Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Lottery of All Things

Inside the cockpit of the Qingfeng, on a soft seat, Zuo Yan asked Xiao Juan beside him.

"Little Juan, what's the name of the star system where this secret realm is located?"

"Master, this is the ancient Hua Star Region located within the Qianwu Universe. For some unknown reason, this star region transformed from a prosperous place into its current desolate state tens of millions of years ago."

"This secret realm is located in the eastern part of the Ancient Hua Star Region, and the location recorded on the treasure map is exactly in the western region."

Zuo Yan nodded upon hearing this, "That's quite a coincidence."

At this point, the spaceship has entered 100% real-world simulation mode.

Zuo Yan seemed to be standing out of thin air in the cosmos.

He looked at the empty starry sky behind him.

He had just emerged from one of the hidden little secret realms.

"After all, this is where I was born, so from now on, let's call it 'Ancient Hua Secret Realm'!"

"Perhaps I'll stay here permanently in the future!"

He looked again at the desolate and lonely starry sky around him.

"Turn off the reality simulation and head to the treasure location at full speed."

Zuo Yan has officially left the beginner village and begun his real cosmic adventure!

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The Qingfeng was a high-performance aircraft, and it reached a certain area in the western part of the Xinghua Starfield in just ten days.

This place is equally desolate, consisting of abandoned mining planets and meteorite fragment belts, with hardly a single life-bearing planet in sight.

The location marked on the treasure map was on an abandoned mineral planet right in front of Zuo Yan.

As the spaceship landed on the ground, a gust of sand swept up gravel, whistling incessantly.

Zuo Yan was covered in a black and gold armor formed from golden sword grass.

In the previous month, he used some of the treasures in the Inheritance World Ring and some treasures obtained from the lottery to cultivate the Golden Sword Grass to 360 vines.

Moreover, it consumed resources worth tens of millions of Chaos Units to break through to the Realm Lord level and reach the second-tier Realm Lord level.

Therefore, he was confident that he could completely devour the treasures of the world's master here.

"Master, according to our investigation, there are no other living beings on this planet besides you."

"Alright, let's begin our treasure hunt!"

Zuo Yan stored the spaceship "Qingfeng" behind him into his spatial ring, and, following the treasure map, led three F9-level combat mechanical puppets to a mountain range in the center of the planet.

Millions of years ago, this planet was ruled by a mid-level civilization in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

Its mineral veins are rich, and it is abundant in a type of E9 grade gold flame stone mother.

Now it is so desolate, not a single green plant can be seen.

Zuo Yan, riding on the fifth-tier top-grade psychic weapon "Spirit Moon Light Wheel," flew at top speed towards a massive mountain range that was tens of millions of kilometers high and covered an area of ​​billions of kilometers in radius.

This mountain range is currently the center of the planet and is called the Golden Flame Mountain Range.

He found a cave entrance in the mountains that led underground and flew inside.

The mountain has complex passageways, some so narrow that only one person can pass at a time, while others are enormous and thousands of meters wide.

After many twists and turns, Zuo Yan finally arrived at a pile of rubble 100,000 kilometers underground.

He used his mental powers to move aside the missing pebbles, leaving behind a stone wall engraved with intricate golden patterns.

Zuo Yan unleashed a metal-attribute secret technique at him.

There was no earth-shaking noise.

The golden runes on the wall began to change, forming a void passage.

Zuo Yan shielded the combat mechanical puppets in front of him and said, "Xiao Juan, control them to go in and scout ahead, then report back on what's inside."

"Understood, Master. Leave it to me!"

Three five-meter-tall mechanical puppets, radiating a starlight-blue glow, drew their sharp longswords from their backs and stepped into the passage.

Half an hour later, Xiao Juan's voice rang out.

"Master, this world covers an area of ​​approximately one million kilometers."

"There are many ferocious beasts inside, but their level and number are much lower than those in the Starry Sky Secret Realm. I have already cleared out the ferocious beasts within a ten-kilometer radius of the passage."

"Well done! It seems that this 'Golden Blade' is quite powerful even among peak world lords. Not only can it be safely retired from the extraterrestrial battlefield, but its inner world is also a million kilometers in size."

An ordinary world master's inner world is only tens of thousands of kilometers long, while a peak world master's inner world can reach one hundred thousand kilometers.

Some powerful realm lords may have inner worlds that exceed 100,000 kilometers.

This not only represents the strength of their foundation, but also proves that their strength is greater than that of ordinary peak realm lords.

As he spoke, Zuo Yan also walked into the passageway.

Suddenly, a considerable pressure appeared; this was the gravity within the World Lord's World.

But it's nothing to Zuo Yan.

The world of Golden Blade is predominantly gold, with the most striking feature being a 'golden mountain' in the distance.

"Master, that mountain is the main body of the entire world, and it is divided into eight regions."

"Each region contains a considerable number of Realm Lord-level ferocious beasts and a large number of Universe-level and Domain Lord-level ferocious beasts."

"We are now in the third region, about 80,000 kilometers away from that mountain."

Xiao Juan controlled three mechanical puppets to approach Zuo Yan, her sweet voice coming from the puppets, which sounded rather incongruous.

Zuo Yan had already released his immense mental power to investigate as soon as he entered.

He looked at the central golden mountain and said, "It seems that the treasure and the possible inheritance of the 'Golden Blade' realm master should be inside."

"We'll conduct a quick search of the eight surrounding areas first, and then head into the mountains."

One person and three puppets begin their exploration in the third area.

Zuo Yan killed more than a dozen ferocious beasts with the strength of first or second-tier Realm Lords on the way and checked some of the places they occupied.

Apart from some metal ores, there wasn't much to be gained.

This accelerated his exploration.

Three days later, in the final eighth area.

In a large lake, a ferocious dragon with two golden horns and golden scales on its back swung its steel tail and lashed out at Zuo Yan.

Its enormous tail, stretching over a thousand meters long and hundreds of meters in diameter, blots out the sky.

Zuo Yan controlled the Spirit Moon Wheel to fly backward, and at the same time, he used his mental power.

The fourth attack form of the Spirit Moon Light Wheel appears.

Three silvery-white full moons, as if illusory, slashed towards the ferocious dragon.

This ferocious dragon is the strongest beast discovered so far, possessing the strength of a sixth-level Realm Lord.

Its back is covered in golden scales that provide amazing defense, and its two golden horns on its head can unleash sharp blade-like strikes.

Even Zuo Yan was careful in dealing with it.

With his current mastery of spatial laws, Zuo Yan drove the three illusory moons to continuously slash at the neck of the ferocious dragon.

It also occasionally uses the remaining scimitars to sneak attacks on the ferocious dragon's vulnerable eyes, interfering with its movements.

The golden sword grass on his body also split into more than a dozen sword grasses, slashing out with sharp sword light, constantly severely injuring his body.

The three illusory moons merged into one, moving at an incredible speed as if they had teleported.

The two heads of the ferocious dragon were severed in the blink of an eye, killing it completely.

Zuo Yan absorbed the ferocious dragon and transformed it into system currency, then rushed directly into the large lake.

Before long, he used the Golden Sword Grass to drag out a small, golden hill.

Placed by the lake, Zuo Yan stood in front of a cave entrance.

"We previously discovered a huge D9-grade metal rock in the lake, but we never expected it to be a cave."

He entered the cave and examined the engravings on the metal walls.

Upon touching it, Zuo Yan could feel the powerful sword intent and techniques contained within.

Further in, there was nothing in the cave except for an ordinary stone platform.

He looked at a sentence carved on the stone platform.

Only by mastering the sword techniques inscribed on the wall can one cleave the stone platform and claim the legacy I left behind!

"It seems this is the test of succession."

The Golden Blade Realm Master clearly stated his requirements, explaining that even if the stone platform were forcibly broken open, the inheritance would not be obtained.

Zuo Yan summoned three mechanical puppets controlled by Xiao Juan.

"Xiao Juan, take them and investigate the situation in Jinshan first. I want to receive the inheritance here."

"Yes, Master!"

After Zuo Yan and Xiao Juan left, they began to examine the knife carvings on the wall.

A series of sword techniques and their essence entered his mind, making him feel as if he were actually there.

It was as if he had personally wielded his longsword and carved each stroke.

Gradually, Zuo Yan sat cross-legged on the stone platform, lost in the comprehension of sword techniques.

Because Zuo Yan's soul is constantly absorbing the medicinal power of the Divine Soul Fruit, his soul power and mental power are increasing every day.

Therefore, his current soul strength, processing speed, talent and comprehension are far superior to his self when he first awakened the system.

In less than half a day, Zuo Yan had compiled all the carvings on the wall into a complete knife technique.

It is a top-level offensive sword technique called "Golden Universe" created by the Golden Blade Realm Master.

"Jin Yu" is divided into three forms, and its attack power is considered to be of medium strength among top-level secret techniques.

Zuo Yan previously obtained a crystal ball containing the legacy left by the "King of Heavenly Success," which contained a martial arts attack technique even stronger than "Jin Yu."

But it's not a knife technique; it's a sword technique.

The Golden Blade Inheritance Examination is to practice this sword technique. As long as you successfully master the first move, you can split the stone platform and receive the inheritance.

Moreover, the techniques of knife and sword are mostly the same, and in the end, they all lead to the same goal.

Zuo Yan had no intention of treating people differently.

He took out the "Golden Void Blade," a fifth-tier superior-grade Force weapon that he had previously drawn from the five-star prize pool, from his spatial ring.

This longsword is a perfect match for him, allowing him to fully utilize the fundamental laws of metal and space that he has come to understand.

The Golden Hollow Blade is 3.2 feet long and four fingers wide, with a gold body accented by silver-white shimmering light.

It has three attack forms, each of which can amplify the attack power five times.

With a thought, Zuo Yan's system panel appeared.

[Host: Zuo Yan]

Genetic Primal Energy: Cosmic Level Ninth Order 99.99%

Mental power: 99.99% of the ninth rank at the cosmic level.

Golden Realm: Ninth Level 99.99%

The Golden Rule: 8.86%

Time Law: 2.91%

Spatial Laws: 5.53%

Power generation technique: 66

Mind power amplitude: 410

Cultivation Secrets: Heavenly Soul Bell, Heart Piercing Techniques...

Although Zuo Yan's power is not as easy to increase as the amplitude of psychic power.

But with his current strength, he can easily unleash the first level.

Putting away the system panel, Zuo Yan gripped his longsword and began practicing the top-tier sword technique, "Golden Universe."

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Ten days later, in the cave, a golden light struck the stone platform.

The stone platform began to melt, like ice and snow meeting a raging fire.

Not long after, a gold piece appeared, encasing a spatial ring.

Zuo Yan sensed the essence of this strike, which contained not only fluctuations of the fundamental law of metal, but also some essential fluctuations of the fundamental law of space.

"This 'Golden Universe' is indeed quite good. Its attacks also contain the essence of the fundamental laws of space, such as 'void' and 'illusion'."

"This makes the attacks quite unpredictable; it's a good sword technique."

He took the spatial ring into his hand and refined it.