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

Three months have passed since the battle at Thunderfire Canyon.

Inside the quiet room of Lin Yuan's residence on Zijing Island, he slowly opened his eyes, and the crimson-gold flames flowing around his body gradually receded into his body.

"It's time to go back to the initial universe."

With a thought, Lin Yuan's Yan God Clan clone disappeared from the quiet room.

"Divine Kingdom Teleportation"

Lin Yuan recalled the coordinates near the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company on the continent, which were the spatial imprints he left before entering Chaos City.

The Virtual Universe Company headquarters has deployed spatial containment measures around the mainland. Although with his current strength, these containment measures are completely ineffective against him, he still cannot be too ostentatious.

"Buzz—"

Divine power surged, ripples appeared in the space before them, and a stable teleportation channel took shape.

Lin Yuan stepped inside.

……

In the primordial universe, somewhere in the remote starry sky near the mainland of the Virtual Universe Company headquarters.

Space distorted slightly, and Lin Yuan's figure emerged from the teleportation channel. He then waved his hand to retrieve his spaceship and boarded it. Before long, he saw the supercontinent in the void.

The defense system did not stop him after scanning his identity information; instead, a special guidance channel was opened, which was a special treatment for a top overlord like him.

Half an hour later, the spaceship landed at the virtual universe company's headquarters' dedicated docking port.

As soon as Lin Yuan stepped out of the spaceship, an immortal deity clad in silver armor stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Chaos Venerable, headquarters has arranged a transport ship for you to the Initial Universe. Please follow me."

Thank you for your trouble.

Lin Yuan nodded slightly and followed the immortal deity deeper into the harbor.

A transport spaceship was docked there, its hull bearing the logo of Virtual Universe Corporation.

This spaceship is specifically designed to transport the core members of the Virtual Universe Company to and from the Initial Universe. Its defenses are strong enough to withstand attacks from cosmic overlords, and it is equipped with comprehensive training facilities.

"Your Excellency, please."

The hatch opened, and Lin Yuan stepped inside the spaceship.

Its interior space is extremely spacious, with a circular hall in the center that is 100 meters in diameter, and dozens of independent training rooms distributed around it.

The hatch closed, and the spaceship slowly ascended into the air.

Through the porthole, Lin Yuan could see the headquarters continent gradually shrinking in his field of vision, eventually turning into a point of light and disappearing into the depths of the starry sky.

The spaceship entered the dark universe and flew towards the entrance coordinates of the initial universe at two hundred times the speed of light.

……

The primordial universe, Chaos City.

When the transport ship penetrated the cosmic membrane and entered this special spacetime shrouded by the primordial universe, Lin Yuan could clearly feel the familiar fluctuations of the laws.

The chaotic energy flowed slowly through the void, like silk threads.

The city lord's mansion stands majestically, unchanged through the ages.

"Finally back."

Lin Yuan stepped out of the spaceship and onto the bluestone streets of Chaos City, a sense of emotion welling up in his heart.

From a junior World Lord when he first entered Chaos City to a top overlord renowned throughout the Primordial Universe, he has only walked this path for a few million years, while this amount of time is but a fleeting moment for immortal gods.

Without delay, Lin Yuan vanished from his spot in a flash, reappearing in front of the gate of a side hall deep within the City Lord's Mansion.

The palace doors opened silently.

Lin Yuan walked to the blue stone platform and connected his consciousness to the virtual universe network.

The screen lights up, displaying account information:

[Current Account]

Holder: Lin Yuan

Authority Level: Top Overlord

Treasure Points: 23.5

Heavy treasure points: 31.45

The 100 Treasure Points from the clan reward hadn't arrived yet. Looking at his account balance, Lin Yuan quickly calculated his gains and plans for this trip.

He gained a lot in the battle of Thunderfire Canyon, but many of the treasures did not fit his fighting style.

Although the equipment looted from those cosmic overlords was of high quality, finding suitable buyers within the five major powers was not easy. After all, ordinary cosmic venerables could not afford the price, and most of the cosmic overlords already had their equipment.

"Instead of wasting time finding someone to trade privately, I might as well contribute it directly to the clan's treasury," he decided.

Although the treasure vault's buyback price is only about 90% of the normal price, the gains from this battle are so great that he can afford this loss.

Above the blue stone platform, streams of light continuously fell.

First are two ordinary realm-class treasures: the Shadow Binding Net of the Thousand Touch Venerable and the Golden Meteor Magnetic Field of the Iron Meteor Venerable.

The former is a pitch-black, net-like treasure that, when unfolded, can cover tens of millions of kilometers. Within its domain, space will be bound layer by layer, and the opponent's speed will be suppressed to the extreme.

The latter is a fist-sized metal sphere that, when activated, forms a powerful metal force field that can suppress opponents and amplify one's own attacks.

The two treasures floated above the stone platform, each emitting different fluctuations of the laws governing them.

"Begin the identification." Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The surface of the blue stone platform was covered with flowing patterns, and a soft light enveloped the two treasures.

A moment later, a gentle voice rang out:

"Identification complete."

"Shadow Binding Net, a common domain-type treasure. Its domain suppression power is above average among its peers. Contributing it to your clan will grant you 39 treasure points."

"Gold Meteor Magnetic Field, a treasure of the ordinary realm, contains the fundamental laws of both metal and space. It has a powerful suppressive force on matter, and provides an additional bonus to metal life forms. Contributing it to a race will grant 34 treasure points."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

The price was about what he had estimated, totaling 73 Treasure Points for both items.

Next are some top-tier domain-level treasures, which were spoils of war he obtained after joining forces with Venerable Wanling, Venerable Jiufeng, and others to kill ordinary overlords.

There are seven items in total, each a top-tier treasure, some even approaching the power of ordinary supreme treasures.

The light of the appraiser swept across each item.

"Seven top-tier domain-specific treasures, contributing a total of 2 Treasure Points."

This price left Lin Yuan somewhat helpless.

The difference between a top-tier treasure and a supreme treasure is too great. Seven top-tier treasures combined are only worth 2 supreme treasure points, which is less than a fraction of the value of the cheapest ordinary supreme treasure.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Treasures are basically useless to cosmic overlords, but ordinary Venerables can't afford domain-type treasures, so they have to make do with what they have.

"continue."

Good books are never stopped being updated, waiting for you to appreciate them.

Lin Yuan then took out three more high-grade treasure armors.

This was seized from the Thousand Silk Mother Queen, the Thousand Touch Venerable, and the Iron Meteor Venerable.

The three suits of armor have different styles, but their defensive capabilities are all above average among high-grade treasures.

The identification was completed quickly:

"Flowing Cloud Armor, a high-grade treasure armor. It can reduce physical attacks to one ninety-thousandth and soul attacks to one-tenth. Contribution value: 24.1 treasure points."

"Water Spirit Armor, a high-grade treasure armor. It can reduce physical attacks to one eighty-thousandth and soul attacks to one percent. Contribution value: 22.8 treasure points."

"The Meteorite Gold Armor, a high-grade treasure armor, contains the dual fundamental laws of metal and space. It can weaken material attacks to one eighty-thousandth of their original value. Contribution value: 21.8 treasure points."

The three items together cost 68.7 Treasure Points.

Lin Yuan was fairly satisfied with the price, considering it was the buyback price for contributing to the clan's treasury, only about 90% of the original price. If it were a private transaction, each item could fetch at least 1 to 2 more Treasure Points.

But just as he thought, these treasures were not suited to his fighting style, and finding buyers offline was too troublesome, so it would be better to simply donate them to the treasure vault.

Finally, there were all sorts of miscellaneous weapons and auxiliary treasures.

Two high-grade treasure weapons, several ordinary treasures for assisting flight, several top-grade soul treasures... Most of them were left behind by those fallen ordinary overlords, and their quality varied.

The appraiser's light swept across each item, and a gentle voice continuously announced the prices:

"Sky-Splitting Blade, a high-grade treasure weapon, with a contribution value of 8.2 treasure points."

"Windwalker Wings, a common auxiliary flight artifact, with a contribution value of 14.3 artifact points."

"Nine Soul Heart Tower, top-tier soul-type treasure, contribution value: 1856 treasure points."

……

When the last treasure was appraised, the number in front of Lin Yuan had accumulated to a considerable sum.

"All treasure contributions complete. Current account balance updated to: 212.5 Treasure Points, 31.45 Major Treasure Points."

Lin Yuan's treasures were sold as a package, so the treasure vault offered him a further discount and then settled the payment with treasure points.

Of course, he didn't sell all the spoils. The Thousand Threads Soul Refining Prison was a high-level treasure, and he wasn't sure if he could find other suitable ones in the treasure vault later, so he kept it for now.

Furthermore, selling the two top-tier treasure weapons of Blood Flame Venerable and Flame Dragon Venerable at a 10% discount would be too much of a loss, so Lin Yuan planned to find buyers offline. If that didn't work, he could also go to the Hongmeng Auction House after obtaining the consent of the clan's higher-ups, which would be much higher than the purchase price from the treasure vault.

These two treasures were compatible with Lin Yuan's attributes, so he kept the two ordinary domain-type treasures and the high-grade treasure armor for his other clones to use as spares.

"Now, let's see what we can exchange for." With a thought, Lin Yuan switched the screen to the exchange page.

"The armor doesn't need to be changed for now."

His Blazing Sun Armor is a top-tier treasure among high-grade armors, and even top overlords cannot easily break through its defenses.

Unless you encounter a special life form like the Ancestral Tree Venerable, whose genetic level is not low and whose divine body is much larger than your own, it will be sufficient.

If all else fails, there's always the Flame Sky Palace to hide in.

He directly searched for top-tier treasure weapons.

The light screen refreshed, displaying information about twenty-one weapons.

He looked them over one by one—there were eight swords, five longswords, and some unusual weapons with unique designs, but not a single spear.

"As expected..." Lin Yuan sighed softly.

Long spears are already rare among top-tier treasures, and even if they appear, they will be quickly exchanged for. It is normal that there are no supplies in the treasure vault at the moment.

Lin Yuan turned off the weapon selection and instead searched for domain-related treasures.

Requirements: High-level treasures.

The light screen refreshed, and this time only four items were displayed.

Void Imprisonment

Category: Domain-Specific Arcana (Advanced)

Price: 213 Treasure Points

Description: A domain-type treasure with spatial laws at its core, which can form a void domain with a maximum diameter of 50 million kilometers when activated.

【Frozen Kingdom】

Category: Domain-Specific Arcana (Advanced)

Price: 198 Treasure Points

Description: When activated, it can form an ice and snow domain with a diameter of 30 million kilometers. The temperature within the domain is extremely low, which can slow down the opponent's divine power circulation speed, while amplifying the user's ice-type attacks.

Lightning Prison

Category: Domain-Specific Arcana (Advanced)

Price: 192 Treasure Points

Description: A domain-type treasure centered on the law of lightning. When activated, it can form a lightning domain with a diameter of 28 million kilometers. The domain is filled with violent lightning that can continuously bombard opponents and interfere with their soul perception.

【Time Flows Like Sand】

Category: Domain-Specific Arcana (Advanced)

Price: 205 Treasure Points

Description: A domain-type treasure with the law of time at its core. When activated, it can form a time domain with a diameter of 30 million kilometers. The flow of time within the domain will be distorted, and the opponent's movements will become sluggish.

Lin Yuan carefully reviewed the information on the four high-level treasures, and finally shook his head.

"None of them are suitable for me."

Void Imprisonment is purely spatial, similar to Thousand Threads Soul Refining Prison; Frozen Kingdom and Lightning Prison are incompatible in terms of attributes; Although Time Sands is powerful, the law of time is not his forte.

"It seems the Thousand Threads Soul Refining Prison will need to be used for a while longer."

Lin Yuan closed the filter for domain-type treasures and turned his attention to auxiliary-type treasures.

This time, he set the condition directly: a high-level soul-type treasure.

The light screen refreshed, displaying six high-level soul-type treasures, priced between 210 and 285 treasure points.

Lin Yuan looked at each item one by one, and finally his gaze settled on the third item.

【Burning Heart Mirror】

Category: Soul-type Treasure (High-level)

Price: 245 Treasure Points

Description: After refining, it can form a layer of burning fire barrier, which can withstand soul attacks at the level of a universe master, and can also reflect some soul attacks. The power of the reflection depends on the intensity of the opponent's attack.

Defensive Feature: Soul attacks from beings below the level of a Universe Lord are nullified. Soul attacks from a first-tier Universe Lord are weakened to one ten-thousandth, those from a second-tier Universe Lord are weakened to one-thousandth, and those from a third-tier Universe Lord and above can be temporarily blocked.