Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 132 Power Beyond Immortality!
"Mr. Deen, we've been waiting for you for a long time..."

The immortal deity Cabel personally came to greet them from outside the planet.

“Cabel, you know I came from the headquarters of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, a long and arduous journey…”

Deen spoke calmly. Although he was only a realm lord, he showed no fear in the face of immortal gods.

Hederen—the realm lord of the core secret realm of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance… possesses immense power, comparable to an immortal.

“Cabel, let’s agree beforehand that if we can obtain the treasure or inheritance from that place you mentioned, we’ll pretend we know nothing about it. But if we can’t gain anything, or even get into it, we’ll jointly donate it to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance…”

"No problem... It's not bad to get a contribution reward even if we can't get it!"

The immortal god Cabel, the helmsman of the Cabel star system, had no objections. He continued, "We probably need to hurry. The patriarch of the Herrera family has been inside for quite some time..."

“The Herrera family has no reason to exist! I don’t want others to share in my credit!” Deen said coldly.

"Don't worry, when you sent me the message, I sent people over to silence them... Not a single member of the Herrera family will be left alive... Even if it's just a contribution to the Mercenary Alliance, they won't get a single penny!"

"I don't worry about your work."

Deen nodded.

"In that case, let's go over there."

An E9-class spaceship appeared out of thin air. The immortal god Cabel and Deon entered the spaceship together and disappeared into the sky above the planet moments later.

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At this moment, in the mysterious space where time is flowing at an accelerated pace, Herrera is unaware that his family is being exterminated because he is unable to connect to the virtual universe. He looks at Lu Qingshan's Ghost King clone with anticipation.

"So, how much longer?"

"Don't rush us, we're almost there."

The Ghost King's clone closed his eyes and pondered. The countless changes of the 108 stars continued to evolve in his mind, like playing with a Rubik's Cube. Almost all the faces were in place, leaving only one different color that looked very obvious.

A small difference can lead to a huge error!

Lu Qingshan frowned slightly.

If one cannot comprehend the 108 essential principles of the fundamental laws of time, it would probably take a very long time to unravel this star maze, requiring a gradual attempt at each method!

Lu Qingshan didn't want to waste time here... He'd rather use a wisp of Silver Soul Fruit's aura on his main body.

"Hmm? Maybe we don't need to..."

Lu Qingshan closed his eyes, and a wisp of his consciousness sank into the 72 star charts.

[Your disciple Lingyu has comprehended the eighth essence of the Time Origin Law, receiving a thousandfold return; you have gained experience from the Time Origin Law.]

Ling Yu's breakthrough was like a refreshing rain in the desert. Lu Qingshan's consciousness raced, and relying on this experience, he quickly understood the last essence of the fundamental law of time...

"I have comprehended all 108 essences... Now my comprehension of the fundamental laws of time has surpassed that of most immortal gods."

Lu Qingshan regained consciousness.

Looking at the star maze ahead again, the solution suddenly became clear. He quickly changed the arrangement of the 108 stars, almost completely scrambling the previous arrangement.

About three days have passed.

Lu Qingshan placed a star in the last position.

suddenly.

108 planets simultaneously shone with golden light.

A 100-meter-high passage slowly emerges amidst the 108 stars...

"The Starry Maze has opened!"

Herrera was shocked.

The moment the star passage appeared, his body flew towards it and plunged straight into it.

Lu Qingshan could have stopped him, but he didn't...

About three seconds after Herrera entered, a scream rang out... Lu Qingshan's expression became slightly serious.

"Is there an unknown danger on the other side of this passage?"

He frowned slightly.

Lu Qingshan couldn't see what was happening on the other side, but the sound could be heard here, which meant that the two sides were definitely communicating!

"Klach!"

Lu Qingshan released Krach from his inner world and pointed to the passage ahead.

"Go inside."

Krach was not a puppet, but rather a puppet. Upon receiving the order, he instantly flew into the room, but less than a second later, screams rang out again.

"An Cong, come over here!"

An Cong had no choice.

This time, it only survived for one second again.

"Three seconds and one second."

"If Herrera can hold out for three seconds, the danger on the other side of the passage shouldn't be fatal to me."

The Ghost King's clone made a decision quickly.

Without hesitation, they went straight into the tunnel.

After Lu Qingshan's Ghost King clone entered the passage, the 108 star mazes returned to their original state. This passage has a time limit.

On the other side of the passage was a huge plaza, where countless ghostly phantoms wandered around. The moment Lu Qingshan appeared, several ghostly phantoms within ten meters of him pounced on him.

"Destroy the soul!"

The Star-Slaying Blade unleashed a beam of light, slicing several ghostly phantoms in half and hindering their advance... However, after a moment, they coalesced once more.

"What is this thing? It's impossible to kill it... Moreover, it seems that only ghosts that get close will attack me. There are many powerful beings here, so I can't move around at will!"

In that instant, Lu Qingshan had already surveyed the layout of the plaza...

Besides the three dead bodies, there are 32 houses around the square, 31 of which have collapsed, but one is intact. Lu Qingshan noticed that the ghosts dared not approach that house.

The ghostly phantom lunged at Lu Qingshan again.

"Lightning Flash!"

"Time accelerates!"

The Ghost King's clone used his innate secret technique for the first time, covering himself with a wisp of time power. His speed instantly surpassed the speed of light. However, even at this speed, he still did not enter the dark universe.

With absolute speed, the Ghost King's clone arrived outside the house in a matter of moments... In the distance, countless densely packed phantoms of ghosts appeared, completely surrounding the exit... yet none dared to approach...

Among the ghosts here, Lu Qingshan actually saw many immortal beings... The ghosts' attack mechanism should be related to distance. These immortal beings were attracted by Lu Qingshan's Ghost King clone during its accelerated time journey...

"As expected, my guess was right... This is the safe zone, or rather, there is something even more terrifying here."

Lu Qingshan preferred the first option...

"No danger!"

Lu Qingshan carefully observed his surroundings.

Suddenly, the room he was in began to shake violently... the ground began to collapse, and then layer upon layer of underground palaces appeared...

The Ghost King's clone offered no resistance and landed straight on the first level of the underground palace...

Suddenly, countless pieces of information flooded into his soul...

This is a secret technique called "The Body of Time".

The moment the secret technique appeared.

Countless forces of time law appeared and began to erode his body... The erosion process was very harmful to his body, but if he could persevere, he would gain unexpected benefits.

To persevere, you must comprehend this secret technique called the Body of Time!
Fortunately, the Ghost King's clone has 50 times the genes and is a favorite of the Time Origin Law, so comprehending the secret method of the Time Origin Law is simple. If the main body were here, it would probably be very difficult.

The corrosive power did not cause much damage to the Ghost King's clone, and Lu Qingshan's Ghost King clone quickly and easily comprehended this very small part of the first level of the secret technique.

Then he went to the second floor.

The power of this layer of erosion had increased by about 50%, but it still did little harm to Lu Qingshan. It took him about an hour to fully comprehend the secret technique of this layer.

the third floor……

……

All the way up to the 150th floor.

Time had passed without anyone noticing. The Ghost King's avatar, completely absorbed in comprehending the laws, hadn't even bothered to perceive the difference in the passage of time between itself and its true self...

Lu Qingshan's ghost king clone gradually began to feel overwhelmed.

Although each level of the "Body of Time" contains only a very small portion of its content, and the secret techniques are deeply ingrained in the soul, automatically granting profound understanding, fully comprehending it is still not an easy task.

And this corrosive power, I don't know where it comes from, is simply a perfect aid to cultivating the secret technique of "Body of Time"!

Without this power, it would probably take a thousand times, ten thousand times longer to successfully cultivate!
As Lu Qingshan persevered, he comprehended the profound mysteries of the secret technique. Just when his body was about to give out, a cool sensation appeared, and his body was restored to normal. The next level of the underground palace reappeared.

"We can't be stingy with those Silver Soul Fruits!"

When Lu Qingshan broke into the two-hundredth level of the underground palace, the speed at which he cultivated the secret technique could no longer keep up with the speed of erosion.

Lu Qingshan himself decisively ate the Silver Soul Fruit!

In an instant, his comprehension increased by more than a thousand times, and the bonus to his understanding of the laws at the realm master level was almost fully activated.

"Very good...very simple..."

"The mysterious person who left behind this legacy seems to be afraid that the inheritor will not understand it. This method of dividing the secret into small parts is just like feeding someone a meal."

Three hundred floors.

Five hundred floors.

One thousand five hundred floors.

……

Lu Qingshan walked all the way to the fifth thousandth floor... Once he got here, even with the enlightenment from eating the Silver Soul Fruit, the Ghost King clone, and the world lord-level understanding of laws, his cultivation speed began to lag behind the speed of erosion.

Without further hesitation, he decisively chose to end it... He had a premonition that continuing would be very dangerous.

Five thousand floors...

"I have initially mastered the Time Body... and I have also obtained all the subsequent content, but there will never be such a simple way of cultivation again."

With the help of this corrosive power, Lu Qingshan's cultivation was like a fish in water. Without this condition, it would be very difficult to continue his cultivation.

Even so, there's nothing we can do...

He has reached his limit. If the human himself were to come, he probably wouldn't be able to get past the 500th floor.

In the five thousand-layered underground palace, Lu Qingshan could feel his power increase fiftyfold!
Taking into account his 50 times genetic strength, it can be said that his current full-force attack is already 2500 times that of a peak ninth-level World Lord!
This is already at the power level of a Marquis-level Immortal God!
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(End of this chapter)