Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 249 The Nine Swords Master's Regret (Part Two)

"While the ability to create clones is incredibly powerful, it's still possible for them to perish!"

The Lord of Dragons solemnly warned, "Given your current situation, although your willpower is still quite good, any immortal god skilled in soul attacks could annihilate all your clones with a single soul attack!"

"Moreover, even I myself cannot guarantee that I will not perish! Therefore, even if you possess the ability to create clones, you must always maintain a sense of awe towards the universe!"

"Disciple understands!" Yang Wu said respectfully.

Since he came into this world, too many people have told Yang Wu about this.

Marquis Jin Guang, the Nine Swords Venerable, and now the Lord of Dragon Journey!

"Hmm." The Lord of Dragons waved his hand and said, "You all go. Yang Wu, come see me again when you've reached the level of immortality and the understanding of the laws!"

Because Yang Wu chose the Star Pearl, the Lord of Dragons also slightly changed his requirements.

After all, now that Yang Wu has fused with the 'Star Pearl,' breaking through to immortality has become extremely difficult.

"Yes, teacher!" Yang Wu replied respectfully.

"This disciple takes his leave!" Venerable Nine Swords bowed in return.

Wow!

Yang Wu and the Nine Swords Venerable disappeared at the same time, and then reappeared in the vast universe outside the Dragon Palace.

"Let's go, I'll send you back to the original secret realm!" Nine Swords Venerable said calmly, and then with a wave of his hand, Yang Wu and the other person immediately appeared inside the fish-shaped spaceship.

Inside the Dragon Palace, the Dragon Lord's gaze seemed to transcend time and space.

As he watched Yang Wu and the Nine Swords Venerable depart, he thought to himself, "I hope that soon, a new powerful figure will emerge from among my human race!"

The Lord of Dragons rose to power in the early days of the primordial universe, when humanity was just a powerful race with a pitifully small territory and extremely rare secret techniques and treasures.

Later, under the leadership of an exceptionally talented genius, the human race gradually became the pinnacle of the universe, eventually standing shoulder to shoulder with other major pinnacle races, and even completely suppressing all other races.

Unfortunately, the peerless figure who led humanity to its peak was accidentally sealed away, and humanity lost its former dominance.

As humankind continues to develop, the mechanisms for cultivating geniuses are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Like the various opportunities found in cosmic-level secret realms, like the countless energies that can be used to upgrade one's physical realm for free, like the various reward points...

Even if a powerful clan were to devote all its efforts to cultivating these resources, how many could it possibly nurture?

But the human race has been continuously cultivating geniuses!

If a ruler of the universe can emerge over endless years, then the investment of these resources will not have been in vain; if a pinnacle being in the universe can emerge, the human race will have gained a great deal; if another genius can emerge to lead the human race to rise again, then the human race will be able to reach the pinnacle once more!

"I wonder if, in the future, another figure like the 'Original Ancestor' will emerge from among my human race?" the Dragon Lord thought to himself.

Only those who have experienced that arduous period of pioneering can truly understand the significance of a supreme being to a race!

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The giant fish-shaped spaceship is traveling at more than 100 times the speed of light in the dark universe.

Inside the spacecraft control room.

"Yang Wu!" the Nine Swords Venerable couldn't help but say, "Do you know how difficult it is to break through the shackles and reach immortality after fusing with that Star Pearl?"

"Even the most extraordinary geniuses among us humans, those who can conquer the Heavenly Mountain at the Realm Lord level, most of them cannot break free from the shackles of the Star Pearl and ultimately have to possess another body!"

"In this way, not only will a lot of resources be wasted, but all of our own accumulated resources will also be abandoned!"

"I admit that your ability to become a Dark Warrior is extremely rare among our human race! However, even with the advantages of being a Dark Warrior, your comprehension of the laws is still somewhat inferior to those peerless geniuses!"

"Alas!" Venerable Nine Swords sighed and said, "Actually, the Origin Pearl is quite good for you. There aren't many special life forms in the universe with genes exceeding a thousand times stronger; you really don't need to choose the Star Pearl!"

In the eyes of the Nine Swords Venerable, although Yang Wu's current talent for comprehending the laws has not yet reached the level of the most outstanding human geniuses, if he spends more time, breaking through the shackles of the Origin Pearl in the future should not be too much of a problem.

However, if one wants to break free from the shackles of the Star Beads and become immortal, the requirements are far too high!

Leaving aside the insights into the laws, there are some shortcuts to the Amplification Secret Technique, but the secret technique itself...

It should be noted that even most of the universe's supreme beings only use peak-level secret techniques!

Creating an ultimate secret technique with an immortal-level understanding of laws is almost an impossible task.

Since the birth of the universe, there have only been three geniuses among the human race who have been able to create ultimate secret techniques!

Even among immortal gods with eternal lifespans, only a few dozen can create the ultimate secret technique!

Among these people, apart from those who perished unexpectedly and could not be resurrected, the others had already broken through to a higher realm.

As for the current 100,000 immortal kings among humankind, none of them have yet been able to create the ultimate secret technique.

"Teacher!" Yang Wu said respectfully, "This disciple has now been able to pass the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven!"

Yang Wu knew that the Nine Swords Venerable was saying these things entirely for his own good, so he felt no dissatisfaction and directly told them that his understanding of the laws had reached the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

"The tenth level?" The Nine Swords Venerable was slightly taken aback, then quickly asked, "You've already comprehended nine of the 72 most difficult essences?"

Under normal circumstances, the third picture on the Nine Universes Chaos Stele corresponds to the seventh to ninth levels of the Bridge to Heaven.

However, if one takes the path of analyzing the essence of the laws, then the final 72 spatial essences correspond to the tenth to twelfth levels of the Bridge to Heaven.

If you understand the nine most difficult spatial essences, you can pass the tenth level; if you understand the 27, you can pass the eleventh level; and if you understand the 72, you can pass the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

"Yes!" Yang Wu replied respectfully.

In fact, even before the last simulation, Yang Wu had already grasped the essence of the 15 most difficult spatial laws.

This is because Yang Wu chose the Martial Arts Realm during the last simulation and did not receive the Martial Arts Comprehension reward.

"Incredible! I never expected that after leaving Chaos City, your speed not only didn't slow down, but actually increased!" Nine Swords Venerable exclaimed.

Even among the current human domain lord-level geniuses, only about thirty people can pass through the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge!

Yang Wu is currently only at the Universe level! Even the most heaven-defying Universe-level Tongtian Mountain only requires the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge to comprehend the laws.

The Sky Bridge is divided into three stages, and although there is a difference between the tenth and twelfth stages, the hope is still quite high!

What the Nine Swords Venerable didn't know was that for Yang Wu, who had the help of a simulator, the initial universe, with its extremely slow time flow, was indeed not a good place.

"With your current speed of comprehending the laws, coupled with the enhancement of the Black Warrior, you are already barely comparable to the most outstanding geniuses in human history! If you add the assistance of your clone in the future, there is still a sliver of hope to break the shackles of the Star Bead!"

The Nine Swords Venerable looked at Yang Wu with utmost seriousness and encouraged him, "However, you must not slack off in the slightest!"

"Disciple understands!" Yang Wu said respectfully.

Then Yang Wu couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, I remember that Master Dragon just said that your luck has been a bit bad?"

Yang Wu naturally held the Nine Swords Venerable in the highest esteem. Aside from the numerous guidances he had received previously, if the Nine Swords Venerable hadn't brought him to see the Dragon Lord, he probably wouldn't have had any chance of obtaining the Star Pearl, such an opportunity to create an avatar.

Therefore, when the Lord of Dragons mentioned the Nine Swords Venerable, Yang Wu took it to heart.

At this time, there was still some time before Yang Wu successfully fused the Star Beads, and the spaceship was flying in the dark universe.

So, upon hearing Yang Wu's question, the Nine Swords Venerable sighed and slowly recounted a story from his past.

"Yang Wu, you should understand that the stronger a martial artist is, the more difficult it becomes to improve," the Nine Swords Venerable sighed. "The same treasure might be effective against a World Lord, but for an Immortal, its effect might be negligible!"

Yang Wu nodded to himself.

Just like Muya Jing, who initially attracted a group of politicians to pursue her on Earth.

A single Wood Crystal is enough to allow a ninth-level apprentice martial artist to break through to the Planetary level; however, for a Planetary level martial artist, the greatest use of a Wood Crystal is merely to assist in cultivation; once one reaches the Constant level, the Wood Crystal has no effect on the evolution of the body.

"Like the Domain Lord-level bloodline potion you once used, although extremely rare in the universe, there are always desperate individuals who manufacture and sell them, and the price is only a little over a hundred Chaos Units. Any immortal god can easily afford such wealth!"

"But why is it that the genes of most immortal life forms among humans are still the same as those of ordinary life forms in the universe?"

"Because a single Domain Lord-level bloodline potion can alter the life genes of a Planetary or Constant-level martial artist, but at the Cosmic level, it only has the effect of promoting cultivation. As for anything above the Cosmic level, it has absolutely no effect!"

Yang Wu was taken aback.

No wonder most of the geniuses in the Virtual Universe Company have mediocre genes; it turns out that the Domain Lord-level bloodline potion has lost its effect on Universe-level powerhouses.

At this moment, Yang Wu felt immense gratitude towards his teacher, Jin Guanghou!

Given Jin Guanghou's status, it's highly likely he wouldn't know about gene multiplication, but by sheer chance, Yang Wu had a good opportunity.

As for the relatives of powerful beings, they can certainly use more precious bloodline potions at the Eternal Star level, but the probability of a genius emerging from among them is much smaller!

Just like the Nightmare Candle King, the son of the Fire Erosion Venerable, whose life genes were enhanced a hundredfold by the Fire Erosion Venerable with treasures, he most likely also received the inheritance of a divine general, and at least had a top-level treasure to protect him, but in the end he was only at the initial level of a king.

With such external conditions, any genius from the original secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company could at least reach the peak of the King-level combat power!

Therefore, even if someone with a powerful background has used a Domain Lord-level bloodline potion at the Eternal Star level, they will not ultimately see good results. On the other hand, geniuses without a background will not be able to learn about this at all at the Eternal Star level, nor will they have the means to purchase a Domain Lord-level bloodline potion.

Yang Wu continued to listen.

"And the Blood Crystal and Star Bead you fused with are in the same situation!"

"Before becoming immortal, one can fuse with Blood Crystals, but after becoming immortal, one can only use the even more precious Blood of the Beast God! As for the Star Pearl, it can only be used before reaching the Domain Lord level, because it needs to be fused with the singularity born within the body when breaking through to the Domain Lord level!"

"As for geniuses at the Domain Lord and World Lord levels, the only way to obtain the Avatar talent is through possession! Besides that, there is another, even more difficult path!"

"Once you break through to immortality, the only way to obtain an avatar is through the most difficult path—receiving a gift from the origin of the primordial universe. To receive this gift, you must possess an extremely heaven-defying method to gain the recognition of the origin of the primordial universe!"

A hint of reminiscence flickered in the eyes of the Nine Swords Venerable: "Hundreds of thousands of epochs ago, when I participated in the Genius Battle, my performance was almost on par with that of Bolan! After joining the Virtual Universe Company, I was just as dazzling, and ultimately, at the Realm Lord stage, I passed the eighteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven and successfully broke through to Immortality!"

"While such talent is quite astonishing, in every era, several realm lords of our human race possessed such talent! Although the resources I received were good, I was unable to acquire the means to create an avatar during my time as a realm lord!"

"If things had continued like this, it wouldn't have been a problem! But what I didn't expect was that after breaking through to the Immortal realm, my cultivation speed was much faster than that of the Realm Lord stage! In less than 100,000 years, I cultivated to the peak of the King-Sealing stage, and a million years later, I even became a Universe Venerable, and at the same time, my teacher accepted me as a disciple!"

"But after becoming a Universe Venerable, it's practically impossible for me to obtain the technique of creating clones again!"

"What a pity, what a pity."

After hearing what the Nine Swords Venerable said, Yang Wu fell silent.

Perhaps it was truly a twist of fate. The speed at which the Nine Swords Venerable cultivated to become a Universe Venerable was in no way inferior to those peerless geniuses who appeared only once every tens of millions of epochs!

After all, even among those geniuses who emerge only once every tens of millions of epochs, not everyone can break through to the level of a Universe Venerable.

The Nightmare Candle King's father, the Fire Erosion Venerable, broke through to the Universe Venerable level in hundreds of thousands of years, and the Nine Swords Venerable broke through in less than a million years, so they weren't that far apart.

Moreover, Venerable Fire Eclipse has cultivated for hundreds of millions of years, while Venerable Nine Swords has only cultivated for hundreds of thousands of epochs, yet their strength is already almost equal.

Unfortunately, the Nine Swords Venerable, with such amazing talent, was unable to obtain the technique of creating clones because his talent was slightly inferior before he became immortal.

Yang Wu, who was familiar with the original work, was of course well aware of the importance of clones to the Universe Venerable and the Lord of the Universe.

The ruler of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom owed his clan and friends a large amount of treasure points because he had no clones and had fallen several times. If Luo Feng hadn't helped him in the end, he probably wouldn't have been able to pay it off even when the original universe was destroyed.

The Undying Venerable of the Giant Axe Arena is a prime example of someone who possesses clones, allowing him to adventure in the vast universe without any scruples, ultimately earning him the title of "Undying".

Yang Wu now understood why, despite both being high-level Venerables, Venerable Fiery Fire punished the Jade King under the command of Venerable Nine Swords without any hesitation; and why Venerable Nine Swords borrowed the treasure armor from Luo Feng before venturing into the Primordial Star.

As a human genius who had conquered the Tongtian Mountain, Venerable Fiery Fire was very likely to have obtained the technique of creating clones, so he would not be afraid of Venerable Nine Swords, whose strength was similar to his but who did not have clones.

Although the Nine Swords Venerable was a disciple of the Dragon Lord, his cultivation time was too short and he did not have enough treasures. Naturally, he would have to find a way to borrow a supreme treasure armor to increase his ability to protect himself!

However, it is not entirely true to say that the mechanism by which humans cultivate geniuses is wrong.

After all, geniuses are emerging one after another among humans, but obtaining the method of creating clones is extremely difficult. If a genius who appears only once every ten million years can obtain so many resources, then no matter how many resources humans have, they cannot withstand such consumption.

Therefore, the human race can only do its best to help those truly exceptional geniuses, such as Shi Huo and Cody, who have passed the 20th level of the Tongtian Bridge at the World Lord level; Yang Wu, who has become a Black Warrior; and Luo Feng, who was given the wings to kill Wu in the original work.

If Luo Feng hadn't possessed the talent to create clones, the Lord of Chaos City might have helped him seize the body of a special life form.

"This matter has always been my greatest regret throughout these hundreds of thousands of epochs!" said the Nine Swords Venerable. "That's why I specifically reminded you to request a method of creating an avatar when your teacher wants to bestow a treasure upon you!"

"But what I didn't expect was that you ultimately chose the 'Star Bead'! Although this choice is the strongest at the cosmic level, it may not be the best choice! If you can't break through to immortality in the future, you'll have to give up all your clones!"

"This disciple will certainly do his best!" Yang Wu said with a smile.

At the same time, Yang Wu secretly made up his mind. Once he became powerful enough, he would ensure that his teacher, the Nine Swords Venerable, could freely roam the vast universe without the risk of perishing.

(End of this chapter)