194: Chapter 194 All Nations Pay Tribute! Three Hundred Million Extreme Realm Beings! A Transdimensional Divine Punishment from the Ancestor of the Upper Realm?

Central Star Sea, the former site of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty, Planet Huangji.

Exactly ten days had passed since the "Battle of the Fallen Imperial City" that shook the entire Universe.

During these ten days, the former territory of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty had been completely taken over by one hundred thousand mechanical Dragon Cavalry with overwhelming force.

Without the Divine Emperor and the national defensive Formation, the garrison troops in the outer Star Domains could not even muster the slightest thought of resistance and surrendered upon hearing the news.

At this moment, on the Wuji Plaza of Planet Huangji, where Lin Que had cracked the ground with a single stomp, the grandest and yet most humble scene in the Central Star Sea for tens of thousands of years was unfolding.

"Sect Master of the [Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Sect] in the southern Central Star Sea, bringing the entire Sect's supreme treasure, the 'Taiyi Gengjin Sword Marrow,' to pay respects to the Demon Lord! We are willing to submit for generations and go through fire and water for you!"

"Old Demon Emperor of the [Ancient Demon Royal Court] in the northern Central Star Sea, bringing ten top-grade Spiritual Veins and a thousand pure-blooded Pegasus, to pay respects to the Master! May the Master enjoy immortal blessings and live as long as the heavens!"

The plaza was densely packed with top power-brokers and Sect Masters from three thousand Star Domains.

These big shots, who were usually high and mighty and could make the galaxy tremble with a single stomp, were all bowing their heads, holding their respective Sect's core heritage high with both hands, not daring to even breathe loudly.

And at the very front of everyone, leading the kneeling group, was none other than the Pavilion Master of the [Eternal Dao Pavilion], who had previously attempted to test Lin Que with a beauty trap!

Not only had he come in person, but he had also brought the Seventh Saintess, Ji Wushuang, who had been socially executed by the System's "reverse truth-telling," forcing her to lie on the ground shivering.

"Reporting to the Master."

The Chen Family Old Ancestor stood at the edge of the high platform, holding a golden roster hundreds of meters long, his face glowing with excitement as he reported in a resounding voice:

"The top one hundred super powers in the Central Star Sea have all sworn allegiance here. The tribute they have offered totals thirty trillion top-grade star sea coins! Various primordial divine metals and peerless medicinal treasures are enough to fill ten storage planets!"

On the high platform.

Lin Que leaned lazily on the new throne crafted from the bones of nine Dragons.

His crimson cloak was spread casually across the jade steps, and the [taichu world-fall heavy blade], weighing ten million jin, stood by his side.

He was not wearing any cumbersome imperial robes, still dressed in a simple white garment.

But the terrifying physical peak of two hundred and ninety million jin was restrained within his bones and blood, and the occasional leaking gravitational wave caused visible signs of collapse in the Void Realm below.

This was an absolute aesthetic of violence that required no embellishment.

"Pavilion Master of the Eternal Dao Pavilion, right?"

Lin Que's gaze fell casually on the sweating old man at the very front.

"This humble one is here! This humble one is here!"

The Dao Pavilion Master was so frightened that he shivered, knocking his head against the ground with a loud thud:

"This humble one failed to discipline my subordinates properly and disturbed the Master's Divine Might. Today, I specifically offer the Dao Pavilion's Sect-protecting treasure — [Chaos Star Core of the Universe's Beginning] to the Master, only asking the Master to show mercy and leave my Dao Pavilion a path to survival!"

As he spoke, he took out a crystal box sealed with heavy Formations from his arms with extreme heartache.

Inside the box floated a sphere only the size of a walnut, yet it radiated an extremely rich aura of the Chaos Origin.

"Chaos Star Core?"

A glint of brightness flashed in Lin Que's eyes. He grabbed the air, and the crystal box ignored the distance of space and landed directly in his palm.

"Click."

Lin Que casually crushed the outer sealing Formation.

In an instant, a breath of Chaos, thick to the extreme and seemingly capable of crushing eternity, permeated the air.

This was the condensation of the very first point of physics and Law at the birth of a Universe!

"Good stuff, the density of this thing is very much to my liking."

Lin Que didn't even avoid the myriad nations and officials below. In front of everyone, he tossed the priceless [Chaos Star Core] into his mouth!

"Gulp."

The Star Core entered his stomach.

"Blood Scripture, refine it for me!"

The inner Universe of millions of miles within Lin Que's body, like a primordial giant beast awakening, instantly erupted with terrifying devouring power.

The roots of the World Tree plunged directly into the Star Core, madly absorbing the Chaos Origin from the beginning of the Universe.

At the same time, the thirty-six Starfall Apertures beneath Lin Que's skin let out a deafening roar upon coming into contact with this chaotic substance!

His physical peak, which had been stagnant at two hundred and ninety million jin, finally ushered in the most critical qualitative change!

Two hundred and ninety-five million jin...

Two hundred and ninety-eight million jin...

"BOOM — — — —!!!!"

The moment his strength broke through a certain critical point, the space within a hundred zhang of Lin Que's body collapsed without warning into a black hole of absolute nothingness!

There was no light or shadow of Law, only the gravitational collapse brought about by pure physical mass!

Three hundred million jin!!

The physical peak had officially stepped over the three hundred million jin threshold!

At this moment, with the supreme power of the Chaos Star Core, Lin Que's Realm also naturally crossed that barrier, stepping solidly into the [Dao Integration Realm, Level 4]!

"Hoo..."

Lin Que slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air mixed with chaotic Qi.

Sitting on the throne, even when he remained motionless, the light around him bent when passing near him due to his terrifying physical gravity.

"This... what kind of Realm of physical sanctification is this?!"

The Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Sect and the Old Demon Emperor of the Ancient Demon Royal Court below were trembling so hard that even their Souls were shivering in horror.

They swore that even during the Great Sun Divine Emperor's prime, he never possessed such terrifying pressure that could collapse space with just his Physical Body!

"I have received your sincerity."

Lin Que digested the Star Core, and his power was completely restrained. He waved his hand, his tone calm:

"From today on, the rules of the Central Star Sea remain the same."

"However, the tribute will be doubled, and paid directly to Old Chen. As long as you obey, I don't mind letting you continue to be the overlords of your respective regions."

"But if anyone dares to play tricks behind my back..."

Lin Que glanced at the primordial heavy blade beside him,

"You have seen the fate of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty with your own eyes."

"We swear our lives to the Demon Lord!!!"

Tens of thousands of Star Sea giants kowtowed in unison, as if granted amnesty, their voices resounding through the heavens.

...

After dismissing the vassal lords who came to pay tribute.

Lin Que did not linger on the throne but went straight to the royal top-secret treasure vault deep underground on Planet Huangji.

Here, the most core cosmic treasures plundered by the Great Sun Divine Dynasty over tens of thousands of years were preserved.

Lin Que strolled through the vault; he didn't even glance at the mountains of top-grade divine weapons and Immortal Pills piled around him.

These things were no different from scrap metal to him now.

Until he walked to the deepest part of the vault.

On a solitary bronze altar, an ancient and broken bronze divine mirror was suspended.

There was no reflection on the mirror's surface, only a deep, chaotic star vortex that seemed to connect to another high-dimensional Universe.

Lin Que's footsteps stopped.

The Blood Scripture within his body gave a rare, dangerous warning.

"The aura of this mirror... is of the same Origin as the 'Dao Shackles' that tried to lock me down before."

Lin Que narrowed his eyes.

Just then.

"Hum — — — —!"

The bronze divine mirror, which had been silent for tens of thousands of years, suddenly erupted with blinding dark golden divine light!

The chaotic star vortex in the mirror began to spin frantically, and a high-dimensional will that surpassed the limits of the Dao Integration Realm and carried the aura of true immortality crossed endless spatial barriers and descended into the vault in an extremely arrogant manner!

Inside the mirror, a majestic phantom wearing imperial robes and a crown vaguely emerged.

What surrounded the phantom was not the Laws of the Star Sea, but [Immortal Qi of the Immortal Dao] from a higher dimension!

"Ant of the Lower Realm..."

A grand, cold voice, as if viewing all living beings as mere grass, came from the divine mirror, shaking the very core of Planet Huangji violently.

"This Seat is the Founding Emperor of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty! I have long ascended above the heavens and hold a place in the Immortal ranks!"

"You dare to destroy my Divine Dynasty's orthodoxy, cut off my incense in the Lower Realm, and even destroy the Dao Shackles I left behind!"

The Founding Emperor's phantom in the divine mirror was furious, shooting two blinding rays of divine punishment from his eyes.

"Today, this Seat shall descend the [Heavenly Tribulation Light · Karmic Divine Punishment]! Even across the boundary barriers, I will shatter your barbarian Foundation, cast your True Soul into the eighteenth layer of the netherworld, and ensure you never reincarnate!"

BOOM!

Accompanied by that grand sound of judgment.

A pale white thunderbolt that ignored physical defense and spatial distance shot out directly from the mirror, carrying the absolute erasure will of the high-dimensional Immortal Realm, instantly locking onto Lin Que's forehead!

This was a divine punishment struck across boundaries by an ascender from the Immortal Realm!

Its power was enough to erase a galaxy in an instant!

Facing this sudden, fatal blow from a True Immortal of the Upper Realm.

Lin Que in the vault not only showed no panic but tilted his head slightly.

In his deep, heterochromatic eyes, the pale white tribulation light was reflected, and deep in his eyes, a fire of unprecedented, extremely excited ambition ignited.

"Above the heavens? In the Immortal ranks?"

Lin Que didn't dodge, but instead took a step forward and actively bared his chest.

In his mind, he tapped the System with a crisp, even slightly joyful tone!

"System!"

"Did you hear that? A big order has come from above!"

"I'll accept the high-dimensional Immortal Qi contained in this Heavenly Tribulation Light with the Blood Scripture without any changes; it's just the thing to calcium-supplement my three hundred million jin body!"

A cruel, extreme grin, unique to a Demon Lord, curled at the corner of Lin Que's mouth.

He stared fixedly at the high-and-mighty Founding Emperor phantom in the mirror across the bronze divine mirror.

"As for this bullshit divine punishment side effect of 'shattering the Foundation and casting into the netherworld'..."

"Follow his network cable and air-drop it back at full power!"

"What's so impressive about cross-dimensional strikes? Today, I'll show you what 'cross-server delivery to the grave' means!"

"Let that Founding Emperor ancestor enjoying his life in the sky properly learn a lesson!!!"

[Ding! The side effect transfer system has been activated at the highest priority!]

[Detected High-dimensional Immortal Realm DeBuff: Heavenly Tribulation Light (Cross-boundary Karmic Erasure, Immortal Dao Dimensional Reduction Strike, True Soul Annihilation).]

[Target Locked for Transfer: Origin of the Divine Punishment releaser — Above the Heavens, Great Sun Founding Emperor (True Immortal Body)!]

[Logic reconstruction complete! Ignoring the barrier of the boundary crystal wall! The Karmic line has been bound in high-dimensional reversal!]

[Cross-dimensional Immortal-killing mode activated, bombing starts!!]

Hum — — — —!!!!!!

Under the ultimate power of the System that could forcibly tamper with even the cosmic crystal walls!

...

Meanwhile.

An unknown high-dimensional interface above the Central Star Sea — Above the Heavens.

Deep inside a floating Immortal island surrounded by Immortal Qi and auspicious colors.

"Hmph, a mere ant in the Dao Integration Realm of the Lower Realm dares to touch this Immortal's reverse scale. Being hit by my cross-boundary strike, having his Soul completely destroyed is already letting him off easy."

The Great Sun Founding Emperor's true body was sitting cross-legged on an Immortal cloud cushion, stroking his long beard, his face full of arrogance and disdain.

However.

He hadn't even put down the hand stroking his beard.

"Click — — — —!!!"

Without any warning!

A pale white, terrifying tribulation light revealing an absolute will of Karmic erasure, directly ignored the heavy Immortal Formations outside his Immortal island, and extremely abruptly, extremely unreasonably, crashed down from directly above his head!

"This... what is this?! Heavenly Tribulation Light?! Why is it striking this old man myself!!!"

The Great Sun Founding Emperor's eyes widened like copper bells in an instant, terrified to the extreme!

He didn't even have time to mobilize the Immortal Yuan in his body to resist!

"BANG!!!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Accompanied by a shrill scream that shook the entire Immortal island.

The dignified True Immortal of the Upper Realm, the founding Old Ancestor of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty, had the Immortal crown on his head shattered directly under this "shatter the Foundation" divine punishment that was bounced back by the System without any changes!

His True Immortal body, forged only after experiencing the Heavenly Tribulation, was like being struck by an invisible giant hammer; his chest collapsed instantly, and a mouthful of golden blood containing the Immortal Dao Origin sprayed out, staining the entire Dao temple red!

Not only that, his Immortal Dao Foundation, under the backlash of this erasure Law, actually cracked open with an extremely terrifying fissure!

"Backlash... it actually crossed the boundary crystal wall and backlashed onto this Immortal's true body?!"

The Great Sun Founding Emperor collapsed in a pool of blood, his black hair instantly turning gray and white. He stared fixedly at the Void Realm below, his eyes filled with extreme fear that could not be described in words.

That young man in white from the Lower Realm... just what kind of indescribable forbidden monster is he!!!

...

Central Star Sea, inside the royal treasure vault.

The tribulation light, having lost its destructive power, turned into a wisp of extremely pure, high-dimensional [Immortal Qi] that transcended the mundane Universe.

Lin Que opened his mouth, as if eating a candy that melted in his mouth, and swallowed this wisp of Immortal Qi into his stomach.

"BOOM!"

In the inner Universe, the World Tree bathed in this wisp of Immortal Qi, letting out a happy swaying sound.

The three hundred million jin physical peak was gently washed by this high-dimensional energy, becoming even more pure and flawless.

Lin Que raised his hand and gently tapped the bronze divine mirror in front of him, which had become dim and lusterless due to the exhaustion of energy, with the back of the primordial heavy blade.

"Old Ancestor, are you satisfied with this return gift?"

There was no echo inside the mirror; clearly, the Founding Emperor on the other side had been forced to cut off the cross-boundary connection due to heavy injuries.

Lin Que put away the heavy blade, turned around, and walked out of the vault with large strides.

His steps were steady and powerful, each step landing on the core Spiritual Veins of the Central Star Sea.

"Above the heavens, True Immortal..."

Lin Que looked up at the boundless starry sky outside the vault dome.

The joy of unifying the Central Star Sea had been replaced by a brand-new ambition at this moment.

"It seems that the pond of this Universe is still too small."

"Once I finish harvesting the leeks of this Central Star Sea and polish these three hundred million jin bones..."

A cold, extremely unruly grin of the Demon Lord curled at the corner of Lin Que's mouth:

"It is time to go to the sky and collect protection fees from those real 'Immortals'."