I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Those inheritors who come here to train must maintain a certain balance; otherwise, even if they perish, they will not benefit from it, and no powerful figure will avenge them. As Luo Yuan progressed, he constantly compared his map with the map he had obtained to clearly understand the situation of his environment.

Moreover, he noticed the forms of some native life forms during his journey, but he did not choose a suitable target because his current strength was not enough to transform into those weak life forms. Otherwise, once these native powerhouses noticed him, they would quickly determine that Luo Yuan was definitely not an existence from their universe.

Therefore, Luo Yuan needs to find a replacement before he can proceed with his next plan. However, the more powerful the force, the closer they are to the core area. Luo Yuan is currently on the edge of the independent universe, so he cannot change his form immediately.

Moreover, there were no important treasures or secret realms in these peripheral areas. It wasn't until Luo Yuan quietly arrived in the central region of this independent universe that he truly found a replacement. The person Luo Yuan was looking for could not have a powerful background.

Because this would make it inconvenient for him to change his identity, he chose a seemingly ordinary boy from a small mountain village. The reason Luo Yuan chose this boy as a replacement was that the boy had been seriously injured in a battle with a wild beast and would soon perish. Luo Yuan could then easily take over the role.

Moreover, there was no life around, so Luo Yuan didn't need to worry about his true identity being discovered by the other local powerhouses. Luo Yuan remained hidden in the void and did not come out immediately until the young man had completely perished. Only then did Luo Yuan emerge from the void.

He didn't waste any time and directly read all of the boy's memories, making him realize that he was currently in a place called Luo Tian Star Domain in an independent universe. The boy's identity was very ordinary, but his cultivation level had actually reached the peak of the God King level, and the monster that destroyed him was actually a Chaos Beast.

If Luo Yuan were to compare this to his own world, this young man would be absolutely invincible in his world. However, in this high-dimensional independent universe, he is just an ordinary villager, which Luo Yuan finds incredible. Of course, this is also closely related to the area he is currently in.

After all, all the creatures here are divided according to their strength in order to compete for their respective areas. The closer they are to the core area, the stronger their methods and strength will be. At the same time, the crises they will have to deal with will definitely be greater, especially since the ferocious beasts they fight are not ordinary.

After reading all of the boy's memories, Luo Yuan immediately transformed into the boy's appearance, even down to the fluctuations of his aura. This was because Luo Yuan had a very high level of skill in transformation techniques, and he simulated it using the rules of the universe. Therefore, he didn't need to worry about any local experts discovering his situation, since only experts at the level of universe controllers could possibly detect any clues.

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Chapter 789 Selection

The higher-level universe is different. There are many powerful beings here, and their realms are very high. After Luo Yuan replaced this boy, the boy disappeared completely. However, just as Luo Yuan was digesting the boy's memories, a chaotic beast that looked very powerful suddenly appeared.

Luo Yuan now understood why the boy had ultimately perished when facing such a powerful Chaos Beast. It was because the Chaos Beast in front of him actually possessed the Hunyuan Realm, and even the lowest level of the Hunyuan Realm was far stronger than any God King Realm expert.

The two were completely different entities, so the boy had no chance to fight back. However, the appearance of this Chaos Beast left him bewildered. Upon seeing Luo Yuan, the Chaos Beast was confused because it believed Luo Yuan was a boy in disguise and should have been destroyed.

But now he stood there unharmed, and the aura emanating from him was much stronger than before. Even though Luo Yuan deliberately used a secret technique to hide his true cultivation fluctuations, the Chaos Beast still felt an instinctive fear.

Although the Chaos Beast was very puzzled afterward, it still trusted its instincts and turned to run away without hesitation. But how could Luo Yuan let the Chaos Beast go? Although Luo Yuan had created some powerful Chaos Beasts when creating new species in the past.

However, the Chaos Beast that appeared before him was a natural evolution of this independent universe. So Luo Yuan wanted to see the strength of the Chaos Beast and also taste what kind of delicious food it made. Luo Yuan had never had this opportunity before, but now he felt that he could try it here. After all, this independent universe should be a completely unfamiliar but fascinating world to him.

Although Luo Yuan has been cultivating for a long time, he hasn't experienced much. This makes him want to rediscover the feeling he had during his cultivation, especially now that he has the idea of ​​training and growing in this new universe. Luo Yuan believes that by constantly training here, he may obtain some treasures that he himself could never have imagined.

Even though the Chaos Beast in front of him was incredibly fast, it didn't exceed Luo Yuan's expectations. Moreover, Luo Yuan had already mastered a portion of the power of the universe's rules, especially the power of space. So, with just a turn, Luo Yuan instantly arrived in the direction the Chaos Beast had fled, and subdued it on the spot using only his fists and feet.

To others, it would seem like a hunter hunting an ordinary wild beast, with no skill whatsoever. However, it possessed immense power. Moreover, when Luo Yuan used the power of the rules, he directly sealed away all the means that Luo Yuan could control over this Chaos Beast.

This is why the Chaos Beast had no power to resist Luo Yuan. After doing all this, Luo Yuan did not immediately live and cook here, because according to Duo Qu's memories, he knew that after hunting, one should take the prey back to the village.

When Luo Yuan returned, he was carrying a very large Chaos Beast, which immediately attracted the attention of all the villagers. The village looked quite large, with at least tens of thousands of people, but this number was very small in the entire independent universe, which is why it was established as a village.

What surprised Luo Yuan was that the villagers were mostly at the God-King level, and only the children had the strength of the Chaos level. The only explanation was that the genetic level of the life forms here was very high, and their cultivation talent was also very strong.

Because the villagers here are much faster and stronger than Luo Yuan was in the Origin World. However, the difference in strength is generally closely related to the environment. Although Luo Yuan felt that these villagers were very powerful in terms of strength and realm, it did not seem so obvious here.

Moreover, there are several capable individuals in this village. They are basically village administrators, such as the village chief or the so-called village elders. They have the authority to manage the villagers, but they also need to have the corresponding strength to do so.

Then Luo Yuan noticed that the village chief's cultivation level had reached the Hunyuan level, and even the world-level Hunyuan level. After Luo Yuan arrived in the village, he didn't show any unusual emotions according to the boy's usual lifestyle. Because the boy's identity was very simple, he was a loner, so there was no need to worry that other people would notice anything unusual about him.

However, Luo Yuan's ability to eliminate a Chaos Beast with the Chaos Realm despite only having the cultivation of a God King is something that would be a source of great pride and excitement in any village. Although the villagers seemed somewhat surprised, they were not overly astonished, because some of them possessed powerful abilities.

In particular, their inherited memories may contain some power from their bloodline, which allows them to improve their strength in a short period of time. The young man that Luo Yuan has transformed into already possesses the peak God King realm, so it is not difficult for him to eliminate a Chaos Beast by using certain means.

Of course, this was just information that the villagers themselves had guessed. In fact, the boy was no match for the Chaos Beast. Only the village chief and a few village elders, who knew about the boy's situation, understood what this meant. They were the actual managers of the village.

They clearly understood that if a God-King could destroy a Chaos Beast, it meant that he must possess an even more powerful bloodline and the potential to break through to become a Hunyuan expert, or even reach an even higher realm. The young man that Luo Yuan transformed into was usually very low-key.

Even though his displayed strength wasn't that great, making him seem quite ordinary, his current achievements have given him a very good status in the village. At least the other villagers look at Luo Yuan with more awe than before. At the same time, the village chief also encouraged Luo Yuan and told him to come and talk to him when he had time, saying that he had something important to tell him.

Luo Yuan didn't pay much attention to any of this, because he wasn't from this universe, so all his actions had to conform to his previous persona. When Luo Yuan returned to the small house where the boy in his memories lived, he began to process the Chaos Beast in his hands, because in his eyes it was his food.

Although they no longer need to replenish their energy by eating food after reaching the Luo Yuan realm, these high-level ferocious beasts are resources for their cultivation, helping them to quickly improve their strength. Of course, the Chaos Beasts are not very useful to Luo Yuan, but they are still quite good for improving their daily lives.

Luo Yuan had no chance to taste the Chaos Beasts when he was in the Infinite Chaos Space. This was because the Chaos Beasts in Luo Yuan's universe were very rare and were protected as rare animals, making it even more impossible for them to be used as food.

However, in this independent universe, there are many Chaos Beasts. Luo Yuan did not have such concerns. He also wanted to understand what kind of abilities these Chaos Beasts had. Moreover, these Chaos Beasts were not just food. They possessed very powerful cosmic rules and even some complex talent runes.

Of course, for someone like Luo Yuan who possesses a complete and powerful inheritance, the Chaos Beast's innate runes are not actually of great value. However, if Luo Yuan can decipher them, they will still be of some use. Even if he doesn't need them himself, he can bestow them upon human powerhouses he values.

As Luo Yuan's cultivation level increases, the level of treasures he needs also increases. These treasures that he usually looks down upon are things that countless powerful individuals in those source worlds would fight over, even at any cost.

Therefore, Luo Yuan now basically gives away the treasures he doesn't need to the strong people he brings along. In particular, Luo Yuan's confidantes also need such resources to improve their strength. After reaching a higher level of economic development, the requirements for physical fitness and potential become higher and higher. And Luo Yuan has accumulated a very strong foundation on his path of growth.

That's why he left the other powerful figures far behind. This also led to his cultivation level improving faster and faster, while widening the gap between his cultivation and that of the human powerhouses who came to the space with him. So far, Luo Yuan has discovered that the highest level of the human powerhouses he brought is only the God King realm, and that was only after Luo Yuan used a lot of cultivation resources.

In fact, Luo Yuan was not very satisfied with this situation, because his social standing and strength would only become stronger in the future. If the emotions of the people he brought could not grow quickly, and would only slow down his growth, then they would be of no use to him and would have no reason to exist. He could not continue to carry these burdens in the future.

This is not because Luo Yuan is heartless, but because for super strong individuals, only those at the same level can benefit them on their path to growth. And things that don't bring benefits cannot last forever. So-called emotions can only provide corresponding help for a very short time, but it is absolutely impossible to give unconditionally indefinitely.

Both Luo Yuan and the other human powerhouses understood this principle very well, so they were all cultivating even more diligently. Moreover, Luo Yuan provided them with the best cultivation environment and resources; the rest was up to them.

Luo Yuan, despite being only at the God King realm, brought back a Chaos Beast. Moreover, the rich aroma of his cooking permeated most of the village, making him a minor celebrity overnight. News about him spread throughout his village and several nearby villages.

Of course, this was not something Luo Yuan knew, and he didn't care much about these things. Luo Yuan wasn't worried that his actions would arouse suspicion from other powerful figures, because such things had happened before. Also, demonstrating corresponding strength could have a deterrent effect, allowing him to gain more benefits.

After Luo Yuan turned the Chaos Beast into food and had eaten his fill, he took some food and headed to the village chief's location. Although he didn't know what the village chief wanted him to do, he still thought it would be good to bring some gifts. When Luo Yuan arrived at the village chief's house, he saw that there were quite a few people there.

Moreover, these people are basically descendants of the village chief, and they lived very comfortably under the village chief's rule, even marrying several wives and concubines. There are hundreds of them at the reproductive level alone. However, for super strong people, they are basically eternal and immortal beings, so these people must have accumulated over a very long period of time.

However, the higher the level of a powerful being, the less likely they are to leave offspring. But it seems that this rule is not very restrictive in this independent universe. Of course, this has nothing to do with Luo Yuan, because according to the information he knows, in any universe, a Hunyuan-level powerhouse can directly control many universes and enjoy an incomparably high status and resources.

As the village chief was the strongest and highest-ranking person in the entire village, it was not surprising that he received such treatment. However, what left Luo Yuan speechless was that after he arrived, several young and beautiful girls kept staring at him.

Luo Yuan knew very well that these girls were basically the village chief's granddaughters. Since they were here, there must be a reason. However, Luo Yuan had little interest in these ordinary girls. Even if they were at the God King level, it meant nothing to him.

The village has a very ordinary name, Xiaoshi Village, and everyone in the village has the surname Shi. The boy Luo Yuan acquired is named Shi Tian. The name sounds like it belongs to a protagonist, but Luo Yuan knows that there are several other boys in the village with the same name. However, none of that matters. He is eager to find out what the village chief wants with him.

When you arrived here, the village chief came out of the courtyard and seemed very enthusiastic. In particular, when the village chief saw the materials of the Chaos Beast that Luo Yuan was carrying, he looked at Luo Yuan with even more satisfaction, because this at least showed that Luo Yuan was not a dull person on the surface, but understood some social etiquette.

The village chief also noticed the gift Luo Yuan brought and led him to the courtyard. He then told Luo Yuan the real purpose of bringing him there. It turned out that Xiaoshi Village, where Luo Yuan was now, was under the control of a powerful force. In order to gather more geniuses to fight for them, they would hold selections at fixed times.

If one can be selected to become a member of that force, one can obtain a great deal of benefits, such as abundant cultivation resources, information inheritance, or a corresponding status. This force has already controlled several different powerful regions, and some of these regions are similar to ancient dynasties.

Of course, this does not mean that the technological development of this independent universe is that great. Rather, it is because the people here pay more attention to their martial arts cultivation, so technology is not so important. This led Luo Yuan to mistakenly believe that the environment he was in was an ancient world, because Luo Yuan discovered that the village chief was carrying a very intelligent light brain system.

However, such a thing is still a great luxury for the people in this village, so only a powerful expert of the Hunyuan level like the village chief can possess it.

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Chapter 790 Gathering

No matter where you are, people with talent will be valued. In the past, the talent shown by the boy that Luo Yuan replaced was not the best in the whole village. However, this time, after Luo Yuan returned with the Chaos Beast, he showed that he had very strong strength in another aspect.

Regardless of how Luo Yuan achieved this, the village chief felt that Luo Yuan was a talent worth cultivating. Therefore, recommending Luo Yuan to the forces controlled by the village and having him participate in the selection process would bring considerable benefits to everyone in the village if Luo Yuan performed well. In particular, the village chief would also receive some rewards.

Through his conversation with the village chief, Luo Yuan learned that his dynasty was controlled by a powerful force called the Luo Tian Sect. The entire dynasty was basically built according to the ancient world's structure, but it possessed very advanced technology, which was mostly controlled by experts at the Hunyuan realm or above.

These villagers, who are only at the God-King level, are impossible for them to come into contact with. Although their cultivation level is actually quite high compared to other universes, they lack the corresponding inheritance and resources, so their actual combat skills are not that powerful.

As for those high-tech products, they are rarely available to ordinary villagers. The purpose of doing so is to intercept information. In a world where martial arts cultivation is the main system, they use technology as an auxiliary tool. The main purpose is to help different powerful individuals establish connections, thereby achieving information sharing and being able to understand the affairs of the entire universe at any time.

On the other hand, it can also broaden their horizons and give them a wider worldview. However, it can also lead to different ideas, because the more they know, the more they will pursue, which can eventually cause chaos.

Because when resources are controlled, those powerful individuals who cannot obtain cultivation resources will fight to seize them. Therefore, Luo Yuan can understand why his dynasty completely blocks technological power that can bring other benefits to ordinary people.

For the rulers of the dynasty, the most important thing is the peace and tranquility of the region. However, they also need to provide these citizens with channels to break through their cultivation levels and improve their status, so as to control the dynasty's power. They need more talented and powerful individuals to enhance their strength and seize more territory to obtain more resources.

Therefore, geniuses have become highly sought-after figures. Of course, the standard for geniuses here is the level of their cultivation talent and potential. Although geniuses are mostly found in powerful families or forces, it cannot be completely ruled out that geniuses and strong individuals may emerge from ordinary people living in ordinary areas.

To prevent these talents from going to waste, there is a system for selecting geniuses and strong individuals. As long as appropriate benefits are given, those forces can receive a continuous supply of talent. This is also how ordinary people can improve themselves and gain more resources and inheritance opportunities. No strong person from a poor background would let go of such an opportunity.

After Luo Yuan understood everything, he became interested in the genius selection process the old village chief had mentioned. This was mainly because Luo Yuan didn't know much about this independent universe, but he wanted to integrate into it to gain more information. He also knew that relying solely on his own strength to compete was extremely dangerous.

Therefore, joining these forces might be a smart choice. If one can become a high-ranking figure in these worlds, one might be able to control these forces more easily, thereby gaining more resources and information for oneself. If you can't beat them, join them. This is a very smart choice. Therefore, Luo Yuan felt that he needed to witness this genius selection.

Moreover, given Luo Yuan's excellent qualifications, he believed he could achieve great results, thus gaining access to the high-ranking members of powerful forces. Furthermore, he anticipated that the other inheritors participating in the trials would also receive such information and opportunities, and Luo Yuan might even meet them and participate in the selection process together.

However, everyone is smart enough to hide their identities to ensure their safety. Luo Yuan probably did the same; even if he encountered a successor from the same independent universe, he would not reveal his true identity.

So Luo Yuan only thought about it briefly before agreeing to participate in the genius selection with the old village chief. After all, the character Luo Yuan was now replacing would make the same choice given the environment. If Luo Yuan stayed in this small village, he would not be able to access information from the outside world or understand the specific situation of this independent universe.

Therefore, Luo Yuan needs to go out, but he can't just wander around aimlessly. Now that he has this opportunity, he definitely wants to go and see. Now that Luo Yuan has a legitimate identity, his safety level has been greatly improved. As long as he can keep going, he will surely gain unexpected benefits.

Interestingly, Luo Yuan noticed that he was the only one in the entire village with such a spot. He then learned from the old village chief that his village's ranking was also very low, so he only had one recommendation spot. In the past, the old village chief would observe which young people in the village had strong talent and potential, and would recommend them to participate in the selection competition.

Unfortunately, so far, no young man from Xiaoshi Village has been able to pass the genius selection and join the Luotian Sect. Even those geniuses who were eliminated were not accepted by their respective dynasties. This time, Luo Yuan was recommended, but it was just that the old village chief wanted to try and see if he could really reach the level to be selected by the Luotian Sect.

Since this recommendation slot would be wasted even if it wasn't used, it's definitely necessary to recommend someone to participate, even if it's just to broaden their horizons. The reason why the Luo Tian Dynasty has recommendation slots even in such a small village is because the Luo Tian Sect was originally a super power that rose and grew from this dynasty, eventually unifying and occupying several dynasties.

The identity that Luo Yuan is now replacing is actually very beneficial to him. At the very least, it can increase his chances of joining the Luo Tian Sect. This is because the Luo Tian Sect has higher expectations and recognition for the geniuses and strong individuals who emerge from the Luo Tian Dynasty. As long as they demonstrate some remarkable combat power and talent, they can easily join this force.

Therefore, the number of strong individuals from the Luo Tian Dynasty is the largest in the Luo Tian Sect. However, under such conditions, not a single person in Xiaoshi Village can meet the standard, which shows that there are very few geniuses in this small village.

If it weren't for the fact that the village chief of Xiaoshi Village was a world-class Hunyuan expert, he might have been stripped of his spot. So, in a sense, this old village chief was the lord of the village. If it were in the Origin Continent where Luo Yuan originally lived, the strength of the village where this old village chief lived would be enough to sweep across the entire world. Unfortunately, in such a high-level world, he could only live like an ordinary person.

Luo Yuan was very fortunate that his independent universe was still very strong. At least so far, it had not been attacked and destroyed by other independent universes. If such a situation had occurred, the final result would have been the same as that of other life forms in Luo Yuan's current universe.

Although the main civilization in this universe has not been completely destroyed and still needs to maintain normal operation, all of their super strong individuals have perished, and can only become the secret world where Luo Yuan is located, independent of these inheritors, for training.

This independent universe will inevitably be under the control of those universe controllers at any time. It is impossible for any heaven-defying genius to appear among them. If such a genius does appear, he will be immediately eliminated. In other words, this independent universe is finished and can only be used as a resource world. The struggle between different universes is just that cruel.

Similarly, inheritors like Luo Yuan must constantly cultivate and become stronger in order to better protect their own universe and have the ability to resist attacks from other universes in the future. This makes Luo Yuan even more convinced that it is the right choice for him to cultivate and continuously improve his strength and climb to a higher realm.

If Luo Yuan were content with his current strength and status, he might one day be powerless to resist and be controlled by other powerful beings from the universe. That would be extremely dangerous and something Luo Yuan definitely didn't want to happen. Therefore, Luo Yuan felt that rather than relying on other powerful beings to protect him, he should rely on himself to continuously cultivate and become stronger.

At least in the face of crisis, one will have the ability to fight back. If one can turn the tables and defeat the opponent, or even control more universes, that would be even better. If one does not improve, one will be surpassed by the strong in other universes. If a battle occurs between different independent universes, the outcome will be very difficult to predict.

In the future, he also hoped to use his own strength to protect those he cared about. After Luo Yuan became the new generation of genius selector in this village, he immediately gained the respect of the villagers. Participating in the genius selection was a very dangerous thing, and he might perish during the test. However, if he could achieve results, it would be very beneficial to the whole village.

Therefore, in the eyes of these villagers, Luo Yuan was fighting for their interests and future. Originally, these villagers were very surprised that Luo Yuan was able to kill a Chaos Beast by himself. Now, when they heard that Luo Yuan was going to participate in the Genius Battle, they were not too surprised. However, they hoped that Luo Yuan could really achieve results and join the Luo Tian Sect.

Because if Luo Yuan could join the Luo Tian Sect, he could protect their Xiaoshi Village. At least no other forces would make things difficult for the villagers. They would also receive preferential treatment when collecting taxes or performing corvée labor. This is why these villages are so eager to send their geniuses to participate in the selection competition.

After all, no one would do something without benefit, and the Luo Tian Sect has a very sophisticated control over people's hearts. For ordinary people, it is their only chance to improve their status and change their fate. However, the prerequisite is that they can survive the battle of geniuses and gain their attention.

Of course, bringing so many geniuses together creates fierce competition, since these so-called geniuses vary in ability. One might appear exceptionally talented in a village, but become quite mediocre in a wider environment.

Moreover, among those participating in the selection, there must be geniuses from powerful families and forces. They have a greater advantage and can even join the Luo Tian Sect directly without participating in the selection competition. In order to enable Luo Yuan to better participate in this battle of geniuses, the old village chief held a farewell banquet for Luo Yuan, bringing out the delicacies and wines that he usually couldn't bear to eat.

Moreover, the old village chief even sent his most beautiful daughters over, hoping they could be with Luo Yuan. Any genius or powerhouse would not refuse such a benefit, because it would be completely impossible for them to come into contact with so many good things in their usual environment.

Luo Yuan had actually become quite indifferent to these things, but he couldn't directly refuse the identity of the boy he was now inhabiting, because that wouldn't fit his current persona at all. So, Luo Yuan didn't ultimately refuse the old village chief's kindness and accepted all the benefits with a smile.

The purpose of doing this was not only to alleviate these people's suspicions about him, but also to make them feel more at ease letting him participate in the talent selection competition. Moreover, if he could achieve good results, the benefits to them would outweigh the costs they incurred.

Several days passed quickly, and Luo Yuan finally had to set off. This time, the old village chief personally escorted Luo Yuan to participate in the Genius Battle. Moreover, the old village chief also had the opportunity to witness the brilliance of geniuses from different regions.