Xu Jingming looked at the wisp of Pure Lotus Fire at his fingertip, quite astonished. "As a low-dimensional lifeform, the power of the Heart Realm I can mobilize is far less than that of a high-dimensional lifeform! Cultivating Pure Lotus Fire is even more difficult. Who would have thought I'd break through to the second level like this?"

Relying on the Pure Lotus Heart and the Flower of Sin, he had been stuck on the first level of Pure Lotus Fire for five hundred years.

The initial cultivation of the Eight Directions Chart helped him reach the second level!

The second level of Pure Lotus Fire wasn't much to high-dimensional lifeforms of the Heart Realm lineage. The power of the Heart Realm they could use was vast, many times greater. They could easily push Pure Lotus Fire to the fifth or sixth level.

But after all, he was just a low-dimensional lifeform. Reaching the second level was already remarkable.

"I wonder when I can break through and become a high-dimensional lifeform," Xu Jingming thought.

Most of his energy was spent on 'constructing a high-dimensional lifeform.'

But so far, the gains were still small.

"Prepare for a breakthrough in ten thousand years." Xu Jingming wasn't in a hurry. The Dean had told Xu Jingming… that he estimated a breakthrough in about ten thousand years, which was actually to prepare Xu Jingming mentally, so he wouldn't be impatient.

Rushing from low-dimensional to high-dimensional was counterproductive; the more rushed, the more likely to make mistakes.

The structure of a high-dimensional lifeform was complex, with countless nodes. If one node was wrong, the entire structure was wrong.

And if it was wrong…

It was difficult to find out where the mistake was. Generally, one could only abandon it and start conceiving a new high-dimensional lifeform structure.

Even Chi Meng had failed many times, starting over again and again, and even reached a bottleneck, deciding to take a wife and have children to relax. Later, he was touched by the cosmic fruit and finally succeeded.

Xu Jingming was still in the accumulation stage and hadn't even begun 'the first construction of a high-dimensional lifeform.'

…

Heart Realm, Xu Jingming's territory. Xu Jingming opened the second page of the Eight Directions Chart book.

"Rumble~~~"

Within the book world, Xu Jingming's Heart Realm power-condensed clone had already arrived at the second space of the eightfold space. This space naturally affected Xu Jingming's emotions and memories.

Here, he experienced some 'memory' scenes from the past two thousand years.

Shock, panic, worry, contemplation, sadness—five emotions.

"It feels really wonderful." After all, Xu Jingming had reached the Pure Lotus Heart realm, fully able to withstand the impact of these different emotions. He was just amazed by the magic of the Eight Directions Chart book world.

It assisted in cultivation, actively dissecting and classifying the various emotions Xu Jingming had experienced since birth.

Xu Jingming had never so thoroughly analyzed his emotions. "Based on the emotional secret methods of 'joy and anger,' combined with the other five emotions… using them as nourishment, and finally practicing the 'Seven Colors Secret Method,' that is considered the complete second realm." Xu Jingming began to try.

Although he had the assistance of the book, completely dissecting his own emotions,

compared to the first realm, the second realm was about combining seven emotions to practice the Seven Colors Secret Method. The difficulty was much higher.

"Eight Directions Chart, the first realm 'Joy and Anger Realm,' the second realm 'Seven Colors Realm,'" Xu Jingming continued to try.

******

Home universe, Yuanchu Research Institute headquarters.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, a black flower bud floating in front of him. At this moment, two petals of the flower bud bloomed, the two black petals containing unimaginable endless sin.

With the slow progress in his mental state, Xu Jingming dealt with sin much more easily.

"Deputy Director Wu Ming." Suddenly, a voice sounded around him.

"Speak." Xu Jingming continued to condense the Pure Lotus Fire.

"In the Void Divine Clan battlefield, our human race has suffered repeated defeats recently, with relatively large losses. Our Yuanchu Research Institute has lost 92 Source lifeforms in battle, including 31 tenth-order and 61 ninth-order," Secretary-General Hei Tian continued.

Xu Jingming listened.

"Tenth-order are definitely on the revival list. As for ninth-order, there are 30 with enough merit to be revived. The key now is… there are 31 whose merit is not enough to be revived," Secretary-General Hei Tian said. "Whether or not to revive these 31 requires Deputy Director Wu Ming to sign and confirm."

"Send me the information of these 31 people, and I will review it," Xu Jingming nodded.

"Yes," Secretary-General Hei Tian replied.

Soon the information was sent to Xu Jingming.

While continuing to condense the Pure Lotus Fire, Xu Jingming split off a new clone. A light screen appeared in front of the new clone, displaying the detailed information.

"31 people, whether to revive?" Xu Jingming frowned slightly.

Deputy Director Chi Meng had already gone to the high-dimensional space 'Myriad Star Island.' Now, the acting director of Yuanchu Research Institute had become Deputy Director Wu Ming.

Generally, Secretary-General Hei Tian handled matters, with the virtual world network overseeing. Only special matters required Xu Jingming, the acting director, to personally review and confirm.

In fact, in the entire human race, with no high-dimensional lifeforms present, Xu Jingming was already the strongest.

"Of these 31 people, 11 have made preparations for death and do not intend to be revived," Xu Jingming saw clearly. "These 11 are old and approaching the limit of their lifespan! They have already exchanged their merit long ago, leaving many treasures to their families. They went to the battlefield alone, intending to die on the battlefield, and also hoping to use the pressure of battle to try to reach tenth-order."

This was the idea of many old Source lifeforms.

Go to the battlefield and fight.

Either die, or become tenth-order.

Of course, the vast majority ended up losing their lives. Only a few could break through.

"They themselves don't plan to be revived, so let it be," Xu Jingming lightly划, these 11 old ninth-order Source lifeforms didn't need to be revived.

"There are three old ones who have accumulated a lot of merit, not far from the merit needed for revival," Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Allow them to incur debt! Revive them first."

"Revive all 17 of the younger ninth-order Source lifeforms! It's just that they will all have to incur debt."

Xu Jingming was still benevolent, giving the younger Source lifeforms a chance. Xu Jingming also believed that these younger ninth-orders definitely yearned to live. Their civilizations and families behind them also hoped they would live.

Xu Jingming finally signed his name.

With this, the revival list was determined.

"From the perspective of a high-dimensional lifeform, ethnic conflicts cannot be concealed, war is inevitable, and war of appropriate intensity is also suitable for the evolution and growth of Source lifeforms," Xu Jingming thought.

"But from the perspective of weak lifeforms, every time they are affected, it is a catastrophe," Xu Jingming sighed inwardly.

He had once guarded the Prison race battlefield and seen too many life planets extinguished.

"Even if one day I can restrain humanity, I cannot restrain the Void Divine Clan, Prison race, and other races. If they attack… humans must fight back," Xu Jingming thought, "Unless one day, I possess the strength to dominate the home universe, then I can ensure the peace of the human race."

Peace is too precious.

"Huff."

The clone handling affairs dissipated, Xu Jingming was still experiencing the impact of sin, condensing the Pure Lotus Fire.

…

Virtual World Network, Xu Jingming's personal space, four cosmic legends had come to visit.

"Please sit."

Xu Jingming personally poured wine for the four of them.

"Deputy Director Wu Ming," the gaunt, skeleton-like gray-robed old man "Gang Zhu" said solemnly as he sat there, "The four of us are here because the battlefield situation is urgent, and the four of us no longer have the confidence to guard it."

"The four of you working together don't have confidence?" Xu Jingming was surprised.

"Compared to Senior Brother Lan Zhu, Senior Brother Ku Tuotuo, and Senior Brother She Lin, my accumulation is still relatively shallow," Yuan Yi said, "I can't help too much."

Xu Jingming frowned slightly. "Is the situation so severe?"

"Yes."

She Lin, a white-haired boy, nodded, "The Void Divine Clan battlefield has recently increased its offensive, and our human race has suffered heavy losses. We cosmic legends are forced to rescue many times. Our actions… have also caused the cosmic legends of the Void Divine Clan to take action. At first, we still had the advantage. But they have recently reinforced two more cosmic legends. We can't stop them."

"In terms of top-level strength, we are still inferior," the slightly fat old man Ku Tuotuo said.

Xu Jingming was thoughtful.

These four…

Yuan Yi was the weakest, and the old Ku Tuotuo was the strongest.

But whether it was in terms of weapons and treasures, or inheritance, the Void Divine Clan was superior to the human race! Even without mentioning the five great inheritance cultivators, the other cosmic legends of the Void Divine Clan had the advantage.

"Previously, when we encountered an emergency, Deputy Director Chi Meng took action," Lan Zhu said, "Now that Deputy Director Chi Meng has become a high-dimensional lifeform and has gone to the high-dimensional space, so… we can only ask Deputy Director Wu Ming for help."

"Alright."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Having mastered the power of the Heart Realm, he had never feared anyone at the cosmic legend level. What's more, he had already condensed the 'Pure Lotus Fire' to the second level.

"You can respond as you normally would, and if you encounter trouble, I will take action," Xu Jingming nodded and promised, "You only need to call out my name at a critical moment, and I will descend directly."

"Call out your name?" She Lin looked at Xu Jingming in surprise.

"Calling out to the enemy is fine too," Xu Jingming smiled, "As long as you call me, I can sense it and descend to appear."

The four had long known of "Wu Ming's" terror, but they couldn't help but marvel.

The contemporary first cosmic legend of the human race, even the most terrifying cosmic legend in history in terms of talent, his strength was indeed not comparable to ordinary cosmic legends.

"If the Void Divine Clan sets a trap to target Wu Ming, what then?" Lan Zhu asked, "Should we still summon you over?"

"No need to worry about any traps," Xu Jingming said, "What descends is just a clone, so no matter how great the danger, it's meaningless to me."

Just a clone.

What if it was destroyed?

"What's more…" Xu Jingming smiled, "I am curious, below high-dimensional lifeforms, who can hurt me?"

Having mastered the second level of Pure Lotus Fire, did he still have opponents among the cosmic legends of his home universe?