Chapter 11 The Gathering

Jin Chi, the old man with golden wings, decided on the time and location of the gathering with a single thought. As the organizer, he immediately sent messages to the other seven people, naturally including Xu Jingming.

In reality, amidst a desolate cosmic starry sky, Xu Jingming was in an asteroid belt.

"Hmm?"

Standing on an asteroid with a diameter of over ten kilometers, Xu Jingming received a message that made him smile. "Mr. Wen sent a message. The gathering is tomorrow?"

Formal members of the Yuan Chu Research Institute are generally called 'researchers,' but those who are called 'Mr.' are all teachers within the institute. Their strength is beyond doubt.

"Meeting the other seven guardians?" Xu Jingming was still looking forward to it, and immediately replied: "I will be there on time."

"Continue experimenting!"

Standing on the asteroid, Xu Jingming used his mind power to mobilize the vast cosmic origin power with the help of the Yuan Chu battle armor. The cosmic origin power changed according to the 'energy tide model' understood by Xu Jingming.

"Rumble~~~"

A low vibration, centered on Xu Jingming, formed a terrifying tide domain, and spread rapidly to the surrounding area.

The dark tide domain transmitted at the speed of light. In essence, the tide domain was the transmission of origin power, and it quickly spread to a range of tens of millions of kilometers.

Such a large-scale tide domain, even larger than an ordinary star, pulverized densely packed asteroids within its fluctuating range silently. After reaching a range of tens of millions of kilometers, it stopped expanding.

"A tide domain with a diameter of 10 million kilometers can be maintained fairly easily, but it becomes difficult to expand it further," Xu Jingming carefully felt. "The energy can circulate and fluctuate, so the consumption is not large. The power is slightly inferior, though."

"Next, matter annihilation." Xu Jingming tested the next move.

After all, after his mind power reached the tenth level of visualization, his strength was comprehensively improved, and Xu Jingming also needed to understand his own accurate strength.

Half an hour later.

"The test is complete, Xiao Jiu, have you accurately judged all my moves?" Xu Jingming asked.

"The power of all moves has been updated," Xiao Jiu said.

Xu Jingming reached out, and a light curtain appeared in front of him, showing a list of numerous moves.

"High-dimensional Walking (Cosmic Legend), Spacetime Shuttle (Cosmic Legend), Origin Point Disintegration (Tenth Order Limit), Cosmic Prison (Tenth Order Peak), Cosmic Rift (Tenth Order Peak), Endless Domain (Tenth Order Peak), Laser (Tenth Order Peak), Yuan Chu Battle Armor Thread Penetration (Tenth Order Peak), Tide Domain (Tenth Order Top Tier), Matter Annihilation (Tenth Order Top Tier), River of Time (Tenth Order), Kindling (Tenth Order)..."

"Master, these are all your proficient moves," Xiao Jiu said. "Because the No. 9 Yuan Chu battle armor is good at spacetime, and the master has spent the most time in spacetime, having watched two spacetime star sands. Therefore, the accumulation of spacetime moves is the deepest. In the light lineage, the master mainly focuses on the two major directions of 'Endless Domain' and 'Laser'."

Xu Jingming nodded: "Apart from the ability to escape and dodge, other aspects are only comparable to tenth-order origin lifeforms with deeper accumulation. Reaching the tenth-order limit, only the 'Origin Point Disintegration' move has reached that level."

"Origin Point Disintegration is aimed at a single point, so the master's move can reach the tenth-order limit," Xiao Jiu said.

"Tenth-order limit... any stronger and it would be cosmic legend-level power," Xu Jingming said.

"Yes," Xiao Jiu responded.

Xu Jingming nodded.

Like the spacetime shuttle, although it did not enter 'high-dimensional space,' a spacetime shuttle could travel hundreds of millions of light-years... You must know, many tenth-order origin lifeforms can only teleport a few light-years themselves. The difference is hundreds of millions of times, which is no longer within the normal range of disparity. Only the participation of high-dimensional power can be so crushing.

You must know that long-distance travel generally relies on cosmic spacecraft.

"High-dimensional Walking and Spacetime Shuttle, these two advantages are very big. The accumulation in other aspects is still weak. Those real tenth-order peak origin lifeforms have more extensive knowledge than me, and they generally have more proficient moves than me," Xu Jingming was very clear about this.

A tenth-order peak origin lifeform usually has more than a dozen tenth-order peak moves, and occasionally two or three that reach 'tenth-order limit power.'

After all, they are also pursuing 'Cosmic Legend' and need to lay a very solid foundation.

"Master, don't underestimate yourself. The moves you are proficient in can already construct a complete combat system," Xiao Jiu said. "There are mobile-type High-dimensional Walking and Spacetime Shuttle. There are domain types, enemy-trapping types, and many moves for killing enemies. Dealing with ordinary Prison Clan monarchs can be advantageous."

Xu Jingming was actually quite satisfied. Xiao Jiu was gradually exerting a certain amount of power in his hands.

Like when he first became an origin lifeform, he was weak himself, and the strength he displayed was also weak. He had to rely on 'thread penetration' to fight Prison Clan ninth-orders at close range! When encountering a more powerful Ukra monarch, he would simply lose consciousness.

Too embarrassing.

However, that was all in the past!

******

The next day, the virtual world network.

In a virtual world, on a floating island, seven figures were already sitting around an ancient long stone table.

"Our junior brother Wu Ming is not generally young, he's only over a hundred years old this year, right? When I was over a hundred years old, I was still struggling at the eighth-order Starry Sky life level. He has already mastered High-dimensional Walking," a red-skinned bald man said with a smile.

"He's only one hundred and fifty-five years old this year," the stern man, 'Mr. Jian,' said, "I personally recruited him into the Yuan Chu Research Institute."

"You personally recruited him?" The old man with golden wings was surprised.

An old man with a big head also listened with interest.

"Yes," Mr. Jian nodded. "Junior brother Wu Ming comes from a weak, newly advanced civilization, and he's too young, so his accumulation is too weak. So when he arrived at the seventh planet of the Mysterious Land, he first comprehended some other anomalies. At that time, he had some understanding of 'Fire of Annihilation'. The Galaxy Group could barely recruit him. But the Galaxy Group should have been a little dismissive. So junior brother Wu Ming later comprehended the Yuan Chu Star anomaly and had some understanding of the core chapter 'Light Chapter', and finally entered our Yuan Chu Research Institute."

"Oh? He almost entered the Galaxy Group?" The other six people present laughed.

They are responsible for guarding the Tianmang Cosmic Domain and are also members of the Yuan Chu Research Institute.

"It shows that junior brother Wu Ming still has a connection with our Yuan Chu Research Institute," a silver-haired, silver-eyed woman said with a smile.

"From this, we can see that the Mysterious Land's screening still has loopholes. Those weak civilizations don't know much about the Mysterious Land and blindly enter... We may have missed some talents," someone said.

"Even without the Mysterious Land, real talents will gradually shine with time, and they will be specially recruited when they reach the eighth order."

"The Mysterious Land has allowed many elementary and intermediate civilizations to cultivate more origin lifeforms."

The seven of them chatted idly.

Suddenly—

A figure appeared from the void in the distance and appeared on the floating island. It was Xu Jingming.

Immediately, the seven people sitting looked at Xu Jingming. The old man with golden wings smiled and said, "Junior brother Wu Ming, hurry, hurry, we've been waiting for you."

"Am I late?" Xu Jingming walked over with a smile, but he was also a little puzzled. He was still five minutes early.

"The seven of us are very familiar with each other. Today's gathering is to welcome you. Of course, we have to arrive early," the old man with golden wings said with a smile. "I deliberately delayed the time I notified you of the gathering by half an hour."

Xu Jingming understood.

"Welcome, junior brother Wu Ming," a black-clothed, red-haired woman said with a smile. She had a strange gem inlaid between her eyebrows, which flickered with a soul-stirring luster.

"Madam Ming Ling," Xu Jingming said.

"Call me senior sister!" The black-clothed, red-haired woman smiled, "You've mastered high-dimensional power at such a young age, you can call us senior brothers and senior sisters."

"Maybe in a few years, you'll become a cosmic legend and be stronger than us old guys," a man with scales all over his body said with a smile.

The old man with golden wings smiled and said, "I organized the gathering. Junior brother Wu Ming, let me give a brief introduction... After all, you're meeting many senior brothers and senior sisters for the first time. This is junior brother Yi Jiu. In terms of strength, he is the strongest among the eight of us."

"Senior brother Yi Jiu," Xu Jingming immediately saluted.

Yi Jiu was the big-headed old man with a kind smile. He was observing Xu Jingming with a smile and said, "I heard Chi Tong mention you. Chi Tong entered the Yuan Chu Research Institute and is temporarily being taught one-on-one by me."

Xu Jingming understood.

Chi Tong, as expected of the child of the Lord of Spacetime. He received such treatment as soon as he entered the Yuan Chu Research Institute.

"Your talent is one of the best in the entire universe's human race in this era," Yi Jiu praised. "You don't need a separate teacher. Your own exploration is stronger than any teacher's guidance."

"In the Yuan Chu Research Institute, the only one who can be your teacher is the dean. Unfortunately, the dean doesn't have time to teach. You have to rely on yourself," the old man with golden wings said with a smile. "This next to me is junior sister Qiong Yu."

The silver-haired, silver-eyed woman looked at Xu Jingming with a smile: "You are the pride of our Hunter Cosmic Domain."

"Senior sister Qiong Yu," Xu Jingming immediately said.

Senior sister Qiong Yu is one of the five tenth-order origin lifeforms of the Hunter Cosmic Domain's behemoth force, the 'Cloud City Association'. She can already borrow high-dimensional power. But the Cloud City Association's president, 'senior sister Yuan Yi,' is an even more dazzling figure. Although she hasn't broken through, her strength is already close to that of a cosmic legend! The code name she gave herself, 'Yuan Yi,' shows her confidence.

"The Hunter Cosmic Domain is indeed producing talents in this era. Chi Meng, Yuan Yi, and now junior brother Wu Ming," the big-headed old man Yi Jiu shook his head in amazement.

"This is junior brother Jian. Junior brother Jian is the second youngest person present," the old man Mr. Wen said with a smile.

"Senior brother Jian recruited me into the Yuan Chu Research Institute back then," Xu Jingming naturally recognized him.

Mr. Jian had a stern face, but a smile appeared on his face at this moment, and he nodded.

"You also know junior sister Ming Ling. This is junior brother Hong Sha, and this is junior brother Xue Hua," Mr. Wen introduced. The man with scales all over his body was senior brother Xue Hua, and the red-skinned bald man was senior brother Hong Sha. Including senior sister Ming Ling... The high-dimensional powers of the three of them were all terrifying and strange.

Xu Jingming greeted them one by one. The three of them were also very kind.

Although they had fierce reputations, they were very friendly to Xu Jingming. These three were all from the older generation, and they were all over fifty thousand years old.

Strictly speaking, according to age, Xu Jingming was the youngest on the field, followed by Mr. Jian, and then senior sister Qiong Yu. As for the other five... they were all very old. Mr. Wen was even approaching the limit of his ten thousand years of life.

"The purpose of this gathering is, one, to welcome junior brother Wu Ming, and two, to discuss how the eight of us should cooperate to deal with the Prison Clan," the old man with golden wings said. "The seven of us all know our strengths very well, the main one is junior brother Wu Ming."

"My strength in a head-on fight is average, barely considered tenth-order peak," Xu Jingming said. "What I'm really good at is spacetime shuttle and High-dimensional Walking. My spacetime shuttle can travel up to 1 billion light-years. High-dimensional Walking has a small range, but the Prison Clan shouldn't be able to stop me."

"Spacetime Shuttle 1 billion light-years? Then you can completely guard half of the Tianmang Cosmic Domain," the seven people present were somewhat amazed.

"Your frontal strength can reach the tenth-order peak? Then dealing with the Prison Clan ninth-orders, even ten or eight... you should be able to solve them quickly, right?" Mr. Jian asked.

"If it's just the Prison Clan ninth-orders, even if ten or eight of them join forces, it would be enough to solve them within a second," Xu Jingming said confidently. A Prison Clan ninth-order who can survive for more than a second in front of him... would have to possess treasures similar to the No. 9 Yuan Chu battle armor.

Otherwise, with such a huge gap, it would be impossible to survive.

"With you as a guardian, the battlefield situation in the Tianmang Cosmic Domain will be much better next," Mr. Yi Jiu also relaxed a lot.