Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 180 The Treasure Trove of the Clan
The ninth level of the Time-Space Prison, amidst endless, turbulent tides of time and space.

"call!"

A black-haired youth clad in dragon-scale armor suddenly appeared.

Around the youth's body, spacetime slightly distorted and shifted, keeping the raging spacetime tides, which were enough to easily annihilate a cosmic venerable, far away.

"The environment of this Time-Space Prison is truly unique; even methods of controlling time and space cannot break through the faintly existing sealing restrictions."

The young man was Qi Yuan's Shangqing clone. At this moment, he was looking back at the tiny 'point of light' floating in the endless tides of time and space, which seemed as insignificant as dust.

"That incomparably vast and strange land appears from the outside to be a tiny 'dot' smaller than a sesame seed. The saying 'a world in a grain of sand' is no more than this!"

A hint of sigh appeared on the face of Shangqing's clone.

He flew at near the speed of light for more than five years before finally escaping the range of that strange place.

However, looking back now, the long flight had been spent in such a tiny 'point', how could he not feel a sense of awe?

"Once we're stronger in the future, we'll see if we can make use of this place..."

The Shangqing clone glanced at the 'spot of light' one last time, then stopped and flew rapidly toward the outer edge of the Time-Space Prison.

After flying for nearly three years, the oppressive feeling finally disappeared when they arrived at the outer area of ​​the seventh level of the Time-Space Prison.

Shangqing's clone then released a soul servant that resembled a green worm.

"Om~"

The light of the divine kingdom teleportation system shone, and the figures of Shangqing's avatar and the soul servant stepped directly into it.
At the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, in front of a dark gold spaceship about to set sail for the Initial Universe.

One by one, passengers preparing to travel to the initial universe quickly boarded the spaceship.

"We've only gathered less than a hundred people, why are we setting off already?"

Some passengers were curious.

"I guess some important figure is heading to the initial universe. We must be benefiting from his connections," one of the fellow passengers speculated.

"Hiss! A big shot? What kind of big shot would it take to make the spaceship bound for Chaos City depart ahead of schedule!"

"I'm not entirely sure, but he must be at least a super strong expert among the King-level Immortals."

"To be crowned an immortal king! And only one of the strongest among them? We're sharing a spaceship with such a powerful being?"

The passengers chatted quietly, while the spaceship had already taken off and quickly disappeared into the huge passage leading to the primordial universe.

At this moment, Qi Yuan Shangqing's clone, who had just returned to the human territory, was also on this spaceship, but in a secluded, quiet room at the very back of the spaceship.

With his exceptional senses, he naturally and easily picked up the voices of the passengers.

He couldn't help but recall that when he first went to the initial universe, he also happened to benefit from the help of a certain 'big shot', which saved him a lot of waiting time.

At the time, he was secretly envious of the special treatment others received.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, I have become the 'big shot' that others admire and envy.

"More than three thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Qi Yuan sighed inwardly.

In the context of Earth in its previous life, over three thousand years would have been more than enough to surpass the civilization history of most countries.

Even for some of the weaker cultivators in this world, it was an incredibly long time.

But for some truly powerful individuals, it might not even amount to a fraction of what they achieve in a single moment of spiritual mastery.

But in just over three thousand years, he went from being a World Lord who was just about to break through to immortality to now being infinitely close to breaking through to the level of Universe Lord.

If this speed of progress were to spread, it would likely drive countless forces and powerful individuals crazy!
The spaceship flew quickly, very quickly—

"Lord Qiyuan, we have arrived at Chaos City."

The captain of the spaceship personally and respectfully relayed the message.

Although the captain also possessed the strength of a high-level King, he was naturally extremely respectful when facing Qi Yuan, who could easily slaughter even a King-level peak expert.

"Ah."

Qi Yuan's Shangqing clone returned to reality from his memories, glanced at the extremely respectful ship owner, nodded, and walked outside.

Along the corridor...

Qi Yuan stepped out of the cabin door amidst the respectful presence of the Immortal-class ship owners, Immortal-class crew members, and Realm Lord crew members.

Then the other passengers emerged one by one, whispering among themselves, "Who is that? Even the ship owner is so respectful?"

"Could it be some kind of supreme being from the universe?"

"That's awesome."

“Look, even the black-clad messenger from Chaos City who came to greet us is bowing respectfully to him.”

The passengers whispered among themselves.

Among these passengers were some servants of Chaos City, as well as some universe-level, domain lord, and world lord-level individuals who had gone to great lengths to obtain the opportunity to cultivate in Chaos City.

More than half of them were visiting Chaos City for the first time, and they stared intently at the figure in the distance—

In their eyes, such a strong person is the goal they will strive to achieve throughout their lives!

……

After leaving the spaceship, Shangqing's clone headed directly towards the city lord's mansion in Chaos City.

When Shangqing's clone went to the battlefield outside the domain, one of his purposes was to find a way to obtain one or two treasures from those alien immortals, so that he could use them as 'starting capital' to accumulate treasures of the same level using the return system.

Unexpectedly, although the treasure was obtained, the Shangqing clone carrying the treasure was lost in the core of that Time Prison for more than three thousand years.

The first thing to do upon returning is, naturally, to continue this plan.

Moreover, with his current increase in strength, even 'treasures' are no longer able to keep up with his pace.

His purpose in this trip was to exchange for several handy 'treasures' that would allow him to fully utilize his strength through the human race's treasure vault.

"The King of Extraordinary Fate"

"Lord Qiyuan Wang".

As a newly risen 'Invincible King' powerhouse in the last few thousand years, and a grandmaster who opened his own academy to teach in Chaos City, many guards and servants in the city lord's mansion naturally knew Qi Yuan. They were well-informed and knew that Qi Yuan had easily killed a large number of Kings at the limit on the battlefield outside the domain thousands of years ago. There were even rumors that a mechanical race powerhouse who was close to 'Invincible King' had fallen at his hands.

These were real achievements, which naturally earned the respect and admiration of the guards and servants.

Qi Yuan's Shangqing clone continued forward and soon arrived at an extremely ancient side hall of the city lord's mansion.

Before coming, he had already learned about the specific process of offering treasures to the tribe through the virtual universe.

The place to offer the treasure is this ancient side hall where he is currently located.

This side hall is located in the city lord's mansion of the Chaos City in the initial universe, so it can naturally be considered absolutely safe.

Moreover, to contribute treasures, one must apply in the virtual universe beforehand, because the ancient side hall is usually closed. Only after an application is made will the side hall automatically open once one arrives near it.

Shangqing's clone walked to the side hall.

"Boom~~~"

The ancient palace gates slowly opened, revealing a bronze gate over a hundred meters wide that was fully open.

As he stepped inside.

Boom~~~The palace door closed again.

"Is this where the human race contributes its treasures?"

The Shangqing clone looked around the entire side hall, which was quite spacious, with a huge stone plate about 100 meters in diameter placed in the very center.

As long as the treasure is placed in the stone plate, the virtual universe system can conduct a detailed inspection of the treasure through the stone plate.

Qi Yuan knew that the core intelligence of this virtual universe system was a mechanical universe master controlled by the super strong human race's 'Original Ancestor'.

Because it is a being similar to an intelligent life form, this intelligent core will not only ensure absolute impartiality during processing, but also has sufficient ability to identify all kinds of rare treasures.

"Look at my haul."

With a wave of his hand, Shangqing's clone conjured up a series of items before him—

A black battle armor with dragon scale patterns on its surface, a thin dark blue battle suit, and four sharp, jet-black spears.

The black dragon scale armor was obtained from the unfortunate demon 'Blood Glass King', while the dark blue battle robe and four spears were confiscated from the enslaved 'Heavenly King'.

"Take a look at this armor first."

The Shangqing clone removed its own life imprint from the Black Dragon Divine Armor and then placed it on the stone plate.

hum~~~
Strands of cyan silk threads rose from the stone disc, enveloping the entire Black Dragon Armor, and began to examine it meticulously.

Suddenly a voice sounded in the side hall.

"The Black Dragon Armor, if contributed to the clan, will grant 120 Treasure Points. Qi Yuan, are you willing to offer this treasure to the clan?" The voice was extremely gentle.

"120 Treasure Points. Hmm, that's quite outstanding among Treasure Armors."

The Shangqing clone nodded, "I am willing to dedicate myself to the clan."

Click~~~
As his voice fell, the center of the huge stone slab suddenly cracked open and split to both sides, while the black dragon armor, under the control of an invisible force, slowly fell below.

Then the stone disc quickly closed up again, returning to its original shape.

"This is a detailed list of precious treasures that can be exchanged for by the human race. You can exchange them here if needed."

That gentle voice continued to ring in Qi Yuan's ears.

At the same time, beams of light converged, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a huge, slightly hazy gray form in mid-air above the ancient side hall.

The huge form had four categories: Treasures, Valuable Treasures, Materials, and Special Resources...

"Don't worry yet."

The Shangqing clone smiled slightly as he looked at the enormous form, "I will continue to contribute treasures."

As he spoke, he waved his hand again, this time placing the thin, dark blue battle suit on the stone platform.

Similarly, strands of cyan silk threads spread and coiled, examining the thin battle armor.

"The Heavenly Armor, if contributed to the clan, will grant 26 Treasure Points. Qi Yuan, are you willing to offer this treasure to the clan?" the gentle voice asked again.

"Only 26 heavy treasure points?"

Shangqing's clone sighed, but still chose to agree.

"Look at this again."

After putting away the Tengo Armor on the stone slab, he placed the last four black spears on it.

"The Fang of the Moon, a set of powerful treasures, can be contributed to the clan to obtain 650 treasure points."

The gentle voice quickly reported the results of the analysis.

"Huh, the precious spear that the Prince held that day was actually quite valuable."

Qi Yuan's eyes lit up.

The most common type of treasure item is worth about one treasure point.

Of course, this most commonly refers to powerful treasures in the category of weapons.

Normally, armor-type treasures are more valuable than weapons, and set-type treasures are more valuable than armor-type treasures. As for 'domain-type treasures', 'flying palace-type treasures', and 'soul-type treasures', they are even more precious, and their value is completely comparable to that of an ordinary supreme treasure!
Qi Yuan's three treasures are: the Black Dragon Armor, worth 120 treasure points; the Heavenly Armor, worth 26 treasure points; and the Moon Fang, worth 650 treasure points. It is definitely a huge gain!
"Qi Yuan, are you willing to offer this treasure to your clan?"

At this moment, the gentle voice continued to ask questions.

"Hold on."

Upon hearing this, Shangqing's clone smiled faintly.

Then, he waved his hand.

Wow~~~
A series of clinking sounds rang out—

However, one after another, black and dark blue armors and black spears fell onto the stone slab.

A total of 60 Black Dragon Armor, 60 Heavenly Armor, and 61 sets of Ghost Moon Fang appeared on the stone slab, piling up into a small mountain!
Shangqing's clone spoke with a faint smile:

"I will dedicate all these treasures to my people!"

(End of this chapter)