320: South Gate of Heaven

Yang Dian, who was far away on the Alien Planet, naturally didn't know that he was being targeted by someone on the other side of Earth.

At this moment, he was already lost in the pleasure of his Soul constantly sublimating and energy surging.

Unfortunately, the golden light dissipated too quickly.

He felt as if he had only indulged for a few breaths; before he could fully enjoy it, that heart-warming sensation disappeared.

As a feeling of loss arose, the sensation of being constantly watched with malice, which he had felt since entering the Alien Planet, also vanished without a trace.

The Alien Planet's will completely disappeared from his senses.

He reached out and made a grasping motion.

Qi and Blood appeared in Yang Dian's palm, then transformed into myriad streams of light, following a mysterious sense into the darkness.

A moment later, the myriad streams of light returned, carrying fragments of the Star Core.

Reaching out to grasp a Star Core, Yang Dian couldn't help but frown.

The Star Core seemed to have lost its divine power.

The golden star core fragments had turned silver and no longer possessed that captivating feeling.

Besides that, Yang Dian also felt they had become somewhat brittle.

“Crack.”

With a crisp sound, the silver star core fragments were crushed into pieces by Yang Dian.

Unlike before, when star core fragments, once detached from the Star Core, would transform into regular rhomboid crystals.

This time, the star core fragments, once broken, were truly broken.

They turned into irregular fragments, genuinely devoid of any divine power.

With a thought, the Dimension Butterfly was squeezed out from between his eyebrows.

Then he offered the broken silver star core fragments to the Dimension Butterfly:

“Here, star core fragments.”

“There are more than 9999 star core fragments here.”

“Hurry up and eat them, evolve quickly after eating.”

The Dimension Butterfly, which had already formed a cocoon and begun accumulating energy, immediately emitted a feeling of disdain.

Then, another piece of information was transmitted to Yang Dian's mind.

“You need 9999 Star Cores from different planets to anchor spacetime coordinates for evolution?”

“star core fragments from the same planet are useless?”

“Oh, you little thing, why didn't you say so sooner!”

Yang Dian pinched the cocooned Dimension Butterfly, then released it, allowing it to burrow back into his glabella.

The number of Star Cores required for the Dimension Butterfly's evolution was indeed a bit high.

But on second thought, it seemed to be just that.

For a planet like the Lizardmen Alien Planet, let alone ten thousand, he wouldn't flinch at another million.

“Anchoring spacetime coordinates to complete evolution…”

Pondering the information the Dimension Butterfly had just conveyed, Yang Dian, with a few silver star core fragments in his hand, felt his thoughts churning.

“Spacetime, spacetime.”

“Besides space, will it evolve time abilities next?”

“If it evolves time abilities, then next, will it touch upon dimensions?”

Suppressing the surging emotions, Yang Dian pushed this question to the back of his mind.

He was only invincible on Earth, the Lizardmen Alien Planet, and at most, the Lingwen Clan Alien Star which no longer had the Lingwen Clan.

Considering dimension-related issues now was still a bit too early.

“It's better to think about how to improve my strength.”

Feeling the fluctuating energy waves in the dwelling place of his Soul, Yang Dian had a thought and summoned his panel.

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Dragon Claw Hand:

Traits: Reverse Dragon Scales, Earth Splitting, Heaven Tearing

Progress: 1.5 million / □ □ □ □ □ 0%

Heaven and Man Unity Skill:

Traits: Unity of Man and Nature, Innate Body, Magnetic Field Manipulation, Mastery of Five Elements

Progress: 25 million / □ □ □ □ □ 0.001 ‱

Star Gazing Art:

Traits: Star Guardian of the Spiritual Platform, Intent Follows Heart, Divine Sense of Heaven and Earth, Divine Object Manipulation, Danger, Malice, Life, Weakness Perception

Progress: 1.5 million / □ □ □ □ □ 0%

Energy: 10.833 million (increases by 386 points daily)

Martial Arts Realm: Qi Blood Dragon Transformation

Combat Rank: City-Level

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“My Soul strength has increased by more than 5 times. I can gain 386 points of energy daily without doing anything, which is almost equivalent to a heaven and earth treasures.”

“No, it should be said that it's much stronger than heaven and earth treasures like earth core milk, only slightly inferior to the golden cicada I ate the first time.”

“Besides that, my Martial Arts Realm and Combat Rank should probably be reclassified.”

“The current me dueling a Grandmaster of the Dragon Transformation Realm…”

After a comparison, Yang Dian decided not to compare for now.

Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to Yue Shan and the Daoist priest.

“And Combat Rank…”

Yang Dian didn't know if Dr. Bai had any backup plans.

However, as long as his backup plans didn't involve the spatial level, they couldn't harm him.

“So, if I'm willing to spend the time now, I can achieve the world-destroying achievement?”

“No, that's not right. In a narrow sense, world destruction refers to killing all living beings in the world.”

“In a broad sense, world destruction should mean being able to destroy the entire world, including the world itself.”

“Compared to the planet's mass, my mass is still a bit weak~”

Rubbing his cheeks, countless blood-colored threads extended from Yang Dian, collecting all the silvered star core fragments.

No matter how much they lost their divine power, star core fragments were still star core fragments.

Their inability to be stored in a spatial ring alone was enough for Yang Dian to take every single one back.

After collecting the star core fragments, Yang Dian looked around the completely silent Star Core Space again, not without emotion.

“If your strength isn't enough, you're destined to be completely devoured.”

“The Lizardmen Alien Planet encountering us is like this, and if one day we encounter a civilization far stronger than us, it will likely be the same.”

Amidst his emotions, Yang Dian flicked his finger.

An oval mirror door appeared in front of him.

After a final glance around the Star Core Space, making sure nothing was left behind, Yang Dian, carrying over 500,000 rhomboid star core fragments, each less than a centimeter in diameter, stepped into the mirror door without hesitation, entering the dazzling white Crystal Mine tunnel.

Just a moment after Yang Dian left the Star Core Space.

A ripple appeared in the silent Star Core Space, and the space gradually turned into nothingness in the ripple, finally completely annihilating and disappearing.

Yang Dian, who had just stepped onto the ground of the Crystal Mine tunnel, sensed something and looked back at the mirror door.

The mirror door, which originally led to the Star Core Space and appeared pitch black from the Crystal Mine tunnel, had now turned into nothingness.

At the same time, the Dimension Butterfly also transmitted a piece of information to him.

“The anchor point that anchored the Star Core Space was annihilated by the power of nothingness?”

“The Alien Planet's will is truly gone~”

Amidst his emotions, Yang Dian also saw the dimensional space where the Dimension Crystal Mine was located begin to fluctuate.

He couldn't quite tell if this was an ascension or a descent in dimensions.

In any case, the Dimension Crystal Mine was falling into reality.

From now on, there would be no such thing as a Dimension Crystal Mine.

There would only be a Crystal Mine tunnel located beneath the Lizardmen Sacred Mountain, accessible to everyone for mining.

Soon after, the dimensional power within the mine tunnel disappeared, and Yang Dian took two steps forward to stand before the Crystal Lizardman.

The Crystal Lizardman was also lifeless.

The Crystal Lizardman, who used to enthusiastically greet Yang Dian whenever he saw him, now stood like a crystal statue, showing no reaction no matter how Yang Dian moved around him.

Sensing that the Crystal Lizardman's life force had completely fallen silent, Yang Dian couldn't help but sigh.

“Old familiar Lizard, farewell~”

With a final sigh, he put the Crystal Lizardman into his spatial ring, then flew out of the Crystal Mine.

Only then did he realize that the Crystal Mine wasn't actually that long.

It was probably less than a thousand kilometers.

“So, the reason I couldn't reach the bottom of the Crystal Mine before was indeed due to the influence of the spacetime and dimensional rules within the Crystal Mine?”

Exiting the mine tunnel, Yang Dian subconsciously looked up at the sky again.

The dimensional folding barrier had disappeared.

The spacetime nodes that covered the sky were also gone.

What remained was only a giant, golden-jade colored archway located high in the sky, standing amidst the clouds.

At this very moment, countless mechs, large war machines, and giant engineering machines were pouring through the archway like a tide, entering the Alien Planet.

“South Heaven Gate?”

“Interesting.”