Chapter 1554

"Speaking of which, you're a mighty Immortal Dominator."

"How did you end up so destitute after your fall, even without your own space ring?"

While tallying up the loot inside the space ring,

Xu Jingming spoke to the tiny succubus girl, Vera, who floated midair, swaying her bare purple feet.

He had already checked the ring Vera possessed long ago.

It was just a standard-issue model, filled entirely with trash.

"Nonsense!"

The tiny girl Vera stuck her hands on her hips, glared with wide purple eyes, and puffed out her cheeks.

"If my own space ring were still here, would I be reduced to this state?"

"Inside, there were four or five pieces of Dominator-level resources alone."

"Just one of them would be enough to restore most of my power!"

"Hmm? How dare you speak to me like that?"

Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow, his gaze dangerously sweeping toward her pert little butt.

Vera froze all over, instantly switching her expression.

Her large purple eyes instantly clouded with tears.

Her little lips pouted pitifully, her voice soft and sweet:

"Master~~ I'm sorry..."

She floated beside him and tugged at his sleeve, explaining meekly:

"When I fell, I was ambushed by three Dominators of the same rank."

"I was only focused on escaping—how could I have had time to grab my ring?"

"I did have plenty of treasures stored in my domain, but my enemies seized it long ago—I can't retrieve anything now."

She paused, then suddenly her eyes lit up. She lowered her voice, speaking mysteriously:

"But I still have several secret outposts in the Demon Realm, hiding resources."

"If you want them, I can take you to get them!"

Xu Jingming reached out and flicked her on the forehead.

"I'm a human—going into the Demon Realm? That's suicide."

"Ouch!"

Vera rubbed her forehead, pouting.

"Who says you're human?"

"Once you activate your Purple Nightmare Demon Body, your demonic aura surges like a storm—you look more like a pure-blooded royal than any royal!"

"Who would dare doubt it?"

Xu Jingming paused.

That was true.

The Purple Nightmare Demon Body, as a top-tier bloodline technique, had an extremely strong disguise effect.

Unless a Supreme Dominator appeared in person, no one could see through his true bloodline.

The legacy of an Immortal Dominator...

Indeed tempting.

But now wasn't the time.

He was only at the Sixth Cosmic Rank—his power was still too weak.

To venture deep into the Demon Realm now would be far too risky.

"We'll talk about it later."

Xu Jingming shook off his thoughts and resumed tallying the loot.

Most demons weren't wealthy—their rings held mostly standard-issue gear and common ores.

He collected the slightly valuable items into his own ring.

The rest of the junk he left untouched, to be exchanged for military merits once back at the fortress.

"Twenty-two S-class resources, three SS-class."

"Though they're only SS9 and SS8, it's still a massive haul."

After more than ten minutes, Xu Jingming finished clearing all the space rings and nodded in satisfaction.

But the real gain was still the Source Points.

He activated his system interface with a thought.

【Source Points】: 19.14 billion!

This was the result of the two later waves of Soul-Enthralling Art.

The final wave was unfortunate—he hadn't finished killing them when the Eternal-Class Flame Demon arrived.

'But 19.14 billion is enough to let my power surge significantly.'

Xu Jingming didn't hesitate—he immediately began allocating points.

First, Destruction Origin.

Source Points - 2 billion!

Destruction Origin Level Four → Level Five!

Source Points...

Hum—

Inside his body, as if a slumbering ferocious beast had awakened.

A pure, ultimate destruction aura spread from Xu Jingming's entire body.

Not only that, the Lightning Origin also leveled up simultaneously!

Crackling—!!

Pitch-black lightning spontaneously surged forth, swirling around Xu Jingming's body.

Each lightning arc solidified like a dragon, leaping and tearing through space, radiating a terrifying wave of destruction.

Lightning and Destruction, two Origins, merged at this moment.

They amplified each other, their power growing even greater!

"Both the Destruction Origin and the Lightning Origin breakthrough at the same time?!"

"Wait, you can even do this?!"

The demon girl Vila was completely stunned.

Breakthroughs in Law Origins are sometimes even harder than breakthroughs in cultivation realms!

Yet my master just broke through multiple layers at once!

And not only that—he broke through both the Destruction Origin and the Lightning Origin simultaneously.

This was simply too outrageous.

Two hours later, Xu Jingming slowly opened his eyes.

In his pupils, Lightning and Destruction flickered alternately, gradually subsiding after a long while.

He opened his system panel and scanned his stats.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Universe Rank 6

【Ability】: Annihilation Divine Thunder (T2)

【Physique】: 10.5 trillion Qi (+)

【Spirit】: 10.7 trillion Hz (+)

【Skills】: Spear Intent (Intermediate), Sky Thunder Wings (T2, Perfect)…

【Body Cultivation】: Star Core Lightning Body (T0, First Stage)

【Spirit Cultivation】: Ninefold Refining Spirit Method (T0, First Stage)

【Origins】: Lightning Origin (Seventh Stage), Destruction Origin (Seventh Stage), Life Law (Ninth Stage)

【Genes】: Source Core Secret Scripture (Second Stage)

【Bloodline】: Lightning Prison Demon (Purple Nightmare Demon Scripture T0, Fourth Stage)

【Source Points】: 130 million

Although his level remained Universe Rank 6, both the Lightning and Destruction Origins had been upgraded to the Seventh Stage.

Even the Life Law was only one step away from entering the Origin Realm.

"Let's test my strength in the Virtual Universe."

Xu Jingming immediately logged into the Virtual Universe.

After testing, his normal combat power was Five-Star War General level.

If he activated his Purple Nightmare Demon Body, his power reached the peak of Six-Star War General, bordering on Seven-Star War General!

"Ordinary Universe Rank cultivators only begin advancing toward War General status after reaching the peak of the Universe Realm.

Yet I'm only at Universe Rank 6, and I'm already a Six-Star War General."

Xu Jingming exhaled slowly, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.

At this rate, he would soon reach Nine-Star War General level, gaining the power to contend with Eternal Stage Zhou Xuan.

Even this was not his goal.

His goal was to slay Eternal Stage experts head-on while still in the Universe Rank!

"No rush, take it slow—someday I will reach this point."

Altogether, Xu Jingming had been in the Outland Battlefield for just over eight months.

With such results, he was already very satisfied.

Three days later.

The Dark Lord spaceship slowly landed at the aerospace port of Fortress Planet 102.

Xu Jingming changed into a black combat suit and stepped out of the cabin.

His tactical backpack bulged with space rings packed inside.

Having reached the planetary fortress, he naturally dared not let Vila, the succubus, show herself.

The port remained bustling, warriors coming and going with grim expressions.

He headed straight for the main building, planning to process his spoils and exchange battle merits there.

Upon arriving at the floor dedicated to spoils processing in the main building.

Five or six burly men in dark red heavy armor walked toward him.

The bald, scarred man at their head was none other than Jiao, leader of the Blood Hammer War Band!

Jiao recognized Xu Jingming at once.

Especially upon seeing the enormous backpack on his back, swollen to the point of bursting.

His face immediately twisted into unhidden mockery.

"Oh? Isn't this the prodigy rookie from the Ember War Band?"

Jiao deliberately stretched out his voice, stressing the word "prodigy."

The teammates behind him burst into laughter, their eyes scanning Xu Jingming up and down.

"Just back from the Outer Domain battlefield? Tsk tsk, that pack is so full—did you haul back a pile of alien corpses?"

A scar-faced warrior of Cosmic Eighth Stage also sneered sarcastically:

"A Cosmic First Stage warrior dares to go into battle alone."

"At least you managed to pick up a few corpses—better than showing up empty-handed!"