Chapter 1 Silver Paper

A silver paper, radiating a terrifying aura, floated in the starry sky. Even after observing it for many years, Xu Jingming still felt an immense pressure. As always, he meticulously studied the silver paper.

After more than a thousand years of contemplation, he had gained some understanding of the spear techniques on the silver paper.

"In over a thousand years, I've often had insights, but the more I understand, the more I feel my own insignificance," Xu Jingming sighed. "I also understand how to become a Half-Step Third Realm existence."

After leaving the Myriad Races World, Xu Jingming quickly mastered the eleventh level of *Xin Shen Bing* (Heart Spirit Weapon). It seemed that only one step remained to the 'twelfth level,' the Half-Step Third Realm.

However, after contemplating the paper for over a thousand years, Xu Jingming understood that if he single-mindedly focused on *Xin Shen Bing*, he might never reach the Half-Step Third Realm, even after millions or tens of millions of years.

"Because *Xin Shen Bing* uses staff techniques, and I prefer spear techniques. Although staff and spear techniques have many similarities, I could learn from it in the early stages, but the differences become greater and greater later on."

"I need to forge my own path."

"In fact, it's difficult for any inheritance to perfectly suit later practitioners." Xu Jingming looked at the silver paper before him. "Guided by the spear technique depicted on the silver paper and building upon my years of contemplation, while also drawing on some techniques from the *Xin Shen Bing* method, I finally created a *xinling bingqi* (Heart Spirit Weapon) method suitable for myself, *Jin Ge* (Golden Halberd)."

"Only by walking the path that suits you best and creating your own method can you hope to reach the Half-Step Third Realm."

"But a method cannot be created out of thin air. It needs to absorb nourishment, a vast accumulation of knowledge." Xu Jingming shook his head. "Most high-dimensional lifeforms are fortunate enough to obtain a Third Realm inheritance, using the Third Realm inheritance as nourishment. I don't have a Third Realm inheritance… but I have this more precious spear technique."

Xu Jingming looked at the spear technique on the silver paper, his eyes burning with passion. This spear technique was the nourishment for his path of evolution!

The Myriad Races World was his tribulation, but also his opportunity! It made his future path much smoother.

Of course…

If he had the chance, he wouldn't want to accept another trial like the Myriad Races World.

"I have only created two styles of *xinling* spear techniques for the current *Jin Ge*, but I believe their power should be above the eleventh level of *Xin Shen Bing*," Xu Jingming thought. "But I still feel very far from the Half-Step Third Realm."

In terms of strength and realm, he was undeniably at the peak of the Eternal realm. With the ultimate existence's spear technique as the foundation for *Jin Ge*, Xu Jingming believed that he was probably among the strongest at the Eternal peak.

However, between the Eternal peak and the Half-Step Third Realm, there seemed to be an insurmountable chasm.

Xu Jingming could feel that he was still lacking in many ways.

"Alas, there are many experts at the Eternal peak level, but very few at the Half-Step Third Realm," Xu Jingming shook his head. "Like the Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Lord, all three are at the Eternal peak. After obtaining the *Bafang Tu* (Eight Directions Chart) inheritance, all three have made progress, but they are still far from the Half-Step Third Realm."

"The Dean and the others are very patient, cultivating and accumulating slowly. How long have I been cultivating?" Xu Jingming looked at the silver paper. "As long as I keep improving, I will naturally get closer and closer to the Half-Step Third Realm."

Continuous improvement was something that many high-dimensional lifeforms craved.

Many high-dimensional lifeforms were stuck at a certain stage, trapped in a bottleneck, unable to improve further for a long time. Xu Jingming had obviously not encountered such a thing, making rapid progress all the time.

Xu Jingming was sometimes puzzled as to why his cultivation was so smooth.

"Perhaps, this is what it means to be a genius," Xu Jingming could only explain it this way. He knew very well that he would comprehend things just by researching them. Even before he obtained the silver paper, he was already approaching the peak of the Eternal realm.

…

The Ten Thousand Star Island was shrouded in clouds and mist, layer upon layer, protecting the island.

"Jingming." The Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Lord were sitting there, watching Xu Jingming walk over.

"Dean, the three of you gathering together, it seems there's something important going on," Xu Jingming said with a smile. The Dean and the others each had only one true body and usually cultivated in seclusion. Only for important matters would the three of them gather together.

After the great migration of the human race, the Dean and the others mostly focused on cultivation.

"There is something important." The Dean smiled slightly. "We've been in this new territory for more than six thousand years, always on Ten Thousand Star Island, and haven't been out much."

"Too much stillness leads to restlessness," the Tower Master said. "We plan to go out for a walk."

The Space-Time Island Lord also said, "Actually, we spent too much on purchasing information about the Great Calamity and the great migration of the human race. The three of us have become poor. So, we plan to explore the dangerous places in this territory and collect some resources."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The Dean and the others had a large expenditure before and even had to sell a forbidden weapon, which showed how poor they were. The spoils of war from killing Yu Fangtuo and the Abyss Thousand-Eyed Spider Demon were also limited, and most of them were spent on several purchases over the years. The Dean and the others felt that they were too poor and did not have enough cultivation resources.

After all, they couldn't afford to buy a 'learning opportunity' for even slightly valuable inheritances.

"There are quite a few dangerous places in this territory. One of them is called the Primal Gold Mountain Range, which mainly produces 'primal gold,' a valuable material, as well as a few other valuable materials. The three of us working together are enough to deal with the danger, so we decided to go to the Primal Gold Mountain Range to mine." The Dean explained with a smile, "We definitely need the help of a Mind World expert to explore the way, so we invited you."

"Do you want to go?" The Eternal Tower Master asked, "After all, you haven't been an Eternal realm expert for very long. Now should be a period of consolidation and accumulation. If you don't want to go, you don't have to."

"Just send a few avatars. Yes, of course, I'll go." Xu Jingming said immediately.

After coming out of the Myriad Races World, he wanted to go out and explore.

Last time, other experts invited him, but the price was too low, and Xu Jingming ignored them.

The Dean and the others?

As high-dimensional lifeforms of the human race, they did not need to discuss distribution. Because all along, they had a default distribution plan.

Treasures obtained individually belonged to the individual.

Treasures obtained jointly were divided equally.

"When are we leaving?" Xu Jingming asked.

The Space-Time Island Lord on the side said, "We can go anytime. What about you?"

"I have many avatars, so of course, I can go anytime." Xu Jingming laughed.

"Okay, everyone, prepare a little. In an hour, we will set off for the Primal Gold Mountain Range." The Dean said, "This Ten Thousand Star Island will be guarded by Jingming."

Xu Jingming had many avatars, exploring the way, guarding Ten Thousand Star Island, and guarding the human race… He was responsible for all kinds of things!

Having a Mind World expert in a force greatly helped the entire force.

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Xu Jingming took the Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Lord through the Mind World Teleportation, and after only a few steps, they arrived outside the Primal Gold Mountain Range.

"This is my first time in the Primal Gold Mountain Range." Xu Jingming looked from afar.

At a glance.

The dark and secluded mountain range was boundless, and even high-dimensional lifeforms could hardly see how big the entire mountain range was. Throwing a real universe into it was like throwing a drop of water into the sea.

"The Primal Gold Mountain Range, one of the ten most famous dangerous places in this territory, is known for its vastness." The Dean said, looking from afar, "The biggest danger in the Primal Gold Mountain Range is 'space-time distortion.' The deeper into the mountain range, the more dangerous it is. So, there must be pathfinders."

"Leave the pathfinding to me." Xu Jingming was quite confident.

The Dean and the other three were all acting with their true bodies, so he naturally had to help with all his strength. He had brought nine of the ten Mind World weapons he had nurtured this time, and he had also brought hundreds of avatars.

"Besides the danger of the environment, there is also the danger brought by other high-dimensional lifeforms." The Dean said, "A large number of high-dimensional lifeforms have been searching for mineral deposits in the Primal Gold Mountain Range for a long time."

The Eternal Tower Master also said, "The weak initial realms are generally in the outer areas of the mountain range. The danger is weak there, and they slowly look for mineral deposits in the outer areas. Although they have been explored countless times, if they are lucky enough to get some 'primal gold' materials, it is already a big profit for the initial realm. We are definitely going to the depths of the mountain range. The deeper we go, the more primal gold deposits there are."

The Space-Time Island Lord said, "There are also powerful high-dimensional lifeforms who have settled in the depths of the mountain range and established cave dwellings and palaces in the depths of the mountain range. This is also something we need to be careful about."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The evolutionary path is a competition for resources!

"Let's go."

The four high-dimensional lifeforms of the human race flew to the Primal Gold Mountain Range together, and with a whoosh! Another avatar of Xu Jingming flew into the Primal Gold Mountain Range first.

…

Xu Jingming, as a pathfinder, came to the front of the Primal Gold Mountain Range.

The entire Primal Gold Mountain Range had countless dense and dark caves, and the wind was howling in countless caves. Xu Jingming watched. After all, it was one of the ten most dangerous places in the territory. Over generations, countless high-dimensional lifeforms had died here.

Whoosh.

Xu Jingming chose a large cave and flew in. The inside of the cave was about ten times the height of his true body, and he couldn't see the end.

"Boom." Flames erupted from Xu Jingming's body, which were the Black Lotus Flames. The whole person was like a black fire lotus protecting him. The flames spread out, sweeping through every part of the cave, checking for danger.

After coming out of the Myriad Races World, Xu Jingming picked up the inheritance of *Hong Lian Zhi Huo* (Red Lotus Fire) again. Although he didn't spend too much effort on it, his energy was mainly on the silver paper.

But unknowingly, *Hong Lian Zhi Huo* also reached the Eight Leaves Black Lotus realm.

"The outer areas have been explored countless times, and there are no treasures." Xu Jingming flew all the way, very fast. The Black Lotus Fire swept through wherever he went, and at the same time, he carefully sensed all directions.

After flying for two days and entering another cave from one cave, Xu Jingming kept going deeper.

Xu Jingming suddenly stopped and looked at the left corner. He sensed a special aura and immediately burned it with the Black Lotus Fire. After burning for a few breaths, with a crackling sound, the black mountain stone cracked, revealing a black gold material inside.

"A piece of primal gold." With a wave of his hand, Xu Jingming made the primal gold fly up and fall into his hand.

"So heavy." Xu Jingming weighed it with his right hand. "Just this one piece of primal gold is worth about 400 drops of Abyss True Blood."

Why did the Dean and the other three choose this place? Because if they found a large mineral deposit here, they would make a lot of money.

"Just one bead. If we find a large mineral deposit, it is estimated that it will exceed the total wealth accumulated by the Dean and the others for many years." Xu Jingming also knew that it was not easy to find a large mineral deposit.

After carefully checking the surroundings, Xu Jingming continued to move forward. Later, another avatar of Xu Jingming also led the Dean and the other three to follow all the time.