Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

Jiang Ming's mental clone slowed down and cautiously infiltrated the Shattered Star Lake area.

The body merges into the cosmic sea, and the senses spread out. With the help of the property of 'body merging with the universe', it hides in the cosmic space and senses the surroundings.

"The range of perception when 'merging with the universe' in the cosmic sea is eight hundred light-years around, but the erosion of my will by the primordial universe becomes very slight."

My ability to maintain a constant state of 'merging with the universe' is of great help to my exploration and survival."

"Hmm? There are signs of battle?"

Shortly after entering the Shattered Star Lake area, Jiang Ming sensed a violent energy collision and law vibration coming from somewhere through 'body merges with the universe'.

Jiang Ming immediately stealthily made his way towards the source of the disturbance.

In a dense belt of star fragments, two figures are engaged in fierce combat.

On one side was a powerful alien being, tens of thousands of kilometers tall, covered in black scales, with a triangular head, compound eyes, and ferocious mouthparts. His aura was violent, and he wielded a huge scythe-shaped treasure, tearing through space with each swing, carrying the rhythm of death.

Judging from his aura, he is a cosmic master from the second cosmic era, belonging to the 'Black Skull Clan'.

On the other side was a figure resembling a human woman, dressed in cyan armor and wielding a longsword that shimmered with water. She moved nimbly, her sword light surging like waves, relentlessly blocking the onslaught of the black-scaled alien race. However, she was clearly at a disadvantage, and her divine aura was already somewhat disordered.

Jiang Ming recognized that although this Lord of the Universe resembled a human, he was not a member of the human race.

Instead, he was a Universe Lord of the 'Qingling Clan' in the second reincarnation era, known as the 'Qinghong Lord,' a top-tier third-order Universe Lord.

"Qinghong! Hand over the 'Star Tear Mother Gold,' and I'll spare your life!"

The Black Skull Clan's Universe Lord emitted a piercing, soul-stirring voice.

"Lord of the Black Mantis, you're delusional! I discovered this Star Tear Mother Gold first!"

The sword light in the hands of the Azure Rainbow Lord transformed into countless azure lotuses, attempting to bind his opponent.

"Hmph! Stubborn to the end! Then let them be annihilated!"

The Lord of the Black Mantis grinned maliciously, and the scythe treasure in his hand shone brightly with black light. A huge black blade of light spanning several light-years appeared out of thin air, carrying a terrifying aura that could annihilate souls, and slashed fiercely at the Lord of the Azure Rainbow.

"Star Tear Mother Gold!"

"They found the Star Tear Mother Gold!"

Jiang Ming was surprised. Star Tear Gold was extremely precious and could be used as an auxiliary material for refining top-level treasures, or even peak treasures.

The value of 'Star Tear Mother Gold' is even greater. Only one unit of 'Star Tear Mother Gold' can be born from one million units of Star Tear Gold, which is enough to serve as the main material for the ultimate treasure!
"If they find 'Star Tear Mother Gold', it means there must be at least a medium-sized 'Star Tear Gold Vein' nearby."

With a thought, Jiang Ming cautiously began to explore the surrounding area, using the battle circle between the two universe masters as the center.

"Found it! There really is a medium-sized Star Tear Gold Mine!"

It didn't take long for Jiang Ming's mental clone, which was out exploring, to find a Star Tear Gold vein with obvious signs of excavation.

This mineral vein was concealed by an array. If it weren't for his extremely keen perception of the 800 light-years around him while in the 'body merges with the universe' state, Jiang Ming would have had difficulty discovering that this place was covered by an extremely sophisticated illusion array.

Within the formation, a massive mineral vein, winding like a galaxy and shimmering with the light of star tears, appeared and disappeared!
The rich metallic energy almost solidified into a tangible form.

"What a huge vein! Such a large vein can definitely be classified as a medium to large-sized vein."

Jiang Ming was thrilled.

However, they did not start mining immediately, but waited for a period of time.

Brush ~ brush ~ brush ~
One after another, ghost-like figures appeared around Jiang Ming; these were all Jiang Ming's mental clones.

Sensing the possible appearance of a mineral vein, Jiang Ming mobilized over a thousand of his nearby mental clones.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Since that's the case, I'll gladly accept this mineral vein."

Thousands of mental clones appeared silently within the concealment formation like ghosts! Although these mental clones were only at the level of cosmic overlords, they were not used for combat at this moment.

As soon as they appeared, they each used their own methods to begin mining the vein efficiently and quietly.

Jiang Ming's true self was highly focused, and his will to the limit of a true god meticulously controlled each of his clones.

"Strip!"

The thousands of clones moved in perfect unison, as if they were a single entity.

They do not use violent mining, but rather utilize precise control of energy to meticulously 'peel' the ore containing Star Tear Gold from the rock strata.

Star Tear Gold Ore is hard and difficult to mine.

However, its derivative minerals are not so hard. Thousands of clones attacked, annihilating its derivative minerals and collecting pieces of Star Tear Gold Ore.

Thanks to the cover of the 'body merged with the universe' state and the energy turbulence of the fierce battle in the distance as a barrier, the mining activities of these thousands of clones were not detected by the two universe lords who were fighting to the death!

Time passed by minute by minute.

The battles outside are nearing their end.

The Azure Rainbow Lord was overwhelmed by the Black Mantis Lord's fierce attack. A terrifying black blade of light tore through her sword light defense and slashed fiercely at her divine body.

"puff!"

The Azure Rainbow Lord's divine body trembled violently, and her aura instantly weakened. With a ferocious expression, she took out a peculiar crystal with a menacing aura.

The crystal was completely shattered as soon as it was removed.

In the instant it shattered, the space surrounding the Black Mantis Lord, spanning thousands of light-years, completely collapsed, and the laws of nature descended into extreme chaos.

From within that crystal, a ferocious battle sword flew out and struck the Black Mantis Lord's divine body.

As the sword fell, without a sound, the Black Mantis Lord's divine body completely dissolved into the vast cosmic sea.

The Lord of Azure Rainbow looked at the 'Star Tear Mother Gold' in his hand, which was only the size of a fist and seemed to contain an entire galaxy inside, radiating pure metallic elemental energy. A smile finally appeared on his face, but the smile was also tinged with heartache.

"If it weren't for the fact that the 'Star Tear Mother Gold' could strengthen my 'Azure Rainbow Sword' and forge it into a supreme treasure, I wouldn't have been willing to use the 'Destruction Crystal'."

The ultimate trump card capable of annihilating a universe lord was one of the greatest adventures of the Azure Rainbow Lord during a cycle of reincarnation. It disappeared completely after being used once.

If the 'Star Tear Mother Gold' weren't so important to her, she would never have used it.

"With the Star Tear Mother Gold that can strengthen my 'Azure Rainbow Sword', and with a complete medium-to-large-sized mine, it can barely make up for my losses."

It's not exactly a loss, after all, I obtained several precious treasures after the Black Mantis Lord's death.

While rapidly absorbing the chaotic energy to restore his divine power, the Lord of Azure Rainbow teleported towards the coordinates of the mineral vein he remembered.

He had already begun to plan how to use this enormous wealth.

However, when she traversed through layers of space and arrived once again at the shattered star belt region shrouded by her illusion array, the scene before her made her smile freeze instantly, turning into a raging inferno!

The formation remained intact, without even a trace of being forcibly broken.

But within the formation, the massive mineral vein that once meandered like a galaxy... vanished!

It wasn't just that a portion of it was mined; it was completely and utterly... gone!

Only a faint trace of the unique energy fluctuations belonging to Star Tear Gold remains in the air, proving the astonishing wealth that once existed here.

"No! Impossible!!" (End of Chapter)