Chapter 1 Arrived

A figure descended and manifested within the heart realm, a realm of pure chaos.

"Here we are." Xu Jingming smiled, looking at the vast landmass suspended outside. This land was roughly the size of three to five real universes, with a massive, low-lying, deep cyan tree at its center. The tree's canopy covered most of the land.

"Ancient Tree Realm." Xu Jingming gazed at this place. "The most prosperous trading hub in the Nanting 3609 Domain."

The Nanting 3609 Domain was the new home territory for the human race. This domain now had three Third Realm existences at the half-step, who were also the undisputed three overlords of this domain.

Ancient Tree Realm, Northern River Boat, and Emperor Dragon Island were the three major forces and also the three major trading locations in this domain.

"Among the three Third Realm existences at the half-step in this domain, in terms of background, the Emperor Dragon Island Lord is rumored to be a personal disciple of a Third Realm existence. The Emperor Dragon Island Lord has a fearsome reputation in the surrounding thousands of domains," Xu Jingming marveled.

That Senior Gu Jinshi, who could be called invincible among the Third Realm existences at the half-step, was only an unregistered disciple of Monarch Yu Huo.

Unregistered disciple, registered disciple, personal disciple. The gap between these three identities was vast.

A personal disciple meant that the Third Realm existence valued this disciple very much and had invested emotions in them.

This showed the intimidating power of the Emperor Dragon Island Lord's status.

"No one wants to be enemies with a personal disciple of a Third Realm existence," Xu Jingming thought. "But precisely because his background is too great, the Emperor Dragon Island Lord acts domineering and tyrannical, and the trading rules of Emperor Dragon Island are the most stringent."

"On the contrary, Ancient Tree Realm greatly protects the rights of weaker high-dimensional lifeforms and is the most fair, making it the most prosperous. Most importantly, the Ancient Tree Realm Lord's strength far exceeds that of the Emperor Dragon Island Lord!"

In terms of background, the Emperor Dragon Island Lord was the strongest.

In terms of strength, the Ancient Tree Realm Lord was undeniably the strongest, and his strength was recognized in many surrounding domains.

The one from Northern River Boat was the most ordinary.

"Whoosh."

Xu Jingming stepped out of the heart realm and flew toward Ancient Tree Realm.

The vast land of Ancient Tree Realm had a city where over a hundred thousand high-dimensional lifeforms resided permanently, though most were employees of the shops.

"Brother Wu Ming, you haven't been here in a while."

"Old Brother Wu Ming, I just got a new batch of goods from the Abyss. Want to take a look?"

As Xu Jingming walked among them, some Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeforms greeted him.

Many high-dimensional lifeforms of the heart realm lineage were great merchants of the high-dimensional space! After all, they could easily travel through many domains and transport goods with ease. Moreover, they had many avatars that could handle transportation, guarding, negotiation, combat, and various other matters.

Xu Jingming's avatars were distributed in two to three thousand surrounding domains, inspecting goods at various trading locations.

Xu Jingming would also do some high-sell low-buy business on the side. Furthermore, he also worked part-time as a 'purchaser for Myriad Star Island'. The Dean, Tower Master, Island Lord, and Crimson Meng only had one true body each, so Xu Jingming was responsible for the human race's purchases and Myriad Star Island's purchases.

Xu Jingming greeted his friends along the way and soon arrived at his destination.

"Old Brother Wu Ming, you're here." A beast with thick wings greeted him.

"Brother Black Lake," Xu Jingming said as he approached. "Are the goods I wanted ready?"

Black Lake was a peak Eternal Realm expert of the heart realm lineage and a well-known giant merchant in the Nanting 3609 Domain! Many of Xu Jingming's transactions were completed with Black Lake.

"Don't worry." Black Lake led Xu Jingming into a separate space inside the shop, and they both sat down.

"The Sin Beads you wanted." Black Lake handed Xu Jingming a cloth bag. Xu Jingming took it and saw that the bag was a small storage treasure containing colorful Sin Beads.

Sin Beads were materials produced by the heart realm.

If Xu Jingming traveled in the heart realm for a longer period, he might discover some Sin Beads or even more valuable heart realm materials.

"A total of 9,000 Sin Beads," Black Lake said. "Worth 180,000 drops of Abyss True Blood."

Xu Jingming also handed a storage bag to the other party. Black Lake inspected it and smiled. "The weapons and materials you gave are barely enough to offset 180,000 drops of Abyss True Blood."

"The goods I gave are more than enough to offset 180,000 drops of Abyss True Blood. There'll only be more, not less," Xu Jingming glanced at him.

"Business is tough now. Many goods are stuck in my hands and difficult to sell," Black Lake said with a smile. "How about you help me buy a few more items? I just received an illusion treasure refined by a Third Realm existence at the half-step, Brother Wu Ming, aren't you good at illusions? Buying this illusion treasure will definitely greatly increase your strength. I can give you a very low price for this treasure."

"How low?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Only needs 1 drop of Abyss Mother Blood." Black Lake smiled brightly. "Cheap enough, right?"

"Can't afford it," Xu Jingming said, standing up.

Over the years, he had been trapped in the myriad races world, and his many avatars outside were very low-key, not involved in any disputes. His main way of making money was to buy low and sell high between multiple domains and to purchase goods for other high-dimensional lifeforms. He also sent out a large number of Black Lotus avatars to search for ruins. After more than five thousand years, he had accumulated less than 200,000 drops of Abyss True Blood.

He had spent almost all of it to buy Sin Beads and was now especially poor!

Xu Jingming couldn't afford 1 drop of Abyss Mother Blood.

"Selling for 1 drop of Abyss Mother Blood, it's probably a practice piece made by a Third Realm existence at the half-step," Xu Jingming thought. If it was a weapon refined by a Third Realm existence at the half-step with endless effort, the price would be several times higher.

Of course, Xu Jingming's mind was focused on the silver paper for now, and he was unwilling to be distracted by studying illusions.

"Old Brother Wu Ming, don't rush to leave." Black Lake stood up. "I have a friend who wants to meet you."

"Meet me? What's the matter?" Xu Jingming asked in confusion.

"It's a good thing." Black Lake smiled. Soon, an eight-headed lifeform walked in. All eight of his heads smiled at Xu Jingming, very enthusiastically. "Brother Wu Ming, I've long heard that a new heart realm expert has emerged in our domain. I've finally met you today."

Xu Jingming immediately recognized the other party and nodded. "Brother Eight-Clam, do you have something you need me for?"

There were only so many Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeforms in the entire domain. Apart from a few who were particularly hidden, Xu Jingming had information on almost every Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeform.

"Two other friends and I are preparing to explore a dangerous place." The eight-headed lifeform said with a smile. "We are in urgent need of a heart realm expert to join us. We don't need you to do too much; we just need you to help us scout the way and understand some of the situation inside the dangerous place. We'll take care of the real dangers and troubles."

"Oh? Scout the way?" Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

He was a little interested.

He didn't accept these invitations when he was trapped in the myriad races world because he didn't want to be distracted.

Now that he was out of the myriad races world, he could explore some dangerous places.

Heart realm experts were good at scouting, and if an avatar was destroyed, it was a minor matter, and he could quickly dispatch a second avatar.

"Which dangerous place is it?" Xu Jingming was quite interested, but he wasn't willing to go to dangerous places that were too dangerous.

"It's not good to reveal it for the time being, but I can tell you that it's a dangerous place in our domain." The eight-headed lifeform said. "The degree of danger is naturally limited. We are willing to pay 50,000 drops of Abyss True Blood. You only need to send an avatar to follow us. Help us scout the way."

"50,000 drops of Abyss True Blood?" Xu Jingming shook his head. Too little! Far below the going rate!

"If you think it's too little, it can also be like this. You take 10% of the treasures we find during our exploration!" The eight-headed lifeform said.

He would get 10%, but he would be at the forefront?

Scouting the way sounded simple. In reality, he would be the first to encounter danger!

"There are a total of four Eternal lifeforms, and I get 10% while scouting at the forefront?" Xu Jingming looked at the other party with a smile that was not a smile.

"If we really encounter trouble, we don't need you to take action," the eight-headed lifeform explained.

"If it's such a good thing, why don't you ask Brother Black Lake for help?" Xu Jingming said.

The offer was too low.

"Brother Black Lake has already reached the peak of the Eternal Realm. You, Wu Ming, have just become an Eternal Realm expert. Your strength is weaker after all, and you can't deal with big troubles even if you encounter them. We'll be the ones dealing with them in the end. 10% isn't a small amount," the eight-headed lifeform said.

Xu Jingming glanced at him, got up, and walked out.

The eight-headed lifeform didn't try to persuade him any further and watched Xu Jingming leave.

"Eight-Clam, you offered too little." Black Lake shook his head. "I've helped you contact seven heart realm Eternal Realm experts, and not one of them agreed to you. And the price you gave Wu Ming was still the lowest!"

"He's a newly advanced Eternal Realm expert. He thinks 50,000 drops of Abyss True Blood is too little, and he also thinks splitting 10% is too little." Eight-Clam frowned. "Isn't it just sending an avatar?"

"There is a risk to scouting with an avatar." Black Lake said, "Some dangers will involve karma and pollution, and will also affect all avatars. Therefore, historically, the heart realm experts who scout the way… have a higher split ratio than other members."

Eight-Clam shook his head. "I'll discuss it with my companions. Even if I raise the conditions, I have to hire a powerful heart realm Eternal Realm expert. In my opinion, this new Eternal Realm Wu Ming is only worth this price."

…

Xu Jingming didn't care. Over the years, he had been doing some high-sell low-buy business in multiple domains, and failed negotiations were common.

"I didn't expect to be looked down upon."

Inside the beast skin space of the heart realm territory, Xu Jingming was still studying the huge silver paper. "Well, in the eyes of outsiders, it's only been a few thousand years since I became an Eternal Realm expert."

"But they don't know that it only took me about ten thousand years to cultivate from a low-dimensional lifeform to an Eternal Realm expert." Xu Jingming was still very confident. Being able to break out of the myriad races world already represented his talent.

He had successfully emerged from the myriad races world, and he had also received such a precious reward.

Xu Jingming's many avatars were refining mind weapons using Sin Beads as materials and then nurturing them. At the same time, he was carefully comprehending the silver paper.

Because he had the experience of refining it the first time, Xu Jingming could refine a mind weapon spear with the materials of 1,000 Sin Beads. The materials he purchased this time were enough to refine nine mind weapon spears.

Without considering the labor cost of refining and nurturing, the material cost alone averaged 20,000 drops of Abyss True Blood for each mind weapon.

One had to know that ordinary Eternal Realm weapons, even finished products, were only around 10,000 drops of Abyss True Blood, and the cost was even lower! This showed how high the cost of mind lineage weapons was.

"It's just an ordinary Eternal Realm mind weapon. It's far inferior to a Third Realm weapon, so I can only rely on quantity." Xu Jingming couldn't help it; he was too poor. Buying these materials had exhausted his savings.

Time quietly passed by, and before he knew it, more than a thousand years had passed.