'Second place: Star Evolution Path, evolving by absorbing power from Stars.'
'Third place: Path of Qi Evolution, evolving by absorbing various gases.'
'Fourth place: Thunderbolt Evolution Path, evolving by absorbing various forms of Thunder Power.'
'Fifth place: Titan Evolution Path, evolving by absorbing the brain matter of various Mutant Beasts.'
Wang Xiao looked over the Life Evolution Paths one by one. He discovered that the resources required for them, without exception, increased in tiers, with progressively higher demands.
Ultimately, they all pointed toward the depths of the cosmos!
Therefore, generally speaking, once humans cultivated to the level of a Tier Six or Tier Seven Life, they would board a spacecraft and travel into outer space to find resources for a breakthrough.
Currently, all the celestial bodies in the entire Solar System, including Pluto, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, and others, had been fully explored by humanity.
Now, humanity was already exploring the stars within the Milky Way Galaxy, as well as various terrestrial planets.
In the process of exploration, humans had even discovered signs of other life on some planets.
However, Wang Xiao didn't know much about this subject.
He hadn't even finished exploring Earth yet. The Milky Way Galaxy, let alone the entire cosmos, was simply too distant for him.
Besides the top five powerful Life Evolution Paths, the next five were the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth evolution paths, collectively known as the Five Elements Evolution!
Wang Xiao also saw that the Wind Evolution Path mastered by the Qin Family, which Qin Mengyun belonged to, was ranked twelfth.
It could also allow one to cultivate to the level of a Tier Nine Life.
'The great families on Earth have, without exception, all produced Tier Nine Life forms, and most of them are the creators of their respective Life Evolution Paths.'
Wang Xiao discovered that for every Life Evolution Path, in addition to displaying the number of people cultivating it, the name of its creator was also shown.
Of course, some were real names, while others were aliases.
However, most creators, after becoming powerful, had made their information public.
This was also a way to build prestige for their families.
And indeed, many of their families had seized the opportunity to rise, becoming top powers in the world!
Not until five or six in the afternoon did Wang Xiao finally finish reading through all the Life Evolution Paths.
With the help of Analyze All Things, he now knew every evolution path like the back of his hand.
This included their combat styles and the various requirements for evolution!
If he had enough resources, Wang Xiao could even cultivate a Life Evolution Path to the level of a Tier Three Life in a short period of time!
However, Wang Xiao naturally wouldn't do that.
Firstly, for every human, choosing a Life Evolution Path was one of the most important decisions in life.
According to the experience of those who came before, each person could cultivate a maximum of three Life Evolution Paths simultaneously.
Furthermore, these three evolution paths had to be compatible with each other and not be in conflict.
For example, one couldn't evolve with water and fire, or light and dark, at the same time.
Most humans only chose a single Life Evolution Path to cultivate their entire lives.
Biting off more than you can chew doesn't work. Cultivating a single Life Evolution Path to its peak was already powerful enough!
Moreover, a higher-ranked Life Evolution Path was not necessarily better.
Ultimately, what mattered was whether the evolution path was a good fit for the individual.
Some people were naturally unsuited for the Chaos Evolution Path but were compatible with Thunderbolt.
Therefore, choosing the lower-ranked Thunderbolt Evolution Path would actually be better for them.
As for how to choose a suitable Life Evolution Path, one could only pay for genetic testing.
After the test, one could match their genes against the various Life Evolution Paths.
Then, based on the compatibility rating, they could choose the Life Evolution Path that suited them best.
Currently, the top ten Life Evolution Paths were suitable for cultivation by most humans around the world.
Wang Xiao had previously been obsessed with Martial Arts, wanting to make a name for himself on that path.
So he had never chosen a Life Evolution Path to cultivate.
Now that he had the Book of Space-Time, it was even more unnecessary.
'The end of the Martial Arts Evolution Path can't just be Tier Three Life. There must be other Cultivation Techniques beyond that!'
Wang Xiao felt that since the Book of Space-Time could allow him to travel through space and time, the Magic Techniques it contained must far surpass the level of a Tier Six Life.
'At the very least, it should be at the Tier Nine level!'
Just as Wang Xiao put down his phone, preparing to go check on Qin Mengyun's cultivation, Wu Lin walked slowly into the Martial Arts Hall, accompanied by a woman who looked to be in her forties, wearing a headband and a simple cloth skirt.
"Uncle, Aunt."
Wang Xiao called out when he saw Wu Lin and his wife.
He didn't really have anything against the couple.
He also knew that when Wu Lin had previously advised him to transfer ownership of the Martial Arts Hall, it wasn't just due to pressure from his superiors; he was actually trying to do what was best for him.
If he hadn't become a Tier Three Life, he truly would have had no grounds to negotiate with the Tianhe Group.
Dragging it out would have only resulted in greater losses.
Seeing Wang Xiao, his aunt, Wang Yulian, hurried forward, looking both excited and nervous.
"Xiao... Xiao, your uncle said you've become a Tier Three Citizen. Is it... is it true?"
Wang Xiao didn't hide it.
"Yes. I just passed the evaluation for a Tier Three Life yesterday. Aunt, please don't mention this in the family group chat for now. I'd like a few more days of peace and quiet."
He rarely interacted with his other relatives on a normal day.
He was even too lazy to visit them during the New Year.
Aside from Wu Lin's family, whom he was relatively close to, he couldn't even name his other relatives.
If these relatives found out he had become a Tier Three Life, they would definitely come to visit or ask him for help.
He had no desire to waste his time on such tedious matters.
Hearing this, Wang Yulian was so excited she was practically dancing with joy.
"Oh, my! Xiao, you really became a Tier Three Citizen! I thought your uncle was pulling my leg... Oh, the Old Wang family has finally produced a truly remarkable figure! You've brought honor to our ancestors, you truly have!"
"If your parents could see how successful you are now, they could rest peacefully in the netherworld."
"But, Xiao, for something this big, are you really not going to host a family banquet to celebrate?"
"If the other relatives find out about this, they'll definitely call you an ungrateful brat."
Wu Lin said from the side,
"Ungrateful what? Xiao isn't even close with those relatives. Take your younger sister, for example. She married a Tier Two Citizen and acts all high and mighty every day, like she owns the world. Your brother and his wife have been gone for so many years; how many times has she come back to visit?"
He paused, then looked at Wang Xiao and said, "Xiao, don't worry. We definitely won't tell anyone."
Wang Xiao nodded. "Okay."
He knew this matter probably couldn't be kept secret for long.
But it didn't matter.
Not holding a family banquet was an indirect way of stating his position, saving him the trouble of dealing with bothersome relatives.
As for being gossiped about, Wang Xiao couldn't care less.
Wang Yulian couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Xiao, how did you pass the Tier Three Life evaluation? I never heard you mention which Life Evolution Path you chose."
Wang Xiao said, "My current Life Evolution Path is one I created myself, the Martial Arts Evolution Path. You can't find it on the official website yet."
Hearing Wang Xiao's words, Wu Lin and his wife's eyes widened in unison.
'A... a self-created Life Evolution Path?!'
'My god!'
'When did our nephew become so incredible?'
Seeing their shocked expressions, Wang Xiao added an explanation, "Actually, a large part of this Martial Arts Evolution Path came from what I learned from Grandpa. I improved upon it and happened to go down the right path, which led to my Life Evolution."
Wu Lin was still in disbelief.
"I always thought that in this day and age, Martial Arts couldn't compare to a single bullet. I never imagined that Martial Arts could actually be an evolution path..."
"Xiao, no wonder you've insisted on practicing Martial Arts all these years. Sigh, I was too shortsighted."
Wang Xiao said,
"There was an element of luck involved. Otherwise, with so many Martial Arts masters out there, we haven't seen any of them achieve anything remarkable with it."
Wang Yulian said,
"Speaking of which, Xiao, your cousin is about to choose a Life Evolution Path. Why don't you just have him come learn Martial Arts from you!"
Wang Xiao didn't refuse.
"Sure. I'm running the Martial Arts Hall anyway, so you can send him over if you want. But I can't guarantee I'll definitely be able to teach him."
Wang Yulian said quickly,
"That's fine. If he can't learn it, he can just switch to something else."
Wu Lin said from the side,
"Xiao, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Why don't we find a restaurant and talk about this."
Wang Xiao nodded. "Alright. Let's go to Ningdu Flavors next door."
After eating with Wu Lin and his wife, Wang Xiao returned to the Martial Arts Hall. He glanced at Qin Mengyun and gave her a few pointers before going back to his room.
He thought for a moment and said aloud, "Connect to the Celestial Dao."
As Earth's supreme artificial intelligence, the Celestial Dao was virtually omnipresent.
Every citizen of the Federation could contact the Celestial Dao at any time, from anywhere.
They could ask it to answer questions or perform tasks that didn't violate the Federation's laws.
However, depending on their Citizen Tier, each citizen had a limited number of times they could use the Celestial Dao each month.
Tier Zero Citizens could only use it three times per month. For each tier they advanced, the number of uses would double.
The next moment, the Celestial Dao's slightly cold, electronic voice sounded: "Hello, Tier Three Citizen Wang Xiao. How can I help you?"
Wang Xiao said, "I want to upload a Life Evolution Path."
「Two hours later.」
Wang Xiao had finished verbally dictating all the Cultivation Techniques from the Postnatal Realm to the Martial God Realm to the Celestial Dao.
The next moment, the Celestial Dao's voice came through.
"Upload received."
"Running simulation."
"Simulation successful. Preliminary judgment: The Martial Arts Evolution Path is stable and effective."
"Initiating Contribution Point distribution."
"Given that this is the first appearance of the Martial Arts Evolution Path and it has reached Tier Three, Contribution Points will be doubled."
"Calculating Contribution Points..."
"Calculation complete. Reward: ten thousand Contribution Points!"
"Disburse immediately?"
Wang Xiao's eyes flashed as he looked at the Contribution Point reward.
'It's that much?!'