Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Upon passing the seventh level, a large number of points were awarded again.

Zhou Lin did not exchange for other secret treasures, but instead exchanged them all for miniature source worlds. He then refined all the remaining main battle clones and opened them within his body.

The miniature source world greatly aided his path because Zhou Lin required more energy in terms of intensity and quantity than other paths.

Even the Great Dao, the origin of life, cannot compare to it. Both pursue the ultimate control over vastness, but there are subtle differences.

Life is about making itself vast, while the world is the opposite. Perhaps Zhou Lin's own energy reserves are not very strong, but he is still able to create an endless and vast world.

The world is me, and I am the world.

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After refining several miniature source worlds, Zhou Lin's energy reserves were many times greater than before, even exceeding his control.

Taking the Perfect Divine Body as an example, in the past, a single Perfect Divine Body could provide approximately ten million times the world's reserves of killing moves.

The nine clones only had a burst of less than one hundred million times the power.

But now, it's billions, even tens of billions. Zhou Lin can't fully control such a massive amount of energy, and it's not a matter of willpower.

To generate enormous energy, many God Emperors at the peak of their power can do it.

However, controlling it is a completely different concept. Pure energy without any mystery is meaningless. Even those low-level Chaos Source cultivators who still possess Chaos Source power within their bodies are still brutally killed by cultivators.

To master energy, the most basic requirement is a certain level of understanding; otherwise, one will only wander aimlessly like a headless fly and be easily manipulated by a true powerhouse.

Secondly, there's the matter of mental will. Why is it that Luo Feng's strength is so terrifying, while others can only be described as invincible, even though they are all at the same level of fusion with the Dao Half-Primordial Chaos?

With a strong will and a high level of understanding of the Dao, one naturally possesses greater power and can be considered absolutely invincible within the confines of the cage!
Zhou Lin was in high spirits at this moment. He firmly believed that he would break through all constraints and that no test could stop him.

"Come on, the final challenge!"

hum~
As time and space shifted, Zhou Lin appeared at the final challenge level in the next moment. The other God Kings and Emperors had either been eliminated or were stuck at the fourth level.

What came into Zhou Lin's view was a dazzling world of stars. This world was infinitely vast, and he could not sense where the end was.

On a star with a diameter of 10 billion kilometers, stood a figure in golden robes. The aura emanating from the figure was not as strong as those of the lower-level Chaos Origin cultivators, but his appearance, clothing, and the weapon he used were the same as Zhou Lin's.

Zhou Lin, dressed in golden robes, held up a cloud of tribulation, surrounded by an endless sea of ​​worlds.

"Defeat me, or rather, defeat yourself, and you will pass this test," Zhou Lin in golden robes said slowly. "My moves, my divine body, and everything else are exactly the same as yours."

The lord's ambition is astonishing. It's not a problem to completely virtualize a realm in this world, or to have a life form with the same strength as Zhou Lin.

To be precise, this world is extremely similar to the original virtual universe, only on a much higher level. Reaching the same level as Zhou Lin in the virtual world is not too difficult at the moment.

When Zhou Lin reached the point of merging with the half of the Chaos Origin, even a Lord's work could not simulate it; this world was a treasure naturally formed from the Chaos Origin space.

Those whose realm is below the Half-Mixed Origin Realm can have an identical virtual life form created for them to hone their skills.

Only yourself is your best opponent, because everyone's cultivation is not about competing with others, but about competing with yourself. Surpassing yourself is the only way to transcend the ordinary!
"Completely the same as myself?!" Zhou Lin became interested and immediately stepped forward, with the Milky Way flowing beneath his feet and the dimensions of space and time constantly changing.

boom!
The two exchanged blows, using exactly the same power and techniques. Furthermore, Zhou Lin had specifically disabled all nine of his clones, allowing only one of them to fight.

Zhou Lin used various methods to kill his way through the past, bringing down calamities along various causal paths, from the past to the present, spanning every timeline, with the power of the world flowing in continuously.

The opponent retaliated with the same move, and endless calamities collided in various regions of the world, bursting forth with countless flames and swirling up countless star debris.

The world's deadly moves rose and fell, constantly revolving around their figures and affecting other dimensions of space and time. The two of them each cut off half of the world and used it for their own purposes.

The Dao itself has some common methods. For example, the Dao of life's origin can sever the life force, and the Dao of destruction can be cursed to kill. Both have the mystery of cause and effect.

Those who have mastered the Dao of Cause and Effect are even more terrifying, capable of erasing all traces of a person's past, future, and present existence, involving the realm of time.

Needless to say, the world itself contains all the mysteries of time and space.

The two fought to the point of madness. Zhou Lin enjoyed this thrill because his opponent, who knew him best, was right in front of him. He was even analyzing the weaknesses in their moves.

How should each move and stance be broken down? What are the imperfections in the world? And how should the details of combat techniques be handled?

Occasionally, he will be completely unguarded and engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat with his opponent. With his power limited, he can never be truly killed.

The two fought for a full ten thousand years. Zhou Lin temporarily ended the battle and began to comprehend and cultivate, making up for the shortcomings in his moves. He thought to himself that this level was not too difficult.

He had thoroughly figured out his opponent's weaknesses, and since all his moves were created by himself, how could he not know where the flaws lay? With a little refinement, he could begin the challenge.

No technique can be perfect; it must be constantly modified over a long period of time until most of its weaknesses are resolved before it can be used repeatedly against the enemy.

Even the forbidden moves of the lords are not absolutely perfect. They are usually most effective the first time they are used, but their flaws will be constantly discovered by others.

Only spiritual techniques can avoid these troubles. Unless you rely on external things, you can only bear it yourself. If you can bear it, you will be safe and sound.

“Come on.” Zhou Lin stepped forward: “Let’s see how effective my tens of millions of years of cultivation and improvement are, and whether you can still withstand it.”

The opponent smiled but did not reply, a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Zhou Lin's hand was filled with boiling tribulation clouds as he unleashed his most powerful killing move, with countless rays of light. Compared to his previous moves, this one was a complete upgrade, with fewer flaws and a stronger killing intent!
But his opponent retaliated with the same move, and the same vast world was instantly created, with endless radiance flashing – it was the killing move he had painstakingly improved.

"What?!" Zhou Lin was stunned. His opponent could also achieve a full upgrade. He had underestimated the final test given by the lord.

If it were merely a slight improvement over the previous level, it wouldn't qualify as the ultimate test, nor would it be so difficult for even the strongest beings in countless worlds to pass it.

Whatever insights Zhou Lin gained, his opponents in this space would simultaneously absorb them; to pass the test, one must truly surpass oneself!

There are two ways to pass the level.

The first method is to comprehend a higher level of secret technique, and this must be done in the heat of battle, defeating the opponent within a few moves. It cannot be practiced privately after the battle ends, otherwise the opponent can also absorb it.

The second method is to deduce a partial fusion of the Chaos Origin Dao. This trial world cannot simulate such a powerful Dao, so naturally, victory can be achieved.

In the eyes of the Hunyuan lords, so-called perfect-level and special-level inheritances are ultimately inferior to a true half-Hunyuan cultivator who has merged with the Dao. Even the most monstrous single-dao cultivator is only so-so. Single-dao cultivators at the same level ultimately have their limits; the Void Dao at the God Emperor level is not necessarily stronger than others.

The vast majority of those who merge with the Dao half of the Chaos Origin can become world-class Chaos Origin beings, and there was even a Chaos Origin Lord named Xingmang who broke through the laws with force.

The artifact spirit watched from another dimension, also hoping that Zhou Lin could successfully pass the trial. So far, some powerful individuals had come to this trial space, but none of them had succeeded.

Passing the test is too difficult. Even if a God Emperor were to advance a level, he wouldn't be able to instantly defeat his previous self. Moreover, the weak are not even qualified to enter.

"kill!"

The starry sea was stained red with blood. Zhou Lin fought until he was covered in blood. He was studying how to pass the level and pursuing enlightenment in the state of battle.
That's too difficult, because for him to break through his realm, it's simply a matter of advancing from the second level of the God King realm to the ultimate realm. At this moment, the cause and effect, the world, are only one lineage apart.

However, the final fusion is the most difficult, requiring time to accumulate before it can be achieved, not to mention the fusion with the ultimate Dao realm.

Boom! ! !
The starry sea trembled violently. Zhou Lin felt that a massive amount of causal marks had been imprinted on his divine body. He hurriedly absorbed endless essence to expel them. Since everyone used the same methods, no one could do anything to each other.

Whoosh!
Zhou Lin ended the battle again, and he needed to think carefully about how to pass the level.

"It's too difficult to pass the level." The artifact spirit also sighed, "Unless he is in the late stage of the Fusion Dao God Emperor and reaches the perfection of the Fusion Dao God Emperor through the stimulation of battle."

However, some late-stage Dao God Emperors had come before, but they were unable to break through through battle. As centuries passed, they could only withdraw helplessly in the end.

The final stage also has a time limit: 10 billion.

In the lord's view, if a hundred billion years is not enough to truly break through one's own bottleneck, then there is no need to continue. What difference would it make if another trillion years were to pass?

"He must be extraordinary to have passed the first seven trials," the artifact spirit murmured. "In my knowledge, a God-King passing all seven trials is the only one."

Zhou Lin was very calm, carefully considering every possibility.

There's probably no hope for a breakthrough in the Dao. Even if he advances to the ultimate level in a single Dao, his strength won't increase much, unless he merges the Dao to the ultimate level.

His advantages include perfect inheritance, the energy of the miniature source world within his body, and the flexible and ingenious use of the three paths of fate, cause and effect, and world.

This also makes him extremely good at protecting himself.

Zhou Lin suddenly thought of something. While he was thinking about the methods he had, he subconsciously ignored the fact that the Void Realm was already at the second level of the God King realm!

"I certainly can't defeat him through the world or through cause and effect. My method of defeating him lies in the void realm!"

The God-King level mind works too fast; Zhou Lin instantly envisioned billions of possibilities, including the opponent's simulation speed and the simulation scope.

The opponent can simulate the Fusion Dao, but they absolutely cannot simulate the killing move of the Void Realm Origin Dao!
Because at this point, the path of the soul is not systematic at all. There may be some at the second level of the God King realm, but in terms of the exquisiteness of their moves, they are probably not as good as Fan Zu.

Didn't you see that Zhou Lin could use his Eternal Night Realm technique to sweep away the Emperor?

The effect of the Void Realm Illusion Killing Move is comparable to a high-level Primordial Will, and such a terrifying move has never been heard of in the entire myriad worlds and countless source worlds.

The lords' mastery of the Dao of Souls is not high; their total number of souls is extremely large.

Even if Yuan and Xingmang, as primordial lords, are not skilled in the Dao of the Soul, their soul attacks are still stronger than any killing move of a cosmic god.

Zhou Lin calmly began to examine the system rewards. He did not retrieve the remnants that had been exposed before, but left them in another dimension of spacetime for observation.

The mysteries contained in many of the wreckages were quite eye-opening for him.

The world, cause and effect, life, void, and so on—whether it be a high-level primordial chaos, a world-level primordial chaos, or the remains of a primordial chaos ancestor—all contain too many mysteries.

Zhou Lin frantically searched for the remains he needed, but those containing the mysteries of the Void Realm were extremely rare, and the two Myriad-Tentacle Dragon Sons were of little help.

The mysteries of life in the Myriad Touch Dragon Child occupy more than 60%, the remaining world has another 30%, and the remaining 10% is divided among various mysteries.

The proportion of the virtual world is too small. Zhou Lin has studied them all thoroughly, but they can't even form their own illusionary world. However, it is normal for it to be a low-level Chaos Origin.

To create the mysteries of a self-contained illusory world, one must at least be at a higher level of primordial chaos.

"These eyeballs?!" Zhou Lin found an orange hoof claw, which was a world-class remnant of a Chaos Origin Lifeform. The hoof claw had more than a dozen eyeballs, densely embedded in the flesh.

And within each eyeball lies a dreamlike world.

"Thousand Eyes, it's definitely the Thousand Eyes clan!" Zhou Lin exclaimed excitedly.

Even if he wasn't the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor, it would still be enough.

He immediately began cultivating the Void Realm Path. He had already merged three meridians, and all he needed to do was merge one more meridian to develop a suitable killing move.

To integrate the world, desire, illusion, and annihilation—these four forces.

The most difficult thing is actually merging souls. Perhaps some cosmic gods were able to merge souls well before, but Fan Zu merged the soul, desire, and world into three channels.

But he couldn't quite integrate his hallucinations and annihilation techniques; he had gone down the wrong path. Fan Zu liked to manipulate people's hearts, and the souls he saw were filled with desire.

But they never considered that the essence of the soul is the yearning for freedom. If the path is wrong, it will never lead to a destination. Cultivators can comprehend the essence of life, but very few can grasp the essence of the soul.

Perhaps some lower-level beings can understand this, but their talents do not support cultivation.

Of these branches, the world goes without saying. Zhou Lin's greatest skill lies in using the world as a foundation to integrate other mysteries.

He had previously experienced the illusion of a lower-level Chaos Origin, and based on the illusory world before him, he studied the fusion of branch meridians, occasionally stopping to create and ponder.

Each of the dozens of eyeballs contains a different world, and the depth and mystery of these worlds are enough for Zhou Lin. After all, even the illusion created by the Thousand-Eyed Ancestor is only slightly more sophisticated than these world-level Chaos Origin realms.

Compared to Dongbo Xueying's time, the conditions were much better. Zhou Lin continued to study the illusory world contained in his eyes.

These eyeballs are stored in the system space. If Zhou Lin were to take them out to examine them, it would probably alert the artifact spirit, or even the lord, instantly.

(End of this chapter)