Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 122 The Ultimate Secret Technique: The Snowstorm Preaching Diagram

hum!

Above the primordial core, hidden chaotic patterns emerged and began to evolve, transforming into wondrous white patterns.

With each breath, countless white secret patterns intertwined and evolved, forming the pattern of a vertical pupil.

A dazzling, intense white light suddenly burst forth and then began to merge into Shen Mu's soul.

During this process, Shen Mu's soul qualities also underwent a change, and the faint, clear light surrounding his soul suddenly became dazzling.

……

Outside, Shen Mu slowly opened his eyes, surrounded by a pure soul radiance—a hazy white aura.

"Let me test the effects of this divine eye technique first!"

With a thought, Shen Mu's white aura suddenly became dazzling.

A series of white halos appeared behind his head, coalescing into a unique vertical pupil phantom, and a powerful pressure swept out.

"This feeling is so strong!"

"Soul defense has been greatly enhanced, making it virtually invincible among those of the same realm, including a significant boost to illusionary techniques!"

With a thought, Shen Mu felt the halo behind his head slowly dissipate, and the illusory image of his vertical pupils slowly faded away.

The hazy aura surrounding Shen Mu also receded into his body.

"Let me try out the variations of soul attack..."

"Demonic Sound Amplification Secret Technique, Activate!"

hum!

The clear light of his soul reappeared in Shen Mu's eyes, and a hazy white halo once again surrounded his body.

Previously, when Shen Mu unleashed his full soul amplitude, it consumed a great deal of mental energy, and prolonged use would cause mental fatigue.

Soul amplitude does not consume mental energy, but the problem is that the mind is always running at the highest speed in this state. Even if mental energy is not consumed, there will still be a feeling of mental fatigue.

Now that his soul has been enhanced once again, he is using his soul amplitude to its fullest extent, and he feels as if he has been freed from shackles. He does not feel mentally exhausted, but rather very happy.

"Perhaps I can try to maintain the state of my soul's amplitude permanently."

"As expected of the most powerful race in the universe, choosing the Divine Eye Clan's secret technique was definitely the right decision."

This race is indeed extraordinary. In the original work, when the Divine Eye Clan first appeared, it was described as follows: In the process of evolution, the original universe of the first cycle of reincarnation experienced some special accident, which led to the emergence of such an extraordinary race.

The Zerg's soul talent is on a completely different level compared to that of the Eye Clan.

It is also because of the restrictions placed on the Divine Eye Clan that their numbers are so small, even fewer than the Starry Sky Beast Clan, which is still quite extraordinary.

"Soul-level secret techniques can benefit all clones."

"If I choose to solidify mystical arts in the future, I'll specialize in soul-based mystical arts."

"Hmm... We need to weaken Tuo's ten-thousand-fold material attack as well, this is already heaven-defying enough."

As a transmigrator, Shen Mu knew very well that the path of the soul was definitely a broad and smooth road, and the stronger the soul path became, the more powerful the individuals became.

After making his plans, Shen Mu focused his attention on creating his own secret techniques.

The spear technique "Jade Dragon" is currently only in its initial stage and is far from complete, but in terms of power, it has already surpassed the level of the mediocre.

Shen Mu's goal is to create a top-tier secret technique.

With a thought, Shen Mu connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and entered the secret guidance plane specially created by his master, the Lord of Ice Peak.

This was an endless starry sky, and Shen Mu's figure seemed to appear out of thin air in the void.

Immediately following, pale blue flames emerged in the void, rose and condensed, transforming into a gigantic fire giant.

"Defeating me means your secret techniques have reached the ordinary level!"

The fire giant's voice echoed throughout space.

Without wasting a word, Shen Mu thrust his spear forward!

The chilling aura condensed at the tip of the spear, transforming into a streak of cold light that tore through the starry sky and shot out.

Boom!

An aura as if a dragon were emerging from the abyss swept across the area, and the spear's light seemed to disregard spatial distance, instantly piercing through the body of the fire giant.

A terrifying cold current, which made even spatial fluctuations faint, swept outwards, chilling the entire sky.

First battle, over!

……

In the time that follows.

The avatars of the Flame God Clan and the Azure Dragon Clan are still roaming the outer battlefields, seeking out powerful kings to fight, while Shen Mu's true Earthly self is immersed in creating secret techniques in the virtual universe.

As Shen Mu defeated one virtual opponent after another, their strength grew stronger and stronger.

It's important to know that the stats and detailed setup of Shen Mu's opponents were personally honed by his master, the Lord of Ice Peak. Their techniques and fighting styles were specifically designed to exploit Shen Mu's weaknesses and shortcomings.

These shortcomings were imperceptible to Shen Mu, the creator; it was a case of being blinded by a leaf and unable to see Mount Tai.

However, in the eyes of the Ice Peak Master, Shen Mu's secret technique was riddled with flaws. Any errors or shortcomings could be spotted at a glance.

According to Master Bingfeng, defeating the first opponent signifies that Shen Mu's secret techniques have transcended the level of being considered inferior.

Defeating the 500th opponent proves that Shen Mu's secret technique has reached the top level.

If Shen Mu can defeat his 1000th opponent using his self-created secret technique, that would be the pinnacle of secret techniques.

If Shen Mu can defeat his 2000th opponent, it will mean that he has created the ultimate secret technique, an achievement that even the Ice Peak Master himself could not accomplish back then.

Shen Mu's requirement for himself is to create a peak secret technique at the realm lord level.

Generally speaking, very few immortal gods are able to create their own peak secret techniques. Even if they are, they are almost all invincible kings or close to being invincible kings.

As for the Cosmic Venerables, apart from those who have just entered the Cosmic Venerable realm, everyone has created their own ultimate techniques.

Of course, even among the pinnacle secret techniques, the difference in power is huge. Defeating the 1000th opponent is a pinnacle secret technique, and so is defeating the 1999th opponent.

Therefore, it is quite normal for two top-tier secret techniques to have power differences of several times to more than ten times.

The above is merely a classification of arcane levels at the conventional level.

In reality, the level of a secret technique does not necessarily represent its power. The so-called ordinary, top-level, peak, and ultimate secret techniques can all be regarded as techniques for applying laws.

No matter how high your skill in applying the laws is, if your understanding of the laws is insufficient, then the power will be lacking.

A cosmic venerable who has fully comprehended the laws of a superior realm can create an ordinary secret technique that is perhaps more powerful than a top-tier or even peak secret technique at the immortal level.

Therefore, when assessing the power of a secret technique, one must also consider the level of understanding of its principles.

If this set of secret techniques carries some kind of complete superior law, then it is a secret technique at the level of a cosmic sage.

If it contains a complete superior law and another superior law that is just one step away from being comprehended, then it is a secret technique at the level of a cosmic overlord.

Similarly, a secret technique that encompasses two complete superior laws belongs to the level of a cosmic lord.

As time passed, Shen Mu defeated one opponent after another.

Among the top 500 opponents, the most troublesome virtual opponent Shen Mu encountered was a member of the Yan Ya clan.

The Yan Ya race is a powerful race among the countless races in the universe. This race loves peace and is small in number, thus appearing somewhat detached from worldly affairs.

However, this does not mean that the Yan Ya clan is not powerful. Like the Demon Killer clan, this clan can awaken powerful innate secret techniques after birth.

However, the innate secret technique awakened by the Yan Ya clan is spatial sealing, one of the three ultimate techniques of spatial law, which is far less powerful than the secret technique "domain" of the Demon Killing clan, and the awakening difficulty is not that high.

Shen Mu's virtual opponent is a member of the Yan Ya clan who has awakened the spatial sealing ability.

The spatial blockade had brought Shen Mu to the brink of ecstasy, and the spatial distortion had rendered it useless.

It took Shen Mu 103 years to defeat the first 500 opponents. Among them, he was stuck with this Yan Ya tribesman for a full 31 years.

Although the subsequent virtual opponents were more powerful than the Yan Ya clan in terms of arcane magic, they were not as restrained and were defeated even faster.

After the spear technique "Jade Dragon" reached the level of top-tier secret techniques, the gap between each virtual opponent actually became even greater.

In particular, his understanding of the laws was getting deeper and deeper. While creating this secret technique, Shen Mu was fighting against his opponents and studying the laws of space at the same time.

More than two hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

This time, Shen Mu encountered his 914th opponent, a colossal beast that could stop time, even more disgusting than the Yan Ya Clan before.

Shen Mu has been stuck on this destructive behemoth for 50 years without finding any further clues.

"Once Jade Dragon's spear technique reaches this level, it's not easy to improve it further."

"Perhaps I can try to create a second secret technique, a secret technique for attacking telekinetic weapons."

Once you reach the Realm Lord level, the distinction between martial artists and mental cultivators becomes unclear, and the difference between melee and ranged combat becomes completely blurred.

At this level, the distinction between martial artists and spiritual practitioners mainly depends on the type of weapon they use.

Secret techniques involving ordinary handheld weapons such as knives, swords, and guns belong to the martial arts school, while secret techniques involving controlling thousands of flying swords, needles, and blades to attack belong to the telekinetic attack school.

"My soul potential far exceeds my close combat potential. My control over psychic power (the power of the ethereal world) has reached a terrifying level of precision. Perhaps creating a psychic master's secret technique would be more suitable for me."

As soon as the thought arose, a hollow flying wheel, seemingly carved from ice, appeared out of thin air in Shen Mu's palm.

The flywheel is crystal clear, surrounded by a pale blue halo, with some faint, fine white lines on its surface. Its maximum diameter is about two meters, and the hollow center is also one meter in diameter. There is also a strange blue and white pattern on the edge of the flywheel.

Those are the secret patterns of the Water-Void Fusion Law, and they are complete Water-Void Fusion Law patterns. If one can fully comprehend them, it will represent a profound understanding of the law of fusion.

This is the Ice Universe Wheel, a weapon crafted by Senior Sister Bai Feng when she was cultivating and fusing the laws.

After her senior sister gave up cultivating the Fusion Law, it was left to gather dust until it was later given to Shen Mu.

"To create a secret technique for spiritualists... it must be based on the original understanding of the blizzard on Xue Tong Star."

Shen Mu recalled the trajectory and evolution of the endless blizzard on Xue Tong Star and began to try to create his own secret technique.

call out!

The Ice Wheel suddenly collapsed, turning into streaks of light that scattered in mid-air.

"Freeze!"

call!

As if an invisible gale had swept by, countless icy blue streams of light intertwined and transformed into tiny, crystal-clear snowflakes that swirled around Shen Mu.

If you look closely, you can see that each snowflake has a faint, incomplete blue pattern, which exudes a fierce and menacing aura.

"evolution!"

With a thought, Shen Mu conjured endless snowflakes that danced and intertwined, forming scales that overlapped and combined to create a strange, ferocious beast resembling a dragon or snake.

This ferocious beast is the very image of the first generation of naturally born water beast god. The image of this beast god can be found in the first chapter of "Seven Layers of Water and Sky," the Scale Armor chapter.

Hey!

A roar, seemingly from ancient times, echoed between heaven and earth.

This is a secret technique for spiritual practitioners recorded in the Scale Armor Chapter. It was created casually by the master, the Lord of Ice Peak, but it is still a top-level secret technique.

"First, grasp the essence of this secret technique and thoroughly master it before creating your own."

……

Time flies, and 204 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Beneath the endless starry sky, a colossal beast, its entire body blue and resembling an ape, roared.

Endless, dazzling lightning burst forth, instantly merging into the surrounding space and time.

hum!

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

But it was too late!

Tens of thousands of snowflakes, densely packed like bullet screens, were fixed around the Destroyer Beast. Each snowflake contained the power of the Water and Void Laws, sealing off any possibility of the Destroyer Beast taking further action.

The static change of the law of time is only static on the material level and does not affect the operation of thought.

Although Shen Mu remained motionless, his soul amplitude was also bursting forth with all its might, struggling against the time-freezing confinement.

Meanwhile, the Destroyer Beast was also trying to break through Shen Mu's blockade, but maintaining the time freeze was already a huge burden for it, making it even more difficult to break through Shen Mu's blockade.

boom!

Suddenly, the frozen time began to flow again, and the power of the world transformed into spiritual energy that suddenly erupted.

The endless snowstorm transformed into a deadly weapon at this moment. With a thought, Shen Mu amplified his mental power ten thousandfold and empowered one of the snowflakes.

call out!

The power of the fusion law suddenly transformed into a brilliant blue light, instantly piercing through the body of the destructive behemoth.

"Aww!"

The Destroyer Beast roared angrily, but before it could retaliate, another snowflake, amplified by Shen Mu's mental power by ten thousand times, shot out.

The snowflake perfectly embodied Shen Mu's understanding of the laws of fusion, as if it had truly transformed into a beast god's scales, carrying the power of an ice-sealed space as it shot forth.

The ability to so easily control tens of thousands of psychic weapons, and to amplify the psychic power of a single weapon by ten thousand times at any time, is nothing short of terrifying.

Even those cosmic venerables with a psychic power amplitude of ten thousand times, when they unleash their full power to control a certain weapon, may not be able to perfectly maintain the ten thousand times amplitude without falling when they want to switch to another weapon.

Boom!

The blizzard raged around, and under Shen Mu's mental control, each snowflake could increase in power a hundredfold at any moment, turning into a deadly weapon that was impossible to defend against.

"broken!"

Shen Mu suddenly let out a low shout, and endless snowflakes shot towards the devastating beast.

The white snowstorm instantly engulfed the colossal beast, and vaguely, 90729 beast god scales seemed to emerge, intertwining to form a terrifying behemoth.

"I've finally defeated you!"

continue!

……

Since Shen Mu defeated his 914th opponent, the Destroyer Beast, the remaining opponents, though each one more powerful than the last in terms of their understanding of the laws and their strength, have faced challenges.

However, it lacked the unparalleled restraint that came with time standing still.

In just one hundred years, Shen Mu successfully defeated his 1000th opponent, the special cosmic life form, the Purple Fire Ape.

At this point, Shen Mu's self-created mental attack technique, which preceded his spear technique, reached its peak.

"Hahaha, it's finally done!" Shen Mu laughed heartily.

Just then, a man in ancient battle armor appeared under the starry sky.

Shen Mu's eyes lit up slightly, and he bowed, saying, "Teacher."

"To have achieved this much in just over six hundred years is quite remarkable."

The Ice Peak Lord rarely spoke up, clearly very satisfied with Shen Mu's performance.

"I originally thought that with your talent, it would take at least one or two thousand years for you to create a top-level secret technique, but I didn't expect you to do it in just a few hundred years."

The Lord of Ice Peak was surprised by Shen Mu's talent in mental manipulation, but also somewhat worried.

Because martial artists are more likely to achieve success in the Path of the Beast God and more likely to comprehend the laws of fusion.

If one follows the path of the Spiritualist, the way of the Beast God cannot be truly perfected. Even if one achieves great success in fusing with the laws, one will not be able to break through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe.

Faced with the praise from the Lord of Ice Peak, Shen Mu bowed slightly and said, "I am grateful for your guidance, Master, that I was able to create this pinnacle secret technique."

This is not Shen Mu being modest; it would be true if he hadn't received targeted guidance from a virtual opponent.

Relying on their own research, it's normal for it to take five hundred years, or even five hundred thousand years, to create a top-tier secret technique; the efficiency is just that much lower.

The Lord of Ice Peak nodded slightly and asked, "Does this mental cultivation technique of yours have a name?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu pondered for a moment.

"Let's call it... The Snowstorm Sermon Picture."

I had a high fever yesterday and was on an IV drip all day. I felt groggy and my sick leave note was only one sentence long. I'm much better today. Although I still have a slight fever, I can manage it. Please bear with me, brothers.

(End of this chapter)