Chapter 14 The Initial Star

Inside the training room, Xu Jingming was focused on cultivating *Yuanchu Star Conjecture - Light Chapter*. He had turned off communications, allowing only his family, his mentor Liu Hai, and Director Zhou to contact him, which also meant that the Third Prince couldn't reach him for the time being.

Holding dual shields, Xu Jingming transformed into lightning, crashing in all directions with terrifying force. His shield techniques were rapidly evolving.

Afterward, he tried swords, blades, and staves. For someone of Xu Jingming's level, weapons were merely extensions of his body, making it easy to reach a high level of mastery.

"As expected of one of the three strongest inheritances of the entire human race in the universe." Xu Jingming stopped after three days of practice, filled with joy. He could feel his own transformation, and his understanding of weapons had undergone a breakthrough change. Xu Jingming opened his personal combat power panel, and there was indeed a qualitative change.

"Rainbow Piercing Spear Technique (Seventh Order 93%), Starry Sky Spear Technique (Seventh Order 91%), Shield Technique (Seventh Order 90%), Sword Technique (Seventh Order 87%), Blade Technique (Seventh Order 85%), Staff Technique (Seventh Order 90%), Footwork (Seventh Order 95%)."

"Combat Power Bonus: 4300%."

Xu Jingming was quite satisfied with these numbers.

It was already remarkable that his combat power bonus increased from 39x to 43x after initially cultivating the *Light Chapter*. In the early stages of cultivation, it might only take a few years to go from a 5x to 10x bonus.

But later on, going from 40x to 45x might take hundreds of years! It might even get stuck at a certain limit, never able to improve again. Because the further you went, the closer you got to the limit!

"In terms of combat power, even among eighth-order powerhouses, I'm considered quite good," Xu Jingming thought to himself. "The AI assistant is right, I really need to focus more on the mental aspect."

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged and began to cultivate the mind-refining method recorded in the inheritance—the *Light Chapter Contemplation Method*. "*Light Chapter Contemplation Method* contemplates the Yuanchu Star! It focuses on the 'Yuanchu Star's' light aspect." Xu Jingming recalled, "I reached the limit of my mind's capacity when I previously received some of the Yuanchu Star's information. Now, trying to copy and contemplate it in my mind won't be easy."

When accepting the inheritance, the information was forcibly imprinted into his memory, without seeking understanding. But now, trying to contemplate it was much more difficult.

The *Light Chapter Contemplation Method* was divided into 12 levels. At the beginning, he only needed to contemplate a vague image of the Yuanchu Star. The further he went, the clearer the contemplated Yuanchu Star had to be! The information contained within also became more and more vast. The pressure on his mind also increased.

The first six levels were all foundational.

Only by reaching the seventh level could mental power hopefully leverage the universe's origin force and become an Origin Lifeform.

He had to reach the ninth level for mental power to reach the threshold of a tenth-order powerhouse's "mental aspect." If the mental aspect wasn't strong enough, even with abundant knowledge, he couldn't become a tenth-order powerhouse.

Only by reaching the eleventh level could he hope to become a "Cosmic Legend."

Only by reaching the twelfth level would the mental aspect meet the minimum requirements for the highest realm.

When Yuanchu Xing accepted the inheritance, the information he received was limited! With so much information, he could only cultivate the Contemplation Method to the ninth level! As for going further? The information was missing, and he couldn't contemplate!

He could only wait to become a formal member and accept the inheritance again to obtain more of Xu Jingming's information. "Xu Jingming!"

Yuanchu Xing's mental power was going all out to copy and outline Xu Jingming.

The blurred Xu Jingming appeared in his mind, illuminating everything and tempering his mental awareness. At this moment, Yuanchu Xing only felt a coolness in his heart, without any pressure.

After trying for about an hour.

"Contemplation Method, second level." Yuanchu Xing continued to copy and outline Xu Jingming, this time beginning to carefully outline each ray of light.

As more and more light rays appeared, the image of Xu Jingming became more and more chaotic, but also more and more "scorching," causing Yuanchu Xing to feel a burning sensation and pain. Various negative emotions even surfaced in his mind.

Anxiety, pain, fear, despair, indifference... "When the pressure is low, I feel relaxed and comfortable."

"When contemplating the second level, and the pressure is high, all kinds of negative emotions arise in the mind. According to the description of the Contemplation Method, this means that the mind is not pure enough! No matter how much pressure there is, one must maintain peace and indifference," Yuanchu Xing told himself.

He silently endured for two days before stopping. At the moment he stopped, he felt extremely exhausted.

"I can feel that my mental power has become stronger." Wan Minyan was surprised. Mental power was ethereal and difficult to perceive, and it was difficult to sense a slight increase. The fact that he felt it so strongly meant that the increase was significant.

"Xu Jingming is truly mysterious and unpredictable. According to the description of the inheritance, if one hasn't reached the twelfth level of the Contemplation Method, seeing Xu Jingming with their own eyes will cause their consciousness to collapse and die! But contemplating a blurred image of Xu Jingming can temper weak mental awareness and actually be helpful!"

Yuanchu Xing stayed in the training room for five days, initially experiencing the benefits of cultivating the *Light Chapter*, and gaining more confidence in the future.

This supreme inheritance, one of the three greatest of humanity, made his path of evolution much broader and smoother.

"I might really be able to become an Origin Lifeform within five hundred years," Yuanchu Xing thought to himself. "The biggest obstacle to me becoming an Origin Lifeform is mental power."

As for his physical body? He already had a 43x combat power bonus. If he trains a little more seriously in the future, he should be able to meet the requirements.

The mental aspect was where he needed to put in a lot of effort. "Hmm?"

Yuanchu Xing checked the Yuanchu Research Institute's database. "According to the description, in order to improve the mental power of the human race's older generation and produce more Origin Lifeforms, the Cosmic Human Alliance has built a special virtual world called the Demon Subduing World!"

"Demon Subduing World?" Yuanchu Xing checked the relevant information.

After five days of cultivation, Yuanchu Xing finally left the training room and turned on his communication device. Immediately, messages poured in.

"So many people contacted me?" Wan Minyan checked the contact list. There were messages from his mentor Dai Tongda, his junior sister Dai Xiaoqing, as well as his friends Wang Yi, Yang Qingshuo, Liu Chongyuan, and Heng Fang.

"Xiaoqing is holding her wedding in the virtual world on May 1st this year? And she's invited me?" Yuanchu Xing smiled as he read. "My junior sister is finally getting married?"

Yuanchu Xing looked at the messages one by one.

"Since entering Planet Seven and focusing all my efforts on understanding the opportunities there, I completely closed off communications, with only a few people having permission to contact me. It's been several months in the blink of an eye. No wonder there are so many messages," Yuanchu Xing thought.

Like his mentor Liu Hai, although he had permission to contact him, he knew that Wan Minyan had gone to a mysterious place, and unless there was an important matter before the 330-day period was up, he wouldn't disturb Yuanchu Xing.

"Hmm?"

Yuanchu Xing scanned through a large number of messages and finally found seven messages, all from the outer members of the Yuanchu Research Institute. "The other seven outer members on the island all left me messages?" Yuanchu Xing looked at the content and immediately contacted one of them. Buzz!

Soon, a virtual figure appeared in front of Yuanchu Xing, it was His Highness the Third Prince, but his appearance was different from reality. In the virtual world, he was clearly more muscular and his face was rougher.

"Brother Wu Ming, I'm Gu Shan," the burly Third Prince said with a smile. "I've been trying to contact you for three days, and I've finally met you in person today."

"I've been cultivating, sorry," Wan Minyan said politely.

"Everyone who receives an inheritance will cultivate diligently," Gu Shan said with a smile. "Including you, there are now eight outer members of the *Xu Jingming Conjecture* lineage in our Hunter Cosmos Domain. The eight of us must get together, when do you have time?"

"Anytime," Yuanchu Xing said with a slight smile. He was still very free now.

After experiencing the mysteries of the inheritance, he needed to think about the next path.

Of course, he still had to go to the Blood Rain World. His mentor Liu Hai and the others were all rooted in the Blood Rain World. Before Yuanchu Xing left the Blood Rain World, he had to wrap things up.

"Then let's gather today in Yuanchu City World," Gu Shan said, and suddenly asked, "You haven't received your Yuanchu battle armor yet, have you?"

"No," Yuanchu Xing denied.

"When you go to Yuanchu City World, don't communicate with anyone else for the time being," Gu Shan said with a smile.

"What's wrong?" Yuanchu Xing asked in confusion.

What would happen if he communicated? He had never revealed his true identity information.

"It's not safe," Gu Shan explained. "Yuanchu City World is for all the outer members of the Yuanchu Research Institute. Everyone comes from different cosmos domains! By using the Yuanchu battle armor to enter the virtual world network, you can communicate with any cosmos domain without any delay. But right now..."

"I understand, there's an exaggerated delay when I communicate with people from other cosmos domains," Yuanchu Xing said with a smile. For example, when the other person spoke, it might be a long time before he saw their mouth move and heard the sound.

And after he said something, it would take a long time for the other person to see and hear it.

"With the Yuanchu battle armor, you can enter the virtual world network?" Wan Minyan exclaimed, so it had this function.

"Anytime, anywhere," Gu Shan said with a smile. "Then I'll see you in Yuanchu City. I'll send you the detailed information about where to meet."

The Yuanchu City virtual world had an admission list, and only those on the list could enter. Yuanchu Xing naturally had the qualifications to enter now.

Appearing in the high sky, Yuanchu Xing looked down at a city below.

Yuanchu City was a floating city, prosperous and quiet, with endless mist spreading outside the city. "Whoosh."

Yuanchu Xing landed on the street, looking at the buildings of various styles, and also some service personnel. When the service personnel saw Yuanchu Xing, they walked over and started talking, but Yuanchu Xing kept walking forward.

Because when these service personnel spoke, the image of Yuanchu Xing they saw was delayed for a long time, and Yuanchu Xing himself had already walked several miles away, so he naturally couldn't hear their voice.

"The delay is too severe, it's too troublesome to communicate with people outside our cosmos domain," Yuanchu Xing quickly found the agreed meeting place, the top floor of an oval building.

The entire top floor was reserved.

There were already five people here, chatting idly.

"I really took a big tumble this time," a child lying on the sofa said helplessly. "How could I have imagined that a little girl would be a terrifying demon? When refining the demon, I was caught off guard and failed, injuring my mental awareness. I'm not allowed to enter the Demon Subduing World for at least five years."

"Redeye, you've been in the Demon Subduing World for six hundred years, and you've changed more than a dozen account identities, right? You're so experienced, and you still took such a big tumble?" Gu Shan teased with a smile.

The child said helplessly, "Just laugh all you want."

"You have to be careful in the Demon Subduing World, do what you can," a silver-haired, ugly woman said with a smile. "If the information is wrong, and you fail to subdue the demon, but instead injure your own mental awareness, it's too much of a loss."

"There are benefits and drawbacks. Refining demons is also refining the mind, how can there be any impatience? Senior Brother Redeye, you were still careless," a black-clothed woman said coldly.

"I know, it's too late to regret it!" the child said helplessly, lying there. At this time, the door opened.

Three figures walked in one after another.

"The three of you arrived together?" Gu Shan immediately got up.

"Our youngest brother has arrived!" the child immediately got up, full of enthusiasm. Yuanchu Xing looked at the other seven people present.

"Let me introduce."

Gu Shan said with a smile, "This is Junior Brother Wu Ming, the eighth outer member of the *Xu Jingming Conjecture* lineage in our Hunter Cosmos Domain, and also the youngest, only 31 years old this year."

"Greetings, senior brothers and sisters," Yuanchu Xing said politely.

The members of the Yuanchu Research Institute address each other as senior brothers and sisters, only teachers are addressed as Master, Madam. "Among the eight of us, I'm the oldest, my name is Gu Shan, and I'm 1001 years old," Gu Shan laughed and said, "I'm ashamed that I haven't become an Origin Lifeform after more than a thousand years."

Wan Minyan knew that most of those in the *Xu Jingming Conjecture* lineage would break through and become Origin Lifeforms within a thousand years. "This is your Senior Sister Mo Yu," Gu Shan pointed to a silver-haired, ugly woman.

The silver-haired beauty smiled slightly, and her smile captivated people, involuntarily making Wan Minyan feel good. "Senior Sister Mo Yu," Yuanchu Xing said.

"I'm 823 years old, and I haven't become an Origin Lifeform either," Mo Yu said with a smile. "Junior Brother Wu Ming is only 31 years old, so young."

Yuanchu Xing smiled and didn't say much.

Actually, he would be 32 years old in less than a month.

"This is the third, Redeye," Gu Shan pointed to the child, "A 719-year-old guy who has been disguising himself as a child."

"Disguising, do you understand?" Redeye immediately retorted, "Every outer member of the Yuanchu Research Institute has to hide their true identity, I'm following the requirements of the research institute, do you understand?"

"There's no need to always be a child after several hundred years," Gu Shan muttered.

"I hate it," Redeye looked at Yuanchu Xing and promised, "Little Brother Wu Ming, if there's anything you need help with, just say it."

"This is the fourth, Mona," Gu Shan introduced. Mona had green eyes, and a hint of a smile appeared on her icy face. She nodded to Yuanchu Xing.

"Senior Brother Redeye, Senior Sister Mona," Wan Minyan said.

According to age, these seven senior brothers and sisters were: Gu Shan, Mo Yu, Redeye, Mona, Qinglin, Chen Yu, and Kabuya.

"These senior brothers and sisters of mine are all at the eighth-order, and most of them are at the peak of the eighth-order," Yuanchu Xing thought to himself. Even if these senior brothers and sisters didn't deliberately release their aura, Yuanchu Xing could still vaguely sense and judge it.

For example, the sixth-ranked "Chen Yu," looked like an ordinary young man, but at the age of 23, he was already at the peak of the eighth-order.

"We are both outer members of the Yuanchu Research Institute, and we both cultivate the *Xu Jingming Conjecture* lineage," Gu Shan said with a smile, "There are only eight people in the entire Hunter Cosmos Domain with such a connection."

"It's rare that we can gather together in the vast cosmos domain! Come, let's raise our glasses and welcome Junior Brother Wu Ming," Gu Shan said.

Immediately, everyone stood up.

Some of them had a background that reached the heavens, no less than that of Yano. Some were princes of medium-sized cosmic civilizations, some were descendants of ancient cosmic families, and some were peerless geniuses from special planets, but at this moment, all seven of them sincerely welcomed Yuanchu Xing!

Because everyone knew that they would be working together for a long time in the future. "Thank you, senior brothers and sisters," Yuanchu Xing also stood up and raised his glass.

"Cheers," Gu Shan said with a smile.

"Cheers," the eight people drank the wine in their glasses together.

I wrote a bit slowly today. Here, Tomato wishes everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival!