Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 102 The Mystery of the Founder's Fall

Virtual universe, Thunder Island.

On the misty mountaintop, Yu Duan's figure appeared in a courtyard.

In the center of the courtyard, the figure of the Lord of Darkness, dressed in a black trench coat, hovered in mid-air, emanating an endless aura of malevolence.

"teacher!"

Yu Duan quickly bowed to the Lord of Darkness.

The Lord of Darkness opened his eyes: "It's been a while since you broke through to the Domain Lord level. Your first avatar should have been formed by now, right?"

The record of Yu Duan's purchase of the Wind and Snow Demon Spirit gene material is still in the virtual universe.

The Lord of Darkness naturally knew that Yu Duan's first avatar had chosen a powerful energy-type special life form that had no soul and therefore did not need to worry about being controlled by a soul.

"It has already been conceived; the disciple's clone has now evolved into an Icefield Colossus."

As Yu Duan finished speaking, the Lord of Darkness nodded slightly: "Your appointment as a Domain Lord is about to be issued. Send your clone there to cover your tracks."

“I will send a cosmic venerable one to the Godfall Secret Realm for training. During this time, he will protect your safety.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Duan immediately bowed and said, "Yes, teacher."

The Lord of Darkness nodded and then said, "Little fellow, you are now ranked first in the assassination list of the Zerg, the Demon Clan, and the Mechanical Clan, so you must not be careless in any action."

The Lord of Darkness's admonition was earnest and profound.

The process of a genius growing into a true powerhouse is filled with blood and fire.

Since the creation of the Genius Wars by humankind, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that hundreds of millions of geniuses with the potential to become kings have emerged.

However, the number of those who truly achieved immortality and were granted the title of King was less than 100,000.

Every immortal king is a precious treasure of the human race.

"Your disciple will remember your teachings!"

"Well, let's go."

……

A pristine, hidden realm, located within the Duan Courtyard.

The Icefield Colossus clone, shrunk countless times in size, sat facing Yu Duan's original form.

They look almost identical.

However, there are subtle differences. The texture of the dragon scales on the Ice Colossus is closer to that of white crystal, and the fine patterns on it are also somewhat different.

However, apart from those who have been in constant contact with Yu Duan, this small difference would not attract attention.

As a prodigy born only once every hundred million epochs, it's perfectly normal for his clan to bestow upon him some treasures to enhance his abilities.

"boom!"

A series of sounds, like thunder, rushed in from the distant horizon.

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling bolt of lightning struck in front of Yu Duan, revealing a powerful mechanical warrior whose body was wreathed in tiny silver arcs of electricity.

This is a majestic body made entirely of G-grade metal 'Ultimate Lightning Crystal', as clear as amethyst, with intricate patterns of lightning, light, and the laws of time surging within it.

With its metal body made of the highest grade G metal, its defensive capabilities are comparable to some extremely powerful special life forms, which is the strength of the mechanical race.

The essence of the powerful mechanical race is, in fact, intelligent life.

Once an intelligent life form merges with a body and forges a divine physique, it becomes a true powerhouse of the mechanical race.

The intelligent life form that merged with this G-grade metal body was the auxiliary AI of the Dark Lord's teacher.

"Putuo greets the Third Prince!"

Venerable Putuo bowed slightly to Yu Duan, voluntarily setting aside the airs of a cosmic venerable.

No matter how extraordinary a genius is, it is impossible for them to have a status comparable to that of a cosmic venerable, let alone to receive a cosmic venerable's bow.

Venerable Putuo, on the other hand, regarded Duan as a descendant of his master, which is why he took the initiative to pay his respects.

"Greetings, Senior Putuo. You can just call me Yu Duan."

Yu Duan quickly stepped aside to avoid the greeting, and then solemnly returned the greeting to Venerable Putuo.

As a teacher, this intelligent being had followed the Lord of Darkness for countless eras, and their bond was exceptionally deep; Yu Duan dared not be presumptuous.

Venerable Putuo simply smiled and then asked, "Third Prince, are you ready to go to the Godfall Secret Realm?"

"It's all ready, thank you for your help, Senior Putuo."

Upon hearing this, Venerable Putuo waved his hand and took Yu Duan's true form into his world ring. Then, his figure transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared from the spot.

Suddenly, only Yu Duan's Icefield Colossus clone remained in the courtyard.

Soon after the appointments from the Virtual Universe Company are finalized, the Icefield Colossus clone will return to the Northern Ming Universe Kingdom along with Tu Yu and the other guards, a triumphant homecoming.

……

The Fallen God Realm is located in the core territory of the human race, within the Tianchen Universe.

The ruler of the Tianchen Universe Kingdom is one of the oldest cosmic overlords among humankind, and is considered to be from the same era as the Dark Lord.

Of course, the same era as seen by such ancient beings is not the same concept as the same era as what Yu Duan and these little guys talk about.

Whether it's hundreds of millions of epochs or billions of epochs, in the eyes of these ancient beings who have lived for hundreds of billions of epochs, it's all just one era.

In terms of strength alone, the Heavenly Emperor is even more powerful than Yu Duan's second senior brother, the Demon Venerable. Within the Virtual Universe Company, he is second only to top overlords like the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

Among all human races, the Heavenly Emperor's strength would rank him among the top 30.

Deep within the vast starry sky, a majestic temple floats suspended. "Boom!"

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed, and Venerable Putuo appeared out of thin air.

Suddenly, a towering figure flew out from inside the Desolate Mirror Temple, his aura no weaker than that of Venerable Putuo.

"He who comes is stopped!"

The one who spoke was also a cosmic overlord, a super being who guarded the Godfall Secret Realm.

"By order of the Lord of Chaos City, enter the sixth dimension."

Venerable Putuo spoke, demonstrating various permissions through the virtual universe network.

After confirming all permissions, the imposing figure personally escorted Venerable Putuo into the secret realm.

Inside the Fallen God Realm lies a continent with a diameter of approximately 1.6 light-years.

Not particularly majestic, but in the center of this continent lies a mountain range stretching for about 100,000 kilometers.

An endless, powerful surge of will emanated from those continuous, majestic mountain ranges.

At this moment, at the edge of the Godfall Secret Realm, Venerable Putuo slowly descended, and then with a wave of his right hand, released Yu Duan from the World Ring.

“Third Prince, this is the outer perimeter of the Divine Fall Secret Realm,” Venerable Putuo said.

Waves of despair roared forth from the majestic mountain range, more than half a light-year away.

Even across a distance of trillions of kilometers, the intensity of this sense of despair was still overwhelming for most ordinary immortals.

"Such a powerful impact of willpower! If it's this strong even here, how powerful must the area around that mountain be?"

Yu Duan gazed at the source of the shockwave and spoke with some uncertainty.

Venerable Putuo smiled and said, "It's probably at the level of a beginner in the universe. The super beings in the race have all explored that mountain range."

"That mountain range is actually the corpse of the ancient mountain's founder."

"Your Highness may not understand how powerful such a great being is. Normally, such a great being would be called the strongest being in the universe."

"In the primordial universe, no life form was capable of killing the strongest being in the universe."

"But the founder of that ancient mountain still perished, but no one knows the specific reason for his demise."

"Whether it was our human race's exploration after obtaining the Godfall Secret Realm, or the explorations by super beings of various races in the more ancient times, we have not found any clues."

Venerable Putuo briefly explained the concept of the strongest being in the universe to Duan, but didn't elaborate further.

Even Venerable Putuo himself might not fully understand, far less than Yu Duan, who was a time traveler.

It is indeed abnormal that the strongest being in the universe died inexplicably in the primordial universe.

Yu Duan could only think of two beings capable of killing the strongest being in the primordial universe.

One of them is the Primordial Ancestor, an invincible being in the Cosmic Sea, who may have a chance to kill the Ancient Mountain Founder.

Of course, this possibility is almost zero. It depends on whether the original ancestor's supreme treasure has any special functions, since the original work doesn't mention it. Apart from that, the only example of bypassing the sixth-order limitation is the combined attack technique.

The other one must have the ability to kill the founder of the ancient mountain, and that is the Mountain Guest who is the reincarnation of the God King of Jin.

However, given the cautious nature of the Mountain-Sitting Guest, it is unlikely that he would take action and kill a true god within the primordial universe.

If we rule out the possibility of homicide...

Another possibility is that the creator of this ancient mountain brought back some kind of item from outside the primordial universe.

It might be a treasure, or it might be a rare object.

In short, it was this item that led to his accidental death.

However, it's hard to say whether the human race was even born when the founder of the ancient mountain fell.

By the time human races rose to power and incorporated this area into their territory, hundreds of billions of years had passed.

Even if there were any treasures or rare items, they would most likely have been taken away or disposed of by the 'Ancestral God Cult,' the first and most powerful peak force in the primordial universe.

"There's no use thinking about these things now. Such a super being is still too far away from me."

With a focused will, Yu Duan suppressed all his thoughts and desires.

My purpose here is to hone my will. It's not too late to come back and explore this place after I have truly become a super being.

"Senior Putuo, in which area do peak-level King-level experts usually train?"

As soon as Yu Duan finished speaking, Venerable Putuo smiled and said, "I'll take the Third Prince directly there."

As they spoke, a gentle force lifted Yu Duan's figure.

Then Venerable Putuo also took to the air and quickly approached the Central Mountain Range in the distance.

"If Your Highness feels that the burden on your will has reached its limit, tell me immediately," Venerable Putuo turned to Yu Duan beside him and instructed.

"Okay, thank you, senior." Yu Duan nodded quickly in response.

About ten minutes later, the two of them arrived at the core area of ​​this secret realm.

It is only about 1 million kilometers away from that central sacred mountain.

The impact of will in this region has already faintly surpassed the limits of immortal gods, but it is still quite far from the level of a cosmic venerable.

The leap of will from the level of an immortal deity to the level of a cosmic sovereign is a metamorphosis, not a cumulative linear improvement.

The impact of the will emanating from the central mountain range weakens linearly with increasing distance.

"Senior, this area is the place."

(End of this chapter)