Whoosh!
The metal platform beneath Yu Duan and Palentine flashed, and they appeared directly on the floating island reserved for Planetary Level members.
The island was lovely, covered in blue-green plants that gave off a refreshing fragrance.
It was spacious, with only four enormous hemispherical force fields—the residences of the other four Planetary Level members.
"Every Planetary Level member can design their own residence when they join, as long as it doesn't exceed a diameter of 1,000 kilometers."
Palentine explained this to Yu Duan and was just about to help him build his residence on the floating island.
Then a hemispherical force field suddenly disappeared, revealing a uniquely styled white building.
The next instant, the white building vanished as well.
Palentine paused, then hurriedly checked the system for information. He smiled and said, "There are now only four Planetary Level students, including Your Highness."
By convention, Planetary Level students who joined the Beiming Sacred Land broke through to Star Level within two years. Almost none took longer.
The owner of the building that had just disappeared had been at the Sacred Land for nearly a year, which was considered a relatively long time.
"Mr. Palentine, my bloodline level is quite low. I barely qualify as eighth grade..."
Before Yu Duan could finish, Palentine understood. Smiling, he explained, "Your Highness needn't worry. Low-grade bloodlines are rare in the Sacred Land, but they do exist. Under the Sacred Land's rules, students with lower bloodline levels are each given an S-Type Bloodline Evolution Agent."
The S-Type Bloodline Evolution Agent was, in fact, a Universe Level Bloodline Evolution Agent.
As for the Domain Lord Level Bloodline Evolution Agent above it, that could never be provided for free.
But for Yu Duan, a Universe Level Bloodline Evolution Agent was enough. Once he reached Universe Level, he would need to focus not on improving his bloodline, but on raising his Life Gene Level.
"Your Highness, next I'll take you to the Lecture Building..."
Palentine briefly explained the privileges granted to Planetary Level students.
In Beiming Space, Planetary Level students could access only the Cultivation Ground and Lecture Building. They had no permission to enter any other area.
As for places like the Secret Technique Pavilion and the Arena, students could use them only after reaching Star Level.
It was the Sacred Land's way of urging Planetary Level students to break through quickly: if they wanted to compete, they could do it at Star Level.
The Lecture Buildings were located on different life planets depending on the domains and laws a student had comprehended.
For example, Yu Duan had mastered the Light Domain, so he had to attend classes at the teaching facilities on Shenxi Star.
Shenxi Star had five teaching halls, with courses corresponding to five stages: Domain Level, crossing the threshold of law, low-level Law Comprehension, high-level Law Comprehension, and recognition by the law.
More than 99 percent of Star Level students, along with Planetary Level students like Yu Duan, could only book public lectures on Domain Level content.
In the Dark Universe, aboard the Dark Blue Shuttle Spaceship.
After returning from the Virtual Universe, Yu Duan turned to Palentine and thanked him with a smile. "Thanks for all your effort, Mr. Palentine."
"Your Highness, there's no need to thank me. It's my duty." Palentine's favorable impression of Yu Duan was exceptionally high, not only because of his astonishing talent, but also because he was so modest in how he treated others.
Most students at the Sacred Land, even the most ordinary ones, were geniuses who had mastered a domain at Star Level. They all looked down their noses at people and treated ordinary staff like Palentine with contempt.
"Mr. Palentine, the ship should have a simulated cultivation room, right?"
Yu Duan had looked into it a little. Simulated cultivation rooms were standard equipment on E-class ships.
Many powerful races liked to stay in environments better suited to their cultivation.
The most famous example was the Flame Star Behemoth branch of the Starry Sky Behemoths.
Flame Star Behemoths were born inside stars and even fed directly on them. They preferred the conditions inside a star.
"Of course. What kind of cultivation environment does Your Highness need?" Palentine asked quickly.
Yu Duan thought for a moment. "Natural starlight. As for the intensity... I can adjust that myself."
"Very well. Please follow me, Your Highness."
Palentine stood and led Yu Duan to a special room without gravity.
All sorts of parameters could be set in the room. It consumed the Universe Origin Energy within universe crystals and could, of course, simulate natural starlight according to Yu Duan's specifications.
Palentine immediately granted Yu Duan the relevant access, then bowed slightly and left the cultivation room, no longer disturbing him.
"Tianran, adjust the cultivation room to simulate natural starlight. For the intensity... set it to the level found 1.9 million kilometers from a star in the light-source system." Yu Duan gave the smart assistant the command.
"Yes, Master!"
Tianran responded promptly and entered the parameters.
In the blink of an eye, the room transformed. The walls disappeared, replaced by the depths of space.
A scorching star hung in the dark, its intense radiation enveloping Yu Duan and rapidly raising his body temperature.
"Good. This is exactly the feeling."
Yu Duan's consciousness entered his inner space and settled on the Book of Causality.
"Repaying advance cost: bathing in sunlight for 400,000 hours. Current progress: 99,219.4 hours..."
A simulated environment was still somewhat different from the real thing. The repayment rate had fallen from around 43 times to 41 times, but the difference was negligible.
"At my current rate, by the time I reach the Beiming Sacred Land, my progress should be close to 200,000 hours. Still too slow."
"I have to break through to Star Level as soon as possible, greatly increase the intensity of the light, and reach the level of Source Law as soon as I can."
Only after crossing the threshold of Source Law and truly comprehending a trace of its mysteries could someone stand out among Star Level students.
Yu Duan and Palentine had discussed the basic information about the Star Level students at the Beiming Sacred Land.
Among the hundreds of millions of Star Level students, only a small portion were geniuses recruited from the various star regions like Yu Duan. Most were elite members of the Beiming Royal Family and other powerful factions, sent by their families.
Of course, even those who joined the Sacred Land through such channels had to have mastered a domain. That was a hard requirement.
Among these hundreds of millions of Star Level geniuses, only a mere three hundred or so had crossed the threshold of Source Law.
The next rank of students consisted of Ninefold Domain geniuses who had "touched Source Law."
To "touch Source Law" meant sensing its indistinct fluctuations and being able to attempt to comprehend it. They had gained a faint understanding of law, but could not wield the power of true Source Law.
There were over a thousand students at this level as well.
"There's no need to rush. I still have plenty of time."
Yu Duan was steady. Even if he wasn't progressing the fastest, he was certainly progressing the most reliably.
With the Book of Causality, Yu Duan had no bottlenecks.
As long as he had enough time, nothing would be a problem.
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