Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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Mirror exclaimed in surprise, "You've already comprehended a ninth-order secret technique. With the same setup, you can easily defeat me, who only has an eighth-order secret technique. There's no point in continuing the fight."

"really!"

Lu Yunhe nodded. The secret technique was one level lower. If the two sides fought to the death, the outcome was indeed predetermined. Mirror Body could not win unless it also used cheats.

"In that case, I guess I've cleared the eighth level of the Trial Tower!" Lu Yunhe said expectantly. He had already received the Mechanical Flow Treasure and the Primordial Embryo, so what would be the reward for this level?

"The reward for this level..."

Jing Shen naturally noticed Lu Yunhe's straightforward emotions and smiled slightly.

"...That means you are allowed to go to the ninth floor!"

"what!"

Lu Yunhe was stunned.

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Chapter 407 The Changes of the Two Clone Forms

"The reward is the chance to proceed to the next level!"

Lu Yunhe's expression was somewhat strange. Logically speaking, it seemed to make no mistake, but he still felt there was something wrong.

"Because the Ryūjūmō sect has already perished, what remains here is merely a legacy."

Jing Shen explained, "Originally, the rewards for this level were given by the sect leader or the supreme elders who would come in person to either accept someone as a disciple or prepare someone to become the next sect leader..."

"but……"

The rest is self-explanatory; Lu Yunhe understood that since everyone had died, some rewards could not be carried out.

"But allowing you to go to the ninth level of the Trial Tower is indeed a reward. As long as you can pass the test of the ninth level, there will naturally be great benefits waiting for you," Mirror said.

"it is good!"

Lu Yunhe didn't say much. Now that they had come this far, they naturally had to continue.

Then, the long-haired man waved his hand, and a flash of light appeared as Lu Yunhe disappeared from his spot, heading towards the ninth floor of the Trial Tower.

……

call out!

Lu Yunhe felt a blur before his eyes, and then found himself in a chaotic void.

In the vast and boundless chaotic void, there seemed to be a large land in the center, surrounded by tiny, scattered spaces, just like a microcosm.

Upon reaching this level, the disciple standees at the waist remained motionless, as if their internet connection had been cut off.

Just as Lu Yunhe was wondering what was going on and was about to explore the continent in the chaotic void, a black and white sphere of light, shaped like a tai chi symbol, appeared in front of him.

"you are?"

"Who I am is not important, trial participant. I am here to give you one last chance to choose. Leave now, and I will reward you handsomely."

The black and white orb said, "But if this continues, I don't know what the outcome of the trial will be."

"I don't know!"

Lu Yunhe was slightly taken aback. The result of the trial was nothing more than success or failure. What was there to be unclear about?

"Because the original ninth floor of the Trial Tower contained some more precious inheritances, some inheritances containing 'spirit'. They would choose suitable inheritors themselves. They were precious and dangerous, so they were placed on the ninth floor."

"However, before his death, the sect leader united the strength of the entire sect to create something new that could perhaps be called a 'secret technique,' and placed it here. You are the first person to come and accept the test. I don't know what the consequences will be after accepting this 'secret technique.'"

The black and white orb slowly explained that there was nothing to hide about such a thing, so it could naturally be revealed.

The spirit of secret arts, weapons and treasures possess a "spirit," and secret arts, being illusory, naturally also possess a "spirit."

However, due to its highly fantastical nature, only beings at the level of a god-king have the strength and resources to create it.

Moreover, it is mainly in order to select a qualified successor for one's proud and unique skills that one would go to great lengths to refine a 'secret treasure'.

The secret technique contains a spirit.

Once spirituality is formed, the secret art will choose a truly suitable master.

If other powerful individuals attempt to forcefully acquire this secret technique using their superior strength, they will only fail, and even the creator himself will be unable to control it.

Only treasures of this caliber are worthy of being placed on the ninth floor of the Trial Tower as a reward.

Now it seems that before the Liuzhong Sect was destroyed, it left behind a treasure even more precious than the spirit of the secret technique.

"I'm curious!"

Lu Yunhe was very excited. It seemed that the Liuzhong Sect had been wiped out because they had violated the supreme rules. He was very curious about what they did before they died.

"I am willing to accept the test!" Lu Yunhe said firmly. The God King realm was almost within his grasp, but he had absolutely no idea how to surpass it.

After all, from the God-King to the Primordial Being, there is no so-called cultivation guidance; one can only rely on one's own enlightenment.

The few paths Lu Yunhe knew to become a Hunyuan life form—seizing the supreme rule, comprehending all the original rules, etc.—made little difference whether he knew them or not.

The gap is so large that it's akin to telling a cosmic ruler that to break through, one must possess the original universe.

In this situation, a new and unknown piece of information appeared before him, and Lu Yunhe was naturally unwilling to let it go. He wanted to know what Liu Chongzong had done in the end and whether it would help his future cultivation.

"it is good!"

The black and white orb showed no emotional fluctuations, after all, those who had undergone the trials of the Mystic Spirit in the past all had the same attitude.

For these geniuses, they will seize any opportunity to continue climbing.

"here we go!"

The black and white orb vanished instantly, leaving Lu Yunhe with the entire chaotic void.

Lu Yunhe waited in this boundless, chaotic void for a long time, but nothing happened.

"Is it about figuring something out?"

Lu Yunhe kept raising his perspective, taking in more of the micro-spaces.

Gradually, as his perspective expanded, Lu Yunhe felt as if the entire endless chaotic void was coming to life.

With the central continent as its core, countless smaller universes are scattered throughout other parts of the void, and new smaller universes are born from time to time.

"This is!"

Lu Yunhe's eyes lit up, and he instantly thought of something, "The Origin Continent, three thousand latitudes."

"Could this chaotic void be a copy of this Origin World?"

Lu Yunhe boldly speculated that although this Origin World was located in a remote and impoverished area within the Hunyuan Space, its internal rules were actually quite unique.

Even a god-king level being's activities within the Origin World are restricted in many ways. They can basically only stay in the Origin Continent. Once they go to the three thousand dimensions, they will be restricted and targeted.

Unlike the Snow Eagle Origin World later on, where the entire chaotic void can be freely roamed by cosmic gods (god kings) without any such restrictions.

Just as Lu Yunhe realized this chaotic void, countless spatial light spots in the void began to float, as if they had transformed into words, or as if they were some kind of secret runes.

call out!

Before Lu Yunhe could even comprehend it, a sudden beam of light shot directly into his body, as if crossing dimensions and entering his consciousness and mind.

Lu Yunhe stood blankly in the chaotic void, surrounded by floating points of light that flickered, each with its own unique charm.

"I wonder if he will succeed. It will probably be an extremely long time before we see another genius break through to this level again."

The black and white orb watched this scene unfold, and then the image slipped out of his control.

It can easily monitor the other levels of the Trial Tower, but the ninth level is currently outside its control.

"I hope the sect leader's wish will come true."

It is just an intelligent life form, and has no other abilities.

……

The deepest part of consciousness and mind!

Lu Yunhe found himself atop a mountain peak, surrounded by clouds and mist, looking ethereal and otherworldly.

In front of him stood a tall man dressed in a magnificent royal robe, adorned with ethereal cloud patterns.

The man in the royal robe stood there, seemingly the core of the entire world, with even the laws of nature revolving around him.

"Hello, young friend!"

The authoritative voice rang out, startling Lu Yunhe awake. The person in front of him was either the sect master of Liuzhong Sect or a high-ranking member.

"senior!"

Lu Yunhe said respectfully that since the immortal gods in the Devouring Star Realm, possession has not been allowed, so he was not worried that there would be any major problem with a figure popping up in his mind.

After all, talent accounts for a small percentage; realm is related to comprehension, so there is no need to deliberately possess another body.

"Having come this far, it seems you've made your choice. Let me see if you can withstand this power." The figure in the royal robe was clearly the type who was ruthless and didn't talk much.

Without saying much, Wang Pao merely glanced at Lu Yunhe, the inheritor, before his figure exploded and merged directly into this spiritual world.

In an instant, Lu Yunhe felt a swelling sensation in his heart, an extremely peculiar feeling.

The mind can clearly contain infinity, but something even larger than infinity seems to have appeared.

"Dimensions of Understanding..."

Lu Yunhe suddenly realized that although he was familiar with the plot and knew about things like the Origin World and the Chaos Origin Space, what he actually understood was just this vast universe.

Somewhat similar to Earth in the previous life, although we know about the extremely broad concept of the universe, in reality we have never even left the solar system.

Lu Yunhe's situation is even more serious now, as if someone has forcibly inserted a four-dimensional perspective into his three-dimensional world, making him both yearn for it and suffer from it.

This perspective from a higher dimension is something that one's consciousness and soul simply cannot bear; only an extremely illusory mind can withstand this power.

At the same time, the chaotic void where Lu Yunhe's body was located also underwent a strange change.

A vast continent floats in the endless void, surrounded by scattered small void worlds, like a miniature version of the Origin World.

Now, this pirated "source world" seems to be gradually forming its own will, and the source of that will is naturally Lu Yunhe, who is located in the center.

Once the will was unleashed, the true power hidden within this space also emerged, surpassing everything and governing all things, yet silently and gradually merging into Lu Yunhe's body.