Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 224: The Conspiracy Reenacted, Luo Feng Becomes the Lord of the Galaxy, and Hunzhen Finally Breaks Through to True Godhood via the Supreme Path.

Shortly after the discovery of the shattered miniature universe of the Dream Demon Ancestor and the confirmation of his death, news of the Demon Ancestor's subsequent fall spread.

Two of the strongest beings in the universe have fallen, and both were the strongest beings in the original universe. Suddenly, everyone in the original universe felt threatened.

As expected, the God of Time and Space, who was considered the most likely to cause the silent demise of the two strongest beings, was once again thrust into the spotlight.

Faced with indirect attacks or direct questioning from various forces, the God of Time and Space made no verbal response, as if nothing had happened.

It is said that when even the Lord of the Universe, a top-tier power, sought out the God of Time and Space, the other party did not even glance at him, but instead continued to trim his nails!

Why would the strongest being in the universe, or even the cosmic ruler in terms of life level, need to trim their nails?

It's not something that can be resolved with a little divine intervention.

"Are you trying to make fun of me?!"

This is probably how these forces perceive the God of Time and Space's indifference to this matter.

Then, an endless sense of dread rose from the depths of their hearts.

"It's confirmed. The God of Time and Space hasn't responded, doesn't that mean he's admitting it was him!?"

"Then why didn't he react at all?"

"Is it possible that he's just toying with us, amusing himself by watching us helplessly struggle and jump around?"

Upon hearing this, the leaders of the various factions who had gathered together to discuss the matter were all terrified.

How could they not be terrified of an existence that had the ability to easily annihilate them and actually did so without restraint?

At this moment, even though the fact that the God of Time and Space was the mastermind had not yet been fully established, some people were already getting restless.

Because they realized that their lives seemed to be entirely at the mercy of the other party, who could take or take whatever they wanted.

"Rather than be toyed with and killed like a pet, I'd rather fight and resist until my blood runs dry!"

Finally, the leaders of several forces joined forces, attempting to recreate the scene of Zhen Yaozu besieging and killing Hunzhen on that day.

If it were in the past, encountering such a scene in the primordial universe would have been quite a headache for Hunzhen.

Since you've already acted out the act once, doing it again would leave too many flaws and could easily make the other party think, "We've offended you repeatedly, why haven't you made a move yet? Are you just a paper tiger?"

But now, with the Chaos Pearl in hand, Hunzhen can be said to have truly become invincible in the primordial universe.

Using "Great Freedom," he evaded the combined attack of the lords of the universe by walking through the void and instantly returned to normal, seizing the opportunity during their combined attack.

Under the "Minor Freedom" domain of the Chaos Pearl, hundreds of universe lords were powerless to resist and were easily crushed by Hunzhen like scraps of paper.

Such overwhelming demonic power instilled fear and unease in nearly 90% of the forces in the entire primordial universe.

"United resistance," "direct submission," and "abandoning one's race and fleeing into the cosmic sea"—these three mainstream ideas lingered in the minds of the leaders of various forces.

Just then, the human side finally dropped a bombshell.

Regarding the possible conspiracy of the Lord of Yuan'ao, the Dream Demon Ancestor, the Insect Queen, and the Demon Ancestor all went to the Peak Realm, but in the end only the Insect Queen returned.

The moment this bombshell news was released, the primordial universe exploded.

So...we suspected the wrong person?

So many cosmic rulers died in vain?

This is truly a huge contrast.

However, if Hongmeng had released this information at the very beginning of the incident, it would never have had such a stunning effect.

Because the primordial universe had never truly suffered when facing the God of Time and Space.

The fact that only the Demon Ancestor died last time serves as a minor punishment, creating a world where only the demon race is injured.

Some forces even felt that the God of Time and Space was "too kind" and "easy to manipulate." A powerful being who can be manipulated by "kindness" naturally poses a much lower threat.

But this incident taught them that the God of Time and Space's "benevolence" was not without limits.

If you anger her, even a benevolent god can turn into a demon!

By revealing the truth at this moment, humanity is essentially giving all forces a way out while simultaneously setting up a new target.

Indeed, some people have thought that the extinction of the demon race and the defeat of the prison race are inevitable trends, and this move may well be a propaganda operation by humans to attack the insect race, their greatest remaining adversary.

But no one would point that out at this time.

"It's all the Zerg's fault that we misunderstood Lord Time and Space! The evil Zerg, take responsibility!"

This is the correctness of the original universe today.

The Zerg Queen, still on her way back from the Peak Realm, didn't even dare to voice her opposition. She could only order the cosmic ruler of her race to completely avoid war, silently shrink her territory, and hand over the spoils of war that were within her grasp.

The fall of the two strongest beings in the universe, the re-emergence of the God of Time and Space, and the attack on the Zerg by various forces seeking revenge—these are the three most important of the four major events that have occurred in the Primordial Universe recently.

There is another matter, which would indeed attract the attention of many powerful forces on ordinary days, but compared to the three matters mentioned above, it is ultimately a level lower in terms of prestige.

This incident occurred on the original planet, where a rising human prodigy known as the King of the Blade River killed thousands of cosmic venerables in one fell swoop, successfully obtained heavyweight treasures such as the Qijing Stone, and then faced an interception by a cosmic lord, calmly retreating after a head-on confrontation.

Several thousand Venerables—this number is equivalent to the total number of Venerables in the entire universe of a top-tier power.

Even if the losses were distributed among the various factions, it would still be a devastating blow.

Another piece of information revealed in this incident is equally bombshell.

That Daohe King's cultivation years were incredibly short, and he was only at the life level of a Universe Venerable, yet he possessed the combat power of a Universe Lord.

Such a resume makes him seem like the second master of the String Sword!

Under normal circumstances, many forces would already be thinking about how to make humanity apologize and how to cause trouble for this rising human star who is rising with unstoppable momentum.

But nowadays, people simply don't have that kind of free time.

Many forces shudder at the memory of the losses they suffered when they rushed to confront the God of Time and Space out of fear.

"Was all of this... all part of your deliberate plan?"

In the virtual universe, at the highest human decision meeting, Luo Feng, who had just joined, glanced at the group of human universe lords with a strange expression.

As the planner, Hunzhen calmly gave an affirmative answer.

"I'm not offering any explanations; I'm deliberately letting those power leaders use their imaginations."

"Imagination is the best source of creation for intelligent life, because when I do not respond, their infinitely expanding imaginations turn into immeasurable fear, which devours their reason."

"At first, it may have been just a very small minority. But when panic boils over and everyone in the universe is saying the same thing, there are not many forces left that can distinguish between truth and falsehood."

"Then, I can take the opportunity to weaken the manpower of hostile forces for humanity. Well, for us humans who are destined to dominate the primordial universe, any force that does not submit is a potential enemy."

"Of course, no matter how strong I am, I can't possibly stand against the entire primordial universe alone. But those forces are just blinded by fear; none of them truly want to fight me to the death. At this moment, the voice of humanity is of paramount importance."

"This was a way for them to save face, and also a calming agent to help them calm down and re-examine themselves and the events. And what happened next was a natural progression."

As Hunzhen explained things from the perspective of a trader, Luo Feng finally understood.

But at this moment, a question arose in his mind: "God of Time and Space, how can you be so sure that the Zerg Queen won't take any action?"

The founder of the giant axe also turned to look at Hunzhen: "God of Time and Space, I am also somewhat curious about your certainty about her choice."

Hunzhen noticed that many of the universe lords also looked inquisitive, and then replied, "First of all, from the deaths of the Demon Ancestor, the Dream Demon Ancestor, and the Lord of Yuan'ao, we can be basically certain that there is a deeply hidden mastermind behind this incident. And the Zerg Queen has most likely already submitted to that mastermind."

The crowd's thoughts then began to diverge, and they started to make their own associations.

At this moment, Hunzhen smiled slyly: "Although I was full of confidence when I first proposed this plan, I'm sorry, I deceived everyone."

"What!?" Everyone was shocked. Of course, there were also those who looked enlightened.

Hunzhen slowly replied, "Rather than saying I'm certain of the Zerg Queen's actions, it's more accurate to say that this is my test of the mastermind behind it all."

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"I, the God of Time and Space, am confident that I can resolve the crises on the surface of the Primordial Universe and the Cosmic Ocean with my own power. What I will be wary of are the unknown variables. And this mastermind with an unknown purpose is one of them."

"Through this test, I can basically conclude that this guy is probably not interested in the power of the primordial universe or even the cosmic sea. What he is most likely concerned with is the strongest being in the universe, that is, those with strong individual strength."

Hearing Hunzhen so arrogantly assert his abilities, none of the universe lords present dared to refute him.

To defeat a hundred enemies single-handedly and utterly annihilate them means that if Hunzhen were to take action, even the entire human elite combined wouldn't be enough to defeat him with a single hand.

What can they possibly say in response to that?

Despite being categorized as a "solvable problem," the founder of Giant Axe showed no embarrassment whatsoever.

He said, "That concludes the recap of this incident. Now, let's return to the main topic of our gathering."

The Giant Axe Founder looked at Luo Feng and smiled: "According to the rules of our humanity, every person who becomes a master of the universe receives a treasure of the value of a top-tier weapon from their race. Luo Feng, what are your requirements?"

After that, naturally, the events in the original story unfolded, including Luo Feng's request to redeem ownership of Earth and to be given the title of Galactic Lord.

The performance of the Sword Master at the previous Supreme Conference had basically made these top human leaders aware of Hunzhen's high regard for Luo Feng.

No one was surprised by Hunzhen's bias towards Luo Feng.

Firstly, both of them came from the same batch of genius battles and later became disciples of the Chaos City Lord, making them fellow disciples. In addition, Hunzhen also knew another of Luo Feng's teachers and was a friend of his...

It would be strange if they didn't support Luo Feng!

With the support of Hunzhen, a spacetime deity whose power surpasses even that of the creator of the giant axe, Luo Feng's request was fulfilled with almost no obstacles.

Although Luo Feng wasn't exactly a genius, he knew that human groups also had their own interests and demands. They were united in their external relations, but the distribution of internal interests could never be completely consistent.

Moreover, he had already grasped the value of the Earth long ago.

Noticing the occasional look of awe that the Lords of the Universes showed towards Hunzhen, Luo Feng quickly understood why his request had been so easily approved.

He glanced at Hunzhen secretly, a look of gratitude on his face.

Then, time began to fly by again.

One million years after the fall of the Dream Demon Ancestor.

Humanity has completed its conquest of the territories of the Machine Race and the Demon Race, and its conquest of the Prison Race and the Insect Race has entered the mid-to-late stage.

During this period, Luo Feng broke through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, and the Lord of Chaos City also successfully broke through to the level of the True God.

Humanity's inherent potential, spurred by the systematic transmission of knowledge, has finally begun to erupt, with the total number of Universe Venerables exceeding ten thousand and the number of Universe Lords surpassing twenty.

However, the greatest improvement for Hunzhen over these million years was the change in the primordial embryo.

The improvement of the primordial embryo was slower than Hunzhen had anticipated. It did not take long to improve to the level of a true god, but it took him a million years to improve to the level of a void true god. After maintaining the ten-thousand-fold time acceleration, it would take a million epochs.

It is foreseeable that the time required to advance to the level of Eternal True God, Holy Weapon, and God King Weapon will be even more terrifying.

Three million years after the fall of the Dream Demon Ancestor.

Both the Prison Clan and the Zerg have retreated to corners inaccessible to humans.

With the dual benefits of territorial expansion and the explosion of accumulated strength, humanity's accumulated mid-level elites and top-level combat power have reached a limit that is difficult to conceal.

Anyone can see that the number of strong people in the human race is on a completely different level compared to other top forces.

Humanity's cosmic masters have reached the age of fifty.

But Hunzhen, the founder of the giant axe, and the Lord of Chaos City all understood that, slowly... the speed at which humanity produces new universe masters will not be as fast as it is now.

Around three million years later, Hunzhen's mastery of secret techniques finally reached the thirteenth level limit, which is the level of the Void True God limit.

In the original story, it took Luo Feng more than six trillion epochs to go from the Void True God realm to the limit of the Void True God realm.

This is under extreme time acceleration, and with the help of the Morosa Reflection Secret Method for comprehension.

The further you progress in cultivation, the more time you need to spend to make even a small improvement.

Moreover, once their cultivation reaches the level of a Void True God, most of them develop in the Origin Continent.

In the Swallowed Star universe, the higher the world level, the lower the difficulty of cultivation.

Luo Feng's cultivation speed in the lower world of the Origin Continent in the Three Thousand Dimensions Universe is already considered incredibly fast, and he can be called a prodigy even in the Origin Continent.

However, for Hunzhen, this efficiency can only be classified as ordinary.

Five million years after the fall of the Dream Demon Ancestor.

Hunzhen's comprehension of the laws of chaos has finally reached a high level. In terms of the laws of chaos alone, he is considered quite good even among the eternal true gods.

His demonic body also advanced further, with his life gene multiplier breaking through to 60,000 times.

Six million years after the fall of the Dream Demon Ancestor.

The profound and authentic meaning of emptiness has finally reached the level of artistic conception.

In the simulation, he successfully condensed the Seed of Law for the first time, breaking through to the True God level through the Supreme Law route!

(End of this chapter)