After going through all of the wealth, Kyle nodded in satisfaction. 'There are around 60 Grade Five Energy Stones in liquid funds and a lot of materials. I can also sell the other stuff for a bunch of money.'
Naturally, Kyle also found a bunch of balance sheets and inventory sheets, which told him how much the Great Conquerors had stored in their warehouses and how large their territory was.
'That's too much work, and I don't want to leave my Planet undefended for too long. I should get someone else to deal with this.'
Kyle created a diplomatic notice and sent it to the Four Tigers Sect. The Organization Azure Comet was technically an enclave inside the Four Tigers Sect. By handing these territories to them, Kyle's Organization would become even more of an enclave.
When the Four Tigers Sect saw the diplomatic notice, their eyes widened in shock.
Ten Planet Systems, and they could even keep all the stuff they found there!
They just needed to pay one Grade Six Energy Stone in different materials and deal with everything!
The Four Tigers Sect immediately accepted, and someone soon arrived to give Kyle his reward.
The Four Tigers Sect thanked Kyle profusely, and Kyle saw several green bursts of positive Karmic Luck arriving.
Sadly, they weren't enough to get rid of his Sin Flames.
By now, Kyle had gotten used to the Sin Flames. In fact, even though they were much more intense than back when he had been a Transcendent, they subjectively felt weaker to him.
That was mainly due to his powerful Momentum and his Infused Mind Law. Both of these things substantially increased his resistance to pain.
If Kyle had simply gifted the territories to the Four Tigers Sect, he might have earned enough Karmic Luck to get rid of his Sin Flames.
Sadly, he really needed the materials.
When Kyle saw the mountain of high-grade materials, he became antsy. He really wanted to construct more Formation Arrays.
After everything was resolved, Kyle returned to his Planet and began planning.
He had never had access to so many good materials before, and he decided to redesign his entire setup.
The first thing he did was to create many more Gathering Formation Arrays. He wanted to get rid of the entire crust of his Law Well.
Within just ten years, Kyle's Planet shrank to his desired size.
The entire Planet's crust was converted into Energy and high-grade materials.
From a diameter of over a million kilometers, the Planet had shrunk to only a bit more than 100,000 kilometers.
Then, Kyle designed several defensive Formation Arrays to cover the entire Planet.
Almost all of his materials were sacrificed to these Formation Arrays, but it was worth it.
His Planet now had some actual defenses.
By now, Kyle was harvesting so much Energy from the Gravity Wind that it was starting to become a problem. The Gravity Energy of the Gravity Core would continue flowing out for many years, but the Wind Energy of the Gravity Wind was starting to drop.
'If I keep going like this, the Gravity Wind will lose its wind part,' Kyle thought. 'I need to supplement it with Wind Energy, but how? I could buy Wind Energy Stones, but they are far more expensive than normal Energy Stones. I could convert matter into Neutral Energy and just dump it into the Gravity Wind. The Gravity Wind would just convert the Energy into more Wind Energy.'
'But I don't have any matter left. I already used up my entire Planet.'
'I need to get some Wind Energy or a bunch of matter from somewhere.'
Then, Kyle got an idea and drafted another diplomatic notice.
Once more, it went to the Four Tigers Sect, and as with every notice coming from Azure Comet, it shocked them.
Why was everything involving Azure Comet so strange?
This time, Azure Comet offered 30 Grade Five Energy Stones for any random Planet close to his current Planet. The Planet didn't even need to be useful. As long as it was at least 50,000 kilometers wide, he would buy it.
The Four Tigers Sect had a vast territory and wasn't lacking in Planets.
After some deliberation, they decided to give Kyle a useless Planet.
It didn't have any valuable metals. It didn't have any Law Wells. There were no beasts. There were no plants.
It was just an empty rock.
The only valuable thing about it was its Gravity Core. Sadly, harvesting Gravity Cores was forbidden in the Secondary Sector, and even if it were legal, the materials and knowledge required to contain a Gravity Core were beyond the skills of a Crusher.
The only interesting thing about this Planet was its size, at a bit more than 100,000 kilometers across.
The trade was concluded, and Kyle brought a bunch of Formation Arrays with him to the new Planet.
The Four Tigers Sect didn't know what Kyle was planning and decided to watch from a distance.
As soon as Azure Comet arrived on the new Planet, the Four Tigers Sect noticed that it was starting to shake.
Then, it started to shrink.
In just a couple of days, the Planet shrank to a size of only 1,000 kilometers across under the shocked gazes of the Four Tigers Sect.
The big Planet had become tiny!
Yet its gravitational influence was just as intense as before, thanks to its Gravity Core.
"Is he allowed to do that?" one of the Fulfilled Crushers asked another one.
"I don't know," the other one answered. "We are not allowed to harvest the Gravity Cores, but we are allowed to harvest any resources on a Planet. Technically, he didn't harvest the Gravity Core. As long as he doesn't take it with him, he probably didn't break any rules."
Then, the Four Tigers Sect received another diplomatic notice.
Azure Comet wanted to buy another Planet, and he was willing to offer different prices for different Planets.
The Four Tigers Sect looked at the tiny Planet with a mix of confusion and uncertainty.
It was more than clear what Azure Comet would do to the Planets they sold him.
To them, it felt wrong to sell Planets to Azure Comet. These Planets had existed for an eternity. If they gave him one, there would be one less Planet in the Secondary Sector.
However, when they saw the Energy Stones they would receive for some of their useless Planets, they accepted.
Over the next 15 years, Kyle harvested six Planets.
Naturally, he converted all their mass into Wind Energy and shoved it into his own Planet.
He also deactivated most of his Formation Arrays, keeping only the defensive ones active.
He didn't need to construct more materials.
He didn't need to strengthen his Law Well anymore.
He didn't need more Formation Arrays.
He had everything he needed.
Now, he could focus on his comprehension.
At least, that was what he believed.
Sadly, the world didn't stand still while Kyle was comprehending Laws.
Kyle had already been in the Secondary Sector for a while, and the Big Four were starting to feel the pressure of passing time.
Their Unique Crushers were approaching the end of their longevities, and they hadn't become Legendary Crushers yet.
With every passing year, they became more desperate.
They needed to conquer the Secondary Sector, but it still wasn't time!
They needed to accumulate more power so that they could win a war!
Fighting any other member of the Big Four would be a coinflip.
This was all because of Azure Comet! If he hadn't turned the Secondary Sector into a land of stagnation for several centuries, the power difference between the Big Four would have been clearer by now.
And then, the Head of Dawnlight got an idea.
His goal wasn't to conquer the Secondary Sector.
His goal was to make a name for himself and to have an impact on the world.
What if he could kill Azure Comet?
Maybe that would be enough to make him a Legendary Crusher.
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