Chapter 1 Silver Paper

The silver paper, exuding a terrifying aura, floated in the starry sky. Even after observing it for many years, Xu Jingming still felt an immense pressure. As always, he carefully scrutinized the silver paper.

After comprehending it for over a thousand years, he had gained some understanding of the spearmanship on the silver paper.

"In over a thousand years, I've often had insights, but the more I comprehend, the more I realize my own insignificance," Xu Jingming sighed. "I also understand how to become a half-step third realm existence."

After emerging from the myriad-race world, Xu Jingming quickly mastered the eleventh realm of *Xin Shen Bing* (Heart Weapon); it seemed only a step away from the 'twelfth realm' of the half-step third realm.

However, after comprehending the paper for over a thousand years, Xu Jingming understood that if he wholeheartedly focused on comprehending *Xin Shen Bing*, he might not reach the half-step third realm even after millions or tens of millions of years.

"Because *Xin Shen Bing* uses staff techniques, and I prefer spearmanship. Although staff and spear techniques have many similarities, and I could learn and comprehend in the early stages, the divergence became greater and greater in the later stages."

"I need to forge my own path."

"In fact, it is difficult for any inheritance to perfectly suit later practitioners," Xu Jingming said, looking at the silver paper before him. "Guided by the spearmanship stance depicted on the silver paper, based on years of comprehension, and drawing on some of the techniques of the *Xin Shen Bing* method, I have finally created a set of heart weapon techniques suitable for myself, *Jin Ge* (Golden Halberd)."

"Only by taking the path that suits you best and creating your own method can you hope to reach the half-step third realm."

"But methods cannot be created out of thin air. They need to absorb nourishment and accumulate a vast amount of knowledge," Xu Jingming shook his head. "Most high-dimensional lifeforms are fortunate enough to obtain a third-realm inheritance and use it as nourishment. I don't have a third-realm inheritance... but I have this more precious spearmanship stance."

Xu Jingming looked at the spearmanship on the silver paper, his eyes burning with passion. This spearmanship stance was the nourishment for his evolutionary path!

The myriad-race world was his tribulation, but it was also his opportunity! It made his future path much smoother.

Of course...

If he had the chance to experience another trial like the myriad-race world, Xu Jingming wouldn't want to accept it at all.

"I have only created two styles of mental spearmanship with the current *Jin Ge*, but I believe their power should be above the eleventh realm of *Xin Shen Bing*," Xu Jingming thought. "But I feel that I am still very far from the half-step third realm."

In terms of strength and realm, he was undeniably at the peak of the Eternal realm. Xu Jingming even believed that, having created *Jin Ge* based on the ultimate existence's spearmanship, he was probably among the strongest in the Eternal peak.

However, from the Eternal peak to the half-step third realm, there seemed to be a natural chasm blocking the way.

Xu Jingming could feel that he was still lacking in many aspects.

"Alas, there are many experts at the Eternal peak, but very few at the half-step third realm," Xu Jingming shook his head. "Like the Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master, all three of them are at the Eternal peak. After obtaining the *Bafang Tu* (Eight Directions Chart) inheritance, they have all improved, but they are still far from the half-step third realm."

"The Dean and the others are very patient, cultivating and accumulating slowly. How long have I been cultivating?" Xu Jingming looked at the silver paper. "As long as I keep improving, I will naturally get closer and closer to the half-step third realm."

Constant improvement was something many high-dimensional lifeforms craved.

Many high-dimensional lifeforms get stuck at a certain stage, trapped in a bottleneck, and find it difficult to advance further over long periods of time. Xu Jingming had clearly not encountered such a thing, and was making rapid progress.

Xu Jingming was sometimes puzzled as to why his cultivation was so smooth.

"Perhaps, this is what it means to be a genius," Xu Jingming could only explain it this way. He knew very well that he would comprehend things as soon as he studied them. Even before he obtained the silver paper, he was already approaching the peak of the Eternal realm.

…

The Waning Star Island was shrouded in clouds and mist, layer upon layer, protecting the island.

"Jingming." The Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master were sitting there, watching Xu Jingming approach.

"Dean, the three of you are gathered together. It seems like there's something important," Xu Jingming said with a smile. The Dean and the others only had one true body, and they were usually in seclusion, cultivating on their own. Only for important matters would the three of them gather together.

After the great migration of the race, the Dean and the others were mostly cultivating.

"There is something important," the Dean said with a smile. "It has been more than six thousand years since we came to the new territory, and we have been on Waning Star Island without going out much."

"Stillness leads to movement," the Tower Master said. "We plan to go out and take a look."

The Space-Time Island Master also said, "Actually, we spent too much on purchasing the calamity intelligence and the great migration of the race, and the three of us have become poor. So we plan to go out and explore the dangerous places in this territory and collect some resources."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The Dean and the others had a lot of expenses before, and they were even forced to sell a forbidden weapon, which showed how poor they were. The spoils from killing Yu Fangtuo and the Abyss Thousand-Eyed Spider Demon were also limited, and they had spent most of them on several purchases over the years. The Dean and the others felt that they were too poor and did not have enough cultivation resources.

After all, they couldn't afford to buy even one 'learning opportunity' for slightly more precious inheritances.

"There are quite a few dangerous places in this territory. One of them is called the Primordial Gold Mountains, which mainly produces 'primordial gold,' a valuable material, and a few other valuable materials. The three of us working together are enough to deal with the dangers, so we decided to go to the Primordial Gold Mountains to mine," the Dean explained with a smile. "We definitely need experts from the Heart Realm lineage to help us explore the way, so we invited you."

"Do you want to go?" the Eternal Tower Master asked. "After all, you haven't been in the Eternal realm for very long, and now should be a period of consolidation and accumulation. If you don't want to go, you don't have to."

"It's just sending a few avatars. Yes, of course, I'll go," Xu Jingming said immediately.

He had wanted to go out and explore ever since he came out of the myriad-race world.

The last time other experts invited him, the price they offered was too low, so Xu Jingming ignored them.

The Dean and the others?

As high-dimensional lifeforms of the human race, they didn't need to discuss distribution. Because they had a default distribution plan for a long time.

Treasures obtained individually belonged to the individual.

Treasures obtained jointly were divided equally.

"When are we leaving?" Xu Jingming asked.

The Space-Time Island Master next to him said, "We can leave at any time. What about you?"

"I have many avatars, so of course, I can leave at any time," Xu Jingming said with a laugh.

"Okay, everyone, prepare a little. In an hour, we will set off for the Primordial Gold Mountains," the Dean said. "Jingming, you will be responsible for guarding this Waning Star Island."

Xu Jingming had many avatars, and he was responsible for exploring the way, guarding Waning Star Island, and overseeing the human race... A Heart Realm expert was of great help to an entire force.

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Xu Jingming brought the Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master through the Heart Realm teleportation, and after only a few steps, they arrived outside the Primordial Gold Mountains.

"This is my first time to the Primordial Gold Mountains," Xu Jingming said, looking into the distance.

At a glance.

The dark and secluded mountains were boundless, and even high-dimensional lifeforms found it difficult to see how big the entire mountain range was. Throwing in a real universe was like throwing a drop of water into the sea.

"The Primordial Gold Mountains, one of the ten most famous dangerous places in this territory, are known for their wide range," the Dean said, looking into the distance. "The greatest danger in the Primordial Gold Mountains is 'space-time loss.' The deeper you go into the mountains, the more dangerous it becomes. So there must be pathfinders."

"Leave the pathfinding to me," Xu Jingming said with confidence.

The Dean and the other three were all acting with their true bodies, so he naturally wanted to help with all his strength. He brought nine of the ten heart weapons he had nurtured, and he also brought over a hundred avatars.

"In addition to the dangers of the environment, there are also the dangers brought about by other high-dimensional lifeforms," the Dean said. "There are a large number of high-dimensional lifeforms who have been searching for mineral deposits in the Primordial Gold Mountains for a long time."

The Eternal Tower Master also said, "The weak nascent realm cultivators are generally in the outer areas of the mountains, where the dangers are weaker. They slowly search for mineral deposits in the outer areas. Although they have been explored countless times, it is already a big profit for the nascent realm cultivators if they are lucky enough to obtain some 'primordial gold' materials. We definitely have to go to the depths of the mountains. The deeper we go, the more primordial gold mineral deposits there are."

The Space-Time Island Master said, "There are also powerful high-dimensional lifeforms who have settled in the depths of the mountains and built cave dwellings and palaces in the depths of the mountains. This is something we need to be careful of."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The path of evolution is a competition for resources!

"Let's go."

The four high-dimensional lifeforms of the human race flew toward the Primordial Gold Mountains together. *Whoosh!* Another avatar of Xu Jingming flew into the Primordial Gold Mountains first.

…

As a pathfinder, Xu Jingming came to the vicinity of the Primordial Gold Mountains.

The entire Primordial Gold Mountains had countless dense and secluded hollows, and countless hollows had wind whistling through them. Xu Jingming watched, after all, it was one of the ten most dangerous places in the territory, and generations of high-dimensional lifeforms had died here.

*Whoosh.*

Xu Jingming chose a large hollow and flew in. The interior of the hollow was about the height of ten of his true bodies, and he could not see the end.

"*Boom.*" Flames erupted from Xu Jingming's body, which were the Black Lotus Flames. His whole person was like a black fire lotus protecting him. The flames spread out, sweeping across every part of the hollow, probing for dangers.

After coming out of the myriad-race world, Xu Jingming picked up the *Red Lotus Fire* inheritance again. Although he didn't spend too much effort on it, his energy was mainly on the silver paper.

But unconsciously, the *Red Lotus Fire* also reached the Eight-Leaf Black Lotus realm.

"The outer areas have been explored countless times, and there are no treasures." Xu Jingming flew all the way, his speed was extremely fast, and the Black Lotus Fire swept through wherever he passed, while also carefully sensing the surroundings.

After flying for two days, he entered another hollow from one hollow, and Xu Jingming had been going deeper and deeper.

Xu Jingming suddenly stopped and looked at the corner on the left. He sensed a special aura, and immediately burned it with the Black Lotus Fire. After burning it for a few breaths of time, *crackling*, the black mountain stone cracked open, revealing a black-gold material inside.

"A piece of primordial gold." Xu Jingming stretched out his hand, and the primordial gold flew up and fell into his hand.

"So heavy." Xu Jingming weighed it in his right hand. "Just this piece of primordial gold is worth about 400 drops of Abyss True Blood."

Why did the Dean and the other three choose this place? It was because if they found a large mineral deposit here, they would make a big profit.

"It's just a bead. If a large mineral deposit is discovered, it is estimated that it will exceed the total wealth accumulated by the Dean and the others for many years." Xu Jingming also knew that it was not easy to discover a large mineral deposit.

After carefully checking around, Xu Jingming continued to move forward. Later, another avatar of Xu Jingming also followed with the Dean and the other three all the time.