A major shopping spree, supreme-tier comprehension

When Lin Yi walked out of that secluded alley outside the Heaven Inscription Pavilion, Lin Yi had already returned to his original form.

He stood still for a moment, sensing that there was no longer any residual fluctuation from the disguise bead around him, before turning back along the edge of the street towards the Heaven Inscription Pavilion.

When he stepped back into the first floor of the Heaven Inscription Pavilion, none of his shop managers and stall owners gave him a second glance.

He changed into ordinary casual clothes, concealing his presence to be almost indistinguishable from the surrounding customers, blending seamlessly into the crowd.

The bulk goods section was as bustling as ever.

He walked slowly along the main passage, looking around as he went.

The shops on the ground floor of the Heaven Inscription Pavilion, catering to lower-level residents and cultivators, mostly sell everyday cultivation materials and ordinary equipment. The customers are mostly ordinary people at the Cosmic Source Realm, with only a few at the initial True Source Realm occasionally seen picking and choosing in the discount section.

He strolled around, making his purchases slowly.

He wasn't picky about the shops in the Cosmic Source Realm; at his current cultivation level, he could usually tell the quality of the items at a glance.

As long as the product type is right and the quantity is sufficient, he will buy it without hesitation.

He acquired almost every type of cultivation resource required for each grade of the Cosmic Source Realm cultivation treasures, taking tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of each type.

Ordinary shop owners would see that he was procuring supplies for an office from some chamber of commerce when he announced such a purchase volume.

Lin Yi didn't take it seriously.

Even the top-grade Chaos Essence Liquid at the Cosmic Source Realm only costs one hundred Eternal Cosmos Coin.

Thousand Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

After completing this round of shopping, Lin Yi roughly calculated that he had bought almost all kinds of resources from all the Origin Law of the Cosmic Source Realm, and it only cost him a little over a thousand Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

Including the thousand low-grade Source Essence Crystal Eternal Cosmos Crystal bought, he only spent two thousand in total.

He couldn't help but sigh to himself, "If these things were in the Origin Universe, even a single piece would be enough to make a Venerable Lord fight, but here... they're sold by the ton."

Despite his feelings, he did not linger at the Heaven Inscription Pavilion.

The supplies have been purchased, and the most important objective of this trip has already been achieved; there is no point in staying any longer.

Lin Yi walked out of the Heaven Inscription Pavilion, stood in the berth area, and then took out the levitation shuttle that Ruituan had given him.

The silver-white streamlined hull reflected a soft metallic luster under the pale purple sky. Compared to the shuttles he had ridden in before, this floating shuttle was much longer and more exquisite.

He stepped onto the levitation shuttle. The floor beneath his feet was made of some kind of translucent energy alloy, and stepping on it would create a faint silver ripple.

In front of the pilot's seat is a full-length curved screen displaying a 3D structural diagram of the airship and its various parameters.

Lin Yi glanced at it and couldn't help but admire it inwardly.

With a thought, he launched the air shuttle vertically, made a slight turn in the air, and then entered the busy airspace above Mist Sea City.

Lin Yi controlled the speed of the levitation shuttle to the upper limit of the city's restrictions, then leaned back in his chair and quietly savored the day's gains.

The flawed True Source Soul Crystal was the biggest surprise. Now, the task is to return the purchased resources to the Cosmic Clam, spend some time with family and Ellie, and finally return to the Frontline to improve comprehension!

Having made up his mind, Lin Yi directly controlled the air shuttle to head towards the High-Energy Void Zone where the Cosmic Clam was located.

Soon, the High-Energy Void Zone.

Against the backdrop of endless darkness, countless pale blue high-energy particle streams drifted slowly at the edge of the field of vision like a polar veil, enveloping the entire area in a hazy yet magnificent halo.

The pale golden Cosmic Clam still hovered at the anchor point, its shell's natural patterns slowly flowing through the void.

The levitation shuttle landed on the platform. Lin Yi stepped out, put the shuttle away, and then stepped through the pale golden membrane of the Cosmic Clam into the inner space.

Then, he flashed and appeared directly in the Star Abyss Hall.

At the same time, he instructed Xuanji, "Summon the Venerables who are cultivating in the Star Abyss Hall."

Now, after numerous expansions and renovations, the Star Abyss Hall Star Abyss Hall has long been the number one holy place in the universe, where the vast majority of Venerable Lords cultivate.

Upon learning of Lin Yi's return, the assembled Venerables dared not delay for a moment and quickly rushed over.

Lin Yi sat down in the main seat of the main hall, his gaze sweeping over these familiar faces.

Because they had only been gone for a little over a thousand Epoch, these people hadn't changed much from before.

Of course, there were a few exceptions, such as... Thousand Illusions.

Lin Yi felt a sense of relief; clearly, Thousand Illusions had now broken through to the Venerable Lord Rank.

However, he didn't say anything to anyone privately, but instead addressed the crowd, saying, "I brought back a batch of resources for cultivation this time."

Lin Yi didn't waste any more words, "Xuanji, connect to the universe and contribute to the treasure trove."

Xuanji's illusory figure solidified beside him, bowing slightly.

"The treasure vault has been opened," she said.

Lin Yi waved his hand.

The light inside the hall suddenly dimmed, and then a huge light screen spread out in mid-air, densely filled with lists of various treasures and their quantities.

Each type of Venerable Lord Rank resource treasure is accompanied by an inventory of at least 50,000 units.

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

Lin Yi observed everyone's reactions and understood what they were thinking, but he didn't dwell on the topic. He simply said, "Alright, everyone disperse. Those who are supposed to collect resources, collect them; those who are supposed to go into seclusion, go into seclusion."

The venerable ones rose one after another.

"Master, Eldest Brother, Third Senior Sister, and Xuan Yan, Tian Ge, and Qing Yan, please stay behind."

The Venerables, who had gotten up and walked halfway, paused, their gazes sweeping over Xuchen, Prison Suppressor, Thousand Illusions, and the others, their eyes filled with envy.

After everyone else had left the hall, the hall doors slowly closed. Lin Yi flicked his sleeve, and a row of semi-transparent small boxes appeared in front of him.

He raised his hand and pushed, and the boxes floated into the hands of each person in front of him.

"This is for you all separately, Master. Your box also includes gifts for all the senior brothers and sisters."

Xuchen looked down at the box in his hand, which emitted a faint golden light, and remained silent for several breaths.

He then closed the box, looked up at Lin Yi, and said with a smile, "You've put your heart into this."

Lin Yi nodded. "Of course."

Thousand Illusions looked at Lin Yi, whose temperament was as profound as an abyss, and a hint of indescribable light appeared in her beautiful eyes.

She has now become Venerable Lord Rank, standing shoulder to shoulder with her father, but compared to her junior brother who appeared out of nowhere, quickly became the pinnacle of the universe, and later even transcended the Supreme Realm, everything seems to pale in comparison.

The junior brother is still the same junior brother in the sect.

But at the same time, he is also the patriarch of the entire universe.

She didn't know how to describe her feelings at that moment.

"Everyone, cultivate diligently. When the time is right, I will take you out and help you obtain official status in Mist Sea City."

Lin Yi offered a word of encouragement to everyone.

This was his private thought. After all, the status of those at the Cosmic Source Realm was too low in Mist Sea City. Therefore, the rule he had set before was that only those who reached the Cosmic Source Realm perfection would be taken out to Mist Sea City.

However, now that he has the incomplete True Source Soul Crystal, Lin Yi feels that it might take them longer to reach the Perfection of the Cosmic Source Realm than it would take him to reach the Eternal Source Realm. And once he reaches the Eternal Source Realm, he will have the ability to protect everyone.

Therefore, he plans to take all these Cosmic Source Realm out at once after he reaches the Eternal Source Realm.

Hearing Lin Yi's words and learning that they had received a large amount of resources, everyone expressed their determination to cultivate diligently and reach the peak of the Cosmic Source Realm as soon as possible.

After giving a few more instructions to everyone, Lin Yi didn't linger and turned to walk deeper into the Star Abyss Hall.

Someone was waiting for him there.

"Is everything taken care of?"

Aurelia, dressed in a light blue dress, leaned against the door frame, exuding a languid air.

"I thought you were going to talk to them all day."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Everything has been arranged. A separate set was kept for Master and a few senior brothers and sisters, and the rest of the familiar Venerables have also been distributed. The remaining items in the treasury are enough for them to use for a long time."

Aurelia nodded, without saying anything more.

She straightened up from the door frame, turned and walked inside, with Lin Yi following behind her.

Inside the room was a small round table, on which sat a slowly rotating phantom of a cosmic star map.

"How have you been lately?" Lin Yi asked, sitting down on a chair by the window.

"It's alright," Aurelia said, sitting down opposite him. "Managing this Cosmic Clam for you hasn't been too tiring. The leaders of each race are all quite sensible and know the rules. The few who don't understand are dealt with quickly, and nothing serious has happened."

"As for cultivation..." she smiled, "Because resources are plentiful, I've slowly honed my skills to the level of a powerful god."

This speed is actually quite good, so Lin Yi nodded slightly and said, "There's no need to rush cultivation; things will eventually yield results."

Aurelia chuckled softly. She knew Lin Yi was telling the truth, but his frankness only made her feel more uneasy.

"I know this speed isn't actually that slow..." She leaned against the edge of the round table, a complicated expression on her face, "But, you're out there fighting, and I can't help you with anything. Sometimes I wonder, what use is this wife to you?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, stood up from his chair, took two steps to her, and pulled her into his arms.

"That's ridiculous." He lowered his head, his tone neither exonerating nor lecturing, but calmly stating a truth he had already confirmed countless times, "Helping me manage the entire Cosmic Clam and take care of my Parents, without you, how could I focus on my work outside? You're not holding me back, you're my support."

Aurelia remained silent for a moment.

She lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she did not pull away from his arm.

"I understand," she said.

Lin Yi did not continue the topic.

He knew that Aurelia didn't truly doubt her own worth; she was simply unwilling to forever remain in the safe rear, watching him from afar.

However, Lin Yi wasn't too worried about this issue.

The price of a standard True Source Soul Crystal is marked at 500,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal in all the major trading houses in the Empire.

Five hundred thousand Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

This has far exceeded the limits that True Source Realm can withstand.

Even for cultivators in the Eternal Source Realm, it would be extremely difficult to come up with such a huge sum of money; only those with substantial wealth in the Eternal Source Realm could possibly pull it out without batting an eye.

But for the Constant Source Realm, this amount of money might just be a small expense.

The Constant Source Realm was still far away for him, but the path was already clear.

Aurelia noticed his arm tighten slightly and looked up at him.

"How long will you be staying this time?" she asked.

"Three hundred Epoch." Lin Yi snapped out of his reverie, looked down at her, and a smile appeared on his lips. "It took me ten Epoch to hitch a ride back, but I won't get that kind of treatment on the return trip. I'll have to wait for the supply fleet, and the return voyage will take exactly three hundred Epoch."

Aurelia's eyes brightened slightly, and a smile finally appeared on her face.

"Three hundred Epoch," she repeated the number.

The days that followed were uneventful yet fulfilling.

Lin Yi didn't deliberately plan a cultivation program, nor did he go into seclusion to break through. He accompanied his Parents to wander among the scenic spots in various places, and also dragged Xuchen and Prison Suppressor to drink several rounds of wine in the Star Abyss Hall.

When Thousand Illusions saw him again later, her attitude was much more natural, and she even teased him a few times when no one was around, just like before.

Lin Yi also took this opportunity to guide the cultivation of the various Venerable Lords.

He has now reached a level far beyond the Cosmic Source Realm. The bottlenecks that many Venerable Lords need to ponder for thousands of years are often just a thin sheet of paper in his eyes.

He also took this time to bestow cultivation treasures upon his god-level relatives and friends.

He summoned not only his Parents, siblings, and Eastern Edge's old brothers, but also the gods he had once been on good terms with. He inquired about their recent situations and then, according to each person's foundation and cultivation method, bestowed upon them a rare resource tailored to their individual needs.

Three hundred Epoch passed quietly between cultivation and spending time with family.

On this day, Lin Yi bid farewell to Aurelia and his Parents, and left the Cosmic Clam.

He stood on the placement platform in the High-Energy Void Zone. The pale blue high-energy particle stream still drifted slowly at the end of the sky like the aurora. The pale golden Cosmic Clam was suspended in the distant void. The pale golden patterns on the surface of the clam shell were flickering with an extremely slow rhythm, breathing in and out chaotic energy.

He glanced back one last time and took out the levitation shuttle.

The hatch slid open, and he stepped inside.

The air shuttle pierced through the chaotic particle stream of the High-Energy Void Zone, heading towards the Mist Sea City military port.

After arriving at the naval port and undergoing multiple identity verifications, Lin Yi quickly reached his berth.

A giant supply ship was docked there, and all the numerous supply ports on both sides of the hull had been sealed. The logistics soldiers were busy pushing the last box of supplies into the hold.

After passing the final verification, Lin Yi stepped onto the gangway amidst salutes from the logistics personnel.

With a low rumble emanating from the bottom of the ship, the transport ship slowly detached from its berth and entered the channel.

Twenty Epoch are but a fleeting moment on the scale of the Chaos Tribunal Sea.

For Lin Yi, this not-so-long voyage was rather agonizing.

It wasn't because the journey was treacherous.

The supply fleet sailed along safe waterways cleared by the military, encountering virtually no danger along the way.

It was simply because he had something on his mind.

The defective True Source Soul Crystal lay quietly within his Divine Kingdom, and this thought, like a little claw, would scratch at him from time to time.

On this day, the supply fleet finally arrived at the Black Rock Mothership.

The low-frequency vibrations emitted as the ship passed through the pale golden energy film of the berth's protective shield felt to Lin Yi like a triumphant horn.

He was almost among the first to set foot on the mothership.

The armored warriors he encountered along the way all bowed and saluted him.

Lin Yi returned the greetings one by one, but his pace didn't slow down at all.

Several familiar armored men tried to invite him to have a drink in the public area, but he simply waved them off and said, "Later."

All he wants now is to get back to the Bloodrage-class Assault Ship as soon as possible.

The assault ship's hatch slid open automatically as he approached, and the ship's interior remained as quiet and bright as ever with its cool white lights.

The passageway was deserted; the other team members were clearly still relaxing during their rest period, some had gone to the common areas, and others were still wandering around other parts of the mothership.

Lin Yi walked straight into his cultivation room, the door closing behind him.

The Main Body is waiting for him.

Their eyes met, and no words were needed.

The clone took out two boxes and handed them over.

Lin Yi nodded slightly, put the box away, and at the same time, returned his clone to his Divine Kingdom within his body.

He didn't rush to open the box, but first disbanded all three clones within his Divine Kingdom.

These clones were all formed before his comprehension improved. After he uses up that flawed True Source Soul Crystal, his soul comprehension will undergo a qualitative change, at which point he will need to summon new clones.

After doing all this, he focused his mind on his inner Divine Kingdom and opened the two boxes his clone had brought back.

One of the boxes contained the Source Essence Crystal he had purchased in Mist Sea City, totaling one thousand Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

Lin Yi nodded slightly. This batch of Source Essence Crystal was enough for him to not have to worry about the source of Spiritual Enlightenment Qi for a long time.

The other item is a separate box.

The box lid was lifted, and the defective True Source Soul Crystal lay quietly in the center of the box.

It was slightly larger than a regular Cosmic Source Soul Crystal, and its surface was covered with fine cracks, traces left from the failure of the final refining process.

Even through these cracks, the soul fluctuations, far deeper than those of the Cosmic Source Soul Crystal, still permeated the Divine Kingdom, stirring an instinctive longing deep within his soul, like a dried-up riverbed calling for a belated downpour.

Lin Yi did not use it immediately.

He first put away the storage core containing the Source Essence Crystal, then adjusted his state, calmed his mind completely, and then crushed the defective True Source Soul Crystal.

Instantly, a gentle warmth spread out, flowing along the meridians of his soul towards the core of his consciousness.

This feeling is very strange.

It's not as intense as swallowing a pill, nor as overwhelming as receiving a divine inheritance.

It's more like a subtle penetration, like spring rain seeping into parched soil, silent yet omnipresent.

Lin Yi closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and let the warm current envelop him.

Time slipped away quietly in the training room.

He felt that his soul was undergoing some kind of fundamental change.

Like a piece of iron that has been repeatedly forged, after countless hammerings, it finally begins to show the texture of steel.

Those originally obscure and difficult-to-understand Chaos Rules and patterns have become increasingly clear in perception; those insights that previously required repeated deliberation to grasp now naturally emerge in consciousness, like a mountain path washed by rain, with its outline clearly defined.

This sense of clarity was not unfamiliar to him.

When he used the Star Soul Crystal in the Origin Universe, he experienced a leap in his spiritual understanding.

However, that time it was a leap from the foundation of an ordinary genius to the level of a god, while this time it was a leap all the way from the level of a god to the perfection of the Cosmic Source Realm.

As the last wisp of warmth merged into the core of consciousness, silence returned to the cultivation room.

He looked inward and clearly sensed a completely new world deep within his soul.

The Chaos Rules that were once as inaccessible as if separated by a layer of blurry ice have now transformed into countless slender yet distinct silver-gray threads, weaving together a network that covers the entire space of consciousness.

He only needs to gently pluck one of them to sense that all the related rule nodes are simultaneously emitting a faint resonance.

Lin Yi slowly opened his eyes.

The world hasn't changed, but the way we see it has.

He raised his hand, and a Chaos Power condensed at his fingertips. The rules and patterns that previously required deliberate guidance to maintain were now formed naturally with a thought.

Those textbooks, such as "Chaos Rules Application," which could only be barely understood by burning Spiritual Enlightenment Qi in the past, no longer seem so difficult and obscure when viewed again.

A perfected soul comprehension at the Cosmic Source Realm.

In the Origin Universe, this is already comparable to the level of the Primeval Cosmos Supreme and the Dark Annihilation Supreme, belonging to a small group of beings standing at the top of a universe.

But right now, it's just the basics.

He hasn't yet begun to ignite his Spiritual Enlightenment Qi.

Even just the perception ability in the basic soul state has been greatly improved in all aspects compared to before.

So, what would happen if we added Spiritual Enlightenment Qi on top of that?

Upon realizing this, Lin Yi could no longer suppress his curiosity.

He immediately focused his mind on the Purple Mist Space deep within his soul, then activated his spirit, and purple flames silently ignited.

Boom!

The moment his Spiritual Enlightenment Qi was ignited, Lin Yi almost immediately sensed a huge difference.

Those rules and patterns that could only be vaguely grasped in the past under the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi have now become crystal clear.

It felt like he was carrying a rusty, dull knife, hacking his way through the jungle, and every inch he advanced required all his strength.

Now, he holds a Sharp Blade that has been forged through countless trials; with a gentle swing, the thorns snap in two.

A moment later, Lin Yi opened his eyes.

As he sensed the small, now fully stabilized, fragment of the Chaos Rules deep within his consciousness, the corners of his mouth slowly curled upwards.

He endured it, and endured it again.

In the end, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

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