Golden Finger? Only Now Do You Show Up!!!

One day later.

Virtual Universe, Thunder Island, Central Mountain Range.

Looking down from the summit, one could dimly make out palace after palace amid the currents of air drifting below.

All the Undying Gods of the Virtual Universe Company lived here on Thunder Island. Universe Venerables occupied the palaces halfway up the mountain, while Universe Masters and some exceptionally powerful Universe Overlords lived at the summit.

Qie Qiong was only an ordinary Intermediate Universe Venerable, so he could live only halfway up the mountain. The insights he had gained since he began cultivating were engraved on the walls of his palace. Though they could not compare to the Chaos Steles of Chaos City, they were still an extremely rare treasure.

He had cultivated since childhood and reached Planetary Level at eighteen. The following year, he comprehended the Domain of Gold, and in the third year, he grasped a trace of the Gold Law. By then, he was already the strongest person on his home planet.

After reaching Star Level, he won battle after battle in the Virtual Universe's Killing Field. An external deacon of the Virtual Universe Company invited him to join, and he first became an internal member in the intermediate nation where he lived. From there, he advanced step by step until he became a Universe Level member of the Virtual Universe Company's Doomsday Secret Realm.

Then he moved on to "Heaven and Earth" and "Primal," until he defeated a genius who had entered the "Original" Secret Realm through the Universe Genius competition.

Step by step, he reached the pinnacle among ordinary geniuses. Looking back now, he had been more than a little arrogant at the time.

After becoming a Universe Level member of the "Original" Secret Realm, Qie Qiong cultivated at tremendous speed until he reached World Lord, without even trying to obtain Domain Lord Level resources.

World Lord Level was a period of explosive growth in strength. Not even Immortal Level could match a World Lord's cultivation speed!

Thanks to how quickly he could sense the laws after becoming a World Lord, he gained the recognition of the Origin of Gold in his second year.

Even the Space Law, which had been relatively obscure to him before he became a World Lord, began to grow clear, and he made rapid progress. Before the next secret realm ranking competition began a hundred thousand years later, he had even reached the nineteenth layer of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele's Heavenly Bridge. That level of comprehension was comparable to that of some Peak Kings.

But his talent seemed able to take him only that far. After he became a Universe Venerable, his Time Law was affected by his complete Space Law, and even now it was only at the level of the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge.

"Lian Luo has already chosen the Nine Universes Chaos Stele. Next, it should be enough for me to give him the Space-Time Essays. After that, all I have to do is let him grow at his own pace." Qie Qiong sat alone in his palace, pondering.

He was not good at teaching disciples, and taking one in yesterday had been a whim. He had not taken a single disciple in ten thousand eras, so of course he had no experience teaching one, not to mention that he found it troublesome.

Just as Qie Qiong was thinking, something suddenly appeared before his eyes-

[All-Heavens System loaded. Would you like to recharge?]

"Huh?!"

Qie Qiong froze. At the same time, a flood of information poured into his mind.

He hurriedly exited the Virtual Universe and looked at the message still before his eyes: [...recharge?]

A real golden finger? Not an illusion? Qie Qiong could hardly believe it. This system took ten thousand eras to load? One hundred and eight million six hundred thousand years!!!

It's only because I was cautious and never went looking for adventures that I survived. What if I'd died? I was already planning to hug Luo Feng's thigh in a few years, and only now you show up? And the first thing you do is ask me to recharge? Qie Qiong was speechless.

The moment he had resolved to lie flat, the system had arrived. Its timing was truly "impeccable."

Even so, he followed his heart and began examining the information that had flooded his mind.

The All-Heavens System is rather like a combination of the reincarnation and shop systems from the novels I read back in my Earth days. Its main function is to give me a clone in another world. But at first, the clone in that world can only have my memories from before I transmigrated; my other memories are sealed. It does get a golden finger, though: I can choose one item or manual I own and give it to the clone.

The other function lets me use the system shop to convert manuals from other worlds into manuals for this world.

Qie Qiong quickly thought it over. Unlike those Deep Blue and check-in systems, the All-Heavens System wasn't simple and straightforward and couldn't offer him direct help, but it was truly heaven-defying.

Leaving aside the otherworld clone that came with recharging, there was the latter function: converting manuals from other worlds into manuals for this one.

For example, in the Swallowed Star world—or rather, before passing through reincarnation-there were no clone methods, only innate clone abilities. But the world of "The Desolate Era" had plenty of Clone Methods. Wouldn't converting one be enough to send him soaring with delight?

[The host has reached Planetary Level or higher. Recharge is available, granting one chance to draw worlds. If the mission objective is achieved, the host will receive one chance to convert a secret technique or transfer resources.]

Qie Qiong quickly checked what was needed to recharge.

Good grief. If I were still at Planetary Level, I wouldn't be able to afford these resources even at Star Level. Without money, what business did I have playing with a system?

The panel visible only to Qie Qiong listed Wood Bud Crystal ×100, along with an assortment of other items. Those were manageable enough; the real issue was the Life Fruit. A single Life Fruit could heal anyone below the Immortal level, no matter how severe their injuries. It was something Qie Qiong could never have produced at Planetary Level.

"Good thing I'm not at Planetary Level anymore."

Since he didn't have these low-level resources on hand, Qie Qiong logged into the Virtual Universe to purchase a batch.

Two hours later.

"Let's give it a try, then." Qie Qiong used the delivered resources to recharge the system.

(P.S. I know the Chaos City Lord can see the entire Initial Universe, but the protagonist is a Universe Venerable and still has this much privacy.)

With a thought, he immediately used his chance.

[Drawing worlds...]

I hope I draw a world with a Clone Method, Qie Qiong thought.

If he drew a world with a Clone Method and successfully completed the mission, he would not only gain a clone in another world, but could also cultivate a clone in this world.

There were plenty of worlds with Clone Methods, and each draw let him choose from several worlds. He probably wouldn't fail to get one.

[Worlds drawn successfully. Please choose from the following worlds.]

[1. Douluo Continent World - the selected item will become a second martial soul.]

[2. Battle Break the Firmament World - the selected manual can be converted up to high-grade Heaven Rank.]

[3. Lord Xue Ying World - this world is of the same world level, with no restrictions.]

"Hmm, these three worlds..."

Qie Qiong fell into thought.

Without question, the first world could be ruled out immediately. The so-called "divine weapon," the Sea God Trident, weighed only one hundred and eight thousand jin, yet even that could make the entire continent tremble. Qie Qiong figured he could slaughter everyone there even at Planetary Level.

As for the second and third worlds, Qie Qiong might have hesitated if he were still at Planetary Level. Even with the Great Thousand World included, Battle Break the Firmament's world level wasn't high, but the threshold for comprehending the power of space was also lower, which would have helped him comprehend the Space Law when he was still at Planetary Level. Now, however, he had already comprehended the Space Law completely.

"So, I choose..."