Chapter 919: The Final Decision! The Primordial Mall!

As a space that had been opened up, the Ember World originally had no distinction between day and night, nor between the four seasons.

But relying on technology, this could very easily be achieved.

By three in the morning, the sky was already pitch black.

Stars dotted it here and there, looking no different from a night on Blue Star.

Floating Island No. 3, the centermost villa.

The second-floor bedroom was brightly lit.

Ling Shuang tilted her head, snuggling against Xu Jingming's bare chest.

Her body, which could be called perfect, was mostly hidden beneath the bedding; the skin she revealed was as fair as mutton-fat jade.

"Jingming, do you think I should go with Xi Man to cultivate?"

Ling Shuang, her pretty face still bearing a lingering flush, stretched out her right hand.

Her slender, tender fingers traced circles on Xu Jingming's chest as she asked softly.

"It depends on what you think, Teacher Ling."

Xu Jingming placed his large hand on her slim waist and said with a smile.

"I'm asking you right now."

Ling Shuang shot Xu Jingming a look and said peevishly.

Yet her expression showed not the slightest hint of anger, seeming instead like a coquettish pout.

Combined with the tear mole at the corner of her eye, it made her all the more mature and charming, infinitely alluring.

"I think you should go."

Seeing that Ling Shuang wanted to hear his thoughts, Xu Jingming stopped joking and said seriously:

"Xi Man is the Sky God's chief disciple; whether in the Ember World or on Blue Star, he is absolutely the strongest space-system ability user.

With him as your teacher, your cultivation progress will definitely be dozens of times faster than it is now."

For top-tier ability users, the ninth rank is only just a beginning.

After entering the ninth rank, one needs to comprehend a Domain, learn stronger combat techniques, and gradually raise one's own strength.

But Ling Shuang is different.

Because space-system ability users are simply too rare, the corresponding combat techniques and inheritances are also exceedingly scarce.

Within Great Xia's borders, Ling Shuang was already the strongest space-system ability user.

All combat techniques and Domain-related content had to be researched on her own.

Although Ling Shuang's talent was not bad, over the years she had still managed to work out some things.

But compared to having a teacher to guide her, it was still far too slow.

"You think so too..."

A shade of dimness flashed through Ling Shuang's clear, beautiful eyes. "But if I really go with Xi Man, then we won't be able to see each other for at least a year."

"The future is long; a year means nothing to us. Strength is what matters most."

Xu Jingming gently stroked Ling Shuang's fair, clean back.

Moreover, judging by his own current progress, a year from now even he didn't know how strong he would have become.

If it really came to it, he could simply go into the spatial turbulence and bring Ling Shuang back.

"True enough."

The dimness in Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes swiftly vanished, replaced once more by resolve. "Then I'll give my answer tomorrow. Once you all enter the Void-Breaking Tower, I'll go cultivate with Lord Xi Man."

Although she had already broken through to the upper eighth rank, the gap between her strength and Xu Jingming's was already considerable.

If she didn't keep getting stronger, sooner or later she would be unable to keep pace with Xu Jingming.

"Alright, I'll leave the Purple Blood Vine for you.

It will break through to the ninth rank in just over twenty days; by then you'll have a certain measure of self-preservation."

Xu Jingming nodded, then immediately saw Ling Shuang sit up from the bed.

Her beautiful eyes stared straight over; on her fair, pretty face was a roguish look as she said coquettishly:

"Since we only have three days left together, I can't let you off easy..."

After successfully learning Lightning Flash Evasion, Xu Jingming secretly tried out the Azure Thunder Shield as well.

The Azure Thunder Shield's form was similar to the Thunder Barrier—both were defenses enveloping the whole body.

But its defensive power was far stronger; even when he used Heavenly Thunder to bombard himself continuously, he couldn't break the shield.

Only by using a corresponding SSS-rank lightning-system combat technique could it be broken.

"With both defense and offense, the safety of entering the Void-Breaking Tower next will be much greater."

A smile appeared on Xu Jingming's face.

"S-rank, there's someone outside requesting a visit—a ninth-rank Martial Saint."

Eva's voice sounded in his mind.

"Alright, I'll head over now."

Xu Jingming helplessly retracted the lightning and left the open-air training ground.

Ever since he had become Aurora-rank, quite a few powerful experts had come to Floating Island to visit during this period.

The lowest-ranked among them were ninth-rank, and some even held high positions.

One more friend means one more path; holding to this principle, Xu Jingming did not refuse to meet with these people.

More importantly, he had not found any heavenly materials or earthly treasures in the Divine Temple warehouse that could eliminate the side effects on Teacher Su Qingli.

Mingling more with these people might turn up some solution...

Great Xia time, September 21st, the sky cloudless for ten thousand li, the weather clear.

This day was the third day of the Fire and Coal World's opening.

In one more day, the Void-Breaking Tower would open.

Xu Jingming had originally been cultivating on the floating island, but he received a gathering message from Catherine.

Catherine, Su Yu, and Andre had all arrived in the Fire and Coal World.

Thinking he hadn't seen them in a long time, Xu Jingming accepted the invitation and went.

About twenty kilometers from the Void-Breaking Tower lay the first-ring commercial zone of the Fire and Coal World.

This place was the most prosperous region in the entire Fire and Coal World.

No matter what shop it was, one could make a fortune here.

At the very center of this commercial district stood an enormous building.

The building was over a hundred meters tall and more than eight hundred meters long, entirely silver-white, shaped like a shuttle.

From afar, it looked like a spaceship parked there.

Before this building stood a holographic sign—"Primordial Shangcheng!"

At the entrance of the Primordial Shangcheng, people came and went, bustling with activity.

Even the streets outside the Shangcheng were packed with crowds.

The meeting point with Catherine and the others was inside this Primordial Shangcheng.

"This is the Primordial Shangcheng."

Xu Jingming retracted his Thunder Dragon Wings and landed nearby, looking at the massive building and asking curiously:

"Eva, is this really the original Primordial spaceship?"

According to records, Blue Star has experienced three civilization eras, totaling roughly ten thousand years.

Even earlier was the primitive era of human intelligence's future.

Yuan energy emerged only at the end of the first civilization era, granting Blue Star supernatural powers.

Although supernatural powers existed, technological levels were still not high.

The technological explosion occurred at the end of the first civilization era.

High-level psychics, based on a spaceship discovered deep underground, finally triggered a leap in technology.

Later generations named this spaceship the Primordial spaceship.

He had assumed the original spaceship had long since vanished into the river of time.

But recently, while researching, he discovered that although the ship's contents had been emptied, its frame remained.

This frame was the Primordial Shangcheng before him.

"Of course," Eva affirmed. "Without this spaceship, there would be no artificial intelligence, and I would not exist."

"True."

Xu Jingming nodded, smiled, and stepped into the Shangcheng.

Whether in his past life or this one, he never believed the universe contained only humanity.

The existence of the Primordial spaceship further confirmed this belief.