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

Lin Yuan was naturally unaware of the conversation between Xun'er and Gu Yuan, as he had already arrived at the true beginning and end of this story, beneath Canaan Academy.

After passing the tribe of underground fire lizardmen, we entered a vast space carved out beneath layers of magma. Upon reaching the location of the only light source in the space, an ancient and imposing stone gate came into view.

The stone gate was tens of thousands of feet long, almost the same size as the Azure Dragon body that Lin Yuan had grown for millions of years. Four plain yet majestic characters lay quietly on top.

"Ancient Emperor's Cave!"

"And... Zhu Kun, found!" Lin Yuan glanced at the space below, then smiled slightly, his body bursting with dazzling divine light, startling the enormous creature below awake from its slumber.

The other party opened his eyes, which had been closed for a long time, and locked his pale red pupils onto Lin Yuan. At the same time, an extremely terrifying majesty that was extremely terrifying to people of this world enveloped him, but it was like a gentle breeze and had no effect on Lin Yuan.

Upon seeing the intruder's behavior, the purple-gold dragon's pupils contracted slightly, and the coldness and indifference on its face disappeared, replaced by deep vigilance.

"Could tomb raiders possess ancient jade?"

Unlike his indifferent attitude towards Xiao Yan in the original work, this time he was somewhat ingratiating. Zhu Kun clearly sensed that the strength of the person opposite him was unfathomable, and the faint pressure emanating from him made him feel as powerless as when he faced the last move of the ancient emperor Tuoshe.

"A half-Emperor couldn't possibly give me this feeling." His heart trembled, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Could he be a true Dou Di powerhouse? And where did he get his Origin Qi from? Can I leave with him?"

"No!"

While Lao Long was still brainstorming, Lin Yuan casually remarked and headed straight for the stone gate.

As he ran his hand over the ancient patterns on the door, he was preparing to use his divine power to forcefully break down the door. However, as if the stone door had foreseen the danger, it slowly opened a path that could accommodate several people. Then, space distorted and condensed into a square, almost transparent passage.

Stepping into the passage, all that remained was the giant, dazed, purple-gold dragon: "Impossible! Why didn't the stone gate stop him?"

Rumble!

The shock lasted only a moment. The next second, the dragon suddenly flipped over, and Zhu Kun excitedly crashed into the stone gate.

"That person who could ignore the methods left behind by the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe must undoubtedly be a Dou Di level expert. Origin Qi has no effect on him, so maybe I still have a chance!"

Bang!

With a loud bang, the purple-gold dragon that crashed into the massive stone gate was violently bounced away by the light barrier. Suddenly, a dazzling light burst out in the space, transforming into chains of divine order that locked Zhu Kun and pulled him back down.

"Damn it! Why won't they let me in? You old bastard, Tuoshegudi, you left behind a legacy and you still treat people differently!"

昂～

A deafening roar echoed through the silent space. Knowing that the stone gate would not let him in, he stopped making futile attempts and instead turned sharply to crash into the spatial folds that were far away from the ancient emperor's tomb.

"If you're so capable, then leave him here to guard the gate. I'm not playing along!"

He thought that Lin Yuan had completely destroyed the outer barrier when he came in, and that he could finally leave this hellish place.

However, the familiar faint glow reappeared, and the space once again hardened like a cage...

After a prolonged and fruitless attempt to break through, the purple-gold dragon suddenly turned its head, its giant eyes glaring fiercely at the stone gate floating in the air, its unwilling roar echoing endlessly in the space.

"Thoshegudi, you are all scoundrels!"

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The noise of the outside world was blocked by the space. Lin Yuan took a step and arrived at the Strange Fire Plaza. Except for the three at the front, there was a strange flame rising from the top of the other twenty stone pillars. They were all Strange Fires that were on the list.

Although these strange flames appeared extremely weak, as if all their original power had been lost, Lin Yuan still smiled with satisfaction.

The so-called origin is useless to him; what he needs is the profound laws existing in different strange fires, so these empty shells in front of him are enough.

With a casual gesture, the strange flames, which had completely mastered the fundamental laws of fire, were like sheep being herded by a shepherd, obediently flying down and being swallowed by him without any resistance.

boom!

The earthy weight of volcanic rock flames and tortoise spirit earth fire, the watery strength and gentleness of sea heart flames and fiery cloud water flames, the rich woody energy of green lotus earth core fire and life flames, the sharp metal of nine netherworld golden ancestral fire...

In a short moment, countless insights into the laws surged into his mind. Apart from time and space, Lin Yuan had actually comprehended all eight lower-level laws of the Swallowed Star World to the point that they could be recognized by the original laws!

After he had fully absorbed the nutrients, he opened his eyes and saw a kind-looking old man standing not far away.

Upon seeing him awake, the old man clasped his hands in a respectful bow and handed him a scroll of combat techniques: "Respected expert, although I do not know why you have come here, please do not disrupt the trial I have prepared specifically for the successor. Here is a small gift for you."

There was no way to back down. It was just a wisp of soul left behind by the ancient emperor Tuoshe, responsible for guiding those who came after to accept the true inheritance. The aura of the person in front of him, who looked like a young man, was clearly much stronger than that of the original!

"Fire Spirit Refining Heaven Array!"

The old man explained, "This is an Emperor-level formation that I created over several hundred years after breaking through to the Dou Di realm. It's composed of different types of strange fire spirits and can theoretically hold up to fifty different types of strange fire, with each additional type being more powerful."

"Unleashed, a single strike could easily destroy the entire Dou Qi Continent."

"not bad."

Lin Yuan accepted it, but before the other party could even smile, he swung his hand and blasted him to pieces, leaving only a wisp of golden-red flame radiating intense pressure.

"Since we're already here, how can we not try the Emperor Flame, the number one flame on the Different Flame Ranking?"

This old rascal is dishonest. He left two portions of Origin Qi in the tomb to provoke people to fight over them. On the surface, they are half-finished Emperor Pills. The person who obtains them can only try to complete them before consuming them. The simplest way is through blood sacrifice!

No one would believe he had no ulterior motives.

Swallowing it into his stomach, the twenty kinds of strange fires in Lin Yuan's body, which were originally extremely weak, pounced on it like madmen, tearing at this trace of origin, and devoured it in a few breaths.

They recovered their strength rapidly, as if they had taken some kind of powerful tonic. When only the aura of the Void Devouring Flame and the Pure Lotus Demon Flame remained in that wisp of origin, the other strange flames were no weaker than a nine-star Dou Zun in Lin Yuan's perception!

……

The Demon Flame Space, a region untouched for millennia, welcomed its new master. Holding a milky-white flame many times stronger than other strange flames, and looking at the Refining Heaven Ancient Array engraved deep within his soul, Lin Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

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In the desolate ancient domain, after spending considerable effort to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree of the evil thoughts of the Dou Di that had tormented it for tens of thousands of years, Lin Yuan was finally able to leave with it, completely satisfied.

He had long coveted the Bodhi seed in Ye Fan's hand. Although the one in his hand was far inferior to the one Ye Fan had encountered at the Great Thunderclap Temple in terms of both efficacy and strength, if he took it back and cultivated it well, it had the potential to advance to immortality, which would also enhance his comprehension.

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In the heart of a mountain range not far from the Soul Realm.

The Void Devouring Flame is currently absorbing the soul essence that was recently sent back. He is only one step away from the Emperor Realm soul, but this last step is also the most difficult to cross.

Suddenly, he snapped out of his meditation, appearing restless: "Why do I sense danger approaching? But with the Soul Emperor guarding the Soul Realm, who would dare to cause trouble in this area?"

Shaking his head, Void Devouring Flame assumed it was just his imagination. Just as he was about to continue absorbing, a chilling aura suddenly came from behind and enveloped his entire body.

"put……"

Before he could finish speaking, he was crushed into a ball of flame by an immense force, and then swallowed whole by the figure that appeared behind him.

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The Soul Realm is no less than a dragon's den or a tiger's lair to the others on the Dou Qi Continent. The Soul Clan has so many hidden Dou Sheng powerhouses that they can take on all the other ancient imperial clans with the strength of their clan alone. Even Gu Yuan, a late-stage nine-star Dou Sheng, does not dare to force his way in.

But today, Lin Yuan strolled around here as if he were in a garden, and no one noticed him.

Based on conversations with others, he located the clan leader's residence and walked straight into the courtyard. There, a refined man dressed in black was quietly brewing tea, as if waiting for an unseen guest. This man was none other than the Soul Emperor.

The other party seemed to sense someone intruding, frowned and looked in the direction of the courtyard gate: "I wonder which friend has come to visit my Soul Clan? Please show yourself."

"Was the message from Void Devouring Flame?" Lin Yuan asked curiously, waving his hand to remove the spatial barrier surrounding him.

He secretly wondered, "The original story says that the Void Devouring Flame possesses the Emperor's Flame, and if given enough opportunity, it can even grow into a new, complete different flame. Could that be equivalent to its clone?"

"No, that's not it." The Soul Emperor shook his head. "Today, many people in the clan said that the sub-fire that Void gave them was more difficult to control than before, so I guessed that there might be a problem with it."

"Then...don't you want to try resisting?" Lin Yuan looked at him with great interest.

"Forget it, it's all just a matter of the winner taking all the credit!"

The other party remained calm, showing none of the panic one would expect when facing a formidable enemy: "He has already advanced to the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm. Even if I wanted to take him down, it would take considerable effort. Yet, in your hands, he couldn't even send out a distress signal!"

"I know I am no match for you, and I cannot stop you from doing anything you want to the Soul Clan. Therefore, there is no need for futile resistance. At most, I will die and my clan will be wiped out. I have been prepared for this since I embarked on the path of cultivation."

"A smart person." Lin Yuan nodded, then asked a question that surprised the other party: "Do you want to come with me? I can guarantee you will break through to the Dou Di realm, and if you have enough talent, even higher realms are not a problem."

The Soul Emperor was a talented individual. He was able to lie low for a full thousand years, waiting until the Soul Clan was strong enough before launching a surprise attack to seize all the Emperor Jade. This rare forbearance and decisiveness was enough to support him in reaching a higher realm.

If it weren't for the lack of source energy that caused him to be stuck at the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng and unable to advance further, Gu Yuan wouldn't even be worthy of carrying his shoes!

Lin Yuan didn't need to worry about him betraying him. After all, if he lost the protective shield against detection in the Devouring World, he would be directly annihilated by the original universe's will!

Moreover, smart people will weigh the pros and cons. Before they have the strength to surpass themselves, they will just keep to themselves and obediently be a qualified subordinate.

The Soul Emperor gave Lin Yuan a deep look, then without hesitation knelt on one knee, clasped his hands, and said, "Your subordinate greets Your Excellency!"

"Alright!" Lin Yuan clapped his hands and tossed him an empty world ring: "Go pack your things, I'll find you a few more companions and then we'll leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished from the spot, while the Soul Emperor stroked his ring and muttered to himself, "An extraterrestrial?"

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