Age of Evolution

Chapter 355: 355: Hua Xia’s Number One Master (Third Update Has Arrived)

The evolution of his Dantian Qi was slow, as he had no time to collect Dark Energy Stones or meditate. Hence, he was stuck at the quasi-Star Realm stage.

But this time’s opportunity gave his Dark Star the hope of advancing.

After discovering that the Dark Star had taken the meteorite into its orbit, he initially intended to cut the meteorites and form a Dark Star Ring to improve the Dark Star’s star power by at least one-third. But surprisingly, the energy of this meteorite actually caused the Dark Star itself to start evolving.

Lin Zhen’s own Dark Star is unprecedented. It is a real planet, different from the Star Core Stage, Meteor Stage, Comet Stage, and other divisions of the Dantian Qi. It lies in a different realm.

Based on Lin Zhen’s feelings and research, he divided the evolution of the Dark Star into six stages.

The first stage is the Dark Ancient Era, more accurately, the Dark Ancient Universe.

In the Dark Ancient Universe period, his Dark Star is a huge magma ball with no mountains or land, and even the atmosphere has not fully formed.

At this time, the Dark Star, like the Earth at its birth, could not provide much Star Power to Lin Zhen, corresponding to the Star Core stage in the cultivation system.

Now, by absorbing the meteorite into the Dark Star space and watching the evolution of the Dark Star, Lin Zhen’s theory was confirmed.

After the Dark Ancient Universe, the second stage is called Ancient Universe.

The Ancient Universe is a stage where the planet’s molten layer begins to solidify, gradually forming a crust.

In the Dark Ancient Universe, magma turns into volcanic rock and sedimentary rock. When liquid matter solidifies, the water generated flows and collects, forming some gullies and large potholes – the rudiments of the ocean.

The gases generated begin to form the atmosphere, driven by wind to flow.

The Star Power of the Ancient Universe is equivalent to the Meteor stage in cultivation.

After the Ancient Universe, there is the Primordial Era. At this time, the crust moves, mountains appear, the planet’s plates change, surface temperatures further decrease, reaching freezing point and forming global glaciers.

Life also begins to originate at this time, but they are all in a dormant state. The Star Power at this time is equivalent to the Comet Stage.

After the Primordial Era, there exist the Evident Universe, Mesozoic Era, and Cenozoic Era. This process of a planet’s evolution is also the process Lin Zhen envisioned for his Dark Star.

The Star Power of the Evident Universe corresponds to the Satellite stage at the third level of the Constant Realm.

The Mesozoic Era corresponds to the Planet stage at the third level of the Constant Realm, while the Cenozoic Era corresponds to the Constant Star Stage.

As for what comes after Constant Star stage, Lin Zhen could not guess at the moment due to the distance.

But now, the top priority is for Lin Zhen to cut the meteorite as soon as possible and absorb it into the Dark Star space to form a Dark Star Ring so that Dark Star enters the Ancient Universe.

If he succeeds, then Lin Zhen will possess the Star Power equivalent to the Meteor Stage. In addition to the part from the Star Ring, he can even have the power equivalent to Stage Meteor Middle Stage.

This process undoubtedly represents the biggest opportunity and most significant progress in Lin Zhen’s cultivation journey. Once successful, Lin Zhen will no longer fear Yan Huang. His power will put him on the Heavenly Star List, and not even at the bottom of the list.

Supressing the excited feelings in his heart, Lin Zhen repeatedly uses space cutting more proficiently. As his Dark Star Power strengthens, the power of his space cutting also increases.

By the third day, his spatial crack had reached fifty meters in length and tens of meters in width, easily slicing small meteorites into pieces or even easily devouring and absorbing them.

By the fifth day, Lin Zhen’s Dark Star ring broadly took shape around the Dark Star, while the Dark Star was about to evolve from the Dark Ancient Universe to the Ancient Universe. His spatial crack had reached eighty meters in length.

The ever-increasing power made Lin Zhen want to roar with joy. He even hoped this process would continue forever.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have that much time. This asteroid had been practically consumed by Lin Zhen’s cuts over these many days, leaving only a few of the largest meteorites. When Lin Zhen looked back, he could even see the Earth quite clearly.

“In three days, I will return to Earth. I must finish cutting these remaining large meteorites. I believe by that time, my Dark Star would have truly evolved into the Ancient Universe, and I would possess the powers of a master in the Meteor Stage!”

Forcing himself to suppress his excitement, Lin Zhen continued with his grand plan of slicing meteorites.

“Lin Zhen, that damn guy, made me fly aimlessly in outer space for half a month. I curse you! I curse you to be smashed by those meteorites and turned into cosmic dust!”

Yan Huang landed on Earth, in the region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Hua Xia.

At the moment, he sat on top of Mount Everest, striving to recover his strength. Half a month of lonely wandering through outer space left him physically and mentally exhausted.

Moreover, he needed to stabilize his realm in the Comet Stage. After breaking through, he never had this opportunity. Now that he finally returned to Earth, he had the chance to rest and recuperate.

Yan Huang believed that his power had reached the peak among the Earth Warriors. Not to mention Lin Zhen, even the masters from the Heavenly Star List were no match for him.

Of course, he knew in his heart that half of his power was derived from the Star Sky Crown and the Light Annihilation.

Light Annihilation was his most handy weapon, while Star Sky Crown was the source of his power. As long as he held these two items, he was invincible, unafraid of anyone.

The Star Sky Crown had four tiny hooks, which used to be put away. Now, Yan Huang had simply plunged those small hooks into his flesh, bonding it completely with him. Only in this way could his power be assured.

After resting for two days on Mount Everest, Yan Huang finally stabilized his Comet Stage Realm.

He took a look at the Star List, and Lin Zhen was still in the Dark Star List, his position unchanged, meaning that Lin Zhen was still alive.

“Hmph! Perhaps you started your lengthy interstellar journey and might never come back. But even if you do not, I will not spare your family.”

Yan Huang had thought about many things these past days and had seen a lot on the internet.

The Gods Clan had completely fallen apart, with probably fewer than 10 million believers remaining in the world, and perhaps not even a single core backbone left.

The biggest blow to the Gods Clan was when Baggio led the ascetic monks to announce their withdrawal from the Gods Clan, and claimed that there was no such thing as a true God of the Stars – it was all a lie.

Having these words from a former Son of Light inevitably hit the Gods Clan hard. The global wave of defectors from the church began, with virtually every church being destroyed, and Baggio was the first to burn down the Divine Might Church in Constantinople.

Even if there were still some steadfast believers in the church, they simply didn’t amount to much, and Yan Huang no longer had the energy to re-establish the Gods Clan.

His goal had shifted to personal cultivation ever since he obtained the Holy Light Stone.

Belief didn’t matter, only strength did. If you have strength, you have everything. A Gods Clan without the backing of power is merely a house of cards – easy to collapse.

He decided to strive for more cultivation and challenge the experts on the Heavenly Star List. But before that, he had to vent his anger.

Since Lin Zhen had hurt him to this extent, if he couldn’t kill Lin Zhen, he would take it out on Lin Zhen’s family.

Many people online were speculating about Lin Zhen’s whereabouts, and even Lin Zhen’s family had become celebrities. After Yan Huang saw a post in which many people were praying for Lin Zhen in Ice City Base City and wishing his parents a long and healthy life, he decided:

“I’ll kill your parents and see who dares to stop me!”

After resting for two days, Yan Huang felt better than ever, stronger than he had ever been. He descended from Mount Everest, stepping on the air, and headed straight for Ice City Base City.

The distance from Mount Everest to Ice City Base City was about 7,000 kilometers, but for Yan Huang, who had undergone interstellar travel and considered himself well-traveled, it was not a significant distance. He arrived in just over an hour.

When Yan Huang appeared in the sky above Ice City Base City, the City Defense Army immediately sounded an alarm and published the news of Yan Huang’s arrival on the internet as soon as possible.

Yan Huang’s power was beyond dispute, and only someone as powerful as Lin Zhen could confront him. The City Defense Army certainly wouldn’t be able to resist.

Step by step, Yan Huang was gradually getting closer to Lin Zhen’s home.

His head was low, watching the panic-stricken people running below. He felt a profound sense of satisfaction.

This was why he’d once sought control of the church. Only this sort of life, in which he could scorn everything and avenge wrongs freely, was befitting of a Martial Artist.

He no longer had to wear the mask of the Pope. Whatever he wanted to do, he would do it. Henceforth, whoever heard Yan Huang or Lucifer’s name would tremble in fear.

Upon being notified of Yan Huang’s appearance in Ice City on the internet, people immediately recognized what Yan Huang intended to do.

But at this moment, who could stop Yan Huang from committing a crime?

A big screen appeared on the flying device, displaying the image of Lu Ming, the mayor of Ice City Base City.

The flying device hovered in the air, and Lu Ming spoke to Yan Huang, “Yan Huang, no matter what grudges exist between you and Lin Zhen, I hope you can resolve them according to the rules of Martial Artists. You absolutely must not touch Lin Zhen’s family members!”

“Annoying! Even a small Base Mayor dares to be this loud with me. Get lost!”

With one wave of Light Annihilation, a beam of light slashed and shattered the flying device.

After the attack, he swung Light Annihilation again, drawing a long, deep trench on the ground that extended from the entrance of Jiangbei Villa to Lin Zhen’s doorstep.

“Listen to me, everyone! Whoever dares to approach this trench, I will bury him in it!”

Yan Huang strolled through the air along this trench all the way to Lin Zhen’s front door, with no one daring to stop him.

He wanted to announce his change in this way – he was no longer the merciful Pope but the death-bringing Yama.

At the end of the trench, there was finally someone standing there, blocking Yan Huang’s way.

He was in his thirties, dressed in blue, and his eyes were sharp as an eagle’s.

Seeing this man, Yan Huang suddenly startled, but then his face broke into a sneer.

“I didn’t expect that even someone as big as me, Yan Huang, could surprise you enough to intervene. But I advise you not to act rashly, lest your lifetime reputation go down the drain, Chen Fenglie.”