Swallowed Star: Copy God

Hearing Qing Li's final words, Ye Yun felt a strong sense of gratitude in his heart. Recalling when he had just joined the Ganwu Secret Realm, although Qing Li became his teacher due to arrangements from above, she had been truly dedicated and conscientious in teaching him from the very beginning.

For Ye Yun, what he appreciated most about Qing Li was that she completely respected his own wishes and would not forcibly interfere with his plans and arrangements. Whether it was applying for ten Realm Lord-level teachers, each specializing in completely different fields, or the cultivation and improvement plans Ye Yun devised himself, Qing Li never truly interfered subjectively. It was precisely because of this that Ye Yun was able to rapidly improve to his current level according to his own ideas.

As Ye Yun was about to leave the Ganwu Secret Realm to cultivate in the Virtual Universe Company, Qing Li felt as if her own child was leaving her protection to venture out on their own. Although he would receive better training, the dangers that came with it would inevitably be greater. Qing Li did not give Ye Yun too many instructions on cultivation and improvement, but instead told him to prioritize his own safety. The concern she felt for Ye Yun in her heart could not be concealed.

Ye Yun did not speak. He bowed deeply once more to Qing Li's slender figure, then turned and left Qing Li's residence.

After packing up, Ye Yun looked around the manor where he had lived for many years. The momentary reluctance in his heart gradually dissipated as he stepped out of the core area of the Ganwu Secret Realm and headed to the docking area of the continent where the Ganwu Secret Realm was located.

Arriving alone at the designated location, Ye Yun saw a spaceship with a very simple and unadorned design parked there alone. This area was specially reserved by the Ganwu Secret Realm for the people of the Virtual Universe Company to visit and stay, so it was usually empty. Only in special circumstances like this would a spaceship from the Virtual Universe Company be docked.

The overall shape of this spaceship was like a giant spherical stone, with an estimated diameter of about 500 meters. It was not very large, but when Momo Yu saw the turquoise blue hull, she exclaimed in surprise,

"This is an integrated spaceship made entirely of Extreme Ice Stone Mother! Its value is immeasurable!"

Ye Yun nodded slightly. The spaceships sent by the Virtual Universe Company to pick up each genius elite were all classified as F-class, demonstrating the Virtual Universe Company's powerful financial resources and foundation.

As if sensing Ye Yun's approach, a hole slowly appeared on the surface of this turquoise blue 'big ball'. Five people flew out of the hole, their flight formation resembling an arrowhead. They soon arrived in front of Ye Yun.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a gentle smile. From his build and appearance, he was not much different from Earthlings, so Ye Yun felt a certain sense of familiarity when he looked at him. The faint aura emanating from this middle-aged man, as well as the mark between his eyebrows, confirmed to Ye Yun that he was a top Realm Lord-level expert.

The middle-aged man maintained his gentle smile and bowed slightly to Ye Yun. The four people behind him also bowed at the same time.

"Bi Meng, greetings, Your Highness!"

"Mr. Bi Meng, hello. There's no need to be so polite and restrained! Shall we go directly to the spaceship?"

Bi Meng was a little surprised. Ye Yun's attitude was gentle and courteous, and he showed no restraint or unease. His evaluation of Ye Yun rose again in his heart, and he secretly sighed that he was indeed a peerless genius cultivated by the Ganwu Secret Realm. Not only was his talent outstanding, but his mentality and will were also top-notch among his peers.

Bi Meng nodded slightly and led the way towards the spaceship.

After entering the spaceship, Bi Meng briefly introduced himself, stating that he was a core Realm Lord member from the Doomsday Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company. This time, he had received a mission specifically to escort Ye Yun to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.

Ye Yun had originally thought that he would be joining the Primal Secret Realm, and that the Virtual Universe Company would arrange better treatment for him. But now he discovered that for this group of one thousand people going to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, each team was led by a top Realm Lord-level expert from the Doomsday Secret Realm.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Yun understood. For the Virtual Universe Company, there were many Realm Lord-level experts, especially in the last Doomsday Secret Realm, which had millions of Realm Lords. But at the Undying level, the number would drop sharply. Every Undying-level expert, even for a huge force like the Virtual Universe Company, was very precious and important. Naturally, it was impossible to send them to do such simple and time-consuming small tasks.

At this time, the turquoise blue spaceship had already jumped into the dark universe and gradually accelerated to a stable level. Then, under Bi Meng's reminder, Ye Yun's consciousness entered the Virtual Universe Network.

"Momo Yu, transmit me to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters plane!"

After a burst of spatial transformation, Ye Yun's figure appeared in the middle of a street. Looking around, there were buildings on both sides, and further away there were villas. Many figures were active within the scope of these buildings.

Bi Meng's figure suddenly appeared beside Ye Yun, smiling gently and saying,

"Your Highness, the entire plane of space here is the location of our Virtual Universe Company's headquarters in the virtual universe. The area where we are currently staying belongs to the public area of Rain Phase Mountain. I'll take you to the Primal Zone where the Primal Secret Realm members reside!"

Ye Yun nodded slightly and followed Bi Meng in one direction. Along the way, based on his understanding of the original work and Bi Meng's brief introduction, Ye Yun gained a deeper understanding of the entire Virtual Universe Company headquarters plane of space.

The Rain Phase Mountain that Bi Meng mentioned was the area where members below the Undying level of the Virtual Universe Company resided. The Rain Phase Mountain in the Virtual Universe Network was created based on the headquarters in reality. It was a towering and cloud-shrouded giant mountain, with an overall diameter of about 89,000 kilometers. Just a mountain alone far exceeded the size of Earth.

And this Rain Phase Mountain was divided into five major areas, namely the Primal Zone where the Primal Secret Realm members resided, the Beginning Era Zone where the Beginning Era Secret Realm members resided, the Heaven and Earth Zone where the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm members resided, the Doomsday Zone where the Doomsday Secret Realm members resided, and finally the public area.

The five areas are of similar size. Apart from the public area, members of the other four distinct areas are not allowed to enter other areas.

The core members of the Virtual Universe Company's four secret realms reside in four different areas of Rain Phase Mountain. Although the overall area is similar, if you consider the number of members in each area, the difference in treatment becomes readily apparent.

The Primal Region has only a little over a hundred people.

The Initial Region has a little over a thousand people.

The Heaven Region has over ten thousand people.

And the final Doomsday Region has a full ten million people!

With areas of similar size, the population varies so drastically. Without even discussing other benefits, just comparing the living environment makes it clear that the higher the level of a secret realm member, the better the nurturing they receive from the Virtual Universe Company. The disparity is so vast that it's difficult for ordinary people to imagine.

The residences of core members in the Doomsday Region are high-rise buildings, with each person receiving an apartment. In the Heaven Region, each person can own their own villa. Members of the Initial Region can have independent cultivation and rest areas, with individual estates of considerable size.

And in the top-tier Primal Region, each core member has a vast estate with a diameter of thousands of kilometers built for them, complete with all facilities and attended by tens of thousands of servants. There's no need to go anywhere else; within this personal estate, almost all cultivation and life requirements can be met.

And that's just the simplest aspect of residence. In all other aspects, the core members of the Primal Region have a comprehensive lead over members of other secret realms. This is why everyone is desperately cultivating and improving themselves, in order to break into a higher-level secret realm and obtain better resource cultivation. Otherwise, constantly being surpassed by others makes it difficult to have a chance to overtake them.

Ignoring special circumstances like the Genius Battle that absorb new members, the total number of members in the Primal Region is fixed at 113: 100 Universe Lord-level members, 10 Domain Lord-level members, and 3 Star-level members.

This time, with Ye Yun and the other two joining, the number of Star-level members in the Primal Secret Realm will increase to six. However, in the next promotion and elimination round, the Primal, Initial, and Heaven Secret Realms will still maintain a fixed number of members. The extra candidates will all be relegated to the Doomsday Secret Realm. Whether they can climb back up in the future depends on their own efforts and luck.

With such a small number of core members, coupled with periodic qualification challenges, promotions, and elimination tests, those who can consistently remain in the Primal Secret Realm are undoubtedly the most outstanding geniuses in the entire human universe. As long as they can become Undying-level powerhouses, almost all of them can immediately reach the strength of a King, and their subsequent improvement speed will be extremely rapid. It wouldn't be strange for them to become Venerable-level powerhouses.

Just imagine, the lowest-level Doomsday Secret Realm has a massive number of Universe Lord-level powerhouses, but those who can be absorbed into it are basically the strongest among Universe Lords. Being acknowledged by the origin laws is essentially a necessary condition. With such stringent conditions, competing upwards layer by layer, those hundred Universe Lord-level powerhouses in the Primal Secret Realm can be said to be invincible existences at the Universe Lord stage.

Although Ye Yun had been mentally prepared, after learning about the huge differences between the core members of each secret realm, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. For every race, resources are limited, and only the most talented members can receive the best nurturing. This isn't unfair; rather, it's the best path for the entire race's development.

Walking along the steep cliff, Pei Meng pointed to a huge island in the distance, shrouded in clouds and surrounded by countless lightning bolts, and softly introduced it, with a hint of longing in his tone,

"Your Highness, that island is Thunder Island, where the Undying-level and above members of our Virtual Universe Company reside. It's also called Undying Island. Its overall area is hundreds or thousands of times larger than our Rain Phase Mountain. That's where the truly core powerhouses of our human race gather!"

Ye Yun understood Pei Meng's feelings. A Universe Lord-level powerhouse like him could be said to have basically reached the last step before the Undying level. Taking another step forward would allow him to become an Undying God with infinite life. Naturally, he would have endless longing for Thunder Island. However, breaking through to become an Undying powerhouse isn't so easy. There are countless Universe Lord-level powerhouses among humans, but only a very few can become Undying. That one step is a chasm, blocking countless heroes.

After a moment, Pei Meng led Ye Yun onto a quiet bluestone path. The path was lined with various exotic flowers, forming even more unique cosmic characters. Without needing to discern them, one could know that they represented 'Primal Region'.

Having only advanced a short distance, Ye Yun could only vaguely see a gray landscape at the far end of the bluestone path.

"Your Highness, advancing along this path will lead to the Primal Region. I no longer have the authority to proceed."

Ye Yun looked at the faint red light emanating from Pei Meng's body and nodded lightly. Then, Pei Meng's figure dissipated. Ye Yun took a deep breath and quickened his pace. Before long, the main entrance of the Primal Region appeared before him.

The main entrance of the Primal Region was extremely magnificent and grand. The whole structure was carved from simple, gray rock, giving people a sense of inexplicable shock at first glance.

Just as Ye Yun was silently admiring it, a white-robed figure quietly appeared. It was a wizened old man with long white hair and a beard. His entire aura made Ye Yun feel very warm, as if he were a sun shining all around.

"Your Highness Ye Yun, welcome to the Primal Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company! I am Ai Tuoer, the administrator of the Primal Region's affairs."

Ye Yun couldn't sense Ai Tuoer's strength fluctuations, but holding a position like the administrator of the Primal Secret Realm's affairs meant that his own strength was definitely terrifying. Therefore, Ye Yun had no disrespect and nodded lightly, saying,

"Thank you, Mr. Ai Tuoer."

Following Ai Tuoer across the main entrance of the Primal Region, the two flew towards the interior of the Primal Region. Ai Tuoer's long beard and hair fluttered in the wind during the flight. While heading towards Ye Yun's residence, he introduced Ye Yun to some of the basic information about the Primal Region.