Shopping

Qian Yu stared at the string of numbers on the screen, emotions stirring in his heart.

Striking it rich overnight—this must be what it felt like.

But once the money was in hand, the most important thing was to spend it.

Without leaving the bank, Qian Yu began shopping directly in the VIP room.

"First, a ship."

The person in charge immediately pulled up the ship catalog.

Qian Yu glanced over it and directly selected the top-tier F9-Class Cosmic Ship.

The F9-Class, the ultimate ride of an Immortal God, fast, strong defenses, fully equipped.

Price: 3.65 million Hunyuan Units.

"Bought."

"Next, battle armor and battle blade."

The person in charge then brought up the armor and blade catalog.

Qian Yu chose two sets of Immortal-Level Battle Armor and two Immortal-Level Battle Blades.

One set for himself, one as backup.

At the same time, Qian Yu directly purchased a massive amount of Cosmic Crystals.

Finally, detectors.

Qian Yu thought for a moment and said, "Give me one top-tier Large Detector, with the widest range possible. And one Small Precision Detector, covering a range within 50 million kilometers."

The Large Detector was for long-range scanning, the Small Precision Detector for fine-tuned detection.

These were essential gear for heading to the Outer Domain Battlefield in the future.

The quote: Large Detector—42 million Hunyuan Units, Small Precision Detector—18 million Hunyuan Units.

"Bought."

After a round of shopping, the total cost came to less than 250 million Hunyuan Units.

Qian Yu looked at his account balance and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

Over 5 billion left.

This feeling was really something.

But the shopping wasn't over yet.

Qian Yu opened the virtual universe and entered the Secret Art Trading Platform.

In all his years of cultivation, he had never specialized in mastering any set of secret arts.

Though he had deep insights into the Law of Space and the Law of Fire, they had mostly remained at a crude, superficial level of application.

Before, he didn't have the means. Now that he had money, it was time to fill that gap.

He searched the platform for a moment and quickly locked onto a blade art secret art.

Blazing Heaven Seven Kills.

This was a fire-space attribute blade art secret art, consisting of seven forms. Each form required profound comprehension of both flame and space to execute.

Stacking the seven forms, the power increased layer by layer. It was said that at its peak, a single slash could burn the starry sky to ashes.

Price: 360,000 Hunyuan Units.

Qian Yu bought it outright.

Next, space-type secret arts.

He searched the platform for "Ten Thousand Threads Flow" and found it quickly.

Ten Thousand Threads Flow was a foundational movement secret art of the Law of Space. Cultivated to its peak, it could split into countless phantom bodies, making it impossible for enemies to track the true form.

Rumor had it that at the highest level, it could even achieve instantaneous teleportation.

It was very cheap.

Qian Yu bought it on a whim, then continued searching.

He purchased every foundational secret art related to the Law of Space that he could find.

In one go, he bought over eighty sets.

These common, widely available arts weren't expensive—altogether, they cost less than five million Hunyuan Units.

But as references, they were extremely valuable.

Qian Yu looked at the long string of purchase records in his account and nodded with satisfaction.

With that, the big shopping spree was over.

Ship, battle armor, battle blade, cultivation resources, detectors, secret arts—everything he needed was bought, and even things he didn't need were bought.

Next, he just needed to find a place to slowly digest all of this.

Qian Yu stood up, preparing to leave.

The person in charge respectfully escorted him to the door, his face brimming with a smile: "Esteemed client, welcome to visit again. The items you purchased will be delivered to your designated location within the stipulated time."

Qian Yu nodded and walked out of the bank.

He wasn't worried about the Cosmic Star River Bank leaking any of his information. After all, as one of the five top-tier forces of the human race, every transaction at the Cosmic Star River Bank was monitored by robots. If any subsequent issues arose, the bank would pursue accountability.

Even he knew this, so the staff naturally understood it even better.

Unless the man had a death wish, he would absolutely never dare to reveal even a shred of Qian Yu's information.

Because that would mean certain death.

Having done all this, Qian Yu left the planet.

He hadn't specified a location for the items to be delivered, because he was about to do something else.

Using his current authority as a six-star client of the Cosmic Star River Bank, he commissioned the bank to purchase all life-bearing planets under the Silver Blue Empire, which belonged to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

The reason for buying all the life-bearing planets of the Silver Blue Empire was very simple.

It was to make it convenient for him to get in touch when Lord Luo emerged in the future.

By purchasing all the life-bearing planets, Earth would nominally fall under his ownership.

Sooner or later, this Lord Luo would inevitably come looking for him.

Although he now had the Primordial Dao Tree clone as his greatest trump card, it would still be good to forge a connection with Lord Luo.

There was no need to fawn over him, but Lord Luo was, after all, one of his childhood idols.

One year later.

Ganwu Universe Country, Black Dragon Mountain Star Field, Silver Blue Star.

This planet had once been the capital of the Silver Blue Empire, prosperous for a time, the political and economic center of the entire star field.

But as the Silver Blue Empire declined, this planet gradually lost its former glory.

Now, however, it had a new owner.

Qian Yu.

A year ago, using his authority as a six-star client of the Cosmic Star River Bank, he commissioned the bank to purchase all life-bearing planets under the Silver Blue Empire.

Though the Silver Blue Empire was small, it still had hundreds of thousands of life-bearing planets.

For Qian Yu, who held over five billion Hunyuan Units, this expense was merely a drop in the bucket.

But for the original rulers of the Silver Blue Empire, it was a windfall from heaven. Someone willing to pay a high price to buy the entire empire—they couldn't have asked for more.

Thus, the transaction went smoothly.

Qian Yu became the lord of all life-bearing planets in the Silver Blue Empire.

Buying all the life-bearing planets of the Silver Blue Empire meant Earth nominally belonged to his territory. That was enough.

At this moment, in the most central plaza of Silver Blue Star.

Qian Yu stood before the grand hall, looking up at the sky.

A massive deep-blue spaceship was slowly descending.

The spaceship's hatch opened.

Two figures stepped out.

They were two middle-aged men, strong presences, one tall and one short, radiating the aura of peak Realm Lord Level ninth-stage.

They wore the standard uniform of the Cosmic Star River Bank, their expressions solemn and their demeanor respectful.

But the moment they stepped out of the hatch, both of them paused slightly.

They saw Qian Yu.

He was a young man in black, standing quietly in the center of the plaza, with no energy fluctuations around him, as if he were just an ordinary person.

Yet in their perception, there was an indescribable pressure.

Clearly, the other party was only a Realm Lord—the smart optical brain indicated Realm Lord Level first-stage.

But for some reason, they felt a tremor from the depths of their souls, as if the person standing before them wasn't a man, but a humanoid star beast.

What kind of feeling was this?

The two exchanged glances, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

They were peak Realm Lord Level ninth-stage, considered top-tier experts in a small place like the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Yet now, facing a young man at Realm Lord Level first-stage, they actually felt an inexplicable pressure?

Just what kind of background did this young man have?

But soon, they recalled the rumors about Qian Yu—rising from a slave background, cultivating to Domain Lord in over a hundred years, single-handedly wiping out the entire Fire Phoenix Organization, and slaying the Realm Lord Pan Xi.

Now, having broken through to Realm Lord, his aura was so strong that even they, seasoned Realm Lords, felt oppressed.