Traveling Ten Million Light-Years Across the Starry Sea

Time passed day by day.

Ninety days, all things considered, is only about three months; for a Planetary Level being with a lifespan reaching a millennium, calling it the blink of an eye is no exaggeration.

In the vacuum of space, approximately 1.9 million kilometers from the star, the dark red Chilian Star hovered in the deep void.

This spaceship had now become the exclusive transport for Yu Duan. As for Master Zhen Li and the others, they had purchased a C9-grade alloy spaceship to travel through the universe.

Inside one of the ship's observation rooms, the porthole was open, and Yu Duan floated cross-legged in mid-air, facing the fierce light of the star.

Beside Yu Duan, a liquid metal robot held a metal case.

Inside the case were vials of Lingxi Liquid, a common training serum for Fighters with awakened light-type genetic talents, capable of significantly increasing the upper limit and efficiency of cellular absorption of cosmic origin energy, thereby accelerating the growth of genetic origin energy.

The effect was also obvious; in just 90 days, Yu Duan had risen from the peak of Planetary Level 1 to the late stage of Planetary Level 2.

Precisely because of this improvement, Yu Duan's training position could advance from 2.4 million kilometers away from the star to 1.9 million kilometers, and the efficiency of his progress had increased to 43 times the original rate.

The closer one gets to a star, the greater the increase in light radiation for every bit of distance shortened.

Using the stellar intensity of the Light Source Star System as a standard, even if Yu Duan were to reach the peak of Planetary Level, he could at most only station himself 1 million kilometers from the star.

To touch the surface of the star, one would have to wait until reaching the Universe Level.

"Master, an email has been received. The Beiming Sacred Land spaceship is about to enter the Light Source Star System."

The image of the intelligent assistant Tianran emerged, resembling the fairy figures Yu Duan had seen in various works from his past life, only palm-sized.

Now that he had money, everything had been upgraded, and his intelligent assistant had been replaced from the lowest-level intelligence to a high-level emotional intelligence, second only to an intelligent lifeform.

Intelligent assistants are generally divided into four levels: logic processing programs—primary intelligence with logic comparable to a real human—high-level emotional intelligence—intelligent lifeforms.

Among these, intelligent lifeforms evolve from the third level of emotional intelligence and cannot be directly manufactured.

The birth of every intelligent lifeform requires long years and companionship, and they share a very deep emotional bond with their master, so basically, no one would ever sell their own intelligent lifeform, and even if one wanted to buy one, they couldn't.

Yu Duan opened his eyes, his consciousness returning from the Virtual Universe: "Tianran, send them my coordinates directly. I won't say goodbye to Master Zhen Li and the others to avoid the sentimentality."

In reality, there wasn't much to be sentimental about; it wasn't as if they couldn't meet in the Virtual Universe.

"Understood, Master!" Tianran flapped her transparent wings, her tiny figure bobbing up and down as if nodding.

About 15 minutes later, a deep blue circular spaceship emerged from the deep void.

This was a shuttle-shaped spaceship, about 1.2 kilometers long with a maximum diameter of about 200 meters, its entire body appearing as if carved from some kind of sapphire.

As the spaceship hatch opened, a group of figures with powerful auras flew out.

Leading them was a member of the Winged Race, possessing two wings and four arms, and behind him were 10 guards at the peak of Universe Level 9.

"Greetings, my lord."

Yu Duan bowed slightly, saluting the powerhouse of the Winged Race. According to the feedback from his intelligent assistant Tianran, this was a powerhouse at the peak of the Domain Lord Level.

The Winged Race powerhouse quickly stopped him, a look of warmth appearing on his face as he said, "Your Highness, there is no need for such formalities. With your talent, you will surely become a member of the Sacred Land's core layer. Just call me Palentine."

Yu Duan had also studied the information on the Beiming Sacred Land.

Ordinary Beiming Sacred Land students were at least those who had mastered a domain by the Star Level, all destined to become Domain Lords, and in the future, they might even glimpse the World Master Level; thus, their status was comparable to a Domain Lord.

As for core layer members, their status was equivalent to a World Master, and among them, World Master-level core members could interact with Immortal Gods as equals.

Additionally, it should be noted that Yan Lun, whom Yu Duan had seen previously, was only a World Master-level member of the Sacred Land, not a core member. Only the top 10 World Master-level members belonged to the core layer.

Although Yu Duan was not yet a core member, Palentine had seen Yu Duan's file and understood what a triple domain at age 17 represented, which was why he had addressed him as "Your Highness" in advance.

Yu Duan nodded slightly but still asked politely: "Mr. Palentine, when shall we depart?"

Even though the man said he could be called by his name, there was no need to act arrogant; being polite was enough.

"We can depart at any time. As long as it doesn't delay the itinerary, everything is determined by Your Highness's schedule."

Hearing this, Yu Duan let out a long sigh of relief, turned to take one last look at the planet where he had lived for more than a decade, and said to Palentine: "Then let's depart now. I am ready."

Yu Duan used his space ring to store his small spaceship, then, surrounded by the group, entered the Beiming Sacred Land spaceship.

As the spaceship started, it successfully entered the Dark Universe in just a moment.

The long shuttle, emitting a faint blue glow, traveled through the Dark Universe at about 10 times the speed of light, heading straight for the star sector directly under the Beiming Universe Kingdom.

In the spaceship's lounge, it took about two minutes to collect and upload Yu Duan's origin energy signature and genetic information before he was officially considered a Planetary Level member of the Beiming Sacred Land.

"Mr. Palentine, how much further until we reach the Sacred Land?"

On the sofa, Yu Duan felt the luxury of the E-grade spaceship and looked at Palentine before him.

Palentine smiled and said: "The Sacred Land is about 30 million light-years away from Your Highness's hometown. At the ship's speed, we will arrive in about 108 days."

30 million light-years is definitely a terrifying unit of distance.

But in reality, on the scale of the entire Universe Kingdom's territory, the Chilian Divine Empire was already considered very close to the core territory of the Beiming Universe Kingdom.

"Now that Your Highness has officially become a member of the Beiming Sacred Land, you have the authority to enter our Beiming Universe Kingdom's exclusive space in the Virtual Universe—the Beiming Sea."

Palentine asked: "If Your Highness is willing, I can take you to familiarize yourself with the Beiming Sea first."

"Then I shall trouble you, Mr. Palentine."

Virtual Universe, Beiming Sea.

Unlike the Beiming Continent, this independent space is a vast, boundless sea of stars, not a true ocean.

At the center of this star sea stands a vast, towering temple, radiating brilliant light like a quasar at the heart of a real galaxy, serving as the absolute core of the star system.

Orbiting that vast temple are numerous celestial bodies resembling inverted mountains, each hosting interconnected buildings and palaces that form individual estates.

"This is... the Beiming Sea?"

On a rapidly flying metal platform, Yu Duan gazed at the vast star system and looked toward Palentine beside him.

"Yes, Your Highness. At the center of this star sea is the temple of the great Lord of the Kingdom!"

Palentine bowed toward the center of the star sea with a reverent expression, then added, "The more than twenty thousand estates orbiting the Lord of the Kingdom's temple belong to the more than twenty thousand Immortal Gods under the command of the Universe Kingdom."

"Billions of people live throughout the Beiming Sea, but among them, the true core geniuses number only 2,110; the rest are ordinary members and staff like myself."

"Of these two thousand-plus core geniuses, 1,000 are Star Level and 1,000 are Universe Level, serving as seeds cultivated for the selection tournaments held by the two peak powers."

"Moving up, there are only 100 Domain Lord Level and 10 World Master Level core members, respectively."

Palentine took Yu Duan to learn a little about the various regions of the Beiming Sea.

The Planetary Level members reside on a floating island with a maximum diameter of about 100,000 kilometers, and including Yu Duan, there are only 5 of them.

The Star Level and Universe Level members above them, numbering over a hundred million, all live on much larger continental-type celestial bodies.

Core members of every level are entitled to an independent life-bearing planet to serve as their residence.