Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits

He had already killed his way through the survival trial as fast as possible, and yet someone did it faster than him?

"Who are you?" The silver-browed bald man frowned and asked.

The blue-haired girl looked at him expressionlessly, then withdrew her gaze without speaking.

Among the six Star Gods above, one turned his head with a seemingly playful smile, glanced at the two, and said, "She was half a day earlier than you. However, you don't need to worry, passing the survival trial is enough, it won't affect the subsequent trials."

The silver-browed bald youth furrowed his brow.

He originally thought this Divine Son Trial was in the bag. His family had given notice in advance to the other forces in this cosmic domain, so logically, he shouldn't encounter any threatening geniuses from other factions.

Moreover, he had specially visited a few geniuses who might pose a threat to this trial.

But... someone actually appeared faster than him?

"Could it really be as my father said, that using such a method of balance, if it's too excessive, it might trigger a rebound from the universe, deliberately increasing the difficulty?"

He couldn't help but furrow his brow.

...

As time passed day by day, the number of trial takers in the temple increased.

But starting from the seventh day, the number of trial takers in the temple remained at forty-one and no longer increased.

Because...

Apart from the only person still in the survival trial, other trial takers had either given up or passed the trial.

Generally speaking, as long as a trial taker masters one or two powerful divine skills, they can basically pass the survival trial.

If the divine skills are somewhat lacking, it's uncertain, like those formed by the essence of seven or eight powers—naturally weaker unless the genes are strong enough, it's hard to pass the survival trial.

Currently, most of those who have passed the survival trial have mastered powerful divine skills.

At this time, the trial takers in the temple could only wait honestly.

"This guy is only in the seventh round... is he just enduring all this?"

"Maybe that's the only move he knows, but this defense is indeed quite strong, and his energy storage is estimated to be astonishing."

"Indeed, in the seventh round, although these two inherently Ultimate Star Creatures don't have a divine position, they boast top-tier power of the fifth floor of Star Abyss with their talent, yet they can't hurt him at all."

"It's pointless; with such strength, it's impossible to become a Divine Son. Why not give up earlier?"

"Maybe he's from a relatively weak second-level civilization and wants to hold out until the Divine Chosen stage to gather intelligence for his civilization?"

Each trial taker casually assessed the monitoring screen in the temple, but they could only see the ever-rotating light sphere as stable as a star.

...

"The twelfth round of trials is about to start, do you wish to continue?"

On the unbearably scorching dark red ground, the terrifying gravity nearly crushed everything, while Lin Qing sat on a dark red rock, surrounded by star-like Rotating Star Divine Skills.

From outside came a series of terrifying thuds, each making the Rotating Star Divine Skill tremble and ripple, seemingly about to collapse if it were stronger.

The difficulty of this eleventh survival trial was much higher than at the start, with the danger approaching the defense limit of the Rotating Star Divine Skill.

Yet Lin Qing was heedless, only saying, "Continue."

The next moment, with the vast overwhelming power descending, the space-time before him morphed, and he was swept away from this world by this force.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a pure underwater world, where the terrifying water pressure immediately acted on his body.

But Lin Qing's body, embodying the characteristics of a World God, felt no sensation from this water pressure.

"Rotating Star!"

"World Skin!"

This time, Lin Qing not only used the Rotating Star Divine Skill but also employed a layer of World Skin Divine Skill to support the rotating star from within, thereby reinforcing it.

No matter what dangers lurked in this seemingly bottomless underwater world, he wouldn't bother, as long as he endured and stalled enough time.

"Already more than 90% fused..."

Lin Qing silently sensed his own changes, "Genetic Optimization Index has reached 4200%, but the optimization speed has also slowed significantly; seems this is the limit..."

He was quite satisfied.

He did not hope his Genetic Optimization Index could exceed the genius level of a second-level civilization, just getting as close as possible was enough.

Though today was the last day of the survival trial, he still wouldn't rush to pass the trial.

The fusion progress of the World God exceeded 90%, so even if he couldn't complete it today, another day or two would be sufficient, naturally, he would delay if he could.

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

In a daze, with the shifting space-time, Lin Qing found himself inside the somewhat dim temple.

In the hall were dozens of trial takers, each unable to resist glancing at him.

It was rare to see someone passing the survival trial purely by enduring it for twelve days.

Even those proficient in defense would typically have other means to complement their offense, and even if they couldn't learn powerful divine skills, they would at least learn a divine skill formed by the essence of seven or eight powers. Otherwise, if they had obvious weaknesses, they wouldn't participate in the trial.

He hadn't made a move from start to finish, enduring for twelve days was quite peculiar.

The Star Gods standing above nearly had no reaction, except for the Life System Star God who couldn't help but glance at Lin Qing a few more times.

"Survival stage ends."

An imposing and majestic voice suddenly resounded in the temple: "Trial takers who passed, totaling forty-two, the Divine Chosen stage begins."

At this moment, an invisible will descended as all six Star Gods stepped forward and gazed at the trial takers below.

One Star God spoke, "The Divine Chosen stage consists of 'Three Gates and Five Exams', the first gate is measuring the power level, anyone with a power level not reaching the Eighth Energy Level step forward."

Two trial takers immediately stepped forward.

"Both of you possess a power level at the Seventh Energy Level."

One Star God said, "With such talent, achieving 'Star God' will be very difficult, requiring a greater sacrifice to elevate your power level. Thus, in the subsequent 'Will Gate' or 'Comprehension Gate,' you need to exceed the standard by one level in one gate and meet the standard in the other, otherwise, you will be directly eliminated, do you understand?"

"Yes."

The two obviously had prepared themselves mentally, and responded immediately.

Lin Qing couldn't help but feel his heart stir.

Could power levels be improved post-Awakening?

He had thought once power was awakened, it could never be elevated again.

However... this was likely not achievable by a second-level civilization, otherwise, they wouldn't deliberately increase the difficulty for these two geniuses.

Could it be that the Divine Son Trial, or rather the divine position of 'Divine Son' could compensate the power level?