Within the mysterious mission timeline, Daniel had successfully completed the advancement of his spacetime law.

His journey through this era had reached its end.

The rewards he had accumulated were extraordinary. He had obtained the top-tier Sacred Art known as the Sacred Seal, acquired two Racial Talents, secured a Great Universal Will Fragment, and earned fifty million Realm-Crosser Points.

The point exchange shop contained resources far more abundant than those available through Golden Holy Mountain.

Oracle-grade treasures needed by high-stage Oracle-grade experts could be exchanged in large quantities. Peak-grade innate treasures also appeared on the list, along with rare cultivation materials, secret methods, and objects that could not ordinarily be purchased with wealth alone.

Daniel glanced through the exchange interface and immediately purchased a batch of Oracle-grade treasures.

Afterward, he exchanged for one peak-grade innate treasure and one Chaos Treasure-grade Dao Seed.

The first major item appeared before him.

[Mountain of Time]

[Type]: Spacetime Treasure

[Quality]: Supreme Divine-grade

[Effects]:

While cultivating within the sacred mountain, the owner may freely adjust the flow of time. The maximum acceleration is one hundred thousand times the external rate. Once every ten million years, the Mountain of Time will produce one peak-grade innate spacetime treasure. The owner may either remove the newly formed treasure or refine it into the mountain to strengthen its foundations. Everything within the territory of the Mountain of Time is protected from the influence of causality, fate, and prophetic laws. Great Dao opportunities conceal the region, preventing outside divination and deduction.

[Description]: The functions have been stated clearly. No additional explanation is required.

Daniel examined the treasure with satisfaction before storing it carefully.

With the Mountain of Time, he would no longer need to search constantly for secret realms suitable for secluded cultivation. He could create a personal cultivation sanctuary whenever and wherever he wished.

A time acceleration of one hundred thousand times was already astonishing. Combined with the mountain’s dense energy and protection against deduction, it ranked among the greatest cultivation treasures Daniel had ever obtained.

Countless experts across the Endless Starfield encountered opportunities during their lives, but treasures of this quality stood at the highest level of fortune. Daniel had acquired one simply by spending points.

His second major exchange was a Dao Seed at Chaos Treasure-grade.

Dao Seed was both a general term and an independent category. It referred to spiritual seeds possessing an innate divine root. Ordinary legendary trees could be considered spiritual roots, but only the most exceptional among them qualified as Dao Seeds.

The one Daniel obtained was called the Universe Fruit.

[Universe Fruit]

[Type]: Chaos

[Quality]: Chaos Treasure

[Effects]:

The first fruit consumed grants one hundred million cultivation points. Each later fruit provides one-tenth of the effect of the previous consumption. The first fruit consumed extends lifespan by one hundred thousand years. Each later fruit grants one-tenth of the previous lifespan increase.

[Description]: The Universe Fruit is one of the highest-level Dao Seeds. Its tree flowers once every ten thousand years and bears fruit after another ten thousand years. Each cycle can produce forty-nine Dao Fruits. The tree requires a matching treasure land and suitable environment in order to grow successfully.

Daniel considered where to plant it.

"Would the Chaosverse be more suitable, or should I place it on Earth?"

His personal preference was Earth. The planet was the ancestral home of humanity and carried enormous symbolic importance. However, Earth possessed very few regions capable of supporting a Chaos Treasure-grade Dao Seed.

After weighing the matter, Daniel released a breath.

"If Earth lacks a suitable treasure land, I will simply exchange for one."

The points shop could provide almost anything. A treasure pool capable of nourishing the Universe Fruit was naturally included.

Daniel spent additional points and purchased a high-level spiritual pool. He intended to place it on Earth, transform the surrounding region into a sacred cultivation land, and plant the Universe Fruit tree there.

After completing all his exchanges, Daniel had spent more than forty-five million points and retained roughly five million.

He felt no regret.

"Every point was well spent. Most of these treasures are almost impossible to encounter outside the exchange shop. Obtaining them through ordinary means would require an unimaginable price, assuming they could be found at all."

At that moment, another system notification appeared.

[The progress of the current universe timeline will now be sealed.]

[You may use points to exchange for an item that allows entry into this mission universe during a future opening.]

[The current timeline will be unsealed again after five hundred years. Prepare within twenty-four hours. You will soon be removed from the mission world.]

Daniel frowned slightly.

"The timeline can be sealed?"

He quickly understood the implication.

The next time he descended into this mission universe, the Eternal Empire would still be at the stage following Dorek’s enthronement, when the new emperor was preparing an expedition to search for another universe. The mission world would not continue progressing normally in Daniel’s absence.

The only inconvenience was the long cooldown of five hundred years.

Daniel reopened the exchange shop and found the special return item. It cost only five points.

He purchased it immediately and stored it inside his inventory.

* * *

Within the Holy See, Emperor Dorek had already learned which treasure Daniel had selected from the imperial treasury.

The Great Universal Will Fragment was unique within the Eternal Empire, yet Dorek felt no reluctance.

To him, Daniel’s value exceeded that of every treasure in the treasury.

Moreover, the empire now faced the unavoidable advance of Tribulation-Ash corruption. Tribulation-Ash Seeds were beginning to form within powerful experts throughout the universe. They hung over the population like a blade suspended above every head.

Dorek felt the pressure of countless lives resting upon his shoulders.

He entered Daniel’s residence personally.

"Teacher, I have come to see you."

Daniel understood the worry in his heart and smiled calmly.

"There is no need for despair. A path to survival still exists."

He took out an object from his storage space. It was a replica of a scroll concerning the Dao of Battle, originally gifted to him by an ancient divine expert. Daniel had ordered several copies to be made.

He handed one to Dorek.

"This scroll will help you comprehend the Dao of Battle. You must cultivate diligently and persist without allowing yourself to become careless. The throne gives you authority, but only your own Strength can ensure that you continue to hold it."

Dorek accepted the scroll with both hands.

His heart was filled with excitement, although he also wondered why Daniel had chosen this particular moment to grant him such an inheritance.