310: Arrival at the destination and the plan of annihilation in progress

Before setting off again, Lin Chen left an illusory Karma marker on the barrier of the Qianyuan Universe.

This Karma marker was formed entirely from the Karma Rules of the Qianyuan Universe, appearing as if it were something naturally bred by the Karma Rules, and would not alert the qianyuan consciousness at all.

A Karma marker was more than just a marker.

In the eyes of the qianyuan consciousness, this was the beginning of the Karma Rules of this world nurturing a Karma Supreme Treasure.

Therefore, the qianyuan consciousness would not only refrain from interfering but would instead protect it, allocating more Karma Rules to accelerate the generation of the Karma marker.

“Interesting. It seems this cosmic consciousness isn't even aware of the existence of Dao Masters; it doesn't know that a Dao Master like me already exists for the Karma Dao, let alone that I, this Karma Dao Master, am an Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon.”

The Qianyuan Universe's policy of isolation was somewhat useful; even though it was very close to the Main Universe—only a few years' journey for a Foundation Level—it had managed to develop steadily to its current level without being annexed.

Unfortunately, such an isolation strategy could only hide itself at the Void level; it could not resist a physical unboxing by someone like Lin Chen.

After confirming that the Karma marker would not be cleared, Lin Chen continued his journey.

The Qianyuan Universe was right here and wouldn't grow legs and run away.

It wouldn't be too late to deal with it after he finished his official business.

Before that, however, Lin Chen still contacted his Clone in the Main Universe through the Karma channel to transmit the information about the Qianyuan Universe back, letting the Human Race prepare the preliminary work for building a Cosmic Gate.

When he returned, everything would fall into place naturally.

After confirming that the Main Universe had received the news, Lin Chen set off again, leaving the Near-Layer Void near the Qianyuan Universe and entering the Deep Layer Void, heading toward the Netherworld Realm.

Another seven years passed.

During these seven years, Lin Chen had been traveling through the Deep Layer Void and had not encountered any unexpected surprises like the Qianyuan Universe, only occasionally meeting some God Rank Void Creatures.

Lin Chen had no interest in God Rank Void Creatures and spared their lives.

But Lin Chen would not let go of the three Foundation Level Void Creatures he encountered.

One Middle Stage Foundation Level and two Early Stage Foundation Level Void Creatures could not even last a few rounds in Lin Chen's hands.

Lin Chen also had mastery over Void Power.

Even though God Lin Chen, who primarily cultivated Void Power, had not yet Attained the Dao, Lin Chen, having undergone a second Attaining of the Dao, could forcibly pull the strength of his Void Power up to the Foundation Level.

Foundation Level Void Power had little lethality against Foundation Level Void Creatures, but its greatest use was to isolate the Void, cutting off the Foundation Level Void Creatures from obtaining energy replenishment from the Void, turning them into isolated islands.

Foundation Level creatures that lost the protection of the Void were just ordinary Foundation Levels and lost their immortal characteristics; they only had one life, and if they were killed, they stayed dead, unlike Foundation Levels born within a Universe who could be resurrected.

The combat process was not flashy; the opponents were killed in almost two or three moves.

Lin Chen steadily possessed Late Stage Foundation Level combat power, and with the two top Rule Supreme Treasures, the heavenly calculation compass and the enlightenment remnant stele, killing Foundation Level Void Creatures was effortlessly easy.

Among the spoils dropped by the three Foundation Level Void Creatures, the most useful to Lin Chen were the Void Cores, which would allow God Lin Chen to absorb the various Void concepts contained within after Attaining the Dao.

As for the other Materials left by the Foundation Level Void Creatures, when combined, they should allow two Human Race Main Gods to Attain the Dao at the Foundation Level, serving as two Opportunities for Attaining the Dao.

Traveling through the Void was very boring.

Aside from the three battles, Lin Chen faced only the deep Void, following the guidance and moving forward step by step.

A year passed, and Lin Chen finally stepped into the Near-Layer Void again, arriving at his destination.

“Finally here.”

Lin Chen remarked with emotion, taking a step forward to arrive outside the world barrier of the Netherworld Realm.

The Karma Divine Kingdom unfolded, and the Human Race Netherworld Expedition Fleet appeared, immediately beginning to surround and invade the Netherworld Realm according to the expedition plan deduced over ten years.

At this time, Lin Chen did not make a move.

He remained connected to the Karma Rules, obtaining information about the Netherworld Realm while comprehending its Karma Rules, converting more Karma Rules into Karma Concepts.

The Karma Rules of the Netherworld Realm were clearly not very good, providing Lin Chen with only 53 strands of Karma Concepts.

At this point, Lin Chen had mastered 625 strands of Karma Concepts; the progress was roughly 6.25 parts per 100 million, still a very small proportion. The path of cultivation was long and arduous.

A day later, Lin Chen had mastered most of the information about the Netherworld Realm and, after refining it, passed it to the Netherworld Expedition Fleet Command.

With the latest information, the Fleet Command immediately modified the invasion plan to ensure the maximum results with the minimum cost and the fastest speed.

In the Netherworld Realm, there were over a thousand gods, and these were the primary targets the Fleet Command needed to strike.

Among them were thirteen Main Gods, known as the Thirteen Heavenly Venerates, the strongest below the Great Emperor level; their strength was on par with ordinary Human Race Main Gods, not even reaching the Half-Step Foundation Level.

There were over a hundred Upper Gods, and the rest were Middle Gods and Lower Gods; their strength was not great, and it wouldn't be a problem for a Human Race member of the same rank to fight five of them.

Below the gods, they were innumerable, but for the Human Race Expedition Fleet, they posed no threat and were merely targets to be cleared and wiped out.

As for a Netherworld consciousness, it simply didn't exist and was not a threat.

When the Azure Cloud Great Emperor Attained the Dao, he did not choose to become the Netherworld Heavenly Dao; similarly, he did not allow a Netherworld Heavenly Dao to be born, and later he even drained a large amount of the Netherworld Realm's Origin.

As a result, the Netherworld Realm had still not recovered to this day, let alone to the point of supporting a new Foundation Level; it couldn't even nurture a Heavenly Dao.

Three days later, the Fleet Command's new plan was formulated and submitted to Lin Chen for his review and decision.

The new plan was very simple, consisting of only three points.

First was a decapitation strike: using elite Human Race Gods to kill all god-level existences in the Netherworld Realm in a short time, estimated to require 500 Human Race Gods and take three months.

Second was the full entry of the fleet: led by a hundred gods, to suppress the entire Netherworld Realm, implementing a strategy of winning over, dividing, and then eliminating, taking ten years to completely control the Netherworld Realm.

Third was resource recovery: this plan could only be carried out after the first two were completed, involving destructive mining to drain the pond to catch the fish, estimated to take thirty years.

Overall, without Lin Chen taking action, he would only need to wait forty years for the Netherworld Realm to be left with only its core Origin, with everything else recovered by the Human Race.

Lin Chen had no objection to this plan.

However, he would take action directly to compress the time required for the plan to within five years.

The heavenly calculation compass and eight Lower Rule Supreme Treasures manifested, and a sealing grand array connecting various rules of the Netherworld Realm appeared.

This suppression grand array had only one function: to Seal all people, things, and matters of the Netherworld Realm within the array space, preventing escape; when fully activated, it could directly cause the Netherworld Realm to enter a three-day time stop.

The gods in the Fleet Command already knew their plan had been approved and were preparing to execute it when they sensed the grand array enveloping the entire Netherworld Realm.

Invisibly, they already knew the function of the grand array and even possessed certain control permissions, allowing them to mobilize part of the suppression power to execute the plan.

“Is this the power of our race's Foundation? It's incredibly strong.”

“This person's experience is simply a myth; a few hundred years ago he was just a Mortal, and now he is an existence we must look up to.”

...“That one has already acted; let's not waste time and get moving. Start the resource recovery plan directly.”

With Lin Chen's suppression grand array in place, the Netherworld Realm had only one target category: resources.

The living beings, material resources, and energy resources within were all targets the Human Race needed to recover.

As for resistance, it was non-existent.

From Main Gods down to Mortal beings, under the suppression power of the grand array, they were directly time-stopped, left to be sealed and recovered by the Human Race, which was simpler than eating or drinking.

In such a situation, the reason it still took five years to complete the plan was only because the Netherworld Realm was quite vast; even with three trillion Human Race members fully mobilized, it took time to recover all the resources.

“Have I already grown to this extent?”

Watching the Netherworld Realm, Lin Chen felt a sense of emotion.

With one move, he suppressed a whole world.

Just for the sake of cultivation, he could use a world as a stepping stone.

“There will always be existences stronger than me in the world. I don't want to end up like the Netherworld Realm, so I can only keep getting stronger, so strong that no one can arbitrarily dispose of my life.”

At this moment, Lin Chen's Dao Heart was sublimated and became even firmer, and his desire for transcendence grew even stronger.