Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 226 The Mountain Dweller's Charming Moments

Just like in the original story, the corpse of the God King of Jin crashed into the spaceship, causing a huge deviation in its course. It was blocked and slowed down by many dangerous places, and finally came to a stop.

All factions are scrambling to find the entrance to the "humanoid creature".

After suffering losses in the trial, including the fall of many avatars of the universe masters, the powerful beings finally confirmed the natural wormhole mentioned by the humanoid creature. Through that wormhole, they saw the seemingly ordinary small universe.

However, the tricky part is that after reaching this point, everyone discovered that they would perish simply by touching the small cosmic membrane.

We finally found a clue, but got stuck here again.

In the midst of this helpless situation, the three primordial gods of the original universe left the original universe for the first time, calling on all forces in the cosmic sea to gather and convey the will of the original universe.

"The three great cycles of reincarnation and the two great holy lands have all been reached by all the major powers."

The one in the center of the three ancestral gods, with an aged face, slowly said, "Then we shall begin. The three of us have entered the Cosmic Sea this time on the orders of the original will of the primordial universe, specifically for this behemoth."

"As soon as you enter, you will find a natural wormhole. Entering the wormhole will take you to a space. Within that space is a miniature universe, and that miniature universe... is the 'World of Jin'!"

The ancient ancestor said, "This is also the only place within this enormous object that you can enter alive."

Immediately afterwards, the ancient ancestral god conveyed the message that the Jin world could be traversed once per era.

The creatures within the world of Jin, the secret to transcending reincarnation, and the lurking dangers within...

Listening to the ancestral god's narration, even the strongest beings in the universe among the people of the Cosmic Sea felt their hearts surge with excitement and their eyes burned with fervor.

While almost all the true gods of the cosmic sea were gathered around the ancestral god listening to his guidance, outside the humanoid creature, a figure was standing in the void, silently watching the huge humanoid creature in front of him.

His gaze was deep and sorrowful, sweeping over the humanoid creature's head, neck, body, and armor, leaving no detail unchecked.

"Finally...it's here."

Looking at his own corpse, the mountain dweller murmured softly before teleporting to land on it.

This body, spanning hundreds of millions of light-years, is like a vast and majestic mountain range to the Mountain Dweller.

It's like a young tourist from the south entering the Mount Everest region. If you only look at it from a distance, you can still distinguish the mountain range, but once you actually enter it, you won't even be able to find the way, let alone how to climb it.

But he knew every inch of it well, and with a series of teleportations, he quickly arrived at the corpse's waist, at the narrow wound that was millions of light-years long.

"ha……"

"Hahahaha..."

The man sitting on the mountain suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter.

He laughed hysterically! He laughed maniacally!

The laughter contained endless sorrow and hatred.

"It's so noisy!"

"Huh?"

A voice that shouldn't have been there interrupted the laughter of the mountain dweller.

The mountain dweller turned his head and saw a familiar young man lying on the ground with his head resting on his arms and his back against the flesh and blood of the wound that looked like red soil. He had a piece of blue-silver grass in his mouth, chewing it slightly, and was giving him a disgruntled look.

"Huh?"

The mountain dweller seemed to have developed aphasia, and once again emitted strange sounds.

Suddenly, the image of himself laughing strangely at the sky when no one was around flashed into his mind.

The mountain dweller's body trembled.

It was as if the vibration of a giant high-frequency blade was causing the surrounding space to distort slightly and emit a buzzing vibration.

"Can't a person get any sleep?"

Seemingly oblivious to the embarrassment of the Mountain-Sitting Guest's feet nearly scratching through the corpse of the God King of Jin, Hunzhen continued to complain to himself.

The mountain dweller finally broke through his defenses.

"What the hell are you doing here?!"

Faced with this tearful accusation, Hunzhen frowned, revealing a accusing expression, and retorted, "Senior Zuoshanke, aren't you mistaken about something?! I was already sleeping here while this guy was still going on. Get your facts straight! Shouldn't I be asking you that?!"

The man sitting on the mountain twitched at the corner of his mouth.

Although this guy spoke with righteous indignation, the intuition of a former god-king told the mountain dweller that this guy had definitely planned to ambush him here on purpose!

Seeing the change in the Mountain-Sitting Guest's expression, Hunzhen stopped pretending. His face, which had been filled with resentment, vanished, replaced by a half-smile. Looking at the Mountain-Sitting Guest, he removed the Blue Silver Grass from his mouth and casually fiddled with it, saying jokingly, "I never expected that the Old Rascal's senior, the Mountain-Sitting Guest, would actually be such a sentimental person?"

As he spoke, Hunzhen pinched his nose and sneered, "Hmph~ Hahahaha!!!!"

"That's not how I laugh!!!"

The mountain dweller said angrily.

However, he couldn't understand how Hunzhen had predicted his own actions.

The fact that they were able to deceive me has little to do with their strength; it's mainly because they arrived here first and concealed their presence to blend into the environment.

This could never be accomplished without prior planning and deliberate arrangement.

Even if this guy has already guessed his true identity, there's no reason for him to have gone this far, right?

"Could it be that Hunzhen isn't a stranger at all, and we were acquainted before reincarnation?"

The man sitting on the mountain was somewhat suspicious.

This kind of understanding is something that only close friends or family can achieve.

However, looking at the guards and even his friends who left a deep impression on him, none of them could match the other.

"Wait! I started eliminating possibilities from the males. But... this guy often presents himself as a woman, is it possible—"

Familiar female faces began to flash through my mind.

Just as the mountain dweller's expression was becoming increasingly dangerous, Hunzhen suddenly interrupted, saying, "Time flows on like this, yet it never truly goes away."

He shook his head, looking at the dazed Mountain-Sitting Guest, and smiled, "The past is the past, Senior Mountain-Sitting Guest. Instead of dwelling on past regrets, how about focusing on the present and the future?"

"snort!"

The mountain dweller snorted coldly, turning his head away. He already understood the other party's intention in deliberately appearing there to tease him: "I don't need you to comfort me!"

However, the trace of melancholy and resentment in his eyes subsided considerably.

After countless years, the lonely avenger finally met a friend with whom he could share his inner pain.

He stopped thinking about the other person's identity.

"hey-hey."

Hunzhen grinned, patted the ground—or rather, the body of the God King of Jin—and winked, saying, "Senior Sitting Mountain Guest, I also plan to visit this Fourth Forbidden Land. Do you have any hidden doors or anything like that? Like a game's built-in redemption code, the kind where you can get a hidden treasure chest just by entering it!"

—If I knew about any hidden doors, why wouldn't I use them myself!?

In that case, there is obviously no way out.

Both sides present knew that the Mountain Guest could not enter the Jin World.

Upon hearing Hunzhen's words, a strange glint flashed in the eyes of the Mountain-Sitting Guest. He turned back, frowned, and asked, "With your strength, what kind of hidden door do you need me to open for you?"

Although the conversation was about the world of Jin, the primordial cosmic will did not descend to threaten or intimidate. The mountain dweller did not show it on his face, but he was even more surprised in his heart.

Little did people know that, unlike him who was an "illegal immigrant," Hunzhen was a perfectly legitimate citizen.

The primordial cosmic will could not thwart the two's use of cryptic language, which did not involve any specific matters and was merely a riddle.

Hunzhen answered frankly: "If it is a lineage that can be accessed openly, I suspect it would be of no use to me. Senior Zuoshanke, I do not intend to become a true god by relying on divine power. I have also reached the conditions for breaking through on another path, but... I am not satisfied with this."

He clearly stated his demands.

If anyone else in this cosmic sea heard Hunzhen's words, they would be completely baffled, but Zuoshanke understood his true meaning perfectly.

It is not the path of divine power. With Hunzhen's strength, it is naturally impossible for him to follow the path of ordinary laws. Therefore, the only answer is to achieve true godhood through the path of supreme laws.

Although the Mountain-Sitting Guest himself and his forces are mainly based on the divine power route, the God-King's vision naturally makes it impossible for him to be unaware of the supreme law route.

As for the conditions for breaking through the barrier, it is the so-called "artistic conception". Since Hunzhen came from reincarnation, it is only natural that he had already reached this level.

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The mountain dweller immediately guessed the reason why the other party was undergoing reincarnation.

"Is it because you felt your breakthrough during your time as a true god wasn't perfect, that you reincarnated to cultivate again?"

"That's quite a bold move."

The guest sitting on the mountain revealed a look of admiration.

He initially pursued the path of divine power, but only reached 90,000 times the genetic potential before choosing to break through.

Although he possessed unparalleled talent and had wondered if there might be a new realm ahead, he ultimately did not continue to delve into it.

In comparison, Hunzhen seems to surpass himself in his pursuit of the Dao.

However, he slowly shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, I don't think I can help you."

The Mountain-Sitting Guest looked down at his feet, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said in a roundabout way, "I have learned some information about ancient civilizations. This being's divine body is so enormous that it must have reached the level of a true god through the path of divine power. If it has the inheritance of the path of divine power within its body, I think the corresponding inheritance in the path of laws would not be higher than the level of the path of divine power."

This implicitly suggests that there is no inheritance related to the supreme law path within the Jin world.

Immediately afterward, the mountain dweller's eyes flickered, and he said, "As for whether there are other, higher inheritances, I have no way of knowing."

Upon hearing this, Hunzhen did not show any sign of excitement.

The "higher inheritance" mentioned by the Mountain Hermit clearly refers to the "Art of the Ranks".

He might have felt that within the legacy of such supreme beings, there might still be hope for Hunzhen to advance further.

However, Hunzhen had long known of the existence of the "Lieyuan Technique," but dared not place his hopes on it.

"Thanks in advance."

Hunzhen waved his hand, casually said thank you, and suddenly turned his head to look at the mouth of the God King of Jin, from which figures flew out.

"Looks like the exchange over there is over too," he said casually.

The faces of these powerful figures who rushed out did not only show surprise, but also an unfathomable sense of bewilderment and unease.

not long ago.

Inside the corpse of the God King of Jin.

Unlike the original history, this time, the information about the "Beast of the Realm," which was originally supposed to be conveyed several eras later, was revealed by the Ancestral God.

The primordial will of the universe, transmitted through the mouths of the three ancestral gods, unleashed a massive calamity capable of destroying the three great cycles of reincarnation, the two holy lands, and even the primordial universe itself, instantly causing widespread panic.

Only the strongest beings in the universe, who possess both the supreme armor and the supreme soul treasure, can fight against the World Beasts; all others are cannon fodder.

The release of this intelligence nearly plunged the Cosmic Sea forces, which now number only a little over two hundred True Gods, into despair.

"The world of Jin is our only hope!"

Even with such a message from the three ancestral gods, it still failed to invigorate the powerful figures of various forces.

In the void, three figures watched the crowd hastily leaving the God-King's corpse, their expressions varying.

"Two-faced, I told you, spreading this news before they even enter the World of Advancement and realize the benefits it can bring them will only cause panic, right? As far as I know, some of the strongest beings in the universe have already defected to the World Beasts. If this gets out, there might be even more traitors." The young Ancestral God sighed softly.

The two-faced ancestral god said calmly, "This is the command of the original will of the primordial universe, which is beyond our control."

The elderly ancestral god looked at his two colleagues and said, "The number of traitors that the Beast Realm is willing to accept is ultimately limited, and they will soon realize that this is a war of life and death with no room for negotiation. To survive and even pass through reincarnation, they have no other choice."

"Let's go."

Soon, the three returned to the original universe.

In the virtual universe, humanity's highest resolution is once again being reached.

"We humans have the legacy of the Broken East River; there's no need to rush to send a large army into it to explore!"

"Didn't you hear what the three ancestral gods said about the calamity of the realm beasts? When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact! How can we humans cower like turtles at a time like this!?"

"Are you going by yourself?"

"I'll go! If I go, do you dare to come with me?"

"I dare not!"

"Hmph, now you have nothing to say—what, you don't dare? Why are you asking me if I dare to do it if you don't dare?"

The highest levels of human society are arguing fiercely.

Unlike eight million years ago, today's supreme decision-making bodies are no longer small meetings with only a dozen or so people.

The number of cosmic lords and true gods in this region has reached ninety-eight, which is not much different from the total number of cosmic lords of the other six major powers combined.

After their defeat in battle against the human race, the Zerg and the Prison Clan chose to retreat and live in seclusion on the edge of the primitive universe before they were completely defeated. Although their territory shrank, their location and resources deteriorated, and their group potential weakened, they still retained their strength. They were much better off than the Demon Clan and the Mechanical Clan and were not removed from the list of top powers.

However, after this battle, they were no match for the remaining five major powers in terms of scale of influence. In order to maintain their voice, they joined forces with each other. In fact, these sixth and seventh major groups can now be regarded as one power.

Humanity occupies nearly one-third of the central territory of the original universe, and it is foreseeable that it will become even more powerful in the future.

Development is always accompanied by growing pains.

While external threats are temporarily eliminated, internal troubles are brewing.

Eight million years have passed, and numerous factions have emerged within humanity, leading to increasingly fierce internal competition.

"God of Time and Space, what do you think?"

The argument subsided instantly when the Lord of Chaos looked at the first person in charge and uttered those words.

(End of this chapter)