Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 43 NO.5
As soon as I exited the virtual universe, Puff came up to me.

"Master, these are some spatial secret techniques that I have selected for you..." As he spoke, he listed countless related secret techniques and their key points on the virtual screen in front of him for Ling Xuan's reference.

"The 'Notes on Time and Space' is an introductory text based on the study of the fundamental laws of space... It comes with 10829 secret techniques, with 3219 in the first volume... including combat movement techniques and various other secret techniques. It is said that if one can find all 10829 secret techniques, one can become the ruler of a cosmic kingdom..."

"Black Hole Evolution" deduces the path of black hole evolution, studies the laws of space, and is accompanied by secret techniques such as the Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body and the Nine Refinements Fist. When cultivated to a higher level, one can reach the level of "Cosmic King". When cultivated to the extreme, black holes can be generated by a punch, a knife, a sword, or even a thought... It is very suitable for geniuses with a high affinity for the laws of fire.

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The book lists hundreds of secret techniques, including several volumes of top-tier techniques comparable to "Timely Notes".

"Puff, it seems you have pretty good taste, putting 'Time and Space Essays' first," Ling Xuan praised.

"Hehe, thank you, Master." Puff rubbed against Ling Xuan's shoulder with great pleasure.

"Place your order now, buy the first three volumes of 'Essays on Time and Space' first."

"Yes, Master!" Puff's little hands moved quickly to place an order for Ling Xuan.

"Transaction successful!"

"10 points will be deducted and the balance will be 0 points."

"Please wait, someone will deliver the secret method soon."

A series of prompts appeared on the screen.

"All the points I painstakingly earned from conquering the Trial Tower and beating up Cao Benqi are gone in the end," Ling Xuan sighed, looking at his empty account balance.

Money really doesn't last long.

Before long, the secret technique was sent to Ling Xuan from the virtual universe.

Just as Ling Xuan began his interstellar journey to the headquarters of the Giant Axe Arena, exciting clips and various broadcasts of this year's Genius Battle were spreading throughout the virtual universe.

Spies from various races had long ago gathered intelligence on the top geniuses in the Genius Battle and sent it to their masters through their respective intelligence networks.

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In the distant, endless starry sky, a palace floats, surrounded by flames—black, white, purple, red, green, blue… flames of all colors, each the size of a star, swirling around the palace.

If you were far away, you wouldn't be able to see any of this at all.

Clearly, the spacetime around the palace has been distorted, forming its own separate spacetime.

"What did you say?" The eye-like carving in the solidified flame palace suddenly blinked, and the entire palace emitted a rumbling sound. "Damn it, two super geniuses, one in hundreds of millions of epochs, have appeared among the human race? They easily broke through the Trial Tower, which is considered the benchmark for human stellar-level geniuses? Wasn't it said there was only one?"

"Great Lord Sirius, this news has been completely confirmed." A pure white fox prostrated below and said, "This is the video of them breaking through the Trial Tower."

He then played a video.

"Humans are truly lucky; another genius with immense talent has emerged." After reading the article, the Lord of Sirius muttered indignantly, "The primordial universe really does favor humans."

"However, Ling Xuan's talent is not enough to be called a human genius that appears once every hundred million epochs. He only relies on some powerful secret techniques. In terms of understanding the laws, he is far inferior to Cao Benqi. Moreover, Cao Benqi is actually a genius from that troublesome race. Pass down the order to immediately list Cao Benqi as the No.1 on our race's kill list. We must not allow him to fully grow up, otherwise the human race will have another super existence!"

"The great Lord of Sirius, what about Ling Xuan? Ling Xuan not only defeated Cao Benqi in the finals, but was also taken in as a disciple by the great human being, the founder of the giant axe. His talent is probably even greater than Cao Benqi's."

Looking at Ling Xuan's video and related information, the Lord of Sirius sneered disdainfully, "This kid became a disciple of Giant Axe because of his ancestors' glory. This kid is a descendant of that old good-for-nothing Zhulong. Just put him in No. 5, no need to pay too much attention to him."

A similar scenario played out in the territories of the Zerg and the Mechs.

Without exception, all the clans listed Cao Benqi as the number one assassination gang, directly overshadowing other dazzling geniuses. Ling Xuan's ranking, however, varied, depending entirely on whether the other three clans had more noteworthy geniuses.

The journey to the Colosseum Headquarters was peaceful and fulfilling.

After obtaining the "Time and Space Notes", Ling Xuan immediately chose to break through to become a cosmic-level being and asked the deity of the Void Mirror to study the "Time and Space Notes" with him.

With his profound knowledge of the void, Void Mirror's understanding of the secrets in "Notes on Time and Space" was extremely rapid. He had already thoroughly comprehended the first three volumes and deduced the profound essence of the 108 spatial laws.

Under the guidance of the Void Mirror, Ling Xuan successfully comprehended the first twelve profound mysteries of spatial essence, thus thoroughly understanding the first diagram of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele.

After all, Ling Xuan's own understanding of spatial laws is comparable to the first diagram of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, which is equivalent to the fourth or fifth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

It's just that we didn't follow the path of analyzing the essence of spatial laws before.

Moreover, after breaking through to the cosmic level, Ling Xuan's comprehension increased dramatically once again. If he was a genius who appeared once every tens of thousands of epochs before, he is now a genius who appears once every hundred thousand epochs.

The era of those greatest human geniuses who have left an indelible mark on history is not far off, spanning tens of millions of years.

Having obtained this secret method for analyzing the essence of spatial laws, and with the guidance of the Void Mirror, he naturally digested the understanding of the laws quickly and comprehended the first nine essences within the first year.

In the following two years, he further realized three essential mysteries.

At the same time, after breaking through to the cosmic level, the Heart of the Martial God once again exerted its power, and Ling Xuan obtained a new innate secret technique—cloning.

Clone Technique:

Using substances containing genetic material, and nurtured within the body's inner world, a clone is created that completely replicates the genes, body, and cultivation level, and exists independently for cultivation.

It cannot breed something stronger than itself; at most, its strength is equal to its own.

A person can have a maximum of three clones: a cosmic-level being has the first, a domain lord-level being has the second, and a world lord-level being has the third.

The slots for the clone talent can be reserved up to the Realm Lord level.

The maximum number of clones that can be conceived is no more than ten times the genetic level of the original. The number of clones cannot be stacked, and the maximum number of clones is three. If a clone conceived has a talent secret technique clone, it will automatically become invalid.

“Your Highness, we have arrived.” Napa, the guide of the Giant Axe Arena, came from outside the training room.

After a three-year voyage, they finally arrived at the universe headquarters of the Giant Axe Arena.

"Understood." Ling Xuan walked out of the cultivation room.

"Initiating interstellar travel, entering the original universe."

“10……9……8……7……6……5……4……3……2……1！”

The entire spaceship shuddered slightly, and after ten seconds everything returned to normal.

"The outdoor scene simulation is 100% accurate."

Suddenly, the entire hall became transparent and disappeared, revealing a dreamlike starry sky. In the distance, there was a vast supercontinent suspended in the starry sky.

This continent is so vast that, in comparison, the surrounding stars and planets are but tiny specks of dust.

The continent is ring-shaped, tightly encircling a grayish-white planet in the center, like a loyal guardian or a dazzling star belt around the planet.

The planet was a normal planet, radiating a soft light, but the continents surrounding it were so vast that they seemed to have no end, each displaying incredible grandeur.

As the spaceship drew closer, Ling Xuan saw the rugged mountains crisscrossing the continent, as if they had been cleaved by a giant axe. The mountain walls were covered with mysterious runes, exuding an ancient and fierce aura.

The rivers on the mainland surged and roared, their waters a thick, crimson red, like boiling blood. As they rolled on, one could almost hear the deafening shouts of battle.

As the spaceship continued to penetrate deeper, Ling Xuan discovered that countless enormous buildings stood on the continent, each resembling a small city. Most of these buildings were constructed from massive, heavy stones, with sharp edges and corners, exuding an ancient and majestic aura.

The exterior walls of the building are engraved with intense battle scenes: powerful warriors wield giant axes, splitting stars in two; martial artists fight bare-handed against cosmic beasts; and immortal gods traverse cosmic storms, unleashing world-destroying power.

These sculptures are so lifelike that they seem to have frozen the exciting battles of countless years in time.

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