Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 204 Qi Yuan's Supreme Treasure Armor

"This is an incomparably precious treasure."

Qi Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Even some universe venerables would be unable to resist trying to snatch it if they saw it."

"A treasure that even a cosmic venerable would try to snatch?" Longji couldn't help but be surprised.

"It's called 'Lu Hao Divine Armor'."

Qi Yuan smiled and said, "It has three layers of secret runes. If you comprehend the first layer, you can weaken all material attacks to one percent. If you comprehend the second layer, you can weaken all material attacks to one-thousandth. If you comprehend the third layer, you can weaken all material attacks to one ten-thousandth. Of course, this weakening refers to the situation where the attack does not exceed the armor's maximum tolerance."

"If the attack is too strong and instantly exceeds the armor's tolerance limit, the weakening effect will be greatly reduced, or it may even shatter completely. However, to shatter this supreme divine armor, one would need to be at least at the level of a universe lord. You don't need to worry about that."

Qi Yuan used his divine power to lift the Lu Hao Divine Armor and hand it to Long Ji. "With your current level of understanding, you should be more than capable of activating the first layer of secret runes. You are quite skilled in soul defense, and with this Lu Hao Divine Armor, your adventure should be smoother."

"Teacher, this treasure, you yourself?" Longji asked somewhat nervously.

Once you comprehend the first level of the secret rune, you can weaken physical attacks to one percent—that's astonishing!

The armor he was currently using was considered top-tier among all the armors used by immortal powerhouses, but it could only reduce physical defense by 50%.

One is weakened by 50%, which is equivalent to weakening the attack by half; the other is weakened by 1%, which is equivalent to weakening the attack by 99%. The difference between these two is simply too exaggerated!

Moreover, this is only the activation of the first layer of secret runes. If all three layers of secret runes can be fully activated, all material attacks can be weakened to one ten-thousandth of their original value!
If someone could achieve that, they would likely be two levels stronger than themselves. Unless the opponent possessed an equally powerful offensive treasure, they wouldn't be able to inflict any effective damage on them!
No wonder the teacher said that even the most powerful beings in the universe would be scrambling to seize such a treasure.

"Take it if I give it to you; this treasure has no effect on me anymore."

Qi Yuan laughed.

"However, you must remember not to reveal its information. Just by looking at its appearance or even by how you use it, ordinary outsiders cannot discover its true abilities... But if you accidentally reveal its information, there are many universe venerables who are crazy for power."

"Yes, disciple understands. Thank you, Master, for bestowing this treasure!"

Longji then respectfully accepted the exquisitely crafted dark gold armor into his hands.

At the same time, a pleasant notification sound indicating successful system return echoed deep within Qi Yuan's consciousness.

Qi Yuan didn't rush to check the system messages. Instead, he handed Long Ji a palm-sized golden token with an exquisitely carved tower on it.

"This is my token."

Qi Yuan confessed,
"If you encounter danger and cannot withstand it, destroy this token immediately. This token is made of a fragile C9 alloy; you can easily crush it. This token bears my spiritual imprint. Once you crush it, I will know immediately and arrive in a very short time!"

"Yes, thank you, teacher." Longji thanked him again and accepted the gift.

"Of course... I don't want you to be forced into having the opportunity to use this token."

Qi Yuan smiled at his respectfully standing disciple, "My hope is that you can become a top expert through your own strength, so that that alien race cannot shake you. Before you leave, I have one last thing to tell you—"

"Remember, survival is the most important thing."

He solemnly instructed, "A strong ability to survive not only increases the chances of survival against powerful enemies, but can also deter some enemies from harboring ill intentions towards you. After all, no one would easily provoke a powerful opponent who cannot be killed."

"The universe is vast. Even the most powerful beings would not dare to claim they can fathom all its mysteries. Therefore, we should always hold the universe in awe."

Qi Yuan waved his hand and said, "Go, go out and explore! I'll be waiting to see the day you conquer the Primal Tongtian Mountain and achieve immortality!"

"is teacher!"

Longji knelt down and respectfully bowed to Qi Yuan in farewell.

"It took hundreds of Treasure Points to cultivate these few genius disciples. Now, let's see just how far you can go."

Qi Yuan sighed silently before turning his gaze away and checking the system notification he had just received.

[Successfully gifting a divine armor to disciple Lu Hao!]

[Base return rate 65x, return begins.]

[The gifted item has brought great joy to the disciple, triggering a 100x critical hit reward, with a final return multiplier of 6500x!]

[Return Reward: 6500 Lu Hao Divine Armors. This return triggered a perfect critical hit, granting a special reward: one Dragon Abyss Divine Armor.]

The reward has been stored in the system space and can be claimed at any time.

Upon examining it, Qi Yuan couldn't help but show an expression of immense joy!
Perfect critical hit!

One ordinary treasure armor, after this return, instantly became 6501 pieces. This explosive growth was even faster than a wholesaler's purchase!
More than six thousand pieces of treasured armor—what does that even mean?!
The entire human race, including all the treasures and armors possessed by the cosmic lords and masters, probably doesn't even amount to this number!
If you dispose of all these treasures, the treasure points you get should be enough to exchange for a more ordinary peak-level treasure!
What's more, this time there's an even more valuable special reward being returned!

[Dragon Abyss Divine Armor: A Void True God-level battle armor. When pushed to its limit, it can render all attacks below the eighth rank ineffective, reduce material attacks above the eighth rank to one ten-thousandth of their original value, and reduce soul attacks to one percent of their original value.]

A Void God-level battle armor!

In the cosmic sea, the classification of treasures that exceed the level of peak treasures is rather general. Anything that exceeds this level is uniformly called 'Supreme Treasure'.

However, the truth is that even the 'most powerful treasures' have varying degrees of strength.

Most of the supreme treasures, such as the Yan Jun Cudgel and the Black Prison Tower that Luo Feng once obtained, can only be considered 'True God-level' treasures. However, treasures like the 'Blood Sea Demon Armor' worn by the infamous tyrannical demon god in the Cosmic Sea, and several supreme treasures controlled by the Divine Eye Clan in the first reincarnation era, are of a slightly higher level, reaching the 'Void True God-level' treasure level.

The higher the level, the stronger the power.

For example, the True God-level Treasure Armor renders all attacks below the seventh rank ineffective, while the Void True God-level Armor renders all attacks below the eighth rank ineffective.

As for attacks exceeding the corresponding level, the reduction in damage is about the same for both, but the Void God-level armor has a higher tolerance limit.

Of course, even a True God-level battle armor requires an attack at least at the Void True God level to reach that level.

In the environment of the cosmic sea, a true god-level treasure is sufficient.

However, once the Jin Dynasty world appears in the future, or when we arrive at the Origin Continent, the differences between different treasures will become apparent, at least in terms of value, there will definitely be a significant difference.

"A Void True God-level battle armor that ignores all attacks below the eighth rank. With such an armor, I should be able to walk around with impunity at the Universe Lord level, right? I reckon only the strongest beings in the universe and some dangerous environments in the cosmic sea can threaten me."

With a thought, Shangqing's clone, far away in the cosmic sea, suddenly appeared on his body in a simple, dark gold armor with swirling patterns resembling dragon lines.

"boom!"

The divine power of Shangqing's clone was poured in, instantly unleashing the power of the battle armor, and an unparalleled and powerful protective force was instantly added to his body.

Powerful, incomparably powerful. He felt that just by wearing this armor, without relying on any palace treasures, he could easily traverse the many dangerous places he had previously experienced!
A moment later, the divine power of Shangqing's clone dissipated, and the powerful aura that had been constantly fluctuating on the Dragon Abyss Divine Armor gradually subsided.

"As expected of a Void True God-level battle armor, its defensive runes are so complex. In a short time, I can only barely comprehend the first two runes and am still unable to unleash its full power."

However, even though he only comprehended two levels of the secret runes, it was enough for him to be able to ignore all attacks at the level of a universe master!

"My strength is at the fourth rank, but with this Dragon Abyss Divine Armor, in terms of defense alone, I can definitely rank among the top among all universe masters. As long as I raise the level of my secret techniques, I will be a true sixth-rank universe master! At that time, not to mention the universe sea, I will at least be at the top level within the primordial universe!"

"However, just to be on the safe side, it's best not to reveal the existence of this supreme treasure unless absolutely necessary. While I'm not afraid of the Lord of the Universe, it wouldn't be good if I were targeted by those strongest beings in the universe."

As Qi Yuan sighed, he also secretly reminded himself of something.

After all, even the strongest beings in the universe would never complain about having too many supreme treasures.

"Use the Dragon Abyss Divine Armor as a trump card for survival; otherwise, use ordinary top-tier treasure armor. However, during this process, you can study the secret runes of the Dragon Abyss Divine Armor as much as possible and comprehend all of them as soon as possible."

In the days that followed, Qi Yuan summoned the other disciples in the mansion one by one.

After some encouragement, he 'expelled' them all from Chaos City, sending them to explore the universe on their own.

Even the Golden Hammer Dwarf disciple 'Flodis', who was passionate about forging, was no exception.

After all, to become a truly top-tier 'weapon-refining master', one must have sufficient understanding of the laws as support.

Someone who hasn't even mastered one of the two superior laws, time and space, can hardly even refine ordinary treasures, let alone supreme treasures. How could they possibly become a top-tier weapon refiner?

Once one's understanding of the laws reaches a certain stage, it's no longer something that can be quickly improved through simple seclusion and comprehension. One also needs to undergo many trials and tribulations to break through bottlenecks more quickly.

Of course, before the disciples left Chaos City, Qi Yuan also bestowed upon them protective treasures according to their actual circumstances.

Of the disciples, only Longji, whose understanding of the laws was sufficient, was bestowed with a supreme treasure. The other disciples were only given treasures of the 'moderate treasure' level for the time being.

Although he boasted that the conditions he could provide for his disciples were no worse than those of the Chaos City Lord, the bestowal of treasures depended on the actual circumstances.

When Luo Feng left Chaos City, he possessed the level of understanding of laws at the Marquis level, so it was natural that he was suitable to be bestowed with a supreme treasure.

The sixth disciple, Long Ji, had a strong understanding of the Law, and the treasure could unleash its proper power in his hands, so Qi Yuan naturally bestowed the treasure upon him.

However, the other disciples' understanding was much worse. Even if they were given a supreme treasure, they couldn't activate it. Holding it in their hands would only be a waste of their possessions and would be of no use. It would be better to give them a more practical 'treasure'.

Moreover, this treasure was personally crafted by Qi Yuan based on the actual conditions of several disciples. Over a thousand years, as his understanding of the "Twenty-Three Chapters of Heavenly Craftsmanship" and the "Inheritance of the Craftsman God of Chehouyuan" has deepened, he is now able to reliably and successfully craft treasures of the "Treasure" level.

During the forging of these precious artifacts, he designed and combined the runes as much as possible to reduce the requirements for their use, so that they could be used quickly and unleash their full power.

Among the disciples, the eldest disciple, Cang Fan, obtained the palace-type treasure, the 'Floating Cloud Boat,' which possesses extremely strong defense and maximum flight speed.

The second disciple, Liao Li, obtained a special wing-type treasure called the 'Purple Lightning Wings,' which grants her extremely strong agility and defense.

The dwarf disciple 'Flodis' obtained the set-type treasure 'Dragon Elephant Armor', which not only enhances his defense but also grants him unparalleled power.

Lu Ming, who received the most attention from the outside world, was bestowed with a soul defense treasure called 'Thousand Abyss' by Qi Yuan. It was created by Qi Yuan based on the idea of ​​a soul defense secret technique called 'Thousand Tribulations Heart Abyss' that he had previously cultivated. It can give him extremely strong soul defense power, thereby preventing some special adverse situations.

The four treasures were bestowed upon the four disciples, which not only greatly enhanced their strength but also brought Qi Yuan a huge 'rebate'.

Although there were no more perfect critical hits like Longji's, the critical hit multipliers of each disciple reached over 90 times.

In addition, they all increased their base return rate to over 60 times, and the final return rate for each return exceeded 5,000 times!
In the end, the four treasures were transformed into four powerful treasures of the pinnacle level, instantly giving Qi Yuan a complete set of powerful treasures!
"I've almost reached the pinnacle of the Cosmic Sea. Now, I'll focus more on improving my own abilities!"

"Laws, secret techniques, willpower, and divine power"

Qi Yuan sighed silently.
(End of this chapter)