: Objective achieved, leaving home.

The Star of the Valley God is one of the most important resource stars in the Glorious Universe Kingdom because its Golden Dew can help ninth-tier cosmic-level powerhouses condense their life cores and reduce the difficulty for them to break through to the Domain Lord level. The Glorious Branch of the Virtual Universe Company is located here.

Lin Yuan first went to the Universe First Bank, transferring all the wealth obtained from selling his assets and the more than two thousand Hunyuan units lent to him by his ancestor Lin Meng into his own name. Then he returned to his meditation room and connected his mind to the virtual universe.

The Glorious Universe is too vast, so the actual office of the Glorious Branch is naturally located in the more convenient and faster virtual universe.

hum!

With a spatial fluctuation, a figure dressed in a black robe suddenly appeared in front of a majestic palace on the planet Gushen, and then quickly solidified, revealing himself to be Lin Yuan.

He came to see his direct superior, the "Immortal God" Skoli.

Although Ancestor Lin Xuan promised to help him, according to the rules, the most correct way to apply for an initial universe enlightenment quota within the Virtual Universe Company is to find his direct supervisor.

Although Lin Xuan is an immortal deity, unless one is an unparalleled genius, one has no choice but to wait for the Virtual Universe Company to assign tasks.

It was already a stroke of luck that she was assigned to the Glorious Branch, but the Priest Starfield was not under her jurisdiction. The affairs of the virtual universe companies of several medium-sized universe empires, including the Sharp Gold Territory, were all under the jurisdiction of Skoli.

Moreover, there is a so-called principle of taboo, so even if Lin Xuan wanted to do this, she had to go through her suitor, Skoli, and it wouldn't work if she went directly through her connections.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan had served under Skoli when he was the domain lord, and Skoli had been quite friendly to him for the past two million years. The two had a good relationship, so Skoli should not block his application.

He gently knocked on the palace door. "Lord Skoli, your subordinate Lin Yuan requests an audience."

"Enter!"

Pushing open the door and entering the room, one sees a man with a full beard sitting in the main seat, and two long, sharp horns on his head, resembling those of a bull.

Several people in uniform robes stood beside him, presumably reporting on various matters concerning the branch. He appeared somewhat impatient; even immortal gods wouldn't enjoy working for long periods.

As Lin Yuan approached, the man's face lit up with surprise: "It's little Lin Yuan! Weren't you on vacation? Did you come to have a drink with me? Or is there something going on in the Priest Star Region?"

The entire glorious universe has thousands of star fields, but fewer than a thousand immortal gods are distributed among them. Therefore, under normal circumstances, each immortal god is responsible for multiple star fields.

Such a vast area is impossible for even immortal gods to keep an eye on at all times. Therefore, many people will select some trusted confidants with sufficient strength in various star regions to manage on their behalf. The affairs of the Priest Star Region were gradually handed over to Lin Yuan by Skoli after Lin Yuan obtained the recognition of the source of the Flame Law.

Lin Yuan clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your concern, sir. Nothing major has happened in the Priest Starfield. After you finish your shift, I will certainly treat you to a good drink."

"But I'm not here for those reasons. I have another important matter I'd like to trouble you with, sir."

"Oh? You don't often ask for favors." Scoli was very interested: "Tell me, I'll never refuse to help if I can."

Lin Yuan organized his thoughts and respectfully said, "I heard that the company recently has some World Lord-level slots available for those who want to go to the Initial Universe to study. I came to see you, sir, to see if I can apply for one. It would be wonderful if I could use this opportunity to break through to the Immortal God level."

His face was full of longing, the allure of an almost endless life.

"Oh, is that so!" Scoli nodded, not surprised that Lin Yuan wanted to exchange for a spot. It can be said that none of the world-master level members of the Virtual Universe Company did not want to enter the Initial Universe to comprehend, as that represented a high probability of breaking through to immortality!

He was puzzled by something else: "The initial universe comprehension slots are quite valuable. Could it be that Lin Yuan has already accumulated three million contribution points?"

I remember that although you frequently took on missions over the past million years, you rarely took on high-difficulty ones, and the rewards were relatively low. There should be quite a bit more to go.

"What you say is true, sir. I do indeed have a shortfall of over 500,000 contribution points," Lin Yuan quickly explained.

"However, I have already sold all the planets under my name to the Empire, and in addition to my promise to work for the family for two million years without pay, regardless of whether I succeed in breaking through, Lord Lin Meng is willing to lend me an additional two thousand Chaos Units."

I believe this wealth can be exchanged for sufficient contribution value from others.

"I see," Skoli said thoughtfully. "I thought Lin Xuan was going to give you these contribution points!"

As the goddess's most loyal admirer, he naturally knew about the Lin family behind Lin Yuan. They were the royal family that had ruled the Ruijin Territory for over a billion years, with extremely rich resources. Even though he had worked in the Brilliant Branch for hundreds of millions of years, his wealth was far less than theirs.

Furthermore, with Lin Xuan, who is at the same level as them, if they really didn't care, sending a genius world lord into the initial universe to comprehend it every million years wouldn't be a big problem. However, they have to consider the entire empire and won't take the risk lightly.

Thinking of this, Scoli immediately said, "Since there's no problem with contribution points, applying for an initial universe slot is relatively simple. I can submit the application for you right now."

"However, as you know, the number of slots available within a company is generally much lower than those at auctions, and they are relatively more stable. Therefore, many world lords and even immortal gods are eyeing them, so you will have to put in more effort."

At this point, he blinked, and Lin Yuan immediately understood that it was Ancestor Lin Xuan who had told him about his affairs, which gave him more confidence.

"Thank you for reminding me, sir!"

"It's alright."

Skoli waved his hand, pondered for a moment, and looked at Lin Yuan, saying, "How about this, I don't know if Lin Xuan has found someone for you, I'll give you a virtual universe number. This is one of the people in charge of the Glorious Branch who is responsible for reviewing the initial universe quotas, and also a good friend of mine."

"Just say that you were introduced by Scoli. Since you know him, it will be easier to apply for a spot and the waiting time will be shorter."

He blinked again, and Lin Yuan understood that Skoli was implying that he could bribe the person in charge to make it easier to obtain a spot for enlightenment. However, since they were in the virtual universe, nothing could be said outright.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir!" Lin Yuan quickly bowed in gratitude.

Since Skoli has recommended a suitable person for him, there's no need to trouble Ancestor Lin Xuan.

He had already sold himself to the family and had no extra bargaining chips to pay the reward. If he wanted others to help him again, he could only use the name of a junior member of the family, which would incur too much debt of gratitude. This simple relationship of mutual benefit suited his taste better.

Even if there's still a favor to be done for Skoli, if I can successfully break through to immortality, I'll only need to do one simple thing for him; if I can't break through, he probably won't have any problems that would require me, a realm lord, to bother.

"Alright, then I won't keep you any longer!" Scoli nodded.

"Your subordinate takes his leave!" Lin Yuan bowed again and then respectfully withdrew from the palace.

……

All the key points have been confirmed; now all that needs to be done is to earn enough contribution points.

With all his assets now converted into usable wealth lying in his account, Lin Yuan didn't hesitate. He immediately contacted acquaintances and used cosmic coins to exchange for contribution points within the virtual universe company.

The contribution points within the company are extremely valuable; typically, one point can be exchanged for nearly 10 billion cosmic coins in the outside world, and even more if no intermediaries are involved in the transactions.

Fortunately, the people Lin Yuan contacted were all close to him, and he also took the initiative to offer a premium, so he quickly exchanged more than 5,000 Mixed Yuan Units for enough contribution points.

With three million contribution points ready, he quickly contacted the immortal deity in charge of reviewing the quotas for the initial universe's enlightenment through the number provided by Skoli.

After spending a sum of money worth hundreds of Hunyuan units to finally get through all the obstacles, Lin Yuan finally got his wish and obtained a spot to go to the initial universe to comprehend the universe a hundred years later.

……

Time is cheap in the Swallowed Star World. More than eighty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it's time for Lin Yuan to set off.

On the day of his departure, some of the younger generation of his family whom he had taught came to the manor to see him off. They were now at least Domain Lords, and nine of them had reached the Realm Lord level. They held high positions and great power in the Ruijin Territory Empire. Lin Yuan was very pleased that they came to see him.

"Little Lin Xue, cultivate diligently. I hope that when I return, you will have already broken through to the Realm Lord level."

"I will try my best, Uncle Lin Yuan." Lin Xue looked at him with admiration. Her parents had not even reached the level of Domain Lord and had long since died of old age. She said that she had been raised by Lin Yuan, who had cultivated with her for tens of thousands of years.

"And you, Lin Feng, stop just playing around and think about your future." Lin Yuan pointed to a rather shy-looking young man in the crowd:

"Your father has approached me several times, asking me to persuade you to marry the Duke of Campbell's daughter as soon as possible and settle down after starting a family."

"Oh my god! I'm still a young man who's not even a million years old, and they're already pressuring me to get married every day!" Lin Feng exclaimed incredulously.

Then he looked at Lin Yuan mischievously, winking at him and saying, "Besides, Teacher Yuan, you're over three million years old and still a virgin. It's not appropriate for someone like me who goes to bars every day to say that!"

"Shut up! You little bastard! Who told you I'm a virgin? I'm going to tear his mouth off!" Lin Yuan said angrily.

Then came the kind of talk about how you can get married if you haven't met someone you truly love. I'm still young and don't think about settling down. The students around me lowered their heads, their shoulders shrugged, and the air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Seeing that his authority had completely vanished in front of these people, Lin Yuan, with a sour face, prepared to walk towards the tarmac. If he didn't leave soon, they would burst out laughing!

May Professor Yuan's achievements be immortal!

May Uncle Lin Yuan's achievements be immortal!

As soon as he turned around, the unified cheers from behind him made Lin Yuan feel as if he had been punched in the nose.

Take a deep breath, and turn around to be the sunny young man again.

"Don't bother seeing me off, I should be leaving now." He waved goodbye, leaving without a trace.

……

The manor's helipad is usually only used to house low-priced purchased spaceships; the exclusive spaceships of domain lords and above are kept in their spatial equipment or inner worlds.

However, the journey to the Virtual Universe Company's global headquarters would take about twenty years, given the performance of his E8-class spaceship, which maintains a maximum speed of eight times the speed of light in the dark universe. Therefore, Lin Yuan released the spaceship five years ago for maintenance and repair by specialists.

Upon reaching the helipad, the first thing you see isn't the oval-shaped spaceship glowing blue in the air, but rather the middle-aged man in a black robe below it.

"Why are you here?!" Lin Yuan exclaimed in surprise, striding forward to hug him.

"Ahem!" The middle-aged man coughed twice, feeling a bit tight in his chest from being patted, before laughing and saying, "My younger brother is going to the primordial universe to comprehend it. How could I, as his older brother, not come to see him off?"

"But you are the emperor of the empire! Have you finished dealing with everything?" Lin Yuan asked curiously. He knew how complicated the affairs of a huge empire were, and seriously suspected that Lin Lei had come out to find some peace and quiet.

Lin Lei said with a resentful look, "Oh, my dear brother, if you weren't so hurtful, we could still be good brothers."

"I'm used to it, I'm used to it." Lin Yuan scratched his head. "Besides, it's been millions of years, haven't you gotten used to it yet?"

Don't confront him just because you see him. As the only two children of his parents who have broken through to the Realm Lord level and survived to this day, Lin Yuan and his brother have a very good relationship. Even if he wanted to borrow Lin Lei's F1-class spaceship, which he cherished more than the Empress, Lin Lei would not refuse.

What you think about comes true.

Lin Lei looked pained, but still released a spaceship that was entirely red-gold in color: "Forget it, what can I do? I'm the older brother. If something happens on the way to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, your spaceship won't make it in time."

"I'll give you the Azure Empyrea; it should save you some time."

"You..." Lin Yuan's eyes were a little moist. Only in a human civilization with warmth like the Swallowed Star World would he dare to sell himself so boldly.

If it were a dark cultivation world like Gu, the family behind you would be the resources for advancement!

"Alright, stop being so wishy-washy!" Lin Lei pretended not to care, hugging his younger brother: "May you achieve immortal success!"

"Um!"

"If we could bring back another genius to break your million-year virginity, that would be even better! Your mother's biggest regret is not being able to see you get married."

"?" Lin Yuan realized what was happening. "Oh! So you were the one who spread the rumors! Take this!"

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