Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 64 Soul River Secret Realm

As a ripple spread through space, a small, silver-gray spaceship suddenly appeared in the dark starry sky.

"Dark universe travel complete. 100% simulation of exterior space now enabled."

As Babata's voice faded, the interior walls of the spaceship seemed to rapidly become transparent, and the surrounding starry sky gradually appeared before them.

"Is that the River of Souls? It's magnificent!"

The moment they saw the outer space, Zhou Yang and the others couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Directly in front of them, directly above their heads, a red "curtain" like a fiery sunset spread out across the deep starry sky.

It's called the River of Souls, but it would be more accurate to call it the Sea of ​​Souls.

Because this "curtain" is so huge, almost boundless, that you can't see the end at all.

Giant planets, each shimmering with a faint light, floated and sank beneath the curtain, like "meatballs" bobbing in a soup pot, creating a mysterious and dreamlike scene.

"What is this red soul river? It looks like the entire universe has been dyed red."

Looking at the unfathomable red starry sky, Luo Feng felt a strange, subtle sense of loss.

"Hehe, there's quite a story behind the origin of this place."

Zhou Yang glanced at Luo Feng indifferently, but then smiled and began to talk about the information he had gathered in the virtual universe.

"Legend has it that countless ages ago, a powerful being, severely wounded and on the verge of death, came here."

To prevent its corpse from being desecrated and insulted by enemies after death, it directly used a secret technique to burn its own body.

However, because its life force was so incredibly powerful, the mere burning of its remaining immense blood energy, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, gradually formed the Soul River Secret Realm as it exists today.

"What?!"

Upon hearing Zhou Yang's description, both Luo Feng and Hong and Lei Shen showed expressions of astonishment.

"A single life form directly evolving into a cosmic realm spanning several light-years... that's a bit too fantastical, isn't it?"

The group of people looked at each other, their faces filled with utter shock.

"Hmph, a legend has scared you all?"

As the light from the center of the spaceship converged, the image of a child in black robes emerged.

It glanced at the group of people who were lost in thought and sneered:

"Let me tell you, this Soul River Secret Realm is just the lowest level of secret realm. Even a newbie at the planetary level can try their luck on the outskirts."

"In truly powerful secret realms, let alone realm lords, even immortal beings would have a greater than 90% chance of perishing if they entered!"

"Hiss, even immortal beings would perish 90% if they went in? This universe is just too dangerous. Is it too late for me to go back now?"

The white-robed Thor touched his bald head, and couldn't help but gasp.

"Too late!"

Babata raised his head and hummed softly.

"Why think so much? We're not going to those dangerous secret realms right now."

Zhou Yang, seeing the group looking somewhat dejected, smiled and interrupted them.

"Let's start by honing our skills in the lower-level secret realms, taking a steady and methodical approach. As long as our strength continues to improve, conquering those higher-level secret realms will be just a matter of time!"

Hearing his words, Hong and Luo Feng laughed.

"Yes, if we proceed steadily and surely, one day, we humans on Earth will also reach the pinnacle of the universe!"

"You guys are really confident."

The little devil Babata, standing to the side, was too lazy to even try to dampen their spirits.

"Get ready, we're about to enter the Soul River Secret Realm. Be alert, this secret realm is not safe."

As its voice fell, the silver-gray spaceship seemed to pass through a thin membrane and instantly entered a hazy red world.

The people sitting in the spaceship felt as if they had suddenly been placed in boiling water at over 100 degrees Celsius, and their blood was uncontrollably becoming slightly hot.

At the same time, there seemed to be some uncomfortable negative emotions slowly growing in their hearts.

That emotion was like resentment and anger, giving them a vague urge to vent it all without restraint.

"This feeling."

The people in the spaceship tried to calm their violent impulses, and a look of fear appeared on their faces.

"Could the legend be true?"

A bold idea surfaced in the minds of several people.

"This is normal when entering a secret realm; it won't harm your health, so don't worry."

Babata's voice eased the tension among the crowd.

"By the way, Zhou Yang, there are many spatial vortexes randomly distributed in this secret realm. It's best not to attempt dark universe travel unless absolutely necessary, otherwise you might accidentally stumble into some dangerous small spaces."

"Understood." Zhou Yang nodded gently.

"Babata, keep the detectors at full power and search for a suitable location for our training."

He gave Babata some instructions.

"receive."

Babata, dressed as a child in black robes, snapped his fingers easily.

A moment later, five or six red dots were marked on the star map on the spaceship's screen.

"Zhou Yang, five spatial distortions have been detected within the detection range, suspected to be spatial vortexes, which may contain Heavenly Soul Beasts or Blood Soul Beasts."

"Oh? So many?"

Zhou Yang was slightly surprised upon hearing this.

He thought that the Soul River Secret Realm was so vast that finding the spatial vortex that nurtured Heavenly Soul Beasts or Blood Soul Beasts would take a lot of effort.

How come it looks like it's everywhere now?

"Don't be too happy yet. These spatial vortexes may have new ones or have been cleared out by others. Not every spatial vortex contains a Heavenly Soul Beast or a Blood Soul Beast."

Babata retorted without holding back.

"I see, that explains it."

Zhou Yang then realized what was happening and smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "Let's start by checking the closest ones first, and be careful to keep an eye on the surroundings."

"Received. Proceeding to the first location. Expected arrival time: 35 minutes."

The silver-gray spaceship accelerated continuously and soon reached sub-light speed.

They encountered no unusual situations along the way, and 35 minutes later, they successfully arrived at the first suspected location.

"Is this a spatial vortex?"

Zhou Yang, Luo Feng, and the others looked curiously at the virtual exterior view in front of the spaceship.

In the distant starry sky, a black vortex with a diameter of tens of meters was slowly rotating.

Wisps of red mist were drawn into the vortex, constantly disappearing into it, as if dyeing the black vortex with blood-red threads.

"Haha, Zhou Yang, it seems you're in luck. This spatial vortex is still absorbing energy, which means there's a soul beast gestating inside."

Babata's voice rang out in the spaceship.

"Haha, what a great start! A good omen!"

The white-robed Thor couldn't help but grin.

"We were really lucky."

Even the usually calm Hong and Luo Feng showed joy on their faces.

"This vortex passage is too small for the spaceship to pass through; you'll have to explore it yourselves."

Babata reminded him,

"Be careful, everyone. I will control the spaceship to stop at the entrance of the vortex. If there is any danger, run out immediately and take the spaceship to escape."

"clear."

Zhou Yang and the others all nodded emphatically.

Crystal-like purplish-red vines continuously spread out from behind Zhou Yang, instantly forming an extremely dazzling purplish-red battle armor on his body.

After this period of cultivation, his Cloud Vine has now reached the peak of the ninth level of the Eternal Star, and is only one step away from breaking through to the Universe level.

With the added benefits of the special abilities of Vitality and Wood Domain, the 36 main vines are tough enough to easily withstand attacks from ordinary first and second-tier cosmic-level enemies.

This is definitely one of his biggest trump cards right now.

The three people beside Luo Feng were wearing similar silver-gray battle suits, which were the third-tier Force battle suits that Zhou Yang had purchased for them before this trip.

Once they were all ready, Zhou Yang nodded and gave the order in a low voice.

"Babata, let us out!"

"Whoosh!"

The spaceship's hatch opened instantly, and four figures rushed out, disappearing directly into the constantly spinning black and red vortex.

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