Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 145 Cosmic Chaos Monument

"boom!"

The instant the azure spaceship entered the cosmic passage—

It was as if their souls were being jumbled, pulled, and twisted; an extremely uncomfortable feeling that could not be described in words instantly descended upon everyone.

Even some of the realm lords on the spaceship showed a clear sense of unease on their faces.

"Ok?"

"Does this feel like the changing flow of time between different universes?"

Qi Yuan, on the other hand, felt that wonderful sensation quite naturally.

His mastery of the laws of time was already extremely high, so he was naturally not affected by it. On the contrary, he felt a faint resonance.

"Hey bro, I'm feeling so bad, how come you don't seem affected at all?"

Baron, the minotaur sitting next to Qi Yuan, shook his large head.

He was almost the one with the strongest reaction on the spaceship, and he's still grimacing a bit even now.

"I specialize in the laws of time, so my resistance is a bit stronger," Qi Yuan replied with a faint smile.

"Oh, I see." A look of 'enlightenment' flashed in Baron's bull-like eyes.

The uncomfortable feeling lasted for about four or five minutes before it completely disappeared.

At that moment, a loud sound rang out from inside the spaceship's cabin.

"Everyone, we have entered the initial universe."

Wow~~
As the sound subsided, the metal top of the spaceship automatically separated, revealing a thin film that resembled transparent glass.

Everyone in the spaceship looked up and immediately saw the occasional drifting, dim, chaotic air currents and the sky that kept breaking and healing.

Along the edges of those enormous cracks in the sky, one can see countless crystalline, mysterious threads intertwining and connecting, 'stitching' the cracks together.

"Such a clearly visible fundamental law... no wonder countless people are desperate to obtain a spot to enter the initial universe..."

Looking through the top of the spaceship at the constantly intertwining and connecting secret patterns, Qi Yuan felt a subtle stirring in his heart.

"If we stay in the initial universe for too long, it will be difficult for our understanding of the laws not to improve quickly..."

The dark blue spaceship traversed the vast world and soon arrived above a majestic city exuding an aura of endless antiquity, weight, and desolation.

On the rooftops of the city's buildings, one can clearly see figures sitting quietly, contemplating their thoughts.

"Everyone, we have arrived at Chaos City... Many of you are here for the first time. I would like to remind you all to listen carefully to the guide's instructions, otherwise you will regret it if you are driven out of Chaos City."

The grand voice rang out again.
"Alright, everyone, you can disembark now."

Wow!

The dark blue belly hatch opened, and hundreds of people filed out of the spaceship.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, hundreds of people all looked ahead.

At the hatch of an independent compartment on the upper deck of the spaceship, the captain, who was said to have the strength of a king, respectfully escorted a burly, six-eyed man clad in blood-red armor, exuding an intense, bloody aura that resembled a sea of ​​blood, out of the spaceship.

After the six-eyed expert had gone far away, the captain of the ship, who was dressed in a black robe, looked towards where Qi Yuan and the others were.

“You shall wait here for the guide.”

The captain in the black robe gave a brief instruction and then returned directly to the spaceship.

Only then did some of the hundreds of people begin to whisper among themselves.

"Who was that person who just left? The captain treated him with such respect... I heard someone call that captain 'King of the Silkworm'!"

"I don't know, but he must be a super strong expert from Chaos City..."

"We were able to set off ahead of schedule this time, probably thanks to that powerful figure."

Among the hundreds of people, there were a dozen or so immortals, whose vision was clearly higher.

"Those powerful individuals should all have obtained permanent residency in Chaos City by now. If they were to establish their own sects, a whole host of geniuses would be vying to become their disciples... I wonder if we'll ever have a chance to reach that level..."

"Stop dreaming. Let's talk about it when you have a chance to break through to the rank of Marquis..."

……

"Permanent residency in Chaos City, establishing a sect..."

Qi Yuan's pupils also shone brightly as he listened to the crowd's discussion.

……

After a short wait, a Chaos City guide dressed in black robes flew down to the group of people.

"I am the guide to Chaos City. Before you enter Chaos City, I need to remind you of a few things..."

The black-robed envoy began with the usual opening remarks, explaining in detail the special opportunities within Chaos City and the rules that needed to be followed, before leading everyone down to the city below.

"Now I will take you to the City Lord's Mansion to choose the Chaos Stele you wish to study... Every cultivator who enters the Initial Universe for the first time will receive one free opportunity to study the Chaos Stele."

The black-robed guide casually explained,

"The Chaos Stele is one of the three treasures of Chaos City, a sacred object for cultivation for our human race. Every opportunity to comprehend it is extremely precious, so you must cherish it!"

……

"The Chaos Stele..."

Qi Yuan's original purpose in the primordial universe was merely to go through the motions. He only needed to quickly comprehend the entire fundamental law of lightning before returning to the primordial universe to receive the divine power of the ocean of fundamental laws and achieve immortality.

However, upon hearing what the guide said, Qi Yuan couldn't help but pay attention.

As a sacred artifact for human cultivation, the Chaos Stele occupied a great deal of attention in the early part of the original work. Qi Yuan was naturally very curious about the Chaos Stele, which was full of awesomeness in the original work.

"First, follow the Chaos Stele selection. We can't waste this free opportunity... The seven days of studying the Chaos Stele should be enough for the main body to comprehend the entire Law of Lightning. Then, we can apply to leave Chaos City and break through to immortality..." Qi Yuan and the others followed the black-robed guide and soon entered the magnificent city lord's mansion, which was over 300 meters high and covered an incredibly vast area.

"There are paintings in this corridor, and each painting contains a trace of the artistic conception of a certain Chaos Stele."

The guide led them to a corridor.

"You have half an hour. Go in and sense which Chaos Stele is suitable for you. Let me know the result in half an hour."

"Yes!"

Immediately, one after another, realm lords, a small number of domain lord-level elites from unknown super forces, and more than a dozen immortals entered the corridor and began to look at the paintings hanging on the walls on both sides.

Qi Yuan was also browsing through the paintings. Now that his understanding of the laws was extremely high, he would not be immersed in the mere hint of artistic conception contained in the paintings.

Therefore, he browsed very quickly, scanning all the pictures in less than a minute.

"I choose the Cosmic Chaos Monument."

Qi Yuan reported directly to the black-robed envoy.

"You've made a decision so quickly?"

The black-robed envoy looked at Qi Yuan in surprise. To avoid trouble, Qi Yuan had slightly concealed the law mark between his eyebrows before entering the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company. This black-robed envoy was only at the level of an ordinary immortal god, so naturally he was not able to see through Qi Yuan's true nature.

"Once the Chaos Stele is chosen, it cannot be easily changed. There is still time; you can observe and consider it further..."

The black-robed messenger kindly offered his advice.

"Thanks, no need to consider it anymore, I'll choose the Cosmic Chaos Monument."

Qi Yuan smiled and greeted him.

He cultivates the Dao of Time and Space, so what Chaos Stele could be more suitable for him than the Cosmic Chaos Stele?

"OK then"

The black-robed envoy registered him directly. For some reason, when the black-robed envoy looked at Qi Yuan, the realm lord, he felt as if he were facing a terrifying being far more powerful than himself.
"strangeness."

Soon, everyone's choices were registered.

"There are currently 52 Chaos Monuments in the secret chambers, 16 of which are occupied, and the other 36 chambers are empty."

The black-robed envoy looked at the group of people before him, "Now, I will announce the names of these 36 Chaos Steles..."

"The Cosmic Chaos Monument, The Heart-Traces Chaos Monument..."

The black-robed envoy swiftly recited the names of thirty-six Chaos Steles in one breath.
"If you choose these 36 Chaos Monuments, go directly to the entrance on the far left in front. You will be arranged to enter each secret room."

The black-robed messenger pointed to the distance, to the left at the end of the training ground, where there was an entrance nearly thirty meters high. "Now you all come with me. The others can cultivate and wait in the city tower area."

Instantly, more than half of the hundreds of people transformed into streaks of light and flew forward.

"Brother, you're lucky. The Giant Axe Chaos Stele I chose is already being studied by someone; I still have to wait."

Baron, the minotaur, whispered to Qi Yuan.

"I'll go in first."

Qi Yuan nodded slightly, and then his entire body transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the passage ahead.

The city lord's mansion is vast and expansive, with its buildings covering an area of ​​thousands of miles.

Qi Yuan and the others followed the black-robed envoy through a corridor about 60 meters wide and 120 meters high. On both sides of the corridor, they saw a series of tall bronze gates, each about 160 meters long and 120 meters high, with ancient characters on each gate.

'Mother Ancestor' 'Giant Axe' 'Dragon Walk'...

In front of each bronze gate stands a kind-faced old man; there are 52 bronze gates and 52 old men, all with identical faces.

Soon, the black-robed envoy led Qi Yuan and six other realm lords to the giant bronze gate inscribed with the word 'universe' in the universal language.

"Lord Kandri, these are the most recent batch of cultivators to enter Chaos City. These six have chosen the Cosmic Chaos Stele."

The black-robed envoy bowed respectfully to a kind-looking old man with three eyes standing before the bronze gate, and Qi Yuan and the others followed suit.

"Is this the guardian of the Chaos Monument?"

Qi Yuan glanced at the old man discreetly, "This is someone I know from the original story."

Even a long time ago, Qi Yuan was extremely envious of Kandri's clone technique.

"Oh? The new little guy?"

The three-eyed, kind-looking old man standing before the massive bronze gate glanced at Qi Yuan and the faces around him, then smiled and nodded.

"Well, no one has been able to decipher the Cosmic Chaos Stele yet. You can go in directly."

"Boom~~~"

The entire bronze gate slowly began to open, revealing a cultivation chamber shrouded in chaotic energy, obscuring the interior for a moment.

"go in."

Kandri looked at the group of people in front of him. "Seven days from now, the door will open. You will all come out immediately, understand?"

"clear."

The group nodded and then quickly entered the cultivation chamber shrouded in chaotic energy.

"That's the Cosmic Chaos Monument?"

As soon as he entered, Qi Yuan's gaze was immediately drawn to the huge stone tablet in the center of the secret chamber, which was surrounded by chaotic energy.

This is a Chaos Monument, which is 100 meters high and nearly 100 meters wide. It is covered with pictures, and on the edge of the Chaos Monument is the universal language of the universe—'Universe'.

The images started as a few scattered meteors, gradually transformed into dense meteor showers, and then into star charts, star systems, and galaxies with planets orbiting them.
In the end, it transformed into an extremely complex, enormous 'universe' pattern with hazy, chaotic colors!
There are ten patterns in total.

Qi Yuan could understand most of the first six pictures, but they also brought him many new insights.

When Qi Yuan saw the seventh picture, he felt a tremendous shock in his mind and was instantly immersed in it.
(End of this chapter)