Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Family Revitalization

Among the human race, the Giant Axe has a pretty good temper. Back when the Flame Emperor attacked the leader of his own race in the universe, the Giant Axe only imprisoned him and did not punish him too severely. Although Earth is special, its value is only that of a top-tier special treasure.

Shen Ping is no longer a weakling.

Even if the giant axe suspected that Earth might be special, it wouldn't rashly go to investigate.

However, just in case.

He still decided to send the Fire Beast and the Frost Whale clone back from the Cosmic Sea, equip them with the most powerful treasures, and then let them venture into the Cosmic Sea again, at least to make a name for themselves once.

These 20,000 years.

The two clones of the Fire Beast and the Cold Whale were mainly used to familiarize themselves with the Cosmic Sea and acquire some treasures along the way. They did not make a great name for themselves. When they saw other universe lords from the Reincarnation Era, they would leave immediately. With top-level domain-type and palace-type treasures, no one could keep the Fire Beast clone. Therefore, the various forces in the Cosmic Sea only knew that a new primordial universe being had entered the Cosmic Sea and did not take it to heart.

Six hundred years later.

Within the vast divine realm.

The World Tree, with its branches and leaves as vast as the sky, enveloped the divine kingdom, giving it immense power. The World Tree itself possessed the talent for spacetime, and after breaking through to the Universe Venerable level, it could control a region of spacetime even if it wasn't the Lord of the Universe.

However, Shen Ping still used it to guard the divine kingdom.

This is the most important place, and we cannot afford to be careless in the slightest.

now.

Two clones flew over quickly.

It was the Fire Beast and the Frost Whale's clone.

After 20,000 years of wandering, he has acquired quite a few treasures, including two high-level treasures and one top-level armor-type treasure. His luck was alright, but not exceptionally good, considering that this was the cosmic sea, where top-level domain-type treasures were just average finds.

In his eyes, Luo Feng's acquisition of the Snowfire Realm was not considered good luck.

Of course, these kinds of treasures are also contested, and their appearance is quite a big deal. However, for high-level treasures, top-level weapons, or armor, it's purely a matter of luck. Their appearance is very small, insignificant in the vast universe. Whoever sees it, it belongs to them.

This is why Shen Ping mainly stays in areas with lower levels of danger. If it were the inner regions of the three forbidden lands of Qingfeng Realm, Liuzhong Mountain, and Universe Boat, it would be different.

Swoosh.

Two supreme treasures, radiating a powerful aura, floated out.

These are the two supreme treasures of true gods that he has studied and researched over the years.

These are the Flaming River Blade and the Ice Spirit Palace, an offensive weapon and a flying palace, respectively. With these two supreme treasures, the Flaming Beast clone can roam freely in the cosmic sea. Moreover, by activating the secret runes on them through the Chaos Body, it can unleash power comparable to the strongest fusion secret technique of the Lord of the Universe. Even if it is weaker in terms of divine body, it is still equivalent to the top level of the fourth rank.

In terms of secret runes, Shen Ping is still somewhat weak, but fortunately he has the Chaotic Body, a secret technique bestowed by the universe.

Go!

"If we can manage to seize a top-tier, special treasure, we might receive two ancient rewards!"

With the most powerful and precious treasure.

Only by creating clones can one be considered to possess the ability to roam the cosmic ocean.

Even if one possessed a supreme treasure of the highest level, it was merely a matter of becoming a familiar face. The Cosmic Sea was a top-tier resource point teeming with powerful individuals. In that place, even those who created the strongest secret technique of the Lord of the Universe were considered weaklings.

As for top-tier special treasures, sometimes it really depends on luck. The universe is too vast, and it takes a long time to travel there. Sometimes, when a treasure appears, it's already over by the time you get there, unlike on the primordial star where you can step on a treasure while walking.

Moreover, the appearance of this treasure caused a great stir and lasted for a long time.

If you are strong enough, you can not only seize treasures, but also kill people to plunder them.

……

The battle of geniuses hosted by Virtual Universe Corporation is approaching.

Whether they were geniuses of laws or geniuses of domains, the Shen family members were all putting in their best effort to hone their skills in the virtual universe's killing field, including the application of laws, the control of telekinetic weapons, force weapons, shields, and so on.

I wish I could make one day feel like two.

This kind of atmosphere hasn't been seen in the Shen family for a long time.

Anything can easily become stagnant over time, just like a lake that becomes dead water if no fresh water is brought in.

In recent years, Shen Ping has rarely been able to calm down and deal with some of the family's problems. In fact, some of these problems are quite obvious, such as resource allocation, which is a problem that can never have an optimal solution.

The problem is not scarcity, but inequality.

However, family management encompasses a nation, a cosmic kingdom, and an ethnic group, and it's impossible to distribute resources equally. How could geniuses and ordinary people possibly receive the same treatment?

When outstanding individuals receive preferential treatment in terms of resources, they easily become vested interest groups, leading to the outstanding becoming even more outstanding, while ordinary people remain ordinary, unless a miracle occurs and a genius is born, the probability of which is no less than winning the lottery by randomly buying a ticket.

Besides, some people in the family have good personalities, but others are just bad seeds. The Shen family has nearly a trillion bloodline descendants, and there are more than ten million bad descendants. Back then, the law enforcement team cleared out a large number of them, which did have a great deterrent effect, but there are still some who violate the clan rules and disregard the laws of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

The eldest son, Shen Yu, said, "Father, the family's resources cannot be supplied to every descendant indefinitely. Although this competitive mechanism is unfair, it is the most appropriate. The universe is a dog-eat-dog world where the strong survive and the weak are eliminated. It is already very good that you can provide the most basic survival guarantee for many of the younger generation in the clan."

Shen Ping understood this principle. He was just dealing with family issues suddenly and had some feelings. Besides, according to the current family size and offspring rewards, the path to rewarding outstanding descendants is to follow the path of the most talented and strong people. The more geniuses and strong people there are, the easier it will be to obtain rewards.

The eldest son hesitated again and said, "Father, there has been a lot of discussion within the family over the years about who should be in charge."

Shen Ping frowned. "What do you mean?"

The eldest son said, "Many people in the clan have suggested that the head of the clan should be changed every 1 years. Currently, each planet where the younger generation of the clan lives has a head. There are currently 527 heads. Including me, I have been managing the clan for quite some time."

Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. Just like him, he prefers his eldest son, second daughter, granddaughter, and eldest grandson. He only asks a few questions about his other children and rarely pays attention to them. The same goes for his eldest son. If he has a favorite descendant, he will inevitably give him some resources.

Even if there isn't any, other younger generations will still think that there's too much pampering.

During the years when An Xueyi was in charge of the family, many of her descendants, including Brolin's lineage, Qi Yue'er's lineage, and even her wife Li Yuewei and Su Yin's lineage, were dissatisfied, feeling that An Xueyi was too accommodating to the An family in terms of family resources.

then.

An Xueyi then handed over management authority to her eldest son.

Since they went to the extraterrestrial battlefield, they have basically stopped concerning themselves with family affairs and focused solely on cultivation.

This is also a problem that arises when a family grows large.

Like human groups.

The Lord of Chaos City has always been fair in his dealings, but after Luo Feng revealed that he had a supreme treasure on Zijing Island, many Universe Venerables secretly complained that the Lord of Chaos City was unfair. This was almost an unconscious complaint.

Who came up with these suggestions?

Shen Ping snorted, "You're just eating your fill and have nothing better to do, aren't you? If you're unfair or have major problems in managing the family, it's understandable to remove you. But I've seen how the family has developed over the years. It must be your brothers and sisters who are coveting the power of being in charge!"

The eldest son wanted to speak, but Shen Ping interrupted him, saying, "Ignore him."

Power can be addictive.

Even in this world of Devouring Stars, not everyone thinks about pursuing the peak of cultivation. The descendants of the previous generations of the family have a very abundant supply of resources, and the family rewards Locke Divine Water are given out freely.

Therefore, they have no idea of ​​the hardships and difficulties of cultivation, so naturally they don't understand the joy of cultivation. And since they have no worries about food and clothing, how can they find fun?

Virtual universe.

Heilongshan Island.

Although he has his own palace on Thunder Island and even opened up a special dimension in the virtual universe, he still comes to Jiuxing Bay Community often. In addition to explaining the laws of the universe to his family's younger generation, Hong, Thor, and others, it is mostly out of habit.

Like today.

He, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen gathered together again, and during their casual conversation, they talked about family matters. Unexpectedly, Lei Shen also had a lot of complaints.

"My family is so big, there are too many trivial matters, I don't want to go home."

Thor sipped his drink, "I prefer cultivating and exploring the universe."

Hong chuckled and said, "Shen Ping, who told you to keep encouraging people to have kids? Now you know that having many descendants isn't a good thing, right?"

Luo Feng joked, "Among the four of us, Hong has the fewest descendants. He and Ji Qing have only had two children so far, right?"

Hong nodded. "Yes."

Since his relationship with Ji Qing became successful, his state of mind has become increasingly refined. His already high level of mental state has become even more terrifying after reaching this point. In addition, with the support of Shen Ping's research and discussion group, his growth rate has been accelerating. He has long since joined the Giant Axe Arena and become a core member.

Ji Qing knew how fortunate she was to be with Hong. Even now, her master, the Illusionary Spirit King, was asking her to get more spots, and even her grandmaster, the Illusionary Sound Venerable, treated her extremely well.

"By the way, Shen Ping, the Genius Battle of the Virtual Universe Company is about to begin. I heard from my family that your Shen family is really going all out this time, with many of your younger generation members honing their skills in the killing field."

Luo Feng and Thor looked at Shen Ping.

Yes, that's true.

Thor said enviously, "Our family has too few geniuses among its younger generation. So far, only a few promising talents have emerged in various fields. Unlike your Shen family and the Luo family, where geniuses are produced one after another!"

Luo Feng shook his head. "Don't talk about me, the Shen family really has a lot of geniuses. There must be more than ten law-based geniuses, right?"

Shen Ping laughed heartily, "That's too conservative of you."

Thor's eyes widened. "No way, a dozen or so is a conservative estimate?!"

Luo Feng and Hong were both very surprised. They judged based on the fact that the younger generation of the Shen family often participated in the research and discussion meetings. In fact, in recent years, several younger members of the Luo family, Hong, Lei Shen and others have also participated, and they are all clansmen at the domain lord level.

There are almost no planetary-level or planetary-level planets.

"Could it be dozens?"

Luo Feng couldn't help but say, "In our year's Genius Battle, the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom only had a hundred or so Law Geniuses. That year was still considered a very high level. If your Shen family had dozens this time, wouldn't they have swept the Genius Battle?"

Compared to Hong, Thor.

The Luo family has very strict rules. With the guidance of Xu Xin and Luo Ping, many of the younger generation in the Luo family are outstanding. Ten thousand years ago, a genius of the laws appeared and was said to be given special training.

Shen Ping shrugged. "You'll find out when the time comes."

"They're still keeping it a secret."

Thor grinned and said, "There's less than a hundred years left. Okay, anyway, there's not much to do. I'll keep an eye on the Genius Battle when I have some free time."

Hong also laughed and said, "Speaking of which, we rarely pay attention to such cosmic events anymore."

Luo Feng nodded. "Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Arena hold a Genius Battle and a Strongman Battle once every ten thousand years. I haven't really paid much attention to it, only heard a few words from the younger generation. This time, my Luo family also has a junior participating, and I hope we can achieve good results."

Those who are at least Immortal level rarely pay attention to such battles of geniuses.

The level of Luo Feng and Shen Ping's class was very high, so it attracted a lot of attention, and even the Lord of the Universe Kingdom personally accepted them as disciples.

However, it cannot be denied that the Battle of Geniuses is indeed a once-in-ten-thousand-years grand event for the human race, spanning 1008 cosmic nations.

Shen Ping suddenly raised an eyebrow. "I have to leave now. You guys continue your conversation."

"Okay, go ahead."

……

The cosmic sea.

The edge of the inner domain of the Peak Realm.

The area where the waterfall flows down is filled with a large number of pebbles, which fly at high speed around the main peak of the Inclined Peak Realm. At this moment, in the void above the water, the Fire Beast clone is driving the peak palace-type treasure towards the place where the treasure was born.

After so many years of wandering.

Finally, we've encountered a rare treasure whose birth has caused quite a stir.

"Hopefully it's top-tier!"

His eyes gleamed with anticipation.

After a while.

We arrived at the inner region, a rather dangerous area of ​​water and fire.

Splash!

As soon as the palace's treasure appeared, the five universe lords who were locked in a stalemate all looked over, wondering, "Which universe lord is this?"

brush.

When Shen Ping appeared.

The other universe lords breathed a sigh of relief. "So it's the Fire Lord from the Primordial Universe, barely comparable to a third-tier universe lord. With such strength, he dares to come to the inner domain? He's courting death!"

"I've heard that Lord Yanhuo's treasure is quite impressive. Destroying him will yield similar gains!"

"There's only one top-tier domain-level treasure that has appeared in the world, and Lord Yanhuo already possesses one. It's also said that there's a flying palace treasure among them, and it looks like this is the one we just saw!"

In both the first and second cycles of reincarnation, the five cosmic lords harbored murderous intent, but refrained from immediate action out of fear of their opponent. However, the Lord of Pure Water laughed heartily, "You four guard this treasure. As for the Lord of Evolutionary Fire, he's mine!"

After saying that, he rushed towards Shen Ping.

At the same time, the vast domain covered the surrounding area and imposed a spatial blockade.

"Haha, you've come at the right time!"

The Fire Avatar laughed and a domain treasure appeared in its hand, quickly suppressing the domain of the Lord of Pure Water.

"What?! This is a top-tier domain treasure?"

I felt the power.

The Lord of Pure Water felt a chill run down his spine, but it was only a slight wariness. His opponent hadn't even created the strongest secret technique of a Universe Lord; even with the enhancement of a peak domain treasure, he couldn't unleash much power. (End of Chapter)