Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1210 - 1064: Inner Core Skills

Chapter 1210: Chapter 1064: Inner Core Skills

"A red giant losing two ten-thousandths of its mass, how terrifying must that be?"

At least for Zha Gu and the others, it was utterly unimaginable.

"That Lord Fang Xi is definitely among the top experts of the red giant Immortals, perhaps even... a Neutron Immortal?"

One of the Zhakun Tribe showed a face full of worship and fervor.

Even planetary-level experts, who could barely be called Immortals, could dominate a corner of the Galaxy.

Red giant-level Immortals could freely roam the Cosmic Sea.

Take Eomer, for example, who, even at the planetary level, used to serve as the third mate of the Super Beast Pirate Group, notorious far and wide.

Now at the red giant level, he even held a glimmer of hope to compete for the position of first mate!

And yet, he was defeated by a wanderer of the universe?

"Let’s go!"

Eomer was a mix of shock and fury, his form shrinking further, like a shooting star, flying toward the Saber-toothed Tiger spaceship.

The wanderer of the universe could slash away two ten-thousandths of his mass with a single sword strike; wouldn’t five thousand sword strikes kill him?

For beings like them, unleashing ten thousand strikes was as easy as flicking a finger.

"Thinking of running now is far too late."

Fang Xi chuckled lightly.

He was very interested in the Cultivation path of this Big Thousand World, and now a red giant-level Immortal representing some pinnacle and achievement of Cultivation in this Big Thousand World was before his eyes; how could he possibly let this go?

"Capturing and suppressing this person will be somewhat troublesome..."

Fang Xi frowned slightly, then a silver-white brilliance emerged behind his head.

Within the silver-white brilliance, a mirror as if crafted from Black Jade surfaced—it was the Mirror of Illusion World!

Under the augmentation of this mirror, he was now a Lord Illusory Destruction!

"Life and death, Illusory Destruction like bubbles..."

He casually reached out, and it seemed this entire star domain fell into his hand.

Not far away, the Saber-toothed Tiger spaceship became enveloped in a massive multicolored bubble.

Pop!

With the bursting of the soap bubble, both the spaceship and the pirate crew aboard vanished without a trace, as if erased by an eraser.

"You..."

Eomer looked up at the five fingers towering like celestial pillars, with a look of terror surfacing on his face.

Unbeknownst to him, he had already landed in the palm of Fang Xi.

Fang Xi let out a chuckle, his fingers closed together and slipped into his sleeve.

Like having a universe within his sleeve, Eomer disappeared from sight.

"Respected Mister Fang Xi, congratulations on capturing the third mate of the Super Beast Pirate Group, Eomer, who has a bounty of 36 million in the Lanicanian Empire..."

Zha Gu hurriedly flew out of the merchant ship and respectfully bowed.

As a Zhakun Tribe member who had achieved a high realm of Cultivation, he could barely survive in space.

Although, not for long...

"36 million?"

Fang Xi’s expression showed indifference.

Thinking that Fang Xi was not satisfied, Zha Gu hastily added, "These 36 million are the official currency of the Lanicanian Empire, which is considered valuable across other galaxies. It has an exchange rate of one to one hundred million with the ’Bone Currency,’ the official currency of the nearest ’Bone Galaxy.’ One official Lanicanian currency can be exchanged for one hundred million ’Bone Currency’..."

"Um, I was just thinking of going to the nearest life-bearing planet for some repairs; hope you don’t mind giving me a lift?"

Fang Xi smiled and asked.

"Where could that be, it would be an honor for our Lanran Chamber of Commerce if the Lord chooses to travel on our merchant ship."

Zha Gu immediately placed a hand on his chest and bowed, "Please, my Lord."

Fang Xi nodded gracefully and walked into the interior of the Space Ship.

Rows of the Zhakun Tribe immediately bowed deeply, with Zha Gu even ordering that his own room be cleared out for Fang Xi to stay in.

...

Clang!

A row of dim blue lights switched on, all surrounding walls turned transparent, revealing one small kingdom after another inside.

Fang Xi knew that these were the beloved pets of the Zha Valley Tribe people—the ’Lower Ant-Men,’ with very small statures able to construct numerous kingdoms within the walls, providing entertainment for the Zhakun Tribe people.

There were even Zhakun tribesmen who deliberately projected their consciousness to enter the kingdom of the Lower Ant-Men to have adventures or imitate gods.

After all, with their wealth, it was enough to maintain the Lower Ant-Man’s kingdom for a long time by casually tossing a bit of energy similar to breadcrumbs.

For the Zhakun Tribe, spending such an insignificant amount of energy in exchange for the pleasure of impersonating gods was a very worthwhile thing to do.

Fang Xi, however, was not interested in this. After observing the war between the two Lower Ant-Man kingdoms, he immediately ordered, "Close the pet viewing area."

The transparent walls immediately became opaque.

He sat cross-legged, suspended in midair, but his consciousness was observing the captive Eomer.

Soul searching someone like a Red Giant level Immortal was naturally somewhat troublesome for ordinary Immortals.

But for Fang Xi, who could use the "Mirror of Illusion World," a Taoist Device, it was very simple.

Soon, Eomer’s consciousness fell into a series of illusions, unwittingly leaking many secrets.

"The Lanicanian Empire is vast and has many places of order that are untouchable. Many pirates have emerged in the Cosmic Sea, even ruling over galaxy after galaxy, establishing their own kingdoms, and giving rise to several Pirate Emperors..."

"The Super Beast Pirate Group is one such large-scale pirate force, and its leader—’Super Beast’ Hu You, also known as the ’Strength Emperor,’ is one of the eight Pirate Emperors of the Cosmic Sea..."

"His base is on ’Hundred Beast Star,’ and his cultivation is profound, at least at the ’Black Hole Immortal’ level..."

Fang Xi briefly looked over Eomer’s experiences and the strength of the Super Beast Pirate Group, then lost interest and began to delve into the extraordinary path of cultivation of this Big Thousand World.

For him, this was naturally more important.

"The path of cultivation in this Big Thousand World, although there are many schools and paths... ultimately, it’s all about cultivating dark matter, or dark energy..."

"Moreover, many peak scientists, inspired by the most primitive ’Inner Core Skills,’ proposed the concept of using the universe as the core field and planets as Golden Cores, controlling planets and stars... continuously increasing one’s mass and gravity to obtain great superhuman power..."

"When weak, compressing one’s inner core field and the Golden Core within to increase mass and density, thereby gaining greater gravity, and drawing in the ubiquitous dark energy in the universe..."

"When strong, building ’Gravity Wells’ on planets to cause them to erupt with even greater gravity, even igniting stars... In the end, becoming a black hole capable of warping space-time..."

"As for the path beyond ’Black Hole Immortal’? Eomer is just a pirate third officer, so he doesn’t know much about it... Maybe only the Super Beast Hu You has some inkling..."

"It’s just that he vaguely heard Hu You mention something that seemed to be related to the ’Giant Gravitational Source’?"

"However, the way of cultivation in this world is quite novel; one could say that spiritual veins and spiritual energy are everywhere..."

Research indicates that only about four percent of the observable matter in this universe is directly observable.

While dark energy and dark matter account for as much as seventy to eighty percent!

"As long as the ’gravity’ is sufficient, the speed of cultivation is incomparable to any spiritual root..."

"In this world, cultivation is also simple: continually increasing one’s density, mass, gravity... one’s cultivation level will advance by leaps and bounds!"

"At the end, becoming a black hole and even capable of distorting space-time!"

Black holes are actually not holes, and their core celestial bodies might be even denser than Neutron Stars!

This kind of terror, if used as a weapon, can indeed easily destroy many stars, even galaxies!

"Therefore, gravity generator and Gravity Well technologies are the pinnacle of technology in this world."

"Among them, the real cutting-edge knowledge is all blockaded by the Lanicanian Empire... Only some powerful aligned nations, as well as forces like the eight Pirate Emperors of the Cosmic Sea, have a fraction of it, but they definitely can’t compare to the comprehensive and profound research of the Empire..."

"The first step in this kind of cultivation is ’Inner Core Skills!’"

"It is somewhat similar to how we Immortal Cultivators condense a Golden Core in our core field..."

Fang Xi admired the initial steps of cultivation after watching them for a while.

This world’s ’Meteor Level,’ although it implies being born in the morning and dying at dusk, and having a short life, that is only a comparison among cultivators.

Meteor level experts, both in terms of their own strength and lifespan, far surpass ordinary people, only some modified humans can be somewhat comparable.

Within the ’Meteor Level,’ there are divisions such as first, second, and third order, all the way to the highest level which can briefly leave the planet and survive in space.

"Generally speaking, among hundreds of millions of life-bearing planets, the number of cultivators who can enter the ’Meteor Level’ are in the millions, but it would be good to have one ’Satellite Level’."

"Similarly, in a galaxy with hundreds of billions of stars, Immortals at the ’Planet Level’ and ’Red Giant’ or ’White Dwarf’ levels are not necessarily found in large numbers..."

"The nearby ’Bone Galaxy,’ within the Lanicanian Empire, is a mid-level galaxy with over eight hundred billion stars... among which there are not many ’Red Giant’ level experts, and it has even been looted by the Super Beast Pirate Group, suffering heavy losses..."

"My foundation is already set, my Golden Core has long transformed into Nascent Soul, Origin Soul... it would be difficult for me to follow this path."

Different Big Thousand Worlds’ lives always have some essence differences.

Although this Big Thousand World has similarities with the True Immortal Realm, Fang Xi still has some doubts about whether life from the True Immortal Realm could directly walk the path of Inner Core Skills here.

’Luckily, I came to this world to reincarnate, and when the time comes to become the native life, all problems will be no more.’

’Of course, I don’t want to start off in a terrible state, so I still need to leave myself a considerable inheritance before dying...’

This inheritance must include resources for cultivation, wealth, and so on, as well as all kinds of cutting-edge knowledge!

The latter might be even more important.

Fang Xi soul-searched Eomer primarily to increase his accumulation in this aspect.

Soon, he had built up some reserves, and the practices of the Meteor, Satellite, and Planet levels were already clear in his mind.

’Cultivating ’Inner Core Skills,’ condensing a ’Golden Core’ within one’s body, and then following the different schools... this Eomer only knew of the mechanic and Martial Artist paths...’

’It’s just that reaching Planet Level not only requires an uninhabited planet but also the construction of a ’Gravity Well’ on the planet, which is somewhat troublesome...’