Swallowed Star: Drawing Talents

This is a vast starry sky filled with dense spatial vortices, each relatively small, only tens of meters in diameter.

The endless spatial vortices, resembling small flowers, encircle this part of the starry sky, and at the center of these countless vortices, a majestic, jet-black mountain range floats.

Auras of immense power can be faintly sensed, and occasionally, the figures of giant star beasts can be seen flying within.

Starry Sky Divine Mountain!

This is the sacred ground of the Star Beast Alliance, where both Universe Lords and the greatest Primordials reside.

The Starry Sky Divine Mountain is home to countless powerhouses, treasures, and inheritances, possessing everything, even a small universe completely belonging to the Star Beasts, connected to it.

Stretching over light-years, the rocks of this endless mountain range on the Starry Sky Divine Mountain are entirely black, not just the color black, but a sense of nothingness akin to a black hole, as if each rock were a black hole itself.

The Starry Sky Divine Mountain is incredibly vast, divided into numerous regions, with colossal temples built throughout, far larger than those of the human race.

Among them, a particularly towering palace, adorned with countless carvings of Destruction Beasts, stands hundreds of millions of kilometers tall, radiating boundless pressure—a supreme treasure of the flying palace type.

In the plaza before the palace, some Immortal-level Destruction Beasts frolic and play.

Destruction Beasts are inherently indifferent and bloodthirsty, but this bloodlust is directed towards other races; they feel a sense of kinship and goodwill towards other Star Beasts, and an even stronger connection to their own kind.

Swish!

A streak of light flashed, instantly transforming into a towering figure, descending upon the plaza.

"Venerable Shu Ye!"

"Venerable Shu Ye has come to the Divine Hall; could something important be happening?"

Upon seeing Venerable Shu Ye arrive, the Destruction Beasts, who had been playing, stopped and curiously watched him.

The number of Destruction Beasts in the entire Starry Sky Alliance is extremely small; they almost all know each other, and Venerable Shu Ye usually only comes to the Divine Hall in person when important events occur.

Venerable Shu Ye strode forward, flying into the vast Divine Hall, his speed incredible, traversing millions of kilometers every second, directly to the center of the hall where he stopped.

"Greetings, Lord of Destruction," Venerable Shu Ye respectfully said.

Within the vast Divine Hall, at the highest point of the main hall, stood a towering beast—a terrifying being whose aura resembled the endless universe, its entire body covered in dark black scales, crackling with lightning.

The flow of time around this Star Beast seemed different from other places, flowing more slowly.

Lord of Destruction.

This is the leader of the Destruction lineage within the Star Beast Alliance, the sole ancient Universe Lord.

Within the Star Beast Alliance, besides the Gulch Beast lineage, which has three Universe Lords, and the Golden Horned Beast lineage, which has two, most of the twelve peak bloodlines only have one Universe Lord.

"Lord of Destruction, the Ancestral God School has a message from a successor: Qing Li King of the human camp is actually a World Lord-level Destruction Beast from our lineage," Venerable Shu Ye respectfully reported from the center of the hall.

"Who sent this message?"

The Lord of Destruction lowered his head, his eyes containing endless vortices, with flashes of destructive lightning deep within, as if the universe were instantly annihilated.

"The origin of the message is unknown.

Although it is said to be from a successor of another race, it is likely from an external member of the Ancestral God School, perhaps a candidate God General, or even a Guardian Beast God…"

"There are no Destruction lineage successors within the Ancestral God School."

The Starry Sky Divine Mountain holds numerous inheritances and countless treasures, which help to improve bloodlines! Divine body amplification secrets! Soul amplification secrets! And the Ancestral God School’s Envoy inheritance, God General inheritance, and even Beast God inheritance are naturally present.

In fact, the God General inheritance is just a set of special, high-powered secret techniques in addition to some amplification-type secrets.

"Bring him back!"

The Lord of Destruction's voice boomed within the hall.

If the information is accurate, Qing Li King possesses the power of an invincible King at the World Lord level, which clearly indicates that he has encountered a heaven-defying opportunity.

Such a heaven-defying opportunity for a Destruction Beast stirred even the heart of a Universe Lord.

What about disregarding life and death below the Immortal level?

This rule of the Star Beast Alliance is insignificant compared to a peerless genius like Qing Li King, who is even more outstanding than the human Yang Wu.

Leaving aside the heaven-defying opportunity, just based on Qing Li King's tens of thousands of inheritance attempts in the Ancestral God School, he has a high probability of becoming a Universe Venerable, and further becoming a top Universe Overlord.

Furthermore, with the Ancestral God School's number one treasure in hand, he would definitely possess the combat power of a powerful Universe Lord, and if he truly reached that point, he would have a real chance of entering the Universe Lord realm.

As long as Qing Li King has even a sliver of a chance to become a Universe Lord, the Lord of Destruction will not abandon such a member of the clan.

With careful nurturing within the Star Beast Alliance, there is a great chance of him becoming a Universe Lord.

As long as he is brought back to the Starry Sky Divine Mountain, it can be confirmed whether he is a true member of the clan, eliminating the possibility of being possessed by another race.

Although possession by another race is difficult to detect, everything is exposed on the Starry Sky Divine Mountain.

"Yes!"

Venerable Shu Ye respectfully replied, then slowly retreated from the Divine Hall.

Ancestral God School, Purple Thorn Island.

An invisible pressure that made all successors palpitate descended upon Purple Thorn Island, this majestic and domineering pressure was even more terrifying than the Guardian Beast God, the Purple Thorn Island Master.

"Hmm?"

"What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

Successors felt this pressure and flew out of their palaces.

Millions of successors densely packed the sky above Purple Thorn Island, all looking up.

"Rumble…"

Endless lightning filled the sky, instantly obscuring the entire Purple Thorn Island, preventing successors from seeing the Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

Within the endless lightning, a massive figure could faintly be seen, the pressure emanating from it.

"Hmph!" A cold snort echoed.

The lightning in the sky suddenly surged, and the pressure intensified, causing all the hundreds of millions of successors in the sky to plummet to the ground, even the Universe Venerable successors could not resist the fall.

Gradually, the massive figure slowly descended, revealing its true form.

It was covered in cyan fur, each strand resembling a lightning whip, its three hooves seeming to trample and suppress the entire space, and its slightly spread wings…

Further stirred the endless lightning in the sky, and the most dazzling part of its raised head was the pair of massive eyes like oceans, filled with endless thunder.

The Thunderous Eyes overlooked the area below, and no one dared to meet its gaze.

This was the Thunderous Beast God, one of the Eight Directional Beast Gods of the current era who inherited the Beast God position, having become a Beast God after fusing with a law incarnation.

Yang Wu could feel that the massive and terrifying being in the sky was like a part of the universe's origin laws, an irresistible force as if the origin laws of the universe had descended, causing countless successors to submit involuntarily.

"I am, one of the Eight Directional Beast Gods…"

"The Thunderous Beast God."

The voice was like thunder, and the breath exhaled from the Beast God's nostrils turned into thunder, echoing throughout Purple Thorn Island!

"Successor Qing Li King."

As the Thunderous Beast God's voice fell, an invisible force directly descended, binding Yang Wu, causing him to fly out of his palace and slowly ascend into the sky.

The hundreds of millions of successors from various races below looked up in shock at the slowly ascending Qing Li King, immediately understanding…

The Thunderous Beast God descended for the sake of Qing Li King.

Under the gazes of countless successors, Yang Wu slowly ascended, feeling the invisible force binding him, not time or space, but a higher-level power.

"Qing Li King."

The Thunderous Beast God slowly opened its mouth, emitting a rumbling sound.

"Thunderous Beast God," Yang Wu stood in mid-air, respectfully saluting.

"I am very satisfied with your talent," The Thunderous Beast God overlooked the tiny Yang Wu below, with a hint of goodwill: "I have a treasure I wish to bestow upon you."

"Is it going to bestow a treasure?"

"The Thunderous Beast God personally descended, actually to publicly bestow a treasure."

"Qing Li King's luck is too good, he just got the treasure of the First Peak, and now he's being bestowed a supreme treasure."

"Thinking about it the other way around, Qing Li King's ability to obtain the treasure of the First Peak also proves his talent, and it was only a matter of time before the Ancestral God School publicly bestowed a treasure."

"Yeah, it would be abnormal for the Ancestral God School not to bestow a treasure, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly!"

The hundreds of millions of successors below were in an uproar, almost all showing shock and envy.

"Thank you, Beast God!"

Yang Wu respectfully thanked him.

"Boom!"

Endless lightning converged around the Thunderous Beast God, forming a giant lightning ball, tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, falling towards Yang Wu like a meteor.

During the fall, the lightning gradually dissipated, and the lightning ball quickly shrank, finally the lightning completely dissipated, revealing a flying ship hundreds of kilometers long, a powerful aura emanating from it.

"This is the treasure I bestow upon you, I believe it will be very useful to you," The Thunderous Beast God said.

"Yes."

Yang Wu respectfully said, storing the flying ship in his world ring.

With the task of bestowing the treasure completed, the Thunderous Beast God silently disappeared from the sky above Purple Thorn Island, needing to return to the Divine Hall to continue sleeping.

With the Thunderous Beast God gone, the endless lightning blocking the top of their heads slowly dissipated.

Yang Wu glanced at the whispering successors below, preparing to return to his palace to study the newly acquired treasure.

But just then.

In the Five-Colored Aurora Lake above, countless auroras moved, quickly passing through the gradually dissipating endless lightning that obscured them, reappearing in the sky above Purple Thorn Island.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Streams of five-colored aurora fell from above, hundreds of millions of auroras like beaded curtains, suspended in the void.

Extremely dazzling!

But behind this splendor lay a deadly killing intent.

Boom!

An incomparably terrifying power once again enveloped the entire Purple Thorn Island.

The entire space seemed to be completely solidified, the power of this spatial blockade far surpassing the complete spatial laws of the 21st floor of the Tongtian Bridge.

Everyone except Yang Wu, including the Immortal successors and even the Universe Venerables, was frozen by this power, even moving was extremely difficult.

"Five-Colored Aurora Lake!"

The successors raised their heads with great difficulty, looking at the beautiful five-colored auroras above, like sharp swords hanging above their heads.

Ready to fall at any time, taking their lives.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort resounded in the minds of all the successors, echoing continuously, the pain growing stronger, as if their souls were being torn apart.

"Hmph!"

After the cold snort, the rumbling sound echoing in their minds slowly disappeared, and the soul-tearing pain slowly receded like a tide.

"Huff!"

The successors breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a lingering fear at the thought of the pain they had just experienced.

"Qing Li King has officially joined my Ancestral God School.

Anyone who dares to provoke my Ancestral God School, even if resurrected by reversing time and space, will be hunted down by my Ancestral God School, and will never be allowed to set foot in my Ancestral God School again."

A majestic voice echoed in the ears of all the successors.

Hiss~

The successors gasped, the Ancestral God School rarely made such harsh statements, but if they did, they would definitely carry them out.

Although this kind of ruthless statement sounds loud, it is actually easy to alienate the successors below, especially those genius successors who have been recruited into the Ancestral God School.

Unless—

The successors turned their heads, looking at the unscathed Qing Li King in the sky.

Obviously, the Ancestral God School's announcement was a clear bias and protection towards Qing Li King, and coupled with the fact that he had obtained the treasure ranked first, it must have attracted the attention of the Ancestral God School.

After the majestic voice subsided, the pervasive terrifying pressure slowly receded, and the solidified space was also unsealed, but the suspended five-colored auroras above, like sharp swords…

Remained motionless.

No one dared to move rashly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

After a while, the suspended five-colored auroras began to recede, falling into the Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

Huff~

Millions of successors breathed a sigh of relief at this scene, and many powerful successors felt a lingering fear.

The feeling of being locked on by the five-colored auroras above their heads was too terrifying, that was a supreme treasure, and the power of any ray of aurora could severely injure a Universe Venerable.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

This made some aliens who were already envious and jealous, thinking that Qing Li King was not only favored by the Ancestral God School and bestowed a treasure, but was also publicly declared to be protected by the Ancestral God School, and they were even more envious and jealous to the point of having red eyes.

And some people who were waiting to watch the show, shook their heads and left.

What a letdown!

Today's encounter made them understand a truth, even waiting to watch the show is risky, and in severe cases, it directly endangers life.