Origin Points

But on second thought, that was perfectly normal. In the Swallowed Star world, currency exchange rates could differ by trillions of times. Low-level treasures were simply useless to high-level cultivators, which caused the value of high-level treasures to skyrocket.

For example, supreme treasures in the Swallowed Star world could be exchanged for a massive number of points or Primordial Units, but points and Primordial Units could not be exchanged for supreme treasures. That was also why the Chat Group restricted points to purchasing treasures below the seventh tier.

Just like the Virtual Universe Company, which rewarded points for clearing the Tongtian Bridge, it was practically giving them away for free in order to nurture talented descendants of the Human Race. The Lineage of Transmigrators had created the Chat Group for the same purpose: to nurture its descendants and strengthen itself. Their original intentions were essentially the same.

The same applied to Cultivation Methods. The Virtual Universe Company possessed countless Cultivation Methods. It would naturally be impossible to say those methods were not precious, but as long as they had enough points, Human Race geniuses could learn any Cultivation Method without any restrictions.

Although those Cultivation Methods seemed to require hundreds of billions of points to exchange for, were hundreds of billions of points really expensive for a top-tier secret technique at the level of a Lord of the Universe? Points held no value at all to a Lord of the Universe. This was basically the same as giving them away for free.

The Cultivation Methods in the Chat Group Mall were the same. Points were equally worthless to the upper echelon of the Lineage of Transmigrators, and seventh- and eighth-tier Cultivation Methods were sold almost as cheaply as cabbages. In that regard, the Chat Group was very similar to the Human Race.

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · Tier 1: [Ahem, since you've all read the Swallowed Star novel, you should all know the plot, right? Do you think I have a chance of obtaining Origin Points?]

[A Realm of Gods] Liu Shanshan · Tier 4: [Obtaining Origin Points is easy. Once you become strong enough, destroy the Original Universe. Although the Original Universe is small in scale, it should still earn you roughly 1 Origin Point.]

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · Tier 1: [Isn't the Swallowed Star world a top-tier major world? The entire Original Universe is only worth 1 Origin Point?]

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe · Tier 5: [Stop daydreaming. The Swallowed Star world is indeed a top-tier major world, but that refers to the entire Primal Chaos City. The Universe Ocean where you are is merely one of three thousand Dimensional Universes. Only with the Origin Continent included does it count as a complete Source World. There are countless similar Source Worlds in Primal Chaos City. Among the Myriad Worlds, it is only equivalent to a mid-tier world. If you want Origin Points, wait until you transcend the Source World first!]

[A Realm of Gods] Liu Shanshan · Tier 4: [Li Shanhe is right. Stop aiming too high and work hard on your cultivation. Right now, the most important thing for you is finding a way to obtain a large amount of points. Although points aren't worth much, they are still extremely important to you in the early stages. Only with enough points can you grow quickly.]

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe · Tier 5: [Forget about you wanting Origin Points—even we want Origin Points. But Origin Points are far too precious. I collect Primordial Spirit Qi in Primordial Space, and after collecting it for ten thousand years, I can probably exchange it for 1 Origin Point. Do you know why Shanshan is unwilling to ask the Cult Master to act unless absolutely necessary? Because according to the Chat Group's rules, asking a Transcendent to act even once requires at least a hundred million Origin Points.]

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · Tier 1: [All right! I was aiming too high. I'm going to the Chat Group Mall to look at Divine Sparks now. I probably won't have much time to chat idly in the group over the next few years. The Swallowed Star plot is about to begin, and I have to hurry up and cultivate. I won't just participate in the Peak Genius Battle—I have to achieve a good ranking. Only by displaying sufficient talent can I receive the Human Race's full support. That's the only way I can rise quickly in the Swallowed Star world!]

[A Realm of Gods] Li Shanhe · Tier 5: [Go on, go on!]

Yue Ming exited the chat window and entered the Chat Group Mall. Using the search function to look up Divine Sparks, he immediately found thousands of varieties in the shopping list, ranging from High-level Divine Sparks to Low-level Divine Sparks. However, even the lowest-grade Low-level Divine Spark, and a damaged one at that, cost hundreds of millions of points at minimum.

A complete Low-level Divine Spark: 1 billion points.

A complete Mid-level Divine Spark: 100 trillion points.

A complete High-level Divine Spark: 10 quadrillion points.

Divine Sparks were expensive, but no matter how expensive they were, he had to buy them! If comprehending laws was compared to the college entrance examination, then although some students had good grades and others had poor grades, they all had one thing in common: they had to solve the problems themselves. Not only was that slow, but they might even get the answers wrong.

But with a Divine Spark as a reference to assist in comprehending the Origin Laws, it was like being given the standard answers in the college entrance examination. Who didn't know how to copy homework? Therefore, he had to buy Divine Sparks. Even if he had to spend every last penny, cheat, swindle, and steal, he still had to gather enough points to buy them!

This made Yue Ming even more eager to join one of the Human Race's Five Great Powers. Only by joining the Five Great Powers would he have a chance to obtain vast cultivation resources.

However, what Yue Ming needed to consider first was how to plunder some resources on Earth and then sell them to the Chat Group Mall in exchange for points. At the very least, he needed to buy two Low-level Divine Sparks. That way, before the Peak Genius Battle, he would have absolute confidence in comprehending the Origin Laws, perhaps even entering the path of Fusion Laws through the Law Fusion Device.

Thinking of how much importance the City Lord of Chaos had placed on Fusion Laws in the original work, he had given Luo Feng three thousand years as a test, requiring Luo Feng to reach the first level of Fusion Laws. Later, with the Divine Beast Statue, Luo Feng had mastered the first level in eight hundred years, causing the City Lord of Chaos to laugh joyfully on the spot and accept Luo Feng as his thirty-second Personal Disciple.

If Yue Ming could enter the path of Fusion Laws during the Peak Genius Battle, he would certainly alarm the Human Race's upper echelon. Perhaps a Lord of the Universe might directly accept him as a Personal Disciple. That would be a true leap to the heavens in a single step.

However, if he had a choice, it would be best not to take the City Lord of Chaos as his master. The City Lord of Chaos was too impartial and selfless, so there would not be much to gain from him. If he was going to take a master, he should choose one who was wealthy and generous.

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

"Let's think about what opportunities exist on Earth..."

The first opportunity Yue Ming could think of was on Mist Island. There was the Meteor Star inheritance there, along with hundreds of Spirits of Plants and Trees. He did not need to think about the inheritance, but he definitely would not give up the Spirits of Plants and Trees. They should at least exchange for some points. Those points would not be enough to buy Divine Sparks, but they should still let him break through one or two tiers.

Next was the Bermuda Ruins. There was an E9-class Mechanical Race Spaceship there, and it was extremely intact, so it should sell for quite a lot. Then there was a sleeping Zerg Queen in the Shennongjia Ruins. He just did not know whether the Chat Group Mall accepted living creatures.

However, Yue Ming had only just broken through to the Planetary level. Going to the Shennongjia Ruins now would be courting death. Hu Yanbo had made arrangements there, and even a World Master would gain nothing from going there. As for the Bermuda Ruins, Yue Ming would not 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 first make a trip to Mist Island and harvest all the Spirits of Plants and Trees. Once I break through a few more tiers or comprehend a domain, I'll go to Bermuda and take the Mechanical Race Spaceship. As for the Shennongjia Ruins, forget it..."

The only way Yue Ming could think of to obtain a large amount of points was the Mechanical Race Spaceship in Bermuda. In the original work, that spaceship had been worth over a thousand Primordial Units. If he sold it to the Chat Group Mall, he would have enough points to buy Low-level Divine Sparks in the early stages.

As long as he got through the early stage 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.