Chapter 19 This Feeling?

That feeling? As Xu Jingming thrust out his spear, he also sensed the changes within himself.

His perception of every cell in his body became clearer. When he moved his entire body, the reaction of each cell was faster and more efficient! His reactions were more agile, his attack speed was slightly faster, and his strength was also a bit stronger.

It all seemed to be just a slight increase.

But when combined, his overall strength had clearly improved.

"This is what's described in the classics—the stronger the mind, the greater the control over the physical body?" Xu Jingming murmured. He had read the first part of *Hua Guang* (Transformation of Light) and knew the extent of the mental strength of those eighth-order cosmic lifeforms. They could achieve ‘one mind, a billion uses’, with each cell seemingly having its own will.

When released, mental power could interfere with reality.

Xu Jingming returned to the house with his spear, closed the door, and quietly logged off, returning to his personal space.

Virtual World Network, personal space, inside the spaceship hall.

Xu Jingming sat on the sofa and opened his personal combat power panel.

Genetic Evolution Method: *Tian Mang* (Heavenly Python) Evolution Method (Mid-Stage Cosmic Lifeform 92%)
Body: 2.1 million
Skills: Hua Hong (Rainbow Transformation) Spear Technique (Seventh Order 1%), Starry Sky Spear Technique (Sixth Order 99%), Footwork (Sixth Order 97%), Shield Technique (Sixth Order 85%)
Basic Combat Power: 1.05 billion
Energy: 210 million
Actual Combat Bonus: 2250%
Combat Power: 29.6 billion

"Indeed, I've broken through to the seventh order." Xu Jingming didn't care about the combat power and energy data because, under the Blue Star's planetary safety defense system, energy release beyond 9.8 meters was prohibited.

Before reaching the ninth order, no matter how powerful an individual was, they would be helpless against the ‘planetary safety defense system’ of a basic cosmic civilization.

Only by breaking through from the eighth to the ninth order! Only by transforming from a cosmic lifeform into a source lifeform, undergoing a true qualitative change, could one individual suppress an entire civilization.

In other words,

before becoming a source lifeform, individuals could not contend with civilizations.

"I've reached the seventh order, but the *Tian Mang* Evolution Method is still stuck in the mid-stage of cosmic lifeform. I can also try cultivating and attempt a breakthrough," Xu Jingming said, getting up and practicing the evolution method in the spaceship hall.

Having reached the seventh order, he should be able to break through to the high-stage of cosmic lifeform.

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After becoming a cosmic citizen, many civil rights are protected by the ‘Cosmic Human Alliance’, such as the right to privacy. Even though Xu Jingming was a member of the Blue Star civilization, the Blue Star civilization could not monitor him but could only understand the most basic information.

The Blue Star civilization knew that Xu Jingming's evolution level was the sixth order or the seventh order.

However, the Blue Star civilization could not know the detailed percentages of his spear techniques, footwork, and shield techniques.

"Cosmic Citizen Xu Jingming (Hunter Cosmos Domain, Wu Gou Star Alliance, Blue Star Civilization), male, seventh order, account balance: 192.62 million cosmic dollars." A message was naturally synchronized from the Virtual World Network to the Blue Star civilization.

At the moment of synchronization, the Blue Star civilization's ‘Civilization Intelligence’ also synchronized the message to the Blue Star Alliance and Xia Country.

The reason they knew about the change in his account balance was that, as the home civilization, they had the right to tax cosmic citizens, so they naturally needed to know their financial flow. Of course, most basic civilizations exempt their cosmic citizens from taxes.

"Seventh order?"

The Blue Star Alliance Council and the Xia Country's upper echelons were shocked upon receiving the news.

Whoosh.

In the virtual world, the Blue Star Alliance Council convened an emergency meeting! Only Alliance Secretary-General Angus and the representatives of the five council member states attended the meeting.

"At this crucial moment, 47 days before the end of the civilization protection period, we have received a piece of good news that will invigorate the entire civilization," Secretary-General Angus said, radiant with enthusiasm. "Our Blue Star's number one genius, Xu Jingming, has just broken through and become a seventh-order cosmic lifeform."

The five council representatives were also elated.

With the protection period for the new civilization nearing its end, the pressure on all countries within the Blue Star civilization was immense! In 47 days, envoy teams from other civilizations would arrive on Blue Star!

At this most anxious and uneasy time, Xu Jingming broke through!

"He is our Blue Star's first seventh-order cosmic lifeform," Secretary-General Angus said, his eyes welling up.

"He has only been cultivating the evolution method for a little over a year and has already become a seventh-order. His potential is astonishing, and he may even become an eighth-order."

As a transcendent planetary lifeform genius, Xu Jingming already had extremely high potential, but becoming a seventh-order in just over a year was still much faster than the Civilization Intelligence's previous predictions of Xu Jingming's growth rate.

The five council representatives were also delighted.

"We must increase our investment," the representative of Xia Country said. "I think we need to give Xu Jingming more support."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

The five council members made a joint decision. Xu Jingming's growth rate had surprised them greatly. He was the greatest hope for the weak Blue Star civilization on the path of evolution in the vast cosmic family! The Blue Star civilization would naturally support him vigorously.

They also hoped that this sapling of hope would grow into a towering tree! Able to shelter more people of the Blue Star civilization from the wind and rain.

Virtual World Network, the personal space's training field simulated a ‘starry sky scene’.

In the vast starry sky, on the surface of a small asteroid, Xu Jingming was practicing his spear techniques.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming received a notification message, looked at it, and was a little surprised. "Director Zhou?"

With a light tap.

Director Zhou, who had been granted permission, appeared from nothingness and arrived on the surface of the asteroid.

"Practicing spear techniques?" Director Zhou looked at the surrounding environment with a smile. The asteroid was only a few hundred meters in diameter, composed entirely of gray rock, and the surface was relatively flat.

"I just broke through, so I'm practicing more to consolidate my foundation," Xu Jingming said.

Director Zhou's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Such a big deal as breaking through to the seventh order, and you're still so low-key."

"Director, you already know?" Xu Jingming asked in surprise.

"Although you are a cosmic citizen, you are still a member of our Blue Star civilization. The Virtual World Network still synchronizes your basic information with us," Director Zhou said. "We knew as soon as you broke through."

Director Zhou smiled happily. "You are our Blue Star civilization's first seventh-order cosmic lifeform."

"Blue Star only made the evolution method public a little over a year ago. I believe there will be many more seventh-order cosmic lifeforms breaking through in the future," Xu Jingming said.

"It's different."

Director Zhou shook his head gently. "They are still far behind you."

"By the way," Director Zhou said solemnly, "you must tell me immediately if you encounter any difficulties in your evolution. If it weren't for your breakthrough this time, I would have thought your progress in the virtual world and reality was the same."

Xu Jingming smiled. "In reality, I can only slowly absorb solar energy, so my physical evolution is slower."

"Our Blue Star civilization has long prepared r9-level artificial stars and 100,000-fold gravity chambers," Director Zhou said. "They are all prepared for the future evolvers of Blue Star. If we had known your situation earlier, you could have used them sooner."

"R9-level artificial stars and 100,000-fold gravity chambers?" Xu Jingming was shocked. This was a very extravagant configuration.

If he were to buy them himself, he would be reluctant to spend so much and couldn't afford it anyway.

"Together, they cost just over 10 billion cosmic dollars," Director Zhou said. "Compared to the virtual host and the virtual helmets that cover all citizens around the globe… it's not worth mentioning."

"These two are the basic equipment needed for cosmic lifeforms to evolve, enough for you to cultivate to the eighth-order cosmic lifeform. As for cultivation after the eighth order, the Blue Star civilization can't help you," Director Zhou said.

"That's enough," Xu Jingming said, very pleased.

A 100,000-fold gravity chamber is enough to use before becoming an eighth-order.

"I heard that after reaching the eighth-order level, the physical body can be cultivated to an incredible level, even approaching 'source power transformation'," Director Zhou said with emotion.

"Yes," Xu Jingming nodded.

Cosmic source power is the most fundamental energy in the universe.

All matter and energy are composed of cosmic source power. Cosmic source power is also incredibly small, the ‘most minuscule existence in the universe’. It is a major problem even to observe them.

At least, most of the technological equipment of basic cosmic civilizations cannot ‘see’ cosmic source power.

"Eighth-order cosmic lifeform," Xu Jingming said, "in terms of the physical body, one must use various methods to make the physical body increasingly approach 'source power transformation'. In the process of approaching source power transformation, the physical body also becomes more and more terrifying, even to the point where it can walk on the surface of a neutron star."

"In terms of the mind, the requirements are ten or a hundred times higher than for the physical body. There is only one requirement for the mind: to be able to control cosmic source power," Xu Jingming said.

His mental power could clearly detect desks, mosquitoes, and other things up close, but the perception became blurred at a slight distance.

To become a source lifeform, the mind had to control cosmic source power, which was many orders of magnitude smaller than an atomic nucleus.

"The mind levers cosmic source power, and cosmic source power pushes the body to take the final step of breakthrough, complete 'source power transformation', to become a source lifeform," Xu Jingming said. "After becoming a source lifeform, even just standing there, many technological weapons can't hurt them."

"Yes, I've also heard that only attacks that can annihilate cosmic source power can hurt a source lifeform," Director Zhou said with emotion. "But most basic cosmic civilizations don't have weapons that can annihilate cosmic source power, and even if they have such weapons, it's difficult to hit a source lifeform with them."

Xu Jingming nodded.

He had read information about source lifeforms.

There was once a source lifeform criminal who destroyed a civilization's eight inhabited planets in retaliation! Knowing that he was coming, the civilization had no way to resist! The source lifeform traversed the void too quickly. In just a few minutes, all life on the eight planets, except for those who were lucky enough not to be on their home planets, was wiped out.

Of course, that source lifeform's crime was made public because he was captured by the Cosmic Human Alliance and received due punishment.

After chatting with Xu Jingming for a while, Director Zhou took out a document and handed it to Xu Jingming. "Jingming, you are our Blue Star's first seventh-order cosmic lifeform and the most talented evolver. Blue Star will also cultivate you with all its strength. This document records the resources that Blue Star can provide for you."

Xu Jingming looked down.

The document recorded a lot, the first item being 10 billion cosmic dollars.

"Our Blue Star has just become a basic cosmic civilization, a new civilization," Director Zhou said, looking at Xu Jingming. "Resources are limited, and intelligence is limited. What we can help you with may not be as much as what a family from a powerful civilization can provide."

"It's already enough," Xu Jingming said gratefully.

Director Zhou smiled. "By the way, you are now interacting with citizens of other cosmic civilizations in the Virtual World Network! But you also need to occasionally come back to your hometown's virtual world and take a stroll in the Starry Sky Tower. Your strength is enough to pass the sixth level of the Starry Sky Tower. If you don't try, and others try in the future, many people will feel it's unfair. After all, your strength far surpasses that of other cosmic citizens of Blue Star. You are the recognized number one evolver of Blue Star," Director Zhou said.

"Director, don't worry, I will go and try the sixth level of the Starry Sky Tower today," Xu Jingming immediately guaranteed.

Thus, on this day of breaking through to the seventh order, April 13, 2083, Xu Jingming entered the Blue Star virtual world and arrived in front of the Starry Sky Tower.