Choice

After familiarizing himself with his new quarters, Feng Hui went straight into his study.

He opened the Virtual Universe Company's Treasure Vault and began studying it carefully.

As soon as the Treasure Vault opened, eight major categories appeared on the screen: "Secret Method Category," "Weapon Category," "Rare Treasure Category," "Tech Weapon Category," "Material Category," "Tool Category," "Life Category," and "Other Special Category."

Many smaller categories floated beneath each major one. Under Life Category, for instance, were "Plant Life," "Metal Life," "Tamed Beast," and so on. Secret Method Category was also divided into different schools...

The Treasure Vault truly contained everything imaginable, as if it held every rare treasure and trove of knowledge one could conceive of in the universe.

There were countless categories, with innumerable words and images packed tightly together. Every single item was marked as redeemable with points; there was no option to buy anything with money.

Core Members of the Primordial Secret Realm received a thirty percent discount when redeeming items with points, while members of the Taichu Secret Realm got twenty percent off and those of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm got ten percent off. Members of the Doomsday Secret Realm like Feng Hui received no discount and had to pay full price.

Weapons were relatively cheap. For around ten points, he could buy a top-tier Fifth-Order Force Weapon or Fifth-Order Telekinetic Weapon.

Feng Hui took a look. These top-tier Fifth-Order weapons were also available elsewhere, for around one or two trillion Universe Coins, or one or two Hunyuan Units.

"These weapons are just what I need. I have ten Hunyuan Units in prize money from the Genius War, and I can buy them elsewhere. It'd be a waste to spend points on them here."

Feng Hui opened the list of secret methods and browsed through it, carefully analyzing each method's characteristics and how well it suited him—as well as its price, of course. The methods varied in cost. Some required only a few dozen or a few hundred points, while the most expensive cost hundreds of thousands, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of points.

The Treasure Vault's list of secret methods was divided into dozens of major categories, each with hundreds or thousands of subcategories, and each subcategory contained tens of millions of methods...

"There are so many. How long would it take to look through them all?"

Suddenly, Feng Hui received a new email.

"Feng Hui:

Congratulations on becoming an official member of the Doomsday Secret Realm. The training programs our Virtual Universe Company has arranged for the younger generation all begin at the Cosmic Level, so the first thing you need to do is break through to the Cosmic Level.

Of course, you don't need to worry about that. By the time you finish training in the Primordial Universe, I'm sure you'll have already reached the Cosmic Level.

The points you have now are the hundred points the company gives Doomsday Secret Realm members for free. You can use them to purchase anything in the Treasure Vault, as long as you have enough points.

I recommend buying secret methods that will help with your cultivation. The three years of travel ahead are the perfect time to practice them.

One more thing!

You don't need to waste time cultivating Origin Energy or telekinetic power.

Progressing from Stellar Level One to Stellar Level Nine is a matter of accumulating more energy. But breaking through from Stellar Level Nine to Cosmic Level One is a leap in your life gene.

Progressing from Cosmic Level One to Cosmic Level Nine, Domain Lord One to Domain Lord Nine, and Realm Lord One to Realm Lord Nine are all matters of accumulating more energy!

But breaking through the levels between Planet Level, Stellar Level, Cosmic Level, Domain Lord, and Realm Lord involves a leap in your life gene. It is a qualitative breakthrough.

Our Virtual Universe Company can spend precious resources to strengthen the bodies of all our Core Members for free and improve their Origin Energy and telekinetic power. In a short time, we can raise you from the first stage to the ninth and bring your bodies to their limits.

As for the 'leap in your life gene'—that qualitative breakthrough—each Core Member will have to strive to achieve it on their own.

Our Virtual Universe Company will not let our Core Members waste time accumulating energy. All Core Members should save their time to improve their combat strength, comprehend the Primordial Laws, and learn secret methods!

Virtual Universe Company"

Feng Hui smiled. As expected of the wealthy and powerful Virtual Universe Company: all its Core Members could receive Energy Infusion and free resources to strengthen their bodies.

In the Cosmic Kingdoms outside, every powerful warrior had to spend a great deal of time slowly absorbing energy from the universe to strengthen their body.

At each level, the further one advanced from the first stage to the ninth, the more energy one needed—and naturally, the more time it took.

If no one had to spend time absorbing energy and everyone could focus entirely on comprehending laws and refining their secret methods, then people who might otherwise barely reach the Domain Lord Level in their entire lives would have a much better chance of becoming Realm Lords, or even Immortal Gods!

However, this was only possible in the resource-rich Prime Universe.

The Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe, where Feng Hui's Dongdi Clan Clone lived, was far smaller than the Prime Universe. Its universe source was also weaker, and resources were scarce.

In a place like that, even though there were enough powerful warriors for Marquis-level Immortal Gods to serve as "kindergarten" teachers, there was no way to provide unlimited Energy Infusion to every genius.

Put simply, the Prime Universe was rich in resources, had relatively few powerful warriors, and knowledge was precious.

The Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe, on the other hand, was ancient and advanced, with scarce resources, countless powerful warriors, and cheap knowledge.

Scarcity made things precious. The countless generations of powerful warriors in the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe had created uncountable secret methods, naturally making them extremely cheap and easy to obtain.

At least the secret methods Feng Hui had seen in the Virtual Universe Company's Treasure Vault that cost less than ten thousand points—the methods created by Immortal Gods below the Marquis level—were basically available for free from the academy to his Dongdi Clan Clone.

That was the depth of knowledge in a Holy Land Universe. Secret methods at the level of ordinary Immortal Gods were merely "educational reading" for children, and anyone could get their hands on them.

Of course, rare treasures and materials worth ten thousand points in the Treasure Vault might cost much more in the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe.

"Too bad. If only I could be a middleman, buying and selling treasures and resources between the two places."

Feng Hui was only daydreaming. The Jade Pendant in his sea of consciousness could only link the memories and insights of his two bodies. Aside from knowledge in his mind and his comprehension of laws, he couldn't bring anything else across—not even treasures.

Sitting cross-legged, Feng Hui began to reflect.

The laws he had comprehended so far were the Law of Wood and the Law of Space.

Of these two Primordial Laws, he had made the most progress in the Law of Wood. He had yet to cross the threshold of the Law of Space.

Feng Hui knew that the Law of Wood was only a lower-level law. Even if he fully mastered it, he could only become an Immortal.

To keep progressing, he had to further comprehend the higher-level law associated with the Law of Wood: the Law of Space.

If he wanted to advance smoothly and quickly on the path to becoming powerful, the earlier he comprehended the Law of Space, the better.

In the recently concluded Peak Genius War, though it had been an extremely ordinary one, nine of the top ten had crossed the threshold of either the Law of Space or the Time Law and begun comprehending a higher-level law early.

So what Feng Hui needed most right now was a secret method that could help him comprehend the Law of Space and lay a solid foundation.

As a member of the Doomsday Secret Realm, he had only received a hundred free points from the Virtual Universe Company. That wasn't enough to buy any decent secret method.

Besides, he would need his points for something important later. Rather than waste them, he might as well have his Dongdi Clan Clone pick out a Space Secret Technique.

Once he'd made up his mind, Feng Hui's Dongdi Clan Clone immediately headed to the academy library in the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe.

Comparing the secret methods in the Virtual Universe Company's Treasure Vault with those in the academy library of the Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe, Feng Hui searched for a long time before finally choosing a Space Law secret method called the Thousand Body Formation.

Based on Feng Hui's comparison, this secret method would have cost at least two or three thousand points in the Virtual Universe Company's Treasure Vault.

Though it wasn't the most advanced method available for free in the academy library, it was relatively simple and easy to learn. It was a method devoted to explaining the basic principles of the Space Origin Law and how to use them, making it perfect for supplementing his cultivation.