Cosmic Trading System

Hearing that the strongest universe in the entire Cosmic Ocean was the Layered Cosmic System of eighty-one layers, he couldn't help but feel that his home universe was quite lacking in comparison, based on the classification that the lowest-level universe has nine layers and the highest-level universe has eighty-one layers.

A Layered Cosmic System of thirty-six layers would probably be considered below average.

With every new Layered Heaven broken through, the gifts bestowed by the universe were powerful, and this universe had already broken through thirty-three layers. He guessed that the layers ahead would not be easy to break through, and it would not be easy for him to gain such gifts from the universe through this approach.

"A thirty-six-layered universe is already quite remarkable. You must understand that many things are most abundant at the lower levels. There are countless nine-layered and eighteen-layered systems in the Cosmic Ocean. As for a twenty-seven-layered system, they begin to grow quite rare. Regarding the thirty-six-layered system, there may not even be one in a thousand universes.

You can imagine how lucky we are," said True Martial Saint Lord, shaking his head.

"Uh..." Lin Yun was at a loss for words.

Indeed, he had subconsciously compared their universe's status with the highest and lowest-level universes and had forgotten the significant discrepancy in the number of different levels of entities.

If a thirty-six-layered universe is not guaranteed even among a thousand universes, then thinking about it, the universe they were in really did have considerable potential.

"Out of a total of thirty-six layers, we've already broken through thirty-three. Once we break through three more layers, our universe will be fully connected to the outside world. However, each layer is not so easy to break through. According to Sir Er Lee, in a universe, it's rare for even one person capable of breaking through to a new Layered Heaven to appear over many years, let alone many eras.

And whenever such an individual arises, they are bound to be an astonishingly talented figure of their era, even influencing many eras," True Martial Saint Lord continued after a pause.

"Is that so? Our universe has already broken through thirty-three layers, which seems quite formidable!" Lin Yun exclaimed in surprise.

Sir Er Lee was a reincarnation of a powerful Saint Lord from the outside world, with vast knowledge and experience. What he said was bound to be correct.

"Do you know why our Immortal Origin Holy Land has produced so many Saint Lords in such a short time?" True Martial Saint Lord asked with a smile.

"Could it be because of advancing to new Layered Heavens?" Lin Yun's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Exactly. When Sir Er Lee descended upon our universe, we had only broken through eighteen layers. It was under his guidance that we continuously breached new layers, creating such a blessed land as the Immortal Origin Holy Land and cultivating so many warriors of the Sanctuary Realm," True Martial Saint Lord explained.

"I see..." Lin Yun was dumbstruck.

So that was the reason why the Immortal Origin Holy Land had produced so many Saint Lords.

Or rather, Saint Lord warriors.

He noticed that True Martial Saint Lord used a somewhat different title to refer to these warriors than others did.

It's rare for a person capable of advancing to a new Layered Heaven to appear over many years, often many eras, and considering the eminence of Sir Er Lee, the time he spoke of was certainly not short.

For such a long time to rarely see someone able to advance to a new Layered Heaven, and yet for him to be able to lead a group in breaking through many new layers, one after another—this spoke volumes of Sir Er Lee's formidable capabilities.

"By the way, a 'Saint Lord' was originally the term our universe's other cultivators used for warriors from the Immortal Origin Holy Land who had surpassed the Super Warriors. Later, this realm also came to be known as the Saint Lord Realm," said True Martial Saint Lord, seemingly sensing something and speaking up.

"In fact, the formal term for this realm in the Cosmic Ocean is not 'Saint Lord Realm' but 'Saint Lord Realm.' This realm is further divided into four tiers: Lower Saint Lord, Middle Saint Lord, Upper Saint Lord, and Peak Saint Lord. Above that are the Saint Lord Realm and Saint King Realm.

These three realms are also collectively referred to as the Sanctuary Realm," True Martial Saint Lord continued.

"There are so many distinct levels..." Lin Yun said, surprised.

Wait a moment...

Just then, Lin Yun suddenly recalled something and looked at True Martial Saint Lord with a face full of shock, blurting out, "Saint Lord, you are known as the True Martial Saint Lord; could it be that you have reached the Saint Lord Realm?"

"I've merely reached the Lower Saint Lord level. The Saint Lord Realm also consists of lower, middle, upper, and peak levels. Moreover, I've only reached this realm, but due to the limitations of this universe's power, my strength has not achieved that level..." True Martial Saint Lord said with a slight smile.

"You've actually reached that stage..." Lin Yun gasped softly in amazement.

He had just heard the True Martial Saint Lord speak, and above the Super Combatants' realm was the Saint Lord Realm, which was divided into four levels. He vaguely thought of the four levels of the Super Combatants' realm. He knew all too well the vast difference in strength among the Super Warriors of each level.

Therefore, between the four levels of the Saint Lord Realm, there might be an equally vast difference, or even greater.

The Saint Lord is yet a higher realm...

Saint Lord... he had originally thought that it was a respectful title for the saints of the Immortal Origin Holy Land!

It was only after hearing about the Sanctuary Realm divisions from the True Martial Saint Lord that he understood it wasn't so!

Lord, as in a sovereign. With the immense gap between the Super Combatants' realm and the Saint Lord Realm, following the cultivation system's principle that the further one progresses the more difficult cultivation becomes and the stronger one gets, the strength of those in the Saint Lord Realm is likely far superior to that of the Saint Lord Realm!

"Saint Lord" is probably a term of reverence used by the powerful Saints in the Cosmic Ocean for those in the Saint Lord Realm!

This also highlights the strength and status of the Saint Lords in the Cosmic Ocean!

Now, he also came to know just how much stronger the True Martial Saint Lord was than an ordinary saint!

No wonder, the True Martial Saint Lord defeated those nine saint combatants so effortlessly. Ridiculously, he and others originally thought that the True Martial Saint Lord had used some special method to achieve this!

"We relied on Er Lee guiding us through breaking into a new Layered Heaven to rapidly reach the realm of a saint, whereas you attained such heights through your own talent. To tell the truth, we really thought you were the reincarnation of a friend of Er Lee..." the True Martial Saint Lord said to Lin Yun with a complicated expression.

Even if he wasn't the reincarnation of Er Lee's friend, he might still be the reincarnation of some other strong being.

However, he didn't say this, because when he saw that Lin Yun had broken through to the Super realm without awakening any memories, this possibility was almost nonexistent.

Perhaps, Lin Yun was still the reincarnation of a strong being, but his past life's realm likely did not reach the Sanctuary Realm.

As he shared this with Lin Yun, he was also secretly observing him and he noticed that Lin Yun's demeanor showed no anomalies; therefore, it seemed that he indeed hadn't awakened any memories of his past life.

"The Heavenly Principle Tower spirit is also looking for its owner. Since you broke through to the Super realm without awakening any memories, and furthermore, since the spirit of the Heavenly Principle Tower didn't acknowledge you, it means that you probably aren't the reincarnation of Er Lee's friend," the True Martial Saint Lord continued.

"Right," Lin Yun nodded.

He wasn't at all disappointed about this; he had mixed feelings about the whole matter of the reincarnation of a powerful individual. On one hand, he hoped his friends who had perished would have another life, and possibly recover their memories.

On the other hand, he didn't want to be the reincarnation of anyone else because he was unsure whether he would still be himself after awakening his past life's memories.

"You might not be aware that, before a universe is fully opened, the powerful beings within it, upon reaching a certain level of strength, cannot easily take action. Otherwise, if the universal laws sense it, they will be expelled, unless they can break through a new Layered Heaven and thus stay a bit longer.

However, once a person has broken through a new Layered Heaven, their strength will be tainted with the aura of external forces, and it will be extremely difficult for them to break through a new layer of the universe again," the True Martial Saint Lord explained.

Originally, even someone as powerful as Er Lee only led them to break through the thirty-three layers of heaven in this universe, and many of those breakthroughs were executed by them. This also shows how difficult it would be for him to break through a new Layered Heaven.

It was almost an impossible task.

Had he not broken through a new Layered Heaven before, with his lower-tier Saint Lord's realm, it wouldn't have been a problem for him to break through the thirty-fourth layer.

What a pity.

He thought to himself.

Er Lee had said that the more layers of new heavens one breaks through, the richer the gifts bestowed by heaven and earth. If he had broken through the thirty-fourth layer, then he would have truly prospered.