Swallowing the Stars: The Supreme Being of All Heavens

Chapter 45 Liu Mila's Breakthrough!

Su Ke felt a surge of joy. After more than ten days of trying, he had finally made it into the basics. However, he had only just begun and was still far from achieving the perfect state of Nirvana, which required "one thought to become reality."

But for him, once he entered the door, anything was possible!

"I wonder how this progress differs from a manual like 'Starry Night Eighteen,' and whether I can even keep up with it." Suk took a deep breath.

I don't know exactly what kind of secret technique the "Six Nirvanas" is or what its purpose is, but its level is definitely much higher than the "Eighteen Stars".

Thinking about how slow it was to finish watching "Starry Night 18", he suddenly felt uneasy.

Right now, he can only hope that "Six Nirvanas" is different from "Eighteen Starlights," a secret method that progresses step by step, and that it will be easier to improve.

Suk's situation is different from others. Others may be unable to cultivate due to talent issues and encounter bottlenecks, but Suk's talent does not have this problem. As long as he does not cultivate those that require external objects (such as the Golden Horned Beast's growth by devouring metal), as long as he is given time, he can master even the most advanced secret techniques.

Suk looked up and surveyed his surroundings, wondering how the others were doing.

Those at the Eternal Star level should be easier to get started with than him, right?

Suk secretly harbored a sliver of hope: perhaps... he had a natural talent for this?

On the other hand, the various parties around Shimen were also exchanging and discussing things in secret.

"Jiao Yong, have you mastered the basics?"

"I mastered the basics three days ago."

"Wayne, what about you?"

"I started learning this six days ago."

……

They mostly communicated using the Force in private.

The silver-robed girl next to Suk said excitedly, "I, I, I've already mastered the basics in just one day!"

A group of men in silver robes offered their congratulations.

"As expected of the city lord's granddaughter, she is indeed exceptionally talented."

The old man in the golden robe, Lord Gu Lei, glanced at it and felt quite gratified.

He said in a deep voice, "Don't be too happy. Historically, the earliest geniuses mastered the basics in just three hours, but while mastering the basics is easy, improving is extremely difficult."

"So far, apart from the ancestor Emperor Gulei, no one has been able to perfect the first picture within a year."

The City Lord of Gulei's tone turned serious. "You must understand, we now have the Stone Gate to observe, which offers the best cultivation effect. However, if we cannot cultivate to the perfect 'One Thought Becomes Truth' level within a year, we will gradually forget all related memories. Even if we record the pictures on the Stone Gate, it will be useless. There is no medium that can realize the cultivation content on the Stone Gate. This is why so many of our ancestors came here in history, cultivated and comprehended it, but were unable to continue cultivating afterward."

"Emperor Gu Lei once said that only those below the Saint level could successfully cultivate this Stone Gate Secret Technique. Anyone who surpasses the Saint level would never have another chance. Historically, when the great emperors emerged, they all tried to comprehend it again, but none of them succeeded."

"This is your only chance, this is the only year." The serious tone of the City Lord of Gulei made everyone shudder.

The silver-robed girl, whose identity was quite unique, blinked her beautiful, large eyes and asked curiously, "Then, Grandfather, do you know what the secret technique of this stone gate is for?"

Lord Gulei hesitated for a moment before saying, "According to the clan's ancient records, Emperor Gulei once said that this secret technique doesn't seem to directly increase strength, nor can it be used in combat. It seems to be related to a person's cultivation talent..."

The silver-robed girl's eyes lit up. "I understand! Cultivating this will make me more and more talented. The higher the level I reach, the better my talent will be. Am I right, Grandfather?"

Lord Gulei nodded slightly, "It should be similar to what you said, Lingyin."

The silver-robed girl seemed to transform into a curious child upon arriving here. Her eyes darted around, and she asked, "Grandfather, our world is a planet. The concept of planets seems to have originated with our ancestor, Emperor Gulei. So why don't we leave here and go to other planets? There must be other planets besides us, right?"

If Suk were here, he would definitely answer her question: apart from Gulei, which is a habitable planet, the other planets orbiting Heng are all desolate and unsuitable for human habitation. Furthermore, even Heng-level planets, aside from cosmic-level ones, would find it difficult to survive in space for extended periods.

The maximum speed of a ninth-order star in the vacuum of space is 150 kilometers per second, but this speed is only one two-thousandth of the speed of light.

A ninth-order cosmic-level being can reach a maximum speed of 1500 kilometers per second in outer space! That's only one two-hundredth of the speed of light!

If the emperors could reach this speed and leave this planet to explore the surrounding area, they might be able to discover wormholes within the asteroid belt. But even if they went in and discovered the starry sky on the other side, what then?

A void spanning tens of thousands of light-years... utterly empty, boundless, without any coordinates; even traveling at the speed of light would take tens of thousands of years! Let alone the possibility of finding a habitable planet in the infinitely vast cosmos; the chances of getting lost are countless times greater!

Even if some cosmic being were to leave through a wormhole and insist on going its own way, it would still face a tragic fate.

So, when asked about the girl Lingyin's question, the clan leader, Lord Gulei, simply shook his head. He had read some hidden records within the clan and knew that many emperors had left their planet to explore the outside world, but some emperors never returned, and many more gave up halfway. The outside world was too vast and desolate, and only their planet had the color of life, like a lonely island in a vast and boundless sea, which made people despair.

Even the legendary Emperor Gulei who supposedly left... who knows where he is? Perhaps he died in some unknown corner of the infinite void?

The more you know, the more desperate you become.

But he couldn't share these pessimistic thoughts with his people.

The golden-robed elder, Lord Gulei, glanced at his beloved granddaughter again and transmitted his voice, "You've been spying on that boy over there. You wouldn't have fallen for him, would you?"

The girl in the silver robe blushed slightly, a little embarrassed. "Grandfather, I'm already over a hundred years old!"

Lord Gu Lei smiled slightly, but in his heart he thought that he would investigate the situation of that boy later, so as not to let his granddaughter's life be ruined.

As for the issue of matching social status... their lineage belongs to the direct descendants of Emperor Gu Lei, and even an emperor would look at them differently. No matter which family their granddaughter marries, it would be beneath her dignity.

Time passed little by little as everyone gained insights and practiced.

Soon, it was the 126th day since the stone gate opened.

Suk closed his eyes and entered a meditative state. The first picture on the stone gate appeared in his mind, and the primal force in his body was also circulating along a certain trajectory. Every day, he tirelessly repeated this process, again and again, only stopping to rest when he reached his limit.

Suk calls this process "meditation exercise".

The relentless training for over a hundred days was like a tightly wound spring; although incredibly arduous, all the effort paid off.

[Six Nirvanas: 55%/One Nirvana].

The improvement of the Stone Gate Secret Technique was faster than Su Ke had imagined. He didn't know why. Perhaps the process of meditating and circulating the primal force was shorter than the time required to cultivate the "Eighteen Stars." He could practice the "Eighteen Stars" once and then meditate and circulate the force ten times. Or perhaps the "Six Nirvanas" was not as difficult as he had imagined, or perhaps he had a talent for it.

Suk had a feeling that, in addition to his own level, "talent" might also be one of the factors affecting progress. It was invisible and intangible, but it really existed.

Is it because Suk was too bad at this before, so it didn't show up? He can only rely on hard work.

But no matter what, talent has its limits... but hard work does not.

Suk couldn't help but think optimistically that perhaps he really would have the opportunity to complete the "perfect nirvana" of this first painting within a year?

What will he get after he goes in?

Because he devoted all his energy to the Stone Gate Secret Technique, Suk stopped his physical training and swordsmanship training.

Suk usually tries to improve his physical fitness.

He estimated that once he reached the Hengxing level, he might gain another talent.

Currently, the second talent is cultivation transformation.

However, his primary talent remains a mystery, leaving Suk completely baffled.

Just as Suk stopped to rest and have a drink of water.

"Beep." The intelligent optical brain notified that it had received a message from the virtual universe.

Suk's heart skipped a beat. It was Liu Mila. In the past four months, they had only contacted each other a handful of times. He only knew that Liu Mila and her men had encountered danger a few times, and that Hail had even been seriously injured. One could imagine how dangerous it was inside. Sometimes he was worried that some of his men would die in there.

The message from Liu Mila was very simple.

"Master, I've broken through."