Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 135 The Primordial Ancestor's Weapon, Setting Off for the Extraterritorial Battlefield, The Beast God's Inheritance Token

"The Traceless Pearl?"

Hunzhen silently recited the name of the treasure.

It was as if it were hard to imagine that this seemingly ordinary mercury sphere was the ultimate weapon of slaughter mentioned by the Lord of Chaos City.

"The Unbound Pearl, the Structureless Pearl, it has many other names."

The Lord of Chaos City slowly began to speak.

"The core idea is to explain its most prominent feature—unbound by form."

As soon as the Lord of Chaos finished speaking, the Traceless Pearl suddenly swelled up, shooting out thousands of silver tentacles like a slime.

This is not finished.

Among the tens of thousands of tentacles, some transformed into the shape of houses, some into various lifelike monsters, and others into all sorts of weapons.

He truly embodied what the Lord of Chaos City meant by being unconstrained by form.

"The shape of the Traceless Bead can be twisted arbitrarily. If expanded to the maximum extent, it can form a hollow sphere with a diameter of ten light-years or a straight line with a length of ten thousand light-years."

"Of course, in that case, the sphere is too thin and the straight line is too weak, making it difficult to unleash its true power."

"But if it were to be transformed into a solid sphere with a diameter of one light-year, it could destroy a galaxy upon being thrown. If it were to be transformed into a straight line with a length of one hundred light-years, it could sever a galaxy with a gentle wave."

Even though he already knew about the existence of the Traceless Pearl from the simulation records, Hunzhen was still somewhat excited when he heard the Lord of Chaos City describe it in this way and imagined those scenes.

"In that state, even the Lord of the Universe could not directly destroy it. Moreover, the Traceless Pearl itself possesses the ability to self-repair."

Seeing the excitement in Hunzhen's eyes, the Chaos City Lord chuckled and said, "Of course, the most important thing is that it can change at will and adapt to any mental power technique."

Hunzhen naturally understands the significance of this characteristic.

Then the Lord of Chaos City continued, "Under normal circumstances, once you reach the realm of a realm lord, you will gradually feel that the combat techniques you have are not enough to fully unleash your strength. You will need to create the most suitable techniques and even weapons for yourself."

"Some extraordinary geniuses, during their World Lord era, delved into the top-tier combat techniques of the King level, and even the combat techniques of the Universe Venerable level. They are far from reaching the upper limit of these techniques, so there is no need to consider the issue of creating their own techniques."

"But you are completely different from both of them."

"Hunzhen, it's no exaggeration to say that you are the most extraordinary genius I have ever seen, without exception."

The Lord of Chaos looked at Hunzhen, as if he had sensed it all along, and sighed softly, "The path you have chosen is unprecedented. Works like the 'Chronicles of the Universe' are merely references for you. Throughout the entire universe, there is no secret technique that can unleash your full potential. You must forge your own path and create your own secret techniques. And the Traceless Pearl, which transcends conventional paths, is the best scythe I have given you to pave your way and overcome all obstacles."

The golden token and the Traceless Pearl floated into Hunzhen's hands.

The Lord of Chaos City said, "Come find me again on Thunder Island once you have mastered your secret technique. Now, go—"

"Wait, wait, wait!"

Hunzhen resisted the spatial force that the Chaos City Lord was about to use to expel him, blinked, and asked, "Teacher, may I shamelessly ask—do I have any hope of obtaining other Beast God Inheritance Tokens?"

Even with the composure of the Chaos City Lord, he was speechless at this moment.

This is the Beast God Inheritance Token, a treasure that even ordinary universe venerables cannot produce. With the resources of the Virtual Universe Company, each type of inheritance token is only a handful.

How come it tastes like cabbage in your mouth?

"Even our human race doesn't possess many Beast God inheritance tokens. The reason I'm confident I can secure one for you is because, according to our Virtual Universe Company's approach to nurturing future geniuses, we're willing to invest resources in you. This isn't a gift from the race for free; once you grow up, you'll need to give back to the race."

"Given your talent and ability, it won't be difficult for me to apply for a Beast God Inheritance Token for you. It's simply part of the rules."

"But you want an extra portion?"

The Lord of Chaos City shook his head: "No matter how talented you are, it's useless. Unless you make a great contribution to the human race, even if you are my disciple, you will not be able to obtain the second Beast God Inheritance Token."

"Achievements?"

Hunzhen pressed on, "Teacher, what level of merit do you require?"

Meeting Hunzhen's burning gaze, the Chaos City Lord's heart stirred. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If you can gain ten quadrillion military merits in the extraterrestrial battlefield within ten thousand years, I will help you obtain an additional Beast God Inheritance Token. If you gain one hundred trillion military merits, I will try my best to help you obtain another one."

The Lord of Chaos City believed that such a number would at least motivate Hunzhen and also shut him up.

"Is that all? Is that all?"

To everyone's surprise, Hunzhen remained excited and expectant even after hearing about the 100 billion military merits.

"..."

"My disciple, you may not have any concept of military merit in the battlefield outside the territory."

The Lord of Chaos City said, "Cosmic Venerables usually do not interfere in extraterrestrial battlefields; this is a tacit understanding among the various peak races."

After all, a Cosmic Venerable is the pinnacle of a race's combat power. They either venture into secret realms of the universe in search of various opportunities and treasures, or they cultivate in seclusion in an attempt to break through to the level of Cosmic Lord.

When a Cosmic Sovereign joins the extraterritorial battlefield, it's usually a once-in-millennia-long racial conflict—the kind of conflict that causes massive changes to the territory of a race.

"The title of Immortal King represents the pinnacle of combat power in the extraterritorial battlefield. Killing a low-level Immortal King from another race only yields 10 trillion military merits, a high-level Immortal King yields 100 trillion military merits, and a peak Immortal King yields only 1000 trillion military merits."

The Lord of Chaos City stared at Hunzhen and said, "One hundred billion military merits means you have to kill ten peak-level Kings or one thousand early-level Kings from other races."

In the eyes of the Chaos City Lord, even if Hunzhen already had the comprehension of laws at the level of a Universe Venerable, plus a hundredfold increase in gene ratio, he would still have a hard time matching a beginner-level King.

Immortality is not only due to its endless lifespan, but also because it is difficult to kill.

Ordinary immortal military lords who have not yet obtained "immortality" are still manageable.

Those who reach the Marquis level have basically mastered immortality, with their spiritual imprint completely integrated into the depths of every cell. When the difference in strength is not significant, even consuming 1% of their divine power is extremely difficult.

Basically, at the Immortal level, the strength difference is nearly a hundred times, and the strong can easily crush and kill the weak.

The difference in strength is about tenfold; the stronger can kill the weaker by burning a portion of their divine power.

While a difference of only a few times in strength can suppress an opponent, it generally requires the cooperation of multiple companions to kill them.

Furthermore, Hunzhen is not immortal. Even with the Three Thousand Magical Illusions, which can achieve a similar effect to immortality, its energy consumption undoubtedly far exceeds that of immortality.

Sending only an avatar with the strength of the original body to kill someone who has barely reached the rank of Marquis is probably the limit.

Hunzhen naturally understood the Chaos City Lord's thoughts, chuckled, and scratched his head, saying, "Teacher, I'm still improving, aren't I? Just because I can't do it now doesn't mean I won't be able to do it in a few hundred or a few thousand years."

"Koti was the same way back then. He had absolute confidence in himself, as if no difficulty could stop him."

The Lord of Chaos City looked at the laughing Hunzhen, his thoughts incomprehensible.

In the past, Kodi was also a being who could rival a king and kill a marquis during the era of the Realm Lord.

Hunzhen was only a newly appointed Realm Lord, yet he was already able to do this with just one avatar.

He could feel the powerful, genuine energy.

Ten thousand years, one hundred billion military merits, is roughly at the current limit of Hunzhen. It is challenging, but still within the range of Hunzhen's abilities.

Raising the bar further would require Hunzhen to face off against powerful alien kings, otherwise it would be impossible.

It's not that you can simply give an extra target value and then not do it.

The Lord of Chaos City knew very well that with Hunzhen's personality, if he had such a goal, he would definitely work towards it from the very beginning.

Kodi was killed by the alien race, so he couldn't help but worry that he might set too high a goal for Hunzhen and repeat the same mistake.

"stop."

But looking into those burning eyes, he finally nodded: "Ten billion military merits, and three additional Beast God Inheritance Tokens. I agree."

The path is chosen by oneself. No matter how unwilling teachers and elders are to see them embark on an "unsuitable" path, they ultimately cannot easily change their disciples' minds.

The relationship between disciple and teacher is not that of puppet and manipulator.

Thank you, teacher!

Hunzhen bowed in gratitude with a joyful expression.

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This time, they finally obediently left the Chaos Ruins.

……

On the rooftop of the cultivation residence, a figure with a face completely different from Hunzhen suddenly appeared.

The three thousand magical powers can be divided into three thousand, but only the one thousandth of the ultimate incarnation power can possess combat strength comparable to the original.

Even a single point can create numerous limitations.

The most significant difference is that talents like the Unique Life Source, which are bound to the main body, cannot be used. (The Unique Life Source is a unique talent; the Time-Space Demon God's clone only gained an additional source of life and the ability to unleash life source after using the Life Source Fruit. Except for lacking the ability of Predestined Death, it is identical to the Unique Life Source in all other aspects.)

After all, the essence of this talent is the Fate Source, which then gives rise to the three major abilities of "health and mana recovery", "Fate Source Burst" and "Fateful Death".

However, under the "energy conduction" ability of the Magic Three Thousand, there is no problem in indirectly using the "health and mana recovery" ability.

However, if an avatar possesses a thousand portions of avatar power, although it will not have an extra source of destiny, it will be able to connect to and use the source of destiny.

Such an incarnation is also referred to by Hunzhen as the "Original Incarnation".

It's not just about combat capabilities.

In cultivation such as comprehending the laws, only the Origin Avatar can maintain normal cultivation efficiency. Therefore, in the Hunzhen Plan, even after obtaining the Beast God Inheritance Token, an Origin Avatar must be reserved in Chaos City to comprehend the laws.

The original Hunzhen and the primordial incarnation exchanged glances and grinned, revealing their teeth: "Incarnation Number One, I'm counting on you to help me earn military merits."

The first avatar rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, you cheater, stop slacking off and get back to your cultivation."

Since both parties share the same consciousness, there is naturally no possibility of the original and the clone arguing as depicted in some works of art.

It was all Hunzhen's doing.

Avatar Number One quickly bid farewell to his original self and boarded the spaceship that left Chaos City.

Several months later, in the virtual universe, a topic surrounding Hunzhen (a concept in traditional Chinese philosophy) also unfolded.

On a long bronze table sat seventeen figures exuding a powerful and terrifying aura.

These figures are undoubtedly super beings above the level of cosmic sages.

In the seat of honor, the figure in golden robes was none other than the Lord of Chaos City.

"Everyone should be clear about today's topic, right?"

The Lord of Chaos City said calmly, "Regarding whether my disciple 'Hunzhen' is qualified to receive a Beast God Inheritance Token, I invite you all to discuss and vote here. Now, the meeting begins."

"Lord of Chaos City, may I ask a question?"

The first to speak was an old man with a somewhat harsh face and covered in gray scales.

"Venerable Wujiu, please speak." The Lord of Chaos City nodded.

Venerable Wujiu glanced around, scanning the expressions of the other fifteen people, and said, "If I remember correctly, the Beast God Inheritance Token should only be applied for by those at the King level or above, right?"

"And your disciple, Hunzhen..."

Venerable Wujiu pretended to flip through the documents and said, "The Primordial Secret Realm Lord, and he has only been a Realm Lord for less than two thousand years."

"Chinese tallow tree".

A purple-scaled man interrupted sharply, "We're here to discuss things, not for you to be sarcastic and insinuating."

He chuckled and said, "Besides, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. With your son's dubious title of King, even if he entered the Ancestral God Sect, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure of that secret realm. You'd better stop babbling here."

A flash of anger crossed Venerable Wujiu's face, but he said calmly, "Nine Swords, don't slander me with empty words! I, Wujiu, haven't stooped to that level! We're all here to discuss the future of humanity! I know perfectly well whether my brat is qualified!"

"I hope you really do know."

The Nine Swords Venerable snorted coldly and turned his head away.

"We're all contributing to the human race, and this is right in front of the City Lord! How can we be so noisy? If the younger generation sees this, the Universe Venerable will lose all face!"

A man surrounded by shadowy figures attempted a half-hearted attempt to smooth things over, then turned to the Lord of Chaos City and asked, "Lord City Lord, I also have a question. Has this Hunzhen already embarked on the path of the Beast God?"

The Shadow Monarch, who has been in charge of intelligence work for the Virtual Universe Company and the Hong Alliance for many years, also knows about the Chaos City Lord's newly accepted disciple.

As far as he knew, the only thing Hunzhen had ever come into contact with that was related to the Path of the Beast God, whether it was secret manuals, cultivation methods, or resources, was "Blood Crystal".

Although the Shadow Monarch is directly under the Lord of Chaos City, similar to the head of the Eastern Depot, they are ultimately not the same.

While serving the Lord of Chaos City and the Virtual Universe Company, he also serves the human race.

If Hunzhen is not qualified, he cannot possibly vote in favor in the subsequent vote.

"Hunzhen is indeed not a practitioner of the Beast God Path."

The Lord of Chaos City nodded slightly.

All the cosmic venerables present looked on with astonishment and doubt.

Why would someone apply for a Beast God Inheritance Order without cultivating the Path of the Beast God?

Isn't this just a waste of resources?

But then, the Lord of Chaos City added solemnly, "But he has already passed the twenty-first level of the Bridge to Heaven."

(End of this chapter)