Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

The distribution port of the third continent of Weihu Star.

An E-class spaceship bearing the logo of Virtual Universe landed, and three staff members stepped out of the hatch.

Gao Sheng had been waiting for this all along.

"Identity confirmed, transaction complete."

A pile of six large boxes was packed away by Gao Sheng.

"Dear guest, thank you for your support of our Virtual Universe company." After the head staff member politely bid farewell, the spaceship quickly took off.

"Let's go!" Gao Sheng excitedly flew towards his villa residence on the second continent.

Inside the villa's secret room, Nan Si watched curiously as Gao Sheng opened the boxes one by one.

Inside the four boxes were individual boxes, and in each box was a delicate fruit.

"These are called Lan Ke Fruits. Give one to your Snow Taro Vine every ten days. After you finish these, you'll be able to reach at least the sixth level of the Universe level." Gao Sheng put away the two hundred boxes and said to Nan Si, "If we reach the Universe level, we can use them ourselves."

"Oh." Nansi put away the remaining half. "How much is one of these?"

"18 billion cosmic coins per coin."

Nan Si was taken aback. Could such a single fruit be worth hundreds of inhabited planets?

Fortunately, she is also a billionaire with a net worth of trillions.

The fifth box contained a perfectly round black disc, over a meter in diameter and only a palm's width thick, with rounded sides, somewhat resembling a disc-shaped spaceship.

The entire disc was covered with intricate patterns of laws, exuding a warm and gentle aura.

"The Fire Disc." Gao Sheng carefully studied the disc. With it, he could better cultivate the One-Line Flow. Previously, it was a martial artist's way of cultivation, but using flying weapons offered another way to cultivate.

The sixth box contained only a small box. When they opened it, Gao Sheng and Nan Si were both stunned.

So beautiful! An olive-shaped crystal the size of a little finger, with many smooth facets on the surface, and a hazy blue light shining through the inside, with faint wisps of water flowing and reflecting on the facets like twinkling stars.

"Young master, is this for me?" Nan Si reached out and stroked the crystal, her eyes filled with infatuation.

Immediately afterwards, Nansi's little hand was slapped by a big hand, and Nansi's little mouth pouted.

Gao Sheng reached out and touched the crystal. The Force permeated the crystal, and a trace of life energy slowly flowed into his body.

Sure enough, I immediately sensed another kind of law fluctuation in the surrounding space, even clearer than the law of wood, and almost as clear as the law of fire.

Even after Gao Sheng withdrew, the feeling was still there, but the fluctuations were much more blurred, leaving only a faint trace.

"Nan Si, take out your Heart of the Stars."

"Oh." Nansi stretched out her hand, and a moment later, the Star Heart, which was a size larger than the Heart of the Ocean, appeared in her palm.

It's almost unchanged from when the Southern Silk was stored away last time. It's probably a little smaller, but you can't tell at all. The amount of energy absorbed by the Hengxing Star is less than one ten-thousandth.

Gao Sheng put away the Heart of the Stars and placed the Heart of the Ocean in Nan Si's palm.

"Using this for cultivation will be a little slower than using the Heart of the Stars, but it has additional benefits."

Nan Si beamed and gave Gao Sheng a quick kiss: "Young Master, I love you! How much is this?"

"Keep it a secret."

"snort!"

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Two months later.

Black Dragon Mountain Empire, Imperial Capital Star.

On the top floor of the skyscraper where Pero was located, an incredibly muscular, bald man sat opposite Pero.

The burly man's eyes faintly burned with flames, and there was a flame mark between his eyebrows.

"Pero, these are my terms for the acquisition. It's up to you whether you agree or not. Or, why don't you ask Brother Wei Di for instructions? I only contacted you because I couldn't reach him." The burly man looked at Pero with a half-smile.

Pero said without changing his expression, "The conditions are acceptable, but Lord Ammons, the transfer of the planet involves settling many administrative staff, which is not something that can be done in a short time."

"Good, that's straightforward! Those are matters for the subordinates. Let them handle the contract details. I'm leaving." With a flash of red light, Ammonz disappeared.

Pero looked at the horizon, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"This is the third one. It seems the news has already spread among the higher-ups of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire... Hmm? Is it finally about to begin?"

In the virtual universe, in the Jiuxingwan residential area, Perot walked out of his villa and looked at the sky.

Above Black Dragon Mountain Island in the night sky, an enormous black banner with glowing edges appeared out of thin air. On this entirely black banner were characters that emitted a dazzling white light.

"Universe Humanity - Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses"

"Once in a million years!"

"Coming soon!"

"Organized by Virtual Universe Corporation, in conjunction with all the nations of the universe!"

"You're a genius? Can't find any opponents of your level and rank? Then join the 'Peak Genius Battle,' where billions of geniuses from countless universes across the cosmos will engage in fierce battles!"

"For more details, please visit the official website of 'Virtual Universe Network' through the virtual assistant."

……

The entire Heilongshan Island was in an uproar. Countless people came out of villas, apartments, hotels, shopping malls, and the crowds on the streets, all looking up at the huge notice.

"The battle of the ultimate geniuses is about to begin? Hahaha! This is going to be insane!"

"A battle of billions of geniuses from all the universes?"

"A grand gathering of the human race!"

……

This scene also occurred simultaneously on other islands, the Qianwu Continent, and all the way to all 1008 universe kingdoms.

At the entrance to the killing field on Black Dragon Mountain Island, Thor was also reading the contents of the notice.

"The Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses? Kid, you absolutely have to participate. It's a rare opportunity!" the old man roared.

……

A vast divine kingdom, with an endless, enormous black mountain range, is known as 'Black Dragon Mountain'.

"You embody the glory of my Black Dragon Mountain Empire."

A deep, hoarse voice rang out.

A towering, muscular man, clad entirely in black scale armor and sporting a single black dragon horn on his forehead, stood there, the surrounding space seeming to solidify. A group of realm lords stood around him, utterly respectful. Before this being, these realm lords dared not show the slightest disrespect. The sheer, subtly emanating immense power alone was enough to send shivers down their spines.

"Go forth and fight for the glory of Black Dragon Mountain!"

This was said by a giant god who seemed to have created the world.

"Yes, Lord God."

Nearly a thousand young people at the Hengxing level knelt there, extremely respectful and excited.

……

On a giant planet, in a square spanning thousands of square kilometers, tens of thousands of star-level youths stood in neat formation.

"You are the elite seeds selected by Hundred Tigers Tower for this generation. Everyone must participate in the Peak Genius Battle! Hundred Tigers Tower will set up an additional special award; the higher your ranking in the preliminary rounds, the greater the reward!"

The sound, like the roar of thunder, echoed in the ears of tens of thousands of young people.

……

"You are the most elite young generation of my Yu Ke family. I dare not hope that you can make it through the preliminaries, but whoever can break into the top 10,000 in their own preliminary zone, that... will be the second patriarch of the Yu Ke family!" Yu Ke stood in front of more than a thousand young people, speaking with anticipation, but his eyes were on one person below.

Pula Yuke is Yuke's disciple, but he is not Yuke's direct descendant. However, he is still a member of the Yuke family and is the second most important person in the family.

"yes!"

The Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land only sent a few hundred people, but the Yu Ke family actually sent more than a thousand. They really have no sense of proportion and are just giving away points.

……

On Weihu Star, Gao Sheng flew out of the volcanic crater and saw Nan Si waiting for him in the air. The two flew together towards the second continent.

A few minutes later, more than two thousand Eternal Star-level cultivators stood in neat rows on the large training ground.

"Promoted to Elder!"

"Senior Sister!"

……

All the more than a thousand stars bowed respectfully.

Gao Sheng and Nan Si landed, smiling and greeting everyone.

Gao Sheng rarely comes here, but Nan Si comes quite often.

……

A moment later, a streak of light appeared on the horizon and landed on the high platform in front of the square.

"Elder!"

Talo stood with his hands behind his back and announced loudly, "The Ultimate Battle of Human Geniuses in the Universe is open to all members within the Hengxing Star System!"

"As for you core members, the top 100 will all participate; for the rest, it's voluntary!"

"Go forth and fight for the glory of my Wei Di family!"

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison. Even those who weren't in the top 100 had fighting spirit in their eyes.

Talo glanced at the more than one thousand people, his eyes filled with anticipation as he looked at Gao Sheng and Nan Si.

Gao Sheng goes without saying. Even Nan Si, who recently touched upon the laws and became a top-tier elite and a second-level member of the family, brought him an unexpected surprise.