Giant of Light

Giant of... Light

"Starting from scratch as a Giant of Light!"

Although the Ultraman Avatar was stronger than Lu Yunhe's main body, because it had never cultivated before, it did not even count as an Apprentice First Order.

"Given the Ultraman Avatar's talent of a Tenfold Gene Level, shouldn't it have been Planetary Level the moment it was born?"

Lu Yunhe thought regretfully. If the Ultraman Avatar were Planetary Level now, he would basically be invincible on Earth at this stage.

With strength ten times that of others at the same rank and the innate gifts of a superior race, there was simply no opponent to be found on Earth.

The Zerg Mother Nest was sealed away, and the other Pinnacle Cosmic Race, the Golden Horn Giant Beast, would not descend upon Earth for several more decades.

By then, with the gap of decades of cultivation under the same talents, when the Golden Horn Giant Beast was born, Lu Yunhe could smash it to pieces with his eyes closed.

Thinking about it that way made Lu Yunhe feel much better. Although his Illustrated Compendium Avatar had no cultivation upon birth, it neither required the Gestation Period needed for life to be born nor the immense amount of time the Golden Horn Giant Beast needed to create an avatar.

That was especially worthwhile in the early stages. As long as the avatar was born, it would possess all the talents it was supposed to have.

"The Ultraman Avatar has the same gene multiplier as the Golden Horn Giant Beast. Both are Pinnacle Cosmic Races, and both have reached the genetic limit for reproducing races under the restrictions of the Original Universe. Their natural growth rates should not differ much."

Having become a martial artist and completed the incubation of his avatar, Lu Yunhe's memory had also improved. Details he had once forgotten gradually resurfaced.

The Golden Horn Giant Beast's growth was divided into the Planetary Level Infant Stage, the Stellar level Growth Stage, the Cosmic level Youth Stage, the Domain Lord level Prime Stage, and the World Lord level Peak Stage.

"In that case, for the Ultraman Avatar, the stage without cultivation will be called the Birth Stage, while the apprentice stage will be called the Gestation Period."

Birth Stage, Gestation Period, Infant Stage, Growth Stage, Youth Stage, Prime Stage, Peak Stage—the avatar's seven stages of growth.

"I just wonder how large the Ultraman Avatar will grow in the future."

Lu Yunhe glanced at the Ultraman Avatar on the ground, which was about the size of a figurine. The Ultraman in tokusatsu shows only grew to forty or fifty meters as adults. While that was already enormous compared to human height, it was truly nothing in Swallowed Star.

However, the humans of the universe in Swallowed Star did not seem very tall either. Most were only a few meters tall, at most a dozen or so meters.

"I hope I can actually draw some Monsters next time. In the middle and later stages, size is also a major advantage."

In the original work, those Monsters could be thousands or tens of thousands of kilometers in size. The Special Lifeform Nine Nether Sea was even measured in light-years.

Lu Yunhe did not ask to compare with the Nine Nether Sea. At the very least, he did not want to be inferior to other demon beasts.

"I wonder what it's like for the Ultraman Avatar to cultivate."

After gradually clearing the distracting thoughts from his mind, Lu Yunhe refocused on the Ultraman Avatar.

Five Hearts Towards Heaven Method!

Although the Ultraman Avatar's internal structure was completely different from a human's, its outward appearance and body shape were quite similar. Thus, Lu Yunhe directly used the Five Hearts Towards Heaven Method as well.

Using the Five Hearts Towards Heaven Method to absorb Cosmic Primal Energy, Lu Yunhe immediately sensed the tremendous gap between humans and these Pinnacle Cosmic Races.

Ordinary geniuses needed a day, while it was not unusual for normal people to need a year or half a year. But for the Ultraman Avatar, the instant it formed the intention to absorb cosmic energy, the cosmic energy permeating space naturally flowed into its body.

The Great Universe outside, the Minor Universe within the human body—at this moment, the Ultraman Avatar perfectly illustrated those words. No excessive movements were needed; cosmic energy naturally merged with its body.

At the same time, as it absorbed cosmic energy, the Ultraman Avatar naturally crossed the bottleneck and entered Apprentice First Order.

Cultivating with the Ultraman Avatar for the first time, Lu Yunhe immediately felt a powerful sense of imbalance. Even his mind became somewhat unsettled.

"The gap is too great."

Lu Yunhe murmured unconsciously. He had lived in this world for nineteen years, and the Grand Nirvana had been going on for nearly three years. If not for his good fortune in obtaining a Wood Spirit Crystal, who knew when he would have become a martial artist.

Yet the Ultraman Avatar, which had been born less than an hour ago, had effortlessly surpassed him after cultivating so casually.

Moreover, with Tenfold Gene, an Apprentice First Order that should have possessed only one thousand kilograms of strength could now completely rival an Apprentice Fourth Order Beginner War General.

For many low-level martial artists, that level of strength was the pursuit of an entire lifetime.

Just as Lu Yunhe's mentality was becoming unstable, rays of warm light nourished his soul and heart.

"There's no need to compare yourself to others. Learn to be content. There will always be someone stronger than you..." The lying-flat chicken-soup philosophy from his previous life seemed to possess a different sort of advantage in this competitive fantasy cultivation world.

"A sage seeks within. A true powerhouse surpasses himself."

"With a cheat and knowledge of the plot, as long as I climb upward step by step, nothing will be able to stop me."

Lu Yunhe repeated those words in his heart again and again. His mind, once filled with distractions, steadily became more solid.

Once Lu Yunhe had reaffirmed his resolve, he discovered that the Ultraman Avatar before him had suddenly grown quite a bit taller.

"After entering the Gestation Period, it grew to one meter?"

The Ultraman Avatar clenched its fist and sensed the power gained through cultivation. Somewhat regretfully, it said, "I thought my strength would increase greatly, but perhaps because I was only just born, I'm not like humans, who have unconsciously absorbed cosmic energy for many years before becoming martial artists. That's why they can gain a substantial increase in strength all at once when they become martial artists."

For the Ultraman Avatar, becoming a martial artist did not bring any qualitative transformation. Rather, every cultivation session brought extremely noticeable changes during the apprentice stage.

Moreover, unlike humans, whose cells became saturated after absorbing cosmic energy for a while, the Ultraman Avatar's body was like a Black Hole, constantly absorbing the cosmic energy around it.

"According to my calculations, the entire Gestation Period, which is the apprentice stage, should only take one or two months to cross. I'll then enter the Infant Stage, the Planetary Level, and spend another few years entering the Stellar level Growth Stage."

The Ultraman Avatar made a rough calculation based on its current cultivation speed and the Golden Horn Giant Beast's growth rate at the time, estimating its own growth.

For a Pinnacle Cosmic Race like it, growth during the apprentice and Planetary Level stages was extremely fast. It would only slow down somewhat at the Stellar level, though it would still be faster than human cultivation.

Natural growth through the entire Stellar level required one hundred years, the Cosmic level one thousand years, the Domain Lord level ten thousand years, and the World Lord level fifty thousand years.

Under the restrictions of the Original Universe's laws, whether Pinnacle Cosmic Races or Special Lifeforms, natural growth could basically only reach the peak of the World Lord level. To break through to immortality, they had to find their own way.

"Cultivation is a minor matter. As the first Ultraman in the Original Universe, I have no inherited memories at all. I don't even know how to use my talents."

The Ultraman Avatar was very depressed. It greatly envied the Golden Horn Giant Beast's vast trove of inherited memories in the original work, while its own memories contained nothing but blankness.