Exactly.
Vital energy is the ammunition, and the will is the gun barrel.
Without an indestructible gun barrel, no matter how much ammunition you have, it will only blow the gun apart.
“As for external forces such as starry-sky battle armor and mechs…”
Lu Xinghe mentioned them casually, then shook his head.
“Those things are still too far beyond your reach right now.”
“Top-tier external equipment requires an enormous amount of origin blood to power, as well as an extremely high military rank to redeem.”
“Once you reach the Great Chu Star Domain and establish yourself there, you’ll naturally come into contact with them over time.”
“For now, let’s deal with the problem in front of you.”
Lu Xinghe looked at Su Yu, his eyes carrying the expectations of an elder.
“What level of cultivation technique do you want to practice?”
Before Su Yu could answer, Lu Xinghe took the initiative to offer his advice.
“I suggest that you start with a planetary-level cultivation technique.”
“Although a planetary-level cultivation technique only provides a tenfold increase, its structure is simple, making it easy to learn.”
“With your comprehension, you’ll need at most a few decades to master it completely.”
“It can rapidly transform the eleven drops of flawless origin blood in your body into actual combat power.”
“In the starry sky, staying alive is more important than anything else.”
A few decades?
Su Yu shook his head inwardly. With so much money saved up, of course he had to learn the highest-level cultivation technique available.
“Can’t I practice a black-hole-level technique directly?”
The instant those words left his mouth, the air in the command cabin seemed to freeze.
Lu Xinghe was stunned.
He stared at Su Yu for a full three seconds.
Then he helplessly shook his head, a bitter smile curling at the corners of his lips.
“Bit off more than you can chew.”
Lu Xinghe sighed, his tone carrying a hint of sternness.
“Su Yu, I know that you possess extraordinary talent. On this wasteland, you’re an invincible existence.”
“But this is the starry sky.”
“A black-hole-level cultivation technique contains the deepest fundamental laws of the universe.”
“Not only is it obscure and difficult to understand, but it also places absurdly strict demands on the circulation of origin blood.”
“Even those peerless prodigies from the imperial family of the Great Chu Star Domain, hailed as talents seen only once in a million years…”
“Even with countless renowned teachers guiding them and abundant resources supporting them…”
“To barely reach the entry level of a black-hole-level cultivation technique, they still need to sit in meditation and comprehend it for tens of thousands of years!”
Lu Xinghe looked at Su Yu earnestly.
“I’m afraid you’ll end up wasting your own potential.”
“What you lack most right now is time. If you waste your most precious golden cultivation period comprehending a black-hole-level cultivation technique…”
“After several tens of thousands of years, you might not even have touched the threshold.”
“Meanwhile, your peers will have long since surpassed you by relying on planetary- and stellar-level techniques.”
Tens of thousands of years?
Su Yu remained outwardly impassive, and his heart was equally unmoved.
That amount of time was nothing to him.
However, Su Yu did not argue back.
He couldn’t exactly explain the system to Lu Xinghe, could he? He was still too weak at the moment.
“Besides…”
Seeing Su Yu fall silent, Lu Xinghe assumed that his words had gotten through to him, and his tone softened somewhat.
“Even if you truly want to practice a black-hole-level cultivation technique, I can’t provide one right now.”
“Black-hole-level cultivation techniques are classified resources of the various legions and star domains.”
“Even as the commander of the Seventh Legion, I don’t have the authority to simply hand a technique of that level over to you.”
“The starry sky has its own rules.”
“You need to prove your value.”
Lu Xinghe brought up a holographic star map and pointed toward the heart of the Great Chu Star Domain.
“If you want access to high-level resources, you must either accept missions or participate in competitions.”
“Once every hundred years, the Great Chu Star Domain hosts the ‘Starry Sky Rising Star Tournament,’ which spans the entire star domain.”
“It is the stage where all geniuses make a name for themselves.”
“As long as you break into the top thousand, you’ll receive a stellar-level cultivation technique as a reward from the imperial family.”
“If you can make it into the top ten, you’ll have a chance to comprehend a black-hole-level cultivation technique!”
Lu Xinghe pointed toward the defensive line at the edge of the star domain.
“Besides that, you can also join our Seventh Legion.”
“Go to the front lines and take on ‘Demon-Slaying Missions.’”
“Kill the Abyssal Demon Race and earn military merits.”
“Once your military merits reach a certain level, you can redeem anything you want from the legion’s treasury.”
A competition?
Missions?
Su Yu’s brows drew together slightly.
What a hassle.
He had been hoping he could simply spend money to get what he wanted.
Lu Xinghe had lived for countless years. He immediately saw the lack of interest in Su Yu’s eyes.
Rather than getting angry, he instead curled his lips into the sly smile of an old fox.
This was exactly the reaction he had been waiting for.
Geniuses were always arrogant. They disdained taking the ordinary path.
“Of course…”
Lu Xinghe spoke slowly, his voice carrying a deeply seductive temptation.
“If you think competitions are too slow and missions are too tedious…”
“I have another place here.”
“A place that can send you straight to the heavens.”
Lu Xinghe flipped his wrist.
The holographic star map instantly contracted before erupting in a dazzling golden radiance.
A majestic, ancient palace projection—so grand that words could not describe it—slowly materialized in midair inside the command cabin.
Countless shattered stars revolved around the palace.
An ancient, eternal aura that seemed capable of suppressing the ages surged toward them.
“The Divine Palace of the Realm Lord.”
Lu Xinghe uttered those four words, his expression becoming exceptionally solemn.
“It is an unparalleled secret realm left behind from ancient times.”
“It belongs neither to any legion nor to the imperial family.”
“The laws governing the Divine Palace are extraordinarily strict.”
“Only geniuses under ten thousand years of age with exceptionally pure origin blood can enter.”
Lu Xinghe fixed his eyes on Su Yu.
“Your origin blood is absolutely flawless. You are the perfect candidate to enter the Divine Palace!”
“What’s inside?” Su Yu went straight to the point.
“What’s inside?”
Lu Xinghe smiled, his expression suddenly radiant.
“The resources there don’t require military merits to exchange for, nor do you have to fight through round after round of competitions.”
“As long as you have the ability to take them, they’re all yours.”
Lu Xinghe began listing them one by one.
“Inside, there are not only complete black-hole-level cultivation techniques…”
“There are even secret inheritances of domain-lord-level and, according to legend, realm-lord-level cultivation techniques!”
“You should know that domain-lord-level cultivation techniques are controlled exclusively by the imperial family throughout the entire Great Chu Star Domain.”
“Unless you become one of the imperial family’s core members and swear a Heavenly Dao oath, obtaining one from the outside world is practically impossible.”
“But the Divine Palace of the Realm Lord has them!”
Lu Xinghe paused, then offered even more enticements.
“Not only are there domain-lord-level cultivation techniques.”
“There are also supreme divine abilities. They stand above immortal divine abilities—top-tier techniques that, once unleashed, are powerful enough to turn the universe and starry sky upside down!”
“There’s also top-tier starry-sky battle armor.”
“And countless other top-tier resources!”
“As long as you can enter…”
“As long as you can take them…”
Lu Xinghe stared at Su Yu.
“They’re all yours!”
The moment Su Yu heard the word “resources,” his eyes lit up.
Cultivation techniques? Divine abilities? Battle armor?
He did need those things.
But what excited him most were the resources!
Resources meant money. Money meant deduction time. And deduction time meant everything.
As long as there were sufficient resources, the system could turn anything impossible into reality.
“Fine.”
Su Yu nodded without a word, decisive and straightforward.
“How do I participate?”
Seeing that Su Yu had taken the bait, Lu Xinghe smiled in satisfaction.
“Don’t rush.”
“The opening of the Realm Lord Divine Palace still requires some time. All the major forces across the starry sky are keeping a close watch on it, so forcing our way in is out of the question.”
“Before that, you’ll need to go through a formality.”
Lu Xinghe waved his hand, and the door to the command cabin slowly opened.
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nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
