Swallowed Star: Blade Severing Samsara
Chapter 22

Rules

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"There are many small buildings in Chaos City. The doors are pale white, which means they have no owner." The black-robed envoy pointed at the standardized small buildings lining both sides of the street, each with a differently colored door. "As long as you place your hand on a door for a moment, the sensing system inside will automatically activate, turning the door dark gray. You will then automatically become the owner of that residence, and your information will be recorded. Each person can only choose one dwelling."

"First, I must tell you a very important rule!" the black-robed envoy said solemnly. "In the Initial Universe, it is forbidden for humans to kill one another. Whoever strikes first will undoubtedly die."

"No matter who you are, even if you are a Kingdom Lord of a Universe Kingdom, you cannot challenge the rules of Chaos City."

"Understood." The group of over a thousand powerhouses all nodded.

"For this batch, the World Lords who came from the Outer Battlefield can cultivate in Chaos City for a little over three thousand years, which is one era of the Primal Universe. As for the Immortals, they can cultivate in Chaos City for one era."

"As for the World Lords who entered through the auction, the time they can cultivate is one thousand years, and for Immortals, it is over three thousand years."

"Once your time expires, you can use points to exchange for more time to cultivate in Chaos City. If you don't have enough points, you will simply be sent away."

"Envoy, how do we obtain points? Can we buy them with money?" Among the group of powerhouses, someone couldn't help but ask.

"Before becoming an Immortal, it is forbidden to use money to exchange for points. Immortals can exchange; one Hunyuan Unit exchanges for one point."

As soon as these words were spoken, most of the powerhouses present frowned slightly. Although they didn't know how many points were needed to cultivate in the Initial Universe for a year, one Hunyuan Unit for only one point! For a World Lord in the outside world, even a very powerful one, having a net worth of one hundred Hunyuan Units would make them a wealthy individual among World Lords. Furthermore, that is net worth, not cash. Even if one took a step back and had one or two hundred Hunyuan Units in cash, exchanging it all would only yield one or two hundred points. How many years could that buy in the Initial Universe? Even if it were one point per year, one or two hundred years is just a blink of an eye for a World Lord. Not to mention that World Lords aren't even qualified to exchange; people wouldn't take their money even if they offered it.

"Once you understand the rules of Chaos City, the Virtual Universe Company will send you an email. By then, you will be clear about the matter of points." The black-robed envoy ignored the confusion of these World Lords and Immortals, stepping onto the rooftop. The thousand-plus powerhouses behind him followed suit, landing on the terrace.

The surface of the terrace was covered with scattered scratches.

"See these scratches on the ground?" The black-robed envoy pointed to the fragmented marks on the terrace floor, which was built from special stone. "In Chaos City, when many powerhouses are contemplating the laws, they will record their insights on the spot. These marks contain their understanding of the laws."

The group of World Lords and Immortals cast their gazes upon the marks, and many of their eyes lit up.

At the very least, they were all peak World Lords, and each had been acknowledged by the Origin Laws. To their eyes, every single mark contained profound insights into the laws.

Some were of the Gold Origin Law, some were of the Water Origin Law, and there were even those of the Space Origin Law and Time Origin Law.

"These flashes of inspiration recorded on the fly are mostly fragmented and lack a systematic structure. They have reference value, but not much," the black-robed Immortal continued to explain. "However, among the many super-beings born in Chaos City, there are always some exceptionally talented individuals whose systematic recordings are collected in the City Lord Mansion. These are what many powerhouses call the Chaos Stele."

"Chaos City is known as a holy land for human cultivation precisely because it possesses these Chaos Steles that lead directly to the peak paths of the universe. At the same time, they are the most important of the three treasures of Chaos City." The black-robed envoy narrated slowly, his gaze distant.

"The three treasures of Chaos City?" This term caught the attention of some of the powerhouses.

After all, while it would be wrong to say these flashes of inspiration had no value, even the World Lords present were peak World Lords who had been acknowledged by the Origin Laws. Such recordings were, at best, of minor reference value for their own cultivation; to say one could comprehend the laws based on them would be a bit of a stretch.

"The first treasure of Chaos City is the manifestation of law secret patterns that you can see just by looking up."

Many powerhouses nodded secretly. In this Chaos City, even without any secret technique recordings for reference, the mere sight of the law secret patterns visible when looking up was enough to increase the speed at which any powerhouse comprehended the laws by dozens or even a hundred times.

Because this is the "initial state of evolution" of a universe! The Primal Universe is too ancient, perfect, and vast; it would never allow such an external manifestation of the Origin Laws to form visible secret patterns.

"The second treasure is at the entrance of Chaos City. It is useless to Immortals, but you World Lords will see it once you go out; there is an introduction at the city gate," the black-robed envoy continued. "As for the third treasure, which is also the most important, it is in the City Lord Mansion. It is these systematic recordings—the Chaos Stele!"

Of the three treasures of Chaos City, the Chaos Stele is the greatest!

"Next, I will take you to the City Lord Mansion to choose a Chaos Stele that you need to contemplate." The black-robed envoy took a step, landing on the street, and then walked toward the City Lord Mansion, each step covering over ten kilometers.

The group of powerhouses followed closely behind.

Although Chaos City was immense, their speed was not slow, and a few minutes later, they arrived in front of an exceptionally magnificent building.

Ye Muxuan swept his eyes over the massive structure before him, and finally, his gaze landed on the three most dazzling characters in the universal language—City Lord Mansion!

It was as if it formed its own space-time!

Ye Muxuan hurriedly averted his gaze. Even though he already had a decent understanding of the two supreme laws of time and space, facing these three characters that formed their own space-time, he still felt himself sinking into them involuntarily.

The gap was so vast, like an ant peering at the blue sky!

This was the peak space-time attainment of a Universe Master! It was even the heaven-defying means of a supreme being of the universe!

"You only need to look at the three characters on the plaque once; don't stare at them," the black-robed envoy said with a hint of a smile. "Not to mention that you are all still just World Lords and Immortals, even super-powerhouses at the level of Kingdom Lords wouldn't dare to stare at them for long, or they would also fall into a trance."

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything; originally, only Ye Muxuan and a few others had noticed. With this reminder, the remaining World Lords and Immortals all focused their attention on the three characters, and naturally, they all fell for it.

"Hahaha!" The black-robed envoy was amused when he saw this scene.

This little trick was just to bully these newcomers; those powerhouses who had been to Chaos City before all knew about this.

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