Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

72th World Zone.

Gao Sheng wore a second-tier battle suit, stood on a nine-sided shield, carried the Serpentfire Realm on his shoulder, and had the Azure Flame Sword on his back. A crescent moon surrounded him as he walked along the long, curved corridor, with a sparse trail of corpses behind him.

Because he was not yet familiar with the Fire Plate, Gao Sheng chose the Nine-Edged Shield, and was otherwise fully armed.

"The Planet Tower, it's insane! All 82 billion people live in this one building."

This planetary building, with its countless corridors, rooms, halls, staircases, and courtyards, is practically an incomparably enormous maze.

"No rush, there's not much to distribute ahead. Let's clear this area and rest after we've finished."

Gao Sheng used his telekinetic powers to scan both rooms.

Every room was full of people!

"Bang!" Within a hundred meters, several room doors opened, and several contestants rushed out at the same time, immediately engaging in a fierce battle.

A short man rushed out of the room on the left.

"You dare to use telekinesis to sweep around, kid, you're pretty arrogant..."

A crescent moon streaked across the sky like lightning, and before the short man could even make a move, he was already another corpse in the corridor, his wide-open eyes still seeming to hold the resentment of unfinished words.

"Hopefully someone will let me use the Serpent Fire Realm." Gao Sheng glanced around and continued forward.

……

Outside the massive planetary building, an even larger invisible membrane wall envelops it, with spaceships of various sizes slowly patrolling around.

On one of the magnificent spaceships, Sasana and Lanluo, along with Rod, Shui Lan'er, and Lingduo, were searching for the battle behind the layers of glass of the distant planetary skyscraper.

"Where can I find this?" Sasha pouted.

"Sister Nansi's ranking is so high, how come Young Master's ranking is so low?" Ina asked.

"Hong and Lei Shen's rankings are also good, but Luo Feng's ranking is even lower than Young Master's."

"Young Master, who knows which room he's resting in?" Sasha chuckled.

Rod said, "He's just lazy."

In the 66th World Zone, nine kilometers above the continent, there was another spaceship. The blue-haired youth, Nan Cheng, looked down with delight, "Found her! My sister's here!"

Below, on a city street, a misty, southern-style domain stretched for two hundred meters, and a crescent moon, like a nimble fish, swiftly reaped lives.

Nan Cheng immediately ordered the spaceship to zoom in, until he could clearly see his sister's face. He looked at Nan Si with adoration, his heart bursting with joy.

……

Time passed day by day.

Eighth day.

Above the 61st World Zone, inside a magnificent spaceship, a group of wealthy and powerful young men from prominent families enjoyed a meal while watching the battle below through a virtual environment.

"Brolin, why don't I see anyone from your Black Dragon Mountain Empire in the top 1001?" A man in a magnificent robe looked at Brolin not far away.

"Yes, Brolin."

"It seems that no one from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire made it into the top 10,000 last time."

"In recent cycles, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire has performed poorly."

Brolin forced a smile, though he was actually quite frustrated inside. "It's only just begun, so it's hard to say what will happen."

"Look, look! Brolin! One of your Black Dragon Mountain Empire's princes has broken into the top 1000!" Suddenly, a prince from a certain empire shouted.

"Oh?" Brolin's eyes lit up.

On the large screen beside them, the names of various empires were listed, including "Black Dragon Mountain Empire has passed the preliminary selection (temporarily): 1".

"Hurry up and open it," Brolin said.

drop.

A small screen appeared next to the giant screen, displaying a line of data.

"Rank 999, World Zone 66: Southern Silk Road (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)"

"Haha, this Nan Si is a genius carefully cultivated by my Black Dragon Mountain Empire." Brolin laughed.

At the same moment, countless organizations that were paying attention to this battle of geniuses quickly recorded Nan Si's name.

However... those who were truly excited were the citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, as well as some high-ranking figures.

"Haha, someone's broken into the top 1000. Quick, check who this Nan Si is."

"Someone from our Black Dragon Mountain Empire has also broken into the top 1000."

"Southern Silk! Southern Silk!"

……

In the virtual universe of Heilongshan Island, countless people gathered in various commercial plazas, cheering as they watched the large screens displayed on the exterior of the commercial buildings.

In a luxurious bar, members of the Tiger Star training camp—those who didn't participate and those who were eliminated—gathered for a get-together.

"Senior Sister, you're amazing!"

"Go, Senior Sister!"

"Senior Sister! I love you!"

*Smack!* The girl who loved Senior Sister Ai got a big slap on the shoulder. "Don't talk nonsense!"

……

In the Hundred Tigers Pavilion, a domain lord with scales on his face looked at the list.

"Nansi? No way, it must just be a coincidence of names."

If it really is that Nan Si, he's probably in big trouble.

In the luxurious and spacious hall of another super-large spaceship, thousands of people were sitting. Not only were the royal family and high-ranking officials of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, but also the Ice Sea Divine Kingdom, the four major organizations, the sixteen realm master families, more than five hundred primary universe kingdoms, and even some domain master families with enough planetary territory.

This group of people is the true ruling class of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

The "Universe Humanity - Peak Genius Battle" is a grand event for all humanity in the universe, open to all cosmic nations.

This grand event, which concerned the honor of the entire empire, naturally attracted the attention of the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, this is a great joy!"

The emperor laughed heartily and exclaimed, "Our Black Dragon Mountain Empire at least didn't come in last place this time, and the Southern Silk Road deserves much credit! It must be richly rewarded!"

A moment later, an imperial official announced loudly, "Your Majesty, we've found out. Nan Si was originally an elite trained by the Hundred Tiger Pavilion, but later transferred to the Wei Di family and is now an internal member of the Wei Di family."

"Oh? The Wei Di family? Good, well done." The Emperor smiled and nodded to Pero.

The faces of the group of Realm Lords and Domain Lords in the Hundred Tigers Tower immediately turned extremely ugly.

The emperor added, "The Hundred Tiger Tower has also made contributions."

"Your Majesty, it's still early before the preliminary rounds end. Let's wait until we're still in the top 1001 by the end before giving the rewards," a bald, seemingly refined old man said softly beside the emperor.

No one expected that this was just the beginning.

……

Inside Brolin's luxurious spaceship, a group of privileged young men were feasting and discussing food.

"Huh? Brolin, your Black Dragon Mountain Empire did quite well this time, another one in the top 1001." A beautiful woman looked at Brolin.

A line of small text is displayed on the huge screen.

"Rank 988, 72nd World Region: Gao Sheng Wei Di (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)"

"Haha, this Gao Sheng Wei Di is an elite genius of the Wei Di family under my Black Dragon Mountain Empire." Brolin knew it just by looking at the name.

Brolin was taken aback.

"Gao Sheng Wei Di, this name..."

A quick check of the computer's data revealed that this person's virtual universe ID was indeed present.

Brolin then remembered the chubby boy he had seen at the Black Dragon Mountain Club a few years ago.

Back then, he was only able to give his name through Corey's introduction, right?

Brolin secretly regretted that Gao Sheng was actually a top genius, but it was a pity he had missed out.

……

From that day on, Gao Sheng's ranking rose rapidly.

Two days later, Luo Feng's name also appeared in the top 1001 of the world rankings, and it rose rapidly as soon as it appeared.

The entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire erupted in celebration! Apart from a certain unlucky domain lord, there was also a certain newly established family filled with fear.