Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 261 Unbelievably Shocking

On the island in the Skybridge dimension.

silence!

The hundreds of immortal gods who had gathered were all silent, staring at Yang Wu on the screen in utter shock, their eyes filled with horror.

If Yang Wu had crossed the eleventh level of the Heavenly Bridge after defeating the martial artists, these people would be surprised, but not unable to accept it.

After all, even the most extraordinary geniuses in human history might have achieved this in the century after leaving Chaos City.

However, Yang Wu chose to be the one in control of his opponent.

While it's rare for martial artists to defeat mental cultivators who guard the gates, there are quite a few such instances among the core geniuses of the Virtual Universe Company.

The reason these immortal gods looked horrified was because they had thought of something else.

"If I remember correctly..." a King-level Immortal said hesitantly, "When Yang Wu first crossed the Bridge to Heaven, he initially chose the Illusionist and Controller classes, and ended up directly passing the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven!"

"He's chosen the Controller as his opponent on the eleventh level of the Bridge to Heaven. Could it be that he already possesses the strength to pass the twelfth level?"

Among these hundreds of immortal deities, many had witnessed Yang Wu's first attempt to cross the Tongtian Bridge. As for those who didn't see the live broadcast, most had at least watched the video recording.

Therefore, they were well aware of Yang Wu's experience of crossing the Tongtian Bridge. If this pattern is true, then...

Immediately, many people began to report the matter to their superiors.

Generally, when these people report to their superiors, they will either go there in person in the virtual universe or send an email first.

But it's too late now, so many people are directly making call requests.

In a short time, many more figures appeared on the Tongtian Bridge surface.

Pupil King, Star Wing King, Iron King... a large number of immortal kings have appeared one after another!

"Haha, Starwing King, aren't you on the extraterrestrial battlefield? How come you have time to connect your consciousness to the virtual universe?" someone asked with a laugh.

Starwing King is a powerful winged human with a pair of misty wings. She has an alluring figure, beautiful and lustrous long hair, and eyes that are as bright as stars.

She smiled slightly and said, "I heard that a peerless genius has emerged from our human race, so of course I had to come and see for myself!"

"Starwing King has mastered teleportation; finding a safe place in the outer battlefield shouldn't be difficult for him, right?"

Over countless years, humanity has accumulated an immeasurable number of immortal gods. However, the number of those who have been granted the title of King of Immortality is only around one hundred thousand.

Therefore, most of the immortal kings were quite familiar with each other, except for those with deep-seated conflicts. They were all chatting and getting along very well.

But soon, they all fell silent again.

Because a figure radiating an incredibly powerful aura suddenly appeared in the Tongtian Bridge dimension; it was a cosmic venerable being.

The cosmic sovereign and the immortal deity are on completely different levels.

Even the True King, who possesses unparalleled strength, can only barely save his life in front of the most ordinary Universe Venerables.

If immortal gods are the backbone of the human race, then cosmic venerables are already among the higher echelons of the human race.

While immortal gods are powerful, they are still in the nurturing stage within the human race; however, cosmic sovereigns have already begun to make significant contributions to the human race…

The cosmic venerables have very high authority among humans. Even if they cross the Heavenly Bridge, they can directly appear inside the corresponding Heavenly Bridge instead of appearing in the central square.

With the appearance of the first Cosmic Venerable, it was as if some kind of restriction was lifted, and one Cosmic Venerable after another appeared in this central square.

The appearance of these cosmic venerables turned True King Yan's initial joke into reality. Although he possessed invincible strength at the king level, gathering these cosmic venerables was simply impossible.

Of course, although these cosmic beings appeared here, they stayed in one place alone, and their voices could not reach others.

"Haha, everyone's here?" A cosmic venerable one, dressed in a snow-white robe and with an unreadable voice, smiled.

"Yes, I heard that Yang Wu was preparing to break through the twelfth level of the Heavenly Bridge, so I rushed over immediately. I really look forward to his performance!" The king of the Wild Universe Kingdom stared at the screen, his voice like thunder.

"Nine Swords, you've taken on a fine disciple!" A masked man in black robes said with a smile, "Yang Wu's progress is astonishing; his future achievements are limitless!"

The Nine Swords Venerable was also slightly stunned at this moment.

He already knew that Yang Wu possessed the strength to reach the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge. But what he didn't expect was that, decades later, Yang Wu would be able to advance to the twelfth level.

"It has begun!" a cosmic venerable suddenly reminded.

……

The surface layer of the Nine Heavens Bridge.

Standing at the end of the twelfth level of the Sky Bridge, Yang Wu looked down at the vast land below and thought to himself, "Finally, I've reached the twelfth level!"

The earth below trembled continuously, accompanied by a thunderous roar: "Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, Illusionist. Defeat one to pass the twelfth level!"

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

Rumble...

The earth trembled, and countless earth-yellow rays of light shot out, gathering in mid-air to form a mysterious and powerful figure dressed in yellow battle armor and wearing a yellow mask.

He wore the Sky-Piercing Boots and held the Overlord Spear, looking at Yang Wu and saying in a low voice, "A mere Cosmic Level cultivator can attempt the twelfth level. Since the Nine Universes Sky-Bridge was established, you are only the fourth person to do so! Of the previous three, only one successfully made it through. I hope you can do it too!"

"Of course!" Yang Wu smiled.

He has already grasped the essence of all the laws of space; it would be a joke if he couldn't get past the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

"Quite confident!" the man in yellow said coldly. "I'm using the eighth level of the Overlord Spear, 'Shattering the Void.' You'd better be careful!"

"Come on!" Yang Wu said.

Boom! Boom!

At the same time, Yang Wu and the man in yellow burst forth with thousands of crimson rays, and the Overlord Spear in their hands also rapidly spread out endless crimson threads.

Powerful fluctuations of laws surrounded the two of them; the laws of space and the laws of fire were in perfect harmony at this moment, rapidly merging together.

"Shatter the void!" Yang Wu and the man in yellow shouted in low voices almost simultaneously.

Wow!

Yang Wu wore the Heaven-Treading Boots, and his Overlord Spear was extremely yang and strong, indestructible, causing the surrounding space to distort.

The ancient Overlord Spear, carrying a massive, hazy phantom, caused the universe to explode wherever it passed, leaving a visible black rift along its path.

boom!

The man in yellow, like the one in the manor, wore the Sky-Piercing Boots, and his Overlord Spear was equally powerful.

The two spears collided in mid-air.

Yang Wu and his companion had both unleashed the full power of their Overlord Spears, engaging in repeated battles in mid-air.

With each exchange, boundless power erupted in mid-air, domineering and awe-inspiring.

This scene completely stunned the many powerful figures watching the battle in the central square.

This is the power that can only be possessed when the eighth level of the Overlord Spear, "Shattering the Void," reaches its peak. With a single strike, the void shatters!

Yang Wu and the man in yellow were both at the ninth level of the Universe level, so the power of this move wasn't particularly astonishing. However, if both of them were at the peak of the World Lord level, their Origin Force would be millions of times stronger in mass, and if they used this move, they would absolutely be able to roam freely throughout the universe.

Such a comprehension of the laws is extremely rare even among world lord-level powerhouses, yet Yang Wu was able to achieve it at the universe level.

"You are very strong, but I am even stronger!"

After exchanging blows for more than ten rounds, Yang Wu suddenly unleashed the first level of the "Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body," immediately gaining a clear advantage.

"Pfft!"

Yang Wu's Overlord Spear whistled as it pierced the yellow-clad man's heart, and countless domineering spear rays instantly shattered the man's body.

Twelfth level of the Sky Bridge, passed!

……

In the central plaza of the Skybridge dimension, hundreds of immortal gods looked up at the live broadcast on the screen.

When Yang Wuzhen defeated the guardian of the twelfth level, all the immortal gods present were utterly shocked.

A cosmic-level breakthrough through the twelfth level of the Sky Bridge?

How long has it been since you last appeared?

Of course, such unparalleled geniuses have appeared in the history of humankind, but each of them was a famous figure, and the cultivation time of those geniuses far exceeded that of Yang Wu.

In less than a hundred years, he has passed the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven. How can those who have cultivated for thousands of years but have only passed the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven, the number one in the universe of the Primordial Secret Realm, bear this?

The eighth floor and the twelfth floor are completely incomparable!

Yang Wu's current understanding of the laws is undoubtedly the best among the domain lord-level powerhouses in the Virtual Universe Company!

"This...it's been less than a hundred years since their generation of geniuses left Chaos City, hasn't it?"

"This Yang Wu... he actually... he actually passed the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven?"

"This is already the most extraordinary genius in our human race!" The stunningly beautiful Jade King's face was filled with shock and excitement as she exclaimed, "Zhen Yan, Tong Nan, the three of us have lived for billions of years, and we've never seen such a genius before!"

"Indeed!" King Zhenyan stroked the downy hair around his mouth and sighed, "Although we lived in the same era as Venerable Eclipse Fire and Koti, we were over a million years later. At that time, Venerable Eclipse Fire had already achieved the position of Venerable, while Koti had already perished. Since those two, our human race has never produced such a heaven-defying genius! Now that a genius like Yang Wu has appeared, it is truly a blessing from heaven for our human race!"

"As long as Yang Wu doesn't perish, there's no problem for him to rival us in the future. Even becoming a Universe Venerable wouldn't be difficult!"

In the human race, the saying that a genius appears once every tens of millions of epochs is just a saying, and it does not mean that such a heaven-defying genius will appear every tens of millions of epochs.

Millions of years ago, a monstrous genius named Shi Huo appeared in the Giant Axe Arena. He reached the peak of the King-level in tens of thousands of years, and then became a Universe Venerable in hundreds of thousands of years.

Around the same time, another genius emerged within the Virtual Universe Company, Koti, who was no less talented than the Venerable Fiery.

Unfortunately, Coty perished in the face of an assassination attempt by an alien race.

Yang Wu was born in the Genius Battle. More than a hundred years ago, he was only a ninth-level Hengxing. Even though he showed unparalleled talent in the Genius Battle, he was still far inferior to geniuses like Coty and Shi Huo who were unprecedented in history.

After joining Virtual Universe Company, he rose to prominence, surpassing his predecessors time and time again, and creating miracles one after another.

When Yang Wu left Chaos City, his talent was already considered the strongest of his generation.

but--

He has now crossed the twelfth level of the Sky Bridge at a cosmic level!

In just a hundred years, he has grown from a little guy who had just participated in the Genius Battle to such a level.

Compared to this, what are the Seven Sword Kings and Dream King, who are praised by countless people in this era? Even compared with those peerless geniuses in human history, Yang Wu is in no way inferior.

True King, Star Wing King, Pupil King, Silver Moon King, Black Mist King...

Legendary figures were all staring intently at the figure on the screen, their hearts surging with excitement.

……

On the other side, within the small circle of dozens of cosmic venerables, there was utter silence; you could hear a pin drop.

After a long silence, someone finally spoke up.

"Our human race will soon produce another supreme being!" exclaimed a stunningly beautiful woman draped in a seven-colored gauze robe.

"Yes!" another being shrouded in a misty white fog chimed in, "Nine Swords, you're incredibly lucky to have encountered such a genius!"

The Nine Swords Venerable stared blankly at Yang Wu on the screen.

"Yang Wu often consults me, and I know he has extremely high talent. I also believe he has the potential to surpass the Seven Sword Kings and others in the future. But... how could he comprehend the essence of all the fundamental laws of space in less than a hundred years at the cosmic level?"

"impossible!"

"How is this possible!"

The Nine Swords Venerable was utterly shocked, hardly believing what he was seeing.

"Haha, Qianwu, your universe has indeed produced a peerless genius this time!" another immortal being exclaimed. "It's a pity that if you had taken him as your disciple, you might have had a chance to pay off your debts in the future!"

The fact that the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom was resurrected multiple times due to time reversal, thus incurring a mountain of debt, was no secret among these high-ranking officials.

The ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, such a genius, as long as he doesn't perish in the future, will surely become a pillar of our human race!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom sighed, while secretly regretting his actions.

Such a genius came from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, yet he failed to take him as a disciple; it's a waste that the universe is destroyed.

If someone had intended to take on disciples before Yang Wu joined the Virtual Universe Company, no one would have been able to compete with him. Even after Yang Wu successfully crossed the Tongtian Bridge for the first time, he could still rival the Nine Swords Venerable.

However, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom missed his chance. Now that Yang Wuzhen has soared to great heights, the two are no longer destined to be master and disciple.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through the mind of the Qianwu Kingdom ruler.

As the saying goes, "The layman sees the spectacle, the expert sees the details!"

When the immortal gods saw that Yang Wu had passed the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven in less than a hundred years, they were all amazed and felt that Yang Wu could be compared with the strongest geniuses in the history of the human race.

Among these cosmic venerables, Yang Wu's performance was even more astonishing.

Even for exceptional geniuses like Coty and Shi Huo, it would still take hundreds of years of secluded cultivation to pass the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge at the cosmic level.

But what about Yang Wu?

Less than a century!

Although both crossed the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven, the time difference between less than a hundred years and several hundred years is completely different.

Because of their extreme rarity, geniuses like Yang Wu were never recorded in human history. Therefore, the only geniuses known to the immortal gods were those like Coty and Shi Huo.

While the unparalleled geniuses of countless epochs are incredibly brilliant, some have yet to reach the level of Cosmic Venerable. And those geniuses who have surpassed them, even the weakest among those still alive, are all Cosmic Overlords!

The more ancient the cosmic ruler, the clearer they are about what such a genius represents!

Venerable Guiyi, Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, Lord of Youhou...

……

The bridge to heaven spans the starry sky, connecting a planet directly to a star.

Yang Wu quickly flew to the surface of the star.

chi chi...

Endless flames surrounded him.

The thirteenth level of the Sky Bridge had come to an end. Yang Wu stood here, still choosing a martial artist as his opponent.

This time, the opponent was no longer the man in yellow, but a masked man wearing fiery red armor.

"You've reached the thirteenth level with only a cosmic-level skill; your future is limitless!" The masked man looked at Yang Wu and said, "I believe you've guessed it; I'll be using the final level of the Overlord Spear—'Even the Immortal Can Be Confronted'."

Yang Wu's expression changed slightly.

"Even the Immortals Can Be Confronted" is the most powerful and perfect move of the Overlord Spear. Even many immortal gods are rarely able to unleash this move before their breakthrough.

Even in nearly ten thousand years of simulated experience, Yang Wu had never successfully used the move "Even the Immortal Can Be Opposed".

"boom!"

Yang Wu and the masked man simultaneously unleashed the Overlord Spear.

They clashed instantly.

laugh!

The masked man's Overlord Spear first knocked Yang Wu's weapon away, then with a light thrust, it pierced Yang Wu's brow with lightning speed, killing him.

It was an ordinary move, yet it left Yang Wu with no chance to struggle, and he was instantly killed.

"The difference between the thirteen levels is indeed too great! Even if I use the second level of the 'Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body', I have no ability to resist at all!" A thought flashed through Yang Wu's mind before he was kicked out of the Tongtian Bridge plane.

I have been updating less lately, but that doesn't count as padding! If I wanted to pad it out, I would have written about the Death Star mission.

The main character has to have a moment of glory, right? We've been holding back for almost ten thousand years in simulators...

(End of this chapter)