“Let’s go, the banquet has long been prepared,” said Third Prince Jiao Yunliu. The surrounding guards all followed to attend the feast. After witnessing Dongbo Xueying’s brief display of power, their attitude toward him had improved significantly.
Dongbo Xueying also attended the banquet, indulging in the delicacies of this other universe. Since the beings here were flesh-and-blood lifeforms, the food and drink suited his palate. However, the metal-bodied Cong guard, who had previously sparred with him, merely sipped fine wine and didn’t touch the food at all.
After the feast.
“Lord Dongbo, this is your residence,” a servant said, escorting him to a grand estate where a group of attendants stood at the entrance, bowing in reverence.
“Greetings, Master,” the servants chorused with utmost respect.
They knew that from this day forward, their lives belonged to this powerful being from another world. Even if he killed them in a fit of anger, their deaths would be meaningless.
Dongbo Xueying swept his gaze over them. The strongest among them were only at the Second Heaven Realm God level, while most were merely Deities.
“I require solitude for cultivation. Do not disturb me unless necessary,” Dongbo Xueying commanded.
“Yes,” the servants replied, relieved. At least their master was one who preferred long periods of secluded training.
—
The massive doors of the cultivation hall within the estate rumbled shut. With a wave of his hand, Dongbo Xueying placed a black ring on the table before vanishing into the pocket dimension within it.
A vast grassland stretched before him.
Seated cross-legged on the grass, Dongbo Xueying examined the weapons, robes, and warship gifted by the Third Prince. He nodded inwardly. *This spear is no less valuable than my Blood Serpent Spear. The warship is equally precious, and the black robe, though seemingly plain, is incredibly durable and can conceal one’s aura. These three treasures would make even most Venerables in our universe envious.*
This suggested that treasures were far more abundant in this universe.
“Cultivation systems.”
He retrieved the crystal, his eyes burning with anticipation. This was what he truly desired.
Every cultivation system was the crystallization of wisdom from countless beings in a universe—their path to power.
“Eighteen cosmic cultivation systems. Let’s begin.” Settling his mind, Dongbo Xueying immersed his consciousness into the crystal. A flood of information poured in—vast cultivation systems, accompanied by countless techniques and detailed explanations, likely recorded by the powerful beings of the Third Prince’s universe.
The bloodline cultivation system, though primarily reliant on awakening innate abilities, was not foolish. They too absorbed the strengths of other systems to enhance their own power.
Time passed…
Even with his formidable soul, it took Dongbo Xueying three full days to review all eighteen systems.
“So that’s how it is.”
After comparing them, he reached a conclusion.
“Universes are of two types: those naturally born and those created by ancient beings. Thus, cultivation systems also fall into two major categories.”
“The first type is guided by the ancient creators. Such systems are broad, well-paved paths leading to the highest echelons of power.”
“The second type exists in naturally born universes, where beings must forge their own paths. For survival, strength, and longevity, they develop diverse methods. Over time, the most effective and widely propagated methods become mainstream, refined over countless generations. Yet, no matter how perfected, they remain limited by the creators’ own understanding.”
Dongbo Xueying felt fortunate.
His homeland’s cultivation system, guided by Patriarch Tianyu, was the Path of Rule Mysteries—a true great Dao leading to the ultimate.
“Among these eighteen systems, there’s even the Mother Goddess Cult’s method.” Now he understood how they cultivated.
The Mother Goddess Cult…
They treated the world as a womb and themselves as infants, nurtured by heaven and earth.
When strong enough, they used the universe itself as their womb. This system required establishing Mother Goddess altars to reshape the cosmos. They worshipped not the world or the universe, but an ethereal, supreme existence—the Mother Goddess. Like a mother, she nurtured them, granting them power and unfathomable abilities. This system was crude in its early stages but grew increasingly bizarre and formidable.
Even in the Chaos Void, they could harness its power to nurture themselves.
The recorded abilities and techniques left Dongbo Xueying unsettled.
“A formidable system indeed.” His true body back home immediately relayed the information to his master, Bloodblade God Emperor.
Bloodblade was astonished. “Xueying, have you entered a Mother Goddess Cult universe?”
“No, a powerful universe with many cultivation systems, including theirs.”
“Many systems? Be cautious. Greed is not always beneficial.”
“I understand.”
When he received the *Voidwalker’s Secret Treasury*, he learned that some systems were fundamentally incompatible. Only those that complemented each other were worth dual-cultivating.
As his master, Voidwalker Gu Qi, had said, the Voidwalker system and the Path of Rule Mysteries complemented each other—one honed the body, the other the mysteries of rules.
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After his initial study, Dongbo Xueying began experimenting. Of the eighteen systems, only eight were viable for him. The others had limitations—like the bloodline system, which required native heritage, or the metal-body cultivation of Cong’s universe, incompatible with flesh-and-blood lifeforms.
The Mother Goddess Cult demanded specific environmental conditions at lower levels, making it unfeasible.
“Only through practice can I truly grasp their wonders.” He focused on the eight viable systems.
—
For each of the eight, he dedicated a thousand years. With his comprehension, that was enough to delve deep into their essence.
According to the crystal’s annotations, two could reach the ultimate, while the other six had flaws.
The first ultimate system was the *Witches*. They studied all things, uncovering the deepest secrets of existence to empower themselves. Their universe shared only a small passage with the Third Prince’s, yet they eagerly exchanged knowledge, driven by boundless curiosity.
The second was the *Supreme Warrior* system. Practitioners remodeled their bodies at a fundamental level—treating a drop of blood as a planet, a particle as a continent. Their goal was to refine their bodies into universes, becoming the ultimate weapon. They needed no arms or armor; their flesh was indestructible.
Dongbo Xueying wondered if the Supreme Warrior he’d encountered in the Primordial Ruins belonged to this system. That being had devoured his flying dagger artifact, reducing it to scrap in moments—a terrifying digestive power.
“Truly worthy of ultimate systems,” he acknowledged.
Yet both demanded immense time and effort.
Studying all things was even more tedious than comprehending rule mysteries.
The Supreme Warrior’s body refinement was as complex as dissecting a universe.
As for the six flawed systems…
“Hmm?”
In the fifth millennium of his cultivation, Dongbo Xueying was struck by exhilaration.
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