This was insane!
Yet as Lu Xinghe looked at Su Yu’s calm profile, he found himself thinking that perhaps… it really was possible.
“So that you can prepare for the competition without any distractions.”
With a grand sweep of his hand, Chen Xuan pulled up the command authority panel for the legion.
“I hereby appoint you as the Seventh Legion’s Special-Grade Vanguard General!”
“It’s a high-ranking honorary post. You won’t need to lead troops into battle, nor will you have to deal with military affairs.”
“However, it comes with extremely generous benefits.”
Chen Xuan looked at Su Yu and laid out the terms directly.
“Every year, you may collect a salary of one hundred low-grade Stellar Origin Stones from the legion’s logistics department!”
He did not offer too many cultivation resources, mainly because he was worried that Su Yu would use them to cultivate and end up squandering his flawless Origin Blood.
So instead, he offered more privileges.
The moment those words were spoken—
Lu Xinghe clicked his tongue in amazement.
Leaving aside the one hundred Stellar Origin Stones, which alone amounted to a hundred times the benefits given to ordinary recruits—
the privileges attached to the title of “Special-Grade Vanguard General” were utterly outrageous!
Normally, new recruits joining the legion—even gifted descendants of minor noble families—had to undergo rigorous evaluations and shoulder heavy military duties. Yet Su Yu was exempted from all of it. More than that, with this authority, he could freely access the legion’s core cultivation facilities!
Chen Xuan was clearly going all out!
At that number, Su Yu’s eyes brightened slightly.
An income of one hundred Shooting Stars.
It was not much when measured against a projection spanning trillions upon trillions of years, but it was still an exceptionally substantial and reliable source of income.
“Thank you, Commander,” Su Yu said with a nod.
“No need to thank me. You’ve earned it.”
Chen Xuan waved a hand, then gave him a solemn warning.
“For the next three months, you don’t need to worry about anything. Focus on preparing for the Rising Star Tournament.”
“If you need any special resources or guidance in cultivation techniques, you can come to me directly and borrow them.”
“But!”
Chen Xuan suddenly raised his voice, his expression turning incomparably stern.
“I must remind you of this.”
“Your Origin Blood is flawless. That is your greatest asset!”
“Do everything you can to avoid using external resources to raise your cultivation!”
“Any resource will inevitably contain impurities. Once your flawless Origin Blood is contaminated, your future potential will be severely diminished.”
Chen Xuan spoke with earnest sincerity.
“Your cultivation speed is already fast enough. Don’t ruin the foundation of countless ages just to gain a temporary increase in realm.”
At this point, Chen Xuan’s tone softened somewhat.
“As for the Interstellar Rising Star Tournament three months from now, don’t take it too seriously.”
“That competition gathers every monster in the Great Chu Star Domain under ten thousand years old. Many of them are divine prodigies who have cultivated for nearly ten thousand years. Although your amplification multiplier is heaven-defying, you are only eighteen. Your Origin Blood base is simply too small. There’s no need to go head-to-head with them.”
“Treat this trip as a chance to broaden your horizons—just go through the motions.”
“As long as you proceed steadily and build a solid foundation, the stars will surely be yours in the future. Never use top-grade resources recklessly to force a breakthrough just to fight for a temporary ranking.”
“Unless…”
Chen Xuan let out a sigh.
“Unless you truly hit a bottleneck—unless you can no longer make progress by absorbing cosmic energy on your own—only then should you consider using premium resources to break through.”
“Do you understand?”
Seeing the concern in Chen Xuan’s eyes, Su Yu knew the man genuinely meant well.
Although he had the system and had no reason to fear impurities, he still nodded.
“I understand.”
“Good.”
Chen Xuan smiled in satisfaction.
“I’ve already had someone arrange a place for you to stay.”
With a casual gesture, he enlarged the holographic star map, quickly locking onto a particular star system.
“The Azure Dragon Star System. Tianshu Star.”
“It is one of the core rear-area bases of our Seventh Legion. Its defenses are exceptionally tight, and it is also one of the planets with the most abundant energy.”
Chen Xuan pointed to an area on the planet.
“Tianshu Star, Special-Class Officer District, Manor No. 1.”
“It comes with a complete set of top-tier cultivation facilities, including a gravity chamber, a law-simulation formation, and even a branch vein from a small Star Origin Stone mine.”
“From today onward, that will be your base.”
“Go. Get some proper rest and adjust your condition.”
Chen Xuan patted Su Yu on the shoulder, his eyes filled with expectation.
“In a hundred years—or even a thousand—I want to see you shock the entire Great Chu Star Domain in the Rising Stars Tournament!”
Su Yu said nothing more.
After bidding farewell to Chen Xuan and Lu Xinghe, he boarded an interstellar teleportation array under the guidance of a legion adjutant.
A burst of dazzling light flashed.
Su Yu’s figure vanished from the command room.
Watching the direction in which Su Yu had disappeared, Chen Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze lingering for a long while.
“Commander.”
Lu Xinghe stepped forward, his voice still carrying a trace of barely contained shock.
“Just now, you told him he had a chance of making it into the top ten…”
“That tournament gathers the greatest monsters from the entire Great Chu Star Domain. At the very least, he’ll have to face Stellar-rank divine sons.”
“Can he really do it?”
At that, Chen Xuan shook his head.
The fervor in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by the calm composure of one who commanded an entire region.
“It will be difficult. Or rather, nearly impossible.”
Chen Xuan sighed, delivering an exceptionally realistic assessment.
“Hundredfold cultivation techniques and thousandfold divine abilities are indeed outrageous.”
“But his weakness is too fatal: he only has eleven drops of Origin Blood.”
“Those divine sons—who among them hasn’t accumulated ten thousand drops of Origin Blood, or even a hundred thousand?”
“Not to mention that their cultivation techniques and divine abilities are hardly weak themselves. Making the top ten is simply far too difficult.”
Lu Xinghe froze for a moment.
“Then why did you tell him…”
“Just to give him a goal.”
“When he runs into a wall later, he’ll understand that there is always someone stronger, and a world beyond the world.”
Chen Xuan turned around, a profound smile curling across his lips.
“But so what if he doesn’t make the top ten?”
“Even if he goes there and gets beaten into the ground by those divine sons—even if he comes in dead last—it doesn’t matter!”
Chen Xuan took a deep breath.
“Lu Xinghe, don’t forget the most important point!”
“Those so-called divine sons and prodigies—many of them are old monsters who have cultivated for nearly ten thousand years. They’re merely exploiting the rule that allows competitors under ten thousand years old!”
“But this kid?”
“He’s only eighteen!!!”
Chen Xuan’s voice trembled slightly with excitement.
“Eighteen years old, and already capable of unleashing combat power comparable to that of an ordinary Stellar-rank warrior!”
“This trip is meant to let him witness the vastness of the cosmos and temper himself. As long as he doesn’t recklessly consume resources and ruin the foundation of his flawless origin blood…”
“In the next century—the next millennium!”
Chen Xuan abruptly clenched his fist.
“Those Divine Sons who now stand so high above everyone else won’t even be qualified to look up at his back!”
Lu Xinghe shuddered.
Looking in the direction Su Yu had left, he nodded in complete agreement.
Yes. Eighteen years old.
So what if he lost? Time was entirely on Su Yu’s side!
…
Azure Dragon Star System, Tianshu Star.
Special-Class Officers’ District.
A small military shuttle slowly descended before the gates of a vast estate—luxurious, yet dignified and imposing.
Su Yu stepped out of the shuttle.
He looked up at the faintly shimmering defensive formation covering the estate.
This would be his base for the foreseeable future.
Pushing open the estate’s heavy gates, he entered.
Inside, birds sang amid fragrant flowers, and the energy was so dense it seemed almost tangible.
Even a single breath made the blood and qi within his body quiver faintly.
Su Yu did not stop to admire the estate’s scenery. Instead, he headed straight for the underground cultivation chamber at the deepest part of the grounds.
The chamber was constructed from an unknown black metal, utterly indestructible.
At its center sat a meditation cushion that emitted a faint starlight.
Su Yu sat down cross-legged.
A sharp glint flashed through his deep eyes.
Three months.
The Starry Sky Rising Star Tournament.
A complete Black Hole-rank cultivation technique.
Su Yu silently repeated these words to himself.
Then, with a thought, he summoned the system interface.
【Balance: 320 Meteors.】
Including the one hundred low-grade star essence stones Lu Xinghe had given him earlier, as well as the one hundred low-grade star essence stones he had just received, his balance was exceedingly well supplied.
“More than three hundred Meteors…”
The corners of Su Yu’s lips curled upward slightly.
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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.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
