"Huff, huff..."
Xu Jingming panted heavily as his three-meter-tall Purple Nightmare Demonic Body slowly shrank back to its normal form.
He knelt on one knee, bracing his right hand against the ground. His five fingers gouged deep furrows into the hard rock.
Fine beads of sweat covered his forehead, threatening to gather into droplets and roll down.
As a Star Tier cultivator, he had not sweated in a very long time.
Only after a full minute did his breathing gradually steady.
The discomfort caused by the universe's rejection finally faded completely.
"That was terrifying. Cultivating the Origin Core Secret Tome can actually provoke the universe's rejection?"
Xu Jingming slowly stood, a trace of disbelief still lingering in his cold eyes.
As the bearer of the Purple Nightmare Demonic Body, he had endured the pain of genetic restructuring and bloodline evolution countless times.
Yet he had never felt hostility from the entire universe as he had just now.
It felt as though he were an "outsider" in this universe, something it wanted to erase from existence entirely!
"Is this the consequence of changing my genetic level and the essence of my soul without advancing in rank?"
Xu Jingming murmured.
That experience had been far more terrifying than being watched by a Supreme Dominator!
Of course, he also understood one thing.
Great opportunities often lurked behind danger!
"Let's see whether those thirty million origin points were worth it."
With that thought, Xu Jingming opened his system panel.
``` [Name]: Xu Jingming
[Level]: Star Tier Rank 2 (+)
[Ability]: Nirvana Divine Lightning (T5 Level)
[Physique]: 72.21 billion blood qi (+)
[Spirit]: 72.19 billion Hz (+)
[Skills]: Spear Intent (Beginner +), Thunderlight World Annihilation Cannon (T4 Level, Perfection)...
[Body tempering]: Purple Sky Thunder Tattoo (T7 Level, Ninth Level)
[Spirit refinement]: Star Core Meditation Method