180: Chapter 180 The Spiritual Energy Tax of a Higher-Dimensional Universe? System Rebound, Get It for Free!

On the edge of the Central Star Sea, inside the Seventh Star Pass of the Heavenly Gate.

"Hum—"

When the massive black hull of the [nine dragon star-destroyer ship V3.0], under the "fanatical escort" of over ten thousand Great Sun Divine Dynasty patrol ships ahead, completely passed through the cosmic Great Wall composed of three thousand neutron stars.

Everyone in the main control room couldn't help but hold their breath for a moment.

"Master... is this, is this the Central Star Sea?"

Su Qingyu walked to the holographic porthole, her beautiful eyes reflecting the magnificent picture that could not be described in words before her.

Outside the door was a desolate, dead, ancient battlefield ruin filled with chaotic meteorites and violent rays.

But inside the door, it was a super Universe completely transformed by an extreme high-dimensional immortal civilization.

Looking around, the dark cosmic background was crisscrossed by countless "Spiritual Energy Transition Orbits" emitting seven-colored light.

These orbits were like the blood vessels of the Universe, continuously transporting vast energy to every galaxy.

At the end of the line of sight, one could even see several huge stars completely wrapped by extremely precise artificial "Star Ring Arrays". The light and heat emitted by the stars were squeezed out by the Formation without leaking a trace, turning into the power to drive the huge interstellar cities.

There were no barren dead stars, no disordered turbulence.

Everything here was planned in an orderly manner by the Laws of the highest dimension, revealing a sense of hierarchical order that was suffocatingly strict.

"Such dense Spiritual Qi! The density of Spiritual Qi here is at least a hundred times that of the Black Desolation Star Domain!"

Primordial Demon Emperor Di Qing took a deep breath, but just as a look of surprise appeared on his face, he groaned and clutched his chest.

"What is going on? This Spiritual Qi inhaled into the body actually has a feeling of faintly stinging the Meridians?!"

Lin Que, sitting on the throne, closed his eyes slightly.

The fifty-thousand-mile starry sky inner heaven and earth within his body was rotating extremely slowly, and the "Blood Scripture" was like a huge radar network, extremely keenly analyzing the surrounding energy.

"Of course it will sting."

Lin Que slowly opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth curling into a mocking sneer.

"Although the Spiritual Qi here is dense, every strand of Spiritual Qi has been branded with an extremely secretive [Law Imprint] by the top giants of the Central Star Sea."

"This is equivalent to them collecting a 'breathing tax' in the air of this Universe."

Lin Que tapped the armrest of the throne:

"Loose Cultivators without the legal identity of the Central Star Sea and special Cultivation Techniques, as long as they dare to absorb the Spiritual Qi here, that brand will pierce into your Dantian like a parasite."

"The more you absorb, the more True Essence it extracts, and finally it feeds back to the financial groups and divine dynasties that set up the Formation. If you cut it off by force, it will even cause side effects of damaging your Dao foundation."

"Hiss—"

Chen Family Old Ancestor gasped,

"Even breathing has to be exploited? The top forces of this Central Star Sea are too vicious!"

"When class solidification reaches the extreme, it naturally means sucking the marrow from the bones."

Lin Que stretched lazily, his red cloak swaying in the wind behind him.

"However, they have their rules, and I, Lin Que, have always only followed my own rules."

Lin Que snapped his fingers extremely skillfully in his mind.

"System."

"The high-dimensional Spiritual Qi of this Central Star Sea is indeed of good quality, I want it all."

"As for the exploitative side effects of 'Law Imprint' and 'rebound extraction' carried in this Spiritual Qi..."

A rogue-like light flashed in Lin Que's heterochromatic eyes.

"Follow the causal lines of these Spiritual Qi imprints and track them in reverse!"

"Whoever is collecting taxes at the end, smash the side effects of this rebound into their Formation eye treasury without changing a thing!"

"Today, I am going to have a thoroughly satisfying free-loading session in the Central Star Sea!"

[Ding! side effect transfer system activated!]

[Detected high-dimensional environment DeBuff: Spiritual Qi exploitation Law (continuously extracting True Essence, chronic wear and tear of Dao foundation).]

[Parsing along the network cable in reverse... Locking transfer target: Core Formation eye hub of the Central Star Sea [Myriad Domain Spirit Gathering Array]!]

[Logic reconstruction complete! Tax evasion mode activated! Causal line reversed!]

[Transfer, start!!]

Hum—!

Under the intervention of the System's indescribable great power, the massive amount of high-dimensional Spiritual Qi pouring into Lin Que's body was instantly stripped of all its "poisonous thorns".

Those vicious Law Imprints turned into invisible causal light, directly smashed in reverse into the harvesting Formation deep in the Central Star Sea!

And the pure Spiritual Qi that had lost its side effects was swallowed by the Extreme Realm Furnace transformed by the "Blood Scripture"!

"Comfortable."

Lin Que let out a sigh of satisfaction.

That terrifying physical mass of 130 million jin became more rounded and restrained under the washing of this high-dimensional Spiritual Qi.

His Realm barrier of [Late Stage Void Returning Star Domain Realm Peak] was also loosening bit by bit in an extremely solid manner, ready to welcome that final "Dao Integration" leap at any time.

Just then, the cabin door of the main control room opened.

Zhao Xiao of the Seventh Star Pass, like a very well-behaved large dog, walked in quickly with a face full of fanaticism and piety, and respectfully knelt at Lin Que's feet.

"Master! Your subordinate has dismissed the patrol fleet and erased all radar records of your arrival at the border. Please instruct the next course, Master!"

After being "reverse brainwashed" by the System, Zhao Xiao now only had one thought in his mind: to go through fire and water for the Master, and die without regret.

Lin Que looked down at this once high-and-mighty border defense officer, his fingertips toying with a common Jade Slip he had just taken out of his storage ring.

"Crack."

However, he didn't even use force; with just the slightest contact, that Jade Slip couldn't withstand his terrifying mass of 130 million jin and directly turned into powder.

Lin Que patted the powder on his hands helplessly.

"Zhao Xiao, you have served in the Central Star Sea for many years, I will ask you two things."

Lin Que held up two fingers:

"First, my current strength is too great, even ordinary top-grade Dao Artifacts or half-step Dao Integration Magic Treasures are like tofu in my hands. Where can I get weapons that can withstand my pure physical strength?"

Zhao Xiao raised his head, his eyes flashing with extreme worship.

The Master is indeed a god descended to the world, even high-dimensional Magic Treasures cannot withstand the Master's majesty!

He replied without hesitation:

"Reporting to Master! Ordinary Magic Treasures are piled up with Formations, so naturally they cannot withstand your supreme power. What you need are [Primordial Weapon Embryos] that have not been carved at all! That is an extremely dense substance conceived in Chaos at the beginning of the Universe. Only this kind of thing can carry your power!"

"Primordial Weapon Embryos?"

Lin Que nodded slightly,

"The second thing, I am about to break through to the [Dao Integration Realm], where can I find flawless [Primordial Dao Seeds]?"

Dao Integration means merging one's inner heaven and earth with a certain supreme Law of the Star Sea.

If there is an extremely rare "Primordial Dao Seed" as a medium, the foundation after the Breakthrough will be more than ten times that of ordinary Dao Integrators!

"Master, these two things, in the entire outer periphery of the Central Star Sea, there is only one place that might have them!"

Zhao Xiao said with extreme certainty:

"Two million light-years away from here, there is a super money-burning pit built on an aging white dwarf star—[Myriad Phenomena Star Hub]!"

"Three days later, the top chamber of commerce in the Myriad Phenomena Star Hub, [Starry Sky Pavilion], will hold a 'Creation-level Auction' once every ten thousand years! At that time, the major financial groups and Divine Dynasty Saints of the Central Star Sea will gather here. Primordial Weapon Embryos and Primordial Dao Seeds will definitely be among the finale auction items!"

"Auction?"

The corners of Lin Que's mouth curled into an extremely playful smile very slowly.

He turned his head and looked at Su Qingyu.

"Qingyu, we emptied the vaults of the three giants of Skeleton Star City before, how much cash do we have on hand now?"

Su Qingyu heard this, immediately puffed out her proud chest, and reported very crisply:

"Reporting to Master! After deducting the army's consumption, the star sea coins we can use on our books are still a full two trillion!"

"Plus 80 million tons of top-grade Star Skeleton Ore, and a complete Divine Bone Marrow Spiritual Vein that can be extracted at any time!"

Hearing this number, even Zhao Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but gasp.

Two trillion in cash flow?!

Even in the cash vault of a first-class financial group in the Central Star Sea, it might not be possible to take out so much liquid money at once!

The Master is worthy of being the Master, traveling with the national treasury of a Divine Dynasty!

"Two trillion... barely enough to listen to a sound."

Lin Que stood up, his red cloak swung violently, and his deep eyes flashed with an extremely domineering golden light.

Previously, he relied on his fists for physical crushing all the way. Now that he had entered civilized society, he had to follow the local customs and experience the decadence of capital.

"Order the whole fleet!"

Lin Que's voice contained an absolute calmness that looked down on the Star Sea:

"Target, Myriad Phenomena Star Hub!"

"Go and give these local tyrants of the Central Star Sea a good lesson..."

"What a practical lesson in 'dimensional reduction strike style showing off wealth' is!"

...

Two days later.

Central Star Sea, Myriad Phenomena Star Hub.

If the Heavenly Gate Star Pass is a stern Great Wall, then the Myriad Phenomena Star Hub is a Universe-level city that never sleeps, extremely luxurious and full of cyber-cultivation style.

The whole city is built around a white dwarf star completely imprisoned by Formations, forming a huge double-layer star ring.

The upper star ring has Spiritual Qi turning into rain, cranes dancing, and jade buildings stretching for tens of thousands of miles; that is the exclusive area for top financial groups and immortal Sects.

The lower star ring has neon flashing, high-dimensional spaceships shuttling back and forth, filled with various black market transactions and underground casinos.

Lin Que very low-key parked the [star destroyer] at the public port on the periphery of the Star Hub, leaving the 100,000-strong army in the inner heaven and earth to continue to settle.

He only took Su Qingyu, Chen Family Old Ancestor, and the guiding Zhao Xiao, changed into a moon-white robe that looked ordinary but was actually woven from top-grade Heaven Silkworm Ice Silk, and stepped into the upper area of the Myriad Phenomena Star Hub very leisurely.

"Master, the giant tower in front that is made of 'Star Purple Gold' and floats above the spirit clouds is the auction headquarters of [Starry Sky Pavilion]."

Zhao Xiao was very dutifully leading the way in front.

The group came to the magnificent gate of the Starry Sky Pavilion.

At this time, it was very lively outside the gate.

Various luxury flying cars pulled by pure-blooded exotic beasts were endless, and everyone who got off was a big shot with a face and status in the Central Star Sea.

"Stop!"

Just as Lin Que and the others were about to step on the white jade steps paved with warm jade.

Two guards with cultivation reaching the Early Stage Void Returning Star Domain Realm, wearing golden armor of the Starry Sky Pavilion, blocked their way very coldly and arrogantly.

The guards looked up and down at the four of Lin Que. Although they couldn't see through Lin Que's cultivation, they didn't wear any family badges of the first-class forces in the Central Star Sea.

In such a top-notch vanity fair, no badge meant no background as a Loose Cultivator.

"Today is the preview day of the 'Creation-level Auction' of the Starry Sky Pavilion. Without the Black Gold Invitation of the Starry Sky Pavilion, or the core token of a first-class Sect, idlers and others are not allowed to enter!"

The guard's voice was extremely cold, revealing high-and-mighty class contempt.

"You blind dogs! Even..."

Zhao Xiao was furious when he heard someone daring to stop the Master, and was about to come forward to show the waist badge of the border defense commander of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty.

"Zhao Xiao, stand down."

Lin Que raised his hand very casually, stopping Zhao Xiao.

He held his hands in his sleeves, looking at the two arrogant guards, the corners of his mouth curling into a very gentle smile.

"These days, for those who do business, the rules should be a bit stricter."

"However, I heard that your Starry Sky Pavilion also has an extremely ancient 'violent entry' rule."

Lin Que flicked his clothes very lazily, and said lightly:

"As long as you can show more than 100 billion star sea coins of liquid funds at one time, you can ignore all invitations and backgrounds and be directly promoted to the highest-level 'Emperor VIP', right?"

The two guards frowned upon hearing this, and then showed a very contemptuous sneer.

"There is such a rule. But 100 billion star sea coins of liquid money, even the Sect Master of a second-rate Sect cannot take it out. Just relying on you few..."

The guard's mocking words hadn't finished yet.

"Clatter—!!!"

Lin Que didn't even raise his hand.

The fifty-thousand-mile starry sky inner heaven and earth in his Dantian opened a gap that was extremely, extremely imperceptibly small!

Just this gap!

A terrifying, pure "Wealth Treasure Light" piled up from top-grade Star Sea Spiritual Crystals, like a breached money tsunami, instantly rushed into the sky from Lin Que's body!

That dazzling wealth energy even forcibly condensed a thousand-foot-tall [Golden Toad Swallowing Heaven Phantom] in front of the Starry Sky Pavilion's gate!

Not 100 billion.

Lin Que very deliberately only released the "tip of the iceberg" of his total assets of two trillion—the aura of a full 500 billion top-grade spiritual crystals!

"Bang! Bang!"

The two Void Returning Realm guards, who were high and mighty just a moment ago, were directly shocked by this extremely rude, purely money-smashed terrifying Spiritual Pressure, and their legs went soft, falling onto the warm jade steps very, very ridiculously!

The surrounding Central Star Sea dignitaries who were queuing to enter were also blinded by this soaring wealth energy, and one by one gasped, looking over with dull faces.

"Five... 500 billion cash Spiritual Pressure?!!!"

"Which Immortal Ancient Sect's God of Wealth is this who has descended to the world?!!!"

In a dead silence of extreme shock.

Lin Que stood in place very calmly, his red cloak fluttering very dominantly under the agitation of Spiritual Qi.

He looked down at the two guards who were sitting on the ground and trembling with fear, and in those deep heterochromatic eyes, there was an extreme arrogance of stepping on capital.

"Now."

Lin Que spat out two words very plainly, but also very, very arrogantly:

"Open the door."