At that thought, Chu Sheng could no longer contain his excitement.

"Senior!"

"Please, impart that Secret Technique to me at once!"

"I desperately need it!"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi was momentarily stunned.

She looked at Chu Sheng’s eyes, which were glinting with a mad light, and a sense of foreboding washed over her.

"What... what are you planning to do?"

"Don’t do anything reckless. If you really create a land of death that will last ten thousand years, you will be tainted by immense karma."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi hesitated slightly. She didn’t want to see this mosquito, with its limitless potential, walk down an evil path.

Just then...

「In the real world.」

From the direction of the treasury’s main gate, the heavy sound of scraping metal suddenly rang out.

RUMBLE—

It was the sound of the national treasury’s outermost alloy gate, several meters thick, being slowly opened from the outside!

Chu Sheng’s heart clenched.

’Someone’s coming in!’

He immediately sent out a portion of his Mental Power, probing toward the main gate under the cover of the Formless Myriad Phenomena.

He saw a man in opulent robes and a high crown leading a squad of Samurai with formidable auras into the treasury with long, decisive strides.

Chu Sheng recognized the attire.

It was the exclusive regalia of the Holy Emperor, the public-facing supreme ruler of the Sakura Country!

At this moment, the Holy Emperor’s face was filled with fanaticism and excitement.

As he walked, he loudly issued orders to the Samurai behind him.

"Quickly!"

"Open these containers at once! Pick out a batch of the absolute best resources for me!"

The Holy Emperor’s voice, filled with fervor and urgency, echoed through the vast treasury.

And in the shadows, Chu Sheng’s heart sank.

’This is bad!’

’The old bastard is here to pick up his order!’

’If he opens those containers full of Spiritual Plants and Essence Blood...’

’...and finds nothing but a pile of ash!’

’Then everything will be exposed!’

There was no time for explanations.

Inside the Primordial Grotto Heaven, Chu Sheng let out a grim and urgent roar at Immortal Venerable Shi Xi.

"Senior! There’s no time!"

"Someone’s outside about to open the containers!"

"I have to start my evolution now! Only by triggering a Celestial Tribulation can I disrupt their plans!"

"This Secret Technique is the absolute key to my evolution right now!"

"If I don’t evolve here and now, my next evolution might take several years! Gu Yuexi can’t wait that long!"

"If you still want me to save Gu Yuexi, then give me the Secret Technique right now!!"

Chu Sheng’s tone was more urgent than ever before.

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi looked at Chu Sheng’s frantic expression, fell silent for a moment, and finally sighed in resignation.

’She knew this was no time to be concerned with righteousness and morality.’

’Since this mosquito was the Contracted Beast of her reincarnated soul... ’

’...and also represented the hope of reaching the Divine Realm to fight the Alien Race in the future... ’

’...it was only natural for her to help however she could.’

"Fine!"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi gritted her teeth.

No longer hesitating, she raised a slender, jade-like hand and pointed a finger at Chu Sheng’s consciousness.

"This Forbidden Technique is called the !"

"I will impart it to you now!"

"How much you can comprehend will depend on your own fortune!"

As Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s voice faded, a vast and profound stream of information, like a surging flood from a broken dam, instantly rushed into Chu Sheng’s mind!

This information was incredibly complex, containing countless insights into the rules of heaven and earth, as well as the ultimate secrets of Space Transfer.

The system’s notification sound immediately rang out in Chu Sheng’s mind.

[Ding! Special Forbidden Technique detected: . This technique was created by a Divine Realm master from the Divine Revelation Era who comprehended the Space Law. It can pull off the ultimate deception, swapping spatial coordinates. It is a supreme method for escape and survival! Record it?]

’Record it! Record it now!’

’Then upgrade it directly to Full Level!’

[Ding! Successfully recorded. Current level: Initiate.]

[Ding! 10,000 Evolution Points consumed. Upgraded to Minor Success!]

[Ding! 30,000 Evolution Points consumed. Upgraded to Great Success!]

[Ding! 40,000 Evolution Points consumed. Upgraded to Perfection!]

In the blink of an eye, for a mere eighty thousand Evolution Points, Chu Sheng instantly mastered this Divine Realm Forbidden Technique from the Divine Revelation Era to its absolute limit!

A vast amount of casting experience and comprehension of Space was directly imprinted deep within his soul.

He was as proficient as if he had already painstakingly practiced this Secret Technique for tens of thousands of years.

Chu Sheng was ecstatic, practically bursting with joy.

’What’s eighty thousand Evolution Points? That’s not even a fraction of my current assets!’

’But in exchange, I got an extremely powerful life-saving trump card!’

This Heaven-Deceiving Star-Shift Formula could not only ignore most spatial blockades to initiate a transfer, but could also create an illusion convincing enough to deceive the very rules of the world, making it perfect for faking a death or pulling off a seamless escape.

’Now I’m not missing a thing!’

...

Meanwhile, inside the national treasury.

"Open this one first. Pick out all the highest-quality Spiritual Plants from inside! Send them to Lord Amaterasu immediately!"

The Holy Emperor looked at a container marked with the symbol for Spiritual Plants and waved his hand grandly, his spirits high.

The excitement in his eyes was impossible to suppress, as if he could already see the glorious future where, after Lord Amaterasu’s breakthrough, they would lead their people to crush Great Xia and achieve unparalleled glory!

"Hai!"

Several elite Samurai roared their assent, immediately stepping forward. They skillfully dispelled the Energy Array on the specially made container and then worked together to heave open the heavy lid.

However, the rich medicinal fragrance and dense Spiritual Qi that should have been refreshing to the senses did not appear as expected.

A slight breeze blew past, stirring up a fine layer of gray dust from inside the container, which made the two Samurai at the front choke and cough repeatedly.

Empty.

It was actually empty.

"???"

The smile on the Holy Emperor’s face instantly froze.

He was stunned. His first reaction wasn’t panic, but a frown, assuming his subordinates had been incompetent and loaded the wrong container.

"Baka! What’s going on? Why is it empty? Open the next one! Hurry up!"

His tone was now laced with clear displeasure.

The Samurai didn’t dare to delay. They scrambled over to the adjacent containers and opened them one after another.

As luck would have it, all the containers in this area were designated for transporting Spiritual Plants.

The second one... was empty, with nothing but a floor of ash!

The third... was also empty, again with nothing but a floor of ash!

They opened more than a dozen containers in a row, and every single one was completely empty! All of them contained the exact same gray powder! Not even the root of a single Spirit Grass remained!

A buzzing sound filled the Holy Emperor’s head, and his mind instantly went blank.

An indescribable, abyss-like terror shot up from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, feeling as if the very blood in his veins had frozen solid in that instant!

At this moment, Chu Sheng, who was hiding in the shadows, knew there was no longer any need to conceal himself.

He opened his mouth again and sucked the last jar of Emperor Level Demon Beast Essence Blood into his belly. In that instant, his Qi Blood Value explosively broke through the final barrier!

It surpassed one hundred million!

"System! Spend two million Evolution Points! Forge my golden body! Temper my soul!"

"I am breaking through to the Emperor Realm!!"