Golden Horn and Silver Horn Reunite, Breaking Through to Universe Level! (Thanks to Tomato Scrambled Eggs Without Salt for the Recommendation Ticket!)

As for Silver Horn, he still had over four thousand cubic units of Cosmic Crystals. Together with the large amount of alloys allocated earlier, it was enough for him to buy plenty of metal.

"First, use the optimal plan to raise my main body to Universe level. Then I'll speed up my comprehension of laws and help my clone secure a good ranking in the Ranking Tournament."

Having settled on a direction, Golden Horn no longer hesitated and decided to set off immediately. However, to avoid letting the Sirius clan discover that he was still alive,

he controlled his muscles and bones to writhe. His black scales gradually contracted, his body shrinking from a hundred meters to just over ten. The distinctive golden horn on his forehead retracted, replaced by two curved black bull horns.

Moments later, an ordinary Wild Bull demon appeared in the void.

Golden Horn reached up and touched the two horns on his head, then chuckled. "No one should recognize me now."

He quietly flew away from Myriad Monster Star. Only after leaving the planet's orbit did he take out a spare spaceship and set its destination for Exterminate Qiu Star.

Meanwhile, on Exterminate Qiu Star, Silver Horn had not been idle either.

He activated his intelligent terminal and searched through the metal materials in the Monster Hunting Hall marketplace, placing an order according to the "optimal package" in his inherited memories:

Formula Name: Precise Proportion Combination of 325 Types of Grade B Pure Metals

Purity Requirement: 100% pure Grade B metals

Effect: Inner World growth speed ×89 (89 times the natural rate)

Time: Stellar level ninth order → Universe level first order, approximately 1 year (100 years naturally)

Annual Consumption: 100,000–200,000 tons of Grade B metal

Annual Cost: Approximately 18 cubic units of Cosmic Crystals

"Not too expensive." Silver Horn sighed in relief. More than four thousand cubic units of Cosmic Crystals were enough to feed the main body for two hundred years.

Some alloy orders could be collected directly at the base, while others had to be transferred in from other planets. Silver Horn calculated the timing. By the time Golden Horn's main body arrived, the goods should have mostly arrived as well.

To prevent any accidents, Silver Horn decided not to take any missions during this period and instead focus on waiting for the main body's arrival.

A month later, an inconspicuous civilian spaceship slowly entered the asteroid belt on the outskirts of Exterminate Qiu Star.

Golden Horn stood before the porthole, looking at the gray-white war planet in the distance as an inexplicable wave of emotion rose in his heart. A year ago, he had set foot on this land as Silver Horn. Now, his main body had finally arrived too.

The spaceship found a concealed spot within the asteroid belt and docked. Silver Horn had already been waiting for a long time. The two bodies exchanged smiles in the void, tacitly saying nothing more.

Silver Horn stored Golden Horn's spaceship, then handed him a spatial ring filled with metals and Cosmic Crystals.

Golden Horn accepted the ring and sent his Spiritual Force inside. One hundred and fifty thousand tons of Grade B alloy were stacked neatly within, along with a full two thousand cubic units of Cosmic Crystals. It was enough for him to eat for quite a while.

"Let's go." Golden Horn let out a low roar, flashed, and turned into a streak of light that entered the Origin Core Space. Silver Horn stored the Origin Core inside his body, looked around to confirm that no one had spotted him, then turned and returned to Exterminate Qiu Star.

Inside the Origin Core Space, Golden Horn eagerly opened the spatial ring.

He transferred all the alloy into the Origin Core, piling it into a small mountain before him. The metallic sheen of countless colors illuminated the entire Origin Core Space.

"Time to eat!"

Golden Horn opened his jaws and activated his Devouring Talent. Countless alloys automatically flew into his mouth.

Warm energy exploded within his body, surging through his bloodline and into every limb and bone. He had already reached the Stellar level, ninth-order peak, while the Blue Fruit and Red Fruit he had consumed earlier had laid a solid foundation. Now, as this pure metal energy poured in, his cultivation began to rise at a visible pace.

Golden Horn immersed himself in the pleasure of Devouring, nearly forgetting the passage of time.

According to the formula in his inherited memories, at this rate of Devouring, he could break through to Universe level within a year.

"Awoo~~" Golden Horn howled excitedly, his voice echoing through the Origin Core Space.

Over the following days, Golden Horn devoted himself entirely to Devouring metal and charging toward Universe level.

Silver Horn, meanwhile, devoted himself to comprehending the law runes of the Heavy Treasure Beyond the Light-Year. Every ancient pattern moving across the sphere's surface contained profound principles of the Space Law. They confirmed one another with Detailed Explanation of Space, causing his comprehension of the Space Law to advance by leaps and bounds.

Time rapidly passed amid this blissful atmosphere.

One year later.

Within the Origin Core Space, Golden Horn had devoured over a hundred thousand tons of Grade B alloy. The boundaries of his internal world continued expanding, while the nine Origin Core stars had swollen to their limit.

Finally, the instant he swallowed the last batch of alloy, boom!

The nine stars within the Origin Core exploded at once!

A blazing torrent of energy swept through the entire Inner World. Stellar fragments danced through the void, collided, recombined, and finally collapsed into a slowly rotating vortex galaxy.

The boundaries of his Inner World abruptly expanded outward, surging from ninety kilometers to one thousand li!

Golden Horn's body also expanded madly at that moment—one hundred meters, two hundred meters—before finally stopping at a full kilometer in length!

A third golden horn burst from his forehead. The three horns formed a triangular arrangement, each flowing with golden secret patterns and radiating a chilling sharpness.

The Metal Domain erupted from his body, enveloping several miles of void around him.

Universe level—breakthrough!

Golden Horn opened his eyes, and golden light flared in his vertical pupils. He felt his soul leap to a whole new level at that instant. His sea of consciousness transformed into a nebula, and his sensitivity to and efficiency in comprehending the Origin of Gold Laws increased by more than tenfold. His comprehension of the Space Law also soared, far surpassing his former speed at Stellar level.

"Universe level feels pretty good." He grinned, exposing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard on Exterminate Qiu Star, Silver Horn was practicing a spatial secret technique.

Yan Chen stood nearby with his hands behind his back, watching expressionlessly.

Silver Horn flashed and teleported behind the target. His dagger shot out. This time, he was faster, his trajectory more unpredictable, and he did not even stir the slightest ripple in space.

Yan Chen raised an eyebrow.

After demonstrating the technique, Silver Horn withdrew his hand and stood still.

Yan Chen fell silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping over Silver Horn.

"Domain fifth layer?"

"Not quite yet," Silver Horn answered honestly.

With the dual assistance of refining Beyond the Light-Year and studying Detailed Explanation of Space, he had unknowingly touched the threshold of the Domain fifth layer.

A rare smile appeared at the corner of Yan Chen's lips. "Not bad. It's only been a year since you broke through to the fourth layer, right? There's still one year until the Ranking Tournament. It seems you still have a chance to challenge the sixth layer?"

He paused before adding, "I'll report this to World Lord Demon Snail and apply for a breakthrough reward for you."

A few days later, a message popped up on Silver Horn's intelligent terminal: "Congratulations on breaking through to the Domain fifth layer. The Monster Hunting Hall has awarded 10,000 Contribution Points. They have been credited to your account."

Silver Horn looked at the extra ten thousand points in his account, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

Golden Horn had already broken through to Universe level, so he still needed to keep buying metal. There were four packages:

Optimal: 207 types of Grade C metal, 89 times growth speed. Breaking through to Universe level ninth order would take approximately half a year and cost around 3,000,000 cubic units of Cosmic Crystals.

Premium: 120 types of Grade C metal, 39 times growth speed. It would take approximately 1.5 years and cost around 300,000 cubic units of Cosmic Crystals.

Economy: 50 types of Grade C and Grade B metals, 20 times growth speed. It would take approximately 3 years and cost around 90,000 cubic units of Cosmic Crystals.

Pauper: Pure Grade B metal scrap, natural growth speed. It would take approximately 50 years and cost around 3,000 cubic units of Cosmic Crystals.

He had thought he had struck it rich, but it still was not enough to feed Golden Horn's main body. It was simply too expensive. He could only start with the cheapest package, then see whether Silver Horn's clone could strike it rich again after the Ranking Tournament.

Since Golden Horn's main body had already broken through to Universe level, Silver Horn decided to go out and test his strength. Although he was still at the Stellar level, ninth-order peak, his three-hundredfold genetic level and near-Domain fifth layer gave him combat power comparable to a Universe level fifth order expert.

With one Universe level main body and one Stellar level clone whose combat power rivaled Universe level, safety should not be a problem.

He activated his intelligent terminal and opened the mission hall, his gaze sweeping across row after row of missions. In the end, his eyes settled on a patrol mission.

Mission Details: Patrol and photograph three fixed coordinates at the edge of the Withered Skeleton Galaxy, while keeping the spaceship's positioning system active throughout.

Reward: 1,000 Contribution Points.

The mission system displayed a red warning: "Warning: This mission has a relatively high danger level. Team participation is recommended. Confirm accepting this mission solo?"

Silver Horn did not hesitate and selected confirm.

One thousand Contribution Points were enough to buy quite a few good things. Besides, he wanted to see just how far his current strength had reached.

He shut down the terminal, rose to his feet, and headed toward the docking platform.