Chapter 1 Vast Universe

The cosmos was vast, and experts were as numerous as the clouds.

Many eighth-order limit experts had focused on peak battles for thousands of years, their skills reaching unbelievable heights. Xu Jingming's cultivation time was, after all, shorter, and it was indeed fraught with difficulties if he wanted to break into the top ten of the Hunter Cosmos Domain.

Peerless experts from different Star Alliances were like giant hammers, constantly striking and forging Xu Jingming, this piece of crude iron, allowing him to absorb all kinds of nourishment. As time flowed, Xu Jingming also broke through his limits time and time again in this process, and his combat system became more and more perfect. "Manager, we will arrive at Blue Star Civilization in ten minutes."

Inside a cosmic spaceship, a female assistant's gentle voice awakened the man who had dozed off while reading. "Ugh."

The man woke up with a start, tossed the thick book covering his chest aside, and shook his head, saying,

"Improving my education is too difficult. With my meager sixth-order Starry Sky life brain, it's too difficult to understand this knowledge. I often get sleepy from mental exhaustion." "The manager's hard work will definitely bring great rewards in the future," the female assistant said with a smile. "I'll read a little bit every day; little strokes fell great oaks. If I can't improve my education, it will be difficult to improve my position."

The man got up and walked to the front. With a light tap of his finger, the scene outside appeared before him. Outside was a silent starry sky.

The female assistant said, "The spaceship is still cooling down. After the last wormhole traversal in ten minutes, we will arrive at Blue Star Civilization." "I never thought I would come to this remote, elementary civilization." The man tapped the light screen, and a large amount of information appeared,

"Blue Star Civilization, an elementary civilization with only two life planets. This is the result of being a branch office of the Crimson Firm for ten years. Without the Crimson Firm, it would probably only have one life planet."

"Without the Crimson Firm, perhaps this civilization would no longer exist," the female assistant said with a smile. "Yes."

The man smiled, "I also saw the intelligence. Ten years ago, Xu Jingming, the number one genius in Blue Star Civilization's evolutionary path, offended Prince Luno of Yuan Star Civilization. Blue Star Civilization was therefore in trouble. If it hadn't been for Lord Tiano's intervention, Blue Star Civilization might indeed be gone." "I heard that this genius Xu Jingming cultivated to the seventh order early on, but he still hasn't reached the eighth order." The man shook his head.

"The eighth-order Starry Sky life is much more difficult than the seventh-order. This Xu Jingming easily reached the seventh order and really thought he was amazing. He even dared to offend Prince Luno." "People from weak civilizations have short-sightedness. They don't know how difficult it is to become the eighth order," the female assistant said.

"Although he can't become the eighth order, he can befriend Lord Tiano. Lord Tiano is willing to send a Yellow-Clothed Envoy to garrison Blue Star Civilization. That's called ability."

The man sighed, "In just ten years, as a branch office of the Crimson Firm, Blue Star Civilization has made a lot of money from it, and it has also completely developed Firefly Star into a second life planet.

"If this continues, in a thousand years, Blue Star Civilization is estimated to be in the top five in the Milky Way." The man sighed, "Which other civilization in the Milky Way hasn't spent a long time, with generations of geniuses emerging and struggling to get to this point? Blue Star Civilization, with Lord Tiano's backing, is enough to catch up with other civilizations' development of hundreds of thousands of years in a thousand years."

"They are prospering because of Lord Tiano, but once Lord Tiano no longer cares for them, they will also decline," the female assistant said. "Yes, relying on external forces is not a long-term solution." The man nodded. "Reconfirm the information and hand it over to the Crimson Firm later." "Yes," the female assistant nodded.

Soon, the cosmic spaceship traversed the wormhole again and arrived at the solar system where Blue Star Civilization was located. Xu Jingming, Li Miaomiao, and Xu Lixing were sitting in the courtyard, eating fruit.

"Ah, Mom and Dad, I still have something to do, so I'll go online first." Xu Lixing glanced at the time, and with a flash, she went to the virtual room upstairs. "Miaomiao."

Xu Jingming looked at his daughter entering the virtual room with some doubts. "Our daughter hasn't felt quite right lately."

"When she's with us, she immediately goes online when the time is up. What's more important than being with Mom and Dad? Miaomiao, is our daughter in love?" "What if she's in love?" Li Miaomiao glanced at her husband, "Our daughter is 28 years old this year. Isn't it normal to be in love?" "That's true."

Xu Jingming said, "But she doesn't say anything. Who does she know in the virtual world network? Who is she with? We, as parents, don't know anything." "It's easy to trace when making friends in the real world, but it's impossible to investigate the virtual world network at all."

"She's also been spending very little time in the Blood Rain World recently." Li Miaomiao frowned slightly, "I thought before that maybe the Blood Rain World was too boring, and it's normal to go to other virtual worlds to play. Listening to you... there might really be some secrets." "Miaomiao, you're closer to our daughter, so find out what's going on." Xu Jingming said. His daughter was grown up, and he couldn't control her. Of course, it was also because he focused most of his time on the evolutionary path and spent too little time with his daughter. Li Miaomiao spent much more time with their daughter.

"I'll find a chance to talk to her alone." Li Miaomiao thought for a moment and nodded. "However, you have to be mentally prepared." "Yes, yes, as long as he's not some scoundrel, I'll let her do as she pleases." Xu Jingming laughed. He was very open-minded.

"Then I'll go online first and investigate." Li Miaomiao thought for a while and couldn't help but go to the virtual room as well, leaving only Xu Jingming alone in the courtyard.

Xu Jingming sat in the courtyard, thought for a while, and shook his head with a smile. His daughter was 28 years old, and it was normal for her to fall in love and get married. Time passed so quickly. I remember I was only 29 years old when I first cultivated the evolutionary method.

Looking up, Xu Jingming could also clearly see the scene on Firefly Star with the help of the Primordial Battle Armor. Firefly Star had been completely transformed into a life planet, and now tens of millions of Blue Star people had migrated there to live.

Almost every planet in the entire solar system had some cosmic spaceships parked on it, and even the asteroid belt was being mined and excavated.

"The time for my duel with Mang Fei is almost here." Xu Jingming also got up. "As the ranking gets higher and higher, it's getting harder and harder to fight opponents of comparable level. I have to make an appointment in advance." "Mang Fei... ranked 9th in the Hunter Cosmos Domain!" Xu Jingming's eyes were also full of anticipation as he slowly walked towards his cultivation room. Virtual World Network, Life Evolution World.

When Xu Jingming's live broadcast room opened, a massive number of viewers poured in immediately. "There are still ten minutes before the battle starts. Wu Ming only opened the live broadcast room now. Isn't he anxious at all?"

"Wu Ming is a peerless genius of the entire human race in the cosmos. Mang Fei is just a small stone on his path of growth." "Mang Fei is also a big figure who will become a Source Life; he's still very remarkable." Countless streams of information floated by.

Xu Jingming looked at the frenzied live broadcast room. The number of viewers in the live broadcast room soared rapidly, from over 100 million viewers to over 1 billion, and continued to climb... After exceeding 3 billion, the growth rate slowed down.

"It's really crazy. Although my strength hasn't reached the first in the Hunter Cosmos Domain, my popularity is number one." Xu Jingming sighed inwardly. "Brother Wu Ming, you're finally online!" A message was dazzling and appeared on the entire platform of the Life Evolution World. "Brother Qu, no need for the entire platform advertisement; save some money," Xu Jingming said. "Brother Wu Ming, you know, all I have left is money!" Another dazzling message continued to appear on the entire platform. Xu Jingming didn't say anything more. He had already closed the reward system.

But he couldn't stop someone from directly helping him with the "live broadcast room's entire platform advertisement!"

"How's my junior brother Wu Ming's popularity?" On the viewing platform, Chi Tong laughed, "Is it high? His highest number of online viewers has exceeded 10 billion. These viewers are all cosmic citizens." Qi Xiao sat beside him and nodded in amazement, "His popularity is high, and there are quite a few people helping him with entire platform advertisements." "The Life Evolution World is the most popular virtual world." Chi Tong nodded, "There are countless people in the Life Evolution World at every moment. The advertising cost is very high to make an advertisement that everyone can see." "One entire platform advertisement, which appears once and disappears, costs 100 million cosmos coins," Su Tong said. "And my junior brother's live broadcast has at least dozens of entire platform advertisements every day." "For the advertising fee, the Life Evolution game splits it in half, and the主播 (zhubo, streamer) gets half," Qi Xiao said, "So those dozens of entire platform advertisements earn at least tens of billions of cosmos coins every day?" "Yes."

Chi Tong nodded, "Wu Ming's identity is a secret to ordinary people. But in fact, when my junior brother participated in the Mysterious Land screening, the 352 forces in the Hunter Cosmos Domain all knew about it. At that time, my junior brother had been cultivating the evolutionary method for less than two years."

"So, it's easy to deduce that my junior brother Wu Ming has only been cultivating for 30 years." Chi Tong said, "Having cultivated for only 30 years, his total ranking in the Hunter Cosmos Domain is already 11th, right?" "You have to know that the top ten in the Hunter Cosmos Domain are almost guaranteed to become Source Life."

Chi Tong said, "Those ranked hundreds or thousands may still have flaws in their spiritual power, but their combat skills and talent are extremely high. But to be able to rank in the top ten in a cosmos domain, their skills and spiritual power must be perfect in every way."

"Everyone knows that my junior brother is very close to Source Life; ten years is enough." Chi Tong shook his head, "Becoming Source Life after cultivating for about forty years? That's really scary." "Becoming Source Life after cultivating for about forty years?" Qi Xiao was also shaken by what he heard.

For normal eighth-order Starry Sky lives, becoming Source Life is a distant dream. Even for peerless geniuses, it's already amazing to break through within a thousand years. To break through within a hundred years? Those are all amazing figures in the human race of the cosmos.

In about forty years, anyone who understands the significance knows what kind of terrifying existence 'Wu Ming', this genius, will become.

"Take a look at that Qu Fang." Su Tong pointed to a leaderboard in the entire live broadcast room. Because Xu Jingming had closed the rewards, only advertising for the live broadcast room had a chance to be on the list. The first place was the name Qu Fang.

"He started three years ago, claiming to be a fanatical fan of junior brother Wu Ming and helps with entire platform advertisements at least ten times a day, without a single absence. My junior brother may occasionally not broadcast due to real-world matters. But as long as he broadcasts... Qu Fang will definitely appear and definitely help with the advertisement."

"Occasionally, when my junior brother fights very well, he advertises even more times." Chi Tong said, "In the three years, he has spent nearly 2 trillion cosmos coins on advertising alone." Qi Xiao exclaimed, "Because of him alone, your junior brother gets half, so he can get nearly 1 trillion?" "There's more than just him helping with advertisements."

"Many forces in the Hunter Cosmos Domain, and even some forces in other cosmos domains, come to help with advertisements to get acquainted." Chi Tong said, "My junior brother's advertising fee split should have exceeded 9 trillion, right? Of course, he still has to pay taxes."

"It's really easy to make money." Although Qi Xiao's family background was extraordinary, he was still shocked by this number. This wealth had already surpassed the wealth of an entire weak civilization.

"What kind of person is my junior brother? Someone who can become Source Life in about forty years. This little bit of money is just a congratulatory gift." Chi Tong said, "But that Qu Fang is so diligent every day, and he can spend so much money. He should have quite a background in reality." "Spending 2 trillion cosmos coins might require Blue Star Civilization to exhaust all of its liquid funds. But for some big figures in the cosmos, it's just a gift."

Xu Jingming used the name Wu Ming and didn't care if those people guessed that he was an "Outer Member" of the Primordial Research Institute.

"I didn't expect that even though I closed the rewards, everyone is still helping me spend money on advertising." Xu Jingming sighed inwardly. At that time, Xu Jingming also accepted the friend requests of the few people who were the most diligent. "Brother Qu, according to his own words, is a pitiful person who was kicked out of his family and took a sum of money to venture out on his own." "As the eldest son of a crowned king of the Guhe Civilization, only getting less than one percent of the family property is indeed quite pitiful." Xu Jingming knew a lot about the other party's information. "Buzz." The scene in front of him changed.

"The other party is online." Xu Jingming immediately understood that this time's opponent, 'Mang Fei', was online and was two minutes late than the appointment.

This was also normal. Top experts in the entire cosmos were almost guaranteed to become Source Life figures and had all kinds of things to do. It was understandable if the appointment was a few minutes late.