Chapter 1582

What is taught are the essentials; enlightenment depends on the individual.

Use the remaining time to digest it yourself.

If you feel cheated, you can withdraw now.

Xu Jingming's expression was calm.

"Alright..."

Yin Hongyu bit her red lips.

Finally, she reluctantly rose, swaying with a mesmerizing figure, walking to the corner of the meditation chamber.

She sat cross-legged, her faint red killing aura slowly coalescing.

Watching Yin Hongyu's solitary figure gathering killing aura.

Lin Qianxue spoke softly, her cold voice carrying a hint of sympathy:

"She seems a little pitiable."

"No need to pity her."

Xu Jingming grinned, his tone matter-of-fact:

"She asked for this herself, and I didn't deceive her.

I taught only the essentials—absolutely worth the tuition."

He paused, turning to Lin Qianxue, his tone turning serious:

"As for you, Sister, your Killing Art has already reached advanced level.

What comes next is accumulating killing aura and expanding the killing domain's range.

Regarding this, my insight is..."

True enough, this was Yin Hongyu's own request.

Lin Qianxue softly hummed in agreement and quickly dispelled her faint sympathy for Yin Hongyu.

Her attention focused entirely on Xu Jingming's explanation.

In the corner of the chamber, Yin Hongyu listened to the low-voiced instruction behind her.

Sensing the starkly different treatment, a trace of resentment surfaced on her sultry face.

"Xu Jingming, just wait!"

She silently vowed within her heart.

She would reclaim this tuition—principal and interest!

Twelve hours later.

Inside the training chamber, Yin Hongyu slowly opened her eyes, her faint red killing aura receding like a tide into her body.

Her sultry, exquisite face bore a hint of fatigue, yet her peach-blossom eyes shimmered with excitement and satisfaction.

"In just twelve hours,

my killing aura's refinement has increased by at least thirty percent!

My understanding of the intermediate proficiency level has deepened too!"

Yin Hongyu felt the noticeably strengthened dark red energy flow within her, stunned.

One million military merit per hour—expensive, yes, truly expensive.

But the results are undeniably real!

At this pace, with further intense practice,

she even had confidence she could break through to advanced proficiency in the Killing Art within half a year!

"Pity, time's up."

Yin Hongyu sighed softly, rising to look toward the center of the chamber.

Xu Jingming still sat cross-legged, dark red killing aura and black lightning swirling around him, radiating a chilling dread.

Lin Qianxue sat beside him, her pale golden eyes closed.

Her cold, exquisite face appeared even more icy and dazzling under the glow of the killing aura.

Their energies intertwined, as if forming their own isolated world.

A strange pang of jealousy stirred in Yin Hongyu's heart.

But she quickly adjusted her emotions.

Her sultry face regained its smile, and she glided gracefully to stand before Xu Jingming.

"Jingming, time's up."

Her voice was honeyed, her peach-blossom eyes shimmering, "I'll transfer the twelve million military merit to you now."

With a flick of her will, she completed the military merit transfer via the Virtual Universe.

*Ding! Your account has received a transfer: 12,000,000 military merit. *

A crisp alert sounded from Xu Jingming's smart bracer.

He opened his eyes, looked at Yin Hongyu, and grinned:

"Pleasure doing business. Come again if you need it."

"You really plan to squeeze me dry?"

Yin Hongyu pursed her red lips, pouting, "But if Jingming is willing to give private one-on-one guidance...

Sister would be very happy~"

The implication in her words was unmistakable.

Yet Xu Jingming acted as if he understood nothing, his expression calm:

"The fee is the same for everyone—no exceptions."

Yin Hongyu: "......"

Her sultry face froze mid-smile, then she sighed helplessly.

This guy is completely unmoved by flattery or pressure!

"Alright, then I'll leave first."

Yin Hongyu stopped pressing the matter, turning away with a mesmerizing sway of her figure.

The door to the cultivation chamber slowly closed.

The room returned to silence.

Lin Qianxue slowly opened her eyes, her pale golden gaze fixing on Xu Jingming.

"She's quite persistent with you."

"Too charming, what can I do?" Xu Jingming shrugged with infuriating nonchalance.

Lin Qianxue said nothing in reply.

After all, Xu Jingming truly had the grounds for it.

She paused, then suddenly remembered something and asked:

"Young brother, have you told Teacher and the senior sisters about your breakthrough to Cosmic Apex?"

"I haven't been able to reach Teacher or Sister Ye since then—no chance to tell them." Xu Jingming shook his head.

Teacher Shuangmian and Senior Sister Yeli are, respectively, a Supreme Sovereign and an Immortal Apex.

A single cultivation sesssion lasts months, even years; being unreachable is normal.

"I see."

Lin Qianxue nodded slightly. "Then you probably don't yet know what's needed to break through to Immortal Stage?"

Xu Jingming froze: "What's needed to break through to Immortal Stage?"

He had never considered this question.

After all, he had only just reached Cosmic Apex.

"You're already at Cosmic Apex—you really should begin preparing for Immortal Stage breakthrough."

Lin Qianxue's expression turned serious. She paused, then continued:

"After breaking through to Immortal Stage, you will condense a Divine Body.

Divine Bodies are divided into five ranks: Third-Class, Second-Class, First-Class, Top-Tier, and Perfect.

The higher the rank of the Divine Body, the greater the combat power you can wield in Immortal Stage."

"Divine Bodies have such distinctions?"

Xu Jingming was astonished.

He had never heard Teacher Shuangmian or Senior Sister Yeli mention this.

As if sensing his confusion, Lin Qianxue smiled:

"I suppose Teacher and the others never expected you'd reach Cosmic Apex so quickly—they hadn't had time to tell you."

Three years—from Star Apex to Cosmic Apex.

No one could have predicted that.

"That makes sense."

Xu Jingming nodded, then pressed: "So how do you condense a high-rank Divine Body?"

Lin Qianxue explained:

"The Divine Body is tied to your bloodline.

The more noble your bloodline, the better the Divine Body you can condense.

Of course, for Divine Bodies below Perfect, even an inferior bloodline can be compensated for by external means—

such as rare resources, exceedingly scarce even across the cosmos."

She looked at Xu Jingming, her tone carrying a hint of anticipation:

"The first-place reward for this battle group on Planet Fortress 102 is one of the resources I need to condense a Top-Tier Divine Body."

Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

No wonder Senior Sister was so obsessed with military merit rankings—it was for this.

"Below Perfect? What about Perfect?"

He seized the key point.

"That's exactly what I'm about to tell you."

Lin Qianxue's expression hardened, and she spoke slowly:

"To achieve a Perfect Divine Body, your Life Gene multiplier must reach 1024 times.

The Life Gene multiplier is calculated based on a Level 7 bloodline lifeform before cultivation."

Level 7 bloodline?

Xu Jingming nodded.

Bloodlines have different ranks—he had known this long ago.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have practiced the bloodline technique "Purple Nightmare Demon Body."

Level 7 bloodline is roughly equivalent to the baseline of an ordinary Blue Star human.

"Each of our breakthroughs alters the Life Gene multiplier.

A typical Cosmic Apex cultivator has a Life Gene multiplier of 256 times.

The more noble the bloodline, the higher the multiplier at the same stage."

Lin Qianxue continued, "I am Level 1 bloodline.

Added to the second-layer Source Core Scripture, the life gene multiplier reaches 1000 times.

Yet even so, it is impossible to condense a Perfect Divine Body, for I am still slightly short of 1024 times.

So I can only settle for the top-tier Divine Body. 」

Xu Jingming listened, entranced.

He immediately realized a problem: he had never once tested his life gene multiplier.

「Indeed, advancing too quickly has its troubles.

Common knowledge like this simply never had time to sink in. 」

He couldn't help sighing.

「...... 」

Lin Qianxue's voice fell silent.

She suddenly realized that her junior brother could be quite annoying at times.