Swallowing the Stars: I Have a Primordial Dao Seed

In just ten minutes, Zhou Yuan's spaceship reached the edge of the asteroid belt.

"Beibei, find a bigger meteorite and get close to it," Zhou Yuan said to the virtual kitten wagging its tail in front of him.

"Yes, Master." The kitten flicked its tail.

"Yes, Master!" Beibei immediately stopped playing around, and a series of data streams flashed in her golden eyes.

"Master, to the upper left, about 200 million kilometers away, there is a meteorite with a diameter of 320 kilometers. Its surface is covered with thick cosmic dust, and there are many natural cracks inside the meteorite, making it very suitable for hiding and mooring."

"Okay, this one will do. Move closer and stop in a concealed position," Zhou Yuan nodded and gave the order.

The Eagle's engines emitted a deep hum once more, and the ship slightly adjusted its direction, flying straight toward the target meteorite like a falcon soaring through the universe.

The meteorite's surface is uneven, covered with countless impact craters. The largest impact crater is over ten kilometers in diameter, and the rocks at the edges have long been scorched by the high temperature into a glassy state.

Beibei maneuvered the spaceship carefully, avoiding the exposed sharp rocks, and finally crawled into a crack thousands of meters deep on the back of the meteorite.

The crack meandered like a natural tunnel, just large enough to accommodate the hull of the Eagle.

"Master, the spaceship has docked and the external environment simulation has been activated, completely shielding the spaceship's energy fluctuations. From the outside, it will only appear as an ordinary rock fissure." Beibei's voice carried a hint of smugness.

Zhou Yuan walked straight into the core chamber at the deepest part of the spaceship. This was the center of the entire spaceship, the most sturdy part, and also where Zhou Yuan usually cultivated.

Zhou Yuan walked to the center, sat cross-legged, slowly closed his eyes, and his consciousness gradually sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, beginning to comprehend the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique derived from the Primordial Dao Seed.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique requires the understanding of secret patterns to cultivate. One must use the power of the soul to construct a complete secret pattern structure, and then use the primal force within the body to connect them, ultimately forming a cyclical system composed of soul consciousness and primal force.

This secret technique was specially tailored for Zhou Yuan by the Hunyuan Dao Seed, perfectly matching his physique and soul, making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

The first level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique consists of a total of 10081 secret patterns. These patterns are not arranged in a flat plane, but are interconnected to form a complex three-dimensional structure, like a miniature universe model. Each pattern corresponds to a basic rule in the universe.

"Hmm?" Just as he calmed down, Zhou Yuan keenly sensed something was wrong. He could clearly feel that the primal force within his body was many times larger than before, and his strength, speed, and reaction time had all undergone a qualitative leap.

"How did I become so strong?" Zhou Yuan was shocked and quickly examined himself. He was still at the second level of the Universe level, but the strength of his primal force was more than thirty times stronger than before, and the strength of his physical body had also reached a terrifying level.

"I'm still at the second level of the cosmic level, but I feel much stronger than before." Zhou Yuan belatedly examined his body and the state of his Force.

He quickly connected the Heart of Earth he had obtained earlier with the thought, "My Force is thirty times stronger than before, and my physical attributes are probably the same. The only thing that fits this description is that my genetic level has increased thirtyfold."

Having read the novel *Swallowed Star* in his previous life, Zhou Yuan was familiar with the cultivation system of this world. When Luo Feng absorbed the Heart of Space, his genetic level increased a hundredfold.

Although the Earth Heart he absorbed was also a core material of the Origin Treasure, it was one level lower than the Space Heart. The fact that it could increase his gene level by thirty times was already a very good gain.

"I didn't expect that activating the Chaos Origin Dao Seed wouldn't directly absorb the Heart of Earth, but instead allowed me to absorb it completely." Zhou Yuan pondered the reason for the change in gene level, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

"Wouldn't that mean I'd have 10081 times the perfect genes after cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique?" Zhou Yuan continued to ponder.

The moment the thought crossed Zhou Yuan's mind, his heart burned with excitement.

It's important to know that in the world of Swallowed Star, gene level is related to a cultivator's strength.

Before the Lord of the Universe, ordinary life forms can only increase their genes by a maximum of one hundred times. Apart from the protagonist Luo Feng, who possesses the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, no one can break this rule.

Once he completes the Nine Revolutions Technique, his genetic level will reach a terrifying 10081 times, and his perfect genes will also grant him the strongest talent secret technique bestowed by the primordial universe.

"I'll cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique first, that's the foundation of my strength," Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his excitement and banishing all distracting thoughts.

His consciousness sank back into his sea of ​​consciousness, and he began to examine the secret patterns of the first level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

These intricate patterns, though seemingly complex, each contain profound truths, as if they were manifestations of the rules of the universe.

However, cultivation simply requires using mental power to draw the secret pattern step by step, then using primal force to connect all the secret patterns in the order drawn by mental power, and finally activating the secret pattern through the resonance of mental power and primal force.

Zhou Yuan does not need to comprehend the entire secret pattern diagram.

Zhou Yuan was already adept at resonating his spiritual power with the Force. Although he was only at the second level of the Universe level, he had already comprehended the Domain, and at a level as high as the eighth level.

Cultivating a domain requires a perfect resonance between spiritual power and primal force.

This is also why he dared to venture into the central part of the Shattered Star Belt alone. You should know that some weaker Domain Lord level powerhouses only operate in the central part of the Shattered Star Belt.

After carefully studying the secret pattern structure of the first layer of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and confirming that even if he failed to depict it, it would not endanger his life, Zhou Yuan couldn't wait to begin his first attempt.

He slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness highly focused. His soul power, like an invisible paintbrush, began to draw the first secret rune in his sea of ​​consciousness. Perhaps due to the amplification of mental power brought about by the improvement in his gene level, the first secret rune was drawn exceptionally smoothly, completed in one go, without the slightest stagnation.

Encouraged by the successful start, Zhou Yuan's confidence soared, and he continued to wield his soul power, gradually forming profound runes in his sea of ​​consciousness.

However, the path of cultivation is not always smooth sailing. When Zhou Yuan was drawing the 107th secret rune, his soul power suddenly fluctuated slightly, causing the lines of the secret rune to deviate.

The next second, the entire formed secret pattern structure collapsed instantly like dominoes, turning into specks of light and dissipating into the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Did I fail?" Zhou Yuan opened his eyes, let out a soft breath, and showed no sign of frustration. Cultivation is never something that can be achieved overnight, especially a heaven-defying secret technique like the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

In the days that followed, Zhou Yuan entered a state of almost frenzied cultivation.

He kept trying to depict the secret pattern structure with his mental energy. If he failed, he would start over until his mental energy was exhausted. Then he would stop to recover and immediately throw himself into a new round of attempts once his mental energy was fully restored.

The secret runes in Zhou Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness took shape and collapsed time and time again. However, his mental strength was constantly refined and strengthened with each failure, and his understanding of the secret runes became more and more profound.

Finally, after three months of relentless attempts, the moment the last secret rune was perfectly formed in the sea of ​​consciousness, the entire secret rune structure instantly stabilized.

A three-dimensional structure composed of 10081 secret patterns floated in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness, slowly rotating and emitting a faint mysterious light.

"Success!" Zhou Yuan felt a surge of excitement, but he did not relax, because this was only the first step.

Next, one must use the primal force within the body to connect these 10081 runes in the order drawn by the mental force. This step is even more difficult than drawing the runes, requiring extremely precise control over the primal force; the slightest mistake will lead to the failure of all previous efforts.

Zhou Yuan carefully mobilized the primal force within his body, like a delicate thread, slowly probing towards the secret pattern structure in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The first rune was successfully connected, the second, the third... When the more than two thousand runes were connected, the control of the Force deviated slightly, and the entire rune structure collapsed again.

Failure did not discourage Zhou Yuan; instead, it made him more composed. He tried again and again, constantly adjusting the output and control precision of his Force, accumulating experience from each failure.

Time slipped away quietly amidst the monotonous cultivation, and in the blink of an eye, nearly a year had passed. On this day, when the last wisp of primal force successfully connected to the 10081st rune, the entire rune structure suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, and all 10081 runes lit up simultaneously, like 10081 stars, shining brightly in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"The connection was successful!" A look of wild joy flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

The final step was the easiest for Zhou Yuan.

With a thought, his mental power and primal force resonated instantly, and the secret pattern structure in his sea of ​​consciousness began to slowly rotate. Each secret pattern operated according to some profound law, as if it were a microcosm of the entire universe, perfect and flawless.

As the secret rune structure activated, a strange power spread from Zhou Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness, instantly permeating his entire body.

The primal force and spiritual power within his body were forcibly mobilized by this force, flowing rapidly through his body along the routes indicated by the secret rune structure. Zhou Yuan even lost control of his body.

A warm feeling rose from his body, as if countless invisible hands were gently massaging every inch of his skin, every bone, and every cell.

The power emanating from the secret rune structure is slowly and steadily tempering his body, cleansing his marrow and meridians, and reshaping his genetic sequence.

Zhou Yuan could clearly feel that his body was undergoing tremendous changes. His physical body was beginning to redevelop, the quality of his primal force was gradually increasing, and even his soul was becoming more refined.

However, all of this came at the cost of consuming a large amount of Origin Force and Mental Energy. Before long, Zhou Yuan felt as if his Origin Force and Mental Energy had been completely drained, and waves of intense weakness washed over him.

Suddenly everything went black. He could no longer hold on, as if he had lost all his strength, and he collapsed straight onto the cultivation platform, completely losing consciousness.