Myriad Heavens Mall, Teaching His Disciple for the First Time

After previewing the Clone Technique, Qie Qiong opened the mall, intending to see what he could exchange Myriad Heavens Coins for.

There was nothing he could do. Although he had obtained the Clone Technique, he had no way to cultivate it.

After all, he had to enter a Universe Supreme Master's universe to cultivate it. Chaos City would also work, but the Chaos City Lord was here, and Qie Qiong did not know how to explain it.

Although he would not keep it to himself, he still needed a legitimate reason before he could bring it out and give it to the Human Race's Universe Masters.

After all, ever since he had broken through to become a Universe Venerable, he had never gone out adventuring except on missions assigned by the Virtual Universe Company.

If he suddenly produced a secret technique like this, anyone would know something was amiss with him. But if he visited a Cosmic Secret Realm, things would be different.

Yet he felt that his combat power was not quite enough. Although he had fused with his memories from the Snow Eagle World, that had only allowed him to glimpse the beginnings of the Gold-Space Law. It could not directly raise his combat power beyond that of an Intermediate Universe Venerable.

He could only see what the Myriad Heavens Mall had to offer.

With a thought from Qie Qiong, the system panel appeared.

With another thought, he opened the silver-glowing icon-[Myriad Heavens Mall].

Several categories immediately appeared on the silver screen.

[Potions] [Weapons] [Texts] [Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures] [Special Wonders]

Clicking at random, he found that only items from the Snow Eagle World appeared.

Apparently, because he had only completed that one world, items from only that world were available for now.

Among the items from the Snow Eagle World, the ones he could think of that would immediately increase his strength were in [Weapons] and [Texts].

He opened the [Weapons] section of the mall.

Vast numbers of Transcendent Level weapons were sorted into categories, each priced at no more than a few to a few dozen Myriad Heavens Coins.

Among Deity Rank weapons, even the most expensive cost no more than a thousand Myriad Heavens Coins.

For example, the Heavenly Execution Thunder Spear cost only a hundred Myriad Heavens Coins.

At the World Deity Weapon level, however, the prices began to soar. The most expensive was none other than his weapon in the Snow Eagle World, that supreme-grade World Deity blood-refined divine weapon.

A single one cost ten thousand Myriad Heavens Coins.

In the Devouring World, this supreme-grade World Deity Weapon was only a treasure on the level of an Ordinary Supreme Treasure, yet it cost ten thousand Myriad Heavens Coins. That meant a perfect evaluation on a single Planetary Level mission could actually earn him a Supreme Treasure.

The system was quite generous.

For Qie Qiong, however, the supreme-grade World Deity Weapon was useful, but not greatly so. At the very least, it would not bring an earth-shaking change to his combat power.

He had seen weapons in the Myriad Heavens Mall that could increase his combat power, though.

But they were too expensive. A True Deity Weapon containing a Dao at the Opening Realm cost a hundred thousand Myriad Heavens Coins, and those were not even weapons containing particularly powerful Daos, only those of the five elements or Daos not suited to combat.

A precious one, such as a True Deity Weapon containing a spatial Dao at the Opening Realm, cost as much as six hundred thousand Myriad Heavens Coins.

Needless to say, True Deity Weapons containing Daos at the Ruler level cost at least a million Myriad Heavens Coins.

Still, he believed that since a Planetary Level mission gave ten thousand Myriad Heavens Coins, the ones afterward would give even more.

A Planetary Level mission could earn him so much already, to say nothing of the ones that came later. It was a snowballing process.

If he had possessed ten thousand Myriad Heavens Coins at Planetary Level, wouldn't he have soared to the heavens?

It was only because the damned system had arrived late that his Myriad Heavens Coins seemed so inadequate.

Since nothing in [Weapons] could give his combat power a complete transformation, he could only look at [Texts].

With a thought, he returned to the main interface and opened [Texts].

First came a vast number of secret techniques associated with low-grade True Meanings. Techniques of this level cost only a few dozen Myriad Heavens Coins.

The secret techniques associated with third-grade True Meanings and above, however, cost hundreds of Myriad Heavens Coins.

That was understandable. After all, although they were all secret techniques, some associated with high-grade True Meanings could reach the threshold of Deity Rank secret techniques.

Even the most expensive Deity Rank secret techniques cost only a few thousand Myriad Heavens Coins.

If Qie Qiong had still been at Planetary Level, these texts and secret techniques would have been somewhat useful. For him now, however, their level was a little too low.

As for World Deity Rank secret techniques, although they were somewhat useful to Qie Qiong, they would not play a decisive role for a Universe Venerable, who was equivalent to a Fourth Firmament World Deity.

Only a secret technique at the level of the one Dongbo Xueying had learned on Lake Heart Island would do, but for some reason, the Myriad Heavens Mall did not have it.

Qie Qiong soon discovered the reason: the items available for purchase in the mall were all things the Space-Time Temple possessed.

In other words, the so-called Myriad Heavens Mall could currently offer only items belonging to the faction he was part of in the Snow Eagle World.

The final category available for exchange was ultimate arts, and he discovered that the Space-Time Island Lord actually possessed five of them.

Among them, Qie Qiong found the text he most wanted to exchange for.

It was Space-Time Destruction: Space Chapter, which Qie Qiong had cultivated in the Snow Eagle World.

But exchanging for the complete text cost a staggering eight hundred thousand Myriad Heavens Coins, and that was only for him to cultivate it himself.

If he wanted to pass it on, he would need twice as many Myriad Heavens Coins for the system to shield him from the Will of the Original Universe.

Fortunately, Qie Qiong discovered that the ultimate art could be exchanged for one section at a time. In other words, he needed only eight thousand Myriad Heavens Coins for its first four sections.

Almost without hesitation, Qie Qiong decided to exchange for it.

As long as he successfully cultivated the fourth section, Qie Qiong would have the strength of a Top Universe Overlord and could match himself against a first-tier Universe Master.

Of course, he would be among the weakest Top Universe Overlords. The ultimate art's main purpose was to change the properties of divine power, making it more powerful, but the secret techniques Qie Qiong had created were simply too low in level.

"Exchange for the first four sections of Space-Time Destruction: Space Chapter." Qie Qiong clicked exchange on the system panel.

[Confirm exchange for the first through fourth sections of Space-Time Destruction: Space Chapter. Cost: eight thousand Myriad Heavens Coins.]

[Yes/No]

Qie Qiong naturally selected yes without hesitation.

Hum.

A torrent of information poured directly into Qie Qiong's soul.

The ultimate result of this torrent of information was the same as that of the inheritance he had received in the Snow Eagle World.

But for him to cultivate it successfully, it had to undergo the system's perfect conversion, transforming into a cultivation manual suited to the Devouring World's system.

As the system converted it, it formed four secret-pattern scrolls that were imprinted directly in the depths of his soul.

With a casual moment of contemplation, Qie Qiong discovered the difference between the Space Chapter of the Devouring World and that of the Snow Eagle World.

Although the Snow Eagle World's ultimate art was called the Space Chapter, it was still based primarily on the Space-Time Deity Heart, with at most an emphasis on the space aspect.

The Devouring World's version, on the other hand, was cultivated using the pure Space Law.

"Whew-" After a long while, Qie Qiong slowly opened his eyes, the Space Law flowing within them.

It was done.

Although he had only received it initially and was still far from successfully cultivating it, given his understanding of space, there would not be the slightest obstacle to success as long as he had the resources.

For some reason, although the cultivation text had been converted, the resources it required were still those of the Snow Eagle World.

As for resources, he still had two thousand Myriad Heavens Coins, just enough to exchange for what he needed to cultivate it.

With a thought, he opened the [Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures] category. Qie Qiong knew exactly what he wanted and soon found the resources to assist in cultivating Space-Time Destruction: Space Chapter.

Two kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures appeared on the system panel.

Void Origin Crystals and Annihilation World Stones—these were the rare treasures needed to cultivate the ultimate art.

In the Snow Eagle World, Qie Qiong had used a Void Origin Crystal to break through to the Second Layer. They cost two hundred Myriad Heavens Coins apiece.

An Annihilation World Stone, on the other hand, was only needed for the final breakthrough to the Fourth Layer. It cost eight hundred Myriad Heavens Coins apiece.

But that was already extremely little. The resources available in the system were priced only according to their level, not their rarity.

Otherwise, in the Divine Realm and the Abyss, the difficulty of obtaining an Annihilation World Stone and a Void Origin Crystal would not be on the same level.

A Void Origin Crystal might still be bought with Deity Crystals, but there was absolutely no chance of doing the same with an Annihilation World Stone.

By the time he became a Fourth Firmament World Deity, he would probably have to ask his master, the Space-Time Island Lord, for help.

"Exactly two thousand. Could this system be secretly in love with me?" Qie Qiong calculated. "Exchange for six Void Origin Crystals and one Annihilation World Stone."

[Confirm exchange: six Void Origin Crystals and one Annihilation World Stone. Two thousand Myriad Heavens Coins will be deducted.]

Once the exchange succeeded, the two kinds of rare treasures appeared in the system space.

Qie Qiong was in no hurry to take them out. He still could not cultivate the ultimate art in Chaos City, and it would not be too late to do so after leaving the Initial Universe.

After exchanging for the resources, Qie Qiong did not hurry out. Instead, he logged into the Virtual Universe.

As soon as Qie Qiong had awakened, he had sent Lian Luo a message, telling him to wait in the Virtual Universe.

After all, since taking Lian Luo as his disciple a thousand years ago, he had left him to his own devices. It would be better to give him some guidance.

Otherwise, wouldn't he simply have held him back for nothing?

Fortunately, time flowed at the same rate in the Snow Eagle World as in the Primal Universe. Otherwise, if it had been like the Initial Universe, he would not have held Lian Luo back for just over a thousand years, but for nearly four thousand. By then, Lian Luo might even have become a Domain Lord.

In the Virtual Universe, within the cultivation field of Lian Luo's manor in the Primal Region on Yuxiang Mountain.

"Teacher." Holding a longsword and dressed in red, Lian Luo bowed respectfully.

Over the past thousand years, he had long since learned Qie Qiong's identity: a Universe Venerable, unquestionably one of the Human Race's highest-ranking figures (ps. this was from Lian Luo's perspective). Even now, he did not know why this man had taken a liking to him and accepted him as a disciple back then.

Although this man had left him the first three volumes of Space-Time Essays over a thousand years ago, he had not summoned him since.

Although Lian Luo had cultivated in the Primal Region for a thousand years and had passed the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge, looking at the man before him in silver-gold battle armor, he felt as though he were seeing space itself, inspiring awe in him naturally.

"Your teacher was delayed by some matters these past years." Qie Qiong nodded. "If there's anything you want to ask, you may ask it now."

"Teacher, while studying the Space-Time Essays you gave me, I've fully comprehended the first and second diagrams. But there's still much I don't understand in the third, the Rainstorm Diagram," Lian Luo said hurriedly.

Qie Qiong nodded slightly. To reach this level of comprehension without guidance was fairly good. He said calmly, "Of the seventy-two Space Essences in the Rainstorm Diagram, how many have you fully comprehended?"

"Your disciple is slow-witted. So far, I've only fully comprehended twelve of them," Lian Luo replied.

"Twelve?" Qie Qiong understood. This progress was within his expectations.

He said no more and simply raised a hand, pointing into the void.

Invisible spatial power gathered in midair above the cultivation field, instantly condensing into a picture: the Rainstorm Diagram.

The seventy-two "raindrops" in the picture, each symbolizing a different Space Essence, were incomparably clear.

"Which of these seventy-two essences have you fully comprehended?" Qie Qiong asked.

As Lian Luo pointed them out, the raindrops he had comprehended glowed silver.

"Teacher, with this essence, your disciple has always felt as though a layer stood between us." Lian Luo extended a finger and pointed at one of the dim raindrops.

As Lian Luo pointed it out, the diagram seemed to come alive, and he became increasingly absorbed in it.

Insights kept surfacing in his mind, but as the diagram continued to evolve, he found it increasingly difficult to understand.

After an unknown amount of time, Lian Luo, who had sat down cross-legged as he gained insights, opened his eyes.

He quickly rose and bowed to Qie Qiong. "Thank you, Teacher."

"No need for courtesy. You are my first disciple, and I also hope you can succeed in your studies," Qie Qiong said. "In a few years, I'll be going to a secret realm. You may not be able to contact me then, but you can send me messages in the Virtual Universe."

"There are all kinds of opportunities in the cultivation worlds available at Universe Level, especially in the many dangerous and desperate secret realms. If you have time, visit the Blood Luo World and strive to become a Blood Warrior."

Although the Virtual Universe Company had rules against revealing too much of this information, it also depended on the level of the information.

As long as Qie Qiong did not spread information of this level on a large scale, there would be no problem at all.

"If you become a Blood Warrior, I'll give you a great opportunity."

"Yes, Teacher!" Lian Luo said excitedly.

If even a Universe Venerable called it a great opportunity, then for him, it would probably be an enormous benefit.

Besides guiding Lian Luo, Qie Qiong spent his time in the Virtual Universe searching for a secret realm to visit.

After all, since he was finally making a trip out, he could not simply spend it in a useless secret realm and then leave.

That would have been fine before, but after cultivating Space-Time Destruction: Space Chapter, his combat power could increase substantially, giving him the perfect chance to greatly increase his wealth.

After all, after ten thousand eras, he did not possess even an Ordinary Supreme Treasure. It was truly a little shabby.

But there had been nothing he could do before. He had only been an Intermediate Universe Venerable, and most Venerables in the Human Race who possessed Supreme Treasures were Advanced Universe Venerables.

Things would be different afterward, however. Qie Qiong would soon have the strength of a Top Universe Overlord, so he needed a Supreme Treasure to match. Only then would he be a genuine Top Universe Overlord.

If the level of his secret techniques caught up as well, he could even fight a third-tier Universe Master without being defeated. (A Fourth Firmament World Deity only needed to cultivate an ultimate art to possess the strength of a top mighty being.)

But his weapon had to be a High-grade Supreme Treasure. After all, in a battle against a Universe Master, even an Ordinary Supreme Treasure risked being shattered.