Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 89 Preparations Before Entering, the Abyss Royal Family

The members of the Primal Secret Realm were led into the Primal Secret Realm by the Nine Swords Venerable.

The spaceship that the Venerable One was traveling on had an acceleration limit several times that of ordinary immortals in the dark universe. The maximum speed of the Nine Swords Venerable One's spaceship reached 130 times the speed of light.

Furthermore, since the Primal Secret Realm is the closest to the company headquarters, while others would have to fly for months or even years in the Dark Universe, the three members of the Primal Secret Realm arrived inside the Primal Secret Realm and the residence of the Primal Secret Realm members—the Ninth Dimension—in just one week.

This ninth dimension, also known as the "Wuchen Dimension," is surrounded by 136 enormous planets on its outermost edge. These planets rotate and form their own array, making it impossible for even a cosmic venerable to invade.

At the center of the 136 planets lies the "Wuchen Continent," which floats in the universe. The members of the Primal Secret Realm live there, each occupying a territory spanning nearly a million square kilometers.

The three new members had not yet settled in, but their guards had already been stationed in the territory, waiting for their prince's return.

After parting ways with Longyun and Bolan, Hunzhen entered the territory's manor, accompanied by his own guards, led by their leader, Gadi.

Meanwhile, within his territory, some resources and items that he had purchased in advance in Chaos City had been successfully delivered.

"Next, we need to use up these resources to quickly increase our strength."

The first resource is, of course, the famous "Blood Crystal".

Hunzhen didn't care about the Blood Crystal's enhancement of his physical strength; what he valued was the increased compatibility with the laws brought about by fusing with the Blood Crystal.

One Blood Crystal can be purchased at a time, and the price is far more outrageous than when Luo Feng resold it, requiring a full 50,000 points.

However, for Hunzhen, who currently possesses over 500,000 points, it's only a slight financial strain to buy it.

Of course, Hunzhen could have chosen to inherit material wealth instead of spending this money.

However... the number of Blood Crystals absorbed will increase depending on one's willpower and tolerance for "evil energy".

Hunzhen had a premonition that he would be staying in the Abyss of Purgatory for a long time, and that he might make another breakthrough, at which point he wouldn't be able to go back and buy more.

Moreover, for another reason, he does not intend to choose material inheritance for the time being.

In addition to the main material that truly enhances potential, Hunzhen also purchased a matching World Ring filled with special malevolent energy, a treasure for condensing malevolent energy, and a "Yin Sha Fruit" that allows the body to quickly adapt to malevolent energy.

This brought Hunzhen's total expenditure on Blood Crystals to 15 points.

Besides the Blood Crystal, he valued another resource even more, but its price had increased significantly, and he spent the majority of his 500,000+ points balance on it.

But Hunzhen didn't feel sorry for him.

That was a miraculous effect that could alter the soul, but its effect was far weaker than the "Zabudode Potion" made from the "Golden Soul Fruit" passed down by the Demon Sound God.

This soul-secret medicine, developed by the pharmacist Zabudode, is far more expensive than the Golden Soul Fruit in terms of its price-to-efficacy ratio because of the expensive materials used in its preparation and its wider applicability compared to the Golden Soul Fruit, which is specifically designed for the inheritance of the Demon Sound God General.

A potion that can only slightly alter a soul's attributes costs a whopping 30 points at the Virtual Universe Company.

It takes at least several thousand doses to achieve the same effect as half a Golden Soul Fruit. The dosage varies slightly depending on individual constitution, but it basically achieves this effect. Subsequent use will have little to no effect.

With nearly 100,000 epochs, less than 10,000 units have been sold, making it rather lackluster.

But these are the "good treasures" that Hunzhen specially selected, the most suitable for direct free access.

After passing through the nine levels of the Sky Bridge, he had already begun to enjoy the changes brought about by Zabudo's potion through soul inheritance.

There is no specific soul cultivation technique corresponding to this potion, but this brings us to the potion's only advantage—its universality.

It tends to loosen the bottleneck of the soul in a balanced and stable way. It does not provide special bonuses when targeting specific arcane arts, but it also does not have any antagonistic effect on basic arcane arts that would lower the upper limit.

Hunzhen is still an early spiritual secret technique in cultivation. At maximum output, the amplitude of mental power can stably reach a value of over three hundred.

It is foreseeable that this figure will continue to grow steadily over the next few years or even the next decade.

Since this was a resource that required a long time to inherit and digest, Hunzhen didn't hesitate to use his points and bought it directly.

Theoretically speaking, Hunzhen could save those 30 points, simulate a few thousand times first, and then make further plans after ten years or so.

However, if he entered the Abyss of Purgatory more than a decade earlier, he might have already completed the body-snatching plan and the cultivation tasks in the Abyss of Purgatory.

By then, he will most likely no longer care about those hundreds of thousands of points.

After consuming the Blood Crystal and purchasing the Soul Potion, Hunzhen's account balance plummeted, leaving him with less than 100,000 points.

He didn't touch most of his 100,000 points; he only slightly upgraded his equipment and bought some supplies.

This money is reserved for the Sims to purchase secret cultivation techniques; we can't let them spend it all at once.

Some simpler secret techniques can be mastered in a single simulation, but at his current level, the secret techniques he mainly cultivates are no longer the kind that can be completely inherited and engraved into his mind through a single simulation.

Therefore, each time a Sim needs to buy the secret technique again in order to continue training.

These are Hunzhen's plans for the resources at his disposal.

Of course, he did not forget the most direct way to improve his strength—the nutrient tank.

Although Hunzhen could directly reach the ninth level of the universe through material inheritance, he still obediently applied for a nutrient capsule.

Spending three months absorbing the nutrient solution to break through to the ninth level of the cosmic level is not a waste.

After all, Hunzhen's understanding of time was far from being fully digested, and the effects of Zabudo's potion could not be fully inherited in just one or two months.

The guards were nearby. If he directly chose material inheritance to break through to the life level, let alone immortality, even a realm lord would notice his sudden increase in strength. Three months of "slow" improvement would save him some unnecessary trouble.

However, he did not intend to risk his life in the Abyss of Purgatory at a cosmic level.

According to the information Hunzhen found, his target for possession is most likely a ninth-order Domain Lord-level life form.

To attempt to possess someone with cosmic-level power is simply courting death.

In order to successfully possess another body, he must possess the strength of a Domain Lord.

Within the virtual universe company, core members at the cosmic level cultivate and undertake cultivation missions in four secret realms.

Domain Lord-level core members will be dispatched to various universe nations to wield power in their respective regions.

Once he reaches the Domain Lord level, the guardians of the Purgatory Abyss will probably not allow him to enter the Purgatory Abyss for cultivation missions.

Of course, he could ask the Chaos City Lord for help to bypass this in the simplest and most direct way.

Alternatively, he could purchase cultivation resources in advance, and after entering the secret realm, cultivate to the level of a domain lord before carrying out the body-seizing plan.

but……

There is an even simpler method.

That is, before entering the Abyss of Purgatory, one should subtly abandon any adventurous actions and begin a simulation, allowing the simulated human to break through to the ninth level of the Domain Lord realm outside before making any further plans.

Then, leaving the inheritance option on, I entered the secret realm and directly chose material inheritance, instantly reaching the ninth level of the Domain Lord level.

In fact, based on current intelligence, exploring the Abyss of Purgatory is more dangerous for a Domain Lord level being than for a Universe level being.

"Purgatory Abyss Quest: Obtain one Abyss Crystal Core, reward 100 points."

For ordinary members of the Primal Secret Realm, this is the only quest they can see directly, and this single quest alone is worth millions of points!

Both are resource acquisition tasks, but the reward for obtaining a Blood Crystal is only 10,000 points, which shows how difficult it is.

Of course, most tasks, in addition to the basic task of determining whether the cultivation task has been completed, also have additional reward tasks.

The reward quest "Become a Blood Warrior" in the Blood Luo world is out in the open.

The extra reward quest for the Demon Mountain quest was learned by Luo Feng from the guide in the original novel.

However, from Hunzhen's perspective, the information about the extra missions can be seen directly in the original area.

"One of the bonus missions: Slay a 'core royal member' and seize the superior abyssal crystal core from them. Each core will earn you 100 points!"

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"Second bonus mission: Become a demon, obtain the title of 'Knight,' and receive a reward of 100 million points!"

Core royal family members are basically the highest level in the Abyss of Purgatory, the top of the hierarchy, and the difficulty of killing them is self-evident.

Inside the original area, Hunzhen's gaze swept over the information he had already organized.

The Abyss of Purgatory is mainly ruled by two hostile indigenous tribes: the Silver Demons, who are skilled in the laws of space, and the Black Demons, who are skilled in the laws of time!

At the pinnacle of power within these two groups are the so-called core royal family members, and below them is the so-called aristocratic class.

In addition to the two ruling groups, there were hundreds of different enslaved races.

They are numerous, making up more than 90% of intelligent life, yet they are the lowest level beings in the Abyss of Purgatory.

The reason why it was previously said that the danger level of a Domain Lord-level being higher than that of a Universe-level being in the Abyss of Purgatory was quite simple.

Because those who reach the level of domain lord or above in the slave race are all named and influential figures.

If it were just a small-scale cosmic-level infiltration into the abyss of purgatory, it wouldn't attract much attention at all.

However, if an outsider is discovered, he will inevitably be targeted and hunted down by the two royal families.

The members of the two royal families are not special life forms, but they transcend their races and are regarded as gods by the royal family members. However, the leaders of the two races, the Silver Demon King and the Black Demon King, who still possess some characteristics of the Silver Demon Clan and the Black Demon Clan, are clearly marked as special life forms in the records of the virtual universe.

The target that Hunzhen wanted to possess was naturally the "Silver Ghost King," who was outstanding in the laws of space.

As can be seen from the information presented above, even the domain lords among the slave races could not change the fact that they were enslaved and dominated by the two royal families.

"There are hundreds or even thousands of slave races, and they make up more than 90% of the population. Even if each of them only produces a handful of Domain Lords, there would still be thousands of Domain Lords in total. If the two royal families didn't have Domain Lords to suppress them, wouldn't there have been uproar long ago?"

Such thinking underestimates the power of special life forms. Some special life forms can easily kill beings of a higher level than themselves simply by overwhelming their genetic multiplier, provided they have the same understanding of the laws.

Killing an Immortal while being a Realm Lord, and becoming excited at the Immortal level, is not an extremely rare occurrence among special life forms.

The kings of the two major races were indeed at the peak of the Domain Lord level, not the Realm Lord level, according to the records.

Special life forms are blessed with unique advantages; they can basically become immortal through normal cultivation.

The fact that two powerful special beings remained at the peak of the Domain Lord level, not even a World Lord level, was clearly unusual.

This situation, however, stems from the suppression of the "Purgatory Abyss".

The Abyss of Purgatory is not life, but it possesses some of the characteristics of "being alive".

Although not a living being, it wields the world's power that, theoretically, only a world lord can control.

It nourishes the life in the abyss of purgatory with the power of the world, and especially favors the two royal families and the two kings of the races.

However, it also hinders their career advancement.

In this abyss of purgatory, any life that dares to break through to the realm of a world lord and attempt to gain the ability to control the power of the world will be mercilessly crushed by the abyss of purgatory.

Even two special beings are far from being able to fight against the entire Abyss of Purgatory.

Once it breaks through, it will inevitably be crushed, killed, and devoured.

Therefore, the upper limit of strength in the entire Purgatory Abyss is only the peak of the Domain Lord level.

Those beings above the level of a realm lord who attempt to enter the Abyss of Purgatory will also be met with hostility from the Abyss of Purgatory, causing it to "activate" and launch a direct attack.

Given the sheer size of the Purgatory Abyss, even a King-level Immortal would be easily defeated; only a Universe Venerable could forcibly suppress it.

Although they cannot break through to the realm lord level, due to their powerful talents and the nurturing of the Purgatory Abyss, the number of them among the domain lords is quite large.

In addition, the two royal families control the Abyss of Purgatory and enslave other races.

Any life form that is not a Silver Demon or Black Demon will be subjected to extremely terrifying rejection.

Even if the core members of the virtual universe wanted to impersonate the two royal families, it wouldn't work.

The two royal families born in the core of the abyss are directly connected to the abyss.

Even if they could perfectly simulate the vital signs of the two royal families by relying on some racial talents, they would not be able to replicate the connection with the Abyss of Purgatory.

Even... if the Abyss of Purgatory senses this alien being that has not established a connection with it and has appeared out of nowhere, it will directly suppress and annihilate it.

Due to various factors, even though the power ceiling of the Purgatory Abyss is not as high as that of the Blood Luo World, its level of danger is increased exponentially. Ninety-nine percent of those who undertake training missions in the Purgatory Abyss die in the abyss.

"If I'm not mistaken, for a Domain Lord-level alien race to get close to the royal family and ultimately confront that Silver Demon King... this second extra task, becoming a demon and obtaining the title of knight, is the only breakthrough."

Hunzhen muttered to himself, his eyes scanning a line of information.

Below the core royal family members and nobles, and above the lower classes, there exists a special class—the knight class.

It is foreseeable that this exploration of the secret realm will be far more dangerous than the journey to the "Hellfire Realm".

Before officially setting off, Hunzhen strives to hone himself to the extreme.

And so, three months passed in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)