Before he knew it, evening was approaching.

Xu Qing had spoken with Zhang Ling and the others for a long time. While he didn’t fully agree with their plan, he said nothing more on the matter, having already learned its specifics.

Their plan was to lead the Supreme Dynasty’s army in one month to launch a campaign against one of the Eight Great Vassal Kings, Liu Chun of the Six Royal Princes, aiming to defeat them one by one.

’One month.’

Xu Qing fell into deep thought.

「Next.」

Cao Zhengchun then led Xu Qing and his group away. He had prepared accommodations for them within the Supreme Imperial Palace itself—a private manor.

「The scene changed.」

At Xu Qing’s residential manor, he had already settled in. Shang Ying and the others also had their own separate manors, right next to Xu Qing’s.

"Lord Xu, please call for us if you need anything."

one of the Supreme Imperial Palace’s Chief Eunuchs said.

"Mm."

Xu Qing just nodded calmly.

*Huuu...*

Xu Qing took a deep breath. He scanned his surroundings, glanced at the manor’s bedroom, then found the Seclusion Chamber and walked inside.

CLICK!

The door to the Seclusion Chamber shut.

’Strength.’

Xu Qing’s expression grew serious. ’I need more strength. I’ve been ambushed several times on this journey. If I hadn’t been strong enough, I never would have been able to deal with those enemies.’

’To handle this Ancient Text Incident, just killing the Inheritors isn’t enough. I have to find a way to force the masterminds behind the scenes out into the open, to make them act.’

’Only then can Master and the others find the ones truly responsible for the Ancient Text Incident.’

Clearly, this was what had happened before. At the critical moment, the hidden masterminds of the Ancient Text Incident had made their move. They intended to kill Xu Qing and his group, but they failed. Thanks to the Life-saving Talisman Chen Wangu had given him, Xu Qing survived, and the attackers inadvertently revealed a few clues about themselves.

*Huuu...*

Xu Qing took a deep breath. ’That’s why I must have enough strength to find an opportunity to force out the true masterminds behind the Ancient Text Incident.’

HUM! HUM!

With a single thought, Xu Qing’s consciousness connected with his Level 10 Beastman Mini World. He took out the Sword One Dojo Core Order and activated the Token’s power. A fluctuation of space and time enveloped him.

「The next moment.」

Xu Qing’s figure vanished into thin air. He had left the Profound Yellow Realm and entered the Level 10 Beastman Mini World, returning once again to his own world.

The Level 10 Beastman Mini World.

HUM!

Xu Qing’s figure appeared out of nowhere. He was shrouded in the Dao Rhyme mist of the Level 10 Beastman Mini World. His perception spread out, blanketing the entire world.

’The Level 10 Beastman Mini World has already reached the very limit of a Little World. Just one more step forward and it will break through that limit to become a true Small Thousand Worlds,’ Xu Qing mused.

’Soon, very soon.’

HUM! HUM!

With a wave of his right hand, Xu Qing took out a large number of Low-grade World Foundation Stones. He then placed them into the World Pool of the Level 10 Beastman Mini World to merge with and absorb their Energy.

As a result, the flow of time in the Level 10 Beastman Mini World immediately accelerated by a full hundred times, reaching its maximum rate of one hundred times the normal speed.

Moreover, the Level 10 Beastman Mini World was already at the apex of a Little World. Its size and scope had expanded many times over. With sufficient Energy, it could produce five million trillion instances of life and death among its creatures in a single day.

In other words, the Level 10 Beastman Mini World could generate ’five million trillion’ Experience Points in one day.

’With the current one-hundred-times time acceleration, one hundred days will pass in the Level 10 Beastman Mini World for every one day that passes in the Profound Yellow Realm,’ Xu Qing mused. ’One day in the Profound Yellow Realm is one hundred days in the Level 10 Beastman Mini World. That means I can gain a total of five hundred quintillion Experience Points.’

「Meanwhile.」

HUM! HUM!

Xu Qing sat cross-legged within the Level 10 Celestial Dao Space, tightly grasping a Low-grade World Foundation Stone. He focused his mind on comprehending the ’Sword Scripture General Outline,’ sensing its many profundities and delving into the mysteries of ’Transcendent True Intent.’

「Currently.」

His Sword Scripture General Outline was at Level 23, and he had grasped ’one-fifth’ of the Transcendent True Intent. As long as Xu Qing could master the complete Transcendent True Intent, his Cultivation and Realm would reach the peak of the Fifth Realm.

...

[Experience +1]

...

[Experience +1]

...

「Time passed.」

In the blink of an eye, a day had passed in the Level 10 Beastman Mini World. Xu Qing had spent the entire day practicing and performing Meditation on the Sword Scripture General Outline, doing so a total of ten sextillion times.

Therefore, in one day’s time, the Sword Scripture General Outline could gain ten sextillion Experience Points.

...

[Beastman Mini World LV10: Ten Sextillion / 512 Quintillion (Upgradeable!)]

...

[Sword Scripture General Outline LV23: One Septillion / Five Septillion (...)]

...

*Huuu...*

Xu Qing took a deep breath and mused, ’The Experience Points needed to upgrade the Sword Scripture General Outline have clearly changed. It’s now five septillion Experience Points.’

’On top of that...’

’As the Level of the Beastman Mini World increases, and as long as I have enough World Foundation Stones, the daily Experience Points I gain will grow exponentially with each Level.’

’In other words...’

’...the higher the Beastman Mini World’s Level gets, the less time it takes to level up again, provided I can get enough World Foundation Stones.’

’The change in the Experience Points for the Sword Scripture General Outline is probably related to the improvements in my mastery of the Sword Dao.’