Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 275 A Thousand Waters' Wonderful Journey

While the battle for core membership in the Virtual Universe Company was underway, the four secret realms did not begin simultaneously.

Among them, the qualification battle among nearly 10,000 core members of the universe level in the Doomsday Secret Realm started first, followed by the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm with more than 300 people, and then the Primordial Secret Realm and the Primal Secret Realm with even fewer people.

Therefore, during the qualification battle of the Primordial Realm, the core geniuses of other realms can also watch the battle via video broadcast to observe the strength of their respective competitors.

After the qualifying battle began, many members of the Primordial Realm were immediately teleported to their first opponents.

38 geniuses, 19 battles, all happening simultaneously.

"boom!"

Qian Shui only felt a spatial shift before being teleported to a white dwarf star with extremely strong gravity.

Once she regained consciousness, she immediately saw a figure dressed in a silver-gray battle robe floating in mid-air not far away.

This was Qian Shui's first opponent, Ni Nan, one of the five great masters of the Primordial Secret Realm.

These five experts, like Luo Feng, have already passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge and have the opportunity to challenge the Primal Secret Realm.

Ninan is not the strongest among the five masters, but he is the most cunning. Among the many elders in the Primordial Secret Realm, many people regard him as their leader.

Of course, Ninan's strength far surpasses that of Qianshui.

For some reason, he did not take action immediately after seeing Qian Shui, but waited for her to regain consciousness.

"Ninan!" Qian Shui looked at the other person and greeted him softly.

"A thousand waters!"

Ninan smiled and said, "You go first!"

"Okay!" Qian Shui nodded.

Of the two, Qian Shui is a mentalist, while Ni Nan is a martial artist.

Logically speaking, when a martial artist encounters a mentalist, they should take the initiative to engage in close combat. However, Ninan chose to let Qian Shui, who is a mentalist, make the first move.

Qian Shui didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, Ninan's strength far surpasses hers, and once he makes the first move, she will have no ability to resist.

"drink!"

Qianshui rode a flying telekinetic weapon, creating a significant distance between herself and Ninan, before unleashing her strongest attack.

She knew she was no match for Ninan, but she wouldn't give up easily.

"Well done!" Ninan exclaimed, then stomped his foot hard on the ground, using the powerful recoil and his own speed to force Qian Shui towards him.

boom!

With a single slash, Ninan knocked Qianshui's telekinetic weapon away.

"The gap is just too big!" Qian Shui sighed inwardly.

She had only made it to the fifth level of the Skybridge, while Ninan had already made it to the seventh level.

A moment later, to Qian Shui's surprise, the battle was still not over.

Because Ninan's power was greatly weakened after he cleaved her telekinetic weapon away with a single strike, she easily blocked his close-range attacks.

"Hmm?" Qian Shui asked, somewhat puzzled.

Given Ninan's strength, she shouldn't be able to stop him at all.

"The second cut!"

Ninan ignored Qianshui's doubts and attacked Qianshui again with a different sword technique.

Immediately afterwards, Ninan knocked away Qianshui's telekinetic weapon again, and then began to use the third move of his sword technique.

Qian Shui, on the other hand, was constantly working to gather her psychic weapon to defend against Ni Nan's attacks.

From initial doubt to later delight.

"This Ninan is actually giving me pointers?"

After repeatedly blocking Ninan's attacks, Qian Shui finally understood what had happened.

The swordsmanship that Ninan used was as powerful as hers.

This wasn't a battle; it was practically instructing her.

Just like finding the most suitable opponent in the killing field of the virtual universe, guiding Qianshui through mutual combat.

Although Qian Shui didn't know the reason, she was diligently absorbing combat experience.

While a suitable opponent can be simulated in the virtual universe, a core genius like Ninan will also have exceptional abilities.

In this way, Ninan used all of his sword techniques before stopping.

Although Qian Shui was somewhat unsatisfied, she also wanted to know why Ni Nan had given her guidance, so she stopped as well.

The two were suspended in mid-air at the same time.

"Qian Shui!" Ni Nan smiled slightly, "Your combat awareness and talent are astonishing. With another thousand years of cultivation, you'll probably be able to pass the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge!"

"However, I still need to venture into the primordial realm, so I can't let you win!"

Qian Shui was slightly startled.

Not only did he give her pointers, but he was also so polite?

What Ninan just said was basically saying that if he didn't attempt to conquer the Primal Realm, he would lose to her.

What... what's going on?

There shouldn't be any relationship between her and Ninan!

No, this is an illusion, it must be an illusion cast by Ninan!

Coninan is a martial artist, and even if he also practices illusion magic, it shouldn't be able to affect her, a mentalist.

"Ninan, what's wrong with you...?" Qian Shui asked in confusion.

"Haha..." Ninan's gaze drifted, and he said with a smile, "His Highness Yang Wu has already passed the twelfth level of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge at the cosmic level. Such talent is truly beyond the reach of others!"

Although nearly ten years had passed since Yang Wu broke through the Nine Heavens Bridge, Ni Nan still couldn't help but feel shocked when he talked about it.

It should be noted that Ninan is considered one of the best among the human race's cosmic geniuses.

Before Yang Wu rose to prominence, the only person in the Virtual Universe Company who was absolutely stronger than him was Fito, who had passed the eighth level of the Sky Bridge. As for the others, their strength was not much different from his.

But what about Yang Wu?

Despite being a newcomer who had never even participated in the qualifying rounds, he managed to pass the twelfth level of the Sky Bridge.

He would never have believed such a terrifying thing if countless people hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes!

Ninan's words seemed irrelevant and nonsensical, but Qian Shui already understood his meaning.

"Yang Wu!" Qian Shui couldn't help but think of the figure that had always appeared in her mind.

When she and Yang Wu were together in Chaos City, she knew that the gap between them would widen.

Little did I know, that was just the beginning!

While the rest of them were still at the bottom of the Primordial Secret Realm, Yang Wu had already far surpassed the Domain Lord level members of the Primordial Secret Realm in terms of his understanding of the laws.

This rate of progress... it's terrifyingly fast!

"If I hadn't ended up with Yang Wu back then, I'd probably be calling him His Highness Yang Wu by now, along with everyone else!" Qian Shui sighed inwardly.

As Yang Wu's wife, Qian Shui was also happy and honored by the glory he achieved.

But she never expected that this honor would have such a great impact on a genius like Ninan, even leading him to carefully guide her during the qualifying match.

"It's about time; the others should be finished fighting by now," Ninan said with a smile. "Let's wrap it up too!"

Qian Shui nodded in agreement.

After Qian Shui reacted, Ni Nan immediately unleashed an even more astonishing speed, instantly rushing in front of her and then slashing out with his sword, ending the battle in an instant.

……

Time marches on, and battles continue among the members of the Primordial Realm.

And Qian Shui, too, began her wondrous journey.

Day 2 of the Primordial Realm Qualifying Battle.

In the virtual universe, at Yuxiang Mountain, in a manor in the Taichu District.

Moviska, a cosmic-level genius with purple eyes, was sitting in his study reflecting on his battle.

"These newcomers are insane!" Moviska thought to himself. "Luo Feng, who passed the seventh level, is one thing, but even Rong Jun, who just passed the sixth level not long ago, is stronger than me!"

Although Moviska's strength is not comparable to the five top experts, he is still strong enough to rank among the top fifteen among all the elders in the Primordial Secret Realm.

However, in the battle that just ended, he was defeated once again by a newcomer.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore!" Moviska thought to himself, "This time I must stay in the Primordial Realm and go see how my other old rivals are fighting!"

With a thought, a screen immediately appeared in front of Movisca, showing a battle between his old rival, Moilin.

"Moilin's lucky today, she's met another newcomer. She can finally relax a bit..."

Moviska suddenly froze.

Because Moirin in the video was actually defeated by that newcomer!

"Another one?"

"Are...are this year's new recruits really that freakish?"

Moviska was utterly speechless at this point.

"Hmm? Something's not right! Moirin's strength seems to have weakened a lot!" Moviska opened another video of Moirin's battle.

As expected, Moilin displayed completely different strengths in the two battles.

"What's going on? The newcomer who defeated Moilin should be Qian Shui from Planet Augustus, right? Could it be that she's special?"

Thinking of this, Moviska quickly clicked on Qianshui's other battle videos.

But upon seeing this, he was even more shocked.

Because, in these battle videos, even those experts who had passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge were extremely polite when fighting Qian Shui.

Although they ultimately defeated Qian Shui, they also gave him some pointers.

"What on earth is going on? Is there something I don't know about happening?"

With this in mind, Moviska immediately left the study and went directly to the manors of some geniuses with whom he had made friends to gather information.

……

Soon, the third day arrived.

And Qian Shui's wondrous journey has finally come to an end.

In these three days, in accordance with the rules of the qualifying battle, Qian Shui and the other 37 geniuses from the Primordial Secret Realm all fought a battle.

Of these 37 battles, Qian Shui's greatest gain was from the battles against the six experts from the Primordial Secret Realm who had crossed the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge, including Luo Feng.

Although Qian Shui was undoubtedly defeated by these six people, whether it was the crazy "werewolf" Krov, the hot-tempered Yanbolo tribe genius Sajin & Fire Dragon, or the incredibly mysterious apothecary Yu Feng...

When these people fought with Qian Shui, they all politely gave her some pointers, which greatly benefited her.

Even Luo Feng, because of his friendship with Yang Wu and Qian Shui, sparred with Qian Shui during their battle.

To be precise, Luo Feng maintained excellent manners while fighting against all the other geniuses of his generation, and was not influenced by Yang Wu.

After all, Luo Feng's determination to be a strongman remained unwavering.

Among the eight new members of the Primordial Secret Realm, apart from Luo Feng who passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge and Rong Jun who passed the sixth level, Qian Shui is the strongest.

Therefore, Qianshui unsurprisingly won all five battles.

However, the results of the other 25 battles were completely unexpected for Qian Shui.

The remaining 25 elders of the Primordial Secret Realm, though varying in strength, all of them managed to pass the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

Regardless of their strength, all the geniuses who knew about the relationship between Yang Wu and Qian Shui chose to hold back during the battle, deliberately losing to Qian Shui.

Those with the strongest abilities can remain in the Primordial Secret Realm even if they are defeated by Qian Shui.

Even if the weaker ones defeat Qian Shui, they will still have to compete with the geniuses of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm for a spot in the Primordial Secret Realm.

Therefore, they all chose to hold back during the battle, thus forging a good relationship with Yang Wu through Qian Shui.

As for geniuses like Movisca who were unaware of the relationship between Qian Shui and Yang Wu, they all chose to lose to Qian Shui unless they encountered him in the very first few battles.

After all, the battle in the Primordial Zone had lasted for three days, and these people would also watch other people's battles.

These people aren't fools either. After witnessing the battle between Qian Shui and other geniuses, even if they don't know the reason, they will still have a herd mentality.

It should be noted that even the five top experts treated Qian Shui with such courtesy, so they naturally knew how to make the right choice.

Only a few geniuses whose strength was around the twentieth place in the Primordial Secret Realm were on the verge of being eliminated and were unwilling to compete with the experts of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. That's why they went all out in the battle with Qian Shui, trying to break into the top twenty of the Primordial Secret Realm.

After all 37 battles were over, Qian Shui surprised everyone by winning 26 of them, ranking twelfth among the universe-level geniuses in the Primordial Secret Realm and successfully staying in the Primordial Secret Realm.

Qian Shui successfully stayed in the Primordial Secret Realm, but she wasn't too happy.

On the contrary, because of the other geniuses' leniency, Qian Shui felt somewhat guilty, fearing that it might have a negative impact on Yang Wu.

……

Not long after the qualifying battle ended, a young man with mysterious green markings on his face arrived at Qian Shui's manor in the Taichu District.

"Brother!" Qian Shui greeted him quickly.

But it was her brother, Jiang Mo, who arrived.

"Qian Shui!" Jiang Mo looked at Qian Shui and asked with a smile, "I really didn't expect you to achieve 26 victories. How does it feel to successfully stay in the Primordial Secret Realm this time?"

Qian Shui glanced at Jiang Mo and said guiltily, "Brother, you're still teasing me. I'm worried about you now."

"What are you worried about?" Jiang Mo asked, puzzled.

"Of course, I'm worried that if others deliberately lose to me, it will affect Yang Wu!"

Qian Shui whispered, "Those old men are all stronger than me, but they deliberately lost to me in the fight!"

Hearing his sister's concern for Yang Wu, Jiang Mo felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

In the past, only he could receive such treatment!

However, Yang Wu has been with Qian Shui for a long time, and Jiang Mo has long since accepted Yang Wu.

"It's alright!" Jiang Mo said with a smile, "They deliberately lost to you, you didn't force them!"

"If you're really worried, go ask Yang Wu and see what he has to say."

"Yes!" Qian Shui said with a smile, "I'll go ask Yang Wu!"

After saying that, without waiting for her brother to leave, Qian Shui disappeared directly from her manor.

(End of this chapter)