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

Re-entering the corridor of the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Yuan walked into the meditation chamber of the Yan Cang Chaos Stele under Lord Kandri's astonished gaze.

There are very few people who can fully master the fundamental laws of the lower-level laws they have comprehended in just one opportunity. Often, only one or two of the powerful world lords who come to the initial universe in several batches will emerge.

"Looks like a little genius." The three-eyed old man, Kander, pondered for a moment. "This kid is studying the Yan Cang Chaos Stele. I remember that several King-level experts from the Yan Cang lineage who recently broke through asked me to keep an eye out for promising disciples. I'll recommend him for a try!"

……

Inside the secret chamber, Lin Yuan was already immersed in the fourth section of the Yan Cang Chaos Stele, the "Starry Sky Amidst Flames" diagram.

Although it took him more than five thousand years to reach the top one thousand in the Genius Battle, there were many people like him in previous years. This does not mean that his talent was hopeless; it just means that he was not among the top in the entire universe.

Seven days passed quickly, and Lin Yuan gradually regained consciousness amidst Lord Kandri's incessant, ear-piercing cries of "Come out, all of you!"

"Sigh... my talent is still lacking. Even starting from the fire elemental law that I am most proficient in, comprehending the mysteries of six spatial laws in a short period of time is my limit. If I want to improve further, I will have to rely on a long period of time to hone my skills."

Back at his lodgings, as he sorted through his gains, he couldn't help but sigh, but then smiled slightly, "But I have a cheat code; immortality is definitely not my final destination!"

My mind returned to the chat group interface.

[Lin Yuan: Hey everyone, I'm back!]

[Zhang Zhiwei: Hmm? Has a hundred years passed where you are, fellow Daoist? Less than ten minutes have passed here. The differences between worlds are truly astonishing.]

[Lin Yuan: No, it's only been ten days for me. I need to log in to the group store to take care of some things.]

[Lin Yuan: What are you all talking about? It sounds quite lively.]

The chat group is very similar to the one from Tencent. When a member is online, they will receive real-time messages, which means that they don't have anything important to do at that time.

However, if he goes offline, he won't be disturbed unless someone specifically mentions him. He's primarily a tool, which is very different from the novels he read in his previous life where people would bombard him with group messages regardless of the situation.

So even though he could quickly read through the messages with his divine sense, Lin Yuan wasn't interested in opening the 999+ unread messages, because he knew that most of them were junk information and he'd rather find someone to explain them quickly.

[Ye Fan: Brother Lin, you've come at the perfect time! I've already arrived at the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and I'm currently discussing with my group members whether to go to the Spirit Ruins Cave Heaven like in the memory instance. Brother Lin, please give me your advice.]

[Lin Yuan: What's there to consider? The only purpose of Lingxu Cave Heaven is to guide you into the world of cultivation, but it offers far more persecution. It's better to find a small sect to acquire basic cultivation techniques than to go there.]

[Meng Qi: Exactly. You're still worried about Li Xiaoman and the others being in danger, but when Liu Yunzhi slandered you, those people all sided with him.]

It differs greatly from the original work.

Because Ye Fan and his companions, having consumed the millennium-old spiritual essence, unleashed their power, no one died during the Martian crisis. Their demonstrated strength deterred Liu Yunzhi from making any underhanded moves.

But once they reached Beidou and confirmed that it was temporarily safe, the group immediately launched an attack.

It's not scarcity that's the problem, but inequality. Those who followed Ye Fan all became little superhumans one after another. Even though he had saved them, the other classmates felt unbalanced and accused him of keeping secrets. They demanded that he hand over the method to become stronger, or they would expel him from the team.

Ye Fan didn't tolerate it. After seeing through the true colors of his so-called classmates, he joined forces with a few others to forcefully suppress the others, steal all the Buddhist artifacts, and finally sent the leaders, Liu Yunzhi and others, to the Tiger's Den before parting ways with them.

[Zhang Zhiwei: This old Daoist also feels that Fellow Daoist Ye doesn't need to go there. I'm confident that the Golden Light Mantra I gave you and Fellow Daoist Meng is no worse than the basic scriptures of Lingxu Cave Heaven. Moreover, it only improves your life cultivation and won't interfere with your cultivation of other techniques. It's not too late to switch to other techniques after you obtain the Daoist scriptures.]

Old Zhang quietly pulled off a major feat, accepting the future Heavenly Emperor and the future Heavenly Venerable as disciples of Longhu Mountain on behalf of his master, and spreading the Golden Light Mantra throughout the myriad realms.

[Lin Yuan: Don't worry about the Dao Scripture Wheel Sea Scroll either. The emergence of the Demon Emperor's Tomb is a major event that will sweep across the Eastern Wilderness. Cultivators below the Dao Palace level from nearby sects will be summoned. You and Pang Bo will naturally participate then, so obtaining it won't be difficult.]

Within the ancient forbidden land of the world of "Covering the Sky".

Seeing the replies from the group members, and looking at Pang Bo, Zhang Ziling, and the other six, Ye Fan made a decision.

"Ding! Group member Ye Fan sent Lin Yuan a designated red envelope."

"Ding! Group member Ye Fan has sent out a lucky draw red envelope, everyone hurry up and grab it!"

[Ye Fan: @Lin Yuan, this is my thank-you gift. Brother Lin, please accept it.]

[Ye Fan: @Zhang Zhiwei @Meng Qi @White Beard, the red envelope below contains some divine spring water. Its effects should be better than the Thousand-Year Spiritual Marrow, and it also has the effect of cleansing the marrow and rejuvenating the bones. Consider it a belated greeting gift from me.]

Meng Qi had already entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation space and soon uploaded the essence of the Arhat Fist. Ye Fan was indeed the last one to give a greeting gift.

[Meng Qi: Little Ye, you've worked hard. Once I become a Celestial Venerable, I'll protect you.]

Xiao Meng has become arrogant again, or rather, she has never come down to her senses. Her previous submission was nothing but subservience.

Zhang Zhiwei: Thank you, Junior Brother Ye.

At Longhu Mountain, Old Zhang beamed with joy as he watched the mineral water bottle pop out of the red envelope.

Although this thing was not very useful to him, his junior brother's hands and feet had grown back, but his meridians, which had been damaged for many years, were not so easy to recover. Ye Fan's divine spring water was a timely rain.

[Whitebeard: Gurarara, thank you!]

[Whitebeard: @LinYuan, Your Excellency is online too, so I'll present my thank-you gift as well.]

"Ding! Group member Whitebeard sent Lin Yuan a designated red envelope."

Opening the two red envelopes, Lin Yuan was in an exceptionally good mood. Ye Fan's envelope contained more than twenty Buddhist artifacts and three small, bright red fruits, while the white-bearded man's envelope contained several oddly shaped fruits covered in patterns.

[Ye Fan: Brother Lin Yuan, these Buddhist artifacts are of such high quality that holding them is like a child holding gold. Since they're not going to be used again anyway, I'll give them all to you.]

Lin Yuan: Thank you so much! I'll cover all the resources you need for your future upgrades.

[Lin Yuan: Uh... let's just go up to the Four Extremes, or even the early stage of Dragon Transformation. I'm afraid I can't handle anything higher.]

Buddhist artifacts are used by those at the Immortal level and above. After repairing them, they can be sold for a large sum of money. Lin Yuan originally wanted to splurge, but then he thought about the terrifying appetite of the Ancient Sacred Body. Breaking through to the fourth level would cost tens of millions of catties of pure source, so in the end he chose to follow his heart.

……

Ye Fan was overjoyed. Although these things could be exchanged for tens of millions of catties of Origin in this universe, he dared not trust the bottom line of those holy lands. It was already very good that Lin Yuan could support him to the Four Extremes.

Ye Fan: Thank you very much, boss!

[Whitebeard: Lord Lin Yuan, I discovered Teach's attack and have executed him. Now, I will introduce the fruits to you.]

Lin Yuan: Okay.

Whitebeard: Three space-type Devil Fruits: the Pass-Pass Fruit, which allows him to pass through any obstacle; the Door-Door Fruit, which allows him to open doors anywhere except seawater; and the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, which allows him to enter mirror dimensions.

[Lin Yuan: Not bad, I'm very satisfied. What are the remaining two?]

Just from the name, you can tell that Old Baby has been having a blast since he regained his peak. He's messed with the Golden Emperor Tesoro, the World Government CP9, and even Big Mom. His main principle is to treat everyone equally.

[Whitebeard: Those two are the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Mythical Zoan-type Azure Dragon Fruit. The previous ones were just to thank you for your help, sir. This is the real gift I prepared for you.]

"?!"

Lin Yuan was shocked. The Azure Dragon Fruit? That man who was supposedly immortal was gone? No wonder Whitebeard could still chat online peacefully after killing the old woman's daughter; the crazy woman was intimidated!

[Lin Yuan: I like them all. You guys chat first, I have some things to take care of. Let me know if you need more cultivation resources.]

[Whitebeard: Take care, sir.]

[Zhang Zhiwei: No need at the moment, fellow Daoist may go.]

Several hundred catties of millennium spiritual marrow are enough for him to cultivate more profound Taoist techniques in the Celestial Master's Way. Next, he just needs to wait for the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony to begin and help Fellow Daoist Lin Yuan defeat the Six Treasuries Immortal Thieves.

Ye Fan: This is enough for me.

[Meng Qi: Don't be like that, boss. I still need some resources. Let me borrow some, and I'll pay you back next time I come out of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space.]

Without further ado, Lin Yuan sent several hundred kilograms of spiritual essence to Xiao Meng and then entered the group application interface.

……

Before officially breaking through to immortality and without a divine clone, Lin Yuan wouldn't use the Devil Fruit. If he wanted to comprehend more of the mysteries of the fundamental laws of space, he would have to work on his comprehension.

The Enlightenment function is very powerful, but with Lin Yuan's current cultivation level, it costs 100,000 points to use it once, while he only obtained 10,000 points by searching the entire group, leaving a huge gap.

Fortunately, there is a way to quickly accumulate points in the group store, which is to sell martial arts techniques.

There are two ways to trade in the mall. One way is for group members to enter and list items themselves. The chat group will reward them with a small number of points, and they can get 80% of the profits if someone buys the item later. The other way is to sell directly to the chat group. This way, they can get a large number of points at once, but they will not be able to earn any profits afterward.

The first method is suitable for Lao Zhang because the cultivation technique is of low level and doesn't earn many points when sold, so it's better to make a steady profit. The second method is for the strong or the rich, because they have a lot of high-level cultivation techniques, and most of the group members can't afford to buy them after they are put on the market, so it's more cost-effective to sell them directly to the group.

Unfortunately, Lin Yuan is a prince of the Ruijin Territory Empire, and he has already stepped into the Immortal Realm with one foot in the door. He is both a tycoon and a powerful figure!

"Hmm, let's see how the price is first." He didn't ship in large quantities, but instead tested the waters with a secret technique.

"Ding! World Lord-level Secret Technique: Raging Waterfall, priced at 1000 points. Sell?"

"Only a thousand? The price is a bit low!" Lin Yuan was surprised. The Raging Waterfall Slash was created by a powerful cultivator of the Water Origin Law in the Empire. It ranks in the middle to upper range among the World Lord level secret techniques, only slightly inferior to his own Mad Demon Slash.

He smiled slightly: "Luckily, I had money, so I sold it!"

Thunder Strike, Earth Split, Wind Piercing Strike... Uploaded five hundred World Lord-level secret techniques in one go, earning a full 500,000 points.

"Ding! Group member Lin Yuan has reached the exchange limit. We will no longer accept secret techniques of the Realm Lord level or below uploaded by him. He can upload higher-level secret techniques again in 500 years."

Perhaps fearing the collapse of the monetary system, or perhaps because the chat group couldn't stand Lin Yuan's behavior, it directly blocked Lin Yuan's channels, and the flashing group announcement startled everyone else.

[Zhang Zhiwei: There are actually these restrictions on selling cultivation techniques to chat groups. How many have you sold, fellow cultivator?]

[Lin Yuan: Not much, five hundred secret techniques, five hundred thousand points.]

[Meng Qi: Holy crap, bro, lend me a leg hair! I only need 200 points to achieve enlightenment, please save me! I'll be reincarnating for the second time in ten days. After I come out, I'll teach you the Ananda Breaking the Precepts Sword Technique.]

Xiao Meng hadn't noticed the problem when he sent the points to Lin Yuan, but when he saw that Lin Yuan had exchanged them for 500,000, he couldn't resist. Who would have thought that his best cultivation technique only sold for a single-digit number? Only then did he realize how precious the Enlightenment ability was.

[Ye Fan: Ahem, if possible, could you lend me some more? I only need 500 points, and I also have a few Immortal Elixir Fruits.]

[Zhang Zhiwei: Fellow Daoist, could you lend me a thousand points? I'll exchange them for Master Ziyang's Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley Arrangement Method; it'll be absolutely worth it.]

[Whitebeard: Lord Lin Yuan, I also need two thousand points. It seems you specialize in fire magic, and Akainu's Magma-Magma Fruit would be very suitable for you.]