Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 147 Nurturing an Avatar, Continental Trials

"I choose the Mountain Giant!"

Qin Ming focused his gaze on a black crystal in front of him and said firmly.

You can not have it both ways.

The Starry Kunpeng is skilled in the laws of space and is also made of flesh and blood, but its potential is clearly not as high as that of the Mountain Giant, and its body is too small.

In this world-devouring era, big is good! Big is beautiful!
This is not the Nine Nether Sea, nor is it the World Tree, a massive but immobile life form.

A mountain giant with a size of millions of kilometers, once it breaks through to immortality, can crush 99% of its enemies with its massive divine body alone.

In addition, there's his own soul talent, the Myriad Soul Banner Domain.

It is absolutely invincible.

"Mountain giants?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom nodded with some envy; this choice was not unexpected.

If it were up to him, he would also choose the Mountain Giant.

"Then let's go and conceive."

"Yes, teacher."

Qin Ming bowed respectfully and stored the black crystal material of the Mountain Giant into his World Ring.

……

With the materials for the Mountain Giant painstakingly retrieved by the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler through his connections, Qin Ming returned to the manor and immediately began seclusion to prepare for the creation of his clone.

He sat cross-legged, his consciousness entering the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Qin Ming's clone was created differently from the Golden Horned Beast; it possessed a primordial core world within its body, allowing it to be created directly.

He needs the assistance of the Myriad Soul Banner to be nurtured in the blood pool.

Rumbling--

When Qin Ming's consciousness entered the space inside the Myriad Soul Banner, a booming sound came.

Under the bright moonlight.

Within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, a space spanning only a few hundred thousand kilometers, enormous flesh and blood puppets were engaged in extensive development and construction.

Towering palaces rose from the ground, with large numbers of flesh and blood puppets moving back and forth within them, busily engaged in their tasks. Even the black earth was excavated, revealing layers of space beneath.

A full eighteen floors!
Looking at the vibrant and lively Netherworld, Qin Ming nodded in satisfaction.

The idea of ​​constructing the Eighteen Hells within the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls did not actually originate from the emergence of the secret technique of "Ten Thousand Tribulations Reincarnation".

As the Myriad Souls Banner continues to advance, its internal space also becomes larger and larger.

The internal space of the third-tier Myriad Soul Banner initially reached 10 kilometers, and it continued to grow as it devoured the large amount of flesh and blood he purchased.

So, can such a vast space be utilized?

Limited by factors such as strength and environment, Qin Ming replenished the Myriad Soul Banner by killing or purchasing powerful monsters, and rarely collected the souls of other lives.

But even monsters possess intelligence.

Simply letting them live inside the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to lie down and increase their strength is too wasteful.

Even the world ring that Master Qianwu bestowed upon him contained a palace.

Furthermore, it is foreseeable that the Myriad Souls Banner will collect a large number of intelligent life souls in the future, so it is necessary to create a complete ecosystem within the Myriad Souls Banner space.

For example, Qin Ming wanted to study the crafting techniques used by puppeteers.

So, could we capture a group of souls skilled in crafting puppets and throw them in to help us create puppets and forge weapons?

Or perhaps, an elevation in the level of life.

Could we capture a group of bloodline pharmacists and throw them into the lab to assist our research?
If you don't have time yourself, can't you at least hire a group of support staff?
There are no oxen or horses for me to refine weapons or medicines yet.

But who knows what will happen in the future?

With these palaces and underground spaces.

Putting everything else aside, at least there's a place to raise and fight among the Gu within the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, preventing a chaotic massacre.

Furthermore, each of the main souls on the Myriad Souls Banner must play its proper role.

The Void Shadow Bat, Thunder Ember Sky Roc, Star Core Rock Dragon, and other ninth-tier cosmic-level demonic beasts he purchased from the Secret Realm System are quite intelligent, in no way inferior to humans.

After carefully examining the changes in the Myriad Soul Banner, Qin Ming looked at the blood pool in the center of the Myriad Soul Banner space, which had reached a diameter of ten kilometers.

In order to create his clone, Qin Ming had long ago purchased a large amount of flesh and blood from cosmic-level monsters, which he then put into the blood pool and refined into flesh and blood essence.

Nurturing special life forms, or behemoths like mountain giants, inevitably requires a huge amount of energy.

Preparing in advance is always a good idea.

"let's start!"

Qin Ming's consciousness remained in mid-air as he looked at the churning pool of blood before him and threw the Mountain Giant Crystal down into it.

Wow!
The crystal plunged into the pool of blood, churning and spreading a pungent, bloody stench.

The innate 'Soul Split' is in operation.

The vast Netherworld space, spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers, seemed to tremble slightly, and a strange power emanated from the blood pool.

"Innate Secret Technique - Soul Splitting! Nurturing!"

Qin Ming's will controls the entire Netherworld space.

As the Soul Splitting Talent was activated for the first time, the sea of ​​blood began to churn, emitting a violent roar.

The pregnancy has begun!

Qin Ming's consciousness could perceive that under the strange power of the Blood Pool of the Myriad Soul Banner, the life essence of the mountain giant was being analyzed.

In just a moment, a giant gray-black egg began to gestate in the center of the blood pool.

"here we go!"

"Haha, it worked!"

Sensing the changes within the blood pool, Qin Ming smiled with delight.

When Qin Ming obtained the innate secret technique 'Soul Splitting', he naturally also gained some information.

The time required to create a clone is related to one's own strength, the level of the Myriad Soul Banner, the energy in the Blood Sea, and the genes of the body being created.

The stronger the Myriad Souls Banner, the faster it will be conceived.

The lower the level of life being conceived and the smaller its size, the easier it is to conceive!
At this moment, the Myriad Soul Banner is at the third tier!
after one day.

By observing the gestation process within the sea of ​​blood, Qin Ming roughly determined how long it would take to create a clone. 100 years!
It takes a full hundred years to come into being!
Moreover, this requires an astronomical amount of blood and flesh essence, which the existing ten-kilometer blood pool is simply not enough to consume.

What he was going to conceive was a mountain giant, a special life form with a very high level of life and an incredibly large size!

"100 years, that's not a slow pace. But at this rate, it's impossible to catch up with the Genius Battle."

After the initial joy, Qin Ming began to ponder.

With his current strength, he will definitely stand out in the Genius Battle.

In three months, he had become familiar with several fifth-tier weapons, such as the Illusionary Eye and the Divine Weapon, and his soul amplitude had reached 3.2 times.

I've just begun to grasp the basics of the "Eternal Reincarnation" secret technique, and I've also mastered the second level of the Divine Weapon Suppression Technique. I'm currently attempting the third level.

Judging from the performance of geniuses like Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Long Yun in the original timeline, they were far from being his match.

If he unleashed his mental power, Berlan would most likely be no match for him.

But what about that?
Bolan was only known as the greatest genius of the human race in tens of millions of years.

Every thousand centuries, there will be one like this.

The potential to become a Venerable One is not very high.

Is he slightly stronger than him, a genius who appears only once every ten thousand epochs?

This is not what Qin Ming wanted.

With the protection of Teacher Qianwu, it doesn't matter how extraordinary one's talent is; one will only receive more resources from the higher-ups in humanity.

At the same time, it can also reduce the pressure on teachers.

The shaman, who serves as the ruler, does so in order to cultivate geniuses!
If I were powerful enough, I might even be able to forgive the debts that Master Qianwu owed to the clan.

Only in this way can we live up to the teacher's expectations and guidance.

"Simply cultivating within the manor and practicing in the virtual universe is not enough. After a period of further development, I will accept missions to train in the Qianwu Continent."

The third-tier Myriad Soul Banner requires a hundred years to develop, so what about the fourth and fifth tiers?
What if we could provide even purer energy?

Within the Myriad Soul Banner lie six immortal corpses. If the energy from these corpses could be extracted, it would undoubtedly greatly accelerate the gestation process.

Qin Ming opened his eyes, his gaze thoughtful.

Every upgrade to the Myriad Souls Banner is a qualitative change!

The speed at which the fourth-tier Myriad Soul Banner is conceived will inevitably increase significantly.

The third-tier Myriad Soul Banner is already very fast at refining immortal corpses, able to quickly extract wisps of blood and qi from them. If it were to upgrade again, it might be able to completely refine them.

This is an immortal corpse!
If it can be fully refined, it can be used to extract essence and blood to nurture the mountain giant, and it can also be refined into an immortal puppet!
Even without a sufficiently powerful soul to control it, its true power cannot be unleashed.

But no matter what, it's still an immortal corpse.

As long as it can move, suppressing ordinary realm lords should be no problem.

All of this is predicated on upgrading the Myriad Soul Banner to the fourth tier!
After purchasing a large number of cosmic-level monster corpses in the secret realm, the Myriad Soul Banner is only one domain lord-level main soul away from advancing.

It's a pity that there are no Domain Lord-level slaves for sale within the Qianwu Secret Realm System.

Otherwise, you can just buy one, and the Myriad Soul Banner can be upgraded on the spot.

Of course, if it's not in the Secret Realm System, there are plenty of them in the Qianwu Continent!
The Qianwu Continent is a vast landmass with a diameter of about 1.2 light-years, containing many dangerous places for students of the secret realm to train.

As long as you are strong enough, you can have plenty of Domain Lord-level main souls, let alone World Lord-level ones!
Within the Qianwu Secret Realm, there are also numerous training missions for its members to complete.

Unlike Qin Ming, who became an apprentice of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler and received a large amount of resources, other members of the secret realm did not.

They all need to complete tasks to earn points and exchange them for resources.

He got up and left the cultivation room, entered the virtual universe, and the Qianwu Secret Realm System was activated.

Three options appear: Treasure Trove, Learning, and Cultivation.

Having been in the Qianwu Secret Realm for so long, Qin Ming hadn't really paid much attention to anything else besides the treasures he bought in the vault at the beginning.

In three months, he had only just mastered a few treasures and had a basic understanding of the secret technique "Eternal Reincarnation" in the "Mysterious Codex of the Wilderness".

He hadn't even had time to practice his movement techniques or secret methods.

Where would I find the time to do anything else?

Of course, Qin Ming also clicked on the other two options.

Among the learning opportunities, there are open classes in the Qianwu Secret Realm, usually taught by immortal beings.

The eight fundamental laws, including even the two most difficult fundamental laws, 'space' and 'time', are explained.

It is rare to see immortality within the Ganwu Daoist temple.

However, there are regular lectures given by immortals within the Qianwu Secret Realm.

Students in the secret realm who have time will go to listen.

In addition to stellar-level beings, the Qianwu Secret Realm also contains many cosmic-level beings, and even domain lords and world lords.

Occasionally, those who have been granted titles and honors will come to give lectures.

Of course, the strongest is to be granted the title of Marquis and achieve immortality.

After spending some time in the Qianwu Secret Realm, Qin Ming had several conversations with his guard captain, the immortal powerhouse 'Alex', and gained an understanding of the powerful figures in the Qianwu Secret Realm.

In the Qianwu Secret Realm, there is no title of King or Immortal.

Including the eighteen divine generals under Master Qianwu, all of them were granted the title of Marquis!
The entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom has tens of thousands of immortals, including 32 kings and 268 marquises, collectively known as the Three Hundred Kings and Marquises.

However, none of the kings who were enfeoffed submitted to the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom.

This is quite meager for a cosmic being.

The reason is quite simple.

That means the teacher probably doesn't have the resources to attract a powerful expert who has reached the rank of King.

That is precisely why his regard for Qin Ming is so precious.

Putting everything else aside, the resources needed to cultivate Star-Eating Grass alone would be enough to bankrupt a King-level cultivator. Winning over one or two King-level cultivators wouldn't be a problem.

"I've pretty much laid a solid foundation. If I have time in the future, I can listen to lectures by these immortal powerhouses, which should be of great help to me."

Skipping over the treasure vault and focusing on the two learning options, Qin Ming clicked on the cultivation option.

“The danger level of cultivation tasks is divided into four levels: safe, normal, difficult, and dangerous. The higher the difficulty, the more points you get.”

For me, danger and points are not important.

The main goal is to select missions with enough lives for me to kill, allowing the Myriad Soul Banner to advance once more.

(End of this chapter)