Swallowed Star: The Original Secret Realm

Chapter 1 The Weakest Member of the Original Secret Realm
“What a terrible feeling!”

"What's wrong with me?"

Zhang Yi struggled to stand, feeling like his head was about to explode. He tried to open his eyes, but saw only white light all around him and could not see anything clearly.

After a period of time.

He regained consciousness and looked at everything around him in a daze.

He seemed to be in an extremely vast hall, with wisps of dark purple air flowing outside the skylight on the top of the hall.

A group of people were lying on the floor of the hall with pale faces. In the distance, a handsome man in a green robe with purple scales on his head was sitting on the throne, frowning at them.

where is this?

Didn't I go back to my hometown during the Spring Festival? He only vaguely remembered that he was bored in his hometown, and when he was looking for something interesting to kill time in his own utility room, he found an ancient stone tablet that had been placed in the corner and no one noticed it.

Zhang Yi, who had just got the stone tablet, was sucked into it. In the space of the stone tablet, his true spirit was forcibly split into two halves. He still remembers the feeling as if his soul was torn apart.

The split half of the true spirit was carried by the stone tablet that was also split into two pieces and instantly injected into this body.

The other part of the true spirit, under the protection of the remaining half of the stone tablet, directly entered an extremely distant and vast universe, and quickly drilled into a gestating embryo, losing consciousness in an instant.

Before Zhang Yi could think more.

"Humph!"

A cold snort came from the man in scale armor.

Zhang Yi, who had just regained his composure, was struck by lightning again and his face turned pale.

"This is indeed the worst 'Genius Battle' that my Virtual Universe Company has seen in tens of thousands of epochs. Only about eighty out of 1000 people can barely stand."

"Especially Zhang Yi, a member of the Original Secret Realm who ranked first in this 'Genius Battle', how could he perform so poorly?" Zhang Yi only felt a pair of gazes falling on him, like a mountain about to crush him, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.

But my heart was bursting with anger.

"Me? Virtual Universe Company? A member of the Original Secret Realm?"

Suddenly, a surge of memories pierced his brain like a steel knife.

He had traveled through time, and his original body was also called Zhang Yi, a peerless genius from the Noah Universe. In the just-concluded 'Peak Genius Battle' held by the Virtual Universe Company, he ranked first and entered the original secret realm.

The one who had just exerted pressure on him was the host of this "Genius Battle", Venerable Nine Swords.

It turned out to be him. He was the host of Luo Feng's genius competition. No wonder he looked so familiar.

However, this should not be the class of "Luo Feng". I don't know whether it is earlier or later than that time period.

I actually traveled to the world of "Devouring the Stars". As a senior bookworm, Zhang Yi has lost count of how many times he has read this classic novel "Devouring the Stars".

Devouring the Stars is a vast and magnificent world of infinite possibilities. Here lies the conscious 'virtual universe,' a second universe so real it's indistinguishable from reality, where countless humans live and cultivate; here, countless races clash on the battlefields of the universe, countless alien races fight on the battlefields of the outer realms; here, there are mysterious and unpredictable cosmic realms, where peerless treasures emerge in an endless stream.

I can actually perform a passionate legend in this world.

Moreover, he was already at the peak right from the start, ranked first in the Genius Battle, and a member of the Primordial Secret Realm. Was he going to win without any effort? No? If that were the case, why would the Nine Swords Venerable, who valued talent so much, be so dissatisfied with a Primordial Secret Realm prodigy like him?
As the memories flooded in, Zhang Yi accepted the complete memory and completely understood the whole story.

The original body was indeed ranked first in the "Genius Battle" and became a member of the Original Secret Realm, but the overall level of the "Genius Battle" of the original body was almost the worst in the Virtual Universe Company in tens of thousands of epochs. Even if the original body was in a normal previous session, he would only enter the Primordial Secret Realm, but this time he was able to rank first and enter the Original Secret Realm.

The original body still remembered the scene when the "Genius Battle" ended and the Nine Swords Master announced the rankings. He was always gentle, but he changed his usual demeanor, scolded them, announced the results with a gloomy face, and hastily ended this "Genius Battle".

At that time, the original body was wondering why the Nine Swords Venerable was angry, but Zhang Yi understood the reason. The Virtual Universe Company usually arranged a Universe Venerable to preside over each "Genius War". In principle, the Universe Geniuses selected after the Genius War were all under the command of him, the Nine Swords Venerable.

At this point, he was originally in a calm state of mind, but the overall level of this "Genius Battle" was so poor that he couldn't even hold his head up in front of his friends.

Moreover, the probability of this generation of geniuses becoming immortal gods is even lower. They may lose a lot of subordinates for no reason, so the Nine Swords Venerable is inevitably in a state of anxiety.

While he was lost in thought, the voice of the Nine Swords Master brought him back to reality.

"Ok?"

"Your willpower is pretty good, but the most important thing for a strong person is the ability to understand the laws. Work hard at cultivation! I hope the title of 'the weakest member of the Primordial Secret Realm' won't stay with you for the rest of your life."

Seeing Zhang Yi gritting his teeth and persevering, the Nine Swords Master finally sighed inwardly, knowing that he couldn't blame them entirely, and spoke.

"You guys should get up too. We've arrived at Chaos City. Seize the 30 years of training here and work hard to improve your strength!"

"Remember, when you enter Chaos City, you must first listen to the Chaos City reception envoys and understand the rules. I hope to see you still alive in 30 years." After the Nine Swords Venerable finished speaking, he turned and left.

The hatch opened and a group of people walked out one after another. Zhang Yi also followed them out of the hall and into the air outside.

Zhang Yi looked down at this ancient and majestic city. This was the legendary 'Chaos City', which was indeed ancient and long-standing.

As the only city of the human race in the original universe, Chaos City has existed longer than most cosmic countries.

It is now jointly managed by the five major human forces: Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Fighting Arena, Universe First Bank, Universe Star Bank, and Universe Mercenary Alliance.

Chaos City is a holy place for human cultivation. Over the long years, it has cultivated countless strong people for the human race. Among them are many super strong people who roam the universe. They kill the alien races so terrified that they want to get rid of them but cannot.

A black-robed figure flew out of the city. It must be the messenger from Chaos City that the Venerable had just mentioned.

After the black-robed man briefly introduced himself, he led the 1000 geniuses directly to the outer palace of the City Lord's Mansion.

On the way to the City Lord's Mansion, the black-robed envoy gave a detailed introduction to the history of Chaos City and the "Three Treasures" of Chaos City, especially focusing on the 52 Chaos Stele statues among the "Three Treasures".

These 52 Chaos Monuments are the most precious treasures of the human race. Any one of them contains the path to the pinnacle. As long as one can comprehend the basics, it will be easy to become a super strong person, which has excited thousands of young men and women.

Of course, this does not include Zhang Yi. He has already known all of this and is not surprised. He knows that the path to becoming a strong man is not that easy. At this moment, he is considering which Chaos Monument to choose, as this is a key choice that will determine his future path of cultivation.

(End of this chapter)