The Nine Secrets of Swallowing the Stars Combined

"Where is this?" Ba Qi raised an eyebrow, his gaze quickly sweeping over the cold, thick alloy walls around him, clearly sensing the unique spatial fluctuations of the spaceship.

"This is an F-class spaceship under the command of the Celestial Eclipse Palace," the ape-man replied respectfully. "By order of the great Lord of the Celestial Eclipse Palace, I will escort you to the Chaos City of the Initial Universe."

Upon hearing this, Ba Qi immediately understood.

Just now, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace actually teleported him directly across the endless void from the core hall of the Immortal Temple in the Blood Luo World to this spaceship that was already waiting.

He couldn't help but marvel at how unfathomable the spatial abilities of the Cosmic Venerable were.

He secretly rejoiced that he had made the decisive choice to self-destruct the Beast God's Egg, dissipating all the energy.

If they were to actually bring out the complete Beast God's Egg, they would not only be unable to enter Chaos City, but they would also be exposed in front of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

"From the current star field to the initial universe passage, and then to Chaos City, the normal journey will take about ten years." The ape-man maintained his respectful posture and added with a smile, "My name is Tari, and I am a realm lord under the Heavenly Eclipse Palace. During these ten years of travel, Your Highness, you may summon me at any time if you have any needs."

"Thank you for your trouble." Ba Qi nodded slightly.

"I dare not disturb Your Highness's rest. I shall take my leave now." Tali bowed and with a flash, he quietly withdrew from the hall, leaving this private resting space entirely to Ba Qi.

The hall fell silent once more.

"It takes ten years to reach Chaos City. It's not a long time, but it's not short either. It's just the right amount of time to get familiar with the virtual universe and hone my understanding of the laws."

With a thought, Ba Qi immediately called out in his mind, "Dika."

"Master! I'm here!"

The golden miniature lizard instantly flew out of the bracelet, excitedly circling around Ba Qi's body, its gilded beast eyes filled with elation.

"Take me into the virtual universe; I need to familiarize myself with the operations," Ba Qi said.

"No problem! Leave it to me!"

……

With Dika's guidance throughout the process, Ba Qi successfully completed the registration of his personal identity in the virtual universe and bound his computer permissions. Subsequently, under Dika's leadership, he experienced all the basic functions of the virtual universe.

The near-realistic sensory feedback, the boundless virtual world, and the convenience of real-time interaction across billions of light-years gave Ba Qi an unprecedented sense of awe and wonder.

Only at this moment did he truly understand why countless beings in the universe who had no hope of cultivation would choose to immerse themselves completely in the virtual universe and never want to wake up.

In this almost omnipotent virtual world, almost all the regrets that cannot be obtained in reality can be fulfilled. It is too wonderful and too tempting.

However, since he has not yet registered an account with the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, many transaction and permission-related functions in the virtual universe cannot be enabled.

Even with his vast wealth, he couldn't top up his account while aboard a spaceship.

……

Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye during our space voyage.

Inside the spaceship's private training room, Ba Qi sat cross-legged, surrounded by dazzling golden light, with endless profound mysteries of the golden law flowing and condensing around him.

For the past ten years, he has been single-mindedly immersed in comprehending the laws of nature.

His fundamental law of metal has long been fully recognized by the origin of the primordial universe. Now, he is only one step away from completely comprehending the mysteries of the law of metal, taking that step, and entering the realm of immortal gods.

He knew very well that once he successfully entered immortality, he would be able to immediately unlock the second secret technique among the nine secrets, and even the numerical secret technique could use this opportunity to create his second clone.

At that time, his strength will surely experience a tremendous surge.

"Your Highness, Ba Qi."

Just then, the voice from inside the tower came through the barrier of the training room clearly.

"We have arrived at the entrance to the initial cosmic passage. As we pass through the passage, due to the difference in the flow of time between the two universes, there will be a brief period of spacetime disorder inside the spaceship. Please be prepared."

"Understood." Ba Qi slowly finished his practice, opened his eyes, and a flash of golden light disappeared from them.

He was naturally aware of the difference in the flow of time between the initial universe and the primordial universe.

Entering the initial universe from the primordial universe inevitably involves experiencing the impact of spacetime turbulence and time disorder; this is an unavoidable process.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a chaotic force of time instantly swept over the entire spaceship.

One moment it seemed as if time had stopped, the next as if time had flown by, the turbulent currents of time, moving at varying speeds, frantically eroded the spaceship's shield.

However, Ba Qi is now at the peak of the Realm Lord level, and his understanding of the laws has reached its zenith. This degree of time disorder is nothing more than a slight discomfort to him.

Unlike Luo Feng and other geniuses of the Eternal Star level who were dizzy and disheveled when they first crossed the passage, this was completely different.

"Your Highness, we have successfully entered the initial universe."

After a short while, the feeling of time distortion completely dissipated, and the voice from inside the tower came again.

"Buzz—"

As soon as he finished speaking, the metal walls surrounding the training room blurred instantly, then became completely transparent, revealing the vast and magnificent scenery outside to Ba Qi without reservation.

Ba Qi subconsciously looked up and his mind suddenly froze.

"Is this the primordial universe?" he murmured in shock, his gaze fixed on the scene outside, even his thought process subconsciously slowing down.

Outside the spaceship, there was an endless, hazy mass of chaotic energy. The world had not yet fully taken shape. In the distance, the void would sometimes tear open huge gaps that stretched for hundreds of millions of kilometers, and sometimes it would slowly close up under the influence of an invisible force. Between birth and death, it carried the primitiveness and grandeur of the primordial universe.

Countless colorful threads flowed silently along the torn edge of the void. Each thread was engraved with extremely complex primordial patterns. They crisscrossed and intertwined, like the grandest loom in the world, weaving this still evolving world thread by thread.

"The patterns of the fundamental laws of the universe!" Ba Qi stared at the clearly visible colored threads, his eyes instantly flashing with brilliant light.

He knew very well that the initial universe's evolution had completely stalled due to the suppression of the progenitor, and it could not reach perfection like the smaller universes of the strongest universes in other universes. Therefore, there were strange sights of void collapse and laws manifesting everywhere.

But for the entire human race, this is not a bad thing at all, but rather a tremendous opportunity—the fully revealed and undisguised fundamental laws of the universe are more than ten times easier to comprehend than in the primordial universe!

This is why Chaos City, which boasts 52 Chaos Steles, is revered by the entire human race as the supreme cultivation holy land.