Swallowing the Stars: Reboot, The Eternal Serpent!

Chapter 97 Unprecedented! (5600 words, two chapters combined!)

Virtual universe, the Bridge to Heaven dimension.

Jiang Zhe greeted Baffin, the black-robed guardian, and flew straight towards the Cosmic Bridge.

Watching Jiang Zhe's figure disappear into the distance, Baffin began sending out mass emails. He knew that many people were looking forward to seeing Jiang Zhe's progress, and they would rather come and watch in person than see the final, dry result.

The first three to appear were the Holy Spirit King, the Fiery Prison King, and the Heavy Soul King.

"Mengxuan, you should be well aware of his progress. Could you give us a little hint as to how many levels he can reach?" King Yanyu couldn't contain his impatience and wanted to know the answer directly.

"Old Dragon is right, Mengxuan, let's not hide it from each other anymore. What level has this kid reached in his understanding of the laws?" Chongpo King chimed in, his composure tempered with curiosity.

"Ten floors? Probably." The Holy Spirit King thought for a moment and gave a conservative answer.

"Ten floors?"

"Ten floors!"

The two invincible kings were astonished. They turned to look at each other and both understood what the other was thinking. If they were sent out to hone their skills for a few more years, wouldn't that make them another Kodi?

The 14 leaders of the "Cosmic School" arrived one after another. King Yanyu and King Chongpo composed themselves and greeted them one by one.

Not only the leaders of the "Cosmic School," but also the leaders of other schools arrived one after another, curious about the progress this genius had made in Chaos City over the past 30 years.

Among them were several members of the "Nine Universes School," as well as Luo Feng's teacher, the hearty, golden-haired ape-man modeled after "Sun Wukong."

There are even more heavyweight ones.

A man in a green robe with purple scales appeared in the Tongtian Bridge plane. He was none other than the Nine Swords Venerable, chatting happily with several other beings of the same level within the Venerable's circle.

……

Jiang Zhe, familiar with the route, stepped onto the Void Core, which had grown to over two meters tall, and arrived at the starry sky environment on the seventh floor of the Sky Bridge.

"I currently possess ninth-tier cosmic-level mental strength. Not to mention the more than 90 fundamental mysteries I've comprehended, my overall understanding of the third diagram of the Cosmic Chaos Stele is definitely over 90%. Passing the seventh level will be a piece of cake!"

"There is now a tenfold reward for points. If you pass the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven, you will get a full 500,000 points. There are not many opportunities to get such a bargain outside of Chaos City. The only option is to challenge the Primal Bridge to Heaven, but those points are only awarded when you become a Realm Lord."

"My [Thunder Prison Realm] and Anna's [Material Lord] are both resource-intensive and urgently need a large amount of points to pass the Domain Lord level."

"Who cares about alien assassinations now? I need to seize this opportunity to make a killing!"

With this in mind, Jiang Zhe arrived at the end of the seventh bridge deck and, facing a small meteorite several kilometers in diameter, made his choice.

"The Controller!"

A stone that broke off at the edge of the meteorite rolled onto the bridge and transformed into a controller dressed in blue battle armor, wearing a silver mask, standing on the Core of the Void, and with the Hand of Time and Space on his left arm.

"I remember you, it's been so long."

His aged voice was full of sighs as he looked down at his equipment.

"You listen to advice. This set of equipment is quite good. It can perfectly bring out the insights of the Cosmic Chaos Monument, and it can still be used even at the Immortal level."

"Come on, let me see your 'world' again," Jiang Zhe challenged.

"Heh, quite confident, huh?" The man in blue activated the Void Core, rising into the air. "Let me see how much you've improved in these thirty years!"

With a wave of his left arm, intense lightning burst forth, and countless steel needles shot out in all directions, causing the surrounding scenery to change—vast scorched earth, dark clouds, and lightning bolts leaping about.

The Hand of Time and Space, Fifth Form: [The End World]!

On the opposite side, Jiang Zhe also activated the Hand of Time and Space.

The 5832 dark purple steel needles that shot out in all directions stirred the two fundamental laws of time and lightning, and were further supplemented by the fundamental law of space, interspersed among them, causing the world to change color and forming a more realistic end world.

Boom!

The two, manipulating the lightning-filled world of thunder, collided directly.

Countless electric snakes inside collided spontaneously.

But in an instant, the sky and earth collapsed, and the blue-clad man's world of thunder began to crumble.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhe's Thunder World began to expand rapidly.

"This... how is this possible? Your understanding of the laws is so high!" the man in blue exclaimed in shock.

He only had time to utter that one sentence before a sudden arc of electricity shattered his skull.

"Second tier? They deserved to lose!"

The man in blue's eyes widened; this was his last thought.

It is the same as the Divine Weapon.

As a means to be named "the world", it has three forms.

The first level involves condensing electric snakes in front of you, one, two, three... As your mastery of the world increases, the electric snakes can appear at greater distances, allowing you to manipulate them to kill enemies.

The second layer, within the area covered by the Thunder World, can generate electric snakes anywhere, capable of instantly killing enemies unexpectedly.

The third level involves directly manipulating the Thunder World to solidify, treating the entire world as a telekinetic weapon, and wielding it to crash into the enemy.

What Jiang Zhe just showed was the second layer of the End World.

The seventh floor was easily cleared.

"64,000 points secured, let's continue! Let's continue!"

Jiang Zhe stepped onto the Void Core and rushed up to the eighth level. Facing the meteorite at the end of the bridge, he still chose the Controller as his opponent.

The End World - Second Layer VS The End World - Second Layer!

It is obvious that Jiang Zhe has a higher level of understanding of the laws, and the thunder world he created is stronger.

The first collision shattered the blue-clad man's world of lightning, extinguishing the electric snakes that crisscrossed within, and then killed the blue-clad man.

Level 8, easy to pass.

"128,000 points in hand! Great! Great!" Jiang Zhe felt a surge of pride and stepped onto the Void Core to rush up to the ninth floor.

……

"If the eighth floor is so easy, the ninth floor should be no problem either, right?"

"The ninth level is definitely no problem; his comprehension of the laws is too high!"

"I remember that among the cosmic-level members in the Primal Realm, only one little guy has managed to clear the eighth level, right?"

"Yes, it seems he's absolutely guaranteed a spot in the qualifying round a century from now."

"Holy King, your teaching is excellent!"

"Congratulations, Holy Spirit King."

"Holy King, please continue to offer classes to add more talent to our 'Cosmic School.' We don't need to reach Jiang Zhe's level, just half of him, no! One-tenth! and our 'Cosmic School' will be overflowing with talent! Hahaha..."

……

The Cosmic Sky Bridge, Ninth Level.

The End of the World: Great Achievement VS The End of the World: Great Achievement!

The spherical world of thunder was sculpted into two thick pillars of lightning, which collided violently.

Relying on his exceptionally high level of understanding of the laws and his abnormally strong consciousness, Jiang Zhe wielded the lightning pillar and forcefully shattered the blue-clad man's lightning pillar, killing him.

Level 9, easily cleared!

"Another 256,000 points easily in hand!" Jiang Zhe thought to himself with a smug satisfaction as he stepped onto the Void Core and entered the tenth floor.

The Cosmic Sky Bridge, tenth level.

The surrounding scenery shifted from the starry sky to the interior of a planet, which appeared to be the star's core.

"The Controller!" Jiang Zhe made his choice.

The earth trembled, and countless yellow lights burst forth from the rock layers, condensing in the air into a controller wearing a yellow battle suit and mask.

"Currently, none of the universe-level members of Virtual Universe Company can get past me. I hope you can break this record."

"I will use the sixth form of the Hand of Time and Space—'Thunder Transforms into Stars'—and the fully-fledged End World will be utterly vulnerable before me!"

"I will show you its secrets. Watch carefully and learn well."

After speaking, the man in yellow unleashed a burst of intense lightning from his left arm, and a total of 8748 steel needles flew out simultaneously.

Numerous dark purple threads extended from between the steel needles, revealing powerful fluctuations of laws. The laws of lightning and time were perfectly compatible and quickly combined.

The intersecting spatial laws act like lubricant, seeping into the space and making the two more closely and harmoniously combined, resulting in a more powerful fluctuation of the laws.

In the blink of an eye, a dark purple star with a diameter of 3.3 meters took shape.

Even with the naked eye, one can sense its terrifying weight and generate an incredibly strong gravitational pull, creating a terrifying suction force on surrounding objects.

Jiang Zhe had no doubt that if someone with a higher understanding of the laws of the cosmic chaos monument were to use it, this star would probably collapse into a singularity, turning into a small black hole that would devour everything.

After all, the higher-level illustrations on the Cosmic Chaos Monument often depicted similar imagery.

"The End World? Pathetic?" Jiang Zhe didn't believe the blue-clad man's assessment. "Then I'll defeat you with my fully-fledged End World!"

5832 steel needles flew out, forming a world of thunder, and Jiang Zhe controlled the shaping of the spherical space.

Collapse!

This time, instead of forming a pillar of lightning, it shrank into a sphere, eventually reaching a diameter of five meters.

The Razer energy inside was highly concentrated, almost liquefied, filling the entire space.

Inside the spherical space, Jiang Zhe was piloting a shrunken world of thunder, crashing straight into the oncoming thunder stars.

The fourth layer of the Cosmic Chaos Monument is the "Planet Chart (216 Planets)".

Therefore, there is a reason why the sixth form of the telekinetic weapon, which is in harmony with the Chaos Monument of the Universe, is to condense into a "star" and manipulate the star to launch attacks.

"Some of the mysteries in the fourth image of the Chaos Stele? Coincidentally, I've also dabbled in that!"

Jiang Zhe thought to himself.

It was precisely because he saw through the true nature of the dark purple star that he relentlessly drove the Thunder World to crash into it.

Boom!

Two dark purple spheres, one large and one small, one illusory and one real, collided.

Sure enough, big is good, regardless of whether it's real or not.

With just one collision, Jiang Zhe used "The End World" to shatter "Thunder into Stars", causing the 8748 steel needles that broke off to be thrown in all directions.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the man in yellow stepped on the core of the void and split into thousands of illusory bodies, while his real body disappeared into the void, intending to escape this wave of fierce attacks.

Thunder Space rolled by.

The powerful fluctuations of the laws of time and space caused time and space to seem to freeze, and caused the surrounding illusory bodies to shatter, revealing the true form of the man in yellow.

Afterwards, Jiang Zhe caught up with him by manipulating the Thunder Space, and mercilessly crushed him, resulting in his defeat and death.

Level 10, cleared.

"512,000 points, acquired!"

Points are the hard currency in the Virtual Universe Company. Jiang Zhe calculated his gains in his mind and stepped on the Core of the Void to rush up to the eleventh floor.

On the island in the Skybridge dimension.

The assembled immortal gods were silent, staring in shock at the enormous screen in front of them, their eyes filled with disbelief.

In just thirty years, a little guy of cosmic level has gained insights at the level of immortality?

Judging from his effortless demeanor, the tenth level is probably not his limit. Even the phrase "one in ten million epochs" is insufficient to describe his excellence.

In mid-air, even the immortal kings were shocked.

Looking at the calm and collected Holy Spirit King, and then at the little guy on the screen, they were all heartbroken. Why didn't such a genius choose his own school of thought?

High in the sky, several Venerable Ones also had solemn expressions, knowing that this was a peerless genius of the "Koti level", or even far surpassing Koti!

No wonder the emails I sent earlier were retracted by the virtual universe system.

After losing his beloved student, has he discovered a replacement or even a plus version, and is he preparing to once again cultivate a pillar of the community?

The Venerables only knew that the great Lord of Chaos City was eager for talent and devoted himself to cultivating talent for the sake of his clan, but few knew that he had a little bit of selfishness.

At this moment, the Lord of Chaos City was also secretly watching Jiang Zhe break through the Tongtian Bridge.

His junior brother nurtured a cosmic ruler for the race, while he, as the senior brother, received nothing in return, which was a real loss of face.

He had pinned his hopes on Koti, hoping Koti could help him turn the tide, but Koti was killed by the Zerg!

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

I'm so angry! So angry! So angry!

This time, we saw another chance to turn the tide, but... how come we were snatched away before we even entered the initial universe?

And you even let him choose the Cosmic Chaos Monument and wave it around right under my nose?

I'm so hungry! I'm so annoyed!

Please, someone, be a respectful and respectful junior brother to your elder brother!

……

The eleventh floor.

The surrounding scenery is still inside the planet, only now it has moved from the core region to the magma layer, making it seem as if it is about to break out of the planet.

It remains the same: the end of the world versus lightning transforming into stars!

The main problem is that Jiang Zhe is currently only at the ninth level of the cosmic level, and his mental strength is not up to par.

Rather than forcibly unleashing the sixth level of "Thunder Transforms into Stars," it's better to use the more skillful "End World" to fight the enemy.

Before the man in yellow, a dark purple star with a diameter of three meters and three fen stretched across the void.

Jiang Zhe controlled the Thunder World to collapse to the same size, also dark purple, so the difference wasn't significant. Then, he drove the Thunder World forward and crashed into it.

Both sides activated the mysteries of the fourth section of the Chaos Stele, the "Planetary Diagram," drawing out profound trajectories in the void.

Collisions upon collisions!

It emitted a dull, teeth-grinding sound, causing slight ripples in the surrounding space, already possessing the power of a World Lord-level expert making a move.

It's clear that Jiang Zhe's manipulation of the Thunder Space was rather immature, far less skillful than the Yellow-Clad Man's masterful control of the Thunder Stars.

However, Jiang Zhesheng has a more solid foundation, and his approach to understanding the essence of the laws is ten times stronger than that of ordinary people who try to comprehend the laws!

This allowed him to withstand the attacks of the man in yellow time and time again without showing any signs of weakness.

"Haha, you're nothing special!"

After more than ten consecutive collisions, Jiang Zhe burst into laughter, finally figuring out the limits of the eleventh-level examiner and roughly deducing his own limits.

"Arrogant!"

The man in yellow, mocked, unleashed his full power to teach Jiang Zhe a lesson.

"Let's end this!"

Jiang Zhe focused his will, and his consciousness solidified like steel, causing the power that the Thunder World could unleash to surge dramatically.

Two spheres of the same size, one real and one illusory, collided, creating explosive ripples in the void.

But the most exciting part is yet to come.

Thunder Star was defeated in this battle, and was directly smashed into the ground by Thunder World, scattering countless steel needles in all directions.

Jiang Zhe rode the slightly dimmer Thunder World forward, crushing the yellow-clad man's body.

Level 11, cleared.

"One million two hundred and twenty-four thousand points, that's great!"

Driven by his desire for points, Jiang Zhe flew up to the twelfth floor and arrived at the end of the bridge.

This level corresponds to comprehending the 108 fundamental mysteries of the two factions. Whether he can pass through this level and match Kodi's achievements at the cosmic level, Jiang Zhe himself is not very confident.

But he will do everything in his power, except for his willpower, to fight for victory!

The twelfth layer, the surface layer.

The surrounding scenery has changed; it has broken through the ground and can now overlook the vast land below.

The desolate, Martian ground trembled, rumbling loudly: "Choose your opponent: warrior, illusionist, controller..."

In fact, if he had chosen to be an illusionist, Jiang Zhe could have easily passed the twelfth floor with his strong will, but is that something a human could do?

"I choose, the Controller!" Jiang Zhe said proudly, still choosing the highest difficulty.

Strands of earthy yellow light shot out from the ground, condensing into a yellow-clad figure in space, who then quietly observed Jiang Zhe upon his appearance.

"To think that someone at only the ninth level of the Universe Realm could reach this point... How long has it been since our clan produced a genius of this caliber?"

"The one before you is dead. I hope you live a long life."

"Furthermore, if you can defeat me today, you will be the fastest genius in the universe to clear the first twelve levels, breaking the record for your race."

"Come on, I can't wait to see what you're made of!"

"As you wish, let's begin!" Jiang Zhe nodded and gently raised his left arm.

In an instant, intense lightning burst forth from the left arms of both of them, sending out a total of 8748 steel needles that manipulated the laws of lightning, time, and space, forming two miniature planets, each three meters in diameter and radiating terrifying gravity, in front of them.

The Hand of Time and Space, sixth form – "Thunder Transforms into Stars"!

Jiang Zhe simply lacked the ability, not the skill.

"Come on! Collision! Let me crush you!"

The man in yellow seemed to be enraged, roaring as he controlled the lightning stars to charge straight at Jiang Zhe without any fancy moves.

"Come on, who's afraid of who!"

Jiang Zhe, not to be outdone, roared in response and controlled his Thunder Star to collide with it.

Bang!

It stirred up terrifying ripples in the void, making the space look like a crumpled picture, as if it could be torn open at any moment.

No one could have imagined that this was the power generated by a battle between ninth-level cosmic beings. Even among world lords, only a few could achieve this.

In the void, nearly a thousand steel needles shattered, creating a conspicuous notch in Jiang Zhe's Thunder Star.

Fortunately, he had grasped the profound mysteries of the dual-faction 90+ rule and had a solid foundation, which prevented the man in yellow from shattering the Thunder Star into a sky full of fireworks with a single blow.

"Haha, I'll crush you next time, and kill you the third time!" the man in yellow swore.

He's sharp-tongued, and his hands are never idle either.

The man in yellow controlled the intact Thunder Star to crash into Jiang Zhe again, intending to take advantage of Jiang Zhe's illness and kill him.

Jiang Zhe's heated mind instantly calmed down.

He immediately realized his weakness—his understanding of the laws was still lacking, and he would inevitably fail on the twelfth floor!

"Tenfold reward, two million points!"

"The chance to get rich is right in front of me! I have a chance to get past the twelfth floor, I must seize it!"

"Not enough understanding of the laws? Then make up for it elsewhere!"

First, willpower is not significantly affected in this situation, so there's no need to consider that aspect.

The strength of one's consciousness enhances the use of psychic weapons, and since I have been practicing the "Dragon Hibernation Technique" for a long time, my consciousness strength has long been raised to the limit that my body can bear.

And what about psychic amplitude? Is 1500 psychic amplitude enough?!

It comes from the accumulation of killing cosmic-level ferocious beasts before entering the initial universe, as well as the source essence accumulated from killing chaotic beasts of higher levels.

In the initial universe, they dared not cultivate the "Blueprint of Life," so they used it all to increase the amplitude of their mental power, eventually breaking the 100-fold limit of the universe and reaching a mental power amplitude of 1500 times.

Finally, my physical body, activate my innate secret technique [Super Strength], unleash it!

Inside his cultivation residence in Chaos City, mysterious dark purple runes, originating from the "Thunder Prison Realm" on Jiang Zhe's chest, rapidly spread throughout his body, doubling his strength in every aspect!

Although this can have an effect on the body in the virtual universe, it is relatively weak, only doubling the intensity of his consciousness, and having no effect on his genetic energy and mental power.

But that's enough!

All his trump cards were unleashed at once, causing Jiang Zhe's Thunder Star to exhibit a terrifying repair speed.

Nearly a thousand steel needles rolled back, each performing its function to restore the Thunder Star to its complete state, even making it more solid, emitting an aura more terrifying than the Thunder Star that had crashed into them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three more powerful collisions, each one more, with no holds barred.

The surfaces of both thunder stars trembled violently, showing signs of collapse.

The man in yellow's expression changed, and he dared not waste any more time. He used his mental power to stabilize the Thunder Star and drew a mysterious trajectory, attempting to bypass it and kill Jiang Zhe directly.

"Don't even think about it! You're not going anywhere!"

Jiang Zhe's Thunder Star erupted with intense lightning, generating a powerful suction force on the surroundings, truly giving the feeling of transforming into a black hole.

This affected the Yellow-Clad Man's Thunder Star, causing him to fall out of his unpredictable state.

The latter's attempt to detour was interrupted, so Jiang Zhe controlled his Thunder Star and charged forward fearlessly!

Bang!

Countless steel needles exploded, and the two thunder stars perished together.

Jiang Zhe and the man in yellow both groaned at the same time, suffering a backlash.

The former's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The latter was trying to gather the scattered steel needles, attempting to condense them back into a thunderous star to restore its fighting power.

"Die!"

Jiang Zhe stepped on the core of the void and rushed out using the "Myriad Shadows" movement technique.

A total of ten thousand clones were created. The light and shadow rippled and multiplied, and one became ten, with a total of one hundred thousand illusory bodies spreading throughout the void as if a locust plague had struck.

Furthermore, each illusory body emits a unique fluctuation that influences the surrounding spacetime.

Time and space seemed to freeze, like a swamp, making it difficult for the man in yellow to gather the scattered steel needles together with his mental power.

At this moment, Jiang Zhe had already rushed to the man in yellow and drawn a silver spear that could unleash the power of the dual fundamental laws of space and time.

"Mixed-hole style!"

A gun shot out, stirring things up.

It was as if a black hole had been created in the void, tearing apart the many illusory forms of the man in yellow, and then pulling his true form back.

"Dripping style!"

The spear shot out like a dragon, a single, unadorned thrust forward.

This shot seemed to accelerate time, it was incredibly fast.

Before the man in yellow could react, the tip of the gun pierced his head and shattered it.

Twelfth floor, cleared!

With his cosmic-level physique, Jiang Zhe conquered six levels of the Heavenly Bridge upon his first arrival in Chaos City. Thirty years later, he conquered six levels again, breaking the historical record for the shortest time for the human race to clear the first twelve levels.

No one has gone before!

(End of this chapter)