Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

The next day, in the Thunder World, in the Wind and Thunder Canyon, the night was dark.

The armies were being assembled, some quickly and some slowly; the earliest troops had already begun entering the realm within a realm.

The others weren't much slower either; even the slowest one had already covered most of the distance in Thunder World.

Nearly two million star-level troops, like a long, intermittent snake, stretched from the outer edge of the Thunder World all the way to the Wind and Thunder Canyon, only to be swallowed by the black hole.

It would probably take two or three days just for this two million-strong army to enter.

On this side of the realm within a realm, however, the scene is quite different.

As teams of Eternal Stars emerged.

"Team One of the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land, assemble here!"

"The Third Battalion of the Ice Sea Divine Kingdom is over here!"

"Everyone from Three Axe Mountain, come here!"

……

The 196 million-strong army is not monolithic; each faction has its own affiliation. For example, the Black Dragon Mountain Holy Land and the Ice Sea Divine Kingdom each have 50 troops, and the four major organizations each have 20 troops. Each of them has different world lords, domain lords, and universe-level superiors. At most, they will not fight each other, but they will not necessarily cooperate. They all do their own thing.

Some groups of a few hundred people flew away directly, some groups of one or two thousand people flew away together, and some groups of tens of thousands of people flew away in large formations.

Whether it's cooperation or going it alone, it's all being discussed and negotiated by those big shots outside the Thunder World.

As for the sixteen major realm master families, they naturally each did their own thing, and because they were few in number, they actually formed a larger group.

Meanwhile, hundreds or even thousands of soldiers belonging to the Wei Di family arrived one after another and gathered together, with no single unit setting off.

About two days later.

Nine thousand people have already gathered.

"Has the Commander-in-Chief not arrived yet?"

"Just wait..."

"They're all about to leave."

At this moment, a figure flew in from a distance at an astonishing speed, and in a moment it had already flown over the group.

"The Captain-General is here!"

"Is this the Captain-Commander?"

"The Captain-Commander is cosmic-level!"

Many soldiers exclaimed in surprise.

"Silence!"

……

"Weidi family, move out!" Dixie commanded.

As for the remaining 1000 people, they arrived slowly because they were going to garrison the castle, so of course they didn't need to wait.

Six hours later.

"stop!"

Dipsy sent all the maps of the area that had been thoroughly explored to the captains' personal computers.

"Three teams, each responsible for one section. Regroup after completion!"

On the way, Dixie divided the team into three squads. Dixie led one squad, and the two squad leaders each led one squad. Each squad leader also carried a C2-level laser gun.

The two regimental commanders, nine battalion commanders, and ninety squad leaders were all stunned by the quantum computer. It had already detected everything? The location of every single one was crystal clear? That's incredible!

"good!"

On the planet Canglan, in a huge manor, Pero Wedi is currently splitting off a portion of his consciousness to look at three projection screens in his virtual universe villa.

From this moment on, the intelligence of the captains and commanders of the family army will be continuously connected to the virtual universe, broadcasting everything they see to this villa and some family elders.

Meanwhile, Gao Sheng's spaceship was already flying towards the castle.

"Master, I've calculated it. We should exchange our Thunderstones in this order to maximize our profits." Xiao Ai displayed a list directly on the control room screen.

Mia stared at the screen, her eyes shining.

Master, you are truly amazing! Nearly 1600 million Thunderstones! How many treasures could that be exchanged for?

Gao Sheng looked at the list, which listed the estimated value of each treasure, the Thunderstones required for exchange, and how many Cosmic Coins each Thunderstone was equivalent to—it was very detailed.

"Hmm? Xiao Ai, why aren't they ranked entirely based on cost-effectiveness?"

The top-ranked item is none other than the Dark Bloodstone, which ranks fourth. Each stone costs 240 million Thunderstones and is valued at 8.6 trillion Cosmic Coins.

The Life Fruit, ranked ninth, contains 80 Thunderstones each and is valued at 3 trillion cosmic coins, placing it several places below it.

There are also some F-grade metals that, despite having a lower cost-performance ratio, are ranked ahead of fifth-tier weapons.

Xiao Ai said on the screen, "Master, my calculation of the value is correct, but you can't use most of these things. Don't you need to exchange them for money? You can only sell them to the bank, right? The bank will give you a discount, and the discount rate will be different."

"The discount rates are different?" Gao Sheng had no idea that this was a thing.

Xiao Ai explained it carefully before Gao Sheng understood.

It turns out that some items in the universe, such as F-grade metals and extremely high-level energy crystals, can basically be considered a kind of hard currency. No matter what level of customer they are, the bank will offer very little discount when buying them, just like currency exchange.

Dark Bloodstone is equivalent to Cosmic Crystal to the Realm Lord. It is also discounted, so it is not difficult to sell. It can be considered a hard currency similar to Cosmic Crystal.

Because it is a cultivation resource, a cultivation resource for the realm lord.

Human cultivators, from apprentices to domain lords, all cultivate their bodies and genetic energy. Even mental cultivators need to improve their physical abilities to withstand more mental power. The cultivation method involves absorbing cosmic energy and converting it into life energy within the body's cells.

But that's just too slow. Just like there are all sorts of levels, first, second, seventh, and eighth, in the universe, all of which are in the process of accumulating energy. If you rely solely on absorbing cosmic energy, it might take most of your life to cultivate to the ninth level. Those with high physical talent and good bloodline can do it faster, but those with poor physical talent might not even reach the ninth level by the time they reach the end of their lifespan.

Fortunately, the universe contains all sorts of strange items, rich in life energy, which can be directly absorbed by the body, greatly accelerating the accumulation of energy. These are the so-called cultivation resources. Common examples include Wood Crystal, suitable for cultivation from the Planetary to the Constant level; Fire Rainbow Marrow, suitable for cultivation from the Constant to the Cosmic level; Purple Crystal Fruit, suitable for cultivation from the Cosmic level to the Domain Lord level; and even the Fruit of Life, which can be used for cultivation if a Domain Lord is particularly wealthy.

But once you become the Lord of the Realm, no one will use these things.

Because after reaching the realm master level, the structure of life changes. The core of a realm master is the life core, which is the inner world.

The Realm Lord does not need to cultivate the Force, nor does he possess any Force or mental power. The Realm Lord only has one power: the power of the world!

The cultivation of a Realm Lord involves expanding one's inner world. As the inner world expands, one naturally progresses to the second level of Realm Lord, the third level of Realm Lord, and so on until reaching the limit, the peak of Realm Lord!

At this time, the only resource a realm lord typically has for cultivation is the cosmic crystal.

Because cosmic crystals, which are the same price, are much cheaper than cultivation resources containing the same amount of life energy.

Just like when Gao Sheng used the Wood Crystal to charge his energy, the cost far exceeded that of the Cosmic Crystal itself.

It's not that becoming a realm lord means you have to buy cosmic crystals to put into your inner world. Cosmic crystals are originally produced by realm lords.

When a Domain Lord breaks through to the Realm Lord level, their Life Core expands into an inner world. This inner world can then communicate with the origin of the universe, drawing upon the power of origin to continuously generate primal energy. This energy accumulates and transforms into cosmic crystals, which are deposited within the inner world. These cosmic crystals are themselves the purest form of primal energy.

At this point, the realm lord can use these cosmic crystals to expand the world within his body; this is the normal cultivation method of a realm lord.

Some realm lords, because they are poor, would rather cultivate more slowly and only use a portion of the universe crystals to expand their inner world, taking out a portion for themselves, which is the universe currency.

Some wealthy realm lords, finding this cultivation method too slow, purchase additional cosmic crystals and inject them into their inner worlds to accelerate their cultivation.

Whether you take money out of it or throw money in depends on how much money you have.

Therefore, most realm lords who haven't cultivated to the ninth rank actually have limited wealth. Only those realm lords at the ninth rank, who no longer consume but only reap, can continuously extract wealth from their inner world.

However, there are still some unique treasures in the universe that contain energy close to the primordial energy. They cannot be used by those below the realm lord level, but they can allow realm lords to expand their inner world, and even faster than using cosmic crystals. The Dark Nether Bloodstone is one of them. Therefore, the value of such a treasure fluctuates very little. It is equivalent to 95% to 100% of the value of a cosmic crystal with the same effect. Whenever it appears, countless realm lords will rush to buy it, because buying it is a sure profit. Even if they buy it at 100% of the price, it can at least speed up their cultivation, right?

Therefore, the list provided by Xiao Ai is completely reasonable and represents the most cost-effective redemption order.