Chapter 1 Xu Jingming's Discovery

Xu Jingming overlooked the entire subsidiary universe from high-dimensional space, taking it all in with a single glance.

The entire subsidiary universe resembled a broken flatbread, clearly in a fragmented state after being torn apart.

Judging by eye, its maximum diameter was 10.1 light-years. The most conspicuous feature of the entire subsidiary universe was a super-large palace at its core. This palace was too large, a type of structure unlikely to exist within a normal universe.

Its maximum diameter exceeded 6 light-years, and its height exceeded 3 light-years. Such a super-large palace was simply unbelievable, but considering its connection to high-dimensional life, it became understandable.

On either side of the palace's main entrance stood two giant black fruit trees, each bearing a single fruit.

"These two fruit trees?" Xu Jingming was somewhat bewildered.

"The outer Flame Fruit Tree was already tens of thousands of kilometers tall, which I thought was very high. The two giant black fruit trees in front of the palace gate are estimated to be 1.8 light-years tall. The difference between the two is too outrageous. Moreover, each black fruit tree has only one fruit."

Xu Jingming looked at the black fruit, which was larger than an ordinary star. The black fruit seemed to be alive, with patterns slowly flowing on its surface. Xu Jingming couldn't help but feel a desire to devour it.

He had a feeling that devouring it would bring about a huge transformation.

"Master, this kind of fruit is for high-dimensional life to use," Little Jiu exclaimed. "Such treasures would never appear in the merit exchange of the three most powerful forces like the Primordial Research Institute."

"For high-dimensional life?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Yes," Little Jiu said. "It's in the lower dimensions, and we are in the higher dimensions, yet I can feel its aura. This is a bit unbelievable. The only explanation is that these two fruit trees are high-dimensional fruit trees, so they appear so huge in the lower dimensions."

"Everything in high-dimensional space will appear very large when unfolded in the lower dimensions," Little Jiu explained.

Xu Jingming understood.

The previous cosmic fruit tree, although considered a cosmic treasure, was not a high-dimensional fruit tree, which is why it was only tens of thousands of kilometers tall.

"High-dimensional fruit trees can form inside a body universe. I'm even more curious about the identity of the creator of this subsidiary universe," Little Jiu said.

Xu Jingming nodded. He carefully observed the two giant black fruit trees. Each of these trees had a large snake coiled around its trunk. Even viewed from high-dimensional space, Xu Jingming felt fear when he saw the snakes.

"Each of these two trees has a large snake guarding it. Judging by eye, these two large snakes are probably stronger than the giant apes," Xu Jingming said.

Around the outermost part of the entire palace were stone pillars.

Each stone pillar had patterns on it, but at the moment, some of the stone pillars were broken and had fallen.

Thirty-six stone pillars, nine of which were broken and had fallen. After all, this was a subsidiary universe formed after a high-dimensional lifeform died.

Xu Jingming understood this point. This subsidiary universe was only a small part of a vast body universe.

A giant palace, two high-dimensional fruit trees, and thirty-six surrounding stone pillars. Further out were three fiery red worlds. Each fiery red world had erupting volcanoes, with magma reddening the sky. Each had six cosmic trees, with black-red fruits hanging from their branches.

"So the entire subsidiary universe has a total of eighteen cosmic fruit trees and two high-dimensional fruit trees," Xu Jingming realized. He hadn't seen the full picture before.

"Undoubtedly, everything revolves around that palace," Xu Jingming said, looking at the towering palace. "What's inside the palace? I'm clearly viewing it from high-dimensional space, but I can't see what's inside."

The interior of the palace was shrouded in a gray haze.

Xu Jingming tried hard to peer into it. Even a trace of the Yuan Chu battle armor's power descended from high-dimensional space, wanting to observe the palace up close.

"Who's spying?"

Deep within the palace, a pair of eyes opened. When they opened, they looked towards high-dimensional space and saw Xu Jingming! Xu Jingming also saw these eyes from high-dimensional space.

They were a pair of ancient, indifferent golden eyes.

At the same time, the voice of "Who's spying?" exploded directly in Xu Jingming's mind. Even after being blocked and weakened by the No. 9 Yuan Chu battle armor, even though Xu Jingming was already a tenth-order original lifeform with a mental strength of ten layers, he still clutched his head in pain in the face of the weakened voice.

His mental strength became unstable, and he fell directly from high-dimensional space.

"A little guy?"

The eyes in the palace watched Xu Jingming fall. In the high-dimensional eyes, there was a hint of reminiscence.

"A long time ago, I was even weaker than this little guy. Those were good times..."

"Back then, one Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeform after another was swallowed into the master's body universe and killed. And now, a little guy who isn't even a high-dimensional lifeform can enter the master's universe?"

"Of the three thousand holy envoys, how many are still alive?"

"Master, I have been chanting your name, calling for your return. When will you return?"

"Three abyss epochs have passed. I can't wait any longer. Your servant, Sanan, really wants to see you."

The eyes quietly closed.

He continued to chant the master's name, over and over again, until the end of his life.

Xu Jingming fell from high-dimensional space to the edge of the fiery red world. It took a long time for him to recover and stabilize his consciousness.

"What's going on?"

Xu Jingming couldn't believe it. "I was glanced at by a pair of eyes in the palace, and I was stunned. I fell from high-dimensional space just from a single sentence?"

"What a powerful universe spirit." Little Jiu was also a little nervous. "Master, the universe spirit inside that palace is too terrifying."

"Little Jiu, didn't you say that the universe spirits of subsidiary universes are inferior to universe legends?" Xu Jingming asked. "I feel like this universe spirit is far beyond Mo You Monarch and Senior Brother Sang, and should be no less than a universe legend!"

"Master, universe spirits can wield very powerful high-dimensional forces. These high-dimensional forces generally originate from the master of the body universe!" Little Jiu explained. "Although universe spirits can wield them, they are still somewhat different from universe legends who have mastered high-dimensional forces themselves."

Little Jiu explained, "It's just that some universe spirits can unleash terrifying power."

"For example, Mo You Monarch wields the power of nightmares, which only originates from a nascent high-dimensional lifeform. The most terrifying universe spirit within a subsidiary universe can borrow a wisp of power from an Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeform. Even a wisp is terrifying," Little Jiu explained.

Xu Jingming understood.

"Borrowing the power of an Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeform might be more terrifying than a universe legend. However, a universe legend perfectly controls their own power. It might take some time to find the other party's weakness, but it's still possible to defeat them."

"However, Master, the universe spirit in this palace is, in my records, one of the most terrifying types. Before your mind reaches the high-dimensional level, it's best to stay far away from the palace."

"I think you shouldn't go in there unless you become a universe legend," Xu Jingming felt it was too dangerous.

He felt that the threat from that pair of ancient, indifferent golden eyes was even more terrifying than Deputy Dean Chi Meng!

Of course, this might also be an illusion.

After all, Deputy Dean Chi Meng was his friend and hadn't shown his terrifying side.

"In any case, don't go in," Xu Jingming thought to himself.

That pair of eyes glanced at him.

Xu Jingming also understood what the other party meant. It was a warning, warning Xu Jingming to stay away from the palace.

"I'd better harvest the cosmic fruits." Xu Jingming didn't enter high-dimensional space again. He looked towards the fiery red world, watching the six cosmic fruit trees.

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming teleported to a cosmic fruit tree. He stretched out his left hand, and rays of light cut the roots, harvesting all nineteen fruits and storing them in the Yuan Chu battle armor's space.

After reaching the tenth order, he could mobilize most of the Yuan Chu battle armor's power. Any casual move could reach the limit of the tenth order, much stronger than the Yuan Chu battle armor's silk thread cutting. The silk thread cutting technique relied on the special material.

What seemed slow actually happened in an instant. The fruits of one cosmic fruit tree were completely harvested.

Xu Jingming teleported to another cosmic fruit tree.

At this moment, the earth of the fiery red world rumbled, and one towering figure after another crawled out. Even ultra-long arms stretched towards Xu Jingming.

Six towering flame apes, their bodies covered in burning fur, their eyes full of anger. Their mission was to take care of the fruit trees and protect the fruits. Xu Jingming's harvesting naturally aroused their hostility.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The arms swung fiercely and violently.

But Xu Jingming's current teleportation had reached an astonishing level. In any chaotic spacetime environment, as long as there was no high-dimensional force hindering him, Xu Jingming could forcibly teleport.

"Without high-dimensional force, you can't stop my teleportation." Xu Jingming teleported to a fruit tree. He reached out, and whoosh! More than a dozen rays of light cut the fruits, and they were directly stored in the Yuan Chu battle armor's subsidiary space.

The six towering apes roared angrily.

"Damn it."

"Fruit thief."

"Don't run."

They were very angry, but when they swung their arms to grab Xu Jingming near the fruit trees, they had to restrain their strength for fear of harming the fruit trees.

Their purpose was to take care of the fruit trees and protect the fruits.

In terms of importance, the fruit trees were more important! So no matter how angry they were, they didn't dare to damage these cosmic fruit trees in the slightest.

"Fruit thief!"

The six apes roared, their voices booming.

But no matter how fast they were, they were useless in the face of Xu Jingming's teleportation.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Jingming had harvested all the fruits from the six fruit trees.

Huff.

With another teleport, he completely left the fiery red world.

"Fruit thief!" The six apes angrily searched for the fruit thief on the ground. Finally, unable to find him, they carefully observed the cosmic fruit trees and guided the power of the flames into the fruit trees.

After that, they sank back into the earth and silently guarded them.

Xu Jingming looked from high-dimensional space as the six apes fell into slumber, and sighed, "The universe spirits are really loyal enough, but their use of power is indeed crude. After my teleportation improved, they couldn't even touch me."

"I told you, universe spirits generally have flaws," Little Jiu said. "But you have to stay away from the one in the palace. After all, you can't even withstand a glance from it."

"Yeah, I'll take the fruits from the other two flame worlds first."

The entire subsidiary universe had a total of three flame worlds.

Each flame world had six cosmic fruit trees and six guarding flame apes. Xu Jingming naturally teleported as usual to harvest the fruits, making those flame apes angrily chase the fruit thief.

However, they couldn't catch him and didn't dare to damage the fruit trees in the slightest.

In the angry roars of the flame apes, the fruits of all eighteen cosmic fruit trees in the three flame worlds were quickly harvested, for a total of 291 fruits.

These cosmic fruits were useful even to Deputy Dean Chi Meng.

"Master, you are also cultivating in the Primordial Star lineage. You have to keep more for yourself. At the growth rate of cosmic fruits, the next batch won't grow up until a million or even ten million years later."

Little Jiu said, "Eating these fruits means they'll be gone. You have to save them."

Xu Jingming also understood.

The human race had never discovered these fruits before. They were obviously some kind of unknown cosmic fruit.

Once they were eaten, they would be gone.

The next batch in a million or even ten million years? Without becoming a high-dimensional lifeform, he wouldn't be able to wait for the next batch at all.

Once he became a high-dimensional lifeform, the use of cosmic fruits would be insignificant.

Now that the cosmic fruits were harvested, he could go explore those patterned stone pillars.

Xu Jingming had noticed the special nature of the patterned stone pillars when he viewed them from high-dimensional space before.