Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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Inside the management of the virtual universe, a tall, thin man with compound eyes, wearing a set of eerie turquoise battle armor, clicked his tongue in amazement upon hearing the news.

“As long as Lu Yunhe doesn’t perish, it’s probably not difficult for him to reach the same level as us. He has extraordinary potential!” The bald man in a silver robe with green secret patterns on his face also smiled.

"Moreover, since Lu Yunhe has even conquered the Primal Tongtian Mountain, he should be able to break through to the Domain Lord level directly. At that time... I hope he won't be a selfish person." The last short man said calmly.

The three people currently chatting are three powerful beings at the level of Cosmic Venerables, all of whom belong to the management level within the Virtual Universe Company.

Generally, the highest-scoring missions for members of the Primal Secret Realm are judged by these three individuals, which can be considered an internal bias review within the company.

"As long as it's not too excessive, we'll give him face and maintain a good relationship," the compound-eyed man said with a smile.

The other two nodded silently in agreement with the man with the compound eyes. Since it was a human judgment, subjective factors were bound to play a role.

Even geniuses spanning countless epochs, as long as they don't perish, will inevitably become cosmic venerables.

Without any deliberate concealment, the news that Lu Yunhe had broken through the Primal Tongtian Mountain spread instantly throughout the entire virtual universe network, and countless immortals and members of secret realms learned of this information.

Many members of the secret realm, especially the genius battle members who were with Lu Yunhe, were also shocked after learning the meaning that the Primal Tongtian Mountain represented.

“We can only be considered ordinary geniuses of this generation of human race, but Lu Yunhe’s achievements are among the top geniuses in the entire history of human race. This is the Primordial Tongtian Mountain of the Universe.”

A small group of genius warriors, including Bolan, Rongjun, and Wuka, reunited because of this news.

“I’ve given up on comparing myself to this freak; we’re not even in the same league,” Uka sighed, raising his glass.

"At least the level of the laws required to cross the Heavenly Bridge is needed to possibly succeed." Rong Jun estimated that even if he reached the Domain Lord level, it would take him thousands of years and he might not be able to reach that level.

After all, most of the Domain Lord-level members in the Primal Secret Realm are at the level of the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven, with only one person having passed the eleventh level.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng and Hong were not particularly shocked upon hearing the news, as they were already used to it. After offering their congratulations, they continued to immerse themselves in their cultivation.

……

"Your Excellency, Lu Yunhe has already passed through the Primal Tongtian Mountain." Upon learning this news, Longyu King immediately informed Nine Swords Venerable.

"I already know!"

Nine Swords Venerable replied calmly that he was the superior of this batch of geniuses. He was very happy that so many geniuses had emerged at once, but unfortunately, none of them were destined to be with him.

The most special one is Lu Yunhe. The Nine Swords Venerable has been paying attention to him, so he learned about this news even earlier than the Jade King.

Not only that, the Nine Swords Venerable also learned that the Chaos City Lord had already taken Lu Yunhe as his personal disciple.

The Lord of Chaos City personally took on a disciple, leaving these Universe Venerables with no chance at all, and at the same time dispelling their doubts about Lu Yunhe's identity.

"What a pity! Why didn't we act immediately?"

Although he knew Lu Yunhe was exceptionally talented, when that talent began to manifest, the Nine Swords Venerable couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

If he had taken Lu Yunhe as his disciple right before the Genius Station ended, no one would have been able to beat him.

The news of Lu Yunhe's breakthrough of the Primal Tongtian Mountain not only affected the powerful figures at the top of the Virtual Universe Company, but also spread to the alien races.

The fact that they had crossed the Primal Tongtian Mountain in less than a century after becoming cosmic-level beings was something that many alien races naturally understood.

A genius spanning countless epochs, with the potential to become a cosmic overlord!

As long as he doesn't perish, given Lu Yunhe's talent, there's a very high probability that he'll reach the level of a cosmic overlord over a long period of time.

For a top-tier race, a cosmic overlord may sometimes be even more precious than the cosmic lord.

Because the former can be revived, being revived means having an extremely high margin of error.

In the primordial universe, the strongest beings in the universe were not much stronger than the rulers of the universe, yet they were the key to judging the pinnacle of power in the universe. This was because the true gods could resurrect the overlords of the universe.

If one can kill a cosmic overlord when he is weak, it is well worth the cost, especially against an enemy race.

Within the starry sky territory of the Wild Universe Kingdom, in a 'space interlayer' corresponding to a certain star, lies a vast divine kingdom.

This magnificent divine kingdom is the location of the Zerg's infiltrative organization.

Within the divine realm, there is a mountain range exceeding one million kilometers in height, the highest mountain range in the entire divine realm. At the summit of this mountain range... stands a colossal temple, exceeding one hundred thousand kilometers in height. The temple radiates dazzling golden light, which illuminates the entire earth, and from afar, one can even see faint figures within the temple.

Humans and fierce Zerg warriors moved in perfect harmony within the temple.

"Master, master."

In the vast hall on the highest level of the temple, a man in golden robes appeared in a flash, shouting urgently, "Important information! Important information!"

"Roar~~" "Roar~~" Tens of thousands of golden Zerg warriors (immortal Zerg warriors) were scattered throughout the hall. When the golden-robed man charged into the hall like a madman, they were all enraged and roared warningly at him. It seemed that if the golden-robed man showed any further disrespect, he would attack.

"What intelligence do you have that's causing such a commotion?" A gentle, pleasant voice echoed through the hall.

The golden-robed man respectfully looked at the Zerg mother hive, which was over ten kilometers high and protected by a large number of immortal Zerg warriors: "We just received news that Lu Yunhe, the number one human, has successfully passed through the cosmic-level Primordial Tongtian Mountain today. Including actual cultivation time, Lu Yunhe has only been cultivating at the cosmic level for about a hundred years!"

"The Tongtian Mountain is a cosmic-level talent, another 'Kodi'-level genius, no, perhaps even more geniuses." The gentle voice gradually turned chilling.

"Back then, it took our Zerg a lot of effort to eliminate the threat of Koti, and even his teacher, the 'Lord of Chaos,' couldn't resurrect his disciple by reversing time and space." The gentle voice said, "Regarding Lu Yunhe, I will report to the clan... Our organization's strength is already insufficient, you may leave."

"Yes."

The man in the golden robe respectfully withdrew.

If it's just dealing with an average genius, deploying an immortal god-level undercover agent is already the limit.

However, geniuses who emerge once every tens of millions of epochs are valued not only by the Zerg but also by the Humans, and the level of protection they receive is undoubtedly astonishing.

It's a bit better on the battlefields outside the realms, since they're used for training and protection is less stringent. But if we want to kill Lu Yunhe on human territory, we'd need at least a Universe Venerable to be confident.

The top powers of the entire universe have learned that another genius, a once-in-ten-million-epoch genius, has emerged among the human race.

However, apart from the Zerg, Machine Race, and Demon Race, who are already in conflict, other forces don't care about this and just make a note of it in their race archives.

Since there's not much of a conflict of interest, there's no need to offend the human race to the death.

……

"Breakthrough!"

After leaving the Tongtian Mountain plane, Lu Yunhe, who was in Chaos City, immediately set about breaking through to the Domain Lord level.

With the experience of several breakthroughs, breakthroughs in the human body came naturally and without any fluctuations.

Because the clone had already reached the level of a World Lord, the breakthrough bonus from the human body was practically negligible.

"Finally reached the Domain Lord level!"

Lu Yunhe sighed, then looked at the Domain Lord-level external mission notification on the virtual universe network and clicked "Reject".

For ordinary members of the Primal Realm, a cosmic-level mission is a very important test for the company, and they are naturally not allowed to refuse.

However, given Lu Yunhe's status, it was uncertain who would be testing whom, so he directly refused.

As for the benefits of external missions, he no longer cares about the millions of points for the highest-scoring missions.

The beast god statue in the Golden Horn tribe is not of much significance to him, so there is no need for him to make a trip there.

The only thing that piqued his interest was the Locke Divine Water in the possession of the slave trader leader "Pansy," which was worth billions of Chaos Units—a considerable fortune.

However, once he breaks through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain at the Domain Lord level, he will also receive a reward of 3 billion points, which will be credited directly to his account without having to wait until he reaches the Realm Lord level to claim it.

That's right. After venturing through the Primal Tongtian Mountain, a cosmic-level mountain, Lu Yunhe's virtual universe account received an additional 100 million points, credited instantly.

"Forget it, I'd better just focus on my cultivation in Chaos City!"

Lu Yunhe thought about it for a moment and decided to give up on making the trip, not wanting to cause any trouble.

"But the most important thing now is..."

Looking at the number of exchanges listed in the cheat program "Illustrated Compendium," Lu Yunhe began to hesitate.

"The realms in the Devouring Starry Sky are limited, so the number of my monster clones is also limited. Each clone is precious, but I also really want the exchangeable items in the encyclopedia."

Lu Yunhe was having a headache. With his current strength and realm, ordinary monster clones were not very meaningful to him. He wanted powerful monsters or monsters with special talents.

However, the clones given by the cheat are all random. Although each of the monster clones is important to him so far, the majority of the monsters are still of the common type.

If you roll a regular monster, like Golza, then it can only be used as a regular monster clone.

If you're even less lucky and draw something like Pigmon, that would be even more frustrating.

"If I could select the monster clones in the encyclopedia like I would from a change list, I wouldn't be so conflicted."

Lu Yunhe mentally flipped through the images of his clones in the "Illustrated Compendium" and the items on the exchange list, feeling extremely conflicted.

Suddenly, upon seeing the divine tree's clone, Lu Yunhe was startled and instantly realized what he had overlooked.

"For me, the most crucial aspect of the monster clones provided by the cheat is neither the monsters nor the clones, but the talent."

That's right, monsters aren't important. Size or genetic level alone don't offer much of an advantage, since Lu Yunhe's human genetic level is hundreds of times higher.

Even clones are not important. Kandri, who guards the Chaos Monument, may have dozens of clones, but he is still only a Venerable.

In the original story, the reason why the Golden Horned Beast's ability to create clones is so powerful is not that it can create three clones, but that it can create three clones with different talents.

The Demon Slayer Clan, capable of copying and ignoring soul attacks; the Blood Sea Clone, possessing advantages in size and divine gene research; and the Human Clone, a pass to the human realm—each clone possesses different advantageous talents.

Including the Golden Horned Beast's own affinity with the Beast God, if Luo Feng were to lack even one of these talents, it would probably not be so smooth for him to grow to the level described in the original story.

"That's right, talent and aptitude are the most important."

If he could, Lu Yunhe would even be willing to sacrifice all of his current clones in exchange for a single Leaf Rot.

No, we should keep Ultraman's clones; this one is even more special, with equally extraordinary talent.

As for the Jaden clone, the Divine Tree clone, and the Golden Dragon clone, although each of the three clones has its own characteristics and each of their talents is not weak in the Devouring Star, they are definitely not as good as a Leaf Rot clone.

Unfortunately, the encyclopedia does not offer a three-in-one option, so this tempting idea had to be abandoned.

"However, it's not without the potential to rival them!"

Lu Yunhe looked at the items on the exchange list in the "Illustrated Compendium," and gently clicked on one with his consciousness to purchase his first system item.

The Evolution Chart of Zetton!

Chapter 196 Evolutionary Choice

Chaos City!

"Delivered!"

Lu Yunhe looked at the World Ring in his hand with a slight excitement. After making up his mind, he had someone bring the World Ring, which was placed in the Primal Secret Realm, back to Chaos City.

For anyone else, even a powerful King-level expert who resides in Chaos City, bringing things into the Initial Universe at will is extremely troublesome, and the review procedures are even more stringent.