Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

It was clear as day to Lord Entropy that the ring of Baizhu Fleet surrounding the orbit of Azure Star was more fearsome.

Lord Entropy was no fool; it knew clearly who were the insects and who were the tigers, leopards, and wolves.

From the beginning, Lord Entropy's main forces were directed toward attacking the Baizhu Fleet, but under Li Aozi's command, there were strong defenders like the Silver Scion, Nephis.

For this war, Li Aozi had even gone so far as to hire a group of alien mercenaries from the Valenkov Autonomy—being familiar with their former employer who had devised televised programming, the aliens from Valenkov were quite friendly and didn't demand much compensation.

He also dispatched someone to inform the Fairy of the Lake from Baizhu Star—Sofia Malin. She had tens of thousands of Zeta Rank heroic warriors under her command, who were now assembled and boarding flights to Azure Star.

If it wasn't for the Crystal Tower Civilization's lack of people, Li Aozi would have wanted to borrow some troops from the former suzerain state to join the battle.

Li Aozi hadn't let his true body arrive early to the star system where Azure Star was located, partly to wait for the "Electromagnetic Force" to be in hand and prepare for his ascension to "Corona Pope," and partly to avoid provoking Lord Entropy.

He operated through the account of the True General, assisting players in continuing to clear out the White Plum Army units, thereby relieving the pressure on Frost Plated in the south, while timely switching back to his true body to begin the promotion ceremony.

Meanwhile, the Caramel Snail and others didn't notice his absent-mindedness—players inherently had a "sleeper mode" similar to a hosting system.

If they hadn't eliminated the pseudo-humans before, there might have been suspicions, but now, there's no need to worry.

Li Aozi could feel that every detail he once invested in on Azure Star, every bit of effort was now paying off.

Upon receiving this affirmation, Li Aozi could let go, activate the sleeper mode, and then switch to his true body to perform precision operations.

The "Corona Pope" is the Third Transformation profession for the Mutant.

For the native civilizations of Starry Abyss, they didn't have the concept of "profession change"; they would call it "pathway crystallization" or "sublimation stage."

Fighting, activities, learning, training, and cultivation, taking actions that conform to the pathway's principles, gaining precious resources to strengthen oneself—these actions essentially stimulate the pathway and carve one's Path to Divinity.

Throughout this process, what you see, hear, say, and do, the experiences accumulated through battles, all become the cornerstone of the foundational road and further extend, allowing you to travel further on the pathway.

The "Destroyer" pathway is the clearest because "destruction" is the most primitive, simplest, and easiest to form a "path." The Crane School focuses on accumulating through combat and physical enhancement, while the Dragon Faction emphasizes inner cultivation and the cultivation of essence, energy, and spirit. The pathway branches into countless auxiliary routes, and Ascenders need to refine step by step, choosing their own pathway.

In essence, this is no different from practicing cultivation.

In fact, the ultimate pathways in the Dragon Faction often bear names like "Fairy Lord X," "Holy Immortal X," or "Sword Immortal X."

Mutant (starting pathway) – Echoer (first sublimation) – Bishop (essence sublimation) – Pope (outstanding sublimation) – Meteor Fall Master (final sublimation)

If, after the final sublimation, one can amass a large following and the strength of the pathway, and if there are no deities on that pathway, then one can take a further step after the final sublimation.

——Ascend to Godhood.

Li Aozi's body was flying rapidly through the cosmic pathways, furthering his understanding of quantum spacetime after acquiring the Electromagnetic Force.

At this moment, simply releasing the "Weak Force" and "Gravity" would erase the shockwaves rising from his body, his existence at the crossroads of timelines continually shifting and intersecting. This method of spacefaring, akin to time travel, gave him an ability more powerful than any spacecraft.

He wasn't leaping; rather, the same segment of spacetime was simply flying along with his body.

This flight placed no burden on him personally, and he didn't even need to assume any posture; inertia had almost disappeared from him.

He could fly at superluminal speeds in the universe, busy with his affairs, without any concern for colliding with any targets.

Spacetime possesses a self-correcting ability; even if he were to collide with an atom at five times the speed of light, theoretically, he should have been blown to bits—yet the warped spacetime around him would correct itself instantly before such a result occurred, reverting to a timeline where no explosion happened.

Unfortunately, at the stage of "Bishop," he could only use two types of Arcane Energy, and although the "Electromagnetic Force" was right in front of him, it could only be launched like a missile.

Initially, Li Aozi had considered feigning a fight with someone to stack "Charm" as the Bishop and see if he could eliminate Lord Entropy.

After several AI simulated experiments, Li Aozi found that the AI wasn't that dumb.

As long as his Charm attribute exceeded a threshold the AI could not defeat, the AI would immediately forfeit the battle and self-destruct.

No matter how many times he tried, no amount of training or programming could get the AI to engage with him.

Clearly put, it meant…

It gave up.

If he stacked his Charm and went after Lord Entropy or directly charmed the Layer Abyss, sending Picappa Order (Rank 10) strong figures to eliminate Lord Entropy—then Lord Entropy would unhesitatingly self-destruct in confrontation.

Think about it, if even AI, facing an unbeatable foe, chooses to give up, how can any hardcore player still put effort into it?

Li Aozi felt speechless, reluctantly choosing this plan.

Transition, or rather complete masterpiece sublimation, to eradicate hierarchical differences with the aura of a "Corona Pope" and challenge Lord Entropy in a fair fight.

He consolidated all his power and connections.

Even those only interested in hunting Societies, like the Hunters Association.

["Disweil Lutonzk" has issued you a commission: "A Late Father's Love" — settlement standard achieved]

[Would you like to complete the task?]

[Settling...]

[Settlement Conditions]:

Find Lulisha Lundsk and choose one of the following actions to complete:

A—"Father's Love Like a Mountain": Kill Lulisha Lundsk and relieve her suffering; (unsatisfied)

B—"Back to Childhood": Alleviate Lulisha Lundsk's suffering, then kill it; (satisfied)

[Lulisha Lundsk has returned to her original race and has been freed from the slavery of society.]

[In atonement for her sins, she chose to end her own life.]

[You receive a reward: "Social Institution" · Purple Moon Anchor Point]

[This institution has been cleansed by the Starry Abyss, making some attributes and abilities incompatible, and thus is being disbanded.]

[Current effect: Allows your character to roll back to the previous profession stage.]

——Got it.

This reward in itself was somewhat underwhelming, and Li Aozi initially dismissed it because he wouldn't regret the pathway he chose.

But now, having this item allowed Li Aozi to dive freely into the Starry Abyss.

Even if he ascended to "Corona Pope," he could revert to being a "Bishop" at any time.

"Trash is treasure put in the wrong place."

In Li Aozi's hand appeared a purple crescent mark as he smiled slightly:

"The moon really is my mascot, always bringing me good luck."

[Nephis has flawlessly completed the mission I assigned her; it's also time to leverage Mr. Disweil's connections.]

Li Aozi reached out to Hunter Mentor Mr. Disweil:

"Please inform the Mechanical Planet, Lord Puro Retalya, that the three conditions promised to me long ago should now be fulfilled."