Before long, Mother Ancestor teleported back. She wore a broad smile.
"These are for you."
With that, she tossed a World Ring to Su Heng.
A sweep of Su Heng's soul immediately revealed more than a dozen World Lord-level Special Lifeforms, four immortal-level Special Lifeforms, and the supreme treasure used by that Universe Venerable-level Special Lifeform earlier!
"The supreme treasure is for you. Split the rest evenly with Nine Swords and the others," Mother Ancestor's voice rang in Su Heng's mind.
This supreme treasure was a domain-type supreme treasure, but it was extremely crude, greatly reducing its value. It was only comparable to a top-tier Set of Supreme Treasures.
However, if he had an expert reforge it in the future, this domain supreme treasure could still become comparable to other domain supreme treasures!
"Since the Demon Race has already discovered this place, I'll take you to explore for a while longer."
After giving the World Ring to Su Heng, Mother Ancestor looked at this secret realm and spoke.
She was in a good mood at the moment, so she did not mind wasting a few decades.
At those words, Mist Hammer Venerable and the other four revealed delighted expressions.
Having a powerful Universe Overlord lead them through the secret realm would be far more efficient than their previous exploration!
Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, several decades had passed.
On this day, Su Heng arrived in the Initial Universe.
After descending upon Chaos City, Su Heng headed to the City Lord's Mansion.
"Lord Su Heng." Su Heng had stayed in Chaos City for a long time, so many guards and servants in the City Lord's Mansion naturally recognized this famous genius.
Moreover, they were all well-informed. They knew Su Heng had defeated a Universe Venerable, that his palace stood halfway up Thunder Island, and that he could attend the race's highest council. Naturally, every one of them treated him with utmost respect.
"Mhm." Su Heng merely nodded faintly.
He had come this time to contribute treasures, since he had already left the Yuan Yin Secret Realm!
The place for contributing treasures... was an ancient side hall within the City Lord's Mansion of the Initial Universe. To contribute treasures, one first had to submit an application through the Virtual Universe.
Only after submitting an application would that side hall automatically open.
Su Heng walked up to the side hall.
Rumble~~~ The ancient hall doors slowly opened, the bronze gates over a hundred meters wide swinging fully apart.
Su Heng stepped inside.
Rumble~~~ The doors closed once more.
"So this is where treasures are contributed within the race."
Su Heng looked around the vast side hall. At its center stood only an enormous stone disc roughly a hundred meters in diameter. As long as a treasure was placed on the disc, the Virtual Universe system could conduct a detailed examination of it through the disc.
With a flip of his hands, an earth-yellow compass appeared in Su Heng's palm. After removing the life imprint within the treasure, he placed the compass on the stone disc.
Buzz~~~
Strands of azure light rose from the stone disc, enveloping the entire compass as they began a meticulous inspection.
Suddenly, a voice rang out in the side hall.
"Unknown domain-type supreme treasure. Its origin source is damaged, but its potential is acceptable. Contributing it to the race will earn 2,600 Treasure Points. Su Heng, are you willing to contribute this treasure to the race?" The voice was gentle and soothing.
"2,600 Treasure Points? That's actually so much. Still, its origin source doesn't match mine. What a pity," Su Heng thought to himself upon hearing the reward.
"I am! I also have some other treasures to contribute!"
Next, Su Heng took out most of his gains from two hundred years in the secret realm.
Ordinary supreme treasures, top-tier supreme treasures, and Special Lifeforms.
"Cosmic wonders are worth 380 Treasure Points, supreme treasures are worth 270 Treasure Points, and special resources are worth 560 Treasure Points. Su Heng, are you willing to contribute these treasures to the race?" The voice sounded again.
This time, Su Heng merely nodded and said, "Of course!"
"This contribution has earned a total of 3,810 Treasure Points."
As the voice fell silent.
Crack~~~
The center of the stone disc suddenly split apart and separated to both sides. Under an invisible force, all the treasures on the disc slowly descended below. Then the stone disc closed again, returning to its previous state.
"This is the detailed exchange list for the human race's precious treasures."
The gentle voice continued. At the same time, a massive, hazy gray list suddenly appeared in midair within the side hall. Four enormous categories were displayed upon it—Supreme Treasures, Supreme Treasures, Materials, Special Resources...
"3,810 Treasure Points can be exchanged for 1 Supreme Treasure Point, enough to obtain the most ordinary ordinary supreme treasure!"
Su Heng was somewhat surprised, but he quickly recovered.
Over two hundred years of exploration, they had obtained treasures worth around 500 Treasure Points during the first hundred years.
During the final hundred years, their gains had exceeded a thousand Treasure Points only because of Mother Ancestor's help and that group of Special Lifeforms.
Although Su Heng had held back a small portion, gains worth 1,210 Treasure Points already surpassed those of the vast majority of Venerables exploring secret realms!
The real bulk of the value was actually the domain-type supreme treasure Mother Ancestor had given him. That one treasure alone was worth 2,600 Treasure Points. Calling it comparable to an ordinary supreme treasure would not be an exaggeration!
After all, the cheapest supreme treasures could be exchanged for just 0.8 Supreme Treasure Points.
And now, 1 Supreme Treasure Point could be exchanged for 3,120 Treasure Points.
"Show me ordinary supreme treasures," Su Heng said.
The list immediately changed, displaying a large amount of information on treasures available for exchange.
Ordinary supreme treasure weapons generally cost around 0.8 to 8 Supreme Treasure Points.
Other special types, such as flying palace-type, soul-type, and domain-type treasures, cost roughly ten times as much as supreme treasure weapons.
"I don't need to exchange for a supreme treasure yet. I'll use them for special resources instead." Su Heng lost interest after glancing over the list.
3,810 Treasure Points was still far too little to exchange for supreme treasures. Besides, he had not yet reached the point where he absolutely needed one.
"Show me special resources, energy type," Su Heng said to the list.
The list changed again, and this time it displayed nothing but special energies found throughout the universe!
Seeing this, Su Heng spent 200 Treasure Points to exchange for a considerable amount of special energy. Since the quantity was too great, he needed to provide a delivery address.
Seeing this, Su Heng casually entered his palace address.
With 200 Treasure Points, even if he used the thousandfold Time Palace, he could keep it activated for tens of thousands of years!
Tens of thousands of years would become tens of millions of years within the Time Palace. That was enough!
After completing the exchange, Su Heng left the side hall.
The next time he came, it would be to exchange for a suitable supreme treasure!
Within the Virtual Universe.
Su Heng summoned Hong and Lei Shen.
Another hundred years had passed, and Hong and Lei Shen had gone through another qualification battle.
As expected, both of them advanced into another secret realm.
Hong was now a prince of the Primal Secret Realm, while Lei Shen was a prince of the Primal Chaos Secret Realm.
"It's time for you to break through to Domain Lord. Obtaining two or three opportunities from Cosmic-level missions will be enough to support you until immortality. What truly requires time to accumulate is the World Lord stage!"
After examining their comprehension of the laws, Su Heng offered them a quiet reminder.
As their teacher, he still had an obligation to guide them.
They were different from Luo Feng, and the paths they needed to walk were different as well!
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