Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Emerging from the Hundred Domains Space

Xiang Bei's mind and body remained focused on comprehending the mysteries of the power of the realm.

Taking advantage of his insights gained in the Hundred Domains Space, Xiang Bei plunged into the underground training room of the manor villa to cultivate the first level of the "Five Elements Yuan Water Method".

With the mysterious patterns that gradually deepened within the Hundred Domains space, Xiang Bei found it much easier to comprehend the first picture of the "Five Elements Yuan Water Method".

Xiang Bei, who could only barely sketch half of the picture before, has completed more than 80% of the entire picture in one day, greatly improving his cultivation progress.

"In two more days, I should be able to formally cultivate the first level of the Five Elements Yuan Water Technique." Xiang Bei's eyes shone with excitement.

I feel that joining Virtual Universe Company was the right choice.

With the resources accumulated by the Virtual Universe Company, he may already be a cosmic-level powerhouse when the Cosmic Genius Battle begins in a decade or so.

They might even receive the same treatment as those geniuses who emerged from the genius battle, receiving the so-called Primal Universe Prince-level treatment even before them.

He smiled gently, deciding to put those goals aside for now. Next, Xiang Bei planned to visit a low-level trial realm.

It wasn't for any other reason than that Xiang Bei hadn't used the "Giant Devour" skill recently.

While cultivation of domains and laws is indeed very important, the existence of the Heart Steel is Xiang Bei's most important core.

After all, this is a powerful cheat that can transform his life essence and genetic level.

We certainly can't keep it stagnant and unused indefinitely.

The only places on the entire planet of Iris Light where he could freely use Heart Steel were the various trial realms.

There are many trial realms of varying sizes on the planet Iris.

Different levels were also defined.

From low to high, they can be divided into five levels: low risk, medium risk, high risk, critical risk, and desperate situation.

The most dangerous trial realm, the Desperate Trial Realm, has a very high probability of killing even a cosmic-level expert who enters it.

Low-risk secret realms are much worse; even planetary-level warriors can survive in them.

However, the danger is still considerable, and these elite members need to plan carefully if they want to complete the trial mission.

Of course, if it's not for a trial mission but simply for combat training, then it's much safer.

After a quick selection, Xiang Bei chose a low-risk secret realm called the World of the Tu Lizard.

This secret realm is among the less dangerous of all the secret realms on the entire planet Iris Star.

The secret realm is home to a monster called the Tu Lizard.

These monsters are not very strong, ranging from apprentice level to star level.

Due to its enormous size and extremely strong physical vitality, it became a perfect hunting target in Xiang Bei's eyes.

Of course, even so, this kind of monster, the lizard, is not easy to deal with.

The reason is that this thing is a social monster, and it holds grudges quite a bit.

If you provoke these guys, you'll be relentlessly hunted down by these monsters, and it'll be very difficult to shake them off.

Of course, there are also many rare treasures in the world of the lizards. For example, the lizard blueberry, which is guarded by the lizard colony, can enhance the mental power of martial artists and is a rare treasure that mentalists need.

One of the trial missions involves collecting blueberries from lizards, but the contribution points awarded are quite low.

One hundred blueberries from the lizard will earn you one contribution point.

You need to collect one thousand lizard blueberries to complete a D-level trial mission.

According to the regulations given to them by the Virtual Universe Company, Level 2 elites must complete at least 10 Level D trial missions and 2 Level C trial missions every ten years to be considered qualified.

After thinking it over, since he planned to enter the Tulizard Secret Realm, Xiang Bei accepted a quest to obtain Tulizard Blueberries.

The surrounding area resembles a hidden realm of lizards, and you can easily pick up a quest there as well.

After applying for the mission, Xiang Bei went directly to the entrance of the Tu Lizard Secret Realm on Yuanguang Star.

Since it is a fully developed realm within a realm, the entrance to the Tu Lizard Secret Realm is not heavily guarded.

There is only one cosmic-level squad guarding the entrance to the interdimensional realm.

Of course, this cosmic-level team is not as simple as it seems. Not only are each member a powerful expert at least at the fifth level of the Domain Realm, but each person also possesses powerful technological weapons. Furthermore, the entrance to the secret realm is guarded by powerful large-scale technology to ensure the safety of the secret realm.

Xiang Bei was only allowed to enter after submitting his elite member information card.

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Tu Lizard Secret Realm

As a realm within a realm formed after the fall of a realm lord-level powerhouse, the Tu Lizard Secret Realm has been developed and utilized by the Virtual Universe Company for countless years.

The scenery of the Tu Lizard's Secret Realm is almost identical to that of the outside world, except that there is an incredibly vast jungle within the Tu Lizard's Secret Realm.

As far as the eye can see, there are tall, lush green trees, the smallest of which is at least 100 meters tall.

People in it feel as if they are in a kingdom of giants.

However, these trees are not simple either; some places also harbor hidden dangers.

However, for Xiang Bei, ordinary planetary-level life forms no longer pose a threat.

He was confident he could defeat even a life form of the celestial level.

After entering the Tu Lizard Secret Realm, Xiang Bei quickly determined the direction and then headed directly into the depths of the secret realm.

Because Virtual Universe Company wanted to create a better training environment for its elite members, the company only provided them with a rather simple map, without any record of the monster's distribution.

Only the entrance to the secret realm and a few landmark locations were marked; otherwise, there was almost nothing.

Everything needs to be explored by the trial participants themselves.

Xiang Bei's target was the depths of the Tu Lizard's Secret Realm.

As is well known, the deeper into a so-called secret realm, the stronger the monsters become.

Given Xiang Bei's current life strength, using the Colossus Devour technique wouldn't pose a significant threat to low- to mid-level planetary monsters.

Therefore, Xiang Bei plans to directly seek out planetary-level lizards of rank 7 or higher to use as his experience pets.

As Xiang Bei swiftly traversed the jungle, he soon discovered a gathering place for lizards.

To be honest, it's hard to imagine that this seemingly ordinary-sized but enormous rabbit, covered in lizard scales, actually lives in a burrow.

You should know that with Xiang Bei's eyesight, he could tell at a glance that even from thousands of meters away, the smallest of these things was seven or eight meters tall.

However, Xiang Bei wasn't interested in thinking about why these things lived in caves.

All he needed were the blueberries guarded by these lizards and the lizards themselves.

Xiang Bei briefly observed the habitat of these lizards.

There are a total of 27 lizards gathered here, 11 of which are not yet adults and are only at the apprentice level.

The remaining sixteen lizards are all planetary-level life forms.

Only one of them reached planetary level eight.

Right in the center of these lizard colonies grows a giant blueberry tree.

However, this blueberry tree is quite different from the blueberry trees on Earth. This blueberry tree is a full two hundred meters long and grows hundreds of lizard blueberries of various sizes, each the size of a football.