The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 404 The Path to Transcendence and a New Era! (The Finale)

"Not from this universe?" Lin Qi couldn't help but be somewhat taken aback.

Although he already knew that Azure Star had many secrets, he never expected that Azure Star was moved from another universe. However, this also explains why he could not find the Star Energy Civilization no matter how he investigated.

A civilization on a planet that never existed in this universe would naturally have no information about it.

He just didn't understand why the goddess wanted to move Azure Star to this universe.

To be honest, Azure Star isn't some first-class life-bearing planet; it's just an ordinary life-bearing planet in the universe. The various races on Azure Star are also far inferior in terms of life level compared to the many races in this universe. It has nothing special about it; at most, the Star Energy Civilization has set up a prison on Azure Star, along with many ancient ruins.

The initial demigod seemed to have seen through Lin Qi's thoughts and raised his hand directly.

Suddenly, a holographic projection of Azure Star appeared in front of the two. More than 90% of Azure Star was shrouded in a thin red mist, with only the area of ​​the Four Domains appearing normal.

"According to the Goddess, this azure star is one of many seeds collected from a universe on the verge of destruction," the Primordial Demigod said, looking at the faint red mist enveloping the azure star. "The worlds outside our universe, or rather, the infinite worlds, are not so safe; on the contrary, they are extremely dangerous. Our universes are like bubbles in the ocean, actually very fragile and weak, merely food for some higher-dimensional beings and creatures. Even the demigods who are high above us in our universe are food for those higher-dimensional beings and creatures. Only high-ranking demigods can barely fight against some of the higher-dimensional creatures and have a small dwelling in the infinite worlds."

"The universe where the Star Energy Civilization is located encountered such a crisis. You should have seen the arm that the Star Energy Civilization preserved. That was one of the higher-dimensional beings in the infinite world. However, that higher-dimensional being was extremely powerful. That arm was something that the Goddess had painstakingly cut off. It was discovered by the Star Energy Civilization, which even used it to create the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique."

"However, the destruction of the Star Energy Civilization's universe was not caused by that higher-dimensional being, but by another higher-dimensional being, namely the red mist you saw on Azure Star. This higher-dimensional being could cause mutations in life and planets, turning them into aliens from mind to will. These were merely phenomena caused by that higher-dimensional being itself. It's possible that the higher-dimensional being was just passing through the Star Energy Civilization's universe, leaving some traces, which led to the complete alienation of the Star Energy Civilization's universe."

"This Azure Star is the only planet that hasn't been completely mutated yet. The Goddess even had one of her creations suppress this mutation. However, judging from the results, it's almost at its limit. It's estimated that in a few hundred years, the entire Azure Star will be completely mutated, and then it will have to be destroyed."

As Lin Qi listened to the introduction of the initial demigod, his heart was filled with shock. He never expected that the world outside was so dangerous. Just because a high-dimensional being passed by, an entire universe was destroyed. He couldn't even imagine how strong that high-dimensional being was. What demigods and higher demigods seemed to be nothing more than larger ants.

"This is the power of higher-dimensional beings. In this infinite world, we are just standing at the very bottom." The primordial demigod said with a wry smile, "But it is precisely because of this that the goddess thought of finding like-minded people to collect seeds in countless universes and cultivate them in other universes."

"Seed? Is Azure Star a seed?" Lin Qi was filled with curiosity.

“In the infinite worlds, there are countless universes like ours, but to truly escape the fate of being preyed upon by higher-dimensional beings and creatures, one must reach the realm of transcendence. However, reaching the realm of transcendence is extremely difficult; even becoming a demigod is not easy, let alone a higher demigod. The resources required are immense,” the primordial demigod explained. “For example, in our universe, we can support lower-level demigods, but we cannot support a higher-level demigod. This is why those in our universe who reach the demigod realm all venture out into the world.”

"The resources of the infinite world are unlimited. Not to mention supporting high-level demigods, it would be no problem to support countless transcendent beings. The only problem is to survive in the hands of those high-dimensional beings and massive numbers of high-dimensional creatures and obtain those resources."

"But we, the beings born in the universe, are too weak. Even if we become demigods, our bodies are still far inferior to those low-intelligence high-dimensional beings, let alone the terrifying high-dimensional beings. It is almost impossible to grow to the transcendent state in an infinite world full of high-dimensional beings. Therefore, the goddess began to collect the path that can grow to the transcendent state in an infinite world, which is the seed."

"Azure Star is one of the seeds. To be precise, it is a secret method of star energy construct created by the star energy civilization. This secret method can fundamentally change the composition of life, making us, the life in the universe, closer to higher-dimensional existence. Therefore, those who have mastered the secret method are far stronger than life in the universe at the same level. After becoming a demigod, their bodies are no less than those of higher-dimensional beings, and naturally, their chances of surviving in infinite worlds will be greatly increased."

"As long as one can survive in the infinite world, there is a possibility of becoming a transcendent being. This is why those people outside want to come in. After all, everyone knows the name of the Goddess in the infinite world. She has left seeds and resources in many of the universes she created. Now that our universe is declining, they have set their sights on her. Lifane even betrayed us directly."

"Lord Initiality, if that's the case, why hasn't the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique been widely adopted throughout the universe?" Lin Qi asked curiously.

If what the initial demigod said is true, the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique does indeed have the power to make martial artists better able to survive in infinite worlds. If it were to be promoted in the universe, the strength of the universe would be absolutely astonishing, and it might even become a behemoth in the infinite worlds very soon.

It's rather strange that such a good thing isn't being promoted directly throughout the universe so that more people can learn it.

“It’s not that easy.” The initial demigod smiled bitterly. “The Star Energy Construct Body Secret Technique is extremely difficult to cultivate, and it becomes more and more difficult as you go higher. After the entire Star Energy Civilization researched the Star Energy Construct Body Secret Technique, no one has ever reached the fifth level. But the most troublesome part of the Star Energy Construct Body Secret Technique is not even that. It’s not a problem to cultivate the first three levels, but after the fourth level, if there is even the slightest mistake, the body and the spirit will collapse together, that is, the body and spirit will perish. Even a high-level demigod cannot survive. Otherwise, why would I say that your appearance is the Goddess’s favor?”

"Would the body and spirit collapse together if there is even the slightest mistake?" Lin Qi was shocked to hear this, as it was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.

It's perfectly normal for players to die while practicing the Star Energy Construct Technique. As for Vanessa and others who also practice the Star Energy Construct Technique, they've died countless times while practicing in their dreams.

I never expected that the cultivation risks of the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique would be so great after reaching the fourth level.

If that's the case, then the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique is indeed not suitable for widespread adoption. Otherwise, if everyone dies before mastering the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique, it would be too much of a loss for a universe.

"You are very lucky." The initial demigod looked at the surprised Lin Qi and comforted him, "You were able to cultivate all the way to the fifth level without any problems. However, you must be careful in your cultivation in the future. Never try to cultivate without being absolutely sure. Back then, the Star Energy Civilization only learned about the huge flaw of the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique because a large number of people died while cultivating at the Fusion God Realm."

"Thank you for informing me, Master. I will be careful in my cultivation from now on." Lin Qi nodded. Although he had mastered the fifth level of the Star Energy Construct Technique by chance, he had already made up his mind that he would never cultivate the Star Energy Construct Technique until all the pitfalls players were bound to encounter.

Even in the future, when Vanessa and other native residents cultivate the secret techniques of the Star Energy Construct, they must do so in their dreams and absolutely cannot attempt it in reality.

"I called you here not for any other reason than that it's truly remarkable that you've mastered the fifth level of the Star Energy Construct Technique. It would be a real pity if you were to perish before becoming a demigod." The Primordial Demigod looked at Lin Qi, whose expression had become much more solemn, and smiled as he said, "Now, because of those invaders, the area outside the Primordial Star is no longer very safe. Even if you are already a Venerable and have mastered the fifth level of the Star Energy Construct Technique, you'd be fine facing one demigod, but if you were suddenly attacked by several demigods, you would still be in danger of perishing. Even if you don't perish, you will be imprisoned."

"Although it will take a lot of time and resources for those escaped invading demigods to build their Law Bodies with new bodies, it will only take a few months at most. Moreover, there is also Rifane, who has already mastered the higher laws, who is active. You should stay here and cultivate until you become a demigod."

"This place connects to the infinite worlds, and the gates to the worlds have been partially destroyed. The laws and energy within the infinite worlds have dissipated throughout the space. Here, you can better perceive various laws, and the energy is incomparable to that of special-grade strange places. As for the law stones needed to achieve the body of law, I have plenty here, enough for you to smoothly advance to demigod and forge the body of law."

Lin Qi was also taken aback upon hearing this, never expecting that the demigod had summoned him to train him.

"Master, may I move freely on the Initial Star?" Lin Qi asked cautiously.

As the guardian of this universe assigned by the goddess, the demigod did not think he would be harmed. Even if he wanted to, he was confident that he could instantly destroy himself and be reborn on Azure Star. After all, in terms of physical strength alone, the demigod was really no match for him.

The reason why demigods are powerful is that they can use the laws to mobilize the power of the world. The body of law they construct is only to better exert the laws they have mastered and mobilize more world power. Their physical attributes are not greatly improved.

However, keeping him in this space to cultivate would not be of much benefit to him. He also couldn't tell the initial demigod about the system. In order to avoid unnecessary suspicion and not affect his ability to command players, it would be best if he could move around freely on the initial star.

"It's up to you. As long as Lifane and the others haven't fully recovered and come back, the entire First Star is safe." The First Demigod didn't seem to care about this. She simply didn't want the Goddess's hard work to be in vain, and wanted the seed that had finally sprouted to grow further.

After speaking, the initial demigod left this space in one step, leaving Lin Qi alone to quietly gaze at the Gate of the World.

"It seems necessary to let the players develop freely and acquire the resources of this universe as soon as possible to grow stronger." Lin Qi looked at the ancient and majestic world gate in front of him and understood that if he did not reach the demigod realm as soon as possible and cultivate the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique to the fifth level of perfection, he would probably have a hard time surviving in the infinite world outside.

A higher-dimensional being can destroy a universe with just the aura it emits. If a higher-dimensional being happens to pass by this universe one day, it would be very difficult for it to survive in the infinite worlds outside. After all, the gap between it and a demigod is too great. Even demigods have a hard time surviving outside, so it is conceivable that it is not even a demigod in its current state.

Immediately, Lin Qi opened the system menu and directly released the new expansion pack 'Imperial Turmoil'. Because the Imperial Kingdom, in alliance with forces outside the world, wanted to dominate the entire universe, the Obsidian Martial Arts School would also join the alliance to fight against the Imperial Kingdom and wage war against the entire Imperial Kingdom.

Players can freely attack and occupy enemy territories belonging to the Empire, turning them into strongholds for their garrison regiments. At the same time, killing members of the Empire will also earn merit. The higher the military rank, the more martial arts buildings can be constructed at the stronghold. Generals can even build advanced training towers and advanced meditation rooms at the garrison regiment's base, while officers can rent advanced meditation rooms from martial arts schools.

As soon as the information was released, all the players were in an uproar.

"Damn! The war has started so soon? I'm a newbie who just joined the game today!"

"As long as you conquer the Empire's planets, they will directly become the property of the garrison regiment. This garrison regiment is too awesome. It's an epic upgrade to the garrison regiment gameplay."

"These newly added general benefits are truly heaven-defying! The cultivation room on the sixth floor of the advanced cultivation tower is even better than that of a first-class life planet. As for the cultivation room on the seventh floor, the effect is doubled. If we could use the cultivation room on the seventh floor all the time, we could save a lot of time absorbing energy to strengthen our bodies."

"But what is this advanced meditation room? I've never seen one in the martial arts school before?"

"I read the official description. This advanced meditation room is even more incredible than the advanced cultivation tower. Not only does it increase brain activity by 200%, but it also allows people to perceive the laws more clearly. It can be said to be a larger version of a top-grade wonderland. If this could be built in the garrison's base and allowed the garrison members to use it at will, the cultivation speed would be unimaginable. If any garrison had this, I would be the first to join."

"Brothers, let's get this going! Anyone have a star map of the Empire's territory? I'll offer an hour's rental of a mid-level meditation room for the purchase. First come, first served!"

……

The players' eyes lit up as they looked at the system announcement, especially the various garrison groups, whose restless hearts could not be suppressed.

The game "Warriors of Might and Magic" is now impossible to hide globally. Not only do people in China want to play it, but people overseas are also going crazy to pre-register, bringing the number of pre-registrations for "Warriors of Might and Magic" to over 10 billion. You can imagine how amazing the future of "Warriors of Might and Magic" will be.

However, this was quite astonishing, but it was also normal in the eyes of the crowd. After all, the fact that playing the game "High Martial Arts Descent" could increase lifespan had already spread, and the higher the level, the more lifespan was increased. No one could resist such a temptation.

While there aren't many players yet in the high-level martial arts world and it's not officially launched, this is the best time for these beta testers to acquire cultivation resources. Otherwise, once there are more players, the competition for good resources will become more intense. If they don't fight hard now, are they going to wait for billions of people from all over the world to come in and compete for them?
In an instant, tens of millions of players who had descended from the high-level martial arts realm stopped sleeping. In particular, the various garrison groups went crazy and launched a frenzied attack on the territory of the Empire, seizing its planets and resources. Like locusts, they left nothing but devastation in their wake, and the more they killed, the stronger they became.

The capital star of the imperial kingdom.

boom!
With a deafening roar, the entire capital planet was reduced to ashes. Led by the initial demigod, the abyss demigods of the Abyss Prison and the eternal demigods of the Eternal God Kingdom fought against Princess Rifana and more than a dozen demigods in the starry sky. The world projection covered an area of ​​millions of kilometers. Planets were shattered, and all beings below the Venerable level were annihilated, turning into complete void.

"Retreat! We are no match for them now!" Princess Rifana exclaimed as she looked at her world projection, which had been compressed to a radius of only three hundred kilometers.

Without hesitation, the dozen or so invading demigods present all committed suicide, and Princess Rifana followed suit, disappearing into the starry sky.

"Damn it! They escaped again." The Abyss Demigod looked at the self-destructed Rivera and the others with a grim expression.

In the past two months, the three demigods have joined forces and fought against Rifane and the others no less than ten times. It can be said that as soon as they receive news of Rifane and other invading demigods, they rush to capture them immediately.

The previous surprise attacks were quite effective, allowing them to capture five invading demigods.

Although they couldn't truly kill these demigods within the universe, they were imprisoned by the advanced laws of the primordial demigods, unable to mobilize the laws and their own blood and energy. In addition, the confinement collars specifically designed for demigods suppressed their physical strength to the Bone Forging Realm, making it impossible for them to even commit suicide. Confined on the Primordial Star, they couldn't even move an inch and were no longer capable of any combat power.

However, they were only successful the first few times, dealing with lone or two or three invading demigods. After that, these invading demigods became cunning and all went to Rifane, who had mastered higher laws, to recover their strength.

Lifane has mastered higher laws. Although she has not yet used higher laws to reshape her body and become a true higher demigod, she has no problem with withstanding the world projection of the initial demigods for a short period of time. This time is enough for these demigods to self-destruct and escape to other places.

As a result, these operations yielded no results whatsoever.

"In just two months, more than a dozen invading demigods have already recovered their strength and forged their Law Body with new bodies. The foundation of the Empire is truly astonishing." The Eternal Demigod also frowned slightly. "If this continues, even if we join forces, we may not be able to do anything to them."

The reason the three of them can currently overpower more than ten people in Rifana is entirely due to the initial demigods. However, as more and more demigods recover their strength on Rifana's side, the combined world projection will become stronger and stronger, and they will be able to hold out for longer and longer, making them increasingly difficult to deal with.

"There's no need to worry about that. Having over ten demigods rebuild their Law Bodies must have exhausted the Empire's resources. After that, it won't be so easy for the other demigods to recover. If they want the Law Stones, they'll have to risk going to the Initial Star, or they'll have to spend a long time accumulating energy and gradually rebuilding their Law Bodies," said the Initial Demigod. "But how are our Venerables doing? Does anyone have a chance to advance to demigod status?"

"Currently, the one with the best chance is Venerable Lei Xiao. Through the extraordinary land, he has already perfected eighteen profound mysteries and is only half a step away from mastering the Law of Thunder," the Eternal Demigod said with considerable pride.

The Eternal Kingdom, as the power he founded, is capable of producing two demigods, which is rare even in the history of their universe.

"Is there only one?" The initial demigod asked with a complicated expression.

There were over a hundred invading demigods. Adding one more demigod wouldn't change anything. Although she could suppress the world projections of over a hundred demigods by herself, it would take a long time. With that much time, even if those hundreds of demigods only spared some of their attention, they could still do a lot. And if she were to cooperate with Rifane, who had mastered higher laws, it would be even more impossible.

The Abyss Demigod and the Eternal Demigod remained silent in response.

The birth of a demigod is not easy. Profound-level martial arts are incredibly complex. To achieve perfection in even one of them is a genius achievement in the entire universe. There are as few as fifteen or sixteen, and as many as twenty or more, profound-level martial arts that master a single law. The principles between them are often completely different. To achieve perfection in all of them and then piece together the laws contained within these profound-level martial arts is a task that normally takes less than a thousand years to produce.

Even now, with a special-grade extraordinary land available and a large number of law stones provided by them, it is still difficult to cultivate a demigod. In fact, it would be impossible to gather the images of the previous ten demigods in less than a thousand years.

“In that case, I will reinforce the defenses of the Initial Star to prevent them from breaking into the Chaos Space to buy time.” The Initial Demigod then instructed, “You two will cooperate with the Allied Forces to speed up the attack on the Empire, so that the Empire cannot provide more resources to those invading Venerables.”

The Abyss Demigod and the Eternal Demigod both nodded in agreement. At this point, the only thing they could do was to limit resources to buy time.

On the other side, on an unnamed planet.

More than a dozen demigods, including Lifana, flew out from the planet's core. Their life force was weak, a phenomenon caused by insufficient energy after being reborn through blood.

“That primordial demigod is pursuing us too closely. It will take another day or two to recover our energy.” A Titan demigod looked at his weakened body and frowned slightly. “We have already used up all the Law Stones. There are no more Law Stones left. Unless we go to the chaotic space of the Primordial Star to find them, it will be impossible for anyone else to forge a Law Body in less than several hundred years. In several hundred years, who knows how many more demigods will be born there.”

The dozen or so demigods present listened with solemn expressions.

This time, they risked everything to seize this universe. Furthermore, due to the possession, their spiritual essence will not be able to fully recover for hundreds of years. If they fail to seize this universe, the organization will not give them any compensation, and may even punish them by driving them out of the territory.

"Who said you have to go to the Initial Star to get the Law Stones?" Lifana looked at these low-level demigods and sneered. "I have accumulated Law Stones here, and those dead demigods also have accumulated them. Although these demigods' accumulations have probably already been divided up by their subordinates, we just need to take all the Law Stones obtained by those subordinates. Although it will be more troublesome, it will still be able to restore everyone. Moreover, after the master learned about our situation, he has allowed me to use the treasure I brought back to forge a high-level demigod body ahead of schedule."

"Once I become a true high-level demigod, I can fight against the Beginning alone. You only need to deal with Abyss and Eternity and open the gate."

As Lifanna spoke, the lower demigods present were reassured, and some even hoped that Lifanna would quickly become a higher demigod, so that even if the others had not fully recovered, they would have a great chance to complete this mission.

The gap between high-level demigods and low-level demigods is vast; it can be said that there is no possibility of them fighting each other. This is entirely determined by the laws. High-level laws can completely suppress ordinary laws. Even if you try to compensate with quantity, you can only delay the inevitable. In the end, the world projection formed by high-level laws will crush the world projection formed by ordinary laws.

However, world projections formed by higher laws are different. Even if a double world projection is used initially, which is equivalent to doubling the world power, the two are of the same quality. Although they will be compressed, they will not be crushed. As long as there is a world projection, the world power of the other world projection cannot be applied to the other world projection. This is equivalent to canceling out the world power of each other. The two sides can only compete purely with their own power.

The physical abilities of demigods are not much different. They may be able to injure, but they cannot be eliminated. This is why demigods of the same level cannot defeat each other.

If Rifana were to forge a body of laws of a high demigod, not only would the world's power that Rifana could mobilize be greatly enhanced, but her physical attributes would also be significantly improved due to the high-law body.

A Law Body forged from Ordinary Laws has a base strength of 500 million tons. A Law Body enhanced by one Ordinary Law can double this strength, bringing the actual strength to 1000 million tons. After that, for each additional Ordinary Law integrated, the enhancement to the body doubles again. In other words, a Law Body with two Ordinary Laws can reach an actual strength of 1500 million tons, and with three, it reaches 2000 million tons.

However, once you have mastered the three ordinary laws, you can begin to merge them into higher laws.

A body forged from higher laws has a basic strength of 2000 million tons. A body enhanced by a higher law can double that strength, reaching 4000 million tons. Integrating another higher law brings it to 6000 million tons.

The Law Body that Lifane previously forged was composed of two ordinary laws, with an actual power of only 1500 million tons, which is not on the same level as the 6000 million tons of the initial demigod.

However, if Rifane were to forge a body of higher laws, the difference between 4000 million tons and 6000 million tons would not be significant. If the two sides were to purely compete in physical strength, Rifane would simply be suppressed and feel frustrated.

At the center of the universe, on the primordial star.

After more than four months of all-space war, the Alliance Army and the Invading Army destroyed nearly one-tenth of the planets in the universe. More than half of the first-class and second-class planets in the star system lost more than half of their value. The Initial Star has become the safest place in the entire universe, a gathering place for the younger generation of various forces. Countless geniuses in the universe compete with each other here and grow rapidly under the tutelage of the four demigods.

The most bustling place on the Initial Star was the Obsidian Martial Arts School, which had been established in the Initial City for more than three months.

The magnificent martial arts academy, thousands of meters high and covering more than 30 square kilometers, gathers tens of millions of cosmic geniuses every day, with new cosmic geniuses arriving all the time. They are either queuing up for guidance from the academy's instructors or queuing up for martial arts rooms, meditation rooms, training rooms, and other academy rooms.

"Wow! Is this the legendary Obsidian Martial Arts Academy? Are there really so many King-level beings training here?" A young dragon clan member, whose strength had reached the high level of the Celestial Realm, looked at the Fusion God Realm and King-level beings walking around the academy and was filled with shock.

In the past few months, the most famous force in the entire universe is not the Eternal God Kingdom with two demigods, but the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts School who have been wreaking havoc in all directions within the Imperial Kingdom. They have not only occupied one-fifth of the Imperial Kingdom's territory, but have also fought against thousands of Venerables in thousands of star systems within the Imperial Kingdom, and are invincible among their peers, growing stronger with each battle.

If it weren't for the frequent interventions of demigods in various star regions of the Empire, it's rumored that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy alone could have conquered the entire Empire.

This is why many geniuses from all over the universe want to train at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. After all, if a force produces one strong person, it can be said that the person has good talent. But if a force produces thousands of Venerables, it cannot be explained by talent alone. There must be a unique way to train disciples.

boom!
Instantly, a surge of life and energy swept across the entire Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. The terrifying pressure made it difficult for even a beginner-level expert in the Fusion God Realm to move, while those below the Fusion God Realm collapsed to the ground, completely unable to move.

"What's going on? Has someone attacked the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy? Why aren't these people going to fight?" The dragon youth lying on the ground looked at the people in the martial arts academy who were still moving about, full of confusion. He didn't understand why these people were acting as if nothing had happened and going about their business as usual.

"You're new to the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, aren't you?" The young Holy Spirit Clan member, who was also lying on the ground, explained with a wry smile, "It's just that a disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy has broken through. This disciple must have achieved the Venerable level, which is why his aura is unstable. This kind of thing is very common in the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. You'll get used to it."

"Very common? Is it so easy to reach the Venerable level?" The dragon youth asked in astonishment.

The Venerable One is the strongest being in the entire universe besides a demigod. In the past, there might not be a single Venerable One in an entire star field. It's hard to imagine that the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy could break through so easily.

However, neither the Dragon Clan youth nor the Holy Spirit Clan youth knew that this breakthrough was not due to a disciple becoming a Venerable, but simply because he had mastered the fifth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, stepping from an extraordinary life form into a semi-high-dimensional energy body.

Advanced meditation room.

"Recently, there are more and more experts in various guilds who have mastered the fifth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique." Yi Ye Fu Yun opened his eyes and looked at the beautiful woman with long red hair and snow-white skin sitting opposite him, and couldn't help but sigh.

If the Dark Judgment or the Red Sand were here, they would definitely be shocked.

Because this stunning beauty is none other than Polaris Scarlett, a legendary figure in the mercenary world.

At this time, Polaris Scarlett had not only mastered the fifth level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, but she herself was also at the mid-stage of the Divine Fusion Realm, not far from the high-stage of the Divine Fusion Realm. Although her strength was still a little short of the current top-tier high-stage Divine Fusion Realm limit, the new version that was released two months ago had attracted 500 million players in one go, making her a top-1,000 expert.

However, just as Yi Ye Fuyun was sighing, Ye Qinglu suddenly opened her eyes and couldn't help but smile.

"Big sister, you did it?" Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at the extremely excited Ye Qing Lu and also became somewhat excited.

The top players in the game have already reached the high-level limit of the Divine Fusion Realm. To advance further, the competition is about mastering the ultimate techniques.

However, the profound mysteries of demigods are too difficult to learn. Even with the assistance of buildings like advanced meditation rooms, there are not many people who can master a single profound mystery of demigods. As for enabling more people to reach the state of perfection in the profound mysteries of demigods, it is even more difficult.

But there are always exceptionally talented people in this world. Not long ago, Luo Wushang, Li Ranxing, Lu Fanchen, Chen Ya, Chi Sha, Zhan Tianbanbu and others all achieved the perfection of the seven profound mysteries, which can be considered as catching up with Ye Qinglu, who had achieved the perfection of the seven profound mysteries earlier.

Now that Ye Qinglu has broken through again, meaning he has reached the perfection of all eight profound mysteries, his strength can be said to have surged back to the top. "Hmm, this advanced profound mystery of the eighteenth form has finally reached perfection. It was truly not easy." Ye Qinglu nodded, feeling somewhat wistful.

She clearly mastered the eighteenth move first, and while she perfected all the other moves one after another, the eighteenth move remained stuck at 100% proficiency. She was unable to break through.

Now that I've made a breakthrough, it shouldn't be difficult for me to reach perfection in the other profound arts with the help of the advanced meditation room. Once I've mastered all ten profound arts, I can return to the Imperial Kingdom and have a proper fight with those Imperial Venerables, instead of being constantly suppressed and passively beaten with little power to fight back.

While everyone in the Sky Guardian Corps was celebrating Ye Qinglu's return to the top spot, Lin Qi, standing before the Gate of the World, couldn't help but smile.

"Finally, someone has perfected the eighteenth form of Huangchuang." Lin Qi looked at Ye Qinglu, who was highlighted in the system list, and couldn't help but choose to extract her memories.

Since he upgraded his administrator privileges to level five, the system's permissions have been fully unlocked. Not only can he bring in players without any limit on the number, but the maximum number of times he can extract resources per day has also been increased to thirty, allowing his ultimate martial arts skills to improve very quickly.

Not only did he have seventeen profound mysteries created by Huang reach perfection, but the profound mysteries created by the other demigods were also just one high-level profound mystery away from being perfected before they could master the laws.

However, for some reason, the advanced-level martial arts techniques are very special. No matter which players he extracts from, whose proficiency is over 90% or even 100%, he cannot bring the advanced-level techniques to perfection.

So he kept waiting, waiting for a player to reach the perfect state.

Finally, his hard work paid off, and after several months of effort, he was able to bring his advanced profound martial arts technique to perfection.

As Lin Qi pressed the extraction button in front of the Gate of the World, a flood of memories surged into his mind in an instant, lasting for nearly a minute before fading away.

"So that's how it is. No wonder I couldn't perfect the advanced profound martial arts technique no matter how I extracted it." Lin Qi suddenly realized as he absorbed Ye Qinglu's memories.

Other demigod-level profound martial arts techniques are merely the surface of the laws, but demigod-level advanced profound martial arts techniques are different. They are the keys to touching the core of the laws. If no one comprehends this key, the door to the laws cannot be opened. Therefore, no matter how proficient other players are, they are still a group of people who have not obtained the key, and naturally, no matter how they try to extract it, it will all be zero.

As Huang's eighteen profound mysteries were all perfected, Lin Qi felt that he had mastered the laws of the stars. He felt that with just a thought, he could use the laws of the stars to move the world and mobilize the power of an entire world.

"Now that the Body Strengthening Secret Technique has reached the fifth level of perfection, and the Fusion God Realm has long since reached the high-level limit, there is no way to advance further. It is time to step into the demigod realm!" Lin Qi glanced at the tens of thousands of Law Stones that the initial demigod had prepared in advance, but his gaze quickly turned to a large metal box in front of him, inside which was a section of arm, the very same arm that the goddess had severed from the high-dimensional being.

Breaking through from the Fusion God Realm to the Demigod Realm is arguably the easiest path. A perfected body and mastery of the laws are all that's needed, with no risks whatsoever. It's a natural progression. The only problem is the need for sufficient energy, specifically the best energy body that a universe can condense.

Stone of Laws!

Normally, it only takes one thousand Law Stones to forge an ordinary Law Body, but it normally takes ten million to forge a high-level Law Body. The difference of tens of thousands of times is an astronomical number that a declining universe cannot afford.

Even in an infinite world, it wouldn't be easy to come up with this much.

Therefore, to achieve a body of higher laws, it is necessary to use other things to make up for the lack of vast and pure energy.

These alternatives include cosmic wonders from infinite worlds and energy sources for higher-dimensional beings. He has neither, but fortunately, he has a section of an arm from a higher-dimensional being, which should be enough in terms of energy alone. The only question is whether he can withstand it.

However, he had no choice at the moment. Lower demigods were too weak. Only by becoming a higher demigod could he have some self-protection. Since this arm was the only one he could use in the entire universe, he couldn't be picky.

"Integrate with the laws!"

Lin Qi took a deep breath and began to engrave the Star Laws he had mastered into every cell of his body. At the same time, he continuously absorbed the terrifying energy emanating from that severed arm. This energy was hundreds or thousands of times purer than the Law Stone. If it were any other Fusion God Realm cultivator, their body simply could not withstand this terrifying energy. Even a trace of it would cause them to explode, not to mention the terrifying mental impact it contained, which required constant distraction to resist.

It was also the fifth level of perfection of his Star Energy Construct Secret Technique. His body and spirit were completely different from the life in the universe, or rather, similar to that severed arm, which was why he could barely absorb it.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
The energy absorbed from the arm seemed to be alive, emitting bursts of intense fluctuations. Not only did Lin Qi suddenly feel that the inscription of the laws was exceptionally easy, but his entire body also seemed to resonate with the energy emanating from that severed arm, causing the cellular structure of his entire body to change rapidly. His cells seemed to have become black holes, frantically devouring everything.

It not only began to devour the severed arm, but also the surrounding Law Stones, while simultaneously absorbing the infinite world energy within the space.

One minute... ten minutes... thirty minutes...

After nearly a day, Lin Qi suddenly opened his eyes and felt that the world he saw had become completely different.

"Is this the realm of demigods?" Lin Qi looked at the world before him, which seemed to have a life of its own. He could see that some core of the world was decaying, and at the same time, he could see that the world was wrapped in countless chains of laws, making the world barrier extremely strong. People inside could not get out, and people outside could not get in.

Lin Qi then opened his own panel to check.

"High-dimensional energy body? What the hell is 12 billion tons?" Lin Qi stared at his panel, completely dumbfounded.

Host: Lin Qi.

Age: 27.

Administrator privileges: Level 5.

Permission level: Level 5 merit-based admission permission.

Martial Arts Level: High-level Demigod Realm (High-Dimensional Energy Body)

Power: 12 billion tons.

Speed: 10 kilometers per second.

According to the information he learned from the initial demigods, the actual strength of advanced demigods is generally 4000 million tons, and this is with the blessing of the body of law. The physical strength of high-dimensional beings in the infinite world is generally 50 billion tons, but they are born with laws and are like a world in themselves. Only the world projection of advanced demigods can barely resist the world power of high-dimensional beings.

Even a high-level demigod can only fight against an ordinary high-dimensional being by relying on profound martial arts techniques, which can unleash dozens of times their own power. It takes several high-level demigods working together to drive away an ordinary high-dimensional being.

His current power level is 12 billion tons. Although he doesn't have any other buffs, if you add the blessing of the Body of Law, his actual power is 24 billion tons, which is dozens of times higher than the power of an ordinary high-level demigod, and equal to the power of half a high-dimensional being.

However, higher-dimensional beings are stupid and lack any skills to unleash their full power. He probably only needs to use the most basic martial arts techniques to be as powerful as an ordinary higher-dimensional being. If he were to use an ultimate martial arts technique to increase his power dozens of times, it wouldn't be impossible for him to smash a higher-dimensional being with a single punch.

Just as Lin Qi was about to further study his current body, the alarm in the City of Beginning suddenly sounded, echoing throughout the entire city.

Before the people of the City of Beginning could react, thousands of figures appeared in the sky above the City of Beginning. Among them were not only hundreds of people who exuded the terrifying aura of demigods, but also thousands of Venerables, led by Princess Rifana of the Empire.

However, at this moment, Lifana gave off a completely different feeling. The aura of law emanated from her entire body, and even a wisp of it seemed to carry the weight of millions of pounds, causing the entire space to tremble.

At the same time, thousands of figures flew out from the City of Beginning, led by the Beginning Demigod, the Abyss Demigod, the Eternal Demigod, and the Thunder God Demigod.

The moment the initial demigod saw Lyfane, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"A high-level demigod? You've become a high-level demigod?"

The initial demigods, who were also high-level demigods, knew all too well the situation of high-level demigods. Only high-level laws combined with a body of high-level laws could naturally attract such terrifying world power, causing the space of this universe to tremble. This was something that ordinary laws could not do; only high-level laws that were equal to the laws of the universe could shake it.

“Indeed, thanks to that lord, I am now a true high demigod.” Lyfana laughed. “Although I had already forged a high-law body a month ago, I waited until everyone else had fully recovered in order to deal with you.”

For a moment, the invading demigods and Venerables present all laughed, while the three demigods present—Abyss, Eternity, and Thunder—and even the Primordial Demigod, all looked grim.

A high-level demigod has a huge impact on the strength of both sides. It can be said that Rifana alone can hold back the Initials for a short time. As for the remaining hundreds of demigods, dealing with three demigods is extremely easy.

They don't even need to deal with them. They can have a few demigods entangle the three from the Abyss, while the other demigods can easily destroy the Gate of the World, break the chains of laws that seal this world, and let a large number of demigods and high-level demigods from outside come in at will. No matter how powerful the initial one is, how many high-level demigods can he deal with?
Once imprisoned and sent to the outside world, killing them wouldn't be too difficult.

Higher-dimensional beings devour everything. Even if a demigod can be reborn from a drop of blood, higher-dimensional beings will devour or erode even their spiritual will. Given enough time, even a high-level demigod will die.

"I'm giving you a chance. If you give up this world now, you'll still have a chance to leave safely. But once we break down the gate to this world, your life and death will be out of your hands."

As Lifane spoke, she caused the world projection to descend directly. Instantly, a phantom world covering an area of ​​more than 200,000 kilometers pressed down on the City of Beginning, as if a giant star had crashed down.

"Don't even think about it!" The primordial demigod didn't hesitate at all, directly lowering the projection of the second world to meet the world projection that was crashing down.

boom!
The two world projections collided, and for a moment the power of the worlds began to cancel each other out, forming a vacuum zone in mid-air without the power of the worlds. The terrifying pressure generated made even the Venerable of the City of Origin suffocate and unable to move at all.

"Go! Leave this to me!" Rifane immediately ordered.

In an instant, hundreds of invading demigods also descended their world projections, all pressing down on Abyss, Eternity, and Thundercloud.

The hundreds of world projections, though merely world power activated by ordinary laws, left Abyss, Eternity, and Thunder Sky, with only three ordinary world projections, feeling nothing but despair and helplessness.

They could only watch helplessly as the world projection continuously compressed its own, pushing them further back, unable to stop these demigods from entering the underground space of the City of Beginning.

Just as hundreds of demigods were about to rush into the underground space inside the steel pavilion, a cold shout suddenly came from the underground space, the sound echoing through the heavens.

"roll!"

Immediately after that sound, a projection of the world unfolded from the underground space, crashing into the hundreds of demigods. The hundreds of invading demigods were ejected as if hit by a meteorite, flying hundreds of kilometers away.

Even though hundreds of demigods frantically mobilized the power of the world to block the suddenly expanding world projection with their world projections, it was like ice and snow melting away; they were simply unable to resist, and their own world projections were constantly dissipating.

"How is this possible! Higher laws?"

"Why is there still a high-level demigod in the City of Beginnings?"

In less than a second of confrontation, the demigods present realized that the world projection before them was definitely not descended by an ordinary demigod, but rather a world projection cast by a true high-level demigod, which was why it possessed such power.

"A high-level demigod?" The three Abyss demigods were stunned as they looked at the hundreds of demigods being suppressed by a projection of a world. "Do we still have a high-level demigod?"

At this moment, not only Abyss, Eternity, and Thunderclap, but even the primordial demigods who were fighting against Leafane were looking on with puzzlement.

When did a high-level demigod end up hiding in the underground space of the Gate of the World?
However, this doubt was quickly answered as a figure flew out. The one who unfurled the projection of a higher law world was none other than Lin Qi, the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, who was wearing a jet-black martial robe and carrying a jet-black greatsword.

"Master Lin?" Lei Xiao stared at Lin Qi, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

He knew Lin Qi, after all, they were rivals in the struggle for the special-grade strange land, and Lin Qi's strength was invincible below the demigod level.

However, as he stepped into the realm of demigods, he no longer regarded Lin Qi as a competitor. After all, the gap between a Venerable and a demigod was too great. No matter what kind of physical qualities a Venerable possessed, he could not ultimately withstand the power of the world.

Lin Qi, however, is now suppressing a hundred demigods by himself and has become a high-level demigod. Even in the infinite worlds outside of this world, he can be a lord of a region. It's as if this world has played a joke on him.

At this moment, not only was Lei Xiao stunned, but even those who knew Lin Qi's initial demigod status were astonished, never expecting that Lin Qi would become a high-level demigod.

"Great! That's wonderful!" The initial demigod was overjoyed as he watched Lin Qi single-handedly overpower a hundred demigods.

At this moment, the battle could be completely turned around if there were one more high-level demigod. As long as Lin Qi crushes the world projections of the hundred demigods, the demigods, without the protection of the world power, can be crushed into nothingness in an instant. Unless there is another high-level demigod on Rifana's side, this war will be a foregone conclusion.

"Damn it! Retreat! Everyone retreat!"

Lifane looked at Lin Qi, who was already a high-level demigod, with an indescribably gloomy expression. Knowing that it was futile, she could only order everyone to retreat. Otherwise, once the world projections of the hundred demigods shattered, they would easily be captured and imprisoned, and there would be no chance to break the world gate in the future.

"Withdraw? It's not that easy!"

Seeing the hundreds of demigods preparing to perish, Lin Qi drew his sword and slashed them.

This strike was very simple; it was merely a slash that mobilized the power of the world. However, as a high-dimensional energy being, he was not much different from high-dimensional beings, and was even closer to a high-dimensional existence. His attacks were accompanied by an incomparably powerful spiritual will, and were not just simple physical attacks.

This strike, which mobilized the world's power, canceled out the world's power mobilized by hundreds of demigods. It was merely accompanied by spiritual will and contained a force of up to 48 billion tons, equivalent to the force of an ordinary high-dimensional being's attack, which flashed past the bodies of hundreds of demigods.

"No!"

"No! Why does this attack also include a mental and will attack that is even stronger than that of higher-dimensional beings?!"

As the sword light flashed, it tore through the sky, leaving a spatial rift millions of kilometers long, as if it were constantly devouring and eroding this world, lingering for a long time. Hundreds of demigods were reduced to ashes in resentment and terror, their bodies and souls annihilated, dead beyond any hope of survival.

"A higher-dimensional attack! How is this possible!" Rifana stared in disbelief at the vanishing demigods and the spatial rifts that had failed to heal for so long.

If there are any means in the infinite world to kill demigods, or even higher demigods, one of them is the high-dimensional attack unleashed by high-dimensional beings. This kind of attack, which disregards space and directly targets the spirit and the source of life, will only have one fate for even the strongest demigod if their spirit or life source is destroyed: death.

This is also a method used by many demigods to use higher-dimensional beings to kill other demigods.

It's unbelievable that Lin Qi can now directly use high-dimensional methods to attack.

Before Rifana could even react, Lin Qi slashed with his sword again, causing Rifana's hair to stand on end instinctively. She met the attack with a palm strike, creating a whirlwind in her palm, intending to deflect the sword light attack. Since they were both high-level demigods with similar strength, as long as the sword light didn't touch her, she wouldn't suffer any harm.

boom!
The moment the palm wind touched the sword light, it was as if the wind from an electric fan was blowing on a rocket launcher. The palm wind was directly pierced through, and the sword light followed, passing through Rifana's body and splitting her in two. Rifana let out a horrifying scream, as if the sword had pierced not her body, but her soul.

As Lifane recovered from the pain, she was also utterly terrified by the sword strike she had just received.

"How could this be? Why could his sword strike consume one-tenth of my spirit and life?" Lyfana felt her condition and thought the world had gone mad.

In a typical infinite world, a high-dimensional being might only need one strike to deal with an ordinary demigod, but to deal with a high-level demigod, you would need to land dozens of strikes on the high-level demigod to kill one.

However, she was only struck by Lin Qi's sword once, and one-tenth of her spiritual and life essence was consumed. In other words, Lin Qi only needed ten sword strikes to completely end her life.

escape!
Run!
Almost instinctively, Rifane wanted to kill herself; it was her only way to escape.

However, Lin Qi, whose physical abilities far surpassed those of a demigod, gave Rifane no chance at all. Self-destruction was equivalent to using an ultimate-level martial art. It might not be a big deal for a demigod, but it was still an ultimate-level martial art, and it was definitely not as fast as his normal attack.

Wow!
With just one more sword strike, Rifane was once again cleaved in two, the pain preventing her from using her self-destruct ability.

Lin Qi unleashed dozens more sword strikes in quick succession. Whether Rifana tried to block or dodge, she was powerless to resist. She could only watch helplessly as her spiritual and life essence was consumed by each sword strike until finally, her spiritual and life essence was completely exhausted. She fell to the ground in mid-air, her body slowly turning into ashes, beyond any hope of survival.

"Won?"

"Have we won already?"

The people of the City of Beginning were all bewildered as they looked at the demigods and venerables who had all perished.

From the start of the battle to its complete end, only a few seconds passed, and many young geniuses at the Celestial Realm were unaware of what had happened.

"You've entered a higher dimension?" The demigod looked at Lin Qi and couldn't help but ask.

Others may not know Lin Qi's situation, but she knows very well that Lin Qi's ability to use high-dimensional attack methods of high-dimensional beings is likely due to the fifth level of perfection of the Star Energy Construct Secret Technique. Just as the Star Energy Civilization envisioned, after achieving demigod status, he can become a high-dimensional life form.

"Yes, I was lucky enough to become a higher-dimensional life form." Lin Qi nodded.

"Great! Excellent! Now our universe can finally go out into the world and become famous throughout all realms!" The primordial demigod smiled excitedly upon hearing this.

She has guarded this universe for countless years, waiting for the seeds that the goddess placed in this universe to blossom and bear fruit, bringing new hope to countless lives in the infinite universe.

Now she has finally gotten what she's been waiting for.

Meanwhile, the player army on the other side was also in an uproar.

"Holy crap! The demigod on the other side was killed off by the plot?"

"No way, the war with the Empire lasted for months, and it's already over?"

The players were all bewildered as they looked at the annihilated members of the Imperial Kingdom and the BOSS, Lifane. Although they knew that the battle between demigods had nothing to do with them, who were not demigods, the game company was not even giving them a chance to participate.

Lin Qi looked at the noisy players and couldn't help but laugh. He then opened the system menu and posted a new game announcement.

System: Congratulations to all players! All closed beta tests for this game have concluded. Starting tomorrow, the game will officially launch its open beta version, 'New Era,' featuring an infinite world map beyond the open world.

P.S.: This book is officially finished!
(End of this chapter)