Chapter 1 The Territory of South Pavilion 3609

Xu Jingming's territory in the South Pavilion 3609 region was incredibly prosperous. A large number of high-dimensional lifeforms from distant territories invited their friends and companions to come here, residing long-term in the "Ten Thousand Star City" on his territory, engaging in trade as well.

Back when Xu Jingming was an Eternal Realm expert of the Heart Boundary lineage, he drifted for over 1,500 years before finally finding news of Featherfire City. At that time, only a few half-step third realm experts in the South Pavilion 3609 region could reach Featherfire City by traveling through the abyss, showing how distant it was.

Now that Xu Jingming had established his territory, it naturally attracted countless high-dimensional lifeforms from millions of surrounding territories.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~”

In a hidden space within the territory, Xu Jingming's true body sat cross-legged without any concealment. His towering figure was taller than the highest mountain in this space.

"The billions of elites in human history have all become newly born high-dimensional lifeforms, and they also require a lot of resources for their evolutionary path," Xu Jingming thought, as countless resources around him began to condense and appear.

Red lotus flowers bloomed, large expanses of ice congealed, and countless original gold beads materialized, covering the ground like a sea of sand.

Upon reaching the third realm, one could speak law, altering rules within a certain range.

Most rare treasures could be directly constructed by third realm experts using the power of rules, consuming energy. Resources were being condensed in massive quantities, quickly reaching an astounding level.

"So many resources should be enough for billions of human high-dimensional lifeforms to use for a long time," Xu Jingming nodded, his gaze piercing through the space to look at his daughter.

His daughter, Xu Lixing, was responsible for managing these resources.

Xu Jingming had once asked the Dean and others to choose someone to manage these resources, but they directly selected Xu Jingming's daughter. After all, the consequences of any oversight in these resources would be severe.

With a member of Xu Jingming's own family managing them, Xu Jingming could cover any potential losses.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming looked surprised. "Lixing is in quite a temper."

…

At the old house.

"Grandmother, we know we were wrong."

"Grandmother, this is our first offense, please give us a chance to correct our mistakes."

Two men were kneeling there, begging.

Xu Lixing looked at them, her heart aching with anger. "Father established Cosmos City to nurture billions of elites of the human race. The laws of Cosmos City have long been publicized, and I have reminded you more than once that you must abide by the laws, or… I will definitely show no mercy. But I didn't expect you two to violate the laws so quickly!"

Meng Tian, Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife were also present, but they remained silent.

"Grandmother, please give us another chance, we really know we were wrong!" the two men knelt and pleaded.

"Acknowledging your mistakes also means accepting the punishment," Xu Lixing looked at them coldly. "Imprisoning you in the Dark Prison for 100,000 years is already a light punishment."

"One hundred thousand years!"

One of the men finally couldn't help but say, "Grandmother, we only had a total lifespan of 30,000 years when we were low-dimensional beings! Back then, when we wanted to extend our lives to 100,000 years, you didn't give us any chance at all. But now that Great-Grandfather has become a great third realm expert, we were able to be resurrected and become high-dimensional lifeforms! My Great-Grandfather is a third realm existence, and the resource庫of the entire human race belongs to him! What's wrong with me taking a little more resources for myself? Is it necessary to be so petty? One hundred thousand years! One hundred thousand years in the Dark Prison, unable to see any living beings, constantly confined and alone… Grandmother, have you ever experienced that kind of feeling? And you still call it a light punishment!"

"Shut up," Meng Tian coldly rebuked.

"I'm not convinced," the man raised his head.

"Jin'an!" Xu Fangjin and Duo Duo'an stared at their son.

"It's just taking a little more resources. I'd accept being imprisoned for a few years. But being imprisoned in the Dark Prison for 100,000 years? I'm not convinced!" the man, Xu Jin'an, stared at his grandmother, and his younger brother nodded. "I'm not convinced either! We didn't commit any major offense, so why imprison us for 100,000 years? I've only lived for 30,000 years so far."

Xu Lixing's eyes were cold. "Given that Xu Jin'an and Xu Jin'feng show no remorse, the punishment will be increased. The imprisonment time will be doubled, and they will be imprisoned in the Dark Prison for 200,000 years!" As she spoke, she waved her hand, and an invisible force enveloped her two grandsons.

"No—"

"Grandmother!"

Xu Jin'an and Xu Jin'feng were in disbelief, unable to resist the power of spacetime translocation. They were directly moved to one of the Dark Prisons in this territory.

The lonely Dark Prison was divided into individual spaces.

Xu Jin'an and Xu Jin'feng were each in a prison space, surrounded by darkness, unable to see any other living beings.

"Grandmother is crazy, she's crazy," Xu Jin'an, after being thrown into the prison, still couldn't believe it. He was merely unconvinced, and his imprisonment time was doubled.

"Two hundred thousand years, that's too long, too long," Xu Jin'feng was also extremely despairing. Having only lived for 30,000 years, he was terrified by the 200,000-year Dark Prison sentence, trembling slightly.

…

Inside the old house.

Xu Lixing's anger had not yet subsided as she swept her gaze across Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife.

"We were able to be resurrected and have access to all kinds of resources; it's a life that countless high-dimensional beings dream of," Xu Lixing said. "But you also know how much Father has sacrificed for this."

"Yes," Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife, nodded. They were present when Great Lord Fiya and Traveler Chijue arrived. They also knew about that bet.

It was a bet between ultimate existences.

"We have always been protected, but Father bears the cost," Xu Lixing said coldly. "Father now needs to focus on his evolutionary path, and I will not allow anyone to influence him."

"Since the laws have already been set, no matter who it is, they must be punished if they violate them. If it's a member of the Xu family who violates them, the punishment will be even more severe," Xu Lixing's gaze swept over her children. "Because your mistakes will affect Father."

"We understand," Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife, all nodded.

"Lixing, come here," a voice suddenly sounded in Xu Lixing's mind.

"Yes, Father," Xu Lixing took a step and left the old house.

…

Inside the hidden space in the territory.

Xu Lixing arrived and saw her father's true body sitting cross-legged. His true body was immeasurably towering, larger than the real universe by countless times. She seemed very small in front of him.

Whoosh, Li Miaomiao suddenly arrived as well.

"Mom," Xu Lixing looked at her mother.

"Lixing, have you seen all the various rare treasures here?" Xu Jingming's true body was there, looking at his daughter. An invisible force condensed a book, which floated in front of his daughter. "This book contains detailed introductions to all the rare treasures, various usages, and also the detailed quantities of these treasures."

Xu Lixing looked at the massive amount of treasures around her in shock. "So many?"

"These should be enough for the human race's billions of high-dimensional lifeforms to use for a long time," Xu Jingming nodded. "As usual, you will be responsible for managing them."

"I will immediately store them in the Cosmos City treasury," Xu Lixing nodded. After receiving Xu Jingming's authorization, she could mobilize a large amount of rule power in the territory, and the massive amount of resources around her were quickly stored away.

"I have newly stored 129 types of third realm inheritances in the Inheritance Hall," Xu Jingming said.

"Dad, didn't you just store 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances? Now you've added 129 more valuable third realm inheritances?" Xu Lixing was very surprised. Li Miaomiao also asked, "Where did you get so many inheritances?"

Xu Jingming smiled slightly. "Some third realm experts, before they die, will leave behind their inheritances. They will imprint their inheritance information in this spacetime. As long as one reaches the third realm, one can sense this information and obtain these inheritances."

There were a total of 128 types of third realm inheritance information imprinted in this spacetime. Some experts, like Featherfire Sovereign and Master Keye, were still alive, but they had also imprinted their inheritance information in spacetime.

After all, the inheritances that were left behind might be damaged, but the inheritance information imprinted in spacetime could be passed down for a long time.

"Among these 129 inheritances, one is my mind force spear technique, *Golden Halberd* (Jin Ge)," Xu Jingming said. Although he did not leak the information of the *Heart Calamity Spear Codex*, he had reached the third realm because of it. His current understanding allowed him to perfect the *Golden Halberd* mind force spear technique, causing it to undergo a complete transformation, making its power terrifying.

"Your inheritance, Dad?" Xu Lixing's eyes lit up.

Xu Jingming smiled slightly. These inheritances were easy to obtain.

Third realm inheritances originated from information imprinted in spacetime.

The 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances were obtained by Xu Jingming watching the past timelines of "half-step third realm experts." By observing them, Xu Jingming could naturally collect information, including information about their own cultivation paths.

He easily collected 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances! If Xu Jingming wanted to, it wouldn't be difficult to obtain ten times more.

However, for the human race, 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances already covered every aspect of any branch.

"The reason I asked you two to come here is because there is an important matter," Xu Jingming said.

Li Miaomiao and Xu Lixing listened carefully.

"In order to deal with the battle after one abyss epoch, I don't have time to be distracted," Xu Jingming looked at his wife and daughter. "But what I'm most worried about is the problem of your mind force decaying."

"Mind force decaying?" Li Miaomiao and Xu Lixing were puzzled.

"An extremely long period of time will cause a being's state of mind to change. They will become manic, they will go crazy, and they will seek their own destruction," Xu Jingming said. "This is the process of the mind force gradually decaying and distorting. The stronger the mind force will, the slower the mind force will decay. If the mind force is comparable to a half-step third realm expert, one can maintain clarity for hundreds of abyss epochs. Your mind force is relatively weak, and you may not be able to maintain clarity for even one abyss epoch."

"How can we stay clear-headed for longer?" Xu Lixing asked.

"The stronger the mind force, the longer one stays clear-headed. If the mind force is comparable to a third realm expert, one can achieve eternal mind force," Xu Jingming said. "There are many inheritances in the Inheritance Hall that are aimed at the mind force."

"Becoming stronger in mind force depends on yourselves," Xu Jingming looked at his wife and daughter.

"Understood," Li Miaomiao smiled. "Leave this to us! I will also talk to Mom and Dad about it, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yes, Dad, you don't have to worry about this," Xu Lixing immediately said. "We're not stupid. In order to live longer and not go crazy, we will definitely hone our mind force. Dad, the only thing you need to worry about… is your own cultivation!"

Xu Jingming smiled slightly. "Alright."

Li Miaomiao and Xu Lixing quickly left this hidden space.

Xu Jingming looked at the countless branches of the future, knowing clearly the possibilities of his family members' futures. "Miaomiao and the others, in order for me to cultivate more peacefully, will definitely handle everything properly. They will also focus on the evolutionary path and hone their own mind force."

"Everything is in order."

Xu Jingming's eyes were calm. "Then I'll go all out to comprehend the *Heart Calamity Spear Codex*. I don't want to die in the battle of the bet. I must win this battle!"

Then, he closed his eyes, and Xu Jingming devoted himself to comprehending this ultimate inheritance.

As the years passed, once a third realm expert focused on an inheritance, the flow of time seemed to speed up rapidly. 100,000 years, 1 million years, 10 million years, 100 million years… before he knew it, he was approaching one abyss epoch.