Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

Inside a cave in the Wind and Thunder Canyon, Gao Sheng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and immediately began to try to cultivate this guiding technique.

Inside Gao Sheng's body, below the back of his brain, there is a tiny, almost imperceptible crystal. That is the manifestation of Gao Sheng's soul in the material plane. Inside the soul is the spiritual plane, the boundless sea of ​​consciousness. At the center of the sea of ​​consciousness is a large and three small planets of mental energy, which ripple and release countless mental energies that pass through the soul and connect to every part of Gao Sheng's body.

The body and the spirit exist in different dimensions, but are connected through the soul.

The structure of most life forms, including humans and even the vast majority of life forms in the universe, is the same, from the most basic to the most cosmic. The only difference is the external form and location of the soul and whether or not there is a primal force planet or a psychic planet.

Martial artists also possess mental energy, but it is too weak to form a mental energy planet.

Therefore, the vital point for human cultivators at this time is the head. Even if a martial artist's dantian is shattered and their primal force planet is destroyed and disappears, they will not die. They can cultivate back at a cost. But once their soul is shattered, they will surely die.

Only when one reaches the level of a Domain Lord will things change. The Force Black Hole collapses into a singularity, and the Life Core is initially formed. All psychic and primal forces will reside within the Life Core.

Once you become a world lord, you can create a world within your life core. Your primal force and mental power will all be transformed into the power of the world. Even if your body is completely destroyed, as long as your life core exists, you can regenerate.

At this moment, a tiny, transparent, ethereal octahedron enveloped Gao Sheng's soul crystal. This was the Soul-Soothing Cage that Gao Sheng was cultivating. Although the first layer was not yet complete, it already had some function of soul defense.

The Soul-Soothing Cage enveloped the soul crystal, and within the soul, in the boundless sea of ​​consciousness, there was also a huge phantom of the Soul-Soothing Cage, enveloping the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Retract!" The spiritual power that had constructed the Soul-Soothing Cage was withdrawn by Gao Sheng, and the Soul-Soothing Cage in his sea of ​​consciousness ceased to exist.

"The training path for each level of the Basic Guiding Technique is different, from level 1 to level 99. My mental power amplitude is 26, so I should start training directly from level 26."

Upon ascending into his sea of ​​consciousness, his mental energy split into 26 streams, each exerting its full power, and began to operate along 26 different routes, following secret techniques within his sea of ​​consciousness.

Just one full cycle is enough to increase the amplitude by 1 point and begin the next level of practice.

A wave of dizziness washed over me.

As the process neared completion, a sudden surge of mental energy derailed the process.

Gao Sheng was jolted, and all his mental energy returned to his sea of ​​consciousness. Then, Gao Sheng felt extremely tired.

I checked the time; it had been less than ten minutes.

"Dude, why do I feel so dizzy practicing this secret technique?"

"Can't keep practicing? If you can't keep practicing, then stop. You must fully recover before you can try again. I suggest you take a nap; that will help you recover faster," Lao Tie said in his mind.

Really? Gao Sheng refused to believe it and tried practicing again.

It went astray as soon as it started running.

Thump! Gao Sheng fainted on the spot.

"Master!" Both Meng A and Meng B noticed and rushed over, their faces full of worry.

Luo Feng and the others were alarmed and gathered around.

"What happened?"

But no one dared to make any move.

Fortunately, Gao Sheng woke up in less than a minute.

"It's nothing, I just encountered a minor problem during my cultivation." Gao Sheng raised his hand wearily. "I need to rest for a while."

More than ten days have passed. Inside the cave, Gao Sheng and his three companions mainly focus on cultivation. There are only five bodyguards who occasionally try to collect the wind-capped stones that appear in the strong winds at the cave entrance using their mental powers or weapons.

It took so long, and they only collected two dollars.

At this rate, it would probably take more than half a year to collect all the quest items for the nine people.

On the mountain wall at the cave entrance ahead, there is a projection screen, which belongs to Babatalong. The screen displays four images, showing the scenery within a 20-kilometer radius.

"Even though we're in a cave, we can see the situation of every team within a 20-kilometer radius very clearly," Luo Feng said with a smile.

"Look, look, two more squads are fighting over there. That guy with the knife is pretty good," Thor laughed.

More than twenty days later, while Gao Sheng was cultivating his genetic energy, Xiao Ai suddenly said, "Two teams are fighting, and He Ruo is one of them."

"Huh?" Gao Sheng woke up with a start, looking at the projection screen on the mountain wall. "Where is it?"

"In that direction, twenty-three kilometers away." Since it wasn't projected onto the mountainside, Xiao Ai projected the detection results into Gao Sheng's consciousness.

He Ruo's team was being relentlessly attacked by another team. He Ruo's team currently only had two level-nine Hengxing cultivators, while their opponents had five. However, most of them were injured, and the battle was clearly fierce.

Just moments later, the same scene appeared on the projection screen on the mountainside.

"Quick, wake up! He Ruo is in danger!"

The nine-person team immediately emerged from the cave entrance they had come from and rushed towards the battle site.

He Ruo's team was struggling to hold on, fighting and running away, when suddenly they heard a telepathic message in their ears: "He Ruo!"

Both teams quickly noticed a squad rushing towards them from a distance.

He Ruo turned his head and saw that among the nine lightning-like figures rushing towards him from afar were his four friends, Gao Sheng, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen. He immediately showed joy. Meng B, who was at the forefront, had already released his domain and flew over with a streak of green light.

"Five level nine Eternal Stars? What is that? A Domain?" The enemy team took one look, and their auxiliary computer had already detected the opponent's strength.

"retreat!"

"Retreat now!"

The other party quickly retreated.

"Thank you, and who are you?" A young man with a green mark on his face from He Ruo's team came over to express his gratitude.

"They are my friends," He Ruo said, stepping forward.

"What happened? How did it get like this?" Thor asked. "He Ruo, aren't you from the North Dragon City organization? How did you end up like this?"

"Speaking of which, this was really a disaster." He Ruo shook her head. "Our team originally had five elites and five bodyguards. When we were working on the Iron Rhinoceros horn, we were attacked by ferocious beasts, and one of our bodyguards died."

"Later, on our way to Wind and Thunder Canyon, we were ambushed by other teams six times. During this process, we lost two bodyguards and three elite companions." He Ruo's face was bitter. "Now, our team only has two elites and two bodyguards left."

Gao Sheng nodded. Five elites with five bodyguards—this meant He Ruo's status in Beilong City was probably not high.

"My God." Luo Feng and the other two were shocked. This team of examinees was fighting so fiercely? Fortunately, our team had a detector and didn't come into contact with other teams of examinees.

"What about Brem?" Thor asked immediately. "In another team?"

"He's dead." He Ruo shook her head.

"This?" Luo Feng and the others were shocked. Brem, the big guy they had been laughing and joking with not long ago, they had never seen him in real life, and he was just gone like that?

"Being sad won't help." He Ruo shook her head and smiled bitterly. "Many of our brothers and sisters who have lived with us for years have already died. This is just the first test for us so-called 'elites'..."

……

"Boom!" The entire Thunder World suddenly began to shake violently, without any warning!

All the squads were shocked.

"What happened?"

Is the world about to collapse?

"My God!" Tens of thousands of star-level adventurers who came for the assessment throughout the thousands of kilometers of the Wind and Thunder Canyon all looked up in astonishment at their surroundings and the world. Gao Shengluofeng's team and He Ruo's team were also shocked and looked up at their surroundings. The whole world was trembling, and the mountains were shaking.

"What's going on?" Luo Feng looked around.

"Look over there!!!" someone shouted.

Not far away, the mountain range split open, revealing a pitch-black hole that appeared as if it had been torn apart. Half of this hole was on the mountain range, and the other half was inside it. The surrounding space was also torn apart, creating an extremely eerie scene.

At this moment, tens of thousands of adventurers on the mountain are all watching this black hole.

"What is that thing?" Thor's eyes widened as he pointed to the dark hole in the distance.

"This should be... the entrance to a world! Yes, the entrance to a world!" Babata's voice rang out in surprise.

A voice rang out from afar: "This is the entrance to the world!"

"A realm within a realm! This could very well be the entrance to a realm within a realm!"

"Yes, a world within a world!"

……

"What is a world within a world?" Luo Feng asked.

Babata said, "You all know that the Lord of the Realm can create worlds. This Thunder World was created by the Lord of the Thunder Realm."

"It seems that this Thunder Realm Lord not only created the Thunder World, but also created another world hidden within it. Just now, someone must have triggered something, opening the entrance to that other world..."

"Another world?"

Xiao Ai chimed in, "A World Lord's World needs Cosmic Crystals as its foundation. However, the Thunder World has already been discovered and developed, and there are simply no extra Cosmic Crystals to mine. But this newly emerged world, which can remain stable within the Thunder World, requires an even higher foundation; at the very least, it must have an abundance of Cosmic Crystals!"

"I think it's more than that. Building a world within a world comes at a great cost. It's very likely that they're willing to go to such lengths to hide treasures," Babata said.

Luo Feng and the others' eyes lit up.