Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

"If I stay alive..." With hope of survival, Xiao Feng's thoughts gradually became more active. "I can personally train Luo Feng and protect him every step of the way. Even if he later becomes the disciple of the True King, our master-disciple relationship will never be bad!"

As for the cost of advance payment?

Xiao Feng's mind was clear.

If he can do his best, he can continue to roam this world with his cheat code.

I simply can't do it...

"At worst, I'll just be a pure angel investor!" Xiao Feng thought to himself. "I'll focus on nurturing Luo Feng's talent. Having me, a living teacher, impart all my knowledge in the early stages is much better than Babata. Once Luo Feng rises to prominence, that's another way out. It's a million times better than him being completely destroyed now!"

As Xiao Feng confirmed, the six-story Void Tower, which had been shattered and dimmed by the Demon Hand King's soul attack, instantly condensed and restored as if time had reversed!

hum!

A mysterious soul resonance spread throughout the divine body and divine power!

Above the six-story, gleaming pagoda silhouette, an even grander, more complex, and more robust pagoda shape rapidly took shape.

In an instant, a complete seven-story soul pagoda was clearly imprinted on Xiao Feng's soul core! The secret runes on the pagoda flowed, suppressing the soul-corroding attack at its base!

"Is it done already?" Xiao Feng was amazed as he sensed the changes deep within his soul.

Although he did not read all of Hu Yanbo's memories, he subconsciously knew that the original owner had spent millions of years trying to break through to the seventh level but failed!

The seventh level is the true top-tier form of soul defense!

Enough to make one's soul as resilient as an immortal king!

The difficulty of cultivation was beyond imagination! Yet now it was accomplished in one fell swoop.

Life and death hang in the balance; one second he dies, the next he lives. Xiao Feng's lips curled into an uncontrollable smile, and his face regained the radiance of an immortal god.

"Master! What... what is this?" Babata had been watching intently, and seeing the change in his master's expression, especially that smile, he couldn't help but feel surprised and uncertain.

He was just on the verge of death, how did he suddenly start laughing? The five heavily injured soul servants also struggled to raise their heads, their eyes filled with confusion and a hint of expectation.

Xiao Feng laughed heartily: "Haha! I've gained some insight! Just now, at the critical moment of life and death, my 'Void Tower' secret technique actually broke through its shackles, allowing me to step into the seventh level of the Pagoda Realm! The Demon Hand King's soul attack has been completely suppressed and neutralized by the newly formed pagoda! I'm temporarily safe!"

"Wh...what?! The seventh floor of the Void Tower?!" Babata trembled violently, then erupted in a scream even more ecstatic than when she escaped into the Dark Universe, "Master! You succeeded! That's wonderful! That's wonderful!!"

The five seriously wounded servants also roared and howled! The hall was instantly filled with cheers!

After the cheers subsided, Hu Yanbo began to truly understand this real world of swallowing stars and the existence of immortal gods.

With a thought, he slowly closed his eyes.

The system will protect his independent will; memory fusion is merely a cognitive supplement and carries no risk.

Consciousness sank into the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness.

Like opening a vast database, countless fragments of memories, insights into laws, combat instincts, and torrents of emotions surged into the core of his consciousness.

Under the system's protection, he was not at risk of being overwritten or lost. Like a calm observer and inheritor, he quickly absorbed everything about Huyan Bo—his pride, forbearance, battles, and past.

A few days is but a fleeting moment for an immortal god, but for the figure on the throne, it is a complete transformation of identity.

When those eyes opened again, a glimmer of new life shone through them.

The confusion and panic that once belonged to Xiao Feng, the soul of Earth, completely disappeared, replaced by composure and restraint.

"Xiao Feng is a thing of the past..."

"Standing in this universe, I am Huyanbo!"

Hu Yanbo felt the surging yet slightly "unfamiliar" immortal divine power within his body, and gently moved his fingers, a ripple of power flowing through his fingertips.

"As expected, even with the fusion of memories, it will still take time to perfect control this divine body that has been honed over hundreds of millions of years and to use its power as if it were an extension of one's own limb."

Now, he is Hu Yanbo, and also Xiao Feng. But more importantly, he survived. And as the Lord of Meteorite Star—Hu Yanbo—he began his new journey in the Swallowed Star World.

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The Meteorite Star is traveling at a constant speed of 30 times the speed of light in the dark universe, heading towards its designated star region.

The hall was still in a mess, but the shadow of death had dissipated.

Hu Yanbo sat in the main seat, his fear and bewilderment, belonging to the soul of the earth, had melted into the laws of the universe.

What remains now is the air and confidence of someone who has achieved immortality through titles and honors.

However, with the deadly threat gone, new troubles have emerged.

That is, how to fulfill the pre-payment conditions.

Becoming Huyanbo means inheriting not only a powerful divine body, vast wealth and influence, but also his memories, emotions and essential pursuits spanning billions of years.

When Xiao Feng's consciousness and Hu Yanbo's memories completely merged, achieving self-consistency and rebirth, what flowed in his veins was the blood of someone who was unwilling to be lonely and never gave up.

Starting from a weak life, stepping over bones, bathed in blood and pain, struggling, fighting, and scheming step by step, one finally ascends to the immortal position of a marquis.

His life was a thorny journey of constantly climbing the path to becoming a strong person.

The thirst for power, the yearning for a higher realm, and the obsession with controlling destiny—these have long been etched into the divine body and integrated into the soul.

"And he barely survived on the seventh floor of the Void Tower. What if the Demon Hand King knew that soul attacks were ineffective?"

Hu Yanbo's antennae twitched slightly. "The Immortal King will never let go of a Marquis who has a blood feud and an immortal body. If his soul can't be killed, he can still use material attacks! If he's willing to burn his divine power, even the Meteorite Starship might not be able to withstand it for long."

"Moreover, I have only just begun to control myself. Without a qualitative improvement, once the Demon Hand King tracks me down or uses any means to confirm my condition, the next encounter will be a desperate situation."

If he doesn't want to spend the next tens of thousands of years hiding in the divine kingdom to avoid the threat of the Demon Hand King, then he needs even greater power!

The only way to achieve all this quickly is through the system.

The grand stage of Swallowing the Stars is here; if you're not qualified, don't even bother coming.

With cheat codes available, how can we back down?

Hu Yanbo's gaze swept across the hall.

Babata, still visibly excited, stood to the side, along with five severely wounded servants—Wu Ying, Xuan Yi, Jiu Xia, Qing Teng, and Yan Yao—who had been revitalized by their master's survival.

"Wu Ying, you should all go into seclusion to heal your wounds," Hu Yanbo instructed. "I am fine now and do not need your protection."

Hu Yanbo's mind stirred slightly, and information about "The Tower of the Void" surged from the fragments of his memory.

This top-tier soul defense technique was not created by him, but rather inherited from a special channel of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, obtained at great cost millions of years ago.

"The Creator, the builder of the Void Tower..." Hu Yanbo's consciousness searched deep into his memories.