Universe Level

With money in hand, things naturally became easier to handle. Next, Tang Ping and his group went to the Ganwu Dojo to register as students, then headed to the slave market to purchase several Star Level and Universe Level slaves.

After wandering around for a few more days, Tang Ping and his group decided to return to Earth for the time being; after all, the items they had bought to develop Earth needed to be brought back.

Upon returning to Earth, following Tang Ping's suggestion, Luo Feng did not reveal at the meeting that he had already traveled into the universe, nor did he intend to expose the reality of the universe to them, as there was little point in doing so.

They merely began providing treasures like "Purple Light Dew" to all of Huaxia. Yes, only to the nation of Huaxia, because the current Luo Feng, influenced by nationalists like Tang Ping, was no longer as altruistic as he was in the original story.

Additionally, Tang Ping and his group secretly installed a Planet Defense System in the space outside Earth. This was a specific request from Tang Ping, as he knew that the space adventurers from the Nolanshan Family mentioned in the original story should be arriving in a couple of years.

Although they were not afraid given their current strength, it would be unfortunate if any ordinary people on Earth were harmed, so it was better to install a Planet Defense System and eliminate the intruders directly in outer space.

Everything was proceeding steadily, while our protagonist, Tang Ping, found himself in a dilemma.

He was torn over whether he should suppress his strength to wait for the Peak Genius Competition of the Human Race, which would take place in over five years.

If he participated, he would have to keep his strength suppressed at the Star Level for more than five years. In that case, his system would be unable to upgrade. Although the maximum critical reward multiplier of 10,000 times was quite decent, and with City Lord Luo's diligent cultivation, it shouldn't be too hard to defeat Bolan and take first place in the genius competition when the time came.

However, Tang Ping always felt that this was a waste of time. Others didn't upgrade either because their talent was insufficient or because they wanted to build a solid foundation. Why would he, someone who relied on cheating and lying flat to increase his strength, need to suppress his cultivation?

Was it to participate in this major event that was so heavily featured in the original story? Or to join the Virtual Universe Company to reap benefits? Neither seemed particularly necessary.

The World Lord Level was the most important stage for comprehending laws and building a foundation. To maximize his gains, he should at least rapidly advance to the World Lord Level first. As for whether to continue advancing rapidly afterward, he could decide based on the situation then.

"Hehe... Besides, I have clones. If I get a whim and still want to participate in that genius competition, I'll just have a Star Level clone go participate quietly and stun everyone (this isn't foreshadowing; the protagonist likely won't participate in the genius competition, at least the author has no such plans for now. The cheat is just too overpowered. You can imagine how strong the protagonist will be in five years; it wouldn't be appropriate to bully the kids)." Thinking this, Tang Ping felt he truly had no reason to suppress his strength and remain at the Star Level.

Having made up his mind, Tang Ping no longer hesitated and summoned the Star Level and Universe Level slaves he had previously purchased.

First, he used the Slave Soul Seal of the Yunmo Planet lineage to re-control them, then bound the Star Level slaves as "Tool Persons" one by one, set the distribution ratios, and distributed the Star Level cultivation and breakthrough treasures he had bought earlier.

"Alright, take the treasures and prepare to break through." To a group of slave tools, Tang Ping had nothing to say; he treated them as nothing more than actual tools.

It must be said that although these treasures had many drawbacks, such as overdrawing potential or affecting lifespan, they were truly fast for breakthroughs. As for those negative side effects, Tang Ping had already tested them; his Heaven Rewards Diligence System could completely ignore them, and they would not affect him, the host.

"Boom!" After a violent roar in his mind, the nine miniature stars in his dantian rapidly expanded one after another. In a short time, their volume had increased by at least ten times, expanding to a limit.

"Bang!"

The largest miniature star exploded violently!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The other eight miniature stars also exploded in succession, turning into countless star fragments and even forming a large amount of dust and nebulae.

After a long while, everything returned to calm.

In his dantian, the vast amount of nebulae, star clusters, dust, and many tiny stars formed by the explosions coalesced into a massive spiral galaxy.

Tang Ping had officially stepped into the Universe Level!

However, Tang Ping, whose Martial Artist rank had broken through to the Universe Level, did not stop. Soon, his Spirit Reader rank followed suit.

Afterward, he quickly bound the dozen or so Universe Level slaves, distributed the treasures for cramming-style Universe Level advancement, and ordered them to begin cultivating immediately.

As for Tang Ping himself, he cast his consciousness toward the system panel in his sea of consciousness.

[Heaven Rewards Diligence System]

Host: Tang Ping

Realm: Martial Artist Universe Level 1, Spirit Reader Universe Level 1.

Current bindable Tool Persons: 160.

Currently bound Tool Persons: 92.

Reward Critical Multiplier: 1-100,000 times (Note: You may specify to reward Force cultivation, Spiritual Force cultivation, Domain comprehension, Law comprehension... one of these, or choose all. When choosing a single item, the reward is doubled.)

Tool Person No. 1: Jiang Yang, Star Level 5 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 2: Li Ze, Martial Artist Star Level 4, Spirit Reader Star Level 6 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 3: Li Zhongyun, Star Level 5 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 4: Wang Zhizhong, Star Level 5 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 5: Luo Feng, Martial Artist Star Level 7, Spirit Reader Star Level 8 (Reward distribution ratio: 50000:50000).

Tool Person No. 6: Tang Yongqing, Star Level 2 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 7: Tang Yongyuan, Star Level 2 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 8: Luo Hua, Star Level 2 (Reward distribution ratio: 99999:1).

Tool Person No. 90: Yobani Tore, Universe Level 8 (Reward distribution ratio: 1:99999).

Tool Person No. 91: Miha Conrad, Universe Level 8 (Reward distribution ratio: 1:99999).

Tool Person No. 92: Vena Crow, Universe Level 8 Spirit Reader (Reward distribution ratio: 1:99999).

As Tang Ping expected, after the system upgrade, the number of Tool Persons doubled and the maximum reward multiplier increased tenfold. However, a new change appeared this time: the reward options were no longer the default "all," but could be specified by Tang Ping to choose all or just one. When choosing a single item, the reward could be doubled again.