Swallowing the Stars: Become Stronger by Taking on Disciples

Chapter 31 Fundamental Mutation!

Ten years later, the Secret Realm of Qianwu

More than two hundred World Lords, who had been stuck at the peak of the ninth rank of World Lord for a million years, stood in neat rows in the square, looking at the three Marquis-level Immortal-level secret realm leaders in mid-air.

"You are all elite realm lords carefully selected by my Qianwu Secret Realm. This time, on your journey to the Initial Universe, you will become contracted disciples of the Star Lord, a super being of my human race, and will receive three opportunities to listen to the Dao."

"I urge you to cherish these three opportunities. The King has high hopes for you, expecting you to return having already achieved immortality. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Go ahead.

"Yes"

With a "whoosh," several white lights flashed across the plaza, and more than two hundred people vanished into thin air.

At this time, outside the initial cosmic passage

The oppressive force of the fundamental laws of the universe once again enveloped the continent of the Virtual Universe Company headquarters.

"Including the last time, a total of 89 World Lords have broken through to the Immortal Realm," the Chaos City Lord murmured, watching this scene from afar. "Junior Brother, if you were to cultivate these World Lords, how many people could you help break through in three thousand years?"

"Less than ten thousand," the Lord of Darkness said.

Although these nearly 900,000 Realm Lords have all undergone trials and tribulations and are already on the verge of breakthrough, it seems that they could break through with just a little guidance.

But while laymen see the spectacle, experts understand the intricacies. The difficulty involved is so immense that, throughout the entire universe, including the cosmic sea, perhaps only the Lord of the Stars could accomplish it.

This person's understanding of the laws far surpasses that of any other cosmic lord.

Virtual Universe, Thunder Island Mountainside

Looking at the scene on the virtual screen in front of him, Venerable Fire Lizard said disdainfully, "What's the use of spending a hundred billion Chaos Yuan to cultivate so many ordinary Immortals? How many of them can actually break through to the Marquis Immortal or the King Immortal?"

Venerable Chongshan, a close friend, said, "It's already a good deal. Nine hundred thousand ordinary immortals are better than nine hundred thousand world lords who die of old age. In a cosmic kingdom, they would be powerful figures, and in an extraterrestrial battlefield, they would be the captains of a world lord squad."

"Hmph, just cannon fodder!" Venerable Fire Lizard sneered.

Deep within the demon realm's territory, in the virtual space of the Dream Ancestor's Secret Realm

Amidst a vast expanse of clouds and mist, a magnificent and imposing white palace complex stretches out, its grandeur awe-inspiring.

In the mist, nine figures sat around a long table. At the head of the table was a colossal, silvery-white serpent, its body stretching into the distance, appearing and disappearing in the mist, its immense size a testament to its immense power.

The other eight figures also appeared in various forms, clearly all being great beings among the demon race.

Under the watchful eyes of nine men, the head of the demon clan's intelligence network, kneeling below, said tremblingly, "We have enslaved hundreds of former contracted disciples of the Star Lord, and based on their accounts, we have come to a conclusion."

"The Lord of the Stars is exceptionally skilled in expounding the Dao, and his understanding of the laws far surpasses that of other cultivators. Even realm lords of average talent can gain enlightenment after listening to his teachings, which is why he has created so many ordinary immortals."

The silver-white serpent angrily said, "This is your investigation result? What's the difference between saying nothing and saying nothing at all!"

The head of the demon intelligence network trembled and lowered his head, not daring to answer.

"Three thousand years for nine hundred thousand, thirty thousand years for nine million, three hundred thousand years for ninety million, three million years for nine hundred million, thirty million years for nine billion... If this continues, the human race will become stronger and stronger, and we must guard against it," a figure in the clouds said.

"How can we defend against it? That's the primordial universe."

The silver-white serpent gritted its teeth and said, "Since we can't defend against it, then let's attack! Send the word that the reward for killing a peak Human Realm Lord in the outer battlefield will be doubled. My demon race is inherently stronger than the human race; I refuse to believe we can't outlast them!"

"Yes"

Void Temple

A small section of the law pattern swayed beside Gao Ya, its end seemingly encountering a bottleneck and unable to advance any further.

Gao Ya opened his eyes

He spent hundreds of thousands of years inside the temple, mostly replicating the enlightenment space, but his level of comprehension was extremely low, less than two percent. The difficulty far exceeded his expectations.

"The secret technique that can enhance comprehension is indeed far superior to ordinary secret techniques."

Gao Ya stopped trying to comprehend the meaning and went to another palace.

"Greetings, teacher," Jade bowed.

As the first among his hundreds of thousands of disciples to break through to the Immortal Rank of Marquis, he naturally became the chief disciple, managing the other disciples in place of the Five Venerables.

"Hmm," Gao Ya asked, "How many people have broken through to the Immortal Rank of Marquis in recent years?"

There were six people in total.

"Good. Spread the word that anyone who breaks through to the Immortal Lord level will be rewarded with ten years of meditation in the temple. In addition, the fixed meditation period will be increased to three years."

Jade's eyes lit up instantly, his pupils slightly contracting in shock and joy. "Thank you, Teacher."

Gao Ya nodded slightly: "Cultivate diligently and break through to the King-level Immortal realm as soon as possible."

"Yes, teacher."

"Step down."

"This disciple takes his leave."

three days later

Gao Ya's divine power avatar recruited its sixth batch of contracted disciples in Chaos City.

It's still full, 100 million people!

"Eh, a fundamental mutation!"

"There's even a pharmacist here," Gao Ya noticed Ben Zhongming, the only one among millions to possess a talent for secret arts.

In the human race, alchemy is an extremely high-barrier profession, even more so than weapon refinement.

As the largest pharmaceutical research and development institution in the original universe, Virtual Universe Corporation attracts countless pharmacists eager to join. However, the company's entry requirements are extremely high; the requirement of "possessing innate secret techniques" alone eliminates 99% of pharmacists.

Moreover, having innate talent and secret techniques does not guarantee one's status as a core member of the pharmaceutical research and development department.

"Primal Mutation," among the many alchemist talents, belongs to a low-level secret technique. This talent technique can mutate and upgrade the effects of any potion, material, etc., but the alchemist cannot control the direction of the mutation, causing the outcome to depend entirely on luck.

Some pharmacists may never achieve the desired result through mutation, even until their death, so this talent is not popular among pharmacists and their status is very low.

Ben Zhongming belongs to this category. He was absorbed into the virtual universe company's post-apocalyptic secret realm as soon as he was discovered, and millions of years have passed, yet he has remained stagnant, always at the outermost level of the virtual universe company's drug research and development department.

While reviewing Ben Zhongming's materials, Gao Ya also discovered that Virtual Universe Company had previously attempted to replicate this type of low-level talent technique, but the attempt ended in failure.

The final conclusion was that the innate secret techniques are blessed by the primordial will of the universe, a part that they cannot replicate. Even if they created a simplified version, its effectiveness would be greatly reduced; it wouldn't be said to be completely worthless, but rather utterly useless.

"Hehe," Gao Ya's lips curled slightly. For life forms in the primordial universe, innate secret techniques could not be replicated, but he was an exception.

Any attribute copied and fused by the cheat system will become his personal property; not only will the original cosmic will be erased, but the effects of the attribute will also remain unchanged.

This means that, during the replication process, as long as one has sufficient comprehension, a perfect replication is possible.