682 Gumo’s Observation
The karmic assault had made him realize the beast hide’s true worth.
The original copy of the Eight Directions Map was an invaluable treasure, one of the 3,000 legacies personally created by Feather Fire Lord. Furthermore, it contained eight spaces for supplentary cultivation.
The beast hide space had been created by the half-step third realm—Liu Mangxing—at great cost to himself, all for the sake of his child. He was clearly very good at isolating karma.
The value of the beast hide space isn’t inferior to the original Eight Directions Map, Xu Jingming thought. As a weakling in the world of high-dinsional lifeforms, the beast hide space was extrely precious to him.
Asinus! You want to completely wipe out all my clones over a small conflict? Xu Jingming’s steely gaze turned frigid.
High-dinsional lifeforms, despite their conflicts, seldom resorted to lethal violence. They all possessed so arcane abilities hidden away, which made the outco of a battle impossible to predict.
But Asinus, having conducted nurous Abyss Sacrifices, had grown more ruthless and savage with each passing day. Sensing that Xu Jingming was a re Firstborn at the peak of his realm, Asinus saw an opportunity to eliminate him without rcy.
I’ll sever this karmic thread once I’ve gained enough strength. Xu Jingming could only grit his teeth and swallow his pride. Eliminating a carrier of consciousness was already a taxing feat for him, rendering him no match for Asinus’s genuine form.
…
Asinus, in the center of the sacrificial array formation, waited in silence.
Huh?
Although he wasn’t skilled in the Karma lineage, Asinus could sense that his Heart Realm enemy was still alive.
Despite wiping out many of the scoundrel’s clones, there are still so left. Asinus frowned. I paid a high price for this unexpected failure.
Not being able to kill him, there will be repercussions. He’ll probably retaliate when he reaches the Eternal Realm. Asinus smiled. I have plenty of enemies, one more won’t make a difference.
He didn’t care at all. He had enemies all over, thanks to his countless Abyss Sacrifices.
With the power of the Abyss behind him, Asinus was fearless.
As long as I avoid those half-step third-realm factions, who can touch ? He could take on anyone, as long as they weren’t a half-step third-realm faction.
He knew better than to provoke truly terrifying existences. He had learned that growing up in the Abyss.
As for Xu Jingming, the Heart Realm scoundrel, Asinus couldn’t care less if he reached peak Eternal.
As for the half-step third realm?
The half-step third realm was a rare achievent across a dominion, and the half-step third realm powerhouses from the Heart Realm lineage? They were as scarce as a hen’s teeth.
Asinus, however, was not one to dwell on such uncertainties. He had already accepted his fate, no matter how bad it may be.
Although I’ve reached peak Eternal, I need to go one step further to beco an Abyss Overlord. The sacrifices required are astronomical, to say the least. Ten thousand high-dinsional lifeforms or the entire population of three universes. High-dinsional lifeforms are notoriously hard to co by, and each one has unique ans to protect themselves. It wasn’t easy for to gather a re 72 of them. 10,000? It’s virtually impossible. Asinus’s frustration was palpable.
As for sacrificing all living beings in three universes? Asinus scoffed at the idea. Each universe is teeming with high-dinsional Eternal lifeforms, ready to put up a fight. Even a half-step third-realm powerhouse would struggle to destroy a universe, let alone .
Asinus was also vexed. He was stuck.
He was so close to becoming an Abyss Overlord, yet so far. The sacrifice required was massive.
And the thought of becoming an Abyss Sovereign? Ordinary high-dinsional lifeforms and cosmic lifeforms were useless. Numbers were useless. It required a special kind of sacrifice—one Asinus was completely unaware of.
I’ll just have to arm myself with stronger weapons and treasures before slowly taking out these high-dinsional lifeforms, he growled, his killing intent palpable. To Asinus, each lifeform was just another stepping stone on his path to greatness.
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Ti passed.
The conflict with Asinus had left Xu Jingming on edge, and the latter chose experintal planets with the utmost care!
He avoided the low-dinsional species that were controlled by natural high-dinsional beings.
He shied away from dominions that were under the thumb of the high-dinsional lifeforms that engaged in the heinous Abyss Sacrifice.
And of course, he never dared to approach anything related to the half-step third realm.
After 28 years, I’ve finally visited the 1,987 neighboring dominions. There are a total of 12,052 experintal universes and planets. Xu Jingming was rather excited. In the later experints, the number of human criminals on every experintal planet dwindled to 500,000.
I’ve only had two conflicts on over 10,000 experintal planets, Xu Jingming mused, a satisfied smile on his face. I must have quite the level-headed temperant.
Two clashes.
The first had been with Asinus. And then there was the second, with a high-dinsional Eternal lifeform from the Primordial Star lineage, Stork Inferno.
Stork Inferno had destroyed one of his experintal planets without a word, his bad temper getting the best of him. Even his companions had been powerless to stop him.
It was too much for Xu Jingming to bear. He refused to seek revenge on the low-dinsional lifeforms counterparts. Instead, he descended into the Heart Realm, infiltrating the core locations of the species that had caused him so much grief.
They were all guarded by high-dinsional lifeform consciousness carriers.
His unique Heart Realm lineage allowed him to plunder many treasures in revenge.
…
On Myriad Star Island, the dean, Tower Master, Island Lord, and Redmond invited Xu Jingming to a banquet.
“Jingming, it’s been a tough mission for you,” the dean said as he personally poured the wine, “You haven’t taken a single day off in the past 28 years.”
“For the migration of the species, this is a minor sacrifice,” Xu Jingming replied with a serene smile. “Out of the 12,052 experintal planets, only two have been destroyed by Asinus and Stork Inferno. However, before their demise, I had gathered so valuable experintal data. The data from these two experintal planets wasn’t anything noteworthy.”
“It’s already a remarkable feat to filter so many universes,” the dean mused, his words heavy with awe. “We have really done our best for the human race.”
Eternal Tower Master spoke up. “Xu Jingming, have you discovered anything worthwhile in the past 28 years?”
“The top ten experintal planets have shown promising results,” Xu Jingming explained. “Test Planet #1068, in particular, has a survival rate of 96.1% in ten years. Over the past 26 years, the survival rate has only dropped to 92.8%. Considering that the lifespan of planetary lifeforms is only 200 to 300 years, we can expect to make significant conclusions in the next few generations.”
The dean, Tower Master, Island Lord, and Redmond couldn’t contain their joy.
“A survival rate of over 90% is already a remarkable achievent,” the dean said in amazent.
After all, they were the weakest planetary lifeforms from a different universe.
“As per our plan,” Spaceti Island Lord said, “the experint will continue for a thousand years. We will be able to observe multiple generations and any potential changes that occur.”
Xu Jingming nodded in agreent.
The human criminals were multiplying rapidly on the planet, generations produced every few decades. Over a thousand years was a perfect opportunity to observe the effects of the cosmic environnt on human planetary lifeforms.
“If the results remain promising, let’s transfer so cosmic lifeform criminals over and see how they adapt,” the dean suggested.
“Alright, I’ll do a second migration for the top ten planets.” But there was sothing that puzzled Xu Jingming. “I’ve been to so many dominions and experinted on so many planets over the years, but I’ve never encountered a high-dinsional lifeform of the Void Celestials.”
The Void Celestials were neighbors with humans, so humans naturally had information on Void Celestial high-dinsional lifeforms! Humans also had so information on the powerful high-dinsional lifeforms in the Black Lotus Realm.
“Not a single one?” Redmond was puzzled.
“I haven’t encountered Void Celestials or high-dinsional lifeforms from the Black Lotus realm in the other dominions,” Xu Jingming confird with a nod.
The dean said, “We need to find a suitable universe to migrate our species, but the Void Celestials’ thods are much more brilliant than ours. They might not need to employ such experintal ans.”
…
Black Lotus Realm.
Gumo’s long and narrow eyes scanned the tiline and the blurred future that lay before him. Countless future branches split off in every direction, making it even harder for him to discern what was to co.
With unwavering focus, he followed one of the future branches and observed what lay ahead.
Huh?
Gumo smiled. After all these years of toiling away, I’ve finally found a better universe. The Starding 1033 dominion, a universe that is 98.3% similar to our own!
I’ll send our species to experint living there in the future. The results of the experints will be remarkable. The survival rate of planetary lifeforms across 100 years exceeds 95%, and all cosmic lifeforms survived.
He didn’t need to carry out any experints himself. With a re thought, he could observe the results of experints in the future.
The Starding 1033 dominion shall be placed on the candidate list.
Once we move to a new dominion, we have to consider the attitude of the half-step third-realm powerhouses in that dominion. Gumo frowned slightly.
For the human race, migration was a small matter since they didn’t occupy vast amounts of space.
But for the Void Celestials, it was much more troubleso. If a half-step third-realm powerhouse like Gumo were to follow, the power structure of a dominion would change, and it was even possible for him to be expelled by multiple half-step third-realm powerhouses.
Therefore, Gumo knew he had to be cautious when carrying out the migration.
Gumo had already selected many alternative dominions through his observations of the future. But then, his expression turned nasty. Human Wu Ming? In the future, we Void Celestials are forced to migrate for a second ti. During the second migration, we seized the cosmic dominion of humanity’s new howorld. Our species becos mortal enemies with humanity!
Human Wu Ming clashes with many tis in the later stages, but I can’t do anything to him?
In another future I observed, I’d tried to wipe him out in the early stages, wiping out the entire human race.
However, I couldn’t kill him. In fact, because we beca enemies too early, he destroyed the Black Lotus Realm and all the Void Celestials in just 500,000 years. I died too!
Gumo’s heart trembled as he considered the terrifying existence that had darkness engulfing the endless dominion in that particular tiline.
His growth is unstoppable. Could it be… Gumo fell into thought. As a half-step third realm powerhouse, there was a limit to what he could do. There were simply too many unknown variables at play.
There’s only one thing I know for sure. In that tiline, he will beco an Abyss Sovereign in the future. He can easily destroy the Black Lotus Realm and crush , Gumo thought. I can’t touch this Human Wu Ming.
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