Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 105: External Release Ends

Beneath the boundless starry sky, the auras of two cosmic sovereigns collided, causing violent upheavals. In that instant, space itself collapsed into a raging stream of particles.

"Damn it, the human shamans arrived way too fast!"

"There's no chance anymore."

The moment Venerable Jueguang saw Venerable Qianwu appear, he knew that he could not kill the mission target.

If it were a real contest, Venerable Jueguang would not be afraid of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler, but the problem is that this is within the territory of the human race, and once a bitter battle breaks out, it means death.

From the start of the assassination attempt until now, it's all happened in the blink of an eye.

Even if the Venerable Qianwu teleported directly from the Qianwu Secret Realm, it wouldn't take long enough for him to appear so quickly. There's only one possibility: the Venerable Qianwu has been secretly protecting him all along.

Venerable Jueguang reached out with one large hand, but his target was not Shen Mu, who was being protected by Venerable Qianwu, but rather the Immortal-level Zerg Queen, Nan Cheng.

After collecting the Zerg Queen, Venerable Jueguang immediately fled into the distance. As for the alien immortals enslaved by the Zerg, Venerable Jueguang didn't even glance at them.

The ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom didn't give chase, but merely shook his head slightly: "Deeply infiltrating the territory of my human race to assassinate our genius, and you still think you can escape?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a series of cold white halos suddenly rippled in the distant void, and endless white mist instantly spread in all directions, containing countless ice crystals, covering an area of ​​ten light-years.

Amidst the endless, cold white mist, a white phoenix resembling one from Earth's mythology emerged. Atop the phoenix stood a white-haired woman, her body surrounded by a dense white divine light, obscuring her face.

"Venerable White Phoenix!"

A look of shock appeared in Venerable Jueguang's eyes. It was one thing for the human race to have the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom personally protect a domain lord, after all, they were master and disciple.

What he couldn't understand was why this Venerable White Phoenix was also secretly protecting a minor domain lord.

It should be noted that the strength of Venerable Bai Feng is not that of an ordinary Universe Venerable, but rather that of a true overlord.

Moreover, this Venerable White Phoenix is ​​second only to the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master, a top-tier overlord, and is ranked alongside ancient overlords such as Venerable Guiyi and Venerable Undying.

"Since you're here, stay."

A clear, cold voice echoed between heaven and earth. The endless white mist seemed to isolate this part of the universe, forming its own world and suppressing Venerable Jueguang within it.

A powerful binding force and an extreme cold beyond reason instantly locked onto Venerable Jueguang.

Within the endless white mist, billions of tiny ice crystals danced in the air. Each of these tiny ice crystals contained an incredibly terrifying power, capable not only of breaking through Venerable Jueguang's divine body defenses but also of permanently damaging his divine body.

As he felt his divine body begin to deteriorate little by little, a look of despair appeared in Venerable Jueguang's eyes.

Each has its own specialty. The main function of domain-type treasures is to seal and suppress, and their offensive power is much lower than that of weapon-type treasures of the same level.

The fact that this domain-type treasure could damage his divine body, which was clad in armor-like treasures, clearly indicates that it was no ordinary treasure.

Looking at the endless white mist, Venerable Jueguang immediately guessed the origin of this treasure, after all, there are only a few domain-type treasures that are most famous among the human race.

The only domain-type treasure that Venerable Bai Feng has the potential to bring out, and which manifests as an endless expanse of ice crystal white mist, is her teacher, Lord of Ice Peak's famous treasure—the Frost Mist Realm.

"It seems there's no hope of escaping. Fortunately, before coming here, I had already placed all the treasures and resources with my main body."

"Cosmic overlord, domain-level treasure... When will I be able to reach this level?"

A hint of jealousy flashed in Venerable Jueguang's eyes, then he took a deep breath.

The next instant, a destructive and violent wave emanated from the body of the Light Venerable.

Boom!

Venerable Jueguang instantly self-destructed, transforming into endless, overwhelming energy waves that swept out in all directions, causing the entire void to shatter continuously.

Endless, violent energy raged outwards. It should be noted that the self-destruction of a cosmic venerable is equivalent to the simultaneous explosion of thousands or even tens of thousands of supernovae. Such energy fluctuations are incredibly terrifying, comparable to detonating a black hole.

"trouble."

Venerable Bai Feng frowned slightly, and the aura emanating from the white phoenix beneath his feet instantly surged a thousandfold, burning a bit of divine power.

The next instant, the endless white mist rapidly contracted, and the surging energy storm was frozen into a solid ice ball, which floated quietly in space.

Perhaps after countless ages, this enormous ice sphere will evolve into a secret realm of the universe, becoming a perilous place for countless powerful beings to explore.

……

Inside the spaceship's control room, Shen Mu stood beside the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, while Si Fanqi, the Fourth Army Lord, and many other immortals knelt respectfully on the ground.

On the screen in front of Shen Mu and Venerable Qianwu, there was a scene of Venerable Baifeng forcing Venerable Jueguang to self-destruct.

"Bai Feng... is stronger than he was 400 million years ago."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom looked at the special life form 'Snow Phoenix' beneath Venerable Baifeng with some envy.

That was the clone of Venerable Bai Feng, a powerful and special life form with a genetic level 750 times that of ordinary life.

This is already quite remarkable. You have to understand that those special life forms with a thousand times the genetic potential are top-tier existences within the Ancestral God Cult, and are almost unique life forms in the entire universe.

It was thanks to this snow phoenix that Venerable White Phoenix became one of the most powerful cosmic overlords below the three top overlords of the human race.

hum!

Suddenly, ripples spread through the spaceship's control room, and then the figure of Venerable White Phoenix appeared.

"White Phoenix," the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom said with a smile.

"Greetings, Your Excellency." Shen Mu respectfully bowed and paid his respects.

The White Phoenix Venerable was surrounded by white mist, swirling with a crystal-clear halo, making it impossible to see her face.

Venerable Bai Feng nodded slightly to the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom: "Qianwu, it's been a long time."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom said with some emotion, "Yes, back when you first became a Venerable, we fought side by side against the demon Tianhua."

When Venerable Bai Feng became a Universe Venerable, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was also at his peak, possessing several powerful treasures and a supreme treasure of the longsword type.

Although it's just a very ordinary weapon-type treasure, it's already quite remarkable.

It should be understood that even among high-level cosmic beings, only a very few possess supreme treasures. Coincidentally, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, as one of the oldest cosmic beings, once obtained a supreme treasure.

However, as the years passed, his former juniors had long since surpassed him.

Venerable Bai Feng continued, "There's something I need to tell you in advance."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was somewhat surprised that the White Phoenix Venerable had communicated with him directly through telepathy, indicating that he wanted to keep it a secret.

"About the great Lord of the Ice Peaks?" the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom also inquired telepathically.

Venerable Bai Feng nodded slightly, and the two continued to communicate telepathically.

After a moment, the King of Qianwu glanced at Shen Mu and said, "I understand. I will explain it to Shen Mu in detail later."

After receiving the reply, Venerable Bai Feng vanished from the spot.

After Venerable Bai Feng left, the King of Qianwu Kingdom smiled and reached out to ruffle Shen Mu's hair, saying, "Have you had enough fun this time? Come back to the Qianwu Secret Realm with your master."

Shen Mu nodded obediently and said, "Okay, I'll listen to whatever you say, teacher."

The next instant, a silvery-white divine light appeared around the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, instantly enveloping the surrounding star field.

Then everyone present, including the spaceship, instantly disappeared from their original spot, flashing through space countless times, each time traversing thousands of light-years.

In short, just a few minutes later, they had traversed a distance of hundreds of millions of light-years and arrived at the capital star of the Qianwu Empire.

……

A moment later, Shen Mu's voice rang out inside the Qianwu Temple.

"Teacher, are you saying that the Lord of Ice Peak intends to take me as his disciple?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. The fact that you passed the complete inheritance test of the Demon Sound God General back then meant that you had extremely high potential. As long as you don't perish in the future, you will definitely become a Universe Venerable."

"So it's normal to get the attention of the Lord of the Universe."

"Including this time when Venerable Bai Feng secretly protected you, protection is only one aspect; another aspect is also to test your character and temperament."

"Although I can still guide you on the laws of space, your true talent lies in the laws of fusion and the soul, which I cannot teach you."

"Every strong person has a group of teachers. You don't need to worry about your teachers. I am very gratified to see you make further progress."

Since the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom had already said so much, Shen Mu naturally wouldn't hesitate.

Seeing that Shen Mu had made his decision, the King of Qianwu Kingdom nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, after you return to the Qianwu Secret Realm, go to the Ice Mountain Palace and pay your respects to the Lord of Ice Peak."

In the Primal Secret Realm, there are three Universe Lords who reside permanently: the Chaos City Lord who lives in the Thousand Treasure River region, the Ice Peak Lord of the Ice Mountain Palace, and the Dragon Travel Lord of the Universe Treasure Hall.

Shen Mu received an email from the Virtual Universe Company shortly after leaving the temple of the Qianwu Kingdom's master.

"Shen Mu, a member of the Primal Secret Realm Domain Lord level, has completed the second round of the mission with the highest score. Given that an assassination occurred during the mission, the last member to be judged in this mission will not be included in the evaluation results."

After unanimous deliberation by the four judges, your completion rate for the first stage of the mission is 100%, and you have also completed the first five stages of the additional missions, confirming the defeat of five Immortal Lords, for a total of 189.02 billion points.

At the same time Shen Mu received the email, Tuanzi's voice also rang in Shen Mu's ears: "Master, Master, I just received a points reward from the virtual universe, a whopping 1890 billion!"

Inside the virtual space, money symbols appeared in Tuanzi's adorable eyes, and the entire AI was excitedly overloaded.

That's nearly 200 billion points! Even a typical King-level expert at the limit doesn't have that much wealth. You need to be close to the King-level invincible to have that kind of fortune.

Even Shen Mu's senior brother, Qingtian Wang, who seemed like a penniless pauper, had to find ways to scrape together hundreds of thousands of points. That was because he had no other treasures besides his most important weapons and armor, and couldn't convert them into cash.

Putting everything else aside, the armor worn by the Sky King is a level higher than the Spirit Control Armor; it's a pseudo-heavy treasure. Against attacks from those below the level of a Cosmic Venerable, its weakening effect is almost indistinguishable from that of a heavy treasure, making it worth hundreds of billions of points.

"The money has finally arrived. Now it's time to figure out how to spend it."

Just as Shen Mu was pondering, Tuanzi's voice rang out again: "Master, there's another email from Virtual Universe Company."

"Shen Mu, a member of the Primal Secret Realm Domain Lord level, given your special identity and amazing talent, continuing to carry out missions may result in further assassination attempts by alien races."

Therefore, our Virtual Universe Company has decided that your highest-scoring task is now over. No further scoring tasks will be issued during the subsequent external release period, and you may apply to terminate the external release at any time.

Shen Mu smiled after reading it. He had originally planned to abandon the mission and return directly to the Primal Secret Realm.

Unexpectedly, the Virtual Universe Company made an exception, which shows that my talent is being valued enough.

"Alright, let's go home and say goodbye to our loved ones, and then return to the original secret realm."

Moments later, the Milky Way, the Solar System.

Suddenly, ripples spread across the surface of the eternally burning sun, and then a triangular spaceship flew out from it.

This time, Shen Mu arrived on Earth directly through Yu Lun's divine kingdom, which was more convenient and faster, and the journey was also very secretive.

Even before the mission began, Shen Mu had deliberately instructed Yu Lun to leave an immortal crystal in the sun as a coordinate of divine power, making it easier for him to return home later.

As for returning to the Primal Secret Realm, it was naturally done directly through the Divine Kingdom's transmission system, arriving at a star field on the outskirts of the Primal Secret Realm.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

Shen Mu had informed Tang Yongqing and his parents six months ago that he would be leaving again.

On this day, on the rooftop of the villa, Shen Mu, who had been in seclusion, slowly opened his eyes.

"I've also grasped the profound essence of the 88th spatial law; it's time to go."

Evening, dinner time.

At the dinner table, Shen Mu said, "Mom and Dad, Sister Yongqing, I plan to return to the Primal Secret Realm tomorrow."

This time, Shen Mu was sent out to a domain lord level location. He had been on Earth for over fifty years, which was no short time.

"I understand. Be careful of your safety in space at all times. Your mother and I don't need to worry about you." Shen Gang nodded slightly.

Chen Wen reacted similarly; they had been mentally prepared for this.

Tang Yongqing didn't say much, but as night fell, Shen Mu once again felt her reluctance to part.

After a long silence, Tang Yongqing murmured softly, "When will you be back next time?"

Shen Mu ran his palm over the exquisite curves and said softly, "This time I will be away for a long time. The next time I return may be thousands of years later."

"Thousands of years..."

Tang Yongqing was filled with incredibly complex emotions; this number felt like an eternity to her.

Seemingly sensing Tang Yongqing's emotions, Shen Mu decisively changed the subject.

"Hmm? You haven't taken the little ring off yet?"

Tang Yongqing said somewhat shyly, "I need to use the finger with the other ring on it to take it off."

It's not that it can't be removed; after all, it's not a biochip implanted in the brain. It's just an excuse that someone who calls herself "sister" doesn't want to remove it.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "Then send me a message next time you miss me, and I'll play you the song you want to hear."

"No, take it off now..." Tang Yongqing was somewhat 'panicked', feeling like she was being completely 'controlled'.

"You'd better behave, or I'll teach you a lesson!"

Tang Yongqing kept a straight face, but she couldn't hold it in for long.

……

The following morning, Shen Mu's spaceship left the solar system and entered uninhabited space.

hum!

A dazzling divine light surged from inside the spaceship, illuminating an area several kilometers around it, and then the entire spaceship vanished from its spot.

A moment later, Shen Mu's spaceship flew out from an inconspicuous star in the outer star field of Wu Chen Space-Time and then directly entered the Primal Secret Realm.

Inside the spaceship's control room, Shen Mu said, "Yu Lun, you can go straight back to the manor later. I'll go pay my respects to Master Icebound."

Yu Lun replied excitedly, "Yes, Your Highness."

It wasn't Yu Lun who became Shen Mu's apprentice, but Yu Lun was even more excited than Shen Mu.

(End of this chapter)