Chapter 1 "Unknowingly, I'm 152 years old."

Xu Jingming walked across a meadow. "I used to think time passed so slowly. The bitter training of my youth, the competitions on stage after adulthood, the recuperation after breaking my leg, the comeback, and then the retirement... I thought half my life was over, and the rest of my life would be spent with my wife, Miaomiao, in Brightmoon City."

"Who would have thought that was just the beginning."

"The virtual world arrived, and the evolution method became popular. I cultivated all the way, experienced all kinds of things, and finally became a Source lifeform. The fate of the entire Blue Star civilization also changed because of this. From birth to Source lifeform, it took me sixty years, which I thought was a very long time."

"After becoming a Source lifeform, 92 years have passed in the blink of an eye, but I feel that time has passed so quickly." Xu Jingming couldn't help but sigh.

Before the advent of the virtual world, living past a hundred years old was simply a longevity star, extremely rare.

Now, in the entire Blue Star civilization, being over a hundred years old is very common.

For cosmic lifeforms, being over a hundred years old can only be considered a child.

As for Source lifeforms...

Not many Source lifeforms are so young.

"It's hard to imagine what my state of mind will be like thousands of years from now, or tens of thousands of years from now?" Xu Jingming's state of mind was also different from before he became a Source lifeform.

Guarding the Tianmang Cosmic Domain for 92 years, he had intercepted many Yu race Source lifeforms, but he had also seen too many 'lonely' life planets.

This also changed Xu Jingming's state of mind. His heart was as vast as the sea, able to withstand these impacts, but these impacts also made Xu Jingming's sea of ​​mind deeper and accumulated even more terrifying power.

He had a very strong idea.

He had to change the border situation and the fate of countless life planets on the border that repeatedly experienced 'cataclysms'. Perhaps, this was a bit beyond his ability. But not seeking perfect and permanent realization, it was good to be able to change even a little.

For example, in these 92 years, intercepting so many Yu race Source lifeforms had greatly reduced the frequency of 'plunder' of many star alliances. Judging from the data, Xu Jingming had saved at least tens of thousands of 'life planets'.

Although compared with the three cosmic domains that bordered the Yu race, and the five cosmic domains that bordered the Void God race, the countless life planets involved, what Xu Jingming had saved was nothing. But as long as he was making progress, Xu Jingming believed that his influence would become greater and greater.

"Whoosh."

Xu Jingming walked on the grass, and a chair, a table, and a great scholar appeared in front of him.

"Teacher Mang Yu." Xu Jingming said humbly.

"Wu Ming." This great scholar Mang Yu had no hair at all, and his pair of golden eyes were very gentle. He was a member of the Cosmic Human Alliance and had an academic level of 132. He had extremely high achievements in 'subsidiary space models'. He himself had created fifteen kinds of 'subsidiary space models'.

"Our time is precious." Great Scholar Mang Yu smiled slightly, "Then let's start the class."

"Okay, Teacher Mang Yu." Xu Jingming nodded and sat on the chair next to him.

"Regarding the 172 space model, we talked about this last time." Mang Yu pointed to his side, and a large number of three-dimensional graphics appeared out of thin air.

Xu Jingming listened carefully.

To step into the tenth level with the Tianmang Evolution Method, one needed to master six kinds of source power models. Mastering them represented sufficient accumulation in terms of knowledge.

When Xu Jingming first became a Source lifeform, he relied on his super brain to constantly absorb knowledge! When learning relatively 'shallow' knowledge, Xu Jingming made rapid progress, improving constantly every day.

But after studying for more than thirty years, as Xu Jingming's 'academic level' entered level 80, the improvement became very slow.

Because the knowledge was getting more and more profound! Merely relying on the brain of a Source lifeform was not enough to overcome many problems.

So at this time... Xu Jingming started to hire teachers!

He hired great scholars who had very high achievements in whichever source power model he was studying! These great scholars were also Source lifeforms and could also maintain three avatars in the 'virtual world network' at the same time.

Although they themselves were also very busy, arranging an avatar to give some 'simple courses' was still very easy!

This was also their way of earning 'huge income'.

Yes.

The tuition fees of these great scholars were very expensive.

"Teacher Mang Yu, stop for a moment, I didn't understand this part. How is the spatial structure transformed in this step?" Xu Jingming said immediately.

"Oh, spatial structure transformation is very simple. Like this, I'll break it down and explain it in detail." Great Scholar Mang Yu understood Xu Jingming's confusion and subdivided it again, fearing that Xu Jingming wouldn't understand, and also used various examples to help explain.

Xu Jingming nodded as he listened.

He encountered various problems when he studied on his own. But these great scholars could analyze it from different angles, which sharply reduced the difficulty.

Unknowingly, ten hours had passed.

"Today's class ends here." Great Scholar Mang Yu smiled slightly, "We'll see you tomorrow."

"Thank you, Teacher Mang Yu." Xu Jingming said.

"Haha, I'm taking your money, so naturally I have to teach you well. Otherwise, if it spreads... I'm afraid many people will scold me for taking the money and not doing the job." Great Scholar Mang Yu said with a smile. He knew very well that this 'Wu Ming' was one of the most top-level geniuses in the contemporary evolution path of the entire human race in the universe, and his talent was probably comparable to Chi Meng. Great Scholar Mang Yu was still very respectful when teaching.

His tutoring course was very expensive, 1 billion cosmic dollars per hour.

But he treated different students differently.

At least he was very polite to Xu Jingming.

"Teacher Mang Yu taught very well. I feel that it won't be long before I can completely master the subsidiary space model." Xu Jingming said.

"It's because you're smart." Great Scholar Mang Yu said, "If you calm down, you also have the talent of a scholar. Of course... for a genius on the evolutionary path like you, it's enough to learn a certain amount in science. Going deeper will only mislead you."

The two chatted briefly, and Great Scholar Mang Yu left.

"1 billion cosmic dollars per hour, a day's tutoring fee is 10 billion cosmic dollars. It's very expensive, but it's worth it!" Xu Jingming was still very satisfied.

Since hiring one great scholar after another to teach.

His knowledge had re-entered the fast-rising channel.

"I have already mastered four of the six source power models required for life evolution, and I estimate that I will be able to master the fifth 'subsidiary space model' within a year." Xu Jingming thought, "I estimate that... within one or two hundred years, I should be able to master the most difficult sixth model."

"It takes two or three hundred years to go from the ninth level to the tenth level, which is very fast." Xu Jingming was still very satisfied.

Spending a huge amount of money to hire great scholars, Xu Jingming wanted to make his improvement speed fast enough, so that his hope of becoming a 'supreme realm' would be greater.

As for money?

Intercepting Yu race Source lifeforms, Xu Jingming accumulated wealth very quickly. He spent less than he accumulated!

"Academic level 87." Xu Jingming clicked on his own panel to take a look.

This was the learning result obtained after 92 years of accumulation, thanks to the brain of a Source lifeform, his own inherent talent, and the teachings of different great scholars.

"Now, even without the help of Little Jiu, my own strength is at the peak level among ninth-level Source lifeforms." Xu Jingming knew very well, because this was identified by the virtual world network. He learned the *Light Ray Chapter* inheritance, so Xu Jingming's own combat power was still quite strong.

"My knowledge accumulation, the improvement of my mental power in recent years, can also allow me to exert Little Jiu's power to a greater extent. Various means have reached the top level of the tenth level." Xu Jingming was still quite satisfied.

Now he dared to fight head-on with tenth-level Source lifeforms.

"It's just that the *Light Ray Contemplation Method*, after so many years, I've only reached the ninth level." Xu Jingming frowned.

Before becoming a Source lifeform, his contemplation method was already at the eighth level.

More than thirty years after becoming a Source lifeform, the contemplation method was at the ninth level.

After that, he fell into stagnation.

"The contemplation method is getting harder and harder." Xu Jingming was also quite troubled. Mental power was very important at every step on the path of evolution. Moreover, how much power the *Ninth Primordial Battle Armor* could exert was also very important to mental power.

"Take it step by step." Xu Jingming quickly stabilized his emotions.

...

Inside a virtual world.

Xu Jingming and his wife, Li Miaomiao, were both riding horses, galloping.

No matter what happened in reality, Xu Jingming had to spend time with his family in the virtual world every day.

"Those bandits wanted to rob us just now." Li Miaomiao rode on her horse, smiling brightly, "I drew my sword, and with a flash of sword light, I killed most of the bandits. This 'Sword Energy World' is really interesting. Everyone is a swordsman, and I like it very much."

"Recently, when we called our daughter to get together, she often had things to do. Is it because there are too many group affairs?" Xu Jingming asked.

"I'll tell you good news." Li Miaomiao said in a low voice, "Our daughter is finally dating again."

"Dating?"

Xu Jingming showed joy, "After more than 90 years, we finally waited. I thought our daughter would never date in her life."

His daughter, Xu Lixing, had dated once in the past, with Qin Fangke from the Auro family.

After Xu Jingming became a Source lifeform, even more people pursued Xu Lixing, but Xu Lixing never paid attention to them, which made Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao, this old couple, a little worried.

"Our daughter has spent ten years with him in the virtual world, and she is quite satisfied with him, so she revealed it to me." Li Miaomiao said.

"She only told us after spending ten years together? This little girl can really hold back." Xu Jingming said.

"If she didn't say it, I wouldn't be able to tell at all. Our daughter is getting better and better at hiding things now. According to her, she entered a virtual world, and the man is her junior brother!" Li Miaomiao said.

"What is the man's situation in reality? Don't let Qin Fangke's situation happen again." Xu Jingming was worried.

"According to our daughter, she is very confident that she won't misjudge him. She plans to ask about that junior brother's real situation in the near future." Li Miaomiao said.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Suddenly, Xu Jingming received a message online. Because he had to receive messages at any time to intercept Yu race Source lifeforms, Xu Jingming's settings were to receive every message at all times.

"Senior Brother Chi Tong broke through and became a Source lifeform?" Xu Jingming received the message, read it, and was a little stunned.

"What's wrong?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"I mentioned Senior Brother Chi Tong to you, do you remember him?" Xu Jingming asked.

"I remember." Li Miaomiao smiled, "He found his true love in the Demon Subduing World. I heard you say that he has a lot of background."

"Yes."

Xu Jingming nodded, "I heard rumors a long time ago that he had a lot of background, but I didn't expect him to have such a big background."

Even with his mental endurance, he was a little stunned to know Chi Tong's true identity.