Chapter 432: The Market of Omniverse

Many creatures like the Goblin Luke are still around at this moment.

No one is foolish. After reviewing the detailed description of the [Divine Realm Mission Platform] configuration, most alien races clearly understand its enormous potential for the future, leading many to invest heavily.

As a result, Song Chi’s gains from this market transaction far exceeded any previous ones—including rare items from the Sea of Stars, high-level Floating-Land Origins, various rare mineral resources, and among them, two Fifth-Tier Void Crystals.

A careful calculation shows that this market transaction’s harvest was nearly five times, even more than usual.

And critically, this is unlikely to be a mere coincidence. Future market transactions might not always yield as much as today, but it won’t be significantly less either.

Furthermore, as time passes and the number of players certified by the Divine Realm Mission Platform increases, even on days when the market isn’t open, the trading space for Dao Realm players will continue to generate income for Song Chi.

This point is what makes Song Chi most satisfied.

With the Heavenly Ruin advancing to the Zhulu-class Cruiser, he increasingly feels that his assets aren’t as large as he once thought. Sometimes upgrading a few components depletes his funds entirely.

Even though these upgrades often involve top-quality components, sometimes reaching fifth or sixth rank, Song Chi doesn’t care about those distinctions.

Other Captains of the Same Rank would need to spend a decade or even several decades to accumulate enough assets to upgrade a single top-tier or higher component to sixth rank. But what does that have to do with him?

All Song Chi knows is that every time he upgrades, it doesn’t feel smooth. Each time he enhances a few Silver or Gold Sanctum Domain components, his pocket immediately empties. Is it just because he’s short on resources, or is there another reason?

Now that he sees the Divine Realm Mission Platform will undoubtedly bring him more benefits in the future, he’s naturally pleased.

After tallying his gains, he separates out the rare items that can be transformed into ship-mounted components, then logs into the [Yaoguang Star Tower] to convert them all into Star Tower Mall points. Only then does he leave the market.

Outside: Starlight Floating-land.

As he appears, suddenly he hears the deep roar of the Flamewrath Giant from within his mind.

With the help of the Mind-Bridge feature, Song Chi understands this is the Flamewrath Giant expressing joyful emotions.

Five years have passed. After completely digesting that Sixth-Tier Fire Attribute Giant Heart Core, the Flamewrath Giant, originally at peak fifth rank, has successfully broken through to sixth rank and officially become a Sixth-Tier creature.

With a thought, he returns via the Space Anchor to Dragon-Spine Continent, bringing back the newly promoted Flamewrath Giant.

Now, the Heavenly Ruin has two Sixth-Tier enslaved beings onboard.

However, whether it’s the One-Eyed Troll or the Flamewrath Giant, their ascensions to sixth rank are recent. They still belong to the category of ordinary Sixth-Tier creatures. Compared to those at the peak of sixth rank or even semi-step-seven rank, there’s quite a gap.

……

Inside the main control room of the Heavenly Ruin, after soothing the recently promoted Flamewrath Giant, Song Chi’s gaze suddenly falls on the ship’s equipped [Yang Tongxin Pendant].

[Achi, you need to project a message here. We have news about Fifth-Tier Void Crystals.]

This was sent by Shen Youran. Because he’s worried about Shen Fù and Shen Mǔ, he has been following the Yaohan Kingdom’s mid-route fleet, making the distance between them over five hundred thousand miles.

However, with the [Yin-Yang Tongxin Pendant], this limitation on projection distance isn’t a concern.

[Alright, just activate the ‘Yin-Yang Projection’ feature!]

Over the northern border of the Yaohan Kingdom, in the past few years, the kingdom’s mid-route fleet has advanced ten thousand miles. Now, their position was within the territory once belonging to the Doomstar Race’s civilization years ago.

Ten thousand miles is already a significant distance. Because of this, the various factions forming the Kingdom’s mid-route fleet have mostly been flourishing in recent years. The Jiubei Yan Family is one such faction.

As one of the key families in the Jiubei Star Zone in northern Yaohan Kingdom, the Yan Family is guarded by a Sixth-Tier Warlord-Class Cruiser. They’re quite a renowned family.

However, today, inside the Yan Family, a matter has arisen that the entire family finds hard to face.

In recent years, during their advance, they gained many benefits. During the fleet’s break, the Yan Family’s Warlord-Class Cruiser Seed attempted a formal promotion of their flagship. Despite being well-prepared and pushing the success rate close to 60%, the upgrade ultimately failed.

This not only caused their Warlord-Class Cruiser Seed to sink but also plunged their morale into a slump. Restoring it would take hundreds of years—impossible without a buffer.

Naturally, the Yan Family doesn’t want to just wait quietly.

Hundreds of years? By then, even the yellowing vegetables would be cold. The limited benefits the Old Ancestor Yan could obtain with their single Warlord-Class Cruiser during this expansion are not enough. They must see a second Warlord-Class Cruiser succeed before the expansion ends.

So, the Yan Family has reached out to Shen Youran, who previously announced the Fifth-Tier [Moon Spring], expressing a clear intention to buy. But upon learning Shen Youran is just a middleman, they immediately insisted on speaking directly to the principal, claiming they have plenty of Fifth-Tier Void Crystals.

Around the temporary base of the mid-route fleet.

After a strong spatial fluctuation, the projection of the Heavenly Ruin appears.

Just as they were about to speak with Shen Youran, who was standing nearby, the Yan family’s impatient voices rang out first:

“Friend, are you sure you have the Fifth-Tier [Moon Spring]?”

The speaker from the Yan Family is not ordinary; although he hasn’t summoned a Warlord-Class Cruiser, Song Chi, via the projection of the Heavenly Ruin, can sense a powerful high-rank divine pressure radiating from him.

“Guiding Technique level above 50, huh…?”

Glancing at him directly, Song Chi straightforwardly said:

“Rest assured, as long as you can produce enough Fifth-Tier Void Crystals to satisfy me, the Fifth-Tier [Moon Spring] will be delivered to you by You Ran immediately!”

After speaking, Song Chi fell silent, awaiting their next move to see how many Fifth-Tier Void Crystals they could produce.

In a previous trade with Li Chengxuan of the Tang Dynasty, a Fifth-Tier [Moon Spring] was exchanged for four Fifth-Tier Void Crystals. Now, the Yan family appears even more eager, and Song Chi’s goal is simple—nothing higher than that, but at least four crystals.

The Yan family members huddled for a moment before giving a reply that made Song Chi’s expression turn cold:

“One!”

Song Chi sneered silently, not bothering to mock, just replying with two words:

“Confirmed?”

After several negotiations, the Yan family stubbornly insisted on only three Fifth-Tier Void Crystals.

Song Chi didn’t indulge them either.

Suddenly, the projection of the Heavenly Ruin began to fade, indicating they were actively canceling the projection.

His action was not to scare them but genuinely prepare to cancel.

It’s been five years since his last trade with Li Chengxuan. During this period, he devised many methods but only managed to acquire three Fifth-Tier [Moon Springs] from the Night Elves. Clearly, even the Night Elf Tribe didn’t have many.

Plus, considering their popularity, they weren’t worried about the Warlord-Class Cruiser being taken over. Since the other side was insincere, he naturally wouldn’t bother arguing further.

This move shocked the Yan family, who saw Song Chi truly intend to cancel the projection, so they quickly said:

“Wait, four… no, five! We’re willing to trade five Fifth-Tier Void Crystals for the [Moon Spring] you have!”

As the projection faded even more, Song Chi changed tune:

“Deal!”

With both sides confirming the trade, the Yan family first offered three Fifth-Tier Void Crystals as a deposit. Only after Shen Youran brought out the [Moon Spring], would they submit the remaining two crystals.

After Song Chi left, the two sides quickly finalized the transaction with Shen Youran acting as intermediary.

Inside the Heavenly Ruin, after examining the five Fifth-Tier Void Crystals obtained from Shen Youran, Song Chi began enhancing the [No.004 Cultivation Secret Realm of Chicang].

Recently, he also amassed quite a few Fifth-Tier Void Crystals. He planned to upgrade the secret realm components at this time.

He already had two Fifth-Tier Starry Sky Tree Seeds on him. If he didn’t raise the secret realm’s rank soon, even the Silver Apple Mother Tree wouldn’t be able to advance later.

[Spend three Fifth-Tier Floating-Land Origins + 60,000 Yinuo points + 123 Titanium Crystals + 54 Laws Stones + one Fifth-Tier Void Crystal to upgrade the Chicang secret realm from lv50 to lv51?]

“Confirmed!”

After six consecutive upgrades, the [No.004 Cultivation Secret Realm of Chicang] reached lv56, but all the Fifth-Tier Void Crystals were exhausted, preventing further upgrades.

Song Chi calculated that to reach lv60, he would need another 34 Fifth-Tier Void Crystals, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.

He knew he had only managed to acquire 21 so far, less than half of what’s needed.

For a moment, he didn’t know where to get more, only hoping future expansion wars would provide more opportunities.

Self-muttering, Song Chi consoled himself that as long as he could upgrade the secret realm to sixth rank, he would continuously obtain Sixth-Tier Silver Apples.

Thinking of this, he felt better.

Recall the Heavenly Ruin and re-enter the market.

He suddenly remembered that after the last market transaction, the market seemed to meet the requirements for an upgrade again.

He checked the market attributes panel, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

[Name: Omniverse Market]

[Market Owner: Song Chi]

[Level: lv47]

[Size: 170 km x 170 km]

[Basic Configuration: 1200 shops, one 24 km x 24 km street stall area, one four-story inn, one lv47 all-attributes cultivation room (doubles Yinuo points efficiency during cultivation), one lv47 Yinuo defense array, one super long-range space gate projection platform, one Fourth-Tier Spirit Machine synthesis platform.]

[Additional Configurations: Stealth Light Platform (Purple) lv40, Fourth-Tier Bloodline Baptism Platform (Red), Divine Realm Mission Platform (Gold) lv66 (7/20)]

[Features: Flee from Disaster (can freely move in void, avoiding natural disasters)].

[Feature 2: Space Anchor (can set three coordinate anchors in any star zone within fragmented star sea)].

[Feature 3: Dominator Rank (possesses the power of sovereignty when in the Market)].

[Upgrade Requirements: 240 Floating-Land Origins (Four-Rank), Market transaction volume over fifty thousand (972,400/960,000), Four-Rank Floating-Land Origins].

A thought turned inside him, and a notification rang in his ear.

[Conditions for upgrade met. Confirm to upgrade Omniverse Market from lv47 to lv48?]

“Confirmed!”

With his confirmation, the Omniverse Market successfully reached lv48.

This upgrade wasn’t just increasing the upper limit of configuration parameters by one level but also opened the last room of the fourth-floor inn—unlocking the fifth Market Projection Token.

Previously, he used one Market Projection Token in the Huntian Star Zone, plus one reserved for backup, one Shen Youran held, and the one exchanged from the Night Elves. Now, there were no extra tokens left for external exchange.

He was reluctant to spend a Silver Oddity for recharge, but now he had a perfect one.