Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 127 The Chaos City Lord's Major Discovery

Seven days later.

After Shen Mu comprehended the Chaos Stele, he had a thousand thoughts and countless insights waiting for him to digest.

"At my current efficiency in comprehending the laws."

"Within three thousand years in Chaos City, comprehending the three major changes in the laws of space and the third level of the Path of the Beast God is not a problem."

However, the chances of making further progress in the short term are slim.

Those who fully comprehend the laws of space and the fourth level of the Path of the Beast God will experience a surge in power.

Whether it's a single fundamental law or a more complex law of fusion, progress becomes increasingly difficult as you advance.

If the difficulty of comprehending the three major changes of the laws of space is 1, then the difficulty of comprehending the complete laws of space is 100.

People like Zhenyan King and Tianyu King, who are invincible and have been crowned kings, are all exceptionally talented individuals, but they have been stuck at the limit of immortality for countless years and are unable to advance any further.

The same applies to the Path of the Beast God; the further you progress, the more difficult it becomes to comprehend.

Senior Sister Bai Feng was stuck at the third level of the Path of the Beast God and ultimately chose to give up on it.

Similar to Senior Sister Bai Feng, there are countless other Universe Venerables who have attempted to cultivate the Path of the Beast God.

Those without the talent to fuse the laws give up at the very beginning, while those with the talent to fuse the laws but lacking it usually get stuck at the third level.

The third level of the Path of the Beast God is a level of mastery of laws comparable to the peak of the King-level realm.

The third level of enlightenment, reaching perfection, is the peak of the 20th level of the Bridge to Heaven.

As for the fourth level of the Path of the Beast God, that is, the level of understanding of laws at the level of a Universe Venerable.

"At that time, we can put aside comprehending the laws."

"My understanding of the fundamental laws and fusion laws at the peak of the King-level is sufficient for the time being."

Before long, Shen Mu returned to his courtyard and began his seclusion once again.

This time, comprehending the Chaos Stele was definitely a culmination of accumulated experience, greatly enhancing Shen Mu's abilities.

Not only did he gain many insights into the Way of the Beast God, but he also received much inspiration regarding the strangulation and sealing of spatial laws.

……

Time passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Mu once again went into seclusion for nearly three hundred years.

By this time, more than five hundred years had passed since Shen Mu entered Chaos City to cultivate in seclusion, while more than sixteen hundred years had passed in the primordial universe.

In a corner of Chaos City, near the residence of the True Stroke King, lies a small cultivation courtyard.

On this day, the fundamental laws of space descended upon this place once again, signifying that someone had gained recognition from the laws of space and possessed the level of mastery of the laws.

"After more than seven hundred years of seclusion in Chaos City, he finally comprehended the 'Instantaneous Teleportation of Inanimate Objects'."

Back when Shen Mu last emerged from seclusion and crossed the Tongtian Bridge, Luo Feng had already comprehended the first level of the Beast God's Dao and become the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord.

However, Luo Feng kept Shen Mu's advice in mind.

Instead of rushing to leave Chaos City, he continued his seclusion in order to comprehend the fundamental changes of a higher-level law.

Once you understand the most basic change, you can gain recognition from the fundamental laws of space, and your consciousness can enter the ocean of fundamental laws.

This will increase the speed of comprehending the laws of space by another 10 times.

"Luo Feng, your understanding of the laws has now caught up with that of the old master."

Babata was also very excited, but he still warned Luo Feng: "Of course you can't be arrogant. Your current understanding of the laws is only comparable to Shen Mu seven hundred years ago."

The seven hundred years mentioned here refers to seven hundred years ago in the initial universe, more than two thousand years ago in the primordial universe.

Luo Feng was speechless: "When have I ever been arrogant? With a freak like my senior brother around, who among us would dare to be arrogant?"

"Yeah, Shen Mu... he's a monster," Babata couldn't help but retort.

Luo Feng smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not bad either."

"Let's go, let's conquer the Heavenly Bridge and the Heavenly Mountain!"

Today's glory belongs to Luo Feng.

……

The Skybridge plane.

The central square was silent as nearly a hundred immortal gods watched Luo Feng cross the Heavenly Bridge.

This is Luo Feng's first attempt at the challenge since he crossed the 13th level of the Tongtian Bridge more than two thousand years ago.

The final result shocked countless people.

Luo Feng, a Domain Lord-level expert, also passed the 16th level of the Sky Bridge.

Moreover, just over two thousand years after Shen Mu conquered the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a lord-level primordial mountain, Luo Feng, who came from the same generation of geniuses, completed this feat once again.

"This year's Genius Battle has produced two extraordinary geniuses comparable to 'Kodi' and 'Erosion Venerable'!"

"How is this possible... This is insane, absolutely insane!"

……

"Is your information... true?"

The Nine Swords Venerable sat high on the throne in the main hall, looking at the Jade King in disbelief.

Longyu Wang, still somewhat shocked, said, "Venerable One... Luo Feng did indeed pass through the 16th level of the Tongtian Bridge and the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, which is at the Domain Lord level."

Upon hearing this, the Nine Swords Venerable's expression became somewhat complicated.

"I misjudged him. It would have been good if I could have taken Luo Feng as my disciple back then."

Nine Swords Venerable shook his head helplessly.

……

Luo Feng's feat spread rapidly throughout the upper echelons of the virtual universe, and almost everyone knew that this year's Genius Battle had produced two extraordinary geniuses comparable to "Kodi".

Moreover, there are also figures like Bolan and Rong Jun who have the potential to become cosmic supreme beings.

Throughout the entire history of human genius competitions, this is the only one with such a high level of prestige.

Chaos City, Chaos Ruins.

On the desolate, ruined continent, amidst countless alien corpses, the monstrous-faced Chaos City Lord's killing avatar slowly opened its eyes.

Those eyes were calm and gentle, a stark contrast to the domineering and fierce aura emanating from him.

"A Demon Slayer Clan avatar at the World Lord level... should not have such a rapid rate of progress in the laws."

Previously, Luo Feng's progress in the laws was very rapid.

Perhaps it can be explained by the existence of a World Lord-level Demon Slayer Clan clone.

However, in just seven hundred years in Chaos City, he comprehended the fundamental changes of a higher-level law.

Such a rapid pace of progress is clearly beyond the capabilities of a mere Realm Lord-level Demon Slayer Clan avatar; otherwise, the Demon Slayer Clan would be far too monstrous, with each individual comparable to a special life form.

"It seems that besides his talent for the laws of nature... my little disciple's comprehension is also extremely high."

Geniuses with high talent in the laws of nature are not uncommon, but geniuses with high comprehension are extremely rare.

"Shen Mu, Luo Feng... I remember that these two were both born on the same inhabited planet, and were also the same fallen immortal inheritors."

The Lord of Chaos frowned slightly, noticing some problems.

Previously, in the eyes of the Chaos City Lord, the speed of Shen Mu and Luo Feng's progress could be explained by their higher-level clones.

Needless to say, Shen Mu's heaven-defying talent and secret techniques are simply terrifying.

Therefore, no matter how fast Shen Mu progresses, the Lord of Chaos City can understand.

Under Shen Mu's brilliance, Luo Feng's progress was not remarkable.

But looking at it now, even with clones at a higher level, it seems that the two of them are still progressing at an absurd speed.

……

Virtual universe, Thunder Island dimension.

At the summit of Mount Olympus, a majestic palace is shrouded in endless currents.

"My lord, the task you assigned has been thoroughly investigated."

Inside the main hall, a phantom figure knelt respectfully on the ground, his expression extremely respectful, not even daring to look up at the Chaos City Lord in front of him.

"explain."

The majestic voice of the Chaos City Lord echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

"It has been confirmed that Shen Mu and Luo Feng both come from Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy."

"In addition, Hong and Lei Shen, members of the Divine Origin Secret Realm of the Giant Axe Arena, also come from Earth."

"Before Shen Mu and Luo Feng were born, Hong and Lei Shen were the strongest humans on Earth. All four of them were born in the same era."

"At the same time, Hong and Thor were promoted to the core layer of the Giant Axe Arena more than two thousand years ago through internal selection."

"After experiencing multiple cosmic-level qualifying battles, he advanced to the Divine Beginning Secret Realm. His potential evaluation level in the Giant Axe Arena is 'King Seed,' and he has a great chance of advancing to the Giant Axe Secret Realm."

"This Earth, more than 50,000 years ago in the primordial universe, was once the territory of Huyan Bo, an immortal god of the rank of Marquis."

"Later, after Shen Mu and the other three inherited Hu Yanbo's legacy and rose to power, they acquired the entire Milky Way galaxy, and ownership of it belonged to Shen Mu."

An expression of surprise finally appeared on the face of the majestic deity shrouded in endless chaotic energy.

"There is hope of advancing to the Giant Axe Realm... A mere life-bearing planet has actually given birth to four geniuses at the Primal Realm level."

"There's definitely something wrong with this Earth!"

The core layer of the Giant Axe Arena is also divided into four secret realms.

The most prestigious secret realm is the Giant Axe Secret Realm, where the Giant Axe Arena headquarters is located. It is also the location of the Giant Axe Founder's miniature universe and the primordial universe passage.

The next level up is the Divine Beginning Secret Realm, whose members have the same level of potential as those in the Primordial Beginning Secret Realm.

If the speed of progress of Shen Mu and Luo Feng can still be barely explained by their ability to create clones.

The speed at which Hong and Lei Shen progressed is inexplicable; their most ordinary apprentice-level bloodlines only had the greatest opportunity of obtaining a mere regional master-level bloodline evolution agent.

Such a talent for the laws should not have resulted in such a rapid rate of progress in the laws.

It should be noted that, according to the records of the virtual universe's Tongtian Bridge dimension, Hong and Thor had recently passed through the fifth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Such strength would be considered average among veteran members of the Primordial Secret Realm, and they would certainly not be eliminated from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Most importantly, these two are considered potential champions within the Giant Axe Arena, with a high chance of advancing to the Giant Axe Secret Realm in the future.

On a mere planet inhabited by native life, four geniuses, at least at the level of members of a primordial secret realm universe, were born in the same era.

This is quite extraordinary, considering that even the champion of all previous genius battles was only a member of the Primal Secret Realm Universe level.

Moreover, in most cases, the champion of each Genius Battle has gone through multiple qualifying battles before being able to secure a position as a member of the Cosmic-level Primal Secret Realm.

On average, only one or two geniuses emerge from the entire human race in an era, yet now they are all clustered together on a life-bearing planet.

This is definitely not normal.

A moment later, the Lord of Chaos City waved his hand.

"Go down. Remember, do not mention this investigation to anyone."

"Yes, my lord!"

……

At this moment, Shen Mu was immersed in the endless mysteries of the laws.

The mysteries of water and space were thoroughly understood, and many previously perplexing questions were readily answered.

This result of accumulated knowledge and experience took nearly a century to fully digest and absorb the gains from comprehending the Chaos Stele.

"The third level of the Path of the Beast God has finally been achieved."

"The focus now is on comprehending the fundamental laws."

Shen Mu's goal is to thoroughly understand the changes in the remaining two spatial laws within a thousand years.

After that, you can shift your focus to comprehending the other eight fundamental laws.

These eight fundamental laws do not require profound insights; simply gaining their recognition is sufficient.

"My other laws-related talents are not bad, but they are only at the excellent level of a World Lord's laws-related talents, and they can be improved a little more."

After a brief consideration, Shen Mu opened the Treasure Points Exchange Catalog.

The most powerful treasures for enhancing one's innate talents in the fundamental laws are undoubtedly materials for innate treasures.

Fusing treasures of this caliber could directly max out one's Law Talent to the level of a heaven-defying special life form, but this method is too extravagant and has extremely low cost-effectiveness.

Shen Mu doesn't need such a high level of talent in the laws.

In the end, Shen Mu placed an order for seven treasures, including the Fire Spirit Jade Fruit and the Azure East Liquid, to enhance the talents of the seven lower-level laws.

These treasures can all raise your Law Talent to the Law Darling level. In the end, it cost 0.16 Treasure Points, making it a cost-effective option.

"Master, someone has visited you in the virtual universe."

The voice of the intelligent life dumpling suddenly rang in Shen Mu's ears.

"Hmm? Could it be that something went wrong with the treasure I bought?"

Shen Mu was somewhat puzzled, and at the same time, a wisp of his consciousness connected to the virtual universe.

Virtual universe, Rain Mountain plane.

Outside the gate of Shenmu Manor stood a stunningly beautiful figure, over two meters tall, dressed in a black robe with silver thread.

In the next instant, Shen Mu's figure teleported directly to the entrance of the manor, his gaze falling on the stunningly beautiful figure.

Shen Mu was somewhat surprised: "Greetings, Venerable Yulan."

Venerable Yulan smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness, it's been a long time."

This Venerable Magnolia was the one who escorted countless special life gene materials to Shen Mu. He was a disciple of the Lord of Dragons and a friend of Venerable White Phoenix.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "I was unaware of your visit, Venerable One. Please forgive any neglect."

After speaking, Shen Mu invited Venerable Yulan into the reception hall of his manor.

After they were seated, Venerable Yulan spoke, "Your Highness, I am here on orders from the Hong Alliance to formally invite you to join."

"Your Highness should know something about the Hongmeng Alliance, right?"

Shen Mu nodded slightly and said, "I understand, but I don't know what preparations are needed to join the Hong Alliance?"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Yulan's expression became solemn.

The next step is the procedural part, similar to taking an oath upon entering a university.

"The Hongmeng is an alliance formed by our human race and a large number of other races in the universe. It is a very inclusive alliance."

"Hongmeng will never force anyone to join, but once you join, you cannot leave. Are you willing to join?"

Shen Mu nodded slightly and said, "Of course I'm willing."

"Ding!"

As Shen Mu finished speaking, a dazzling star suddenly appeared in the air above the living room.

The stars shone brightly, forming a streak of light that landed on Shen Mu's armor arm guards, turning into a star mark.

"boom!"

At the same time, a hazy human light floated in mid-air. Under that invisible pressure, Shen Mu was unable to look directly at the hazy light.

Not only Shen Mu, but even Venerable Yulan could not make out the figure's features.

The humanoid figure of light and shadow lowered its head slightly, looking down at Shen Mu.

"Humanity is silent!"

"Welcome to the Hongmeng Alliance! From this day forward, you are an official member of the Hongmeng Alliance!"

"A cosmic crisis lurks; our race needs to survive, and that requires its strongest to fight!"

"Fight for the Hong Alliance, fight for humanity. This is the mission of every strong human being, and it is also your mission."

A voice, indistinguishable between male and female, echoed in the hall, carrying an atmosphere that seemed to penetrate the very soul.

Shen Mu's eyes glazed over for a moment, but under the protection of the Soul-Suppressing Pearl, he broke free from this wondrous state of mind.

"That light and shadow just now... it must have been the highest intelligence of the virtual universe, the mechanical race's servant of the Primordial Universe Master, right?" Shen Mu pondered silently.

Since the machine race has no soul, it should theoretically be unable to enslave souls.

Therefore, this mechanical race universe master is very likely an intelligent life form of the primordial ancestor. After merging with the Heart of Evolution, he became a true mechanical race life form and was then nurtured by the primordial ancestor to the level of universe master.

Of course, there is also a very small probability that they are mechanical beings controlled by the progenitor through willpower enslavement.

Will enslavement is too advanced a method to be used in the cosmic sea, so the possibility of it is almost zero.

The original work makes no mention of this mechanical race's universe ruler, and he didn't even appear in the life-or-death battle between the human race and the universe.

It's estimated that maintaining the operation of the virtual universe is already a huge burden for him, so even if he were to appear, he wouldn't have much combat power.

Seeing Shen Mu's thoughtful expression, Venerable Yulan smiled and said, "As long as someone joins the Hong Alliance, that figure will appear."

"The identity of this figure is also a mystery within the Hong Alliance."

"However, such a gentle yet powerful pressure must be a projection of a cosmic lord-level being."

(End of this chapter)