The next moment.
A gentle yet immense force locked onto the spaceship, slowly guiding it toward the planet's orbital passage.
Through the portholes, countless spacecraft could be seen coming and going.
D-class, C-class, and occasionally even one or two B-class spaceships.
Its prosperity was far beyond anything Red Cloud Star could compare to. As they entered the atmosphere,
the hull's protective layer deployed automatically. Several minutes later, the spaceship landed steadily on an enormous port platform.
Qian Yu rose to his feet, and the hatch opened as he stepped outside.
The port hall stood hundreds of meters high, with a constant flow of people and lifeforms from countless races passing through it.
The vastness of the universe unfolded before him in a tangible way.
Qian Yu remained calm. Without lingering, he headed straight for the planet's largest trading district, Myriad Things Trading City.
This was Blue Mist Star's largest official chamber of commerce.
The official forces of the Clear Mist Starfield stood behind it.
The entire process was controlled by mechanical intelligence, making it highly reputable and secure. Upon entering the hall, an automated intelligence scanned him.
"Welcome, Cosmic Level expert."
"Would you like to sell or purchase?"
"Sell."
A private reception room opened.
A mechanical attendant appeared.
"Please present your items."
Qian Yu raised his hand.
Light flickered from his spatial ring.
Large quantities of battle armor, weapons, reserve energy blocks, resources from the slave master Setas's collection, crystal cores, materials...
One item after another was laid out.
The attendant scanned them.
"Please wait while the items are appraised."
The inspection lasted a full half hour.
At last, the offer was given.
"Total—"
"1.276 billion Ganwu Coins."
Qian Yu nodded.
"Deal."
Myriad Things Trading City also registered a Cosmic Star River Bank account for him. After linking the account, the transfer was completed, and his balance displayed 1.276 billion Ganwu Coins.
This sum was pitifully small for a Cosmic Level expert. After all, most of the slave master's money had been stored in his account, leaving relatively few supplies in the ring.
But considering that Qian Yu had only just escaped his status as a slave, this money was already extremely substantial.
Qian Yu continued purchasing other resources there, including a spaceship, battle armor, and weapons.
After finishing, he did not remain on Blue Mist Star for long.
One hour later, at the port.
A brand-new black-silver B9-class Spaceship rose into the air.
It entered orbit.
"Enter Dark Universe immediately?"
"Yes."
Buzz... Space twisted.
The spaceship vanished.
Within the Dark Universe, Qian Yu finally let down his guard completely.
After these arrangements, even with the Fire Phoenix Organization's immense influence, it would not be so easy for them to pinpoint his location.
This time was more than enough for him to continue growing stronger.
As he thought this, he raised a hand and condensed a crimson sphere of light in his palm. This was the ultimate compressed form of his Domain. After more than two months of cultivation, his Domain had reached the fifth level.
With the Primordial Dao Tree, his rate of comprehension was at least tens of thousands of times faster than before.
Reaching the fifth level of the Fire Domain in two months was only possible despite him spending much of that time reviewing the battles he had fought over the past several centuries.
At this pace, it would take only a few more months before he successfully touched upon the laws.
In the Devouring Starry Sky world, the origin laws were divided into eight lower laws and two higher laws.
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth corresponded to space, while wind, lightning, and light corresponded to time.
He now possessed a fifth-level Fire Domain and stood just one step away from crossing the threshold of the Law of Fire.
Qian Yu had already planned out his law comprehension. He would focus entirely on the Law of Fire first, then use it as a foundation to comprehend the Law of Space.
With the Primordial Dao Tree, this process should not take long.
With that thought, he closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into that mysterious internal space.
The Primordial Dao Tree still stood there quietly, though it had grown several times larger than when it had first hatched.
It now stood a full three thousand meters tall, its canopy spreading more than ten thousand meters wide.
As his avatar, the Primordial Dao Tree allowed him to clearly sense its current condition.
It was still adapting to the laws of the Devouring World.
Little by little, it altered itself, grew itself, strengthened itself, absorbed the laws of the Devouring World, and continuously expanded.
Qian Yu raised his gaze and gradually fixed it on a flower bud that had just formed atop the Primordial Dao Tree's canopy.
This flower bud had existed for an entire month. It had appeared a month earlier, when the Primordial Dao Tree had grown to roughly seventeen hundred meters in height.
Qian Yu had also learned the purpose of this flower bud. In a sense, he had the Primordial Universe to thank for it.
This flower bud was a Dao Flower condensed by the Primordial Dao Tree after drawing upon the laws of the Devouring World.
Given the current capabilities of his Cosmic Level Primordial Dao Tree, it naturally could not condense a complete Great Dao like a fully matured World Tree.
But the Primordial Dao Tree was still the Primordial Dao Tree. Qian Yu naturally knew what was being nurtured within it: a Talent Secret Art.
That was right. The Primordial Dao Tree was condensing an entirely new Talent Secret Art for him.
According to the laws of the Devouring World, as an existence born with perfect genes, the Primordial Dao Tree should have been at the level of a Universe Master from birth.
But because Qian Yu was the primary one and it was secondary,
its growth limit was tied to Qian Yu's.
Therefore, the Primordial Dao Tree had voluntarily lowered its level, prioritizing the condensation of suitable Talent Secret Arts to strengthen itself.
It would gradually purify Qian Yu's innate potential, thereby driving the Primordial Dao Tree's continuous evolution.
In a sense, this was also the optimal solution the Primordial Dao Tree had evolved based on its current circumstances.
However, Qian Yu had no way of knowing what level of Talent Secret Art it would condense.
Though the Primordial Dao Tree was his avatar and linked to his consciousness, Qian Yu seemingly could not directly control the direction of its evolution.
Perhaps it was because he was still too weak.
But none of that mattered.
Originally, if it had been up to him, the first Talent Secret Art condensed would have had to be an avatar Talent Secret Art.
But now that the Primordial Dao Tree's instincts were handling it personally, he could not interfere.
Qian Yu also wanted to know what kind of Talent Secret Art the Primordial Dao Tree believed would be most suitable as his first one.
Based on his senses, condensing the first Talent Secret Art would take approximately ten years.
During those ten years, Qian Yu planned to find a suitable planet for secluded cultivation. Once the new Talent Secret Art had condensed, he would make further plans.
Several more months passed as Qian Yu traveled through the Dark Universe aboard the B9-class Spaceship. After several transfers, he finally moved far away from the starfield where Blue Mist Star was located.
The spaceship entered a remote star region.
The stars here were sparse and dim, and the distances between star systems were vast. It was the sort of borderland marked only as resource-poor and unsuitable for development on a cosmic star map.
But this was exactly the kind of place Qian Yu needed.
Outside the porthole, a khaki-colored planet slowly grew larger. It was a C-class life planet, with a moderate oxygen content in its atmosphere, land covering sixty percent of its surface, and pale green oceans.
According to the star map, this planet was called Rock Star. Its lord was a local Stellar Level seventh-rank expert. The entire planet had a population of only two billion, with mining and a small amount of agriculture as its primary industries. Within the Ganwu Universe Country, it was the most inconspicuous kind of world.
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