Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 260 Re-entering the Sky Bridge

Virtual universe, the Bridge to Heaven dimension.

In the central square of that beautiful dimensional island, the guardian Baffin has been silently watching over it for countless years.

Suddenly, a figure clad in dark gold armor appeared out of thin air in the central square; it was Yang Wu, who had been teleported from the Primal Zone.

"Yang Wu!" The guardian, Baffin, dressed in a black star-patterned robe, was slightly surprised to see Yang Wu appear.

"Lord Guardian!" Yang Wu approached Guardian Baffin and greeted him with a smile.

"Haha... Yang Wu, it's been quite a while since I've seen you!" Guardian Baffin smiled and said, "Since you left Chaos City, you haven't crossed the Nine Heavens Bridge again. In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred years have passed."

"There are less than ten years left until the qualifying battle for your universe-level geniuses. Are you planning to pass the tenth level before the qualifying battle?"

Among the current universe-level geniuses of Virtual Universe Company, apart from Yang Wu, the most they have ever passed is the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

Even members of the original secret realm at the domain lord level mostly only managed to pass the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

Yang Wu, on the other hand, had only been out of Chaos City for less than a hundred years...

Although the guardian Baffin said it, he didn't believe that Yang Wu could pass the tenth floor before the qualifying battle.

After all, the speed of enlightenment in the primordial universe is far slower than the speed of enlightenment in the Chaos City.

Yang Wu looked at the guardian, Baffin, smiled slightly, and said, "This will surprise you, Lord Guardian!"

"Oh?" The guard, Baffin, was taken aback, then laughed, "Then I'll wait and see!"

The Guardian Baffin had spent countless years in the Skybridge plane and had seen countless brilliant geniuses.

Given Yang Wu's previous display of talent, even if he were to actually pass the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge, the guardian Baffin wouldn't be too surprised.

There were no challengers inside the Nine Heavens Bridge at this time, so after speaking with the guardian Baffin, Yang Wu walked directly towards the Nine Heavens Bridge.

Yang Wu stood before the Nine Heavens Bridge, an endless bridge shrouded in mist that stretched to the ends of the earth, with a boundless ocean below, its waves rolling.

Whoosh!

The Overlord Spear appeared out of thin air in Yang Wu's hand. He looked at the ancient crimson spear in his hand, his lonely eyes seeming to transcend time and space.

"Throughout the countless ages of humankind, countless geniuses of extraordinary talent have emerged. And from this day forward, I too will leave my name in the history of humanity!"

Even though a genius like Coty has been gone for billions of years, countless powerful beings in the universe still remember his name.

Even the Zerg assassins who plotted to kill Coty were proud of having killed him.

Today, after Yang Wu crossed the Tongtian Bridge, the talent he displayed far surpassed that of these peerless geniuses who only appear once every tens of millions of epochs!

Yang Wu looked up and gazed ahead, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

call out!

Yang Wu instantly transformed into a streak of light, swiftly rushing towards the depths of the Nine Heavens Bridge to begin his ascent.

……

As Yang Wu began to break through the overpass, the guard, Baffin, started sending out mass emails.

"He's hailed as a once-in-a-lifetime genius, Yang Wu really gets a lot of attention!" the guardian Baffin muttered. "Many big shots have ordered me to notify them immediately once Yang Wu crosses the Sky Bridge."

In an instant, hundreds of emails were sent out by the watcher, Baffin.

……

In Yang Wu's current genius competition, several rare geniuses have emerged.

Bolan, whose talent in spatial laws is unparalleled, is too arrogant. However, after setbacks, he becomes more courageous and resilient. Over the past hundred years, he has shone with his own light and successfully passed the seventh level of the Bridge to Heaven.

Luo Feng is resilient and has an extraordinary will. In the eyes of many powerful figures, as long as he does not perish due to an accident, he has a very high chance of becoming a powerful figure in the future. He has already passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge.

As for Rong Jun, although his comprehension of the laws was slightly inferior, he was even more unique. Even upon entering Chaos City, he attracted the attention of two ancient cosmic rulers who vied to take him as their disciple.

Any one of these three would have shone brightly in any other era.

But now that they have met Yang Wu, they seem to have lost their luster.

……

In a palace at the foot of Thunder Island in the virtual universe.

Longyu Wang extended her crystal-clear finger and gently tapped, and a screen immediately appeared in the void, displaying an email.

"Yang Wu has begun his ascent of the Heavenly Bridge?" A smile appeared on Longyu King's exquisite face. "This disciple of the Venerable One passed the ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge just after leaving Chaos City, causing quite a stir among the high-ranking officials of the five major forces. Comprehending the laws is inherently increasingly difficult; could he possibly pass the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge in such a short time?"

Although Longyu King was the first Immortal King under the Nine Swords Venerable, he was unaware that Yang Wu possessed the strength to pass the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Now that Yang Wu has started to attempt to cross the Tongtian Bridge, she naturally wants to pay attention.

After sending an email to the Nine Swords Venerable, King Longyu immediately set off for the Tongtian Bridge plane with a smile.

……

At the same time.

True Yan King, Black Mist King, Longyu King... Li Huohou, a total of over a hundred immortal gods, more than half of whom were at the King level, and the lowest level was at the Marquis level. These powerful immortal gods arrived at the Tongtian Bridge plane one after another.

Not only the immortals under the Virtual Universe Company, but also immortal gods under the other four major forces, such as the Black Mist King, have appeared.

This is an extremely rare scene.

This has made the Tongtian Bridge dimension more lively.

"Haha..." King Zhenyan looked around and said with a smile, "A scene like this today is truly a rare sight. Even if I wanted to invite everyone together, it would be difficult to gather so many people! I didn't expect everyone to come as soon as Yang Wu crossed the Tongtian Bridge!"

Of course, this was just a joke by King Zhenyan.

If he really wanted to invite other immortal gods to gather, the scene would probably be ten times more lively than it is now.

After all, given the talent Yang Wu had previously displayed, he only had a slight chance of becoming a Universe Venerable!

However, the True King already possesses the invincible strength to be crowned a king. As long as he takes the final step, he can immediately become a powerful cosmic venerable.

Because the human race has relatively small divine bodies and generally low gene counts, there are only a handful of immortal kings with such power.

However, if they truly break through, they can immediately become among the more powerful beings in the universe.

"Zhen Yan, what face do you still have?"

The snake-tailed woman draped in a black veil, known as the "Black Mist Queen," looked at the burly ape-man in golden armor and smiled, "With your fiery temper, always threatening to fight, it's no wonder you can't muster any other talent!"

After the Black Mist King finished speaking, several immortals in the arena were somewhat puzzled.

"The true King Yan's fiery temper?"

"Calling for war and slaughter?"

In their eyes, the True King has always been cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City and basically never participates in the battles in the primordial universe. How could he possibly have a fiery temper?

What they didn't know was that when King Zhenyan was young, he was an incredibly audacious person; otherwise, he wouldn't have earned the reputation of being an invincible king.

However, now that many years have passed, few people who are not from the same era as King Zhenyan would know about the tyranny and madness in his bones.

"Gentlemen, do you think it's possible for Yang Wu to pass the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven?" a werewolf king asked with a smile.

"It's possible! This is Yang Wu's first time attempting to cross the Heavenly Bridge since leaving Chaos City, so he should have some confidence!"

"I think it's unlikely! The tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven is extremely difficult, and less than a hundred years have passed; he probably won't be able to cross it!"

"Yes, the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven is too difficult! Even among Domain Lord-level geniuses, a large number are stuck on the ninth level of the Bridge to Heaven."

In fact, the reason these immortal gods appeared was simply because Yang Wu had not crossed the Heavenly Bridge for nearly a hundred years, and they wanted to understand Yang Wu's strength.

Moreover, watching the battle from the Tongtian Bridge plane doesn't require much effort from immortal gods; they only need to spare a sliver of their consciousness.

"Lord Li Huo, I heard you've been guiding Yang Wu at Yu Xiang Mountain. Tell me, can Yang Wu pass the tenth level?" a King-level Immortal suddenly asked.

Instantly, all the immortal gods turned their gaze to Li Huohou, who was positioned at the edge of the crowd.

Where had Lord Li Huo encountered such a situation before?

Although he was at the peak of the Marquis level, most of the people present here were stronger than him, and there were even many at the peak of the King level and the limit of the King level.

For a moment, Li Huohou didn't know what to say.

Upon seeing Yang Wu's image on the screen, he quickly exclaimed, "Everyone, look! The battle has begun!"

Immediately, hundreds of immortal gods turned to look at the screen.

……

The tenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge is inside a planet.

The bridge's surface extends directly from the planet's core to the Earth's surface.

Yang Wu's figure appeared directly on the bridge inside the star core.

After Yang Wu appeared, the entire planet trembled slightly, followed by a booming sound.

"Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, Illusionist. Defeat your opponent to pass the tenth floor."

"I choose the martial artist!" Yang Wu said calmly.

Rumble...

In an instant, the entire planet trembled, and countless yellowish-brown rays of light continuously flew out from the core of the planet, condensing in mid-air into a mysterious and powerful figure wearing a yellow battle suit and a yellow mask.

"Young man, it's been almost a century since I've seen you!" the man in yellow said in a deep voice. "What, are you now confident you can pass my test?"

"Of course!" Yang Wu said with a smile.

"Very good!" Seeing the confidence in Yang Wu's eyes, the man in yellow laughed and said, "Then let me see how much progress you've made in the past hundred years!"

boom!

The man in yellow was no longer as careless towards Yang Wu as he had been before.

He pointed his Overlord Spear at Yang Wu from afar, and a wisp of spear light capable of shattering the void flew out, rushing towards Yang Wu's brow like lightning.

It is the seventh level of the Overlord Spear technique – "All Things in the Universe"!

At the same time, Yang Wu also made a move.

He also used the seventh level of "All Things in the Universe", but he struck first and met the opponent's attack directly in mid-air.

In an instant, the two attacks annihilated each other.

"How easy!" Yang Wu couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the surprise in the man in yellow's eyes.

Before leaving Chaos City, the man in yellow killed Yang Wu with a single, casual strike.

However, decades later, when Yang Wu faced the opponent's full-force attack again, he seemed to be handling it with ease.

"Die!"

After sparring with the man in yellow using the "All Things in the World" technique for more than ten rounds, Yang Wu's eyes flashed like lightning, and he suddenly unleashed his power, killing his opponent instantly.

In an instant, blood splattered, and the yellow-clad man's body fell onto the bridge.

Tenth level of the Sky Bridge, passed!

Without pausing, Yang Wu swiftly flew towards the eleventh level of the Nine Heavens Bridge.

……

On the central island of the Skybridge dimension, chaos had already broken out.

"How is this possible?"

"Even if he could get through the tenth floor, it couldn't have been this easy!"

"Yes! The tenth level is a realm that only ordinary immortal gods can reach; you can imagine how difficult it is! How could he pass through so easily?"

The hundreds of immortals were utterly astonished to see Yang Wu pass through the tenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge so easily.

These people were all immortal gods, and even the weakest of them had passed the fifteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

But it was precisely because they had all crossed the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge that they understood the difficulty involved!

They imagined Yang Wu being defeated by the gatekeeper, and they also imagined Yang Wu successfully passing the tenth floor after a difficult battle.

But they never imagined that Yang Wu would pass through the tenth level of the Sky Bridge so easily.

But now, something they had never considered at all has suddenly appeared before them!

"That's terrifying!"

After a moment of silence, an immortal being finally sighed.

"Yes, how exactly did he cultivate? The speed of comprehension in the Primal Universe is far inferior to that in Chaos City!"

"Such a rate of progress is simply unbelievable!"

"Do you think it's possible for Yang Wu to pass the eleventh level?"

"The eleventh level? If he can really get past the eleventh level of the Bridge to Heaven, that would be terrifying!"

"The most extraordinary geniuses in human history passed through the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven when they left Chaos City, then spent a hundred years passing through the eleventh level, and several hundred years passing through the twelfth level. Yang Wu has now passed through the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven. Although his strength is not yet comparable to those most extraordinary geniuses, his rate of progress is quite similar."

……

The tenth to twelfth levels of the Nine Heavens Bridge are all inside the planet.

Therefore, at the end of the eleventh level of this bridge to heaven, Yang Wu experienced a scene similar to that on the tenth level.

However, this time Yang Wu chose a mentalist as his opponent.

"Has he gone mad? The eleventh level is already incredibly difficult, and he still chose the mental cultivation method, which is the most disadvantageous for martial artists?"

"Yes! In the early stages, psychic and illusionary masters had a significant advantage when dealing with martial artists!"

The hundreds of immortal gods were puzzled when they saw that Yang Wu had chosen a mentalist as his opponent.

Although the Bridge to Heaven is a place to test one's understanding of the laws, if one's understanding of the laws is similar, choosing a suitable opponent becomes very important.

Among the three professions in the Sky Bridge, the Illusionist is the most unsolvable.

A strong will allows one to quickly break through illusions and achieve victory; however, if one is too late, defeat is inevitable.

As for controllers and martial artists, when their understanding of the laws is roughly equal in the early stages, mental cultivators naturally have some advantages.

If someone is a genius, and they are evenly matched with the controller or gatekeeper, as long as they choose the martial artist role, they are very likely to pass the level.

Yang Wu, however, is now on the eleventh level of the Tongtian Bridge, where, as a martial artist, he has chosen to challenge the controller and the gatekeeper.

After Yang Wu chose the Controller as his opponent, a yellow-clad man carrying a golden sword on his back and standing on a long, shuttle-shaped telekinetic weapon immediately appeared in mid-air.

Having experienced a confrontation with the Controller on the Tongtian Bridge, Yang Wu knew very well that the weapon used by the opponent was the 'Flame God Weapon,' one of the Controller's nine divine weapons, comparable to the Overlord Spear.

If their understanding of the laws were comparable, Yang Wu would probably need to use the "Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body" to amplify his power in order to win.

But now Yang Wu's understanding of the laws far surpasses that of his opponents on the eleventh level, so he naturally faces no pressure.

Because his opponent was the controller, Yang Wu was able to spar with him for several rounds before finally killing him.

We've reached the eleventh level of the Sky Bridge!

(End of this chapter)