Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 187 Breakthrough! With feet firmly on the ground, gazing at the stars.
Chaos City, on the rooftop of a residence.

Qin Ming, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes, a hint of regret in them. Although he had gained a deeper understanding of the soul over the past year, he still felt he had wasted some time.

However, this might be a good thing for Qin Ming.

Making mistakes is not terrible.

It's fine to correct it in time; the real problem is when you're wrong but don't even realize it, and get completely caught up in it.

This time, Qin Ming's pride vanished without a trace.

As a time traveler with the cheat code of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and a thorough knowledge of history, it would be strange if he didn't have arrogance!

They thought they could easily pave a path that had never been paved before.

However, reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.

In the primordial universe, countless geniuses and powerful beings had already discovered the paths that needed to be found; it wasn't his turn, a mere microcosm-level being, to pioneer them.

This allowed Qin Ming to truly calm down.

It's good to look up at the stars, but the premise is to keep your feet on the ground!
What he needs to do now is accumulate strength and improve his capabilities. As for paving the way, he can do that when he is stronger.

"call--"

Qin Ming let out a long breath.

It's time to get moving, to study the Dark Universe Monument, and to hunt Chaos Beasts.

But before that, there is one more thing to do.

That means letting the mountain giant's clone break through to the Domain Lord level first!

After a year of solitary meditation, while the human being was comprehending the path of the soul, the mountain giant's avatar was also comprehending the laws of earth and space, continuously devouring pre-purchased metal ore veins within the primordial core world.

Now that I have accumulated enough experience, I can break through to become a domain lord at any time!

A thought came to my mind.

Located within the primordial world, the mist formed by devouring countless metal and rock veins merged into the continent.

The rocky continent continues to expand, generating vast amounts of land, causing the inner world to grow at an astonishing rate.

When everything ended, the inner world had jumped from 900 million kilometers in length and width to 1 million kilometers in length and width!
The entire pronucleus is also undergoing strange changes.

The central black hole of that spiral galaxy devoured everything around it, eventually collapsing to form a singularity nucleus shaped like a gray sphere.

Within the primordial world, the mountain giant's avatar, standing on a rocky continent, roared to the sky, as rocks and soil from the earth continuously converged and collapsed into black crystals towards his body.

His body was constantly growing taller and heavier!
Its density is increasing at an astonishing rate.

The golden patterns, like branding marks on its entire body, grew larger and larger as its body grew.

Not only on the outside, but the changes inside the mountain giant were even more astonishing. Every black crystal underwent a tremendous transformation, a metamorphosis in its essential structure.

From the cosmic level to the domain lord, that's a leap in the level of life!

Looking at the changes in his inner world and the mountain giant's wildly expanding size, Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of life leaping and strength surging was truly fascinating.

Domain Lord level is already considered a powerful entity in the universe.

Because after breaking through to the Domain Lord level, the vortex galaxy at the cosmic level will be devoured, eventually forming a 'singularity'!
The singularity is the core of the domain lord; as long as the singularity exists, the domain lord will never die.

Even the head and heart can be repaired quickly and are no longer fatal weaknesses.

This is why domain lords cannot be enslaved by biochips.

Within the singularity, a world will gradually be born.

This process of nurturing will continue throughout the entire domain lord level.

When the gestation is fully successful, a complete transformation will occur, forming a real world!

At that time, it will be the Realm Lord!
The world inside a World Lord's body is completely different from before; it is a real world that allows other life forms to enter, grow, and survive normally.

It can also project a world and wield the 'power of the world' with a wave of its hand.

Currently, only Qin Ming's own body can enter the core world of the Mountain Giant.

"The Mountain Giant possesses extraordinary talent and an incredibly powerful inner world, making it extremely difficult for him to break through in the future."

Looking at the original core, Qin Ming thought to himself.

To break through to immortality, a realm lord must meet requirements such as comprehending the laws.

A key step in this process is breaking free from the 'shackles' within the body.

Merge the fragments of space within your body and the cosmic void to form a truly stable and powerful space—the Divine Kingdom!
To break free from 'shackles'.

This is the constraint, the 'singularity'.

The singularity will continue to condense and become harder as the strength grows, so it is very difficult to break it.

The mountain giants are born with a singularity—the primordial core!
When the mountain giant's clone was conceived, the inner world was born from the primordial core within its body.

Therefore, when the mountain giant broke through to the domain lord level, and the star system within its body formed a black hole that collapsed into a 'singularity', this singularity began to shed its shell and merge into the primordial core.

As time goes by, the singularity will completely merge with the pronucleus.

Because they are the same as they always were.

The fused pronucleus is much harder, far harder than the 'singularity' of ordinary humans.

This is why it will be extremely difficult for the Mountain Giant to make breakthroughs in the future.

The more space inside the body, the better.

This also means that the 'pronucleus' that contains the internal space is more solid.

Qin Ming had just broken through to the first level of the Domain Lord, and his inner world had already reached 1 million kilometers. When he broke through to the Realm Lord and reached the peak of the Realm Lord, his inner world would reach an even more astonishing level.

Its pronucleus is so hard that it can send chills down your spine.

However, Qin Ming already knew this and was mentally prepared for it.

"Let's go! First, we'll hunt down the Chaos Beasts, and then we'll try to comprehend the Dark Chaos Monument!"

Qin Ming stood up.

In fact, over the past year, Luo Feng had invited him to hunt Chaos Beasts, but Qin Ming, who was currently comprehending his soul, naturally declined.

Bolan, Rong Jun, and other geniuses of the same generation have also arrived.

I've studied the Chaos Stele and crossed the Heavenly Bridge.

Unfortunately, apart from Berlan who made it through the first level, everyone else returned empty-handed.

Faced with Qin Ming, a peerless prodigy who had passed the ninth level, they all felt dejected.

Qin Ming spent a year in Chaos City, while three years had passed in the Primal Universe. In those three years, their strength had improved considerably, but when they saw Qin Ming again, they were still crushed by despair.

Not to mention them, even Luo Feng felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw those results.

The difference is too big!
……

Chaos City, at the city gate.

The city gates opened, and powerful figures went out or entered the city from time to time. Qin Ming also walked outwards along the city gates.

Soon, a huge stone tablet came into view.

The stone tablet is covered with densely packed universal language characters, which describe the third treasure of Chaos City.

Chaos Beasts are beings of diverse forms that were naturally born from the primordial universe.

They are naturally skilled in some fundamental laws, but some are more or less, and their strength varies.

After it is killed, the Chaos Beast will directly decay into chaotic energy and a kind of emerald green light spot.

The Chaos Beast has no soul; this emerald green light spot is the core of the Chaos Beast.

That is, the Chaos True Spirit.

Simply absorb the Chaos True Spirit into your body, and it will be directly absorbed by your own soul.

After absorbing the Chaos True Spirit, the soul will undergo some changes.

It is more compatible with outer space.

When you perceive the origin of the universe, things become clearer.

When a realm lord becomes immortal, the essence of their soul undergoes a transformation.

Absorbing the true spirit of chaos results in a slow transformation, with a very small degree of transformation, and this transformation is only effective for those below the Immortal level.

"The Chaos Beasts outside the city are divided into three levels: Universe Level, Domain Lord Level, and World Lord Level. You must hunt Chaos Beasts of the same level according to your strength level."

After reading the inscription, Qin Ming gained a certain understanding of the third treasure of Chaos City.

"Brother Ming!" A voice called out, making Qin Ming turn around.

Who else could it be but Luo Feng?
When Qin Ming finished this period of seclusion, he also informed Luo Feng.

"Did you just come back from hunting?"

Qin Ming laughed and said, "Luo Feng didn't come out of the city, but returned from outside the city!"

"Yeah, I just went hunting."

Luo Feng nodded.

"Brother Ming, you should also be careful. These Chaos Beasts are not very strong, but there are too many of them. Luckily, I listened to you and bought a mechanical race spaceship before coming here."

Otherwise, it might cause some trouble.

From his words, it was clear that Luo Feng had no intention of going again.

"it is good!"

Qin Ming didn't take it to heart. Luo Feng also had his own cultivation plan, so naturally he didn't need to accompany him.

Hunting Chaos Beasts is dangerous for other geniuses, and could even lead to their demise.

But for Qin Ming and Luo Feng, it's just a bit of trouble at most!
Leaving aside their own strength.

Both of them have received a large amount of resources and treasures from the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom. Most importantly, both of them have a Star-Eating Grass!

And it's a Star-Eating Grass cultivated according to the best method!
After more than ten years of cultivation, both of their Star-Eating Grasses have broken through to the Domain Lord level. For example, the one on Qin Ming's body is already at the third level of the Domain Lord level!

With enough resources, the Star-Eating Grass evolves faster than the Mountain Giant.

In the virtual universe, one can only rely on one's own strength, but Chaos City is different.

With just this one Domain Lord-level Star-Eating Grass, one could easily sweep away a large number of Chaos Beasts.

After all, they can only go to the cosmic level, and even the strongest Chaos Beast is only at the ninth level of the cosmic level.

There was no danger for Luo Feng, let alone for Qin Ming.

After saying goodbye to Luo Feng, Qin Ming had a sudden thought.

Flowing cloud wings extended from behind him, while a set of silver-white armor engraved with strange patterns covered his entire body, even his eyes were covered by a thin membrane.

With a slight flap of his wings, Qin Ming burst forth.

……

Chaotic currents surged, obscuring the view.

This vast wilderness has existed for countless eons, overgrown with weeds and littered with jagged rocks.

Nourished by the chaotic energy, even ordinary weeds and rocks are fundamentally different from the primordial universe.

Yi Gao people are bold.

Qin Ming had no hesitation whatsoever, and immediately activated his Flowing Cloud Wings to search within them.

Soon, Qin Ming spotted a dark figure among a pile of rubble.

This is a life form similar to a lion.

They are covered in scales, and have a vertical eye in the center of their foreheads.

"The whole world!"

With a low shout, pieces of Star-Suppressing Stones flew out from the Universe Suppressing Tower floating above Qin Ming's head, their secret patterns connecting and enveloping a space.

Qin Ming was confident, but by no means arrogant.

The first move is the ultimate move.

Reality is not a virtual universe. With the continuous supply of soul power from the Myriad Soul Banner, he doesn't need to worry about depleting his mental energy even if he keeps unleashing his strongest combat power.

Because the Chaos Beast's composition differs from that of primordial universe life, Qin Ming couldn't determine its strength and naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to test it.

"Boom~~"

Amidst beams of sharp light, the heads of these hundreds of chaotic beasts were pierced.

The moment they fell, their golden blood, fur, bones, and flesh began to gradually decay, turning into chaotic energy, while a turquoise light also floated up.

"This is the Primordial Spirit of Chaos?"

Qin Ming's eyes lit up, and he enveloped the point of light with his mental power.

laugh!
The moment the psychic power touched the Chaos True Spirit, the Chaos True Spirit began to gradually dissolve.

"Chichi~~"

The emerald green light fell into the vortex galaxy within the human body and was directly swallowed up by the black hole at the center of the galaxy.

In the inaccessible outer reaches of the 'Spiral Galaxy', wisps of mist arise, enveloping the entire galaxy.

The spiral galaxy also appears to have undergone a slight change.

“There are changes.”

Qin Ming closed his eyes and carefully observed his own soul.

After a year of sitting in meditation, observing countless souls within the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, Qin Ming's understanding of the essence of the soul became much clearer, despite taking many detours.

At this moment, he saw that some of the basic particles in his soul had become even stronger after absorbing the Chaos True Spirit.

It also emitted a strange energy.

Under this energy, he could feel his own fluctuations in the laws of the universe becoming clearer.

brush!
A massive surge of mental power emanated, drawing in hundreds of chaotic true spirits from the surrounding area.

A single Chaos True Spirit is too weak to transform the soul.

Large-scale hunting is required to achieve the desired effect.

……

"Unfortunately, it's reached its limit; killing any more won't make a difference."

Qin Ming said with some regret.

With his strength, he could kill Chaos Beasts indiscriminately, easily hunting down tens of thousands of them and absorbing their true spirits.

This allowed Qin Ming to clearly feel a significant increase in his affinity for the laws of space and earth.

It even absorbed a significant amount of the mountain giant's primordial core.

Unfortunately, the effects of the Chaos True Spirit are also limited.

Once the limit is reached, no amount of further integration will have any effect. Having confirmed this, Qin Ming decisively turned around and returned to Chaos City to study the Dark Chaos Stele.

Over the course of a year, his strength had improved considerably through his practice of the Dark Codex, and naturally, he gained new insights when he studied the Dark Chaos Stele again.

Afterwards, Qin Ming returned to his residence and began his arduous cultivation.

This time, he didn't obsess over the soul; instead, he honestly studied the spatial and soul secret techniques from the third level of the Dark Codex, one by one.

They also occasionally observe the exposed rules of the universe in the sky, as well as the records left by their senior brothers.

Occasionally, I would also try to comprehend the Chaos Stele.

Back and forth.

During this time, he also challenged the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven, and powerfully killed his opponent to everyone's astonishment, which amazed a group of geniuses.

The tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven represents the level of understanding of the laws at the level of ordinary immortality!

When Qin Ming passed the tenth floor, Luo Feng had already passed the fourth floor.

Berlan successfully passed the third level.

It is worth mentioning that, after being repeatedly attacked by Qin Ming and Luo Feng, Bo Lan has become much more low-key, although he still chose the Cosmic Chaos Monument.

However, they honestly chose the path of prioritizing space from the very beginning, and their progress was equally rapid.

It must be said that Berlan's talent was quite strong.

Unfortunately, he encountered two cheaters.

While everyone was diligently cultivating themselves, time flowed by like water, and day after day passed.

Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It was time for Qin Ming to leave.

(End of this chapter)