Swallowing the Stars: Becoming a God Starting with a Hundred Generations of Talent

A year has passed quietly.

This year was a momentous one for the entire planet.

For the Luo family, it was an even more transformative year.

Luo Feng has made a breakthrough.

Planetary level!

He surpassed the limitations of the God of War level in one fell swoop and became a true powerhouse at the pinnacle of Earth, a member of parliament.

The news sent shockwaves around the world.

Lu Yun, having used the heartwood of a thousand-year-old willow tree, barely managed to break through to the advanced War God level in terms of physical attributes.

"Kirishima appears, and Kisaya Akira emerges."

In an instant, the world's top experts—Hong, Thor, members of parliament from various countries, including Luo Feng—all rushed to the scene.

Lu Yun did not go.

Insufficient strength.

"Even with cheat codes, they still can't catch up?"

Lu Yun murmured to himself, feeling that being surpassed was truly unpleasant.

...

My trip to Kirishima has come to an end, lasting only a few days.

"Ding-dong."

The doorbell rang.

Lu Yun opened the villa door.

Standing outside the door was Luo Feng.

At this moment, Luo Feng was still wearing his combat uniform, and his aura was completely different from a year ago.

If a year ago he was a sharp sword with its edge fully exposed, then now he is a peerless divine weapon hidden in its sheath, its aura deep and unfathomable.

"Teacher." Luo Feng smiled when he saw Lu Yun.

"You're back." Lu Yun nodded and let him in.

The two sat down in the living room.

Without much small talk, Luo Feng got straight to the point.

He opened his palm, and in the center lay a rhombus-shaped crystal, about the size of a fingernail.

"Teacher, this is the 'Wooden Crystal'." Luo Feng handed over the crystal.

Lu Yun's gaze fell on it, but he didn't reach out to take it; he just looked at it calmly.

Luo Feng continued to explain, "It contains incomparably pure life energy, which can transform a martial artist. Direct absorption can rapidly improve physical fitness, making it a treasure for breaking through bottlenecks."

He spoke very sincerely.

This piece of wooden crystal was something he had decided long ago to give to his teacher.

Lu Yun did not refuse, and reached out to pick up the crystal-clear wooden pendant.

As soon as he touched the crystal, a warm yet powerful energy flowed through his fingertips, instantly invigorating him.

"Good stuff," Lu Yun praised.

Seeing that the teacher accepted the gift, Luo Feng's smile relaxed.

"Teacher, I just got back and I still have to go to the headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, so I'll take my leave now."

"Go ahead." Lu Yun waved his hand.

Luo Feng bowed to Lu Yun again, then turned and strode away from the villa.

The living room quickly returned to silence.

Lu Yun brought Mu Yajing close to his eyes and examined her carefully.

A moment later, a low sigh echoed in the empty living room.

"Sigh, to be surpassed by one's own disciple, what a feeling..."

Lu Yun shook his head, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up high.

"It smells so good!"

Silence returned to the living room.

Lu Yun tossed the wooden crystal between his fingertips and caught it steadily.

"But that kid Luo Feng..."

He pursed his lips slightly and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"That guy Babata has tons of Wood Crystals, right? But this kid only gave me one, being so stingy."

"As a teacher, you've worked so hard to keep your home safe and protect you from those two mad dogs, Li Yao and his accomplices. Even if you haven't done anything particularly meritorious, you've certainly put in the effort, haven't you?"

Just one?

Lu Yun muttered to himself, his tone carrying a hint of "disdain".

"snort."

He gave a soft hum, as if he were genuinely somewhat dissatisfied.

But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, Lu Yun himself started laughing.

"I guess Luo Feng was afraid of scaring himself."

This thought made Lu Yun's smile deepen.

……

A month later.

Inside the quiet room, Lu Yun's body remained motionless, but within his sea of ​​consciousness, earth-shattering changes were taking place.

The once vast, misty mental energy was now collapsing and compressing wildly toward its very center!

The process was like a star reaching the end of its life and beginning its final collapse.

at last.

When all mental energy converges at that singularity—

hum-

A soft tremor, seemingly emanating from the depths of the soul.

All the fog dissipated, and in its place was a rhomboid crystal, about the size of a fingernail, floating in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness.

Its entire body is crystal clear, and its interior seems to contain a miniature galaxy, slowly rotating and radiating a heart-stopping power.

Miniature planetary crystals!

Planetary level, done!

At that very moment, the long-awaited message clearly surfaced in Lu Yun's mind.

[Breakthrough to Planetary Level 1, gain 100 Achievement Points]

Total Achievements: 4231

Lu Yun opened his eyes, feeling the immense power emanating from the miniature planet crystal in his sea of ​​consciousness, and a smile appeared on his face.

"This wooden crystal is indeed a good thing."

Without the slightest hesitation, he had a thought, and an invisible force lifted his body.

Whoosh!

He transformed into a streak of light, instantly breaking through the villa roof and soaring into the sky, flying towards the wilderness.

……

This is a paradise for monsters, and a forbidden zone for humans.

A dark figure rapidly descended from a height of ten thousand meters, eventually hovering steadily in mid-air a hundred meters above the ground; it was Lu Yun.

"Planetary level, able to fly freely, this feeling is definitely different."

After looking around and confirming that there were no powerful monster auras, Lu Yun began to test his own strength.

"Test the speed first."

The moment the thought crossed his mind, his figure vanished from the spot.

boom!

The ear-piercing sonic boom then exploded, tearing the air apart into a long white shockwave.

Lu Yun's figure made irregular and rapid turns in the sky above the wasteland, so fast that only a series of blurry afterimages remained.

On the auxiliary optical computer screen on the wrist, numbers were jumping wildly.

A moment later, Lu Yun stopped and hovered in the air.

"drop!"

The auxiliary computer emitted a notification: "Maximum instantaneous speed: 1200 meters per second."

"Pretty much, that's about the speed of a planetary-level mentalist," Lu Yun nodded, not surprised at all.

He then turned his attention to the attack power test.

"Then, the attack."

With a thought, an SS-grade battle blade flew out of his spatial ring and hovered silently in front of him.

His gaze was fixed on a giant rock, about the size of a small hill, a kilometer below.

go with!

In an instant, the battle blade transformed into a silver lightning bolt, silently slicing through the sky and shooting towards the giant rock.

Boom!

The entire giant rock collapsed with a roar, shattering into dust that filled the sky.

Lu Yun glanced at the auxiliary optical computer on his wrist, which had already provided a precise analysis.

"Ding! Attack power assessment: Planetary level 1 (5%)."

A planetary-level Tier 1 mentalist typically has a base attack power between one thousand and two thousand tons.

"5%, which translates to an impact force of 1050 tons."

This is just the power of a throwing knife.

"And I can control twelve throwing knives at the same time."

Twelve handles mean twelve times the amplitude.

"My strength..." Lu Yun quickly calculated in his mind, "A full-force attack is roughly equivalent to that of a second-tier planetary warrior whose power amplitude is about four times that of a human."

……

Advancing to the planetary level means that Lu Yun has officially stepped into the core of Earth's power and become a councilor-level figure.

Over the past year, Lu Yun and Yao Rao have become quite familiar with each other, and the two often "bump into each other unexpectedly".

As night deepened, the city's neon lights cast a hazy glow on the sky.

"Becoming a martial artist is a one-way street." Yao Rao gently swirled the red wine in her glass. "Having witnessed countless deaths, one realizes that simply living is a luxury."

Lu Yun remained silent, listening quietly.

Yao Rao suddenly chuckled, but a hint of bitterness lingered in her smile.

"I used to have a comrade-in-arms too." She looked at Lu Yun. "His name was Wei Ping."

Lu Yun's hand, which was holding the wine glass, suddenly paused.

Wei Ping.

His name in his previous life.

He remained impassive, gesturing for her to continue.

Yao Rao was oblivious to Lu Yun's unusual behavior, lost in her memories: "He was just a warrior-level warrior with mediocre talent. In that era, he was as ordinary as could be. He died in the last year of the Great Nirvana."

At this point, she gave a self-deprecating laugh and downed the wine in her glass in one gulp.

Lu Yun remained silent for a moment, then slowly uttered two words: "What a pity."

The alluring woman put down her wine glass, looked up at him, her gaze inquisitive: "Guess what he asked me in the end?"

Lu Yun's eyes flickered slightly, and he tentatively uttered two words: "Loved?"

The moment she finished speaking, the smile on her alluring face froze, and her pupils contracted slightly.

After a long while, she took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress the surging emotions in her heart.

"You... guessed right."

"What was your answer?"

"I loved."

However, her alluring smile quickly turned into self-deprecation: "But that was only because he was dying. At the time, I was only focused on breaking through to the planetary level, and my feelings for him... were nothing more than camaraderie."

Lu Yun smiled slightly: "I see."

"And you?" the alluring woman asked in return.

"I?"

The smile on Lu Yun's face slowly faded.

He didn't answer, but finished his drink, turned around and looked up at the night sky, his gaze seemingly piercing through the city's neon lights and falling into the boundless depths of the sky.

"Looking up at the stars, our civilization, our planet, is but a speck of dust in the universe."

"A human life of a hundred years is but a fleeting dream in this vast expanse of time and space, like that of a summer insect."

He turned around, raised his glass again, his gaze clear and firm.

"Since we've come here, we should leave something behind."

"Cheers to the path of spiritual practice!"

She met his gaze and raised her glass as well.

Ding.

With a soft clink, the wine glasses crossed, and the two drank it all in one gulp.

"I'm leaving." Lu Yun put down his wine glass, and his figure quickly disappeared into the dim light.

On the rooftop, the night breeze was slightly cool.

She stood alone, gazing in the direction he had left, her delicate brows furrowing unconsciously.

She didn't particularly like Lu Yun, but she certainly didn't dislike him either; he was one of the few people who could make her lower her guard.

But for some reason, she vaguely felt that ever since she said "it's just camaraderie," an invisible barrier had formed between Lu Yun and her.

It's not estrangement, nor is it indifference.

It's just... weird.

...