Swallowing the Starry Sky for Billions of Years

Chapter 793 Extra Chapter 1: Huaiyin Palace

A soft light enveloped Gunn, and when he opened his eyes, he was in a vast hall interwoven with red and yellow, with blue clouds drifting by. Gunn suddenly realized that he was standing on an altar, with characters on it that, although he did not recognize them, he could immediately tell that they represented the number "seven".

"Guen, welcome to Huaiyin Palace." The headless energy entity floated in front of Guen, growing a circular glass dome. Inside the dome was a life form resembling a swimming fish, looking at Guen with agility. "I am Star Ochre, the seventh guide. In the past, I have guided a total of 113 life forms, 95 of whom became my masters. I hope you can do the same and become one of the candidates for the master of Huaiyin Palace."

Gunn surveyed his surroundings. The entire hall was filled with a subtle yet immense power. Moreover, there was no longer any supervision from the original will of the primordial universe, meaning that any words or knowledge could be imparted without any taboos.

"Huaiyin Palace?"

Star Ochre led Guen along the Yanhuang Avenue.

"The master of Huaiyin Palace is Lord Xingmang." Xingzhe said the title solemnly and respectfully. "He can travel to the past and future of infinite time and space. In a certain moment, he had an inspiration and built Huaiyin Palace to cultivate future generations—to temper the divine body by refining treasures, and finally refine the Hunyuan bloodline, turning the Hunyuan bloodline into the most basic unit of divine power like life genes. However, later, he rejected this path, believing that although this path had the prospect of world-class Hunyuan life, it was extremely easy to be corrupted and required an extremely high level of willpower. But he still preserved Huaiyin Palace."

"After all, although the Star Lord thought it was a dead end, he believed that this was only from his perspective. Perhaps there really was someone who could walk this path. So, the Huaiyin Palace moved directly among the various world groups, constantly screening suitable candidates to enter the Huaiyin Palace. At the same time, a maximum of seven candidates could enter the Huaiyin Palace at the same time. Gu En, you are now one of them."

"The more you talk, the more confused I get. Lord? World-class Chaos Origin Lifeform?" Gunn was completely bewildered.

"Those are all too far away from you, merely lofty goals and the mission of Huaiyin Palace. Your immediate priority is to reach the third level of the divine power path, ensuring you can become an eternal true god. Huaiyin Palace is a place of inheritance; it cannot allow you to cultivate forever. You must always take risks and gain experience! An eternal true god is the minimum requirement. Only then will I grant you access to allow you to use Huaiyin Palace to deploy into any cultivator's world group."

Xing Zhe could tell that Gu En had many doubts, so he picked out some that he could talk about.

"Life gene is an outdated term, referring to non-immortal life. But in the entire Hunyuan Space, how insignificant are non-immortal life? Although many powerful beings have risen, we prefer to call it the divine power path. Divine power is the entirety of a god. Improving one's understanding of laws and raising the level of secret techniques are all ways to enhance the application of divine power. The divine power path is the foundation for enhancing divine power."

Xing Zhe spoke eloquently.

"In the primordial universe, 10081 times is the perfect gene, so as long as you break through 10081 times, you can become the strongest in the universe with a single thought—that is, a true god. True gods are very strong in the primordial universe and can be called the strongest, but in the vast world, they are just the minimum requirement to have 'human status'. Just like you humans in the primordial universe, you can only register as citizens after reaching the planetary level. In the Hunyuan Space, each life must at least be a Lord of Law to be somewhat human."

"Thirty thousand times is only the first level of the divine power route. Although it can break through to become a true god at any time and increase in size, the boost to strength is no different from that of the law route."

"The second level is 60,000 times stronger, with a divine body capable of reaching a height of 100 million kilometers. Compared to the path of laws, this level offers a significant advantage in strength. The third level is 90,000 times stronger, an infinite divine body that can be any size at will. Once achieved, reaching the level of an eternal true god is not difficult at all."

As if afraid that Gu En wouldn't understand, Xing Zhe added, "The path from Lord of Laws to True God, Void True God, Eternal True God, Chaos Realm, God King Realm... is an essential cultivation route. Becoming a Void True God allows you to establish a sacred place in the cosmic sea of ​​your original universe and transcend reincarnation. Your first requirement is to reach the third level of divine power, and your second requirement is to first cultivate to become a God King. Of course, there are other requirements as well, but half of the lives I have guided and revered as my masters have achieved the status of God King."

“Lord God, not a single one has been achieved.” Gunn glanced at him.

“Yes, I think he had a much better chance than you, but unfortunately, he still failed.” Xing Zhe didn’t seem to care much.

"So what are you? I mean, Huaiyin Palace, and six other beings like you, do I have competitors?" Gunn asked.

"They're just artifact spirits. It's just that Huaiyin Palace possesses six of them at the same time. We're immortal, but Huaiyin Palace hasn't given us any energy other than teleportation. If we want to do anything, we rely heavily on you candidates. The God Lord has thoroughly comprehended the inheritance and crafted a set of illustrated treasures for me, which is why I can do things like controlling Jiehai Tower. If you want me to do things for you in the future, the prerequisite is that you become my master and help me craft treasures. Although I'm an artifact spirit, I'm also a guide. I have the right to choose my master. I don't think you have enough potential, so I won't acknowledge you as my master and follow you on your journey. If that happens, after you finish receiving the inheritance, I will enter another world and choose the next candidate," Xing Zhe said.

"As for the other six, you are not competitors, but merely a way for the Star Lord to expand his opportunities. The fact that none of the six have returned indicates that he has not found suitable candidates."

During the conversation, Gunn had already arrived at the main hall. The hall was not decorated much. If it weren't for the ground, Gunn would have thought that he had stepped into the universe again. Among the countless stars, only the three closest stars were lit.

Gu En glanced at it and immediately understood what the countless stars in the endless starry sky behind him represented—each a world. Once one cultivated to the level of an Eternal True God, one could freely travel to those different worlds through the Huaiyin Palace.

"On the far left is the Divine Power Pavilion, which contains gene catalogs ranging from one to ninety thousand times the original gene; on the far right is the Treasure Refining Pavilion, which has endless materials. At least for the Lord of Laws and even the Eternal True God, you could refine any treasure within this range and still not exhaust the materials. All kinds of treasure refining inheritances are also available."

Star Ochre floated beside Gu En: "The very center is the Hall of Inheritance. You will receive your inheritance there. Before becoming a True God, you can enter once to receive one in a billion of the inheritance, mainly the basics; a True God can receive a second time, one in a million; a Chaos Realm can enter a third time to receive one in ten thousand; a God King Realm can enter a fourth time to receive one percent; and the fifth and final time is only possible after becoming a high-level Chaos Origin Lifeform."

"Once you have received the entire first inheritance, you will be able to unlock the 'Palace of Treasures.' Depending on your understanding of the inheritance, you can obtain different treasures at different levels. Once the inheritance begins, you must continue until you have fully comprehended it. After that, you can choose to return to your original world or cultivate here until you become an Eternal True God. However, I must warn you that once you return to your original world and do not have my follower, you will not be able to cross the cosmic sea on your own and catch up with the ever-moving Huaiyin Palace..."

Xing Zhe said seriously, "Even the God King can't do that."

“Let’s start now, I can’t wait.” Gunn didn’t hesitate at all; this was the reason he came here.