Breakthrough

Another ten years passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Qing opened his eyes and looked at the detector. The two women were tens of millions of kilometers away from him.

Judging by the life signs around them, they were fighting Star Spirit Bees. It seemed they wouldn't be back anytime soon.

Now that they had a fully cultivated Cloud-Touching Vine, the two no longer needed him to lure monsters. The vine grew beneath the Green Lotus and had sufficient resources. After years of reckless investment, it had not only perfectly developed to the pinnacle of the Sector Lord level but also undergone a beneficial mutation.

Its 360 cyan main vines stretched out, each reaching 120,000 kilometers. If it stayed in this Origin Land for a few hundred years, the chances of breaking through to the Undying level were high. By then, its strength should be comparable to a King.

Jiang Fang and Yao Rao were already at the Universe-level pinnacle. After familiarizing themselves with the environment, they probed back and forth along the edge of the flower sea. They were far more experienced at this than Chen Qing.

Moreover, they could synchronize with the Virtual Universe. With the Original Ancestor guiding them on the side, Chen Qing no longer needed to worry.

Seeing his wives handling things with ease, Chen Qing relaxed. He didn't disturb their fun and only told the Original Ancestor to look after the two women before logging off.

Relying on this Origin Land, his accumulation was already complete. There was no point wasting more time. It was time to break through!

His mind returned to the original nucleus, passed through the illusory Green Lotus, and slowly sank into the gray lotus seed.

The illusory Green Lotus began retracting its endless roots. Then the petals also contracted, forming a cyan flower bud.

At that moment, the Inner World suddenly trembled. It began to shatter from the outside, turning into the most primal forces. Genetic energy and spiritual power started to merge.

When the world became a chaotic blur and the first thread of World Energy emerged, the lotus seed directly swallowed it.

Chen Qing instantly felt as if he were within the origin itself. Countless torrents of origin energy poured in. Most were absorbed by the Green Lotus, while only a small portion began to evolve the internal world.

Under the cyan light, a world nearly a hundred million kilometers in diameter quickly took shape. Then came the central continent, 36 million kilometers across.

Surrounding it were eight landmasses, each 12 million kilometers in size. Between the continents lay an endless ocean.

On the central continent, eight towering mountain ranges enclosed an inner sea, unfathomably deep. The flower bud arrived at the center of this inner sea. With a soft glow, it once again unfolded into an illusory Green Lotus.

Above the Green Lotus floated a cyan Origin Pearl, which soon sank and vanished into the world.

"The world is formed!"

Now that the world had taken shape, vast amounts of origin energy formed mountain ranges of cosmic crystals, lying across the nine continents!

Chen Qing marveled at the sensation of his world. The Green Lotus absorbed origin energy dozens of times faster than before, and the rate was still increasing. The world itself was slowly expanding outward.

But even here, reaching the pinnacle of the Sector Lord level would likely take centuries. Fortunately, as his genes and laws improved, the Green Lotus's speed would increase again.

He had already grasped the essence of the Water, Thunder, and Wood laws. With the resonance of the world and the boost from the Origin Land, he believed he could fully comprehend the lower laws within a few more decades.

Once he had a foundation in the lower laws, understanding the essence of time and space would likely be much easier. But how long that would take was hard to say. Chen Qing sighed and stopped dwelling on it.

"Let's first test the cultivation effect of a Sector Lord!"

On a hill outside the flower sea, Jiang Fang and Yao Rao, having just finished resting, sat on rocks admiring the distant spectacle.

"Sister Fang, how's the rest?"

"Not bad. What, you don't want to go back?"

Jiang Fang flicked her blade, cleaning off the residue, and glanced at Yao Rao.

"Want to go deeper?"

Yao Rao licked her lips. "We've been at the pinnacle for a while now. The Foundation has been stuck at the seventh stance for over a decade. Are you really content with that?"

Jiang Fang nodded. The two had been fighting constantly, but with the Cloud-Touching Vine around, neither mental nor physical pressure was great.

They were very familiar with their secret techniques, but the breakthrough they sought was always just a hair's breadth away. That tiny gap was driving them mad.

The senior had also told them that what they needed now was a fierce battle to elevate themselves. After all, their talent was only so-so.

Outside, there would be ways. The clan had plenty of treasures available. With Chen Qing's wealth and authority, it wouldn't be a problem. But here, they couldn't get anything.

Now that Chen Qing had broken through to Sector Lord, his pace would only accelerate. They had mentally prepared themselves, but how could they truly be content?

"This old lady is the Moon Demon. Even facing monsters back in the day, I never played the good girl. How could I be content!"

Yao Rao laughed at that. The cursing meant she was really pent up. She had broken through to the Planetary level very early, and now she was constantly being overshadowed by a little man. Just thinking about it made her chest ache.

"In a bee swarm, the queen is usually the strongest, probably at the Sector Lord level. The other guards are likely at the Domain Lord level. With the Cloud-Touching Vine protecting us, safety isn't a big issue.

And our striking power is stronger than these bugs'. So if we go a bit deeper, we can at least clash with Domain Lords."

Jiang Fang watched Yao Rao, who was now standing with her hands on her hips, about to throw a tantrum. She gently stroked her blade, feeling the coldness of the edge.

"The Star Spirit Bees are fine, but those strange flowers are a problem. Whether it's their scent or their colors, they all have hallucinogenic effects.

Fighting isn't the fear. It's falling into an illusion without realizing it. The Cloud-Touching Vine has no good way to handle that. If we exhaust ourselves to death, that would be truly embarrassing."

"Then let's ask the senior to keep an eye on us. If it's really bad, he can call that brat over."

Yao Rao gritted her teeth as she said "that brat," then laughed again.

"If that brat dares to mock us, I'll grab his lifeline and see if he still acts cocky!"

Jiang Fang turned her head and spat quietly, but she didn't object. It seemed she had been tormented quite a bit too.

Soon, everything was arranged. The two shot into the flower sea at high speed. Up close, the bizarre blossoms were still tempting to admire.

After a brief pause, they exchanged a knowing glance. Jiang Fang flipped her hand and produced a spaceship, parking it there under AI control, ready to attack or provide support at any moment. Only then did they draw their weapons and vanish into the thicket of flowers.

Since their target was the hive, the two made no disturbance on the periphery, quietly sneaking deeper into the sea of flowers.

In the virtual world, Original Ancestor lounged back in his seat, watching the screen before him with keen interest.

"Truly nostalgic. Back then, I walked this same path myself. Perhaps Mother Ancestor... Mother Ancestor!"

Original Ancestor let out a deep sigh. All the current powerhouses knew him as the foremost human, but how many still remembered the predecessors who came before him?

When the universe first opened, humanity emerged rather late and was not particularly prominent in the cosmos, yet they were also the race most capable of creating miracles.

In the beginning, when they struggled in the corners, it was she who stepped forth from what is now the Mother Ancestor Planet, shouldering the heavens and earth.

If he was the first strongest of humanity, then Mother Ancestor was the first Cosmic Lord of humanity, sheltering the race for countless epochs.

"Reincarnation! Is there truly no way?"