Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 215 Ten Years Later

Time keeps flowing by, and soon another ten years have passed.

At this point, there were only ten days left before Yang Wu and the others left Chaos City.

On this day, a spaceship shaped like a "big fish" that was nearly a thousand meters long slowly flew into the initial universe from the primordial universe.

After entering the initial universe, the strange spaceship began to fly rapidly toward Chaos City.

Inside the spaceship's main hall, there were two figures.

A man in a blue battle robe sat in a seat, while a stunningly beautiful woman in jade armor stood respectfully to the side.

These two were none other than Yang Wu's teacher, the Nine Swords Venerable, and his first Immortal King, the Jade King.

"Longyu, how have these newcomers from the same batch as Yang Wu performed over the past thirty years?" Nine Swords Venerable asked with a smile.

In fact, the Nine Swords Venerable no longer cared about how these people performed.

One Yang Wu is enough!

However, these geniuses were ultimately selected and recruited by the Virtual Universe Company, so the Nine Swords Venerable, who was in charge of this year's Genius Battle, naturally couldn't completely ignore them.

"Your Excellency, of the thousand geniuses in this batch, 817 are still alive!" said the Jade King, who had flowing purple hair, respectfully.

"Among these people, the most outstanding is Yang Wu, the disciple of the Venerable One. He passed the seventh level of the Bridge to Heaven in the tenth year after entering Chaos City, and has been cultivating diligently ever since."

"Next is Bolan, who passed the sixth level of the Cosmic Bridge in the eighth year. However, just a few days ago, Bolan went to try the seventh level of the Cosmic Bridge, but unfortunately he failed!" King Longyu said with a hint of regret.

If Bolan had chosen the right path from the beginning, perhaps another genius would have emerged under the Venerable One's command, having conquered the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge.

"Also, Luo Feng and Rong Jun performed very well. Luo Feng passed the fifth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge in the 27th year. Rong Jun passed the fourth level of the Giant Axe Bridge in the 25th year."

King Longyu continued respectfully, "Five other geniuses have also passed the third level of the Bridge to Heaven: Qian Shui, Wu Ka, Jia Lexi, Long Yun, and Gu Siluo!"

As for the other ordinary geniuses who passed through the first and second levels of the Heavenly Bridge, King Longyu did not mention them at all. These people were not worth the Nine Swords Venerable's attention for the time being.

As the Nine Swords Venerable sat on his throne listening to the report from the Jade King, he was pondering the name of a certain person.

This person was neither his prized disciple Yang Wu, nor the other two remarkably advanced geniuses, Bo Lan and Luo Feng, but Rong Jun, who was far behind Yang Wu and the other two.

As the Nine Swords Venerable slowly recalled all the information about Rong Jun from his memories, he pondered to himself.

"While Rong Jun's combat talent is astonishing, his comprehension of the laws is not among the most outstanding of this group of geniuses. Now, thirty years later, he has only managed to pass the fourth level of the Bridge to Heaven!"

"While such a genius is certainly not bad, on average, only one appears in each Genius Battle! Yet, Yuan Chen and Gu Lun, these two rulers of universe kingdoms, are vying to take Rong Jun as their disciple as soon as he has passed the first level of the Bridge to Heaven!"

Nine Swords Venerable frowned slightly: "These two reached the Venerable level much earlier than I have. Perhaps there are things about Rong Jun that I haven't discovered."

Whenever he thought of Rong Jun being taken as a disciple by other Venerables, the Nine Swords Venerable would feel a pang of regret.

Although Rong Jun was brought to Chaos City by him and is still considered his subordinate, if Rong Jun were to possess the strength of a peak-level King in the future, he could form his own faction, which even the Nine Swords Venerable would be unable to stop.

At that time, Rong Jun will inevitably choose to join the Yuan Chen Universe Kingdom and will not be able to continue to stay under the Nine Swords Venerable.

However, the Nine Swords Venerable's furrowed brows quickly relaxed. He thought to himself, "I've already made a huge profit by taking Yang Wu as my disciple this time! Even if there are some things about Rong Jun that I haven't seen through, could he possibly be better than Yang Wu?"

Thinking of this, the Nine Swords Venerable smiled and said, "Although Bolan has embarked on the right path, the Cosmic Chaos Stele is ultimately different from other Chaos Steles that specialize in studying space. It's quite impressive that he was able to pass the sixth level in thirty years! As for Luo Feng, his progress even surpasses Bolan's, which is indeed a pleasant surprise!"

"However..." the Nine Swords Venerable suddenly asked quite seriously, "Longyu, do you think Yang Wu had a chance to pass the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge before leaving Chaos City?"

"I don't know either!" King Longyu replied respectfully. "More than ten years ago, Yang Wu attempted to cross the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven several times, but for the past ten years, he has been focusing on cultivation and has never attempted to cross the Bridge to Heaven again! However, with Yang Wu's talent, he should have a chance to cross the eighth level."

"Yes, there might be hope!" Nine Swords Venerable thought to himself.

Rumble...

The spaceship continued its journey.

……

The Chaos City, shrouded in chaotic energy, has existed since time immemorial.

On the rooftop of the residence where the founder of the "Blazing Flames" secret technique once practiced, Yang Wu sat cross-legged, eyes closed, motionless.

After the last simulation, Yang Wu did not immediately attempt to conquer the eighth level of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge. Instead, he continued to cultivate diligently, hoping to comprehend the third rainstorm diagram of the Nine Universes Chaos Stele to a perfect score.

Unfortunately, ten years is far too short a time, and it is insignificant compared to the two thousand years that Yang Wu experienced in the simulator.

Even with Yang Wu's incredibly diligent cultivation, he was still a short distance from fully comprehending the Rainstorm Diagram.

That day, Yang Wu awoke from his meditation and saw Qian Shui looking at him with a smile not far away.

"Yang Wu!" Qian Shui asked with a smile, "We're about to leave Chaos City. Aren't you planning to try the Heavenly Bridge? Many people are speculating whether you can pass the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Bridge!"

There isn't much time left before Yang Wu and the others leave Chaos City, so many geniuses are trying to cross the Heavenly Bridge.

Unfortunately, apart from a few geniuses who occasionally managed to pass the second level of the Heavenly Bridge, the rest did not make any breakthroughs.

Just now, Qianshui also tried to break through to the fourth level of the Sky Bridge.

Unfortunately, the fourth level of the Tongtian Bridge is much more difficult than the third level. Even though Qian Shui had already passed the third level of the Tongtian Bridge 10 years ago, and had received guidance from Yang Wu and Jianhuang Wang over the past decade, she was still some distance away from passing the fourth level.

The Bridge to Heaven is a hurdle every three levels. If the fourth level is already this difficult, what about the seventh level? Even Bolan, who had already passed the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven, struggled to comprehend it for more than 20 years but still couldn't pass the seventh level!

But what about Yang Wu? Ten years after arriving in Chaos City, he had already passed the seventh level!

Such talent is enough to amaze countless people.

"The Bridge to Heaven?" Yang Wu asked with a smile.

Before leaving Chaos City, he naturally had to try his luck on the Heavenly Bridge.

After all, during your time in Chaos City, you can earn ten times the points by crossing the Sky Bridge.

Although Yang Wu had a lot of points, he used most of them to buy secret manuals, and he had very few left.

Just then—

"Come see me immediately!"

A deep, resonant voice rang out in Yang Wu's mind; it was the voice of the Nine Swords Venerable that he was familiar with.

"Come see me immediately!"

"Come see me immediately!"

……

The echoing sound caused all 817 surviving geniuses to cease their cultivation.

"Is the teacher here?"

"It is the Venerable One!"

Yang Wu and Qian Shui exchanged a glance, then transformed into two streaks of light and soared into the sky, flying towards the direction from which the sound came.

brush!brush!brush!

Within the vast and boundless Chaos City, amidst the swirling currents of air, figures soared into the sky one after another, all flying in the same direction.

Above Chaos City, a giant, dark blue fish, over a thousand meters long, flew out from the shattering and solidifying chaos, its tail fin swaying slowly.

An aura that compels one to submit involuntarily emanates from this fish-shaped spaceship.

click!

The hatch on the belly of the "Big Fish" opened, and more than ten figures flew out one after another, the leader of whom was the Nine Swords Venerable, who was wearing a blue battle robe.

At this moment, Yang Wu and more than 800 other geniuses, as well as nearly 100 immortal beings, had all appeared in front of the Nine Swords Venerable.

"Greetings, Venerable One!" Yang Wu and the others, along with a group of immortal beings, stood in mid-air and bowed respectfully.

"snort!"

The Nine Swords Venerable let out a cold snort, which was like a heavy hammer striking everyone's heart.

He coldly swept his gaze across everyone suspended below. Yang Wu and the others felt as if they were ants being watched by a giant dragon.

Silence reigned all around; no one dared to utter a sound.

"Chaos City was the safest place arranged for so-called geniuses like you!" The Nine Swords Venerable stood high in the sky, looking down at the group of geniuses below, and coldly said, "But what I didn't expect was that even in this safest place, Chaos City, nearly 20% of your thousand people have perished!"

"This result is truly disappointing! Once you return to the original universe, I'm afraid more than half of you will die within just one hundred years!"

Silence reigned all around; none of the geniuses dared to utter a sound, and could only obediently listen to the admonitions of the Nine Swords Venerable.

Within this Chaos City, human powerhouses are strictly forbidden from killing each other. Therefore, the nearly two hundred people who died must have perished while hunting Chaos Beasts.

"You'll be leaving Chaos City in ten days," the Nine Swords Venerable said indifferently. "Now, those who should challenge the Heavenly Bridge should do so, and those who should study the Chaos Stele should do so. After you leave, who knows when you'll be able to come back!"

The Nine Swords Venerable waved his hand and ordered, "Go, all of you except Yang Wu!"

"Yes!" a large group of people replied respectfully.

Immediately, everyone dispersed and flew off in different directions from Chaos City.

Thank you to reader i阿晨 for the 20000 points reward. An extra chapter will be coming up later.

(End of this chapter)