification from Xiaohei suddenly popped up in front of Lin Huang.
"It is not recommended to recall the two monster cards back right away. My current authorization is not enough to separate cause and effect. If a Lord or half-step Lord skilled in tracking investigates Kylie and Bloody's whereabouts, the host will have a higher risk of exposure."
Right after Lin Huang finished reading Xiaohei's push notification, Bloody spoke from her end.
"I feel that unless it's a last resort, it's best not to recall both of us back. The Nephilic Judge Tribe is guarded by a half-step Lord who most certainly will not allow Kylie to disappear under his nose. If Kylie were to go missing without a trace, the Nephilic Judge Tribe will definitely try its best to hunt for her, possibly even paying high prices to ask Lords from other organizations to help with the search. As long as there is the slightest clue left behind, it won't escape their detection…"
"Do you know of any other way then?" Lin Huang asked with a frown.
"I do know of several, but most of them are only temporary solutions to the problem and can't resolve the main issue.
"Take, for example, tactics such as faking death with Golden Cicada Molting. Even if I design all kinds of plans ingeniously and flawlessly, it may very well be child's play to the eyes of a Lord who has mastered aura—seen through in just a single glance… This is a failure that's to be expected, given the utter disparity in our abilities. Unless my combat level is the same as theirs, there's no solution otherwise.
"At present, I can think of only one way to solve Kylie's current situation in its entirety…" Bloody paused for a moment before continuing, "That is, to have Kylie advance to Pure Spirit rank-6!
"Once Kylie advances to the level of Pure Spirit, her status in the Nephilic Judge Tribe will longer be that of a pawn used for marriage alliances. Instead, she will officially have the right to speak; she may even be groomed to be the next tribe leader. The Nephilic Judge Tribe will also never allow Pure Spirits within the tribe to marry outside the tribe. They will focus on giving their all in training Kylie so that she can lead the Nephilic Judge Tribe to glory…
"However, although this method will solve the marriage problem once and for all, it also has a huge down-side. Advancing Kylie's status will make it even harder for her to leave the Nephilic Judge Tribe…"
Here, Bloody paused again.
"Actually, even if she doesn't elevate to rank-6 now, it'll still be very difficult for her to leave the Nephilic Judge Tribe. Comparing both problems, the more pressing one for us to solve at the moment is the marriage issue.
"Looking at the current situation, Kylie doesn't have very long. If the First Holy Son from any grade-7 organization comes forward to propose marriage, the Nephilic Judge Tribe will definitely agree without hesitation. Even if it's only the Second or Third Holy Son, the chances of them agreeing to a marriage are very high as well."So, you're suggesting that we first find a way for Kylie to elevate to rank-6 and solve the immediate crisis, then find a way for her to leave the Nephilic Judge Tribe later on?" Lin Huang asked, brows slightly furrowed.
"Yes." Bloody nodded once more, "Actually, if we don't take marriage into consideration, Kylie is definitely being treated like a princess within the Nephilic Judge Tribe. As for her leaving the Tribe, we can think of ways at our leisure later on. The most urgent thing now is to solve the current threat of marriage."
Lin Huang fell silent for a moment but eventually nodded in assent.
"As long as I advance to true god-level, my authorization will be upgraded once again. Once I've gotten grade-5 Advance Cards, I can assist Kylie in elevating to rank-6. But after mythical-level rank-4, to continue upgrading your levels, we'll need not just Advance Cards but also other advancement materials; there may even be special advancement conditions.
"In a little while, I'll send you a list of Kylie's advancement materials; you can start preparing these first. On my end, I'll elevate to True God as soon as possible to get the authorization for grade-5 cards.
"Before Kylie officially advances to rank-6, try and find a way to deal with things for a while."
Lin Huang had not expected that Kylie's situation would have become so serious to this extent.
In the beginning, he had not thought that letting Kylie return to her Tribe was a bad thing and was even supportive of it. He certainly did not expect that in less than a year, the Nephilic Judge Tribe would sacrifice Kylie for profit.
This matter of Kylie's also made it all the more urgent for him to elevate his abilities.
After ending his conversation with Bloody, Lin Huang quickly sent his consciousness into his inner world and began swiftly searching.
When a monster card appeared in its monster state, there was a corresponding projection within Lin Huang's body. On the almost-translucent projection, he could see all the information about the card monster.
He soon found Kylie's projection card and flipped it over to check it out.
"Monster Card: Kylie"
"Rarity: Supreme God"
…
"Advancement Conditions"
"Grade-5 Advance Card X5, the blood of a Lord (master of the Lightning aura) X1 drop, the blood of a Heavenly God (master of the Lightning sequence) X10, the heart of an angel (rank-5 angel) X12…"
Just a glance through this list of advancement materials made Lin Huang's head ache. Not counting the several grade-5 Advance Cards, he felt that even for the top-tier grade-6 Nephilic Judge tribe, gathering all these materials would be no easy task.
He could not help thinking how difficult it would be for Bai and the others to advance to rank-6 in the future. Kylie had the Nephilic Judge Tribe to back her up; he did not need to worry about her. For the rest of the other summoned beasts, however, he feared that as their master, he would have to think of ways to obtain the majority of their advancement materials when the time came. As he thought about this, he could not help but feel the mounting pressure.
This was not just confined to future rank-6 elevations; the more immediate situation was that Charcoal and the others were about to advance to rank-5 and needed a lot of advancement materials as well. Moreover, there were more than thirty card monsters like Charcoal waiting to advance to rank-5…
When he got to this point, Lin Huang did not dare to continue his ruminations. Shaking his head to get rid of these distracting thoughts, he immediately copied Kylie's list of advancement materials and sent it to Bloody…