Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 382 Levels of Life Genes (6000 words, 25 rewards in total)

Time keeps flowing by, and in the blink of an eye, another thousand years have passed.

Virtual Universe, Rain Mountain.

In the primitive area, within Yangwu Manor, in a vast training ground.

Originally, the training grounds of each Primal Secret Realm Master were all the same size. However, since Yang Wu's status in the Virtual Universe Company rose, his authority also increased accordingly. His training ground had long since become like an extremely expensive killing field, with an infinitely vast internal space, and he could even simulate the environment according to his own will.

A vast expanse of starry sky.

Yang Wu hovered silently in the void, holding an extremely ordinary crimson spear in his hand. Although the material was extremely hard, it had no special effects.

"Buzz..."

A blurry shadow suddenly appeared in the cosmos, and then gradually solidified into a physical form.

This was a towering figure, tens of kilometers high, composed entirely of black rock. In his hand he held a blood-red spear fifty kilometers long, and his body was engulfed in incredibly dense purplish-black flames. His eyes were filled with savagery and madness, and his powerful aura emanated from him, making him seem like a fire king.

Yang Wu stood before him as if he were an ant facing an elephant.

Roar!

The black rock giant roared, and its blood-red spear thrust towards Yang Wu with lightning speed.

Although the opponent was extremely tall, his movement was incredibly agile. In the blink of an eye, the blood-red spear appeared in front of Yang Wu.

call out!

Yang Wu stepped into the void, leaving a winding, lingering afterimage in the air.

Yang Wu himself had already appeared behind the black rock giant.

Rumble!

As the space trembled, countless spear lights erupted from the crimson spear in Yang Wu's hand.

The countless spear lights converged together, and countless threads of law intertwined in the void, faintly forming the phantom of a strange beast.

The phantom of the strange beast kept changing, switching between several phantom images of beast gods.

"roar!!"

With a deafening roar, the illusory image of the strange beast vanished in a flash, directly striking the core of the black rock life form behind it.

call!

The black rock creature suddenly turned around, and incredibly hot flames erupted from its body.

The endless flames gathered together and actually formed a fiery shield in mid-air.

"Boom!"

The illusory beast radiating endless energy collided violently with the fiery shield. In the end, the illusory beast had a slight advantage, shattering the fiery shield and slamming into the black rock creature.

Unfortunately, after shattering the fiery shield, the power of the powerful beast phantom was greatly reduced, and it did not cause fatal damage to the black rock giant.

"roar!"

In pain, the black rock creature let out an extremely angry roar, and then its entire body emitted an incomparably dazzling red light, just like the final burst of a star about to be annihilated, brilliant and explosive.

Endless red light converged and appeared in front of Yang Wu as if by teleportation, instantly passing over Yang Wu's body.

Yang Wu exploded immediately and was annihilated.

……

As space shifted, the black rock giant vanished instantly, while Yang Wu, who had been thought to be dead, reappeared in the void.

"Failed again!" Yang Wu stood in the endless starry sky, and couldn't help but sigh to himself.

This was the 1903rd opponent that the Lord of Dragons had set up for him while he was studying the third move of the "Godslayer" spear technique.

In reality, he is protected by numerous treasures, so even if the black rock giant were hundreds or thousands of times stronger, it would not be his match.

However, he is currently in this virtual universe without many treasures by his side. The only thing he can rely on to defeat his opponent is to create even more powerful secret techniques.

Unfortunately, the creation of ultimate techniques became increasingly difficult as time went on.

Among them, the first spear technique, "Breaking Army," is quite simple. With Yang Wu's understanding of the laws, which has reached the twentieth level of the Tongtian Bridge, and with the assistance of the time simulator, he had already created it before going to the Ancestral God Sect.

The second spear technique, "Greedy Wolf," was much more difficult to create. Even with the help of the Time Simulator and the Time Palace, Yang Wu had to go through dozens of simulations at the World Lord level before he could create it with great difficulty.

As for the third ultimate spear technique, creating it successfully would be extremely difficult!

"A thousand years have passed in the primordial universe! As for the Time Palace, a hundred thousand years have already passed!"

"I've already experienced over a hundred simulations at the World Lord level!" Yang Wu thought helplessly.

Even in the most recent simulation, spanning over 70,000 years, he didn't defeat a single new opponent!

Keep in mind that although he has already defeated 1902 opponents, it will become increasingly difficult as he progresses!

If it takes him over 100,000 years just to defeat the 1903rd opponent, then the time required for the next one will probably be even longer!

"Yang Wu!"

Just then, a majestic figure flew in from afar; it was none other than the Lord of Dragons.

"Teacher!" Yang Wu quickly greeted him respectfully.

"For the past thousand years, you've been confined within that Time Palace, comprehending your self-created secret technique at a hundred times the speed of time flow!"

The Lord of Dragons looked slightly puzzled: "But why do you insist on cultivating within the Temple of Time? If you want to create the ultimate secret technique, break through the shackles, and achieve immortality, honing your skills in battle is the best way!"

In the eyes of the Dragon Lord, Yang Wu's use of the Time Palace for cultivation was a complete waste of resources.

Although Yang Wu was cultivating in the Time Palace, his Yan God Clan clone was also honing himself on the outer battlefield. But what great effect could a difference of a hundred times in the flow of time have?

"With your talent and comprehension, if you had honed your skills for 100,000 years in the primordial universe, you would probably have broken through the shackles and achieved immortality long ago!" the Dragon Lord advised. "However, your cultivation time in the Time Palace is only one percent of the total cultivation time, so your comprehension speed will naturally be much slower."

"Furthermore, your lifespan will be calculated based on the time spent within the Time Palace. Aren't you afraid that when your lifespan reaches its limit, you will still be unable to break through the shackles of the original core and achieve immortality?" the Dragon Lord asked with considerable concern.

Although it's unlikely that Yang Wu would encounter such a situation given his talent, the Lord of Dragons is, after all, one of the oldest universe lords among the human race, and has encountered some such examples before.

"Master, I understand!" Yang Wu replied respectfully.

However, Yang Wu had no intention of stopping the operation of the Time Palace.

Only family members know their own affairs.

Although he spent very little time honing his skills in reality, only one percent of the time he spent cultivating himself.

In the simulation, his training time was a hundred times longer than his actual training time!

Moreover, in hundreds of simulations, Yang Wu often chose adventurous and brave personality traits.

Of these, only one simulation was particularly unlucky, where all his clones were destroyed by the soul of a powerful demon. In the other simulations, he survived until the end of the simulation.

Based on past experience, an adventurous personality is more conducive to becoming stronger!

To this day, Yang Wu has experienced more than ten million years in the simulation. If it were real time, he would have long reached the life limit of a World Lord.

The reason he has failed to break through after so long is entirely due to the limitations of his own comprehension!

It should be noted that although Yang Wu's comprehension was further enhanced by the Time Simulator after breaking through to the Realm Lord level, he was only comparable to the Seven Sword King of the Giant Axe Arena era.

In the previous training, thanks to the dual support of the Time Palace and the Time Simulator, such talent was naturally sufficient.

After all, the Seven Sword Kings have only cultivated for a little over 100,000 years to reach their current level.

Yang Wu, on the other hand, was in a better position, so it was only natural that he was able to achieve such a reputation.

However, given the Seven Sword Kings' talent, creating the third ultimate secret technique within tens of millions of years is simply not enough!

Even among unparalleled geniuses like Cotti, who emerge only once every tens of millions of epochs, only the Venerable Ancestral Tree has successfully broken through the shackles formed by the Star Bead and achieved immortality throughout the endless ages of the human race!

"Creating the ultimate secret technique is really this difficult?"

"Do I really have to spend thousands more years to create the third form of the ultimate secret technique?" Yang Wu was indeed getting anxious.

After all, his strength has been advancing by leaps and bounds ever since he first distinguished himself among the human race.

However, even with the assistance of the Time Palace and the Time Simulator, his progress has been minimal over the past thousand years.

To this day, apart from the Flame God Clan clone active on the extraterrestrial battlefield and the Thunder God Clan clone within the Ancestral God Sect, the God King who once shook the universe seems to have completely disappeared.

Everyone initially believed that he would break through to immortality, become a cosmic venerable, or even become the master of the universe at an astonishing speed.

After all, a super genius who has cultivated for hundreds of years and has reached the limit of kingship strength can grow at any speed, no matter how exaggerated.

The demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race all regard him as the number one threat.

But now, more than a thousand years have passed, and there has been no news of the Divine King since.

As a result, alien races such as the demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race are now spreading the news that the Divine Might King is cowardly and has exhausted his talent.

Even within the human race, some other voices have emerged.

Of course, none of these people knew that he had once fused with the Star Bead.

After all, breaking free from the shackles of the Star Beads is extremely difficult; throughout the endless ages of the entire universe, only a handful of such geniuses have ever appeared.

As for the human race, there is only one Venerable Ancestral Tree!

"Your cultivation speed is already very fast!"

The Lord of Dragons earnestly advised, "In just over a thousand years, you have already defeated the 1902nd opponent I set up for you. Even with the acceleration of the Time Palace, this is extremely rare since the birth of the universe!"

"Go out and explore! You have your Yan God Clan avatar honing its skills on the extraterrestrial battlefield, and you can also travel through the universe and witness its vastness and wonder."

"The path of cultivation always requires a balance of tension and relaxation!"

"Yes, teacher!" Yang Wu replied respectfully.

"Hmm!" The Lord of Dragons nodded, and then stopped trying to persuade him.

As one of the earliest and most ancient beings to rise among humankind, he had long witnessed the rise of numerous geniuses. Even the original progenitor grew step by step under his watchful eye.

Therefore, although he had already persuaded Yang Wu, he would not interfere too much.

……

After the Lord of Dragons left, Yang Wu secretly considered his next plan.

"Although taking a spin in the universe is very helpful for creating ultimate secret techniques, Luo Feng in the original story used this method to create the third ultimate secret technique in a short time, and even underwent a spiritual transformation, this method is not suitable for me!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

Hundreds of simulations had given him a taste of this experience, but it had done little to help him create the ultimate secret technique.

As for Yang Wu's own will, after he chose a suitable life experience, he directly broke through to the Venerable level.

In fact, if he had followed the path of a spiritual master, with the will of a Venerable, he might have actually been able to break the shackles of the original core formed by the Star Pearl using the second ultimate secret technique.

After all, although the original core formed by the Star Pearl is sturdy, it is still inferior to the original core that Luo Feng modified after reaching the perfect genetic level.

Unfortunately, Yang Wu has always focused on the path of a martial artist. Although he has some knowledge of mental techniques, they cannot compare to those of a martial artist.

"The events that occurred in the simulation are not of much help in creating the ultimate secret technique. We need to choose another method!" Yang Wu secretly planned in his heart.

With hundreds of simulations, Yang Wu has already tried most of the different personality types.

It can be said that he tried every possible method he could think of to help create the ultimate secret technique during the simulation!

"How can we create the third ultimate secret technique as quickly as possible?"

At this moment, Yang Wu was filled with countless thoughts, constantly recalling everything he had experienced, and even the various pieces of information he had learned from the original work.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Yang Wu!

"Haha, I've got it! There's another way I haven't tried before!" Yang Wu was incredibly excited.

"If my Flame God Clan avatar can achieve perfect genes, it will definitely receive a heaven-defying talent secret technique bestowed by the primordial universe! Perhaps I can use this to break through the shackles of the original core!"

"Even if I can't break through the shackles and achieve immortality through the innate secret technique of the Undying Realm Lord, with this innate secret technique as a reference, it will definitely be easier for me to create the third ultimate secret technique!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

In the original work, Luo Feng's ability to join the Secret Pattern School was not only due to the reincarnation of the God King, Zuo Shan Ke, but also to the innate secret techniques bestowed upon him by the universe.

It was precisely because of the existence of the strongest talent secret technique that Luo Feng was able to learn from it and use it to understand the most basic 64 secret pattern diagrams.

Yang Wu's goal of creating the third ultimate secret technique is much simpler than what Luo Feng will do in the future. With the help of the strongest talent secret technique, it will naturally become easier.

"In that case, let's see if the Flame God Clan avatar can achieve perfect genes at the World Lord level!"

Yang Wu thought to himself, "If I could truly achieve perfect genes, my inner world could expand again, reaching its most perfect state!"

In fact, the Yan God Clan clone had experienced thousands of years of fighting and simulations. Yang Wu had once chosen the most suitable simulation experience and selected the reward of martial arts cultivation. Therefore, the genes of the Yan God Clan clone had already been improved several times over.

As of now, without activating the power of Blood Luo, the life gene level of the Yan God Clan clone has reached 512 times that of ordinary life in the universe. Once the power of Blood Luo is activated, it can reach 9968 times that of ordinary life in the universe.

However, reaching a life gene level nearly a hundred times that of ordinary life in the universe is already the limit for the Yan God Clan's avatar. Because of his abundant resources, Yang Wu even exchanged for another treasure from the human race's treasury to further enhance the life gene level: 'Crimson Marrow'.

Unfortunately, even the 'Crimson Marrow,' which can enhance the life genes of even a Cosmic Venerable, had no effect on Yang Wu, whose life gene level had already reached nearly ten thousand times.

However, Yang Wu wasn't too surprised at the time.

After all, even when Luo Feng was cultivating the "authentic" Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, it was incredibly difficult for the Earthling to elevate his genes to perfection.

Moreover, based on the pattern of the Yan God Clan's life gene level doubling, 512 times the gene level corresponds exactly to the ninth tribulation of the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual".

Furthermore, since Yang Wu could no longer sense the secrets of evolution within the Yan Shen Clan's clone, it naturally indicated that the cultivation of the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" within the Yan Shen Clan's clone had been completed.

Of course, according to what the reincarnated god-king Zuo Shan Ke said in the original work, Yang Wu was well aware that the Yan God Clan clone still had great potential to be explored.

However, Yang Wu had never considered doing this now before.

After all, in Yang Wu's view, the current Yan Emperor's life gene level is probably only equivalent to his own.

Although Yan Di's talent and comprehension were not particularly outstanding in the original work, since he was able to become the ruler of the universe, he was naturally equally amazing.

At the very least, he should be stronger than Yang Wu, who is currently on par with the Seven Swords King in terms of talent and comprehension.

Emperor Yan has cultivated for countless years and has yet to achieve perfect genes, so how could he possibly achieve it now?

Therefore, Yang Wu's plan is to reach the Immortal stage, or even the Venerable stage, and have his comprehension enhanced again by the Time Simulator before considering the breakthrough of the Flame God Clan's clone.

But now, having failed to create the ultimate secret technique after so long, we can only try it out as if we're being forced into it!

"In the original story, the Mountain Hermit once said that Emperor Yan had gone down the wrong path, which is why his strength had not improved!"

"As long as I'm on the right path, I might be able to achieve perfect genes in a short time! After all, based on the pattern of previous gene breakthroughs, I think another breakthrough at the gene level will allow me to reach perfect genes!"

"After all, in the original story, Luo Feng's original human form from Earth also reached the perfect genetic level after completing the ninth tribulation!" Yang Wu secretly guessed.

"Furthermore, I achieved my breakthrough during my battle with the Crimson Rainbow King. It seems that fighting powerful opponents can be helpful for the breakthrough of the life gene level of the Flame God Clan's avatar!"

"Well..." Yang Wu began to recall his many previous simulation experiences.

"Next, there is a good opportunity, but I don't know if I can participate?" Yang Wu thought to himself.

……

Just as Yang Wu was secretly making plans, in a remote region of the universe, in an extremely secluded cosmic secret realm.

This cosmic secret realm is quite barren; the concentration of cosmic energy is even less than that of some desolate planets within human territory.

Yet, within this secret cosmic realm, countless 'Nika people' live.

The strongest member of the Nika race is only a Limitless Immortal God who has reached the King level. They are one of the weakest races in the universe, so they can only survive in such a desolate secret realm.

As for those races that didn't even achieve immortality, they either live in the divine kingdoms of immortal gods or have already been annihilated in the long river of time.

Meanwhile, inside the Nika tribe's temple, three figures were conversing.

These three are the three leaders of the Nika tribe: Nika, Taylor, and Brad!

Among them, Nika is a king-level expert at the limit, while Taylor and Brad are both at the peak of the king level.

"Big Brother!" Taylor, the most burly of the three, clad in blood-red armor, exclaimed excitedly, "This time, the 'Spirit Cicada Clan' has offered a high bounty, which is an opportunity for our Nika Clan!"

"Yes, teacher!" Brad, dressed in cyan armor, said excitedly, "This time, the Purple Cicada Venerable of the Spirit Cicada Clan unexpectedly perished. In order to ask a powerful being in the Hong Alliance to revive the Purple Cicada Venerable, the Spirit Cicada Clan needs a lot of military merits. Therefore, in order to obtain enough military merits, the Spirit Cicada Clan has offered many precious treasures for exchange, and even some things that cannot be exchanged on the extraterritorial battlefield, and the prices are also cheaper than the prices in the extraterritorial battlefield's military system."

"As long as we gain enough military merits on the battlefields beyond the realm, we will definitely be able to exchange them for a suitable Amplification Secret Technique from the Spirit Cicada Clan. At that time, your strength will be greatly enhanced!"

Generally speaking, to create an amplitude-based secret technique, one would need at least the strength of a Cosmic Venerable. The strongest member of the Nika race was merely a King-level expert, so naturally he couldn't possess such a technique.

Fortunately, Nika, the leader of the Nika tribe, possessed remarkable comprehension and created several top-tier secret techniques, giving him the strength to reach the limit of becoming a king.

"What's the use of changing the amplitude secret technique?" Taylor retorted. "In my opinion, it would be better to ask the Spirit Cicada Clan to recommend my Nika Clan to join the Hong Alliance! The Hong Alliance is one of the most powerful forces in the entire universe, and I've heard that the Hong Alliance has endless treasures, so we can naturally purchase suitable amplitude secret techniques."

Brad's eyes lit up when he heard Taylor's words.

Nika, seated in the main seat, nodded in agreement, saying, "Taylor is right! Once we join the Hong Alliance, we can connect to the incredibly wondrous virtual universe of the human race. Then, communication between the immortal gods within our race will be much faster! Moreover, I've heard from friends on the outer battlefields that if we have enough military merit, even if we unexpectedly perish, a super-strong individual within the Hong Alliance will resurrect us!"

"However, if we want to gain enough military merits on the extraterritorial battlefield, we still need to be cautious! Only three of us in the Nika clan have the opportunity to break through to the Cosmic Venerable level. Losing any one of us would be a devastating blow to the Nika clan!"

"Teacher, we can go to a less dangerous combat area!" Brad suggested from the side. "I spent some time on the Yanji Continent, the seventh battlefield outside the realm. There are many powerful individuals there, but very few who have reached the King-level Immortal realm. With your strength, and with the assistance of Senior Taylor and me, you won't encounter any danger on the Yanji Continent!"

"That's a great idea!" Nika smiled. "In the last billions of years, I've created a top-tier movement technique. Even if we encounter several peak-level King-rank experts at the same time, I can still help you escape!"

"Brad, did you leave behind any divine artifacts on the Flame Sacrifice Continent?"

"Yes!" Brad nodded and said, "Teacher, I left my divine power token in the core area of ​​the Yanji Continent. That place is covered by endless seawater, and powerful figures rarely appear there!"

"Alright!" Nika said, "Let's settle our clan affairs first, and then we'll go to the Flame Sacrifice Continent together to strive for the rise of our Nika clan!"

Don't call me a novice when it comes to the Nika tribe; although it's meant to introduce the Assassin King, I did want to write a little about it.

In my eyes, the world is a thick book, and Tomato's "Swallowing the Stars" is just a few of the most exciting pages.

There are billions of races in the universe, and each race has its own way of surviving.

Four top-tier races, powerful races, ordinary races, weak races, and even some even weaker races...

And then there was Fito...

Whenever I have the chance, I think I'll write these things down a bit;

Even back in the Genius Battle, when I heavily borrowed from the original text, I would seriously consider the words of those minor characters.

Those who are interested can reread chapters 152 and 154. They actually have many similarities to the original text, but I also have my own interpretations.

Among the discussions were those of planetary-level citizens, who would undoubtedly be incredibly excited to witness a battle of geniuses, as most people never see one in their lifetime, and even if a battle of geniuses and battles of strong individuals overlapped, it would only happen once every 2500 years.

There are discussions that are considered immortal; they might go into seclusion for tens of thousands of years, missing several sessions in the process.

There are 'geniuses' who can exist on a star system for five thousand years. They have even reached the fifth or sixth level of the Domain, and some have even crossed the threshold of the Laws. They are invincible in the star system, but they are nothing compared to the entire human race.

(End of this chapter)