Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 253 Sky-Treading Boots, the Talent of the Fiery God Clan

The last dangerous mission Yang Wu experienced was on a planet called "Nine-Bend Star".

The Nine-Bend Star is located in a mysterious place within the Primordial Secret Realm. Its diameter reaches an astonishing 100 million kilometers, making even ordinary stars appear incredibly small in comparison.

On this ancient planet lives an extremely powerful ape-man race.

After completing his mission, Yang Wu, while exploring the land of the ape-man race's heritage, unexpectedly obtained a very special combat footwear weapon—the "Sky-Treading Boots".

The Sky-Treading Boots were one of the most precious treasures of the ape-men race on the Nine-Bend Star. After Yang Wu obtained them, he was exposed as a result.

Fortunately, Yang Wu was exceptionally strong, and the immortal beings born on Nine Turns Star had long since departed, so Yang Wu ultimately managed to leave safely without any major incident.

Finally, after exploring the treasure vault, Yang Wu learned that the "Sky-Treading Boots" were a flying weapon specializing in spatial laws, and even if Yang Wu wanted to buy them, he would have to spend more than a million points.

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After completing six dangerous missions within the Primal Secret Realm, Yang Wu returned directly to his manor on the Wuchen Continent to recuperate.

In a quiet room of Yang Wu's manor.

The quiet room was empty at the moment, and on the desk was a specially made dark gold world ring.

In one of the worlds within this world ring, Yang Wu is taking stock of his gains from these dangerous missions.

After completing these six dangerous missions, Yang Wu received a total of 9.5 points as a reward.

While nearly 100,000 points is a considerable amount, it is insignificant compared to Yang Wu's other gains.

On Purple Flame Island, Yang Wu obtained six magical purple flames, worth over 300,000 points.

The many secret techniques obtained from the Flying Immortal World are of immeasurable value, and Yang Wu had already ordered the auxiliary AI, Crimson Flame, to collect them all.

Therefore, Yang Wu's focus at this moment was on the pair of "Sky-Treading Boots" he obtained in the final Nine-Bend Star mission.

"Based on my current understanding of the laws, the Fiery Boots' enhancement to my strength is already very weak!"

Yang Wu thought to himself, "I never expected to come across such a perfect pair of combat boots just when I was planning to change them."

The Blazing Sun Boots were a pair of fifth-tier Force combat shoes that Yang Wu obtained when he participated in his first Qianwu Auction. They combined the laws of fire and space and had been with Yang Wu for a long time.

As the saying goes, "A skilled warrior achieves little without illustrious feats," Yang Wu has consistently relied on the Overlord Spear, whether traversing the Heavenly Bridge or embarking on adventures in reality. However, the Blazing Sun Boots also played a crucial role in all of this.

However, as Yang Wu's understanding of the laws has become increasingly profound, the Blazing Sun Boots are no longer able to keep up with his strength.

Although the Blazing Sun Boots are fifth-tier Force combat boots, fifth-tier weapons are generally used by powerhouses below the Immortal level. Yang Wu's current understanding of the laws has reached the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge, making him comparable to some ordinary Immortal gods.

Moreover, as time goes by, Yang Wu's strength will increase, so it's necessary to get a better pair of combat boots.

These Sky-Stepping Boots are battle shoes crafted primarily based on the laws of space, perfectly suited to Yang Wu's understanding of these laws.

"Crimson Flame!" Yang Wu commanded in his mind, "Search for a way to refine the 'Sky-Treading Boots' in the virtual universe."

The Sky-Stepping Boots are a flying weapon comparable to the Lov's Pipa. Even ordinary low-level Marquis-level experts are reluctant to use them, so the refining method is naturally different from that of ordinary Force weapons.

"Master, if you want to use this Sky-Treading Boots perfectly, you must completely refine them and be able to absorb them into your body! Since you don't have your own divine power yet, you need to let it absorb enough blood first, and then continuously use your own primal force to nurture it, so that you can imprint your primal force onto these Sky-Treading Boots!"

Chi Yan's voice echoed in Yang Wu's mind: "Once the Force imprint is applied, these Sky-Treading Boots will integrate into your skin like a Force suit, allowing you to control them as easily as your own limbs!"

"However! Master, if you want to use these Sky-Treading Boots perfectly, you will need to cultivate a matching movement technique. The secret technique you cultivated for the Flaming Sun Boots is not very compatible with these Sky-Treading Boots," Chi Yan suggested.

Back when Yang Wu left Chaos City, his auxiliary AI, Chi Yan, already possessed a trace of life characteristics. Now, decades later, with Yang Wu's authority, Chi Yan has acquired countless knowledge in the virtual universe, and finally, several years ago, it completely transformed into an intelligent life form.

"I understand!" Yang Wu nodded slowly.

There are countless Force weapons, telekinetic weapons, and divine weapons in the universe.

The different levels of the laws and secret patterns engraved on various weapons naturally correspond to different secret techniques.

However, Yang Wu had acquired countless secret techniques in that "Flying Immortal World," so finding a suitable technique for the Sky-Treading Boots was incredibly easy.

As for even more precious secret techniques, or even self-created secret techniques, there is absolutely no need for them.

After all, even this Sky-Stepping Boots, worth millions of points, is only a short-term transition for Yang Wu.

For Yang Wu, if he hadn't been able to obtain suitable treasures and supreme artifacts during his time as a Realm Lord and Immortal God, he would definitely have needed to create a set of equipment that suited him based on his self-created secret techniques.

After reviewing his gains from the six dangerous missions, Yang Wu moved his consciousness and appeared directly in the quiet room outside the world ring.

Nearly ten years had passed since Yang Wu began nurturing his Yan God Clan clone.

However, it will still be about ten years before the avatar of the Flame God Clan is successfully conceived.

According to Yang Wu's plan, he would only attempt the extreme-level cultivation mission after the Yan Shen Clan clone was successfully conceived.

"Then, I'll spend the next period of time cultivating in the Primal Secret Realm!" Yang Wu secretly planned.

Yang Wu is not lacking in resources now. He has everything: points, secret techniques, treasures, and guidance from Li Huohou and the Nine Swords Venerable.

So Yang Wu began to stay in his manor and cultivate in seclusion.

First, he continuously cultivated a secret technique he obtained from the "Flying Immortal World" that was extremely compatible with the Sky-Treading Boots—the "Nine Steps to Heaven." Of course, Yang Wu still devoted more of his energy to comprehending the laws of space.

A few years later, the number of simulations on the time simulator in Yang Wu's mind was refreshed again.

However, Yang Wu did not choose to start the simulation immediately this time. After the previous simulation count was refreshed, Yang Wu had always felt a sense of urgency. But now that Yang Wu had a lot of free time, he naturally wanted to study the patterns of the simulator.

Yang Wu wanted to see if, twenty years from now, the numbers on the simulator would accumulate to two.

Another important point is that we should save the simulation attempts now. If Yang Wu takes on a critical mission later and encounters a situation he can't control, he can use the simulator to explore the way.

And so, in this peaceful atmosphere, time passed year after year.

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In the blink of an eye, it was 2230 Earth time.

That day, Yang Wu was meditating on the fundamental laws of space in his quiet room when he suddenly sensed something, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

"Hahaha……"

Nearly twenty years have passed, and Yang Wu's Yan God Clan clone is finally about to be born.

Twenty years ago, Yang Wu obtained the method of creating clones from the Lord of Dragons. He ultimately decided to create his first clone to conceive the Flame God Clan, combining the talents of the two races that were guided and conceived by the God King Sitting Mountain Guest.

Although the Yan God Clan has amazing potential, its gestation period is not very long.

Time keeps passing.

Now, it is time for Yang Wu's Yan God Clan avatar to be born.

Yang Wu knew very little about the talents of the Yan God Clan. Over the past twenty years, he had inadvertently searched for a lot of information about the Yan God Clan.

The most famous thing about the Flame God Clan in the universe is its leader and armor; as for their own talents, few people mention them.

Unlike the Demon Slayer Clan's "replication" of life, the Golden Horned Beast's "clones," and the Destroyer Beast's "time freeze," which are all other heaven-defying abilities that are widely praised.

What kind of talent does the Flame God Clan clone possess to possibly break through to more than 90,000 times the genetic potential and obtain an infinite divine body?

Are there any innate secret techniques?

How can life genes be improved?

Is there any connection between it and the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual"?

Even now, these situations remain unknown to Yang Wu.

At this moment, Yang Wu was like a gambler, waiting for the final answer to be revealed.

……

In a quiet room within Yangwu Manor in Wuchen Time and Space.

With a thought, Yang Wu's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving only a dark gold world ring on the table.

Inside the World Ring.

A primordial core, radiating dazzling light, hovered in mid-air, slowly rotating. Countless mysterious runes surrounded the core, subtly stirring the origin of the universe and emanating a strange fluctuation.

Inside the original core, there is a vast void space, and in the very center of that space, there is a huge, dazzling sphere covered with countless mysterious patterns.

Compared to when it first began to develop, this sphere has grown considerably larger.

"It'll be ready soon." Yang Wu gazed at the enormous sphere in mid-air that was giving birth to the clone, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Click!

A sound like an eggshell breaking suddenly rang out.

A misty fog rose from the surface of the enormous sphere, and it began to crack continuously.

With a series of soft cracking sounds, countless cracks appeared on the surface of the enormous sphere.

Click!Click!Click!

The outer shell of the enormous sphere completely collapsed!

It rapidly dissolved in this void, leaving only an incredibly imposing figure in mid-air.

This burly figure was four meters tall, with skin covered in scales, a curved horn between its eyebrows, and hands and feet similar to those of an Earthling, only much larger. Its entire body exuded an aura of dominance and tyranny.

"I'll study this carefully!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

The avatar of the Flame God Clan hovered in the void, carefully sensing everything about itself, and soon it sensed a lot of information from its own body and blood.

Yang Wu's consciousness was also constantly absorbing this information.

"The Flame God Clan is born at the planetary level, and yet they can reach the realm lord level upon adulthood?"

After learning about the talents of the Yan God Clan, Yang Wu was secretly amazed!

Such talent means that even if the Yan Shen Clan members just eat and sleep, they can still reach the Realm Lord level after adulthood! Although they are not at the peak of the Realm Lord level like the twelve great bloodlines of the Starry Sky Beasts, being able to enter the Realm Lord level still surpasses all other bloodlines of the human race!

Soon, Yang Wu also sensed the fluctuations of the primordial laws emanating from the surrounding space, including the laws of fire and space.

The life forms of the Flame God Clan do not exhibit the same obvious tendency towards laws as the Starry Sky Behemoths.

However, more than half of the Yan Shen clan members first comprehended the Law of Fire, which was extremely consistent with Yang Wu's understanding.

Yang Wu continued to sense other information.

"The Yan Shen Clan undergoes two transformations during their growth period. Generally speaking, at birth, a Yan Shen Clan member possesses twice the life gene density of ordinary life forms in the universe. Upon reaching the Domain Lord level, this life gene density increases to four times, and at the World Lord level, it reaches eight times!"

"A peerless genius among the Yan God Clan, during his time as a Realm Lord, was able to evolve his genes to 16 times, or even 32 times, that of an ordinary life form without the aid of any treasures!"

Sensing this information, Yang Wu's eyes lit up: "The life of the Yan God Clan is indeed related to the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual!"

The Nine Tribulations Secret Manual is divided into nine tribulations. It is a heaven-defying secret technique that violates the laws of the universe and can improve the genes of flesh and blood life through cultivation.

At any given time, only one person in the primordial universe could successfully cultivate. Only after the first person died could the second person begin to cultivate.

The first tribulation can increase the life's genetic potential to three times its original value; the second tribulation six times; the third tribulation twelve times; the fourth tribulation twenty-four times...

As the Mountain Guest once said, Luo Feng was able to use the unique armor of the Yan God Clan because he had cultivated the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," and that it was a more advanced version of the Yan God Clan's evolution.

Therefore, Yang Wu had long suspected this, and now it seems that it was indeed true.

The Nine Tribulations Secret Manual evolves starting from three times, while the Flame God Clan evolves starting from two times. This is likely the similarity and difference between the two.

Although on the surface, the Yan God Clan members at the Realm Lord level only have eight times the genetic potential, which is inferior to the twelve peak bloodlines of the Starry Sky Beasts, the geniuses of the Yan God Clan can indeed evolve their physical genes to 16 times or even 32 times without using any treasures. This is something that those peak bloodlines simply cannot do.

"With the avatar of the Flame God Clan, once I reach 32 times the genetic potential, and then fuse with 100 Blood Crystals or Beast God Blood, wouldn't my life genes reach thousands of times, making me completely comparable to some extremely heaven-defying special life forms!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

Life genes are part of the basic power. Like most ordinary life forms in the universe, even if they reach the peak of the King-level, their basic power is only 10 times that of a World Lord.

However, if a special life form with a thousand times the genetic power reaches the peak of the King-level realm, its basic strength alone can reach a hundred million times the power of a Realm Lord!

Such a gap in strength cannot be easily bridged!

Apart from that, the Yan God Clan does not possess any innate secret techniques like the Starry Sky Beasts; they are simply much stronger than ordinary humans in comprehending the laws.

However, Yang Wu was not disappointed. To him, the potential of the Yan Shen Clan in terms of life genes alone was already astonishing.

As he sensed the messages continuously transmitted by the Yan Shen Clan avatar, Yang Wu smiled.

He did not intend to cultivate the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," so he had no way to improve the genes of all his clones like Luo Feng did.

Before reaching the level of the Lord of the Universe, the avatars of the Flame God Clan will be his most important combat force!

The gestation period has been corrected to 20 years; the second was missed previously.

As for the improvement of life genes, that's just something the protagonist thinks about; the author has other plans. Just read on and see for yourself.

(End of this chapter)