Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 123 Six Hundred Million Points, The Mystery of Time

The Secret Manual of Falling Moon consists of 110 volumes.

The first volume of the Secret Manual is a general outline.

It records the creator 'Tian Yue's' understanding of the Ultimate Universe Chaos Stele and the fundamental laws of time, as well as some information about cultivating this secret manual.

The Secret Manual consists of volumes 2 through 109, each corresponding to a unique and profound sword technique.

Each time you master a set of sword techniques, you can comprehend the profound mysteries of a fundamental law of time.

Mastering 108 sword techniques signifies having comprehended the profound mysteries of 108 fundamental laws of time.

The final volume of the secret manual, the 110th, is a summary of 108 sword techniques.

After quickly browsing through the first volume of the "Falling Moon" manual, Lu Jin opened the second volume and carefully studied the first of the 108 sword techniques.

The clone's consciousness was connected to the main body's. The main body saw the secret technique and, while traversing the Radiant Spaceship in the dark universe, the clone naturally also saw the time within the World Ring.

Immediately, the Time Avatar paused its comprehension of the fundamental laws of time and began practicing the first sword technique of the "Falling Moon" manual.

Time passes gradually.

In reality, the avatar of Shichen, heading to one of the logistics bases of the extraterrestrial battlefield, 'Guicang Star,' cultivates the first set of sword techniques from the 'Falling Moon' secret manual and comprehends the profound mysteries of the first fundamental law of time.

The original body, who was heading to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, used the 'Recognition-level' Light Origin Law Tablet to comprehend the Light Origin Law, and occasionally logged into the Virtual Universe to spend time with Ai Chen, who was becoming increasingly clingy.

Three years later, just as Lu Jin himself was about to arrive at the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.

Virtual Universe, Primitive Zone, Manor No. 114, attic reception room.

On the sofa, Lu Jin sat opposite a charming woman wearing a long, sheer dress, with a colorful mark between her eyebrows and long, wavy golden hair.

"Your Highness Lu Jin, our acquisition department is willing to purchase this Heavenly Enlightenment Bright Light Tree for 5 million Mixed Yuan Units or Points. What is Your Highness's opinion?"

After carefully examining the scanned projection of the Apocalyptic Bright Light Tree, the blonde, alluring woman spoke.

Lu Jin said, "Manager Aisna, I choose points, but 5 million points is too low."

The acquisition personnel dispatched by the Virtual Universe Company's acquisition department vary greatly depending on the value of the items.

Generally, acquisitions are handled directly by the AI ​​team, but if the value of the items to be acquired is high, then the acquisitions are handled by internal members of the acquisition department.

The blonde, alluring woman in front of us, Aisna, is a manager in the Virtual Universe Acquisition Department.

As for Esna, who is able to serve as one of the heads of the acquisition department, her strength is naturally that of an immortal god.

Aisna argued forcefully: "Your Highness Lu Jin, 5 million points is already quite a lot."

Although the Heavenly Revelation Tree has an infinite lifespan, it will never wither or die.

However, the Apocalypse Bright Light Tree only produces 1000 Apocalypse Bright Light Fruits in 10,000 epochs, and each Apocalypse Bright Light Fruit is only worth 100 points in the treasure vault.

It would take a full fifty million epochs to grow a Heavenly Revelation Bright Light Fruit worth 5 million points.

If we factor in the privilege discounts and the costs of maintaining the Apocalypse Bright Light Tree, the payback period will likely be over 100 million epochs.

Lu Jin shook his head slightly: "Manager Aisna, this is a golden goose, we need to have a long-term vision."

The acquisition department has been established for countless years, so what is a hundred million years?
Once the payback period is over, every fruit produced by this Apocalyptic Bright Light Tree will be pure profit for the purchasing department.

Okay, I won't ask for too much. I'll add a small goal: 6 million points.

Lu Jin knew that for him, a hundred million years was a very long time.

But what is a hundred million epochs to the Virtual Universe Company, one of the five major powers of the human race?
In the universe, time is worthless.

After a moment's thought, Aisna nodded and said, "Let's do as Your Highness says, 6 million points. When does Your Highness plan to make the transaction?"

"I haven't arrived at headquarters yet. The transaction will officially begin once I arrive at headquarters."

In addition, I had some immortal weapons, which I sold to the acquisition department.

After saying that, Lu Jin had Fatty project the immortal divine weapon he had previously taken from his slaves.

Before long, Lu Jin and Aisna signed an acquisition contract worth 60,126,4500 points.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the less than twenty immortal divine weapons he had previously saved up were actually worth more than 1.2 million points.

'6 million points seems like a huge sum, but it's still not enough!'

After seeing Aisna off, Lu Jin sighed to himself.

The Time Clone had been hunting in the 'Wilderness Beast Secret Realm' for over three years, killing a large number of Domain Lord-level and World Lord-level wild beasts, and naturally obtained a lot of Life Essence.

By consuming the Domain Lord-level Life Elixir, the Moyun Vine has not only reached the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord, but also the number of main vines has reached the race's maximum of 360.

It can be said that his Cloud Vine is only one step away from breaking through the bottleneck of immortality, which is close to the strength of the initial stage of the King-level.

Unfortunately, whether or not it exists, Lu Jin couldn't even catch a glimpse of the Immortal-level Life Elixir.

Obtaining life essence from a Lord-level wild beast, or even receiving a critical hit or a sublimation drop, is merely a quantitative change, without any qualitative change.

According to the best breakthrough plan of the Virtual Universe Company, the optimal cultivation of the Moyun Vine with 360 main vines would require nearly 116 billion points to break through to immortality, and the success rate would only be 40%.

Even if you're lucky and have a 40% chance of winning, a mere 6 million points is just a drop in the bucket.

Of course, Lu Jin wasn't too worried.

Once the Chaos City period is over, and we enter the mission world training phase where the strongest Moyun Vine is needed as a trump card, if we haven't accumulated enough points to allow the Moyun Vine to break through to Immortality, then we can sell some more resources. Although the cooldown period for Luo Feng's drops hasn't ended, it doesn't mean he can't take advantage of the situation.

Following Hei Yi, a cosmic-level slave, Mo Yun Teng, a ninth-level peak Realm Lord, became Lu Jinxin's 'wool factory'.

Moreover, no matter how strange his actions are, such as handing over precious resources and treasures to Moyun Teng before fleecing, the naive Moyun Teng will never wonder why Lu Jin would do such a thing.

Although he hasn't been able to obtain the precious Time Source Tree and Time Source Fruit from the Moyun Vine yet, he has obtained a normal drop and a critical hit drop based on the Time Source Fruit.

If we harvest more frequently in the future, the drop rate of the Cloud Vine will definitely far exceed the cultivation cost of the strongest Cloud Vine.

On the other side, a silver sword-shaped spaceship was rapidly traversing the dark universe corresponding to the Starshine Universe Kingdom.

The main control room of the Glorious spaceship, inside the World Ring.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

On the boundless grassland, sharp sword light flashed one after another, like a dragon of light dancing.

The avatar, wielding the Radiant Divine Sword, moved with incredible agility, practicing the first set of sword techniques from the "Falling Moon" manual.

Not far ahead, on the ground, stood a three-zhang-tall monument commemorating the 'acknowledgment level' of the fundamental laws of time.

To comprehend the profound mysteries of the fundamental laws of time, the aid of the Time Fundamental Laws Stele is naturally indispensable.

'Wow—'

After a while, when the sword technique, which had been practiced countless times but was only 'in form but not in meaning', finally gained 'meaning', the fluctuations of the fundamental laws of time emanating from the Time Clone became even more intense.

"It's done!"

Sheathing his sword and standing still, Lu Jin couldn't help but smile slightly, unable to hide the joy in his heart.

Hard work pays off!
After nearly three years, with the assistance of the Time Origin Law Stele, the Time Avatar, possessing an extraordinary affinity with the Time Origin Law, finally mastered the first set of sword techniques in the "Falling Moon" Secret Manual and comprehended the profound mystery of the first Time Origin Law.

Compared to the original novel where Luo Feng spent 10 years in Chaos City comprehending the profound mysteries of the first fundamental law of space, this is undoubtedly much faster.

Of course, this doesn't mean that his comprehension is absolutely superior to Luo Feng's.

The time-law affinity of the Time-Shattering Avatar is far superior to the spatial law affinity of the Demon Slayer Clan.

Moreover, the auxiliary effect of the 'acknowledgment-level' Time Origin Law Stele should be stronger for cultivators who have not yet gained the recognition of the Time Law than the initial universe where the Origin Law of the Universe manifests in the sky.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

After the initial joy, the sword light reappeared within the World Ring, and the Time Clone continued its efforts, immersing itself in the practice of the second set of sword techniques from the "Falling Moon" manual.

There are as many as 108 mysterious laws governing the origin of time, with the first 9 being the simplest, the middle 27 being relatively difficult, and the last 72 being the most difficult.

Right now, I've only grasped the first profound principle of the fundamental law of time; it's not time to get carried away yet.

Three days later, the intelligent life form's notification echoed throughout the F-class meteorite iron mothership's main hall.

"Initiating a space travel mission to return to the original universe."

“10、9、83、2、1！”

The entire spaceship shuddered slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

"Outdoor scene simulation, 100%!"

"Kandal said."

'Wow—'

Suddenly, the entire spaceship hall became transparent and disappeared, revealing a dreamlike starry sky scene to Lu Jin and Luo Feng.

What attracted their attention most was a supercontinent floating in the vast starry sky in the distance.

Surrounding this vast continent are countless planets and stars that appear to be nothing more than dust.

"Your Highnesses, this supercontinent is the company's headquarters in the primordial universe."

Kandar said with a smile.

Gazing at that vast supercontinent, Luo Feng couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Kandal, how big is the company headquarters?"

Candall said, "Without dark space travel, it would take at least several decades for a spaceship to cross the continent where the company headquarters is located."

'Tens of light-years?'

Luo Feng clicked his tongue in amazement.

The spaceship then flew for more than six hours before arriving at the vast headquarters continent and entering one of the entrance channels.

Before long, the spaceship slowly came to a stop in an extremely spacious docking hall.

'Wow—'

The hatch opened, and Lu Jin, Luo Feng, and Kandal and others flew out.

At this moment, more than ten men and women in uniforms were waiting in the spacecraft docking hall.

Besides these dozen or so uniformed men and women, there were two other groups of three people each not far away.

(End of this chapter)