Origin Points

On second thought, this is actually normal. In the Swallowed Star universe, currency exchange rates often fluctuate by trillions. This is primarily because low-level treasures are completely useless to high-level cultivators, which causes high-level treasures to skyrocket in value.

For instance, the supreme treasures in the Swallowed Star universe can be exchanged for a massive amount of Points or Primordial Units, yet Points and Primordial Units cannot be used to purchase such treasures. This is precisely why the Chat Group restricts Points to purchasing treasures below the Seventh Order.

Much like the Virtual Universe Company, the rewards given for clearing the Tongtian Bridge are essentially handouts, intended to cultivate the younger generation of human geniuses. The Lineage of Transmigrators created the Chat Group with the same goal: to cultivate their successors and strengthen their lineage. The underlying intent of both is identical.

The same applies to Cultivation Methods. The Virtual Universe Company possesses countless methods. It would be impossible to claim they aren't precious, but as long as one has sufficient Points, human geniuses can learn any method without any restrictions.

Although those methods might appear to require hundreds of billions of Points to exchange, are top-tier secret techniques at the Lord of the Universe level truly expensive? To a Lord of the Universe, Points are worthless; this is essentially a handout.

The same holds true for the Chat Group Mall. Points are equally worthless to the upper echelons of the Lineage of Transmigrators. Seventh and Eighth Order methods are sold at bargain-bin prices. In this regard, the Chat Group and the Human Race are very similar.

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming, First Order: Cough, cough. Since you have all read the Swallowed Star novel, you should be clear on the plot, right? Do you think I have a chance to obtain Origin Points?

[A Grave of Gods] Liu Shanshan, Fourth Order: Obtaining Origin Points is quite simple. Once your strength is sufficiently powerful, destroy the Original Universe. Although the scale of the Original Universe is small, it should be enough to net you about 1 Origin Point.

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming, First Order: Isn't the Swallowed Star world a top-tier Great World? Is the entire Original Universe only worth 1 Origin Point?

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe, Fifth Order: Stop daydreaming. The Swallowed Star world is indeed a top-tier Great World, but that refers to the entire Primal Chaos City. The Universe Sea you reside in is merely one of three thousand Dimensional Universes. Only when you include the Origin Continent does it count as a complete Source World. There are countless such Source Worlds in the Primal Chaos City. In the context of the Myriad Worlds, it's equivalent to a Middle-Thousand World. If you want to obtain Origin Points, wait until you transcend your Source World!

[A Grave of Gods] Liu Shanshan, Fourth Order: Li Shanhe is right. Don't be so ambitious; just focus on your cultivation. Your priority right now is to find a way to obtain a large amount of Points. Although Points aren't worth much, they are crucial for you in the early stages. Only with a massive amount of Points can you grow rapidly.

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe, Fifth Order: Actually, don't just talk about wanting Origin Points; don't we all want them? But Origin Points are far too precious. I collect Primordial Spirit Qi in the Primordial Space, and it takes about ten thousand years to exchange for 1 Origin Point. Do you know why Shanshan is unwilling to ask the Cult Master for help unless absolutely necessary? Because according to the rules of the Chat Group, asking a Transcendent to act once costs at least one hundred million Origin Points.

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming, First Order: Alright! I was being too ambitious. I'm going to check the Divine Sparks in the Chat Group Mall now. I probably won't have much time to chat in the group over the next few years. The Swallowed Star plot is about to begin, and I must seize the time to cultivate. I not only need to participate in the Peak Genius Battle, but I must also achieve a high ranking. Only by demonstrating sufficient talent can I receive the full support of the Human Race, and only then can I rise rapidly in the Swallowed Star world!

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe, Fifth Order: Go, go!

Yue Ming exited the chat window and entered the Chat Group Mall, using the search function to look for Divine Sparks. Instantly, thousands of types of Divine Sparks appeared in the shopping list, ranging from High-level Divine Sparks down to Low-level Divine Sparks. However, even the lowest-ranked Low-level Divine Spark, and a damaged one at that, cost at least one hundred million Points.

Complete Low-level Divine Spark: 1 billion Points.

Complete God Divine Spark: 10 trillion Points.

Complete High-level Divine Spark: 100 quadrillion Points.

Although Divine Sparks are expensive, they must be bought regardless of the cost! If one compares the comprehension of Origin Laws to a college entrance exam, while there are students with good grades and students with bad grades, they all have one thing in common: they rely on themselves to solve the problems. Not only is the speed slow, but there is also a possibility of getting the questions wrong.

Having a Divine Spark as a reference to assist in comprehending Origin Laws is equivalent to being given the answer key for the exam. Who wouldn't copy the homework? Therefore, Divine Sparks must be bought. Even if it means going bankrupt or resorting to trickery, I must scrape together enough Points to buy them!

This made Yue Ming even more eager to join the Five Great Powers of the Human Race. Only by joining them would he have the opportunity to acquire a large amount of cultivation resources.

However, Yue Ming's first consideration now was how to scavenge resources on Earth and sell them to the Chat Group Mall in exchange for Points. He needed to buy at least two Low-level Divine Sparks. That way, he would have a hundred percent certainty of comprehending the Origin Laws before the Peak Genius Battle, or perhaps even rely on the Law Fusion Device to step onto the path of Fusion Laws.

Thinking back to how much the City Lord of Chaos valued Fusion Laws in the original work—giving Luo Feng three thousand years as a test to reach the first level of Fusion Laws, and then Luo Feng relying on the Divine Beast Statue to master the first level in eight hundred years, causing the City Lord of Chaos to laugh heartily on the spot and accept Luo Feng as his thirty-second personal disciple.

If Yue Ming could step onto the path of Fusion Laws during the Peak Genius Battle, he would surely shock the upper echelons of the Human Race. Perhaps a Lord of the Universe would even take him on as a personal disciple directly; that would truly be a meteoric rise.

However, if he had a choice, it would be best not to take the City Lord of Chaos as a master, because the City Lord of Chaos is too fair and selfless, and one wouldn't be able to squeeze much profit out of him. If one is to take a master, it should be a wealthy and generous one.

"It is already 2056. According to the Swallowed Star timeline, the Peak Genius Battle is held in 2066. That means I only have ten years..."

Let me think about what opportunities there are on Earth...

The first opportunity Yue Ming could think of was on Mist Island. It held the legacy of Meteor Star and hundreds of Spirits of Plants and Trees. He didn't need to think about the legacy, but he certainly wouldn't give up on the Spirits of Plants and Trees. He could at least trade them for some Points. While those Points wouldn't be enough to buy a Divine Spark, they would at least allow him to break through a rank or two.

Next was the Bermuda Ruins. There was an E9-grade Mechanical Race Spaceship there, and the ship was remarkably intact; it should fetch a high price. Then there was the Shennongjia Ruins, which housed a slumbering Zerg Queen. He just wasn't sure if the Chat Group Mall accepted living beings.

However, Yue Ming had only just broken through to the Planetary level. Going to the Shennongjia Ruins now would be suicide; Hu Yanbo had set up defenses there that even a Sector Lord would struggle to overcome. As for the Bermuda Ruins, Yue Ming wouldn't go there for the time being either. There were too many King-level Monsters in the ocean, and his current strength was still lacking.

"Then I'll head to Mist Island first to harvest all the Spirits of Plants and Trees. Once I break through a few more ranks or comprehend a Domain, I'll go to Bermuda to claim the Mechanical Race Spaceship. As for the Shennongjia Ruins, I'll just forget about it..."

The only way Yue Ming could think of to obtain a massive amount of Points was the Mechanical Race Spaceship in Bermuda. In the original story, that ship was worth thousands of Primordial Units. If he sold it to the Chat Group Mall, he would have enough Points to purchase a Low-level Divine Spark in the early stages.

As long as he survived the initial phase and joined the Virtual Universe Company, he would never have to worry about Points again. By then, he would truly be like Li Shanhe, with more Points than he could ever spend.