Virtual Universe Company
Swallowing the Starry Sky: CloudBiodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Virtual Universe Company (虚拟宇宙公司) |
| Affiliation | Human race; one of the five major human forces 97 |
| Occupation/Role | Operator of the Virtual Universe Network; recruiter and trainer of human geniuses; administrator of subordinate universe countries and developer of major human territories 59 87 147 173 |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | Chapter 58: “The First Fortune” |
Virtual Universe Network
The company operates the Virtual Universe, a virtual network used for communication, trade, training, administration, and large-scale events across human territory. Visitors may access it through registered or unregistered accounts linked to Auxiliary Optical Computers. 58
- Registered accounts — generally available to Planetary Level martial artists and above; Ji Yun purchases a 1,000-year account. 58
- Unregistered accounts — valid for 100 years and do not require the same identity verification; they are sometimes used by alien races and are closely recorded in sensitive regions. 58 157
- Virtual headquarters — core members can directly teleport into a dedicated headquarters plane, represented as a mist-covered floating mountain larger than an ordinary planet. 100
- Identity verification — the network can detect a member’s breakthrough to Domain Lord level through their connection device, prompting a mandatory real-world inspection. 146 147
Core Member System
The company recruits exceptional geniuses into four core secret realms. Status determines the resources, attention, and cultivation opportunities a member receives. 97
| Genius Battle Rank | Reward | Core Secret Realm |
|---|---|---|
| 101st–1,000th | 10 Hunyuan Units and Initial Universe enlightenment 97 | End of the World Secret Realm |
| 11th–100th | 100 Hunyuan Units and Initial Universe enlightenment 97 | Heaven and Earth Secret Realm |
| 3rd–10th | 1,000 Hunyuan Units and Initial Universe enlightenment 97 | Primordial Secret Realm |
| 1st–2nd | 10,000 Hunyuan Units and Initial Universe enlightenment 97 | Original Secret Realm |
- The company’s Peak Genius Battle is held once every 10,000 years in cooperation with all universe countries. 87
- More than one million human geniuses—1,000 from each of 1,008 universe countries—compete for only 1,000 core-member places. 91 94
- The top 100 in the trial stage enter the core layer directly; remaining candidates must win three consecutive arena battles to qualify. 97
- Ji Yun places second overall and enters the Original Secret Realm alongside Bolan. 99 112
Cultivation Facilities
Killing Field
The Killing Field is a paid combat-training service in which users can configure their own opponents.
- It is one of the company’s major revenue projects. 59
- A Planetary Level user pays 1 million Black Dragon Coins, or 700 Ganwu Dollars, per day; fees rise sharply at Star and Universe Level. 59
- Ji Yun begins using the Killing Field after arriving on Qiu Long Star. 59
Initial Universe and Chaos City
The company brings selected core members to the Initial Universe for enlightenment and cultivation. 97 101
- The Initial Universe contains Chaos City and the Chaos Steles, which serve as major objects of law-comprehension study. 102 103
- Ji Yun and Bolan select the Universe Chaos Stele; each Chaos Stele corresponds to a Heavenly Bridge. 102 103
- The Heavenly Bridge system contains 52 bridges and permanently recognizes qualified core members. 103
- The company’s headquarters provides convenient transit to the Initial Universe. 190
Training Missions
Core members may select graded training missions that offer points and experience in exchange for substantial risk.
- Dangerous-grade missions have an average mortality rate of roughly 50%; the company warns that the rate rises to 78.2% when dangerous missions are chosen as a first training mission. 115
- The company lists six dangerous missions, including the Void God War Ruins. 115
- Desperate-level missions are rarer and more severe, with only eighteen listed across multiple cosmic secret realms. 139
- The Void God War Ruins was sealed and transformed into a training world by the company after the fall of Venerable Xuyan and his Immortal subordinates. 115
- The company’s external powerhouses kill any Immortal-level Yan God Race member who appears inside the Void God War Ruins, keeping the mission’s upper limit below Immortal level. 115
Administration and Infrastructure
The company administers subordinate universe countries through three departments:
- Military Department
- Martial Department
- Commerce Department 147
In border universe countries such as Canglan, the Military Department holds exceptional authority because its forces remain in a constant state of combat readiness. 147
- The company helps construct buffer zones, isolation areas, and blockade walls along Canglan’s border star sectors. 155
- Its Anlan Planet office conceals military personnel, including a Marquis Immortal and more than a dozen ordinary Immortals. 157
- It can issue missions independently of local military headquarters and provide its intelligence system and local military resources to the assigned investigator. 161
- Internal spatial passages maintained through God Kingdom teleportation link the company headquarters to regions throughout human territory; these passages are generally unavailable to outsiders. 175
Subsidiaries
The company classifies subsidiaries by net assets and grants qualified managers access to portions of its core layer. 108
| Subsidiary Grade | Net-Asset Requirement | Manager Privilege |
|---|---|---|
| Third-tier | 1,000 Hunyuan Units | — |
| Second-tier | 100,000 Hunyuan Units | Access to the End of the World Secret Realm |
| First-tier | 10 million Hunyuan Units | Access to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm |
| Special-tier | 1 billion Hunyuan Units | Access to the Primordial Secret Realm |
- The Earth Company reaches second-tier status with net assets of approximately 134,011 Hunyuan Units. 111
- The company recognizes the Earth Company’s three-manager system, but grants only two core-layer access slots. 111
Relationship with Earth
The company becomes a formal co-developer of Earth after the planet’s unusual talent-enhancing properties draw the interest of major human factions. 172 173
- The Giant Axe Coliseum disputes the company’s influence over Earth, while Venerable Xuezhou defends Earth as the territory of Ji Yun, an important company core member. 172
- The final agreement grants the company development rights over Earth while preserving Earthlings’ rights on their homeworld. 173
- Outsiders may reside in Floating City above Earth’s sea but must obey Earth’s laws to enter the land. 173
- Ji Yun retains the right to select Earth’s administrators and appoints King Jue'an and Feng Yunruo. 173
- The company immediately pays Ji Yun 10 billion Hunyuan Units under the agreement and elevates him to five-star member status. 173
Relationships
- Ji Yun — Original Secret Realm core member; receives company resources, access to the Initial Universe, training missions, administrative appointments, and the Earth development agreement. 97 100 115 147 173
- Luo Feng — Original Secret Realm core member who travels with Ji Yun to the company headquarters and Initial Universe. 100 101 112
- Venerable Xuezhou — Company Venerable who supports Ji Yun during the dispute over Earth and facilitates his later recognition as a Universe Venerable. 172 190 194
- Giant Axe Coliseum — Rival major human force whose representatives contest Earth’s ownership and development rights. 172 173
- Canglan Universe Country — Subordinate universe country administered by the company; Ji Yun is appointed its 18th Army Military Lord. 147