Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 231 The Trail of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual

Earth, Jiangnan Base City.

More than two hundred years have passed since the Great Nirvana, and the city's name remains the same, but the entire Jiangnan City has changed drastically.

Jiangnan City is now a core city on Earth.

Its permanent population has exceeded 200 million, and its population density is astonishing. As Qin Ming's hometown, it carries a lot of special significance.

For example, the construction center for China's first spacecraft, etc.

Furthermore, although Qin Ming did not exercise any real power, he was still nominally the emperor of the empire!

This is the prevailing trend in the universe.

When the strongest person becomes the ruler, the nation exists in dependence on that person.

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire and the Qianwu Universe Kingdom are examples of this.

After establishing a fixed teleportation channel between Earth and the Qianwu Secret Realm, and chatting with Jia Yi and the others for a while, Qin Ming led 'Quide' and his group of guards back to his hometown.

Strolling through the city, Qin Ming was filled with emotion. The vast majority of the bustling crowds were planetary-level beings, and there were also quite a few stellar-level beings.

"Your Highness's hometown is developing quite well. The environment is beautiful, and the clansmen are very strong. In a few hundred years, they should be able to reach the sixth-grade bloodline."

Quaid smiled as he looked at the crowds coming and going in the city.

With his power, he could cover the entire Earth in the blink of an eye, so he could easily know the situation on Earth.

For a planet that has only been in contact with the universe for 200 years, it has already achieved quite a lot.

There are only a few children on Earth who are not yet adults, and they are in the apprenticeship level.

Of course, even apprentices, if placed in the Great Nirvana period, would mostly be at the 'God of War' level.

"There is still a big gap between us and those powerful races in the universe. China is still young, let's take it slow."

Qin Ming said with a smile.

This change naturally occurred because of his rise. China has accumulated abundant resources in the universe, and the entire nation has undergone repeated genetic transformations.

After Qin Ming and Luo Feng entered the Qianwu Secret Realm and achieved amazing results in the Genius Battle, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire took the initiative to allocate a large amount of territory to China.

However, China, having just entered the universe, was still too weak in strength and its population was far from sufficient.

Even relocating the vast majority of the population wouldn't be enough to manage the planet, so naturally they frantically encouraged childbirth and then tried every means to increase their strength.

The plan to establish a planetary-level population for all was then proposed.

Only planetary-level beings in the universe qualify as citizens!
Below the planetary level, everyone is a walking slave!
This is something that the still weak China cannot change.

Since we cannot change the external environment, the only option is to strengthen ourselves.

After ten generations of optimization, the bloodline of the entire population has been upgraded to the seventh grade!

Once you reach adulthood, you can reach the 'God of War' level. With a little more self-cultivation, breaking through to the planetary level is quite easy.

……

The Qin family's old house is where Qin Ming and his second uncle's family used to live.

As the nominal emperor of China, Qin Ming is not on Earth and has no children, so his second uncle's family naturally receives special care.

During his childhood, he lived with his second uncle's family of three.

Who dares to neglect?

"Xiao Ming."

"Second uncle."

Qin Ming looked at the familiar figure with a smile. Unlike in the past, his second uncle, Qin Yi, had clearly undergone a significant change in demeanor.

In the later stages of the Earth War, Qin Yi returned to the military.

With the Domain Lord-level potion and numerous cultivation resources given to him by Qin Ming, his strength has now reached the Universe level. In addition, he has gained power, so his temperament has naturally changed drastically.

"We haven't met in real life for over two hundred years," Qin Yi said with a smile.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since I've been back. The Earth has indeed changed a lot."

Qin Ming said with a smile.

"Xiaogang, how are your aunt and uncle?"

"They're still out there, on their way here. It'll be a while before they get back."

As Qin Yi spoke, Xiao Gang, who is also his son Qin Gang, is now a high-ranking member of Huaxia and manages a region outside.

The universe is vast, and even traveling through the dark universe would take a very long time.

Although Qin Ming gave prior notice, it was a teleportation from the Divine Kingdom.

I chatted with my second uncle for a long time before we parted ways.

Lying on a sofa at home, Qin Ming's consciousness connected to the virtual universe, entered Earth's treasure trove, and searched for treasures within, looking for a black metal plate.

For more than 200 years, the Earth has been undergoing transformation.

Large-scale renovations naturally involve deep excavation of the land, opening up mountain passages, and so on, which also led to the discovery of some relics and artifacts from around the world.

Some of these relics and artifacts date back to the previous civilization.

With China's current strength, most relics and artifacts can be easily analyzed.

Even if there are things that are unclear, an intelligent sub-entity left on Earth by Babata can solve most of the problems.

But after searching around, Qin Ming couldn't help but frown.

Not found! He came back to Earth for two reasons.

The first thing is to build a permanent teleportation channel.

Linking Earth to the Qianwu Secret Realm would provide a good place for future geniuses born in China, while also preventing Earth from being exposed in the future.

Given Earth's unique characteristics, even without the flood, many geniuses will continue to emerge in the future.

Once Earth and the Qianwu Secret Realm are linked, even if many geniuses emerge, others will only think of the Qianwu Secret Realm, not Earth!
This will buy Qin Ming a lot of time to grow.

The second thing, naturally, is to find the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual"!
As a special cultivation technique passed down by the powerful god-king, the Mountain Guest, anyone with flesh and blood who cultivates the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" can easily increase their gene multiplier.

Most importantly, it can defy the rules governing the universe!
The limit for the genetic multiplication of ordinary life forms is 100 times, such as Qin Ming's human form, which is already 100 times.

Because of the strength of his soul, Qin Ming's life level has been constantly improving, and it has now reached 10 times, and he has also fused with 100 pieces of Beast God blood.

Based on the hundredfold amplitude of the Blood Luo Secret Pattern, Qin Ming's human genetic multiplier should have reached 1000 times after activating the power of Blood Luo.

But in reality, it was due to the limitations of the original universe.

Even with the Bloodlust Power Amplification activated, it can only reach 100 times!
However, by cultivating the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," one can break through this limit and even easily reach 10081, achieving perfect genes!
The Nine Tribulations Secret Manual consists of nine tribulations. The first tribulation increases the body's genes by 3 times, the second tribulation increases them by 6 times, and so on, doubling each time until the ninth tribulation, which increases them by 768 times.

The Mountain Dweller divided it into five parts, the first of which is located on Earth!

"no!"

Qin Ming frowned slightly. Logically speaking, since China has already carried out two transformations of the Earth, if the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual were on Earth, it should have been discovered by now.

"Look again!"

With a thought, the primordial core belonging to the mountain giant flew out and then quickly fell to the ground and sank into it.

hum!
When the primordial core is located at the deepest part of the earth, countless black crystals emerge from it.

Mountain Giant Talent - Earth King Unlocked!
The mountain giant that broke through to the realm master level was 10 kilometers in size, much larger than the Earth. Now that it had merged with the Earth, it easily controlled every inch of the Earth's land.

In this state, if the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual were on Earth, it would be impossible for it to escape the detection of the mountain giants.

However, after a thorough search, they still found nothing!
still none!

Why not?

According to the original timeline, the Nine Tribulations Manual was found by the Luo family's construction team. The broken metal plate was not any kind of traceable F-grade metal, and there was no way to destroy it.

Moreover, based on the excavation and survey of the surrounding soil, this broken metal plate is at least 6 million years old underground, and the fact that it showed no signs of decay is why it was noticed.

Although the black metal plate is only the size of a palm.

At this moment, Earth is like the body of the Mountain Giant. It's impossible for the Mountain Giant to hide any special items inside its body.

Qin Ming was puzzled, but he remained outwardly calm. He didn't even retract the mountain giant clone, but instead let it sink into the ground, maintaining its posture as the king of the earth.

Could it be that this person was actually pre-selected?
It's absolutely impossible for the Mountain Dweller to be indifferent to the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual.

"You won't give it to me? Or am I not being recognized?"

Qin Ming was also pondering this.

Judging from Luo Feng's subsequent search for those metal plates, all the Nine Tribulations Secret Manuals were meticulously arranged; without proper recognition, they would be inaccessible.

But is the first one the same?

With a soft sigh, Qin Ming closed his eyes and began to cultivate in peace.

What I gain is my fate, what I lose is my fortune.

The Nine Tribulations Secret Manual wasn't actually as helpful to him as he had imagined. His first clone, the Mountain Giant, was a rock life form, while his second clone was a soul life form.

As for the unconfirmed third avatar, it is highly likely to be the World Tree mentioned by the Dark Lord's teacher, which belongs to the plant-type life form.

The three top-tier special life forms each have their own way of improving.

Only the true human being can be elevated through the "Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture".

The improvement in overall combat effectiveness is very limited.

Qin Ming already had a plan for the future: he had to follow the path of divine power, because if he couldn't even reach level 10081 with his own strength...

Then you might as well give up as soon as possible.

……

In the dark universe.

Whoosh!
A black streak of light flew rapidly through the silent, dark universe, its speed exceeding the speed of light.

Suddenly, the black streak of light began to slow down, revealing a human-shaped figure.

Enveloped in ancient black armor, only a pair of scarlet eyes were visible.

Physical flight into the dark universe?
This is almost a symbol of immortal gods.

"Ahead lies the hometown of Qin Ming, the strongest genius in billions of years of human history. Qin Ming is truly favored; his hometown is shrouded in a spatial secret technique covering thousands of light-years."

The hoarse voice echoed in the surrounding dark universe.

"This kind of spatial secret technique has exceeded my limits, and it is very likely a secret technique at the Venerable level. The first three waves of scouts have all lost track of each other."

"I can't take the risk!"

"We must find another way to infiltrate Earth and obtain detailed intelligence."

"Humanity's greatest genius must perish!"

(End of this chapter)