Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Liu Jun thought his idea was a bit outlandish.

He had previously thought that the Sixth Tier was absurd as hell.

Now, without realizing it, he had pinched out an equally absurd Eighth Tier...

This practically tainted the cultivation realms of cosmic civilization.

If he spread this system, turning it into a universal norm, would all Eighth Tiers become like them in the future?

Gambling addicts?

Political circles?

Reflecting on the conversation of those guys earlier, Liu Jun’s expression was peculiar.

But he had no intention of stopping the transmission of the Divine Format.

Because it was indeed very beneficial to him and a strategy that he had to carry out.

According to Liu Jun’s own estimation.

He feared he would remain at the Seventh Tier for a long period, continuing to cultivate a vast amount of shackles.

Remaining at the Seventh Tier, those truly powerful Eighth Tier entities would pose a tremendous threat to him!

Everyone wants to slay a god...

Hunt down a god!

Treat himself as the cosmic great treasure to be pursued.

He never wanted to become a boss, surrounded and besieged wherever he went.

So, before falling into such a predicament, he must make preemptive arrangements.

He must borrow the core power of others’ Eighth Tier through the Divine Format system to temporarily break through to the Eighth Tier and then counter those normal Eighth Tier powers.

This is the first aspect.

The second is to taint those normal Eighth Tiers to reduce the enemy and strengthen his own side.

"I must inevitably cultivate a large number of Eighth Tier powerhouses; I cannot simply wait as a lone wolf for them to besiege me."

"And if I cultivate ordinary Eighth Tiers to protect me? It’s useless; the ordinary powerhouses who have cultivated steadily will want to kill me... slay a god."

Liu Jun had seen too many mortals slay gods in the World of Gods, understanding clearly their logical mindset.

If Liu Jun were a mortal, he would also attempt to slay a god.

"Only by cultivating Eighth Tiers with the Divine Format system, will these beings, bound by my Eighth Tier powers, form a protective wall civilization to guard me at the center..."

"As a civilization of Dao protectors, guarding my safety."

Anyhow, he had no choice but to do so; the Divine Format was a product of civilization he arrived at under his super Wisdom, weighed against numerous benefits and losses.

Moreover.

Compared to the unscrupulous Sixth Tier who has offspring...

Liu Jun’s Eighth Tier is already a very friendly cultivation mode, without demanding them to kill their fathers or their sons...

He just asked them to go to work...

Isn’t that adulting?

Better adapt well to this!

"Hmm... the sick civilization is theirs."

Liu Jun sought to change his mindset and consider from another perspective,

"They shut themselves in all day at home, conducting seclusive cultivation as recluses. They should be pushed to step outside and find a job, being disconnected from society!"

Liu Jun suddenly felt that his system seemed to be the correct path of cultivation.

Reclusive, grinding cultivation?

Wrong path!

You ought to step out and find a job.

Thus, Liu Jun happily convinced himself, thinking he had perfected the Eighth Tier, and it was a gigantic epic merit in cosmic history.

Anyway, under his supervision, everyone, although working, all had a typical nine-to-five schedule, normal routines, with weekends off like regular workers...

Under his surveillance, he could completely eliminate the earlier cyber academic capitalists’ nuisance—the 996 exploitation system.

Then, he went to explore the civilization of Jellyfish Planet.

In the previous Nisailan Country, those foreign civilizations that ascended to the outer circle as lower-class citizens resided in the "Jellyfish Master’s" peripheral ecosystem.

These lower-class citizens living on the outskirts would periodically come into the city for "farming labor," assisting the Jellyfish race in work as attendants.

"Earlier, I only challenged a subsidiary nation, and now I am to challenge the master of this Star Cluster?"

Liu Jun appeared very calm, unafraid.

Why wouldn’t he be afraid of such a strong force?

The reason is simple.

No threat!

He had already eliminated the most threatening enemy.

Based on known intelligence, the Jellyfish race was too dumb; their average IQ was akin to three or four-year-old humans.

Then perhaps someone might ask...

Why could a bunch of idiots oppress a group of ascended intelligent beings, turning them into lapdogs?

This is a straightforward truth.

When a scholar meets a soldier, reason does not prevail.

In a superpower world where personal martial prowess is paramount, no matter how high your IQ, how devious your schemes, you still can’t block a brainless brute’s punch.

"It seems in this Ocean Universe, the ocean creatures and floating life born—their intelligence levels are low, and they are foolish... but they are the overlords of this universe."

Liu Jun touched his chin.

A universe ruled by a group of idiots.

As for whether one might say, since they are idiots, could they be tricked into following commands?

Most of the time, this is pure fancy.

Instead of foolishness, look at brainless lions and tigers—are they less foolish, and can you trick them into not eating you?

These jellyfish have an innate brutal animal nature.

Affection and care are emotions belonging to relatively intelligent creatures.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at his destination.

A splendid and dazzling sea of stars unfolded before his eyes.

And Liu Jun knew clearly, the myriad stars were not actual planets but a group of massive jellyfish planets...

Each was as large as a planet.

An initial estimate feared they numbered over a million.

And yet, this was just one of their groups.

"According to intelligence, these jellyfish have extremely high reproductive capabilities, akin to past life’s jellyfish, with a single breeding yielding tens of thousands."

Liu Jun sighed, gaining new insights.

The number of planets in a Star Cluster usually ranges from 100 billion to 500 trillion.

No wonder this Star Cluster looks a dense sea of blazing stars from afar—there must be at least hundreds of billions of jellyfish.

It seemed strange.

But if you think of jellyfish as individual planets, then it’s no longer strange.

Even in this cosmic sea, the astonishing numbers of these super-large populations are normal.

Moreover, the number of jellyfish in this Star Cluster seems ample, yet wouldn’t increase due to predation by other ocean creatures.

Even these jellyfish were just food chain bottom-tier entities, with various super-large whales and sharks occasionally passing by to prey on them.

"The Cosmos is truly magical."

"But this is more like my imagined mythical cosmic creatures."

Liu Jun marveled, Concealment enacted, silently landing on one jellyfish planet.

The jellyfish remained unresponsive, gracefully swimming, its round, bulging, transparent spherical body dotted with sparse houses.

It was evident this jellyfish planet was inhabited, not densely populated, with vast land and sparse people.

They were their servants.

Liu Jun calmly just landed, observing briefly, and identified their work.

Cleaning and washing their skin, periodically bathing and nourishing them.

Even entering the enormous jellyfish interior to clear parasitic worms.

"Not only can the jellyfish reproduce, but the servants here are also prolific."

Liu Jun wasn’t in a rush, and he quietly ventured into a city on a jellyfish planet, strolling around.

He discovered that these star city buildings were made of semi-transparent gelatinous material, seemingly made from shedded jellyfish skin.

The city was bustling, with various flying vehicles in the sky and diverse ecological factories...

"They seem like any ordinary civilization living on a planet."

Liu Jun lowered his head, watching the semi-transparent ground, vaguely seeing various internal organs at the jellyfish planet’s core.

The more he observed, the more intriguing it became.

He continued living in the city for a few days, finding their work not too busy.

Because of the jellyfish’s low intelligence, they wouldn’t rage as long as the work was completed.

Therefore, the beings above were generally relaxed.

"It seems their lives aren’t as bad as I imagined."

Liu Jun sighed, "Even with the neighboring war raging intensely, these jellyfish here hadn’t even noticed."

While pondering, Liu Jun started injecting Wisdom Divine Power into the massive beast.

He conducted an experiment.

Could the primordial ocean beast era, under God’s call, birth Wisdom, enabling marine creatures to walk onto land and evolve into terrestrial life?