Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 252 The Dark World Enveloping Chaos City
Initial universe, Chaos City.

As a sacred cultivation ground for the human race in the entire primordial universe, Chaos City is home to a large number of elite geniuses and ancient powerhouses of the human race.

In the city of Chaos, one can often see everything from newly recruited cosmic elites who have become core members of the five major powers to ancient and powerful cosmic rulers.

Among the numerous mansions throughout Chaos City, two buildings stand out as particularly unique—

The first is the City Lord's Mansion, which serves as the residence of the 'Chaos City Lord,' the controller of the entire initial universe. A series of important locations, including the Chaos Stele, are also located within the City Lord's Mansion. Therefore, the City Lord's Mansion can be considered the core of the entire Chaos City and the place of the highest power!
The other is the magnificent and mysterious Wonderland!
The Qiyuan Mansion is the residence of the Qiyuan Pavilion Master, a powerful being among the human race whose strength and status are comparable to the Lord of Chaos City. Naturally, it is also revered by countless cultivators in Chaos City!

Firstly, it is out of respect for the powerful strength of the Master of the Strange Fate Pavilion and his ability to refine supreme treasures.

Secondly, it is also out of respect for the ability of the Master of Qiyuan to teach his disciples!
The Master of Qiyuan has only been in Chaos City for a little over 100,000 years. However, in this short period of time, three powerful Universe Venerables, namely Venerable Tianshi, Venerable Leiyuan, and Venerable Zihuan, have emerged under his tutelage, as well as several top-tier Immortal Kings, including King Chuanli, King Jinchui, King Wanxiang, and King Huanyi.

Even the other disciples are all top geniuses who shine brightly among their peers. Now, the weakest of the disciples under the Master of Qiyuan Tower has reached the Marquis level!

Every disciple who becomes a disciple of Master Qiyuan grows at an astonishing rate!
Moreover, and most importantly, the threshold for recruiting disciples of such a prestigious and respected figure does not seem to be 'too high'. In almost every Genius Battle and Strongman Battle held by the Virtual Universe Company, there are always one or two members who can be selected by the Master of Fate and taken into his fold.

Normally speaking, even if a member of each Genius Battle or Strongest Battle is ranked number one in the entire universe, let alone becoming a disciple of a peak existence like the Master of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion, being able to become a disciple of a Grandmaster who has been granted the title of King is already an extremely fortunate thing.

After all, the Genius Battle and the Strongest Battle hosted by the Virtual Universe Company are held once every ten thousand years. Over such a long period of time, the number of geniuses recruited is enormous.

Those powerful human kings and cosmic rulers are used to seeing all kinds of outstanding elites and geniuses. Unless a truly extraordinary super genius appears, these powerful figures are too lazy to show themselves and take on disciples.

However, this Master of the Wonderful Encounter Pavilion, a peak human being whose status and strength are comparable to the Lord of Chaos City, is willing to give these young geniuses the opportunity to become his disciples. This act, which is obviously seen by outsiders as 'mentoring the younger generation', naturally earns the respect of countless cultivators!
A group of about ten cosmic-level young people walked past in front of the Qiyuan Mansion.

Young geniuses peered curiously through the open gates of the mansion, but apart from seeing a series of pavilions and corridors, they found nothing else.

"Strange, my father said that the Master of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion would select a few disciples after each Genius Battle, so why haven't we heard anything this time? In less than ten years, we will be leaving Chaos City."

“Brother, it’s not just us. I heard several immortal gods mention during my lectures that the Master of the Wonderful Affinity Pavilion hasn’t appeared to recruit disciples for over ten thousand years.”

"Ten thousand years... Could it be that the Lord of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion will no longer accept geniuses like us as disciples? For us, this is one of the greatest opportunities in Chaos City. If we miss it like this, I will spend the rest of my life in regret!"

"We can only say that our fortune is shallow. Let's go."

"It's a pity that the Master of Qiyuan Pavilion is no longer accepting disciples."

The young geniuses sighed and dispersed to their respective cultivation residences.

However, at that moment, an unexpected scene unfolded—

"Whoo~~~"

Suddenly, time and space became incredibly calm. Then, an incredibly hazy black light radiated rapidly outwards from the entire Qiyuan Mansion.

The black light spread extremely quickly, almost instantly enveloping the entire Chaos City, and continued to rapidly expand in all directions of the primordial universe.

The disciples cultivating in the Qiyuan Mansion, the young geniuses walking on the street, the countless cultivators in the buildings and mansions of Chaos City, including some powerful Universe Venerables who were cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City, were all instantly 'swallowed' by this layer of black light!
The surroundings were a vast expanse of darkness; all the buildings and everything else had vanished, leaving only the cultivators instantly pulled into a hazy, dark world.

"what happens?"

"What's going on? What is this black light?!"

"Where are we? Where is Chaos City? Aren't we in Chaos City? It feels like we've entered another universe!"

"Ah, the virtual universe, the virtual universe is also disconnected, I can't sense its existence at all!"

Countless cultivators from Chaos City, including some young geniuses at the Universe, Domain Lord, and World Lord levels, a large number of immortal gods, and some powerful Universe Lords who were originally in seclusion, all entered an endless dark world and looked around blankly.

Young geniuses and ordinary immortals were in a state of utter panic, while some ancient kings and cosmic venerables who had cultivated for a long time were able to barely maintain a degree of composure.

"Is this an illusion?"

"An enemy? No, impossible! This is Chaos City! What alien race would dare to be so presumptuous!" "Is this some super-strong expert of my human race cultivating? Could it be the Lord of Chaos City, or the Master of the Mysterious Fate Pavilion?"

"Teacher! It's the teacher! I can feel the teacher's presence permeating the entire world!"

In a corner of the dark world, in an area where disciples of the Qiyuan Mansion were gathered, Su Ai, a disciple of Qiyuan who was now known as the 'King of Myriad Manifestations', couldn't help but marvel!
It was born as an intelligent life form bound to Qi Yuan's consciousness, so its perception of Qi Yuan's aura was naturally extremely keen.

At this moment, it sensed that Qi Yuan's will was spreading throughout the entire dark world, almost omnipresent!

"What kind of ability is this? Instantly pulling countless cultivators from Chaos City into an unfamiliar world, including a large number of Universe Venerables. I feel that everything in this world is under the control of the Master. With just a thought, the Master can instantly cause all these countless cultivators to perish!"

"I can't resist. I feel that even if I break through to the Cosmic Venerable realm, I still won't have any chance to resist. My teacher is just too powerful!"

Complete darkness enveloped the entire Chaos City and continued to spread into the distance.
In the entire primordial universe, the only being outside of this dark world is the Lord of Chaos, who sits cross-legged in the Chaos Ruins.

The Lord of Chaos City can control the primordial power of the initial universe. In the instant that the hazy darkness spread and tried to pull him into it, the Lord of Chaos City forcibly broke free with the primordial power of the initial universe and was able to remain independent of this dark world.

At this moment, the Lord of Chaos City looked at the dark 'giant egg' that enveloped a large area of ​​void, including Chaos City, and his gaze became somewhat doubtful.

"This, this power... it actually shields the primordial power of the entire initial universe to some extent. No, it's not just shielding; within the initial universe, I can mobilize the primordial power of the entire universe with a single thought. Even the strongest being in the universe here cannot shield themselves from the primordial power's detection."

"It's not like being blocked, it's more like being in two different time and space, unable to intersect at all. This feeling is like...like the teacher's virtual universe! Yes, a virtual universe!"

The Lord of Chaos's gaze flickered. "The virtual universe created by the teacher is exactly the same as the real world, yet it doesn't interfere with the real world at all, because the virtual universe exists within illusion."

"However, the virtual universe only allows people's consciousness to enter, but this dark world pulls even the cultivator's body into it, just like a real world. No, it doesn't seem completely real. In the haze, it still gives me a feeling that I can't grasp. Strange, strange power."

"This peculiar world was created by Qi Yuan? He severed all contact with the outside world and cultivated in seclusion for tens of thousands of years, all for this world? This inconceivable power has surpassed the limit of a fifth-order universe lord and reached a new level! Is Qi Yuan about to break through?"

The Lord of Chaos City looked towards the direction where, in his memory, the Qiyuan Mansion should have been, but all he saw was darkness.

"Damn it. All the cultivators in Chaos City have been pulled into this dark world. I don't know if they are in danger. But if I forcibly mobilize the power of the primordial universe to break through the dark world and save them, it may cause Qi Yuan to fail in his breakthrough. What should I do?!"

"Teacher, yes, go ask the teacher!"

The Lord of Chaos City's consciousness stirred slightly.

In the virtual universe, as soon as the figure of the Chaos City Lord appeared, a white-robed man appeared in front of him.

“I already know why you’ve come. There’s no need to panic. Just observe quietly,” the white-robed ancestor said directly.

"is teacher."

Only after receiving confirmation from the Primordial Ancestor did the Chaos City Lord feel slightly relieved.

"Teacher, is that... a virtual universe?" the Chaos City Lord asked the Primordial Ancestor.

"Yes and no."

The white-robed man's usually calm gaze now showed a slight ripple.

"Illusion. The ultimate in reality? The fusion of illusion and reality? It's so wonderful, truly wonderful!"

While Chaos City was shrouded in that dark world, in Qi Yuan's vast divine kingdom, in that endless misty world, in the Heavenly Battle Palace before the corpse of the ancient giant ape, around Qi Yuan's main body and his Shangqing and Yuqing clones, an invisible force was constantly emanating, forming an incredibly magical and special 'domain' around each divine body.

Under the shroud of this special 'domain', everything is completely under control, and it seems to be completely isolated from everything outside. No, it is not isolated, but rather like two completely parallel worlds, reflecting each other, yet never intersecting.

It's illusory, yet real.

at the same time.

In the endless world of mist, as this special 'domain' spread, the golden chains wrapped around the Heavenly Dou Palace seemed to be subjected to an invisible impact and began to collapse silently.
(End of this chapter)