Chapter 1167: Top-Tier Genius! Changing the Plan!

Time, Space, Destruction, Life.

None of the higher Laws of the universe are easy to comprehend.

The entire Noah Holy Land had gathered the pride of heaven from over a hundred million life-bearing planets across the entire Noah Empire.

Yet the number of prodigies who had comprehended a higher Domain was only a scant hundred or so.

Who could have imagined that a single ordinary assessment would produce one?

Back then, the reason Niki had taken Ye Lan as a student was precisely because the other party had comprehended the Space Domain!

And Xu Jingming's appearance made her realize all the more that she had picked up a treasure!

'Smart-Brain, pull up the member profile on Projection No. 534 for me.'

Niki gave the order to the Smart-Brain to gather the data without batting an eye.

As an immortal deity of the Noah Empire, her access privileges were terrifyingly high.

In virtually the blink of an eye, she had obtained through the Smart-Brain every piece of data related to Xu Jingming.

He came from a primitive planet in the Milky Way galaxy that had not yet entered the interstellar era.

The elemental energy concentration there was less than one-hundredth of that of the Noah Holy Land.

A Starlight Tier 2 at twenty-one years old.

After browsing through all of Xu Jingming's data, Niki could hardly believe what she was seeing.

From such a hopelessly terrible starting hand, a prodigy who had mastered the Destruction Domain had actually emerged!

And it wasn't just any Destruction Domain — he had comprehended it to the Fourth Layer!

'No mentor to guide him, no deep heritage of cosmic civilization.

No reference material of any kind to draw on, and yet he still comprehended the Destruction Domain.

If he had a mentor's guidance and the corresponding secret manuals, just how far could he grow?

A genius! This is absolutely a top-tier genius who appears only once in tens of thousands of years across the Noah Empire's boundless territories and over a hundred million life-bearing planets!

One who appears only once in tens of thousands of years!'

The gaze Niki directed at Xu Jingming's projection was already filled with burning fervor.

As an immortal deity, she knew perfectly well how rare such a prodigy was.

One had to remember that although Ye Lan back then had also come from a primitive planet,

she had only comprehended the Space Domain after entering the Holy Land and gaining access to a broader stage.

A prodigy like Xu Jingming, who had comprehended the Destruction Domain entirely on his own—

was in no way inferior even when compared to Lei Meng of the Giant Spirit race!

'I must not reveal his existence, or it will be very troublesome.'

Seeing that the other five immortal deities were still focused on Lei Meng of the Giant Spirit race, Niki secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She prepared to wait until the assessment was over before privately inviting Xu Jingming to become her disciple.

A mere Starlight Tier 2 like him could hardly refuse the invitation of an immortal deity.

As for the fact that her primary cultivation was in the dual Laws of Metal and Light—

it wasn't a critical issue that they differed from Xu Jingming's dual Domains of Destruction and Lightning.

She had plenty of cosmic-level powerhouses under her command, and there was no shortage of those who mastered the Destruction and Lightning Domains either.

Having a cosmic-level powerhouse teach on her behalf a mere Starlight-tier cultivator would pose no problem at all.

'Ye Lan, you did well.'

In her pleasant mood, Niki sent a mental transmission praising Ye Lan.

If not for Ye Lan, she would very likely have missed this uncut jade.

On the other side,

Ye Lan, having received the praise, was dumbfounded.

Didn't I ask you, Teacher, to tell me what's strange about Xu Jingming's Domain? Why are you praising me?

Seeing Niki's expression, she didn't dare press further.

So her curiosity about Xu Jingming's Domain only grew, and she continued watching Projection No. 534......

Boom boom boom——!!!

Inside the trial zone, accompanied by the terrifying shriek of lightning arcs—

a fearsome giant ape, over a hundred meters tall and wreathed in blazing flames, was engulfed by pitch-black thunder.

In the span of a single breath, the fearsome giant ape was charred black all over and crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom.

Whoosh—

Xu Jingming's tall, upright figure appeared beside it, and a pleasant system chime rang in his mind.

'Ding! Killed one Starlight Tier 4 Flame Spirit Ape. Source Points +30.'

【Domain】: Lightning Domain (Eighth Layer+), Destruction Domain (Fourth Layer+)

【Source Points】: 1020

"I can upgrade Destruction Domain again!"

Seeing the upgrade option, Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

The Beast Trial Zone was vast; eleven hours had already passed since he had slain his first beast.

Yet in that time, the number of Starlight-tier beasts he had killed was only a little over thirty.

Of course, he had also encountered danger once along the way — a terrifying Starlight Tier 6 beast.

Even unleashing his full strength, he couldn't kill it, and he ended up spending over an hour on the run.

"The deeper into the trial zone, the higher the chance of running into high-tier beasts.

Future actions must be even more cautious; for now, first upgrade the domain.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Jingming clicked the upgrade option.

Source Points -1000!

Destruction Domain Level 4 → Destruction Domain Level 5!

Boom—!

In an instant, Xu Jingming's mastery of the Destruction Domain increased again!

"With this, if I encounter another Starlight Stage Six beast, I shouldn't have to run anymore."

Feeling the terrifying aura of the surrounding Chaos Doushen Shenlei, as if it would erase all existence, Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

However, upgrading the Destruction Domain consumed Source Points at an equally terrifying rate.

Last time, upgrading cost only 70 Source Points; this time, the consumption rose nearly tenfold!

"Then again, the Destruction Domain is a higher-tier domain—consuming more Source Points is normal."

Xu Jingming did not dwell on it.

The entire Beast Trial Zone covered an area as vast as an entire Blue Planet.

He had only explored less than one-thousandth of its area so far—how could he ever run out of beasts to kill in the future?

Even if the Sacred Ground had no beasts, the cosmos was vast—beasts could be found anywhere.

He had long heard that many life-bearing planets across the starry cosmos had been seized by beasts.

Xu Jingming eagerly anticipated how many Ability Points he would gain if he slaughtered an entire planet's beasts.

"But that's all for later—right now, the urgent task is to attract the attention of the Immortal Gods."

"I wonder if my performance has caught their notice..."

Xu Jingming fell into thought.

To the Immortal Gods, Starlight Stage beings were like ants.

They saw him as he saw ants on the ground.

The Immortal Gods had come specifically for the Giant Spirit clan's Leimeng.

Aside from him, they likely wouldn't notice any other "ants."

"The trial has already been going for nearly eleven hours—I doubt I've drawn their attention yet."

Xu Jingming quickly realized this.

So how could he maximize his chances of gaining attention?

Very simple.

Upon entering the Trial Zone, he should have followed Leimeng from the start.

As long as he stayed with Leimeng, the Immortal Gods would notice him—whether they wanted to or not.

"Miscalculation. I should have followed Leimeng right from the beginning."

Xu Jingming exhaled softly.

But it wasn't beyond repair.

With thirteen hours left until trial's end, all he needed was to find Leimeng within that time.

"I remember he was heading in the same direction as me."

With his strength, he must have pressed deeper into the Trial Zone."

With some effort, I should be able to find him."

Xu Jingming quickly made his decision.

But before that, he needed to rest briefly where he was.

After over ten continuous hours of slaughter, constantly wielding both the Destruction and Lightning Domains, his Ability Points were nearly depleted...