Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 357 Puti's Shock and Simulation

"This...this is..."

As the ruler of the universe, Puti is even stronger than the Yan Emperor, so he can naturally see through the methods of the Yan God Clan's clone.

But the more he learned, the more shocked he became.

"With his self-created peak-level secret technique and the combined use of several amplitude-enhancing secret techniques, his strength should be significantly greater than that brat, Crimson Rainbow King!"

"But this little guy's attacks..."

"Could it be?"

Thinking of this, Puti's heart stirred, and a figure exuding an incomparably vast aura suddenly appeared in this spacious hall, which was Puti's true form.

Although Puti's divine clone had a high vision, its strength was far inferior. Now, in order to verify his conjecture, Puti directly teleported his true body over.

"rise!"

Puti's gaze narrowed slightly, and he instantly grasped a portion of spacetime within the Star Tower area, but the powerful figures from the various factions within the Star Tower were completely unaware of it.

The figure of the Flame God Clan clone quickly appeared in front of Puti.

"Um?"

"A treasured spear, royal armor, and peak-level support life-saving equipment..."

"This little guy is actually a Realm Lord!!"

Even the most precious soul-type top-tier treasure, the Burning Heaven Mirror, on the body of the Yan God Clan's avatar was insignificant to Puti.

What he cared about was the Yan God Clan's avatar's realm master level and its extraordinary combat power.

"To be able to unleash such immense power, this little guy must have already broken through the limitations of a hundredfold genetic level!"

Puti sat quietly in the vast hall, a sigh escaping his lips.

"Unexpectedly, after countless years, the Yan Shen Clan, created by our teacher, has produced another exceptionally talented genius!"

"I wonder who has the greater talent, this little guy or my second junior brother?"

"Alright, I'll report to the teacher later. I want to see how long he's been cultivating."

With this in mind, while mastering space and time, Puti also released a wisp of divine power, entering the Yan God Clan's avatar without alerting anyone.

"Um?"

His expression immediately became even more serious.

Within the body of the Flame God Clan's clone, a dazzling primordial core radiated pure light, its surface engraved with incredibly profound runes that intertwined and appeared and disappeared on the brilliant crystal.

"Star Beads?"

Puti's surprise grew stronger. With his vast knowledge, he could easily see through all the details of that dazzling primordial core.

"When those Star Beads first appeared on the Primordial Star, they caused quite a stir! In the end, all 10081 Star Beads were divided up by the super beings of various major powers."

"However, while fusing with the Star Pearl can create an incredibly powerful clone, breaking through the shackles and achieving immortality becomes extremely difficult!"

"Now, countless years have passed, and there are no more than ten super geniuses in the entire universe who have been able to break through their shackles and achieve immortality after fusing with the Star Pearl!"

Upon seeing the original core within the Yan God Clan's clone, Puti couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This little guy actually dared to fuse with the Star Pearl; his courage is commendable! I just wonder if this Yan God Clan body is his true self?"

"Let me see!"

With that in mind, Puti immediately began to examine Yang Wu's soul.

After fusing with the Star Pearl, it is theoretically possible to create three clones. Therefore, Puti did not believe that the Flame God in front of him was necessarily the real one.

After all, the soul is the essence of flesh and blood life, and even if a new clone is conceived, it is still the same soul.

Moreover, since the other party is only a realm lord, he, as the master of the universe, can naturally easily detect the other party's soul essence.

As for becoming an immortal god, once the soul and body are completely integrated, and even the spiritual imprint is incorporated into every cell, it becomes impossible to easily explore further.

Thus, Puti's gaze seemed to pierce through the void and directly reach the sea of ​​consciousness of the Yan God Clan's avatar.

There, a flame flickered, and a precious mirror rose and fell. Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the figure of a black-haired youth appeared.

"It's actually..." Puti's pupils shrank sharply. Even with his current strength, he was extremely shocked to see this scene.

"It's actually Yang Wu, a peerless human genius!"

Actually, if it were someone else, Puti might not be able to recognize them completely.

But he was no stranger to Yang Wu.

Hundreds of years ago, he was so impressed by the other party that he wanted to slightly interfere with the ownership of the Heavenly Soul Crystal that contained the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," but he was stopped by his teacher, the Mountain Guest Group.

His desire to interfere with the ownership of the Heavenly Soul Crystal was merely because he believed that Yang Wu's talent made him more capable of recognizing the Star Tower as its master. Since the Mountain Guest had stopped him, he naturally wouldn't persist.

In the end, Puti could only sigh inwardly, concluding that Yang Wu had missed the greatest opportunity of his life.

As the little guy who possessed the Golden Horned Beast later cultivated the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," Puti gradually forgot about Yang Wu, this genius.

After all, for a powerful figure like him who has no clan to hold him back, as long as he is not the ruler of the universe, even if he is an unparalleled genius, he doesn't need to care at all.

However, Yang Wu, whom he thought he would never cross paths with again, re-entered his sight hundreds of years later!

Moreover, they broke in in such an unbelievable way!

"Back then, the Yan Shen Clan possessed incredibly astonishing physical talent. My second junior brother was even able to break through the limitation of a hundredfold increase in life gene strength at the World Lord level, which led to him being accepted as a disciple by our master!"

"Later, the teacher was not satisfied with the Yan God Clan lineage, so he guided and nurtured the Earthling lineage, which possessed an incomparably pure soul!"

"But now, the talents of these two lineages are concentrated in one person?"

Puti stared at Yang Wu, the shock in her heart lingering for a long time.

"Moreover, Yang Wu's talent is absolutely astonishing. He has only cultivated for less than a thousand years, yet he already possesses the strength to be an invincible king!"

"Such talent is comparable to that of the original progenitor!"

Puti's heart trembled uncontrollably.

The path to becoming a strong person requires talent, comprehension, opportunity, guidance from other strong individuals, and so on.

And what about Yang Wu?

It seems to have everything!

"We must inform the teacher about this as soon as possible!"

With that in mind, Puti directly transmitted his consciousness to an extremely distant place.

……

The cosmic sea.

Deep within the 'Northern Snowstorm Domain', a dangerous place shrouded in endless chaotic energy...

Floating here is a majestic palace shrouded in endless air currents, constantly emitting bursts of azure light. Inside the palace are the figures of servants, each of whom exudes an aura even stronger than that of an ordinary cosmic venerable.

This palace is the true residence of the most formidable being in the entire universe, the master of treasure refining, and the reincarnated god-king "Sitting Mountain Guest".

At the same time, the dangerous place of Beihua Xuelan Domain also represents the strongest person in the universe, Zuoshanke, in the Cosmic Sea. None of the hundreds of forces in the Cosmic Sea dare to provoke him.

Everyone knows that the owner here is not someone to be trifled with.

At this moment, sitting on the throne in the palace hall was a towering old man whose height exceeded 90,000 kilometers.

This imposing old man is none other than the "Reincarnated God King," the Mountain Guest.

Just after Puti investigated the information about the Yan God Clan's clone, a powerful snake-human clan member with a snake tail and human body appeared in front of the Mountain-Sitting Guest. It was one of Puti's divine power clones.

"Teacher!" Puti knelt down and respectfully greeted the guest sitting on the mountain.

"What is it?" The mountain dweller looked at the endless space outside the hall, his eyes filled with loneliness.

Puti hurriedly and respectfully replied, "Teacher, in the Star Tower, I encountered a World Lord-level Flame God who had broken through the life gene limit by a hundredfold. His soul is none other than Yang Wu, the peerless genius of the human race who recently became famous throughout the universe!"

"This disciple also sensed the presence of the Star Pearl within Yang Wu's body, which suggests that he has conceived an avatar of the Flame God Clan! Moreover, Yang Wu unleashed the invincible power of a King-level expert using this avatar!"

"Oh?"

After hearing Puti's answer, the mountain dweller was slightly surprised.

Puti immediately opened a screen in the void, which displayed a lot of information he had collected, and even a video of several Flame God Clan clones fighting inside the Star Tower.

"Earthlings have given birth to an avatar of the Flame God Clan? That's interesting!"

The man sitting on the mountain looked at the screen, a hint of surprise on his face: "However, since he was able to break the limitation of a hundredfold gene, we might as well give him a chance!"

For the Mountain Dweller, even a genius like the original ancestor was of little significance.

What the Mountain Dweller needs is a powerful figure who can help him take revenge, someone with the potential to grow to the level of a God-King, so that they can help him in the future.

He had originally cultivated the Yan God Clan, who were skilled in controlling their bodies. However, the most talented member of the Yan God Clan, the Yan Emperor, had not been able to reach the level of perfect genes even after cultivating for countless years, let alone achieve the Infinite Divine Body and break through to the True God stage.

As for the Earthlings who were nurtured and conceived through this process, although they possess great talent in their souls, no one has yet been able to complete the Star Tower's recognition of its master.

Although Yang Wu's performance is quite impressive, it is not yet worthy of the Mountain Guest's excessive attention.

Of course, since the other party was able to break the limitation of a hundredfold gene in such a short time, he could give the other party a chance.

"Teacher!" Puti continued respectfully, "Yang Wu was able to break through the hundredfold genetic barrier in such a short time. His talent is probably much stronger than that of our second junior brother back then. Perhaps he can truly meet your expectations and become the strongest in the universe!"

Puti, of course, had no idea what the "reincarnated god-king" Sitting Mountain Guest was really thinking. To him, since his teacher was not satisfied with his second junior brother, he must want to cultivate the strongest person in the universe!

"Perhaps!" The mountain dweller's gaze drifted aimlessly, seemingly unsure of where it was looking, before he asked, "Where is this little fellow now?"

"Teacher, Yang Wu is currently exploring the Star Tower!" Puti replied respectfully.

"Hmm!" The Mountain Hermit nodded slightly. "That little fellow has broken the limitation of a hundredfold increase in gene strength; he does qualify to become my disciple! You wait inside the Star Tower; I'll be there shortly!"

"Yes, teacher!" Puti replied respectfully.

……

Just as the Mountain Guest set off to return to the original universe, Yang Wu inside the Star Tower had already finished another battle.

The forbidden area was in complete disarray, with endless mountains collapsing.

The Flame God Clan avatar stood in the void, while the Black Crow King stood respectfully to the side.

"Master, these are the spoils of war we just harvested, with a total value of around 30 billion Chaos Units," the Black Crow King said respectfully.

Yang Wu nodded slightly.

Although he gained treasures worth hundreds of billions of Chaos Units in a single battle, Yang Wu felt no joy whatsoever.

Because nearly eight years have passed since Yang Wu came to the Star Tower. Eight years of killings are enough to make his name known throughout the entire Star Tower, but he still has not received the attention of the Mountain Guest and Puti.

"Could I have guessed wrong? Was it because Yan Di broke the gene limit by a hundred times that he was taken in as a disciple by Zuo Shan Ke?" Yang Wu wondered to himself.

"Forget it, let's not think about it too much. Let's simulate it and see what happens!"

Seeing the count refreshed again on the time simulator in his mind, Yang Wu immediately had an idea.

Since the last simulation, Yang Wu has maintained the Time Palace at a time flow rate of a hundred times due to the abundance of resources at his disposal.

Now, eight years have passed, and eight hundred years have passed within the Time Palace, enough time to refresh the simulation count.

With that in mind, Yang Wu immediately separated a sliver of his consciousness and activated the time simulator in his mind.

"Current simulation attempt: 1. Start The Sims now?"

"Start the simulation!" Yang Wu ordered directly.

As soon as the simulator started, Yang Wu saw the familiar simulator panel in front of him.

"The characters in The Sims are created by the simulator itself, and their memories differ from those of the host. Please operate with caution."

"Please select the personality of the simulated character."

"1. Courage; 2. Steadfastness; 3. Tyranny."

Faced with three different options, Yang Wu abandoned his previous composed mindset and directly chose his courageous personality.

After all, he wanted to see if he would be accepted as a disciple by the Mountain Hermit, and choosing a brave personality was the most suitable option.

[At 3342 years old, your physical attributes have long since reached the ninth level of a Realm Lord. With your understanding of the laws, you could have broken through to the Immortal level long ago. However, due to the fusion with the Star Pearl, your primordial core has become indestructible. Even though you have already traversed the Primal Heavenly Mountain, a Realm Lord level peak, you still cannot break through the shackles of your primordial core to become an Immortal.]

[At this moment, a weak clone you have created is cultivating within the Time Palace at a speed a hundred times faster than the flow of time, consuming 40 billion Chaos Units of resources annually.]

Such an astonishing consumption of resources, just to accelerate cultivation time by a hundredfold, is simply unacceptable to you.

To conserve resources, you have stopped the Time Palace from operating.

[That year, you were exploring the Star Tower when you were suddenly teleported to a mysterious hall. Inside were two extremely powerful individuals, one of whom intended to take you as his disciple.]

After much deliberation, you decided to become the disciple of that incredibly powerful expert. Immediately after becoming his disciple, he bestowed upon you an extremely precious treasure and gave you a new choice—whether to acknowledge the Star Tower, this supreme and powerful artifact, as your master.

You learn from the other party that supreme treasures like the Star Tower are incredibly rare, even in the entire universe. Once you successfully bind it to your master, you can roam freely throughout the cosmos!

[For a stronger future, even though you knew how difficult the Star Tower was to establish its dominion, you still chose this path.]

[At age 4342, the process of recognizing the Star Tower as your master was not painful at first. With your astonishing willpower, you slowly and steadily progressed in the process, while simultaneously researching and creating your own secret techniques.]

However, as time went by, the process of recognizing your master in the Star Tower became increasingly painful, until finally, you were even unable to concentrate on studying the secret techniques.

[At 5242 years old, two thousand years have passed, and you find the excruciating pain from recognizing the Star Tower as your master increasingly unbearable. Every day is a living hell, as if you could perish at any moment.]

At the age of 5750, in this year, you finally could no longer bear the immense pain from the depths of your soul, and you perished!

[Simulation ended...]

Will the Mountain Dweller be too surprised after meeting the protagonist now?

Personally, I don't think he's too surprised given his God-King knowledge. What do you all think?

(End of this chapter)