Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 238 Choosing a Clone, Returning to Chaos City
"The Sea of ​​Nine Netherworlds!"

The Lord of Darkness smiled.

Qin Ming's pupils shrank. He hadn't expected that his teacher, the Lord of Darkness, and his senior brother, Bai Feng, had even managed to get their hands on the materials from the Nine Nether Sea!

"It seems you already know about the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, and I think you also know how powerful the Nine Netherworld Sea is."

Such a massive divine body is top-tier in both combat and survival.

Seeing Qin Ming's expression, the Lord of Darkness knew that Qin Ming also knew about the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.

As his disciple, Qin Ming has very high authority in the virtual universe, so it's not surprising that he knows these things.

"The World Tree is also enormous, and its talent is to control space and time. As for the Nine Nether Sea's talent, we have no way of knowing, but it probably won't be too bad."

The choice is yours.

Qin Ming fell silent for a moment.

Is the World Tree better, or is the Nine Nether Sea stronger?
Others may not know about the Nine Nether Sea's talent, but he himself is aware of it.

The Nine Nether Sea has two great talents.

One is to transform the sea, the other is to create.

The first innate secret technique, 'Transformation into the Sea', refers to the ability of the Nether Sea clone to instantly transform into an ocean with a diameter of approximately 10 kilometers, and the spacetime around the ocean will be controlled by the 'ocean'.

The Mountain Giant's Earth King talent is somewhat similar to this, but the Mountain Giant's talent is only in the spatial aspect; it can only control the surrounding space.

The second innate secret technique, 'Creation,' involves transforming one's entire body, bones, flesh, and blood into a sea of ​​blood while simultaneously transforming into a sea of ​​blood. With this 'Creation' talent, one can refine energy, combine life genes, and ultimately condense life.

Neither of these two talents is considered top-tier.

However, when the two talents are combined, the Nine Nether Sea leaps to become the most top-tier special life form.

Because after the transformation into the sea, there is a bug!

That is to create a smaller version of Jiuyou after it transforms into the sea. Because it is his own gene, he can easily control and nurture a smaller version of Jiuyou with a life level of one-tenth.

When the Blood Sea is intact, it cannot absorb energy, but after it is damaged, it can absorb energy to recover.

Once the Blood Sea is fully restored, a new Nether Sea clone will appear.

Both have the same energy source.

Then let the new Youhai clone fall into the blood sea. The blood sea water formed after it melts will merge with the two streams of sea water, and its volume will naturally increase greatly!
so repeatedly.

The body of the Nine Nether Sea will grow larger and larger!

The immense divine body made it virtually impossible for the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds to be killed.

Moreover, the talent for creation is also one of the best auxiliary talents for the Divine Power build.

Of course, there are limits to the ways to exploit bugs.

The limit of the primordial universe is 12 light-years!

As the divine body grows larger, the movement of the Nine Nether Sea will become increasingly difficult, until it becomes completely immobile.

For most cultivators who possess clones, if they had to choose between the two, they would definitely choose the Nine Netherworld Clone!
But what about myself?

Qin Ming's consciousness appeared in the Netherworld Space, looking at the enormous blood pool at the core of the Netherworld Space, and then at the River of Souls lying across the sky.

Blood pool!
It is formed by refining the remains of living beings and gathering the essence of flesh and blood from the Myriad Souls Banner.

Initially, this pool of blood was just a small lake.

But as the Myriad Soul Banner advanced time and again, Qin Ming himself didn't know how many corpses he had purchased in the garbage star field, and the area of ​​the blood pool became larger and larger.

Actually, it's no longer appropriate to describe it as a blood pool now.

Even after the Myriad Soul Banner advanced to the sixth tier, the diameter of this blood pool still reached an astonishing 9000 million kilometers!
This is not surprising.

Because the current underworld has a diameter of 3600 billion kilometers.

The Blood Pool is the energy core of the Netherworld!
The Blood Pool now should perhaps not be called a Blood Pool, but rather a Sea of ​​Blood!
Netherworld Sea of ​​Blood!
Moreover, the Netherworld Blood Sea also possesses the creative talent of the Nine Nether Sea, a talent known as Flesh and Blood Derivation.

Therefore, Qin Ming had no designs on the Nine Nether Sea.

Although the Netherworld Blood Sea is not an avatar, it can still serve as its own energy source, acting as a power bank for divine power without any problem.

Then comes the River of Souls.

Before heading to the Eighteen Star Prisons, Qin Ming's Soul River clone had a diameter of only over 30 kilometers.

But in just ten years, it has expanded to 180 million kilometers!
Compared to Qin Ming's growth in secret realm missions, such as the crazy hunting on Visca Star, it is much faster, and it is still growing at an astonishing speed!

This situation was something even Qin Ming himself hadn't anticipated.

There are too many scattered soul essence particles in the Eighteen Star Prisons. There is no need to hunt them. Simply staying in a certain level of the Star Prison will allow you to grow rapidly.

After a thorough investigation, Qin Ming learned the reason.

Over the long years, too many powerful individuals have perished in the Eighteen Star Prison. The first few levels are alright, but the punishments become increasingly cruel as you progress.

Countless realm lords and immortal powerhouses perished within its walls.

After death, the essence of the soul dissipates and naturally scatters between heaven and earth; the essence of the wandering soul is naturally extremely rich.

Of course, this method is also suitable for the River of Souls, which possesses the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Because these souls are all imbued with extremely fierce and malevolent energy and residual will.

Those who can enter the Eighteen Star Prison are not good people.

After being tormented repeatedly, these souls harbored even greater resentment, making them far more terrifying than even the ruins of the ancient gods. Absorbing those scattered soul essence particles was far more difficult than devouring the Death Soul Jade!
However, things changed after the Myriad Souls Banner was refined.

Especially after advancing to the sixth rank, the range and refining speed of the Myriad Soul Banner in collecting soul essence particles have been greatly improved.

In theory, there is no limit to the growth of the River of Souls!
It can grow infinitely by continuously absorbing more soul particles, eventually reaching the level of the Nine Nether Sea, or even surpassing it.

This requires a massive amount of soul particles!

Coincidentally, this is exactly what is most abundant in battlefields outside the region.

With the Netherworld Gate, the many main souls within can launch attacks from all directions, quickly completing the hunt and harvest.

Therefore, after careful consideration, the Nine Nether Sea really doesn't hold much appeal for me.

On the contrary, the World Tree might be of greater use to him.

Both the talent to control time and space and the ability to suppress divine kingdoms are extremely important.

With the Soul Control talent from the River of Souls, Qin Ming was extremely familiar with this type of specialized talent.

It may seem to have only one talent, but with a little development, it can have many functions.

For example, soul sub-bodies, soul insight, soul erosion, soul devouring, soul shield, soul reshaping, soul acceleration, etc., are all derivative abilities of soul control.

The same applies to the talent for controlling space and time!
Although this ability may not be very useful after breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, since all Lords of the Universe can receive the gift of the primordial universe and gain the talent to control spacetime.

However, before the Lord of the Universe, this is definitely one of the strongest talents!

After breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, how many people still rely on talent to fight?

Even in the original timeline, the strongest secret technique bestowed upon Luo Feng by the primordial universe after he broke through to the 10081st life level—the 'miniature universe'—was no longer very effective.

Furthermore, Qin Ming knew that the old beast god of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance possessed 64 secret rune diagrams.

By comprehending the combination of those 64 secret rune diagrams, it is theoretically possible to create all innate secret techniques!

Top-tier innate techniques, including creation, control of space and time, and even miniature universes, are simply complex combinations of 64 secret rune diagrams.

Countless thoughts swirled in my mind.

"Teacher, I've made up my mind. I'll choose the World Tree as my third incarnation!"

Finally, Qin Ming spoke.

world Tree?
The Lord of Darkness looked at Qin Ming with a puzzled expression. Between the two, the Nine Nether Sea should be more suitable.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths, requiring the Lord of Chaos City to intervene, and only then was he able to obtain the materials from the Nine Nether Sea.

Seeing the teacher's puzzled look, Qin Ming began to explain.

"Teacher, if we consider the size of the divine body, the Soul River Avatar also has boundless potential. In the Eighteen Star Prisons, I unexpectedly discovered countless scattered particles of the soul's origin..."

If the Eighteen Star Prisons are like this, the battlefields beyond the realms must be even more outrageous.

In the future, my soul river avatar will inevitably be extremely large, so the Nine Nether Sea will have overlapping functions for me.

Furthermore, the Soul River clone is entirely composed of primordial soul particles; the larger it is, the faster my thought processes and my comprehension will increase accordingly…

Choosing the World Tree will greatly help me break through to become a Universe Lord, and will also lay the most solid foundation for my eventual World Lord status…

The Lord of Darkness nodded in agreement; Qin Ming's idea was indeed correct.

For Qin Ming, the World Tree is indeed a better fit.

The reason why the River of Souls of the Northern Frontier Alliance could not grow was that it did not have a powerful clan supporting it and dared not go out to hunt at will.

The fastest growth occurs when one is a Realm Lord.

Once you break through to the Immortal Realm and become a Universe Venerable, it will be extremely difficult to increase the size of your divine body.

"Your idea is good; what suits you best is the best."

The Lord of Darkness smiled and nodded. Choosing the World Tree as an avatar would indeed greatly increase the probability of breaking through to the level of the Lord of the Universe.

"Thank you, Teacher Xie! Thank you so much, Senior Brother Bai Feng."

Qin Ming bowed in gratitude and also looked at Venerable Bai Feng beside him.

"Hmm, when do you plan to develop this third clone? Should I have someone send the materials over, or will you come and pick them up yourself?"

The Path of the Lord of Darkness.

“I’m familiar with all eighteen Star Prisons. I’ll go check out the last Star Prison, then submit my mission, break through to the Realm Lord level, and return directly to Chaos City.”

Qin Ming pondered for a moment. The Eighteen Star Prison no longer held any appeal for him, so he might as well break through to the next level sooner.

As for returning to Chaos City.

It also takes time to develop a clone.

Even the Mountain Giant and the River of Souls need time to break through to the peak of the Realm Lord level.

To go to the battlefield outside the region, one naturally needs to raise one's strength to the limit before setting off.

After the human body breaks through, it can soak in nutrient solution, but the two special life clones need time to accumulate.

The difference in strength between a first-tier Realm Lord and a peak Realm Lord is astonishing.

During this time, I was also able to comprehend the profound mysteries of the laws by using the Dark Chaos Monument of Chaos City and the special environment of the initial universe.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you in Chaos City."

(End of this chapter)