Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 45 Kodi
That night, Yu Duan's consciousness had just broken free from the virtual universe network when he received an email from the official office of the Blazing Lotus God Empire.

"Hello Mr. Yu Duan, according to the latest account changes, you have acquired 14 star system territories. If you establish a primary cosmic civilization, you can apply to become a subordinate country of the Blazing Lotus God Empire and receive the protection of the imperial army."

"Attachments: Proof of ownership of the relevant galaxy, coordinates of the relevant galaxy, detailed information on the relevant habitable planets..."

The Crimson Empire has 14 star systems, all of which are high-quality star systems that have been cultivated for countless years, with more than 30 life-bearing planets in each star system.

In just the time it takes to eat a meal, Yu Duan has acquired nearly 500 million life-bearing planets.

"Jianguo... I think it's better to forget about it. It's more profitable to run the business myself."

Similar rudimentary civilizations were initially established by the descendants of powerful beings at the realm lord level.

When a Realm Lord-level powerhouse is alive, he can own his own territory, enact his own laws, and collect his own taxes, thus enjoying greater profits and more freedom.

However, once a Realm Lord falls, and there are no new Realm Lord level experts in their descendants, then they simply cannot protect this multi-star territory worth several Chaos Units.

The only way is to establish a nation, to hand over the vast majority of the profits from the management of the territory to the Middle Universe Nation, and to abide by the laws of the Middle Universe Nation. Only in this way can we survive.

Yu Duan naturally doesn't need to establish a country. After all, given Yu Duan's status within the Northern Ming Universe, no Realm Lord or Immortal would dare to seize Yu Duan's territory.

"Leave the management of the territory to Master Zhenli and the others."

Yu Duan contacted Master Zhenli and two others through the virtual universe.

A moment later, inside the Temple of the Light Source Star Civilization.

"Yu Duan... are you saying that the entire Crimson Empire will be your territory from now on?"

Master Zhenli's tone was somewhat hesitant, clearly indicating that it was this direct impact of wealth that made him realize just how high Yu Duan's status truly was.

"Yes, the founder of the Blazing Lotus God Empire, a powerful immortal god, personally decided to transfer the entire territory of the Crimson Empire to my name."

Yu Duan smiled and spoke, then explained in detail, which calmed Master Zhenli and the other two down a bit.

"Although these 14 star systems have become my property, I don't have time to manage them, so I'll leave them to the Light Source Company to manage. You don't need to give me any of the profits generated; just use them as development funds for the race."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jian immediately shook his head: "No, this is Yu Duan's territory..."

Yu Duan interrupted Shen Jian directly: "The benefits from these 14 star systems will take countless tens of thousands of years to reach one Hunyuan unit."

"At that time, this wealth will be of no use to me, so I will leave it to the clan. That way, I will not be distracted by the clan and can focus on my cultivation."

Kunzhu hesitated for a moment, then said, "We are just ordinary people at the planetary level. Managing wealth of this scale... I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain the trust of the masses."

"There's no need to worry about that. I will ask my teacher to send a World Lord-level expert to oversee things. If there's anything that requires a powerful expert to resolve, that World Lord-level expert can step in."

As Yu Duan finished speaking, Kun Zhu and Shen Jian exchanged a glance, both able to sense the excitement in each other's eyes.

Even Master Zhenli's reaction wouldn't be much better than the two of them.

Master Zhenli took a deep breath, his eyes reddening slightly, and spoke in a trembling voice: "Yu Duan, it is an honor for our clan to have given birth to a genius like you. On behalf of everyone in the clan... thank you!"

Master Zhenli was also unsure of his role in facing Duan.

Yu Duan noticed the change in Master Zhenli's emotions and simply smiled and said, "Then it's settled. I'll leave the territory to you, senior and my two elder brothers."

After chatting for a while and until the three of them had calmed down, Yu Duan left the Temple of Civilization and returned to the spaceship.

Deep in space, a pale gold spaceship emerged from its cloaking state and hovered silently in mid-air.

In the spaceship's control room, Yu Duan looked at King Qiongtao and said, "Senior King Qiongtao, let's return to the Holy Land."

King Qiongtao was somewhat surprised and asked, "Didn't Your Highness plan to participate in the entire Genius Battle in your hometown and then go directly to the core secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company?"

"I don't need to worry too much about my hometown anymore."

Yu Duan shook his head: "My primary task now is to wholeheartedly prepare for the upcoming Cosmic Genius Battle Finals."

"Haha, okay, let's set off today."

……

Dew comes and frost comes, time flies like an arrow.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and Yu Duan returned to the sacred land of Beiming.

Compared to before, entering the Northern Divine Land required being absorbed into the body of the Realm Lord in order to arrive.

This time, Yu Duan truly learned the coordinates of the Northern Divine Land in the cosmos.

Countless islands, large and small, dot the vast, icy blue ocean.

On one of the independent private islands, a cluster of magnificent palaces and various buildings stretch out, second in scale only to the central temple, which is the residence of King Qinghuan.

"came back?"

King Qinghuan, dressed in white robes, looked at his young disciple with a smile, a look of satisfaction appearing on his handsome and gentle face.

Seeing his junior disciple in the real world makes him more aware of the changes in the disciple's overall demeanor.

Transparent, clear, lively, and dignified, every move he makes seems to blend into the surrounding nature, as if all the beautiful words to describe temperament can be applied to this young man.

"Yes, I've been missing you, Master, since I went home. I feel more at ease staying by your side." Yu Duan shamelessly moved closer to King Qinghuan.

King Qinghuan was immediately at a loss for words: "Are you trying to coax a lonely old man?"

"No, no, teacher, please don't misunderstand." Yu Duan smiled sheepishly.

King Qinghuan snorted, then said, "Now that you're back, focus on comprehending the laws and analyzing their mysteries. Follow your own path and, before the finals of the Genius Battle, truly embark on the journey of understanding the essence of things." "Yes, teacher!"

From that day on, Yu Duan immersed himself in comprehending the mysteries of time and analyzing the essence of its laws.

During the day, he listened to the guidance of the Illusion King, and at night he studied the complex and mysterious laws and patterns on the 'Silver Eyes' to verify his own understanding of the laws. They promoted each other and he made progress every day.

The sun and moon leap like balls, a horse gallops past the window...

Time seemed to accelerate under Yu Duan's daily intensive training, even giving the illusion that each day was faster than the last.

While Yu Duan was wholeheartedly cultivating in seclusion, comprehending the laws and analyzing the essence, An Yao and others were experiencing tens of thousands of brutal reincarnation battles.

Playing 10 matches in a single day is not unheard of for the stellar-level students of the Northern Divine Land.

But playing 10 matches every single day for thousands of consecutive days is a different story.

Every match demands our full effort; there's no time to relax. After each game, we have to review the game and train, keeping us constantly on edge with almost no rest.
However, whether it was An Yao, Chi Li, or others, they were all geniuses who had crossed the threshold of the Origin Law. Naturally, they won more battles than they lost in these three years of reincarnation battles, and their record was gratifying.

Especially Dark Radiance, who has played tens of thousands of matches and has almost never lost.

In this intense cycle of battles, within just three years, seven geniuses from the Northern Ming Universe successfully crossed the threshold of the Laws.

As for the geniuses who had already crossed the threshold of the laws, they naturally made remarkable progress as well.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than three years have passed.

More than three months have passed since the selection process within the Northern Miasma Universe concluded.

Only one day remains until the grand finale of the All-Universe Genius Battle!
"Son, tomorrow is the day we gather for the finals. How are you feeling? Are you nervous?"

King Qinghuan, dressed in a white robe, sat cross-legged beside a small square table.

On the other side of the small square table was a figure smaller than King Qinghuan, also dressed in white robes, none other than Yu Duan.

"It's alright, let nature take its course and do your best."

Yu Duan wore a natural smile, neither nervous nor lazy, only a calm and natural attitude.

King Qinghuan shook his head helplessly: "In the past three years, I have also been collecting information on geniuses from other universes. I did discover an amazing little fellow, but I didn't tell you for fear of discouraging you."

Are you afraid of dampening your enthusiasm?
The implication is that they are more talented than me.

"Teacher, can you please stop being so mysterious and just get to the point?" Yu Duan couldn't help but complain about his teacher.

King Qinghuan let out a wicked laugh, then waved his right hand, and a virtual light screen was projected out.

On the screen was a scene of an ordinary-looking young man participating in the preliminary rounds.

"Hmm? Only one realm..."

Yu Duangang was somewhat surprised. Before he could finish speaking, he saw the crimson spear in the young man's hand light up instantly, and a crimson divine light burst out, erupting like a volcanic eruption!
"First realm, crossing the threshold of laws, peak bloodline... no, even peak bloodline can only be achieved at the cosmic level!"

Starlight shimmered in Yu Duan's eyes, and his third pupil between his brows opened slightly as he stared at the image on the screen.

"Teacher...who is he?" Yu Duan looked at Teacher Qinghuan.

Teacher Qinghuan said with a smile, "Keep watching. This is footage from the first day of the preliminary rounds. Next is the last day."

As King Qinghuan finished speaking, the scene on the screen changed once again, showing the young man dueling with another genius who had crossed the threshold of the laws on the 30th day of the preliminaries.

If the youths on the first day of the qualifiers barely crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws...

The young man on the last day of the qualifiers had already reached a level of near-Dark Radiance in the power of the fundamental laws contained in his marksmanship.

This speed of progress astonished even Yu Duan.

Immediately afterwards, the images on the screen began to change rapidly, showing the young man's participation in the Reincarnation Battle over the past three years.

In the upper right corner of the image, there is a note indicating which round of the Reincarnation Battle this young man is currently engaged in.

On the 14th day of the first year of the Reincarnation War, the youth unleashed his spatial illusion body and stepped into the threshold of the fundamental laws of space.

On the 193rd day of the second year of the Reincarnation War, the youth unleashed nine illusory bodies, reaching the threshold of the Nine Illusory Bodies, equivalent to the entry-level mastery of the second level of the Time Sword's laws.

On the last day of the Reincarnation War, the young man still used the Nine Illusionary Body Secret Technique, but he was clearly more at ease and no longer went all out.

King Qinghuan waved his hand, and the light screen dissipated. He then looked at Yu Duan and slowly said, "His current mastery of the laws is close to yours three years ago."

"Three years is enough to make up for your twenty years of arduous training."

Such rapid progress must have been due to some special circumstances.

"How are you feeling? Any pressure?"

As soon as King Qinghuan finished speaking, Yu Duan did feel the pressure.

However, this level of pressure will only make Yu Duan progress faster!
"Teacher, what's his name?"

"Kodi, the number one genius of the Yuan Chen Universe Kingdom, will also be your greatest rival for countless years to come, without exception."

"Koti...good, good, Koti is good!"

Yu Duan suddenly laughed. King Qinghuan noticed that Yu Duan's emotions seemed complicated, and... very happy?
(End of this chapter)