A Youth Named Yuan

At this moment, in an unknown palace on Dongyuan Planet, Yanguang Marquis, who was completely oblivious to everything happening outside the starry sky, ceased his cultivation and stretched out his snake body, which was hundreds of meters long.

His enormous, emerald-green snake eyes seemed to pierce through layers of architecture, arriving at a vast canyon.

Here, tens of thousands of young Earth Rank Light-Deriving Snake Race members, each seven or eight meters long and as thick as a water barrel, were gathered and coiled together in play, almost filling the entire floor of the canyon.

This scene, which would have made ordinary humans shudder, caused Yanguang Marquis to reveal a look of kindness and hope: You little ones at the Earth Rank (Planet Rank) are the true hope of our race...

Yanguang Marquis suddenly displayed a look of terror. Before he could react, he lost all consciousness and vanished from the palace, without being noticed by any of his kin...

In the cosmic starry sky, Mountain Sitting Guest looked at the unconscious Yanguang Marquis, who was hundreds of meters long, and said indifferently to the Lizard-Man Immortal slave left behind by Winged Snake Venerable: "Use your secret technique to enslave him!"

Although Winged Snake Venerable acted as a servant, he was not actually a soul slave of Mountain Sitting Guest.

Controlling other life forms through soul secret techniques turns them into the most loyal servants, loyal from the very essence of their souls! It also has an impact on the master's own soul.

The powerful King Rank Immortal Yanguang Marquis, who could summon wind and rain on Dongyuan Planet, was not even worth Mountain Sitting Guest deploying his own soul slave to enslave...

Under the unconditional obedience commanded by Winged Snake Venerable and the pressure of Mountain Sitting Guest's terrifying aura, the Lizard-Man acted accordingly.

The unconscious Yanguang Marquis awoke, and from the connection between his soul core and the Lizard-Man, he instantly understood his fate.

"The master only has an aura of King Rank strength; even Kuangque Venerable could not make me lose consciousness instantly and whisk me away to this place!"

"It must be this powerful existence with the terrifying aura. Thanks to him, I am able to be taken under the master's command!"

Yanguang Marquis lowered his massive snake head respectfully: "Greetings, Master. Greetings to this great existence. Thank you for allowing me to join the master's ranks."

Of course, if Yanguang Marquis knew that it was precisely because of Mountain Sitting Guest that Kuangque Venerable had stopped him from exterminating the humans of Dongyuan Planet.

If he were to find out that this led to Mountain Sitting Guest being drawn here, he would likely thank even Kuangque Venerable as well...

Mountain Sitting Guest tossed a World Ring to the Lizard-Man.

"My name is Mountain Sitting Guest. From today on, you will remain on Dongyuan Planet to cultivate. These are the corresponding resources."

"Secretly look after the humans on this planet. Unless the humans of this star face the danger of extinction, you are not to intervene. Ignore everything else."

"If there is a situation you cannot handle, summon Winged Snake Venerable. Remember, without my permission, you are not to spread my name!"

After parting ways with Yanguang Marquis and the others, Mountain Sitting Guest shrank his body and concealed his form, walking along the streets of a human city on Dongyuan Planet.

Watching the humans coming and going, who were very similar to Earthlings, Mountain Sitting Guest fell into deep memories.

As if traversing endless time and space, he saw that bright figure with a radiant smile who had taught him so carefully back in the Artifact Refining Sect.

"Senior Sister..."

Mountain Sitting Guest originally did not wish to interfere too much in the development of humans within the Primitive Universe.

After all, he only intended to screen and teach powerful helpers who could assist him, not to recognize a branch of human relatives in this reincarnation era of the Primitive Universe.

Controlling Yanguang Marquis on a whim this time was also because these humans, similar to the race his Senior Sister belonged to, had touched memories buried deep within his soul...

Dongyuan Planet - Human Yisi Kingdom - Buer County -

No. 3 Main Mine - Affiliated Tuka Tribe

Although it bore the name of a tribe, countless skyscrapers rose from the ground, and with the endless stream of flying airships between them, it looked more like a highly technologically advanced future city district.

Perhaps because they were unaware that many humans similar to those on Dongyuan Planet had already begun to propagate in the Primitive Universe, they did not have the concept of a human race, instead calling themselves the Isis Race.

Isis had once been the strongest human on Dongyuan Planet, an Immortal God Lord, who had once suppressed all other races on Dongyuan Planet.

He established a powerful human nation, the Yisi Kingdom, but suddenly perished during an exploration of a cosmic secret region.

This ultimately led to a three-way standoff on Dongyuan Planet, with humans, the Light-Deriving Snake Race, and the Northern Rock Race clashing for many years...

When they could do nothing to each other at the Immortal level, the three races would be relatively restrained, only allowing the strong below the Immortal level to fight and hone themselves against one another.

The simple-minded Northern Rock Race was almost entirely militarized, while the humans and the Light-Deriving Snake Race were the opposite; only upon reaching the Flying Star Rank (Star Rank) could one gradually learn the inside story of the three-race struggle.

Those at the Sky Rank (Universe Rank) and above, the strong who could fly freely, were the main force of the racial struggle.

As for the low-strength Earth Rank (Planet Rank) and Apprentice Rank, they lived relatively stable lives under the deliberate concealment of the upper echelons.

Throughout a long history that even Immortal Gods were not entirely clear about, the technology of Dongyuan Planet had long since developed to the extreme.

Taking humans as an example, as long as they did not cultivate, even those at the low-strength Apprentice Rank could live a decent life.

However, without cultivation, there was no strength to offset the terrifying gravity of Dongyuan Planet, so one had to use vigorous metabolism to resist it.

This meant that life forms remaining at the Apprentice stage would inevitably not live very long; an Apprentice Rank 9 could only live for about 30 Dongyuan Planet years, or approximately 45 Earth years.

Dongyuan Planet humans, who were roughly at Apprentice Rank 1 shortly after birth, would have 900 kilograms of strength and a speed of 25 meters per second if they were on Earth.

But on Dongyuan Planet, an Apprentice Rank 1 might be far inferior to humans before the RR Virus mutation, with 50 kilograms of strength and a speed of 8 meters per second.

With the premise that a little effort could reach the Planet Rank and allow one to survive for thousands of years, the culture of cultivation on Dongyuan Planet was bound to be prosperous without the need for deliberate guidance.

Longevity, and even immortality, was the ultimate desire of almost all intelligent beings, provided, of course, that it was possible to achieve.

Affiliated Tuka Tribe - Living Area 015 -

Building 072 - 124th Floor - Residence 045

A young man who looked to be in his twenties, wearing high-tech glasses, walked along the winding and long metal corridor on the 124th floor.

As he walked, he talked to a virtual figure projected by his glasses.

"I'm almost home, let's stop here. We'll discuss the specifics of the engineering equipment repairs tomorrow."

"Sure thing. I haven't even congratulated you on the big, healthy baby boy yet, Engineer Autumn!"

"If you really want to congratulate me, you'd better prepare a generous gift when the little rascal has his first ranking assessment!"

"That goes without saying!"

The young man named Autumn stopped at the entrance of residence 045, and the biometric system automatically opened the door.

After greeting a neighbor he happened to run into, Autumn walked into his warm, four-bedroom home.

He saw the child's grandparents on both sides surrounding the baby cradle, bustling about as they teased the infant.

They had pushed the child's mother to the side, who was watching him with eyes full of love and a helpless smile.

A small photography robot hovered above the cradle, likely there for the relatives who had nothing better to do than join in the excitement.

The child's grandfather, facing the entryway, was the first to notice his son's return: "You finally decided to come home? The baby has been born for three days, and you still haven't given him a name."

Everyone's attention shifted from the newborn to the new father, all chiming in with their own suggestions.

According to the customs of the Tuka Tribe, the father must make the final decision on the name, so everyone looked at Autumn, waiting for his final verdict.

Autumn pondered for a long time, looked at the child's mother, and said, "Let's call him Dongyuan. Dongyuan Stone."

What kind of name was that? Everyone clamored for their son (son-in-law) to change his mind.

It was as strange as a child born on Earth being named "Earth"—it would be better to name him something like Jianguo or Yuhang!

While those names might be too common, at least they had a good meaning!

Autumn, however, was firm: "I hope this child can be like the Dongyuan Stone found everywhere—ordinary, yet possessing his own value."

"As long as he can smoothly break through to the Earth Rank (Planet Rank) and live a stable, peaceful life, that's enough."

The group sighed upon hearing this, and Autumn's mother, in particular, felt a lingering fear.

Back in the day, Autumn had been assessed with decent talent and was selected for a so-called preparatory Flying Star Rank (Star Rank) training class.

He had tried to break through to the Earth Rank relying on his own talent rather than using external aids like ordinary people, which had cut off his possibility of ever reaching the Flying Star Rank.

But due to an accident, he had almost failed to break through to the Earth Rank before his physical functions began to rapidly decline at age 20.

If he hadn't succeeded back then, he would have aged rapidly with the strength of an Apprentice Level 9 and died before 30 Dongyuan Planet years...

Earth Rank humans can live for over 600 Dongyuan Planet years, which is about 1,000 Earth years.

As for leaving Dongyuan Planet, where the cultivation energy is abundant, that was even more impossible.

Given the genetic potential of humans, after a few generations, they wouldn't even be able to reach the adult Apprentice Level 7 (Junior God of War), let alone the Earth Rank.

Beyond the human government's restrictions on childbirth, without sufficient financial strength, people would not casually bring the next generation into the world, lest they experience the tragedy of "the white-haired burying the black-haired."

His wife, who knew Autumn's past well, gently hugged his arm. The embrace of his beloved made Autumn unable to stop smiling.

Turning his head to see his wife looking at him with a touch of reproach, he finally buckled under the pressure and changed his tune: "Then let's drop a few letters and call him Yuan. Yuan Stone..."

Everyone was finally satisfied and began to enthusiastically discuss the child's future plans, with the conversation then turning to parenting tips.

The four elders spoke eloquently, citing personal experiences and pointing out the way, causing the new parents to pretend to nod in agreement while secretly chuckling to themselves...

The topic soon shifted to current events, and the child's grandmother spoke with envy about a piece of news she had just heard.

"I heard a miner in Living District 027 dug up a piece of Dongyuan Stone Mother the size of a finger!"

That was a full finger-sized piece of F-rank ore! Although not as precious as in the mid-period of the Primitive Universe, it was still a rare ore that even an Immortal God Lord would pay a high price to purchase.

It was enough to exchange for resources for dozens of generations to cultivate to the Earth Rank, and it wouldn't even be impossible to pile up enough to create a Universe Rank!