Within the vast Divine Kingdom.
A majestic temple floated amid endless divine light, overlooking the Divine Kingdom's sprawling territory below. At that moment, on the throne that symbolized supreme authority, Yang Zheng was intently examining the object in his palm.
"What exactly is this thing?"
A wisp of energy, condensed until it was almost solid, curled around Yang Zheng's fingertips as he carefully probed every inch of the palm-sized metal page fragment.
Yet apart from a heart-pounding sense of utterly pure "sharpness," he discovered almost nothing.
And that sharpness was not a manifestation of any law secret patterns. It seemed more like an innate, terrifying property of the material from which the metal fragment itself was made.
"Could there be some condition for activating it?"
Yang Zheng tried infusing it with Universe Master-level divine power, imprinting his soul on it, and other methods. But aside from a slight quickening of the dark-gold sheen flowing across its surface, the fragment remained completely unresponsive.
"Does this marvel conceal its own brilliance? Or am I using the wrong method?"
Just then, Yang Zheng split off a sliver of his consciousness and connected to the Virtual Universe.
"Hmm?"
A faint, knowing smile curled at the corners of Yang Zheng's mouth. "Just as I thought. The truly good stuff is kept tightly under wraps. Unless I put some serious money on the line, I really can't draw it out."
What he was checking was the "special exchange
list" he had sent to every Universe Venerable in the Human Race through the Virtual Universe System a few days earlier.
The list had only one central offer: Yang Zheng would purchase unlimited quantities of treasures capable of raising one's life gene level, paying in Supreme Treasure points or valuable treasure points at a full three times the