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

In the Glorious Universe Kingdom, in the Priest Starfield, there is a desolate starry sky more than two thousand light-years away from the Golden Star.

According to the star map drawn by the Interstellar Exploration Department of the Ruijinling Empire, there are no signs of life within hundreds of light-years of this location, only some lifeless stars and planets tirelessly rotating in the sky.

"Buzz!"

With a spatial fluctuation, a massive, crimson-gold spaceship suddenly appeared—Lin Yuan's Blazing Feather.

The hatch opened, and after looking around, Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction: "This is it!"

For an immortal god like him who has only recently broken through to immortality, building a powerful divine kingdom of his own as soon as possible is of paramount importance; nothing else matters.

The Divine Kingdom not only empowers immortal experts, rapidly enhancing their combat strength, but its unique environment is also highly beneficial to ordinary cultivators, making it an excellent place to nurture disciples and future generations.

The royal holy lands of the mid-universe empires in various star regions are usually the divine kingdoms of their creators. The Ruijin Territory Empire is an example of this. Lin Yuan also cultivated in the divine kingdom of his ancestor Lin Meng for a period of time, so he has a lot to say about this.

Of course, Lin Yuan wouldn't bring anyone else into his divine kingdom. That was most of his life; if it were destroyed, he could forget about ever improving his strength again.

If possible, he hoped that no one except himself would know the coordinates of his divine kingdom, thus avoiding many risks.

"The Glorious Universe Kingdom is located in the heart of the human race's territory, where battles between immortal powerhouses rarely occur. It is relatively safer for the divine kingdom to be located here."

Lin Yuan thought to himself, "Moreover, most of the nearby stars are nearly deserted, so basically no one will come here, which ensures seclusion."

Having made his decision, Lin Yuan put away the Blazing Feather and slashed forward, tearing space apart as he stepped into the spatial interlayer.

The spatial layers appear completely different to different people. To immortal gods, they can be meticulously divided into thousands or even more layers.

The space fragment layer closest to the original universe and also the safest, even world lords can survive in it;

Going deeper, one will reach the Divine Kingdom layer. Many ordinary immortal powerhouses establish their Divine Kingdoms at this layer, while a very few peerless geniuses will push their Divine Kingdoms to a position close to the spatial torrent layer...

If one is still not satisfied and continues to delve deeper, one may unfortunately reach the most dangerous spatial layer, where even a powerful cosmic venerable may perish.

Although Lin Yuan built his divine power based on the fundamental laws of space, making him much stronger than those who achieved immortality through lower-level laws, the gap between him and top geniuses was still significant. Therefore, he ultimately chose to stop at the middle level of the divine kingdom.

For the divine kingdom, the deeper one goes into the spatial interlayer, the safer one becomes. However, this is the limit that Lin Yuan can safely reach with his strength. Going any further in could very likely lead to danger.

"This one will do!" He quickly selected a suitable space fragment nearby.

It was a fragment with a maximum diameter of 300,000 kilometers and a minimum diameter of 250,000 kilometers, which was larger than Lin Yuan's current inner world. It would be more convenient for him to expand his divine kingdom when his strength increased in the future.

Flying to the selected space fragment, Lin Yuan had a thought, and soon his inner world burst forth with invisible energy to lock onto the fragment.

A moment later, a vast, illusory world began to fly toward the spatial fragments, causing the space to tremble. Other fragments around it gave way, and when the two met, they began to slowly merge and gradually become stable.

Before long, the original spatial fragments and illusory world all disappeared, leaving only a real and beautiful world in this location.

brush!

Lin Yuan couldn't wait to step into the divine kingdom, where he saw a vast divine kingdom spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers, its divine power awe-inspiring, and its edges still expanding.

"The temple stands!"

With a wave of his hand, the massive amount of cosmic crystals that had previously been stored within his body rapidly converged.

At the heart of the divine kingdom, a majestic temple rapidly took shape, exuding a rich aura of the primordial laws of fire. Surrounded by rising seas of fire, it could be directly used to cosplay the Endless Fire Domain in the Great Ruler world.

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The capital of the Ruijin Territory, Golden Star.

Since the news of Lin Yuan's successful breakthrough to the Immortal God level spread, Emperor Lin Lei was in high spirits and immediately issued an order promising that no taxes would be collected from Golden Star for the next fifty years.

Immediately, even ordinary people knew the name of Prince Lin Yuan. Except for the nobles whose interests were harmed, almost every household decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. The festive atmosphere had not dissipated even after nearly ten years.

The Chiling was discovered when it entered the Golden Star Defense Belt, so when Lin Yuan stepped out of the spaceship, the manor's helipad was already full of people.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that not only Lin Feng and Lin Xue, the powerful realm masters he had trained, were present, but also representatives from other major families.

"Wishing you, teacher, everlasting success!"

"Congratulations to Uncle Lin Yuan on his immortal achievements!"

"Congratulations to His Highness the Prince on his immortal achievements!"

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The welcoming ceremony was grand, but Lin Yuan didn't stay long. After giving a few perfunctory replies, he returned to the manor, citing the long journey and his fatigue.

Ancestor Lin Meng was already waiting for him here.

"Xiao Yuan, well done!" The old man's expression was complicated.

Previously, if Lin Yuan wanted to see me, he had to fly to Golden Light Island and go through layers of formalities, and whether or not I could see him in the end depended on my mood.

But in the blink of an eye, the other party's strength surpassed his own, and he needed to consult the other party on the direction of the family's development, so he had to come to him in person.

"Now that I think about it, since the Sharp Gold Empire got on the right track, when have I ever personally gone to find someone else, aside from competing for a place to comprehend the Initial Universe?"

Lin Yuan bowed respectfully: "I must thank our ancestor for his support. Without the two thousand-plus Hunyuan units you lent me, I would not have had this opportunity."

His humble demeanor pleased Lin Meng, but she still shook her head: "Your talent is truly exceptional!"

"I also sent three people into the initial universe, one of whom was your mother. They were also highly regarded genius world masters. Before they went in, they were no worse than you a thousand years ago, and even stronger. But in the end, only Lin Xuan succeeded in breaking through."

"That's why I didn't dare to fully support you back then. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." He looked at Lin Yuan with emotion: "In the end, I only gave you two thousand Hunyuan units, and it was even a loan. I hope Xiao Yuan won't blame me."

"Of course not!"

Lin Yuan understood that this was just an attempt to win him over. If he returned as the Lord of the Realm, he would hear a different story. But it was all in the past, and there was no point in dwelling on it.

"That's good, that's good."

The two chatted for a while longer, discussing the redistribution of family interests. Since Lin Yuan had already broken through to the Immortal realm, the planet he had previously sold to the family was naturally returned to him, and even the original territory of his fiefdom was expanded considerably.

The ancestor promised him that his rights within the Ruijin Territory would be equal to his and Lin Xuan's, and that they would do their best to help his brother Lin Lei obtain an opportunity to enter the Initial Universe for enlightenment before his death.

……

"By the way, ancestor Lin Meng."

Lin Yuan had already joined the logistics department of the Virtual Universe Company, so he no longer cared much about the resources of the Priest Starfield. But seeing that the old ancestor seemed to want to continue talking about this topic for a long time, he quickly changed the subject.

"I bought some materials for advancing Flame Star Grass from the company treasury, and they should arrive soon. Once the advancement is successful, can I place its divine kingdom near Golden Light Star?"

"Flame Star Grass?" Ancestor Lin Meng was taken aback for a moment, but then his face lit up with a smile: "Of course, that will make it easier for you to go back to your hometown."

Immortal gods do not easily reveal the coordinates of their divine kingdoms, so most people use divine kingdom teleportation through auxiliary life forms. The fact that he was willing to leave the Flame Star Grass's divine kingdom here already shows that he has a lot of affection for his family.

Having achieved his goal of eliminating Lin Yuan's resentment, Ancestor Lin Meng left with a smile on his face.

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The Hengxing system, where Jinguangxing is located, has a total of six planets. The other five are not habitable planets, and two of them have been transformed into high-powered technological weapons. Their main cannons can kill an eighth-level World Lord in one shot and are an important part of Jinguangxing's defense belt.

Lunna is the closest planet to the Sun in the Venusian system. Its constant, intense heat radiation has turned it into a dead zone, with eruptions of hellish lava everywhere.

A month after returning to his hometown, Lin Yuan brought the Flame Star Grass here. Two days ago, the Virtual Universe Company delivered the advanced materials. Now, all he needs to do is let it absorb them completely before he can attempt to become immortal!

The fire elemental energy here is very concentrated, making it one of the Flame Star Grass's favorite growing environments. Here, its absorption and digestion abilities reach their peak.

"This is the place we've chosen. You can go down here yourself!" Lin Yuan said after looking around the crater, which was over 500 kilometers in diameter.

As soon as he finished speaking, his crimson-gold armor disintegrated, turning into a ball of fiery red liquid radiating scorching heat that fell into the magma below.

Rumble!

Immediately afterwards, the ground trembled violently, followed by a violent eruption of the volcano below. Some kind of behemoth had completely shattered the peace that had been maintained here for many years. Lin Yuan had already anticipated this outcome, so after the Flame Star Grass left him, he quickly hid in the spatial interlayer.

When everything settled down, the crater was no longer recognizable. A giant, fiery red plant completely covered the planet Lunna. Its main diameter exceeded 30,000 kilometers, and each of its branches and leaves had a diameter of more than 2,000 kilometers, blotting out the sky!

In terms of quality, Flame Star Grass is indeed a level below top-tier life-supporting plants like Star Eater Grass, but its relatively low cultivation price made Lin Yuan choose it at first sight.

If the auxiliary life he cultivated were replaced with Star-Eating Grass, even if it were just the most common Hundred Vine level, he wouldn't have been able to accumulate more than 20,000 Mixed Yuan Units more than a thousand years ago. If the gap was too large, even if he asked his ancestors to sell him himself, they wouldn't listen.

With a heavy heart, Lin Yuan took out several world rings, pouring out a massive amount of cosmic crystals and other advancement materials while muttering to himself:

"Little Fire, I only spent a little over 60,000 Chaos Units to enter the Initial Universe and exchange for secret techniques after my breakthrough. This time, I've exchanged over 50,000 resources for you. You'd better live up to expectations and break through to the King level to show me!"

If Flame Star Grass could talk, it would probably start spewing profanities right now.

"You yourself haven't even broken through to the rank of Marquis, yet you expect me to become an Immortal King? Isn't that making things difficult for a blade of grass like me!"

"Besides, how many resources did other support life forms that could leap directly to the King level consume, and how much did I consume? Did you give me the Fruit of Life? How much of the Locke Divine Water did I take? You're just daydreaming all day long!"

The reason why auxiliary life forms are called this is because the original cosmic will does not recognize them as complete life forms, so it is impossible to expect Flame Star Grass to clearly express its emotions.

Faced with the still-demanding human skin, Flame Star Grass couldn't help but shudder. Then, having no final say, it heard something that made its vision go black.

"Hey, with such a big commotion, Little Fire seems pretty confident. I'll be waiting for your good news!"

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