Although the Black Banner King's Divine Soul was sealed by the Profound Nether Ice Needle, he still retained basic sensations.

He couldn't see the Book of All-Knowing, but he could hear what Gao Xuan was saying.

The Black Banner King was utterly horrified, and he struggled with all his might. But his Divine Soul and body were both frozen, leaving him powerless to resist. He didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy.

Gao Xuan suddenly had a thought that this Black Banner King still had considerable value and shouldn't be wasted just like this.

He first tossed a Soul Chain over, the Black Banner King's Divine Soul being completely restrained, leaving him utterly defenseless.

Through the Soul Chain, Gao Xuan acquired most of the memories archived within the Black Banner King's Divine Soul.

Upon obtaining this information, Gao Xuan immediately realized that the Greed Furnace was highly important.

Looking at the Greed Furnace in the Black Banner King's chest, a thought crossed his mind that maybe it wasn't necessary to sacrifice this thing.

While the Book of All-Knowing was still inactive, Gao Xuan turned the Hongyi Sword in his hand and forcibly excavated the Greed Furnace.

Fortunately, the Book of All-Knowing didn't mind Gao Xuan's actions, nor did it react to the gaping hole in the Black Banner King's chest.

A streak of Golden Light flashed across the Book of All-Knowing, and the Black Banner King was gradually erased.

Very soon, the Black Banner King disappeared completely. The Soul Chains re-established between Gao Xuan and the Black Banner King were severed by an invisible force.

The Book of All-Knowing revealed a densely packed text, which Gao Xuan quickly picked up and read repeatedly.

Within a few minutes, the text on the Book of All-Knowing faded entirely, leaving a blank page.

Gao Xuan closed the Book of All-Knowing and let out a slight sigh. He was not very satisfied with the result of this sacrifice.

In the previous lifetime, they consulted the Book of All-Knowing and learned the most critical conditions for Virtual Godhood. They gained a basic understanding of it.

This time, Gao Xuan wanted to know more specific details about Divine Enthronement.

Most of the answers given by the Book of All-Knowing were things he already knew. Only a small part of the information was meaningful.

Sacrificing a living Evil God for such little useful information, Gao Xuan felt slightly at a loss.

However, Virtual Godhood was of great significance. Knowing even a little more is always a good thing.

Just having a glimpse around the Cultivator World, Gao Xuan's insights had also broadened.

Virtual Godhood was not the only path. At least, he could go to the Cultivator World to learn and perhaps ascend to immortality, understanding the mysteries of Divine Power.

The level difference between the two worlds is somewhat large, and their powers do not fully correspond. Gaining power from the Cultivator World is not easier than achieving Virtual Godhood.

In comparison, Virtual Godhood proved somewhat easier. Because Gao Xuan had prepared for it for a long time and held the initiative.

If he could successfully achieve Virtual Godhood, not only would his power increase greatly, but there would also be one less formidable Divine in his enemies.

The difference would become significant as one elevated and the other diminished.

Gao Xuan wasn't too satisfied with the result of the sacrifice, but fortunately, his quick thinking led him to excavate the Greed Furnace.

Otherwise, this Marvel would have been consumed by the Book of All-Knowing.

The Greed Furnace itself was quite like the Celestial Demon Relic, an extremely rare Marvel.

Being in the hands of the Black Banner King, it closely connected with his Divinity. The Black Banner King, daring and resourceful, created the Black Banner Alliance.

He cultivated pirates throughout the vast Star Realm, inciting human greed. After two thousand years of management, he allowed the Greed Furnace to accumulate massive amounts of energy.

Fortunately, the power used by the Black Banner King in the Profound Nether Curse Sea was not wasted. By breaking the Profound Nether Curse, Gao Xuan could directly refine a trillion mysteries of the Profound Nether Curse.

In other words, the Black Banner King had already refined twelve billion eight hundred millionths of the Profound Nether Curse. He wasn't far from completely refining it.

Gao Xuan felt that the Black Banner King was somewhat useless. For a mighty Evil God, making such a small disturbance in the Profound Nether Curse Sea was truly disgraceful.

Now all the energy within the Greed Furnace had been depleted. However, as long as there existed a heart of greed, it could draw strength from greed.

The most powerful aspect of the Greed Furnace was its ability to fuse everything. The Black Banner King used it to forge a semi-dragon body.

This kind of fusion is utterly unreasonable, simply because the Greed Furnace tempered a half-dragon body according to the Black Banner King's imagination.

Gao Xuan thought this thing was still useful. It's just that the Fire of Greed had been squandered by the Black Banner King, and he didn't know how long it would take to use the Greed Furnace to forge something again.

Fortunately, it contained a vast Dimensional Space inside.

Having been an interstellar pirate for two thousand years, one can imagine how much the Black Banner King plundered.

The Black Banner King's two thousand years of accumulation was all stored within the Greed Furnace.

Gao Xuan uncovered this fact within the Black Banner King's memory, risking angering the Book of All-Knowing to retrieve the Greed Furnace.

Setting aside the Book of All-Knowing, Gao Xuan began examining the Greed Furnace in his hands.

This object was approximately the size of a volleyball, with a dark red exterior and layered with fiery light inside.

Having the memory of the Black Banner King, Gao Xuan quickly found a way to unlock the Greed Furnace.

Gao Xuan used the God-slaying Vortex to completely erase the Divine Soul Mark left by the Black Banner King. The Greed Furnace thus became an ownerless object, free for Gao Xuan to use.

According to the secret techniques in the Black Banner King's memory, Gao Xuan could refine the Greed Furnace. However, this thing was quite sinister, and Gao Xuan couldn't think of any use for it for now. His collection of Divine Artifacts was already plentiful, and there was no need to refine this one.

Gao Xuan opened the Greed Furnace, revealing a massive Dimensional Space inside.

Within this space was a brand-new main battleship, the Triangular Ghostfish. This battleship was equipped with an antimatter quantum energy furnace, the latest technology from the Alliance.

The main power furnace alone was worth hundreds of trillions. The battleship was fitted with the finest technology and the most powerful weapons and had the most durable hull from the Alliance...

In short, this was a main battleship with ultra-high configuration. The total cost far exceeded that of a star mothership or a Space Fortress.

The Black Banner King, as a Pirate King, had spent two thousand years accumulating wealth to build such an expensive battleship.

However, no matter how high the cost, it was merely a product of modern technology, nothing particularly rare. As long as one had the money, it could be built.

Gao Xuan had no need for such a warship, as his Eight Extremes Divine Weapon could transform into a Void Battleship, much more powerful than this one.

The Dimensional Space inside the Greed Furnace could accommodate a hundred such battleships side by side. Imagine the vastness of this Dimensional Space.

The Black Banner King was roughly the Virgo of Evil Gods, with all his collections neatly placed in categories within the immense Dimensional Space.

To this end, the Black Banner King specifically built ten massive warehouses.

Gao Xuan was a bit surprised by the vast number of treasures the Black Banner King had collected. But upon opening a warehouse for a glance, he saw all kinds of things. Remarkably, there were even clothes, accessories, snacks, gaming pods...

A brief inspection revealed to Gao Xuan that the Black Banner King was not only a Virgo but also a hoarder.

He kept a sample of anything he could collect, regardless of its utility, including specialized robots for physiological needs, all the way from first-generation plastic models to the latest fully bionic robots...

This guy was also a fearsome otaku!

Gao Xuan couldn't fathom the Black Banner King's thoughts; his interests were truly bizarre.

Luckily, Gao Xuan finally found the warehouse where the marvels were stored.

Inside was a handwritten inventory list, which Gao Xuan briefly reviewed. The notes were meticulous, clean, and tidy.

If you only looked at the handwriting, you'd never guess an Evil God wrote this.

The inventory clearly listed 67 Golden Marvels, 1961 Silver Marvels, and 113,544 Bronze Marvels. Plus, 212 marvels of unidentified level.

Looking through the inventory, Gao Xuan, despite being prepared, was still shocked by the Black Banner King's collection.

This guy was indeed a hoarder, never letting go of anything once it was in his hands.

Skimming through the Golden Marvels inventory, several were exceedingly powerful, all of the top tier.

In comparison, the artifacts used by some Pirate Kings seemed rather shabby.

However, the Black Banner King was fair, being equally miserly to himself. A pile of fantastic things just left in the warehouse, never given to anyone.

Unfortunately, at Gao Xuan's level, these marvels, unless perfectly compatible, held little value.

While extraordinary, these marvels lacked the power of Laws present in something like the Eternal Spear, trailing behind the Sea Emperor Trident and the Netherworld King's Saber.

All the various Bronze, Silver, and Golden Swords were sorted out, leaving behind only the two best Golden Swords, while the rest were fed to the Celestial Spirit Sword Box.

The Celestial Spirit Sword Box consumed so many swords, advancing two whole levels on the spot.

Gao Xuan entered the Sword Box's spiritual space, easily breaking through two formations and completing the upgrade of the Celestial Spirit Sword Box.

The Celestial Spirit Sword Box was upgraded to the Twelfth Layer, with Sword Qi at an energy level of 20,480,000.

Although this level of Sword Qi was much less than Gao Xuan's, it was already quite formidable.

The Celestial Spirit Sword Box was equivalent to a powerful Middle-tier Gold Powerhouse, continuously providing Gao Xuan with protective Sword Qi. This additional 20 million Sword Qi could also be stacked with Gao Xuan's personal power when needed.

When Gao Xuan needed it, it could even act as a superpower bank, replenishing Gao Xuan with Source Power Sword Qi.

Functionally speaking, having the Celestial Spirit Sword Box consume so many fine swords was a waste. The Sword Box's inherent functionality was rather simple.

If those consumed swords were distributed to others, the effect would have been better.

Gao Xuan had no subordinates and was not interested in organizing a force for now. Of the opinion that all power should return to oneself, he found it easier to wield.

As for the other marvels, they needed to be methodically sorted at a later time. For now, Gao Xuan hadn't discovered any particularly valuable marvels.

However, Gao Xuan did find something good in the innermost warehouse.

Three fist-sized golden crystals. Gao Xuan's eyes lit up involuntarily upon seeing these crystals.

Immediately, Gao Xuan realized that these were Dragon Crystals. It was unclear where the Black Banner King had snatched them from. They should have been materials for him to condense a dragon body.

Gao Xuan's eyes, the Celestial Dragon Eye, were highly sensitive to anything related to the Dragon Race. Upon seeing the Dragon Crystals, the Celestial Dragon Eye spontaneously transformed into a crimson-gold vertical pupil.

Attracted by the aura of the Celestial Dragon Eye, the three Dragon Crystals turned into three golden lights and fell upon the Celestial Dragon Eye.

Gao Xuan felt a piercing pain in his eyes and couldn't help but mutter, "Hey, hey, hey, did you even ask me before coming in on your own..."