A Year and a Half, Universe Level

After a long while—

"Phew... phew... I finally survived!"

Qi Yuan finally let out a long breath, as if he had been freed.

The pain that had felt as though even his soul were being crushed, ground away, and shattered receded like a tide, and he finally regained control of his body!

"Let's see what this experience of such agony has brought me!"

Qi Yuan's gaze darkened slightly as a strand of consciousness instantly scanned his entire body.

"On the surface, there doesn't seem to be much change. The increase in Life Gene Level should be..."

Qi Yuan's mental power began to penetrate every inch of flesh and every cell.

"I can feel it, I can feel it!"

"Something has changed deep within my cells!"

Qi Yuan instantly sensed that every one of his cells had become different.

He could not describe exactly what had changed, but they truly were different!

Every cell was full and powerful, brimming with endless vitality, as if an exceptionally vigorous life force lay hidden within them.

Qi Yuan felt that if he threw a punch now, its power would likely be more than double what it had been before!

Clearly, neither his realm nor his cultivation had changed, yet he had this feeling!

This strength came from the deepest level of his body, an elevation in the essence of his life!

It was a Leap in Life Level that transcended bloodline!

"Hmm... my speed in comprehending Laws seems to have increased a little too!"

Qi Yuan tried comprehending Laws and immediately felt that the fluctuations of the Thunder Origin Law had become somewhat clearer.

The layer of mist that had always obscured it seemed to have been gently wiped away. Though it was still exceedingly blurry, it was indeed easier to see than before!

"Remarkable, truly remarkable!"

"My realm hasn't changed, yet my perception of Laws, physical vitality, strength, power, and everything else have all improved by at least twofold. Still, it's obviously not quite three times..."

Qi Yuan silently sensed the various entirely new experiences brought about by the increase in his life level.

He could not yet determine exactly how much his life level had risen. He could only judge his changes from these most direct sensations.

"Then what's my current gene level? More than double but less than triple. Two and a half times? Hmm, why does that sound so awkward?"

"Let's see whether this doubling effect can continue as my realm keeps advancing."

In less than two months since arriving on Tai Yue Star, Qi Yuan had handled matters such as his citizenship registration, searched for new disciples, and later busied himself trying to use the Virtual Universe Company as a powerful backer.

Now that everything had been settled, he could finally shift his focus to cultivation.

After experiencing a Leap in Life Level, his perception of Origin Laws had doubled.

With the System's assistance as well, his progress naturally became incredibly swift.

Time passed quietly, and Qi Yuan gradually immersed himself in a peaceful yet pleasant life of cultivation.

Normally, he either comprehended Laws and cultivated, or absorbed energy to train.

Occasionally, he would also enter the Slaughter Arena, set up opponents, and hone his combat techniques.

Whenever the monthly return opportunities refreshed, however, it became his most exciting "master-disciple reunion time"—

Successfully imparted Star Traveller cultivation experience to a disciple!

Triggered a 30x critical reward.

Return reward: cultivation comprehension related to the Thunder Law!

Successfully imparted Star Traveller cultivation experience to a disciple!

Triggered a 60x critical reward.

Return reward: cultivation comprehension related to the Thunder Law!

Successfully gifted a disciple one Third-tier Force Battle Saber!

Triggered a 50x critical reward.

Return reward: one Fourth-tier Force Battle Saber, the Soul Extinguishing Saber!

Successfully gifted a disciple one Intelligent Optical Computer!

Triggered a 50x critical reward.

Return reward: one ownerless Intelligent Lifeform!

Aside from the few times he used them to obtain necessary assets, Qi Yuan spent most of his return opportunities on improving his cultivation comprehension.

To his pleasant surprise, when he imparted cultivation experience to the Star Traveller Liao Li, the return actually consisted of cultivation comprehension related to Laws!

Although each returned insight was quite limited due to Liao Li's own aptitude, it was still an indiscriminate improvement!

After all, Qi Yuan was merely an independent cultivator. When he encountered bottlenecks in comprehending Laws, he had no teacher to guide him.

If he had to comprehend them on his own, a single bottleneck might take months or even years to overcome.

But if he encountered a bottleneck and used the indiscriminate comprehension returned by the System, something akin to "true damage," even the slightest amount could help him break through the obstruction and enter a smoother phase of cultivation!

This was an outrageous aid, more effective than guidance from any teacher!

And this was only with Liao Li's base return multiplier of 33 times.

If he could one day take in peerless geniuses like Luo Feng and Bolan, for whom comprehending Laws was as easy as drinking water, the effects of the returns would probably let him ascend on the spot!

Thus, with the System's repeated returns lending him assistance, Qi Yuan's progress in Law Comprehension was extremely rapid.

Combined with the massive amount of cultivation resources returned through his deliberate use of the System's functions, his cultivation began soaring at an astonishing rate.

Within the Eternal Empire, in an exceptionally desolate and barren remote expanse of space.

Rumble rumble rumble—

Hiss hiss—

It was as if an exquisite canvas were being wildly kneaded and torn apart—

The entire starry sky began to twist and shatter violently, enormous spatial rifts continuously appearing throughout space!

Massive spatial storms swept in every direction, instantly engulfing and tearing nearby uninhabited planets into fragments.

Whoosh, hiss hiss—

Who knew how much time passed.

The wildly erupting spatial storm gradually weakened.

Once the entire region of space finally returned to calm—

The desolate starry sky from before had vanished.

In its place, a shattered continent stretching for hundreds of millions of kilometers floated silently.

Tie Jun City.

A year and a half had now passed since Qi Yuan joined the external division of the Virtual Universe Company.

Within a secluded courtyard in Tie Jun City, Qi Yuan's cultivation had reached an extremely crucial moment.

Inside his dantian space, nine incomparably blazing giant fireballs followed a mysterious trajectory, endlessly entwining with one another to form a strange celestial structure.

Whoosh, hiss hiss—

An enormous amount of pure Force energy surged wildly through the outer wall of the dantian space, continuously merging into the nine giant fireballs.

Yet no matter how much energy entered them, the fireballs could no longer expand even the slightest bit.

Then, at a certain moment, it was as though a soul-shaking thunderclap that rattled the entire space exploded!

Rumble rumble rumble—

It was as if some boundary had been broken—

The nine giant fireballs that had already reached their limit began rapidly expanding.

Whoosh, hiss hiss—

Nearly all the pure Force energy drifting through the dantian space was swallowed in an instant, yet the expansion of the nine fireballs only slowed slightly.

Seeing this, Qi Yuan immediately stuffed an Azure Fruit the size of a walnut into his mouth—

Crunch!

As the peel broke beneath his teeth, an incomparably vast amount of life energy poured frantically into the dantian space.

With this energy replenishing it, the nine giant fireballs resumed their rapid expansion, swelling dozens of times larger in just a brief moment!

The nine fireballs all trembled continuously. At one instant, the largest stellar fireball expanded to its limit—

Bang!

The largest stellar fireball suddenly exploded!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

As though they had all been detonated at once, the other eight stellar fireballs exploded one after another!

After each star exploded, it became countless stellar fragments and an almost endless dust nebula.

Vast nebulae, star clusters, dust, and countless tiny planets slowly moved along a special trajectory, eventually forming an incomparably massive swirling "galaxy"—

Eight spiral arms lay around the galaxy's outer regions, while its center contained a great number of tiny stars.

At the very core of the entire galaxy was an extremely condensed miniature "black hole," as though it could devour all things!

This miniature black hole continuously swallowed nearby stars, dust, and more. Yet in unreachable places, strands of incomparably pure and powerful energy kept emerging—

At that moment, an incomparably powerful feeling rose within Qi Yuan's heart!

He had officially entered the Universe Level!

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