Xu Jingming wasted no time after returning to the villa.
First, he swept his Divine Thought through the entire villa, inside and out.
Only after confirming that nothing was amiss did he sit cross-legged in the secluded cultivation chamber.
Then he connected his Divine Thought to the Virtual Helmet and logged into the Virtual Universe.
His appointment as Star Patrol Envoy had come through five days ago.
His access privileges in the Virtual Universe had also been raised to the highest level.
But during that time, he had been immersed in the pleasures of romance and had not had any time to check.
Now that he had returned to the Origin Holy Temple, he could finally take a proper look.
Whoosh-
His figure appeared directly atop Heavenly Peak Mountain in the Virtual Universe!
As far as he could see, rivers of stars cascaded like waterfalls, and a sea of clouds roiled.
The whole of Heavenly Peak Mountain, along with the sprawling buildings of Star Dome Academy in the distance, lay beneath his feet.
"So this is what it feels like to stand above all the other peaks."
Xu Jingming felt a little wistful.
More than twenty years ago, when he had first entered the Eternal Star Alliance, he had been nothing more than a newly admitted disciple living in the Eternal Day Archipelago.
Back then, Heavenly Peak Mountain had been a legendary place he could only gaze up at.
Later, he had climbed step by step, from the foot of the mountain to its slopes. Now, he had finally reached the summit!
"Just over twenty years. Not slow at all."
The corners of Xu Jingming's mouth lifted slightly.
For the powerhouses of the cosmos, who routinely measured time in epochs, twenty-odd years were no more than the blink of an