Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

In the vast starry sky, a spaceship, trailing a long wake, is accelerating to its limit; below, a beautiful planet is rapidly shrinking.

"Approaching the speed of light, countdown: 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1... Entering the dark universe."

Electronic voices echoed in the spacecraft's main control room.

"Close the outdoor simulation." Sitting in the main seat of the control room was a chubby little boy with two purple spots on his round face and a pair of dark purple eyes that were squinting, making him look very cute.

Gao Sheng Wei Di is a member of the Wei Di family, which is quite famous throughout the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region.

Sitting in the large chair in the control room, the chubby boy's eyes darted around, seemingly lost in thought.

He is Gao Sheng Wei Di, but not the Gao Sheng Wei Di that others think he is.

Two years ago, Gao Sheng broke through to the planetary level in his mental power and formed a miniature planet in his sea of ​​consciousness when he suddenly fell into a coma, and another will entered his sea of ​​consciousness.

That will, also called Gao Sheng, consisted of two memories and two consciousnesses that fought for power in Gao Sheng's sea of ​​consciousness, and then, surprisingly, merged into one.

In that memory, there was also Gao Sheng Wei Di, as well as Earth, the Galactic Lord, the Primordial Universe, the Cosmic Sea, the Origin Continent...

"Are those things really true?"

The chubby boy was lost in thought.

"Unfortunately, although this strange event happened, it was of little use. I thought it was some great opportunity, but after cultivating, it was just ordinary, no different from before. I don't have any extraordinary talent at all."

"Well, it'll only be a few days. If we really encounter the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship on Qiulong Star, and there really is a Luo Feng there, then this memory should be real. I'll have to cling to this powerful figure. Perhaps, I might even have a chance to achieve immortality?"

A hint of anticipation appeared in Gao Sheng's eyes.

This time, it was the elder of the clan who did energy business on Qiulong Star who gave the go-ahead. Gao Sheng's father asked him to go to Qiulong Star to pay his respects to this senior. If he caught the eye of the elder, his father could also invest in him.

Gao Sheng has been born for twenty years. Since he reached the apprentice level and awakened his mental power at the age of twelve, although his mental power is not much, Gao Sheng's father is still very excited, thinking that he has given birth to a genius. He has invested the best resources to lay a foundation for his son. After all, most cultivators in this universe are martial artists, and mental masters are relatively rare. Moreover, mental masters have a very obvious advantage over martial artists.

Unfortunately, reality cruelly mocked him.

Six years! It took six years to go from apprentice level to planetary level.

In fact, it's quite common for children of large families in the universe to be planetary-level beings as young as eleven or twelve, or even seven or eight. With just a little money, an ordinary person can quickly become a planetary-level being within a few months!

However, the Wei Di family's bloodline is a bit special. According to the family's rules, the apprentice level is the foundation-building stage, and it is not allowed to use treasures and resources to improve strength. They can only absorb cosmic energy on their own.

Even so, reaching planetary level at eighteen is only slightly above the average level of the Wei Di family's children.

Does that count as talent?

It definitely counts. Gao Sheng's strength when he was an apprentice was enough to rank him among the top ten on the entire Jade Dragon Star.

It's important to know that out of the billions of people on Jade Dragon Star, 99% are at the apprentice level.

One in a billion!

Even among mentalists, such talent is one in a million.

Unfortunately, in the universe, being one in a million is useless; one is still just an ordinary person.

Only one person per generation in a galaxy can barely be called a genius, and have a sliver of hope of becoming a strongman!

Naturally, Gao Sheng's father no longer believed that Gao Sheng could achieve anything in cultivation, and had long since begun to cultivate him in the business field.

Therefore, the timing of this trip has nothing to do with Gao Sheng's own changes. If what he remembers is true, then he should still be able to meet that Galactic Lord.

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While the chubby boy was still lost in thought, a burly man standing to the left of the main control screen turned around and bowed slightly. "Young Master, the spaceship has entered the dark universe. It will take 11 days to reach Qiulong Star..."

Ansen, a level 8 martial artist of the Hengxing realm, has served Gao Sheng's father for over a thousand years and is one of Gao Sheng's most trusted subordinates.

Beside him, three equally burly men also bowed respectfully to Gao Sheng; they were Ansen's junior relatives.

"Okay, I understand." Gao Sheng nodded slightly.

"There's nothing to see in the Dark Universe, young master. Would you like to go back to your cabin to rest?" Anson said.

"It's alright. You can go and rest." Gao Sheng waved his hand, and the strong man and the three behind him bowed slightly and walked towards the rest cabin.

Whether it was Ansen or his three clansmen descendants, they were all under Gao Sheng's father's command; none of them were Gao Sheng's subordinates.

Because Gao Sheng is still a minor.

According to the rules of the Weidi family, one is considered an adult only when one reaches the seventh level of the planetary stage. After reaching adulthood, the family will allocate a life-bearing planet to one's name, and one will then be self-reliant.

Of course, that's just a saying. If someone can't break through to the Hengxing level even after several hundred years of promotion, the family won't care, but his father can still keep an eye on things.

"Once I reach the Planetary level, I can use auxiliary cultivation resources. However, at my cultivation speed, it will take at least ten more years to reach the seventh level of the Planetary level." Gao Sheng thought to himself as he took out a small bottle from his spatial ring and took a small sip of the liquid inside.

This is "Azure Wave Marrow," one of the most suitable treasures for planetary-level beings to enhance their physical energy. This 500-gram bottle costs over 400 million Black Dragon Coins, an amount that an ordinary planetary-level being could hardly earn in a lifetime! This is the treatment afforded to the scions of powerful families!

Gao Sheng put away the bottle, returned to his cabin, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to absorb cosmic energy.

Two hours later.

"Oh? Your physical strength has finally reached its limit, and you can break through to the planetary level?"

Sensing that the absorption of cosmic energy had completely stopped, the chubby boy was overjoyed and quickly calmed his mind to begin circulating his family's cultivation technique.

The lineage of the Weidi family presented no obstacle whatsoever for them to become planetary-level beings.

As the exercise was performed, countless latent energies surged and gathered throughout Gao Sheng's entire body, concentrating towards his lower abdomen.

"boom!"

The dantian, which had never existed before, suddenly opened! The rotating genetic energy accelerated its rotation, constantly expanding and contracting. Each expansion and contraction resulted in a smaller volume, eventually forming a miniature cyan planet.

"Oh? I was originally a wood elementalist." Gao Sheng was delighted.

Wood is a great physical attribute, as it grants strong vitality and rapid recovery from injuries!

"rise!"

In the blink of an eye, a wisp of genetic energy flew out of Gao Sheng's dantian, transforming his body.

Soon, his body also reached the first level of the planetary level.

Immediately afterwards, life energy hidden somewhere within Gao Sheng's body surged into his sea of ​​consciousness, rapidly transforming into mental power...

Gao Sheng is a mentalist. He was already at the second level of the planetary stage. As his body was strengthened by advancing to the first level of the planetary stage, his sea of ​​consciousness could withstand more mental power. The latent energy that he had not yet absorbed from the Wood Sprout Crystal Marrow and other materials he had used before was naturally released.

Mentalists are also martial artists, and their mental power is generally stronger than their martial arts strength.

However, how much higher depends on one's talent in mental power. Most mental power masters are one level higher, and some are two levels higher, which is considered to be a good talent, like Gao Sheng.

Those that are three levels higher are extremely rare.

There are also some mentalists who have awakened mental power, but not many. The strength of a mentalist is on the same level as that of a martial artist.

It was all over in less than an hour.

A new telekinetic planet is being formed.

Three psychic planets, one large and two small, at the planetary level, third tier!

He focused his inner energy on his dantian, observing the miniature planet.

The foundation of planetary-level martial artists: miniature Force planets!

The psychic planet is merely a special talent; the primal force planet is the foundation of a martial artist and also the foundation of a spiritualist.

Only when the Force is enhanced can the body and psychic abilities be enhanced.

The miniature planet appears to be a sphere, but it is actually a collection of tiny crystals made up of numerous cyan six-sided crystals.

"That's not right." Gao Sheng suddenly realized that inside the cyan miniature planet, there was an even smaller sphere, as fine as a speck of dust!

"What is this? This shouldn't be happening."

In all the cultivation information Gao Sheng knew, he had never heard of such a situation.

Suddenly, a voice like that of a metallic machine rang in Gao Sheng's mind.

"System deployment successful, functions normally. Please check it as soon as possible."

The system? A great joy at the promotion.

Gao Sheng waited for a while, but nothing unusual happened.

The system? Where is it?

Gao Sheng thought for a moment, then focused his mind on his dantian again, concentrating his consciousness on the tiny dust ball inside the miniature planet.

call!

The rising consciousness entered a strange space.

This is?

A perfectly square cube, one meter long, one meter wide, and one meter high.

Gao Sheng appeared in the middle of this cube.

Fortunately, it was only consciousness that entered; if it were to ascend to a higher level, I would probably have to curl up to contain it.

All six sides were flat and smooth, shimmering with a metallic luster, and the small space was filled with a misty fog.

At this moment, one of the six metal surfaces faintly emitted light, and soon formed a piece of text.

[Host Information]

Body: Planetary Level 1

Force: Planetary Level 1

Development level: 0.13

Mental Power: Planetary Level 3

Development level: 0.18

Willpower: Planetary Level 5

[Number of chances to participate in the lottery: 1]

[Number of evolution attempts: 1]

[Evolutionary Energy: 0/10000]

"Development level? Does that refer to the amplitude of physical exertion and mental power? I'm currently exerting 13 times the physical exertion and having an 18-fold mental power amplitude," Gao Sheng pondered.

"Yes, to be precise, one needs to increase the amplitude of power and psychic power by a hundredfold to be considered fully developed. Generally, only a World Lord can achieve this. The statements about development rates of 0.13 and 0.18 are also correct."

This level of skill is extremely rare, even among planetary-level standards.

However, as a member of a large family, the Wei Di family's bloodline, in terms of secret techniques, resources, and cultivation conditions, is far superior to that of ordinary planetary-level families. Within the Wei Di family's planetary-level system, it is only of the upper-class level, not the top-tier.

"Willpower, Planetary Level 5? Impossible!"

Speaking of willpower, Gao Sheng is a member of a large family, living a life of luxury. He doesn't put much effort into cultivation and has never experienced any life-or-death trials. How could he possibly have strong willpower?

"Could it be due to another memory?"

Gao Sheng pondered silently.

After waiting a while and nothing else happened, Gao Sheng's consciousness spoke up: "This is the system? How do I use it?"

"No, this is just the system's interface, the system world itself." The mechanical voice sounded again in Gao Sheng's consciousness. "Sorry, the initial startup after successful system embedding is slow; it has just entered an operational state. Only you can see this interface."

"Are you the system?" Gao Sheng was taken aback.

"My name is the Hyperdimensional Evolution System. Isn't that cool? As an experimental subject randomly selected in this universe, you can communicate with my consciousness, just like you would with your intelligent quantum computer. To be precise, I am not the system, I am the spirit of the system."

"A hyperdimensional evolution system?"

The mechanical voice suddenly rose in pitch, "Yes, beyond dimensions! As long as you provide enough energy, the system can project your consciousness into another dimension, to another world!"

Time travel? To another world?

I thought the system would have some incredible benefits, but what's the use of this?

The mechanical voice continued, "Don't think it's useless. The manifestation of laws and rules differs in different worlds, but their essence is the same!"

The law? Gao Sheng was taken aback; that was too far removed from him.

The mechanical voice continued: "By sensing and understanding the laws of other worlds and verifying them with each other, you will find it much easier to understand and grasp the rules of the universe than to confine yourself to cultivating within a single universe."

Gao Sheng interrupted, "Went to another world? Can he come back?"

"Of course you can. You are a life form in this primordial universe. The system is simply giving you a chance to experience other dimensional universes, not banishing you forever. Breaking through the dimensional barrier, you can only travel there in your consciousness. Once you arrive in another world, you can return whenever you wish."

Gao Sheng pondered deeply.

"Of course, you can't travel through time right now, and the system doesn't have that ability either. To truly travel through time, you need to have your own world. Only when the system's world and your world merge can this ultimate function be realized."

"The world of the system?" Gao Sheng was taken aback.

"Yes, this system is also a world, just like the world within the realm lord's body," the metallic voice said.

An inner world? There's such a small inner world? My spatial ring is much bigger than this, rising to the secret passage.

"So what's the use of this system now?"

A metallic voice rang out: "Host, your level is too low right now. The system's current function is to nurture you, and it only has two functions: lottery and evolution."

"The lottery system allows you to participate in one lottery draw for each major level you upgrade, up to a total of three draws."

"A larger level?"

"Wait a minute, I've just started up and I don't know anything about this universe yet..." the metallic voice said.

After a while, the metallic voice sounded again: "I have learned some information. To put it simply, you have just become a planetary level cultivator and can participate in one lottery. When you become a cosmic level cultivator, you can also participate in the lottery. You are very lucky because your universe's cultivation system is very detailed, so you should be able to complete the three lottery draws very quickly."

"What kind of prizes can we win in this lottery?"

The metallic voice said, "Since it's a lottery, it's random, of course. I don't know either. Each time you draw, you'll get a food item and a gift pack. Would you like to participate?"

"certainly."

"Then just click on the 'lottery' button."

Oh? Gao Sheng's consciousness clicked on the line "[Number of draws available: 1]".

The information became:

……

[Number of chances to participate in the lottery: 0]

[Safety Box: 2]

[Number of evolution attempts: 1]

[Evolutionary Energy: 0/10000]

Hmm? Gao Sheng, without any formal instruction, focused his attention on the words "safe deposit box" again.

……

[Safety Box: 2]

1: Rare food "Purple Fire Ape Wine" [Claim]

2：新人礼包（内含：A级战甲『黑神战衣』*1，B9级镭射枪*1，B级武器『飞月』*1）【领取】

Purple Fire Ape Wine? Gao Sheng was greatly surprised, then overjoyed.

System, amazing, truly amazing!

Gao Sheng knew about this Purple Fire Ape Wine; it was extremely rare and expensive!

It is said that one bottle costs hundreds of billions of Hunyuan units!

That's a mixed unit, a monetary unit that most people wouldn't even dare to think about or know about.

Gao Sheng only learned this after gaining access to another set of memories.

A single Primordial Unit can make a Realm Lord's eyes turn red, and can drive a Universe-level or even a Domain Lord mad!

Hundreds of billions!

Without saying a word, the chubby boy clicked on the button.

"System! Claim them all!"

The safe deposit box interface disappeared, and I returned to the initial interface.

The small "world" was empty, with only the words emitting a faint white light.

Hmm? Where is it?

The chubby boy got anxious.

A metallic voice rang out, "The prize you received isn't here; it's outside. This place can't hold it."

Gao Sheng didn't have time to think much; his consciousness returned.

In the dimly lit rest pod, on the ground, there was a black vest, a two-meter-long, silver-glowing technological artifact, and a golden disc the size of two palms with intricate patterns.

"Wine, where's my wine?" The chubby boy didn't have time to look at these things.

Okay, here, Gao Sheng sensed a warm aura emanating from the ground.

Get up!

With a thought, Gao Sheng summoned a tiny, pale red liquid the size of a little finger, which slowly rose and rested on his fingertip. Wisps of fire flickered inside, reflecting in Gao Sheng's pupils as if it were burning.

That's it? Just one drop?

Is this 1 ml?

Purple Fire Ape Wine costs hundreds of billions per bottle; it's not Black Dragon Coins, but Hunyuan Units.

Although we don't know how big the bottle is, this drop must be worth millions or even tens of millions of Mixed Yuan Units, right?

It is hundreds of thousands or even millions of times the total assets of the Wei Di family!

How do I use it? What should I do?

Gao Sheng's expression shifted as he fell into deep thought.

Emperor Wei, the ancestor of the Wei family, was a peak Realm Lord recognized by the Origin Law, ranking among the top three Realm Lords in the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire!

However, he is not usually in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Patriarch Pero Weidi, a peak Domain Lord, usually resides on the capital planet of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

As for how many World Lords, Domain Lords, and Universe-level figures the Wei Di family has, Gao Sheng doesn't know. He only knows that in their hometown, the Carlo Empire, the Wei Di family has four Universe-level elders, plus the Universe-level guest elders who have joined the Wei Di family, making a total of more than ten.

And Gao Sheng's father is a descendant of one of the four cosmic-level figures in his hometown, Galdo Wedi...

The Wei Di family owns over a million inhabited planets, scattered across thirteen star systems in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and the Carlo Empire. However, the true descendants of the Wei Di family number less than one hundred thousand, almost all of whom are planet lords, and these are not ordinary inhabited planets, but rather very advanced inhabited planets!

A planet with a million inhabitants is actually not many for a world-leading family that has existed for nearly ten million years.

Because the Vidi family is a business family, they are not particularly keen on expanding their planetary territory.

Does this family, with all its assets combined, have a hundred Hunyuan units?

Gao Sheng doesn't know; maybe he has one, maybe he doesn't. Even if he does, the vast majority of them are with our ancestors.

Unfortunately, Gao Sheng can't sell this drop of wine, and even the ancestor Emperor Wei can't sell it; he probably wouldn't even recognize it.

Moreover, why would I sell it?

After thinking for a long time, Gao Sheng raised his hand and drank the wine in one gulp.

Pah! This drop isn't even enough to moisten your throat. That's not drinking, that's licking.

The red liquid instantly melted in Gao Sheng's mouth, sweet and spicy, as if a warm current was flowing through his body.

The chubby boy smacked his lips twice, feeling an unforgettable aftertaste, his body and soul immersed in extreme comfort.

"So comforting, this tastes really good, I've never had such a delicious drink before."

Then, bang!

Gao Sheng got drunk.