Swallowing Qi Fei: It's Over, the Bug Is Patched

Compared to the carefree life of Witch Qi Fei, Swallowing Qi Fei's life was a bit more difficult... though it didn't seem that difficult either.

Swallowing Qi Fei was also a transmigrator who arrived via rebirth.

Not long after he was born, he was abandoned by his mother in this life.

However, because the Earth during this period was still in the midst of its struggle against Monsters, there were quite a few facilities like orphanages established by various nations.

Therefore, Qi Fei managed to grow up smoothly.

At the age of eleven, some memories from his past life awakened alongside a certain power.

After that day, Qi Fei discovered he could move small objects with his mind.

At the same time, he also learned that this world was called Swallowed Star.

At first, Qi Fei was quite excited.

Transmigrating into a web novel world, snatching the original protagonist's opportunities, and reaching the pinnacle of life... among the memories he recovered, there were several novels just like this.

But it didn't take long for Qi Fei to gradually recognize the reality of his situation.

Unlike the protagonist Luo Feng, whose Spirit Reader power was at the level of a Junior War General (at least 8 tons) the moment he awakened, Qi Fei's Spirit Reader power only had a force of about 100kg when he first awakened.

According to the knowledge in Qi Fei's memories, the more potential Spirit Reader power one had, the harder it was to awaken, but the stronger one would be afterward.

At his level, his talent was only slightly better than having none at all.

Snatch Luo Feng's opportunities?

Not to mention whether his talent would allow him to cultivate those opportunities effectively or if he could handle future crises, just getting the first opportunity of Luo Feng—the artificial intelligence guarding the Black Ink Star inheritance—to even look his way was a problem.

Therefore, it was better not to count on that path.

He would cultivate honestly, then find a way to "accidentally" meet Luo Feng, pretend to see his talent, and put effort into nurturing him.

Once the future Lord Luo became successful, following him to secure an Immortal rank shouldn't be a problem.

Compared to other transmigrator brothers, this pursuit was indeed a bit low.

But at least an Immortal could achieve eternal life and possess the combat power to destroy stars in the universe, which was more than enough to get by in a small place.

After formulating his plan, Qi Fei cultivated honestly, became a martial artist, joined the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, and hunted Monsters...

Finally, when he was thirty-seven, Qi Fei successfully "accidentally met" the sixteen-year-old Luo Feng at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

Thinking that the plan could finally be put into action, Qi Fei couldn't help but feel his eyes well up with tears.

It was finally time.

Afterward, using the excuse that he found Luo Feng agreeable, Qi Fei would guide him from time to time and feed him some chicken soup for the soul.

Luo Feng was deeply moved by this.

More than half a year passed this way, and the two gradually transitioned into a relationship of mentor and friend.

After they became close, Luo Feng finally told Qi Fei the secret he had been hiding in his heart.

That was, he had fainted twice in the past, and each time he woke up, his physical fitness had improved.

Luo Feng wanted to know what kind of illness this was and if it would affect his future college entrance exams.

Qi Fei was overjoyed.

He had originally wanted to wait for an opportunity to "discover" it himself, but he hadn't expected Luo Feng to confess it on his own—an unexpected windfall delivered to his doorstep.

Thus, Qi Fei immediately explained the relevant concepts of a Spirit Reader to Luo Feng.

He let Luo Feng know that this wasn't an illness, but an innate talent.

Afterward, Qi Fei took the opportunity to take Luo Feng as his official disciple and began guiding his cultivation.

As a martial artist at the level of a Mid-level War General (known in the universe as a Level 5 Apprentice) and a Spirit Reader at the level of a Junior War God (Level 7 Apprentice), guiding Luo Feng, who wasn't even a Junior Warrior (Level 1 Apprentice) yet, was quite simple for Qi Fei.

However, because Earth lacked cultivation resources in the early stages, even with Qi Fei's guidance, Luo Feng's strength didn't improve very quickly.

Just a short while ago, Luo Feng finally became a martial artist and awakened his own Spirit Reader power.

Overjoyed, Qi Fei's final bit of memory awakened, and he entered the Shared Space.

"...Although it's not as chaotic as Witch Qi Fei's, you haven't exactly been serious either."

After reading the memories, Shen San Qi Fei couldn't help but remark.

A Spirit Reader at the level of a Junior War God could already walk sideways in many places on Earth.

Coupled with the pressure of having to bet on Luo Feng's strength being able to handle various future crises, Swallowing Qi Fei had been living quite wildly in his daily life.

If it weren't for the fact that Luo Feng had a secret crush in his heart, this pure protagonist might have been led astray by Swallowing Qi Fei.

"Mine are all pure monetary transactions; they're much better than her way of deceiving people's feelings."

Swallowing Qi Fei immediately declared.

"It's a matter of mutual consent, how can you call that cheating?"

Witch Qi Fei was bold and confident, even if her reasoning was shaky.

"Forget it, you two should stop competing over who's more devious and hurry back to digest your power."

Dou Po Qi Fei reminded them.

The power of the Supreme God of Destruction was not something that could be digested casually.

Actually, he didn't need to remind them, because both Qi Feis had already noticed the power boiling within their bodies.

Thus, they hurriedly exited the Shared Space.

Witch World.

The first thing Qi Fei felt was magic power on the verge of a runaway state.

Previously, her magic power was 9,000 Coulombs, which was quite decent among witches.

If she managed to secure a few more fortuitous encounters, there was a high probability she could become a Great Witch (Legendary Creature) during her second developmental phase.

However, after receiving the power from the other Qi Feis, the massive energy kept converting into magic power within her body, causing her to rapidly break through the 20,000 Coulomb minimum standard for a Great Witch.

Her bloodline became active due to the constantly increasing magic power.

Recessive advantageous genes were activated, stimulating Qi Fei's physical development and further accelerating her magic power growth.

Just at this moment, the power of the Supreme God of Destruction also intervened.

This power split into three parts: one part merged with her magic, one part combined with her soul, and the final part hooked up with the bloodline inside Qi Fei.

At the same time, although the power attracted from the outside world was sparse, it was flowing in continuously.

Qi Fei looked as if she were about to spiral into a runaway state.

"Don't panic, I can still handle this."

With a single thought, she suppressed the restless magic power that was agitated by the rapid increase.

Whether it was a witch or the God Boundary Breaker, both possessed idealistic powers; with the two superimposed, suppressing her own power was as easy as turning over one's hand.

Subsequently, Qi Fei took out the materials originally intended for strengthening her bloodline and began to concoct a potion.

Since her own bloodline had already begun to evolve, she might as well maximize its utility.

"Brain of a Storm Dragon, essence of blood, spinal cord of a Feather-Wing Dragon, plus the eyeballs of a Sea Siren, seasoned with the seeds of a Life Fruit Tree..."

Thanks to the superimposed aptitude of the numerous Qi Feis, Witch Qi Fei felt for the first time that potion brewing was actually such a simple matter.

She quickly adjusted the potion formula according to her own condition and existing materials, completing the brew within minutes.

Too busy to wait for it to cool, Qi Fei drank the potion in one gulp and then jumped straight into her swimming pool.

At the same time, the natural simulation system outside the pool was activated.

Tides, waves, sea breezes... a completely realistic natural environment was generated within a single pool.

The furniture, originally intended only for comfort, took on the important responsibility of assisting Qi Fei in her metamorphosis.

Swallowed Star world.

As soon as Qi Fei returned, he fell into trouble.

In the worldview of Swallowed Star, warriors at the Apprentice level only possessed pure physical strength and no other special powers.

Therefore, as soon as the power from the Qi Feis of other worlds entered his body, it threw Qi Fei's body into chaos.

At the same time, the power of the Supreme God of Destruction followed the process that had been carried out several times, merging into Qi Fei's soul, along with the chaotic power from the outside world.

Subsequently, Qi Fei's spirit power immediately began to surge, skyrocket, and explode!

The two suddenly increasing forces clashed with each other, fighting within Qi Fei's body—it was quite a lively scene.

"Since things have come to this, I might as well go big."

With a wave of his hand, Qi Fei suppressed the two forces within his body.

If Shen San Qi Fei could use this opportunity to ascend directly to the God Boundary Breaker, there was no reason why he, with even better aptitude, couldn't break through.

Qi Fei immediately decided to take this opportunity to break through to the Planet Level.

First was the Spirit Reader.

The original work stated it very clearly: strengthen the will, and once the will is strong enough, one can naturally allow a Spirit Reader to break through to the first rank of the Planet Level.

The will of the God Boundary Breaker itself was already strong enough, not to mention the help of those chaotic forces attracted by the power of destruction.

Various forces merged into Qi Fei's spirit, giving rise to countless chaotic images.

Qi Fei saw the struggle between humans and monsters, the miserable encounters during the Great Nirvana period of humanity, World War II, World War I, and even the more distant past.

In that era when Earth was not yet called Earth, the mutual slaughter between the humans upon it...

But no matter how the images shifted, Qi Fei held fast to his self.

With that, he strengthened his own mental power and refined his will.

He did not know how much time had passed, but Qi Fei's mental power eventually reached a critical threshold.

Beyond this point, his mental power could no longer grow by even a fraction.

Qi Fei knew this was the limit of the Apprentice level; the next step was to break through the barrier and become a Planet Level.

"A mere barrier like this, how could it possibly stop me?"

Just kidding, I am Qi Fei Pro Max Ultra with five-fold enhancements; a mere Planet Level 1 barrier, break for me.

Under a single thought from Qi Fei, a singularity instantly appeared in the center of his Sea of Consciousness, and an endless attractive force emanated from it.

All of his mental power was swallowed by it, as if it were matter being consumed by a black hole.

Finally, only a single point of light, resembling a planet, remained in his Sea of Consciousness, silently emitting a dim glow.

The light point was black and translucent in its entirety, and upon closer inspection, one could even see traces resembling rivers, mountains, and plains within it.

That was the proof of his ascension to a Planet Level Spirit Reader.

A subtle sensation emanated from the depths of this miniature planet.

"A special ability? Forget it, I'll check it later."

Qi Fei bypassed the special ability born from his mental power and prepared to deal with the other forces within his body.

After the Spirit Reader breakthrough to Planet Level, Qi Fei's body also underwent a rapid transformation.

His body, which had already been enhanced by the Shared Space, quickly reached the Apprentice level 9.

"It is time for the martial artist side to break through as well."

Qi Fei sat cross-legged, assuming the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture, absorbing cosmic energy to convert it into Genetic Origin Energy.

Seemingly guided by the Genetic Origin Energy, the suppressed power was rapidly converted into energy of the same nature.

Then, a green planet burning with flames took shape within Qi Fei's Dantian.

Next came the second, then the third; only when the third was fully formed was the energy within Qi Fei completely exhausted.

"Easier than I expected."

Qi Fei slowly exhaled, adapting to a body that felt entirely different.

Powerful, perfect.

To think this is only Planet Level; as expected of the Swallowed Star world, known for its numerical power.

After sighing at his newfound strength, Qi Fei began to examine his own power.

First was the Life Bead shared over by Heavenly Jewel Change Qi Fei.

However, the moment Qi Fei summoned the Life Bead, a grand force descended directly before him.

Unlike the Supreme God of Destruction seen by Coiling Dragon Qi Fei, this force had no form, yet it gave Qi Fei a feeling as if he had returned to his mother's embrace.

Qi Fei's brain almost ground to a halt.

But this force did not stop its movements.

It swept over the Life Bead, lingered on the Will Jewel for a moment, and then merged directly into Qi Fei's body.

The next moment, Qi Fei's Life Bead, his still-transforming Mental Talent, the special power born from the power of destruction within his mental power, and the abilities naturally acquired after the martial artist breakthrough all began to undergo a metamorphosis.

Complex, intricate, yet exceptionally exquisite structures were born within these four, and they were perfected in the blink of an eye.

By the time Qi Fei regained his senses, that special force had vanished, leaving behind only four special Innate Secret Techniques.

Qi Fei examined his changes with a bewildered expression.

He looked at the Life Bead first.

That force seemed to have been attracted by it, so checking this thing first was definitely the right move.

"Physical Jewel overall attribute enhancement, nothing special; Will Jewel imprint skill enhancement, and the removal of all usage restrictions and caps for skills and secret techniques, but each Innate Secret Technique can only be imprinted once..."

Reading this, Qi Fei realized the truth in an instant.

Oh no, the bug has been patched by the universe.

Originally, when Qi Fei saw the Life Bead of Coiling Dragon Qi Fei being enhanced by the Supreme God of Destruction, his first thought was to imprint the Golden Horned Beast's Clone Secret Technique.

And not just one; he intended to imprint the Clone Secret Technique onto all twelve Will Jewels, or even more.

The Golden Horned Beast's Innate Secret Technique, Clone, could utilize the genetic information of other races to create clones of the corresponding race, up to a maximum of three.

In Qi Fei's hands, that would have been at least 36 clones.

Even if the Golden Horned Beast's Clone Secret Technique had limitations based on genetic level, preventing Qi Fei from creating clones of those top-tier races.

But a full 36 clones would have been enough to solve most problems.

Now, it was gone, sealed away by the universe.

"I was wondering why I suddenly got four Innate Secret Techniques; turns out it was compensation for patching the bug."

Qi Fei felt like crying, yet had no tears.

Four Innate Secret Techniques—this number is even one more than that of the Golden Horned Beast, a race that ranks among the top in the entire universe.

But the moment he thought about the loss of thirty-three entire bodies and their corresponding Innate Secret Techniques, Qi Fei couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

Thirty-three clones, thirty-three possibilities.

"Sigh..."

After a good while, Qi Fei finally managed to adjust his emotions.

"Forget it, it's the Essence of the clones that matters, not the quantity. Now, I might even be able to create clones of those top-tier races; what's there to be unhappy about?"

Qi Fei tried his best to convince himself.