Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

The Carlo Empire is one of the largest primary universe nations under the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, encompassing twenty-six star systems.

However, this does not mean that all the inhabited planets in these twenty-six star systems belong to the Carlo Empire. The Wei Di family has millions of inhabited planets distributed across thirteen star systems, five of which are within the Carlo Empire. Within these five star systems, the vast majority of inhabited planets belong to the Wei Di family's territory. Some of these planets are registered in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and are not under the jurisdiction of the Carlo Empire.

Where a life-bearing planet is registered is only related to trade tariffs.

That's normal, just like how Luo Feng, the Earth Lord, isn't under the jurisdiction of the Silver Blue Empire.

In the universe, the size of one's territory is directly proportional to their strength. Although the Carlo Empire was founded by a very powerful realm lord, it has been around for too long, and its strongest being now is only a domain lord. If no realm lord appears for a long time, its directly subordinate planets will gradually decline, and it is quite normal for it to eventually lose its status as a primary universe nation.

If the Weidi family wishes to concentrate their territory in several neighboring star systems, they could also create a primary cosmic nation.

Within the Rota system of the Carlo Empire, the vast majority of the more than 130,000 inhabited planets belong to the Wei Di family, and Wei Hu Star is the most important planet in the Rota system.

At this moment, a silver D9-class spaceship approached Weihu Star.

"Planetary base control signal detected."

"Authentication successful."

"Control has been transferred."

In the control room, after the spaceship's intelligent continuous electronic voice, a virtual female face appeared on the large screen, saying, "Welcome home, Elder Gaosheng."

Whoosh! The planetary base controlled the silver spaceship, which glided across half the planet and entered the thick clouds.

The clouds quickly dispersed, revealing a vast, checkerboard-like continent below the spaceship, with many other enormous spaceships taking off and landing.

"This is Weihu Star? This doesn't seem to be a city," Nansi said, looking at the scenery below.

Gao Sheng said, "Weihu Star is different from ordinary life-bearing planets. Entering Weihu Star requires authorization, and it does not accept foreign spaceships. There are also very few residents on the planet. This area below is all storage bases."

As they spoke, the spaceship slowly descended, and the exterior view was turned off.

Gao Sheng led Nan Si towards the exit corridor, talking as they walked.

"Weihu Star was the first planet owned by my family's ancestor."

"Later, our ancestor relocated all the inhabitants, and no ordinary people lived on Weihu Star anymore. This continent we are on now is the largest storage and transit base for our family among the hundreds of star systems in the surrounding area."

"Although there are few residents on Weihu Star, it is heavily guarded. Most of our family's dozen or so elders in the Carlo Empire live here."

Gao Sheng put away the spaceship with his backhand and looked up to see three people flying towards him at high speed.

"Promotion!"

"Promoted to Elder!"

The three landed, all with smiles on their faces, displaying great enthusiasm.

It should be noted that after the events in the Realm Within a Realm, the Wei Emperor family reaped tens of trillions of cosmic coins! Less than half a percent was distributed to the soldiers; eight or nine tenths were divided among the elders.

More than a hundred elders, some of whom have amassed hundreds of billions, and others have amassed tens of billions, have all become two-star clients of the two major banks.

They all knew this was mainly due to Gao Sheng's promotion, so how could they not be enthusiastic?

"Gordo, Elder Dre, Elder Buka! Just call me Gao Sheng." Gao Sheng introduced with a smile, "This is Nan Si, a newly joined member of our family, a first-level elite."

Nan Si bowed and said, "Greetings, three elders."

Dre and Buka's eyes lit up: "Level 1 elite? Not bad."

Then he added, "Gao Sheng, don't call us elders, just call us by our names."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Gao Sheng said, "The three of you, I won't disturb you any longer. Nan Si and I will go to the Second Continent first."

"Haha, good, we should get together sometime. The other elders will definitely want to see you too."

"must."

Gao Sheng and Nan Si took off and flew south.

Since the stars are on inhabited planets, there's no need for spaceships.

The diameter of Weihu Star is only a little over 16,000 kilometers. At full speed, it can complete a revolution in ten minutes.

As they flew, Gao Sheng said, "Weihu Star has three continents. This is the third continent, and it's all warehouse bases like these. There are about 200,000 people on Weihu Star, and they mostly live here."

This was actually Gao Sheng's first time visiting Weihu Star, but as an elder, he naturally knew about the planet's intelligence.

"The second continent we are heading to is where the family training camp is located."

"As for the First Continent, it is a place for secluded cultivation. Many universe-level and even domain lords in the family have broken through in seclusion on the First Continent."

"On the First Continent, there is also a World of Mighty Tigers."

"Tiger World?" Nan Si asked, puzzled.

"It's similar to the Thunder World, with many star-level ferocious beasts roaming inside for the training camp students to use in actual combat. It's just not as big as the Thunder World, but there's no dangerous environment," Gao Sheng said with a smile.

"Wow, that's amazing! Hundred Tigers Tower has such a world, I never thought our family had one too," Nan Si exclaimed in amazement.

Creating a world is easy for a world lord, and if the items that carry the world are made large, the material cost is not high.

The main expense at this point is the cosmic crystals used to form the world; the larger the world, the more cosmic crystals are needed.

Although the Tiger World is not large, it contains tens of millions of cubic meters of cosmic crystals, which are the most important treasures on Tiger Star.

Gao Sheng and Nan Si flew slowly, and soon they flew over an ocean.

"So beautiful!" Nan Si exclaimed.

Below, a vast forest appeared, with meandering rivers and numerous lakes of varying sizes, some of the trees reaching hundreds of meters in height.

In the jungle and along the lake shore, one can occasionally see villas and estates, partially hidden by trees.

"The entire Second Continent is the training camp for the Wei Di family. There are just over two thousand people on the whole continent," Gao Sheng said.

"So few? When I was at Hundred Tiger Tower, there were tens of thousands of our batch of Eternal Star Elites, and we were replaced every few decades."

Gao Sheng laughed and said, "The Hundred Tigers Pavilion and other major organizations search for elite geniuses in more than 8,000 star systems in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region. Our family only recruits geniuses in our own territory, which can be barely counted as seven or eight star systems, so of course it's less."

"Most of these two thousand-plus people are core members of the Wei Di family. Anyone who becomes a member of the Heng Xing level can come to cultivate, but they can only stay for a maximum of a hundred years. Therefore, the vast majority of them cannot be considered elites."

"Right now, there are only about thirty truly elite geniuses and core members in the training camp, all of whom are level three elites. You are the only level one elite," Gao Sheng said with a smile.

Nan Si smiled broadly, secretly feeling a little smug.

"So although my Weidi family's training camp has fewer elites, its resources are far superior to those of the major organizations, and the probability of becoming a cosmic-level expert is much higher," Gao Sheng boasted.

After flying thousands of kilometers, Nan Si saw a large square, over a hundred kilometers wide, appearing in the distance, with some figures vaguely visible on it.

Gao Sheng stopped and said, "That's where the training camp members gather, so we won't go there for now. Let's just find an empty villa to stay in."

"I'll find it." Nan Si, riding a high spur, flew around everywhere.

A few minutes later, Nan Si found a plateau mountain with a flat summit covering hundreds of square kilometers. A three-story villa was hidden in the mountain forest, with waterfalls and streams cascading down the cliffs on all sides, and clouds and mist rising, making it look like a fairyland.

"This is where we'll be living in the future," Nan Si said, hugging Gao Sheng's neck with a happy expression.

"Uh, Nansi, we're here to cultivate, not for a honeymoon," Gao Sheng said helplessly.

"Really?" Nan Si's charming smile almost melted Gao Sheng's heart.