"Your Highness Muxuan, would you like to purchase Volume Seven of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows? It costs one billion points, and you're eligible for a thirty percent discount."
"Purchase successful."
"Seven hundred million points deducted. Point balance: 479,208,000."
"Please wait. Someone will deliver the Secret Technique shortly."
He had originally earned over a billion points for passing Tongtian Mountain. He'd spent two hundred million on the Fire Source God Crystal and thirty million on the Green Conch Armor. After expenses for War Blades, ships, and cultivating Plant Lifeforms, he'd had only a little over eight hundred million points left. Now, after earning three hundred million points through the Qualification Battle and converting his Military Merit and spoils into points, he still had over four hundred million left—even after purchasing Volume Seven of Miscellaneous Theories of Clear Shadows.
The points seemed like a lot. He'd already used them to upgrade his World Lord-level Cloud-Touching Vine, which had 256 main vines, to its strongest form with 360 main vines. But he was still a long way from the more than ten billion points needed for it to evolve into an Immortal. And the nearly fifty billion points required for his Sword Leaf Grass were even further out of reach; what he had now was barely a drop in the bucket.
Still, strength was built up step by step. His World Lord-level Qualification Battle was over. Next, he would set out again, with the goal of taking on high-ranking military officers, or even those at Marquis Rank.
After resting for over three months, the Cloud-Touching Vine had successfully transformed into its strongest form, with 360 main vines, greatly increasing its defensive power. Ye Muxuan boarded the Feiyu and left the Barracks Base, heading for the Starry Sea once more.
"We've reached