"When will I have another chance to trick and kill Bai Fu like this again?"

Agitated.

Gloomy.

Unable to suppress one's rage.

As the proverb goes, a king's wrath slays a million. Although he's not a king now but just a "dejected" Leader, when he got angry, surely a few people must have died, right?

"Since they've chosen to resist till the end, it means they definitely have something shady, they went all the way there, get them all cleared out for me!"

After giving orders to his confidants, the Leader then found the commander of the Honorable Force.

That same word—

Kill!

Kill all the traitors for me!

While the Saint and the Leader were brandishing their slaughtering swords at their own people, Bai Fu was cheerfully eating melons.

Bullying Frank's subordinates didn't need her to do it personally; letting the players joyride in spaceships was enough. She was already thinking about which of the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations to exchange the Advanced Knowledge with.

Supernova Battle Group? Titan Industry? Rebirth Empire?

Thinking about it, she didn't know much about these three civilizations.

The information available online only mentioned that these three civilizations had a long history and strong power, but deeper information, like which one had more reserves in Dominator Level Spiritual Ability Knowledge or which one was more willing to cooperate with others, couldn't be found.

"It looks like I'll have to ask the all-powerful Silver Zhu for help!"

After the Leader's confidants dealt with Frank's subordinates and returned on the route to Lockheed, Bai Fu contacted Silver Zhu.

"I've found the foothold of the Ten Saints Association in the Edge World."

"Huh?"

When she first heard this, Silver Zhu, who was trimming the garden for the Oath Lord, nearly fell off the ladder.

"How did you get involved with the Ten Saints Association again?"

"It wasn't me who meddled with them…" Bai Fu roughly explained the situation.

"Choosing not to get involved and instead selling this information to one of the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations is a very wise choice. The Ten Saints Association is strong, far stronger than the Star Contract. In the past, they have caused a lot of troubles for the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations and even now are still on the wanted list of the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations. Hence, if they know you've found the foothold of the Ten Saints Association, they will certainly not be stingy with their rewards."

Silver Zhu paced back and forth in the garden and after a while, she replied to Bai Fu.

"If your goal is Dominator Level Advanced Knowledge, then your best trading partner would be the Rebirth Empire. Remember what I previously told you? The Evolution Key that the Oath Lord gave you was from the Rebirth Empire's Void Realm Research Association. Although the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry also have Dominator Level Spiritual Ability Advanced Knowledge, the richness surely can't match that of the Void Realm Research Association."

Bai Fu nodded, she too was inclined towards cooperating with the Rebirth Empire.

Silver Zhu continued, "This is the contact information of a member of the Imperial Defense Bureau from the Rebirth Empire. I'll send it to you right now. Be extra cautious when you deal with them. If your information is verified to be true, you'd surely get more than just two pieces of Dominator Level Advanced Knowledge. You can try asking for more of what you currently need."

Wow.

Was this information really so valuable?

Bai Fu's brain was racing.

She had already decided what else to ask from the Rebirth Empire—

Body strengthening tools!

Preferably, something that would allow her to undergo a Racial Evolution.

In that way, when she advanced to Dominator, she could evolve another time, reaping the rewards of two evolutions, winning right at the starting line when compared to other Dominators.

"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Silver Zhu."

Silver Zhu smiled, "Feel free to contact me if you run into any trouble or have any questions. I'll help wherever I can."

Bai Fu said, "I will remember the help both Oath Lord and Miss Silver Zhu have given me."

After ending her conversation with Silver Zhu, she immediately contacted the number Silver Zhu had sent to preclude the Ten Saints Association from changing their foothold suddenly.

...

Several billion light-years away.

Inside the Crown of the Universe Star Zone of the Rebirth Empire.

Julian walked into his office located in the second division of the Protection Bureau, shrugging off his wide coat, and sat down on a one-piece cast composite material chair, his hands cushioning the back of his head, appearing very relaxed as if not coming to work but vacation.

Actually, many years ago when Julian first joined the Protection Bureau, he was quite ambitious.

Back then, he was young and still at Catastrophe Level, believing he had limitless prospects.

But after staying in the Protection Bureau for a while, he realized what he took pride in was really insignificant in a Cosmic Civilization like the Rebirth Empire.

The Rebirth Empire was just too vast. Catastrophe Levels like him were dime a dozen.

Unless he could advance to Dominator, becoming one of the strongest individual beings in the Rebirth Empire, or achieve unprecedented accomplishments, no matter how hard he worked, it was hard to really differentiate from those colleagues who were slacking off.

If that was the case, why not slack off?

"Slacking off makes me happy!"

Julian hummed a tune that had been popular in the Empire recently. But just then, a slightly noisy communicator alert tone interrupted his beautiful slack-off time.

"Who would contact me at this hour?"

Julian frowned upon noticing an unfamiliar number, but the call's Note information was interesting.

[Introduced by Secretary-General of the Star Contract Silver Zhu, I am Bai Fu, the founder of Dark Moon Tide]

Bai Fu?

This name sounded a bit familiar.

As for Silver Zhu, there's no need to mention—when the Empire had been trying to seize control of the Edge World secretly, it had contacted the Star Contract numerous times. The special envoy leading the team was him, and Silver Zhu, the Secretary-General on the Star Contract side, was responsible for hosting him.

Julian didn't hurry to answer the call but first went online to check some information about Bai Fu.

"A Catastrophe Level who has a potential to advance to Dominator, recently took up a commission from Nellis to operate within the Tem Civilization territory... Nellis, if I remember correctly, he collaborated with the Supernova Battle Group, right?"

Julian mused for a few seconds, then answered Bai Fu's call.

"Mr. Julian, I have special information that I think you'd be very interested in."

Very interested?

Such confidence.

Julian didn't even get up, lazily saying, "What information?"

Bai Fu smiled, "I know where the Ten Saints Association's foothold in the Edge World is. If you're lucky, maybe you can directly corner the Saints of the Ten Saints Association there."

"The Ten Saints Association's foothold? Is that it... wait, did you just mention the Ten Saints Association!"

Julian's eyes widened.

The Ten Saints Association.

Holy shit.

It's the Ten Saints Association!

He slammed the desk and abruptly stood up.

Slacking off?

Screw slacking off!

Now entering the stage: The Empire's new star—I-really-want-to-improve-version—Julian!

Julian sat down again, putting on a smileful face.

Let's talk, we can take our time to discuss, everything's open for discussion!