Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

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Genetic level: 4

Body: Cosmic Level 4

Force: Cosmic Level 4

Development level: 0.54

Mental power: Universe level 5

Development level: 0.92

Willpower: Cosmic Level 9

[Number of draws available: Advanced 0, Normal 0]

[Safety Box: 0]

[Number of evolution attempts: 1]

[Evolutionary Energy: 1/10000]

……

Upon reaching a higher level of consciousness, clicking on "Evolution Energy" caused the small mountain of energy crystals to evaporate rapidly, leaving only a small pile tens of meters high after a few seconds.

"So fast?"

"Let's begin."

Gao Sheng gritted his teeth and decided to evolve!

Countless gray gases were born from the system world, bursting out of the rising primal force planet and rushing towards the rising sea of ​​consciousness.

"Hmm? What's wrong...?"

The intense pain I had imagined did not come.

Gao Sheng then lost consciousness.

"Where am I? Who am I?"

In the vast jungle, a starving and freezing figure struggled to move forward.

He forgot who he was, and didn't know where he was. All he knew was that he had to survive.

This is a world of cold weapons. There are no martial artists here; everyone is an ordinary person. Yet, there is martial arts training, a seven-kingdom war, kings and generals, and people from all walks of life. It has a morbid prosperity amidst chaos. Gao Sheng had just left the jungle when he was forcibly conscripted into the army. He struggled between life and death, training his body day and night, practicing martial arts, and killing on the battlefield.

"Promotion, well done! I appoint you as the captain of the third squad!" The notoriously ruthless general made no attempt to hide his admiration.

"I am willing to serve you with my body, please do not despise me, my benefactor." The beauty Gao Sheng saved was moved to tears of gratitude, but she only saw Gao Sheng's departing figure.

"General Gao! The enemy is overwhelming! Think it over!" His panicked subordinates desperately pleaded, only to be met with Gao Sheng's cold reply: "Attack!"

In the bustling capital city, the Chaotian Gate was wide open, and crowds surged forth, eager to catch a glimpse of the world's number one swordsman.

"Great General, I will share this empire with you!" The Emperor personally greeted him, holding his hand as they rode together in the imperial carriage.

"General! Make a decision quickly! The emperor has promoted you in name only, but in reality he has stripped you of your military power. He has also secretly sent people to find fault with you. Why do you need to ask him anything more?" The loyal subordinate pleaded.

"Old General, don't go. If you leave, who will I be able to rely on..." The young emperor cried and sobbed by the sickbed.

However, Gao Sheng, with his white hair, could only twitch his lips, unable to utter a single word. Eighty-seven years flashed through his mind like a phantom, filled with ingenious schemes, life-or-death battles, intrigue, love, and hatred. Even as the regent, a legend of his time, no amount of power could withstand aging, and only a sliver of his consciousness was slowly fading away.

...Gao Sheng was born in another world, a vast world with countless mortal kingdoms, where immortals and demons also lurk. Legend has it that immortals live as long as heaven and earth and are omnipotent. Gao Sheng was born into a noble family, but he harbored the ambition to cultivate immortality. He successfully entered the immortal sect, but regretted that his innate talent was ordinary and he could not achieve great things. Later, he became obsessed with alchemy and became the alchemy master of the sect. Although his strength was limited, he was still highly regarded. However, when the crisis came, the sect was destroyed, and he also died in battle.

......

"Hmph! Fortune changes every thirty years, never underestimate a young man's potential!"

"Don't underestimate a middle-aged person's potential!"

Don't underestimate the poor and elderly!

……

"I see you're already courting death!"

……

Lifetime after life... it seems like an endless cycle of reincarnation.

In some worlds, martial arts are practiced; in others, spiritual energy is cultivated; and in still others, technology is advanced.

Sometimes he is a martial arts master, sometimes a medical genius, sometimes a great scientist, sometimes a business tycoon, sometimes he wields immense power, but more often than not, he achieves nothing.

I don't know how many lifetimes they've been reincarnated.

Gao Sheng's consciousness sank into darkness.

……

No light.

silent.

No thoughts.

No thoughts.

There is no space.

There was no time.

Everything returns to nothingness.

Only "empty" remains.

A sliver of consciousness slowly revived in the "emptiness," without time; it was instantaneous.

Then time went back to normal.

"Where am I? Who am I?"

I don't know how much time has passed.

"I'm Gao Sheng."

"No light? Then I'll create light!"

"Break it!"

As the darkness dissipated, Gao Sheng opened his eyes in the spaceship's training room.

The endless cycle of reincarnation vanishes before my eyes, and the true world returns to my sight.

"Congratulations, Master, you have completed your final evolution."

"Who are you? Xiao Ai!"

Countless dreams pressed into the depths of consciousness, while original memories rose rapidly, regaining their place in the rising sea of ​​consciousness.

"How much time has passed?"

"What do you think?" Xiao Ai's voice made Gao Sheng feel warm and familiar.

"I don't know, is it ten thousand years? Or a million years?"

"Twenty-seven days, not bad, faster than I expected," Lao Tie's voice rang out.

Gao Sheng was fully awake.

Consciousness enters the system space.

"Huh? Bro, where's your personal information?"

"That's it. After three evolutions, the panel evaluation and evolution system are all gone," Old Tie said. "The new features will appear when you become a Realm Lord."

"Well……"

Gao Sheng examined himself, and after a while, he spoke again.

"Dude, what exactly changed in this evolution? I don't see any difference."

"The first evolution is of the body, the second is of the soul, and this time, of course, it's the evolution of the will."

"Willpower?" Gao Sheng shook his head, feeling nothing.

Gao Sheng stood up and opened the door to the cultivation room.

Nansi and Lanluo were both in the lounge.

"I've finished my seclusion," Gao Sheng said with a smile.

Lanluo ran off in a flash: "Master, I'm going into seclusion."

Nan Si looked at Gao Sheng closely.

"What's wrong?"

"Brother Sheng, I feel like you're a little different..." Nan Si said.

"Isn't it profound?" Gao Sheng raised his hand and stroked a non-existent beard, speaking seriously.

"You're so vain."

……

Nine days later.

"Finally, I've finally reached a psychic amplitude of 100!" Gao Sheng roared inwardly.

Gao Sheng cultivated the Basic Guiding Technique to the 100th level of perfection at a rate of one level per day, without encountering any obstacles whatsoever.

"Hey bro, can I finally read 'The Mirror of Stars' now?"

"certainly."

Gao Sheng entered his personal virtual space, which he hadn't visited in a long time. On the desk in the iron house, there were two books.

"The Mirror of the Stars" and "Advanced Guiding Techniques of the Mirror of the Stars".

"Advanced guidance technique?" Gao Sheng was both surprised and overjoyed, and immediately picked it up to read it.

"Heh heh, the Starry Sea Mirror is no simple matter." The robot Lao Tie stomped in.

As they were talking, Gao Sheng had already finished reading the first part of "Advanced Guiding Techniques".

"This?" Gao Sheng was stunned.

"Advanced Guidance Techniques" can further enhance the amplitude of consciousness, up to 100 times!

"Yes!" Old Tie sat down and said, "What you call psychic power amplitude, that's not true amplitude, it's just potential development. Once fully developed, it can continue to improve, that's true amplitude!"

"Does cultivating consciousness amplitude require resources?" Gao Sheng continued flipping through the pages.

"Fully developing the body and soul is about exploring oneself, which of course doesn't require resources," Old Tie said. "But if you want to continue to amplify your power, you have to pay a price! There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Oh?

That seems to be the case.

Gao Sheng knew that there were secret methods for body vibration and consciousness vibration, and there were many of them.

But even those who have achieved the title of Immortal King, or even the peak of the King title, are very difficult to obtain!

If a peak-level King can obtain the Amplification Secret Technique, increasing the amplitude tenfold, they can be considered at the King's Limit, completely elevating them to a higher level. This demonstrates how rare the Amplification Secret Technique is.

Why not teach it on a large scale? That must be the reason.

Cultivating the Amplification Secret Technique requires resources, and the human race will naturally control these resources, prioritizing their use for the Venerables.

The same principle applies to treasures that can enhance the genetic level.

For example, the Golden Horned Beast of Luo Feng needs extremely precious metals to cultivate the "Original World" technique. Most Golden Horned Beasts can only cultivate to the first level and cannot afford to cultivate beyond that.

Later, Luo Feng obtained the inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General by chance. Every inheritor in that inheritance hall had actually received the favor of the Ancestral God Sect, and the Ancestral God Sect's contribution was definitely not small.

"Cultivating advanced guidance techniques doesn't require any special treasures; normal cultivation resources are sufficient, and there won't be too many," Old Tie said. "However, you can't cultivate it yet; you must first master the basics of the Star Sea Mirror."

Gao Sheng put the book back in his hand, took out "The Mirror of the Stars," and began to read it carefully.

"A mental energy construct? It seems to be a secret technique for soul defense; it doesn't look difficult."

"No, it's not a soul defense technique."

As he watched, Gao Sheng's face lit up with joy. Wow, that's amazing!

This Starry Sea Mirror is not only a secret technique for soul defense, but also a secret technique for soul attack!

The Starry Sea Mirror has three layers.

The first level can be cultivated once the consciousness is fully developed.

The second level requires a tenfold increase in the amplitude of consciousness to cultivate.

The third level, with a consciousness amplitude increased by 100 times, is cultivable!

Before long, Gao Sheng had finished reading the entire book.

"Let's begin, the first step."

The ascended consciousness leaves the virtual universe and concentrates in its own sea of ​​consciousness.

The sea of ​​consciousness was boundless and filled with misty fog. Only at its very center was a spiral galaxy. At the center of the galaxy was a black hole of psychic power. The galaxy also had four spiral arms, and in each spiral arm were four smaller black holes revolving around the center of the galaxy.

This is the fifth-order consciousness sea at the cosmic level.

"rise!"

One hundred beams of pure mental energy burst forth from the vortex galaxy, drawing strange arcs in the boundless sea of ​​consciousness, weaving together intricate and ever-changing patterns.

As the intertwined mental energy swept through the sea of ​​consciousness, the mist within it began to thin.

"Hmm?" Gao Sheng stopped, feeling inexplicably agitated.

Whoosh, the mental energy in my mind retracted, and the feeling of panic disappeared.

"What's going on?" Gao Sheng tried again.

As a hundred strands of mental energy circulated in his sea of ​​consciousness, an inexplicable feeling of unease returned, and Gao Sheng forced himself to endure the discomfort.

"continue!"

A buzzing sound echoed deep within his consciousness, growing louder and louder until it finally turned into a thunderous roar.

A beam of psychic energy broke free from Gao Sheng's control and dissipated back into the psychic energy galaxy.

How could that be?

Gao Sheng returned to his personal virtual space, picked up "Starry Sea Mirror," and carefully studied its basic content.

"Hey bro, what does 'the heart is without flaws' mean?"

Old Tie chuckled: "What's wrong, running into a problem?"

"When I start cultivating, I inexplicably feel flustered and uneasy, but I can't explain why."

Old Tie said, "Is that so? To cultivate the Star Sea Mirror, you first need to open up the Star Sea. Do you know what the Star Sea is?"

"According to this book, it is a special kind of sea of ​​consciousness. The first step of the Star Sea Mirror is to transform the sea of ​​consciousness into a star sea," Gao Sheng said.

"Yes, the Star Sea is a prerequisite for cultivating the Star Sea Mirror, but it's not unique to this Star Sea Mirror technique," Old Tie said earnestly as he sat down. "The Star Sea is a state of mind!"

"A state of mind?"

"Yes, the mind also has different levels. However, the improvement of the mind's level is not reflected in strength. At least, as far as I know, your universe does not have a systematic understanding of this."

Lao Tie rarely talks about cultivation, so Gao Sheng listened attentively.

"The improvement of mental strength is often subtle and gradual, difficult to measure and even more difficult to quantify. But most ordinary lives are only at the initial level, and even if they are high, they won't be much higher," Lao Tie said.

"And the absence of defilements in the mind can be considered the second level."

Gao Sheng asked, "What constitutes 'no leakage'?"

"Without confusion, without fear, without attachment, without dwelling, I am the only one in the universe, and there is nothing outside my mind; this can be called the state of no leakage."

He pondered deeply about his promotion.

"Only myself? Nothing exists outside of my mind?"

Old Tie continued, "As I've said before, the goal of refining the mind is to make one's mind unique, and the path to refining the mind is to follow one's true nature. Making one's mind unique is very difficult, and achieving a mind without flaws is only the second level."

"Is there more?"

Old Tie shook his head, "Behind? That's too far away for you."

"It's very difficult for an ordinary life to achieve a state of perfect mental clarity," Lao Tie said again, "but Xiao Ai, she was born into this state of perfect mental clarity."

Gao Sheng looked at Xiao Ai.

Xiao Ai nodded vigorously.

"That's a characteristic of her intelligent life," Old Tie said. "Like the machine races in this universe, they were like that at the beginning too."

"Just beginning?" Gao Sheng asked, puzzled.

Old Tie said, "I guess once they get their acquired bodies, they won't be the same anymore; they'll revert to their nascent state."

Gao Sheng seemed to understand a little, but still didn't fully grasp it.

"Huh? Dude, you said the 'Mind Without Leaks' is the second level, so what is this 'Sea of ​​Stars'?"

"The Starry Sea is also the second level of the mind. It is a special manifestation transformed through the Starry Sea Mirror technique. Remember, the stars represent the universe, the sea embraces all rivers, and the mind can contain all things. This is the Starry Sea."

"Then what does it mean to follow one's heart?"

Old Tie picked up his iron palm and slapped Gao Sheng on the head: "Don't you even understand this? Following your heart means doing whatever you want to do."

"How is that possible?" Gao Sheng said helplessly.

"How is that impossible?"

"Dude, if a powerful person, someone much stronger than me, bullies me, and I really want to kill him, then according to you, I should just rush up and kill him?"

"Are you looking for death?"

"Didn't you say I could do whatever I wanted?" Gao Sheng retorted.

The old man chuckled, "So, would you go and kill him?"

"Won't."

"That settles it, doesn't it? You know rushing in is suicide, you don't want to die, so running away immediately is following your heart," Lao Tie laughed.

"Well……"

Old Tie said seriously, "You want to kill him, but you also want to live. These are opposites. Following your heart means doing what you desire. Which desire you choose is the key to cultivating your mind. Alright, there's no use saying more. Don't practice the Star Sea Mirror for now. Calm your mind first. This final evolution won't be for nothing."