Swallowing the Stars: The Supreme Being of All Heavens

Chapter 389 Mysterious Trial

The wooden cabin by the lake.

"My name is Hu Lao. I am a lord of the universe. I do not belong to any power or race. I have always been a loner."

"I have also fought against several of your human race's universe lords, and I am not afraid of even your famous Chaos City Lord." He grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth.

It exudes a powerful, domineering aura.

Suk pondered to himself, "This Lord of the Amber Prison" doesn't seem to have appeared in the original work, but he sounds very powerful, seemingly comparable to the Lord of Chaos City, and is also a solitary universe lord.

"The Six Nirvanas was not actually created by me. It was something I obtained by chance during an adventure in a perilous place beyond the universe, over many long years," the Lord of the Amber Prison slowly explained. "The opportunity I am about to give you is also related to the Six Nirvanas."

Sure enough, Suk felt relieved; this "Six Nirvanas" was definitely not something that an ordinary universe master could create.

Suk couldn't help but ask, "Great Lord of the Amber Prison, is it possible to continue cultivating the Six Nirvanas?"

The Lord of the Amber Prison glanced at Suk in surprise. "It seems you've already noticed. Not bad." He nodded. "The Six Nirvanas are indeed more than just what we have now."

"but----"

He changed his tone, "Unless you pass my next test, I will not tell you any related information."

Suk had no choice but to suppress his urge to ask. "I wonder what kind of test it is?" He had actually thought of it. Since the Lord of the Universe had spent so much time and energy on making so many arrangements for the Six Chaos, there must be a reason, and it must be very important to the Lord of the Amber Prison.

If they didn't value it, they wouldn't have destroyed a star system just to create Ancient Thunder Star, nor would they have deliberately left their own Cosmic Venerable-level mechanical servants to monitor this place.

The Lord of the Amber Prison waved his hand, and space and time shifted. When Suk came to his senses, he found himself standing at the mouth of a huge volcano.

The Lord of the Amber Prison said, "The test I have prepared for you is below."

Suk frowned slightly and looked down.

This is a super-massive volcano, similar in appearance to ordinary volcanoes, with mostly gray-black rocks, but it is more than a million kilometers high and the diameter of its crater exceeds ten thousand kilometers.

The magma surged and churned beneath the crater, like liquid in a giant furnace boiling to its limit. It was a fiery orange-red, so bright it almost hurt the eyes, interspersed with golden spots of light, like countless dazzling gems burning within.

Moreover, some vortexes could be seen flowing, and some dark-colored substances were moving slowly.

Even from some distance from the crater, the sweltering heat was enough to make one feel suffocated. The surrounding air was distorted and warped by the heat.

This is no ordinary volcano; Suk sensed that even immortal gods might not be able to withstand this temperature.

"This is one of my favorite places for refining weapons," the Lord of Amber Prison said calmly.

Suk looked over with slight surprise. Judging from the slightly proud tone, this person seemed to be very proud of his weapon-forging ability.

The Lord of the Amber Prison glanced deeply at the bottom of the volcano, then said coldly to Suk, "The upcoming test may be quite difficult. If you can pass it, an immense opportunity awaits you. You will have the chance to stand among the strongest in the universe, becoming an existence like me, or even surpassing me. If you cannot..."

The Lord of the Amber Prison did not continue speaking.

Suk's heart skipped a beat.

Could this mysterious test contain some immense danger?

He recalled the trials of the Star Tower; to claim ownership of the Star Tower was extremely dangerous, and failure meant certain death.

Could this trial be the same as the Star Tower?

Suk hesitated for a moment.

But judging from the Lord of the Amber Prison's expression, he probably wouldn't allow me to quit halfway through again.

Seeing Suk's expression turn serious, the Lord of the Amber Prison smiled slightly, said nothing more, and pointed into the volcano.

"Boom!"

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Amidst a spatial tremor, the magma below formed a massive vortex, from which a tall stone platform slowly floated up, with only a broken gray stone tablet embedded in it.

Lord Amber looked down at the gray stone tablet, a glint of light flashing in the depths of his eyes. He then said to Suk, "See that stone tablet? There is a world inside. Your test is in that world. As long as you pass the test, you will be fine. As for what kind of test it is, you will know when you go in."

Suk nodded and flew down toward the stone tablet under the watchful eye of the Lord of the Amber Prison. The terrifying high temperature inside the volcano seemed to have been suppressed by the Lord of the Amber Prison, and Suk could easily withstand it even while flying inside the volcano.

The Lord of the Amber Prison at the crater above silently watched Suk's back and murmured, "After waiting for so many years and going through so much hardship, success or failure depends on this one moment."

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"To cultivate a seed of perfect Nirvana is too difficult. He has been conducting experiments all over the universe for a long time, and so far, only Suk has achieved any results."

"Hopefully, the message recorded by that ancient civilization is correct." He stared nervously at Suk.

Suk landed on the stone platform, in front of the broken and ancient stone tablet. In fact, upon closer inspection, the stone tablet resembled the tip to the middle of a broken stone sword, with some completely incomprehensible secret patterns on it. These patterns were incredibly profound, surpassing any secret patterns Suk had ever seen. However, these patterns were also incomplete and could not be deciphered.

Feeling the burning gaze of the Lord of the Amber Prison behind him, Suk took a deep breath and, without much hesitation, carefully infused his world power into the stone tablet.

"boom"

Suk's consciousness was immediately transported to a mysterious and vast world.

Here lies an endless, desolate sea of ​​blood. As far as the eye can see, both the sky and the ocean are crimson. Only in the center of this sea of ​​blood stands a towering, majestic tree that reaches into the clouds.

Under the mysterious rules of this world, Suk's consciousness automatically coalesced into a form exactly like his external self.

Suk hovered on the sea of ​​blood at the edge of the world, staring blankly at the colossal tree in the distance—a tree that, though incredibly distant, was still incredibly majestic, seemingly capable of supporting the entire world. "This tree..."

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It is very similar to the mysterious ancient tree that he condensed after cultivating the Six Nirvanas, at least in some aspects of its essence.

Suk also vaguely sensed that the giant tree seemed to have some kind of connection with him.

A message automatically flooded into Suk's consciousness, and Suk immediately understood what the test of this world was.

There's only one test, and it's very simple: get to the base of the giant tree!

However, if you can't get out, your consciousness will be trapped here, never able to escape, and over time it will gradually erode your entire soul consciousness until you perish!

Even if you give up your consciousness here, it's useless. Once it's interrupted, no matter what, the original body will die completely.

"Only ten thousand years?" Suk's expression turned serious. "Ten thousand years from now, no matter what kind of being it is, as long as it cannot reach the giant tree, it will have all its consciousness eroded and be annihilated."

As expected, this test was extremely dangerous, even a life-or-death crisis.

After observing his surroundings, Suk walked towards the giant tree, moving directly above the sea of ​​blood like a ghost.

At first, Suk didn't feel anything obvious, but as he approached the giant tree, an indescribable pressure appeared on him.

It's like an ant approaching a raging volcano; even the slightest heat emanating from the volcano could reduce it to ashes.

Suk frowned and continued walking forward.

The sea of ​​blood surged, and the sky was vast and devoid of light.

Only a solitary consciousness moves forward alone, heading towards the giant tree that supports heaven and earth in the distance.

"The pressure is so strong." After walking for a while, Suk felt that the pressure he was under required the willpower of a cosmic venerable.

At the same time, he was also wondering why the Lord of the Amber Prison had allowed him to come here to undergo the test.

"The Lord of the Amber Prison must have done this because it's meaningful to him. And he won't come in, but he'll let me in. Does this mean that only those who have cultivated the Six Nirvanas have a chance to pass this test?" Su Ke thought to himself as he looked at the mysterious giant tree.

As Suk continued walking, when he was about a hundredth of the way from the giant tree, he felt the pressure had increased to the limit of "cosmic venerable level" before he could move.

At the same time, a subtle allure emanated from the endless sea of ​​blood below, drawing him in.

Suk jolted awake, freeing himself from this mental obsession.

"How dangerous. It's not just the pressure; there's also an imperceptible mental temptation." Suk felt a chill run down his spine. If he lost his composure, he might be drawn into the sea of ​​blood, which Suk knew was definitely not a pleasant place.

"If I lose myself and am swallowed by a sea of ​​blood, then it's truly the end." Suk rallied his spirits.

He looked up at the still distant giant tree on the horizon. "But my will has reached its limit. If I continue, my will may be crushed."

Just then, as if sensing Suk's crisis, his mind automatically condensed a phantom image of a mysterious ancient tree, which appeared behind him.

Under the cover of this mysterious ancient tree, Suk felt the pressure around him ease instantly, and his connection with the giant tree in the distance became even stronger.

"As expected, there is a connection between the Six Nirvanas and this world." Suk was overjoyed.

He tried to continue forward, initially cautiously and slowly. Of course, Suk didn't dare to deliberately delay, as there were only ten thousand years left.

"The oppressive aura seems to have disappeared." As he moved forward, Suk immediately realized that the invisible oppressive aura that had been pressing down on him seemed to have vanished.

"But the allure of the Blood Sea is still there, though it doesn't seem as strong as before," Suk thought to himself. The mental temptation of the Blood Sea had been even more terrifying to Suk than a typical illusion.

Even most cosmic venerables, when they arrive there, are likely to have their minds and consciousness distorted by this power and become lost, plunging headlong into the sea and never to return.

"I wonder if my absolute self can resist this kind of mental temptation," Suk thought to himself.

Outside, the Lord of Amber Prison, with his black scales, six pairs of horns on his head, and a towering, monstrous presence, stared intently at Suk beneath the volcano with his long, cold, golden eyes.

This unparalleled human genius was the object of all his hopes.

If Suk succeeds, he will be able to obtain treasures that even the strongest beings in the universe dream of, and he will also have the hope of entering the inheritance site of an ancient civilization, making himself the strongest being in the universe and truly standing at the pinnacle of the universe.

This was his greatest ambition in life.

"It must succeed," the Lord of the Amber Prison murmured. "This is not only for me, but also for yourself."

The Lord of the Amber Prison dared not enter that place. There was another Lord of the Universe who discovered this strange item with him. That Lord of the Universe perished in that world!

By comparing some incomplete records of ancient civilizations, the Lord of Amber Prison discovered that only those who cultivated the "Six Nirvanas" of that ancient civilization had a chance to pass the trials of that world and become a member of that ancient civilization.

The Six Nirvanas was also painstakingly found by the Lord of Amber Prison from the desolate land at that time, but it was only the incomplete first part; the Lord of Amber Prison could not take the rest with him.

Afterwards, the Lord of the Amber Prison painstakingly researched and transferred the cultivation method of the Six Nirvanas to the Stone Gate. He also tried every means to create a race suitable for cultivating the Six Nirvanas, hoping that the Six Nirvanas could reappear in the world. Of course, all of these efforts failed.

Just when the Lord of the Amber Prison was in despair, Suk appeared! He gave him a glimmer of hope!

"Six Nirvanas Perfection, that should be possible, right?" The Lord of the Amber Prison was also a little unsure of himself. After all, those ancient messages were mysterious and profound, and incomplete. Even the Lord of the Amber Prison only had a vague understanding of how that world tested people and how difficult the tests were.

However, he knew that if one did not cultivate the Six Nirvanas, even the strongest beings in the universe would perish in that world!

As time passed, Suk's figure remained standing before the broken stone tablet, his life force intact, which allowed the Lord of the Amber Prison to breathe a sigh of relief and feel even more anticipation rising in his heart.

Suk has lasted longer than the original Lord of the Universe.

"boom!"

An incomparably terrifying pressure, like an evil dragon, hovered above the sea of ​​blood, filling the entire space and repeatedly impacting Suk. Suk was like an ant under the dragon's pressure, but he was resisted by the ancient tree of the mind on his body.

"How much pressure were they exerting?"

Suk couldn't estimate it anymore; he felt that even a universe master would collapse instantly in the face of this pressure.

The Realm Lord Suk was weak, pitiful, and helpless... If it weren't for the Ancient Tree of the Soul, he would have been swallowed up long ago.

The dark temptation from the sea of ​​blood had reached an extremely terrifying level. It had previously made Suk, who possessed the ultimate will of a cosmic lord, waver slightly. Now, it exuded an aura like an abyss, with endless illusions sprouting wildly from the depths of his mind like bacteria, as if countless hands were trying to drag Suk into that bottomless darkness.

Fortunately, Suk discovered that his "absolute self" finally came into play at this moment.

"No matter how many illusions you create, you can't shake my resolve." Suk continued forward indifferently, his steps unwavering.

He understood that he could only survive by passing the trials of this world; otherwise, he would face certain death.

One-tenth of the journey...

One-fifth of the journey...

One-third of the way...

As they drew closer to the colossal tree that seemed to support the heavens and the earth, Suk could feel its grandeur.

That feeling of truly supporting the entire universe, that power that would remain unmoved even if the sky were to collapse!

Finally, in the 127th year, Suk walked to the foot of the giant tree.