Swallowing the Stars: The Supreme Being of All Heavens

Chapter 36 A Once-in-a-Mill-Year Opportunity? Disaster?

In the passionate narration of the Saint Leon, the ancient and mysterious curtain of history that once took place in this world slowly rises before Suk's eyes.

Countless years ago, when the world was in chaos and undifferentiated, the heavens and earth were filled with all kinds of disasters, and there was no life, only death and desolation.

Then one day, a bolt of lightning, seemingly from nowhere, struck the earth, splitting it open and revealing a towering mountain rising from the ground, shrouded in thunderclouds. This mountain was the original Ancient Thunder Mountain, symbolizing the antiquity and thunder of the world's beginning.

With the appearance of Mount Gulei, the world gradually returned to peace. Dark clouds covered the sky, and torrential rain poured down. Gradually, land, oceans, forests, lakes, and all kinds of life appeared, eventually evolving into the races that later became the planet Gulei.

Of course, there is also a legend that, apart from the ferocious beasts, the current humanoid races all came from the Ancient Lei Mountain, so they are blessed with intelligence, and each of them has intelligence, while only a few of the ferocious beasts have intelligence.

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"This is just a myth." Suk clicked his tongue, but given the history of this planet, who knows how many years have passed since then.

"Even now, the area around Mount Gulei is fraught with all sorts of dangers. The lightning alone, when it occasionally strikes, is so powerful that even extraordinary beings cannot escape its effects; only saints can survive," said Saint Leon. "If we don't fly from the sky but proceed on the ground, many ancient ferocious beasts dwell there, many of which are at the saint level, and even peak saints find them troublesome. However, over countless years, we have learned some safe ways to bypass them, and some beast clans have made pacts with the great emperors of history to help us protect the holy mountain, so they generally won't attack us unprovoked."

"The first emperor in history came from the Holy Mountain. He named the Holy Mountain Ancient Thunder Mountain and himself the Ancient Thunder Emperor. The world we live in is also Ancient Thunder Star. He also spent his whole life building the Holy Mountain City inside the mountain."

"The statue of that emperor still stands in the holy city within the mountains, where he is revered."

"Since the time of Emperor Gu Lei, later generations have learned that there is a mysterious stone gate deep in Gu Lei Mountain. Behind the stone gate lies a special opportunity that can allow a saint to become an emperor." Excitement appeared in Saint Leon's eyes.

Which sage doesn't dream of becoming an emperor, invincible under heaven?

Moreover, only a saint can live for ten thousand years, while an emperor can live for a full one hundred thousand years!

Countless saints yearn to become the Great Emperor.

Even Suk, who was far away in the spaceship, was slightly excited upon hearing this.

To become a cosmic-level opportunity... isn't this exactly what he wanted?

If he could reach the cosmic level, he would be considered a big shot in a primitive civilization.

"It's possible to cultivate and transform one's talent through that, but we can't rely on that entirely," Suk thought to himself.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket; having more options makes things safer.

At this moment, Leon and his two high-ranking saint subordinates in the hall were also caught up in the fanatical longing for the invincible "Emperor" in their imagination.

Suk shook his head inwardly. The legends left over from countless years had deeply instilled the idea that "the Great Emperor is invincible" in the hearts of these natives. In reality, what Great Emperor? He was nothing more than a cosmic level being divided into cosmic level one to cosmic level nine.

Perhaps in a galaxy, there are only a handful of cosmic-level warriors.

In the grand scheme of the universe, they are nothing more than insignificant figures. The lowest rank of the Flowing Cloud Universe Kingdom's cosmic army consists of cosmic-level soldiers! Counting in the hundreds of millions!

However, Suk did not mean to look down on them; he himself was thinking about how to become a cosmic-level being.

After calming down a bit, Saint Leon continued, "Emperor Gulei left a will that the stone gate inside Mount Gulei would open once every 100,000 years, and it did indeed open once every 100,000 years. Each time, it attracted many saints to Mount Gulei, and even many intelligent beasts, who somehow knew that Mount Gulei had the opportunity to break through to the Great Emperor level, also wanted to go in. At that time, a great war broke out between intelligent races and intelligent beasts in Mount Gulei, resulting in countless deaths and injuries on both sides. Countless extraordinary beings and saints perished."

Saint Leon sighed, "Fortunately, Emperor Gulei had the foresight to build Holy Mountain City. Relying on Holy Mountain City, we saints gained the upper hand, repeatedly repelling the ferocious beast armies. At that time, the number of ferocious beasts was extremely large, seriously threatening all intelligent races on the continent. Therefore, the saints at that time worked together to repel the ferocious beasts time and time again, preventing them from giving birth to emperors." Saint Leon shook his head, "Although no one knows whether the ferocious beasts can enter that stone gate and give birth to emperors, no one dares to ignore it. If the ferocious beasts really give birth to emperors, it will be a catastrophe for all intelligent life. Apart from the ferocious beasts, there will probably be no place for intelligent life to stand in the entire world!"

It is difficult for intelligent races to exterminate ferocious beasts because they can live everywhere—in the sky, on the land, and in the ocean. But humans cannot. Even sea people are only good at swimming and cannot live in the sea forever. Winged people have wings, but they do not like the harsh living environment of high mountains.

"From ancient times, ferocious beasts and intelligent life have been constantly at war, their hatred deepening with each passing year. Later, we intelligent life gave birth to emperors, and as soon as they were born, they would strike at the ferocious beasts, carrying out bloodshed... The ferocious beasts were suppressed time and time again, until they were finally unable to compete with us intelligent life, and some were even subdued. Holy Mountain City gradually returned to normal, and later saints no longer needed to constantly gather there to guard against the ferocious beasts; most of them were scattered throughout the continent." Leon smiled. "After all, once an emperor appears, he can suppress them for 100,000 years until the emperor passes away. Occasionally, there are gaps of only a few thousand years, and no one can provoke him while the emperor is still alive."

"But... not all emperors are good." Leon's expression turned complex and fearful as he thought of something. "Some emperors are inherently cruel. Even while alive, they will treat their people cruelly, doing whatever they please, implementing all sorts of cruel laws, and no one can resist them. In fact, as they grow older and their lifespan gradually diminishes, they become increasingly insane..." He swallowed hard. "And unleash dark chaos."

"That's the most terrifying thing. The Great Emperor wants to destroy the world and attack all living beings, just so that all the lives in the world can die with him."

"The entire civilization has been plunged into darkness more than once because of the madness of the emperor in his later years, with hundreds of millions of lives lost and an era of civilization cut off. Only a very few lucky people can escape it."

"The opportunity beyond the stone gate is called the Great Emperor's Legacy, because once it opens, and someone enters, no matter what, a Great Emperor will inevitably emerge," Leon said with a complex expression. "Just for the sake of vying for this opportunity, countless people have died."

"A cycle that occurs once every 100,000 years can be an opportunity, or it can be a disaster."