The process of clearing the spatial nodes is extremely lengthy. Even with several spatial nodes opened simultaneously, it took Ye Chen and Raphael more than ten years to clear them.
Of course, the gains in this process are also enormous.
Putting aside everything else, Ye Chen alone obtained more than a dozen Civilization Sparks and Bloodline Crystals, even after distributing quite a few of them.
It's important to understand that a single spatial node can contain one to three dark gods. Based on the principle that whoever kills them owns them, they essentially belong to him and Raphael, which resulted in him accumulating a large number of seeds of civilization.
Unfortunately, they are mostly low-level races that are not very useful. There are hardly any intelligent races, let alone highly intelligent races like humans and elves.
However, perhaps because darkness inevitably turns into darkness, Ye Chen also obtained a top-tier race, the Angel race, the embodiment of light.
It was obtained from the first insect queen killed. Even the powerful angel could not resist the engulfment of the insect swarm, and it eventually became a wasteland and food.
However, with the spark of angelic civilization in his hand, Ye Chen did not rush to load it, but waited for the territory to advance.
Unbeknownst to him, several decades had passed since he arrived in the Maya Plane. It could be said that Ye Chen had spent more time in the Maya Plane than he had spent in the Blue Star Plane. If we don't count the thirty years in the Time Cave, Ye Chen could even say that he was a Maya person.
This is also the helplessness of interdimensional wars. An interdimensional war may last for decades or even centuries. Although the flow of time is different in different dimensions, it is a real life experience for the lord and the people in the territory, and it is a real passage of time.
Just like the goblins in the fat man's territory, they will face the realities of birth, aging, sickness, death, joy, sorrow, and separation...
The fat man was equally helpless about this. Goblins have shorter lifespans than humans and orcs, let alone long-lived species like elves and dragons. Their only advantage is their reproductive ability, which means that although a large number of goblins have died in the fat man's territory, the total number of goblins continues to grow at an extremely terrifying rate.
Only rare talents like Mina could be helped by the fat man to cultivate and prolong their lives, extending their lifespan as much as possible. However, such methods were destined not to be popularized among all goblins.
Their cultivation talent is extremely poor. Even if they actually practice the breathing technique provided by Ye Chen, they can only improve to around level 3 at most, which is very limited in terms of extending their lifespan.
After a period of grief, the fat man had to accept reality. Such situations would happen all the time in his territory, and he could only get used to it and gradually become hard-hearted.
Therefore, over the years, the fat man has become much more composed. Although he still jokes and plays around in front of Ye Chen and others, that's only in front of them. Outside, he's a cold-blooded, ruthless businessman...
Although the seeds of angelic civilization were not loaded, Ye Chen did fuse with a considerable amount of bloodline crystals, giving birth to many unique and rare primordial races, making the primordial races in his territory increasingly diverse.
Besides that, the biggest gain was probably the merit points. The huge amount of merit points obtained from the continuous clearing of spatial passages even allowed Ye Chen and Raphael to exchange for Time Caves. They didn't hold back and directly squandered all their merit points, each exchanging for a Time Cave.
When placed on the territory, the Time Cave is just like an ordinary dark cave. Even after entering it, there is nothing unusual. Only when a large amount of energy crystals are put in will golden Time Sand appear in the Time Cave, and the Time Sand will be consumed.
"Hiss! It costs a seventh-tier energy crystal to open it once, and it only lasts for one day; in addition, it requires one gram of Time Sand for every year that passes inside. This stuff is sold by the gram, one hundred million merits per gram? Luckily, I only picked the smallest Time Cave!" Ye Chen looked at the Time Cave he had obtained and felt extremely fortunate.
His Time Cave was even smaller than Sun Xiuzhu's back then, only about the size of...
It's equivalent to ten times the distance of the Earth and the Moon orbiting, but that's still incredibly exaggerated. At least, if you send a new lord in once, you can send countless of them in.
This is also why the official distribution of benefits tries to get everyone to join at the same time. One seventh-tier energy crystal and 1 gram of Sands of Time every day—no one can afford to consume that over time.
In addition, different Time Caves can change the flow of time at different rates. Ye Chen and Raphael exchanged for the most basic ones, which could only increase the flow of time to one day or one year, but that was enough for them.
"I can exchange for the Sands of Time, but I don't have the authority to exchange for crystals. It seems I'll have to ask Senior Hua Xiyu or Elder Qin for help!" Ye Chen thought to himself.
The purchase of energy crystals is restricted. Lords of different levels can only purchase energy crystals of the corresponding level, and there are different restrictions on the quantity. For example, Ye Chen can purchase hundreds of millions of fourth-tier energy crystals every day, but can only purchase tens of millions of fifth-tier energy crystals. Meanwhile, the number of sixth-tier energy crystals instantly becomes tens of thousands.
This also means that high-level crystals are often sold at a premium, especially crystals of the fourth rank and above. The selling price is always higher than the actual exchange price. However, when a lord needs a large number of energy crystals urgently, he has no choice but to accept such a high price.
Furthermore, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Ye Chen's Primordial Star has successfully entered the level of a fifth-order planet, which is why he dared to speak to Hua Xiyu and Elder Qin.
In just two or three decades, he has advanced to the fifth-tier lord, which is unprecedented in the Blue Star plane. Whether it is through his performance in the trial space or the speed of his territory's advancement, Ye Chen has demonstrated enough strength and potential. He is definitely a monstrous genius worthy of investment from many big shots. Even in the factional struggle among the thirteen chiefs of Blue Star, no one would want to touch him anymore.
This is also the advantage of having a common enemy and everyone working together against it. It allows for internal competition and scheming, but in the fight against darkness, everyone must have a unified direction and goal.
They could kill a sixth or even seventh-tier lord, but when Ye Chen's potential talent surpassed that level, everyone's petty thoughts would be temporarily set aside. Not to mention helping or supporting him, at least they would stop plotting against him behind his back.
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