High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

"So," Su Jie said, rubbing his chin, his eyes shining.

"It's not that I 'just happen' to fit the bill, but rather... this incredibly powerful inheritance has probably been waiting for countless epochs on the Eternal Continent, just waiting for a 'freak' like me to appear before it can be unlocked?"

He finally understood: in the entire universe, he was probably the only one capable of practicing this thing. Not practicing it? That would be a disservice to his abilities and to this inheritance that no one had been able to cultivate for countless eras.

[Ding! Host's emotions are detected to be too excited. Calming down and attacking program activated.]

The system's electronic voice suddenly sounded, carrying an undisguised mockery.

[Friendly reminder: Possessing the instruction manual for a top-tier cultivation technique does not equate to possessing the finished product. Host, please face reality: you're still just a poor wretch!]

Su Jie's smile froze: "...Poor wretch? System, when did you learn to use metaphors? Besides, I just became an apprentice, my master bestowed upon me a cave dwelling, and the sect provides me with a monthly stipend of ten thousand, plus one hundred thousand contribution points. I feel pretty well-off, don't I?"

【rich?】

The system's voice seemed to carry a tone of "caring for the mentally challenged".

[Host, please allow this system to provide a rough estimate of the core resource consumption for the "True Understanding of the Primordial Chaos: The Primordial Cave Heaven Chapter" stage.]

A semi-transparent list, flashing with a blinding red light, forcibly popped into Su Jie's consciousness:

1. A wisp of primordial chaos.

As the initial singularity and energy core for the creation of the "Primordial Grotto-Heaven", it laid the foundation for the chaotic origin of the grotto-heaven.

Exchangeable at the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect Treasury, requiring approximately 10 billion contribution points (Inventory Status: None).

The system commented: If you increase your current contribution level by 100,000 times, you'll probably be able to reach the threshold.

2. A large amount of Chaos Crystals.

Foundation-laying stage: At least 1% of the mysteries of the ten most powerful laws will be comprehended and engraved into this chaotic singularity one by one using massive amounts of energy as a medium, forming the initial law framework that supports the existence of the cave heaven.

This step alone requires the consumption of thousands of "low-grade Chaos Crystals," which serve as energy hubs and law stabilizers!

Weaving and Growth: When your understanding of a certain supreme law reaches 10%, you can formally weave its deeper mysteries into the framework of the cave.

Each weaving requires a hundred low-grade Chaos Crystals to cast; ten complete weavings require a thousand more.

Once you comprehend 20%, the power of the laws becomes increasingly immense, and the cost of stabilizing each law doubles, requiring two hundred coins; for ten laws, that's two thousand coins.

……

The amount of Chaos Crystals required increases dramatically when one fully comprehends a supreme law and condenses it into a "Law Wisdom Sword" that pierces through the cave world!

The creation of each Wisdom Sword requires nearly ten thousand Chaos Crystals to forge and support.

To unleash ten swords across the sky, one must consume a full 100,000 low-grade Chaos Crystals!

The cultivation of the Cave Heaven stage requires a total of 14.6 low-grade Chaos Crystals.

Reference value: Exchange price in the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Sect Treasury: 100,000 Contribution Points/coin. Annual exchange limit for direct disciples: 1 coin.

The system's comment: According to the limit, it would take ten years to accumulate ten Chaos Crystals. Or, you can start dreaming about a Chaos Crystal vein right now.

3. World Seed Advancement Goal: Chaos Seed.

Function: Once the framework of the cave is completed, to advance to the World Realm, it is necessary to use the World Seed as a foundation, absorb a massive amount of world origin and chaotic source energy, and evolve it to the quality of "Chaos Seed" before it can bear the transformation of the Origin Cave.

Note: The host already possesses a "Growable World Seed," requiring continuous investment of high-quality world essence and the search for "Chaotic Origin Qi." Chaotic Origin Qi is slightly less valuable than Chaotic Mother Qi, but its acquisition difficulty is equally high.

Reference value: Incalculable.

System comment: Congratulations, host, your long-term "martial arts loan" has been locked. Please continue your efforts to "harvest" world realms.

4. Estimated total price of other auxiliary materials: approximately 100 million contribution points.

System Summary: The above is only a preliminary estimate and does not include bottomless investments such as host bloodline advancement, unexpected losses, and comprehension of supreme laws.

Su Jie looked at the string of zeros on the list and the system's hurtful "complaints," and the smile on his face completely disappeared.

He silently calculated the 100,000 contribution points he had just received, and then looked at the words "10 billion", "146,000 low-grade chaos crystals" and "immeasurable".

"System," Su Jie's voice was a little hoarse, "Are you sure the unit in this list is the Dao Clan's 'contribution points,' and not 'top-grade source crystals' or something else?"

[100% confirmed, host. The purchasing power of contribution points from the Purple Heavens is very strong.]

The system ruthlessly shattered his illusions. [Simply put, host, your current contribution points are probably enough to buy... well, the 'scraps' of those auxiliary materials.]

Su Jie looked up at the miniature nebula rotating on the ceiling of the Nebula Cottage and let out a long breath.

"Therefore," he concluded, "I, Su Jie, am an unparalleled genius possessing a supreme-level Dharma body, ten fragments of the most powerful laws, a divine body, and a peak tenth-order holy soul."

The actual situation of the top-ranked disciple of the Celestial Realm on the Azure Sky Ranking, the personally taught and closed-door disciple of the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Sect's Li Chen Dao Zun, is as follows:

The cultivation technique is incredibly powerful, but he's so poor he can't even afford to cultivate the first volume?

[Excellent.] The system affirmed this.

The host's current state can be described as "top-tier aptitude, but a beggar's setup".

On the bright side, at least you have a need for the 'configuration'; many cultivators don't even see this list of requirements.

Su Jie laughed in exasperation: "Thanks for your comforting words!"

He stood up and paced around the quiet room. The excitement of having just obtained the supreme skill was doused with the cold water of reality, but in its place came an even more burning fighting spirit.

"So what if I'm poor! It's not like I've never been poor before!" Su Jie's eyes sharpened again.

He clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking slightly: "Primordial Chaos Qi? Chaos Crystal? Seed of Chaos? These are all rare treasures only those at the Sovereign Realm possess! The rarer they are, the more worthy they are of my cultivation needs for the first volume of 'The True Explanation of the Origin of Chaos'!"

[Ding! The system has detected that the host has a firm Dao heart and has demonstrated an indomitable fighting spirit in the face of supreme inheritance and resource constraints. This meets the hidden conditions and triggers a core growth mission.]

【Task Name: Forging the Foundation of Chaos】

[Mission Requirement: Successfully open the 'Primordial Chaos Cave Heaven' within one year.]

[Task Reward 1: 1 spin on the Wheel of Destiny.]

[Task Reward Two: Volume Two of the Body Manual]

[Failure penalty: None.]

[Does the host accept this challenge?]

"Accept!" Su Jie responded almost without thinking.

A mission with no penalty? When did the system become so generous?

Su Jie raised an eyebrow, but then he understood that the mission itself was the greatest test.

If the attempt to open up the Primordial Chaos Cave Heaven fails, the consequences of damaging one's Dao foundation and cutting off one's path forward will be far more severe than any system punishment.

The system is certain that he will give it his all and doesn't need any additional punishment to motivate him.