Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

The Glorious Universe Kingdom, the Priest Starfield, the Golden Star.

This is the capital planet of the Mid-Cosmic Empire, the Sharp Gold Territory. It is incredibly prosperous, and no other place in the entire Priest Starfield can compare to it.

In a vast manor stretching for hundreds of kilometers near the center of Golden Star, a young man clad in black armor sat cross-legged in a quiet room at its very core.

The young man had a head of smooth black hair that cascaded down his back, and the flame-shaped cloud pattern on his forehead made him look extremely mysterious, like a god who had emerged from flames.

After a thousand years of quiet cultivation, the young man, whose progress was barely perceptible, reluctantly opened his eyes and then unconsciously fell into memories.

Lin Yuan was very lucky to be sent to this world by the famous Master Da Yun. This is the Devouring Star World, where planets live for a thousand years and stars live for ten thousand years. If immortal gods are lucky enough to survive three cosmic destructions without any calamities, they can live for more than twenty trillion epochs.

When he first realized where he was, he was full of ambition, believing that he could seize countless opportunities and magical treasures, cultivate to the pinnacle of the universe, and become a true powerhouse.

That was indeed the case at the beginning. Lin Yuan's cultivation speed was astonishingly fast. His comprehension of laws was as simple as eating and drinking. He stepped into the threshold of the Flame Origin Law when he was over five hundred years old.

Two hundred years from now, although his comprehension of the fundamental laws has stagnated, his combat power continues to increase through various means, making him the undisputed number one genius of the Priest Star Domain.

Moreover, the Lin family is the master of the Ruijin Territory Empire, with two immortal gods in charge. Everyone believes that Lin Yuan has a bright future and is very likely to become an immortal god in the future. The two ancestors have high hopes for him.

At that time, Lin Yuan was full of ambition and firmly believed that he would become a renowned and powerful figure.

But reality dealt him a heavy blow; his prized talent proved utterly insignificant in the face of true geniuses.

When Lin Yuan was over seven hundred years old, he participated in the Cosmic Humanity Peak Genius Battle held by the Giant Axe Arena for the first time. In the end, he only ranked 61st in the Glorious Universe Kingdom, which was far from breaking into the top 1,000 in the entire universe. Helpless, he could only join the Glorious Holy Land.

At the age of 5,700, after cultivating in the glorious holy land for 5,000 years but remaining stuck at the Hengxing level, he once again stepped onto the battlefield of the battle of human geniuses.

This time, he used his cultivation time and experience to teach the geniuses of the Glorious Universe Kingdom a good lesson, and finally entered the final battle as the number one in the Universe Kingdom.

"If only I hadn't met Borodo back then!" Lin Yuan smiled bitterly; that was the closest he had ever come to his goal.

Originally, his ranking was around 600, and he should have had no problem joining the Virtual Universe Company if nothing unexpected happened. But who would have thought that in the last two days, he would run into Borodo, who was ranked eighth in the Genius Battle back then, and was kicked out in one fell swoop.

Helpless, Lin Yuan could only continue to cultivate in the Glorious Holy Land. After breaking through to the Universe level, he also participated in several battles of the strongest human beings in the universe, hoping to join the core of the five major forces of the human race.

But this time, his lack of cultivation time became his weakness again! Facing the seniors who had been immersed in the universe for countless years, he failed to achieve his goal in seven consecutive sessions.

He finally realized that his talent was not as strong as he thought, and that there was a huge gap between him and the true top geniuses in the universe.

Therefore, he gave up his ambitions and only wanted to become an immortal god and then live a peaceful life, at most doing Luo Feng some favors when he appeared later, and then living until the end of time.

But he got stuck at the very first step of lying down!

Lin Yuan is now over three million years old. He only spent over eight hundred thousand years cultivating to the peak of the Realm Lord, but his strength grew at a snail's pace for the next two million years, and has even stopped growing in the last three hundred thousand years.

Fortunately, having read the original work, he knew of many opportunities to further improve his strength, the best of which was the opportunity to comprehend the initial universe.

Although the quota for Realm Lord-level enlightenment is extremely precious, and usually fetches a high price of over 3 Chaos Units at external auctions, Lin Yuan has not been idle over the years.

With his reputation as a child prodigy and his considerable strength, he became acquainted with dozens of immortal gods from various branches of the Virtual Universe Company after becoming an outer member in his hometown.

In addition, after his cultivation stagnated, Lin Yuan also traveled in his spaceship to nearby star systems for hundreds of thousands of years, discovering many unclaimed planets.

In the Ruijin Empire, as a member of the royal family, he only needed to spend one percent of his wealth under normal circumstances to acquire ownership of these planets, thus causing his net worth to skyrocket!

Lin Yuan now owns more than three billion life-bearing and resource-bearing planets. The wealth produced by these planets each year alone is enough to acquire ownership of about five hundred top-tier life-bearing planets like Earth.

Most importantly, one of the managers of the Glorious Branch is Lin Xuan, an immortal powerhouse from the Lin family. This ancestor once promised him that he could exchange a spot for enlightenment by spending only 30 million contribution points.

Although the required wealth is still considerable, as long as the fee is raised, a spot can be guaranteed. This is much better than those who have been stuck at the realm master level for countless years and still cannot find a way in until their death.

"The accumulation of wealth in my territory is still too slow. Without a special opportunity, I'm afraid I won't be able to gather 30,000 Chaos Yuan Units even after my lifespan is exhausted." After pondering for a while, Lin Yuan stood up with a determined look on his face.

……

In the very core of the Golden Star, an island with a metallic sheen floats in mid-air. Under the sunlight, it shines brightly from every direction except its bottom, which is why the planet is named as such.

Lin Yuan flew to the island, straightened his clothes, and said gently to the attendant who came to greet him, "Please inform him that I have something to ask to see Lord Lin Meng."

"yes!"

The waiter hurriedly went to inform the old master, while he stood there, thinking about what to say later.

Before long, the returning waiter bowed respectfully, and Lin Yuan nodded, following him into a study in the office.

"Lord Lin Meng, Young Master Yuan has arrived."

"Okay, you can go now!"

The elderly man at the head of the table waved to the waiter before turning to Lin Yuan with a smile: "It's our Lin family's little genius! What brings you here this time?"

Lin Yuan bowed respectfully: "Reporting to Lord Lin Meng, I have come here regarding the matter of the quota for comprehending the Initial Universe."

"Hmm?" The old man frowned. "Didn't Lin Xuan already promise to help you apply once you've accumulated enough contributions? Has something gone wrong?"

"That's not the case!" Lin Yuan shook his head: "I've just calculated that although my territory will continue to grow, even if the number doubles or triples, it will be difficult to achieve the goal within five million years."

"Oh? So you think it's too slow!" Lin Meng said thoughtfully, then turned to look at him with a puzzled expression. "So what do you want to do?"

Lin Yuan organized his thoughts and said seriously, "To get enough contribution points from others, I'm still short by more than 5,000 Hunyuan units, so I want to sell all the planets under my name to the Empire."

"That's one way." The other party nodded. "I remember you should have more than three billion planets, but even if you sell them all, you'll still be short two thousand Chaos Units."

He looked at Lin Yuan with great interest: "Moreover, without the output from your territory, your wealth accumulation will inevitably slow down, and it may take even longer to save up the remaining wealth!"

"I understand." Lin Yuan did not refute, because what the other party said was true. He took a deep breath and finally revealed the real reason why he came here.

"I'd like to use myself as collateral for the remaining two thousand-plus Mixed Yuan Units!"

"If I can successfully break through to the level of an immortal god after emerging from the initial universe, I am willing to work for my family for two million years without pay to repay our debts; if I cannot break through to the realm of world lord, I will dedicate the rest of my life to cultivating outstanding descendants for my family, and I guarantee that I can cultivate at least thirty world lord-level or higher powerhouses!"

boom!

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng's eyes widened. Even as an immortal god, he never imagined that this descendant would have such courage, willing to gamble the rest of his life for a chance to break through!

"Uh..." He hesitated and advised, "Little Lin Yuan, this is no joke. You should go back and think it over before coming back!"

"I have thought it through very carefully, and I beg Lord Lin Meng to grant my request." Lin Yuan knelt down and kowtowed heavily.

"But this..." he stammered, "What exactly are you after?"

You are not even 3.5 million years old this year. At such a young age, even if you cultivate in the outside world, there is a high chance that you will break through to the immortal realm on your own.

Even if you can't break through, just wait it out. You'll definitely have a chance before your lifespan runs out. Lin Xuan and I will send you there sooner or later.

Why rush things? Why gamble with your future?

……

"Do you have time?" Hearing the other person's words, Lin Yuan smiled bitterly. He used to think that tens or hundreds of thousands of years was a long time, but in the blink of an eye, he was already more than three million years old.

Over the years, quite a few of the Lin family's previous generations of powerful realm masters have passed away, but what about the ancestor?

Looking at the old man in front of him, he was filled with complicated thoughts. This old man had lived for over a billion years and would surely continue to live.

Because he was only a junior military commander, the alien races wouldn't bother to assassinate him. Moreover, he never went to dangerous places. In addition, the Priest Starfield was relatively close to the headquarters of the Universe's First Bank. Lin Yuan would believe that the ancestor could live until the destruction of the universe.

But all of this had nothing to do with Lin Yuan, who already had a clear understanding of his own talent.

If he could enter the primordial universe, under the manifestation of the fundamental laws, he would have a high chance of successfully breaking through to immortality; but in the outside world? With his own comprehension, he might not even have the chance before he dies!

As for the ancestor saying he would definitely send him to the primordial universe for enlightenment?

Just take that with a grain of salt.

The Sharp Gold Empire has produced geniuses like itself before. On the contrary, in its billions of years of history, it has produced at least tens of thousands of people who have the potential to break into the top 1,000 of the universe's most powerful human geniuses.

Of those who were eliminated for various reasons, how many were actually sent to the initial universe for further study by the two ancestors?

Three!

Only three!

But all three investments went down the drain, and the most recent one happened more than five million years ago. At that time, a female general of the empire was sent. After her breakthrough failed, she became the wife of the previous emperor and Lin Yuan's mother.

His parents had only been dead for two million years. He didn't believe that his two ancestors would be so careless as to waste another 30,000 Mixed Yuan Units, especially on the descendants of a failed investment.

"I can't wait any longer!" Lin Yuan's eyes were resolute. "I just want to give it my all, even if I fail. These days where I can't see any improvement in my strength are driving me crazy!"

After saying that, he stopped talking and remained silent, showing that he was serious about selling himself!

"Sigh... Never mind!" Seeing this, Lin Meng knew that Lin Yuan's mind was firm and he was afraid that he could not easily change his mind. He could only shake his head and say, "I will make up for the remaining resources for you. Whether you can successfully break through or not, you only need to work for the family for two million years to pay off the debt."

He breathed a sigh of relief; Lin Yuan had given him an excuse, otherwise he probably wouldn't have spent money to send anyone into the initial universe for tens of millions of years...

Moreover, he believed in Lin Yuan's promise. After the boy's cultivation stagnated, he had also guided outstanding disciples of the family. In less than 500,000 years, he had taught a total of seven World Lords, which was more than double the speed of natural growth before.

This is even with Lin Yuan distracted by cultivation. If he were to devote himself entirely to it, it would be possible to cultivate more than forty or fifty World Lords within two million years. Based on this calculation, he could reliably obtain one World Lord in less than forty Mixed Yuan Units.

Considering the benefits a fully-fledged Realm Lord can bring to the Empire in their lifetime, this deal is definitely worthwhile!