Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

Inside the cabin, Gao Sheng took out the precious armor bestowed upon him by his teacher.

After so many days, it has finally been imprinted with a spiritual mark and successfully recognized its master. The armor has become ordinary.

"Give it a try."

Gao Sheng forced out his Force Armor and touched the cyan breastplate. The armor immediately melted into his body and extended into a cyan battle suit.

Then the color of the exterior kept changing.

"Similar to the Force suit, except it doesn't require the Force to operate."

Suddenly, Gao Sheng had a thought, and a shrunken brake appeared inside the cabin.

"Little snail, come and try."

The herbal extract also dissolved into Gao Sheng's body, and soon, Gao Sheng felt as if he had an extra warm and comfortable garment.

"It turns out we can actually use them together." Gao Sheng's face lit up with joy.

This is a treasure!

The Force Suit cannot be used together with the Bracer, and it's impossible to wear multiple Force Suit suits.

The Bracer Flower Suit replaces the function of the Force Suit.

But the teacher's armor can be used together, just like putting armor on the conch shell.

The rising primal force penetrated the armor, immediately revealing its internal secret patterns.

"It feels similar to the runes of Force weapons..."

Gao Sheng carefully sensed the secret runes and tried to penetrate them with his primal force. However, he could only penetrate a small portion of them before he could no longer proceed. He felt that the secret runes behind him were mysterious and unpredictable.

"Does it require the approval of the Law of Fire?"

"That's far from enough. The advantage is that you can wear the Spiral Flower Battle Suit inside, which is essentially putting armor on the Spiral Flower. This is much better than the Force Battle Suit."

Time passed day by day.

"We will soon begin our space travel, and you will then be able to see the Realm of Glory."

Gao Sheng and Ji Qing, who had just come out of their respective rest cabins, exchanged a glance.

Seeing that Ji Qing's gaze had completely calmed down and returned to its previous serene state, Gao Sheng was relieved.

The spaceship decelerated sharply, then shuddered slightly.

"Exterior scene simulation 100%," Yi Zhenghou commanded.

Whoosh! Everyone saw the drifting fog outside, the clouds of varying sizes, the planet slowly moving in the distance, and a continent!

Half of the starry sky was covered by this green and blue continent, like a wall in front of us.

The spaceship accelerated towards the mainland.

"This?" Gao Sheng and Ji Qing were both stunned.

"Is this the mainland? How big is it?" Gao Sheng asked, as it was impossible to estimate the size of a continent without knowing the distance.

Yi Zhenghou said, "This is the Dragon Iris Continent, a natural continent within the Glory Secret Realm, with a maximum width of approximately five trillion kilometers. Most of the Dragon Iris Continent remains in its original state, with only a very small portion being developed and used by the Alliance. The residences of all the core members of the Brave-level are concentrated in the Myriad Realms City on the Dragon Iris Continent."

Gao Sheng and Ji Qing both looked on curiously.

The spaceship traveled at near the speed of light for another three hours before plunging into the continental clouds. Soon after, a massive city appeared below.

"Some say the name 'City of Myriad Realms' comes from the fact that there are too many Realm Lords here," Yi Zhenghou laughed. "City of Myriad Realms is 500,000 kilometers long and wide, and contains 20 million manors, almost all of which are inhabited by Realm Lords."

"The Alliance has over 13 million brave-level members, the vast majority of whom are Realm Lords! Of course, they don't live here most of the time, but under normal circumstances, there are also over a million core Realm Lord members residing in the City of Myriad Realms."

"Not only the core members, but also many immortal gods, three-star mercenaries, two-star mercenaries, and quite a few internal members doing various jobs in the City of Myriad Realms."

Gao Sheng was astonished. The entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom only had a few World Lords, while the World Lords of this Myriad Realms City exceeded the number of World Lords in an entire universe kingdom. In terms of quality, they were far superior to the World Lords of the universe kingdom.

That makes sense. Companies like Virtual Universe and Giant Axe Arena each conduct two universe-wide selections every ten thousand years, absorbing 2000 core members each. In addition, there are core members selected through training camps and secret realms of the universe. The number is probably more than the number of genius battles and strongman battles combined. If we calculate based on the ten million lifespan of a realm lord, each company would probably absorb forty to fifty million core members. Only a very small number of them can become immortals, and most of them perish during the training process!

Those who didn't perish and remained at the Realm Lord level probably number in the tens of millions.

As far as Gao Sheng knew, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance was the largest of the five major forces in terms of numbers, and it also had more core members than the other four. It was not surprising that the Myriad Realms City had 20 million manors and residences.

The spaceship slowed down and flew past. Below, in the city, besides countless manors, there were wide avenues and various other buildings. Clearly, this Myriad Realms City was not just for living and cultivation.

Soon, the spaceship hovered above a manor, which was about thirty kilometers long and wide, with a castle in the middle covering nearly a hundred square kilometers. There were also some people looking up at the spaceship.

Gao Sheng knew that those people were servants who managed the manor, not guards; the manor in the Myriad Realms City did not have a guard.

However, the real-world residences are much larger than those on Lucky Island in the virtual universe, where Brave-class members live in apartment buildings.

"We've arrived at Manor No. 4514486. Ji Qing, you may leave now."

"Yes! Thank you, Marquis Yizheng." Ji Qing bowed.

"Goodbye!" Gao Sheng said.

"Goodbye!" Ji Qing gave Gao Sheng a deep look before turning and flying out of the cabin.

The hatch closed, and the spacecraft accelerated again.

After accelerating through an acceleration channel above the City of Myriad Realms, they re-entered the Dark Universe.

Five hours later, the spaceship had traveled thousands of light-years and returned to its original universe.

"This is incredible." Gao Sheng looked at the spaceship ahead.

In the void, a huge halo emitted a strong light. At the center of the halo was a perfectly black circle, like a huge black planet. At the same time, a bright halo stretched across the front of the black planet.

"Is that a black hole?"

"That's right," said Yi Zhenghou. "The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, with its geniuses at the Valiant level and above, resides around this black hole. This place is the core of the entire Glory Secret Realm and the place with the most concentrated primordial energy of the universe."

Gao Sheng then noticed that all the planets, large and small, surrounding the black hole were slowly rotating in one direction.

Of course, that's because we're still too far away now; the actual operating speed should be quite astonishing.

"Most of those small planets are natural planets, which have been transformed into monitoring and protection systems. The planets you live on are three artificial planets," said Yi Zhenghou, pointing to one of the obviously larger planets.

"From here, we can only see two; the other one is currently behind the black hole."

The spaceship was stationary when it emerged from the dark universe. Under the gravitational pull of the black hole, it accelerated faster than usual. At this point, it turned slightly and flew towards one of the planets.

Two hours later, the spaceship entered the planet's atmosphere, quickly passed through the clouds, and appeared below the spaceship a beautiful continent, just like a normal life-bearing planet.

Only the ubiquitous, dense mist of primordial energy reveals this place as a cosmic secret realm.

The spaceship flew slowly beneath the clouds, looking down at the dense forest below. Occasionally, a vast grassland, spanning hundreds of kilometers in radius, would appear in the forest, dotted with castles and towers of various shapes and sizes.

"This planet is called Heroic Star, and the other two are naturally called Glorious Star and Radiant Star," Yi Zhenghou laughed. "Actually, the three planets are the same size, all with a diameter of 300,000 kilometers."

"The difference lies in the number of residents. Excluding guards and servants, there are 11,300 members of the Valiant class, 1,130 of the Glorious class, and 113 of the Radiant class."

"11,300 people?"

"Yes, the number of slots for each level is fixed. The Valiant level has a fixed number of 10,000 World Lords, 1,000 Domain Lords, and 300 Universe-level slots. Once someone breaks through, upgrades, or dies, the slots will be adjusted immediately," said Yi Zhenghou.

Gao Sheng was puzzled: "Immediate adjustments? No qualifying rounds?"

"Qualifying matches?" Yi Zhenghou chuckled. "The alliance doesn't have qualifying matches, only ranking matches."

"Ranked matches?"

"Yes, like your universe-level, the ranking battle is held once every hundred years. Each level usually has a ranking. For example, if a Glorious Domain Lord breaks through to World Lord, or is confirmed to have fallen, then there will be one less Glorious Domain Lord, and the number one ranked person in the Valiant level will immediately fill the vacancy. Similarly, the highest ranked person in the Brave level will also be promoted to the Valiant level," said Yi Zhenghou. "This ranking battle is a competition to re-rank people."

"So that's how it is... Doesn't that mean there's one more Glory-level Realm Lord?" Gao Sheng asked.

"The extra ones will be ranked last, but they won't be immediately removed from the rankings. They'll be adjusted in the next ranking battle... but usually, we won't be able to wait until the next one," Yi Zhenghou said with a smile. "You'll find out about these things when you enter the virtual universe. Many functions will be updated after you arrive at your residence."

Before long, a beautiful manor came into view.

"We've arrived."

"This is Manor No. 2806 assigned to you," said Yi Zhenghou. "Remember, on Heroic Star, you'd better stay in your own manor, which has comprehensive living and training facilities."

"Can't we leave?" Gao Sheng was taken aback.

"It is permissible, but without the other party's consent, entering another person's estate is strictly prohibited."

The spaceship quickly flew downwards.

Manor No. 2806 was the residence assigned to Gao Sheng.

Gao Sheng and Yi Zhenghou flew out of the cabin, and below the manor, eleven other people also flew up.

"Your Highness!"

It was Elsie Alves, the captain of the manor guard, and ten space warriors under his command.

"Hello, Elsie." Gao Sheng nodded with a smile.

Elsie exclaimed with delight, "Your Highness, I'm finally meeting you in real life!"

Yi Zhenghou said, "Gao Sheng, I have completed my mission by delivering you here. Remember, first, there is no fighting on the planet; second, you must not leave your home planet without permission, and you must not approach that black hole. Even immortal gods will die if they enter the eye of the black hole. Those below the realm lord level will be torn to shreds before they even enter the eye of the black hole."

"Understood, Marquis Yizheng, thank you." Gao Sheng bowed in the air.

"You will receive an email soon with detailed information." Marquis Yi nodded slightly, flew into the spaceship, and quickly left.

"Your Highness, let me introduce you," Elsie said with a smile.

"Okay." Gao Sheng and the guards flew down, their feet firmly planted on the ground.

……

Manor No. 2806 has a maximum diameter of 100 kilometers. In front of the manor is a castle that is more than ten kilometers long and wide, with luxurious and complete facilities inside.

Behind the manor lies a vast training ground, occupying most of the manor.

Currently, the estate is occupied by Gao Sheng, a valiant member, eleven members of the manor guard, and three hundred servants who manage the manor.

The entire estate, spanning nearly 10,000 square kilometers, is Gao Sheng's territory.

This area is more than enough for a universe-level or even a domain lord, but it's just average for a world lord.

Of course, for this artificial planet with a diameter of 300,000 kilometers, more than 10,000 such manors only take up a tiny fraction of the space. The rest of the area, apart from a very small portion that is other functional areas of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, is all forests, oceans, and so on.

Gao Sheng and his party entered the castle, where there was a tower in the center.

The guards all stopped in front of the tower.

"Your Highness, we cannot enter here. Only Your Highness may enter," Elsie said, bowing.

"Okay, you're free to do as you please. Just do what you normally do and don't worry about me."

"Yes."

Gao Sheng entered the inner city alone, secretly complaining to himself.

The manor of Valiant Star is only equipped with a Domain Lord Guardian, while the Glorious level would probably need a Domain Lord Captain, and the Radiant level would need an Immortal Guardian.

Anyway, there's nothing worth guarding here. If something really happens, even a domain lord won't be of any use.

The true protectors of the three planets are definitely not these guard teams.

Of course, some people are still useful if they can be used.

Gao Sheng went directly to the lounge on the second floor of the tower.

Xiao Ai suddenly said, "Master, there's an email, an email from the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, it's very important."

"Oh? Let me see."

Xiao Ai used the quantum computer to project a light screen.

Core members promoted:

You have completed your thirty years of cultivation in Chaos City and are about to begin your formal cultivation life as a core member of the universe...

The email was very long, explaining in detail all aspects of the cultivation and life of core members at the cosmic level.

It took Gao Sheng quite a while to finish reading it.

"Let's go to Lucky Island."

"Yes."

Xiao Ai was also very curious.

Connecting to the virtual universe, Gao Sheng appeared directly on the lawn in front of his villa on Lucky Island.

He entered his study and turned on the black box on the table.

"Let's see what new features have been added?"

The previous menu items, including "Tutorials," are gone, and a new "Admin Panel" has been added.

Under "Backend Management" are three main categories.

"Life", "Learning", "Cultivation".

Gao Sheng looked at each item one by one.

"Life" includes all sorts of miscellaneous items, such as spaceships, star maps, food, weapons and armor, and nutrient tanks. You can make requests directly, and they are mostly free. Of course, the free items won't be very high-level, such as some C-level and D-level items, and the quantity also needs to be reasonable. As for E-level weapons and spaceships, you still need to use points.

"Learning" includes both theory and practice. The theory is the previous "teaching," which is the curriculum arrangement of general courses.

The "Practice" consists of three parts: "Bridge to Heaven", "Sea of ​​Illusions", and "Altar of Immortality".

The Illusionary Sea tests the cultivator's strength of consciousness and willpower.

The Immortal Altar tests physical strength.

"The Illusionary Sea? The Immortal Altar?" Xiao Ai exclaimed. "I didn't expect that besides the Bridge to Heaven, there would be an Illusionary Sea and an Immortal Altar? And points too?"

"This 'cultivation'?" Gao Sheng clicked on it.

Below are three items: "Current Ranking", "Cultivation Tasks", and "Ranking Tasks".

"Rankings?"

Gao Sheng clicked on it to take a look.

"Radiant Class NO.1: Asaran, Warrior, passed through the seventh level of the Giant Axe Sky Bridge..."

"Radiant-level NO.2: Gneem, a mentalist, passed through the seventh level of the Heavenly Ruins Bridge..."

"Radiant Class NO.3: Valo, Warrior, passed through the seventh level of the Wind Shadow Sky Bridge..."

"Glory-level NO.4: Modi, Martial Artist, passed through the seventh level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge..."

……

……

"Heroic Class NO.333: Cardan, Warrior, passed through the fourth level of the Dragon's Sky Bridge..."

"Heroic Level NO.334: Promotion, Spiritual Master, Passed the Seventh Level of the Mother Ancestor's Sky Bridge..."

……

Bravery Level NO.1000: Wu Yu, Warrior, passed the fourth level of the Giant Axe Sky Bridge.

This ranking list includes not only names, but also simple information such as the levels of the "bridge to heaven" that they have crossed.

As Gao Sheng looked through the list, he saw that it included all the Radiant, Glorious, and Heroic cosmic-level members. As for the Brave rank, since it only listed the top 1000, only a small number of the top-ranked members were included, and Ji Qing was not seen.

"I've passed the seventh level. It seems all the core members of the cosmic level know about it."

"3 people at the Glorious level, 30 people at the Glory level, and 300 people at the Valiant level?" Gao Sheng nodded.

As Yi Zhenghou mentioned before.

The top three levels of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance have the same number of cosmic-level members as the Virtual Universe Company, and the same number of world lord and domain lord-level members.

However, the total number of core geniuses in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance on Lucky Island is slightly more than that of the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena. The extra members are mostly the lowest-level members. The number of truly core members who have been cultivated at great expense is the same.

Xiao Ai laughed and said, "The seventh level of the Bridge to Heaven, including you, makes a total of seven. It seems that you can at least rank seventh in the promotion."

"What's the point of being seventh? I need to play at least two ranked matches to reach the Glorious rank." Gao Sheng shook his head. "Do you have any information about ranked matches?"

Xiao Ai said, "Take a look at the ranking tasks."

When Gao Sheng opened the window, it was very simple, with only two items.

"Fifty-two years until the next ranked battle?"

If all goes well, I can reach the Glorious level in just over 150 years and give my teacher a good laugh.

"But I'm afraid I can't wait that long," Gao Sheng thought to himself.

Gao Sheng was still thinking about Pansy's treasure, but he wasn't prepared to stay at the cosmic level for long.

"Is there another quest in Tongtian Mountain?"

Gao Sheng looked at the second task.

"Heroic Tongtian Mountain: Only members of the Brave rank can undertake this mission. Completing the Heroic Tongtian Mountain mission will earn you 1,000 points, which will allow you to become a Heroic rank member..."

"Glorious Tongtian Mountain: Only Brave and Valiant members can undertake this mission. Completing Glorious Tongtian Mountain will earn you 10,000 points, which will grant you the title of Glorious Member..."

"Radiant Tongtian Mountain: All core members can undertake this mission. Completing Radiant Tongtian Mountain will earn 100 million points (issued after becoming a Realm Lord), granting the member the Radiant Level..."

Gao Sheng smiled; it must be the same plane of existence, just with a different name.