The Executor’s skill bar already contained Celestial Astrology, so there was no need to learn it again. And his currently remaining soul strength did not permit him to use this skill.

[Twisted Divinity of Stargazing (mythic grade item): A small trace of Divinity left behind after the fall of an immortal god. Within this mist-like Divinity, one can vaguely see a twisted figure gazing alone at the starry sky.]

[Using this item grants 1 point of Divinity.]

“I have mythic grade Divinity now, and even eternal grade Divinity too… hellish game, could you at least give me one legendary grade Divinity already?”

If Lin Xun could obtain one legendary grade Divinity right now, he would immediately be able to raise his talent to +7.

He had killed quite a few demigods in this chapter, but the drop rate for Divine items was truly heartbreaking.

No wonder it was said that farming monsters was not the best way to obtain Divinity. Opening treasure chests, doing quests, and encountering Divine Images were the proper ways to get Divinity.

If not for the reward mechanism of this special trial, he probably would not have been able to get a Divine item from the Executor either.

As for the Veiled Aberration Overlord, whom he had placed such high hopes on before entering the chapter, it had never appeared at all, not even an ordinary aberration, much less an Overlord.

Only after Rona’s explanation did he understand that the truth was extremely dark…

Monsters like the Veiled Aberrations and the demons, who were valuable all over their bodies, were all creatures being raised like livestock and harvested repeatedly.

However, the area where they were penned had shifted from underground caves to remote towns. In those places, the Imperial Capital schools would not send support, instead allowing the aberrations to continue devouring each other and growing until a Veiled Aberration Overlord could be born. Only then would scholars be sent to harvest it.

The Veiled Aberration Overlord in Chapter Four had been one such thing waiting to be harvested, though the Polar Star Society had learned of it in advance and nearly succeeded in intercepting it…

At this point, if he truly bit the bullet and steeled his heart to use the two Divine items in his pocket directly, he could indeed upgrade his soul talent straight to +7.

But doing that would be far too wasteful. Divine items were just too rare and precious. Wasting them like that deserved being struck by lightning.

Lin Xun restrained the impulse in his heart and decided to wait until he found a legendary grade Divinity, then raise the talent to +7 in one go.

[Polar Star Society Wax Seal (Special item): A small golden wax seal carried personally by the Executor. It not only contains all teleportation permissions within the Polar Star Society, but also holds the supreme authority to control the Star Annihilation Magic Formation at the Polar Star Society Headquarters.]

[While holding this item, you may ignore teleportation permission restrictions within the Polar Star Society Headquarters. By using this item, you may command the immensely destructive Star Annihilation Magic Formation within the Polar Star Society Headquarters…]

[Remaining stored energy of the Star Annihilation Magic Formation: 500/500]

“Ignoring teleportation permissions… that means I can go find the dragon progenitors now.”

“And with supreme control over the Star Annihilation Magic Formation, even if I run into that Star High Priest, I can kill it with the formation even without using the Executor’s identity.”

[Seeing that you are prepared, Rona leaves the archive room with you and returns to the Painting Storage Room. Of course, before leaving, you do not forget to carry along the Starlight Cage teleportation painting.]

[As you depart, the entire archive room vanishes together with the abrupt wooden door…]

[You arrive before the Despair Abyss painting that occupies an entire wall. This time, with the Polar Star Society Wax Seal in your possession, the teleportation restriction is indeed gone.]

[You bring Rona with you and reach out to touch the painting. The giant painting ripples like the surface of water. You do not resist, and together with Rona, you are pulled into the painting…]

[Teleporting…]

[…]

[…]

[Teleportation successful!]

[You open your eyes and find the darkness before you extreme beyond measure. A cold, damp, rotting stench fills your nose, and despairing, powerless wails echo in your ears…]

[You are standing on the summit of a solitary peak. The mountain peak hidden deep underground rises high, with fierce cold winds.]

[You look down below and can vaguely see countless tiny figures, half-dragon and half-human. Their hands and feet are bound in chains, linked into long lines, being driven onward into the distance by many ferocious monsters.]

[Those ferocious monsters are very familiar to you. They are the stars’ favored kin, star monsters, namely the so-called Starborn Spirits.]

[On the ground, the Starborn Spirits enslave the half-dragons… while high up in the distant air, those dragons of purer bloodline who have reverted to their ancestors form becoming giant dragons soaring through the sky are also being driven along by many flying Starborn Spirits and Star Bone Sacred Beasts.]

[Rona speaks in a low voice to explain to you that the lowest level of Despair Abyss contains a kind of extremely hard stone, from which a rare pigment used for teleportation paintings can be extracted.]

[The mixed-blood half-dragons must perform harsh mining labor in exchange for food, while the giant dragons must also continuously breathe dragonfire, using it to help the half-dragons soften the stone so that it may be mined more efficiently.]

[Half-dragons who show even the slightest laziness in labor and fail to meet the quota are executed, and their corpses are dismembered into various magical materials.]

[Labor is only one part of their enslavement. Besides labor, they must also regularly undergo bloodline extraction. Those half-dragons who fall ill or die from bloodline loss meet the same fate.]

[The giant dragons are the main targets of bloodline extraction. Whenever the day of bloodline extraction arrives, the dragons’ shrill screams echo for an entire day, turning this place into a true Despair Abyss.]

[There is even more nauseating enslavement. Among the giant dragons, those of higher bloodline can transform into human form, while the dragons of the Emerald Saint lineage are mostly female, and after transforming into human form, their appearances are all exceptionally beautiful.]

[Not only must they endure harsh labor, they must also endure the filthy desires of numerous members of the Polar Star Society…]

[…]

[Listening to Rona’s explanation, you feel as though a huge stone is pressing against your chest, making it hard for you to breathe.]

[These devout dragons loyal to Omniscient True Knowledge have all fallen into this situation because of the betrayal of the Servant of Knowledge.]

[Their ancestors shed blood and sweat on the battlefield of the divine war, killing countless enemies and suffering countless sacrifices, then later willingly sealed away their power at the request of their true Lord. They were the descendants of meritorious beings, they were the most devout believers, yet because the divine servant betrayed them, they have fallen into such a miserable state.]

[Rona turns around and faces the building in the distance behind you…]

[Only then do you notice that on top of the solitary peak there is another structure. It is a grand and magnificent enormous observatory, trapezoidal in overall shape, built from countless black megaliths.]

[You raise your head and look upward. This is an Abyss hidden deep underground. There are no stars to be seen here, not even the sky. Building an observatory of such immense scale here has far greater symbolic meaning than practical meaning.]

[The existence of this observatory is like a silent declaration that under the enslavement of the radiant stars, the dragon race will never again be able to see the sky.]

[Rona says to you that the dragon progenitors are imprisoned at the very bottom of the mountain’s interior beneath the observatory. The inside of this mountain has already been hollowed out, and the observatory is the only entrance into the mountain’s belly.]