Chapter 1 Heart Realm Territory

Dressed in loose robes, Xu Jingming gazed towards the four intense marks from within his heart realm territory. "In the heart realm, the sensing is much more distinct and clear. But ultimately, the distance is too great, and my current strength is still relatively weak, making it impossible for me to directly reach them."

He tried to descend at the marked locations, but it was clearly beyond his limits.

"I'll descend to a place first."

Xu Jingming chose a location at his limit, and with a thought, the power of the heart realm gathered and descended there.

....

In the heart realm, within a realm of chaos, the power of the heart realm coalesced to form a true body of Xu Jingming.

For high-dimensional lifeforms of the heart realm lineage, every avatar is a true body! Therefore, completely killing a high-dimensional lifeform of the heart realm lineage is extremely difficult. However, having too many avatars also increases the burden on one's mind and consciousness.

Having more avatars doesn't significantly increase one's strength, because all avatars share the same mind and consciousness.

For example, exerting all one's strength to unleash the 'Xin Yi Reincarnation Realm' (Heart Intent Reincarnation Realm) places a great burden on consciousness. Even with more avatars, maintaining two perfect 'Xin Yi Reincarnation Realms' is Xu Jingming's current limit.

"What limits the strength of the heart realm lineage isn't the number of avatars, but the intensity of the mind and consciousness," Xu Jingming understood this point.

"Heart Realm Teleportation!"

Xu Jingming remotely sensed the location of Myriad Star Island and performed a long-distance teleport, with the teleportation location being the heart realm region corresponding to Myriad Star Island.

Heart realm teleportation offers less obstruction and greater distances.

If Xu Jingming were in normal high-dimensional space, whether it was a remote descent or teleportation, the distance would be much shorter.

"Whoosh."

Having locked onto the target location, Xu Jingming took a single step. Before the step, he was still in the original location, but with the step, he had already arrived at the target location.

"That was actually a bit tiring. Remote descent is very easy, but heart realm teleportation… Just a single teleportation, and I feel a slight exhaustion." As a beginner, Xu Jingming was also familiarizing himself with these common methods.

"That's right, remote descent is actually just condensing another avatar at a long distance. But heart realm teleportation is about moving oneself from one place across a vast distance to another. The farther the distance, the greater the burden," Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

While in the heart realm, Xu Jingming also observed the normal high-dimensional space outside, which had multiple layers.

Such as the heart realm layer and the mother river layer.

Xu Jingming was in the heart realm layer, observing the 'Myriad Star Island' within the high-dimensional space. Myriad Star Island resembled a large island and concealed countless dangers. Even Xu Jingming, viewing it from the heart realm, couldn't see clearly inside.

"Whoosh."

Xu Jingming took a step out of the heart realm and arrived outside Myriad Star Island.

On Myriad Star Island.

"Jingming has come."

Dean Chu's gaze pierced through layers of obstacles and saw Xu Jingming appearing outside Myriad Star Island.

"Let's go, let's go, to welcome the fifth island lord of our Myriad Star Island," a simple, weather-beaten middle-aged man said with a smile.

"The heart realm lineage is indeed extraordinary. Within the same territory, even the farthest distances can be crossed with just a few steps," said Island Lord Space-Time, also with a smile.

"Let's hurry up and go."

Chi Meng had already followed Dean Chu outwards.

Standing in the void, Xu Jingming looked at Myriad Star Island, which concealed endless dangers, and then at the high-dimensional space shrouded in endless mist. The space-time here was strangely distorted, making travel difficult without sufficient strength….

"High-dimensional space is filled with countless dangers. There are dangers from the environment, and dangers from other high-dimensional lifeforms," Xu Jingming thought. "There are even some unknown tribulations."

"The three Supreme Realm experts of the human race also spent a lot of effort to build this Myriad Star Island."

Suddenly, Xu Jingming saw the starlight parting a path ahead, and four figures appeared together, coming to greet him.

"Jingming." The slender Dean Chu's laughter was bright.

"The speed at which you became a high-dimensional lifeform is truly frightening. Becoming high-dimensional in 3,900 years is too fast!" Chi Meng smiled happily.

"We've prepared a celebratory feast for you, let's go, let's go." The simple Eternal Pagoda Master was also very enthusiastic. The only woman, 'Island Lord Space-Time,' stood to the side, as if existing outside of time and space. She watched this scene with a smile, not saying anything.

"Dean, Pagoda Master, Island Lord, Senior Brother Chi Meng," Xu Jingming said as he walked over.

The five human high-dimensional lifeforms walked together into the island, and the starlight enveloped everything once again.

"When I became a high-dimensional lifeform, I didn't have the ability to travel remotely in high-dimensional space. The Island Lord personally brought me through the mother river to Myriad Star Island," Chi Meng said with a smile. "Junior Brother, you came by yourself."

"This method of travel is unique to the heart realm lineage," Island Lord Space-Time suddenly said.

"In high-dimensional space, the Primordial Star system and the Abyss system are the two main systems, followed by the Space-Time system and the Heart Mind system," Eternal Pagoda Master said with a smile. "Only a very few from the Space-Time system can enter the mother river. Similarly, very few from the Heart Mind system can enter the heart realm."

"It was many years after I became an Eternal Realm expert that I was able to enter the mother river. Wu Ming, on the other hand, mastered the power of the heart realm from the very beginning. He can travel through the heart realm from the nascent stage," Island Lord Space-Time praised.

"It's also luck! Being tainted by high-dimensional pollution was originally a disaster, but it coincidentally allowed me to master the power of the third realm," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

The five people walked and chatted, each step crossing a large area.

Myriad Star Island was extremely vast, and one could see burly alien beasts pruning high-dimensional fruit trees in the distance, and huge tian mang (heavenly pythons) swimming in the distant lake.

"Those are tian mang?" Xu Jingming asked in surprise. "Didn't they say that the tian mang were killed?"

"Haha, the one that was killed was another tian mang. This is a tian mang that is attached to our Myriad Star Island. They do have some differences in appearance," Eternal Pagoda Master explained with a smile.

"There are 79 innately born high-dimensional lifeforms on the island," Dean Chu said. "Don't think that innately born high-dimensional lifeforms are that rare. Their numbers are still very large, after all, high-dimensional space is boundless."

"They are born as high-dimensional lifeforms, but in terms of mind and knowledge, they are far inferior to those of us who crossed over from low dimensions to high dimensions," Dean Chu said.

Xu Jingming nodded.

Being able to walk from the low dimensions to the high dimensions, every step is very difficult. Even the high-dimensional body is built by oneself! What about innately born high-dimensional lifeforms? Muddled and ignorant, they are born as high-dimensional lifeforms, and are behind in many aspects such as mind and knowledge.

"For those in the nascent stage, wanting to break through to the Eternal Realm," Dean Chu said, "even for those of us who came out of the low dimensions, only about one in ten can break through."

"And the proportion of innately born high-dimensional lifeforms who break through is even lower, not even reaching one percent. And high-dimensional space has too many dangers. If they live alone, they will probably die before long," Dean Chu said. "Being killed, skinned, boned, and having their various materials taken, or being taken to refine weapons, or being killed and sacrificed to the Abyss."….

Xu Jingming sighed inwardly.

It really is dangerous.

"So they have to seek refuge with some large forces," Dean Chu said. "There are only four half-step third realm experts in this territory. The threshold for these four major forces is very high, and they are too far away. It is also difficult for many innately born high-dimensional lifeforms to travel and arrive. And our Myriad Star Island… can be considered a fairly well-known force, and it has also attracted some high-dimensional lifeforms to come and seek refuge."

Eternal Pagoda Master explained, "They can help with many things, such as cultivating some high-dimensional fruit trees and flowers, and acting as experimental assistants! Even their scales, fur, and blood can be bestowed upon the descendants of the human race."

Xu Jingming understood.

..…

Myriad Star Island Main Hall.

A grand banquet was in progress. Dean Chu, Eternal Pagoda Master, Island Lord Space-Time, Chi Meng, and Xu Jingming sat in the main seats, while the 79 innately born high-dimensional lifeforms sat below.

These high-dimensional lifeforms, with their varied appearances, had all reduced their size and were being low-key and respectful.

"Congratulations to Myriad Star Island for having a fifth island lord, 'Lord Wu Ming.' This little one has an orchestra under his command and is willing to present a song to the island lords," a volcano-like lifeform respectfully saluted. With a wave of his hand, a boat flew out.

The boat appeared in the center of the hall, and on it were musicians, who were in high-dimensional space and could not see the surrounding high-dimensional lifeforms at all.

"You can perform now," the voice of the volcano lifeform sounded in the minds of these musicians.

"Yes, great God-King."

The musicians immediately began to perform wholeheartedly.

"The God-King selected us from among many gods. If this performance is ruined, we will die, and the civilization behind us will be destroyed," the musicians were well aware of the importance of the performance.

In the main seat of the hall, Xu Jingming listened to the music.

The music could affect the mind, and it also made Xu Jingming intoxicated.

"They are actually some Origin Lifeforms playing music," Xu Jingming said in surprise, speaking to Chi Meng next to him. "Senior Brother Chi Meng, where did these Origin Lifeforms come from?"

"These innately born high-dimensional lifeforms will buy small universes or miniature universes," Chi Meng explained via voice transmission. "They throw some low-dimensional races into the small universe and let them multiply and survive. The environment of the small universe is not necessarily suitable. Some low-dimensional races have their entire race wiped out. Some can survive one or two percent, and those who survive… can then multiply and survive."

"So these innately born high-dimensional lifeforms generally raise some low-dimensional races. They even descend with avatars and consciousness into the low-dimensional races, so that they can satisfy some of their entertainment," Chi Meng said. "After all, high-dimensional space is too dangerous, and survival is too difficult. Only when facing low-dimensional races… can they satisfy their various desires."

Xu Jingming understood.

After the performance was over.

"Not bad," Xu Jingming said in praise.

The volcano lifeform's face was even more full of smiles, and he flatteringly said, "It is their supreme glory that the island lord likes to listen!"

These innately born high-dimensional lifeforms were well aware that in Myriad Star Island… the highest status belonged to the human high-dimensional lifeforms!

Inside the small universe, the Temple of the Gods.

The God-King sat in the main seat, with the 'God-Queen' and a group of god consorts beside him.

Three thousand gods sat densely packed. These were all the Origin Lifeforms of all the civilizations in the small universe! As long as they became Origin Lifeforms, they were qualified to have a seat in the Temple of the Gods….

"The performance is over," the God-King sat high on the throne, looking at the nineteen musicians.

The nineteen musicians trembled with fear.

They were Origin Lifeforms and gods in the Temple of the Gods, but the God-King was supreme! If the God-King was furious, all nineteen of them would die, and the civilizations behind them would be destroyed.

"My friends were very satisfied with this performance," the God-King said with a smile.

The nineteen musicians breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, were there many great existences this time?" the God-Queen asked curiously.

"Of course, there are quite a few who are stronger than this God-King, and I am just an ordinary member among them," the God-King said with a smile. "So being fortunate enough to perform is the greatest glory of your life."

The nineteen musicians were quite excited and joyful.

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At the banquet, the high-dimensional lifeforms each presented some performances, which also broadened Xu Jingming's horizons.

"They may be average in strength, but these innately born high-dimensional lifeforms are all very capable when it comes to enjoyment," Chi Meng said with a smile after the banquet was over. "They also often communicate with each other and compete with each other."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The five of them came to a small hall.

"This is the information our human race has gathered about high-dimensional space. Take a look at it first," Dean Chu handed a golden piece of paper to Xu Jingming. After Xu Jingming took it, a large amount of information poured into his mind.

In just three seconds, the massive amount of information was completely accepted.

Xu Jingming had a clearer understanding of high-dimensional space.

"Now it's time to talk about serious matters," Dean Chu's gaze swept over the four people in front of him. "The five of us are the only five high-dimensional lifeforms in the human race. Facing this tribulation, we must go all out."

Eternal Pagoda Master, Island Lord Space-Time, Chi Meng, and Xu Jingming all nodded.