187: Chapter 187 Changes in Blue Star, Preparing for the Inheritance Tournament!

Several days later.

Li Fan returned to Blue Star.

Compared to before Li Fan left,

the Blue Star of today had already undergone a massive transformation.

Firstly,

the arriving Silver Dragon Federation guards had already set up a new planetary protection array for Blue Star and opened the cosmic virtual network to the entire population.

At the same time, the "Basic Cultivation Method" had also been popularized.

Even Earth's currency was converted into the universally used cosmic coins according to a certain value ratio.

As for the previous secret realms, they had now begun to disappear one after another.

According to Skin Bear,

these secret realms were actually a test for many low-level civilizations transitioning to elementary civilizations, and they existed in many low-level civilizations.

Some civilizations were even wiped out because they couldn't withstand the beast tides from these secret realms, failing to even reach the stage of the formal assessment.

The disappearance of the secret realms did not mean it was detrimental to cultivation.

On the contrary, with the introduction of cosmic primordial energy, cultivation had actually become easier.

In short, the people from the Silver Dragon Federation handled everything perfectly.

And because of this,

under the double benefits of these resources and the "cultivation explosion," the entire Blue Star was now caught in a cultivation frenzy and immersed in traveling across the universe via the virtual network.

Top powerhouses of Great Xia like Li Daguo and Huang Lan were all currently in secluded cultivation.

As for Li Fan,

after returning, he found a manor with good privacy in Hang City to stay in.

As for the spaceship, it was temporarily handed over to Zhu Tianzheng.

Zhu Tianzheng's talent leaned toward research in technology; under his leadership, Blue Star's technology would surely achieve a very rapid breakthrough.

Next,

Li Fan immediately went to challenge the inheritance pagoda.

This time, he reached the ninth floor very smoothly and successfully obtained the most common invitation, which was the qualification to participate in the Inheritance Competition.

However, he got stuck again at the tenth floor.

According to Li Fan's judgment, to pass the tenth floor, one would need the strength of at least the sixth stage of the Star-Treading Level.

When Jia Yan learned that Li Fan had actually obtained the qualification for the Inheritance Competition, he was truly quite shocked.

The basic conditions for entering the Inheritance Competition were very strict; for humans, one must not exceed fifty years of age and must have a strength level around the third stage of the Star-Treading Level to have a chance.

Yet Li Fan's age, according to Li Fan himself, was actually only in his early twenties.

Don't be fooled by Jia Yan looking like he was in his twenties or thirties; in reality, he was already over a hundred years old.

The reason he maintained his youth was simply that his cultivation had reached a certain level.

General Star-Treading Level cultivators could already control changes in their appearance at will.

But for Li Fan to be at the third stage of the Star-Treading Level in his early twenties—this level of talent was truly a bit ridiculous!

Regarding this,

he could only comfort himself with the reason that Li Fan must have a backer and come from a great power.

However, since returning to Blue Star,

he had been somewhat puzzled.

It seemed Li Fan valued this Blue Star very highly.

He had even found a woman to marry on Blue Star, as if he were a native of the planet.

Li Fan even had a pair of parents; he had even met Li Fan's father.

So over the past few days, he had doubted Li Fan's identity countless times.

But in the end, he was always convinced by the existence of the Dark Star.

Because he still didn't believe that Li Fan could be some ultimate lucky guy in the universe who had simply stumbled upon the fortuitous opportunity of an Immortal Level figure.

He could only interpret all of this as Li Fan having some other secret plan that required a temporary identity, and the support for this guess was the damaged planetary protection array that had intercepted him before.

The reason Li Fan was using a disguise should be related to some secrets hidden on this planet.

Of course, he had no interest in understanding that aspect.

A secret coveted by an Immortal family—

the more he knew, the faster he would likely die.

...

Time flew by.

Three months passed in an instant.

Over the past three months, Blue Star's humans remained obsessed with frantic cultivation and exploring the outside world through the virtual network.

Li Fan was actually the same.

His daily life consisted of either training and cultivation or going onto the cosmic virtual network to learn more about the universe and the Inheritance Competition.

He only spent time with Gu Ling when he could spare a moment.

However, this couldn't be entirely blamed on Li Fan, as Gu Ling was also very obsessed with the cosmic virtual network now; aside from talking and walking with Li Fan, she spent most of her time immersed in the virtual network.

Gu Ling had even asked him for a billion cosmic coins, saying she wanted to invest in some projects.

Although Li Fan felt it was quite unreliable, she was his wife after all; giving her a billion to spend and buy a life lesson was no big deal.

It was worth mentioning that

during this period, Jia Yan had become somewhat enamored with the mountains, rivers, and human touch of Blue Star, spending these three months traveling to every corner of the planet.

From his usual interactions with Li Fan on the virtual network, it seemed his feelings for Blue Star were even deeper than Li Fan's.

As for Li Fan,

Li Fan's current realm had already risen to the third stage of the Star-Treading Level, and through frantic training, his combat power had reached a level comparable to the sixth stage, successfully passing the tenth floor of the inheritance pagoda.

This speed of progress could be said to be quite fast.

However, Li Fan was not very satisfied with this.

There was still about a year left before the Inheritance Competition began.

If things continued like this, he would at most reach the middle ranks of the Inheritance Competition; the top three would certainly be out of reach.

So Li Fan had already begun making arrangements for his journey to Silver Dragon Central City.

For this first trip to the Central City in reality, Li Fan planned to take only Jia Yan with him.

Once he had completely established a foothold in Silver Dragon Central City, he would then bring parents, Gu Ling, and some close friends over.

Blue Star was currently being watched by the Silver Dragon Federation, so basically no safety issues would arise.

If he went alone, he would relatively have fewer worries about the future.

Besides, with the cosmic virtual network, they could also meet in the virtual world.

...

In the blink of an eye,

three days passed.

After Li Fan helped Li Daguo arrange some matters on Blue Star, he began the voyage to Silver Dragon Central City.

Li Fan's next stop

would be the Inheritance Competition, where super geniuses from all races across the entire Wushan Seat gathered!