Lin Yuan rubbed his brow, and with just a cursory estimate, deduced the size of this world – at least over five hundred light-years across.

This was merely the realm of mortals, not including the Ocean of Light and the Dark Abyss.

…

“The cultivation system of this world… primarily revolves around the ‘Knight’ cultivation system, ranging from first level, second level, third level, to fourth level, fifth level, sixth level, and seventh level,” Lin Yuan thought to himself.

A fifth-rank Knight was also known as a Great Knight, and the First Viscount Longshan had such strength, with which he founded the Longshan Family.

A sixth-level Knight was referred to as a ‘Legend’ Knight, while a seventh-level Knight? At least the empire had not birthed such a power, though the Plateau of Myriad Nations occasionally bore traces of them.

A seventh-level Knight was also called a ‘Demigod,’ a mighty being eligible to create their own ‘divine name,’ to spread their faith, in hopes of attempting that leap.

“Knight cultivation system…” The Longshan Cultivation Skill, a knight cultivation method, automatically surfaced in Lin Yuan’s mind.

It was the advanced knight cultivation method that the First Viscount Longshan relied upon to awe the region.

However, in Lin Yuan’s mind, he only had the basic part of the Longshan Cultivation Skill.

“Mediocre, roughly equivalent to a fifth-rank evolution path in the Main World,” Lin Yuan evaluated after a glance.

Longshan Cultivation Skill, the foundation for a fifth-level Great Knight, was something many knights yearned to witness.

Even if it was just the basic parts.

But Lin Yuan came from the Main Universe where evolutionary paths were as vast as the ocean, and he himself was a ninth-rank powerhouse, naturally unimpressed.

…

[Name: Longshan Yuan (Lin Yuan)]

[Identity: Holder of the Myriad Realms Gate]

[Bound Talent: Heaven-defying Comprehension]

[Divine Skills: Blood Rebirth]

[Divine Skills: Mountain Moving]

[Divine Skills: Strengthening]

[Current Status: Consciousness Descent]

[Remaining Residence Time: One thousand one hundred and ten years]

…

Lin Yuan gathered his thoughts and looked down at the ephemeral text below his gaze.

“A residence time of over eleven hundred years, not bad,” Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

He had long been aware of the residence time for this traversal, but only had a rough idea; the specifics could only be confirmed after the descent.

With more than a thousand years, Lin Yuan was confident that with his Heaven-defying Comprehension, as long as he didn’t die prematurely, establishing countless layers of Spatial Layers was surely doable.

“Die prematurely?”

Lin Yuan’s brow furrowed slightly.

Images from last night flashed through his mind; he had been invited by a close friend to a gathering.

The party was extraordinarily extravagant; a parade of beauties emerged, and in the end, Lin Yuan took a liking to a fox woman with a seductive aura, and they spent the spring night together.

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He couldn’t recall what happened afterward, his memories filled with a blissful haze, but when Lin Yuan awoke, he found a severe depletion of his Origin Source.

If Lin Yuan hadn’t instinctively taken over the body and secured the leaking of his Origin Source, he would likely be dead or, at best, have suffered a great fall in physical strength, unable to even get up from bed.

“Coincidence?”

“Or intentional?”

Lin Yuan’s eyes narrowed; he wasn’t at Longshan Ling but in Anpu City.

Anpu City was a thriving trade hub at the junction of Longshan Ling and several other territories, boasting all manner of pleasure establishments from within and beyond the empire.

It was also the place descendants of viscounts like Longshan Yuan enjoyed the most.

About half a month ago, Longshan Yuan had brought his guards to Anpu City and had been reveling with a bunch of his fox and dog friends till now.

…

In the dimly lit palace.

A woman clad in a black veil stood beneath the statue, her voluptuous silhouette faintly discernible.

“Paying homage to the Divine Envoy…” Below her, a fox woman with a seductive air respectfully knelt down.

“How is it, what’s the situation with Longshan Yuan?” the veiled woman asked coldly and softly.

“Reporting to the Divine Envoy, I have drained Longshan Yuan of his essence overnight; even if he’s not dead, he has suffered a great loss of vital energy…” the fox woman promptly replied.

“Be mindful of the measure, Longshan Yuan can only die a natural death,” the veiled woman frowned and said.

Longshan Yuan, the grandson of Baron Longshan, would certainly cause Baron Longshan’s wrath if any unexpected factors led to his death.

By then, a thorough investigation would complicate matters.

It’s not that they feared Baron Longshan, for the current Baron was growing old, S~eaʀᴄh the novёlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

and the first and second in line to succeed him were not young either.

Even if they became the new Baron Longshan, it was estimated they wouldn’t live much longer.

Their church had already secretly taken control of the fourth in line to the inheritance of Longshan Ling.

As long as Longshan Yuan ‘died normally’ without arousing the suspicions of Baron Longshan, the entire Longshan Ling would be theirs in a few decades.

“Rest assured, envoy. I know what I’m doing,” promised the fox woman, her face going pale. “Every time, I only take a little bit. No one can tell. At most seven visits and the cause of Longshan Yuan’s death would only be excessive indulgence.”

Given Longshan Yuan’s previous indulgent behavior, dying of excessive indulgence would not be surprising, and even Baron Longshan himself wouldn’t doubt it.

Even though Longshan Yuan’s parents and Baron Longshan himself had reprimanded him many times,

even grounding him proved ineffective; Longshan Yuan just wouldn’t change his ways.

“That will do.”

The enchanting woman nodded with satisfaction.

Once they controlled Longshan Ling, it would greatly benefit the spread of faith for the deity behind their church.

With an area of more than sixty million miles and a population of over a hundred billion, this vast source of faith, if fully captured, would surely earn a reward from the deity.

Of course,

all these maneuvers had to be done in secret, especially the spreading of faith. If leaked, it would provoke a crackdown from the Empire.

In the Empire, only one deity is worshiped, the God of Rank, who is also one of the twelve Prime Gods of the Ocean of Light, possessing immeasurable divine power.

Apart from the God of Rank, all other faiths and churches are considered heretical and need to be eradicated.

…

Inside the room.

Ever since he speculated that he might have been targeted,

Lin Yuan immediately began to check himself, circulating his blood and assessing the extent of the loss of his vital essence.

“There is indeed a problem.”

Lin Yuan looked a bit grave.

Normally, even if one were indulgent, the body’s decay wouldn’t be so rapid,

not to mention that as the grandson of Baron Longshan, Longshan Yuan often consumed tonic substances that could somewhat compensate for the loss of vital essence.

“That fox woman?”

Lin Yuan thought of the fox woman with whom he had indulged the night before. She was indeed a beauty that made Longshan Yuan lose himself.

Thinking about it now, there must be a major problem with her.

But the fox woman was likely not the mastermind. Who ever heard of the mastermind taking to the field themselves? There must be someone else behind her.

“Exactly who wants to strike against me?”

Lin Yuan felt a headache coming on. Longshan Yuan’s usual arrogance had offended countless people, and finding an enemy from amongst them was like searching for a needle in the ocean.

Not to mention, anyone thinking of enticing Longshan Yuan with beauty and using such an imperceptible method to slowly drain him had to have a formidable force behind them.

“Hmm?”

Lin Yuan’s expression suddenly shifted, he lifted his right hand to his forehead and then slowly moved it away.

One could see a wisp of light pink aura twining around his fingertips before slowly fading away.

“Divine power?”

Lin Yuan was slightly taken aback, then his expression turned solemn.

To be precise, it was a strand of demi-divine power, the kind of energy that a Seventh Rank Knight could condense. With sufficient faith, this strand of demi-divine power could potentially evolve into a complete divine power.

“Is it some demigod who has their sights on me?”

“No, that’s not right. Why would a being like a demigod be interested in me? It must be a church established by a demigod to spread their own faith that is targeting me,” Lin Yuan reasoned swiftly in his mind.

In the Empire, and indeed throughout the Plateau of Myriad Nations, only the faith of the twelve Prime Gods of the Ocean of Light is honored.

Any demigod attempting to spread their own faith is considered a heretic.

The same goes for the twelve Prime Gods of the dark abyss.

However, since ancient times, the stealthy spread of their own faith by demigods on the Plateau of Myriad Nations has never ceased.

It can’t be helped; the area is just too rich in faith, and many Seventh Rank demigods simply cannot resist such temptation.

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