One Year Later

Su Zhe had miscalculated.

He had not expected that repairing a spaceship would take such a long time.

When Babata told him that it would take at least nearly a year to fix that ship, Su Zhe had no choice but to helplessly choose to wait.

Waiting, however, did not mean sitting idle.

Su Zhe took advantage of this period to begin researching the Blacklight Virus and his own insights into artistic conceptions.

His rate of improvement had been too fast previously.

Although there was no issue of an unstable foundation, his mastery of secret techniques, force-application skills, and the like was indeed significantly lacking.

The appearance of Babata helped Su Zhe resolve all of these issues quite well.

"Su Zhe, are you willing to join my Black Ink Star lineage and take my master, Hu Yanbo, as your teacher?" Babata asked solemnly.

"I am willing."

Su Zhe nodded without the slightest hesitation.

Are you kidding? Why would he refuse free resources?

In Su Zhe's view, joining the Black Ink Star lineage had only advantages and no drawbacks. The resources left behind by a barely-Marquis-level Immortal, while mostly going to Luo Feng, would still leave a remainder that far exceeded the total assets of an average Sector Lord.

With these resources as starting capital, Su Zhe could rapidly increase his strength.

All he had to bear was the task of dealing with the enemy of the Black Ink Star Ship, the Demon Hand King, once he became powerful enough in the future.

Compared to the threat of the Demon Hand King, he was more worried about the secrets of Earth being discovered later on.

In short, this was a deal that both parties were very satisfied with.

Babata had recruited a disciple with extremely high talent as a special life form for the Black Ink Star Ship, and Su Zhe had obtained the resources of the Black Ink Star Ship; both sides felt they had profited.

"Very good!"

Babata was overjoyed and immediately began introducing the origins of the Black Ink Star Ship to Su Zhe, dumping all the inheritances of the Black Ink Star Ship onto him, just as he had done when cultivating Luo Feng.

And after arriving at the Black Ink Star Ship.

If he hadn't been stopped by Babata, Su Zhe would have even wanted to try devouring the few Immortal god corpses inside the Black Ink Star Ship!

Of course, the current Blacklight Virus or Nihility Devouring Flame would likely find it very difficult to digest Immortal divine power.

Even a Sector Lord might not necessarily be able to complete such a devouring.

After all, in the cultivation system of Swallowed Star, every time one crossed a major realm, it was a leap in the level of life. Trying to cross so many realms to devour was still too difficult; even for the Golden Horned Beast, Su Zhe did not know if it could handle it.

"The resources left behind by Master back then are only enough to cultivate one core disciple."

Babata was somewhat troubled when it came to cultivating both Luo Feng and Su Zhe.

"Master was a Psychic, and most of the core inheritances are also Psychic inheritances, including Master's bank account, which also belongs to Luo Feng."

"So, the resources you can be allocated are not many."

Babata said to Su Zhe.

"It's fine."

Su Zhe was quite optimistic.

"Among those Immortal corpses, isn't there one that belonged to an enemy? I'll just take that one."

The value of an Immortal corpse, even if it were just an ordinary Immortal, had to be calculated in Hunyuan units, and what Su Zhe valued more was obviously the gain after devouring an Immortal corpse.

"There are seven corpses in the Black Ink Star Ship, one of which is a Sector Lord-level skeleton, and the other six are Immortal-level," Babata said. "And among those six Immortal corpses, one is a Mechanical Race Immortal."

"The corpses of Master's servants are also people of the Black Ink Star lineage; I will not hand them over for you to devour."

"The question is... can you devour the Immortal divine body of the Mechanical Race?"

Babata expressed his doubt.

"My devouring ability is not limited to flesh and blood; metal, plants, and other things can also be devoured, though the effect is slightly worse," Su Zhe said. "Once I reach the Domain Lord or Sector Lord level, perhaps I can start trying to devour Immortal corpses."

"That's fine then."

Babata nodded.

He felt a bit guilty toward Su Zhe, but there was no help for it; the current resources of the Black Ink Star Ship were limited, and the bulk of them were in the bank account left by Hu Yanbo, which could only be opened by Luo Feng, who had accepted the soul-mark inheritance. No one else could.

Therefore, Babata thought, perhaps he could let Luo Feng buy some flesh and blood of powerful life forms for Su Zhe to devour after he got the funds?

That wasn't right either.

The Golden Horned Beast was also a gold-devouring beast!

Babata had a headache; with the funds of the Black Ink Star Ship, raising two such gold-devouring beasts was still somewhat difficult.

Perhaps even Hu Yanbo never expected that he would have two such disciples, right?

January 2061.

After more than ten months of effort, Babata finally finished repairing the propulsion system of the spaceship, allowing Su Zhe to enter the universe.

By this time, after nearly a year of consolidation, Su Zhe had not improved in terms of his cultivation realm, but in other areas, he had made significant progress.

Deep in the Pacific Ocean.

Above the surface of the sea.

"Luo Feng, let's fight!"

Su Zhe took the initiative to challenge Luo Feng.

"Roar!"

The Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng, responded to Su Zhe's challenge, swatting at him with a claw and sending him flying hundreds of meters away.

Su Zhe steadied his figure, Black Flame Wings sprouting from his back, and accompanied by flowing electric arcs, he charged toward Luo Feng's position once again!

"Swish!"

The surrounding seawater was instantly boiled by the high temperature, turning into thick white mist, but for both Su Zhe and Luo Feng, that mist could not obstruct their vision at all; both of them possessed Psychic Power and could see through it directly.

"Bang!"

Su Zhe condensed his right arm into a giant hammer and smashed it fiercely toward Luo Feng's body!

However, this strike, which was enough to kill an ordinary Planetary Level monster, was still painless and itchy for Luo Feng.

Just as Luo Feng was preparing to retaliate, a voice rang out in both of their minds simultaneously.

"Luo Feng, Su Zhe!"

Su Zhe and Luo Feng stopped their sparring, and Luo Feng asked directly, "Babata, what is it? Why are you so happy?"

"The auxiliary power system is finished!" Babata said excitedly. "I have installed the power system, and we are ready to enter the universe at any time!"

"It's finally done?"

Su Zhe's eyes lit up.

Heaven knows how long he had been waiting for this moment.

Logically speaking, he had been ready to enter the universe a year ago, but because the spaceship wasn't repaired, he had been forced to wait for an entire year!

Although... it wasn't as if he hadn't gained anything during this year.

By studying the martial arts manuals of Black Ink Star, Su Zhe's force amplitude was now on par with those in the universe; he could generate amplitude in three aspects: strength, speed, and defense, and his multiplier had reached nearly twenty times.

As for his comprehension of the laws, Su Zhe was only one step away from mastering the Domain of Fire!

All that was missing was a catalyst.

Perhaps a life-and-death battle could become that very catalyst.