Chapter 663 — The Starry Sky's Focal Point (Monthly Tickets +18)

So long as they aided Shi Jin in obtaining the Transcendence Source, all would be well.

"Generally speaking, one need only display absolute strength among the contenders recognized by the Transcendence Source, becoming the strongest among them, to draw the Source out from the cosmic consciousness."

Lin said: "Once fused, the Transcendence Source elevates one's plane of life, remakes the body to be more sensitive to the power of time and space, and above all is a recognition by the cosmic will—it marks one as a 'higher lifeform' acknowledged by the cosmic will. With this, we need not fear the tribulation lightning."

"Interesting. Worthy of the Transcendence Source—I feel its yearning too. It seems to very much wish for me to absorb it." Shi Li: "Hm? Something seems off."

Shi Jin had no intention of joining the fray too early. He had not the slightest interest in titles like "strongest divine level," for no matter which divine-level being drew forth the Transcendence Source, in the end all would still have to endure the brutal second round of contention—there could be no peaceful absorption.

In that case, he might as well wait for the second great battle, and let these divine-level beings slaughter one another in the first.

But things went against his wishes. Before Shi Jin had even made a move, the attraction Shi Jin held for the Transcendence Source seemed greater than the Source's attraction for the other divine-level beings.

Now, under the stunned gaze of all, the Transcendence Source—still in gestation within the cosmic consciousness, wrapped in the cosmic will—blazed with dazzling light. Time and space forces flowed across it, life force bloomed, and beneath the entanglement of countless laws, it did something unprecedented: it broke away from the cosmic will and came forth into the outer world of its own accord.

At this sight, everyone was dumbstruck. The epoch-divine beings recognized by the Transcendence Source had not even begun to fight; no strongest had yet been decided; all the deaths and wounds so far had been mere skirmishes. How had this thing simply run out on its own?

This defies all reason.

What on earth happened?

Or perhaps the very condensation of the Source of Transcendence this time was already beyond imagination—and what was happening now was even more so.

And in that instant, the countless contenders felt it: the Source of Transcendence no longer called to them. The waves that had drawn them in had vanished entirely, as though it had abandoned them and thrown itself into another's embrace.

As everyone stood dumbstruck, that Source of Transcendence—the finest in all history—abruptly crossed space and time, flying toward a white-purple star, as if it had already found its master.

In the blink of an eye, the Source of Transcendence hovered above the white-purple star, above Shi Jin, who stood in the starry void.

At that moment, Shi Jin felt the gaze of the entire universe upon him.

Bewilderment, shock, fury, blank confusion...

"Oh my, oh my, that look of having something precious snatched away..." Shi Cen scratched his head helplessly. It seemed things were about to go badly—and by now, Lin had also worked out what was going on.

"Master, first, it is because you are too strong—we are too strong. In the eyes of the cosmic will, we have already crushed every competitor utterly; we are not even on the same plane. So it had no choice at all."

"Second, we bear traces of the previous epoch, and the cosmic consciousness finds that deeply repellent. According to Teacher Lily, there is only one way to stop being rejected by the cosmic consciousness—to fuse with a Source of Transcendence born naturally from the universe. In effect, the universe uses its own power to assimilate us into life of this epoch, and then we will no longer have to endure the lightning tribulation."

"Empress, fusing with the Source of Transcendence and cultivating this epoch's power system anew is also so that we need not suffer the rejection of the cosmic will."

"That's not the point. The point is—the great war is coming." Shi Jin grinned, already sensing countless powerhouses charging toward him in frenzy.

Unfortunately, fusing with a Source of Transcendence—especially one of such high quality—is a very time-consuming affair. The Gemstone Cat had spent several months fusing with hers back then. Shi Jin, though more reliable than she was, could not possibly do it in an instant. Otherwise, he would have turned and fled back to Blue Star with the Source of Transcendence right away.

As things stood... if he wanted to fuse successfully and in peace, he would first have to wipe out every last soul who refused to submit.

Of course, the most vexed at this moment was not Shi Jin, but everyone else.

These people were still stupefied, unable to understand why the Source of Transcendence had simply slipped away this time and gone to hover above a single person.

Looking at Shi Jin—in truth, many did not recognize Shi Ying. Some came from the Land of Corruption, the Broodmother's Nest, the Giant Beast Empire; the powerhouses who had only recently arrived here, in particular, were still somewhat unfamiliar with Jue.

But for the native powerhouses of the Cosmic Sea and the Cosmic Overlord Legion, they were utterly shaken, staring in disbelief at the combination of Shi Yan and the Transcendence Source.

"Shi Jin!! It's Shi Jin—he drew the Transcendence Source away!!"

"Who is Shi Jin? Who is this fellow?"

Shi Jin gazed calmly at the starry sky full of potential enemies, and in that same instant, no matter who they were, everyone learned Shi Ying's identity.

"This fellow is a freak—the second Divine-level Thirteenth-Heaven beastmaster in the Cosmic Sea. In the Transcendence Duel, he once slew the Transcendence Sixth-Stage Four Saints Supergod, Azure Dragon, with ease at Divine-level Thirteenth-Heaven!"

"He has even been received by the Realm King."

"And he comes from a terrifying faction with a one-star Tenth Supergod."

"Wait—he's a beastmaster of Realm King Star? That's not right. From what I know, he's a super genius of the Cosmic Overlord Legion. He once challenged the Cosmic Overlord's deterrence in the Overlord's Domain and undertook the Glory Challenge; under the Cosmic Overlord's deterrence he broke through to Divine-level Thirteenth-Heaven, successfully passed the Glory Challenge, and was even received by the Cosmic Overlord himself..."

"He is a monster such as the Cosmic Overlord Legion has not seen in ages—one who could behold the Cosmic Overlord in person."

Shi Ying's identity was swiftly stripped bare. As Shi Jin's identity became known to all, the powerhouses of the myriad races of the starry sky were shaken, staring in astonishment at this prodigy with a staggering record.

Those familiar with Shi Jin all stared at him in shock—Ting Yu, the Western General, Bing Ling, the Kings of the Ranks—none of them had ever imagined that Shi Jin would appear on the Ultimate Starry Sky Battlefield in such a manner.

Why... why could Shi Jin, without doing a thing, simply summon the Transcendence Source? Yet, thinking of Shi Jin's terrifying battle record, even Lu Mo, the Thirteenth-Heaven genius of the Cosmic Sea, went dark in the face. He had never expected that in the span of a single sleep, another such monster would arise in the Cosmic Sea. He had heard of Shi Jin before; now, seeing him, he felt a sudden dislike for this fellow...

Those prodigies from other cosmic factions, hearing of Shi Ying's terrifying record, also darkened in expression—even some Supergods were no exception. What kind of joke was this? Divine-level Thirteenth-Heaven, slaying a Transcendence Sixth-Stage against the odds?

What kind of monster is this fellow, to be able to draw out the Transcendence Source directly...