Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

In the quiet room of the Qianwu Dojo, Gao Sheng sighed inwardly, realizing that his family was both an asset and a burden.

The Wei Di family is said to be a major family in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, but in reality, it cannot be compared with the Immortal Family at all. Even the Realm Lord cannot create too many secret techniques on his own. The ancestor must have paid a heavy price to obtain this soul defense secret technique.

How can anyone compare to someone like Luo Feng, who has a deceased but immortal teacher, and therefore has no worries about secret techniques?

They also cannot be as free and unrestrained as Luo Feng, doing whatever they want.

In cultivation, the most important things are resources, secret methods, and teachers.

Basic secret techniques are easy to obtain; even slaves have them. But the slightly more profound ones are extremely difficult!

Why doesn't the virus spread widely among the higher levels of human society?

In fact, the human race is not a monolithic entity; it is composed of countless races. Even within the same race, there are various conflicts, let alone between different races.

Therefore, secret techniques are rare and expensive. Moreover, if you have the talent, you will eventually find a way to obtain them; if you don't have that talent, it won't be of any use to you.

Shortly after, Xiao Ai received an email informing her that 100 million Cosmic Coins and 1 billion Qianwu Coins had been credited to her account. She then received several more emails informing her that Gao Sheng had become a one-star customer of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

The standard for a one-star customer is an account balance of 1000 million Cosmic Coins, which is approximately 330 billion Qianwu Coins! Generally, it is at the Cosmic level.

As for two-star clients, that requires 100 billion universe coins. They are usually domain lords, and only a very few universe-level beings have such assets. They are either true members of powerful families or powerful individuals who walk on the edge of a knife. Ordinary people in universe kingdoms would never have such assets in their entire lives.

Gao Sheng immediately ordered his bodyguards to head to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

The cosmic galaxy, resembling a giant sculpture, is the Dragon City branch, and this is Gao Sheng's second visit here.

Dozens of people were still waiting on the sofas in the lobby to handle their business, and they completely ignored Gao Sheng when he came in with two Hengxing-level bodyguards.

A beautiful young woman wearing a vest with the Galaxy Bank logo quickly approached Gao Sheng, smiling and bowing respectfully. "Honorable guest, please follow me."

In fact, as soon as Gao Sheng entered the door, the bank naturally sensed that a star customer had entered.

After Gao Sheng followed the girl upstairs, the previously quiet hall suddenly became noisy.

"How did he get upstairs? Aren't all the transactions at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank conducted on the first floor?"

"Regular customers are served on the first floor, while VIP customers receive one-on-one service in the upstairs VIP lounge!"

"Star-rated customer? What are the criteria?"

"I don't know. Anyway, our big boss has assets of trillions of Black Dragon Coins, but he's just an ordinary customer of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank. He doesn't even meet the standard of a 'one-star customer'."

"Star-level clients are generally cosmic-level! There are only a handful on the entire planet Qiulong."

"But he should be a planetary-level being, right?"

An uproar ensued.

……

In the spacious VIP room of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, a bald manager asked respectfully, "Mr. Gao Sheng, what business do you need?"

Good heavens, a planetary-level one-star customer—this manager has never encountered anything like it before.

Gao Sheng said, "I want to withdraw money, 1000 million cosmic coins."

The manager wondered if he had misheard: "Um, Mr. Gao, do you want to transfer money or pick up the physical universe crystals?"

It's no wonder he thought that way. Normally, such a large amount of Cosmic Coins would be settled through account transactions. Under what circumstances would so many Cosmic Coins be used in cash?

"Take the actual item? Don't you have it?"

"Yes, please wait a moment."

After the manager made some adjustments, Gao Sheng's account was missing 1000 million cosmic coins. A hole appeared in one of the walls of the VIP room, and a large number of cut cosmic crystals emerged and landed neatly on the platform below.

The splashing sound lasted for a full half minute before finally ending.

"The total is 10,000 cubic meters. Please count it," the manager said respectfully.

Gao Sheng reached out and took off a thin, transparent piece the size of a fingernail, examining it closely.

The thin sheet shimmered with a ghostly blue light on Gao Sheng's finger; was this the Cosmic Coin?

This was the first time Gao Sheng had ever seen a Cosmic Crystal. A small piece that could be blown away with a single breath was worth one Cosmic Coin, equivalent to more than three thousand Qianwu Coins, or about four million Black Dragon Coins!

One thousand cosmic coins make up one square, which is just a small piece.

This is 10,000 cubic meters, but when piled up, it's less than one cubic meter.

"No need." Gao Sheng quickly stored all the cosmic crystals in his spatial ring and left the VIP room.

Many people in the hall looked at Gao Sheng, as if trying to remember his appearance.

It probably won't be long before the news spreads that there is a planetary-level galactic bank customer in Qiulong City.

……

What is Gao Sheng going to do with so many cosmic crystals?

Of course it's evolution.

Inside the castle's training room.

Gao Sheng first took out some things from his inner world, then put the 10 square universe crystals into it, and concentrated his consciousness to enter his inner world.

This charging process has never been operated before. Gao Sheng is worried that other things might also be converted into energy and absorbed.

At this moment, the inner world is already six meters in diameter, containing only 10 square universe crystals, and nothing else.

Open the system interface and look at that line of text.

Evolutionary energy: (0/10000)

Just click on this line of text.

The universe crystallized into a hazy gas, then faded and disappeared.

Hmm? Still evolution energy: (0/10000)

"Again."

Ten squares, ten squares, and ten more squares... Gao Sheng's expression changed from expectant to panicked.

Finally, on the 100th day, as the fog dissipated, the words began to move.

Evolutionary energy: (1/10000)

"Damn, bro, this would cost at least 10 billion universe coins!" With his hopes dashed, Gao Sheng almost cursed.

"Is 10 billion cosmic coins a lot? This is direct evolution, don't doubt the system's advancement. You're only this little because you're at the planetary level, but when you reach the constant level, you'll be shocked to death!" Old Tie laughed heartily.

Gao Sheng shook his head. 10 billion universe coins shouldn't be much to the ancestor and the clan leader, but he couldn't bring himself to ask for it. How could he explain it?

10 billion cosmic coins! That's a huge shortfall. Where can we get the money?

Luo Feng must have some treasures, but unfortunately, you can't get them, and he won't tell you either; he himself doesn't dare to reveal them.

A realm within a realm? That requires a star level to enter. Moreover, there are only about six months left. Although Gao Sheng's physical cultivation speed has increased significantly, he still can't say for sure that he will succeed.

Besides, you think you can get treasures just by going in? Luo Feng has a lot of trump cards, what do you have? You might as well be going to your death.

Gao Sheng racked his brains but couldn't come up with any solution.

With a sudden thought, Gao Sheng stored several useless items into his inner world and pressed the button.

Nothing happened.

"Useless. It must be a pure energy item, such as a cosmic crystal, an immortal crystal, an energy crystal, a wood crystal, or a nutrient solution," Old Tie said.

"Dude, if I don't fully charge this energy at the planetary level, will I still be able to charge it at the constellation level?"

"Sure, you have three chances in total, and you won't waste them. But you'd better fill them up when you're at the planetary level, otherwise you'll need even more energy when you reach the constant level," Old Tie chuckled.

Um?and many more.

"Dude, you said there are three chances in total?"

"Yes, it evolves once each from the planetary level to the cosmic level. After three evolutions, this function disappears."

"Can I skip evolving and evolve twice when I reach the 'Eternal' level?"

"No, you can only evolve once per stage. It can be postponed. If you don't evolve at the planetary level, you can only evolve at the eternal level, cosmic level, and domain lord level," Old Tie said.

It seems I'm overthinking it. If possible, why not evolve three times at the planetary level?

Energy crystals? Wood crystals? I'd like to give them a try and see which one is more cost-effective.

"Perfect timing," Gao Sheng thought to himself, "My father will be coming to Qiulong Star to do energy business soon. I'll treat him as a super big client."

……

The chubby boy, accompanied by his bodyguards, once again entered the city and arrived at the Qibao store.

"Call your manager, I want to buy Muya Crystal."

The pretty saleswoman smiled and said, "Mr. Gao Sheng, you can buy Mu Ya Jing right here at the counter."

At 2000 million Black Dragon Coins per coin, it's really not expensive.

"Oh, very good, give me 50,000," Gao Sheng said.

The beautiful woman froze. "Excuse me, please wait a moment."

Gao Sheng has become a high-level VIP here. Most of the waiters and managers know him. After some bargaining, the deal was settled for a total of more than 6.9 million Qianwu coins. A deposit was paid, and they had to wait for Qibao Store to transfer the goods. After all, the store didn't have much stock. Should they give it all to Gao Sheng? They had to leave some for others to buy.

Why not buy it through the virtual universe? Because the Black Dragon Mountain Empire produces these items, and paying with Qianwu coins gives you a significant discount.

He also bought an expensive personal virtual space device and replaced his computer.

The personal virtual space is similar in function to "Dream Palace", except that it can only be used by one person. However, because it is much smaller, it is not cheaper than Dream Palace at all.

As for the quantum computer, although Xiao Ai said it was unnecessary, it would still be troublesome if it were broken. Xiao Ai cannot perform many of its functions without its assistance.

Intelligent optical computers aren't expensive. Gao Sheng directly bought the highest-level one that Qibao Store had in stock, which cost only a little over 50 billion Black Dragon Coins. This level of optical computer has an E-grade alloy shell, so even if Gao Sheng becomes a cosmic-grade one in the future, it's unlikely to be damaged.