Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 248 God King (Happy Lunar New Year's Eve everyone)

In the quiet room, Hu Yanbo looked at the panel in his mind.

[Advance Payment Item: First Level of God King Realm]

Repayment conditions (completing any one of them is sufficient)

[1. Defeat a God-King.]

[2. To comprehend a branch of the Great Dao.]

[3. Gained 50 million merits.]

As early as when he first arrived on the Origin Continent and killed Black Scale to repay the advance payment from the Chaos Realm, he was already able to advance the God King.

However, if he had directly advanced the funds at that time, he would have only become an ordinary god-king, and repaying any of these three obligations would have been as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Therefore, he chose another path—using the power of Hunyuan in advance to enhance his secret technique, thus achieving transcendence in the Chaos Realm.

In fact, even for someone who has transcended the Chaos Realm to become a God King, repaying these conditions is still not easy.

It's just that the path is slightly wider than that of an ordinary god-king.

But now, the situation is completely different.

With the strength to surpass the number one in the Chaos Realm, he has already comprehended the peak level of the Chaos Realm in all twelve branches of the two fundamental sources of cause and effect and life, and is only one step away from fully comprehending any one of them.

Furthermore, it possesses the will of a God-King at the ultimate level.

These accumulated achievements, when put together, have placed him at an unprecedented height.

With this foundation, breaking through to the God-King level and repaying those three conditions will no longer be a problem.

"I can kill some ordinary God-Kings by using the ultimate will to activate the 'Ranks Technique'."

But "complete annihilation" —

Hu Yanbo pondered for a moment and thought to himself.

"I'm not sure."

The reincarnation technique is too underhanded; as long as there is even a moment's gap, the other party can take the opportunity to escape into reincarnation and escape unscathed.

Does the "kill" referred to by the system mean killing the divine body until it dissipates and is reincarnated, or does it mean obliterating the soul as well?

The panel does not explicitly state this.

Hu Yanbo doesn't want to gamble.

However, even if he doesn't choose the first option, the second and third options are no problem for him.

He has a very strong affinity for the Dao of Cause and Effect. Even without relying on advances, if he directly confronts the origin of the Dao of Cause and Effect a few more times, he should be able to comprehend a certain branch of it and naturally become a God-King.

If all else fails, the advance payment can be repaid with 50 million in merit.

Fifty million merits may seem like a lot, but for Hu Yanbo, let alone being in the Eastern Extreme Region at this moment, with the support of his ancestor and senior sister.

Even without this connection, based solely on the strength and potential he demonstrated, top extraterrestrial forces such as the Two Realms Palace had already extended olive branches when he traversed the infinite space—the conditions they offered were far more than just 50 million merits.

Ordinary god-kings need to reach the second level to become their official members, but for him, the Chaos Realm was enough to make an exception and accept him.

"It's time."

Hu Yanbo had no intention of delaying.

"Advance payment—God King Level One!"

Hometown region, within Huyanbo's miniature universe.

The space rippled slightly, and figures were teleported over as if out of thin air.

The founder of the Giant Axe, the True God of Desolation, the Lord of Chaos City—and many elites from the Earth lineage during the Huyanbo era.

Everyone looked surprised and exchanged glances, wondering what had happened.

"Teacher, why did you suddenly gather everyone here?" Luo Feng's divine power avatar was also among them.

His true form is currently traveling throughout the cosmic sea, trying to comprehend the "key leap" regarding the blood of the World Beast that his teacher had once mentioned.

Hu Yanbo's figure appeared in front of everyone. His gaze swept over the familiar faces, and he laughed loudly, "I am about to break through, and the miniature universe will usher in its last large-scale expansion."

"These visions may offer inspiration for your future path."

"You can go outside the cosmic membrane and witness the whole process with your own eyes."

The God-King level miniature universe is the final form.

In the weak stage, each leap in life level must be accompanied by a synchronous transformation of the microcosm before the divine body can advance.

If the miniature universe is destroyed, the path forward will be blocked.

Of course, if one can cultivate to the Chaos Realm and have a strong enough will, one can also use the Reincarnation Secret Technique to start anew.

Once one becomes a God-King, their future growth will be completely free from the constraints of the miniature universe.

Even if a small universe is annihilated, as long as the realm is sufficient, a God King can still climb towards the ultimate realm because the ultimate realm of a God King inherently means complete mastery of a fundamental Dao.

Beyond that lies the unknown realm, beyond the bounds of supreme rules, a realm to be explored alone in endless darkness.

"Teacher, are you going to break through again?!" Luo Feng was stunned at first, then his face showed an exaggerated helplessness.

"You promised to have the highest expectations for me, and you promised that I was the one among your fellow disciples with the best chance of catching up with you?"

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"How come they're getting further and further away the more we chase them?"

Luo Feng's complaints were tinged with genuine admiration.

"Haha, after transcending reincarnation, I've had many encounters." Hu Yanbo waved his hand with a smile, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.

"Don't be envious. When I become stronger, and when you are able to transcend reincarnation in the future, I will pave the way for you."

One era on the Origin Continent is equivalent to one billion days, which is equivalent to one billion eras in the primordial universe.

Hu Yanbo arrived on the Origin Continent more than twenty centuries ago, while more than 20 billion centuries have passed on the other side of the primordial universe.

During this long period of time, thanks to previous accumulation, almost all the true gods in the original universe who were supposed to break through have already done so.

The human race already has more than eighty True Gods, and the number of True Gods in the entire Hongmeng Alliance has reached several hundred.

Those ancient true gods who were meant to progress have already progressed. For example, the creator of the giant axe is only one step away from creating the secret method for the level of a true god of the void.

Of course, in terms of actual combat strength, Luo Feng can still overpower all others with his mastery of the universe.

Although his secret techniques have temporarily stopped at the peak of the eighth rank, his divine physical strength and willpower are enough to crush all true gods.

However, in the original work, Luo Feng was stuck for a long time in the first stage of the 89999 times divine body, and thus accumulated an extremely profound understanding of life.

Today, this path of accumulation has changed, and the time required has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, even though Luo Feng now possesses such a rare item as the blood of a World Beast, he still feels that something is missing when trying to fully comprehend the most crucial line.

"Just a little bit short—" Luo Feng's true form sat quietly somewhere in the primordial universe, a wisp of dark red blood slowly flowing from his fingertip, the rhythm of destruction contained within making his heart tremble.

He vaguely sensed that what he lacked was perhaps that opportunity for things to fall into place naturally and for the essence of life to fully unfold.

"How can we find commonalities between two different life structure diagrams?"

"Last time, when Teacher broke through, the small universe expanded from a diameter of hundreds of billions of light-years to trillions of light-years, which took five years." Luo Feng's divine power avatar stood in the void, gazing at the majestic universe in the distance.

"I wonder what scale it will reach this time."

"If it expands tenfold each time," a burly True God with a refined air couldn't help but calculate, "could this time it reach—a diameter of ten trillion light-years?"

"Ten trillion?" On the other side, the bald-headed true god with an ancient face and radiating a benevolent light looked on in disbelief.

"That's the size of the primordial universe."

"The teacher's miniature universe is actually comparable to the primordial universe?"

In the perception of all living beings in the cosmic ocean, the primordial universe is unique and supreme.

"It's starting," Luo Feng suddenly said.

All eyes were instantly focused on it.

Suddenly, the already enormous miniature universe burst forth with boundless light!

As if the void had been torn apart, unimaginable vast energy poured in from the darkness, and the boundaries of the entire universe expanded outward at a speed visible to the naked eye!

One trillion light-years, fifteen trillion light-years, two trillion light-years —

The volume grew wildly, and even though the energy required for further expansion increased exponentially, the momentum of the infusion showed no signs of abating.

"This time—why is it so fast?"

"It's so much faster than last time!"

Luo Feng and many other powerful figures were shocked. It wasn't just the scale that was impressive; this expansion far surpassed anything they had seen before.

When Huyanbo's miniature universe exceeded three trillion light-years in diameter, the powerful beings from other races in the cosmic sea finally arrived one after another.

The members of the Hongmeng Alliance had been waiting outside for some time, while the true gods and lords of the universe from the Primordial Universe, the Holy Land, the First Cycle Era, and the Second Cycle Era were all suspended in the distant void, staring at this scene in astonishment.

"this-

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Everyone held their breath.

The diameter of the primordial universe is ten trillion light-years, a scale etched into the consciousness of all living beings.

The small universe that belongs to this individual has already reached three trillion light-years and is still approaching that legendary number at an alarming speed.

"My disciple's miniature universe—" Huangjian True God's voice was somewhat dry.

Compared to the small universe of an ordinary true god, which is only one hundred million light-years in diameter, this ever-expanding star before us has exceeded the scope of "vastness" and reached a level of conceptual incomprehensibility.

Only three months have passed.

Within a brief span of three months on Earth, under the seemingly endless infusion of energy, Huyanbo's miniature universe finally slowed down and stopped expanding, reaching its limit.

silence.

All the powerful beings who witnessed this scene, whether human or from other races, were utterly speechless.

Even though they watched it grow inch by inch, the sheer impact of the final number still left them deeply moved.

Ten trillion light-years.

It has the exact same diameter as the original universe.

"Can a cultivator's miniature universe really reach this level?" This deeply ingrained concept in the hearts of countless cultivators was silently crushed at this moment.

At this moment, the primordial ancestor's divine power avatar also quietly hovered in a corner of the void, gazing alone at the colossal star that had expanded to ten trillion light-years and was on par with the primordial universe.

The radiant light of the laws flowing along the cosmic membrane was vast and stable, radiating an aura of majesty that even he found oppressive.

No wonder—

The Primordial Ancestor murmured to himself, suddenly recalling a casual remark Huyan Bo had made when he accompanied Empress Fengdu to the Eastern Region—

"World Beasts grow too slowly, so there's not much motivation to feed them."

He now believes that statement 120% of the time.

Don't compare world beasts to Huyan Bo.

At this moment, his illusory clone in Fengdu City on the Origin Continent is sitting with Mohe in an open-air restaurant.

Mohe devoured a plate of meat chops made by an unknown beast, prepared by some eternal true god, muttering as he chewed, "These are still the most delicious. After eating those few Chaos Realm beasts, I was so full that my divine power was sluggish."

"You need to come out and catch your breath, and eat something that tastes good."

Yuanzu smiled, raised his cup and sipped slowly, but his gaze fell on Mohe.

In his perception, Mohe's aura was indeed still at the level of an Eternal True God, and breaking through to the Chaos Realm might not be far off.

But how long is "not far"?

Which era?

And what about Huyanbo?

It has only been a little over twenty centuries since he transcended reincarnation, yet he has already reached this point. By the time he has digested the gains from this breakthrough and takes another step forward, Mohe will probably not even be able to see his back anymore.

"Well, if only I had such talent—" the progenitor thought to himself.

Then there's really no need to rely on any realm beasts anymore.

It is itself the greatest miracle.

This transformation of the miniature universe is different from the past. As soon as it broke through, boundless energy descended from a mysterious place in the dark, pouring in frantically, which is why the expansion speed is so fast.

"Bomb One"

As energy was being channeled, an invisible connection was also established between Huyanbo's consciousness and that mysterious place. The instant their consciousnesses connected, a flood of information rushed in.

He immediately realized that this was the first and last time such a massive infusion of boundless energy would occur.

His miniature universe, reaching a diameter of ten trillion light-years, is the limit of individual universes that this original world can accommodate, placing it on par with the primordial universe.

More importantly, from then on, his miniature universe, like the original universe, had a definite upper limit on the energy it could contain.

This also explains why most of the primordial universe was dark and empty—energy is excrement.

As life in the universe continues to proliferate and the number of beings increases, the energy required will eventually approach or even exceed this limit. At that time, the dark and void will be forced to expand rapidly until it ultimately triggers the "Great Cataclysm" of the entire universe, returning it to chaos.

"But the original universe will perish because its will is vague and chaotic, and it cannot actively control itself."

"But I am different."

Hu Gongbo was clear-headed. He was the absolute master of this universe, able to restrain the development scale of its internal races, control the rhythm of energy consumption, and guide the universe toward balance.

"May my little universe last forever."

The connection between his consciousness and the mystical land continued to deepen, and more mysteries about the nature of the Lesser Universe flooded his understanding. Until his "vision" pierced through that connection, truly glimpsing the scene of that mystical land—

There, nine vast and boundless primordial avenues stand majestically.

Time, space, life, destruction, immeasurable, matter, extreme point, world, cause and effect.

Every great path has many forms that evolve, arise, and perish, intertwining with each other to form the most fundamental and magnificent picture of this world.

"With the guidance of this special inheritance, the Record of Cause and Effect, my understanding of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect is indeed much deeper than before."

Although "The Record of Cause and Effect and the Origin of Life" is a transmission that explains how the two great paths of cause and effect and life are combined, its analysis and guidance on each branch of each path are also detailed and thorough.

The fundamental Tao of life, its incarnation in the primordial universe, can be observed and comprehended at any time.

Therefore, as soon as Hu Gongbo's consciousness connected with this mysterious place, he focused all his attention on the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

In my mind, the profound words at the beginning of the "Record of Cause and Effect" flowed like a star map, echoing and resonating with the vast and endless Great Dao of Cause and Effect before me, which was interwoven with many phenomena.

Previously obscure and difficult-to-understand branches and threads have become clearly visible under the illumination of inheritance;

The many causal nodes and threads that Zeng Wu could only vaguely perceive now seemed to have come to life, actively revealing a deeper structure to him.

Observation and contemplation go hand in hand, and the guidance of inheritance and the manifestation of the Great Way complement each other.

As Hu Gongbo immersed himself in this state of rapid enlightenment, a strong intuition arose in his heart that perhaps he could once again make a profit.

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