Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

After becoming a King-level Immortal and gaining permanent residency in Chaos City, one of the biggest changes was that Hu Yanbo no longer needed to live in those standard cultivation residences.

He can choose a location within the unoccupied area of ​​Chaos City and build a palace that symbolizes his own style and status.

Just like the 'Nine Towers' shrouded in a hazy black mist, appearing and disappearing, it belongs to the Black Mist King;

Or perhaps it was the 'Flame Dragon Palace,' forged entirely from flame crystals and seemingly burning eternally, belonging to the Flame Dragon King.

Each unique palace represents a powerful figure who has established himself in Chaos City.

Huyanbo did not hesitate for long and chose a relatively quiet area in the city.

With a thought, he used his newly acquired permanent resident privileges to directly submit a construction application to the Palace Construction Department under the Chaos City Lord's Mansion.

The next moment, the professional team dispatched by the city lord's mansion arrived at the selected site.

Then, special metal materials are transported and reinforced with special patterns... The whole process is efficient and fast.

A palace complex with an ancient style and constructed entirely of black metal quickly rose from the ground.

Almost the instant the palace was completed, the virtual universe's intelligent system in Chaos City automatically updated his new address to the permission recognition of all residents.

Soon, a series of congratulatory messages sent through the virtual universe network arrived one after another and were delivered to his virtual universe email.

Babata's excited voice rang in his mind, tinged with disbelief: "Master! Master! Look at your virtual universe mailbox! Besides the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, there are also many letters from the King-level sect leaders of the Nine Universe Chaos Stele lineage!"

"My God, even... even King Zhenyan has sent a congratulatory telegram!"

"The True King Yan?" Hu Yanbo was slightly taken aback.

This person is not only the face of the current Nine Universes lineage's king-level sect leaders, but also the most trusted teacher of the future "beloved disciple" Luo Feng!

Of course, this only applies to the time before I traveled through time!

"Yes! It's the true Yan King!" Babata's tone was full of pride and excitement, but then it was as if he had been doused with cold water, his voice lowered a few decibels, and there was a hint of sourness in it.

"Oh, Master! Do you know that the 'True Evolution Secret Technique' he created is priced at a whopping 80 points in the treasure vault! That's 80 points!"

Babata couldn't help but make the comparison, his tone even more wistful: "Some secret techniques created by ordinary cosmic rulers only sell for around 1 million points. But your most prized 'Soul Imprint' secret technique, which you submitted to the Alliance for evaluation last time, was only valued at 100 points."

It paused, seemingly realizing its words were a bit harsh, and quickly tried to salvage the situation, "Even if, even if it's strengthened and perfected in the future, I think... I think it's only worth a hundred thousand points at most? It still can't compare to a monster like the True King..."

As Hu Yanbo listened to Babata talking to himself, his emotions shifting from excitement to envy to self-consolation, he couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

"Babata, you should have more faith in me, your master."

"The True King is now much stronger than me."

"I never deny that."

"He is an invincible king who dominates the battlefields beyond the realms and makes alien kings tremble with fear. I am only a beginner king now, and the difference between us is like heaven and earth."

"But!" Hu Yanbo changed the subject, his gaze sweeping over the temporarily unnamed black palace and the empty space above the plaque.

"This does not represent the future."

"His strength is what it is now. As far as I know, he has been trapped in the realm of kingship for countless epochs."

"And your master, I, am still in a phase of rapid advancement!"

"Otherwise, how could my teacher—the Abyss Emperor! The fourth member of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance—take a liking to me?"

"And True King Yan, his teacher was merely a cosmic venerable of the Virtual Universe Company."

Do you understand the difference between these two situations?

Babata seemed stunned by these words and fell silent for a moment.

What the master said makes a lot of sense!

In the eyes of the Abyss Emperor and even higher beings, the potential and possibility that their master, Huyan Bo, could reach in the future are comparable to or even surpass the True Yan King!

Hu Yanbo said no more, composed himself, and replied to each of his comrades who had sent congratulatory messages with his thanks.

After all this was done, the palace's black doors slowly closed.

Hu Yanbo resumed his seclusion to digest the gains from the 'Abyss' Seal.

After all, the Abyss Emperor is not only incredibly powerful in physical attacks, but also has such extraordinary attainments in the Way of the Soul!

Hu Yanbo can also take this opportunity to make up for the weakness in his spiritual path.

……

"beep."

"Master, there is a call request," Babata called out.

"Call." Hu Yanbo gently tapped the air, and a screen automatically appeared.

A composed, immortal deity clad in Alliance standard armor appeared on the screen. "Lord Huyanbo, these are the resources you ordered!"

"Oh?" Hu Yanbo's eyes lit up.

"Come in."

The palace gates opened, and the immortal deity respectfully presented two world rings before bowing and departing.

Hu Yanbo probed the ring with his consciousness and saw that the resources he had previously ordered were neatly stored inside.

These resources were precisely what Hu Yanbo did after he made up his mind to leave Chaos City.

He used all his available wealth, worth nearly 10 billion Chaos Units, to exchange for a massive amount of rare treasures in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance's treasury in one go!

Massive amounts of points are being spent!

The original 100 billion points were reduced to a paltry 3 million points, with the rest converted into various items. These items will give Hu Yanbo more ways to deal with emergencies after he leaves Chaos City.

In addition to materials that allow the Moyun Vine to evolve, there are also treasures that can quickly construct a divine body and restore divine power.

……

During his time in Chaos City, Hu Yanbo nurtured the Moyun Vine while simultaneously secluded himself to study the Dao of the Soul.

The original plan was to at least create a usable top-tier soul attack technique before leaving Chaos City to venture out into the world.

However, plans are never as fast as changes.

On this day, he was deeply engrossed in deducing the profound mysteries of the soul contained within the combat version of "Void Tower" and the "Seal of the Abyss"—

"beep!"

"Master! There's email for you!" Babata's voice rang out, tinged with surprise. "The sender is... Lord Radiant!"

"Radiance?" Hu Yanbo's mind stirred slightly as he awoke from a deep state of understanding.

My consciousness connected to the virtual universe and I opened the email.

The email content was not text, but a brief message of spiritual intent:

"Huyanbo..."

"Thank you for saving my life back then. The years I spent with you are one of the most precious memories of my long life."

May you advance on the great path and soon reach even greater heights.

"treasure."

"—Radiance!"