Chapter 553: Conditions for Tier Ascent

Looking at the six corpses of Eighth-Tier alien races lined up in front of him, Xu Jin felt a little regretful.

The battle situation was too tense, leaving him not a single second of free time.

As a result, there was no opportunity to pull out the Sumeru spaces of these six Eighth-Tier; otherwise, Xu Jin would definitely have been able to harvest another big wave.

Even the worst Eighth-Tier powerhouse would have a few Fifth-Tier spirit medicines for saving their life.

But at this moment, he could only strip the corpses.

First were the star cores, one hundred and twenty-two Eighth-Tier star cores; this harvest was considered not bad.

Among them, a middle Eighth-Tier alien race of the Jin Zhu clan possessed twenty-two star cores, which should be considered a genius among the Jin Zhu clan.

Two Eighth-Tier golden horns.

Xu Jin's Running Thunder Slash had slashed the alien's head directly into charcoal, but the unique golden horn was intact and had fallen off, so Xu Jin collected it conveniently.

There were also two pairs of Eighth-Tier wings.

And over two hundred Eighth-Tier scales.

And a set of Seventh-Tier low-grade spirit armor, which was stripped from the late Eighth-Tier Jin Kui.

This made Xu Jin a little disappointed.

Seventh-Tier top-grade spirit armor was indeed quite rare.

When he was surrounded and killed by Envoy Ju Zhang seven days ago, Xu Jin's Seventh-Tier top-grade Fire Rhinoceros Armor was shattered, so he had no choice but to refine the Seventh-Tier low-grade spirit armor he had obtained in the Limit-Breaking Secret Realm previously, using it reluctantly for now.

It was just that the gap between Seventh-Tier top-grade spirit armor and Seventh-Tier low-grade spirit armor was quite large, and Xu Jin had always wanted to find a piece of Seventh-Tier top-grade spirit armor to replace it, but unfortunately, he hadn't found one yet.

He could exchange for it in the Thousand Star Order, but Xu Jin's Thousand Star Order was currently considered a pauper.

Just like why he stripped the useful parts from these Eighth-Tier alien corpses this time, it was mainly because of the Thousand Star Order.

When Xu Jin flipped through the exchange catalog of the Thousand Star Order last time, he had seen many strange collection catalogs.

Especially some parts on the bodies of the Eight Desolations alien races, which were considered heaven-defying treasures and were in the exchange catalog.

But not all parts on the bodies of the Eight Desolations alien races could be exchanged for points in the Thousand Star Order.

Only some relatively special ones could.

This was also the reason why Xu Jin deliberately collected corpses this time; otherwise, Xu Jin would have been able to slash and kill one or two more Eighth-Tier alien races.

Among these, the one with the highest exchange value was the golden horn of the Jin Zhu clan.

One Eighth-Tier Jin Zhu clan golden horn, starting at 20 points.

Xu Jin had noticed this point initially, which was why he deliberately collected them.

Since he had collected them, Xu Jin was prepared to exchange these materials for Thousand Star Order points to try.

If the Fire Spirit needed for the arena ascent really couldn't be found, Xu Jin planned to exchange for it from the Thousand Star Order.

At the same time, this Thousand Star Order was currently the only place Xu Jin had discovered where he could continue to obtain the True Meaning of the Divine Dao.

The Thousand Star Order could exchange for the True Meaning of the Divine Dao, but the Thousand Star Order points required to exchange for one strand of the True Meaning of the Divine Dao were a bit scary.

It required a full one thousand points.

One Eighth-Tier star core could only be exchanged for two points.

Theoretically, killing one Eighth-Tier alien race could obtain forty Thousand Star Order points, so at least twenty-five Eighth-Tier alien races had to be killed to exchange for one strand of the True Meaning of the Divine Dao.

Actually, it wasn't enough.

There were also transmission fees, which were shipping fees, starting at ten percent.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin sorted out the Eighth-Tier star cores he didn't need, a total of 130, as well as five Eighth-Tier Jin Zhu clan golden horns and two Seventh-Tier Jin Zhu clan golden horns.

For this item, Xu Jin had a total of six Eighth-Tier golden horns, and he kept one at this time.

Including that pair of Eighth-Tier wings, and those two hundred-plus scales.

As his mind moved, the Thousand Star Order appeared.

His mind sank into the Thousand Star Order, and he began to operate according to the exchange process of the Thousand Star Order; first, he activated the Thousand Star Order and injected star power. In an instant, the eight-sided diamond-shaped Thousand Star Order shone brightly, projecting glowing light that enveloped the materials Xu Jin wanted to exchange.

At the same instant, several pieces of information flooded into Xu Jin's mind.

【Current first exchange of the Thousand Star Order, please note, the Thousand Star Order needs to consume a large amount of star power during transmission; generally speaking, the Thousand Star Order will extract it from the order holder's body.

The basic extraction amount is the entire star power of a Ninth-Tier cultivator.

If the quantity of items is too large, it will also increase the consumption of star power, but generally speaking, it will not exceed the entire star power of a peak Ninth-Tier cultivator.

If the cultivation is insufficient, one can prepare Fifth-Tier Star Jade Tablets in advance and use the Thousand Star Order's star light to envelop them for backup.

If the star power consumption needs to be provided entirely by Star Jade Tablets, please prepare at least thirty thousand Fifth-Tier Star Jade Tablets, or three thousand Sixth-Tier Star Jade Tablets, or three hundred Seventh-Tier Star Jade Tablets, or thirty Eighth-Tier Star Jade Tablets.】

The first piece of information gave Xu Jin a big surprise.

The consumption of this Thousand Star Order was not something an ordinary person could support.

Although what was consumed during the exchange was his own star power, if Star Jade Tablets were used as a substitute, the quantity was also very scary.

If Seventh-Tier Star Jade Tablets were used to provide the consumption, it actually required three hundred pieces.

Up to now, the total number of Seventh-Tier Star Jade Tablets Xu Jin had obtained was only over four hundred.

He didn't have many in his hands.

As for Eighth-Tier Star Jade Tablets, he hadn't seen them.

Fortunately, he could use his own star power to support the consumption, and he could also use Fifth-Tier and Sixth-Tier Star Jade Tablets; otherwise, the star power consumption required for this exchange could not be supported.

【Hint: Because the transmission consumption is quite large, it is recommended that the total value of each point exchange be higher than five hundred points; when purchasing required items from the Thousand Star Order, it is best to purchase multiple types or over one thousand points at once.】

【Hint: The various item exchange points published in the Thousand Star Order are only a basic value. When the items are transmitted to the headquarters, there will be specialized appraisers to appraise the rank and then judge the points; if the quality is good, it will be high, if the quality is poor, it will be low. The points you finally obtain from the exchange may differ from the points you calculated yourself, please understand.

If you do not accept, you can cancel the transaction, but the transmission consumption for the return must be borne by yourself, and each transmission consumption starts at a minimum of one hundred points.】

The many pieces of information emerging from within the Thousand Star Order seemed fair; it would be re-evaluated upon arrival.

But the most core and most unpleasant point was that returns did not include shipping.

It was just that he didn't know if the evaluation price given was fair or not?

Was there any malicious behavior?

After thinking about it, Xu Jin took out two Fifth-Tier spirit medicines for the primordial spirit from the Sumeru space.

Nowadays, Fifth-Tier spirit medicines for the primordial spirit could no longer improve Xu Jin's primordial spirit cultivation and could only be used to restore power.

Two Fifth-Tier spirit medicines for the primordial spirit, one was seized from others, an ordinary Fifth-Tier spirit medicine for the primordial spirit, according to the information displayed by the Thousand Star Order, should be able to exchange for one point.

The other was a Fifth-Tier spirit medicine for the primordial spirit that Xu Jin had nourished in the arena for fourteen days, nourishing the medicinal power to the extreme.

The difference between the two was still very obvious.

Xu Jin wanted to see how the level of the Thousand Star Order's treasure appraisers was.

Or rather, whether this platform of the Thousand Star Order would maliciously suppress prices.

From Xu Jin's perspective, the resources provided by this Thousand Star Alliance were a bit like an acquisition and online shopping platform; it was just that the establishment of this network and the transfer of items used extraordinary means.

Subsequently, Xu Jin put in some strange things he had obtained when sweeping the star domain previously to see if there was any information gap.

Xu Jin also prepared the three thousand Sixth-Tier Star Jade Tablets required for transmitting items.

Just as he was about to start, Xu Jin's heart suddenly moved.

Why not take this opportunity to test his total cultivation?

As his mind moved, he reached both hands into the range of the Thousand Star Order's star light and simultaneously activated the Thousand Star Order.

【Transmission Started】

The next instant, Xu Jin felt an incomparably terrifying suction force reaching out from the Thousand Star Order, as if it wanted to suck his star power dry.

Especially when his divine sense did not stop it, the star power in his body poured into the Thousand Star Order like a flood.

The star power in Xu Jin's star tower began to decrease rapidly, at a rate of ten percent per second. At the tenth second, the moment the star power was completely drained, Xu Jin did not hesitate to cut off the star power supply with his divine sense; the next instant, the Sixth-Tier Star Jade Tablets Xu Jin had prepared previously began to turn into powder in patches.

Five breaths later, a massive but extremely obscure spatial fluctuation suddenly erupted within the Thousand Star Order; it only flashed once, and the pile of materials enveloped by the Thousand Star Order's light disappeared out of thin air.

One breath later, the Thousand Star Order's light dimmed, and at the same time, a piece of information flooded into Xu Jin's mind.

【Transmission successful, within one hundred breaths, the Thousand Star Alliance appraiser will give the final evaluation points, and then you will determine whether to reach the transaction.】

The moment this information emerged, Xu Jin was surprised again.

Xu Jin judged the previous information prompts from the Thousand Star Order to be pre-stored information.

It could be understood as an offline program, the kind that could run without a network.

But the emergence of this piece of information now suddenly made Xu Jin realize that this Thousand Star Alliance's Thousand Star Order was very likely in real-time online contact.

This communication network of the Thousand Star Alliance, whether it was the coverage or the connection to the terminal Thousand Star Order, made Xu Jin extremely shocked.

In his previous life, in the deep mountains and old forests, there were places without signals.

But now, it was across star domains!

Not to mention anything else, just this extraordinary network alone was enough to shock Xu Jin.

Of course, he was only surprised by the program.

Whether it was the Eight Desolations Gold Order of the Eight Desolations alien races, the Star-Plucking Order of the Star-Plucking Tower, or the Mandarin Duck Seal, they had long since let Xu Jin see this point.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Xu Jin counted the number of remaining Sixth-Tier Star Jade Tablets.

There were one thousand and eight Sixth-Tier Star Jade Tablets left.

Nearly two thousand pieces were consumed, plus all the star power in Xu Jin's body.

The items Xu Jin transmitted this time were theoretically not super many.

Then the transmission consumption was theoretically the entire star power of an early Ninth-Tier cultivator.

Of course, this standard was only a rough estimate.

"If estimated according to this value, my current cultivation of twenty-one layers of the Cloud Tower is only about one-third of the star power cultivation of an early Ninth-Tier powerhouse?"

If this speculation was true, then Xu Jin could actually be proud.

Normally, his current star power amount should be equivalent to the star power of an early or middle Eighth-Tier powerhouse.

And his real cultivation was still at the peak of the Sixth-Tier Ninth Layer, it was just that he had forged twenty-one layers of the Nine-Horned Cloud Tower.

Judging by this, Xu Jin had a rough judgment of his current cultivation.

"In this case, if I forge another forty layers of the Cloud Tower, wouldn't my star power cultivation be about the same as an early Ninth-Tier powerhouse."

"No, it shouldn't need to forge another forty layers of the Cloud Tower, it's estimated that forging another thirty-five or thirty-six layers of the Cloud Tower is about right, because among my current twenty-one layers of the Cloud Tower, eighteen are eight-horned.

But the subsequent Cloud Towers forged will inevitably all be nine-horned."

Just as Xu Jin was estimating, the star light of the Thousand Star Order in his palm suddenly flashed, and a piece of information flooded into Xu Jin's mind.

【Order Holder No. 765586, the items you want to exchange have been received; after evaluation, a total of 592 Thousand Star Order points can be exchanged. The following is the evaluation list.

If you accept, please sign the agreement to trade with your divine sense on the Thousand Star Order, and you will obtain the transaction points.

If you do not accept, this transaction will be canceled.

One hundred points of materials need to be deducted to offset the transmission fee, please make a decision within ten breaths.】

Seeing this information, and the point evaluation list directly displayed in the Thousand Star Order, Xu Jin was truly convinced.

At least for the network coverage tentacles of this Thousand Star Alliance, he was truly convinced.

The processing speed was also extremely fast.

Based on the extraordinary level Xu Jin could come into contact with, this Thousand Star Alliance was definitely something Xu Jin could not imagine.

Not to mention anything else, just the Star-Plucking Tower left by that legendary Extreme Dao Emperor could only cover one star, and there were many areas that could not be covered.

Scanning through the long list of point evaluations, Xu Jin was full of admiration.

The acquisition price and purchase price of the Thousand Star Alliance were truly dark.

For example, Fire Spirit, acquisition price one hundred points, purchase price two hundred points, and one had to bear the shipping fee.

However, in terms of point evaluation, it was quite fair.

Things Xu Jin didn't expect were all evaluated.

For example, Eighth-Tier star cores.

Xu Jin originally expected to only obtain 260 points, as one Eighth-Tier star core could only be exchanged for two points.

However, the twenty Eighth-Tier star cores from the late Eighth-Tier Jin Kui could be exchanged for four points each.

There were also dozens of middle Eighth-Tier star cores, each of which could be exchanged for three points.

Just in this aspect, he obtained quite a few more Thousand Star points.

It was fairer than Xu Jin had imagined.

The same went for the golden horns of the Jin Zhu clan; the golden horns obtained from the heads of the early Eighth-Tier Jin Zhu clan were worth 20 points, but the middle Eighth-Tier ones were worth 30 points.

The item Xu Jin deliberately tested also had results.

Ordinary Fifth-Tier spirit medicines for the primordial spirit were noted on the list as only being able to exchange for one point.

But the other Fifth-Tier spirit medicine for the primordial spirit had an evaluation price of two points, and the reason given was that it was a fully mature spirit medicine with full medicinal power.

This proved that the Thousand Star Alliance's appraiser's eye was not bad.

It also proved that Xu Jin's arena still had its uses.

Fifth-Tier spirit medicines were like this, but if he encountered Sixth-Tier or even Seventh-Tier spirit medicines he couldn't use in the future, nourishing them would directly double the exchange points.

It could be considered as adding a channel for Xu Jin to obtain points.

As for those strange things Xu Jin put in extra, except for two that obtained one point, the evaluation of the others was all two words: useless.

The next instant, Xu Jin's divine sense fell into the interior of the Thousand Star Order, and the points displayed above had been refreshed.

592 points.

At the same time, the conditions for the Thousand Star Order to ascend to the second tier also came out.

Consuming one thousand points could ascend the Thousand Star Order to the second tier, and at the same time, one would become an official reserve member of the Thousand Star Alliance and could enjoy most of the functions of the Thousand Star Order.

As for what the other functions were, there was no explanation.

"This tier ascent is dark enough!"

"Looking at it this way, most people's Thousand Star Order tier should not be enough, and they might not even have become second-tier reserve members.

The Blood God Sect Master and the Deputy Sect Master, the Great Hong Emperor, must have consumed massive resources to ascend the Thousand Star Order to the second tier."

"Continue to save up a wave first.

Anyway, purchasing items worth over one thousand points at once is cost-effective; save up a wave before deciding whether to ascend the tier or exchange for necessary materials."

The next instant, Xu Jin threw the Thousand Star Order into the Sumeru space.

Save up slowly, no rush!

It's hard to save up other people's materials, but isn't it easy to save up the star cores obtained by slashing and killing Eighth-Tier alien races?

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin found another gathering place of alien races, hid in the surroundings, and after confirming that he was temporarily safe using Heaven-Man Sensing and the Eye of Oversight, he began to consume Seventh-Tier Purification Pearls to condense the Cloud Tower again.

Forging another thirty-five or thirty-six layers of the Cloud Tower, his star power cultivation would be about the same as an ordinary Ninth-Tier powerhouse.

Then after forging another thirty-five layers of the Cloud Tower, could Xu Jin confront or defeat Envoy Ju Zhang?

This was a question.

Of course, the daily safety sensing had to be restored to once every two hours.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 554 =====