Chapter 919: Final Decision! The Primordial Mall!

As a space created from nothing, the Xinhuo World had no distinction between day and night, nor between the four seasons.

But with technology, achieving this was easy.

By three a. ., the sky was utterly black.

Stars dotted the heavens, resembling a night on Blue Star with no noticeable difference.

On Floating Island No. 3, the central villa.

On the second-floor bedroom, lights blazed brightly.

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

Most of her near-perfect body was hidden beneath the quilts; the exposed skin was as white as lamb's fat jade.

"Jingming, do you think I should go train with Himan?"

Ling Shuang extended her right hand, her lovely face still flushed with lingering rapture.

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

"It's up to you, Teacher Ling."

Xu Jingming placed his large hand on her slender waist and smiled.

"I'm asking for your opinion now."

Ling Shuang shot Xu Jingming a look, speaking with a hint of annoyance.

Yet her expression showed no real anger—rather, it was tenderly pouting.

Paired with the tear mole at the corner of her eye, it radiated mature charm and irresistible allure.

"I think you should go."

Seeing Ling Shuang wanted to hear his true thoughts, Xu Jingming dropped his jest and said seriously:

"Himan is the chief disciple of the Void God. Whether in the Xinhuo World or on Blue Star, he is unquestionably the strongest space-affinity adept.

With his guidance, your cultivation progress will accelerate dozens of times over compared to now."

For top-tier adepts, Ninth Stage is merely a beginning.

After reaching Ninth Stage, one must comprehend domains, learn stronger combat techniques, and gradually enhance one's strength.

But Ling Shuang is different.

Because space-affinity adepts are exceedingly rare, the corresponding combat techniques and lineages are also extremely scarce.

Within Great Xia, Ling Shuang is already the strongest space-affinity adept.

All combat techniques and domain-related knowledge must be researched independently.

Though Ling Shuang has decent talent and has developed some insights over the years,

compared to having a teacher, her progress is still far too slow.

"You think so too..."

A flicker of gloom passed through Ling Shuang's clear, beautiful eyes. "But if I truly go with Himan, we won't be able to see each other for at least a year."

"There's plenty of time ahead. A year means nothing to us—strength matters most."

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

Moreover, given his current progress, by next year he himself wouldn't know how strong he'd become.

If all else fails, he could simply go into the space turbulence and retrieve her.

"That's true."

The gloom in Ling Shuang's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by firm resolve. "Then I'll reply tomorrow. After you enter the Po Xu Tower, I'll train with Lord Himan."

Though she had already broken through to Upper Eighth Stage, her strength had already fallen far behind Xu Jingming's.

If she didn't grow stronger, she would inevitably fall behind him.

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

It'll break through to Ninth Stage in just over twenty days—then you'll have some means of self-defense."

Xu Jingming nodded, then watched as Ling Shuang sat up from the bed.

Her beautiful eyes locked onto him, her fair face lit with a mischievous smile as she cooed:

"Since we only have three days left together, I won't let you go so easily..."

After successfully learning the Lightning Flash Technique, Xu Jingming secretly tested the Azure Thunder Shield.

The Azure Thunder Shield's form resembled the Thunder Barrier—both enveloped the entire body in defense.

But its defensive power was far stronger; even continuous strikes from Heavenly Thunder failed to break it.

Only an SSS-rank lightning combat technique could pierce it.

"Now I have both defense and offense—my safety in the Po Xu Tower will increase significantly."

Xu Jingming smiled.

"S-Class, someone is visiting—a Ninth Stage Martial Saint."

Eva's voice echoed in his mind.

"Alright, I'm on my way."

Xu Jingming reluctantly retracted his thunder and left the open-air training ground.

Since becoming Aurora-Class, many powerful figures had visited the floating island.

The lowest-ranked among them were Ninth Stage adepts; some held high positions.

Believing that more friends meant more paths, Xu Jingming never refused to meet them.

More importantly, he had not found any celestial treasures in the Temple's warehouse capable of eliminating Su Qingli's side effects.

Interacting with these people might yield some solutions...

On September 21st, Great Xia time, the sky was cloudless and bright.

This was also the third day since the Xinhuo World's opening.

In one more day, the Po Xu Tower would open.

Xu Jingming had been training on the floating island when he received an invitation from Catherine.

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

Thinking he hadn't seen them in a long time, Xu Jingming agreed to meet them.

About twenty kilometers from the Po Xu Tower lay the commercial district within the Xinhuo World's first ring.

This was the most prosperous region in the entire Xinhuo World.

Any shop here could make a fortune.

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

The structure 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 the building, a holographic sign stood tall: "Primordial Mall!"

At the entrance of the Primordial Mall, crowds surged in and out, bustling with activity.

Even the streets outside the mall were packed with people.

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

"This is the Primordial Mall."

Xu Jingming landed nearby, retracting his Thunder Dragon Wings, and gazed at the massive structure with curiosity. "Eva, is this really the original Primordial spaceship?"

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

Before that was the primitive era of Human Intelligence Future.

Yuan Energy emerged only at the end of the First Civilization Era, granting Blue Star supernatural powers.

Though supernatural powers existed, technological advancement remained low.

The technological explosion occurred at the end of the First Civilization Era.

High-grade adepts, after discovering a spaceship buried underground, finally triggered a leap in technological progress.

Later generations named this spaceship the Primordial Spaceship.

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

But recent research revealed that while the ship's contents had been emptied, its frame remained.

That frame was the Primordial Mall before him.

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

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

Xu Jingming nodded and stepped into the mall with a smile.

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

The existence of the Primordial Spaceship only confirmed this belief.

The existence of the Original Number further confirmed his thought.