Chapter 1 Xu Jingming

Xu Jingming and his wife, Li Miaomiao, were playing with their daughter.

"Ha!"

"Heh!"

The little chubby girl threw punches and kicks with surprising agility, constantly attacking Xu Jingming. Xu Jingming cooperated perfectly, finally allowing his daughter to land a punch on his chest, sending him tumbling.

"I won, I won!" the little chubby girl exclaimed excitedly.

"Your dad is just humoring you. Look how pleased with yourself you are," Li Miaomiao said, shaking her head. "Did you have fun?"

"Yes," the little chubby girl nodded.

"Then go change your clothes. You're covered in grass stains," Li Miaomiao urged.

Xu Jingming chuckled from the side. "I must say, our daughter's punches and kicks have some form to them."

"I learned the Twelve Scattered Hands from Ma Xiaofeng. They're very powerful," the little chubby girl said, demonstrating some moves.

"Who is Ma Xiaofeng?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"The national number two," the little chubby girl replied. "My idol."

"In the national underage competition, they only fight barehanded," Li Miaomiao explained. "This year's competition just ended. Ma Xiaofeng is fifteen years old and came in second. He's also a little genius who has reached the fourth level."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Reaching the fifth level before the age of sixteen was still extremely difficult.

"Ma Xiaofeng is very powerful!" the little chubby girl insisted, wide-eyed. "His punches and kicks are so fast, one punch can shatter a house, and one kick can explode a big rock."

"Powerful, powerful," Li Miaomiao said, nodding. "But you need to go change your clothes now. Hurry."

The family of three went inside.

This day seemed as peaceful and ordinary as any other. Xu Jingming spent it as he always did, with his wife and daughter. But in reality, on this day, the Blue Star civilization produced its first-ever eighth-level cosmic lifeform.

"I'm logging on," Xu Jingming said to his wife.

Li Miaomiao watched with their daughter as Xu Jingming entered the virtual chamber.

"Virtual chamber!"

The little chubby girl watched excitedly. "I want to become a cosmic lifeform in the future, and I want to use a virtual chamber too!"

Li Miaomiao smiled and nodded.

As the number one expert on Blue Star, Xu Jingming was very capable of earning wealth. Even if his family didn't have enough talent, he could use external forces to elevate them to cosmic lifeforms. Therefore, Xu Lixing was destined to become a cosmic lifeform. In the human race of the entire universe, the vast majority became cosmic lifeforms through external forces.

Of course, Xu Jingming and his wife still hoped that their daughter would break through on her own! After all, if one had to rely on external forces to become a cosmic lifeform, they wouldn't go far on the path of evolution.

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Virtual World Network, Personal Space.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the ground. The inheritance content of the *Yuanchu Star Conjecture: Light Chapter* was surfacing in his mind. He was carefully reading, comprehending, and understanding it.

"Becoming an eighth-level cosmic lifeform is truly different."

"Content that I previously found obscure and complex now seems simple and easy to understand."

Now, when Xu Jingming's brain came into contact with information, it could immediately reason to a sufficiently deep level from different research angles. Moreover, research from different angles could corroborate each other, allowing him to quickly and thoroughly comprehend the information.

A vast and complex three-dimensional way of thinking, an incredibly terrifying brain operating speed—these were powerful tools for overcoming the previously perplexing problems.

Xu Jingming was indeed very talented in the area of the *Light Chapter*.

Without any prior contact, he was able to comprehend a great deal of information by observing the "Yuanchu Star" phenomenon in the mysterious place. Of course, the "Yuanchu Star" phenomenon in the mysterious place was only a very superficial layer of the phenomenon, which was why everyone could observe it.

The 'Yuanchu Star' information that Xu Jingming obtained from the Yuanchu Research Institute was far more extensive than what he had seen in the mysterious place.

"Wonderful."

"Truly wonderful."

Xu Jingming understood with great satisfaction for three days, making rapid progress every moment. This was the benefit of a powerful brain! The Cosmic Human Alliance spared no expense in using external forces to help scholars with a degree level of 100 to become source lifeforms. With the brains of source lifeforms combined with their original talents, they would naturally shine even more brightly, radiating light and heat for the human race.

"My knowledge of high-dimensional spatial geometry is insufficient to understand this branch," Xu Jingming thought. On the fourth day, in order to study the *Light Chapter*, he was forced to continue his scientific studies.

Among them, *High-Dimensional Spatial Geometry* occupied a very important position, allowing Xu Jingming to more clearly understand the true appearance of the 'Yuanchu Star'.

Indeed.

The Yuanchu Star was a celestial body in high-dimensional space.

"I learned some relatively superficial parts of High-Dimensional Spatial Geometry when I was a seventh-level cosmic lifeform. Later, I couldn't understand the more profound points," Xu Jingming said, flipping through the books in front of him. "Now it seems very simple. It has a lot in common with the geometry of normal space."

Studying the necessary scientific knowledge and then continuing to study the *Light Chapter*, more than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

From the initial rapid progress to the later occasional insights, the progress became very slow after half a month.

"The *Light Chapter* is indeed a core chapter. The more I study it, the more vast it seems, and the more I feel my own insignificance." The deeper Xu Jingming's knowledge accumulation became, the more humble he became, because he knew how vast the sky was.

In his heart, he also admired the director of the Yuanchu Research Institute even more. The other party's wisdom was truly unbelievably high.

Demon Subduing World.

After more than a month, Xu Jingming finally returned.

"I'm back."

Xu Jingming stood on a desolate mountain top, looking at the vast world. Although the sky was gloomy, Xu Jingming was in a very good mood.

"The most important thing to break through and become a ninth-level source lifeform is the power of the heart. And the Demon Subduing World is the most suitable world to temper the heart." Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the weeds.

The scorching fire of the sun descended from the sky and merged into Xu Jingming's body.

Time passed, from day to night.

The fire of the sun, the light of the Taiyin moon, and the brilliant starlight—all kinds of stellar power continuously poured in, stopping completely in the late hours of the night.

"The life level has transformed in reality, and the power of the heart has also improved a lot, breaking through to the fifth realm in one fell swoop," Xu Jingming nodded slightly. This was also within his expectations. The transformation of the life level was an all-round improvement.

"And those spells and divine powers."

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the grass and carefully studied them.

He formed a hand seal, trying to cast them. After only half an hour…

"Boom!"

In the dark night, five-colored lightning intertwined, like a terrifying five-colored divine dragon. It swooped down and blasted a large pit with a diameter of more than two hundred meters in the barren earth below, drawing in the nearby river water, which would also form a new lake.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "The Divine Power: Five Thunder Technique can be considered complete."

"The deeper the knowledge accumulated in the *Light Chapter*, the simpler these divine powers become." Xu Jingming was also somewhat emotional. After becoming an eighth-level, he had spent more than half a month comprehending the *Light Chapter*, greatly increasing his accumulation. Now, when he came to comprehend divine powers, he found it much simpler and easier.

In half an hour, the Divine Power: Five Thunder Technique reached perfection.

After another hour, the Star Divine Body reached perfection!

After spending another two hours, the Heavenly Net reached perfection!

After spending some more effort, the Heavenly Eye and Star River Sand divine powers had both reached minor perfection.

"For someone like me who has obtained the *Light Chapter* inheritance, it is indeed not difficult to cultivate to the perfection of divine powers," Xu Jingming thought. In fact, even among the outer members of the Yuanchu Research Institute, very few had obtained the inheritance of the Yuanchu Star Conjecture lineage. In the entire Hunter Cosmic Sector, including Xu Jingming, there were only eight.

And among these eight, even fewer had obtained the inheritance of the core chapter.

Xu Jingming, who had obtained the inheritance of the core chapter, was such a peerless genius that learning these divine power spells was naturally extremely smooth.

"According to what Senior Brother Gu Shan and Senior Sister Mo Yu said, these inheritances were all created by geniuses in history," Xu Jingming thought. "The truly powerful divine power secrets must be created by oneself."

"Because everyone's understanding of the Supreme Inheritance is different, the secret techniques that are perfected with one's own understanding are the most suitable for oneself." Xu Jingming also understood this point.

After all, those who created the secret techniques were all eighth-level cosmic lifeforms.

How deeply could an eighth-level cosmic lifeform comprehend the *Light Chapter*?

Just like Xu Jingming's brain, receiving a certain amount of 'Yuanchu Star information' was already too much for his brain to handle. Only after becoming a formal member and a source lifeform could he accept the inheritance again.

Even a peerless genius could only comprehend the part of the *Light Chapter* that was most suitable for them, while the other parts seemed extremely difficult.

"I should create a divine power that suits me based on the *Light Chapter* knowledge that I have comprehended," Xu Jingming thought. "Of course, before creating a divine power, I must also cultivate the secret techniques of various schools."

"Learn from the experience of those predecessors in history who created secret techniques, and then start creating my own divine power."

Xu Jingming smiled. "Fortunately, Senior Brother Redeye gave me thirty-two Demon Subduing secret techniques, all from the Yuanchu Star Conjecture lineage, so I don't need to deliberately collect them."

Senior Brother Redeye had given him a generous gift.

*****

Next, Xu Jingming comprehended the other thirty-one Demon Subduing secret techniques while walking towards the Prefecture City.

With his accumulated knowledge, he could mostly elevate a spell to the level of divine power after just a glance. Xu Jingming also studied these in order to understand the creator's ideas and explore the creation of spells and divine powers.

Whoosh!

A black wind descended on a village, and the black wind condensed into a black-robed man.

When the villagers saw the black-robed man, they were so frightened that they all knelt down, burying their heads in the ground, not daring to look up.

"Great Lord Black Wind!" everyone said tremblingly.

"Hahaha…" The black-robed man looked at the kneeling crowd and said with pleasure, "Don't be afraid, I just need some materials for cultivation. This time, let's take this family." As he spoke, the black-robed man pointed to a nearby house.

Soon, the family of four was tied up and brought before the black-robed man.

"Great Lord Black Wind, spare us! Great Lord Black Wind, spare us!" The family of four trembled in fear.

"It's not me who wants to capture you, it's fate," the black-robed man said with a smile. "I don't even know you. I just pointed at random, and it happened to be your family. Isn't that a coincidence?"

"Fate has destined you to be my cultivation materials." The black-robed man's gaze swept over the others. "The rest of you should thank fate for granting you half a year of safety. I'll come again in half a year."

"Hmm?" The black-robed man and many villagers suddenly noticed a figure in the distance.

A figure was walking with a frown, surrounded by dense, countless strands of light. These floating strands of light made the black-robed man instinctively fearful and the villagers extremely shocked.

Suddenly, the figure glanced at the black-robed man. "A demon?"

Swish!

Among the thousands of floating strands of light, one flashed and had already passed through the black-robed man's body. His entire demonic body began to burn, and he wailed in pain. "No, no…"

After a few wails, he was burned into a wisp of natal demonic energy, which flew into the sleeve of the figure in the distance.

"Thank you, Demon Subduing Master! Thank you, Demon Subduing Master!"

The villagers were extremely excited, and some immediately helped the tied-up family of four untie the ropes. "Old San, your family is saved!"

Everyone was kowtowing, thanking the Demon Subduing Master.

The figure disappeared from their sight in just a few steps.

"Great, Lord Black Wind is dead!"

"Hahaha…"

"Black Wind Demon, it seems fate has destined you to die today." The villagers were all excited, feeling that the Black Wind Lord who had been exploiting them for many years was finally dead.

Xu Jingming walked along the way, trying out various divine power spells.

Using some aura-observing techniques, he could see demonic energy rising from dozens of miles away. Naturally, Xu Jingming conveniently walked over and casually eliminated the demons. With his current strength, even the Five Great Demon God level could be destroyed with a flip of his hand.

By the time he walked back to the Prefecture City, he had also tried out almost all of the spells and divine powers of the other thirty-one Demon Subduing secret techniques. He had a deeper understanding of spells and divine powers, and he also had some ideas about the divine power he was going to create.

"The Prefecture City has arrived." Xu Jingming looked at the Prefecture City in front of him. Swoosh, his entire body transformed into a starlight, streaking across the sky. In a few breaths, he landed outside his own mansion.

Standing at the door, he gently knocked.

The door opened.

Liu Fu looked out and saw Xu Jingming at a glance.

"Master is back! Master is back!" Liu Fu shouted excitedly.

A figure flashed and reached the door, none other than Wu Qi, who couldn't hide his excitement.

"Uncle Qi," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"Young Master, you've been gone for several months. I've been worried all day," Wu Qi said, his eyes reddening.

Wu Qi had watched the young master grow up, and the young lady had also instructed him before her death to protect the young master at all costs. Over the years, Wu Qi had made protecting the young master the most important thing in his life. This time, the young master had been gone for several months, and Wu Qi had been anxious.

"Young Master, you must take me with you next time you go out. I can take care of you in the wilderness," Wu Qi said.

"Okay," Xu Jingming nodded with a smile. "I'll take you with me next time, Uncle Qi. By the way, I'm a little hungry."

"Sanya, quickly prepare some food!" Wu Qi shouted and led Xu Jingming into the mansion.

Outside the Wu Mansion, in a teahouse not far away, some of the teahouse customers noticed Xu Jingming.

"Mr. Wu is back."

"Mr. Wu has been subduing demons for months and has finally returned to his mansion."

These customers had all seen Mr. Wu Ming, the famous Demon Subduer in the Prefecture City, and were quite excited. After all, there were too many legends about the Demon Subduer Wu Ming in recent months. One demon after another had been subdued by him.

In the teahouse, an inconspicuous waiter glanced at the Wu Mansion and quietly left the teahouse through the back door, going to report the news.