"Master, your account at the Universe Star River Bank has received 10 million Mixed-yuan Units," Little Dawn's pleasant voice echoed in Ender's mind.
"10 million Mixed-yuan Units." Ender smiled upon hearing this, saying, "This must be the reward from Seventh Senior Brother that has arrived."
"The funds have arrived, so I can now place an order to build the spaceship," he murmured to himself, and a light screen appeared before him.
"Tsk!" After tapping the light screen several times, Ender couldn't help but click his tongue, "Even with the Materials available to synthesize nightmare alloy, the production cost still requires several hundred Mixed-yuan Units!"
"It's just that my strength isn't enough to withstand the high temperatures," he shook his head lightly, "Otherwise, I could synthesize the nightmare alloy myself, which would save several hundred Mixed-yuan Units in production fees."
As a top-tier f-class alloy, nightmare alloy requires terrifyingly high temperatures for synthesis, and only World Masters who have comprehended the Origin of Fire Law, as well as other Immortals, can withstand such temperatures.
If a World Master were to refine the nightmare core and synthesize the top-tier f-class nightmare alloy, the production cost wouldn't be too high, probably around ten Mixed-yuan Units.
However, it would take a World Master Level a long time to produce nightmare alloy, which Ender could not accept, so he had no choice but to spend several hundred Mixed-yuan Units to ask a Marquis-level Immortal to do it, with a production time of over a year.
"Two nightmare cores, each weighing nearly a ton, can be refined into over a hundred tons of nightmare alloy, which, combined with other Materials, is enough to build a small spaceship."
Next, Ender checked the cost of building the spaceship. He indeed had over 10 million Mixed-yuan Units, but this amount of money could only equip the spaceship with ordinary accessories, and even so, it cost over seven million Mixed-yuan Units.
"It's a good thing I have the Materials for the main body of the spaceship, otherwise, ten million Mixed-yuan Units would only be enough to build a relatively ordinary f-class spaceship."
Building a spaceship from scratch is very expensive, especially the main body Materials, because parts like the engine can be economized on, even if it means a slower speed.
However, the main body Materials cannot be skimped on, as this relates to the spaceship's durability and its maximum attack endurance.
"Building one spaceship cost over seven million Mixed-yuan Units, which is almost all of my wealth," Ender sighed softly.
After more than four hundred years in the Virtual Universe Company, he had experienced over a dozen Cultivate mission worlds and acquired wealth amounting to roughly over ten million Mixed-yuan Units.
Among them, Seventh Senior Brother's gift of 10 million Mixed-yuan Units accounted for the largest portion, in addition to King Suimi's apology gift of 1 million Mixed-yuan Units from the Titan God World, and the Flaming Void Gold given to him by Tian Shi Palace Master, which was also worth several hundred thousand Mixed-yuan Units.
In addition to the Materials and cash Mixed-yuan Units he acquired, he also gained some important Opportunities, such as the incomplete beast god statue and over a thousand Blood River Crystals obtained from the Blood River World.
The former allowed him to comprehend a trace of the Beast God Artistic Conception, while the latter enabled him to become a Blood Warrior, increasing his Law comprehension and attack power tenfold when he activated Blood River Power!
And in the Titan God World, after consuming the Titan God Power Fruit, his body height increased to 238 meters, a full 100-fold increase.
In the Taas World, he also gained a great Opportunity; he could comprehend the God Tree 103 times in this era, and once per era for the next ten thousand eras.
Of the 103 comprehension opportunities in this era, he had already used 63. His Law comprehension significantly improved after comprehending the God Tree, allowing him to reach the Tongtian Bridge Twelfth Layer in just over a hundred years.
"To have gained so much in just over three hundred years of Cultivating in the Primal Secret Realm, my Opportunity is quite good."
Having passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain, Ender felt that staying at the Universe Level no longer held much meaning. It would be better to Breakthrough to the Domain Master sooner, and then Breakthrough to World Master Level after completing the highest-point mission.
After all, the World Master Level is the period of highest Law affinity and the best time to comprehend Law. The longer one stays at World Master Level, the deeper their Law comprehension accumulates.
For example, the World Masters in the Primal Secret Realm all have Law comprehension comparable to a Marquis-level Immortal, and some even comparable to a King Level Immortal. Once they become Immortal, even if they cannot immediately become a Marquis-level Immortal, they can successfully become a Marquis-level Immortal after a short period of accumulation.
"Among the Domain Master members in the Primal Secret Realm, currently none have passed the Tongtian Bridge Twelfth Layer in Law comprehension. I can easily secure my spot by Breaking through to the Domain Master."
"Hmm…" Ender pondered, "No need to rush the Breakthrough for now. It won't be too late to Breakthrough after my f-class spaceship is built."
"Currently, my Cloud Vine is only Domain Master Level Nine. I can purchase resources to first Cultivate the Cloud Vine to World Master Level Level Nine. With the Cloud Vine, I will have an extra layer of security."
A normal Cloud Vine only needs nearly twenty thousand Mixed-yuan Units to evolve from Domain Master Level Nine to World Master Level.
Ender's Cloud Vine, having been Cultivated using the optimal plan since the Planetary Level, requires one hundred twenty thousand points to evolve to World Master Level!
Note! This is points. If purchased with Mixed-yuan Units, it would cost several hundred thousand Mixed-yuan Units.
"I gained over 400,000 points by passing the Tongtian Bridge twelveth Layer."
Ender muttered, "However, I have already comprehended all 108 essences of Space Law, so I need to purchase the fifth volume of 'Divine Tree True Solution'. My points cannot be used for now, so I can only use Mixed-yuan Units to purchase Cultivation resources."
Exchanging for the fifth volume of "Divine Tree True Solution" requires 1 million points. His current points are only over 600,000, far from enough to exchange for the fifth volume.
"The highest-point mission has a large point reward. The reward for me passing the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain's highest-point mission will likely be very generous. Completing the first stage should be enough to exchange for the fifth volume of 'Divine Tree True Solution'."
With that thought, Ender used Mixed-yuan Units to purchase Cultivation resources for the Cloud Vine.
If he had enough points or funds, he would very much like to Cultivate the Cloud Vine to the Immortal Rank. However, even with the most basic Cultivation plan, it would require 6.2 million Mixed-yuan Units for the Cloud Vine to Breakthrough to Immortal Rank.
Furthermore, the optimal plan for the '108 Main Vines Cloud Vine' has an 80% chance of becoming an Immortal, and this plan requires 18.1 million points.
The optimal plan for the '216 Main Vines Cloud Vine' has a 50% chance of becoming an Immortal, requiring 1.53 billion points.
The optimal plan for the '360 Main Vines Cloud Vine' has a 40% chance of becoming an Immortal, requiring nearly 11.6 billion points.
From this, it is clear that Cultivating plant life is truly expensive, but once a plant life Breakthroughs to the Immortal Rank, its strength will be formidable due to its massive divine body.
"Compared to plant life like the Cloud Vine, my Gu Yu Ancient Tree's height is simply not enough to compare, and it even seems somewhat unlike a plant life," Ender shook his head inwardly, "With such a height for a plant life, it's no wonder they became extinct."
The Gu Yu Ancient Tree's maximum growth height is 100 kilometers. Even if his Gu Yu Ancient Tree Clone's height increased by 10 times, its current height is still only 10 kilometers, pitifully short!
"Hmm…"
Suddenly, Ender received an important email. He opened it in surprise and found it was from his teacher, Ice Summit Master. "Teacher wants to see me."
"Is it because I passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain?"
Though he speculated, Ender still entered the exclusive dimensional space of his teacher, Ice Summit Master.
...
A world of ice and snow, where the wind was bone-chilling and heavy snow fell.
As soon as Ender entered this dimensional space, he saw the Ice Summit Master, who had a battle sword on his back, silver hair with grizzled temples, and wore ancient, blood-stained battle armor.
"Greetings, Teacher," Ender saluted respectfully.
"Very good. You passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain after just over four hundred years of entering the Virtual Universe Company's Core Region," Ice Summit Master praised softly, "This is already the fastest record for passing the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain."
"You've set a record, and by rights, I should grant you a reward," Ice Summit Master said indifferently, "Now I'll give you a choice. You have two options."
Ender listened quietly as his teacher presented the choices.
Ice Summit Master said, "The first option: you can receive the reward immediately. This reward will be given to you when you become a World Master Level, and you will receive a Treasure of Universe Venerable Rank."
"A Treasure of Universe Venerable Rank?!" Ender listened, pondering, "It's most likely a Heavy Treasure!"
Heavy Treasure, these are weapons and equipment used by Universe Venerables. Only Treasures of this Rank can withstand the battles of Universe Venerables.
If a King-level Immortal possesses a Heavy Treasure, their strength will be greatly enhanced, with some even elevating from Limit stage King to Invincible King level!
Ice Summit Master continued, "The second option: if you pass the Domain Master Primal Sky Mountain within ten thousand years, when you become a World Master Level and go out for training, I can bestow upon you a Treasure that many Universe Venerables do not possess."
"A Treasure that many Universe Venerables don't possess?!" Hearing this, Ender was startled. "Could it be an Arcana Treasure?!"
Supreme Treasures are extremely precious. In the Universe, let alone elementary Universe Venerables, many high-level Universe Venerables don't even possess a single Arcana Treasure!
Even a Pinnacle Race like the Human Race Alliance, which has an abundance of Treasures in its Treasure Points of the Race, allows Universe Venerables to exchange Supreme Treasures using Arcana Treasure points.
But even so, quite a few mid-to-high-level Universe Venerables do not use Arcana Treasures; instead, they use Heavy Treasure sets whose power is close to or comparable to Arcana Treasures.
Without hesitation, Ender immediately replied, "Teacher, I choose the second option."
"Are you sure?" Ice Summit Master asked, "The Domain Master Primal Sky Mountain is not that easy to pass."
"Disciple is certain," Ender respectfully said.
He naturally knew the difficulty of passing the Domain Master Primal Sky Mountain. To pass, one's Law comprehension must at least reach the Tongtian Bridge Sixteenth Layer, which is the level of Law comprehension for many World Master Level Primal Secret Realm members.
In fact, the difficulty of passing can be inferred from the point rewards of the three Primal Sky Mountains.
The Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain rewards 100 million points, the Domain Master rewards 3 billion, and the World Master Level is an astonishing 100 billion!
Each layer of the Tongtian Bridge is harder than the last, with a threshold every three layers. The Tongtian Bridge Twelfth Layer and the Tongtian Bridge Sixteenth Layer are separated by two thresholds!
"Since you are certain, then I look forward to you passing the Domain Master Primal Sky Mountain," Ice Summit Master emphasized, "Remember, you will only have ten thousand years after you become a World Master."
"Yes, Disciple understands," Ender respectfully said.
"Alright, you may go," Ice Summit Master said indifferently.
"Disciple takes his leave," Ender saluted respectfully.
After Ender left, Ice Summit Master murmured to himself, "I've given you the Opportunity; it's up to you whether you can seize it."
...
Ender left his teacher Ice Summit Master's exclusive dimensional space and returned to his manor in the Yu Xiang Mountain Primal Secret Realm.
"Teacher is truly generous," Ender sighed, sitting on the sofa, "Passing the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain already grants a Heavy Treasure reward, and this is in addition to the Treasures that will be bestowed later."
He had heard from Seventh Senior Brother that all Disciples who Breakthrough to World Master Level, even nominal ones, would receive Treasures from their teachers. Seventh Senior Brother himself had received a top-tier Heavy Treasure armor back then.
"If I had chosen the first reward, then when I go out for training at the World Master Level, I could at least obtain two Heavy Treasures."
"With the chance to obtain an Arcana Treasure, of course I have to take the gamble!" Ender thought to himself, "Passing the Domain Master Primal Sky Mountain within ten thousand years, while challenging, is not impossible."
"Hmm… The time will start counting from when I Breakthrough to the Domain Master," he thought to himself, "The spaceship will take over four more years to build, so I can use this Opportunity to Cultivate for a while longer."
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One year later.
In the Demon Clan Territory, there was a magnificent palace suspended in the endless starry Void.
The palace floated, surrounded by flames—black, white, purple, and various other colors. Each flame was the size of a star, constantly rotating and encircling the palace.
The palace had already distorted the surrounding space-time, forming its own dimension. If one were further away, they would not be able to discover this palace at all.
A white celestial wolf, whose divine body stretched over ten kilometers, flew from the starry Void and respectfully prostrated itself on the plaza in front of the palace.
"Leader," the white celestial wolf respectfully said, "The latest news from within the Human Race has arrived: NO.2 has passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain."
"Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain?!" A statue in the palace, resembling an eye, blinked, and then a rumbling sound emanated, "NO.2 has only been in the Virtual Universe Company for just over four hundred years and has already passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain. His Talent is nearly identical to NO.1's!"
"Issue the order," the eye-like statue continued to rumble, but its voice became unusually cold, "Elevate NO.2's assassination Rank to Level One!"
"Yes, Leader!" The white celestial wolf respectfully answered, then flew away from the palace plaza to deliver the order.
As a King-level Immortal assisting with assassination operations, the white celestial wolf knew that while NO.1 and NO.2 had similar Talents, the former's future potential was undoubtedly much higher, which was why he hadn't been unseated from his NO.1 position.
However, raising NO.2's assassination Rank to Level One was enough to show the Leader's respect of him.
A Level One assassination target meant that King-level Immortal Soul enslaved servants could be sacrificed for the assassination, with priority given to Soul enslaved the target before killing them, so that the target could not be resurrected by reversing time and space. This was specifically used for assassinating incredibly Talented Geniuses from the other three races.
King-level Immortal Soul servants who had never been exposed could gather much useful information; their strategic value was no less than that of a Limit stage King-Level. The fact that such valuable Soul servants could be exposed for an assassination fully demonstrated the Demon race's respect for Ender and Kedi!
Besides the Demon race, the Zerg, skilled in Soul control, also issued similar orders, prompting their Soul servants and spies within the Human Territory to begin their operations.
...
Time flowed, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.
Due to the need for reinforcement in the nutrient cabin, Ender Breakthrough to the Domain Master a year in advance...