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

The ancient city has a dark golden metallic sheen, and its towering walls stretch to the horizon, with no visible boundaries.

The city wall is engraved with countless intricate and ancient runes. These runes are not inanimate objects, but rather slowly flowing, absorbing the surrounding chaotic energy, and exuding an aura of inclusiveness, weight, and yet with a hint of awe-inspiring and inviolable majesty.

"Is this Wanxiang City?"

Jiang Ming compared the information given to him by his ethnic group and thought to himself.

According to the intelligence on the cosmic sea provided by the human race, 'City of Myriad Forms' was established by the strongest lone cosmic being of the First Universe Era.

His title is 'True King of the Ember Eye'.

King Jintong, out of compassion for the weak, wished to carve out a pure land in the cruel ocean of the universe to protect those weak beings.

He established the 'City of Ten Thousand Images' and collected a certain amount of treasures as an entrance fee and transaction tax to maintain the city's formations and order.

While most groups in the universe are formed by races, some powerful beings, for various reasons, such as being the only special life form born without a race, or having their race destroyed in the past, become solitary powerful beings.

These lone strongmen have different personalities.

Some like to build up power and unite various ethnic groups, while others are solitary and rarely interact with outsiders.

But there are also those like King Jintong, who make many friends and are willing to have pity on the weak and create a safe haven for them.

"I never expected to stumble upon this place by accident."

Jiang Ming pondered to himself.

Wanxiang City is a well-known neutral zone and trading center in the outer region of Qingfeng Realm. Many lone experts or members of small forces like to stay here and trade information and treasures.

"Now that we're here, let's go take a look."

The city gate, a million kilometers high, was wide open at the moment, unguarded, but all the powerful figures entering and leaving appeared quite orderly, clearly showing their awe of the rules of the True King Jintong.

As I passed through the city gate, I heard a voice transmission in my ear; it was from the intelligent life form that controlled Wanxiang City.

The intelligent life form told Jiang Ming how many treasures he needed to pay in order to stay in the city.

Following the instructions of the intelligent life form, Jiang Ming took out some treasures in front of him, and then a rainbow light flew out from the city and took away the treasures from Jiang Ming's hands.

Upon entering the city, Jiang Ming immediately saw countless buildings of different styles standing side by side, some as magnificent as temples, constructed from whole pieces of 'Flame Soul Crystals'.
Some shone like stars, as if formed from amber.
Some buildings are even massive, floating biological nests, or ancient treehouses exuding the fragrance of exotic plants...

Architectural styles and cultural traces from different eras and ethnic groups intertwine here.

The streets were incredibly wide, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, allowing even beings of immense divine size to pass freely.

Within his sight, Jiang Ming saw dozens of powerful beings, the weakest of whom were cosmic overlords, and there were quite a few cosmic lords as well.

Guided by the city's intelligent life system, Jiang Ming arrived at a vast square.

Countless light screens floated above the square, displaying various messages:

"Seeking to purchase 'Void Flame Divine Iron', price negotiable, can be exchanged for 'Water Essence Crystal'..."

"Selling detailed maps of parts of the 'Peak Realm Inner Domain,' guaranteed to include information on newly discovered 'Ice Fiend Wind Belt'..."

"Recruiting teammates to explore 'Ghost Valley'. Requirements: at least Tier 3 top-tier strength, proficient in soul defense..."

"The first three levels of the Nine Tribulations Thunder Body require ten Thunder Prison Stones or equivalent treasures to exchange..."

The information was dazzling, covering precious materials, secret realm maps, inherited techniques, team recruitment, and more, leaving Jiang Ming overwhelmed. In the center of the square stood a magnificent temple.

"This is the Heritage Temple of Wanxiang City."

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

When the intelligent life system in the city guided Jiang Ming, it also provided him with a lot of basic information.

For example, the Inheritance Temple in Wanxiang City. The reason why Wanxiang City can attract a large number of weak beings is not only because it is protected by the strongest beings in the universe, but also because of this Inheritance Temple.

It can be exchanged by others for the inheritance within the Temple of Inheritance.

Inside the majestic Temple of Heritage, the space is far more expansive and boundless than it appears from the outside.

Enormous pillars, carved with countless racial totems and flowing with the secrets of laws, support a vast dome. Above the dome is not a physical entity, but a simulated universe, where stars are born and die, and laws operate, containing endless mysteries.

The hall was bustling with activity, filled with powerful individuals from different eras of reincarnation and different races, their auras varying in strength, ranging from cosmic overlords to cosmic masters.

They were either browsing the list of available inheritances in front of the huge light screen, queuing at the entrance of some side halls, or chatting in twos and threes. Although the atmosphere was not tense, it was filled with a sense of alienation and vigilance.

Jiang Ming's mental clone concealed its aura, maintaining the level of an ordinary universe overlord, and strolled inside the hall.

His gaze swept across the light screens, which listed tens of thousands of names of lineages.

From basic principles and guidance to movement techniques and attack secrets of certain special schools, and even some auxiliary inheritances on treasure refining, potions, and formations, the variety is dazzling, and the cost of exchanging them ranges from a few precious materials to top-tier treasures.

“This ‘True King of the Ashes’ has quite the methods. He has collected so many inheritances. Although most of them are not the most top-tier, their variety is enough to attract countless powerful individuals. Just the entrance fees and transaction commissions alone would generate an unimaginable fortune.”

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

His main purpose in this trip was to broaden his horizons, and if he could find some valuable cultural heritage to help him, that would be a good gain.

He walked to a light screen in an area marked with 'Mind, Illusion, Will' types of inheritances and began to browse it carefully.

"The Secret Technique of Controlling the Soul with Myriad Hearts": The core inheritance of the "Bewitching Heart Clan" in the first cycle era. Only the will of the Lord of the Universe can be entered. To exchange for it, one must obtain a "High-level Soul Treasure" or an equivalent item.

"The Great Dream of Eternity": A secret technique from the Eastern Emperor's Holy Land, which can construct a real dream world to temper one's will. It can be exchanged for treasures and items worth ten or twice the value of "Dream Crystals".

"Nine Tribulations Annihilation Chapter": A fragment left by a mysterious powerhouse from seventy-four reincarnations ago. It involves undergoing tribulations to temper one's will, and the entry difficulty is extremely high. To exchange for it, one 'Thunder Source Divine Crystal' or a treasure or item of equivalent value is required.

Jiang Ming was dazzled by the various traditions, and the origins of many of them surprised him.

"I never imagined that there were remnants from an even more ancient era of reincarnation here."

Jiang Ming's gaze fell on the introduction of "Nine Tribulations God-Slaying Chapter".

Without transcending reincarnation, even the strongest being in the universe can only survive for a maximum of three reincarnation eras.

However, some traditions, inscribed on extremely precious artifacts or stored in special places, can survive the destruction of the universe.

It still exists after dozens or even hundreds of cycles of time.

The fact that something can survive so many cycles of time is itself remarkable.

The logic is simple: no powerful individual would deliberately go to great lengths to preserve ordinary items. (End of Chapter)