Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 148 Materials for Refining the Ultimate Treasure

Enslaving the Supreme Being of the Universe is indeed not easy.

Especially those cosmic venerables from the pinnacle of their races, they will inevitably be resurrected after death, and once all hope is lost, they will inevitably choose to self-destruct.

Fortunately, when Shen Mu imprisoned these Universe Venerables in the Eight Gods Palace, he had already begun to lay hidden traps.

Before they could regain their senses, Shen Mu used his willpower techniques to suppress their thoughts, immediately enslaving the souls of the leaders among them. Otherwise, the outcome would have been uncertain.

Because the situation was complicated at the time, if no one outside was watching with covetous eyes, Shen Mu would have enslaved everyone's souls immediately.

"The two Venerables of the Mechanical Race are not afraid of soul enslavement, but Venerable Qinghua of the Demon Race and Venerable Zhongzhan of the Zerg Alliance are truly confident in self-destruction. Fortunately, these two were enslaved at the first opportunity."

As for Shen Mu's plan to self-destruct after he had already started taking action, that was already hopeless.

Under the secret art of willpower, all beings are equal; even the thought of self-destruction cannot be conceived, and the mind becomes completely blank.

Shen Mu glanced at the sixteen Universe Venerables under his command and said, "If you are willing, I can let you go back temporarily and take your respective people to the human race."

Upon hearing this, the two cosmic venerables, who were of demon race origin, remained expressionless; they certainly couldn't possibly sway their entire race.

However, the other cosmic venerables are different.

"Thank you, Master!"

"Master, where will our people be settled in the future?"

Of the sixteen Universe Venerables, thirteen chose to transfer their races. Among them, in addition to the two from the Demon Race, there were other experts in the race of one Universe Venerable. Even if he was enslaved, it would not affect his race.

Shen Mu pondered for a moment, then connected his consciousness to the virtual universe.

……

Thunder Island, a virtual universe.

Inside the magnificent Ice Mountain Palace, Shen Mu's figure appeared out of thin air, and then the Ice Peak Lord sat on the throne.

Some beings who hold positions such as rulers of nations or important positions, including cosmic venerables and cosmic masters, will always send a wisp of their consciousness to reside permanently in the virtual universe unless they encounter danger.

"Master, your disciple has enslaved 16 Cosmic Venerables, 13 of whom intend to migrate their races and join the Hong Alliance..."

Shen Mu explained the situation in detail to the Lord of Ice Peak.

Upon hearing Shen Mu's words, the Lord of Ice Peak also showed a look of surprise: "The eighteen Universe Venerables, except for the Mechanical Race, have all their souls enslaved?"

Soul enslavement and killing are two different concepts.

Shen Mu nodded slightly, not hiding the truth, and said, "Teacher, you also know that I have solidified the innate secret technique of the Thunder Beast God."

"This is an extremely special talent for impacting willpower. Anyone whose willpower is lower than mine has no ability to resist me."

There's no need to hide one's talent for overcoming willpower, because there are no means of defense in the primordial universe.

Unless one's will is strong enough, even the protection of the most powerful soul defense treasure will have no effect.

Upon receiving an affirmative reply, the Lord of Ice Peaks couldn't help but burst into laughter.

With such extraordinary abilities, even the weakest disciple like himself will be able to rival his senior brother, the Lord of Chaos City.

"Regarding the matter of transferring your soul servants to another race, let them handle it directly with the Virtual Universe Company. The company will provide the optimal transfer plan; you don't need to worry about it personally."

"Thank you, teacher."

The Lord of Ice Peak then inquired about the details of Shen Mu's Will Impact Secret Technique.

Upon learning that Shen Mu's mental impact could double one's own mental strength, and that even a strong person of the same level would be greatly affected, he was extremely satisfied.

Based on this situation, once Shen Mu grows to the level of the Ice Peak Lord himself, possessing the ultimate will of a Universe Lord, he will be able to suppress all existences under the will of a True God.

A true god-level will is not so easy to attain. You should know that even a typical fifth-order universe lord may not have a true god-level will.

Only the most outstanding among them, similar to the three top-tier fifth-order universe masters of the human race, possess this level of will.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Shen Mu planned to head to Chaos City.

Now that Shen Mu has five divine bodies, the most powerful Yan God Clan clone must remain outside, while the Earthling main body must also move freely.

Of the remaining three divine bodies, the Blood Sea Avatar is stationed on Earth, evolving a spacetime and ensuring Earth's safety.

The World Tree's avatar resides permanently in the divine realm, ensuring its stability even if the divine realm's coordinates are leaked in the future.

"Let the Azure Dragon clone go to Chaos City. It would be good if it could stay there permanently from now on."

……

The primordial universe, Chaos City.

This wasn't Shen Mu's first time offering treasures, so he was naturally quite familiar with the process.

Boom!

With a series of booming sounds, the bronze gate, which was over a hundred meters wide, slowly opened.

As Shen Mu stepped inside, the palace doors closed once more. Apart from the Lord of Chaos City, no one could see what was inside the treasure vault, nor would they know the contributions of the donors or how many treasures they had exchanged.

Shen Mu's figure flashed, and he appeared directly on the gem offering platform.

"First are these ordinary treasures: 12 ordinary weapons and 6 ordinary armors."

Shen Mu's palm shone with divine light, and one treasure after another was placed on the stone plate.

hum...

Strands of cyan silk threads rose from the stone disc and wrapped around the 18 treasures, conducting a detailed examination.

Suddenly a voice rang out in the side hall.

"The War Spirit Blade, a common weapon, can be offered to your clan to earn 1.1 Treasure Points."

"The Thunderbreaker Spear, a common weapon, can be given to your clan for 1.7 Arcana Points."

"..."

"A total of 18 treasures, with a total value of 47.3 treasure points. Shen Mu, do you want to confirm contributing them to the clan?"

Shen Mu nodded slightly. The price was about the same as his estimate, just a little less, which was part of the clan's cut.

"Continue to contribute treasures."

Shen Mu then took out the set of Qinghua Venerable's treasure armor, as well as six high-grade weapon treasures, six high-grade armor treasures, and the top-grade treasure of the sealing and suppressing category.

"A top-grade treasure of the sealing and suppression category, the Zhenyu Treasure Box, valued at 3.1 Treasure Points."

"High-level weapon treasure, Sky Claw Set, valued at 14 treasure points."

Generally speaking, a high-grade treasure sword is worth between 8 and 30 treasure points.

The value of a high-grade treasure armor ranges from 12 to 60 treasure points.

The most valuable item is the Supreme Treasure Set of Venerable Qinghua, which consists of 12 individual pieces. Each piece is a common Supreme Treasure, and the total value of the complete set is roughly comparable to a top-tier Supreme Treasure Armor. Contributing to the set will earn you 96 Supreme Treasure Points.

"Two suppressed living mechanical race high-level cosmic venerables have been detected. You will receive a reward of 2000 treasure points."

Generally speaking, a Cosmic Venerable who can be enslaved by a soul is worth 100 Treasure Points for a beginner level and 1000 Treasure Points for a mid-level level.

Upon reaching the level of High-Ranking Cosmic Venerable, the value will directly soar to 3-10 Treasure Points, while the value of Cosmic Overlord will be between 30-100 Treasure Points.

If a creature cannot be enslaved, it is practically worthless, but the tribe will still reward it with a reward of about one-tenth of the life that can be enslaved.

"Contribution confirmed."

As Shen Mu finished speaking, the center of the stone disc suddenly cracked open, splitting to both sides, and all the treasures, under invisible manipulation, slowly fell into the space below. The stone disc then closed again, returning to its original state.

"Contribution complete. Total of 494.4 Treasure Points and 2000 Heavy Treasure Points obtained."

The gentle voice rang out again, and at the same time, a hazy, huge gray form suddenly appeared in the air above the entire side hall. The form had four huge categories: Treasures, Valuable Treasures, Materials, and Special Resources.

Shen Mu purchased the World Tree gene enhancement materials he had selected in advance, spending 32.2 Treasure Points.

"The Blood Sea Avatar is just a giant power bank; it doesn't need any special treasures."

Moreover, ordinary treasures could no longer be worn after the Blood Sea split into its own body, since the divine body was simply too large.

As for the World Tree clone, it can be exchanged for a domain-type treasure to enhance the power to control space and time.

Although Shen Mu possesses a Time-Space Wing, it needs to be equipped to the Flame God Clan clone.

"Exchange for the advanced-level treasure, the Myriad Star Kingdom."

This was a treasure worth 200 Treasure Points, and Shen Mu's wealth instantly shrank by nearly half.

"Both the Earthling clone and the Azure Dragon clone require a common weapon-type treasure and an armor-type treasure, respectively."

Ordinary treasures are enough for Shen Mu.

With Shen Mu's cultivation level, he couldn't unleash the full power of a high-grade treasure; only the Yan God Clan clone could, but the Yan God Clan clone was not lacking in treasures.

After selecting a special longsword and a claw sheath, Shen Mu then chose two pieces of armor.

All four treasures are top-tier among ordinary treasures, costing 29.6 treasure points.

In just over ten seconds, Shen Mu consumed 261.8 Treasure Points, leaving him with only 232.6 Treasure Points.

"I was promised by my race that after I ascend to the Immortal level, I could choose one ordinary treasure of any type."

After Shen Mu finished speaking, that gentle voice rang out.

"In the process of confirming, confirmation complete. Human member Shen Mu once contributed the complete inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General. After advancing to Immortality, he can choose any ordinary treasure."

"This is a list of all the common treasures of the tribe."

"Set filter criteria to only view treasures of the Palace, Domain, Suppression, and Special categories."

Some special ordinary treasures are also very valuable.

For example, the price of a regular flying palace-type treasure varies from 18 to 80 treasure points.

Ordinary soul-type treasures range from 36 to 120 treasure points.

Arcana items in the same category range from 16 to 80 Arcana Points.

Similar to primordial treasures and sealing treasures, they are generally comparable to domain treasures at the same level.

"I choose to seal the palace-type treasure 'Zhenshan Palace'."

Although Shen Mu possessed a palace-type treasure, it was a flying palace-type treasure and lacked the ability to seal or suppress it.

This Zhenshan Palace is different; it's worth 74 Treasure Points. Once you put a target into the treasure, you can suppress and seal their divine power, preventing them from self-destructing.

Of course, ordinary sealing treasures can at most suppress ordinary universe lords. If a powerful being like the Ice Peak Lord is suppressed, he can self-destruct.

Boom!

The stone disc trembled again, and then a delicate little mountain, about the size of a palm, appeared, with a cave at its foot with its gate tightly closed.

……

Earth, within the boundless divine realm.

Shen Mu's true form as an Earthling sat cross-legged inside the Eight Gods Palace, with a long, slender sword lying across his lap.

The longsword was covered with eight strange colored runes that intertwined to form an incomparably sharp aura, subtly severing the surrounding space and time.

This is the supreme treasure longsword that Shen Mu exchanged in the clan's treasure vault. Although it is only at the level of an ordinary supreme treasure, the secret runes within it contain eight lower-level laws.

"The secret patterns on this Jade Divine Sword have indeed not disappointed me."

"The eight fundamental laws... I never knew they could be intertwined and evolved in this way."

The reason why supreme treasures and great treasures are so precious is not only because of their enormous power, but also because they contain secret techniques and runes.

If the secret techniques within can reach the level of a first-tier secret technique, they will form a supreme treasure rune, and only then can they be called a supreme treasure.

Otherwise, even if its power is no less than that of an ordinary treasure, it can only be called a top-grade treasure comparable to a treasure.

This Jade Divine Sword contains only the mysteries of the eight lower-level laws, but its runes are incredibly wondrous, which is quite unbelievable.

"I wonder what kind of being crafted this treasure."

Shen Mu couldn't help but sigh, knowing that in this world, there are no such things as innate treasures; they are all artificially crafted.

As the primordial universe is destroyed and reincarnated time and again, if these refined treasures were still within the primordial universe before its destruction, they were collected by the origin of the universe and then sealed away in the primordial star.

This primordial star thus became a sacred place for countless powerful beings to explore in the primordial universe, but it only appeared once every long period of time.

"If I can fully comprehend this layer of the secret pattern, I will be able to create a secret technique at the level of a universe master simply by relying on the foundation of the eight fundamental laws."

Suddenly, Shen Mu's expression changed slightly.

Then, a flash of light appeared in front of Shen Mu, revealing the communication stone tablet given to him by his teacher, the Mountain Guest.

"Disciple, traces of your crafting of the most powerful and precious material for soul attacks have appeared, but you will have to explore it yourself."

Shen Mu immediately sent a message: "Teacher, where is that precious material?"

A moment later, Shen Mu received a message from the Mountain Guest.

"The three most dangerous places in the cosmic sea, the cosmic boat."

Shen Mu's face darkened. He realized that with his current strength, he couldn't even be considered a leader in the primordial universe, let alone in the cosmic sea where countless universe lords and the strongest beings in the universe appeared.

"My disciple, there's no need to worry. The location of that precious material is well-hidden, and most people would never know it. Currently, only your master knows its whereabouts."

"Teacher, may I ask what that precious material is?"

"A broken sword tip, with a powerful aura capable of harming the soul of the strongest being in the universe."

I carefully read through the original text, and it turns out that the cosmic venerables of the subordinate races do not have the privilege of being resurrected with a loan. At most, they can be resurrected by spending money. If they don't have money, they definitely can't be resurrected. The same goes for the human race. There are so many alien venerables in the Hongmeng Alliance that the death of a few hundred of them wouldn't have much of an impact.

(End of this chapter)