Chaos City, the City Lord's Manor. Ever since the Primal Star opened, the Side Hall for contributing Supreme Treasures had grown much busier.
Yang Hao went to contribute his Supreme Treasures, but after submitting a request to the Virtual Universe, he was told he had to wait in line. In the past, he could have gone straight in once his request was approved.
With the Primal Star open, the experts must have brought back quite a haul, Yang Hao thought.
By comparison, this had been Yang Hao's most rewarding expedition yet. He had spent more than an era exploring.
His spoils totaled five high-grade offensive Supreme Treasures, two high-grade Supreme Treasure Armors, nineteen Ordinary Supreme Treasures, two ordinary Domain-type Supreme Treasures, and five Top-grade Set-type Heavy Treasures.
My turn. When the Venerable inside finished contributing his Supreme Treasures and came out, Yang Hao exchanged nods with him in greeting.
"Let's begin!" Yang Hao brought out all the Supreme Treasures and Heavy Treasure Sets he intended to contribute, including the Machine Race weapon, the Entropy Decomposer.
The Supreme Treasures were exchanged one by one. The five high-grade offensive Supreme Treasures were worth a total of 48.3 Supreme Treasure Points, while the two High-grade Supreme Treasure Armors were worth 42 Supreme Treasure Points.
Those two together are only worth a little more than my Azure Ink Armor. They seem pretty average, Yang Hao thought as he tallied the prices.
The Supreme Treasure Armor he wore, the Azure Ink Armor, had cost him 39 Supreme Treasure Points. By that measure, it was quite valuable even among High-grade Supreme Treasure Armors.
The nineteen Ordinary Supreme Treasures included both offensive and defensive types. Three were even Supreme Treasures used by Controllers, which were rather rare.
Their total value was 24.9 Supreme Treasure Points.
The two Domain-type Supreme Treasures were worth a fair amount as well, bringing in a total of 47.6 Supreme Treasure Points.
"I have the Twisted Lighthouse. These two ordinary Domain Supreme Treasures aren't much use to me, so I might as well contribute them to the race." Yang Hao shook his head and decisively contributed both Domain-type Supreme Treasures.
That left only the five Top-grade Heavy Treasure Sets, which earned him a reward of 5.8 Supreme Treasure Points when he contributed them to the race.
I wonder how much the Entropy Decomposer is worth. After contributing all his Supreme Treasures, Yang Hao offered up Venerable Entropyfall's weapon as well.
"Oh? It's actually worth 38 Supreme Treasure Points. Not bad!" Upon seeing its value, Yang Hao immediately chose to contribute it.
Keeping a Machine Race weapon was of no use to him. Once he contributed it, the race could dismantle it and conduct detailed reverse engineering. If they could derive even a sliver of Machine Race technology from it, that would be an excellent outcome.
In the process, they could also discover weaknesses in Machine Race weapons, which would be a great help in future battles between the races.
Of course, Venerable Entropyfall had spent a fortune creating the Entropy Decomposer. Its actual value was considerable, so Yang Hao was not overly surprised.
That means I earned a total of 164.6 Supreme Treasure Points this time! Yang Hao calculated inwardly.
He already had 105 Supreme Treasure Points in his account. Adding the 164.6 he had earned this time brought his total to 269.6 Supreme Treasure Points!
That's almost enough to buy a high-grade Domain-type Supreme Treasure. After some thought, Yang Hao realized he was not particularly short on Supreme Treasures.
"My strength is only at the Universe Overlord level. There's no need for me to use a high-grade Domain-type Supreme Treasure." Yang Hao shook his head and decided to save his Supreme Treasure Points for now.
He should improve his strength first. If his treasures were too good and caught the covetous eye of a Universe Master, that would spell trouble.
Among the countless races of the universe, most experts were not as wealthy as humans. If his Supreme Treasures were too good and drew the attention of powerful experts, they would become a burden instead.
The Qian Wu Secret Realm.
"I wonder how my check-in system is doing." Yang Hao gazed into the distance.
Another day spent thinking about the check-in system.
If the check-in system remained down, it would be difficult for his strength to improve significantly during this opening of the Primal Star.
To powerful experts, a few hundred eras passed in the blink of an eye.
Yang Hao's talent was only at the level of an ordinary Universe Overlord. Improving his strength would take vast amounts of time.
"Never mind. I can't rely too much on the check-in system." With that thought, Yang Hao let it go.
"Developing my secret techniques to the pinnacle level during this opening of the Primal Star should be enough."
Pinnacle Universe Overlord-level secret techniques were at least considerably stronger than top-tier ones, and would bring a noticeable improvement to his strength.
"Phew. Improving my strength is so slow!" Yang Hao sighed.
Unless he stumbled upon an incredible stroke of luck, rapid progress was unlikely. Even exploring the Primal Star and fighting constantly would only allow his strength to improve slowly.
No matter how many Supreme Treasures he obtained, they would not significantly improve his strength. In the end, he still had to rely on time to make gradual progress.
"Yuan Ning went to the Outer Domain Battlefield... and died in battle." Yang Hao had intended to take some time to check on his disciple.
He had never expected his prospective disciple, who was still undergoing his trial, to die on the Outer Domain Battlefield.
"I tasked Yuan Ning with killing five Immortal Gods on the Outer Domain Battlefield while still a World Lord, defeating opponents above his level as the trial to become my disciple," Yang Hao recalled.
Yuan Ning was a genius who had emerged from the Qian Wu Universe Country's Genius Battle. His talent was not exceptional, but with careful training, he stood a good chance of becoming a Marquis Immortal. With personal guidance from Yang Hao, he might even have become a King-level Immortal.
Unfortunately, the Outer Domain Battlefield was an exceedingly dangerous place, with an average death rate of over ninety percent. Death was commonplace; only those with exceptional luck and strength could retire alive.
"One genius. Our Human Race has no shortage of geniuses." Yang Hao shook his head.
What did the death of one World Lord genius amount to? On the Primal Star, even Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords could fall.
"The training system in my Qian Wu Universe Country is far too weak." Yang Hao reviewed the previous Genius Battles and Strongest Battles.
The proportion of geniuses from the Qian Wu Universe Country who made it into the top thousand was extremely low!
"Once the Primal Star closes, I'll thoroughly overhaul the Qian Wu Universe Country's training system!" Yang Hao's eyes shone.
He had once been penniless, without even a single King Rank subordinate at his side. Now, he could be considered wealthy.
He ought to recruit those King Rank and Marquis experts to help train and teach people in the Qian Wu Universe Country.
The Primal Star only opened once after an immense span of time.
During the first few hundred years after it opened, treasures appeared more frequently. At the same time, experts who had held themselves back for countless years were eager to act, leading to more slaughter. As time passed, treasures appeared less often, and for most of the time the Primal Star remained open, the experts lay low.
"What's this?" Yang Hao flew across the Primal Star as though strolling through his own backyard.
He spotted a large purple bell beyond a tall mountain. He immediately flew over and picked it up.
"What a peculiar bell." Yang Hao held the ten-meter-tall bell in his hand. A blue curtain of light flowed from it, forming an even larger projection around it.
Yang Hao poured his divine power into it to claim ownership and received information about the bell.
It was a top-grade Heavy Treasure called the Blue Xian Bell, and it was actually a telekinetic attack weapon.
"This Blue Xian Bell is quite formidable even among top-grade Heavy Treasures. If I contributed it to the race, it would probably be worth several hundred Heavy Treasure Points." Yang Hao smiled.
On the Primal Star, anyone willing to spend some time could always find treasures. Experts knew how plentiful the treasures were here, which drew even more of them to gather.
But no matter how many treasures someone obtained, once they were killed, all their efforts would only benefit someone else.
Qian Wu, for instance, had been killed three times in succession while exploring the Primal Star.
He had gained something at first, but after those repeated deaths, he had ended up buried in debt.
Only the strong could roam the Primal Star freely!
With Yang Hao's current strength, he could not claim to roam the Primal Star unchallenged, but he no longer feared ordinary Universe Overlords.
The Human Race had an excellent intelligence network. Combined with the Virtual Universe, it usually provided advance warning when a Universe Master arrived. After all, this was the Primal Star-even someone as powerful as a Universe Master could not teleport here.
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