Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits

"It's a deal." The Master of Strange Sect smiled.

The Master of the Awakening Moon suppressed the trace of guilt in his heart, turned to the new students, and said calmly, "It seems you are lucky, encountering such a good thing as soon as you arrive. Prepare well. Let me make it clear in advance; there is some danger in the Suoluo Secret Realm. If any of you are unwilling, inform me early, and I'll give your spots to someone else."

Upon hearing this, the students' initial doubts eased significantly, and few were willing to withdraw.

After all, few would have thought that the Starfall Civilization, so strong and powerful, that these two super-strong beings, the Master of Awakening Moon and the Master of Strange Sect, would scheme against them, the new recruits?

"Suoluo Secret Realm?" Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

With the intelligence network he controlled, he naturally knew the situation in the Suoluo Secret Realm and knew how many untapped dangerous areas there were.

Coupled with the changes in the Order Level, it was clear these two wanted to use the new recruits to explore and pave the way.

"What a pity..."

Lin Qing's gaze was calm, "I can't wait for three thousand years."

He was planning to create a big event in the Starfall Civilization by choosing a high-ranking official to attract the Primordial Emperor here.

Now, isn't there already a perfect candidate?

"According to the intelligence, the Master of Strange Sect is weaker on the Main Star, with obviously weaker willpower, probably not even reaching the baseline of a Void Divine Positioner, just right..." Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the next moment, with a thought, an immense illusory world, unnoticed by anyone, enveloped the Master of Strange Sect.

Although the eyes are the windows to the soul, and the effect of using will secret techniques through the eyes is best, dealing with merely a Master of Strange Sect doesn't require such trouble.

The Master of Strange Sect was still secretly communicating with the Master of the Awakening Moon, happily chatting: "That's right. They're just a bunch of outsiders. Even if they really die, they're just from some weak civilization, causing no follow-up trouble. The academy wouldn't seriously hold us accountable for some outsiders. It's already a favor that we offer them some opportunities. Awakening Moon, you're too full of useless compassion, otherwise..."

Just then, a deep fear surfaced in his eyes, as if he sensed something terrifying to the extreme.

The next instance, the Master of Strange Sect's eyes went completely dull, and then he collapsed onto the ground.

His aura weakened rapidly, eventually falling into absolute deathly silence.

"Hmm?"

The Master of the Awakening Moon couldn't help but be stunned, instinctively turning his head to look, his pupils contracting sharply, "How is this possible? He's dead?"

The surrounding new students of the Void Dominator were also dumbfounded, staring blankly at the scene before them.

How could the famously renowned Master of Strange Sect suddenly just die?

It was obvious to everyone that the Master of Strange Sect's consciousness had dissipated, his soul crumbled and dispersed, leaving only the body.

But...

How could such a super strong being, who traversed the Void Sea, fall so inexplicably?

The Master of the Awakening Moon was also filled with fear, ignoring the need to trace the enemy's whereabouts, or analyze the cause of the Master of Strange Sect's death, immediately sent the highest-level distress signal to Hidden Abyss Academy!

"Boom!"

In an instant, an incredibly astonishing ripple spread out with the Master of the Awakening Moon at its center, spreading across the entire academy and even the entire Starfall World.

The next moment—

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Terrifying presences descended one after another, this highest-level distress signal naturally attracting the top ranks of Hidden Abyss Academy and even the Starfall Civilization!

Every presence was a Void Divine Positioner, each incarnation from the Void Sea's top beings.

"Heavenly Lord of Hidden Abyss!"

"Gu Jian!"

"Councilman Tianluo!"

"True Lord of Night!"

Even Void Dominators with modest discernment couldn't fail to recognize these once-in-a-generation great beings, who dominated the Void Sea for millions of years!

Now, with the descent of such peerless beings, the terrifying aura was rampant, and the sheer pressure was enough to make many Void Dominators' legs weak.

Lin Qing was also hidden among the crowd, quietly awaiting the arrival of the Primordial Emperor.

"Void Divine Positioners? Mere incarnations, yet nothing can be seen." He was in no hurry.

The leading Heavenly Lord of Hidden Abyss condensed an incarnation, observing the fallen Master of Strange Sect, and sent a mental query to the Master of the Awakening Moon beside him: "What happened? His soul dissipated?"

"Principal, I don't know either."

The Master of the Awakening Moon immediately replied via mental communication: "The Master of Strange Sect was still communicating with me when he suddenly collapsed as if hit by a soul attack. But I never sensed any soul attack from start to finish. It might also be a curse-type attack involving causation."

"Communicating?" The Heavenly Lord of Hidden Abyss glanced coldly, "What were you discussing?"

"Nothing much..."

The Master of the Awakening Moon immediately recounted all the day's experiences, including details, truthfully.

The nearby Void Divine Positioners were also listening carefully, meanwhile employing methods to investigate the Master of Strange Sect's death.

Yet without exception, none uncovered anything particular.

Afterward, two more Void Divine Positioners descended, personally investigating.

"The Mind Sea of the Master of Strange Sect is intact; it doesn't seem like a soul attack."

"Causation-type attacks are possible."

"An attack directly targeting the soul through causal means? Investigate the Master of Strange Sect's recent network."

"Such causal methods, though not stoppable, should at least give a sense of them, right?"

"Then... should we report to His Majesty?"

"Such an oddity, and with the Master of Strange Sect dying in Imperial City, necessarily should be reported to His Majesty."

The Void Divine Positioners nodded in agreement and immediately reported to the Primordial Emperor.

Soon—

"Boom!"

With a terrifying pressure spreading, boundless free energy in the Starfall World converged, forming into a handsome man clad in a golden imperial robe, with silver hair and brows.

It was none other than the Master of the Starfall World, the Primordial Emperor!

Though merely an incarnation, he was still invincible in the Starfall World.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

The Void Divine Positioners and the Void Dominators all saluted.

The Primordial Emperor gazed indifferently at the Master of Strange Sect's corpse, letting the World Power seep and investigate.

After a moment, failing to uncover anything even through the World Power, he slightly frowned.

"Enough."

The Primordial Emperor's incarnation dissipated, succeeded by an even more terrifying pressure as a fully real apparition appeared once more.

It was his true self descending!

Lin Qing merely stood aside, not rushing to act.

He knew the best timing hadn't yet come.

The Primordial Emperor looked at the Master of Strange Sect's corpse, his gaze subtly penetrating through space-time, attempting to observe the slightly blurred past, trying to uncover the truth.

Though he wasn't yet capable of truly tracing back the past, he was only a step away from entering the threshold of the Past Rule within the Time Rules, only a step from truly integrating this branch of secrets with the Space Rules to form the true Space-Time Origin.

So, merely probing slightly into the past was possible for him.

But...

"Hmm?"

The Primordial Emperor slightly frowned, "Can't even see anything from tracing back the past?"

"Your Majesty, did you discover anything?" The Heavenly Lord of Hidden Abyss, as a former teacher of the Primordial Emperor, dared to ask actively.

"All I can tell is the consciousness was exterminated." The Primordial Emperor shook his head slightly, "But it definitely wasn't a causation-type method, or I would've sensed it even if unable to stop it by leveraging the World Origin."

He paused before saying: "It looks somewhat like the punishment for breaching a Second Cosmic Network contract."

Everyone was startled.

The contract constraints of the Second Cosmic Network were indeed formidable; once a contract with it was signed, a breach would result in the network directly confining or destroying the consciousness.

Even a Void Divine Positioner, as a four-star Universe Citizen, couldn't escape the highest five-star contract, nor could a Transcender unless they escaped beyond the Universe and never returned, otherwise, they couldn't evade the Second Cosmic Network's consumption of consciousness.

"However, it's merely a possibility."

The Primordial Emperor coldly remarked, "The Master of Strange Sect seemed to sense something terrifying before dying, and perhaps it was another method."

His gaze swept around, falling upon the group of new Void Dominator students nearby.

At that moment, the Primordial Emperor's gaze met Lin Qing's upraised eyes.

Then—

"Boom!!"

An immense, terrifying illusory world instantaneously descended, completely enveloping his consciousness within!