Chapter 3609 Territory

In the Nan Ting 3609 territory, Xu Jingming's domain was incomparably prosperous. Numerous high-dimensional lifeforms from distant territories invited their friends and companions to come here, taking up long-term residence in the 'Myriad Stars City' within the domain, and engaging in trade.

Back when Xu Jingming was an Eternal Realm cultivator of the Heart Boundary lineage, he wandered for over 1,500 years before finally finding news of Featherfire City. At that time, in the Nan Ting 3609 territory, only a few cultivators at the half-step third realm could reach Featherfire City by traveling through the Abyss, showing just how remote it was.

Now that Xu Jingming had established a domain, it naturally attracted a massive number of high-dimensional lifeforms from millions of surrounding territories.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"

In a hidden space within the domain, Xu Jingming's true body sat cross-legged without restraint. His towering figure was taller than even the highest mountain peak within this space.

"The billions of elites in human history have all become newborn high-dimensional lifeforms, and they also require a great deal of resources for their evolutionary paths," Xu Jingming thought, as countless resources began to condense and appear around him.

Crimson lotus flowers bloomed, large expanses of frost congealed, and countless Origin Gold Pearls solidified and covered the earth, like a sea of sand.

Upon reaching the third realm, words become law, and one can alter the rules within a certain range.

The vast majority of rare treasures can be directly constructed by third realm cultivators, consuming energy through their ability to manipulate the rules. Massive amounts of resources were condensed, quickly reaching an astonishing level.

"So many resources should be enough for the billions of human high-dimensional lifeforms to use for a very long time," Xu Jingming nodded, his gaze piercing through this layer of space, looking towards his daughter.

His daughter, Xu Lixing, was responsible for managing these resources.

Xu Jingming had once asked the Dean and others to choose someone to be in charge of managing these resources, but they directly selected Xu Jingming's daughter. After all, if there were any oversights with these resources, the trouble would be immense.

With Xu Jingming's family managing them, even if there were oversights, Xu Jingming could take responsibility.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming looked on in surprise, "Lixing has quite the temper."

…

At the old residence.

"Grandmother, we know we were wrong."

"Grandmother, this is our first offense, please give us a chance to correct our mistakes."

Two men knelt there, begging.

Xu Lixing looked at them, her heart aching and filled with anger: "Father established the Stars Cluster City to nurture billions of elites of the human race. The laws of Stars Cluster City have long been publicized, and I have reminded you more than once that you must abide by the laws, otherwise… I will definitely not show any leniency. But I didn't expect that you two would violate the laws so quickly!"

Meng Tian, Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife were also present, but remained silent.

"Grandmother, please give us another chance, we really know we were wrong!" the two men begged while kneeling.

"Recognizing the mistake is important, but so is accepting the punishment," Xu Lixing looked at them coldly. "Sentencing you to imprisonment in the Dark Prison for ten thousand years is already a light punishment."

"Ten thousand years!"

One of the men finally couldn't help but say, "Grandmother, we only had a total lifespan of thirty thousand years when we were low-dimensional lifeforms! Back then, when we wanted to extend our lifespans to ten thousand years, you didn't give us any chance. But now that Great-Grandfather has become a great third realm cultivator, we were able to be resurrected and become high-dimensional lifeforms! My great-grandfather is a third realm existence, and the entire resource vault of the human race belongs to Great-Grandfather! What's wrong with me taking a little more resources for myself? Is it necessary to be so petty? Ten thousand years! Ten thousand years in the Dark Prison, unable to see any living beings, constantly confined and alone… Grandmother, have you ever experienced that kind of feeling? And you call it a light punishment!"

"Shut up," Meng Tian scolded coldly.

"I'm not convinced," the man raised his head and said.

"Jin'an!" Xu Fangjin and Duo Duoan also stared at their son.

"It's just taking a little more resources, I'll accept being imprisoned for a few years. But being imprisoned in the Dark Prison for ten thousand years, I'm not convinced!" The man 'Xu Jin'an' stared at his grandmother, and his younger brother beside him also nodded, "I'm not convinced either! We haven't committed any major mistakes, why imprison us for ten thousand years? I've only lived for thirty thousand years so far."

Xu Lixing's eyes were cold: "In view of Xu Jin'an and Xu Jinfeng's lack of repentance, the punishment will be increased, and the imprisonment time will be doubled. Imprisonment in the Dark Prison for 200,000 years!" As she spoke, she waved her hand, and an invisible force enveloped her two grandsons.

"No—"

"Grandmother!"

Xu Jin'an and Xu Jinfeng were incredulous. They had no ability to resist the power of space-time displacement and were directly transported to one of the Dark Prisons within this territory.

The desolate Dark Prison was divided into individual spaces.

Xu Jin'an and Xu Jinfeng were each in a prison space, surrounded by darkness, unable to see any other living beings.

"Grandmother is crazy, she's crazy." Xu Jin'an fell into the prison, still unable to believe it. He was just unconvinced, and the imprisonment time was doubled.

"Two hundred thousand years, it's too long, too long." Xu Jinfeng was also utterly despairing. Having only lived for thirty thousand years, the sentence of two hundred thousand years in the Dark Prison terrified him so much that he trembled.

…

Inside the old residence.

Xu Lixing's anger had not yet subsided, and she swept her gaze over Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife.

"We are able to be resurrected and have all kinds of resources, which is a life that countless high-dimensional lifeforms dream of," Xu Lixing said, "But you also know how much my father has paid for this."

"Yes." Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife, all nodded. They were present when Grand Lord Fiya and Redgem Traveler arrived. They also knew about that gamble.

That was a gamble between ultimate existences.

"We have always been protected, but the cost is all borne by Father," Xu Lixing said coldly. "Father now needs to focus on the path of evolution, and I will not allow anyone to affect Father."

"Since the laws were established before, no matter who it is, as long as they violate them, they must be punished. If members of the Xu family violate them, they will be punished even more severely," Xu Lixing's gaze swept over her children, "Because your mistakes will affect Father."

"We understand," Xu Fangjin and his wife, and Xu Biyun and his wife, all nodded.

"Lixing, come here," suddenly a voice echoed in Xu Lixing's mind.

"Yes, Father," Xu Lixing took a step and left the old residence.

…

Inside the hidden space of the territory.

Xu Lixing arrived here and saw her father's true form sitting cross-legged. Her father's true form was incomparably towering, countless times larger than the real universe, and she seemed very small in front of him.

Whoosh, Li Miaomiao also arrived here through space.

"Mom," Xu Lixing looked at her mother.

"Lixing, do you see all the various rare treasures here?" Xu Jingming's true form was there, looking at his daughter, and an invisible force condensed a book that floated in front of his daughter, "This book contains detailed introductions to all the rare treasures, their various uses, and the detailed quantity of these treasures."

Xu Lixing looked at the massive amount of treasures around her in shock: "So many?"

"These should be enough for the human race's billions of high-dimensional lifeforms to use for a long time," Xu Jingming nodded, "As usual, you are responsible for managing them."

"I will immediately store them in the Star Cluster City's treasure vault," Xu Lixing nodded. After obtaining Xu Jingming's authorization, she was able to mobilize a large amount of the power of the rules in the territory. At this moment, the massive resources around her were quickly stored away.

"I have newly stored 129 types of third realm inheritances in the Inheritance Hall," Xu Jingming added.

"Dad, didn't you just store 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances before? Now you're adding 129 types of even more precious third realm inheritances?" Xu Lixing was very surprised, and Li Miaomiao beside her asked, "Where did you get so many inheritances?"

Xu Jingming smiled slightly: "Some third realm cultivators will leave their inheritances before they die. They will imprint their inheritance information into this spacetime. As long as you reach the third realm level, you can sense this information and obtain these inheritances."

There were a total of 128 types of third realm inheritance information imprinted in this spacetime. Some experts such as Featherfire Ruler and Master of Koye were still alive, but they also imprinted their inheritance information into spacetime.

After all, the original inheritance left behind might be damaged, but the inheritance information imprinted in spacetime can be passed down for a long time.

"Among these 129 inheritances, one is my Mind Spear Technique, 'Golden Halberd'," Xu Jingming said. Although he did not leak the information about the *Heart Calamity Spear Codex*, he became a third realm cultivator because of it. With his current understanding, he has improved the *Golden Halberd* Mind Spear Technique, causing it to undergo a complete transformation and become terrifyingly powerful.

"Dad, your inheritance?" Xu Lixing's eyes lit up.

Xu Jingming smiled slightly, these inheritances were very easy to obtain.

Third realm inheritances originated from the information imprinted in spacetime.

The 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances were obtained by Xu Jingming watching the past timelines of individual 'half-step third realm' cultivators. Seeing these half-step third realm cultivators, Xu Jingming was naturally able to collect information, including information about their own cultivation paths.

He easily collected 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances! If Xu Jingming was willing, it wouldn't be difficult to obtain ten times more inheritances.

However, for the human race, 30,000 types of half-step third realm inheritances already covered every aspect of any branch.

"I asked you two to come here this time because there is an important matter," Xu Jingming said.

Li Miaomiao and Xu Lixing listened carefully.

"In order to deal with that battle after an Abyss Epoch, I have no time to be distracted," Xu Jingming looked at his wife and daughter, "But what I am most worried about is the issue of your minds decaying."

"Mind decay?" Li Miaomiao and Xu Lixing were both puzzled.

"An infinitely long period of time will cause a living being's state of mind to change. They will become manic, they will go crazy, and they will seek destruction," Xu Jingming said, "This is the process of the mind gradually decaying and twisting. The stronger the mind and will, the slower the mind decays. If the mind and will are comparable to a half-step third realm cultivator, they can maintain clarity for hundreds of Abyss Epochs. Your minds and wills are relatively weak, and you may not even be able to maintain clarity for a single Abyss Epoch."

"How can we stay clear for longer?" Xu Lixing asked.

"The stronger the mind and will, the longer you will remain clear. If the mind and will are comparable to a third realm cultivator, then you can achieve eternal mind," Xu Jingming said, "There are many inheritances in the Inheritance Hall that are targeted at the mind."

"Becoming stronger in mind can only rely on yourselves," Xu Jingming looked at his wife and daughter.

"Understood," Li Miaomiao smiled, "We'll take care of this matter! I'll also tell Mom and Dad, so you don't have to worry."

"Yes, Dad, you don't have to worry about this," Xu Lixing immediately said, "We're not stupid, in order to live longer and not go crazy, we will definitely work hard to temper our minds and wills. Dad, the only thing you need to worry about… is your own cultivation!"

Xu Jingming smiled slightly: "Okay."

Li Miaomiao and Xu Lixing soon left this hidden space.

Xu Jingming looked at the countless branches of the future, and was very clear about the future possibilities of his family members: "Miaomiao and the others, in order for me to cultivate with more peace of mind, will definitely handle all matters properly, and they will also focus on the path of evolution and temper their own minds."

"Everything is settled."

Xu Jingming's eyes were calm, "Then let's fully comprehend the *Heart Calamity Spear Codex*. I don't want to die in the gamble battle. I must win this battle!"

Then he closed his eyes, and Xu Jingming wholeheartedly comprehended this ultimate inheritance.

As the years passed, once a third realm cultivator focused on inheritance, the flow of time seemed to become very fast. 100,000 years, 1 million years, 10 million years, 100 million years… unknowingly, an Abyss Epoch was approaching.