Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 410 The Universe Venerable (6000 words, to be updated on April 3rd)

"I choose reward two!"

The instant Yang Wu made his choice, a vast surge of martial arts insights flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.

The laws of space, the laws of fire and space fusion, the laws of metal and space fusion...

Body Amplification Secret Techniques, Soul Amplification Secret Techniques, various combat skills, and self-created Supreme Universe Techniques...

An immense and complex array of martial arts insights flooded into Yang Wu's mind, as if he had truly undergone hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation.

Various secret techniques flashed by and then remained in Yang Wu's mind, as if he had studied them countless times.

How vast must the martial arts insights gained over 700,000 years be?

Therefore, even with Yang Wu's current willpower, which is comparable to the limit of a Universe Venerable, it took him more than ten minutes to fully absorb all the martial arts insights.

Only then did Yang Wu realize just how amazing his achievements were!

Among them, the soul-type amplitude technique "Seven Star Soul Forging", the body-type amplitude technique "Flame Crystal Nine Refinements", and the amplitude technique used by Ting Ni clone that is suitable for energy-type life forms have all been cultivated to the highest level in the simulated experience.

In other words, Yang Wu's physical and spiritual amplitudes have now reached the limit of a hundred times that the universe allows.

This is quite normal, though. After becoming a Universe Venerable, one can naturally spend time creating suitable amplitude-enhancing secret techniques. Even Hirodo of the Golden Horned Clan, didn't he also create the "Beast God Transformation" secret technique by relying on the Golden Void Fusion Law?

Now that Yang Wu's physical attributes and willpower are comparable to those of a cosmic overlord, and he has a ready-made amplification technique to cultivate, reaching the hundredfold limit in a short period of time is not a big deal.

"However, my progress in creating my own secret techniques is also extremely astonishing!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

"Although I have only created a peak secret technique of the Universe Venerable, its power has surpassed the previous third ultimate secret technique by a considerable margin!" Yang Wu thought to himself as he felt the self-created secret technique he had received in his mind.

For example, powerful cultivators who practice the Path of the Beast God have a very detailed understanding of the laws at the Universe Venerable stage.

For example, Hirodo of the Golden Horn Clan created his own secret techniques, which were divided into six forms according to the inheritance of the Path of the Beast God, each corresponding to a certain realm of the Path of the Beast God.

However, most powerful beings in the universe have not received the Way of the Beast God. Comprehending any one of the higher laws can make one a cosmic venerable. Comprehending the two higher laws of time and space can make one a supreme cosmic lord.

Therefore, even at the stage of the Universal Venerable, no specific realm was defined according to the laws of enlightenment.

However, most cosmic masters, in order to ensure the continuation of their lineage, generally follow a gradual approach when creating secret techniques, creating several techniques according to their level of difficulty.

However, for these cosmic venerables, if they were to fight against an opponent of the same level, all they could use was their most powerful secret technique.

Like Herodo of the Golden Horn Clan, although he created the "Seven Kills of the Beast God", his most powerful killing move is still the last move of the "Beast God Weapon". As for the first five moves, they can only be used to deal with the weak.

Humanity is the pinnacle of the race, possessing countless secret techniques. Yang Wu naturally didn't need to consider the inheritance of his race. Therefore, when he created his own secret techniques during the simulation, he directly began to create the most powerful one.

"After becoming a Universal Venerable, I mastered the complete superior laws, which indeed gave me a huge advantage in creating secret techniques!"

Yang Wu thought to himself, "No wonder even the most powerful beings in the universe can create top-tier secret techniques after a period of seclusion, and among the immortal gods, only those exceptionally talented individuals can create such techniques!"

"Ignoring other factors, my self-created peak-level secret technique for cosmic masters alone is likely far superior to Herodo's strongest ultimate skill!"

In fact, in terms of exquisiteness and power alone, the third ultimate secret technique that Yang Wu created at the Immortal God stage was already comparable to the most ordinary peak secret technique of a Cosmic Venerable, which is the secret technique used by most Cosmic Venerables in the universe.

Although Herodo was the ruler of the universe, due to his origins in the Golden Horned Clan, the power of the secret arts he created was not particularly strong. At most, he could only defeat the 1200th opponent that the Lord of the Universe had carefully set up for him.

As for the peak secret technique of the Universe Venerable that Yang Wu created in the simulated experience, it has many external conditions to assist it, and with the heaven-defying chess game of the 'Rhinoceros Emperor' as a counterpart, its power has become incredibly strong in just a few hundred thousand years. If we were to classify it according to the level of opponents defeated back then, it would probably be able to defeat 1500 opponents.

"However, the most exciting thing about this simulation experience is undoubtedly that I have comprehended the complete laws of space, which allows me to directly become a cosmic venerable!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

"Teleportation, strangulation, spatial blockade!" Yang Wu slowly opened his eyes, and divine power surged forth.

Countless immortal divine powers stirred up threads of law in mid-air, and three incomplete law runes appeared before Yang Wu's eyes. Then, these three incomplete law runes merged perfectly together, and a perfect law rune appeared before Yang Wu.

The mysterious fluctuations emanating from this law rune are almost identical to the beast-like pattern in the seventh illustration of the "Nine Universes Chaos Stele." They both represent complete spatial laws, differing only slightly in their form of expression.

"The spatial laws have finally been established!" A smile appeared on Yang Wu's face.

"However, this Ancestral God Sect is not a good place for breakthroughs!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

Now that he has already attracted the attention of many hostile alien races due to his great improvement in strength, and was even assassinated by the strongest person in the universe during the simulation experience, he does need to keep a low profile if he wants to break through to the Universe Venerable.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu immediately opened the divine kingdom teleportation channel and disappeared from Zijing Island.

……

Within Yang Wu's vast divine kingdom, countless avatars of the Nether Sea were created, and then disintegrated and merged into the endless Nether Sea, causing the endless Nether Sea to expand continuously.

Long before Yang Wu became an immortal god, the Endless Nether Sea could continue to expand, so during this time, the Nether Sea clone had been staying in the divine kingdom, constantly dissolving.

hum!

A hazy golden light appeared, and Yang Wu, dressed in a purple-gold armor, appeared above the endless dark sea.

Before long, the Yan God Clan clone and the Ting Ni clone also arrived in the sky above the God Kingdom.

After everything was prepared, Yang Wu instantly connected with the origin of the universe through the complete spatial laws.

"Boom!!"

The immense pressure of the primordial laws of the universe descended directly upon Yang Wu's divine kingdom, and at the same time, the endless dark sea below instantly boiled.

A massive, multicolored vortex, spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers, appeared above the endless dark sea, enveloping all of Yang Wu's multiple clones.

In an instant, the five lower-level laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth perfectly merged together, while at the very core of the five-colored vortex, the aura of the primordial laws of endless space emanated.

"Splash!!"

The endless spatial divine power seawater, clearly visible even to the naked eye, surged from the void and flowed into the endless dark sea below.

"The descent of the fundamental laws of space is truly awe-inspiring!" Yang Wu exclaimed, looking at the enormous multicolored vortex in mid-air.

Although Cosmic Venerables are extremely rare, their numbers are still quite large in the vast universe.

Aside from a few extraordinary beings who are born as cosmic sovereigns, most cosmic sovereigns have experienced this scene.

However, when each powerful individual breaks through to the Universe Venerable stage, the resulting multicolored vortex varies in size.

For an ordinary strong person in the human camp to break through, it is already quite amazing that the five-colored vortex can reach a diameter of hundreds of kilometers.

Even for some special life forms with enormous divine bodies or high levels of life genes, the size of the five-colored vortex is generally only around tens of millions of kilometers.

A multicolored vortex like Yang Wu's, with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers, would probably rank among the largest in the entire vast universe throughout countless ages.

Splash!

Endless divine power and seawater poured out from the multicolored vortex, which had a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers, just like a curtain of the sky, directly falling into the endless dark sea below.

Meanwhile, the endless dark sea below was frantically absorbing this divine power, transforming it from the immortal stage to the cosmic lord stage.

"We still need to hurry up and convert the immortal divine power!"

"Such an opportunity to freely absorb divine power can only be encountered when breaking through!" Yang Wu said, looking at the colorful vortex in mid-air while absorbing the endless stream of immortal divine power.

Generally speaking, when breaking through to the stage of the Universe Venerable, if there is no clone, the origin of the universe will naturally descend directly above the person breaking through, so that the person can more effectively absorb divine power to transform their divine body.

However, if a powerful being like Yang Wu has clones, then when the origin of the universe descends, it will choose the clone with the largest size and the most energy. This makes it more advantageous for the person breaking through to absorb divine power. As for the other clones, if they are too far away, they will be temporarily unable to absorb divine power to transform into a divine body.

This "selective arrival" is also a gift from the primordial universe to the life it nurtured.

However, even such a favor has its limits!

Among the three stages of a powerful being's breakthrough to Immortal God, Universe Venerable, and Universe Lord, only upon breaking through to Immortal God can one fully absorb divine power and perfectly transform their own divine body. As for the Universe Venerable and Universe Lord stages, the time for the cosmic origin to descend is quite short, so the time available to absorb divine power is also very brief; how much one can absorb depends entirely on their own abilities.

"If only I had a primordial treasure right now, I might be able to completely transform my divine body!" Yang Wu thought to himself as he felt the commotion in the endless dark sea.

Primal treasures are treasures with extremely special effects, allowing powerful individuals to better connect with the ocean of laws in the origin of the universe, making them thousands or even tens of thousands of times faster than usual!

It's important to understand that many powerful beings in the universe frequently burn their immortal divine power during battles. Once a large amount of immortal divine power is burned, replenishing it will undoubtedly require a great deal of treasure or a very long period of time.

For powerful individuals, treasures that can be used to restore their immortal divine bodies are naturally extremely precious. Therefore, they prefer to rely on the passage of time to restore their immortal divine bodies.

If one could possess a primordial treasure at this time, one would naturally have a significant advantage when restoring one's divine power.

Even among human races, there are special rental services for primordial treasures. If one could truly possess a primordial treasure and simply lend it to other powerful individuals to restore their divine bodies, after a long period of time, it would be enough to accumulate considerable wealth.

Unfortunately, Yang Wu realized this too late. Otherwise, if he had rented a primordial treasure before breaking through, the speed of transforming his divine body would have been much faster.

……

A moment later, the multicolored vortex above the divine kingdom dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

The endless dark sea below also stopped surging and returned to calm, but in the depths of the dark sea, endless divine power was still slowly transforming.

"My Netherworld Avatar is simply too enormous. Even though I've tried my best to absorb divine power, I've only converted 21% of my Immortal Divine Body!"

Yang Wu, the Yan God Clan clone, and the Ting Ni clone looked down and couldn't help but sigh.

As for the other avatars, although their life genes were at a very high level, they were far too insignificant compared to the vast size of the Endless Dark Sea. Therefore, during the process of pouring out the endless divine power, these three avatars naturally and easily completed the conversion of their own divine power, and the strength of their divine bodies all soared a hundredfold.

"When many of our human race's cosmic venerables break through, their divine bodies can generally be converted to more than 90%. The divine bodies of the demon race's powerful beings are relatively larger, and they can generally be converted to more than 70%. Even the powerful beings in the Starry Sky Beast Alliance have a conversion rate of more than 50%!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

Of course, even the most enormous star beasts could not store a fraction of the divine power contained in this endless dark sea.

"This time I have become a Universe Venerable and created a peak secret technique for Universe Venerables. I think that should be enough to defeat Venerable Qingyao!" Yang Wu thought to himself as he felt the amazing aura contained within his several clones.

Venerable Qingyao's strength is extremely powerful, almost comparable to Venerable Jiufeng. Even among all the universe overlords in the vast universe, he would rank among the top.

In the simulated experience, Yang Wu defeated Venerable Qingyao by relying on a treasure bestowed by the Lord of Dragons.

However, after this simulation, Yang Wu no longer needed to borrow the treasure from the Dragon Lord to achieve this goal.

Because in the subsequent simulation experience, Yang Wu had created the secret technique of the peak of the Universe Venerable, and his strength had greatly increased compared to before!

"Boom!"

As Yang Wu pondered, his divine kingdom began to transform.

The Kingdom of God is the foundation of immortal deities.

As strength increases, the divine kingdom will gradually change. When Yang Wu first became an immortal god, the divine kingdom he built was already incredibly powerful.

Over the past few decades, as the Endless Nether Sea has expanded, Yang Wu's divine kingdom has also been expanding, but the magnitude of the changes has not been particularly astonishing.

However, just after Yang Wu stepped into the realm of the Universe Venerable, this divine kingdom also underwent a qualitative transformation!

hum!

In an instant, the world changed color, and the entire divine kingdom space trembled.

The divine kingdom is constantly transforming, becoming larger and more stable.

Yang Wu sensed that his divine kingdom was transforming from a thatched hut into a reinforced concrete villa, becoming more stable and under greater control.

The transformation of the divine kingdom lasted for several days before it returned to calm and then slowly expanded outward.

……

Above the endless sea of ​​darkness, in the majestic temple, Yang Wu's several clones stood quietly together.

"Hahaha……"

"This breakthrough to the Cosmic Venerable level means that even my original Earthly self will possess the strength of a cosmic overlord!"

"With the endless dark sea as its energy source, even if an avatar perishes, it can quickly recover; the only loss will be some precious treasures!"

"Treasure..."

Upon thinking of the priceless treasure, Yang Wu was slightly taken aback, then thought to himself, "I still don't have enough priceless treasures!"

Does Yang Wu possess few treasures?

Three supreme treasures: the Heaven-Burning Mirror, the Heaven-Asking Spear, the Sun-Chasing and Moon-Pursuing Boots, and the Landscape Painting...

Any one of these treasures would be enough to make any cosmic overlord envious. Even a cosmic overlord like Venerable Jiufeng would not have the wealth of Yang Wu.

But Yang Wu has far too many clones!

These treasures are enough to arm one clone, but they are far from sufficient to arm all of the clones!

"Isn't it just a treasure? With the existence of the Time Simulator, I'll eventually have a full set of luxurious treasures!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

"The most important thing now is to obtain the first treasure left behind by Master Zuoshanke!"

As a reincarnated god-king, the Mountain-Sitting Guest left his disciples with countless treasures, each one a masterpiece.

Leaving aside the Star Tower, the main weapon of the God King, the Calamity Armor, the Primal Soul, and the Flame God Halberd alone can all be considered among the top treasures in the entire primordial universe. Even a top race like the human race probably couldn't produce many of them.

The Yan Emperor was able to forge an endless reputation in the universe because he had these treasures protecting him.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu immediately turned around and disappeared into the divine kingdom in one step.

……

In the core of Qingyao Star, in an extremely exquisite manor, the figure of the Yan God Clan avatar suddenly appeared out of thin air.

After the Yan God Clan clone appeared, it quickly found a King-level Immortal on Qingyao Star, and then, under the other party's guidance, rushed to the temple where the Qingyao Venerable resided.

Inside the main hall, Yang Yan's divine avatar and Venerable Qingyao sat facing each other.

"King of Slaughter, I wonder what important matter brings you here to see me this time?" Venerable Qingyao asked with a smile.

In fact, Venerable Qingyao had been monitoring everything on Qingyao Star all along, and he had already noticed it the moment the Yan God Clan clone appeared.

However, he never expected that the God of Slaughter would come looking for him!

"Venerable Qingyao!" Yang Wu looked directly at the other party, his voice resolute and echoing throughout the entire hall: "I've come here to challenge you!"

"Challenge me?" Upon hearing this, Venerable Qingyao was slightly taken aback!

Qingyao Venerable was well aware of the reputation that the Yan God Clan's avatar had made on the battlefield outside the domain, so he also believed that the God-Slaying King might have the strength to defeat him in the future.

Even a ten-thousand-year agreement might not be fulfilled, let alone a hundred years.

Challenge him?

Are you kidding me?

"God-Slaying King!" Venerable Qingyao frowned and said, "I know your divine body is comparable to a cosmic overlord who has reached a hundred times the level of life genes, and because of the sheer size of your divine body, coupled with several supreme treasures protecting you, even if I wanted to kill you, it would be extremely difficult. But..."

"That doesn't mean you have the ability to defeat me!"

In the vast universe, countless wondrous things occur. But to defeat a cosmic overlord at the level of an immortal god is something even the most heaven-defying genius who appeared in the primordial universe could never accomplish.

"I see!"

Yang Wu nodded slowly, and then released all the aura within the Yan Shen Clan clone.

In an instant, an immense pressure descended upon the entire Qingyao Star, even stronger than the aura emanating from Venerable Qingyao!

"And now?" Yang Wu asked with a smile, looking at the shocked expression on Venerable Qingyao's face.

In fact, once someone reaches the realm of immortal gods, it becomes very difficult to detect their true level of power through investigation.

Therefore, Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast clone was able to disguise itself as a Universe Venerable at the Immortal stage, and even the Lord of the Universe could not detect it. Only the strongest in the universe could detect these situations within a small universe that they completely controlled.

Therefore, before Yang Wu released the full aura of his Yan God Clan clone, Venerable Qingyao had no idea that he had become a Universe Venerable.

"The Universe Venerable?" Venerable Qingyao was completely shocked at this moment.

He truly hadn't expected that the God-Slaying King before him would become a Universe Venerable in such a short time; it was simply unbelievable!

"Perhaps, this God-Slaying King was already on the verge of a breakthrough?" Venerable Qingyao thought to himself.

That was the only thought he could have, because if it weren't so, it would be truly unbelievable.

However, Venerable Qingyao had traversed the vast universe for countless years, so he quickly realized what was happening.

Faced with Yang Wu's question, he no longer frowned, but solemnly said, "King of Slaughter, you have become a Universe Venerable, and you are indeed qualified to fight me!"

"However, even if you become a Universe Venerable, your strength will at most be comparable to mine. If you want to defeat me, you'll probably need to accumulate strength for a while!"

In Qingyao Venerable's view, this was already the limit that the Yan God Clan's clone could achieve.

After all, the other party had just broken through, and neither his treasures nor his self-created secret techniques could compare to his. Although his life gene level was very high, he was a special life form, and his life gene level was nearly a thousand times that of ordinary life forms in the universe, so the difference was not too great.

If the God of Slaughter wants to defeat him, he will probably need to hone his skills for a while longer.

"Haha, whether I can defeat Venerable Qingyao or not, we'll only know after we try!" Yang Wu said with a smile.

Even if we lose, it's just a matter of waiting a little longer. After all, as long as we defeat the opponent within 100,000 years, we can successfully obtain the coordinates.

Of course, seeking help from Master Dragon Walker would be a good option, but Yang Wu wouldn't want to bother Master Dragon Walker unless there was absolutely no other way.

"Alright!" Although Venerable Qingyao didn't believe Yang Wu could defeat him, he still agreed, "In that case, I'll have a friendly spar with you, God of Slaughter!"

"Follow me!" After saying that, Venerable Qingyao immediately disappeared in an instant.

Although Qingyao Star is incredibly sturdy, it is not suitable to be the battlefield for the two of them.

Yang Wu sensed the spatial fluctuations around him and quickly realized the direction the other party had teleported away in, and then hurriedly followed.

This is also one of Yang Wu's abilities after becoming a Space Venerable. If he were still at the Immortal God realm, he would not have been able to detect the direction in which Venerable Qingyao left.

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(End of this chapter)