Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 215 Secret Plot
A calm, unwavering gaze swept over them.

Instantly, the ugly figure that was rapidly transmitting messages in the black swamp felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar, and its entire body became slightly sluggish.

That's the kind of being capable of killing a cosmic overlord, or at least possessing the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord!
How could he not tremble with fear at being stared at by such a being?

Fortunately, the owner of that gaze didn't seem interested in him. After giving him a brief glance, she simply left.

"Phew, thank goodness they're gone."

The ugly figure, blending into the surrounding mud, felt a sense of relief.

“I can recognize all the top experts of the human race. This unfamiliar face, yet possessing at least the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord, is very likely the mysterious Master of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion.”

"This Master of the Strange Fate Pavilion is really low-key. Apart from the time he made a move at the Blood Soul Pool, he has never shown himself in the outside world, leaving many forces that want to find out about him helpless. I didn't expect him to show up on the Primordial Star this time..."

"Report this to the tribe immediately; it might be a great contribution!"

The ugly figure slowly sank into the black swamp, and began to quickly report through the divine power clones left in the tribe's territory.

……

time flies.

The opening of the original star will last for a full 1000 epochs, which means that the probability of some precious treasures coming out is very small, and it will only happen once in a long time.

Most powerful individuals who ventured into the Primordial Star would choose to hide in a certain location and wait for a treasure to appear before heading out to compete for it.

However, compared to the treasures that emerged from the original stars, Qi Yuan was quite interested in the original stars themselves that could give birth to such a large number of treasures.

The origin of the universe is somewhat ethereal and elusive; Qi Yuan only descended there in his consciousness.

As for the exact location of the origin of the universe, let alone Qi Yuan, it is likely that no life form in the entire primordial universe could describe it.

However, these 10081 primordial stars are real and can be considered the closest place to the origin of the universe!
Moreover, each time the Primordial Star opens, the number of treasures that emerge is enormous, probably exceeding the total number of all the great treasures and supreme artifacts crafted by all the master craftsmen in the entire Primordial Universe!

Whether these massive treasures were born from the original star itself or transferred from some mysterious and unknown place, Qi Yuan believed they were all worthy of investigation.

Compared to treasures that are at the highest level of the pinnacle realm, these secrets are obviously more likely to attract Qi Yuan's attention.

……

Qi Yuan wandered aimlessly around the primitive planet, occasionally picking up some soil, lake water, branches, and other things from the planet to examine them.

However, apart from some rare treasures, all of these things are integrated with the entire primordial star.

Even if Qi Yuan forcibly takes them into the World Ring with his powerful strength, they will quickly dissipate and return to their original positions on the original star.

Moreover, the matter of the primordial star seems to have the effect of preventing all penetration and exploration. Even though Qi Yuan has the means to control spacetime, he is unable to see the internal structure of the primordial star in depth.

However, each time the Primordial Star is activated, it lasts for a full thousand epochs, and the lifespan of the Lord of the Universe is almost endless. Therefore, Qi Yuan still enjoys wandering around and casually exploring.

All matter, even the mountains and landforms on the surface of the primordial star, and those vortex channels, were within his observation range.

Once he has roughly explored the surface of a primordial star, he will randomly choose a vortex passage to enter another primordial star.

Wandering and exploring at will, occasionally seizing some newly discovered treasures by chance, more than three years passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the course of more than three years, Qi Yuan traveled to several primordial stars, casually 'picking up' three or four ordinary treasures. He also happened to encounter two supreme treasures appearing and successfully acquired an ordinary supreme treasure battle sword and a set of top-tier treasure battle armor.

Compared to those cosmic venerables, his gains were naturally quite substantial.

However, he was unable to find any trace of the deeper secrets of the primordial star.

This is not hard to understand. The Primordial Star has existed for countless years, and each opening lasts for 1000 epochs. If the secret of its existence were so easy to discover, it would probably have been taken away by countless ancient powerhouses long ago. How could it possibly still be left to Qi Yuan?

"It's one thing that the secrets of the Primordial Star are well hidden, but as for those alien races, I've taken action several times in the past three years, and quite a few powerful alien beings have witnessed my actions. Why haven't they reacted at all? This isn't like them."

Qi Yuan was slightly puzzled.

Unbeknownst to him, a plan targeting him was quietly unfolding in a place unseen by him.
In a single universe possessed by the Machine Race.

Countless crystalline rays connect planets, stars... the entire universe is like a giant net, with countless crystalline rays connecting everywhere.

"Breaking through to the Immortal realm grants near-invincible combat power, comparable to a King. Thousands of years later, his battle against the Blood Soul Pool Master of the Ancestral God Sect demonstrated the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord. Now, eighty thousand years later, he has reappeared, easily annihilating a cosmic overlord clad in high-grade treasure armor. Moreover, he likely possesses the innate ability to create clones."

A deep voice echoed in every corner of the universe.

"This rate of growth is far more exaggerated than any genius in human history. If left unchecked, it will definitely become a threat to our mechanical race!"

"The human race has been incredibly fortunate lately. With the Master of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion and the peerless genius Luo Feng, there have been two more geniuses who have conquered the strongest human race, the Tongtian Mountain, in recent years."

The voice of the Machine Father God resounded throughout the universe.

"Children, I have communicated with the strongest beings in the universe from the demon race and the insect race. In the coming period, the three races will join forces to assassinate several key targets of the human race, especially that Master of the Strange Fate Pavilion."

"You must communicate with the universe lords of those two races and kill him before he breaks through to the universe lord level. Even if you can't kill him completely, make him fall several times, cause him to lose precious treasures and special opportunities, and hinder his rise!"

"Yes!"

"Yes, Father God!"

...Not only the mechanical race, but also the insectoid race and the demon race are all taking action.

In recent years, the emergence of geniuses among the human race has forced the three races of machine race, demon race, and insect race, who originally harbored great hatred for each other, to temporarily reach a consensus on certain aspects.

In particular, on one matter that they considered extremely urgent, their goals were highly unified—to annihilate the Human Race's Master of the Strange Fate Pavilion at all costs!

The strategic significance of a top-tier cosmic overlord to a race may even exceed that of an ordinary cosmic lord.

The combat power of the top cosmic overlord is already extremely close to that of the most ordinary cosmic lord.

However, a master of the universe, unless he has an avatar, will truly die once he falls!
Even if a top cosmic overlord falls, he can be resurrected by the strongest being in the universe by reversing time and space.

A super strong individual with combat power approaching that of a cosmic master, who can be resurrected repeatedly and is fearless of death, can play an astonishing role in inter-clan wars.

Moreover, if a top-tier cosmic overlord breaks through to the level of a cosmic master, he will immediately become one of the most powerful cosmic masters.

Therefore, each major race prioritizes the assassination of the other's top cosmic overlords, especially those who have demonstrated extraordinary talent.

They were well aware of the significance of a race producing a super being, such as the 'Lord of the Nine Netherworlds' or the 'Lord of Chaos City'. Although they were not the strongest beings in the universe, they could still cause headaches for the top races.

While other top human cosmic overlords such as the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, the Venerable Ancestral Tree, and the Demon Lord of the Star Prison are also feared, their current strength is still within the acceptable range of various races, as they have cultivated for countless years and continuously gained various opportunities to enhance their abilities.

A top-tier cosmic overlord like Qi Yuan, who possesses immense strength in a very short period of cultivation and has the talent to create clones, has an extremely high probability of breaking through to become a cosmic master in the future. Once he does, he will undoubtedly become a nightmare that causes immense headaches for opposing races!
"They must be eradicated!"

The Machine Race, the Zerg Race, and the Demon Race all considered this a top priority and were secretly plotting to ensure that everything was foolproof.

Compared to them, other top forces such as the Prison Clan, Crystal Clan, and Northern Frontier Alliance were relatively relaxed, since they did not have direct territorial conflicts with the human race and were naturally happy to watch the show from the sidelines.

"However, that human race's Master of the Wonderful Fate Pavilion is truly mysterious. It's as if he suddenly appeared. The earliest news about him that the clan gathered was when he broke through to immortality, causing quite a stir. And not long after that, when he made his move in the Blood Soul Pool, he displayed the combat power of a top-tier cosmic overlord. To possess the combat power of a top-tier cosmic overlord in just a few thousand years after breaking through to immortality is truly admirable!"

Although they were watching from the sidelines, everyone was amazed. "If he can survive this calamity and become the master of the universe, he should soon become another super being of the human race. At that time, no one will be able to do anything to him."

……

The alien races in the universe were shocked, and the shock within the Hong Alliance and the human race was even greater.

Although Qi Yuan disdained to actively hunt down those alien universe venerables, he couldn't help but encounter aliens who didn't recognize him during several treasure hunts in recent years, who took the initiative to provoke him.

For these alien venerables who actively seek thrills, he would naturally be kind enough to give them a time-reversal experience ticket—

In recent years, Qi Yuan has not made many moves, but in the few times he has made a move, he has killed 11 alien universe venerables, including two universe overlords.

Furthermore, he did not deliberately conceal his actions, and many alien venerables had witnessed him killing enemies from afar, including several cosmic venerables from the Hong Alliance. With this spread, his reputation naturally spread rapidly.

Open-air bar in the inner city of Hongmeng City in the virtual universe.

The vast majority of the universe venerables of the entire Hong Alliance often gather here, as it was an excellent place for information exchange during the opening of the Primal Star.

"After breaking through, Master Qiyuan has been cultivating and teaching disciples in Chaos City. I didn't expect to see him make a move when the Primordial Star opened!"

"In just a few years since the Primordial Star opened, it has already killed two cosmic overlords and nearly ten high-level cosmic venerables. It's strong, too strong!"

"When the Primordial Star opened last time, I witnessed the Star Prison Demon Lord make a move. He was able to kill a cosmic overlord with just this ease. It was truly astonishing. Is this the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord?!"

"The key is that the owner of the Qiyuan Pavilion is also a master craftsman capable of forging high-grade treasures. It's one thing for him to be strong, but his crafting skills are also so high!"

"Yes, speaking of which, this time I really owe a lot to Master Qiyuan. I rented a treasured battle armor from him, and it has helped me overcome many difficulties on the Primal Star over the past few years!"

"Haha, me too, but I'm even more afraid of death than you. I directly rented a palace treasure, so unless a cosmic lord intervenes, I'm almost absolutely safe!"

"The Lord of the Wonderful Pavilion actually possesses so many treasures! It's unbelievable, truly unbelievable!"

"If only a descendant of my clan could become a disciple of the Master of Qiyuan Pavilion."

There was a lot of discussion.

Previously, these cosmic venerables of the Hong Alliance had only vaguely heard that Qi Yuan had defeated the 'Blood Soul Pool Master,' who possessed the strength of a cosmic overlord, and was suspected of having the combat power of a top-tier cosmic overlord.

However, over the years, this Master of the Strange Fate Pavilion has always stayed in his own mansion in Chaos City. Apart from the occasional news of him accepting new disciples, there is very little news about him, let alone seeing him take action.

Those cosmic overlords did know Qi Yuan's true current realm not long ago, but due to the Chaos City Lord's instructions, they could only remain silent at this moment.

Recently, news of his actions from the Primal Star has made his name incredibly popular within the Hongmeng camp.

On Thunder Island, Qi Yuan, the Lord of Chaos City, and the Lord of Dragon Journey were gathered at a white jade table outside the palace of the Lord of Chaos City.

"How have these alien races changed their ways? In the past, whenever a new genius or strong person appeared in our human race, we would be targeted and assassinated by them. Why are they so calm this time?"

The towering, burly man, Lord Dragon, spoke with some confusion.

"Didn't I make a big enough fuss? Should I add fuel to the fire?" Qi Yuan said with a smile.

"There's no need for that."

The Lord of Chaos City smiled faintly, "The calmer things are, the more it shows how much they value it. They're probably making thorough preparations right now, but..."

"These alien races are unaware of your strength. No matter how well they prepare, they are destined to suffer a great loss this time."

(End of this chapter)