The corpse of a True God, nearly a million kilometers long, crashed onto the ground, causing a slight tremor beneath their feet. Its tail narrowly missed a soldier standing nearby. Several surrounding soldiers turned their heads, gasping in awe at the sight of the deceased alien beast True God.

Hum—

The golden figure’s eyes shot out beams of golden light that enveloped the True God corpse. A slight nod followed. "Indeed, a True God from Nine Smoke Marsh. Mission complete. Awarded ten thousand military merits."

Luo Feng started inwardly. To confirm its origin from Nine Smoke Marsh with just a quick scan revealed the astonishing level of control the army held over the entire Jin World.

"State your request!" the golden figure regarded Luo Feng. "You can exchange these ten thousand military merits for weapons, machinery, inheritances, or anything else on the list. If you possess other treasures, you may also offer them to the army for merits."

"Here is the manifest."

As the golden figure finished speaking, a massive light screen materialized before Luo Feng, displaying extensive and detailed lists.

Luo Feng scanned the screen briefly.

"I wish to gain some basic intelligence regarding the levels above True God," Luo Feng stated.

"Basic intelligence?" the golden figure replied. "There are three documents detailing this basic intelligence. Due to varying levels of detail and secrecy, reading them requires 100, 500, or 3000 military merits, respectively."

Luo Feng was taken aback.

Even basic intelligence, not cultivation guidance, demanded such high merit costs. A Catastrophe-level mission only granted ten thousand. With the corpse of an alien beast True God, extorting one or two supreme treasures from Wu He would be easy—perhaps even more. Yet, he was undeniably eager for more knowledge.

"I require the highest tier," Luo Feng said directly.

"3000 military merits deducted!" the golden figure announced. "Soldier of the Python River Army, you have 7000 merits remaining. Furthermore, you can only view this secret information here."

Whoosh!

Abundant text immediately appeared on the light screen before Luo Feng. Only he could see this screen; other soldiers at the military supply point could not see the details of his transaction, just as Luo Feng could not see the specifics of theirs.

"View it here?" Luo Feng murmured, then focused intently, sweeping his gaze across the text.

The characters were minuscule.

The light screen was immense, containing billions of characters. Luo Feng became immediately engrossed.

...

According to the basic intelligence provided: By strength division, beings are categorized as: Below Immortal, Immortal, Law Venerable (Universe Venerable), Law Master (Universe Master), True God, Void True God, and Eternal True God.

Creatures of the Jin World are born Below Immortal. Reaching adulthood generally qualifies one as an Immortal. Some geniuses can reach Immortal status within a few years of birth. Immortals, Law Venerables, and Law Masters... are all beings with Divine Bodies! Their energy and Life Imprint are fused. Draining Divine Power means draining the Life Imprint (some races have souls, while others, like rock life forms, possess other life cores; fundamentally, all possess a Life Imprint). The greater the loss of the Life Imprint, the greater the impact on strength. For instance, losing 50% of the Divine Body might result in a 90% loss of strength! This is the inherent flaw of Divine Body life forms.

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Upon becoming a True God! They truly return to the origin, becoming like infants, reverting to their original life essence. A being who was originally flesh-and-blood remains flesh-and-blood; a metal life form remains a metal life form... Example: Flesh-and-blood life forms. For flesh-and-blood beings, their physical flesh, bones, and tendons cannot inherently house the Life Imprint, much like Domain Lords or World Lords—their souls and bodies are separate! However, upon becoming a True God, if they revert to flesh-and-blood life, their soul and body will separate once again! The energy of a True God is the body! A powerful body allows every fiber of its being to burn and transform into immense energy for combat. The True God's soul, however, is concealed within the True God Heart. True Gods, Void True Gods, and Eternal True Gods all possess a True God Heart.

The True God Heart... though called a 'heart,' is actually a hidden internal space within the True God. This hidden space houses the True God's soul and is simultaneously connected to the external Miniature Universe. No matter how distant the True God is from their Miniature Universe, this connection allows energy absorbed and transformed by the Miniature Universe to rapidly replenish the True God Heart, offsetting combat consumption.

Killing a True God... There are three methods. The first is completely destroying a True God's physical body, thereby obliterating the hidden space on a physical level; the True God naturally perishes. The second is a soul attack, directly extinguishing the True God's soul; the True God naturally dies. The third, and most common method, involves repeatedly striking with attacks exceeding the True God's tolerance. The intense shock continuously causes the hidden space within the True God—the True God Heart—to suffer damage and eventual collapse. Once the True God Heart shatters, the True God inevitably dies. It is analogous to an ordinary person wearing armor being struck in the chest by a sledgehammer. The exterior might show no wounds, but the internal impact violently shatters the heart. It is the same principle. Therefore, the stronger the body's resistance to attack, the weaker the impact suffered by the True God Heart! If the body can absorb the entire attack, the True God Heart suffers no impact and remains safe.

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Flesh-and-blood life forms, rock life forms, plant life forms, and so on. It is the same for all. Once they become True Gods, the body and soul (the life core) naturally separate. Thus, no matter how much energy a True God expends, it has little impact on their overall strength, because the 'Divine Power' a True God burns does not contain the soul.

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A True God possesses a Miniature Universe, yet this Miniature Universe evolves from a Divine Kingdom; it is not something the True God creates through comprehension. Subsequently, the True God must comprehend the evolution of the universe and gain deeper understanding... Until— They truly control the Void! With a single thought, the Void is formed! At this stage, they become a Void True God! The Void True God continues to improve and comprehend further, until one day... their comprehension of cosmic evolution reaches an apex, allowing them to create a micro-universe in an instant. With a single thought, a universe is formed! At this point, they are an Eternal True God! The 'micro-universe' instantaneously created by 'thought-to-universe' differs from the micro-universe derived from Luo Feng's innate skill, 'I Am Universe,' which is an overly simplified model. The micro-universe instantly conjured by an Eternal True God is merely due to insufficient energy to manifest a full cosmos, resulting in a small battlefield universe. For example, with a mere thought, the surrounding tens of thousands of light-years could be plunged into a micro-universe! The Eternal True God is the master of this micro-universe! Aside from its extremely small physical size, every other profundity is indistinguishable from a true universe, possessing immense might capable of absolutely sweeping aside Void True Gods.

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True God, Void True God, and Eternal True God. This represents a continuous deepening of mastery over the 'mysteries of cosmic evolution,' culminating in the ability to create a miniature universe with a mere thought. Throughout the entire Jin World, there are exactly four Eternal True Gods. They are the four Generals of the East, West, North, and South Armies! They command and manage the entirety of the Jin World and possess supreme status. If another Void True God were to break through and become an Eternal True God... that Eternal True God could directly leave the Jin World to fight for the God-King. Other soldiers, however, must await the God-King's summons to depart. But Eternal True Gods can leave on their own initiative!

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Upon reading this, Luo Feng sighed internally: "Freedom to leave? If that God-King were still alive, it would be one thing for his Eternal True Gods to leave and fight for him. But seeing that colossal humanoid creature lying across the sea of chaos, it seems this God-King has long since perished." "With the God-King deceased, according to the will of the Original Universe's Source, any living being of the Jin World who leaves it is certain to die." "Perhaps even if an occasional peerless expert is born and becomes an Eternal True God, they might perish the moment they leave the Jin World filled with expectation." Luo Feng lamented briefly, then continued reading with renewed anticipation.

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Within the Jin World, a Void True God is already a regional overlord. An Eternal True God is an absolutely supreme existence, a highly distinguished minister under the God-King. However, even among True Gods, Void True Gods, and Eternal True Gods, disparities exist. Take the crucial element: the Miniature Universe. Upon becoming a True God, the Divine Kingdom evolves into a 'Miniature Universe,' and its internal architecture at this stage is critically important. As a True God, the Miniature Universe uniformly possesses a diameter of 100 million light-years. But once they advance to Void True God, the differences become pronounced. Due to variations in the earliest architectures, some Miniature Universes expand to 1.8 billion light-years in diameter upon becoming Void True Gods, others to 2.5 billion, and some even to 5 billion light-years in diameter. They are entirely different. Among Void True Gods, the smallest Miniature Universe diameter is 1 billion light-years, and the largest is 10 billion light-years. "Oh?" Luo Feng was astonished. "The Miniature Universes of the two Holy Lands—the Purple Moon Holy Land's is smaller at 2.1 billion light-years, while the East Emperor Holy Land’s is larger at 3.2 billion light-years." Judging by the diameter of their Holy Land Universes: The East Emperor Ancestor and the Purple Moon Ancestor... are both Void True Gods! "Keep reading." Luo Feng scrutinized every word with intense focus.

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The Miniature Universe is the foundation. The Miniature Universe can absorb vast amounts of external energy and convert it into Divine Power that does not contain the Life Imprint, which is then absorbed by the powerful being. Furthermore, every breakthrough an expert achieves—from True God to Void True God, or Void True God to Eternal True God—requires the Miniature Universe to also undergo transformation for the breakthrough to succeed fully. Therefore— When an expert dies, their Miniature Universe naturally collapses. But if the Miniature Universe is attacked and destroyed, the expert can still survive and absorb external energy to replenish themselves, yet they can never break through again, regardless of how high their comprehension reaches. However... Miniature Universes are extremely stable and incredibly difficult to destroy. Destroying a True God's Miniature Universe requires the full effort of a peak expert among Void True Gods! Destroying a Void True God's Miniature Universe requires a peak existence among Eternal True Gods! As for destroying an Eternal True God's Miniature Universe... there is no record. However, all Miniature Universes belonging to experts in the Jin World have been placed by the God-King at the core of the Jin World, ensuring no expert can reach that location, thus eliminating that specific danger.