In reality, Binhai City.

Xu Jingming walked into his courtyard and sat alone on a bench. In the Blood Rain World, it was afternoon, but in reality, it was late at night. The stars twinkled in the sky, and the air was refreshingly cool.

"Kill."

"No—"

Xu Jingming remembered the scenes of killing those gang members in the Blood Rain World.

Some gang members were red-eyed and frantic before their deaths, while others were desperate and terrified. The intense emotions in the face of death were highly infectious, and Xu Jingming could feel their emotions as well. This was different from the battles in the ‘Life Evolution’ game, because in the game, death was insignificant.

But in the Blood Rain World, those natives truly believed everything was real, believed that death was real.

"Too real," Xu Jingming murmured.

"Jingming." Li Miaomiao received a smart notification that her husband had left the virtual room, and she immediately logged off as well.

"Why are you sitting in the courtyard in the middle of the night?" Li Miaomiao asked, puzzled. Her husband was very diligent in his training and rarely sat alone in the courtyard at night, lost in thought.

Xu Jingming looked at his wife beside him, held her hand, and smiled. "I was a bit stimulated."

"Stimulated?" Li Miaomiao was curious.

"Didn't I tell you I recently took on a mission in the Blood Rain World?" Xu Jingming said. "Today was the first time I went on a killing spree, I slaughtered a bunch of people in there. I finally understand why the battles in the Blood Rain World… are more conducive to honing one's mind and will."

"Oh?" Li Miaomiao looked at Xu Jingming.

"Ordinary battles in virtual games are just ordinary battles," Xu Jingming said. "Even some peak competitions only involve more emotion because countless people are watching, which can stimulate the mind on a deeper level. But the Blood Rain World… is truly close to ‘reality.’"

"All the natives are real people," Xu Jingming said. "They have their real-world memories blocked, and they believe everything in the Blood Rain World is real, so those natives invest real emotions."

"They have joys and sorrows, greed, elation, hesitation, and fear…" Xu Jingming said. "And when we cosmic citizens enter, the cost is also high. It costs 100,000 cosmic credits to enter. And the longer we stay, the more we accumulate, the less we dare to die. We also cherish our lives."

"Today, when I was besieged by those gang members, my body was very fragile. I would die if I took a single hit. I had to be extremely careful," Xu Jingming said. "I've never been so cautious in previous competitions."

"I was very careful, very cautious. And those gang members were truly risking their lives. The emotions in the face of death are infectious," Xu Jingming said with emotion. "This battle has stimulated me more than three or five world-class competitions."

Li Miaomiao said, "You make me want to go in."

"The despair and screams in the face of death," Xu Jingming said, "Even just facing it, the mind will tremble. If you have a small heart, you'll probably be scared stiff."

Although Li Miaomiao hadn't experienced it, she could imagine it.

"Today, this battle has also brought me a breakthrough," Xu Jingming said, looking at the night sky, "I've broken through to the sixth level."

"Sixth level?" Li Miaomiao was overjoyed.

"The sixth level is relatively simple," Xu Jingming said with a soft laugh. "If you rely on external forces to become a Star Life, progressing step by step from the first, second, and third levels, it will be very difficult to go from the fifth to the sixth level. But if you evolve into a Star Life on your own, it will be easy to reach the sixth level."

"Once you exceed 50% at the fifth level, you can learn the Star Life Evolution Method."

"After becoming a Star Life, you'll quickly reach 90% at the fifth level."

"After cultivating for some time… you'll naturally reach the sixth level," Xu Jingming said.

For those Star Lifes like Tiano who rely on external forces, it would be very difficult to go from the fifth to the sixth level! It would be very easy for those like Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, and Tiger Fussen who rely on themselves.

"But after that, every little improvement will be extremely difficult," Xu Jingming said. "According to the data of countless citizens in the universe, the breakthrough rate from the sixth to the seventh level is less than 1%, and the breakthrough rate from the seventh to the eighth level is also less than 1%."

"The rate is so low?" Li Miaomiao was shocked. "According to this rate, even if Blue Star Civilization uses the evolution method to produce a thousand sixth-level experts, only a handful can become seventh-level?"

"Yes."

Xu Jingming nodded. "The path of evolution becomes more and more difficult, and the breakthrough rate will become lower and lower. It's hard to say whether the entire Blue Star Civilization can produce an eighth-level expert, let alone the distant ninth level. To be honest, I'm under a lot of pressure. The more I learn, the greater the pressure."

"In the virtual world network, I've found many weak civilizations that are declining, and seeing the miserable state after their decline… I feel even more pressure," Xu Jingming said softly.

Some newly emerging weak civilizations, after being ‘sucked dry’ by those powerful cosmic civilizations, eventually collapse, and are swallowed up by the powerful civilizations. And at that time, the people of the weak civilizations will mostly end up very miserable, because planetary lifeforms are not considered cosmic citizens! They can be exploited to a greater extent.

In that case, the lives of the people of Blue Star Civilization will be many times worse than they are now.

The higher-ups of Blue Star Civilization are under great pressure and are trying everything they can to find a solution.

And as the number one genius of Blue Star Civilization, Xu Jingming is under even greater pressure! He has no one to rely on.

Pang Ze is very strong, but he is an academic talent! He is good at humanities, and has not shown much potential in science. Therefore, it is extremely unlikely that Pang Ze will reach level 100 on the ‘academic’ path, it can be said to be 0.

He, Xu Jingming, as a transcendent-level genius, is the only tall person in Blue Star! The only one who seems to have some hope of becoming a super expert in evolution.

"Yes, the path of evolution becomes more and more difficult," Li Miaomiao held her husband's hand. "But no matter how difficult the road, no matter how far the road, you have to take it step by step. Don't worry, we'll take it slowly."

"Yeah." Xu Jingming nodded, looking at his wife and the child in her belly.

Even in the vast universe, where experts are countless and geniuses are innumerable! He has to fight!

…

After chatting with his wife for a while, and having a midnight snack, Xu Jingming entered the virtual world network again.

He only needed 12 hours a day in the Blood Rain World, and most of the other time, Xu Jingming was studying the first volume of *Hua Guang*.

"Electromagnetic Cannon Array, start!"

Xu Jingming stood in the training field. Countless metal blocks tore through the air at the terrifying speed of ‘a hundred times the speed of sound,’ enveloping him with countless piercing screams.

"Clang clang clang~~~"

Xu Jingming wielded the spear in his hand, and the spear shadows swept around. Those terrifying metal blocks, after touching the spear shadows, all changed direction and crashed into various places.

"The first volume of *Hua Guang* records everything from the first level to the eighth level. Cultivation in the planetary life stage is relatively simple, while the Star Life stage is much more difficult!" Xu Jingming thought. "There are aspects of mind refinement, aspects of cosmic energy manipulation, etc… The most important thing is the Five Scrolls of Spearplay. The previous Five Ultimate Techniques are just an introduction. These Five Scrolls of Spearplay are the foundation for reaching ‘Ninth-level Spearplay.’"

The Five Scrolls of Spearplay.

They are *Flowing Water Scroll*, *Starfire Scroll*, *Mountain-settling Scroll*, *Spacetime Scroll*, and *Hua Guang Scroll*, which are much more profound than the previous Five Ultimate Techniques.

Xu Jingming pondered and cultivated all five scrolls. Currently, he has gained the most from the *Flowing Water Scroll*.

"My ‘Water Flow’ spear intent is quite compatible with the *Flowing Water Scroll*. At least I've already entered the door," Xu Jingming was still very happy, because according to Xuan's description, entering any of the Five Scrolls of Spearplay requires comprehending the corresponding spear intent.

Of course, this is just the beginning! The path of Star Life evolution is indeed much more difficult than that of planetary life.

"Xuan, you mainly focused on the *Flowing Water Scroll* back then, and this scroll also has the most content," Xu Jingming thought.

The amount of content recorded in the five scrolls varies.

The *Flowing Water Scroll* has the most, the *Mountain-settling Scroll* is slightly less, the *Spacetime Scroll* and *Starfire Scroll* are even less, and the *Hua Guang Scroll* has the least content.

After practicing for a long time.

"Didi di—"

The countless falling meteorites in the training field suddenly stopped.

"It's time to enter the Blood Rain World." Xu Jingming received a system notification that it was time for work, and immediately opened the Blood Rain World. With a light touch, he entered it.