Universe Venerable

## Cultivation Ranks

* Immortal
* **Universe Venerable**
* Universe Master

## Etymology

This is a section added primarily due to the difference between the English-fan translation of the Novel and the true Chinese meaning.

Original Chinese characters: 宇宙尊者 (yǔzhòu zūn zhě)

* The first two Characters 宇宙 (yǔzhòu) just refer to the Universe or Cosmos. In fact they can be found quite commonly in this novel. The English Novel also translated them as Universe, so here no issue can be found. The real issue are the last two Characters.
* The last two Characters 尊者 (zūn zhě) can first be split into their own origin. 尊 (zun) means respect or honor, 者 (zhe) means person. As such it would either be translated as "Venerable One", "His/Her Holiness" or "Venerable Sir". It's a title of honor and they are accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of their age, wisdom, or character. In the work Swallowed Star Universe Venerable are the high-level of any ethnic group and as such a title like this is understandable. In weaker ethnic groups they are the main pillars, whereas in strong/peak ethnic groups they may not be the main pillar but definitely are still pillars of that group.

The English Novel translation however chose the term "Knight" instead. Seeing that there are also Knights in the army this title doesn't represent nearly the same idea. Neither is it a translation of the Chinese characters.

As such we chose the use the term **Universe Venerable** instead. It may be inconvenient to Novel readers who are used to "Universe Knight" however we want to focus on the correct terms. To take novel readers into account we still left a redirect from Universe Knight, should one search for that term.

* In the World of Jin, Universe Venerables are referred to as Law Venerables (法则尊者, Fǎzé zūn zhě)

## Description

Universe Venerable is the next tier of cultivation beyond Immortal. While Immortals can be sorted into Immortal Army Lord, Immortal Marquis, and Immortal King, these are differences in power rather than in tier. As a result, a World Master who breaks through to Immortal can immediately become either an Immortal General, Immortal Marquis, or an Immortal King, but they CANNOT become a Universe Venerable, even if they have a Life Gene Level high enough to match the power of a Universe Venerable.

A Universe Venerable can be considered a true great being, important even within a pinnacle race, and can be the foundation of a weaker race. Their Divine Body fundamentally changes, able to condense 100 times the divine energy that an Immortal King can, and with the additional increases in soul amplification and law comprehension, they are on a completely different level than Immortal Kings. Some at this level can reach a spirit energy amplitude of 10,000; it is implied that the Devil's Voice God General inheritance would enable one who completed it to reach 10,000.

Their understanding of the Original Laws is much higher than that of even Invincible Immortal Kings; King Zhenyan was able to escape Universe Venerables in battle but still could not defeat the 21st guardian of the Tong Tian Bridge, even after a trillion years of training, due to this difference in law comprehension. Universe Venerables can easily defeat Immortal Army Lords and Immortal Marquises, and unless the Immortal King has significant amplification techniques or a high Life Gene Level, they cannot escape a Universe Venerable.

With their power and importance to their race, they would generally own Heavy Treasures and even Common Arcana. They are able to own a few star fields and create a Universe Country. They are incredibly discerning regarding choosing a disciple, as they have typically lived for over a trillion years and have seen many young geniuses rise and fall.

## Breakthrough

There are two ways of becoming a Universe Venerable.

1. Comprehending any Lower Law and either comprehending the Law of Space **or** the Law of Time and all their talents.
2. Imperfectly fusing any Lower and Upper Law. For example the Beast Gods follow this path.

Divided into Space Venerables who have successfully integrated the three space mysteries and fully comprehended the laws of space, and Time Venerables who fully comprehended the laws of time.

## Tiers

Split into 5 Levels:

They generally have stronger Arcana than normal Universe Overlords, adding to their combat ability.
Generally only Universe Masters can destroy 10% of a Top Universe Overlord's Divine Body, but Luo Feng was able to do so as a Top Universe Overlord due to Golden Light, his Universe Master Ultimate technique.
Top Universe Overlords have all of the talents of Universe Overlords, but with the added benefit of stronger Divine Bodies and Life Gene Levels, so they are truly difficult to kill, even for Universe Masters.
Due to the limits on Life Gene Level for ordinary lifeforms, they are typically Special Lifeforms (or ordinary lifeforms who have performed Possession on a Special Lifeform), but ordinary lifeforms could also reach this level if they could augment their Life Gene Level (such as through the Nine Volume Manual).
Like Universe Overlords, they can be resurrected by True Gods, making them incredibly valuable to a race or alliance! Normally, the number of Top Universe Overlords is equal to the number of Universe Masters within the race or alliance, however because humans are ordinary lifeforms, they only had 4 Top Universe Overlords, including Luo Feng, while they had over 10 Universe Masters.

* Examples:
	+ Advanced/High/Senior: Venerable Bloody Wing
	+ Universe Overlord: Venerable Pei Feng
	+ Top Universe Overlord/Apex Universe Overlord: Black Sky Seigneur

## Divine Body

* When a typical Immortal breaks through to Universe Venerable, then the Original Ocean corresponding to their Upper Law (with a diameter of around 100 kilometers) descends, transforming their God Country and increasing their divine power a hundredfold.

* When Luo Feng broke through, the Space Origin ocean that descended was tens of billions of kilometers in diameter! They will be able to easily manifest any of the lower laws corresponding to their comprehended upper law. Normal human beings have their strength increased from 100,000 times that of a Peak World Master to 10 million times that of a Peak World Master.

* Conversion Rate for the received Divine Power from the Original Ocean for normal human beings is about 90%, the conversion rate of the Golden Horned Beast is about 50%.

* Should Divine Power be exhausted (30%+ lost) then treasures will be needed to restore it (or a ludicrous amount of time). Those treasures are 10000 more expensive than the treasures needed at Immortal and their cost can even exceed the cost of Heavy Treasure.

## God Country

The God Country has transformed, and it is easy to use Divine Power create a Divine Power Avatar. It's essentially a clone that can do tasks for you, however its fighting prowess is extremely low. Most often these Avatars stay behind in the Race or Clan to deal with tasks and convey important information to the main body.
The God Country of powerful Universe Venerables can reach a diameter of 1 trillion kilometers.

## Spatial ability

* The Space Venerable can perfectly integrate into space fluctuations and reappear in a distant place without causing any special changes.

* A space distortion by waving their hand can shatter star fields. Their teleportation distance is thousands of light years without causing space fluctuations, further distances may cause noticeable space distortions. They can sense in all direction at the same time with a radius of more than ten light years.

* Universe Venerables can affect the space fluctuations within 1 light year. As such one could no longer teleport or use other aspects of the Law of Space, unless they were able to overpower the other person in terms of controlling space fluctuations. Burning a little divine power allows Universe Venerable to interfere with space fluctuations more than 10 light-years away.

## Lifespan

Reincarnation Era or Eternal depending on which Universe they are part of, For an in-depth age explanation, go to Lifespan.

## References

1. ↑ Volume 27, Chapter 6 - 1343
2. ↑ Volume 17, Chapter 18 - Chapter 906
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Volume 11, Chapter 61 - Chapter 667
4. ↑ Volume 15, Chapter 5 - Chapter 797
5. ↑ Volume 7, Chapter 60 - Chapter 424
6. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 9 - Chapter 1035
7. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 12 - Chapter 1038
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Volume 20, Chapter 19 - Chapter 1045
9. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 14 - Chapter 1040
10. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 55 - Chapter 1081
11. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 50 - Chapter 1076
12. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 39 - Chapter 1065
13. ↑ Volume 13, Chapter 35 - Chapter 749
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Volume 20, Chapter 7, Chapter 1033
15. ↑ Volume 21, Chapter 9 - Chapter 1100
16. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 48 - Chapter 1074
17. ↑ Volume 21, Chapter 20 - Chapter 1111
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Volume 21, Chapter 1 - Chapter 1092
19. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 52 - Chapter 1078
20. ↑ Volume 20, Chapter 51 - Chapter 1077
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1  Chapter 917