Swallowing the Stars: Become Stronger by Taking on Disciples

Chapter 7 Three Choices

Zerg Territory

A colossal purple sphere, trillions of kilometers high, floats in the starry sky. Its surface is covered with twisted, coiled patterns, resembling human veins.

"call!"

A streak of light flew in from afar, and the enormous purple sphere automatically split open an entrance, through which the light swiftly flew.

Immediately afterwards, the stream of light entered a magnificent palace hall.

The "Emperor" Zerg Venerable bowed respectfully to the Zerg Queen on the throne.

The Zerg Queen looked down and spoke slowly, her voice filled with endless allure: "Why are you in such a hurry to see me? Is there something you need?"

"Your Majesty, it's news about the Human Race's Star King. What do you think?" The Zerg Venerable recounted in detail the event at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters where more than ten Realm Lords collectively broke through to Immortality.

"These people are all disciples of King Xingyu, and they have only listened to his lectures twice, yet their efficiency is much higher than the last time. This person's threat level has risen to No. 3, and we need to send strong experts to eliminate him as soon as possible."

The Zerg Queen nodded. Compared to a powerful warrior, someone like Star King, who could cultivate a large number of strong individuals, posed a greater threat.

"I understand. Go ahead and keep a close eye on King Xingyu's movements. Report back immediately if anything happens."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Watching her retreating figure, the Zerg Queen's expression gradually turned serious.

Star King's strength lies between that of a low-level and mid-level Venerable. To ensure a fatal blow, they would need to deploy at least one or several top-tier cosmic overlords.

The problem is that this Star King has been staying in Chaos City for a long time, and they simply can't do anything about him. But if they let him grow any stronger, he'll only become more difficult to deal with in the future.

"This is a bit tricky."

........

Unbeknownst to many, more than two hundred years had quietly passed since the beginning of the universe.

Virtual Universe, Starry Dimension Dojo

Gao Ya casually swung his sword, as if brushing dust off his shoulder.

The blade flashed through the void, leaving an almost transparent gray shadow, its edges wreathed with fine cracks of time, like marks gnawed by the years. Even the air seemed to freeze briefly where it passed.

The simulated Nine Swords Venerable smiled confidently, his body silently merging into space, instantly appearing at another point in the dojo.

The next second, his smile froze on his face.

The blade appeared before him without his noticing, piercing his body as if passing through a phantom.

Gao Ya revealed a satisfied expression. With the blessing of the three great mysteries of the Time Law, the attack that the enemy saw was actually in the past tense, but the final hit was in the enemy's future tense.

If the enemy cannot escape, then he is a bird in a cage.

"Let's call you 'Slaying Time'."

This combat technique is worthy of being called an ultimate technique at the level of a universe master.

Unfortunately, despite hundreds of years of effort, he still failed to combine the three profound mysteries.

It's like playing with a jigsaw puzzle; no matter how he puts it together, it's always a little bit missing, as if something crucial is missing. Even with his level of understanding, he can't grasp it, which is why he's been unable to break through to the Venerable realm.

The secret techniques can be set aside for now; with his current level of comprehension, creating an ultimate secret technique at the level of a universe master has already reached the ceiling of his current understanding.

He took out the weapon-forging furnace and continued learning weapon forging.

"Whoosh—" A call request appeared in mid-air; it was from Yanlong King.

He brought the phone closer, and before he could speak, he heard the anxious voice of the Dragon King.

"My lord, something terrible has happened!"

Listening to Yanlong Wang's grand account, it turned out that he had become famous.

In the apocalyptic secret realm, many core members nearing their end wanted to hear his sermon, which was already unusual, but even disciples of some powerful beings wanted to listen.

This thoroughly enraged them, and they all went to the Chaos City Lord to complain.

Gao Ya was completely baffled. "If people want to come and listen, so be it. What's the problem? Luo Feng became Zhenyan King's disciple, and he still went to listen to Yanlong King's sermons."

Yanlong King explained, "My lord, many of these disciples are direct disciples of powerful beings. If they want to hear your teachings, they must become your contracted disciples. This is tantamount to lowering the status and position of these powerful beings."

"Ridiculous!" Gao Ya let out a low snort. "Ignore them, it's a waste of time!"

"Yes, sir."

After hanging up the call, Gao Ya immersed himself in the art of weapon forging.

The art of weapon crafting essentially boils down to two main aspects: the fusion of materials and the inscription of law patterns.

The higher the material grade, the greater the repulsion and the more difficult the fusion.

The higher the level of the law patterns, the greater the required level of law comprehension and soul power, and the more complex they become.

However, Gao Ya didn't find it difficult at all during practice, and even skipped levels to forge a fifth-tier psychic weapon.

Sixth-tier weapons are more difficult to make, but he still succeeded.

However, when it came to crafting treasure-level weapons, he encountered a bottleneck—his King-level soul power was no longer sufficient to control the fusion of materials, let alone inscribe law patterns.

Looking at the billions of Chaos Yuan worth of slag inside the refining furnace, Gao Ya had no choice but to stop.

To solve the problem of soul power, he has three paths.

I. Breaking Through to the Venerable Level

Second, the next time I can receive millions of disciples, merge their soul power, and thus my soul will break through to the Supreme Realm ahead of schedule.

III. Secret methods for cultivating the soul

Neither of the latter two is realistic; we can only rely on the former.

And this is not something that can be overcome in a short period of time.

As he exited the virtual universe, preparing to continue pondering the secret techniques, an email entered his inbox.

"Come to me," said the Chaos City Lord.

"What does he want with me?" Gao Ya had no choice but to leave the mansion and go to the inner palace of the city lord's mansion.

The bald man in the fiery red battle robe, "Star King," appeared beside him.

"Paying respects to Venerable Guiyi"

"Okay, the teacher is already waiting for you inside. Go in."

Gao Ya nodded slightly.

He strode into the inner hall and saw the Lord of Chaos City sitting on the throne.

"Greetings, City Lord"

"Hmm," the Chaos City Lord said in a relaxed tone, "King Xingyu, you've made quite a stir in Chaos City. Many Venerables have come to me to complain that you've snatched their disciples. What do you suggest we do?"

Gao Ya chuckled. The best way to handle this is to beat up the person who has a problem with it. Once they're subdued, everything will be fine.

Although he thought this way, he bowed and said, "I will leave it entirely to the city lord."

A look of appreciation flashed in the eyes of the Chaos City Lord, who said, "Alright, I'll give you three choices; pick one."

"First, leave Chaos City and head to the secret realm beneath the company to take charge."

Second, cease charging for sermons within Chaos City.

"Third, the company needs a treasure called the 'Blood Demon Fruit.' This treasure only exists in a secret realm controlled by the demon race. Go and retrieve it. After completing the mission, everything will be as before in Chaos City."

Gao Ya immediately ruled out options one and two, as he could only replicate attributes by taking on apprentices in Chaos City, and charging a fee was a requirement of his cheat system.

I choose the third one.

"Alright, considering the special nature of this secret realm, the clan will lend you an ordinary heavy treasure battle sword. I've sent you the mission information. The company will send an immortal servant; he has the coordinates of the secret realm. You can teleport there directly through the Divine Kingdom," the Chaos City Lord said, placing the heavy treasure battle sword in front of him.

"Yes." Gao Ya sheathed his battle sword, turned and left the city lord's mansion. He didn't even return to his residence, and left the initial universe directly.

The company's immortal servants were already waiting for him outside the primordial universe.

Let's go.

"Yes, Master."

Having left the initial universe with their immortal servants, the two arrived at a remote starry sky.

"Divine Kingdom Teleportation"

"Yes, Master."

Suddenly, the immortal servant emitted a dazzling light, enveloping the two of them. A spatial passage appeared before them, and in the distance, a divine mountain could be vaguely seen.

call out!

Gao Ya followed him into the divine realm, and then they were teleported again.

-

They arrived at the demon realm.