Chapter 187: Enhanced Aptitude
Attached Mission Details—
This is a clan inheritance mission, consisting of only one phase.
As someone born with a threefold life gene level, it is your duty to help continue your bloodline and attempt to establish a royal lineage within your people, thereby strengthening the foundation of your race.
During this mission, each child you have who inherits the threefold life gene level will contribute 100% completion, rewarding you with 1 billion points, up to a maximum of 100 trillion points.
Finally, for the sake of your people, please pass on your bloodline as extensively as possible!
Jiang Zhe's cheek twitched as he waved away the floating light screen before him.
"As expected, it's a stallion mission."
"Fortunately, my master is the Lord of Darkness, and I also possess the talent that gives me a high chance to become a top cosmic overlord. That's why the mission description is so polite, still affording me some dignity. Otherwise... heh."
"Phew, 100 trillion points! Even geniuses who comprehend 20 levels of the Heaven-Connecting Bridge and break through the Realm Master-grade Primordial Heaven-Connecting Mountain only earn about the same."
"And all I have to do is father 1,000 children to reach it?"
"Trust me, if the geniuses in the secret realms of humanity's five major powers saw this mission, they'd lose their minds. No one could resist it."
"But that doesn't include me."
Jiang Zhe slumped into his gaming chair and shrugged, completely unmoved by the sky-high rewards.
"100 trillion point cap. Is it because the clan can't afford more?"
He shook his head and sneered. "No, the cap is just to stop me from getting addicted. They need to continue the new bloodline, yes, but producing another top cosmic overlord is just as crucial."
"Anyway, I never intended to have too many children. Two or three is enough. The task of branching out can fall to my sons. I'm not interested."
After accepting the mission, Jiang Zhe stretched lazily, preparing to leave the virtual universe.
Just then, someone contacted him.
Oriana: "Master, it's your Ninth Senior Sister, Sovereign of Dreamshade, requesting a video call."
"Put her through."
A light screen appeared out of thin air, projecting the upper half of Dreamshade Sovereign.
"Sister, is this about the points mission?"
"There are a few words I'd like to say on that, but first—when do you plan to come learn the path of lightning-time fusion with me?"
"Sorry, Senior Sister. I'd like to wait a bit longer."
Jiang Zhe scratched his head awkwardly and gave her a rough estimate.
"After my children are born, perhaps."
"I want to spend more time with my family right now. These few years are all I'll have. Once I return to Chaos City and break through to Realm Master, it might be thousands of years before I come back. Meeting in the virtual universe is just not the same."
"But Sister, I haven't been idle. I've fully comprehended the Law of Lightning."
"Hmm… what?" Even the always-calm sovereign looked visibly shocked. "The Law of Lightning? Fully comprehended? Not just recognized?"
Jiang Zhe spread his hands. "Once I left the Initial Universe, the Law of Lightning recognized me."
"So you're now…?"
"Ninth-level Domain Lord peak." Jiang Zhe smiled wryly. "My original core is too tough. Even after fully comprehending a lesser law, it didn't show the slightest crack."
Dreamshade Sovereign was well-informed.
She knew some special lifeforms couldn't break through to immortality by merely mastering a lower law. But she hadn't expected this to apply to a human Domain Lord.
Seeing how outstanding Jiang Zhe was, she chose not to push further. "As long as you know what you're doing."
"Thank you for understanding, Senior Sister."
Among all the reincarnators out there, more than eighty percent lived like beasts of burden—this thing today, that thing tomorrow—their pace of life so frantic it left them breathless.
Jiang Zhe didn't like living that way.
Following Luo Feng's growth timeline, he calculated the future and found spending over a hundred years on Earth was no problem at all.
He was a living person, not just data, not an orphan, not a mere passerby of this era. He wanted more time with his family.
As for the lightning-time fusion path… after obtaining the "Master of Five Thunders – Venerable Volume," he lost interest in his senior sister's martial technique.
Though, it could still serve as an introductory study.
His later cultivation would rely on "Master of Five Thunders."
Lightning-Earth Fusion, Lightning-Time Fusion, Lightning-Space Fusion, Lightning-Earth-Space Fusion…
Some obscure fusion methods were only discovered by Primordial Universe beings after Luo Feng received Duan Donghe's inheritance, proving there were more than just nine types of law fusions.
Dreamshade Sovereign changed the topic. "Getting serious now—are you sure you want to choose your two fellow Earthlings as partners?"
"Of course. We already have a foundation of affection. These past years together have been wonderful. If it were someone else… I'd feel nothing." Jiang Zhe shrugged.
She nodded and continued, "Teacher says there's a tradition on your Earth to give gifts at weddings. He asked me to find out what you'd like as a wedding present. Even if it's a supreme treasure, it's fine."
"Since Teacher put it that way, I won't hold back." Jiang Zhe chuckled, rubbing his hands. "Senior Sister, please ask Teacher to prepare two naturally-formed treasures with pure lightning and fire attributes. Like a Lihuo Pearl, Thunder Glass Origin Core, Heaven Lightning Pearl, Earth Fire Jewel—things like that."
Dreamshade Sovereign's expression turned odd. "You don't want supreme weapons, just top-grade materials?"
Jiang Zhe nodded, emphasizing, "They must be intact, naturally nurtured, and represent a single attribute."
"Understood." She didn't ask more and cut the call.
Jiang Zhe logged out of the virtual universe, and his true body in the study opened its eyes.
"If all goes well, before I leave Earth, I must break through to Realm Master so I can bring lives into my internal world."
His gaze drifted to the other two figures in the study.
They were locked in a tense struggle with a painting, furrowing their brows as they tried to memorize every detail.
The dark-hued scroll depicted thick thunderclouds, filled with roaring lightning.
At the center was a dragon-man with a mighty physique, scales and horns, eyes glaring fiercely. One hand held a spike, while the other struck twelve drums encircling him.
"The Thunder God Scroll"?
Yes, and no.
This print that Jiang Zhe created bore no trace of law mysteries, only the imposing grandeur of the Thunder God. But even so, staring at it for long brought a sense of indescribable might.
It seemed ordinary.
Yet after a few more glances, a subtle, unexplainable power began to resonate.
This was a method Jiang Zhe invented on a whim—a "Visualization Technique."
He'd only intended to experiment but ended up pleasantly surprised. The Primordial Universe's origin will even tacitly approved its existence.
This painting tempered the soul and consciousness.
Because of their cultivation system, while it couldn't increase the quantity of soul power, it could improve the quality, making their souls and minds vastly more resilient than their peers.
Jiang Zhe speculated that deep enough visualization might even strengthen willpower.
It was effective, but certainly not easy.
Look once: Ma Dongmei
Think once: Wait, what?
Look again: Ma Dongmei
Think again: Ma… what?
Look: Ma Dongmei?
Think: Something… Dongmei?
…
In short, the two peak Star-level female martial artists were nearly driven mad by this Thunder God image, even starting to wonder if they'd developed some rare brain disease.
Jiang Zhe finally called a halt to their scratching of heads.
"Xiao Lei, Qiaolin—let's get married."
"Alright." Lei Lei answered calmly. "Tomorrow we'll tell Uncle Jiang and let him set the date."
"Is there a chance… you'll have to call him 'Grandfather' then? Your seniority might drop a level…" Jiang Zhe's mouth twitched, speechless.
"No problem. Once the date's set, we'll change it." Lei Lei smiled gently.
Yet her eyes dimmed a little. She whispered, "My father is my only family left. I'll message him tonight in the virtual universe. He's in the most crucial hundred years of his training—I don't want to distract him."
Jiang Zhe pulled her into his arms. "It's alright. We'll have a supplementary ceremony in the virtual universe and invite Thor himself. He can spare the time for that."
"Hmph, look at my dad," Qiaolin grumbled. "The moment he heard I was marrying into the Jiang family, he quit being a universe mercenary, lugged his ship straight back to Earth to scavenge resources, and now teaches at the Martial Hall. Really, he was one of Earth's first batch of Parliament-level figures during the Great Nirvana, yet he has zero ambition."
Jiang Zhe didn't mind at all.
Everyone had their own path. If her father didn't like hardship, he deserved to enjoy life.
With the cultivation resources the Jiang family controlled, they'd easily push her father to immortality in the future.
It'd be far more nerve-racking if he continued as a universe mercenary.
If her dad died someday, Qiaolin would be left in tears. By the time Jiang Zhe, as a Universe Master, could fish him back out, the man's lifespan would already be exhausted—only mastering an origin world could then bring him back.
The next day, Jiang Zhe crawled out of his tender haven.
Bro, you didn't actually think Jiang Ye only started "eating meat" after marriage, did you?
After freshening up, he planned to find the old man to discuss the wedding date and all the arrangements.
Before he reached the front yard, his master summoned him.
So he went back to wake Qiaolin and Lei Lei, then took them along to see Saint King, his teacher.
At the top floor of Saint Spirit Hall
A huge white fur carpet covered the floor. The room held no furniture except a small tea table, where Saint King sat cross-legged, cradling a steaming cup.
Jiang Zhe knew his master liked hot drinks.
That was why nearly ten percent of Earth's top-grade, universe-enhanced tea leaves ended up here.
"Master, you wanted to see us?"
Jiang Zhe removed his shoes, stepped onto the soft carpet, and gestured for his two fiancées to sit beside the tea table.
"You're finally starting a family." Saint King sighed, fondly ruffling Jiang Zhe's hair. With a playful smile, she teased, "By your Earth standards, I'd be your mother-in-law now. Guess I'll have to worry about in-law drama."
Jiang Zhe laughed along. "Master, you're easy to get along with. Xiao Lei and Qiaolin will always respect their elders. There's no need to worry."
Mother-in-law?
The two girls froze, realizing just what status Saint King held in Jiang Zhe's heart.
But her light teasing quickly dissolved their old nerves.
Until now, saying they had Saint King's backing was just based on voice transmissions—they'd never actually met her.
After a few chuckles, Saint King got to the point. "I called you three here because your wedding must be close, and it's time you received something."
She waved a hand. Two cabinet-sized metal chests appeared before them.
The one with flame patterns went to Qiaolin.
The one with thunder motifs slid toward Lei Lei.
Jiang Zhe raised an eyebrow. Recognizing the chests' style, he signaled the girls to open them.
Sure enough, inside were metal books pulsing with rich law power.
The two girls froze, then softly read the titles.
Lei Lei: "Purple Mist Codex?"
Qiaolin: "Black Hole Evolution?"
Saint King smiled. "Jiang Zhe, your teacher knows how… wealthy you are. There's little I could get that you lack."
"Fortunately, I have some influence at home. I acquired the two best manuals for them. Only the first five volumes, enough to reach Marquis level—that's the best I could manage."
"Because I didn't just buy them the right to study—I outright bought the rights to those five volumes. They're now Jiang family's private heritage, free to pass to anyone."
Jiang Zhe's eyes widened.
At first, he thought these were just single-study licenses.
Who knew they were full buyouts!
Ordinarily, a single license for one of these manuals cost 10 million points. Buying it outright, though, skyrocketed the price—and you had to negotiate with the original creator, too. A massive hassle!
Frankly, Jiang Zhe valued family heritage, but never enough to do something this extravagant.
Seeing the physical manuals, he should've guessed.
"Master, this is… too generous."
"Take them. No more words." Saint King shook her head. "Those little treasures you gave me, these twelve jewels, are worth even more."
She lifted her wrist, showing off a bracelet set made of precious treasures.
"Well then, if you insist, thank you, Master."
Jiang Zhe and the two girls bowed together, then packed away the two metal chests.
Saint King beamed, accepted their courtesy, and waved again, bringing out two smaller chests.
"These are from the clan."
"The one on the left is a batch of side-effect-free fertility elixirs. They'll raise the chance of high life gene offspring."
"Of course, Jiang Zhe, you know these only work for species under tenfold life genes."
Lei Lei and Qiaolin pressed their lips together, their expressions perfectly composed—peak Star-level martial artists could control their faces easily.
Jiang Zhe happily stowed the left chest.
He sniffed lightly, then looked at the right. "Master, what's this one?"
"That's for Qiaolin and Lei Lei. Last night it was transferred from the clan treasury by a King-level envoy. It'll thoroughly improve their cultivation aptitudes without compromising gene purity."
Under the girls' curious eyes, Saint King opened the chest.
Inside lay two palm-sized bottles, one crimson, one pale green, etched with intricate law runes and faintly radiating flame and lightning power.
Jiang Zhe immediately recognized the red one. "Purple Fire Ape Wine? That's a luxury even unbeatable Kings rarely afford—usually reserved for Venerables!"
It was the finest of wines.
It improved both body and soul.
Most importantly, its effects were gentle—ordinary people could drink it. A single cup could elevate a mere apprentice to Universe-level, with exceptional fire law talent.
It was the ultimate alternative to Domain Lord-level bloodline potions!
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