"Yu Huo City?" Xu Jingming couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart upon hearing the name.

The diminutive alien continued, "Yu Huo City was established by the great Third Realm being, Lord Yu Huo. He took pity on those of us who are weak and have difficulty evolving, and so he built this city."

Xu Jingming understood. It truly was Lord Yu Huo!

He and Lord Yu Huo were truly connected. Back when he was still a cosmic legend, Gu Jinshi, from the ruins he discovered, had been an unregistered disciple of Lord Yu Huo. Moreover, the original *Bafang Tu* (Eight Directions Diagram) he had obtained from the high-dimensional life form child, Liu Yu Feng, had also been created by Lord Yu Huo.

"Lord Yu Huo has released many inheritances within the city for us to learn," the diminutive alien said. "The news spread like wildfire! High-dimensional life forms from countless surrounding territories are rushing towards Yu Huo City. Like me, I once brought over a hundred friends with me to Yu Huo City."

Xu Jingming nodded. He even had the impulse to bring the Dean and the others to Yu Huo City.

"Yu Huo City has Third Realm inheritances?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Haha..."

The diminutive alien laughed. "The resources within Yu Huo City are far beyond your imagination. Lord Yu Huo has released 3128 kinds of inheritances, including 128 kinds of Third Realm inheritances, and 3000 kinds of basic inheritances. Don't underestimate these basic inheritances… each basic inheritance is as helpful to us as a Third Realm inheritance."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Of course, he knew, as he possessed one of the three thousand basic inheritances, the *Bafang Tu*.

"Any high-dimensional life form can learn these 3128 kinds of inheritances, but they need to pay a fee. Learning the first kind requires only one drop of Abyssal Motherblood, learning the second requires two drops of Abyssal Motherblood, the third requires four drops of Abyssal Motherblood, and then it's eight drops, sixteen drops, thirty-two drops…" the diminutive alien laughed. "So even the wealthiest high-dimensional life forms can only learn a few kinds of inheritances."

Xu Jingming clicked his tongue. With such a doubling increase, even Abyssal Monarchs would find it difficult to learn more than ten kinds.

"Long years have proven that Lord Yu Huo acted out of good intentions," the diminutive alien explained. "Because any inheritance he imparts requires countless hours of effort and focus. It's best to focus on two or three inheritances. Learning too many is harmful rather than beneficial."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"I heard that in the early days, Lord Yu Huo even taught publicly, accepting many disciples. Later, Lord Yu Huo gave up, releasing the inheritances and allowing high-dimensional life forms to learn as they wished," the diminutive alien said.

"Lord Yu Huo no longer accepts disciples?" Xu Jingming asked.

"He doesn't accept them anymore," the diminutive alien said. "I've lived in Yu Huo City for three Abyssal Epochs, and I've never seen Lord Yu Huo appear."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The thoughts of Third Realm beings could change.

Once teaching publicly, accepting countless disciples.

Now completely abandoning it.

"Yu Huo City attracts high-dimensional life forms from vast surrounding territories," the diminutive alien praised. "There are as many as hundreds of billions of high-dimensional life forms living there, and there are tens of thousands at the Half-Step Third Realm level."

"Tens of thousands of Half-Step Third Realm?" Xu Jingming stared, dumbfounded.

"Hahaha..."

The diminutive alien laughed, looking at Xu Jingming. "You think it's exaggerated? It's not exaggerated at all! Yu Huo City's influence, through the dissemination by Heart Realm lineage high-dimensional life forms, affects nearly a million surrounding territories. Isn't it normal to have tens of thousands of Half-Step Third Realm beings residing there?"

"There are thousands of invincible existences and Abyssal Monarch existences among the Half-Step Third Realm," the diminutive alien said. "Every Abyssal Monarch can control a complete layer of Abyssal space. Hundreds of Abyssal Monarchs reside in Yu Huo City."

"In Yu Huo City, you can see high-dimensional life forms of all kinds of schools! Countless high-dimensional life forms gather, and a large amount of resources are exchanged," the diminutive alien praised. "That is the most prosperous trading city."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Thousands of Abyssal Monarch-level experts, tens of thousands of Half-Step Third Realm existences, hundreds of billions of high-dimensional life forms… and of course, the presence of a Third Realm existence, Lord Yu Huo, formed such a prosperous trading place.

"In Yu Huo City, there are countless resources and treasures," the diminutive alien lamented. "The only problem is that I'm too poor to afford them."

Xu Jingming also laughed and said, "After hearing so much from Brother Yun Fansheng, it's truly eye-opening. This is the first time I've realized that there can be so many Half-Step Third Realm beings."

"In the endless territories, the cumulative number of Half-Step Third Realm beings is of course high," the diminutive alien said.

"Lord Yu Huo has been nurturing weak high-dimensional life forms for a long time. Have any of them been able to reach the Third Realm?" Xu Jingming asked.

The diminutive alien was startled, then shook his head slightly. "No."

"At least, according to public information, none of Lord Yu Huo's direct disciples, registered disciples, unregistered disciples, or the countless high-dimensional life forms who have lived in Yu Huo City for a long time… I haven't heard of any who have reached the Third Realm," the diminutive alien sighed. "Reaching the Third Realm is really too difficult."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Over such a large area and for such a long time, Lord Yu Huo hadn't cultivated a single Third Realm being?

The step from Half-Step Third Realm to Third Realm was indeed too difficult.

"So, as long as you continue to travel, you will soon receive news of Yu Huo City. After all, its existence affects too many surrounding territories," the diminutive alien said, flipping his hand and taking out a scroll. "This is a territory map to Yu Huo City. If you follow the territory map, you should arrive in about a hundred years."

"Brother Yun Fansheng, thank you," Xu Jingming said gratefully.

"It's just a bit of worthless information," the diminutive alien said with a smile. He wasn't polite to everyone. With their invisible aura collision, he knew that the other party was a Heart Realm lineage Eternal Realm peak existence, no less than him.

He was naturally willing to form a good relationship with such a powerful expert.

If it were a weaker person, he wouldn't have personally appeared to receive them. Arranging for an employee in the store to receive them would have been enough.

Whoosh.

Half an hour later, Xu Jingming left and embarked on his journey again, this time heading straight for Yu Huo City according to the territory map.

******

Nan Ting 3609 Territory, Xu Jingming and the Dean and the others were still searching for mineral deposits in the Primordial Gold Mountains.

"Yu Huo City?"

The Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master were all stunned. Xu Jingming, who was beside them, was still describing the information about Yu Huo City: "I happened to encounter a Heart Realm expert and was lucky enough to get the news. I estimate it will take a hundred years to reach there."

"Hundreds of billions of high-dimensional life forms gathering? Tens of thousands of Half-Step Third Realm? Thousands of Abyssal Monarch-level beings? And a Third Realm being, Lord Yu Huo?" At that moment, the Dean and the others felt their own insignificance.

"That is the real place of prosperity," the Tower Master said. "Compared to that, our Nan Ting 3609 Territory is just a small place."

"Our place is indeed a small place," Xu Jingming nodded. "A backwater!"

"Thanks to Jingming, otherwise, at our speed of traveling through the territories, we probably would never know about Yu Huo City in our lifetimes," the Dean said. He and the Tower Master couldn't cross territories on their own! The Space-Time Island Master traveled through the Mother River, but it was far inferior to Heart Realm teleportation.

Xu Jingming had been traveling for over 1,500 years and was already very, very far away from the Nan Ting 3609 Territory before he heard about Yu Huo City.

"With so many Abyssal Monarchs gathering, the rare treasures of the Abyss are probably abundant in Yu Huo City," the Tower Master said enviously.

"3128 kinds of inheritances, available for learning, just pay the fees," the Dean also sighed. "It is truly a holy land that we yearn for."

"Learning the first inheritance requires one drop of Abyssal Motherblood. We can't afford it now," the Space-Time Island Master said. Each person needed one drop of Abyssal Motherblood. If the four of them each learned one, they would need four drops of Abyssal Motherblood.

That was just for learning the first inheritance. If they wanted to learn the second? They would need eight more drops of Abyssal Motherblood.

"The price set by Lord Yu Huo is probably only affordable for Half-Step Third Realm beings to easily learn a few inheritances," the Dean shook his head. "It's already a struggle for us to learn one inheritance."

"Let's accumulate slowly," the Tower Master and the Island Master didn't dare to expect too much.

They would be satisfied if they could learn one.

Xu Jingming also felt that he was quite poor. The Origin Gold Beads he obtained, plus the spoils of war from killing Na Tuo, totaled less than two drops of Abyssal Motherblood.

"Continue searching for mineral deposits." Having learned about Yu Huo City and feeling even poorer, the four human high-dimensional life forms continued to patiently search for mineral deposits.

…

Deep within the Primordial Gold Mountains.

A high-dimensional life form with cyan scales pulled out a scale and threw it away casually. As the scale floated down, it naturally condensed into an avatar, which immediately rushed ahead to continue exploring for danger.

"Searching for thousands of years in the outer Primordial Gold Mountains, I only found 11 Origin Gold Beads, and I could still encounter danger. It's better to risk coming to the depths," the cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form's eyes burned with fervor. "I've only been in the depths for ten years, and I've already earned over a hundred Origin Gold Beads."

As a newly born high-dimensional life form with great ambition, he longed to become an Eternal Realm being.

But the ratio of Newborn Realm to Eternal Realm was too low! This was because it was too difficult for them to obtain resources. They could be killed by other Eternal Realm beings or by dangerous environments.

"Gamble it all. Either die, or make a fortune," the cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form continued to advance, with the avatar exploring the path ahead.

"Hmm?" The cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form was slightly startled, revealing a look of joy. "The avatar has discovered a Primordial Gold mineral deposit?"

Whoosh!

He immediately rushed over quickly.

Soon, he arrived at a dark, empty cave. The cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form observed the thick mountain wall in front of him.

"I can sense that there is a Primordial Gold aura inside, and the aura is quite strong," the cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form's pupils constricted. "Once the aura of a mineral deposit leaks out, it may attract Eternal Realm beings. So, I'll break open the mineral deposit, dig a little, and leave immediately. I can't delay."

The cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form looked around carefully again and chose a spot. "Right here, the aura is the strongest here! There should be the most Origin Gold Beads."

With his low strength, it was impossible for him to determine the details of the mineral deposit, and he could only vaguely distinguish the strength of the aura.

"Boom."

The cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form held a short awl and slammed it fiercely against the mountain wall, breaking through a layer of rock.

The moment it broke through.

The aura of the mineral deposit, sealed for endless years, naturally leaked out.

"Rumble~~~" The leaking Origin Gold aura was vast and mighty, like a tide, causing the spacetime to shake. The violent shaking caused spacetime to distort, and the cyan-scaled high-dimensional life form, holding the short awl, was instantly teleported away by the chaotic spacetime in shock.

"What?"

The Origin Gold aura that erupted in an instant, as well as the violently distorted spacetime, affected almost one-third of the Primordial Gold Mountains.

The high-dimensional life forms in this area clearly sensed it.

"What?" Xu Jingming, the Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master all looked in one direction at the same time. In their perception, the erupting Origin Gold aura was like a lighthouse in the dark night, dazzlingly bright.

The many high-dimensional life forms in the Primordial Gold Mountains all looked at the location of the mineral deposit from afar. They were all excited. Without a doubt, this was a large mineral deposit!