Swallowing the Stars: The Supreme Being of All Heavens

Chapter 376 Easily Obtained

A month and a half later.

A huge island, with quiet, gray mountains stretching endlessly. There is no vegetation or leaves on the mountains, only desolate rocks. The only thing that adds a touch of brightness to the mountains is the waterfall.

Whoosh, the purple-haired alien appeared out of thin air.

Upon seeing the island in the distance, he immediately reported to Suk in his world ring, "Master's master has arrived at the Desolate Rock Island."

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"Don't go over there, just go around it," Suk said calmly.

Although there are many dangerous places in the Nine Netherworld, there are still some safe places, which at least provide a foothold for the inheritors.

"Desolate Stone Island" is a well-known safe place. Over countless years, no danger has ever been found on Desolate Stone Island, and no inheritor has ever been attacked by the terrifying beings in the Nine Netherworld.

Although the desolate stone island is the safest place in the entire Nine Netherworld, free from the terrifying presence of the original inhabitants of the Nine Netherworld, it is still common for the inheritors to fight and kill each other for treasures.

Suk ordered his men to avoid the island, partly to avoid encountering other inheritors.

Upon receiving Suk's order, the purple-haired alien king immediately avoided the desolate rock island and continued his journey.

Soon, a magnificent and magical landscape appeared ahead.

It was an endless ocean, stretching as far as the eye could see. At first glance, it was azure blue, then turned purple, then blood red, then became transparent like crystal, then golden yellow, silver white, dark gray, azure blue—the colors constantly changing, wondrous and unparalleled.

The purple-haired alien stopped, and Suk in the World Ring had already seen it.

"The Sea of ​​Nine Netherworlds".

The Nine Netherworld is mainly an endless ocean, on which there are islands of varying sizes, inhabited by native inhabitants. Some islands are inhabited by terrifying beings, such as the "World Tree," which is located on one such island. That island is also incredibly large and was named "Tree Island" by the inheritors.

Deserted Stone Island is incredibly small, one of the most common small islands among the thousands of islands in the Nine Nether Sea.

Tree Island, however, is much larger, ranking among the top ten super islands in the Nine Nether Sea.

The Nine Nether Sea is vast and boundless, but it is also a place where dangers lurk.

Besides those super islands, the Nine Nether Sea is also terrifying, especially the Nine Nether Vortex. It is said that once you fall into the Nine Nether Vortex, there is almost no hope of coming out alive.

With a whoosh, Suk, clad in gray armor, appeared beside the purple-haired alien, gazing into the distance. Judging by the coordinates, that direction led to Tree Island, but it was too far away; only the endless ocean was visible, not Tree Island itself.

"If I use teleportation, I can reach Tree Island instantly, but that's the territory of the strongest World Tree. If I suddenly break in, an ordinary person would definitely be killed by the strongest World Tree if discovered," Suk thought to himself.

The strongest World Tree possesses combat power comparable to the Lord of the Universe, making it impossible to defeat.

Most importantly, this is the Nine Nether Sea, the lair of the Lord of the Nine Nether. Many powerful beings here are secretly under the Lord of the Nine Nether's command, including the World Tree, which is under his protection.

If any other super-powerful external being were to attack the World Tree here, it would be tantamount to provoking the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.

With the Nine Netherworld Lord relying on the Nine Netherworld Sea, even the strongest being in the universe might not fare well.

"However—I never intended to rob or steal, I just want it!" Suk said confidently.

In the original story, the protagonist went to great lengths and racked his brains to obtain a branch of the World Tree, a World Lord-level tree, and only after repeated failures did he finally obtain the right to the tree.

He doesn't have a clone of the Demon Slayer Clan—so there's no need for him to use the strongest Fire Source Divine Crystal to blow up innocent World Tree saplings and bully other people's children.

Suk didn't need to do that.

After all, the martial arts world is not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships and social interactions.

"You wait here," Suk said to the purple-haired alien king, intending to go alone.

If you can teleport on your own, there's no need for someone to follow you.

All the servants, including the treasures, were left behind.

Suk ventured into danger alone.

With a series of swift movements, Suk teleported repeatedly, each time covering a distance of approximately one light-year.

The entire Nine Nether Sea is only 12 light-years in diameter; you can cross it in the blink of an eye.

Soon, Suk arrived outside Tree Island, standing in the air, looking at the endless, enormous island hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

Tree Island is covered with all kinds of plants; it's practically a paradise for plants, where all sorts of flowers and grasses grow freely, creating an incredibly beautiful scene.

The most dazzling thing was that towering tree. It was the tallest tree, its entire body emerald green, and its canopy was like a canopy. Every leaf was crystal clear, like a carving of crystal, like a piece of emerald green. It contained an endless life force, causing countless flowers and plants around it to sway.

Although it is located deep within the tree island, it is incredibly vast.

Standing 5.9 million kilometers tall with a canopy diameter exceeding 10 billion kilometers, its canopy is larger than the entire island of Barren Rock. Coupled with its trunk resembling a giant emerald, faintly radiating light, it appears truly breathtaking.

This is the strongest World Tree, a special life form at the level of a Universe Venerable, possessing the combat power of a Universe Lord.

Beside it were several other World Trees, varying in height, the taller ones being Immortal-level and the shorter ones being World Lord-level.

The strongest World Tree naturally resides in the very center, while the other World Trees surround it, occupying about a quarter of the entire island's territory.

One of the world trees, tens of millions of kilometers tall, has its canopy swaying gently incessantly.

"Father, I want to go out and play."

"Didn't you already go out once before? You encountered a powerful alien race and almost didn't make it back." The gentle voice of the strongest World Tree came. "You're too weak right now. There are powerful alien races outside that could easily harm you. It's best not to go out for now."

"But I'm bored."

"Then let your siblings keep you company on the island."

"There are only flowers, grass and trees here. What's fun about this place? I want to go out and play." The canopy of the World Tree, a World Lord-level being, shook.

"Haha, Qiqi disliked me."

"Qiqi, stop being naughty and listen to your father."

"Qiqi is still young. When it grows up to be as big as us and lives a longer life, it will know how comfortable it is to stay on the island all the time."

The other World Trees laughed.

"Yeah, right," Qi Qi thought to herself. "A World Tree at the World Lord level."

Staying on Tree Island every day with nothing to do and seeing the same scenery all the time, surrounded by plants, made this player feel incredibly bored.

She was especially envious of the "colorful" lives of players she often saw on player forums.

She felt like this place was a prison, and the thought of not knowing how many years she would have to stay on Tree Island brought tears to Qiqi's eyes.

Unfortunately, under the watchful eye of the strongest World Tree, her attempts to escape failed several times. On her most recent occasion, she ran far away and encountered a group of alien races. The aliens' eyes lit up when they saw her, and they rushed at her like bachelors who had never seen a beautiful woman before, shouting things like "Tear it apart and plant it in the God Kingdom" and "How many treasures is it worth?" She was completely stunned by their words.

Unfortunately, those alien races were too happy too soon. The strongest World Tree descended the next moment and turned them all into ashes.

Whether they are cosmic sages or immortal kings, they will all die without a burial place.

Then, Qiqi was confined to Tree Island and could only stay within the island's boundaries.

However, after this experience, Qiqi also realized that the outside world was extremely dangerous for plant life like hers, especially those alien races, who seemed to really like planting her in their own divine kingdoms—that was too tragic! Qiqi couldn't accept it!

While the World Trees were talking, the plant life in other parts of the Tree Island, although many of them were ordinary flowers and grasses, there were also many other plant life forms, including immortal beings and even beings at the level of the Universe Judge, all listening quietly.

For the plants of Tree Island, the strongest World Tree is their Emperor, while the other World Trees are the Emperor's children, all of whom are the highest-ranking beings.

They were also whispering to each other.

"His Highness was reprimanded last time, he should behave himself this time."

"Sigh, of all the princes, the Seventh Prince is the most mischievous. Last time, she even pulled up my roots, saying she was researching how to make wine."

"She tore my flowers apart too."

"We are all plant life forms above the Immortal level, isn't this just nonsense? If you're going to do something, you should go after those stupid World Lord life forms."

Some powerful plant life forms also possess extremely high intelligence, especially immortal plant life forms, whose intelligence is no less than that of humans.

A group of powerful plant life forms, having been disciplined by Qi Qi, sighed deeply. Thinking that they might have to spend the rest of their lives with this prince who loved to play tricks, they were filled with sorrow. Life is hard for plants.

"I'm so miserable————" Just as poor Qiqi was hanging her head in dejection and lamenting her fate, a beautiful sound, like heavenly music, echoed in her mind.

The system has sent a task.

Qi Qi immediately perked up. How many years had it been since she was reborn into the race of the World Tree? How many years had it been since they had given her a mission?

Regular players, like everyone else, have some kind of quest.

But the World Tree... to be honest, even the Mother Nest couldn't think of any task for her.

"Grow well and promote development"?

Don't be ridiculous. As a special life form with nearly 1000 times the natural lifespan, it is born with an eternal lifespan, which means that even if it does not break through to immortality, it can live on forever.

And since she has the strongest World Tree to teach her, Suk doesn't have much to help her with.

This time, on the contrary, I need her help.

Qiqi looked at the task carefully. The task was very simple, and she finished reading it at a glance.

"Father, I want to go for a walk," Qi Qi said.

The strongest World Tree said, "Stop fooling around, child. You can't go out now."

"I'm not going out. I'll stay on the island and not leave," Qiqi said.

The strongest World Tree remained silent, which clearly meant it tacitly agreed.

The entire tree island is within its coverage area, so there's no need to worry about the children encountering danger. The strongest World Tree is only concerned about its children running off and encountering dangerous enemies, leaving it unable to rescue them in time.

A World Tree at the World Lord level, with combat power comparable to a King, yet it can be easily subdued by any Universe Venerable.

Seeing that its "father" had agreed, the World Tree, a World Lord-level being, felt a surge of excitement and rose from the ground, its entire body, spanning tens of millions of kilometers, flying outwards.

"Qiqi, don't go too far." Her brothers and sisters were still reminding her from behind.

Among the many children of the strongest World Tree, apart from Qiqi, who is an anomaly and cannot be stopped, the others are all motionless for thousands of years and prefer quiet to movement.

A body spanning tens of millions of kilometers.

It's like a star stretching across the sky.

Boom~~

Along the way, even before we arrived, the clever plant life had already hidden far away, so we mustn't let this little rascal catch us.

But this time, His Highness the Seventh Prince clearly didn't care about them at all.

She first pretended to be strolling around the tree island, from the east to the west, from the south to the north, creating a chaotic scene along the way, just like a naughty child going out.

The captured plant life forms wisely begged for mercy, while those that weren't captured hid and pretended to be dead.

The World Trees in the center of the island didn't care, having long been used to Qiqi's antics.

After her usual mischievous antics, Qiqi arrived at the edge of the tree island, peered out, and muttered, "Let me see... Hmm? Is this the direction of those colorful stones arranged in a seven-pointed star pattern?"

Hundreds of millions of kilometers away from Tree Island, in the sky above the ocean, there is a place where seven colorful stones float in the shape of a seven-star constellation.

With such distinctive characteristics, Qiqi was certain that this was her goal.

Looking at the distant place, then looking down at the branches and leaves on his own body, each one seemed like a jade carving, each one crystal clear, like a perfect work of art.

Wow, I'm so beautiful.

Qiqi suddenly became narcissistic, even though she was just a tree.

A sudden wave of reluctance washed over me.

Although, compared to her enormous size, losing a few unimportant side branches is like an ordinary person losing a few hairs—not a loss at all.

"Oh well, for the sake of the mission, let a few fall, that's fine," Qi Qi sighed inwardly.

Snap, snap, Qiqi quietly broke off two of her forked branches, then used the power of the world to wrap around the direction in which the seven-star-shaped colored stone was thrown. "But it's really strange, why would such a strange mission be issued?" Qiqi looked into the distance.

Soon after, watching the branches of his world reach that place, a human wearing gray armor suddenly appeared, grabbed the branches, and disappeared.

"Huh?" Qi Qi was startled, a question flashing through her mind. Had that person been there the whole time? Was the mission to give her branch to this person, or was it just a coincidence?

Qiqi's intuition leans more towards the former.

"Could it be..." Just as Qiqi was lost in thought.

"Qiqi, what are you doing?" The voice of the strongest World Tree came from behind her. Obviously, even if the strongest World Tree did not notice her little movements at first, the spatial fluctuations caused by Suk's teleportation were enough to attract the strongest World Tree's attention.

"Father." Qi Qi pretended that nothing had happened, "No, I didn't do anything."

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"You silly child."

The strongest World Tree didn't pursue the matter further, gazing in the direction Suk had departed, lost in thought. "The inheritor of the Ancestral God Cult? A World Lord?"

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