Chapter 1172: A-708 Residence! Fame Shakes the Sacred Land!

Soon after, Xu Jingming and Jase flew to the Sacred Land's accommodation zone.

The only students in the Noah Sacred Land are Starlight-level and Star-level.

Once one breaks through to the Cosmic level, they lose their student status and must be assigned by the Empire to serve across its territories.

This applies even to a Cosmic Stage Six cultivator.

The reason he can still remain within the Sacred Land is because he is a permanent Cosmic-level instructor here.

His accommodation is in the instructor zone, while Xu Jingming's newly assigned residence is in the student zone's Area A.

Their directions diverged; before parting, Senior Brother Jase spoke:

"Little brother, I have some matters to attend to—I'll accompany you to your hometown in five days."

"Understood." Xu Jingming nodded, showing he understood.

Senior Brother Jase was the Cosmic-level cultivator arranged by Master Lu Wen to help him deal with the Blue Star Meltcore Blood Dragon.

Waiting five days was nothing—he had no objections.

After parting from Jase, Xu Jingming quickly arrived at Student Area A.

As soon as he stepped into this zone, he immediately sensed a difference.

The Qi concentration in Student Area A was three times that of other zones!

Equivalent to three hundred times the Qi concentration of Blue Star!

"Luxurious! Too luxurious!"

Xu Jingming felt his body greedily absorbing Qi.

He knew clearly that maintaining such Qi concentration required special measures across the entire Area A accommodation.

And those measures likely consumed enormous resources.

"Just maintaining this Qi concentration would cost roughly one T8-level cultivation resource per year."

Xu Jingming silently marveled, then flew toward his assigned residence, A-708.

The residence covered an enormous area—exactly ten thousand square kilometers.

Equivalent to a square region one hundred by one hundred kilometers, with a four-story standalone villa at its center.

"Apart from the central villa, the rest is all training grounds."

Xu Jingming instantly understood the layout's purpose.

After all, for a Starlight-level powerhouse,

even a single casually released combat technique could cover hundreds of square kilometers.

As for other lower-tier prodigies within the Sacred Land, their residences were cramped.

They could only unleash their full power in the Virtual Universe or at the Sacred Land's training grounds.

"Welcome back, Level 1 Prodigy Xu Jingming!"

As soon as Xu Jingming reached the villa's entrance, the door slammed open.

Eva's mischievous voice echoed from inside—the villa's AI system had already been taken over by her.

"The villa is indeed luxurious, but it's too vast and lacks liveliness."

Xu Jingming silently thought as he casually wandered through the mansion.

But this issue was easy to fix—once he brought over Emers and the others.

"Next, it's time to see what I've gained."

With eager eyes, Xu Jingming settled comfortably onto the living room sofa.

He then retrieved the space ring given to him by Lord Hei Yu.

After imprinting his spiritual force into the ring, a sweep of his spiritual energy revealed everything inside.

First, its capacity: the entire space ring held a staggering one hundred cubic kilometers.

Second, the resources stored within: three T9-level cultivation resources and one set of D1-grade equipment.

Had he received these on the day he first arrived at the Noah Sacred Land, he would have been thrilled.

But having already received rare resources and equipment from Master Lu Wen, he found them unremarkable.

"For a Level 1 prodigy's initial resources, the most valuable item is this space ring.

Along with the annual two hundred million credit points, and access privileges to all Sacred Land cultivation facilities.

Most cultivation facilities require credit points to enter.

But I'm different—I can use most of them for free."

Xu Jingming transferred all resources from his original space ring into the new one.

His original space ring had been crafted entirely by Hearing Ling Shuang's spatial ability, yet its capacity was only one-tenth of this new ring's.

"Next, let's look at the cultivation manuals Master gave me."

Xu Jingming took out all the manuals provided by Master Lu Wen.

There were four: the Body Strengthening Manual "Purple Sky Thunder Mark Body," the Spirit Refining Manual "Star Core Meditation Method," the Qi Technique "Black Hole Qi Cultivation Art," and the Manifestation "Thunder Abyss Devouring Sun Form."

The "Black Hole Qi Cultivation Art" was the top-tier Qi absorption manual, ten times more efficient than the "Gene Qi Cultivation Art."

The remaining manuals were all T7-level.

According to Eva, these were the most advanced manuals accessible to Starlight-level cultivators.

Higher-level manuals could only be cultivated after breaking through to Star-level.

"Then let's begin—first, skim through these manuals..."

Xu Jingming took a deep breath and opened the Body Strengthening Manual first, soon becoming fully immersed.

When Xu Jingming returned to the accommodation zone, the news that he and Raymon had been taken as disciples by the Immortal Deity spread like a hurricane across the entire Noah Sacred Land.

"Success! Someone actually gained the Immortal Deity's gaze by using that Juling!"

"Who is Xu Jingming? I've never heard of any major family with that surname in our empire."

"They say he comes from a primitive planet in the Milky Way, untouched by the interstellar age, and at just 21, he has already comprehended the fifth level of the Domain of Destruction."

"Whoa! So monstrous?! It seems the Sacred Land's prodigy rankings will soon add another genius."

"......"

It was expected that the Gao Da of the Jotun Clan would be taken in by the Immortal Gods.

Thus, another disciple, Xu Jingming, drew the attention of countless prodigies within the Sacred Land.

When many learned that a psychic from a primitive planet had mastered the fifth level of the Domain of Destruction, they were stunned.

They all praised Xu Jingming's monstrous talent.

Several factions within the Sacred Land, having heard the rumors, were tempted and prepared to recruit him.

At Residence A-656, Ye Lan, having left her teacher Niki, received a call request the moment she returned to the villa.

Shhh—

The call connected, and a holographic projection of a tall young man appeared before her.

He looked at Ye Lan and said, "Ye Lan, you are the vice-chair of our Sprout Association."

Xu Jingming was brought to the Sacred Land by you; go recruit him."

"You must bring him into the Sprout Association as a member."

Beck, a Star Peak-level powerhouse.

Ranked fourth on the Sacred Land's Prodigy List, and also the chair of the Sprout Association.

"Understood," Ye Lan nodded slightly.

In truth, she had already intended to apologize for her discourtesy toward Xu Jingming on the spaceship.

This visit would be a chance to recruit him into the association as well.

Thinking this, she ended the communication and walked away from the residence with long, graceful strides.

She had already learned Xu Jingming's residential zone number through Lord Hei Yu; she could go directly.

Bloodbone Mountains.

This was a mountain range stretching over a million kilometers, built from the piled remains of countless alien races.

At the foot of Bloodbone Peak, at the heart of the range, hung over a hundred unprocessed beast carcasses.

The stench of blood spread over a thousand kilometers; even flying birds dared not approach.

At the peak stood a palace forged from the skull of a Cosmic-level beast.

Here was the base of the Sacred Land's top faction: the Celestial Punishment Hunters.

"Leader, the Sacred Land has produced two new prodigies."

"One is Leimeng, the other is Xu Jingming—both taken as disciples by the Immortal Gods. Should we send a special invitation?"

Inside the palace, a young man asked the man above him.

The man stood over three meters tall, clad in blood-red battle armor.

His eyes were crimson, and deep within them, mountains of corpses and seas of blood seemed to ebb and flow.

Sol, a Star Peak-level powerhouse.

Ranked third on the Sacred Land's Prodigy List, and also the leader of the Celestial Punishment Hunters.

"No need. Follow the rules as always," Sol's deep voice echoed.

"Understood," the young man bowed respectfully and withdrew.

Every member of the Celestial Punishment Hunters must pass the Hunt Ritual to join—the ritual requires single-handedly slaying a Bloodline-level Star Peak beast.

He had assumed the leader might alter the rules for these new prodigies, but it remained unchanged as ever.