Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 228 Eight Hundred Years

In the dark depths of the primordial universe, three colossal consciousnesses converged.

"Zhenjiao, what do you want from us?"

The voice of the mechanical god emanated from the black oval sphere.

"It's about Zhou Yang."

Zhen Yaozu spoke with a solemn expression, "One of my Universe Lords reports that Zhou Yang has appeared on the Universe Ship."

"Spaceship?"

The alluring Zerg Queen couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't Meng Tu send word last time that Zhou Yang was cornered by her in the Qingfeng Realm? How did he end up on the Space Ark?"

"What's going on?" the mechanical god asked.

"Two possibilities."

Zhen Yaozu said, "One possibility is that Zhou Yang possesses an extremely heaven-defying method of concealment or teleportation to escape. Once he uses it, even the strongest beings in the universe cannot detect it. Another possibility is that Zhou Yang's true body is still restricted in the Qingfeng Realm by Meng Tu, and the cosmic boat that appeared is an avatar of his."

"But if it's an avatar, then killing a fourth-tier universe lord with a single strike is ridiculously powerful."

"To kill a fourth-tier universe lord with a single blow?"

Both the Machine God and the Zerg Queen were taken aback, as they had only just learned of this news.

"That would require at least an extremely powerful fifth-tier universe lord. Zhenjiao, who has fallen?"

"The mechanical god asked."

"This is the main combat entity of the Xuanjiu Lord of our clan, possessing the strength of someone newly entering the fourth rank."

Zhen Yaozu said calmly.

"Even if someone just entering the fourth tier wants to kill in one strike, only the strongest top-tier fourth tier members can do that."

Both the Machine God and the Zerg Queen fell silent.

Both possibilities, whichever they were, were difficult for them to accept.

If the first possibility is true, and Zhou Yang possesses a method of concealment and escape that even the strongest beings in the universe cannot detect, then their pursuit plan can be declared over immediately.

If it were the second scenario, with even Zhou Yang's clone possessing strength at least at the top level of the fourth rank, it would make them even more uneasy!

You should know that when Zhou Yang fought against the Flame Emperor on the Primordial Star, he displayed over a hundred clones!

Doesn't that mean that with enough supreme treasures, Zhou Yang alone could possess hundreds of top-tier fourth-order universe lord avatars? The consequences of that would be terrifying!

It should be noted that, even if we disregard the avatars and the universe lords of those vassal races, the total number of universe lords they possess might not even reach a hundred!

"It's highly unlikely that the original will of the universe would allow such a heaven-defying life form to exist. It's estimated that only a limited number of his clones possess true combat power."

The three peak beings of their respective races all thought the same thing, but for some reason, they felt a vague unease in their hearts.

"Machinery, Empress, I've come to ask for your thoughts on what to do with Zhou Yang. Should we continue the pursuit, or what?"

Zhen Yaozu was the first to break the silence.

"Kill them! They must be killed!"

The Mechanical Father God looked at the alluring Zerg Queen, "Queen, your soul attack is the strongest among us. It seems we have no choice but to try and see if you can directly penetrate and kill Zhou Yang with your soul!"

A hint of hesitation appeared on the Zerg Queen's exquisitely beautiful and alluring face, but after a moment she nodded and said:

"Alright, I'll give it a try. But I'll make it clear beforehand that if this attempt fails again, my Zerg will no longer participate in any further operations targeting Zhou Yang. We've already gained nothing from several attempts, and I don't want to waste any more time."

"In that case, Your Majesty will have to trouble you."

Both the Demon Ancestor and the Mechanical Race Father God spoke up.

In fact, even without the Zerg Queen's reminder, if this operation fails again, they will basically give up on continuing to deal with Zhou Yang.

After all, if even the strongest among them couldn't succeed, then they really had no other options.

Time flies by and never stops for any particular being.

In the vast ocean of the universe, the primordial universe, and numerous smaller universes, countless beings are born and countless lives perish. For the strong, it is merely a moment of quiet contemplation, which may be the lifespan of other beings.

Although the Zerg Queen of the Primal Universe has already set off for the Spaceship, it will still take a considerable amount of time for the Primal Universe to reach the Spaceship.

Furthermore, since it does not know Zhou Yang's route of travel and has to constantly mobilize the clan's forces to investigate Zhou Yang's movements along the way, it will inevitably take a lot of time to catch up with Zhou Yang.

However, for a being like the Zerg Queen, this amount of time consumption is insignificant.

……

Following the map in his hand, Zhou Yang continued his journey deeper into the spaceship.

Along the way, he encountered many dangerous places and fought with some powerful universe masters active on the spaceship. His experiences were much richer than those in the Peak Realm.

After all, the Spaceship is the only "man-made" dangerous place among the three forbidden zones. Its unique training grounds and extremely high probability of treasures appearing have attracted a large number of powerful individuals to explore it.

Therefore, compared to the inner region of the Peak Realm, this place appears slightly more 'lively'.

As Zhou Yang continued his journey, he would occasionally encounter situations where treasures appeared and participate in the competition. He would also frequently encounter powerful figures from the first and second reincarnation eras, which would often lead to battles.

In this way, his main body was constantly fighting in the outside world, while his clones stayed in the time acceleration zone of the new universe, silently comprehending and making rapid progress in the research of secret techniques.

It was the 320th year since Zhou Yang entered the spaceship.

At this time, nearly 320 million years had passed in the areas where the various clones of the new universe were located.

After a long period of research, Zhou Yang seems to have entered a stage where he has accumulated knowledge and experience and is now ready to unleash his full potential.

In that same year, he not only made a breakthrough in his research on the laws of fusion, but also, based on his insights from studying the laws of fusion, successfully created a soul defense secret technique that he was extremely satisfied with!

It should be noted that in the process of constantly studying the laws of fusion, Zhou Yang's research on the mysteries of the eight lower-level laws has reached an extremely deep level.

Once you've grasped the fundamental mysteries of the eight fundamental laws, creating secret techniques will naturally yield twice the results with half the effort.

For him now, creating a secret technique of the strongest level of the universe's master is no longer difficult; he can create it easily with just a little time.

The secret technique that could satisfy him so much was naturally because its power had reached the level of the strongest fusion secret technique of the Lord of the Universe!

This secret method evolved from his understanding of the all-encompassing nature of water, and it has a similar charm to the ancient Chinese saying "water benefits all things without striving," so he named it "Good Water."

His soul strength is now comparable to that of an ordinary universe's strongest being, and with this secret technique, his soul defense has reached an absolutely abnormal level.

"If only I had another top-tier soul defense treasure, then unless it was the strongest being in the universe who possessed a supreme soul treasure, no one should be able to kill me with just a soul attack."

Zhou Yang continued forward, and soon another four hundred years passed in a flash. He had been in the spaceship for nearly eight hundred years.

Finally, on this day, after another teleportation over an extremely long distance, a massive dark canyon, tens of thousands of light-years long, tens of light-years wide, and of unfathomable depth, appeared in Zhou Yang's sight.

(End of this chapter)