Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 196 Armed
After thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the dramatically increased power, Qi Yuan's Shangqing and Taiqing clones returned together to Chaos City.

Taiqing's clone naturally returned to his residence to continue teaching his disciples, further solidifying their foundation.

Meanwhile, Shangqing's clone continued forward and arrived once again at the City Lord's Mansion, in the ancient side hall where the human races specifically contributed and exchanged treasures.

"Open the Treasures category - the Pinnacle Weapons Treasures category."

"Shangqing's clone spoke up."

Instantly, the huge list floating in mid-air rapidly changed, and a very short column of information about supreme treasures appeared on the list—

"Frostbite, a melee weapon of the sword type, requires 1180 Treasure Points to obtain."

"Blood Fiend Halberd, a long halberd-type melee weapon, requires 1300 Treasure Points to obtain."

"Golden Feather, an offensive telekinetic weapon, requires 1400 Treasure Points to obtain."

"Jade Sea Pearl, an illusion-type telekinetic weapon, requires 1430 Treasure Points to exchange."

"The Tyrant Hammer, a warhammer-type melee weapon, requires 1450 Treasure Points to obtain."

Information on the exchange of each treasure appears in the list. Once selected, you can view the image and detailed information of each treasure.

The Frostbreaker Blade is an enormous, ancient-looking blade with a chilling light. The layers of secret runes imprinted on its body are all progressively sharper than the last, reaching their ultimate limit. With a single strike, it can even shatter high-grade treasure armor!

The Blood Fiend Halberd is a massive, blood-red divine halberd. Its treasure runes are designed to deliver critical strikes and armor shattering, giving it unparalleled attack power.

Golden Feathers: Golden wings formed from a million blades of 'feathers', a supreme treasure for use by psychic cultivators.
The total number of top-tier treasure weapons in the entire human treasury is not many, not even enough to fill a single page of that huge list.

Shangqing's clone casually glanced at the descriptions of each treasure and quickly found the only divine sword-type weapon on the list.

"Youhuang, a longsword-type melee weapon, requires 1550 Treasure Points to obtain."

The divine sword Youhuang has two blades, one black and one white, seemingly formed from two intertwined black and white dragons. Ancient patterns can be faintly seen spreading and intertwining on the sword body. Even when viewed in images, one can still feel the heavy and ancient aura emanating from it.

"1550 Treasure Points."

Upon seeing this price, Shangqing's clone hesitated slightly.

This price is not cheap. If you were to buy a regular top-tier weapon, it would be enough to buy more than a dozen of them!
However, he hesitated for only a moment before making up his mind.

"The cosmic sea is fraught with danger. I am far inferior to those powerful cosmic lords in terms of secret techniques. If I don't have a suitable weapon, I will only be able to be suppressed when facing them."

"A supreme treasure sword, 'Youhuang,' costs 1550 treasure points. Now let's look at the armor. For the armor, let's choose the top-tier treasure armor first."

The Shangqing clone once again looked at the top-tier treasures - armor category.

Top-tier armor-type treasures are now much cheaper, with the cheapest piece costing only 120 treasure points and the most expensive not exceeding 660 treasure points.

After browsing the list, Shangqing's clone finally selected the 'Cangwu Divine Armor', which was worth 260 Treasure Points.

"The Divine Sword 'Youhuang' plus the 'Cangwu Divine Armor' require a total of 1810 Treasure Points, plus a Domain Treasure."

The Shangqing clone then looked at the domain-type treasures, "Even the cheapest top-tier domain-type treasure requires 2000 treasure points, which adds up to nearly 4000 treasure points in total. Isn't it a bit too conspicuous to bring out a treasure worth so many treasure points at once?"

"Never mind, I am now a universe master, and the human race is a top race. They can't possibly interrogate their own universe master for such a small thing. Without a few handy treasures, it's impossible to move an inch in the universe sea where powerful beings gather!"

After making up his mind, he quickly began to take action.

He had previously spent 99.8 Treasure Points to exchange for a large number of resources to improve his gene level. After giving them to his five disciples in batches, he gained a large amount of precious resources.

He had already used the most important pieces to rapidly improve his life's genetic level, but the remaining batch was also quite valuable.

The large amount of 'Cloudy Willow Light', 'Azure Lotus Heart', and 'Purple Fairy Elixir' rewards after triggering a perfect critical hit three times would be a huge amount of treasure points if all of them were contributed to the treasure vault.

Moreover, there are the three unused return rewards. Although there are only three, their value is comparable to the total value of a large number of resources such as 'Yunqi Thousand Willow Light'.

"That's about right."

After some careful selection, Shangqing's clone took out the least valuable of the three precious rewards, the 'Seven-Colored Spirit Jade', and added a small amount of 'Cloud-Dwelling Thousand Willow Light', 'Azure Lotus Heart', and 'Purple Garden Immortal Liquid'. After collecting enough treasures worth about 4000 Treasure Points, he decided to contribute them all to the clan.

At the moment he chose to confirm his contribution, he clearly felt a deep gaze fall upon him.

"Where did you get such a large quantity of rare resources?"

The Chaos City Lord's slightly surprised voice rang out directly in the mind of Shangqing's clone.

Even the composed Lord of Chaos City was starting to feel uneasy. After all, the value of the resources Qi Yuan had brought out was simply too immense!
A treasure worth four thousand Treasure Points is comparable to the entire fortune of an extremely powerful Universe Lord!
Qi Yuan had only recently broken through to the next level.
More importantly, most of the treasures are duplicates, which carries different meanings.

If Qi Yuan had a channel to reliably obtain a large number of these resources that could enhance the genetic level, it would be of great significance to the entire human race.

Although the same resources have no effect on the cosmic lords who have already used such resources, they can be used by the cosmic venerables of the race!

At that time, the price can be set even lower so that more Universe Venerables can afford to exchange for it. And those Universe Venerables will improve their strength by using the treasures they exchange for, which will naturally represent an improvement in the overall strength of the human race.

This is what made the Lord of Chaos City make an exception and ask him questions.

Qi Yuan had anticipated this situation, and when he heard the Chaos City Lord ask the question, he simply smiled and explained, "It was just a coincidence. It's not certain that I'll be able to get this many resources again."

He wasn't lying. After all, such a large amount of resources would only be returned when the system achieved a perfect critical hit, and he couldn't control such a perfect critical hit; it was all a matter of luck.

Was it a coincidence?

The Lord of Chaos City seemed to fall silent for a moment. He had naturally noticed the ambiguity in Qi Yuan's tone, but after a brief silence, he ultimately did not press the matter further.

Just as Qi Yuan guessed, he is now a universe master, and if the human race does not want to force a universe master to become alienated from the race, they will naturally not investigate him too thoroughly.

"You're exchanging for treasures, are you preparing to head to the Cosmic Sea?"

A moment later, the voice of the Chaos City Lord rang out again.

"We are preparing to head to the Cosmic Sea."

Qi Yuan did not hide this from him.

"After breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, further progress and the creation of stronger secret techniques cannot be achieved through secluded cultivation. It requires a great deal of combat experience. The opportunities and environments available for the Lord of the Universe to engage in combat in the primordial universe are extremely limited," he added.

"Indeed, only through numerous trials and battles can a master of the universe gradually solidify their resolve and find the path most suitable for themselves."

The Lord of Chaos sighed, “When do you plan to go? The Lord of Ice Peak is currently in the outer domain of the Peak-Tilting Realm. I will have him return to guide you.”

"No guidance is needed."

Qi Yuan shook his head upon hearing this:
"I plan to travel here incognito, which will make my actions easier. For now, I should avoid getting too close to the other universe lords of my race. I would appreciate it if you could provide me with a detailed map of the universe sea."

"Going alone?"

The Chaos City Lord's voice hesitated slightly before ringing out again, "Indeed, you have the ability to create clones, so there's no need to worry too much about your survival."

“Alright, I will now give you the map of the Cosmic Sea. This is the most detailed map that my human race currently knows, although... it is only a tiny part of the Cosmic Sea.”

The Lord of Chaos City said, "However, at least the three most dangerous places are included."

Qi Yuan soon received a very complex and huge map, so complex that it made him tremble slightly.

"Remember, the Cosmic Sea is different from the Primordial Universe. The Primordial Universe has a special structure that allows you to determine your coordinates anywhere. But you can't determine your coordinates in the Cosmic Sea."

The Lord of Chaos City continued to remind them, "Therefore, maps are extremely important in the Cosmic Sea, and reference points on the maps are also extremely important. Only by referring to maps and reference points can one avoid getting lost in the Cosmic Sea."

"Getting lost in the cosmic sea is terrifying. Once lost... if you try to find your way back by teleporting again and again, you might drift further and further away, or even be permanently lost in the cosmic sea."

"However, even with a map, you may encounter some special dangerous places. The level of danger in these places is constantly changing, so you must not be careless. In the cosmic sea, you cannot run around randomly. You can teleport to places that are clearly marked on the map. Teleportation is prohibited in unknown areas not covered by the map; you can only explore by flying."

"Most of the universe lords of our human race are now gathered in 'Qingfeng Realm,' one of the three forbidden lands of the Cosmic Sea. Since this is your first time going to the Cosmic Sea, it would be best if you also came here. In case you encounter danger, you can ask for help. Although you are going as an avatar, the loss of the divine body and treasures of an avatar would be a great blow to you."

"There are other things to note, which I will send you in a separate email."

The Lord of Chaos City gave Qi Yuan detailed instructions for a long time before finally turning his gaze away from him.

Meanwhile, Qi Yuan's Shangqing clone had already taken the opportunity to exchange for the three treasures he had previously selected—

The ultimate treasure sword 'Youhuang' costs 1550 treasure points!
The top-tier treasure armor 'Cangwu Divine Armor' costs 260 treasure points!
The top-tier treasure of the realm, the 'Nine Tribulations Pearl', costs 2000 Treasure Points!
The three pieces of equipment cost a total of 3810 Treasure Points!
This wealth alone is enough to make most universe lords green with envy!

After the exchange was completed, Shangqing's clone did not stay in Chaos City for long. He left the Initial Universe that same day and returned to his own divine kingdom.

In the center of the vast divine kingdom, in that magnificent temple.

The Shangqing clone that had just returned released the diligent tool 'Tianyuwang' from the world ring.

"I have four divine bodies, and this set of equipment is not enough for all four of them."

The Shangqing clone smiled faintly, but directly threw the newly acquired 'Youhuang' divine sword towards the Heavenly King.
(End of this chapter)