Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 247 Choice

Beyond distant dimensions lies a vast world.

This world is filled with countless nations, where countless beings thrive, struggle, and cultivate themselves, experiencing joys and sorrows, partings and reunions.

At the pinnacle of all living beings' understanding, and even at the source of fear, lie terrifying beings known as "inner demons."

They are immortal and indestructible, wandering between reality and illusion, feeding on the most intense emotions and desires of living beings, and are the masters of the shadows of this world.

"Ugh—!"

In a corner of the world, a vast black continent suddenly trembled.

Before the billions of living beings on the mainland could even react, they were annihilated in an instant, their flesh and souls turning into the purest emotional dust, which was greedily absorbed by the mainland.

Immediately afterwards, the entire continent slowly rose up, and eight bladed feet gleaming with a dark and cold light pierced out from the depths of the earth's crust. This was not the continent, but the physical body of a "heart demon" that was so huge that it was unimaginable!

It was the black-armored creature that Hu Yanbo annihilated with a single thought in the infinite space.

Its eight bladed legs supported its body, and countless blood-red eyes on its carapace opened and closed wildly, revealing human-like fear and rage.

"The eleventh tribulation, is it really this terrifying?!" The crushing star of will echoed in its consciousness, and just recalling it made its core tremble.

"He completely crushed all the mental power I projected with a single blow?!"

The difference is enormous.

Like a sandcastle facing a tsunami, it doesn't even have the right to struggle.

Fear seeped into its consciousness like ice water, but then came an even more raging fury.

Because it realized a more cruel fact—that mysterious space had been closed to it.

Without undergoing countless trials, it cannot complete its ultimate transformation;

The world it inhabits has long been in decline and is destined for destruction.

When the world is destroyed, it, unable to escape its confines, will also perish.

"I can't get in, I can't get in!" Realizing that the terrifying expert was not in this realm, the fear subsided, replaced by hysterical rage and despair.

Its eight bladed legs lashed wildly, tearing apart the earth and sky, devouring all living things within its range, trying to fill the emptiness and fear in its heart with more "food".

But all of this was in vain.

Without enduring countless tribulations, there is only one path: death.

The black continent trembled in its fury, and billions of living beings cried out in agony as they vanished into nothingness.

"Boom!"

An invisible, powerful force of rules suddenly descended, silently enveloping Huyanbo.

Immediately, a clear message was imprinted directly into his consciousness: "Trial participant: Origin Continent, Huyanbo".

"Slay a mind creature once, reward points: 5."

"Body in the Chaotic Realm, mental will reaching the ultimate God-King realm," Rating: Superior. Bonus Reward Points: 1

0000.

"The path of will is excellent; may you persevere even after becoming a God-King."

Total reward points: 10005.

The announcement of the rules lasted only a moment before the overwhelming force receded like the tide.

Hu Yanbo raised his left hand, and a complex and ancient silver mark slowly emerged in his palm, as if it had grown naturally under his skin.

The mark glows faintly, connecting with his mind. Through it, he can access the underlying rules of the infinite space at any time, check his reward points, and even directly exchange them for the vast resources in the treasure trove.

"I got 10,000 points right away—" Hu Yanbo laughed.

The reason why the Infinite Space is regarded as an ordinary "treasure land" by many ancient beings is precisely because reward points are extremely difficult to obtain in large quantities.

Even ordinary god-kings, or even emperors, would need a long time and numerous battles to accumulate a thousand points upon entering this place.

Not to mention 10,000 points.

It should be understood that most powerful beings, when encountering mental beings, can only manage to repel them.

The reward for defeating the enemy is 1 point the first time, but it decreases rapidly thereafter, and after a hundred times, it is less than 0.01 points each time.

"Kill" grants a reward of 5 points each time.

But how easy is it to eradicate them?

The life forms of these mind-based beings are bizarre, and they possess an extremely strong ability to survive.

Even with the ultimate will of a God King, if the God Emperor's will cannot intervene, it is difficult to completely annihilate the essence of his mind in one strike without the assistance of the most advanced will-based attack techniques.

Hu Yanbo was able to do it because of the "Lieyuan Technique".

This secret technique is far superior to most of the willpower techniques circulating on the Origin Continent.

It can almost perfectly transform the power of his ultimate God-King will into the purest offensive power.

Even if other powerful individuals of the same level of willpower used their most powerful secret techniques, they might not achieve such an effect.

"A good start." Hu Yanbo clenched his palm, and the faint light of the mark disappeared.

Ten thousand reward points can be exchanged for many valuable items in the treasure vault of the infinite space.

"Let's take a look at the inheritance information first."

Hu Yanbo stopped thinking about it and focused his mind on the rule mark on his palm, starting to check the resource list in the treasure vault.

The moment consciousness connects with the imprint, a vast stream of information, as boundless as the sea of ​​stars, floods into the mind.

With his existing 10005 reward points, he can view all resources priced below this amount.

His attention was first focused on the inheritance category, skipping over the inheritances of many God King Second Realm and Ultimate Realm.

Hu Yanbo's gaze fell on the inheritance of the first level of the God King realm. At the very top of the list was: "Nine Realms of Extinction" first level (perfect-level inheritance), which required 100 reward points to exchange.

This is a lineage that can be passed down through all source worlds and theoretically reaches a "perfect" level, corresponding to the first realm of the God-King.

It was followed by a striking warning of danger—the cultivation threshold is extremely high, requiring a consciousness that surpasses the level of a God-King to attempt it, otherwise there is a risk of being destroyed and assimilated by the original Dao of the source world.

"Perfect inheritance—" Hu Yanbo quickly browsed through it.

As expected, the perfect inheritance that integrates cause and effect with life has not been found.

However, there is a game called "Time Traveler," which perfectly blends time and space, and is also at the first level of the God King realm, priced at 90.

Reward points.

"This must be the legacy left behind by the Star Lord," he realized.

With the advance payment system, it would not be difficult for him to switch to cultivating the Great Dao of Time and Space and comprehend its many branches.

With the Star Lord as a ready-made, perfect path laid out before them, the temptation is considerable.

"The path of combining cause and effect with life has no clear guidance ahead," Hu Yanbo calmly weighed.

"But since the system has provided the conditions for the fusion, it proves that this path is feasible."

"However, we can only know this by combining the two."

"Proceed according to the original plan, and make advance use of the connection between cause and effect and life."

"If the path to integration in the future is indeed so difficult that it cannot be advanced, then it is not too late to consider switching to spacetime."

Having made up his mind, Huyanbo continued to search quickly through the vast list of treasures.

Soon, they found the top-tier inheritance "Record of Cause and Effect" (Part 1), which requires 30 reward points to exchange.

This lineage was founded by an ancient and great being known as "Xuluo".

It is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three levels of God King Realm: First Realm, Second Realm, and Ultimate Realm.

As for the more profound chapters, they must be granted by this being personally.

"Xuluo—" Huyanbo silently recited the name in his heart.

The peak of cultivators he knew were the seven great lords who were awe-inspiring throughout the infinite Chaos Space.

The name "Xuluo" is not among them.

"To create such a special inheritance as the 'Record of Cause and Effect', one's realm must have transcended the shackles of the source world," Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

"If he is not a lord, then he is very likely a powerful world-class Chaos Origin Being."

As for higher-level primordial life forms?

Perhaps.

After a few moments of contemplation, Hu Yanbo decided not to delve any deeper.

For now, knowing that this inheritance is profound enough to guide me to the ultimate realm of God King is enough.

As for what exactly "Xu Luo" is, we can explore that when we need to write more chapters in the future.

"Now that we've found it, let's begin the exchange!" Within the infinite space, Hu Yanbo's thoughts stirred.

"Exchange for 'The Record of Cause and Effect and Destiny' (Part 1), costing 30 reward points."

The rule imprint flashed with a faint light, deducting points, and a massive amount of profound information poured into this wisp of consciousness.

Although it is only the beginning, it has already systematically explained many methods and concepts on how the two fundamental sources of cause and effect and life should resonate with each other and initially combine at the first level of the God King realm.

"Wonderful!" Hu Yanbo exclaimed.

The creator of this tradition, "Xu Luo," reached an inconceivable level in his research on cause and effect and on life.

It contains countless profound principles that Hu Yanbo had never imagined before, regarding the entanglement of cause and effect in life's trajectory and the tracing of cause and effect through life's imprints.

Now that he had acquired the "Record of Cause and Effect," Hu Yanbo turned his attention to the treasure information in the infinite space.

In addition to receiving the inheritance, the conditions for "repaying the karmic connection of life" also require a complete understanding of the two fundamental sources of life and karmic connection, which comprise twelve branches.

He also planned to complete his understanding of these twelve branches through advance payment.

He didn't want to pre-emptively draw upon the causal life connection before slowly comprehending the twelve branches.

"View treasure information."

With a thought, the rule imprint connects to the treasure vault, and a vast list of resources reappears.

Similar to the inherited information, what Huyanbo can see are all items priced no higher than his current reward points.

His divine sense swept across the area quickly, and he found one of his targets: "The Soul Lotus of the Realm," which requires 9800 reward points to exchange.

The price is so high that it's almost equal to all the reward points he has.

As for the other target—"Source of the Heart"—Huyanbo searched everywhere but could not find it.

"It seems that although the 'Boundary Soul Lotus' is rare, it is ultimately a wondrous object confined within the cage."

"And the Source Heart," a treasure that allows a Chaos Realm cultivator to possess the will of a God Emperor, is likely a resource that has transcended the shackles of worldly constraints.

The will of the God Emperor is the upper limit that the will of this Origin Continent can bear.

If a Chaos Realm cultivator truly possesses the will of a God Emperor, and is further aided by a supreme will technique like the "Lieyuan Technique," to what extent would their combat power soar?

At that time, they will all be able to possess a Chaos Realm body, making their combat power unmatched by Emperors and Monarchs.

Why is it still below?

Because emperors and monarchs each possess a complete set of secret treasures at the level of a god-emperor.

This kind of secret treasure not only possesses immense power, but also has a crucial function: effectively resisting or even weakening the impact of willpower.

No matter how strong your will is, with the addition of secret treasures, it's as if there's a solid barrier between you and the enemy.

It is almost impossible to overwhelm a heavily armed emperor with sheer willpower.

"Of course, it's also possible that I don't have enough reward points right now, so I can't see those really high-level treasures at all."

Hu Yanbo looked at the mark on his palm and weighed his options.

"Even the 12,000-point Destruction Heart that Luo Feng will use in the future, as described in the original work, is nowhere to be seen, let alone a rare object of the level of 'Source Heart'."

It should be noted that the "Scale of Destruction" treasure can only transform the body into the body of a Destruction Demon, making the flesh perfectly compatible with the Destruction Sub-Source Dao, greatly increasing cultivation efficiency, making it like the darling of the Destruction Sub-Source Dao.

It is the source of the Great Dao of cultivation, and the source heart is a treasure that can make the will of a Chaos Realm expert surpass that of a God King.

It will definitely be more expensive.

Currently, Huyanbo faces two paths:

The first option is to remain in the Chaos Realm.

Within the infinite space, the ways to obtain reward points in the Chaos Realm are very limited—mainly relying on "Destroying Mind-Stored Objects" (5 points each time) and "Creating God-King-Level Secret Techniques" (100 points per instance).

To accumulate tens of thousands or even more reward points through the former method, one would need to kill an astronomical number of bribe-laden individuals, which would be a lengthy process.

After all, once Hu Yanbo had finished hunting down the treasures stored within the territory of the Eastern Pole World, he would need to go out and compete for the territories of other major powers.

As for finding a treasure trove in an unclaimed area, that's not easy.

This is nothing short of a high-stakes gamble: betting that the price of that "source of the heart" bribe is within one's reach, rather than an astronomical sum that is out of reach.

The second path is to directly break through to the God-King level.

Once you become a God King, the reward points you receive will also change.

You can obtain a large number of reward points by creating new bribery paths.

Creating new paths to wealth and breaking through mental and spiritual barriers are the two core ways for the strong to acquire a large number of reward points in the infinite space.

Of course, not many strong individuals can create new paths to enlightenment, nor can many strong individuals break through their own mental and physical limits.

"This is also the least valuable of the treasures left behind by the Primordial Beings in the Infinite Space," Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

The rewards for killing mental objects are too meager, while creating the Great Dao and the sudden breakthrough of will is too difficult.

Being caught between two forces naturally results in limited gains.

"In that case, let's attack the God King first!" Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

For Hu Yanbo, the difference between possessing the will of a God Emperor in the Chaos Realm and possessing the will of a God Emperor in the God King Realm is not significant.

Now that he has the backing of the Eastern Realm, he can obtain sufficient resources and protection in a short period of time without having to venture into the mortal realm.

This ultimate path leads to the Chaos Realm where one possesses the will of a God Emperor; with such power, he has no choice.

"This special thief's gift should be left to my good disciple Luo Feng." Hu Yanbo already had a plan in mind.

"If he arrives at the Origin Continent during the Chaos Realm, I, this old beggar, will have already transcended the shackles and traveled far enough."

"Then let him give it a try!"

After all, if Yang Di were to follow this old beggar and proceed step by step in the "original story," receiving bribes and rewards along the way—

"Then the beggar's prayers were for nothing?"

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