Space and Soul

"Dear four-star customer of the bank, the search for Life Fruit resources within a range of 7 nearby star regions has been completed. We can provide you with 102 Life Fruits in the shortest possible time, at a price of 4.2 Mixed Yuan Units/fruit."

Thanks to Li Che's newly promoted four-star customer status at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, the bank's AI quickly mobilized the life fruits in the nearby star region.

This made Li Che realize the power of wealth.

For ordinary realm lords, the Fruit of Life is an extremely rare and precious treasure, obtainable only through limited channels such as primary auctions.

However, for a four-star customer of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank with assets starting at 10,000 Mixed Yuan Units, purchasing the Fruit of Life is not so troublesome.

Of course, such an efficient purchasing channel means that the goods will have a significant premium.

Normally, the price of each Life Fruit at a primary auction is only 2.5-3.0 Mixed Yuan Units, but Li Che has to pay a high price of 4.2 Mixed Yuan Units for each one.

Fortunately, this was just a small amount of money in Li Che's eyes.

"If I buy everything, how long will it take to deliver to Black Dragon Star?" he asked casually.

Since most of the legacy clones within his body from the Infinite Land had not yet completed their genetic evolution, Li Che chose to provide the service immediately.

"Dear customer, since the Fruit of Life needs to be transported across star systems, it will take at least 20 days to deliver it to the Black Dragon Star Bank branch," the bank's AI replied.

Li Che nodded in agreement.

As far as he knew, his own deity and the Calabash Army Lord were having their final negotiations before the war, and the struggle over the legacy of that Marquis-level immortal deity might still take several years before it could officially begin.

He did not leave Black Dragon Star, but instead bought a World Castle on the planet through the Cosmic Galaxy Bank and stayed there for a while.

The World Castle is also a type of World Item. It is a castle with a radius of two kilometers that contains a huge small world. However, due to its huge size, it is not easy to carry, so its price is much lower than that of the World Belt, World Ring, etc.

Inside the World Castle, Li Che immediately began his cultivation.

For him, gradually inheriting and assimilating the legacy of Li Che from the Mountain and Sea Realm is a fascinating process.

As a psychic who once distinguished himself within the human race, this person's achievements are mainly in two aspects.

Space and soul!

In terms of space, perhaps due to the influence of the fundamental law of earth, Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm's main direction of comprehension was spatial sealing. Before his death, he had completed more than half of his comprehension in this direction, and only two or three minor branches remained before he could fully master it.

In contrast, Li Che from the Mountain and Sea Realm only had a very average understanding of spatial strangulation and teleportation direction.

His self-created secret technique in the field of space is a secret technique with spatial sealing as its core, supplemented by the fundamental law of earth, called "Star Suppression".

In terms of the soul, Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm has also achieved great success. After all, the Earthlings have already undergone the transformation by Zuo Shan Ke, making them excellent in terms of will and soul.

To further enhance this advantage, Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm chose a special life form whose innate secret technique clone also leans towards soul-based methods.

His self-created secret technique, "Eight Thousand Soul Light," is a combination of numerous methods, including soul attacks, soul defense, and soul enslavement. Its profoundness is at the level of a King.

Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm generally relies on the terrifying amplification of souls by the souls of the generals to directly bombard the souls with the "Eight Thousand Soul Light". When encountering more troublesome opponents, he first uses "Suppressing Star" to seal, bind and exhaust them, and then uses "Eight Thousand Soul Light" to bombard the souls.

Soul attacks are undoubtedly a highly efficient method, possessing sufficient destructive power even against those immortal beings at the Marquis level who have achieved immortality.

"Unfortunately, I'm not suited to the combat style of a mentalist..."

Inside the World Castle, Li Che continuously deduced the secret technique "Star Suppression" created by Li Che of the Mountain and Sea Realm in his mind, and only after a moment did he sigh.

As the main body that perfectly inherited all of Li Che's memories from the Mountain and Sea Realm, he could naturally use the "Zhenxing" secret technique without any pressure, and could even unleash the full power of this self-created secret technique.

After all, once you reach the level of a World Lord, the power of the world takes the place of genetic force and mental power, making the distinction between martial artists and mental masters gradually blurred.

However, Li Che has never changed his mind about using martial arts techniques as the core of his fighting style.

After all, the paths of martial arts and mentalists represent two different combat approaches, and either one requires a great deal of time and experience to immerse oneself in, enough for a strong person to study for a lifetime.

Just like in Li Che's memory, the cosmic overlord of the Golden Horn Clan, Hirodo, fought using the fighting style of a mentalist, while the cosmic overlord of the human race, the Star Prison Demon Lord, fought using the fighting style of a martial artist.

Upon reaching the level of those two beings, their internal energy had transformed into divine power, yet they still adhered to the fighting habits they had developed during their lower-level existence.

Li Che had a plan in mind: to analyze the application of the laws of "Zhenxing" and transform spatial law techniques such as spatial sealing into his own martial arts-created secret techniques.

As for the soul aspect, Li Che is preparing to thoroughly study the secret technique "Eight Thousand Soul Light" of Li Che from the Mountain and Sea Realm.

After all, the higher the level of a powerful individual, the more they need to guard against soul-based attacks from their enemies.

During the tens of thousands of years of battles in the outer realms, Li Che did indeed suffer several powerful soul attacks. At the realm lord level, he also purchased a military lord-level immortal secret technique related to soul defense.

Soul attack, soul enslavement, soul disturbance...

This universe has never lacked powerful individuals who are proficient in soul techniques, just like another top race in the universe—the Zerg, most of whose queens become soul masters after they grow up.

The most reliable method used by the major elite races in the universe to annihilate the geniuses of rival races is to first enslave their souls and then destroy them, so as to completely cut off any hope of the geniuses' resurrection.

For a considerable period of time to come, soul-based methods will remain a very mainstream and powerful approach, and for life forms that possess souls, this will always be a factor they cannot ignore.

Even though he wouldn't devote most of his time and energy to studying the Way of the Soul, after inheriting Li Che's legacy from the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Che was very willing to learn about and cultivate soul techniques.

After reorganizing Li Che's portion of the legacy in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Che continued his cultivation.

First, he considered incorporating spatial sealing techniques into his self-created secret technique, "Return to the Void."

"Return to the Ruins" is Li Che's analysis of the laws governing black holes, which are characterized by their irresistible mass and domineering gravity brought about by their ultra-high density. When Li Che adds this ultra-high density to himself, it brings unparalleled destructive power.

Gravity tears space apart!

He realized that if he continued to analyze the characteristics of black holes in greater depth, he would most likely be able to comprehend one of the three major directions of the laws of space: spatial strangulation.

If the method of spatial sealing is incorporated into "Gui Xu", it can open up a completely new direction for the secret techniques of "Gui Xu" and greatly improve the attack efficiency of Li Che's martial arts techniques.

He was so engrossed in studying spatial containment techniques that time passed almost unnoticed. It wasn't until more than twenty days later that Li Che was awakened by the voice of the AI, Bai Yue.

"Sir, the Cosmic Galaxy Bank has sent an email informing you that the Life Fruit you purchased has arrived on Black Dragon Star. Please receive it promptly."

"The email also mentioned that, since you had expressed your desire to join the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, the immortal deity responsible for escorting the Fruits of Life would like to meet with you."

Bai Yue's voice was clear and melodious, and its content gradually brought a smile to Li Che's face.