Duhan Star

The three avatars converged.

They entered the spaceship, left the cloud layers, and accelerated toward the distance.

Lord Weike's strength was limited. The final trump card he had used might have seemed astonishing in the eyes of ordinary natives.

In Li Dui's view, his comprehension and application of the Law of Space were unremarkable.

But although his technique was crude, the line of thinking behind it gave Li Dui tremendous inspiration.

So this was possible!

Li Dui understood his own problem very well. Without a knowledgeable and experienced strongman to guide him, he had to figure everything out on his own.

As a little rookie, the scope of what he could think of and comprehend was bound to be narrow.

Even so, even though his main body had already slipped away and the chance of the Hula Hoop being exposed was nearly zero, he still didn't want to find a teacher.

It was probably some kind of obsession. He preferred to be free and self-reliant.

Besides, even if he had a Venerable-level teacher, asking about teleportation at Universe Rank didn't seem appropriate.

Better to fumble through it in practice. His authority was high now anyway, and he could look up some information. Li Dui thought to himself.

Originally, after gaining the acknowledgment of the Origin Law of Space, Li Dui could clearly sense spatial fluctuations over a large range. Moving along those fluctuations had already made him much faster than before.

He had also considered that among the three great killing moves of space—Seal, Kill, and Teleport—his affinity for spatial fluctuations meant the first he would comprehend should be either Seal or Teleport.

Thanks to Weike's enlightenment, he now understood: it was Teleport.

Normally, an Immortal who gained the acknowledgment of the Law of Space would directly comprehend one of the three—Seal, Kill, or Teleport. In Li Dui's case, his understanding of the law was probably too narrow. His height was there, but the ultimate move hadn't been grasped.

So that was it! Countless flashes of inspiration sparked in Li Dui's mind.

The E9-Grade Spaceship, which had been flying outside the Xueluo World for over half a year, decelerated and descended, slowly drilling into the cloud layers.

Number 2 leaped out of the hatch and stood in the void. He spread his arms and took a deep breath.

At this moment, if he didn't spread his senses in all directions but focused on just one direction, the farthest spatial fluctuation he could detect was already beyond the Xueluo World.

By roughly comparing Number 2's location to the position of the Xueluo World, Li Dui could tell that the farthest spatial fluctuation he could sense was one light-year away.

Not bad—one light-year was exactly the maximum teleportation distance for a normal King Rank Immortal.

After more than half a year of comprehension, whenever he was puzzled, he would consult the colored light on the "Ring."

Finally, his inspiration ran dry.

Unfortunately, he still couldn't teleport.

Li Dui didn't force it. This wasn't a matter of insufficient law height. If his Law of Space were lacking, even if his comprehension speed were only one-fiftieth of before, he could still spend time grinding to improve.

The problem now was that he could feel his law height was sufficient. Teleportation was an application of the Origin Law of Space.

So now, he had strength but couldn't use it. He might as well continue hunting World Lords. Maybe one day, while traveling or fighting, he would suddenly have an epiphany.

Originally, after his main body left, Li Dui had planned to quickly gather enough Xueluo Crystals and then switch tasks, to see if he could find other treasures that could increase his gene multiplier.

Now, it seemed he couldn't rush to leave. The Xueluo World was wrapped in the Eighteen Cloud Layers; any commotion inside wouldn't be known outside. He might as well stay here and comprehend Teleportation first. With this divine skill, his main body's safety would be elevated to a whole new level.

Li Dui had taken the time to inventory Lord Weike's possessions. Universe Crystals and items that could be sold for money totaled about three-plus Hunyuan Units. As for Xueluo Crystals, there were 126.

On the Xueluo Continent, Xueluo Crystals weren't really that rare. The Xueluo Continent alone had over ten million World Lords. Lords were more than a hundred times that number. These people had all fused at least one Xueluo Crystal.

Domain Level beings had a lifespan of only a million years. When a city lord died, another Domain Level who had fused a Xueluo Crystal would take his place.

Li Dui believed that Xueluo Crystals must be renewable. Otherwise, the Virtual Universe Company would never allow the natives to waste such precious resources so recklessly.

Descend, find a city.

After finding a city, he didn't cause trouble. He paid the entry fee and went in. He went to a shop to buy a map of the local world region.

Map in hand, he left immediately. He couldn't be bothered to kill Domain-level city lords anymore.

Back in the cloud layers, he traveled at half the speed of light toward the World City marked on the map.

A single world region ranged from a few hundred million kilometers to over a billion.

At half light speed, crossing a billion kilometers took less than two hours.

After finding the World City, he followed the same routine. Number 3 found a spot to lie low as backup. Number 2 directly attacked the World Lord's mansion from the air, luring the man out to fight.

In battles with World Lords, he adapted to their moves. If the opponent was strong, he showed more strength; if weak, he held back.

Once he had his fill of fighting, Li Dui would use the body movement technique he had learned from Lord Weike and then improved upon. He would flash unexpectedly to a weak spot in the opponent's defense and finish them with one blade strike.

To the eyes of World Lord-level natives, this move was no different from true teleportation. They simply couldn't defend against it.

After killing his prey, Li Dui would quickly ascend to the Eighteenth Cloud Layer and fly away at high speed.

He no longer used the spaceship; he relied on his own legs. Long-distance movement along spatial fluctuations also helped him comprehend Teleportation.

After killing a World Lord, Li Dui would fly for at least half a month, traveling to at least a hundred or two hundred worlds away before searching for a new target.

Sometimes, when he got carried away flying, he would immerse himself in the ocean of spatial fluctuations, flying for months on end, not even knowing how many worlds he had crossed.

Occasionally, when inspiration struck, Li Dui would have Number 2 fly out of the cloud layers and stop outside the Xueluo World. He would free up the half of his consciousness used to control the avatar and devote it to studying Teleportation.

Thus time passed, and in the blink of an eye, over twenty-three years had gone by.

Li Dui stood outside a planet rich in vegetation, accompanied by his soul slave Du Ya, Qila, and twenty Star Rank ninth-order slaves.

This planet was called Duhan Star. It had a diameter of 22,600 kilometers, with land accounting for approximately 51% of its surface area.

This was the secluded cultivation site Li Dui had chosen for himself. It had been acquired by his soul slave Du Ya at an auction several years prior.

The planet belonged to a lower-level cosmic kingdom under the jurisdiction of the Suota Universe Kingdom. The Suota Universe Kingdom bordered the Dark Abyss Universe Kingdom, where the Battle Axe Secret Realm was located.

It was about 100 million light-years from here to the Battle Axe Secret Realm. With a ship capable of twice the speed of light, one could arrive in roughly five years.

Li Dui's clone hid inside the World Ring. Du Ya led the group as they descended into a vast estate spanning tens of thousands of square kilometers, where they handled the transfer of ownership with the seller's representative and the officials of the subordinate cosmic kingdom.

This estate had originally been the residence of the planet's former star lord. After Du Ya became the new star lord, she carried out some renovations.

The original inhabitants of Duhan Star were free people. But their strength was meager—the strongest among them were only a few Star Rank ninth-order cultivators. They could not truly own this planet.

Once everything was settled and only their own people remained in the estate, Li Dui's true body emerged from the World Ring.

Indeed, the space of the Primal Universe was far more comfortable. Having spent over twenty years inside the World Ring, Li Dui looked up at the deep starry sky upon returning to the real universe, utterly entranced.