The human is devouring, a new talent every month.

Chapter 65 Mission Results and Gathering [Fourth Update, 3k words]

In the distant void of the universe, a palace illuminated by a tremendous light floats silently.

Compared to the vast and boundless secret realm below, this palace is incredibly small. Yet, the true master of this palace is the one who controls the Seven Flames Palace world!

"That's the strength of the virtual universe."

Lu Ming stood inside the spaceship, watching the giant continent, shimmering with seven-colored light, recede behind him, and murmured to himself.

The primordial universe was vast and boundless, with the most precious territories divided among six supreme races. Whether they were creatures from secret realms or smaller races, if no powerful beings were born, the final result would be either being ruled or "domesticated".

Becoming stronger is the main theme here.

After his thoughts wandered for a moment, just as his spaceship was about to reach the enormous palace in the void, an F-class spaceship also flew out from inside.

"drop!"

As the two ships approached, the inter-ship communication system crackled to life: "Your Highness Lu Ming, are you considering ending this mission for the Seven Flames Palace?"

A clear voice came through the communication decoding.

"That's right, I've completed the mission."

Under Lu Ming's instructions, Alice quickly relayed the message back.

"Ding! Received, Your Highness Lu Ming. I am Shermon, the guide from Tengyun Palace. I will now escort you to Tengyun Palace to rest."

Thank you!

The two spaceships, one after the other, stopped at a spaceship docking point in Tengyun Palace.

When Lu Ming stepped out of the cabin, he found a tall female realm lord of the Winged Race leading a group of people, who were already waiting below his spaceship.

After a brief chat, Lu Ming boarded an F-class disc-shaped spaceship arranged for him by Tengyun Palace and headed back towards the Primordial Secret Realm.

This mission took him a total of about two years, which was a little longer than expected.

"However, the harvest was not small. In addition to promoting the cultivation of the 'Tempering' secret technique in the Tianyan Mountains, I also obtained a tungsten flame stone mother as tall as a small mountain, thirteen flame spirit crystals, a piece of seven-colored azure flame wood..." Thanks to the void control ability of the Ultimate Flame Avatar, Lu Ming was able to explore for treasures in these mission worlds with ease.

If you search with a specific purpose, you can always find some precious treasures.

"Now that I've successfully obtained both kinds of Beast God statues, I can freely choose the remaining dangerous-level cultivation missions! After I finish taking on the last three extreme-level cultivation missions, I should be able to break through to the Domain Lord level!" Lu Ming secretly planned in his heart.

With his exaggerated cultivation speed, coupled with the assistance of the Beast God Statue, even without the environment of the primordial universe and the Chaos Stele, he would definitely be able to comprehend all 108 essences of the Law of Time within a hundred years.

By then, he should be able to cross the 12th or 13th level of the Heavenly Bridge. At the same time, crossing the cosmic-level Primordial Heavenly Mountain will not be difficult either.

With such strength, there is naturally no need for them to remain at the cosmic level any longer.

……

Thus, Lu Ming's main body spent most of his time focusing on cultivation, while his Ultimate Flame clone was constantly active, experiencing trials and tribulations in various cultivation worlds.

On Dragon Tower Star, he transformed into a top-tier dragon hunter, becoming the nightmare of countless monsters on Dragon Tower Star;

In the Nine Star Sea, with his cosmic-level body, he rose to become the new king of the alien sea, collected a massive amount of star sea stones and other wealth, and left behind a legendary myth.

In the Green Goblin world, he slaughtered various mutated creatures, obtaining countless precious and rare mutated crystal cores and special potions. By chance, he also unlocked a new purple talent called [Adaptive Evolution]...

In the ruins of the ancient temple, he ventured deep into dangerous "ancient god ruins" to loot treasures!

……

While honing their skills and seeking opportunities, they also comprehend the laws during missions and apply secret techniques in actual combat.

Because many of the cultivation worlds Lu Ming chose were not in the original secret realms, it took him a little extra time to travel there. However, in just six years, he completed four more dangerous missions that he had specifically selected.

Moreover, although he didn't stay in each cultivation world for very long, Lu Ming didn't leave immediately after completing the basic tasks. Instead, he relied on the innate abilities of his Ultimate Flame Avatar to conduct a considerable amount of exploration, thus gaining a lot in each cultivation world.

Compared to that, the points originally awarded by the cultivation mission are negligible.

In the four cultivation worlds, Lu Ming found the opportunities hidden behind these dangerous missions to varying degrees.

On Dragon Tower Star, he found an extremely rare 'Mountain Dragon' egg, a powerful creature with an innate life gene ratio of about eight times...

This mountain dragon only has eight times the life gene, so Lu Ming himself naturally wouldn't consider it worthwhile. But in the outside world, whether bestowed upon a genius for possession or trained as his own tamed beast, it would be invaluable.

In the Nine Star Sea, Lu Ming disguised himself as a senior Realm Lord and defeated an "Alien Sea King" in a head-on battle, replacing the other party as the master of a powerful force and collecting numerous resources and treasures, including Deep Sea Spirits and Star Rain Crystals.

Keep in mind that these items would cost millions of points each if redeemed from the treasure vault. And if auctioned off externally, the prices would be even higher!

For an average genius, obtaining even one of these materials would be considered a great success. However, Lu Ming's Ultimate Flame Avatar was far too powerful, and the way he gathered resources was completely unimaginable to other geniuses.

In the Green Goblin world, Lu Ming successfully infiltrated the core of this world—the "Biochemical Research Institute"—and stole extremely precious special potions such as the "Giant God Potion Type 3".

The [Giant God Potion] is an extremely precious potion developed by the higher-ups of the Green Goblin world. Its purpose is simple: to increase body size. As everyone knows, most individuals in the human race are relatively small, which is a significant disadvantage in terms of physical strength after becoming immortal... But this [Giant God Potion], whether due to its special materials or some other reason, can grant the special ability of "body enlargement"!

If one can successfully take this special potion before achieving immortality, they will benefit immensely in terms of their divine body when they break through to immortality or even become a cosmic venerable.

"However, judging from the situation, this kind of potion is not easy to obtain and cannot be widely distributed yet." After taking the [Giant God Potion Type 3], Lu Ming's true form can transform to a height of up to 200 meters, and he also drew a purple talent called [Adaptive Evolution] the following month.

It was from this that Lu Ming realized that there must be deeper secrets hidden in the Green Goblin world, some of which even the higher-ups of humanity might only know the "what" but not the "why".

As for the final ruins of the ancient temple world, it is a paradise for treasure hunters!

Although each ancient ruin is fraught with danger, it also contains the richest treasures. Lu Ming managed to acquire five or six incomplete treasures comparable to the 'Annihilation' Demon Sword.

Of course, this is only because Lu Mingjiuyan's clone's talent is so abnormal that it can achieve such amazing results.

If it were an ordinary genius, the immortal gods guarding the ancient ruins would have shown them what true clarity is.

……

Virtual Universe, Yuxiangshan Public Area.

At Tiffany's call, all twelve geniuses from the same cohort in the Primordial and Original districts gathered together.

Although there was a significant gap in their strength, Lu Ming had a good relationship with several of them and would occasionally attend similar private gatherings.

"Lu Ming, you're a real monster. Those dangerous missions are incredibly difficult. Some of us haven't even finished our first one yet, and you've already completed six!" The burly Kun Zhou unceremoniously picked up the wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp, while also chatting about some things in the mission world.

"Some of these mission worlds contain hidden great opportunities, but they also contain immense dangers. You might rise to the top in one step, or you might lose your life. Lu Mingfeng has the ability to do so, but the rest of you should be careful and not follow in the footsteps of 'Ert'!" Upon hearing Tiffany mention the name 'Ert', everyone else's expressions turned serious.

Erte was the illusionist genius known as "Remnant Dream" during the Genius War. Although he was unlucky enough to be assigned to the Heavenly Region, his talent and strength were in no way inferior to most of the geniuses in the Primordial Region.

But this brilliant genius perished in a dangerous mission world half a year ago.

"With Erte's strength, he wouldn't have fallen so easily if he hadn't gone mad. We need to be careful... But sometimes when an opportunity presents itself, we have to give it our all!" The usually taciturn 'Wind King' Bai Liu's eyes were now gleaming with excitement.

"No madness, no life. I agree with you, Bai Liu!" Kun Zhou, with his forthright personality, nodded in agreement and drank three cups with Bai Liu in succession. However, Lu Ming had reason to suspect that he just wanted to get the expensive wines prepared by Tiffany for free.

Besides Lu Ming, who was the wealthiest among those present, Tiffany, who came from the royal family of the Peak Rock Universe Kingdom, was also a wealthy woman and was usually very generous.

"By the way, Lia, haven't you finished your mission on Visca yet? Is there any danger?" Tiffany, the girl in the red dress, noticed that Lia, who was sitting to the side, hadn't said anything, so she took the opportunity to ask her with concern.

Seeing everyone looking at her, the silver-haired elf girl smiled in response and shook her head.

"It's nothing, I just—"

"Excuse me, I might have to take my leave!" The girl's expression changed slightly, and she instantly logged off and disappeared from the virtual universe.

The others, witnessing this scene, exchanged bewildered glances, and the room fell silent for a moment.

Maintaining a sliver of consciousness in the virtual universe doesn't require much effort for these geniuses.

Now that Lia has suddenly disappeared from the virtual universe, she has obviously encountered a big problem and cannot afford to be distracted at all!

(End of this chapter)