Finding a Place for Seclusion

The next second.

A gentle yet immense pulling force locked onto the spaceship, guiding it slowly toward the planet's orbital passage.

Through the porthole, a vast number of spacecraft could be seen coming and going.

D-grade, C-grade, and occasionally even a B-grade ship or two.

Its bustle was far beyond what Red Cloud Star could offer. As they entered the atmosphere, the outer shell's protective layer deployed automatically. Minutes later, the ship landed steadily on a massive port platform.

Qian Yu rose. The hatch opened, and he stepped out.

The port hall stretched hundreds of meters high, throngs of people flowing like a tide, beings of all races moving through.

The vastness of the universe now unfolded before him in full reality.

Qian Yu's expression remained calm. He didn't linger, heading straight for the planet's largest trading district—Vientiane Trading City.

This was Blue Mist Star's largest official merchant guild.

Behind it stood the official forces of the Clear Mist Starfield.

Every process was handled by mechanical intelligence, ensuring high credibility and security. As he entered the hall, an automatic intelligent scan activated.

"Welcome, universe-level powerhouse."

"May I ask whether you wish to sell or purchase?"

"Sell."

A private reception room opened.

A mechanical receptionist appeared.

"Please present the items."

Qian Yu raised his hand.

Light flickered from his spatial ring.

A large number of battle armors, weapons, reserve energy blocks, the slave master Setas's collection of resources, crystal cores, materials...

One by one, they were laid out.

The receptionist scanned them.

"Please wait for the valuation."

The inspection lasted a full half hour.

Finally, the quote came through.

"Total—"

"1.276 billion Ganwu Coins."

Qian Yu nodded.

"Deal."

Vientiane Trading City also helped him register a Cosmic Star River Bank account. The account was bound, the transfer completed, and the balance displayed 1.276 billion Ganwu Coins.

Compared to a universe-level powerhouse, this sum was pitifully small—after all, most of the slave master's wealth had been stored in his account, with only a small portion in the ring.

But given that Qian Yu had only just shed his slave identity, this money was already quite generous.

Qian Yu continued to purchase some other resources here—spaceships, battle armors, weapons.

When he finished, he didn't linger on Blue Mist Star.

An hour later, at the port.

A brand-new black-silver B9-grade spaceship lifted off.

Entering orbit.

"Initiate dark universe transit immediately?"

"Yes."

Hum... Space twisted.

The ship vanished.

In the dark universe, Qian Yu finally let his guard down completely.

Now, with this move, even if the Fire Phoenix Organization's influence was vast, tracking his exact location wouldn't be so simple.

This time was more than enough for him to continue growing.

Thinking this, he raised his hand, and a crimson light sphere condensed in his palm—this was the ultimate compressed form of his domain. Indeed, after over two months of cultivation, his domain had reached the fifth level.

Relying on the Primordial Dao Tree, his comprehension speed was now at least tens of thousands of times faster than before.

Reaching the fifth level of the Fire Domain in two months—and that was with him spending considerable time organizing the combat experience accumulated over centuries.

At this rate, within a few months, he would be able to touch upon the laws.

In the Devouring Starry Sky world, the fundamental laws of the universe are divided into eight lower-level laws and two higher-level laws.

Among them, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth correspond to space, while wind, thunder, and light correspond to time.

Currently, he was at the fifth level of the Fire Domain, only a step away from crossing the threshold into the Fire Law.

Qian Yu had a plan for his law comprehension: first, focus all his efforts on mastering the Fire Law, then extend from the Fire Law to comprehend the Space Law.

Relying on the Primordial Dao Tree, this process shouldn't take too long.

With that thought, he closed his eyes, sinking his consciousness into that mysterious inner space.

The Primordial Dao Tree still stood there quietly, but its size had grown several times compared to when it first hatched.

At this moment, it was already a full 3,000 meters tall, with a canopy spreading over 10,000 meters.

Since the Primordial Dao Tree was now his clone, he could clearly perceive its current state.

The Primordial Dao Tree was still adapting to the laws of the Devouring World.

Gradually changing itself, growing itself, strengthening itself, absorbing the laws of the Devouring World, and continuously expanding.

Qian Yu's gaze shifted upward, eventually locking onto a flower bud that had just formed on the canopy of the Primordial Dao Tree.

This flower bud had appeared for a full month. A month ago, when the Primordial Dao Tree grew to a height of around 1,700 meters, this bud emerged.

Qian Yu also learned the purpose of this flower bud. To be honest, he had the Original Universe to thank for it.

This flower bud was a Dao Flower condensed by the Primordial Dao Tree as it absorbed the laws of the Devouring World.

Given the current ability of his Universe-level Primordial Dao Tree, it naturally couldn't condense a complete Great Dao like a full-fledged World Tree could.

But the Primordial Dao Tree was still the Primordial Dao Tree. Qian Yu naturally knew what was being nurtured inside it—it was a talent secret technique.

That's right, the Primordial Dao Tree was condensing a brand-new talent secret technique for him.

According to the laws of the Devouring World, as a being of perfect innate genes, the Primordial Dao Tree should have been born at the level of a Universe Master.

But due to its stance of taking Qian Yu as the master and itself as the auxiliary, its growth ceiling was also bound to Qian Yu.

So the Primordial Dao Tree voluntarily lowered its rank to prioritize condensing a suitable talent secret technique to strengthen itself.

Gradually purifying Qian Yu's own potential, thereby driving the Primordial Dao Tree's continuous evolution.

To put it another way, this was the optimal solution the Primordial Dao Tree had derived based on the current situation.

However, Qian Yu had no way of knowing what level of talent secret technique would be condensed.

Although the Primordial Dao Tree was his clone and connected to his consciousness, in essence, Qian Yu seemed unable to directly control its evolutionary direction.

Perhaps it was because Qian Yu was still too weak at this point.

But none of this mattered.

Originally, if it were up to him, the first talent secret technique condensed would have to be a clone talent secret technique.

But since the Primordial Dao Tree's instinct was personally handling it now, he couldn't interfere.

Qian Yu also wanted to know what, in the Primordial Dao Tree's view, his first talent secret technique should be like to be the most suitable.

According to his perception, the time needed to condense the first talent secret technique was roughly ten years.

During these ten years, Qian Yu planned to find a suitable planet to go into seclusion and cultivate, until the new talent secret technique was fully condensed. Only then would he make further plans.

After spending several more months, Qian Yu traveled through the Dark Universe aboard a B9-class spacecraft, making several transfers before finally leaving the star region where Blue Mist Star was located.

The spacecraft entered a desolate star sector.

Here, the stars were sparse and dim, with vast distances between star systems—the kind of border region marked on cosmic star charts as resource-poor and unsuitable for development.

But this was exactly the kind of place Qian Yu needed.

Outside the porthole, a tawny-yellow planet slowly grew larger. This was a C-grade life planet, with moderate oxygen levels in the atmosphere, a land coverage rate of sixty percent, and pale green oceans.

According to star chart records, this planet was named Rock Star. Its lord was a local powerhouse at the Star-level seventh stage. The entire planet had a population of no more than two billion, with its main industries being mining and a small amount of agriculture. Within the entire Ganwu Universe Country, it was the kind of planet that went completely unnoticed.