Chapter 1161 - 1029: The Fish That Took the Bait? (Two Chapters in One)

For Qin Heng, the Thousand Star Civilization, whose combined strength of the entire civilization does not even match the Saint Emperor's formidable might, is not worth paying attention to.

It really is just like an ant nest.

If not for this civilization spying on his breakthrough, and the fact that there seems to be a Saint Emperor-level corpse hidden here, he wouldn't have any interest in coming here.

After all, Qin Heng is incredibly strong now.

The Heavenly Immortal-level Chaotic Clock is in hand!

Below the Golden Immortal, he is an invincible existence, and yet he is currently only at the Divinity Transformation Stage.

Nonetheless, this Saint Emperor corpse may have some use.

The Thousand Star Civilization merely uses this corpse as a foundation to build a civilization capital city, which is simply a waste; only a living Saint Emperor holds its ultimate value.

An Eternal Emperor who can truly endure the passage of long time periods to remain immortal, thereby understanding numerous cosmic mysteries — such an achievement is far beyond what a civilization at the level of the Thousand Star Civilization can compare to.

Of course, for Qin Heng, the use of a Saint Emperor corpse is very simple.

"Actually... I came here not for anything else but for the Saint Emperor corpse you have here." Qin Heng's gaze faintly swept around, scanning over every person, and he said, "Leave quickly."

The people present were stunned upon hearing this, gazing at Qin Heng with astonished expressions, unable to react for a moment.

Upon regaining their senses, each of them turned pale with fright.

What is this Saint Emperor corpse?

It is the fundamental power of the present Thousand Star Civilization, as well as the foundational construction of the civilization core city, the Thousand Star Holy Emperor City.

If the Saint Emperor corpse were to be lost, the power of the Thousand Star Civilization would undoubtedly decline countless times, and it would also lose the qualification to explore higher levels, that is, the immortal domain.

This is equivalent to cutting off the possibility of further advancement for the Thousand Star Civilization.

"I cannot agree to this!" Avril was the first to speak, shaking her head repeatedly, saying, "Although you are incredibly strong, we cannot resist, but doing so means cutting off our civilization's path forward, and also cutting off my possibility of advancing my scientific research further, which I absolutely cannot agree to."

To Avril, her scientific research is everything to her, and she would sacrifice anything for it; if given the chance to face the truth directly, she would even be willing to sacrifice her own life.

And that Saint Emperor corpse is her hope.

"You do not need to be concerned with this." Qin Heng gently shook his head, his expression indifferent, saying, "Once I take this Saint Emperor corpse, I will create a cave heaven; within my cave heaven, your exploration of the Dao will have no end."

That's right, Qin Heng came to the Thousand Star Civilization precisely to refine this Saint Emperor corpse, obtaining energy sufficient for him to breakthrough to the Saint Emperor level.

The supreme Golden Core has provided Qin Heng with enhancement far beyond what he originally anticipated.

As he traversed through the void, crossing millions of light-years to the Thousand Star Civilization, he actually sensed Dao aura of the Supreme Law within the void, gaining insights that lightened the third pattern on the supreme Golden Core slightly.

This means he can breakthrough to the Returning to Empty Realm!

What is the Returning to Empty?

In the cultivator's understanding, the so-called Returning to Empty is the refining of the spirit to return to emptiness, entrusting one's Primordial Spirit to the void; thus, as long as the void is unextinguished, one will not cease to exist, and lifespan limitations do not apply.

Even if both form and spirit are destroyed, as long as a point of the Primordial Spirit entrusted to the void remains, one can be reborn and return, truly never experiencing death.

And this void is, of course, not ordinary vast space.

Unowned space cannot serve as a reliance for entrusting the Primordial Spirit; cultivators at the Returning to Empty Realm do not perform things at this level.

The void mentioned here actually refers to the "cave heaven" that cultivators at the Returning to Empty Realm create.

Cultivators in the Divinity Transformation Realm refine their Primordial Spirit to the peak, then penetrate the Dao of the void, comprehending the laws of space, and using mana to create a vast world within the Mud Pill Palace!

This world is at least half the size of the Solar System, and based on the cultivator's understanding of rule and law, manifests in different states.

It might be a world of a round sky and square earth, or a starry sky with coexistence of stars and planets; these manifestations vary with the cultivator creating the cave heaven.

However, most cultivators have cave heaven states that do not deviate from these two situations.

Qin Heng is naturally different, as the cave heaven's state reflects the cultivator's comprehension of Dao laws, and he has already understood the Supreme Law, which far exceeds ordinary Dao laws description.

Therefore, even though Qin Heng is merely at the Saint Emperor level, the cave heaven that he creates will still contain the Supreme Law, which is a realm difficult even for Immortal Emperors of the Eternal level to fathom.

For Avril, such a human scientist wanting to explore the ordinary Dao aura rules contained at the Saint Emperor level will require the expenditure of one's entire life, and even then may not necessarily gain an understanding of its mysteries.

If she could enter into the cave heaven Qin Heng has created, which contains the Supreme Law, the mere Saint Emperor level Dao aura rules would simply be insignificant.

Perhaps Avril would only need a brief research to penetrate it and develop a more advanced civilization system.

In this way, it could also feed back into Qin Heng himself.

Within the cave heaven created by cultivators, a civilization will emerge, and the stronger this civilization, the greater the benefits to the cultivator themselves.

Though, given Qin Heng's current level, such benefits are essentially negligible, yet they are better than none.