Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Primal Tenfold Talent

The walls on both sides of the corridor are adorned with 21 giant paintings.

"Each picture corresponds to a Chaos Stele. Look at these pictures first. Although the pictures cannot convey the aura contained in the Chaos Stele, they can still allow you to barely sense it. Look at these 21 pictures... and then decide which Chaos Stele to choose," the black-robed envoy said.

A group of young people stared blankly at the pictures on the walls on both sides of the corridor. It turned out that they had to choose which Chaos Stele to cultivate by looking at the pictures.

Each picture is a standard ten meters long and ten meters wide, and its name is written next to it.

"You have half an hour to choose." The black-robed messenger stood at the far end of the corridor.

Cang Tu randomly selected a picture and began to look at it.

This first drawing has only eleven simple axe marks, without any extra embellishment, making it appear somewhat rough.

At first glance, the axe mark seems plain and unremarkable, even somewhat clumsy.

Upon closer inspection, one can sense the terrifying power contained within, as if each axe mark had cleaved the heavens and earth, encompassing countless cycles of reincarnation.

It is clearly a simple axe, yet it encompasses countless variations, and all methods return to one.

Cang Tu became more and more engrossed in watching, and before he knew it, he felt his mind tremble and his head was spinning. This gave him a splitting headache and made his vision go black.

He instantly regained his senses and staggered back half a step.

My gaze fell on the title of the painting, which read: "The Giant Axe Chaos Stele".

"The Giant Axe Chaos Stele?" Cang Tu frowned slightly. "What does this have to do with the Giant Axe Arena?"

Just as Cang Tu was wondering, a figure in white robes slowly emerged from the depths of the dark corridor.

"Emperor Jing?"

All the geniuses present turned their attention to Meng Jingrong.

Meng Jingrong nodded, greeted everyone, and then slowly walked to Cang Tu's side.

"Which Chaos Stele are you going to choose?" Meng Jingrong asked.

"We still have no clue." Cang Tu shook his head and said truthfully.

Meng Jingrong smiled slightly, "Then you can go and take a look at the picture corresponding to the 'Heart Mark Chaos Stele'. That Chaos Stele is quite suitable for you."

"How did you know?" Cang Tu asked, his eyes filled with doubt.

Meng Jingrong did not answer directly, but simply shook his head and turned to walk out of the city lord's mansion.

A gentle voice rang out directly in Cang Tu's mind, carrying a hint of mystery, "Because I have entered and experienced all twenty-one Chaos Steles, I have a certain understanding of the mysteries of each Chaos Stele."

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In the virtual universe, Manor No. 008 in Taichu District of Yuxiang Mountain is lush with vegetation, like a jade carpet, with pavilions and towers appearing and disappearing in the misty air.

Lin Youfeng appeared in the manor.

"Your Highness!"

A group of servants and guards bowed in greeting.

"Mm." Lin Youfeng nodded slightly.

Having cultivated in the initial universe for many years, he has already broken through to the universe level.

During his time cultivating in Mother City, his teacher Meng Jingrong also provided guidance to him on many occasions.

Besides the secret techniques for applying the Golden Void Law, he also had a complete diagram of the first 36 essential elements of the Space Laws engraved on the rooftop of his residence in Mother City.

Lin Youfeng had chosen the path of analyzing the essence of spatial laws, a path that was obscure and difficult. Even with his teacher's careful guidance, his progress had never been particularly outstanding.

However, since entering the Mother City and receiving assistance from the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, his speed in analyzing the laws of space has increased dramatically, and he has now successfully comprehended the first 30 essential aspects of the laws of space.

Now, only a short time remains before we leave the initial universe.

The Bridge to Heaven not only tests one's cultivation progress, but also grants ten times the points for those who pass it within the last thirty years. Naturally, he wanted to take advantage of this last chance to try again and reach a higher level.

"Pudding, enter the Sky Bridge," Lin Youfeng said.

"Yes, Master," said Pudding, the virtual assistant shaped like a puppy on Lin Youfeng's shoulder.

brush!

Lin Youfeng disappeared directly from the manor.

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The virtual universe is a special dimensional space that floats silently.

There are no stars or moon here, only an endless, vast ocean, with its surging waves rolling up countless white billows.

In the middle of this ocean stands an island that resembles a fairyland.

Along the edge of the island, 21 ancient harbors are neatly arranged, each with an endless bridge extending from it. The bridges are made of an unknown jade, gleaming with a warm, faint luster, stretching all the way to the horizon... as if to cross the river of time and connect to the distant sky.

These 21 long bridges, like 21 dormant dragons, stretch across the entire ocean, creating a magnificent and imposing sight.

What's even more amazing is that a thin layer of mist hangs faintly above the ocean waves, the mist as hazy as a veil, making it impossible to see what secrets are hidden in the depths of the ocean.

The mist then spiraled upwards along the bridge, enveloping the entire island and the long bridge in a misty haze, making everything seem like a dream, a fairyland.

At this moment, Lin Youfeng, fully clad in armor and combat boots, appeared on the platform in the center of the island.

"There are so many people."

As soon as Lin Youfeng steadied himself, he scanned his surroundings and saw that more than twenty young geniuses had gathered on the island.

After all, there was only one month left before the creation of the initial universe. These geniuses all wanted to try to cross the Bridge to Heaven one more time before leaving Chaos City, to see if they could break through their own limits and bring this cultivation career to a perfect end.

"Lin Youfeng, there are people trying to cross the Nine Heavens Bridge right now, and you're first in line." The black-robed guardian, Baffin, walked over with a smile.

"Sui Qingge, there are people at the Ice Peak Sky Bridge, you'll be first in line." Baffin then turned to a woman in green beside him, methodically arranging the order.

As for the other geniuses, since their corresponding bridges to heaven happened to be vacant, they could immediately go in and explore.

"Lin Youfeng, you've already passed the fourth level, why are you trying again?" Sui Qingge frowned slightly and muttered, "I'm still not confident I can pass the fourth level."

"Morandis has caught up, I can't let my guard down." Lin Youfeng turned his head and smiled at Sui Qingge.

Sui Qingge blinked, leaned closer, and whispered, "We're almost out of Mother City, why hasn't your teacher come to cross the Heavenly Bridge yet?"

After becoming a disciple of the Mother Ancestor, Meng Jingrong first cleared the universe-level "Tongtian Mountain", and then stopped suppressing his cultivation, directly breaking through to the Domain Lord level.

In the years that followed, Meng Jingrong would occasionally study the Chaos Stele.

He had twenty-one Chaos Steles, each with ten chances, and even after thirty years, he hadn't used them all.

Aside from studying the Chaos Stele, Meng Jingrong spent most of his time in the virtual universe, absorbing various secret techniques, battling opponents set up by his mother, and creating unique skills suitable for himself.

Xi Yue, who became an apprentice at the same time as Meng Jingrong, behaved even more exaggeratedly.

She conquered two towering mountains, one at the cosmic level and the other at the domain lord level, and finally broke through to the realm lord level.

In fact, Meng Jingrong did not know that when Xi Yue broke through the Tianshan Mountains, she used not her true human form, but a tree clone that split off from the "Ancestral Star Tree".

As for Xi Yue's true form as the human realm master, she is currently staying in Mother Ancestor City.

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"By the way, how many levels of the Sky Bridge do you think your teacher can cross?" Sui Qingge's eyes were full of curiosity.

"I don't know either." Lin Youfeng shook his head.

In fact, although Meng Jingrong and Xi Yue have successfully crossed the corresponding Tongtian Mountain, neither of them has yet attempted to cross the Dangtongtian Bridge.

All the original star-level geniuses have now broken through to the cosmic level.

As for those cosmic-level geniuses, apart from Meng Jingrong and Xi Yue, the rest remain at the cosmic-level.

This has led to a strange phenomenon.

Of the first batch of geniuses in the four secret realms of the Virtual Universe Company, one became a Realm Lord-level member, one became a Domain Lord-level member, and the rest were all Universe-level members.

This has made the competition among cosmic-level geniuses exceptionally fierce.

Ju Qingge poked Lin Youfeng's arm with her finger.

"Yesterday, Lie Pan successfully passed the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge, but failed when he tried to reach the eighth level!" Ju Qingge gossiped. "Among the original universe-level geniuses, apart from 'Luo Chen' who reached the eighth level, everyone else has been overtaken by Lie Pan."

"Liepan".

Upon hearing this name, Lin Youfeng instantly conjured up the image of that domineering figure, and a glint of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.

This is the opponent he aims to catch up with for tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

"Lin Youfeng, you can enter the Nine Heavens Bridge now," came the voice of the guardian, Baffin.

Lin Youfeng nodded to Sui Qingge, and with a "whoosh," he streaked across the sky and flew directly towards the distant Nine Heavens Bridge.

The first three levels of the Nine Heavens Bridge are shrouded in mist, while the fourth and fifth levels are filled with howling winds.

The fifth-level sky bridge is so high above the sea that the naked eye can only see the gray, raging winds of the fourth level below, as if one is standing in the heavens, unable to see the sea below at all.

"The fifth floor."

Lin Youfeng stood steadily on the fifth level of the bridge, looking into the distance.

A massive tornado stood in the center of the bridge, spinning endlessly and emitting a roaring sound, like a giant beast howling, as if it wanted to devour everything.

At that moment, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly emanated from the constantly spinning tornado: "Choose a Warrior, a Controller, or an Illusionist. Defeat your opponent to enter the sixth level."

"The controller!" Lin Youfeng said without hesitation.

"Hiss—"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange, silvery-white liquid suddenly shot out from the giant tornado.