The virtual universe.

There was a huge city in the middle of the Great Qian Mainland, known as Great Qian Sacred City. It was majestic and grand.

This was called the sacred city to differentiate it from Great Qian City in the real world. Almost all the powerful factions had bought properties here.

Yes, they bought it even though it was in the virtual world.

It was better not to look down on these virtual properties. They weren’t cheap. Normal people couldn’t afford them. Also, they might not have the right to buy them.

Of course, with Wang Teng’s noble status, he could buy a property here.

Why did he buy one?

This was a face value issue.

Imagine a noble having to start from the initial entrance every time he entered the virtual universe. He wouldn’t have a place to hold a meeting if he needed to. Wasn’t that awkward?

In Great Qian Sacred City, there was a huge patch of land covered by castle-like structures.

This was the land of the Parkers family!

A few familiar faces were present in a hall within these castle-like structures.

Two elderly figures sat at the front of the hall. They were the Furious Flaming Universe Lord and the Flaming Phoenix Universe Lord.

Andrais, Sinclamon, Valteru, and many others were standing below them. They didn’t make a peep.

After some time, a lofty figure abruptly appeared in the hall.

Cao Hongtu!

The person who appeared was Cao Hongtu!

“Universe lords.” Cao Hongtu immediately bowed and greeted the two universe lords above respectfully.

The Flaming Phoenix Universe Lord nodded.

“How is it?” the Furious Flaming Universe Lord asked.

“I have formed a collaboration with the Olant Federation. They will send a heaven-stage martial warrior to capture Wang Teng’s family members. They should be back soon. We have set up a trap with the other two heaven-stage martial warriors from the Olant Federation. Wang Teng won’t be able to escape,” Cao Hongtu replied. A sinister gaze flashed past his eyes.

“Four heaven-stage martial warriors. It should be enough. Since that brat has left Earth, the Cavendish and the Ji families won’t be able to help him,” the Furious Flaming Universe Lord said.

Valteru and Sinclamon were elated.

“That brat thinks that he can fight with us just because he’s a triple-field grandmaster of the Secondary Career Alliance. How naive.” Sinclamon snorted.

“We must use his blood to wash the humiliation the Parkers suffered,” Valteru said coldly.

“The Parkers will give you what you deserve once this issue is settled. We might be able to help you get back your baron’s status,” the Flaming Phoenix Universe Lord said.

“Yes!” Cao Hongtu was beaming with joy. He quickly bowed. Then, he hesitated.

“What’s the matter?” the Flaming Phoenix Universe Lord asked.

“The three heaven-stage martial warriors from the Olant Federation have a request,” Cao Hongtu said.

“What request?” the Furious Flaming Universe Lord asked.

“They want some cultivation resources,” Cao Hongtu briefly explained their request to the other party.

“That’s easy. It’s just some resources. We can give them.” The Furious Flaming Universe Lord shook his head and closed his eyes. He was too lazy to bother about this issue.

“As expected of a low-tier civilization. They’re so petty. Do they think that the Parkers will lie to them?” Sinclamon said contemptuously.

“Tell them that they will get their share after the issue is settled,” Valteru said.

“Go ahead.” The Flaming Phoenix Universe Lord closed his eyes and ordered Cao Hongtu to leave.

“I’ll make a move first.” Cao Hongtu nodded and left.

“Cao Hongtu is desperate.” Sinclamon smiled as he stared at Cao Hongtu’s back.

“He’s willing to do anything for the baron status. His daughter is still in Wang Teng’s hands. but he doesn’t care anymore.” Valteru smiled with disdain. “He’s just a dog of us Parkers.”

“On the other hand, Wang Teng has been jumping around for too long.” Sinclamon’s expression turned ugly when he mentioned the name.

“Hmph, if Grand Duke Chongshan hadn’t carved the Law of Cause and Effect on that brat so that the elders in our family can’t touch him, things wouldn’t be so troublesome,” Valteru said helplessly.

The people in the hall turned silent. They seemed a little fearful. No sounds were heard thereafter.

…

The Olant Planet.

Cao Hongtu opened his eyes in a large hall. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes.

In front of the hall, two heaven-stage martial warriors with powerful auras were sitting on their thrones. Their gazes were sharp too as they blinked and opened their eyes.

One of them was muscular and lofty. He was three meters tall, and his limbs were exceptionally bulky and thick. There were two sharp horns growing on his head, giving him a scary appearance.

The other was only slightly taller than a normal Earthling. He had pale green skin and slightly sharp ears. His face was filled with wrinkles, but they didn’t seem to be a sign of aging. He was born like that.

“Brother Caso.” A loud voice came from the heaven-stage martial warrior with horns on his head.

“Thanks for waiting so long.” Cao Hongtu smiled and continued, “I’ve already contacted the two universe-stage martial warriors. They have agreed to give you enough resources once you complete the task.”

Joy appeared in their eyes. It was almost unnoticeable. They exchanged glances with each other and silently shifted their gazes away.

“Hahaha, you’re too kind.” The other heaven-stage martial warrior with green skin said, “The Earthling has to pay the price since he dares to offend the Olant Federation.”

“We must teach this impudent fellow a lesson,” Cao Hongtu smiled as he spoke. However, in his heart, he was cursing.

The heaven-stage martial warriors in the Olant Federation would not give their commitment until they were certain of their success. He had promised many benefits to get them to cooperate with him.

“We will lay in ambush and wait for Sheng Luo to come back,” the heaven-stage martial warrior with green skin said with ease.

“We’ll make sure he can’t escape once he lands in the Olant Federation.” The heaven-stage martial warrior with horns scoffed.

“I’ll have to trouble you at that time. The mecha heaven-stage martial warrior beside him is very strong. You need to be careful,” Cao Hongtu said.

“The mecha heaven-stage martial warrior? I met one once. They’re indeed powerful, but don’t worry. The three of us made a name for ourselves in the universe and have gained the rank of a three-star mercenary. It’s enough to deal with a mecha heaven-stage martial warrior,” the martial warrior with green skin said proudly.

“Three-star mercenary!”

Cao Hongtu was surprised. He didn’t think that the other party possessed such strength. He nodded, and his doubts were cleared.

“Come, cheers to our successful collaboration,” the heaven-stage martial warrior with sharp horns raised the wine glass in his hand and shouted.

“Alright, cheers!” Cao Hongtu smiled when he saw how confident they were.

“Hahaha, cheers!”

Peals of laughter resounded in the hall. They seemed confident of their success.

…

Universe-level spacecraft—Flaming River!

Flaming River universe-level spacecraft zoomed through space at a high speed.

The space coordinates of the Olant Federation weren’t a secret. Hence, hyperspace travel could be executed. This would shorten the traveling time greatly.

With the current speed of the spacecraft, they would arrive around ten days later.

Universe cruising was boring. Fortunately, Wang Teng was able to enter the virtual universe to hunt for star beasts and pick up attributes for his cultivation.

Besides taking out some time to guide Lin Chuhan and her sister, meeting up with Baili Qingfeng and his friends, and teaching the rest how to use the virtual universe, he spent the rest of his time in the virtual universe.

Everyone on Earth had the citizenship of the Great Qian Empire and was familiar with the virtual universe now.

They were slowly integrating into the universe. Wang Teng didn’t need to worry about anything.

Today, Wang Teng was cultivating in his room—scratch that, picking up attribute bubbles!

Space and time attribute bubbles could be found randomly in the Dark Universe.

These two attribute bubbles were precious, so every time Wang Teng entered the Dark Universe, he would release his spiritual power and void mayflies to check his surroundings. Once he found any attribute bubbles, he would pick them up immediately.

As for the virtual universe, he allowed his clones to enter. He created two clones, one as an unregistered resident and one as a normal resident. This was how he achieved double cultivation speed.

Doing two things simultaneously so that none was affected.

Space*10

Space*12

…

Wang Teng released his spiritual power out like fishing nets and swept them through the Dark Universe as if he was fishing.

Very soon, two more attribute bubbles flew over. They gave him 22 points of space attributes.

There were fewer time attributes compared to space attributes. He had to rely on luck to find one.

Normally, he would find one time attribute bubble after collecting six to seven space attribute bubbles. This was God’s gift.

“Huh?”

Wang Teng suddenly exclaimed.

He saw a huge space-time vortex on the left in the Dark Universe. There were many attribute bubbles floating inside the vortex.

He just buttered up God and the reward came in the next second.

Looks like I have to compliment God more. Wang Teng thought to himself secretly.

Collect!

He acted quickly and released his spiritual power, picking up all the attribute bubbles.

Space*120

Space*30

Time*35

Time*40

Time*25

…

“I’m so lucky!” Wang Teng’s eyes lit up when he saw the contents of the attribute bubbles. He felt that he was extremely lucky.

More than ten attribute bubbles were found, and all of them had a sizable amount of attributes. There were even time attributes.

This round of gains made his wait today worth it. No, it made up for all these days of waiting.

Space Physique: 16300/300000 (third rank)

Time: 530/10000

Wang Teng nodded in satisfaction after looking through his attributes panel.

The progress was a little slow but many a little make a mickle, especially for the time attribute. He collected a little every time, but there were already 530 in total.

Wang Teng had a deeper understanding of time, and he could almost feel himself getting closer to touching that mysterious and occult power. He could faintly sense the passing of time.

He closed his eyes and felt it carefully. It was faint, but he knew it was there.

“I’ll be amazing if I can execute a battle technique using the power of time,” Wang Teng opened his eyes and touched his chin as he muttered to himself. There was a sharp glint in his pitch-black eyes.

While he was in deep thought, Round Ball’s voice suddenly resounded.

“Wang Teng, we have reached the Olant Planet!”