Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

Over the next few days, Jiang Chuan's life became extremely regular. Every day, he would take Xu Yinyin and Ling Aoshuang to explore various high-level secret realms in the Federation.

Three days.

He had cleared all the high-level secret realms in the Federation.

Jiang Chuan's level soared to level 42, with all four basic attributes exceeding 30,000 points, and with the support of the Eternal Domain, they could reach over 60,000.

Just by standing there motionless, the aura emanating from him could melt the minions in the secret realm on the spot.

But no clues have yet emerged regarding the next Star Gem.

"Master, is there no indication of anything happening in this secret realm?"

Ling Aoshuang sheathed the Shattered Star Spear, and the icy blue aura flowing over the spear slowly faded away.

She has now reached level 34 and is just one step away from completing her second job advancement.

The SSS-level inheritance of the Frost Overlord showed an amazing compatibility with her, and her every move carried a chilling frost power, making her temperament even more aloof and otherworldly.

Xu Yinyin also withdrew her mental detection. Under the influence of the Eternal Star Lord, her talent had been steadily improved to the peak of SS level.

They are just one opportunity away from reaching SSS-level.

At this moment, she was reaching out and fiddling with something in the void; it was an extension of her mental perception, capable of detecting every monster within the secret realm.

Xu Yinyin's tone carried a hint of helplessness: "Master, we've already explored all the eighth-tier secret realms, not to mention the sixth and seventh tiers. Most of the remaining star gems aren't even in the human race's territory."

Jiang Chuan did not show much surprise.

He had suspected this for a long time.

Each Star Gem contains immense power capable of altering the rules of the game. If it were truly hidden within human territory, it would have been discovered by high-level professionals of the Federation long ago.

The Federation doesn't even have a single ninth-tier secret realm, so how could it possibly hide nine star gems?

So.

The only answer lies outside the human territory.

"Let's go back."

Jiang Chuan put away the Nine Luminaries Star Bow and led the two out of the secret realm.

evening.

The setting sun was sinking below the horizon of Tianque City, its golden afterglow bathing the seven towers of Xingmian Academy in a warm golden-red hue.

Jiang Chuan walked without stopping, straight through the academy's central courtyard, heading towards the principal's office.

To go to the outside world.

This matter is not as easy as it sounds.

The Origin Realm is vast and boundless; even a ninth-tier supreme expert might not be able to explore its entirety in a lifetime.

Without any clues, he left the Federation aimlessly to search for the Star Gem, which was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

What's even more desperate is that after leaving the Federation, there's no signal to contact him, and he fears he'll never be able to find his way back.

The most likely outcome is that they will be lost in the wilderness.

To die alone.

Jiang Chuan realized that since the human race could trade with other peaceful races and had connections with powerful forces like the Black Star Merchant Guild that were spread throughout the Origin Realm, it was impossible that they didn't have a formal way to reach the outside world.

then.

He then went to find Qin Tianheng.

"Come in, I knew you'd come looking for me sooner or later."

Inside the office, Qin Tianheng was sitting behind his desk reviewing documents. His complexion was much better than a few days ago, but the lingering weariness between his brows was still there.

Jiang Chuan sat down directly in the chair opposite Qin Tianheng.

He didn't beat around the bush: "Dean Qin, I have a question for you. Does the human race have a passage to beyond its borders?"

Qin Tianheng paused, raised his head, and stared at Jiang Chuan for a long while with his cloudy old eyes.

Then he slowly opened his mouth:

"have."

Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up immediately.

"But you can't use it now."

Qin Tianheng calmly said, "There is indeed a teleportation array inside the Federation that can connect to the outside world, but every time that teleportation array is activated, it consumes almost half of the Federation's national treasury."

Jiang Chuan frowned slightly.

Half of the federal treasury?

The price to pay just to activate a teleportation array is indeed outrageously high.

The Federation is no small country; the annual tax revenue of Tianque City alone is an astronomical figure, not to mention the total fiscal revenue of hundreds of cities throughout the Federation.

"Even an eighth-tier expert is not qualified to apply to activate the teleportation array."

Qin Tianheng's gaze never left Jiang Chuan's face, and his tone was unhurried, "To use this teleportation array, two conditions must be met. First, you must be a formal Heavenly General of the Federation, not a candidate. Second, you must have the joint approval of the Heavenly Pavilion Marshal and more than half of the formal Heavenly Generals."

He paused, his voice deepening slightly: "Even Song Jinghong back then wasn't qualified to activate it."

Jiang Chuan remained silent.

Qin Tianheng brought up Song Jinghong on his own initiative, and Qin Tianheng understood his intention.

Who is Song Jinghong? He is an SS-level prodigy of the same generation as Qin Tianheng, at the peak of the eighth rank at the age of forty-seven, just one step away from the ninth rank, and the Federation's recognized candidate for the next marshal.

But in order to break through to the ninth rank, he resolutely left the human race alone.

Thirty years passed before he left.

There has been no word from them.

It wasn't until Jiang Chuan saw him on that strange train at the bottom of the Soul Rift Abyss that the Federation realized that this former hope of humanity had been trapped in the carriage like a living dead.

Qin Tianheng's fear was that he would end up like Song Jinghong, abandoning the human race and never returning in pursuit of greater power.

The human race is now in a more difficult situation than it was thirty years ago.

The Blood Cat Clan and the Corpse Dog Clan are eyeing them covetously.

The territory was being eroded inch by inch, and factional infighting was rampant within the federation.

It's managed to hold on until today.

It was all thanks to the old marshal Zhou Tianyan who was holding things together.

If we lose him too, and Zhou Tianyan's lifespan runs out, the human race will truly have no future.

Jiang Chuan wanted to say that he was different from Song Jinghong. Song Jinghong chose to board that train because he had no hope of breaking through to the ninth rank, and he could not solve the predicament of the human race if he could not reach the ninth rank.

But he was different.

Even if he can't break through to the ninth rank, he can still come back to save the human race.

but,

Who would believe that?

Qin Tianheng said, "In short, you should understand this principle. To put it more bluntly, the teleportation array is not impossible to activate, but it will consume half of the national treasury's resources each time. We can't leave empty-handed."

"I see."

Jiang Chuan nodded, then asked, "So, if I deal with the Corpse Dog Clan and the Blood Cat Clan, will I be qualified to activate the teleportation array?"

To keep Jiang Chuan's talent a secret, Shen Zhiyi hasn't told Qin Tianheng about Mo Yuan and the other two eighth-tier kings.

In fact.

It's better not to talk about this.

No one knows how many spies are still in the Federation, and whether they will sabotage Mo Yuan and King Quan Huang's plans.

Anyway, once everything is over, the credit will still go to Jiang Chuan.

No one can take it away.

Upon hearing this, Qin Tianheng stroked his beard and smiled: "If you can solve these two major problems for the human race, you will be a hero of the entire Federation! I will personally go and discuss this matter with the Marshal. Anyone who dares to stop me, I will risk my old life to take him away!"

"Okay, that's enough."

Jiang Chuan said.

Qin Tianheng smiled slightly, not taking it seriously. In his opinion, Jiang Chuan was indeed very strong, but to fight against an entire clan, he would never be able to do so without breaking through to the ninth rank.

The reason why ninth-order beings are called the strongest is because they are the strongest.

That's because...

He alone could easily annihilate a clan without a ninth-rank leader!

Such supreme power is something that those who have not witnessed it firsthand can never believe or imagine.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you." Qin Tianheng pulled out an appointment letter stamped with the Tiange seal from the pile of documents on his desk and pushed it in front of Jiang Chuan. "Your appointment has been approved. I was planning to talk to you about it tomorrow, but since you're here, let's talk about it now."

Jiang Chuan took the appointment letter, opened it, and glanced at the words on it.

"Tiannan City?"