Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 91 Ending
"Pong!"

As Barent died, his inner world automatically collapsed, and a large number of items fell to the ground.

Even the members of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild, who had been stored in his inner world beforehand, suddenly fell out of the void.

Besides Barent, the leader of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild, who is a second-level Realm Lord, there are also six Domain Lords and hundreds of core members at the Universe level!
At that moment, the hundreds of core members who appeared all showed expressions of terror.

They were peacefully inside Barent's inner world, but in that instant, the entire inner world began to collapse, the earth cracked, even the sky shattered, and they fell out instantly.
"Ah, what happened? How did we get out here?"

Why did the leader's world collapse? What happened to the leader?

One by one, the Domain Lords and Universe Lords looked in horror at a certain point in the sky—

There, a strange figure, surrounded by dazzling purple lightning, stood in mid-air!

And this will be the last scene they ever see in their lives.

"Chi chi chi~~~"

Countless extremely twisted and agile purple electric snakes spread wildly, and among the electric snakes, there were also faint purple secret patterns spreading along with them.

In an instant, a massive lightning field covering hundreds of kilometers engulfed everyone!
"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"
Streaks of purple lightning flashed rapidly, instantly piercing the heads and life cores of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild members.
Those hundreds of cosmic-level and six domain lord-level members had no chance to resist at all, and were instantly torn apart and blasted into piles of flesh and blood by the raging lightning energy.
According to the information provided by the Eternal Branch, every single one of these core members of the Flameblade Merchant Guild was innocent and wronged.

While they reaped enormous profits alongside Barrent, they also committed numerous crimes for him.

Qi Yuan felt no psychological burden whatsoever in killing them!

"Huhuhu~~~"

The endless lightning rapidly subsided until it completely dissipated.

"call!"

Qi Yuan let out a long breath. He felt a little strained after unleashing that massive attack.

"With the domain, the formation, and the infused trace of the power of laws, I wonder how my move compares to Luo Feng's Sword World in the original story?"

Qi Yuan shook his head, not dwelling on it further.

With a casual gesture, he collected all the items and storage tools left behind by Barent and the hundreds of Flameblade Merchant Guild members after their deaths into his world ring.

Whoosh!
The dark blue, ancient-looking sword-shaped spaceship rapidly descended from the sky, its hatch opening with a whoosh.

Qi Yuan took one last look at the ground below, then turned and entered the spaceship without looking back.

"Xiao Ai, return to Leiyuan Star. Also, send the compiled information on the various illegal activities of the Yanren Merchant Guild to the official Eternal Empire and the Lanting Universe National Surveillance System so they can arrange for someone to handle the aftermath."

Qi Yuan casually gave instructions to his personal AI assistant, Xiao Ai.

Although Barent and the main core members of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild were dead, they still had a large number of stellar-level and planetary-level employees under their command. The number of these people was so large that Qi Yuan naturally could not identify them one by one.

In addition, the Flameblade Merchant Guild has tens of thousands of slave planets and inhabited planets under its control. The large number of exploited and persecuted cosmic citizens and native lives on these planets also need to be properly taken care of. Therefore, it is more convenient for the Eternal Empire to handle such aftermath.

After all, these planets are scattered in various places, some even in other star systems, and he really doesn't have the energy to pay attention to them.

"Understood, Master. The data has been sent. Now we are beginning our return journey to Leiyuan Star!" Xiao Ai replied immediately upon receiving Qi Yuan's order.

Immediately afterwards, the entire dark blue sword-shaped spaceship began to accelerate, rapidly returning to Thunder Source Star.

Qi Yuan, however, sat on the sofa in the spaceship's lounge and began quickly examining the items left behind by Balent and the other members of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild after their deaths.

After all, in the original story, when our Lord Luo wiped out the 'Fire Phoenix Group,' he was incredibly lucky and unexpectedly obtained Locke Divine Water worth billions of Chaos Units.

It's impossible to say that Qi Yuan didn't have some special expectations at this point.

Unfortunately, his luck was significantly worse than that of Luo Feng, the chosen one.

After searching for a while, they found a few rare items, similar to the fifth-tier Force longsword used by Barent, but that was all.

It is estimated that the total value of all items will not exceed 20 Mixed Yuan Units.

"Forget it, I already have the return system, why bother with this unrealistic fantasy?"

Qi Yuan sighed, but he wasn't too disappointed.

Now he can be considered an employee of the Virtual Universe Company, and he holds the position of Director of the Military Department of a branch office, which may not seem to be a very high-ranking position, but it is a position with real power. Therefore, it is much more convenient for him to acquire and sell some valuable resources.

With proper planning, he could easily accumulate an astonishing fortune in just a few years.

It was soon ten days after Qi Yuan returned to Lei Yuan Star.

With the ample evidence provided by Qi Yuan, coupled with the battle on Giant Shark Star, Qi Yuan directly wiped out the main leaders and core members of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild, and the entire network of relationships between the Flame Blade Merchant Guild and the powerful was basically severed. Therefore, their various crimes were quickly confirmed.

Soon, the Eternal Empire dispatched teams to begin sealing off and investigating the various planets and industries under the Flameblade Merchant Guild. Naturally, a large number of subordinate members belonging to the Flameblade Merchant Guild were also taken into custody immediately.

Only those who have been thoroughly investigated and proven innocent will be released.

Those who are convicted of crimes are sentenced to different punishments, such as imprisonment or death, depending on the crimes they committed.

Not long after, the once-powerful slave organization, Flameblade Merchant Guild, whose network of connections spanned most of the Eternal Starfield and even extended to other starfields, disintegrated under the powerful military intervention of the Eternal Empire.

The inhabited planets and slave planets under their jurisdiction were also brought under the direct control of the Empire.

Furthermore, the Eternal Empire even dispatched a special envoy to visit Qi Yuan, this 'outstanding citizen' who had made outstanding contributions to the Eternal Empire, in the virtual universe. Besides expressing gratitude in person, they also presented Qi Yuan with a reward of 10 billion universe coins.

Qi Yuan readily accepted it.

After all, those tens of thousands of inhabited planets alone are worth billions of universe coins, not to mention that he also removed the 'cancer' of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild for the Eternal Empire!

With the destruction of the Flame Blade Merchant Guild, Qi Yuan was able to give an explanation to the countless Lei Yuan clan members who died and the original body whose soul had dissipated.

From then on, the biggest mental issue that had been troubling him ever since he transmigrated and took over this body was finally resolved.

At this moment, Qi Yuan vaguely felt that his mind was much more relaxed and clear, and his soul's control over the body's power became more and more smooth and effortless.

It was as if from this moment on, he truly merged with this body and completely became its master.
However, although the matter with the Flame Blade Merchant Guild was resolved, a rather unexpected incident occurred regarding another matter that Qi Yuan was concerned about.

Thunderstorm Star can be considered the true starting point for Qi Yuan's arrival in this world.

Back when he was still on Thunderstorm Star, some of the Thunder Source Clan members on Thunderstorm Star, although they were slaves, at least had no worries about survival.

But as he quietly left, Hugo, the original owner of Thunderstorm Star, also disappeared and never returned. After Thunderstorm Star was occupied by another force, their situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Of the more than 300 members of the Planetary-level Thunder Source Clan, more than half died from excessive exploitation in just a few years, and in the end, less than 100 returned.

Qi Yuan had already discovered through the Eternal Branch's intelligence system that the one who later occupied Thunderstorm Star was none other than Hu Ge's sixth brother, 'Adona'.

Moreover, if Qi Yuan's guess is correct, the three-eyed man and others who attacked him and Hu Ge's group during the apprentice mercenary assessment in the Eclipse World were very likely the work of this Adona.

According to intelligence provided by the Eternal Branch, shortly after he and Hugo were attacked, a major event occurred in Hugo's Ortega family.

One of the sixth-level Domain Lords of the Ortega family, who was the greatest asset of the Hugo lineage within the family, was secretly attacked and killed at his residence on Lanka Star.

Meanwhile, another fifth-tier high-ranking member of Adona's faction rose rapidly, directly bringing all the industries controlled by Hugo's lineage under his control.

Thunderstorm Star thus came under Adona's name.

What puzzled everyone was that the newly promoted world lord of the Ortega family, the patriarch and founder of the entire Ortega family, Poron Ortega, did not express any opinion on this incident, as if he had tacitly accepted the outcome.

Qi Yuan naturally had no interest in knowing about the intricate relationships within the Ortega family.

He originally only wanted to punish Adona, who now controlled Thunderstorm Star, and the culprits under him who directly caused the deaths of a large number of ThunderSource Clan members.

However, Adona has not made any public appearances in recent years, and even the Eternal Branch's intelligence system has not been able to track his location for a short period of time.

Just now, information finally came from the Eternal Branch—

Adona appeared in a region called the Hundred Broken Star System in the Eternal Starfield, and along with him, an unexpected piece of information that Qi Yuan never expected was also revealed.
"A foreign spy!"

Qi Yuan stared at the figure on the screen with some disbelief.

Was that seemingly cunning young man who secretly rivaled Hugo on Lanka Star actually a spy planted by an alien race?

That Adona is just a stellar-level being, so how much use could he possibly have as a spy?
"To be precise, one of his bodyguards was a spy from another race."

The Eternal Branch intelligence officer on the screen explained to him, "It was just a coincidence. A Domain Lord-level expert who appeared out of nowhere suddenly attacked Adona and the others. At the critical moment, one of Adona's guards, who had been disguised as an ordinary ninth-level Stellar-level expert, suddenly revealed his Domain Lord-level strength!"

"Later, during the fierce battle, the Domain Lord-level guard was forced to reveal his alien body and unique fighting techniques due to his inability to defeat him. The appearance of aliens within human territory was a major event, and it was because of this that their whereabouts were quickly detected by our surveillance system."

"I see," Qi Yuan said, finally understanding. He then quickly asked, "And what happened? Adona, and that alien spy, were they caught?"

"Adona was killed instantly by the aftershocks of the battle; he was merely a spy from another race."

The intelligence officer shook his head. "Any alien spy who manages to infiltrate human territory possesses extremely unique methods of concealment. Knowing he had been exposed, he immediately used a desperate secret technique to escape and hide."

"but."

The intelligence officer spoke with an extremely confident smile, "He can't hide for long. Since he dares to show himself openly, with the capabilities of our Virtual Universe Company's intelligence system, I believe we will be able to track and lock onto him very soon!"

The fact that the guards of the Ortega family's direct descendants were spies planted by a foreign race was naturally a sensational piece of news!

Compared to dark forces within the human race, such as the Flame Blade Merchant Guild, the appearance of alien spies is something that is absolutely intolerable!

Shortly after Qi Yuan spoke with the Eternal Branch intelligence officer, he learned that the entire Ortega family, from the World Lord-level ancestor down to the various branch members, guards, servants, and even some closely cooperating forces and personnel, had been captured and imprisoned by the Eternal Branch of the Virtual Universe Company along with the official army of the Eternal Empire.

These people will be subject to a thousand times, ten thousand times more rigorous screening than the members of the Flameblade Merchant Guild.

Once they are confirmed to be involved in events related to other races, death is the only thing that awaits them.

Humans have always maintained a zero-tolerance policy towards spies who defect to other races.

Participate, or die!
"I never expected this outcome."

Lei Yuanxing, upon learning the follow-up news, Qi Yuan couldn't help but sigh at the unpredictability of life.

He originally only wanted to settle a personal score with Adona and the others, but before he could do so, the entire Ortega family faced annihilation overnight.

In just over three months, the Flameblade Merchant Guild was destroyed, Adona and others died, and even the entire Ortega family was implicated and faced annihilation.
Qi Yuan's various entanglements in the Eternal Starfield have now come to a complete end.

"Next, I should focus on myself. I need to recruit more and stronger disciples, earn more money, and continuously break through to higher realms!"

"After traversing such a journey, one should at least see the view from the summit to ensure there are no regrets."

Dear lords, when the inner world of the Realm Master collapses, do the people inside die immediately or fall out? I've searched many places but haven't found a detailed description. I only saw a passage when Luo Feng was carrying out the highest-score mission mentioning that their world had collapsed and they would be exposed to the enemy. So, I'll write it based on that setting for now.
If any of you observant experts find a clearer description, please let me know so I can correct any errors in the settings.
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