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

[Lin Yuan: Of course, as fellow group members, we should help each other out.]

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley allows ordinary people to embark on cultivation, with effects similar to the Purple Light Dew in the original Swallowed Star. However, once established, it only needs to be protected from destruction, and then it can continuously produce martial artists. With more people, geniuses will always emerge. Most importantly, the required effort is pitifully small.

The fruit of the Nine Wonders Immortal Elixir is also very precious. Even if it is divided, it can still have an effect on a Universe Venerable or even a Overlord. Let alone five hundred points, he would be willing to give Ye Fan all of Lin Yuan's five hundred thousand points.

Whitebeard's Magma Fruit is a bit lacking, but it's a representative of the fusion of fire and earth elements, so it's not bad in the long run.

As for Ananda's precept-breaking knife technique?

[Lin Yuan: @Meng Qi, you're trying to get me into trouble again. Is that thing even worth practicing?]

[Meng Qi: I know it's related to the Demon Buddha, but it's the only thing I can offer in the short term, and I can only use it to pay off the debt.]

[Meng Qi: Besides, we've crossed worlds. Ananda, who's been sealed away, can't possibly find you through the internet. Why don't you just take him?]

"That makes some sense." Lin Yuan nodded. He wasn't really afraid of the Demon Buddha coming. If the sky fell, there were tall people to hold it up. If the other party dared to come, they would first have to face the Chaos Lords of the endless Chaos Space above them.

"But we still need to play it safe!" With that decision made, the group message flashed again.

[Lin Yuan: Your quotas have been approved. Fellow Daoists Zhang and the other two can each withdraw 20,000 points from me. Ye Fan's Undying Elixir Fruit is worth one million, but I don't have it right now; I'll deliver it in installments later.]

Each enlightenment function lasts for thirty days. He still has eight opportunities to comprehend the Chaos Stele. If allocated reasonably, opening four of them would ensure that Lin Yuan maintains his strongest comprehension at any time during the comprehension period. Therefore, 100,000 points is the limit he can give.

[Lin Yuan: Xiao Meng, practice your swordsmanship on your own. You can return it to me when you get the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts Exterior Chapter. I'm not in a hurry.]

[Meng Qi: I worship the big boss.jpg]

[Ye Fan: I worship the master.jpg]

[Zhang Zhiwei: I admire the master.jpg]

[Whitebeard: Paying homage to the big boss.jpg]

Looking at these messages, Lin Yuan was both amused and exasperated. What had he missed all along? Even Whitebeard and Old Zhang had become parrots.

Shaking his head, he said, "The atmosphere of fair trading has been established in the group, so there's no need to go online too frequently. We'll talk about it when group members need it."

He offered general resources, while others had to exchange them for treasures containing special laws. It seemed like the value was unequal, but in reality, it was indeed unequal.

But it's a case of one willing to give and the other willing to receive. Essentially, they're exchanging what they can easily obtain in the future for what they urgently need right now. Everyone has a bright future, and they should even thank us.

[Zhang Zhiwei: Thank you, fellow Daoist. I've sent you the design plan.]

[Ye Fan: Brother Xie Linyuan, I've also sent you the other fruit of the Nine-Mystic Immortal Elixir.]

[Meng Qi: Brother Xie, watch me do a split for you!]

Whitebeard: Thank you, sir. I will send the Magma Fruit over as soon as possible.

See? They all have to thank us!

……

It was still the fourth picture of the Yancang Chaos Stele. After completely absorbing what he had learned from the previous two comprehensions, Lin Yuan had mastered nearly two-thirds of the mysteries of this picture. In other words, his understanding of the laws of the origin of flames was close to that of a high-level military lord, and he could easily pass through the tenth level of the Yancang Sky Bridge.

Entering the secret chamber again, Lin Yuan looked at the enormous stone tablet and a smile crept onto his lips: "System, give me some points!"

"..."

After a long silence, he awkwardly scratched his head, muttering to himself as he searched for the Enlightenment function: "This crappy group can't even understand a single sentence. It's so unintelligent, thumbs down!"

The moment the button was pressed, the world before Lin Yuan's eyes completely changed.

The central planet is no longer a sphere, but a net woven from countless intricate silver threads, and the surrounding fiery clouds are clearly the complete laws of the origin of fire.

As soon as the flames approached, a portion of them were instantly obliterated by the immense pressure—the most basic manifestation of spatial strangulation.

The remaining flame clouds wanted to leave, but were firmly bound by the planet and could not move. This was a spatial blockade, manifested only in the form of gravity.

Finally, there is the phenomenon that can only be observed occasionally: tiny flames pass through the central sphere at special moments and suddenly appear at the other end; this is short-distance teleportation.

Seeing something doesn't mean you can understand it. The way the laws of space work is still obscure and difficult to understand in Lin Yuan's eyes, but with the help of his enlightenment ability, those things are a thousand times simpler than before!

……

In the following period, Lin Yuan completely shut down communication and truly began his secluded cultivation in Chaos City.

He chose to first comprehend teleportation, believing that the ability to escape would make him invincible.

Each time Lin Yuan studies the Chaos Stele twice, he spends fifty or sixty years digesting what he has learned, ensuring that he fully understands it before starting the next study.

In his spare time, he would also hunt Chaos Beasts outside Chaos City, absorbing the Chaos True Spirits they produced to transform his own soul, and the effect was quite good.

Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye, more than two hundred years have passed. The world lords who came to the initial universe together have made significant progress in their understanding of the laws. Among them, six or seven, including Lilith, have already comprehended a complete lower-level primordial law. Like Lin Yuan, they can immediately break through to become immortal gods as soon as they leave this place.

……

Virtual Universe, Rain Mountain, Post-Apocalyptic Zone.

Lin Yuan, who has joined the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, has a small house here. Although it is not big, he has spent most of the past two hundred years here. Compared with the outside world, this place is more like his residence in Chaos City.

Inside the room, Lin Yuan, who had been silent for thirty years, suddenly opened his eyes, the flame pattern between his brows flickering and radiating a dazzling divine light.

"Phew~" He exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Now that my understanding of the laws of space is sufficient to pass the ninth level of the Bridge to Heaven, should I switch to the laws of time next?" Lin Yuan pondered.

If one continues to relentlessly pursue the laws of space, one might be able to break through to immortality with them decades later, becoming much stronger than an immortal god of the laws of fire. However, it is more likely that one will be stuck at this stage for a long time, wasting precious time.

What about the laws of time? Although he hadn't encountered them before, he still had two chances to comprehend the Chaos Stele. If he used all of them to enhance his understanding, it wouldn't be difficult for him to reach the level of the fourth level of the Bridge to Heaven before leaving.

Moreover, after being baptized by the fundamental laws and breaking through to immortality to complete the transformation of the divine body, one cannot enter the ocean of laws that have not been recognized by the fundamental laws. It would be even more difficult to comprehend them. Therefore, comprehending the laws of time in advance is a very good choice.

"Never mind, let's give it our all!" Without much hesitation, Lin Yuan's expression hardened. "I'm not content with building divine power solely based on the fundamental laws of fire!"

……

Lin Yuan quickly arrived at the entrance of the secret chamber where the Yan Cang Chaos Stele was located, and respectfully bowed to the old man who was guarding there: "Lord Kandri, I have come to study the Yan Cang Chaos Stele."

"Um!"

The three-eyed old man, Kander, nodded slightly, waved his hand to make the bronze gate behind him slowly open, and asked with a smile, "Little fellow, do you want to try again and build an even stronger divine power and divine body using the fundamental laws of space after returning to the primordial universe?"

He could naturally see Lin Yuan's current situation, but he wasn't optimistic. With only a few decades left, it would be extremely difficult to comprehend the foundation of a higher-level law.

"Yes, Lord Kandri."

"Then I wish you continued improvement and that you can take another step forward before you leave." The three-eyed old man did not discourage Lin Yuan. It would be a good thing for the human race to have another genius.

"Alright, no one is studying the Yan Cang Chaos Stele now, you can go in."

"Thank you, Lord Kandri." Lin Yuan bowed again before stepping inside.

One day, two days, three days...

More than half a month has passed, and it has now been the sixth day since he went in for his second meditation.

"This is space!"

The inner world trembled violently, and a large number of items flickered in the void, instantly moving from one point to another; chaotic air currents permeated the edge of space, forcefully pushing back almost everything that wanted to cross the boundary; occasionally, some that broke through the blockade and came into contact with the air currents disintegrated the moment they intersected.

"This is the true fundamental law of space!"

Lin Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes, his eyes filled with undisguised joy.

After comprehending the basics of the laws at the realm lord level, he finally broke through again, comprehending the foundation of the laws of space origin. He could use it as the core to build divine power, and his breakthrough was more than two or three times that of an ordinary immortal!

More than 300 million years have passed since he began cultivating.

The unlucky little genius finally disappeared completely, and in his place was the once spirited Lin Yuan, the young man from the Priest Starfield who was determined to reach the peak!

"Phew... I still have one day left for enlightenment. I can't waste it. I need to consolidate it a bit more!"

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan suppressed the ripples in his heart, quickly calmed his excited mood, and devoted his mind to enlightenment again.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Boom!"

The bronze gate swung open with a roar, followed by the ear-piercing voice of the three-eyed old man, Lord Candri.

"Come out, everyone!" "Come out, everyone!"

Startled awake, Lin Yuan didn't dare linger and dashed out the door before the noise stopped.

"Congratulations, little guy, you've achieved your wish." Lord Kandri had clearly seen his progress in cultivation, and from now on, the sky's the limit.

"I must thank you for your kind words earlier, sir." Lin Yuan quickly bowed respectfully.

"It's all thanks to your own hard work, little guy." The three-eyed old man shook his head.

"I've seen many geniuses who can pass through more than ten levels of the Bridge to Heaven at the Eternal Star or even the Universe level, but very few who failed to pass through the Genius Battle and still managed to reach this level in just two hundred years after entering the Initial Universe. In fact, you're the only one in nearly a million epochs. Don't underestimate yourself."

"Hehe." Lin Yuan scratched his head sheepishly, his smile shy.

The person in front of me is an avatar of the cosmic overlord, Lord Kandri, who has guarded the Chaos Monument for countless years and has seen countless geniuses. A word of praise from him can save me from many detours.

"Little guy, did you receive any emails after you went back last time?" Kander asked with a smile, but it gradually faded after Lin Yuan shook his head.

"These kids are really..." He was speechless for a moment: "They asked me to keep an eye out for good candidates to be their disciples, but after I sent them the names, they never followed up."

Lin Yuan asked疑惑地问道, "Lord Kandri, do you mean there's a powerful figure who wants to take me as their disciple?"

"Yes, a few youngsters from the Yan Cang lineage asked me to help them find disciples." The other party did not deny it, but then shook his head: "It's a pity you didn't comprehend the laws of space to this extent last time, otherwise someone would have taken a liking to you."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was stunned. To be remembered by Lord Kander and called "little guy" so affectionately, those people must at least be Grandmasters at the King level, right?

The thought of almost becoming a disciple of a powerful king but missing the opportunity filled him with inexplicable disappointment.

But his negative emotions didn't last long before they dissipated. He bowed to the old man again and said, "Lord Kandri, I believe I will not stop here. Please bear witness for me."

"Alright, little fellow." Lord Kandri smiled. "I'm in a good mood to see another genius emerge from the human race, so I'll make you a small promise. If you can pass the fourteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven within five million years, I will recommend you to become the disciple of a King-level expert."

"Really, Lord Kandri?" His eyes widened. This was a chance to rise to the top in one step, and he was almost stunned.

"Of course," the three-eyed old man promised earnestly, "I guarantee you with my own reputation this time, there will be no shortage of people who want to be with you."

Lin Yuan was overjoyed and bowed deeply, saying, "Thank you, sir! I will certainly do my best!"

"You're welcome, go ahead!"

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