Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 249 The Wonderful Uses of the Virtual Universe

"A method of suppressing consciousness? Breaking through the suppression allows one to pass the test?"

Although the connection between Qi Yuan's consciousness and divine body was severed, it did not affect his thinking in the slightest.

He silently sensed the special sealing power entangled in every trace of his life, and through this sealing power, he 'saw' the golden chains wrapped around the Heavenly Dou Palace.

Qi Yuan carefully sensed the chains and immediately discovered that they were actually formed by countless tiny, complex, and twisted golden secret pattern threads constantly intertwining and converging.

Sixteen golden, mysteriously patterned chains twisted and intertwined, firmly locking down the entire Heavenly Dou Palace.

The suppressive force on consciousness comes from the patterns woven from those secret threads!
"Those secret patterns and threads...so mysterious, so incredibly mysterious, beyond belief."

Qi Yuan was shocked by the countless intertwined golden threads!

It was too complex, too mysterious. Even just by sensing it, his mind was deeply shaken!

"You who come after me, you have ten epochs to complete this test. If you exceed the time limit, you will also be annihilated. Good luck."

The unicorn ape gave a brief instruction, and then his entire figure vanished in an instant, turning into a faint light and shadow, leaving only the Heavenly Dou Palace, bound by golden chains, silently suspended in the void.

"Ten eras, a hundred thousand years"

Qi Yuan sighed softly.

Swallowed into this mysterious space by the vortex of flames, and drawn to the corpse of the ancient giant ape by the impact of this will, I originally thought that my own opportunity had come, but I did not expect that a deadly crisis would also follow!
Ten thousand years. If I cannot pass the test of that one-horned ape, I will be directly annihilated at the soul level!

And since I am the master of the universe, I cannot be resurrected by reversing time, so once I perish, I will truly perish!

This was the first time he had felt such a strong sense of crisis since he had transmigrated to this world.

This is the first time I've ever been so close to death!

However, what comforted him somewhat was that adversity and opportunity always go hand in hand.

Although facing the threat of complete annihilation, once they can pass the test set by the one-horned ape-man, they can immediately obtain the so-called inheritance of the entire 'Ten Directions Sect' left behind!

According to what the Unicorn Ape-man previously revealed, his 'Ten Directions Sect' is known as the number one weapon-refining sect and the number one array-building sect of the ancient civilization 'Wu Kingdom'!

Even the spaceship, and the 'Chaos Golden Wing' which is said to be the highest achievement of Wu Kingdom in single-unit mechanical flow, are all made by this lineage!

They deserve such a title and have achieved such success!

The inheritance of the 'Ten Directions Sect' must be extremely powerful, no weaker than, and possibly even surpassing, the inheritance of Duan Donghe that appeared in the original work!
I have now almost reached the pinnacle of the stage of becoming the master of the universe.

Whether the next step is to break through the divine power route and surpass the limit of perfect genes by ten thousand times, or to try to create sixth-order or even higher-level secret techniques in terms of laws, they are temporarily stuck in a bottleneck-like state.

The reason for this situation is ultimately due to the lack of higher-level inheritance.

The main texts he currently uses for cultivation, whether the traditional Dao of Time and Space or the Dao of the Eight Great Beast Gods, can only lead him to the stage of the Lord of the Universe.

The 900 volumes of "Array Dao" contained in "Che Houyuan's Craftsman God Inheritance" are indeed quite profound, but their content mainly focuses on the application of fusion laws.

There is no detailed explanation of how to systematically break through to the True God realm and how to break through to the subsequent realms.

If he could pass the test of the unicorn ape and obtain the inheritance of the entire Ten Directions Sect, then the last shortcoming of his rise to power could be truly made up!
With the complete inheritance of such a powerful lineage in hand, coupled with the heaven-defying existence of the Return System, there will be no more obstacles on my path to rise!

"After transmigrating to this world, the existence of the system has given me endless opportunities, and my strength has improved extremely quickly. I have hardly encountered any bottlenecks or dangers, which has allowed me to view this world with a relaxed and playful attitude. But now, for the first time, I have encountered a life-or-death crisis that I cannot resist."

"I am so fortunate to have transmigrated to this world, and so fortunate to have achieved what I have today. Yet, I still have many unfinished ideas waiting to be realized. The ultimate Dao, the origin of the system—all of this is still waiting for me to discover!"

“I am not afraid of death, but I am not willing to stop here!”

"We must pass this test within 100,000 years!"

Qi Yuan's resolve gradually hardened.

"Let me experience firsthand just how difficult the trials left behind by the 'Ten Directions Sect,' which is hailed as the number one weapon-refining sect and the number one array-building sect in the ancient civilization of the 'Wu Kingdom,' are!"

Qi Yuan's only functioning consciousness sank into it, to deeply experience the sealing power that bound his own consciousness.

"How do we break through this sealing force?"

"Chains... those golden chains, according to the one-horned ape-man's words, these golden chains should be some kind of special secret technique or formation!" "Whether it's a secret technique or a formation, understanding it should allow us to remove its suppressive power, however..."

Qi Yuan sighed inwardly.

Those golden chains contained incredibly complex and intricate secret patterns. Each chain was composed of at least hundreds of millions of threads, which twisted and intertwined to form patterns and shapes that were beyond imagination. Qi Yuan was completely bewildered after only a slight sense of them and had no idea where to begin!
Those golden chains, every clasp, every mark, even the direction and combination of the interwoven threads, all seemed to contain endless mysteries. The clasps, marks, and threads were intertwined, making it impossible to tell where they started or ended.

"To delve into this secret technique or formation, we must at least find a suitable entry point."

Qi Yuan silently sensed the incredibly complex golden runes on the chains, "But I can't understand them at all. I don't even know where to start or how to study them."

It's like asking an elementary school student to take a university-level course. If there's an incredibly detailed textbook that explains things from the basics to the advanced levels, and the student starts learning from that textbook, they might be able to understand a little bit of the content.

However, if the knowledge points contained in this textbook are completely out of order and placed in front of this elementary school student, he will naturally be completely confused and have no idea where to start!

Qi Yuan is in this state now!
"The level of this suppression method must have reached the sixth rank, or even higher, otherwise it wouldn't have given me this feeling of being completely unable to grasp it. If I can't understand it at all, how can I study it?"

Qi Yuan was troubled.

……

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

"How exactly do we break this?" Qi Yuan sensed the golden chains.

He even tried to simulate the 'transformation' ability of the Shangqing clone, but under the state of suppressed and isolated consciousness, he was unable to even activate the 'transformation' ability.

The incredibly profound and majestic golden chains, interlocked one after another, were displayed before Qi Yuan, yet Qi Yuan simply couldn't understand them.

"To reach the level of a Universe Lord, one must delve into secret techniques at least at the sixth rank or higher. Perhaps those outstanding Universe Lords on the Origin Continent who have received systematic training since childhood could manage it, but for someone like me, who was born in the Primordial Universe less than 100,000 years ago and has 'shallow' experience, to conduct such research is truly asking too much of a question."

Qi Yuan was unwilling to accept it, but the profound mystery of those incredibly complex golden chains with their intricate patterns far exceeded his expectations.

"What should we do? How can we break through this sealing technique?"

"The sealing technique is flawed. No matter how perfect or ingenious a technique or formation may be, there will always be loopholes!"

"To break through the suppression of this secret technique, I don't necessarily need to fully understand it. I only need to find a possible loophole, and then address that loophole specifically. That could potentially cause the entire suppression technique to collapse, thus rendering it ineffective!"

“Yes! I don’t know where to begin studying the entire operation of this special secret technique, but it would be much simpler to find the ‘loopholes’ that are not in harmony with it!”

Qi Yuan's consciousness was slightly invigorated, and then he began to wholeheartedly perceive and analyze the special power that was sealing him.

"Vulnerability, where is the vulnerability?"

Qi Yuan was sensing it with all his might.

"Severing the connection between consciousness and the divine body. Consciousness itself is integrated into every bit of divine power and every trace of life imprint. Consciousness and the divine body should theoretically be inseparable, so how can they be completely severed?"

"Wait, no, no, it's not necessarily a complete isolation. If most of a person's consciousness is completely focused on a specific goal, they will temporarily lose control of their own body. That state is somewhat like...like 'daydreaming'?"

"That feeling... it's like when you're weak, your consciousness isn't strong enough, and you need to use a consciousness-sensing helmet to connect to the virtual universe. After most of your consciousness is focused on connecting to the virtual universe, you temporarily lose control of your external body."

"Virtual universe! Yes, that's it!"

"I was wondering why this secret technique gave me a peculiar feeling, isolating the connection between consciousness and body without affecting normal functioning and thinking. Its operating principle is clearly very similar to the virtual universe secret technique created by the primordial ancestor!"

At that moment, Qi Yuan felt a slight tremor in his consciousness, and his mind suddenly became clear!
"Hahaha, luck, what luck! I never thought that I, who never won the 'buy one get one free' prize in my previous life, would have such good luck after transmigrating to this world!"

Previously, because of some special characteristics he displayed, he attracted the appearance of that primordial ancestor, and was even more fortunate to obtain his 'virtual universe' cultivation method!
Unexpectedly, it really didn't expect it to come in handy here!

"Haha, the Primordial Ancestor used the secret technique of the Virtual Universe to allow his will to spread directly throughout the entire Primordial Universe. I don't need to go to such an exaggerated extent. I only need to get a basic understanding, expand my will, break through the suppression of this secret technique, and establish a connection with my body."

"In this way, even if I cannot pass the test of that one-horned ape, I can still have my clone calmly self-destruct and return, without having to worry about perishing here!"

"Of course. If possible, I will do my best to fulfill the one-horned ape man's request and obtain his 'Ten Directions Sect' inheritance, which is a huge asset for my future success!"

"Perfect timing! My will has just broken through to the strongest level in the universe within this mysterious space, which meets the entry requirements for cultivating the 'Virtual Universe.' Now, let me experience the wonder of this heaven-defying secret technique!"

As Qi Yuan's consciousness stirred, an immense and profound amount of information surged forth from the depths of his mind!

(End of this chapter)