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

Chapter 210 A Black and White World, A Sudden Increase in Difficulty
The thirteen generals smiled.

He knew, of course, that these geniuses from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom were not performing well.

If it weren't for the group from Tiangong Pavilion, we would have really lost face this time.

And losing face is better than losing your bet.

Three hundred people, three hundred pieces of materials of immortal quality.

After picking and choosing, selling some more, and spending some of my own money, I could refine a powerful artifact.

An immortal beside him pointed in Luo Feng's direction and said, "Thirteen, tell me the truth."

Are you going to tell us or not that you're setting a trap for us?
This Luo Feng is so strong, yet he's been holding back the time here.

Was it all just to get you to propose a bet, so you could profit from our wagers?

Although for him, a piece of immortal material is nothing.

But three hundred pieces is a different story.

Some people raised questions, but everyone else saw through it.

That person is right; one thing alone is nothing.

But three hundred pieces are a different story.

This is a priceless treasure.

Thirteen shook his head: "That's not true. How could I know what you guys would say beforehand?"
I was simply going with the flow.

The situation of Qin Hao and the others will be exposed sooner or later, and the thirteen divine generals cannot deny that they know nothing.

With this kind of statement, even if others have opinions, they won't care too much.

To reiterate, a single material is nothing to these immortals.

Only when all three hundred items are combined will they take it seriously.

If it's just one item, it'll only hurt your wallet for a fleeting moment.

Then you'll forget about it.

The Thirteen Divine Generals quickly continued, "However, this Luo Feng has indeed exceeded my expectations."

During the selection process within the Cosmic Kingdom, he did not reveal even a trace of the fundamental laws of space.

But now, his mastery of the "Ten Thousand Flows" technique is indeed quite good.

This Luo Feng has been hiding his true intentions well.

"Thirteen, don't change the subject."

This Luo Feng is indeed formidable; he's even cultivated the "Absolute Space" technique, his spatial mastery is quite impressive.

"It can't compare to Death God Berlan, but its spatial mastery is indeed impressive."

"It seems he's improved again recently?"

"Right?" The thirteen divine generals laughed. "I didn't do it on purpose. It was a method they came up with themselves. They're trying to use every minute and second to improve themselves. Or is it that they haven't cultivated for long enough? Can you believe they've reached this level in less than forty years?"

This statement surprised all the immortals.

Forty years is only a small part of their lives.

It's not even a drop in the ocean.

Will they have such strength when they are forty years old?

The answer is, no.

"This is truly a genius! Even the Grim Reaper Berlan has been cultivating for almost a century, hasn't he?"

"Something's not right, Thirteen. You're still hiding this Heavenly Craft Pavilion Master? This person is even stronger. This is already the fifth tower, and he still hasn't used the third level of the Heavenly Chessboard?"

"Whether there is a third level is still a question," said the thirteen divine generals.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Qin Hao was one of utter shock.

Qin Hao is no longer able to casually kill these ferocious beasts as he used to.

He was about to draw his sword as well.

He was accompanied by five powerful warriors of different colors.

A black and white storm swept around them.

This five-colored energy shield could actually sweep across the surrounding area, possessing considerable destructive power.

"And this sword formation."

None of the thirteen generals expected that Qin Hao was also hiding his true strength.

Indeed, during the qualifiers, Qin Hao's illusion technique had already eliminated all his opponents.

However, the tower of trials is filled with ferocious beasts, mechanical golems, or even Zerg hives, which greatly diminishes the effectiveness of illusions.

Qin Hao would naturally have to use other methods.

"I didn't expect him to be so strong in other areas as well?"

"What do you mean?" an immortal asked.

Thirteen shook his head: "During the qualifiers, he simply used illusion magic to achieve the world's number one ranking. So I didn't realize he was that strong."

That's not wrong.

Thirteen knew Qin Hao was strong because he could tell from other aspects.

There's also the Zerg assassination incident.

In the preliminary rounds, Qin Hao did perform impressively, but he only managed to eliminate a few opponents at the beginning.

Then he began to experiment with the "Hundred Flowers Secret Strategy," which involved using illusions.

However, illusion magic is at a disadvantage in the Trial Tower.

Therefore, the thirteen divine generals really did not lie.

He just didn't tell the whole story.

"However, although the 'Myriad Threads Flow' is widely circulated, it's not something anyone can cultivate. How could Luo Feng have obtained it? Could it be?"

"That's right, the Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is Luo Feng's master. And the Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is a disciple of the Illusionary Butterfly King. Although the Illusionary Butterfly King is known for his illusion techniques, he has also cultivated many secret techniques. He naturally has the Myriad Threads Flow technique, as well as Absolute Space. However, the Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is quite generous, passing on so many secret techniques directly."

You should know that even immortals don't pass on their secret techniques casually.

The transmission of knowledge will only begin gradually once the disciple has reached a certain level.

Of course, Luo Feng's performance was indeed excellent, and it's only right that he be passed on.

"Huh? This is it?"

Qin Hao had no choice but to use the Tree Realm Descent technique to overcome this difficulty.

"It's getting harder and harder. It looks like we'll have to use the third layer of the Heaven and Earth Chessboard for the next level."

As they spoke, the trees that had been created by the arrival of the Tree Realm began to relentlessly whip and devour their enemies.

"This move?"

"What powerful wood attribute law! If this is combined with some special plant seeds, it will probably be unmatched among those of the same level."

"If you can't hit the enemy, it's all for nothing."

"No, look, these trees have come to life and turned into tree-people. Their attack power is not bad, and they can move. But planetary-level beings can fly, and these wooden beings, huh? They have this ability too?"

"The wooden spears are thrown very quickly and are extremely sharp. In addition, there are many of them, creating a widespread attack. If you don't know how to teleport, it's very difficult to dodge them."

"Its power is still a bit weak."

"That's already quite good. This Heavenly Craft Pavilion Master is only at the Stellar level. But the power of the wooden golem attack and the projectile wooden spears just now has reached the cosmic level. Moreover, didn't you notice? These tree-men can continuously draw power from the ground beneath their feet, which not only restores their own consumption but also their own damage."

"This means that as long as these treants aren't killed in one hit, they can continue to attack the enemy. What an ingenious technique."

"This also includes the transformation of attributes. This Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is quite impressive."

"Well, there is a problem."

"What?" the thirteen divine generals asked.

"He has comprehended too many kinds of laws, too many different kinds. At this stage, he should focus on comprehending one law. Otherwise, even if he were to face Death God Berlan, he might have a chance of winning, right?"

The Thirteen Divine Generals smiled slightly: "Whether he can win or not depends on his strength. Hmm? He actually has new tricks up his sleeve. I underestimated him."

In the fifth tower, these ferocious beasts, still puppets, are rapidly increasing in strength.

Qin Hao had no choice but to resort to his other methods.

The Life-Slaying Sword Formation is one of his specialties, but it requires extensive practice, new insights, and further improvement.

"It's a bit of a pity that Death God Berlan stopped at the first floor of the seventh tower."

"That's good enough. He even killed thousands of ferocious beasts on the first level."

"It seems that Berlan has already secured the championship in this battle of geniuses."

"I also think that Death God Berlan's spatial laws at this age and stage are really beyond imagination."

"As expected of a genius who appears only once every tens of thousands of epochs, he is extraordinary."

"Yes, he's incredibly talented. I wonder if any of you venerable ones would be willing to take him as a disciple?"

"What? You want to take him as your apprentice?"

While the immortals were discussing, the eliminated geniuses outside were also having their own discussion.

"Death God Berlan is too powerful. The seventh tower, I'm afraid I'd be killed as soon as I entered. He can actually kill thousands of ferocious beasts."

"Don't overestimate yourself. You won't make it to that tower. Otherwise, how would you be here?"

"Hmph, as if you can walk to the seventh tower."

"But I won't say that I'll be killed instantly if I enter the seventh tower."

"Alright, that's enough. I think this crazy Luo Feng is pretty amazing too. His points are skyrocketing."

"Wow, Chen Yang's score is really high! Who is he? I've never heard of him before?"

"Oh, this is the Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion. You don't know the Heavenly Craft Pavilion? It's very famous in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. They sell weapons at the Domain Lord level, though not many. But for weapons at the Universe level and below, the Heavenly Craft Pavilion's weapons are top-quality."

"Not only that, the various cultivation aids produced by Tiangong Pavilion have the best cost performance on the market."

"real or fake?"

"I sent you some information, you can look it up. I'm a loyal user of Tiangongge."

"This? It does look quite good, but our Cosmic Kingdom doesn't have a Heavenly Craft Pavilion."

"No need to rush. Once this Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion joins the Virtual Universe Company as a core member, we can probably open a branch in your Universe Country. At that time, you will also be able to purchase products from the Heavenly Craft Pavilion."

That's true.

Death God Berlan was eliminated at this moment. As soon as he came out, he heard many people talking around him.

However, Death God Berlan did not intend to stay here any longer; he would rather use that time to cultivate himself.

These people are no match for him.
First place is practically within easy reach.

Crazy Luo Feng?

Master of Tiangong Pavilion?

So what if my points increase quickly?
In that short time, he had already heard that those people were timing their actions and trying to gain enough time to cultivate.

Even at this stage, they still insist on such strict time management.

Their strength is evident.

As for the wild man Rong Jun?

It is indeed ranked in the top ten, but that's about it.

Death, Berlan, shook his head.

"Thirteen, look, all that's left are people from your Qianwu Universe Kingdom."

Death Berlan stopped in his tracks; he had not heard the words of immortality.

Instead, what appeared on the screen surprised him.

"This is the third layer of the Heaven and Earth Chessboard?"

"what is this?"

At this moment, a phantom image of a chessboard appeared next to Qin Hao on the screen.

It's like cutting that place apart, isolating it from the original world.

"A black and white world."

Qin Hao smiled, revealing yet another trump card.

However, trump cards are meant to be used; when they become useful, they can't be kept hidden forever.

This battle of geniuses will be a perfect opportunity to expose them. The seventh tower—can no one succeed?

Qin Hao really wanted to give it a try.

"In that case, let's proceed at the normal pace. There's no need to keep dragging it out."

Qin Hao's original idea was to gradually time things out.

After being nourished by the Jade Elixir, his physical body improved every single second.

The physical body nourishes the spirit, and spiritual power also continuously increases.

His strength has been continuously improving, making it easier for him to deal with these challenges.

However, the exploration of the Heaven and Earth Chessboard has already reached a certain level.

Simply dragging things out won't significantly improve our strength.

It's better to end it sooner rather than later.

"Then let's go all out."

With that thought in mind, Qin Hao's hand movements naturally changed.

He himself knew that practicing swordsmanship required patience.

But it also requires a courageous and diligent spirit.

"I've already reminded Zhang Daoli, don't you understand?"

When it's time to be fast, you should naturally be fast.

"Thirteen, I've realized I've been tricked."

"This Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is amazing! This Heavenly Chessboard really does have a third layer?"

"This third level seems to require a comprehension of the laws of space, right?"

The immortals naturally had excellent eyesight, and they saw through the third layer of this chessboard of heaven and earth at a glance, which required a high level of understanding of the laws of space.

Most people probably can't achieve that.

"However, even the second level is still very strong for these little guys at the star level."

"If this third level is developed to its fullest potential, it should also have the potential to fight against immortals. It truly deserves the title of divine weapon."

"From this perspective, Luo Feng seems to be behaving quite normally."

Hearing the immortals' words, the thirteen divine generals smiled and said, "Of course, this Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is Luo Feng's master."

"Ok?"

"But this Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion doesn't seem to be very old?"

"He's a year younger than Luo Feng," the Thirteen Divine Generals said with a smile. "But, the accomplished come first, right? With such strength, it's not a bad thing for him to be a master, is it?"

Are you talking human language?
"Look, he's about to enter the seventh tower."

"He suddenly sped up. What was he thinking?"

"The further you go, the more you speed up, but you don't actually save much time. Look at Death God Berlan, he actually spent quite a bit of time in the later stages."

"That's true. But once this black and white world appears, it can draw upon the power of space. It's really amazing. The person who can create such a divine weapon must have exceptional comprehension."

"So, he's also a treasure refiner?"

The immortals talked, but their eyes never left the large screen.

Qin Hao's performance really piqued their curiosity and drew their attention.

Death God Berlan was also staring intently at the screen. After he went in, he only managed to kill a thousand ferocious beasts before he was killed.

No. 2 Guslo (Imu Universe), Points: 16,8297,0000
Death God Berlan looked at the second-place score, which was far below his own.

"Now, it all depends on the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Pavilion. How many ferocious beasts can you kill in the seventh tower?"

At that moment, Qin Hao was teleported to the seventh tower.

Almost all the eliminated geniuses have already focused their attention on this screen.

Others, such as Luo Feng's.

Many people have been paying attention to it in the past, and the windmill is no exception.

But at this moment, Feng Lun also turned his gaze to the screen where Qin Hao was.

At that moment, Qin Hao landed firmly on the ground.

Then, those ferocious beasts didn't wait a moment longer and swept towards Qin Hao.

But in the blink of an eye, a phantom chessboard appeared around Qin Hao.

The chessboard is set, and a world of black and white is instantly formed.

"Phew, this should be safe now."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Death God Berlan's eyes were complicated. He knew that once the Black and White World was formed, these ferocious beasts could not eliminate Qin Hao in an instant.

Next, Qin Hao unleashed a series of various tactics.

The Tree Realm descends, with five-colored warriors, five-element shields, and the Life-Slaying Sword Formation.

These methods provided Qin Hao with extremely tight protection while also enabling him to kill enemies.

One head, a hundred heads, a thousand heads...

They've already surpassed themselves.

Death, Berlan, lowered his eyelids, seemingly sensing the gazes of countless people around him.

Disappointment? Ridicule?
Death God Berlan dismissed the thought in an instant.

He cultivates himself, not for others.

These outsiders' gazes and comments are nothing but trivial matters, even...
I can't even control my own thoughts.

"I still need to work harder, although the Trial Tower doesn't represent my true strength. And the monsters inside the Trial Tower have some resistance to my strength. If I were to fight them, I should be fine."

Death, Berlan, thought to himself.

“More than a thousand,” said one of the immortals.

At the same time, everyone present fell silent.

Qin Hao's killing of over a thousand ferocious beasts signifies that he has surpassed Death God Berlan.

Death God Berlan was the most powerful contestant before, far surpassing the second to sixth most talented players.

Because they all fell on the first floor of the sixth tower.

Death Berlan passed through the sixth tower intact.

Luo Feng gritted his teeth, suppressed his thoughts, and decided to proceed at his own pace.

"As expected of Master, he has now surpassed Death God Berlan. A genius of tens of thousands of epochs? It seems that Master's genius is even greater."

Qin Hao walked forward step by step and soon passed through the first level.

Then comes the second layer, and the third layer.

Although these trials were very intense, they couldn't stop him.

If his future self had joined Chaos City before, he might have fallen on the first level like Death God Berlan.

But now, he has not only comprehended the Chaos Stele.

He also experienced the world of "Covering the Sky" and learned the "Taoist Scripture".

"If we could master the Nine-Character Secret, it would be even easier."

Unfortunately, the Nine-Character Secret still needs some time to develop.

Even at sixty times the speed of time, he estimated he wouldn't live to see that day.

So I decided to participate in the Genius Battle first.

"Now, I should be able to succeed too."

However, Qin Hao soon discovered the unexpected.

"The difficulty of the trial has increased?"

The thirteen divine generals also noticed: "Something's not right, what's going on?"

The immortals all noticed: "This intensity is strange. It has suddenly increased a lot."

"Ask the Venerable One."

This battle of geniuses is being overseen by the Nine Swords Venerable, and the difficulty of these trial towers was originally fixed. This sudden increase naturally has a reason.

However, even for the immortals, contacting the Venerable One is not so easy.

Fortunately, the Nine Swords Venerable also had immortals under his command, so he sent an email to the Thirteen Divine Generals, explaining the situation briefly.

"The Venerable One wishes to ascertain the potential of this Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion."

Understood.

The thirteen generals had somewhat complicated expressions.

This suggests that the Nine Swords Venerable may have taken a liking to Qin Hao's potential and is planning to take him as a disciple.

The Nine Swords Venerable is stronger than the Qianwu Kingdom Lord.

Moreover, the Nine Swords Venerable uses a sword, and his sword formation style is quite compatible with Qin Hao's.

but……

The thirteen generals wondered what the Illusionary Butterfly King would think.

That's a considerable force.

There are a lot of people who have been granted titles of nobility or kingship.

There is also Xiao Dong, who is no less powerful than the Nine Swords Venerable.

"Is this Nine Swords Venerable really trying to snatch someone away?"

If it were a ruler of the universe, that would be understandable.

The universal norm is that a genius will not only have one master.

But if the differences are not significant, there is no need to change to another master.

The Illusionary Butterfly King could break through at any time, and then...

But in principle, as long as the Illusionary Butterfly King doesn't break through, she remains immortal.

A venerable one wanted to take on a disciple, and even the Illusionary Butterfly King could not stop him.

Qin Hao didn't know what was going on either. He guessed that the human race might not have intended for the participants to complete all the trials in the Trial Tower at all.
"Should we ease up and end this here?"

Although it's unclear why the difficulty has suddenly increased, the targets of these trials have all suddenly risen to the cosmic level, or even higher.

Qin Hao's current performance demonstrates considerable strength.

But after thinking it over, Qin Hao decided to continue.

"Then let's show some strength. Anyway, I have a clone, so I can just stay in Chaos City permanently from now on."

He already had a body in Chaos City, and this body entered Chaos City again.

Qin Hao felt that he couldn't hide it from the Lord of Chaos City.

This one is the universe's lord, the one with the greatest hope of humanity becoming a true god.

Its strength is truly formidable.

Moreover, he also controls the virtual universe.

Qin Hao didn't think he could hide anything from the Lord of Chaos City.

But in the words of the Butterfly King, the higher-ups of the human race would not be stingy with this benefit.

Qin Hao earned all of this through his own hard work.

"Then let's continue."

Qin Hao no longer held back, but of course he didn't unleash his full power either.

"so amazing."

"Thirteen, look, everyone else is almost eliminated. This Master of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion is quite impressive; he's even faster than those who are undergoing trials in the fifth tower."

"However, Luo Feng's speed is not slow. Do you think he can complete the fifth tower?"

The thirteen divine generals shook their heads: "I don't know those things, but I do know that after this, the other alien races will likely pay more attention to the Heavenly Craft Pavilion Master."

"The Nine Swords Venerable's decision has exposed all of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion Master's hidden secrets."

"Actually, even without the Nine Swords Venerable's coercion, I think that passing all seven trial towers would attract the attention of the alien races, wouldn't it?"

(End of this chapter)