Swallowing the Stars: Equipment Slots, Starting with a Genius Battle

Chapter 88: The Equipment Slots Are Empty Again, Thanks to Kander's Care (3K)

Ye Feng walked out of the inner palace of the Chaos City Lord's Mansion and stepped into the relatively open outer palace area.

He was preparing to head to the familiar Chaos Stele cultivation room when a voice suddenly called out from behind, filled with surprise and uncertainty: "Brother Ye Feng? Is it really Brother Ye Feng?"

The voice sounded somewhat familiar, and Ye Feng paused, turning around to look in the direction of the sound.

At the massive entrance to the city lord's mansion, a figure clad in gleaming silver armor was excitedly running towards him—it was none other than Prince Uka of Manka Star.

Standing before Ye Feng, his face flushed with excitement, he exclaimed, "Brother Ye Feng, you've finally finished your seclusion? You've successfully broken through to the Realm Lord level?"

Two hundred years ago, Ye Feng announced his seclusion to attempt to become a World Lord, virtually severing all contact with the outside world. That radiant figure...

The monstrous genius who overshadowed his peers vanished without a trace, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth. Everyone speculated that he had encountered a bottleneck in his breakthrough and had been cultivating diligently ever since.

Who would have thought that this "secluded cultivator" had already been fighting on the dangerous battlefields beyond the borders for two hundred years?

Ye Feng sized up Uka before him. Two hundred years had passed, yet the young prince still retained a touch of childishness; time seemed to have left few marks on him. He smiled. "Oh, it's Uka. You—still dawdling at the cosmic level?"

Uka's excited smile froze on his face, and he scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "Hey, Brother Ye Feng, how can I compare to you? I can't even catch up with those freaks like Luo Feng, Bo Lan, and Rong Jun. I'm thinking of cultivating at the cosmic level for another one or two thousand years. I don't even dare to think about the Primordial Secret Realm, but I at least need to fight my way back to the Primordial Secret Realm and then break through to the Domain Lord level."

The positions that geniuses in the Primordial Region are assigned to outside the region are always at a higher starting point than those in the Heavenly Region, right?

External playback?

Ye Feng was slightly taken aback, then suddenly realized.

Yes, according to the training system of the Virtual Universe Company, once geniuses break through to the Domain Lord level, they will be sent to the Universe Kingdom to take up important positions to accumulate experience and practical skills.

The two chatted idly under the wide corridor of the outer mansion of the city lord's residence. Through Uka, Ye Feng also learned about the current situation of the same group of geniuses.

About a hundred years ago, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Bo Lan, Wu Ka and others went through a cosmic-level "qualification battle", and the identities of the secret realm were reshuffled.

With his overwhelming strength from the 10th floor of the Sky Bridge, Berlan fought his way through the obstacles and forcefully entered the Primal Secret Realm.

Luo Feng also performed amazingly, defeating several veteran geniuses, and with a bit of luck, he also successfully entered the Primal Secret Realm.

Rong Jun successfully remained in the Primordial Secret Realm.

Meanwhile, a group of geniuses, including Uka, Qianshui, and Jiangmo, had relatively short cultivation periods and weaker foundations, causing them to fall one level down in the secret realm. Uka and Qianshui, among others, fell to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but still had the potential to fight their way back. However, many more geniuses whose talents were not top-tier unfortunately fell into the most brutally competitive Doomsday Secret Realm—where over ten thousand cosmic-level geniuses competed for limited resources. Once fallen into it, climbing back up was extremely difficult.

"Brother Ye Feng," Uka said cheerfully, "how about we get together sometime? That madman has been talking about you, saying he wants to treat you to a good meal."

Given Luo Feng's strength at the time, it would have been almost impossible for him to enter the Primordial Secret Realm in the last qualifying battle; he would most likely have been left in the Primordial Zone.

However, Ye Feng's "timely" breakthrough to the Realm Lord level freed up a precious spot in the Primordial Secret Realm. Even more coincidentally, when Luo Feng faced the most threatening opponent, Krov, in the qualifying battle, Krov unexpectedly failed to appear. This double stroke of "good fortune" allowed Luo Feng to incredibly luckily catch the last train to the Primordial Secret Realm.

Otherwise, he would have been stuck in the Primordial Secret Realm like Rong Jun, and naturally wouldn't have been able to be appointed as a regional governor of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom as a "genius of the Primordial Secret Realm." Luo Feng kept this opportunity in his heart and was filled with gratitude towards Ye Feng—even though Ye Feng's breakthrough wasn't something he had deliberately done.

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng readily agreed without hesitation: "Alright. Let's meet after I finish comprehending the Chaos Stele. You can arrange the location, and I'll cover the expenses. Don't try to save me money."

He currently has 51.5 billion Chaos Units in his account, of which 50 billion are reserved for the budget to purchase that treasure in the Hongmeng Alliance, and the remaining 1.5 million Chaos Units are enough for him to squander.

Why strive to become stronger? One reason is to make life more comfortable for oneself.

Upon hearing this, Uka's eyes lit up, and he patted his chest to assure her, "Mingming, don't worry, Brother Ye Feng. Leave this to me. I guarantee I'll handle it perfectly and with great fanfare."

Ye Feng smiled and patted Uka on the shoulder, then turned and stepped into the deep passage leading to the Chaos Stele cultivation room.

Walking briskly along the familiar, slightly dimly lit passage, Ye Feng soon arrived at the door of the quiet room inscribed with the words "Heavenly Fire".

Guarding this place is still the kind-faced old man with thousands of clones—Kandri.

"Lord Kandri," Ye Feng bowed respectfully, "I need to enter the meditation room to cultivate."

Kandri chuckled as he sized up Ye Feng, his gaze deep and thoughtful. "Hmm, you still have three more chances to comprehend this. Go in; there's an empty room inside."

Ye Feng took a deep breath to calm his mind and stepped into the meditation room. He walked straight past the first four images that he already knew by heart, and sat cross-legged in front of the fifth image, his gaze sharp as lightning as he looked at the inscription shrouded in chaotic energy.

The fifth image depicts two terrifying black holes intertwined and devouring each other. At the core of the destructive vortex they create, wisps of chaotic energy are released and evolve, as if illustrating how space is reborn and reshaped from extreme destruction.

With just one glance, Ye Feng's consciousness was completely absorbed.

He felt as if he were in the void between those two black holes. Violent spatial ripples, eerie spatial distortions...

The heart-stopping spatial shattering and the spatial fluctuations powerful enough to suppress stars—all sorts of mysterious and unpredictable spatial laws and phenomena were no longer vague concepts, but rather acted directly on his perception in an incredibly clear and almost "materialized" way, showing him the most essential operating rules.

"So that's how it is—the core nodes of spatial folding and spatial ripples are actually connected in this way." Ye Feng suddenly understood, and his understanding of the laws of space soared at an unprecedented speed.

If we say that studying the fifth and sixth sets of stone tablets in "Heavenly Fire Notes" was a scattered grasp of the "knowledge points" and "formulas" of billions of spatial laws, then...

At this moment, guided by the Heavenly Fire Chaos Stele, these known and mastered "knowledge points" and "formulas" are being rapidly connected and woven together by an invisible force.

Furthermore, as the understanding deepens, they are no longer a scattered mess, but are constructed into a complete, efficient, and self-operating system of laws.

The difference in power is like heaven and earth.

If Ye Feng's previous use of the laws represented by the fifth and sixth diagrams was like trying to smash someone with a pile of gunpowder, the energy would be dispersed and the power limited.

Now that he has completed the "system modeling," he has essentially mastered the process of purifying, compressing, and manufacturing TNT from gunpowder.

The technology.

The same amount of energy can unleash power dozens of times greater.

If he can fully comprehend the essence of the laws of space and touch the source of those laws in the future, it will be a qualitative leap, like mastering the power of nuclear fission, with its power increasing by tens of millions of times.

Time flies by as one gains deeper insights.

The seven-day period of contemplation will soon come to an end.

Ye Feng remained immersed in the vast ocean of spatial laws, oblivious to the world around him.

Outside the meditation room, the guardian Kanderi, seeing this, did not use his usual "demonic voice" to violently awaken the person. A gentle smile flashed in his eyes, and he gently waved his withered hand towards the meditation room.

An invisible and gentle spatial ripple quietly spread out, like the softest silk, instantly enveloping Ye Feng, who was sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, "lifting" him out of his deep state of enlightenment and silently moving him to the stone floor of the passage. The whole process was smooth and seamless, without interrupting the afterglow of his enlightenment.

Having done all this, Kander acted as if nothing had happened, turning to the two respectfully waiting female immortals behind him and saying, "Kalis, Xi Yili, you may go in now."

"Yes, Lord Kanderi." The two female immortals bowed hurriedly in response, glancing curiously at the woman sitting cross-legged in the passage.

Ye Feng, whose surrounding spatial fluctuations had not yet completely subsided, was secretly astonished:

Who is this person? How could Lord Candri, known for his "ear-piercing" voice, treat him so "gently"?

They didn't dare ask any more questions and quickly walked into the quiet room.

Kandri stood silently at the entrance of the meditation room, as if he had turned into a stone sculpture.

Time continues to flow.

The spatial law fluctuations emanating from Ye Feng not only did not weaken, but instead became increasingly intense and condensed. A moment later, a dazzling silver light suddenly erupted from his body, instantly illuminating the dark passage, before slowly receding back into his body like a tide.

"Hoo—" Ye Feng exhaled a long, comfortable breath, slowly opened his eyes, and countless spatial runes seemed to flash in his eyes.

"Each time I comprehend the Chaos Stele, it's like opening a new door, and the gains far exceed my expectations."

Although he hadn't yet passed the Tongtian Bridge test, Ye Feng was certain that reaching the 16th level of the Tongtian Bridge wouldn't be a problem.

More importantly, his equipment inventory was empty again.

Ye Feng

Realm: Sixth-tier World Lord; Willpower Strength: High-level Universe Venerable; Genetic Multiplier: 1801 times; Origin Law:

The Origin of Fire (Understanding its Essence: 108/108)

The Origin of Gold (Understanding its Essence: 39/108)

The Origin of Space (Essential Understanding: 103/108)

Equipment slots:

1. Empty Space 2. 150,000 Blood Crystals (Willpower training/increased fusion level can accelerate solidification)

Permanent Remaining: 49.8885 Epoch III: 600 million Blood Crystals (Willpower training/increased fusion level can accelerate solidification)

Permanent Remaining: 34,998,887 Era IV: 6,000,000 Blood Crystals (Willpower Tempering/Increased Fusion Level can accelerate solidification)

Permanent Remaining: 34,998,886 Epochs. Ye Feng smiled, "The Time-Space Nightmare Beast's corpse has solidified. The equipment slots are empty again. Time to equip new treasures."

"Go to Hongmeng and purchase some space-related talent treasures to equip."

Ye Feng secretly rejoiced at his decision not to rush to equip the Beast God Statue.

Otherwise, with his equipment slots locked for thousands of epochs, how could he equip treasures as freely as he does now?

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