Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Primordial God and Demon Avatar

More than a month after crossing the Tongtian Bridge, Qiankun Shenmo's breakthrough finally came to an end. He successfully condensed the Wood Origin, and his strength reached the peak of the King-level or even the limit level, with his strength skyrocketing.

At the same time, the low-grade innate spiritual fruit, the white jade crabapple, ripened again, providing him with another 365 spiritual fruits.

Xu Qiankun finally understood the characteristics of the white jade apple: after the fruit matures and is harvested, it will bloom within a hundred years, bear fruit a hundred years after blooming, and the fruit matures after three hundred years of growth.

That means it can be harvested once every five hundred years.

"It would take 20,000 years to condense the third primordial Qi. With my cultivation efficiency at 15 times, that would be a little over 1333 years."

Xu Qiankun continued his cultivation, calculating the time it would take to condense the third source based on his own growth rate.

More than 1,300 years, that is 13 years of the original universe of Swallowing Stars, which is about four years of the initial universe.

"Excellent, another breakthrough! My strength may now rival that of a high-level cosmic venerable."

Xu Qiankun deduced this conclusion based on his own growth experience.

His current strength is roughly equivalent to that of a king at his peak or limit.

The so-called "almost" does not refer to the means or characteristics, but rather to the power.

The space in the primordial world is too stable. True immortals are not capable of using mysterious techniques such as spatial sealing, instant teleportation, and time slowing down. Even Taiyi Golden Immortals may not be able to do it.

Similarly, the concept of gene multiplication in the primordial world did not exist.

Otherwise, given Xu Qiankun's background as an innate god or demon, his genes would be at least 100,000 times more perfect than those of a world beast.

"It's a pity that the true form of the Qiankun God and Demon cannot come to this primordial universe. Otherwise, with its king-level status and life gene level of 100,000 times, it could easily kill anyone below the Lord of the Universe."

Xu Qiankun composed himself and re-entered the virtual universe.

I received countless email notifications as soon as I logged in.

"Master, you have received a total of 1452 emails. 369 of them are from Kings, all congratulating you on passing the seventeenth level of the Bridge to Heaven. 1069 are from the Universe Venerables, some wanting to take you as their disciple, others congratulating you on your success. 13 are from the Lords of the Universe, all wanting to take you as their disciple. The last one is from the Giant Axe Founder, who also wants to take you as his disciple."

The intelligent little sprite immediately reported to the leader.

"So many?"

Xu Qiankun was extremely surprised.

He knew that breaking through 17 levels of the Cosmic Sky Bridge with his cosmic-level strength would inevitably attract the attention of the human race's powerful figures, but he did not expect it to be so exaggerated, with even the only cosmic-strongest being of the human race, the Giant Axe Founder, getting involved.

"That's not an exaggeration."

Just then, a soft laugh rang in Xu Qiankun's ears.

Xu Qiankun was shocked and quickly looked in the direction from which the sound came. There was a sofa, and sitting on it was a human dressed in a simple white robe with a gentle smile on his face.

"With your talent, the strongest beings in the entire universe would probably want to take you as their disciple."

The man in the white robe said with a smile.

"Xu Qiankun greets the senior."

Xu Qiankun bowed to the ancestor.

Do you know me?

The progenitor was surprised.

"I don't know you," Xu Qiankun shook his head. "However, to be able to freely enter my private space, you must be a person of extremely high status in my human race, worthy of my respect."

"Haha, you're right," the Primordial Ancestor nodded in satisfaction. "My status among the human race is indeed quite special. After all, I created this virtual universe, so I can freely enter and exit any space."

"Did you create the virtual universe?" Xu Qiankun quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Ancestor."

"At your age, it's quite remarkable that you know my name," the Primordial Ancestor said with a smile, but he didn't pay much attention to it and changed the subject back to the documents Xu Qiankun had received. "The talent you've displayed is too amazing, stronger than the Giant Axe, stronger than Chaos, and even stronger than me. It's normal for human powerhouses to be tempted."

"There were even a few guys who almost came to blows over who would become your disciple."

"But you don't need to worry too much, I've already rejected them all for you."

The progenitor sighed and said, "Whether a genius is one in tens of millions of epochs or one in hundreds of millions of epochs, they all need teachers to guide and protect them in order to have a chance to grow. But this is not suitable for you and me."

As the progenitor spoke, a look of reminiscence appeared in his eyes. "When I was born, the human race had not yet been integrated and was inconspicuous in the universe."

"At that time, powerful cosmic masters had already been born among the demon race, insect race, and mechanical race. The prison race and crystal race were also extremely powerful. There was also a natural beast god causing trouble. The golden beast god was an insurmountable mountain suppressing our human race."

"My human race has no powerful lineage or secret techniques. I was able to rise rapidly without any guidance, all thanks to my talent," the Primordial Ancestor continued. "Your talent is no less than mine, perhaps even greater. The resources and lineage that the human race possesses now are incomparable to what they were back then. Even without a teacher, I believe you can rise rapidly, perhaps even faster than if you had one."

"After all..." the Primordial Ancestor paused slightly before continuing, "After all, many mediocre people don't understand the thinking of geniuses. That's why I dissuaded Giant Axe and Chaos from taking you as their disciple."

Xu Qiankun listened quietly.

Seeing that Xu Qiankun remained silent, the Primordial Ancestor smiled slightly and continued, "However, you are, after all, a genius of my human race. It is certainly not enough to have a master and a proper status. Therefore, I plan to take you as my junior brother on behalf of my master. What do you think?"

"Junior brother?"

Xu Qiankun was extremely surprised.

Seeing all the groundwork laid by the original ancestor, he thought the other party was going to take him as a disciple, but he didn't expect that it was actually a trick of taking on a disciple on behalf of the master.

"Junior brother greets senior brother."

Xu Qiankun quickly bowed and paid his respects. If he disagreed with the original ancestor's suggestion, he would be too ungrateful.

"Haha, junior brother, you don't need to be so polite." The ancestor's smile grew even warmer. "We don't have a teacher. If you have any questions about cultivation in the future, you can come and ask me."

"Although my physical body is suppressed by the primordial universe, my consciousness can move freely in the virtual universe. If you want to see me, just call me directly in the virtual universe."

"it is good"

Xu Qiankun nodded.

"Junior brother, come on, I'll take you to meet my good-for-nothing disciples."

The primordial ancestor appeared in another space with Xu Qiankun.

At this moment, within this space, the Lord of Chaos City, the Lord of Darkness, the Lord of Ice Peak, and the Lord of Youhou were all waiting respectfully.

"teacher"

"Grandmaster"

Upon seeing Xu Qiankun and Yuan Zu appear, the four of them quickly greeted them.

As the true creator of the human race and the creator of the virtual universe, the identity of the Primal Ancestor is extremely special among humans. Even the creator of the Giant Axe was influenced by the Primal Ancestor and was willing to protect the human race at all costs.

"I have an announcement to make," the Primordial Ancestor said, his gaze sweeping over the four powerful figures. "From now on, Xu Qiankun will be my junior brother, and thus your senior uncle."

"Greetings, Martial Uncle"

"Greetings, Grandmaster Uncle."

The four powerful figures, who stood at the very top of the human race, bowed deeply, their expressions extremely respectful.

Although Xu Qiankun is still very weak now, he is an ant that they can kill with a sneeze.

However, the fact that Xu Qiankun was recognized as a junior brother by the original ancestor, rather than a disciple, indicates that in the original ancestor's view, Xu Qiankun's talent was even greater than his own.

Such a genius, as long as he doesn't perish along the way, will surely become an extremely terrifying existence in the future. He might even be able to create a sacred universe, worthy of their respectful treatment.

"No need for such formalities, everyone."

Xu Qiankun nodded with a smile.

"Junior brother, the alien races are eyeing you covetously. If your identity as my junior brother is exposed, they will probably become even more frantic. So I suggest that you keep your identity a secret for the time being. What do you think?"

"it is good"

Xu Qiankun nodded, not really caring about his status.

"Furthermore, we will not interfere in your cultivation matters, but if you need any support, just let us know."

"I happen to have something I'd like to ask you, senior brother," Xu Qiankun said. "I want to create a secret technique, and I wonder if you have any suggestions?"

"That's easy," the Primordial Ancestor said with a smile. "I will create a private space for my junior brother. Within this private space, the most suitable opponents will continuously emerge based on the progress of his creation of secret techniques. These opponents will be helpful from Kings to Universe Venerables, and even the strongest secret techniques of Universe Lords."

"Okay, thank you then, senior brother."