Devouring the Heavens: Beginning as a Giant of Light
Chapter 3

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Crack, crack...

In the dead of night, with the moon hanging high in the sky, Lu Yunhe, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, finally opened his eyes. An excited smile spread across his face. "I've finally become a warrior and stepped into the Real World."

Lu Yunhe excitedly swung his arms, feeling the strength that was at least several times greater than before.

"I should be more than just a Beginner Warrior!"

Without any proper strength-testing equipment, Lu Yunhe could only compare it to his previous strength and guess at his current level.

"Wait, I remember hearing a voice in my head when I broke through."

After briefly experiencing a warrior's power, Lu Yunhe frowned. It seemed things were not over yet. Had his cheat finally come online?

Lu Yunhe immediately cleared his mind again and immersed his consciousness within his body. The next moment, dazzling golden radiance enveloped his mind, and a sacred book edged in gold appeared before his eyes.

Seeing this change, how could Lu Yunhe, as a transmigrator, not know what was happening? He focused his thoughts directly on the book, and a message suddenly appeared the next moment:

Monster Compendium Character: Lu Yunhe Cultivation: Apprentice Second Stage Monster Avatar: None Monster Draw Count: 1 Exchange List: None

It was an extremely simple system panel. At the same time, some basic information about the Monster Compendium appeared in Lu Yunhe's memories.

With the Monster Compendium, every time he broke through a major realm, he could obtain one Monster Draw Count.

The monsters drawn from the compendium would appear in Swallowed Star as Lu Yunhe's avatars. In other words, every monster was Lu Yunhe's avatar.

As for the Exchange List, it would only display things related to monsters he had drawn. Since Lu Yunhe had not drawn any monsters, the Exchange List was empty.

"Avatars..."

As Lu Yunhe recalled the Monster Compendium's functions, he thought of Luo Feng's Golden Horn Giant Beast from the original work, which could also possess three avatars.

Each avatar possessed special abilities. As long as the core Progenitor Core remained intact, even if an avatar died, it could be revived at any time.

The Monster Compendium's avatars possessed some similar functions, though there were also differences.

The Monster Avatars used the compendium as their core, so they were not restricted by certain rules of the Original Universe. For instance, there was no single core; under the rules, every Monster Avatar was an independent individual.

The avatars' strength was not restricted by the main body. They were two independently cultivating individuals.

Likewise, when the main body broke through to become the Universe's Strongest, that is, a True God, all avatars would not return to it.

The one unusual point was that after an avatar died, it could be revived from the Monster Compendium at any time. However, if Lu Yunhe's main body died, he could only revive through another avatar, making that new avatar his main body.

In other words, once Lu Yunhe's main body died, he could no longer remain human.

At the same time, all Monster Avatars drawn would undergo localization for Swallowed Star, so they would likewise be subject to the Original Universe's rules.

The Monster Compendium had not told Lu Yunhe the detailed information. He had inferred the latter points from the compendium's basic information and his understanding of the world of Swallowed Star. The accuracy should not be low.

"Very good. It seems this cheat's level surpasses at least the operating rules of the Original Universe, perhaps even the Supreme Rule."

Lu Yunhe thought to himself. With this, he could not keep loafing around like this. At the very least, he now had the confidence to charge upward.

As for using cheats, among the powerhouses of the myriad worlds, which one did not use cheats?

Lu Yunhe felt no psychological burden about that whatsoever. A gentleman was good at making use of external things.

"Let's begin!"

After exploring the Monster Compendium's functions, Lu Yunhe found that aside from drawing monsters, it did not really do anything else. He finally began drawing his first Monster Avatar.

As the Monster Draw Count dropped to zero, the golden compendium slowly opened to its first page. A familiar image entered Lu Yunhe's sight, leaving him utterly astonished. "This counts as a monster too?"

Monster: Ultraman / Giant of Light Cultivation: None Genetic Level: Tenfold Law Affinity: Light, Time Talents: Photon Body, Heart Light

That was right. The first avatar Lu Yunhe had drawn was Ultraman, from the famous tokusatsu series of his previous life.

"If Ultraman counts, then this cheat should more accurately be called the Giant Non-Human Gene Compendium."

Lu Yunhe grumbled inwardly, while also understanding why his main body could not be revived. There was no human compendium entry for his main body in the cheat, so naturally it could not be revived.

After drawing his first avatar, the compendium's Exchange List refreshed as well. A large number of Ultraman-related items appeared on the list.

However, Lu Yunhe spotted something wrong after just one glance. The Light of the Earth from the Gaia World required one exchange chance, and the Light of the Ocean also required one. Yet the Supreme Light created by fusing the Light of the Earth and the Light of the Ocean still cost only one.

Even more outrageous, Seventh Master's Jeep also required one exchange chance, and the description said it really was just an ordinary Jeep.

"So everything in the Exchange List costs one, whether it's worthless or priceless!"

In Lu Yunhe's eyes, exchanging an avatar for one item was an absurd loss. It would be better to acquire it directly in the world of Swallowed Star.

"Looks like the compendium's Exchange List is just decoration."

Lu Yunhe shook his head. He truly could not find anything on the list worth more than a Monster Avatar.

After figuring out the compendium's workings, Lu Yunhe focused his mind on the Ultraman image within it again.

"Come forth, my avatar!"

The Ultraman compendium entry activated, and Lu Yunhe felt a faint stab of pain in his soul, as if a tiny piece had been torn away.

The next moment, Ultraman within the compendium slowly expanded from two dimensions into three, becoming solid and three-dimensional.

Then white light flashed, and Lu Yunhe's entire consciousness was kicked out of the compendium space.

"It's out!"

Lu Yunhe opened his eyes, and a half-human-height Salted Egg Superman instantly appeared before him, nearly giving him a fright.

"Ultraman Avatar!"

Though its size differed from the Giant of Light in his memories, Lu Yunhe still recognized the avatar before him.

Ultraman's signature Duck Egg Eyes, a body colored primarily red, blue, and silver, and a Color Timer on its chest.

At the same time, Lu Yunhe felt as if his consciousness had split in two, granting him two different perspectives.

"So this is the world through Ultraman's eyes?"

Through those two salted duck eggs, Lu Yunhe could even see invisible light, infrared rays, radiation, and other things humans could not perceive...

As these countless rays of light touched the Ultraman Avatar, they all conveyed a sense of intimacy, as though they had encountered one of their own kind.

Aside from the difference in perspective, the power contained within the Ultraman Avatar also made Lu Yunhe take notice.

His Ultraman Avatar had no cultivation, but with the foundation of a Giant of Light, it was still much stronger than him, a human at Apprentice Second Stage.

The Ultraman Avatar's appearance was mainly based on Tiga's, except the purple patterns on its body had been replaced with blue ones. It did not make much difference.

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