Chapter 729 - 393: The State of Blue Star, An Immense Fortune

’"Bigger places" hold more opportunities.’

He immediately began making preparations for his departure.

The first order of business was to arrange for his survival.

The Flesh Statue Mr. Ya had made for Su Ze had been used up, so Su Ze had Mr. Ya make him a new one, placing it inside Zexing’s underground base.

The location was absolutely secure. Even if Zexing fell, no one would be able to enter the Dream Space to destroy the statue.

Next was planning the route and selecting his travel companions.

Armed with the Star Maps he had collected, Su Ze consulted with the Pope and planned out their route.

Their long journey would have the Tree Spirit Race’s home world as its final destination. Along the way, they would pass through the Star Realms of several first-rate races, stopping by the most prosperous Public Planet in each.

These first-rate Strong Races controlled multiple Public Planets, but their scale and visitor traffic varied wildly depending on their location.

The closest Public Planet to Zexing, Thousand Illusion Star, belonged to the first-rate Strong Race, the Illusion Race. However, it was just an insignificant one among the many Public Planets under the Illusion Race’s control.

During this journey, Su Ze would take a slight detour to the most prosperous Public Star Realm under the rule of the Dominator Race, the Spirit Race.

There, Su Ze would most likely be able to find all the resources he needed.

However, the Spirit Race Public Star Realm was already in the latter half of his journey. If he managed to collect his needed resources and his strength increased as expected before he got there, he would return early.

A visit to the Spirit Race Public Star Realm wasn’t absolutely necessary.

By the same token, it was highly unlikely he would actually go to their final destination, the Tree Spirit Race’s home world.

Su Ze would look for a way to awaken the Mother Tree’s master along the way. If he succeeded during the journey, he would have no need to go to the Tree Spirit Race’s home world.

With the route planned, the next step was selecting his companions.

Su Ze planned to take all four Dou Race Moon Gods, Dou Yi to Dou Si, with him. After all, they weren’t needed to guard Zexing.

As a non-Evolutionary Planet in a remote region, it was highly unlikely anyone would find Zexing. At least, in the thousand years since Mr. Ao’s death, no outsiders had.

Even if their luck was abysmal and someone did happen upon Zexing, Die could command Mr. Ao’s body to defend the planet. With that Sun God-level combat power available, the four Moon Gods were just icing on the cake—not essential.

Conversely, as Su Ze traveled through the universe, these four Moon Gods would be of great assistance to him.

As for the other Star Gods, the Pope, his guide, would definitely have to come. Mr. Ya, Lin Hua, Old Waller, Tano, as well as Ye Jin and Li Yongguan—the younger generation with outstanding potential—would also accompany Su Ze.

In the end, Su Ze selected a total of eighteen Star Gods to go with him.

He didn’t take Zhou Wenshan and Mrs. Yun, leaving them behind to help him manage Zexing.

With all preparations complete, Su Ze led the group aboard the Magic Cube.

Each person in the traveling party was equipped with a Disguise Divine Artifact, a tier-seven hidden weapon, and a Tier Seven Hundred-Change Flower. This had already become the standard loadout for Zexing’s god-level powerhouses.

Under the watchful eyes of Zexing’s inhabitants, the Magic Cube slowly flew away and disappeared from view.

Su Ze had stripped many of the add-on modules from Balrog’s Heroic Ship and installed them on the Magic Cube. The current Magic Cube couldn’t be called top-of-the-line, but it was no longer a "Beggar’s Edition"; it was a deluxe version, at the very least.

The ship now had a super-large capacity spatial warehouse, a training room with powerful enhancement effects, and a virtual combat room for honing fighting skills, among other things.

A full suite of entertainment facilities was also available.

They would not be bored on the journey.

After letting his people attend to their own affairs, Su Ze called over the Pope, Dou Er, Dou San, and the others.

He planned to study the two tier-nine Divine Artifacts he had obtained from the Balrog brothers: the Metalization Belt and the Dimension Ring.

Su Ze had studied these two tier-nine Divine Artifacts for some time. In his hands, they acted merely as powerful tier-nine Divine Artifacts, with no other special properties.

However, in the hands of the Balrog brothers, these two artifacts could not only communicate over long distances but also break the restrictions of his Forbidden Demon Domain, which he couldn’t figure out.

When he used them himself, they didn’t have this effect.

He had previously asked the Pope in private, but the Pope had too little information to speculate on the reason.

So he decided to ask Dou Er and the others.

And sure enough, his questions yielded some answers.

Dou Er replied, "Both of these Divine Artifacts were personally forged by our Dou Race’s Daman Ancestral God, who was the father of the brothers Balrog and Batai. The Daman Ancestral God had tens of thousands of children. Whenever one of them became a Star God, he would gift them a tier-nine Divine Artifact he had personally crafted. His children could then use these artifacts to contact one another. Moreover, in their hands, the artifacts could unleash even greater power."

Su Ze looked toward the Pope.

The Pope thought for a moment, then said, "The Daman Ancestral God must have infused his own Bloodline Power into the Divine Artifacts when he forged them. His children can use the Bloodline Power within to communicate remotely. They can also use their own bloodline to activate that power, imbuing the artifact with a trace of an Ancestral God’s aura. This elevates the artifact’s rank and allows it to break through the normal rules."

Su Ze frowned. "Doesn’t this mean that only the bloodline descendants of that Ancestral God can fully activate the power of these two Divine Artifacts? In my hands, they’re just two ordinary tier-nine Divine Artifacts."

"That’s correct. In fact, the Ancestral God could even sense the artifacts’ locations through the Bloodline Power. Fortunately, he’s already dead, so you don’t have to worry about him tracking you down via the connection, Master."

The Pope paused, then added, "Moreover, these two Divine Artifacts might now hold the key to an immense fortune, though it comes with considerable risk. It all depends on your decision."

"Oh?" Su Ze’s interest was piqued. "Go on."

"These two Divine Artifacts contain Ancestral God Bloodline Power, which isn’t of much use to you. However, the Holy Race is constantly hunting the fleeing Dou Race. If you were to sell these artifacts to the Holy Race, they could potentially use the bloodline connection to track down the Daman Ancestral God’s other descendants. And among those descendants, there are bound to be some who are with the main Dou Race forces..."

"Therefore, the Holy Race would definitely not mind paying a premium—perhaps even many times the original value—to acquire these tier-nine Divine Artifacts."