Chapter 560 — The Cosmic Overlord Legion Arrives

In any case, he harbored not the slightest covetous thought toward those ruins...

Cough. Not the slightest—that was impossible. Still, Shi Jin knew his limits; the odds of him cracking those ruins were hardly great.

According to Senior Lin Feng, the ruins dated back to the previous cosmic era—a Four Saints ancient battlefield established by the subordinates of four Universe Gods.

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise—the four Universe Gods of the previous cosmic era. In terms of power, they were considered the equals of this era's Dark King, the Queen of the Swarm, the World King, and the Beast King, and they had gathered the faith of the entire cosmos.

Yet it was not that they were mighty because the whole cosmos had faith in them; rather, they had earned the faith of the whole cosmos because they were mighty enough.

Thus, such immense power of faith was, in truth, of little use to the four Universe Gods themselves. With it or without it, they were invincible—they had long since stood at the very summit of the cosmos.

Still, the power of faith was indeed a formidable system of power. According to the findings of this era's archaeologists, the Four Sacred Beasts liked to take this faith power—useless to themselves—and transform it into rewards for their followers.

It was against this backdrop that the Four Saints Battlefield had been established by the Four Sacred Beasts' subordinates—a battlefield facing the four factions of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Within that battlefield, entrants could do battle on behalf of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, or Black Tortoise factions, and the victors would divide among themselves the faith power stored within the Four Saints Ruins.

Such was the inherent mechanism left behind by the ruins of that era.

As for other mechanisms, they remained unknown. Beyond this one mechanism, no one had been able to crack the ruins' other functions, nor had anyone succeeded in becoming the ruins' master.

Gradually, the Four Saints Ruins came to be jointly held by World King Planet's Archaeology Association and a number of Four Saints evolvers, taking on the grand tournament format it had today.

Any Four Saints evolver, during the period when the ruins were open, could pay a certain price to come to this place and compete for faith power.

Within the Four Saints Ruins, the faith power of the Four Saints was immense beyond measure—its depths had never been plumbed to this day. That was only natural; after all, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise were the Universe Gods of the previous era, who had won the faith of all living beings in the cosmos. The faith power condensed under such circumstances—even the most insignificant fraction of it—could stuff a god-tier being to bursting.

For precisely this reason, World King Planet's Archaeology Association, the Cosmic Overlord's legions, and several Four Saints clans had all along sought to crack these ruins. Whoever could become the ruins' master would gain a vast sea of faith power and thereby become invincible.

And if the ruins' master happened to be a follower of the Four Saints, one who could command this faith power, then even if the master were merely god-tier, such immense faith power would suffice to let them fight a super-god—striking terror into the hearts of super-god lifeforms.

If a super-god became the ruins' master, they would likely instantly rise to the foremost tier of power beneath the Universe Gods.

How could Shi Jin, desperately short of faith power, not covet such ruins? If he could become their master, he likely would never lack for faith power for the rest of his life.

Faith power inherited from the previous era was far purer and mightier than the faith power condensed in this one.

At that point, even if he remained a demigod, he should be able to join the foremost tier of power beneath the super-gods, his strength no inferior to that of the Void Emperor, Lin Feng, and the others.

Of course, Shi Cen was only dreaming. After all, to become the master of the Four Saints Ruins would surely offend a great many people—every Four Saints evolver would want to flay him, Buggy, Red Eye, and the rest alive.

Whether the boost in power that came with being the ruins' master could withstand all that covetousness—that was genuinely hard to say.

"Let's go, let's go." As the cosmic warship descended into the distance, Lin Feng turned to Shi Li.

"All right." Shi Heng nodded.

Next, Lin Feng brought Shi Jin to an ancient residence whose gate was flanked by an Azure Dragon on the left and a White Tiger on the right—and then promptly slipped away himself, leaving Shi Jin lost in thought.

Senior Lin Feng truly could not bear to spend a single extra minute in his company.

He was so brilliant, so outstanding—shouldn't he be rather popular with his seniors?

"Senior Lin Feng really is unreliable, no wonder Senior Shenyuan doesn't like him," Shi Jin muttered.

Lin: "Senior Lin Feng managing to get you a chance to attend the Four Saints Tournament is already quite good of him..."

"Cough, cough, I know."

"Never mind him. Let's hurry and go buy evolution resources for Little Bing, Turtle, and Short-Legged Cat," Lin said.

"OK, OK." Shi Jin shrugged.

Off to buy evolution resources for Little Bing, Turtle, and Short-Legged Cat.

At present, the cultivation of Little Bing, Gui Gui, and the Short-Legged Cat had all reached the pinnacle of the Monarch level.

Even the Overlord Will had been acquired through the exercise of point allocation, so they could be said to have attained the initial foundation for evolution.

When Buggy had evolved into a Azure Dragon, it had only possessed one thing more than them: the Azure Dragon Domain.

Shi Jin had originally planned to let them complete their evolution into Black Tortoise and White Tiger before coming here.

However, after making a few inquiries, he discovered that the Four Saints Assembly would have many supporting evolution resources specifically tailored for the Four Saint Beasts.

That being the case, Shi Cen abandoned his notion of blindly forcing their evolution, intending to make some purchases here first before helping them evolve.

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Inside the ancient residence Lin Feng had found for them, Shi Jin yawned and summoned forth every pet beast except Qi, Ginseng Baby, and Susu.

Qi was left out because it wasn't suited to appear; if it showed up and happened to be captured by the Cosmic Overlord Legion, Shi Jin would have no one to plead his case to.

As for Ginseng Baby and Susu, they still had to work to support the whole family, so they obediently remained in the Beast Taming Space.

"You lot, feel free to look around."

"Rin, you're in charge of buying the evolution resources for Little Bing, Gui Gui, and the others, and preparing their evolution plans."

"Yes, Master," Rin said. "And you?"

"Rest, obviously."

"Of course." Shi Jin chuckled. "Teleporting across several realms has worn me out. I'm going to lie down for a bit. Just call me if anything comes up—Liesu City isn't that big anyway, and my telepathy can cover the whole place."

"So it's basically the same as going with you."

"Fine." Rin nodded helplessly and turned to Little Bing, Gui Gui, and the Short-Legged Cat. "You three, come with me to buy evolution resources."

"Buggy, Crimson Eye, you two come along as well."

"We also need to find Buggy an epoch faith object to learn 'Faith Overdraft' from, and prepare some faith objects for Crimson Eye to consume in battle."

"Okay~" Buggy and Crimson Eye signaled their understanding. Shopping—they both loved it.

"Awoo." Eleven felt there was nothing for it to do, so it looked at Cen Yu and asked whether he needed a wellness massage.

"What's that?" Shi Tang asked.

"Ying ying ying." Eleven raised both arms, and eight armored bean bears appeared behind it, a whole chorus of yings gathering together.