Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Family Revitalization

Registration for the preliminary rounds has ended.

Soon.

The first round of the preliminary elimination tournament for the Genius Battle has begun.

Virtual universe.

Above the thin membrane outside the First World zone.

Shen Ping and his wives An Xueyi, Li Yuewei, Brolin, Qi Yue'er, Hu Ling, Yun Yue'e, and their children, including their eldest son, second daughter, eldest daughter, and second son, sat inside the spaceship, constantly watching the rankings of the Shen family's genius battle.

There was also a Luo family spaceship nearby.

Hong and Thor were both there.

The four Earthlings rarely have time to watch the game.

"The competition is fierce, but the talents of our Shen family are performing well. Look, Shen Changling, who is using the Divine Weapon, has already broken into the top ten in her world ranking. She's making a quick kill."

"Mentalists are easy to sweep away. This Changling is a genius who has stepped into the two fundamental laws of metal and space. I heard that her idol is Daohe Wang. She is very skilled in controlling the divine weapon, but she has not yet been able to unleash the second level."

"The most outstanding member of our Shen family this time is Shen Qingming. Like his father, he has also achieved the Void Law and uses the Flame God Blade. Of course, he is not as good as his father and his current ranking is relatively low. Martial artists should keep a low profile at the beginning."

The eldest son, Shen Yu, chatted with his younger siblings and occasionally spoke with his aunts, including An Xueyi.

Among them were also those who were paying attention to the geniuses who had registered for the An family competition, as well as members of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's royal family. There were many topics to discuss in this genius battle. Normally, people rarely paid attention to these geniuses, at most knowing some of their names.

This is actually quite normal.

For example, in real life, as you get older, you rarely pay attention to what your relatives' or cousins' children are called. At most, you only find out when you get together and chat about it.

Since the wives handed over the management authority of the family to their eldest sons, they no longer inquired about these matters and were naturally unaware of family affairs.

Shen Ping sat casually, listening to his children's conversation, paying some attention to Shen Changling and Shen Qingming.

The qualifiers were over quickly.

Almost all of the tens of thousands of Hengxing-level juniors who signed up from the Shen family advanced to the next round.

Next came the ring match.

The preliminary rounds didn't reveal much, but once the arena competition started, the geniuses of the Shen family emerged out of nowhere, suppressing even the Qianwu royal family. They were quite on par with the level of Shen Ping and Luo Feng's generation back then. In particular, more than thirty geniuses emerged who had entered two kinds of primordial laws, which directly shocked the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom.

"How exactly does the Shen family cultivate their descendants? They've produced so many geniuses at the source of laws!"

"That's right! It's said that in this selection competition in the Qianwu Kingdom, over a hundred law geniuses are descendants of the Shen family. It's terrifying!"

"This is really strange. How can so many geniuses be born in just one galaxy!"

"Back then, four individuals emerged from Earth in the Milky Way: Shen Ping, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen. Among them, Shen Ping has become a Nine-Ring Venerable, Luo Feng is the dazzling Blade River King, Hong has also made a name for himself in the Giant Axe Arena, and although Lei Shen is a bit lacking, he is still excellent among his peers!"

"Earth is no simple matter!"

With the emergence of over a hundred Law Geniuses from the Shen family, the Immortals leading the teams from various cosmic nations were indeed incredulous and speculated that Earth was no ordinary place. But speculation is speculation, after all, Earth and even the Milky Way are now under the control of a Nine-Ring Venerable!

When the Nine-Ring Venerable was conferred the title of Immortal King, he was able to kill a Universe Venerable. He was also a prominent figure on Zijing Island of the Ancestral God Sect. Although he had been cultivating in seclusion for many years and had not caused any trouble, his reputation had already spread throughout billions of universes. More importantly, he had also become close friends with Lord Yanhuo.

Lord Yanhuo is a powerful figure who has injured the Lord of the Universe.

So no one dares to go to Earth to investigate.

"This Earth is even more mysterious than Planet Augustus and Planet Manka. It will likely become a powerful branch of our human race in the future!"

After the final battle, these geniuses will enter the initial universe.

The cosmic venerables also noticed this to some extent, especially after learning that many geniuses were members of the Shen family, and they all took this opportunity to pay a visit.

These Venerables don't care about Earth. They only know that the Nine-Ring Venerable is very strong and very rich, the kind of richer than oil. Now that the Primordial Star is about to open, who wouldn't want to borrow some treasures? Moreover, the palaces and treasures on the Nine-Sword Venerable's body were all given to him by the Nine-Ring Venerable.

It wasn't until after the Nine Swords Venerable ventured into the secret realm and fought against other powerful alien races that the treasures he possessed were revealed, and the human race and the universe venerables of the Hong Alliance learned that the Nine Swords Venerable actually had a palace treasure!

At the time, it made many venerable people extremely envious.

Thus, after the genius of the Shen family emerged, Shen Ping's palace on Thunder Island in the virtual universe became lively once again.

Third Senior Sister, Palace Master Mengluo, joked, "Junior Brother, your Shen family's juniors are really lucky! The Virtual Universe Company is training your Shen family for free. Tell your senior sister, what's the secret to training the juniors?"

Shen Ping smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, Senior Sister is still unmarried. Why are you in such a hurry to have descendants? But if you really want to know, Senior Sister can give birth to a bloodline and come to Earth in the Milky Way where my Shen family is located, and you will find out."

The third senior sister didn't feel shy at all. She was quite old, and upon hearing this, her eyes showed a hint of surprise. "So, your Earth is really special? Capable of nurturing geniuses?"

Shen Ping didn't hide anything. Now that he had reached this point, he didn't need to hide anything at all. "There are many special planets born from the cosmic origin. My Earth is also somewhat special. I only learned about this after I broke through to the Venerable level."

Third Senior Sister suddenly realized, but didn't pay too much attention. After all, how many geniuses can actually grow up? As a cosmic overlord, only those who are too amazing, like Hong who almost made it to the bottom of the Illusionary Sea in one go, or someone who broke through the Heavenly Bridge to the tenth floor at the cosmic level, would possibly make her pay attention.

"Unfortunately, we Dreamwing Winged Clan members only have one mate for life, unlike you."

"I have very few wives."

Shen Ping sipped his wine and said, "I'm already a Venerable One, and I only have a few wives."

Palace Master Menglu rolled her eyes at Shen Ping, then changed the subject or got down to business, "Junior Brother, the Primordial Star is about to open. What are your plans? Recently, quite a few Venerables and Overlords have been making moves."

Shen Ping exclaimed in surprise, "There are still tens of thousands of years left, and you're already making preparations?"

"For Venerables like you and me, tens of thousands of years is just a period of seclusion. The Primordial Star only opens once every long period of time, which is a top priority for us Venerables. Why don't we prepare in advance, either by familiarizing ourselves with the treasures, inviting each other to form teams, or collecting information about the Primordial Star in the past... It is usually very difficult to obtain treasures, but the Primordial Star is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Junior brother, you have many treasures, so of course you don't care. But even I, your senior sister, am very poor. This time on the Primordial Star, I plan to acquire more treasures and accumulate them to exchange for domain-type treasures. Without domain-type treasures, it will be difficult for me to exert much of my strength."

"That's what Palace Mistress Mengluo said."

The Primordial Star is the only high-level resource point in the Primordial Universe, a place where billions of races vie for treasures. Many Venerables, Overlords, and Universe Lords are eyeing it. How could they possibly wait until the moment of its opening to make preparations? Ordinary people can look forward to watching a movie for several years, let alone such a major cosmic event.

Of course, to talk about preparations, it's really just about inviting people to form teams in advance, or going into seclusion to study some kind of secret technique, or researching rare treasures and trying to create another set of secret techniques. After all, it's still a long way off.

The reason why the Third Senior Sister brought it up now is mainly because she knows that the Nine-Ring Venerable is currently very popular. When the event is finally launched, many Venerables will probably come to her door to borrow the treasure or invite her to form a team.

Seeing that Palace Master Luo Meng was staring at him.

Shen Ping put down his wine glass and smiled, "Senior Sister, if you have anything to say, please feel free to say it."

The third senior sister blushed, somewhat embarrassed to speak, "Well, it's just that I wanted to borrow your high-level treasure, the Starlight Dimension, again. If you're also going to the Primordial Star, I'd like to team up with you, what do you say?"

At this point, she gritted her teeth and said, "Senior sister knows that this is taking advantage of you, but the opening of the Primordial Star is a rare opportunity. If you miss this chance, you will have to wait a long time to accumulate treasures."

The cosmic overlord has a long lifespan.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom has experienced the opening of the Primordial Star several times, and the Palace Master of Mengluo Palace must have experienced it a few times as well. But before, without the treasures to borrow, there was no hope. But now it's different. Having borrowed a high-level treasure once, the feeling of suppressing opponents and fighting to the death was so exhilarating.

Shen Ping asked with a half-smile, "Then how many treasures does Senior Sister plan to use to repay me?"

Palace Mistress Mengluo was overjoyed and excitedly exclaimed, "Three, no, five, how about five supreme treasures?!"

Are five treasures too many?

For a cosmic overlord, this is actually quite a lot, but it's not enough for the Primordial Star. You can step on a treasure just by walking around on the Primordial Star. The Nine Swords Venerable dares to repay a borrowed treasure with ten other treasures.

The advantage of high-level domain treasures is enormous. It can be said that with the Starry Sky Realm in hand, Palace Master Mengluo is not afraid even when facing top-tier cosmic overlords. Especially on the Primordial Star, where teleportation is impossible, with the domain treasure suppressing it, even top-tier cosmic overlords cannot get close to Palace Master Mengluo. Therefore, when seizing treasures, she has an innate advantage.

Seeing that Shen Ping remained silent.

Palace Mistress Mengluo made a firm decision, "Ten ordinary supreme treasures!! Junior Brother, this is the greatest sincerity I can offer."

Ten ordinary treasures are worth about the same as one high-grade treasure armor.

Even the lowest-tier treasures in higher-tier categories cost at least 180 treasure points. Using less than one-tenth of the treasure's value is actually quite reasonable, considering that there are always variables in the competition for treasures.

Shen Ping laughed, "Third Senior Sister, I can lend you the Starry Sky Realm, but you don't need to repay me with any treasures."

Palace Master Mengluo asked doubtfully, "Junior Brother, are you sure? You don't want this treasure? This is a treasure! Wait, you're not planning to take advantage of your Senior Sister, are you?"

Her dreamy eyes sparkled as she playfully replied, "It's not that it's impossible, but my Dreamwing Clan only allows one partner. Are you willing to give up your beautiful wives?"

Shen Ping coughed and said, "Senior Sister, what are you thinking? I just want you to do me a favor and spread the word that the Primordial Star has opened. Any cosmic overlord who wants to go there can come to me to borrow a treasure. For high-level special treasures, I'll give you 10 treasures as a reward; for armor-type treasures, I'll give you 3 treasures; for soul-type treasures, I'll give you 5 treasures... If you want top-level special treasures, the price will be much higher."

Palace Master Menglu blinked, somewhat taken aback. "Junior Brother, you...you're not joking, are you?!"

Shen Ping shrugged. "Senior sister, do I look like I'm joking?"

"No... Senior sister knows you have many treasures, but, but how many top-tier or high-level special items do you have that I can lend you?"

Shen Ping laughed and said, "Anyway, as long as Senior Sister helps me pass on the message, as for whether I have any treasures to lend out, Senior Sister doesn't need to worry about that."

Palace Mistress Mengluo stared at Shen Ping and couldn't help but ask, "Junior Brother, can you secretly tell your senior sister how many treasures you actually possess?"

"There are probably eight or ten pieces!"

"What? More than ten priceless treasures?"

"No, it's more than ten top-tier items, more than ten high-grade special items..."

Palace Master Mengluo was dumbfounded.

I was completely dumbfounded!

It took her a long time to come to her senses. Looking at Shen Ping's calm expression, she really wanted to rush over. My God, there were more than ten top-level treasures and more than ten high-level special treasures. This was too damn rich. Even the Lord of the Universe was not this rich.

If she had known her junior brother had so many treasures, she wouldn't have needed to be so careful just now!

"Junior brother, actually, actually, if you want to... you know... with me, it's not like we can't consider it..."

Leave the palace.

Palace Master Mengluo blushed deeply. She didn't even know what she had said at the end. It was too embarrassing. As a cosmic overlord who had lived through countless years, she was emotionally stable and rarely lost her composure. But what her junior brother said was too shocking.

Having a top-tier treasure is enough to roam freely on the original planet, since even the Lord of the Universe only uses top-tier treasures.

As a result, the junior apprentice had more than ten items.

"Although it was my junior brother who took care of me, I can't be too grateful. I still have to repay him with a precious treasure."

After calming down.

Palace Mistress Menglu thought to herself, "These treasures may not matter to Shen Ping, but I can't really leave them without rewarding him. As for passing on messages, that's nothing to me."

"There's no rush to pass it on now. We'll wait until it's about to open so that Junior Brother won't feel any pressure."

Shen Ping was unaware of the Palace Master Mengluo's thoughts. He was now able to activate some of the secret patterns of the most powerful treasures, making him incredibly strong. He was completely fearless in the primordial universe, and even in the Cosmic Sea, only the strongest beings in the universe could make him give way slightly.

Therefore, once you've grown stronger, you should act like a powerful person, instead of developing your strength in a low-key and cowardly manner as before.

"After another ten thousand years of silence, I, the Nine-Ring King—oh no, I mean, the Nine-Ring Venerable—should make a grand return!"

Suppress your thoughts.

He traveled to the primordial universe and contributed a supreme treasure to his race.

Then they went to the Lord of Chaos City to discuss the matter of the Shen family's genius.

"Okay, no problem. In the future, outstanding geniuses of the Shen family who possess the essence of laws will not need to participate in the Genius Battle. They can directly go to explore the various secret realms. However, we need to control the number of places available."

Out of consideration for the supreme treasure, the Chaos City Lord readily agreed; the resources of the various secret realms were not even a drop in the ocean compared to the supreme treasure. (End of Chapter)