Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 116 The Demeanor of a Venerable One!
Subsequently, the Chaos City Lord's Qianbaohe clone moved his mind, and a projection screen appeared in front of him.

On the light screen, Lu Jin, standing in mid-air, unleashed the fifth level of the Radiant Divine Weapon, 'Radiant Dragon,' powerfully blasting apart the massive Zerg mother hive in the distance.

The seventh trial tower in the Genius Battle is extremely difficult to pass, almost impossible.

As early as when the seven trial towers were first set up, the Lord of Chaos City added a reminder function for clearing the levels.

After all, those who can clear all seven trial towers at the stellar level are all extremely rare geniuses among humans, worthy of his attention.

"Soul Amplification?"

Looking at the image on the projection screen, the Lord of Chaos raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

With the discerning eye of the Chaos City Lord, he could naturally see that Lu Jin's understanding of the laws was not yet sufficient to unleash the fifth level of the Radiant Divine Weapon, 'Radiant Dragon'.

Within the virtual universe trial space, Lu Jin's mental power level was also fixed at the peak of the ninth rank of a star with ordinary life genes.

The only explanation for Lu Jin's inability to wield the laws despite his insufficient understanding of them is that he possesses a soul amplitude, which allows him to compensate for his lack of understanding of the laws with stronger mental power.

Moreover, judging from his level of understanding of the laws and the power unleashed by the 'Radiant Dragon', his soul amplitude should be quite high.

"An opportunity? An unknown inheritance?"

The Lord of Chaos City chuckled and shook his head. Using his supreme authority in the virtual universe, he classified all of Lu Jin's combat videos in the virtual universe as confidential, and also found out the location where Lu Jin logged into the virtual universe in reality.

Then, the Lord of Chaos City thought for a moment, and with a thought, space and time shifted.

A strange being, about ten meters tall, wearing purple battle armor, with a bird-like head, a human-like body, sharp claws at the front of its limbs, and purple wings on its back, appeared in the temple.

"Owner!"

The purple-winged alien race, whose body was faintly shrouded in spatial distortion, respectfully bowed to the Lord of Chaos City.

"Zi'e, go and secretly protect this little guy until he enters the initial universe."

After sending Lu Jin's relevant information to the auxiliary AI of the Purple Winged Alien Servant Venerable 'Zi E', the Chaos City Lord gave the order.

Soul servants are absolutely loyal. Even if a dignified cosmic lord were to secretly protect a minor stellar-level creature, they would not harbor any resentment.

"Yes, Master."

Venerable Zi'e bowed deeply and said.

"Go."

With a wave of his hand, the Lord of Chaos sent Venerable Zi'e out of the temple.

Although the trial eliminations were not broadcast live, Lu Jin's success in clearing the seventh trial tower must have been known to the immortal leaders of the various cosmic nations who had access to watch the live stream.

Given that it cannot be absolutely guaranteed that these leaders will not become immortal or enslaved by the souls of other races.

To ensure that Lu Jin is not harmed by the alien race, it is necessary to send a powerful expert to secretly protect him.

After all, the last stellar-level genius to clear the seventh trial tower in the Genius Battle was his junior brother, the Dark Lord's most prized disciple—now one of the pillars of the human race, the Lord of Youhou, who has long since mastered time and space!

Perhaps Lu Jin's future achievements will not be as great as those of Lord Youhou, but becoming a Universe Venerable should not be a problem, so it's not a waste of his secret help.

The number of human beings who are currently at the level of Universe Venerable or above is less than ten thousand.

Genius Battle Dimension.

"Shh!"

The space shifted, and Lu Jin's figure appeared in the central square.

Immediately, the immortal leaders from various cosmic nations in the square all turned their gazes toward this.

As for the geniuses who participated in the war?
Sure enough, Lu Jin moved too fast. Of the one million and eight thousand geniuses, none of them had finished their trials yet.

At that moment, a beaming thirteen-step man strode over.

"Master Thirteen."

Lu Jin bowed.

When dealing with someone strong, basic etiquette is essential, unless one's own strength has reached the level of the other party.

"Good lad, you've given me a big surprise!"

Thirteen said with a smile.

At this moment, Thirteen could foresee that after the Genius Battle ended, the King would definitely reward him handsomely.

Although Thirteen did not understand why His Majesty the King placed such importance on the performance of his own Universe Nation's team in the Genius Battle.

However, looking back at previous years, those who have achieved good results in the Genius Battle have all received generous rewards for leading their teams to immortality, not to mention that this year they have secured first place.

What Thirteen didn't know was that the wise and mighty king in his eyes was actually heavily in debt, to the point that he could only train geniuses for the Virtual Universe Company to pay off his debts.

As for the reward?

He, Qianwu, was at least a ruler of a universe, and what he owed were treasure points and supreme treasure points, not the almost worthless Hunyuan units.

"You flatter me, Your Excellency Thirteen."

Lu Jin said modestly.

Upon hearing this, Thirteen held Lu Jin in even higher regard and said, "The entire trial elimination process will last for quite some time, usually more than half a year. You can make your own arrangements from now on."

"I see."

Lu Jin nodded and then returned to his room in Building 0825.

At this moment, apart from the staff of the Genius Battle and the immortal leaders of various universe nations, there wasn't a soul in sight in the central square. There was no point in staying here.

The Milky Way, in the void several light-years away from Earth.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a bird-headed figure clad in purple battle armor teleported in.

The visitor was none other than the 'Venerable Purple Calamity,' who had come to Earth to secretly protect Lu Jin on the orders of his master, the Lord of Chaos City, through divine kingdom teleportation and high-frequency spatial teleportation.

His gaze traversed space, surveying Earth and taking in the entire solar system before Venerable Zi'e found a meteorite and sat down cross-legged, making no further moves.

Unless Lu Jin is assassinated by a foreign race or faces a life-threatening crisis, he will not show himself.

Is there no trace of Lu Jin on Earth?
Based on Lu Jin's login location in reality, Venerable Zi'e knew that Lu Jin was currently inside the World Ring.

Is there a Zerg mother nest in Shennongjia, and a sleeping world lord-level queen inside?

A dignified being of the universe wouldn't care about such a trinket.

The elimination process continues within the trial space.

October 9th, more than a month after the trial began.

Luo Feng, who had initially mastered the third level of the Divine Weapon, the 'Heavenly Sword Style,' ended his trial, stopping at the first level of the seventh trial tower. He killed 3129 Blood-haired Mammoths on this level, and his trial points ranking was temporarily second.

On January 12, 2071, Berlan finished his trial, stopping at the first level of the seventh trial tower, having killed 6128 Blood-haired Mammoths on this level, ranking second in trial points.

At the same time, Luo Feng's ranking in the trial dropped one place to third.

Although Luo Feng's ranking is the same as in the original work, which is third, the significance of his ranking has been greatly improved.

After all, Luo Feng, who ranked third in the original novel's trial points, had only reached the first level of the sixth trial tower. Now, he had advanced by a whole trial tower.

On February 15th, Aichen finished his trial, stopping at the first level of the sixth trial tower, having killed 1346 Blood-haired Mammoths on this level, and was temporarily ranked sixth in points.

Afterwards, Lu Jin began his pursuit of women under the pretext of celebrating Ai Chen's sixth-place finish.

Dating online and training offline – doing both at the same time.

On March 24th, Thor finished his trial, stopping at the seventh floor of the third trial tower.

On March 27th, Hong finished his trial, stopping at the first floor of the fourth trial tower.

The ranking of trial points shows that among the 1,080,000 geniuses who participated in the trial, about 90% stopped at the third trial tower.

In other words, approximately 100,000 geniuses made it to the fourth trial tower.

Those ranked 7300th or lower in the trial points did not even qualify to participate in the subsequent arena finals.

Undoubtedly, due to the lack of guidance and inheritance in the early stages, coupled with the short training time, Hong and Lei Shen's journey of genius battles had already come to an end.

However, just because Virtual Universe Company doesn't want Hong and Thor as they are now doesn't mean that 'Qianwu Secret Realm' doesn't want them either.

As long as I can cross the threshold of the lower-level origin at the stellar level, I want everything in the Qianwu Secret Realm.

Even before the end of the Reincarnation War, someone from the 'Qianwu Secret Realm' had contacted the two of them.

Their future development will definitely be better than it was during the same period in the original story.

Time passed, and it was now July 1, 2071.

With the sword of life, Yi Feng, he stopped at the sixth floor of the fifth trial tower, ranking 16th in points, and the trial elimination officially ended.

The next morning.

Including Lu Jin, 7300 geniuses who had been eliminated through the trials, as well as the immortal leaders from various cosmic nations, gathered in the central square.

"Wow—"

Suddenly, an invisible aura enveloped the entire central square.

Suddenly, the figure of the Nine Swords Venerable, dressed in a blue battle robe, appeared in mid-air.

"The trial is over. First of all, congratulations to the trial participants ranked 1st to 100th. You have obtained the qualification to enter the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company."

Now, anyone who is unwilling can speak up. My Virtual Universe Company will absolutely not force anyone.

The Nine Swords Venerable's voice was ethereal, echoing in everyone's minds.

The entire room fell silent; no one uttered a sound.

"very good."

Nine Swords Venerable nodded in satisfaction and continued, "For the 7200 test takers ranked 101st to 7300th, the virtual universe system has automatically arranged arena battles for you based on your performance in the trial space."

Those who win three consecutive matches will receive a spot, while those who lose will be eliminated.

Now, 7200 trial participants, proceed to the arena for battle!

As soon as he finished speaking, the central square trembled slightly, and all 7200 geniuses were teleported away, leaving only the top 100 geniuses in the trial points.

"There are seats over there, you can watch the live broadcast there first."

As he spoke, the Nine Swords Venerable pointed into the distance.

The next moment, 100 tables appeared in a corner of the central square, set with plenty of food and drinks.

'If this little guy doesn't die young, he'll likely become a Universe Master, let alone a Universe Venerable, right?'

Nine Swords Venerable glanced at Lu Jin and thought to himself.

At this moment, the Nine Swords Venerable couldn't help but consider taking on a disciple.

If both master and disciple become cosmic venerables in the future, when other venerables mention Lu Jin, won't they say, "Nine Swords' teaching was excellent?"

'Hmm, let's see first. I, Nine Swords, am at least a Universe Venerable; I can't appear too eager.'

The Nine Swords Venerable, driven by his pride, thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)