Swallowed Star: I Became the Luo Family's Son-in-Law
Chapter 265

Space Origin Insight, Becoming a Universe Master

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One of the Core Land of the Human Race, the headquarters of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

Golden Coin Continent, Peng Gong Divine Temple.

Tang Ping slowly stepped into the magnificent hall, and at the end, his gaze fell on the imposing middle-aged figure on the high platform.

"Grandmaster!" he bowed respectfully.

On the high platform Lord of Peng Gong slowly opened his eyes. His deep eyes seemed to contain the birth and death of the entire universe. He lowered his head slightly, a gentle smile playing on his lips, "Tang Ping, what brings you here?"

Tang Ping stated directly, "My disciple's divine body is nearing its limit. I have come here to inform my Grandmaster that I am preparing to break through to the realm of the Universe Master."

"Oh?" A hint of surprise flashed in Lord of Peng Gong's eyes. "The clan is still searching everywhere for rare and precious materials for you, without stopping. To what extent has your divine body expanded?"

Moreover, the Human Race is currently safe and secure, and there are only sporadic skirmishes with the other five top races, so there is no need to be so hasty in achieving results.

Tang Ping calmly said, "Nowadays, the enhancement of a divine body by ordinary divine materials is negligible, and the size of my divine body has expanded to 0.8 light-years in diameter."

Even with the aid of the clan's Time Origin Supreme Treasure, the "Time Ring," the speed of cultivation it grants is still slower than the absorption of my own Divine Power Ocean. If this continues, even if my research makes breakthroughs, my Divine Power Ocean will only expand slowly, unlikely to undergo any further qualitative change.

"Most importantly, the strongest members of our Human Race are now confined to their territories, unable to venture out to explore for treasures and resources, thus squandering our resources. My grand-disciple has been nurtured by the entire clan, yet I cannot share the burden for the clan, and I am filled with guilt."

Lord of Peng Gong glanced at him, a smirk playing on his lips. He was unaware of his grand-disciple's petty intentions; he might feel a little guilty, but most likely he still wanted to become the Universe Master so he could show off.

But.

"0.8 light-years!" Lord of Peng Gong repeated in a low voice, his usually calm mind stirred slightly.

To ensure the safety of his disciple's divine body, he had not inquired about the location where Tang Ping's divine body was hidden, but he did not expect that its scale had become so terrifying. You should know that the Lord of Nine Serenities, who was also a top powerhouse in the universe, had only accumulated a divine body of 12 light-years over countless years.

Moreover, if Tang Ping successfully breaks through to the Universe Master, under normal circumstances, his divine body's range will increase a hundredfold. Given time, will the scale of his divine body continue to expand?

Such a terrifying divine body, as long as the foundation of the soul is stable, wouldn't it be practically immortal?

Of course, there are also hidden dangers. If Tang Ping is unable to reach the realm of the Universe Supreme Being in his lifetime, his enormous divine body will become a shackle when the Primal Universe is destroyed, and his movements will be extremely slow.

But those are all distant future matters. Right now, if Tang Ping can advance to the Universe Master, the Human Race will have a stronger foundation. The powerful individuals below the Venerable level in the race will no longer need to be confined to their territories and can freely venture out to fight. Even the powerful individuals who are vassals of other Alien Race will be able to serve the Human Race more wholeheartedly.

Very good!

Lord of Peng Gong was in a good mood and asked, "When you break through, will you need your master to protect you?"

"Thank you for your concern, Grandmaster. There's no need for protection." Tang Ping bowed slightly and then requested, "It's just that after I broke through to the Universe Master, my divine body has become increasingly difficult to move. I hope that Grandmaster can lend a hand and transfer my divine body to my home galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy."

From this day forward, I will permanently reside in the Milky Way Galaxy, guarding the Human Race Territory.

Upon hearing this, Lord of Peng Gong's lips twitched slightly.

The divine body, nearly a light-year away, contains a vast and boundless Origin of the Universe power. Even with his cultivation level, moving it would be no easy task; he could most likely only move it slowly, bit by bit.

So, won't he be unable to go out and play for a long time? He's even planning for his grand-disciple to break through to the Universe Master, so he can just become a hands-off boss.

After a moment of silence, Lord of Peng Gong said, "After your breakthrough, I will summon a few old friends to help. However, there's no such thing as a free lunch; you'll need to provide a few Resurrection Slot as payment."

"No problem!" Tang Ping immediately agreed.

According to Human Race records, anyone who breaks through to the level of the Lord of Cosmic Judgment the Universe, whether they comprehend the Space-Time Laws, fuse a superior law with a inferior law, or condense the Beast God Heart, will be granted an exclusive secret technique by the Primal Universe: Reversing Spacetime.

This heaven-defying secret technique allows the Universe Master to summon back the departed from the long river of time.

However, this power of resurrection comes at a great cost.

Firstly, the power of time from the day of death to the present life must be borne by the person being resurrected. Therefore, theoretically, it is absolutely impossible to resurrect someone whose lifespan has been exhausted.

Secondly, the Primal Universe is based on the principle of cause and effect balance. To resurrect a dissipated being out of thin air would require an equal or even greater loss of power. This loss would have to be borne by the Universe Master cast the resurrection spell, and there might even be a backlash of a hundred or a thousand times.

Just like resurrecting Cosmic Overlord- level powerhouse, most of the time only the Universe Supreme Being can do it, because only they control the Minor Universe Origin and can support this terrifying drain.

If an ordinary Universe Master were to attempt this rashly, they might end up dying and their very essence being destroyed.

Moreover, if the soul of the resurrected person is enslaved and still alive, then bound by the underlying mechanisms of the universe, it is impossible for two identical people to appear at the same time. Even with the power of rewinding, it is impossible to resurrect them.

Therefore, when powerful Human Race go out to train, their elders always warn them not to be put into a deep sleep or Soul Enslavement, even if it means self-destruction.

These are also the two insidious methods used by various races to deal with rival geniuses: either enslave their souls with secret techniques to cut off their chance of resurrection, or imprison them in a special secret realm where Time Acceleration, exhausting their lifespan and causing them to completely dissipate into the world.

Of course, the same applies to how Human Race deal with geniuses from Alien Race.

In this universe, there is never absolute right or wrong, only differences in perspective.

The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, is Yongheng principle!

Deep within the spatial turbulence lies the edge of the Cosmic Rules, where Laws of Origin intertwine and collide. Ordinary Cosmic Venerable who step inside are instantly crushed into ashes.

Only the countless enormous Space Fragment suspended in the turbulent currents managed to maintain a semblance of stability.

One of the fragments is a hundred trillion kilometers wide, upon which an Endless Nether Sea is slowly rippling. There is no wind, yet waves surge and roll. These waves are not the waves of water, but the undulating rhythm of space itself.

With a diameter of eight trillion kilometers and a depth of hundreds of millions of kilometers, this Nether Sea has become a natural prison and training ground for the Laws of Origin. As the waves rise and fall, space and time are repeatedly stretched, compressed, and folded.

Even if the Universe Master, who holds the power over time and space, were to personally arrive, he would be bound by this extremely dense energy of time and space, unable to Teleportation, and could only move with difficulty at the edge of the Nether Sea.

In the very center of the Nether Sea, a colossal figure, a million kilometers tall, sat cross-legged atop it; this was Tang Ping's Nether Sea Clone.

His eyes were closed, and a faint light flickered between his brows—a mark of recognition from the laws. At this moment, he was immersing himself in the sea of Space Origin Law, attempting to break through the final bottleneck.

In his mind, the three spatial branches became increasingly clear.

Teleportation is essentially an instantaneous jump between spatial nodes, like passing through a hole punched between two adjacent pages of paper; Space Strangulation is the sudden burst of power after compressing a local space to its limit, tearing the target apart with the force of laws.

Space Stasis is the freezing of spatial frequencies in a designated area, causing all movement to cease.

Over the years, he honed these three skills to perfection, but they were like three parallel rivers, flowing independently without ever truly merging.

"The essence of space is not a technique of division, but a container that holds all things, the foundation upon which the universe was born." Tang Ping's divine sense spread along the waves of the Nether Sea, penetrating the Space Fragment and touching the turbulent temporal currents on the outside.

He "saw" that time and space intertwined like warp and weft, with each ripple of time corresponding to a tremor in space;

He "perceived" that the cosmic dust floating in the turbulent currents was actually the original particles that condensed after the collapse of space, the prototypes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, all of which were generated and operated within the framework of space.

Divine senses penetrated deep into the deepest part of the Nether Sea, where the laws were most concentrated, and the spatial power was as viscous as amber, freezing fragments of the past, present, and future within it.

Tang Ping felt as if he were in the moment of the universe's birth: in an absolute void of "nothingness," the Space Law awakened first, folding, stretching, and converging, and gravity was born, pulling the primordial particles together to gradually form nebulae and stars, eventually evolving into a complete universe.

"So that's how it is— Teleportation is the passage of space, Strangulation is the tearing of space, and stillness is the fixation of space. All three originate from the same source, stemming from the principle of the gathering and dispersing of space."

A surge of inspiration welled up in Tang Ping's mind, and the stagnation he had felt at the limit of the Cosmic Venerable instantly dissipated. Countless fragmented insights flooded in like a tide.

His divine sense began to actively guide the fusion of the three great techniques: the spatial trajectory left behind during Teleportation could be transformed into a Strangulation blade; the Space Stasis could become an anchor point for Teleportation; and the spatial rifts created by the Strangulation could be stabilized by the power of stillness, transforming into a passageway through the universe.

The three are no longer independent skills, but rather an interdependent and cyclical whole, perfectly matching the fundamental laws of spatial gathering and dispersal.

The surrounding Nether Sea seemed to sense his enlightenment, and its waves surged even more violently.

He can clearly "see" the location of every spatial node, easily Space Control, and even influence the flow rate of time turbulence.

This is no longer simply about Space Control; it has touched upon the very core of the origin of the universe.

The essential forces that constitute the Primal Universe, the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth), all shed their appearances in his eyes at this moment, revealing the underlying structure of the Space Law.

All things are born from space and return to space. Space is the carrier of all laws and the core of the universe's cycle. This is the ultimate principle of the universe and the fundamental mystery of the operation of laws.

At this moment, Tang Ping's divine sense completely merged into the Sea of Laws, forgetting his own existence and the dangers of spatial turbulence, with only a thorough understanding and enlightenment of the origin of space.

He slowly raised his head, his divine sense sweeping across trillions of kilometers of Space Fragment, penetrating eight trillion kilometers of the Endless Nether Sea, reaching the edge of spatial turbulence, and even vaguely touching the spatial barrier of the universe.

Those spatial turbulences that once seemed wild and chaotic are now seen by him as the inevitable workings of the laws of nature. Every tear and collision is demonstrating the true meaning of spatial gathering and dispersal.

"I see~" A relieved smile gradually appeared on her lips.

The next moment.

His aura began to rise, no longer the stagnation of Venerable's limit, but as vast and boundless as the beginning of the universe. The Origin Law of Time and Space flowed around him, and even the waves of the Endless Nether Sea began to rise and fall with his breath.

He understood!

Boom!!!

The Universe Origin Laws suddenly descended.

The once calm Endless Nether Sea suddenly erupted into a raging torrent, with towering waves surging straight into the sky, and even the surrounding spacetime was slightly distorted under the pressure of the laws.

Strange phenomena suddenly appeared Nether Sea.

Giant vortexes, each over a trillion kilometers in diameter, are spreading wildly, intertwining with the extreme colors of black and white. The outer layer is a chilling black vortex, seemingly intent on destroying everything; the inner layer is a luminous white vortex, brimming with vitality.

The alternation of black and white, nested layer upon layer, resembles a colossal primordial beast spanning the starry sea, radiating an overwhelming power that would make even the Cosmic Venerable tremble.

At the very core of this black and white vortex, a passage spanning heaven and earth suddenly opened up, one end connecting to the ethereal and endless Law Ocean, and the other end anchoring directly above the Endless Nether Sea below.

"This aura—it's terrifying!"

Tang Ping stared at the strange phenomenon in the sky, somewhat surprised. Unlike the colorful vortex when he broke through to the Cosmic Venerable, the black and white vortex in front of him was more domineering and more primordial, as if it were formed from the Chaos energy at the beginning of the universe.

"The crucial moment has arrived!"

Tang Ping's eyes narrowed, and he instantly saw the opportunity: to devour and transform Divine Power!

The Endless Nether Sea is vast and boundless, but the larger its volume, the more difficult it is to improve Divine Power level.

However, the advantage of a divine body lies precisely in this: the larger the size, the more terrifying the recovery ability. Even the speed at which a Universe Master self-destructs consumes his Divine Power is far less than the rate at the Endless Nether Sea automatically recovers.

However, such incredible recovery ability requires a long period of accumulation.

The growth of the Endless Nether Sea is inherently faster as time goes on, increasing exponentially. Otherwise, the "Lord of Nine Serenities" would not have gone to such lengths to cultivate the Nine Nether Sea to such a terrifying scale.

At this moment, Tang Ping is about to advance to the Universe Master. More importantly, his Endless Nether Sea is not much different from the Nine Nether Sea.

Therefore, he must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"The time to absorb Divine Power is limited; I must absorb it with the highest efficiency!" Tang Ping roared inwardly.

Boom!

The moment his thought crossed his mind, the passage at the core of the vortex suddenly spewed out a torrent of Divine Power seawater. It was pure and primordial Origin Divine Power, like Galaxy hanging upside down or a sea collapsing. The speed at which it poured out was more than ten times faster than when he broke through to the Venerable!

"Suck! Suck it for me!!!"

Tang Ping's will erupted in full force, transforming into countless invisible threads that tightly bound the entire Endless Nether Sea.

The Nether Sea boiled, its enormous maw opening to devour the torrent of Divine Power pouring down from the passage. Every strand of Divine Power that entered his body was transformed and refined at the fastest speed.

Originally at the Venerable Level, his divine Divine Power surged wildly like a rocket under the infusion of primordial divine Origin Divine Power. In just a few breaths, it increased a hundredfold, stepping into the level of a six-thousand-times Divine Power Universe Master!

Absorb, transform! Transform, absorb!

The speed at which Divine Power poured out from the Vortex Passage depended entirely on the efficiency of the Nether Sea's absorption. The stronger Tang Ping's will was, the more terrifying the Nether Sea's absorption speed became, and the more turbulent the torrent of Divine Power surging out of the passage became.

"Convert! Faster!!"

Tang Ping exerted every wisp of his will with all his might. He could clearly feel that his increasingly powerful will after the breakthrough was causing the efficiency of Divine Power conversion to rise continuously, but even so, he still felt it was not enough!

Too slow! Still too slow!

The arrival of the Universe Origin Laws is a fleeting opportunity.

Sure enough, it only took a short while.

Buzz!

The oppressive force of the laws that enveloped the God Kingdom suddenly dissipated, the black and white vortex hanging high in the starry sea receded like the tide, and the passage slowly closed.

In the short time it takes to drink a cup of tea, that golden period, during which the Origin Divine Power could be devoured, came to an end.

"Phew~"

Tang Ping hovered above the Nether Sea, his gaze sweeping across the Endless Nether Sea below as its waves gradually subsided, and he quickly made a mental estimate.

"The Endless Nether Sea has a diameter of eight trillion kilometers, and that last wave of absorption and transformation completed 10% of its total volume!"

Converted, this translates to an ocean area with a diameter of approximately 2.53 trillion kilometers, which has completely undergone a transformation of Divine Power and ascended to the level of Universe Master.

This efficiency is already incredible, considering the sheer size of the Endless Nether Sea. Even a Cosmic Venerable might not be able to achieve even 1% of that.

Tang Ping shook his head, somewhat speechless. "Last time, when I broke through to the Venerable, the conversion rate was a full 12%, but this time it's decreased—"

Without further hesitation, he swayed and plummeted straight down into the Nether Sea below.

Thump!

Water splashed everywhere, and the moment Tang Ping's body fell into the Nether Sea, it rapidly disintegrated like melting ice and snow, merging into the vast ocean.

In the blink of an eye.

Whoosh!

From the depths of the Endless Nether Sea, a boundless Divine Power surged into the sky, and a towering figure, millions of kilometers tall, slowly took shape. This avatar, forged from the Divine Power of the Nether Sea, exuded the pressure of Universe Master skin, its Divine Power level reaching a staggering six thousand times that of Universe Master!

This is the terrifying aspect of the Divine Power Path!

The higher the Gene Multiplier, the larger the divine body becomes. When cultivation reaches its peak, even the manifested physical body can span several light-years.

Only then will we truly stand at the pinnacle of the universe, becoming invincible!

Whoosh whoosh~

The waves of the Nether Sea continued to surge. Even though the channel of laws had been closed, this vast ocean still resonated with the distant ocean of cosmic Law Ocean. Thin but pure Divine Power was being continuously absorbed, slowly but steadily transforming the entire Nether Sea.

However, this speed is worlds apart from that golden moment just now.

Call out!

A streak of Flowing Light shot into the sky from the Nether Sea; it was Tang Ping's Earthling Main Body.

He hovered among the stars, and with a thought, a vast divine Divine Power surged from the Endless Nether Sea below, flowing upwards like water and enveloping his divine body layer by layer.

Buzz!

A dazzling light burst forth from Tang Ping's body, and his divine body instantly underwent a transformation. His Divine Power level also surged a hundredfold, reaching the level of Universe Master!

"The divine body is complete; next comes the secret techniques and Supreme Treasure."

Tang Ping began to ponder. As for the secret techniques, he could continue to study the legacy of the Lord of Chaos; it shouldn't be a problem.

Supreme Treasure, even the Top-tier Supreme Treasure rewarded by his clan are clearly not enough for him to roam freely across the starry sea.

Thinking of this, a smirk appeared on his face. He directly found his contact through the Virtual Universe, grouped his master Mountain Sitting Guest, and began sending messages.

As for the token given by the Mountain Sitting Guest, it must have been lost in the Solar System.

[Respected Master Mountain Sitting Guest:]

Greetings!

It has been a long time since I last greeted you, and I often think of your health. The universe is vast and boundless, and you travel among the stars year after year. I hope you will take good care of yourself and not let worldly affairs wear you down.

I fondly recall the days when I listened to your teachings, and how you guided me through the confusion of spiritual practice with your supreme wisdom. I will always remember this and never forget it in the slightest.

It is truly a great honor to have a teacher and student like this.

Since becoming your disciple, this bond between master and disciple has become my strongest support as I venture into the vast universe. No matter what realm I reach in the future, you will always be my most respected and beloved master.

As I write this, a small matter suddenly comes to mind. It wasn't something I was deliberately urging, but rather something that came to mind by chance.

You previously mentioned that you would forge two supreme Peak Treasure for me, perfectly suited to my cultivation path, to help me reach new heights when breaking through bottlenecks. I wonder if those two Supreme Treasure have been found yet?

If it still needs some time to refine, I am not in a hurry at all. I only hope that everything goes well for Master and that you will not have to worry too much about this.

We eagerly await good news from our master.

[Respectfully submitted by your disciple Tang Ping]

The moment after the message is sent.

A short reply appeared:

Mountain Sitting Guest:?

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