Although the items on the second and third pages of the exchange list were all priced at 98,000,056 grace points, Wilbur quickly realized that their actual value was steadily decreasing. As expected, the items on the first page had the highest exchange value, and following this pattern, the first item should be the most valuable. Earlier, Wilbur had decided to start from the second item and work his way down. Now, after reviewing the list, he was excited to finally check the first item. Taking a deep breath, Wilbur looked at the screen. On the top of the list was the Fire Dragon Ring. The ring possessed infinite space, allowing the storage of any item without limitation. Its special ability was the Time-Space Sea, which could retrieve any ownerless item from it. "Time-Space Sea?" When Wilbur read the description of the Fire Dragon Ring, he saw that while the ring was indeed powerful, with infinite space and no storage limitations, it seemed to be just a storage ring. For a cu
In the middle and upper dimensions, where countless cultivators existed, and daily slaughter was common, numerous storage rings were sent to various stores. To remanufacture these storage rings, their functionality was often destroyed, melted down, and reshaped into new rings. As a result, the items originally contained in these storage rings could only flow into the Time-Space Sea. A cultivator with the privilege to enter the Time-Space Sea and select items essentially possessed a vast treasure trove. Leaving the demiplane, Wilbur was overjoyed. He then looked at the Light Armor piled in a box and tried to reassemble it with his mind. The Light Armor sensed Wilbur's aura and automatically reassembled it, but when Wilbur reached to take it, it shattered again. It turned out that although the Light Armor reformed under Wilbur's perception, it did not truly merge into one. Although Wilbur could create a dimension, he could not fuse the Light Armor. He was puzzled and disappointed
In the following five years, Wilbur practiced the technique of retrieving ownerless items from the Time-Space Sea daily. Since Wilbur was cultivating in the Dragon Confinement Spell, where the time flow was a hundred times faster than the outside world, five years outside equaled five hundred years within the Dragon Confinement Spell. After five hundred years of cultivation, the Time-Space Sea skill of the Fire Dragon Ring had advanced from the beginner level to the intermediate level, allowing Wilbur to retrieve ownerless items from the Time-Space Sea twice a day. On the day the dimensional guardian's servant selection competition officially began registration, the venue was very quiet, with only fifty people signing up. In fact, if it had not been for the battle with the No-Night and the cultivators, there would have been even more participants. Heaton had originally estimated that there would be around a thousand participants. Now, having only fifty participants was within Hea
The first attempt ended quickly in failure, as the man's energy aura was unable to attract the black energy ball at all. The man looked at his palm and frowned, saying, "How… How is this possible?" He then changed to a different energy aura and tried again. This time, the black energy ball was attracted and slowly approached his right hand, eventually being successfully controlled by him, taking five minutes. For the third attempt, the man adjusted his state and managed to control the black energy ball in three and a half minutes. The second cultivator tried three times. The first two attempts failed, and in the third attempt, he barely managed to control the black energy ball in six minutes. The third cultivator took seven minutes. The fourth took five minutes. The fifth took five and a half minutes. Among the remaining twenty or so cultivators, everyone took more than five minutes, with no one achieving three and a half minutes. This piqued Wilbur's interest in the firs
"Alright." Wilbur agreed and then went to the tavern with Herbert. After ordering two beers, Herbert looked at Wilbur across the table and said, "Do you have confidence in completing all three tests? Although you passed the first test today, there are still two more tests. I think you might not be as lucky as you are now." "Same goes for you, Herbert. Are you trying to make me withdraw from the competition?" "There's only one spot available, so I hope you'll step aside." Wilbur looked at Herbert seriously and replied, "Everyone knows there is only one spot. It's not just me. If you plan to win the competition by convincing me to withdraw, I suggest you try persuading someone else first. If everyone is willing to withdraw, then I will too. Otherwise, I will compete until the final day." "You're quite the stubborn one. Well, let's see how it goes, then. Cheers!" Wilbur clinked his glass with Herbert's and then drank the beer. After leaving the tavern, the two parted ways. W
"Having something of this scale happening so recently, I don't think it's over so soon, Wilbur. From now on, we'll have to be more careful," said Heaton. "I understand, Mister Heaton," said Wilbur. The next day, all the participants who advanced to the second round returned to the competition venue. Sade stood beside a massive swimming pool, and he was holding a tiny black bead the size of a bean in his hand. He said, "I will throw this black energy bead into the water in a moment. It will dart around underwater once it enters. Each of you will only have ten minutes and one chance. If you can capture the black energy bead within ten minutes, your time will be recorded, and the best will be selected. Otherwise, you will all be eliminated. There are only ten spots available for this test. Now, let's begin." Sade threw the black energy bead into the water after speaking. The bead dove in and moved like a small fish. It darted and swam rapidly underwater. Its speed was over ten times
He lacked patience, so he chose to attack randomly, unleashing energy strikes across various parts of the water's surface. He created numerous splashes, but the black energy bead was never blasted out of the water. He was eliminated for exceeding the ten-minute limit as a result. The third contestant took notice of the first and second contestants' experiences. He stood there and observed for two minutes to figure out the route of the black energy bead. Then, he started to unleash energy strikes. He successfully completed the test on the eight and a half minutes mark at the end. Subsequently, the other cultivators followed the example of the first and third participants. Among them, five managed to record their times, while the rest were eliminated. The next participants with the numbers seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, were two spirit curse cultivators and one talisman cultivator. Unlike the previous contestants, they did not follow their method. Instead, they used their spiri
Herbert seemed to be able to read Wilbur's mind and said, "Mister Penn, please remember that the dimensional guardians are without emotions. They suppress their own will to serve the will of the universe dimension. Everything they do is an inevitable part of the universe dimension's operation. This means they won't give special consideration to you or me because of their emotions. I understand this is harsh, and I know your dream is to go back in time to prevent a disaster, Mister Penn. But to be blunt, it's almost impossible. Serving a dimensional guardian is like serving the will of the universe dimension itself. How could the will of the universe dimension, which is predetermined, be easily changed? Thus, becoming a servant of a dimensional guardian only serves to erase a cultivator's emotions and will, turning them into a servant of the dimension's will, and ultimately, enslaving them." … Wilbur kept contemplating what Herbert said on the way back. If what Herbert said was true