Xu Jingming strolled around the ruins of this vast territory, looking at the colorful lakes of carnal desire, the towering mountains, and the numb birds and beasts. "Although the inheritances have been plundered, my gains here are more precious than an Eternal realm inheritance!"

Before coming to these territorial ruins, Xu Jingming was completely ignorant of the 152 factions of the Heart Realm.

Now, Xu Jingming understood what each faction's high-dimensional lifeforms excelled at, what they feared, and how to deal with them. What was the core of this faction's cultivation path?

He understood everything.

He was confident, with a clearer understanding of his own path.

"These lakes of emotion and desire are very important for Heart Realm cultivation, and sin is also important." Xu Jingming looked at the colorful lakes. "I can use them in the future."

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming flew away from the territorial ruins, searching in the vast chaos for the next set of territorial ruins.

"Go to a higher spatial layer area." On the way, Xu Jingming suddenly flew through, entering a higher spatial layer.

The range he could explore was a spherical spatial range centered on his own territory.

At the same time, the ‘spatial layers’ of this spherical space were also within the scope of exploration.

"In the real universe, spatial size is three-dimensional: length, width, and height."

"When you come to a high-dimensional space, in addition to length, width, and height, there is also the dimension of 'spatial layer' and the dimension of 'timeline.' Ordinary high-dimensional lifeforms are not qualified to cross timelines," Xu Jingming thought.

Low-dimensional lifeforms all live in one ‘spatial layer.’ In the eyes of high-dimensional lifeforms, it is like a layer of ‘pancake.’

Multiple spatial layers are stacked together, like a mille-feuille! A ten-thousand-layer cake! A billion-layer cake!

There is no limit to the level of spatial layers!

Just like the ‘length’ of high-dimensional space has no limit, the ‘spatial layer’ also has no limit!

"According to the understanding of human science, if low-dimensional life is three-dimensional life, then the nascent realm and the Eternal realm are four-dimensional life. Their life also occupies the dimension of the ‘spatial layer.’"

"The Third Realm existence is a 'five-dimensional lifeform.' In addition to the normal length, width, height, and spatial layer, they also occupy the dimension of the 'timeline' and unify all their own timelines."

Xu Jingming thought, "The existences of the Third Realm, they lock different timelines into one; past, present, and future are locked into one. So no matter how the enemy kills them, their future is certain; they are immortal."

With timelines locked, the future is locked; all possibilities are locked.

Naturally, they cannot be killed.

Even if the strength of the Third Realm differs by several times or even more, even if they instantly annihilate all the incarnations of the other party in one timeline, the other party's countless timelines are the same life…

The countless incarnations on other timelines will instantly revive the incarnations on this timeline.

After all, they are both in the Third Realm; it is impossible to kill all the countless incarnations in countless timelines.

So every existence in the Third Realm, if they don't want to die, they are immortal.

"No wonder there is such a big difference between the half-step Third Realm and the true Third Realm; after all, one is a four-dimensional life and the other is a five-dimensional life," Xu Jingming thought as he continued to fly and explore.

….Although the territory opened up in the Heart Realm is small, it can also remotely sense some nearby spatial layers.

These spatial layers are also areas that Xu Jingming needs to explore.

"An Eternal realm's territorial ruins have a very large range. So when I explore, I can maintain a large distance." Xu Jingming thought. The trajectory of his search was like a huge 'sieve,' with very large holes.

But as long as he didn't miss any territorial ruins, that was fine.

…

"Time passes so quickly." Xu Jingming drank a cup of coffee made by his wife.

"It is very fast." Li Miaomiao smiled. "It's been five hundred years since you became a cosmic legend."

"That's not what I meant." Xu Jingming's mood was complicated.

"What I mean is… I feel like these five hundred years were as fast as five hours."

"Like five hours?" Li Miaomiao was stunned. "How much has happened in these five hundred years? The younger generations of the Xu family have passed down more than ten generations. You think it's like five hours?"

Counting from Xu Jingming as the first generation, the third generation of the Xu family were Xu Fangjin and Xu Biyun. They married and had children relatively late. Those who married and had children before the age of twenty were considered fast! Now, the Xu family was already in the twelfth generation.

Although many people married and had children very late after becoming Star Cluster lifeforms, the Xu family indeed had more than 10,000 people.

This was already considered ‘slow reproduction.’

"It really does feel like five hours." Xu Jingming nodded. "Watching the younger generations reproduce, one with three or five children, and the children having children… it's all over 10,000 people in a trance. It feels like watching a group of ants reproduce, unknowingly turning from a few ants into an ant kingdom."

"They are our descendants," Li Miaomiao couldn't help but say.

Xu Jingming laughed. "Five hundred years have passed like this. What about another five hundred years? How many people will the Xu family have? A population of 100 million? Reproducing like ants; I'm not wrong."

"One hundred million?" Li Miaomiao felt a sense of palpitations at the thought.

"Cosmic races are like that. The territories of some large families can occupy dozens of star systems, and the family population is in units of ‘trillions,’" Xu Jingming said. "The reason why I feel that time passes quickly is not because of these younger generations, nor because of the expansion of the Blue Star civilization's territory… but because, in five hundred years, my ‘construction of high-dimensional lifeforms’ is still in the accumulation phase."

The院长 (Dean) and the others gave him various methods for constructing high-dimensional lifeforms.

Xu Jingming had to carefully dissect them. The process of dissection naturally accumulated experience.

But a high-dimensional lifeform's ‘construction method’ was vast and boundless. At Xu Jingming's brain processing speed, after dissecting for five hundred years, the dissection progress was still less than 50%. It was estimated that it would take several hundred years to be able to say…

That he had dissected it all once! This was the first detailed pass! It was the foundation of the accumulation phase.

"It's not easy to become a high-dimensional lifeform in the first place," Li Miaomiao comforted.

"It's like focusing on solving a problem, but less than half of the problem has been solved, and when I look up, five hundred years have passed." Xu Jingming sighed, "The stronger the life, the longer the lifespan will be. Time will seem shorter and shorter."

A powerful high-dimensional lifeform focuses on thinking about a problem. In the process of thinking, a low-dimensional lifeform might complete the entire process of ‘from birth to old age.’

"Jingming." Li Miaomiao held Xu Jingming's hand. "In your long lifespan, will my life seem very short too?"

"No."

Xu Jingming looked at his wife and said, "Your lifespan will be as long as mine."

The Xu family's children and grandchildren will become more and more enormous over time: hundreds of millions, trillions…

Xu Jingming wouldn't even know the names of many people.

For the Xu family's countless clansmen, the most Xu Jingming could do was to formulate a fair competition rule within the clan. It was impossible to have too much favoritism.

But Xu Jingming's attitude was naturally different towards his wife Li Miaomiao, his daughter Xu Lixing, and other loved ones who were very important in his life. He would do everything in his power to make his loved ones live better and longer.

"Shun clan." Xu Jingming thought.

The method of allowing low-dimensional lifeforms to possess a lifespan comparable to high-dimensional lifeforms was not limited to the ‘Shun clan’ alone! But any kind of inheritance was priceless! Fortunately, Xu Jingming had already obtained the *Maha*.

The broader his knowledge, the clearer Xu Jingming became about how high the value of *Maha* and *Red Lotus Fire* was.

Especially since *Maha* was still the original inheritance! It was like what Island Master, Pagoda Master, and Long Ancestor believed—they had prepared treasures for Xu Jingming in exchange for a price, but after Xu Jingming took out the original *Maha*, they had made a big profit!

Heart Realm.

With Xu Jingming's own territory as the center, Xu Jingming was slowly exploring within a spherical spatial segment with a radius of the limit distance. He was exploring the spherical space that included different spatial layers.

"I have already 'roughly' explored all the spatial layers. Although there are omissions in the rough exploration, the scope of the 'Eternal realm's territorial ruins' is large enough that it is impossible to miss." Xu Jingming thought, "In other words, I have fully explored the territorial ruins of the Eternal realm and even the more powerful ones."

"Now, the ‘detailed’ exploration will likely find some small territorial ruins," Xu Jingming thought to himself.

"Having explored for so many years, I have discovered a total of eight territorial ruins."

"Among them, there is one territorial ruin of the half-step Third Realm; it is the territorial ruins of Gu Jinshi. The other seven are all territorial ruins of the Eternal realm."

"The most pitiful thing is… all eight territorial ruins have been explored by other powerhouses. There are no treasures or inheritances." Xu Jingming was very helpless.….This was also normal.

Territorial ruins mostly have a long history; the probability of not being 'visited' is extremely low.

"In terms of the gains from the eight territorial ruins, the help brought by Senior Gu Jinshi is the greatest. The other seven combined are not as good." Xu Jingming was very sure of this point. Senior Gu Jinshi was like an encyclopedia.

Not only of the nascent realm and the Eternal realm but also of the existence of the higher Third Realm, he had many accounts.

An old fellow who had lived for 150 Abyss Epochs, explored 32 Third Realm territorial ruins, and received pointers from two living Third Realm existences! Gu Jinshi was indeed knowledgeable and experienced.

"This is also a characteristic of the Heart Realm lineage."

"The Heart Realm lineage only needs to find a way to obtain one or two inheritances as their main cultivation! After that, they can explore a large number of territorial ruins to increase their knowledge and experience," Xu Jingming thought.

Each system has its advantages.

Long Ancestor, Pagoda Master, and Island Master will be quickly surpassed by Xu Jingming in terms of high-dimensional information accumulation.

As long as the high-dimensional lifeforms of the Heart Realm lineage live long enough and explore more ruins, they are all knowledgeable and experienced. Other factions cannot compare.

"Huff."

Xu Jingming's Pure Ether clone was gradually exploring the area in a ‘detailed’ manner according to the set rules.

Speaking of which, constantly exploring for so many years would make even Source lifeforms feel tired and disgusted. But Xu Jingming had reached the Pure Ether Heart realm; hundreds of years of exploration were like a five-minute walk to him.

There wasn't a trace of fatigue; he didn't take it to heart at all.

He was even multitasking in many areas. The cultivation of *Red Lotus Fire* and the construction of high-dimensional lifeforms were what made him feel confused and headache-inducing.

Heart Realm exploration? It was relaxation for him.

"Hm?"

Xu Jingming looked at a piece of land that appeared in front of him without any joy. "New territorial ruins?"

He wasn't in a hurry to find the core of the territory. Instead, he walked around the edge of the territorial ruins.

"Such small territorial ruins!" Xu Jingming frowned slightly. "Less than one ten-thousandth of the 'Great Dream Guest's territorial ruins,' and less than one-millionth of Gu Jinshi's territorial ruins. It should be the ruins of the Nascent realm."

In the Heart Realm, more than 90% of the territorial ruins are left behind by the Eternal realm.

Territorial ruins of the nascent realm are rare.

"They can enter the Heart Realm, but they died in the nascent realm?" This also made Xu Jingming wary. He had to be careful when he became a high-dimensional lifeform in the future. He couldn't be planted as a ‘nascent realm.’ It would be too pitiful like the master of these ruins in front of him.

Chapter 1492 Eternal Companion