Chapter 198 Eight Directions Chart - Second Level

Xu Jingming looked at the wisp of Pure Lotus Fire on his fingertip, quite astonished. "As a low-dimensional life, the power of the Heart Realm I can mobilize is far less than that of a high-dimensional life! Cultivating the Pure Lotus Fire is even more difficult, yet I've broken through to the second level just like that."

With the Pure Lotus Heart and the Flower of Sin, he had been stuck on the first level of the Pure Lotus Fire for five hundred years.

The initial cultivation of the Eight Directions Chart had helped him reach the second level!

The second level of Pure Lotus Fire was nothing to high-dimensional Heart Realm cultivators; the power of the Heart Realm they could wield was immeasurably greater. They could probably easily push the Pure Lotus Fire to the fifth or sixth level.

But after all, he was just a low-dimensional life. To reach the second level was already quite remarkable.

"I wonder when I'll be able to break through and become a high-dimensional life," Xu Jingming wondered.

He devoted most of his energy to 'constructing a high-dimensional lifeform.'

But so far, the gains were still minimal.

"Prepare for a breakthrough in ten thousand years." Xu Jingming wasn't in a hurry. The dean had told him... predicting that he would break through in about ten thousand years was actually to prepare him mentally, so he wouldn't be impatient.

The transition from low-dimensional to high-dimensional couldn't be rushed; the more anxious one was, the more likely they were to make mistakes.

The structure of a high-dimensional lifeform was complex, with countless nodes. If one node was wrong, the entire structure would be flawed.

And if it was wrong...

It would be difficult to find out where the mistake was. Generally, one could only abandon it and start conceiving a new high-dimensional lifeform structure.

Even Chi Meng had failed multiple times, starting over again and again. He had even reached a bottleneck and decided to take a wife and have children to relax his mind. Only after being touched by the cosmic fruit was he finally successful.

Xu Jingming was still in the accumulation phase and hadn't even started 'the first construction of a high-dimensional lifeform.'

...

Heart Realm, Xu Jingming's territory. Xu Jingming opened the second page of the *Eight Directions Chart* book.

"Rumble~~~"

Within the book's world, Xu Jingming's avatar, formed by the power of the Heart Realm, had already arrived at the second layer of the eightfold space. This space naturally influenced Xu Jingming's emotions and memories.

Here, he experienced some 'memory' scenes from the past two thousand years.

Shock, panic, worry, contemplation, and sorrow were the five emotions.

"It feels truly wonderful." Xu Jingming, having reached the Pure Lotus Heart realm, could fully withstand the impact of these different emotions. He was merely amazed by the magic of the *Eight Directions Chart* book's world.

It aided in cultivation, actively analyzing and classifying the various emotions Xu Jingming had experienced from birth until now.

Xu Jingming had never so thoroughly analyzed his own emotions. "Using the emotional secret methods of 'joy and anger' as the foundation, combined with the other five emotions... using them as nourishment, ultimately practicing the 'Seven Colors Secret Method' is considered the complete second realm." Xu Jingming began to try.

Although the book aided him, thoroughly analyzing his own emotions,

compared to the first realm, the second realm required combining seven emotions to practice the Seven Colors Secret Method. The difficulty was much higher.

"Eight Directions Chart, the first realm is the Joy-Anger Realm, the second realm is the Seven Colors Realm." Xu Jingming kept trying.

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Home universe, Yuanchu Research Institute headquarters.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, a black flower bud floating in front of him. At this moment, the flower bud had bloomed with two petals, the two black petals containing an inconceivable amount of endless sin.

With the slow progress in his mental state, Xu Jingming was much more relaxed in dealing with sin.

"Deputy Dean Wu Ming." Suddenly, a voice sounded around him.

"Speak." Xu Jingming continued to condense the Pure Lotus Fire.

"In the Void God Clan battlefield, our human race has suffered successive defeats recently, and the losses have been relatively large. Our Yuanchu Research Institute has lost 92 origin lifeforms, including 31 tenth-order and 61 ninth-order," Secretary-General Heitian continued.

Xu Jingming listened.

"Tenth-order lifeforms are definitely on the resurrection list. As for ninth-order, 30 of them have enough merit to be resurrected. The key now is... 31 of them don't have enough merit to be resurrected," Secretary-General Heitian said. "Whether these 31 are resurrected requires Deputy Dean Wu Ming's signature confirmation."

"Send me the information of those 31 people, and I'll review it," Xu Jingming nodded.

"Yes," Secretary-General Heitian responded.

Soon the information was sent to Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming continued to condense the Pure Lotus Fire while splitting off a new avatar. A light screen appeared in front of the new avatar, and he examined the detailed information in the light screen.

"31 people, whether to resurrect?" Xu Jingming frowned slightly.

Deputy Dean Chi Meng had gone to the high-dimensional space, Myriad Star Island. Now, the acting dean of the Yuanchu Research Institute had become Deputy Dean Wu Ming.

Generally, Secretary-General Heitian handled matters, with the virtual world network supervising. Only some special matters required Xu Jingming, the acting dean, to personally review and confirm.

In fact, in the entire human race today, with no high-dimensional lifeforms emerging, Xu Jingming was already the strongest.

"11 of these 31 people are prepared to die and don't plan to be resurrected," Xu Jingming saw clearly. "These 11 people are old and approaching the end of their lifespan! They have already exchanged their merits, and many treasures and wealth have been left to their families. They went to the battlefield alone, intending to die on the battlefield, and also trying to use the pressure of battle to attempt to break through to the tenth order."

This was also the idea of many old origin lifeforms.

To fight in the battlefield.

Either die, or become a tenth-order.

Of course, the vast majority ended up losing their lives, and only a very few could break through.

"They themselves don't plan to be resurrected, so forget it." Xu Jingming lightly swiped, and these 11 old ninth-order origin lifeforms didn't need to be resurrected.

"There are also three old ones who have accumulated a lot of merit, not far from the merit required for resurrection," Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Allow them to owe debts! Resurrect them first."

"The 17 ninth-order origin lifeforms who are not old will all be resurrected! It's just that they will all have to owe debts."

Xu Jingming was still very benevolent, giving opportunities to origin lifeforms who were not old. Xu Jingming also believed that these relatively young ninth-order lifeforms must be eager to live. Their civilizations and families behind them also hoped that they would live.

Xu Jingming finally signed his name.

From then on, the resurrection list was determined.

"From the perspective of a high-dimensional life, ethnic conflicts cannot be concealed, war is inevitable, and war of appropriate intensity is also suitable for the evolution and growth of origin lifeforms," Xu Jingming thought.

"But from the perspective of weak lifeforms, every time they are affected, it is a catastrophe," Xu Jingming sighed inwardly.

He had guarded the Prison Clan battlefield and seen too many life planets destroyed.

"Even if one day I can restrain humans, I cannot restrain the Void God Clan, the Prison Clan, and other races. If they attack... humans must fight back," Xu Jingming thought, "Unless one day, I have strength that surpasses the home universe, I can ensure the peace of the human race."

Peace is too precious.

"Huff."

The avatar that handled affairs dissipated, and Xu Jingming was still experiencing the impact of sin, condensing the Pure Lotus Fire.

...

Virtual world network, Xu Jingming's personal space, four cosmic legends visited.

"Please sit."

Xu Jingming personally poured wine for the four of them.

"Deputy Dean Wu Ming," Gangzhu, a gaunt, skeleton-like gray-robed old man, sat there and said solemnly, "The four of us are here because the battlefield situation is urgent, and the four of us are no longer confident in guarding it."

"The four of you joining hands aren't confident?" Xu Jingming was surprised.

"Compared to Senior Brother Lanzhu, Senior Brother Kutoto, and Senior Brother Shelin, my accumulation is still relatively shallow," Yuan Yi said, "I can't help too much."

Xu Jingming frowned slightly: "Is the situation so serious?"

"Yes."

Shelin, a white-haired teenager, nodded, "The Void God Clan battlefield has recently increased its offensive, and our human race has suffered great losses. Some of us cosmic legends have been forced to rescue many times. Our intervention... has also caused the cosmic legends of the Void God Clan to intervene. At first, we still had the advantage. But they have recently reinforced two more cosmic legends. We can't hold them back."

"In terms of top-level strength, we are still inferior," the slightly fat old man Kutoto said.

Xu Jingming was thoughtful.

These four...

Yuan Yi was the weakest, and the old Kutoto was the strongest.

But whether in terms of weapons and treasures, or in terms of inheritance, the Void God Clan was superior to the human race! Even without talking about the five great inheritance practitioners, the other cosmic legends of the Void God Clan were also at an advantage.

"Previously, in emergency situations, Deputy Dean Chi Meng took action," Lan Shi said, "Now that Deputy Dean Chi Meng has become a high-dimensional lifeform, he has gone to the high-dimensional space, so... we can only ask Deputy Dean Wu Ming for help."

"Alright."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Having mastered the power of the Heart Realm, he had never feared anyone at the cosmic legend level. What's more, he had already condensed the Pure Lotus Fire to the second level.

"Deal with it as usual, and if you encounter trouble, I will take action," Xu Jingming nodded and promised, "You only need to call me at a critical moment, and I will directly descend."

"Call you?" Shelin looked at Xu Jingming in surprise.

"Calling out to the enemy is fine too," Xu Jingming smiled, "As long as you call me, I can sense it and descend to manifest myself."

The four had long known the terror of 'Wu Ming,' but they still couldn't help but marvel.

The contemporary first cosmic legend of the human race, and even the most terrifying cosmic legend in history in terms of talent, his strength was indeed not comparable to ordinary cosmic legends.

"If the Void God Clan sets up a trap to target Wu Ming, should we still call you over?" Lanzhu asked, "Should we still summon you?"

"There's no need to worry about any traps," Xu Jingming said, "What descends is merely an avatar, and no matter how great the danger, it has no meaning to me."

Just an avatar.

What if it was destroyed?

"What's more..." Xu Jingming smiled, "I'm curious, who below the high-dimensional life can hurt me?"

Having mastered the second level of the Pure Lotus Fire, did he still have opponents at the cosmic legend level in his home universe?

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