Chapter 2142

Liam closed the notebook in his hand and hurried over toward Yasmin's direction.

Right in front of Yasmin stood a massive metal door, with the three distinct characters for "Creation Needles" carved directly into its surface.

The door was flush against the wall, as if concealing a small inner chamber behind it.

Max let out a breath and pulled out the final two keys from his pocket. After testing them in the lock for a moment, he successfully popped the heavy door open.

Click! Click! Click!

As the door swung open, a series of mechanical whirs echoed from deep within the inner chamber.

A row of lights inside automatically flickered to life, illuminating the entire room with a bright, crisp glow.

A sea of pristine white met their eyes. Wisps of mist drifted through the space, and the surrounding temperature plummeted sharply.

The room wasn't particularly large—roughly ten-odd square meters. As Liam and the others stepped inside, they spotted four or five sleep-pod-like devices lining the interior.

The sight of these pods brought a look of wild elation to Max's face.

Beside him, Stella's expression also shifted slightly. "These... are cultivation pods!"

Liam had heard Max mention this technology before. True to their name, these pods were designed to assist in martial arts cultivation.

Martial arts on the Myriad Tribulation Star differed somewhat from Earth. On Earth, early-stage cultivation relied primarily on raw, self-driven discipline without any external technological assistance. Liam’s meteoric rise was forged through innate talent, tempered by countless life-or-death battles.

Over on the Myriad Tribulation Star, however, things were different. Their technology was remarkably advanced, featuring energy sources like source crystals that could be harnessed to aid cultivation.

Put simply, these cultivation pods acted as accelerators to maximize the absorption rate of source crystal energy.

Of course, those details were secondary. The group's gaze quickly gravitated toward a glass-paneled display case up ahead.

It looked like a sealed container, with thin tendrils of vapor swirling inside.

Through the mist, oversized medical syringes were neatly lined up in a row.

These needles were exceptionally large—each one roughly the size of an adult's forearm, filled with a viscous, light-brown liquid.

"Creation Needles!" Stella exclaimed excitedly. "They match the historical records of the Creation Needles down to the last detail."

A wave of ecstatic joy washed over Liam as well.

This item seized the fortune of heaven and earth, capable of drastically boosting the success rate for Half-Step Flame Decay masters attempting to break through to the Permanent-Tier.

Though Liam had already successfully crossed that threshold on his own, companions like Leo, Zack, and the others would eventually hit the Half-Step Flame Decay limit and require the Creation Needles down the road.

"There's text here!" Freya pointed toward an inscription mounted on the glass door.

A metallic plaque was screwed onto it, covered from top to bottom in dense lines of explanatory text.

Liam scanned the plaque—it essentially served as an instruction manual for the Creation Needles.

"Creation Needles: Upon use, increases the probability of a breakthrough. When used below the Permanent-Tier, the success rate is nearly one hundred percent. When used at the Half-Step Flame Decay limit, the breakthrough probability is also massively increased, though not entirely absolute, as the jump from Half-Step Flame Decay to Permanent-Tier represents a massive transformation in life hierarchy!"

"Method of use: Administered primarily via injection. Immediately commence cultivation following the injection; complete absorption of the medicinal efficacy takes approximately three days!"

"Side Effects:"

"There are side effects?" Liam's brows knitted tightly together.

He continued reading down the text!

"First: While this potent medicine can force a breakthrough to the Permanent-Tier, it relies on external assistance, resulting in an unstable foundation. Although the life hierarchy still undergoes the transformation, compared to those who achieve a breakthrough entirely through their own self-realization, masters who rely on external force will be a tier weaker."

"Second: This method completely overdraws and exhausts the body's physical potential to achieve a forced breakthrough. Once broken through by this means, making any further progress in cultivation becomes exceptionally difficult!"

As they reached this part of the entry, every single person in the group furrowed their brows in deep thought.

Among the seven of them, aside from Max, every single individual could rightfully be classified as a genuine prodigy.