The Great Xia Dynasty's Longevity Begins with Connecting to the Swallowed Starry Sky

"Is the battle of the ultimate geniuses about to begin?"

"Hahaha, this is insane, it's gone completely mad."

"I must participate in this grand event for the entire human race."

"Summon all the young men and have them all participate in the battle of geniuses. Those who achieve the best results will be rewarded."

"I've heard that those ranked in the top 1,000 across the entire universe will receive an astonishingly huge reward."

"Yes, this year's event is hosted by Virtual Universe Company, so the rewards must be extremely high."

"The Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses is held twice every ten thousand years. Once by the Virtual Universe Company, and once by the Giant Axe Arena!"

"I still remember the last time the Giant Axe Arena was held. There were so many geniuses. Thinking back now, I still remember the scene of that passionate battle."

The news of the battle of the ultimate geniuses immediately made headlines throughout the entire human race.

News of this ultimate battle of geniuses is being discussed everywhere.

Some reminisce about the past, while others look forward to the future.

Inside the Heavenly Craft Pavilion on Xuelan Star.

Luo Feng and the others, who were still in seclusion, were immediately awakened by this news.

"what's the situation?"

"Is the ultimate battle of geniuses finally here?"

"After more than a decade of cramming, it's finally here."

Luo Feng and the others walked out of the secluded cultivation room with smiles on their faces. They looked at each other, all shocked by the improvement in each other's strength.

Then, the thought of not giving up arose.

"Hahaha, it seems everyone's strength has improved to varying degrees. Not bad."

Qin Hao's voice rang out: "Come to the quiet room."

Luo Feng and the others exchanged glances and headed towards the quiet room.

Before long, quite a few people had arrived.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen are undoubtedly the strongest among these people.

This is the first echelon.

Following closely behind were Qin Hao's other apprentices.

Among them, Zhang Yuanbai's strength seems to be close behind, but he eventually surpasses him.

Zhang Yuanbai possesses exceptional talent, and also boasts a powerful attribute related to the deadly methods of thunder.

In addition, during his years on Xuelan Star, he received guidance from Qin Hao and cultivated many secret techniques under Qin Hao's instruction.

His cultivation level had already reached the peak of the stellar level.

Others cannot afford the nutrient solution and therefore cannot advance from the initial stellar level to the peak.

Qin Hao can afford it.

He can still afford the expenses for a few people.

And this is only at the stellar level.

If it were a later, cosmic-level power, he could probably handle it.

Domain Lord level, and even World Lord level.

Qin Hao simply cannot afford it for the time being.

However, in the subsequent stages, everyone can consider joining the Virtual Universe Company.

If they can get into the core layer, then Qin Hao won't need to take on this responsibility.

If you can't get in, the Qianwu Secret Realm has similar methods, but there aren't many slots available.

If things get really bad, I can just keep practicing.

The Heavenly Craft Pavilion offers a cultivation environment rich in primordial cosmic energy.

Even ordinary geniuses who don't receive nutrient solution can apply to cultivate in this energy-rich environment.

It's much faster than being outside.

Guang and Lei Lei have also reached the ninth level of the Stellar level, but judging from their aura, they are much weaker than Zhang Yuanbai.

The second generation has a better environment and resources for cultivation than the first generation.

But it also lost the cautious mindset of the previous generation.

During battle, one inevitably loses that fighting spirit to the death.

There is nothing we can do about this.

Times make heroes.

Hong and Lei Shen are examples of this.

Luo Feng's mindset is still lacking in this aspect.

However, his later adventures in space made up for much of what he had gained.

But it's still a little short of Hong and Thor.

Wei Wen's momentum waned somewhat.

Even with the magical artifacts provided by Qin Hao to help him comprehend the laws,

However, he is far behind Hong and Thor, and the same goes for Li Guang and Lei Lei.

Fortunately, he still had a strong drive in his heart, so although he was a little behind, he didn't fall behind.

They're probably at the bottom of the second tier.

Then came some geniuses from Earth who received Qin Hao's sponsorship and were brought to Xuelan Star to cultivate.

They also received three times the cultivation time of the Time Palace, plus Qin Hao's Fire Law, and occasional sermons.

Although they are not yet qualified to access the Heavenly Book Stele of the Enlightenment Pavilion.

However, they have already been given limited use of the Enlightenment Platform, and their strength has improved considerably.

Most of them are already at the third or fourth order of stellar level.

Some of them have even reached the fifth or sixth level of the stellar class.

The strongest one is actually a seventh-tier stellar-level being.

Then there is the fourth tier, which consists of the other members of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion.

Most of them were the Black Luo tribe members that Qin Hao had initially purchased.

Qin Hao was willing to invest resources in nurturing his earliest followers, as long as they remained loyal.

Although Qin Hao has lifted their slave restrictions, following Qin Hao has its benefits and future prospects.

These Black Luo tribe members then followed Qin Hao.

Although not as restrictive as slavery, betrayal was still not permitted at will.

Qin Hao was happy to train them, as the Heavenly Craft Pavilion also needed some manpower.

Of course, besides the Heiluo tribe, there are some other ethnic groups.

Among them are some mermaids and some rainbow shells.

These were sent by the senior sisters to have some of their outstanding clansmen follow this junior brother who has good aptitude and talent.

However, compared to Earthlings, Qin Hao naturally trusts Earthlings more.

"Good, my Heavenly Craft Pavilion is indeed full of talented people."

Now that the battle of the universe's top geniuses has begun, everyone should start signing up.

However, not everyone can get a spot.

Those who can register should give it their all and strive for the best possible ranking.

In this event, each participant will receive a corresponding reward from Tiangong Pavilion based on their best ranking.

This includes, but is not limited to, the degree of contribution, as well as minor and major contributions.

In addition, once the total contribution reaches a certain level, more features of Second Life will be unlocked.

As for what features they are, I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised when you unlock them.

That one sentence alone stunned everyone present, and then they went wild.

Qin Hao doesn't make promises lightly, and every time he does, it shocks them.

This made them ecstatic.

Their second life has become an indispensable part of their lives.

It is even more powerful than the virtual universe.

This does not mean that Qin Hao's "Second Life" technique, developed in the Dream Butterfly Secret Realm, is more powerful than the virtual universe.

It's simply because Qin Hao stood on the shoulders of giants.

This Dream Butterfly Secret Realm was originally developed by the Taoist Master Nanhua, and its secret techniques are essentially the same.

Qin Hao also combined this with the virtual universe, and with the help of the virtual universe, Second Life was able to simulate most of its functions.

Qin Hao also simulated the functions that the virtual universe lacked in his Second Life, based on some knowledge from the Qianyang Realm.

It can only be said that standing on the shoulders of giants has created a reality that allows us to see further than the giants themselves.

"Okay, everyone can sign up now."

Qin Hao summoned them over not only to see their strength for himself.

Another reason was to see how many of the people I was focusing on training could actually sign up.

Don't be surprised, this battle of the universe's top geniuses isn't something you can successfully register for just because you've advanced to the star level.

Those who are too weak won't even make it to the qualifiers.

After saying that, Qin Hao also signed up.

Luo Feng felt his blood boil as he thought about the descriptions he had just seen.

He had been cultivating for over a decade in the secluded training room of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, where time was accelerated.

Of course, there will also be occasional experiences of life-and-death struggles in the second life.

But he spends most of his time in seclusion.

The Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses is divided into two stages: the Selection Battle of the Universe Nation and the Final Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses.

Each nation in the universe conducts a selection process, choosing elites to participate in the ultimate battle of geniuses among the entire human race.

In the final battle, the final ranking will be determined.

The top 1000 players in the universe will receive three major rewards.

First, based on their ranking, participants will receive a prize ranging from 10 to 1 Mixed Yuan Units.

Second, obtain a spot to enter the initial universe for enlightenment.

Third, they can become 'core members' within the virtual universe company.

Qin Hao had mentioned these three points before.

But after seeing it in person, Luo Feng still felt his heart pounding and his blood boiling.

We absolutely must get this spot.

The opportunity to cultivate in the primordial universe is extremely rare.

Just look at Qin Hao and you'll know.

One of his clones entered the universe a few years ago. Although the flow of time in the initial universe is relatively slow, several years have already passed.

Qin Hao's comprehension of the laws terrified them all.

Moreover, Qin Hao's future self entered the initial universe and focused on comprehending the Law of the Flame.

Therefore, in these past ten years or so, with the accelerated flow of time, Qin Hao's lectures have been much more effective.

His mastery of the "Ten Thousand Lines Flow" technique has reached a rather profound level.

The phases of having one spatial avatar and nine spatial avatars have passed.

Now, he can create a hundred spatial illusions.

Although I heard that Death God Berlan had already reached this level in his early years.

But Luo Feng wasn't afraid at all; in fact, he felt a sense of anticipation.

Because he did more than just cultivate spatial secret techniques.

Thinking of all the secret techniques Qin Hao had taught them, Luo Feng made a determined decision to sign up.

As soon as I opened the webpage, a long string of numbers appeared before my eyes.

127445389.
Nine digits—Luo Feng spotted the number at a glance.

With his cultivation at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm, Luo Feng possessed exceptional eyesight.

He was still shocked by the number of participants, which was in the tens of thousands.

In the blink of an eye, the tens digit changed.

6474844386.
It has one more digit, now it's a tens digit.

Nine figures already represent hundreds of millions, so this is already over a billion?
And only a few seconds had passed.

Moreover, this number is growing at a visible rate.

It will soon be a twelve-digit number.

"There are so many people signing up."

Luo Feng said something that surprised everyone.

"I've submitted my application."

"A Black Luo tribesman said loudly."

The others realized what was happening and immediately signed up.

Luo Feng grinned when he saw the notification that his registration had been successful.

Although I already knew that I was quite capable and that I would definitely be able to get in if I signed up.

If even I can't register, then the geniuses in this universe are terrifying.

Luo Feng was confident that his skills were definitely not bad. This was the result of decades of personal instruction from his master, Qin Hao.

Although Luo Feng felt he was far from his master Qin Hao, he firmly believed that Qin Hao had simply taken the first step.

I will eventually catch up with him.

This was also Qin Hao's intention.

The saying goes, "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me."

A teacher need not be inferior to his student, nor a student need to be inferior to his teacher.

The saying "the student surpasses the teacher" illustrates this point.

Qin Hao glanced at Luo Feng with some curiosity. What was this kid thinking just now?
This surge of energy seemed to have boosted my morale as well.

This kid's impressive.

"How is the result?"

Qin Hao asked softly.

"I succeeded."

"I also succeeded."

One voice after another rang out. In fact, Qin Hao was quite confident that if his people couldn't even register successfully...

That's strange.

Soon, everyone present burst into laughter.

Because no one was left out.

They were also wondering if they would really be rejected after applying.

"Look online, there's so much news."

Qin Hao also noticed that many people were questioning why he, as a stellar-level being and even a mentalist, could not be selected.

To be honest, in the early stages, mentalists did have an advantage over martial artists in terms of strength and methods.

It's strange that even mentalists can't be selected.

Most of the time, their strength is superficial and not solid enough.

Moreover, the level of attainment wouldn't be too high.

Or perhaps they were forcibly promoted, and they don't know many secret techniques.

Many of these are sold at slave auctions.

The price of slaves increases significantly with each rank increase.

Instead of using treasures to enhance it, they forcibly use some secret techniques to enhance it.

Not only will its potential be exhausted, but it will also be unable to make further progress in the future.

Their strength is also worrying, and their mediocre power would only place them at the bottom among those of the same level.

This type of person will definitely be eliminated from the virtual universe.

"Scan complete. Stellar-level ninth-tier mentalist. Registration approved."

Qin Hao glanced at his information, smiled, and said, "I called you here today to teach you a secret technique as a reward for your selection."

what?
Are there any rewards?

Is there a reward just for successfully registering?
Qin Hao smiled and said, "I have a secret technique for summoning five-colored warriors. You can use it to cultivate and summon them in battle. Their strength depends on the quantity and quality of the cosmic energy you invest in the summoning."

Five-Colored Warriors?

They're all familiar with this.

The construction of Earth's Tiangong City was assisted by these five-colored warriors.

Isn't its greatest strength its construction capability?

However, some people were very excited.

"Five-Colored Warriors? This is increasing our strength out of thin air!"

"What's going on? Aren't these Five-Colored Warriors supposed to specialize in construction?"

"Are you kidding me? I've seen the Five-Colored Warrior kill a whole bunch of monsters in one move. This Five-Colored Warrior is extremely strong, and his martial arts skills might even be better than ours."

After some discussion, everyone learned about the strength of the Five-Colored Warriors.

Qin Hao had just completed the upgrade of the Five-Colored Warrior Talisman and then built a new functional building within the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror.

The Hall of Five-Colored Warriors.

He nurtured many Five-Colored Warriors of various levels, but of course, the top-level ones, those of the same rank as him, were not many.

These five-colored warriors also need his magical power to nurture them in order to advance in rank.

The demand for the most basic Five-Colored Warriors is not high.

Qin Hao conceived more than five thousand.

Each one possesses planetary-level strength.

Qin Hao entrusted them with the task so that they could help him summon the spirit.

A portion of the cosmic primal energy and spiritual power consumed will be fed back to Qin Hao's Five-Colored Warrior Talisman.

These cosmic primal energies and spiritual forces can be used to nurture these five-colored warriors.

Once these five-colored warriors have all reached the same level of strength as Qin Hao, Qin Hao will be able to cultivate even more five-colored warriors.

Luo Feng learned the Five-Colored Warrior Summoning Secret Technique and discovered that this technique pointed to a special place.

It seems to be faintly connected to Master Qin Hao.

It seems that these five-colored warriors must be one of Qin Hao's secret techniques.

The secret techniques they practiced were merely borrowed from Qin Hao's Five-Colored Warriors.

However, by using a small amount of cosmic primal energy and spiritual power, this power can be borrowed by everyone.

Even for Luo Feng himself, it was a form of help.

Soon, everyone else learned it, but to successfully cultivate it, they still needed to go down and ponder and practice.

Fortunately, there was still some time before the match started, so they still had time.

In such a short period of time, this Five-Colored Warrior Summoning Secret Technique may indeed be the only way for them to effectively improve their strength.

He left behind Hong and Lei Shen, as well as several apprentices including Luo Feng.

This was what Qin Hao just indicated.

Thor possesses the second level of mental cultivation—the heart of a child—and has no desire to keep secrets.

He immediately asked, "Third brother, why did you keep us here?"

The Five-Colored Warriors' summoning technique must be something they also practice.

The third brother is so strong, so the secret techniques he cultivates must be powerful as well.

Whether it's the upcoming battle of geniuses or their future adventures in the universe.

The five-colored warriors are a great supplement and also serve as combat support.

Qin Hao laughed and said, "You should practice the Five-Colored Warrior Summoning Technique more."

The summoned five-colored warriors are just illusions; even if they are damaged, they will not be fundamentally harmed.

Therefore, they can be used as cannon fodder in battle.

In addition, I've just developed a secret technique here; you can also study it.

With that, Qin Hao sent the secret technique he had just developed to everyone.

And he gave a presentation on the spot.

Hong was somewhat shocked: "Is this a secret cultivation method for spiritual masters? We don't seem to have this talent."

In this world, all spiritual practitioners are born that way.

It is basically not something that can be created later in life.

Perhaps some kind of cosmic treasure could, but at least Qin Hao doesn't know about it yet, nor has he ever obtained such a treasure.

However, the secret method that Qin Hao researched was actually a way to cultivate a mental master by using mental power as a seed.

After Qin Hao's explanation, the group was all taken aback.

Qin Hao smiled and said, "Although the time is short, the probability of you successfully cultivating is not small."

Some of the techniques used by spiritual practitioners can still catch people off guard.

Furthermore, after the preliminary rounds, there are round-robin matches and a revival match.

It took several years.

That's enough for you to practice.

Moreover, the spiritual master's strength can continue to be cultivated.

Until immortality.

"Luo Feng, your mental cultivation techniques could be explored even further in this regard."

In fact, Qin Hao incorporated the Golden Core Secret Technique to refine the original core of the spiritual master in his mind and continue his cultivation.

It's not about fully unleashing potential, but about increasing it.

Having more options only brings benefits, not drawbacks.

"However, for now, only with my help in condensing the core can you complete this secret technique. Next, come one by one, and I will perform the secret technique for you."

In fact, it is very dangerous to allow someone else's mental energy to enter your mind.

Others may not be willing.

Moreover, the more powerful a person is, the more afraid they are of others' mental energy entering their mind.

If they were using a secret technique of soul enslavement, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, everyone in the quiet room trusted Qin Hao and could let him do as he pleased.

Hong was the first to step forward, even ahead of Qin Hao's apprentices.

Qin Hao forcibly used his mental power to flood into Hong's mind.

At this point, if he wished, he could actually examine Hong's experiences and memories.

However, Qin Hao did not do that.

He tried his best to capture Hong's mental energy with his own mental energy, and then compressed it.

"Congeal!"

Qin Hao shouted, and everyone saw Hong's brows furrow.

However, the next moment, Hong used his mental power to detect and control the surrounding objects to levitate them.

The next moment, Hong laughed, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.

"Okay, next one."

Having gained the experience of his first success, Qin Hao became much more skilled at his movements.

It took several hours to gather everyone's mental energy and form a primordial core.

Qin Hao gestured to Luo Feng to practice other secret techniques first, and then he would explain the method of cultivating mental power after they had completed their first practice.

Half a day later, Hong and Thor opened their eyes and burst into laughter.

The addition of mental power significantly increased their strength.

This gave them even more confidence as they faced the qualifiers.

They were smiling when they saw the number of applicants.

But in reality, my inner worries never diminished.

At this moment, their hearts were much calmer.

Luo Feng also opened his eyes. He had just experimented with his Five-Colored Warrior Summoning Secret Technique in his Second Life.

The summoned five-colored warriors ranged in strength from those who had just entered the planetary level to those who had reached the ninth rank of the stellar level, and their numbers also varied.

It all depends on the number of times he uses the secret technique, as well as the quantity and quality of the cosmic energy he invests.

He had to record all of these things.

If you're not familiar with this mechanism, you'll run into problems when using secret techniques in future battles.

After Luo Feng opened his eyes, Qin Hao began to explain the secret method of Golden Core.

"My secret method is based on the secret method of the golden elixir described in the Tao Te Ching, which was spoken of by ancient sages on Earth."

Depending on their individual foundations, each of us spiritual practitioners possesses varying degrees of spiritual power within our minds.

But no matter what, there will always be a core element.

The principle behind my secret method is to refine this core as if it were a golden elixir.

The steps are as follows…

This sermon lasted for several days.

Until immortality, the various forces were separate.

Only immortality can combine all power into divine power.

The fighting styles thereafter were quite similar.

Before that, the methods of mentalists held a significant advantage.

Therefore, Qin Hao specially researched this secret method to improve everyone's strength.

"Alright, there's still some time before the preliminaries begin, enough for you to improve again. During the preliminaries, you can also continue to practice this secret technique and strive to improve yourselves."

After Qin Hao finished speaking, everyone was still eager for more.

Qin Hao looked at them, filled with hope.

In this battle of the universe's top geniuses, I wonder how many of my subordinates will be able to pass the first stage of the selection process within the universe?
How many of them will be able to showcase their talents in the subsequent decisive battle?

How many of them can make it into the top 1,000?
Surely it couldn't just be him and Luo Feng, right?

"Look forward to it. Let's all do our best." (End of Chapter)