Cosmic Trading System

"Stellar Nebula Realm, Stellar Nebula Realm, the breakthrough of this level isn't a breakthrough in just one direction, but a breakthrough in all directions, that's how it works, I understand now..."

That day, a flash of enlightenment suddenly cleared Lin Yun's mind.

He understood the principles.

However, when it came to its actual implementation, he had to explore bit by bit, to confirm little by little.

"Crack —"

Lin Yun's dantian emitted a sound like it was shattering.

"Boom —"

A massive force blasted from the center of his dantian, quickly expanding in all directions.

This energy was not destructive; instead, it contained infinite vitality.

It stirred up the area outside of the twelve star fields within his dantian.

"Roar —"

Meanwhile, an enormous natural force materialized and converged from all directions, rapidly flowing towards Lin Yun.

"Stellar Nebula Realm, I've finally broken through!"

Lin Yun smiled faintly, whispering.

He didn't open his eyes, focusing all his power on assimilating the energy of heaven and earth coming from all directions.

Every single time he broke through, energy from heaven and earth would rush towards him.

At the lower realms, it was hardly notable.

At the higher realms, it couldn't be disregarded.

This energy from heaven and earth, if assimilated in time, would be greatly beneficial for stabilizing the realm and future cultivations.

"It is reputed that when a great power breaks through to the realm of sainthood, a great auspicious sign descends from heaven, capable of transforming a massive star domain into a paradise-like realm that could last for a long time. Earth and the star domains surrounding it were once such existences.

If not for the birth of Immortal World, and Heavenly Realm, Earth and surrounding star domains would still be such a paradise..."

Lin Yun mused secretly.

Why are Earthlings so gifted?

Why are the resources on Earth and its surroundings abundant?

It's reportedly because of this!

Allegedly, many powerful civilizations also became more powerful for this reason!

The strong are always strong, the weak are always weak!

"However, compared to this, my breakthrough is just..."

Then, Lin Yun shook his head.

He centered his spirit, thinking of nothing else.

...

"Did the master break through his Martial Arts Realm?"

"Stellar Nebula Realm? Is this the Stellar Nebula Realm? The master's Martial Arts Realm is only at the Stellar Nebula Realm? This is the 8th level of Martial Arts. Previously, the martial arts strength displayed by the master clearly, was at the late stage of the 8th level..."

Outside the battleship, Fang Ao was practicing while nurturing his heart. Half a year's time allowed him to almost fully nurture his heart. Sensing this movement, he immediately got up, watching the direction where Lin Yun was cultivating, speaking in a face full of disbelief.

Lin Yun had only shown his mental strength level in front of him, not his Martial Arts Realm. However, he had watched the video of Lin Yun sparring with Lin Mengmeng. The video recording device used was very ordinary, so from the video, he could only conclude Lin Yun's strength, but it was difficult to determine Lin Yun's realm.

He had always thought that Lin Yun's Martial Arts Realm had reached the late stages of the Stellar Nebula Realm.

Now, Lin Yun's breakthrough told him that he had only broken through to the Stellar Nebula Realm today. How could he not be shocked?

Was Lin Yun only at Dazzling Star Peak Realm before? And could he already possess the strength of the late stages of the Stellar Nebula Realm at the Dazzling Star Peak Realm?

What a remarkable challenge this was against the levels?

He didn't know that when Lin Yun was sparring with Lin Mengmeng, he had just broken through to the Dazzling Star Realm, only in the early stages!

And yet, he was already at the early stages of the Dazzling Star Realm but had late-stage Stellar Nebula Realm strength!

If he knew this, he would have been even more flabbergasted!

"Stellar Nebula Realm! Lin Yun has broken through to the Stellar Nebula Realm!"

"How fast!"

"Before this, my brother already had the strength of a martial artist in the early to mid stages of level nine. Now, my brother should have the strength of a martial artist from the mid to late stages of level nine, right?"

The rest of them also stood up one after the other, watching the direction Lin Yun was breaking through, expressing their surprise one by one.

Unlike Fang Ao, they had always known about Lin Yun's strength and realm.

Lin Yun was their leader, their backbone.

Now, Lin Yun's breakthrough, increase in strength, is seen as a great blessing by them.

Their excitement surpassed even when Lin Yun bought Yang One, Yang Two, and enlisted Fang Ao.

After all, those were external forces.

Now, this was the power of Lin Yun himself.

...

A day later.

Lin Yun finally opened his eyes.

His realm had almost stabilized.

Sigh —

With a movement in Lin Yun's thought, he teleported out of the battleship.

"Lin Yun, congratulations!"

"Brother, congratulations!"

"Congrats boss —"

"Congratulations, master.."

A group of people was already waiting outside, and seeing this scene, they all flocked around, smiling joyfully.

"Tongxi, you all also made significant breakthroughs during this period,"

Lin Yun said with a smile.

This time, he spent nearly half a year in seclusion, and everyone else's progress was indeed quite noticeable.

"Yang One, suppress your strength a bit, let's spar."

Lin Yun looked up at Yang One, who was dressed in red, and said.

Testing one's strength after a breakthrough was customary.

"Okay." Yang One responded with a slight smile.

This time, they didn't head to the martial arts stage.

Instead, they teleported into the starry sky.

After reaching their level of power, an ordinary martial arts stage could no longer fully display their strength.

The starry sky was a larger, more suitable stage, allowing them to perform better.

"Boom——Boom——Boom——"

Soon, the two began their fight in the starry sky.

Everyone else stayed on the Bamboo Star, but many large screens monitored the fight closely, ensuring they did not miss any exciting moments.

"The Lord's strength..."

Fang Ao stared at the screen. Shortly after, he gasped in surprise.

This day, he had just digested the fact that Lin Yun had broken through to the Stellar Nebula Realm.

But he hadn't expected that Lin Yun's martial arts prowess had reached such a terrifying level.

Was this the strength of a rank nine martial artist?

No! It wasn't just the average rank nine martial artist's strength!

This strength was akin to the intermediate stage of rank nine, or even quite close to the late stage of rank nine!

In the videos he watched, Lin Yun had only demonstrated late rank eight strength at most...

Even in one video, Lin Yun only demonstrated late rank seven strength...

How long had it been?

Just two to three years?

Lin Yun's strength had progressed from the late rank seven to the mid-late stage of rank nine?

This training speed...was truly against the heavens...

No wonder, the Lord was only in his twenties and had already reached his current realm!

This strength, in a radius of two to three billion light years, could not be ignored!

"Could it be, this is the effect of peak level nine mental strength?"

Fang Ao sighed.

Now, he knew that Lin Yun's major focus was martial arts. He didn't delve deeply into the mind series, so Lin Yun's strength in that area wasn't too strong. But now, his strength was quite formidable.

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"Sure enough, the more advanced, the harder it is to fight someone of a higher rank. Currently, my strength is comparable to some formidable mid-term rank nine martial artists. I can fight against late stage rank nine martial artists but won't have the upper hand. If it was a protracted battle...I would likely lose..."

In his room, Lin Yun sighed.

"There's another issue. It's getting incredibly difficult to further increase my mental strength..."

Lin Yun paused for a moment, as another issue surfaced in his mind.

Improving the mental strength to the first level required a total of fifty Spirit Crystals.

To improve the mental strength to the second level, a total of five hundred Spirit Crystals were required.

By this logic, each upgrade required ten times the price.

Simply put, to upgrade the mental strength to level one, a five followed by a zero was required.

To upgrade it to level two, a five followed by two zeros was required.

Therefore, to upgrade mental strength to level ten, a five followed by ten zeros was required.

How large a number was that?

That was fifty billion!

Although Lin Yun's mental strength had already reached the peak of level nine, to upgrade to the lower tier of level ten, he wouldn't need so much, but two hundred billion Spirit Crystals were inevitable.

This number was immense.

He could barely manage to increase his mental strength to peak level nine.

But maintaining the current realm was proving to be challenging.

In his Cosmic Trading System, he currently only had around one hundred billion Spirit Crystals in cash, and resources the equivalent to two hundred billion Spirit Crystals.

Although it looked a lot, it couldn't sustain such huge consumptions.

As the realm of people around him and his subordinates increased, their consumption in cultivation became larger and larger, multiplication essentially.

In this past year, the consumption had exceeded three hundred billion Spirit Crystals.

And this was without unrestricted use.

If it was unrestricted use, that was truly bottomless.

"Being a householder indeed reveals the high cost of living, this rate of consumption is truly terrifying..." Lin Yun shook his head.

Of course, this was also due to the strong talent of humans on Earth, their fast cultivation speed playing a large role.

Strong talent, fast cultivation, naturally resulted in significant consumption.

However, this massive consumption was forcing them to find new ways to source Spirit Crystals.

"Kodis Empire, it's time to set off..."

Lin Yun looked up at the starry sky.