Galactic Era, Year 8700.
Tianqi Star, Yucai High School, Class 8 of Senior Year, Lu Sheng sat in the corner, propping his chin with one hand, looking out of the window in a daze.
Although Lu Sheng seemed to be daydreaming, in fact, he was staring at a blue light screen only he could see.
[Name: Lu Sheng]
[Profession: Martial Artist]
[Realm: Quasi Martial Artist (62/100)]
[Longevity Posture: (73/100) LV1]
"I knew transmigrators have cheats!"
"Eighteen years of waiting, finally here."
Seeing the panel suddenly appear before him, Lu Sheng was first stunned, and then his heart surged with excitement.
"My cheat... an attribute panel? Can solidify my abilities permanently, and each progress is a permanent boost?"
Lu Sheng looked at the light screen in front of him, while half-heartedly listening to the homeroom teacher on the lectern.
"In the Year 1 of the Galactic Era, humanity officially unified the Blue Planet, establishing the Human Federation. With the development of the first light-speed spaceship, a technological explosion occurred, and the Human Federation successfully stepped beyond the Milky Way Galaxy."
"In the Year 1367 of the Galactic Era, an exploration fleet encountered an attack on Giant Spirit Star, discovering for the first time from the indigenous civilization of the Giant Spirit Race, the existence of a special energy named Spiritual Qi, and began researching this energy."
"In the millennium of exploration that followed, many intelligent races were encountered, many of which possessed similar energies like Spiritual Qi, Spirituality, Death Qi, Dark Energy, etc. Their manifestations and names varied, but research showed these energies are essentially of the same origin, promoting life evolution..."
Just then...
"Lu Sheng, please explain the theoretical developments of the Human Federation following the discovery of this conclusion."
On the lectern, the homeroom teacher Wang Zhen looked at the daydreaming Lu Sheng with an unpleasant expression.
Lu Sheng, however, stood up directly. Although he was somewhat distracted by studying the panel, he was always good at these theories.
"The Human Federation, based on this theory, discovered through further research on the history of those intelligent creatures that there were beings in the universe whose life evolution reached the end. These beings stood at the pinnacle of the universe and were referred to as gods, outer gods, immortals, etc., by various intelligent races."
"And in our Human Federation, these beings whose life evolution reached the end are called Galactic Life Forms!"
Lu Sheng, without blushing or heart racing, relied on the fragments he had just heard to answer the question.
Wang Zhen, somewhat helpless, could only glare at Lu Sheng, "Some classmates shouldn't think theory isn't important. This will all be on the final exam! Sit down!"
Speaking, Wang Zhen knocked heavily on the blackboard and continued, "Lu Sheng is right, those beings who evolved through Spiritual Qi to the end are known as Galactic Life Forms."
"With this discovery, the Human Federation also began to study Spiritual Qi. Finally, in the Year 1700 of the Galactic Era, relying on theories and the remnants of numerous Ancient Martial Arts, as well as data obtained from exploring other intelligent races, humanity successfully researched different Spiritual Qi cultivation pathways!"
"These can be roughly divided into the following three mainstream cultivation pathways!"
"The first and also the primary path taken by most people in the Human Federation is the Martial Path, with Martial Artists focused on the body.
Secondly, the path based on machinery, the Mechanical Transformer; as for the third, it's the path focused on the spirit, the Cultivator!"
"No matter which path, once formally embarked upon, one can be called a Transcendent!"
"With the emergence of Transcendents, in the following millenniums, the Human Federation continued to expand its exploration of the universe, successfully discovering numerous habitable planets and colonizing 1700 planets."
"Thus, the Human Federation entered an era of vigorous development. However, in the Year 3673 of the Galactic Era, the Human Federation encountered its first Galactic Life Form—the Doomsday Star!"
As he spoke about this, a serious expression appeared on Wang Zhen's face.
Even Lu Sheng, upon hearing "Doomsday Star," recalled the records in history books.
"Galactic Life Forms, according to federation history records, these Galactic Life Forms can easily destroy hundreds of stars!"
Lu Sheng couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, Wang Zhen's voice continued, "The Doomsday Star itself is a movable black hole, feeding on planets. During the encounter with the Doomsday Star, six hundred of the 1700 human-colonized stars were lost in the war!"
"Fortunately, in times of crisis, the Human Federation successfully birthed its first Galactic Life Form—the Lord of Ascension!"
"The Lord of Ascension walked the path of technology as a Mechanical Transformer, relying on the support of Spiritual Qi technology, and built a mechanical body of stellar size with a star as its core."
"Ultimately, the Lord of Ascension fought the Doomsday Star, successfully killing it and resolving the crisis for the Human Federation. However, the battle between the two Galactic Life Forms attracted two other Galactic Life Forms."
"The Chaos Emperor Dragon and the Light of the Beginning!"
"The Chaos Emperor Dragon's true form is a stellar-sized Void Dragon Race, while the Light of the Beginning is the first shimmer from the birth of the universe."
"Under these two Galactic Life Forms, there are different subordinate races."
"The Chaos Emperor Dragon and the Light of the Beginning tried to devour the Lord of Ascension, but the Lord of Ascension managed to seriously injure and repel them at a great cost. Although the crisis was averted, the Lord of Ascension consumed too much Spiritual Qi and fell into slumber. To this day, it can barely awaken in critical moments, spending most of its time in a dormant state."
At this time, Lu Sheng also finished studying the basic functions of the panel. Hearing Wang Zhen's words, he couldn't help but reflect: "From this time, the Human Federation truly discovered the essence of the universe, which is simply the survival of the fittest, the strong devour the weak, and the weak can only wait to die."
"Even without this thought, other races would force you to have this thought. The essence of the universe... is a mad devour."
"Until only one race remains in the universe. It was from this time that the Human Federation entered the era of the Great Conquest!"
"Although the Lord of Ascension slumbered, following the era of the Great Conquest, the Human Federation birthed two more Galactic Life Forms."
"One is Emperor Bai, who walked the extreme Martial Path, and the other is the Immortal, who walked the Spiritual Technique."
"Emperor Bai, although usually traveling the galaxy in human form, can transform into a body as large as dozens of planets in battle."
"As for the Immortal, whose original body was human, his current form is unknown. No one knows what form the Immortal is now in, but his Spiritual Power covers more than half of the Milky Way Galaxy!"
"It is precisely because of the existence of these three Galactic Life Forms that Mechanical Transformers, Martial Artists, and the Cultivation School focusing on the spirit have become the three main pathways today!"
Reflecting on this, Lu Sheng couldn't help but shake his head: "Although the Human Federation is still stable, due to the mad nature of the universe, to make a name for yourself in the Human Federation, you still have to walk one of these three pathways and become a Transcendent!"
"Alright, that's all for today's class!"
On the lectern, Wang Zhen exhaled deeply, looked around the classroom, and said.
"Everyone, I hope you will work hard to improve your abilities. The path of Mechanical Transformers requires strong familial background support; the path of Cultivation requires strong spiritual talent, so I won't say much about these two. But the path of Martial Artists..."
"As long as you rely on your own efforts, you can also become a Galactic Life Form like Emperor Bai. This is the best path for most students!"
Listening to Wang Zhen's words, Lu Sheng's face showed a wry smile.
"Pay-to-win players walk the technology path, talent players walk the cultivation path, and only ordinary players walk the martial path, but they all have a bright future."
"Moreover, the martial path's combat power can only be considered average. Apart from strong vitality and a survival rate far exceeding the other two pathways, many aspects cannot compare with the other two. Only after reaching the fourth stage can it improve."
"Even the martial peak of Emperor Bai is far less impressive than the other two Galactic Life Forms."
"Leaving aside the Immortal whose Spiritual Power covers most of the Milky Way Galaxy, the body of the Lord of Ascension is the size of a star, which is 1.3 million times the difference between the Blue Planet and the sun."
"And even Emperor Bai, in battle form, is only the size of dozens of planets..."
Ring, ring, ring!
The class bell rang, and Wang Zhen packed up his things and left the classroom, which became noisy.
Only Lu Sheng quietly sat in his seat, contemplating.
"Since I'm here, I should make the best of it. Although this world is dangerous and crazy, and the martial path seems a bit unpromising, I at least awakened the panel..."
"Become a Martial Artist first, and try for Martial Arts School?"
Lu Sheng blinked.
The Human Federation entered the Great Conquest Era, with the number of colonized planets growing from over a thousand to over ten thousand habitable planets.
The population base has reached a terrifying 90 trillion people.
And to stand out among such a vast population base, for Lu Sheng's situation, the only path is to walk the martial path, step into the Transcendent Stage, and be admitted to Martial Arts School!
"However, getting into Martial Arts School isn't that easy. I'm currently in the first semester of senior year, and the minimum requirement to get into Martial Arts School is to become a Transcendent before the final exam."
"This is no small feat. After all, in my class, only four students have become Transcendents."
Lu Sheng's eyes scanned the classroom.
Among these four Transcendent students, there's one Martial Artist, one Cultivator, and the remaining two are Mechanical Transformers.
The proportion is only one-tenth of the class. It seems low, but if placed in a 90 trillion population base, this number is quite high.
Not to mention there's still some time before the final exam, and more Transcendents may emerge during this period.
Lu Sheng could already foresee how brutal the final exam would be.
"Hiss!"
Thinking of that scene, Lu Sheng couldn't help but take a deep breath, rubbing his temples.
"It's really tough!"
"But luckily, I have a cheat."