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Chapter 149 Desiring to Scheme Against the Lord of the Universe

"In the Star Sea of ​​the Spaceship, there's no fear of someone getting there first."

Shen Mu obtained detailed location information of the mysterious sword tip through communication with the Mountain Hermit.

Located within the Star Sea of ​​the Spaceship, this is an extremely dangerous place, vast and expansive, where treasures frequently emerge.

Most importantly, the environment here changes drastically, making it very easy to get lost. Even the Lord of the Universe could die here, and the strongest in the universe might not be safe.

"Disciple, the aura on that sword tip is too mystical. Without a will surpassing the level of a true god, a supreme treasure for soul defense, or a ninth-order soul defense secret technique, it is impossible to capture it."

"Therefore, I can only leave behind a decoy to prevent others from discovering this treasure, so that you can retrieve it later."

After receiving the message from the mountain dweller, Shen Mu's lips twitched slightly.

He absolutely did not believe that a reincarnated god-king could be without a ninth-order soul defense secret technique and the will of a void true god.

If we really can't collect it, how can we use it as material to refine it into a treasure?

"Thank you for informing me, Master. When I am promoted to the Lord of the Universe in the future, I will personally take it down."

After finishing speaking, Shen Mu continued, "Teacher, I not only killed three cosmic overlords, but also suppressed and even enslaved them. Can that armor-type treasure be upgraded to the level of a supreme treasure?"

It took half a day for Shen Mu to receive a reply from Zuo Shan Ke after his message was sent.

"You're too late. The armor you requested is almost finished, but the materials are insufficient to forge it into a true supreme treasure."

"However, if you are willing, I can try my best to perfect the secret runes of the treasure. As for how many runes I can ultimately refine, that depends on luck."

"Thank you, teacher."

Shen Mu had just replied when he received a brand new message.

"Disciple, to refine your armor to a higher level, you need to incorporate a special material called Calamity Treasure Gold."

"This metal, while not particularly powerful, is extremely rare."

"As far as I know, only the Ancestral God Cult general from the Kou tribe in the primordial universe possesses a piece of it. If you wish to obtain a more powerful suit of armor, then go and make your own choice."

Shen Mu's expression was slightly strange.

The Kou clan, is that the clan that keeps the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual?

It seems that the so-called "treasure of calamity" was just a pretext. In reality, the mountain hermit wanted him to fight the ancestral god general of the bandit clan.

"This is troublesome. Each of the 72 Divine Generals possesses the combat power of a Universe Lord. We can't defeat them."

The divine body of the Flame God Clan's avatar is strong enough to rival that of a typical cosmic overlord. After using the innate secret technique "Body Transformation into the Universe," it can rival a cosmic overlord with a thousand times the genetic strength.

But that's the limit; there's still a huge gap between them and top-tier cosmic overlords like the Seventy-Two Divine Generals of the Ancestral God Sect.

"My strongest secret technique right now is only a peak secret technique of the universe overlord, which is still two levels below the secret technique of the universe master."

"Besides, my divine body is still one level short, so I definitely have no chance in a direct confrontation."

After much thought, Shen Mu concluded that there was only one way to defeat this powerful bandit general.

That is the secret technique of suppressing thoughts with willpower, taking advantage of the opponent's downtime to directly store it into the treasure of the sealed palace that was just exchanged from the clan.

However, this exposed Shen Mu's strongest method.

Ever since acquiring the willpower-based secret technique, Shen Mu has been planning to assassinate a universe lord. If this plan is exposed, it won't work anymore.

"If I go to the residence of the Kou clan, inside the Wuhua Secret Realm, I might be able to emulate Luo Feng in the original story and lure out the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf."

"Even with my current willpower, I'm afraid I can't completely suppress the mind of the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf."

"If the Lord of the Wolves retaliates, I'm afraid I'll be dead beyond any hope of survival."

Shen Mu's current level of willpower is only at the ordinary level among the Lords of the Universe.

It's obviously unrealistic to suppress the mind of a universe master; however, there might be some hope for someone who has just entered the realm of universe masters.

After all, under the effect of the Mind Thunder Secret Technique, Shen Mu's will can be condensed to twice its normal state in an instant, which is not a problem to suppress a strong person whose will has just reached the level of the Lord of the Universe.

Generally speaking, second- and third-order universe lords are ordinary-level wills.

The will of a fourth-order universe master will inevitably reach the limit of the universe master level, because the soul strength of ten thousand times the gene, plus the process of creating the strongest secret technique of the universe master, will inevitably temper the will to the limit of the universe master.

As for the fifth-order universe lord, then there is hope that he will possess the will of a true god.

"Although this Lord of Sirius is a good-for-nothing, he is also the oldest universe lord of the demon race. He might actually possess the ultimate will of a universe lord."

"No, I need to go to the teacher to confirm the information."

After making his decision, Shen Mu directly connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and went to pay homage to the Lord of Ice Peak.

……

Inside the magnificent Iceberg Palace on Thunder Island in the virtual universe.

"The Demon Race's Heavenly Wolf?"

"Just a piece of trash. He was born much earlier than Long Xing, so he can barely be considered a third-order universe master."

"Moreover, if it weren't for the protection of the Heavenly Wolf Palace, I probably wouldn't even be considered a third-tier being."

After the Lord of Ice Peak finished recounting the information, he looked at Shen Mu and asked, "Disciple, why did you inquire about the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf?"

Shen Mu certainly couldn't reveal that he planned to suppress the Lord of the Universe, otherwise the Lord of Ice Peak would definitely be furious with him.

"This disciple wants to know if, with my willpower, I can directly suppress a powerful figure like the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf of the Demon Clan."

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Ice Peak had no doubts.

The idea of ​​an immortal suppressing the ruler of the universe was too blasphemous, so he didn't even consider it.

"More than two million years ago, a master of the Soul Dao from my Hong Alliance once fought against the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf. At that time, the Heavenly Wolf's will was only at the ordinary level, far from reaching the ultimate level."

"Based on my estimation, he should be about the same level as your willpower."

At this point, the Lord of Ice Peaks still couldn't help but show a look of shock in his eyes.

A mere peak Immortal being possesses the will of a Universe Lord; the effects of Earth's soul-enhancing talent are simply terrifying.

Two million years is a very long time for Shen Mu.

But to the Lord of the Universe, it means nothing; it passes in the blink of an eye.

The Lord of the Wolf had not broken through to a higher level of will even after trillions of epochs, so it was absolutely impossible for him to break through in just over two hundred epochs.

"If their wills are on the same level, then my Mind Thunder Secret Technique cannot completely suppress their thoughts. At most, it can greatly affect their strength, preventing them from unleashing the power of secret techniques and treasures."

"It seems we need to take it to the next level."

"I am at the level where the realm lord can transform his will to the limit of the universe overlord."

"Now that he is at the peak of immortality, he will surely be able to transform his will to the limit of the Lord of the Universe."

Back when he was at the peak of the Realm Lord level, Shen Mu's soul strength, including the Soul Amplification Secret Technique, was at most comparable to a powerhouse at the limit of the King level, and he possessed the most extreme will strength under the Lord of the Universe.

Shen Mu's soul strength is now comparable to that of a cosmic overlord, having increased by 10 times.

However, Shen Mu's will is only 1000 times more refined than before, which is at the level of an ordinary universe master.

Although willpower strength is not completely linked to soul strength (consciousness strength), the relationship between the three is clear.

That is, possessing the soul strength of a cosmic sage, one must also possess the will of a cosmic sage. Whether one can possess a higher level of will depends on personal tempering.

The so-called state of mind can actually be understood as a state of will amplitude.

The higher one's state of mind, the more refined one's will, and the higher one's level.

With the support of his current mental state, Shen Mu can now easily refine his will by dozens or even hundreds of times, reaching the limit of the will of the Lord of the Universe, with just a little more practice.

……

The Milky Way, within the solemn realm of the divine.

A wooden house, imbued with the power of time, floats within the palace.

"I never imagined that after breaking through to immortality, I would still need the Time Palace's blessing to temper my will."

With an infinitely close energy supply, the flow of time within the Time Palace accelerated once again to a hundred times that of the primordial universe.

The avatar of the Flame God Clan sat upright in the Time Palace, once again activating the evolutionary secret technique he had used before.

The deep-seated fear of death resurfaced and began to violently assault Shen Mu's will.

Although the Yan God Clan's clones have now evolved to their limit, this evolution technique can still be used as a willpower training technique to some extent.

Human beings do have methods for cultivating willpower, but the principle behind them is simply to create pain and endure it.

Compared to this kind of direct appeal to the intense fear of death, it seems rather crude.

Shen Mu estimated that the true creator of this so-called evolutionary secret method was likely the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

As time passed, the Flame God Clan clone aroused this fear of death to its extreme.

Even Shen Mu needed to concentrate his entire being to fight against this overwhelming fear.

This is because Shen Mu possesses a strong mental fortitude; otherwise, using this method to temper one's will could very well lead to the collapse of one's personality.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred years have passed in the outside world.

Inside the Palace of Time, the Flame God Clan avatar had forged his will for over 20,000 years.

Over the course of more than 20,000 years, under the impact of endless and extreme terror, Shen Mu's soul and will were refined to an extreme.

It was as if a huge quasar had been compressed into a tiny crystal, making the clear light above that soul condense countless times.

……

Earth, Kyoto Villa.

Inside the bedroom, Shen Mu, who had been in seclusion for over two hundred years, slowly opened his eyes.

An endless, pure spiritual light flowed in Shen Mu's eyes. As Shen Mu's will revived, it seemed as if a terrifying beast slowly opened its eyes.

"My will has finally reached the pinnacle of the universe. I can feel that invisible barrier. Once I cross it, I will possess the will of a true god."

There is a real, invisible barrier between the wills of different levels.

In the original novel, when Luo Feng recognized the Star Tower as his master, he broke through a barrier of will, and his will triggered a qualitative change in his soul, which enabled him to successfully recognize the Star Tower as his master.

If Shen Mu were willing, he could try to break through to the True God level of will while still at the Immortal level.

But this is just too difficult. I don't know how many years it will take to get to this point. There's no need to suppress yourself like this.

Shen Mu spoke up, "Tuanzi, nothing unexpected has happened on Earth these past few years, has it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, virtual light and shadow condensed in front of Shen Mu, forming a phantom image of a fat panda.

"Master, everything is fine on Earth."

"Luo Feng is still within the Star Tower area."

"Hong and Lei Shen both became members of the highest core layer of the Giant Axe Arena, the Giant Axe Secret Realm."

"However, the 'Demon Hand King' that my master asked me to monitor secretly left its location more than a hundred years ago and changed its name to 'Troll King' in the extraterrestrial battlefield."

"To prevent the Demon Hand King from falling unexpectedly, Tuanzi took it upon himself to send a servant of his master, the Venerable One, to secretly monitor him."

That Demon King was the culprit behind Teacher Huyanbo's downfall.

With Shen Mu's current strength, crushing this Demon Hand King would be effortless, but there's no need for it.

Shen Mu plans to use the secret technique of controlling time and space by his World Tree clone to directly reverse time and space and revive Teacher Hu Yanbo after he breaks through to the level of Universe Venerable.

Finally, Teacher Hu Yanbo personally settled this feud.

The so-called reversal of time and resurrection is merely a derivative means of controlling time and space, a power bestowed by the original universe.

Neither the universe lord's control over space and time nor the World Tree's secret techniques for controlling space and time are their own abilities, but rather privileges granted by the primordial universe.

However, the spacetime control power of an immortal-level World Tree is not as great as that of a true universe master. One must reach the level of a universe venerable to reverse spacetime like a universe master.

"Very good, just continue to monitor that Demon Hand King to prevent his accidental demise."

Shen Mu nodded slightly, then looked towards the other side of the universe.

This time, Shen Mu plans to go to the Wuhua Secret Realm in his true human form.

The main reason is that the name of the Silver Sand King is too great.

Moreover, given the previous assassination attempt, even if Shen Mu were to appear openly as the Silver Sand King, the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf might not dare to attack him.

……

The Kou are special life forms nurtured by the extreme cold of the Wuhua Secret Realm, and are born with a hundred times more genes.

There are thousands of bandits in the entire universe, hundreds of whom have become immortals, and two of them have even become cosmic venerables!

Shen Mu's target was the Purple Furious Bandit, who was also the Cold Wind Divine General, one of the seventy-two divine generals of the Ancestral God Sect, and subordinate to the Water Beast God.

In the Ice Prison Star Belt, in the endless starry sky, a magnificent earthen-yellow mountain suddenly appeared out of thin air.

"Shen Mu, a member of the outer circle of the Ancestral God Cult and a member of the human race, has come to pay respects to General Hanfeng!"

At the summit, Shen Mu unleashed his full power, a hundred times the gene strength and a hundred times the amplitude, creating terrifying energy fluctuations that shook the starry sky. Even among the cosmic venerables, he was considered one of the best.

Shen Mu did not deliberately release his aura, but the powerful energy fluctuations made countless bandits who were playing on Ice Prison Star and in the Star Belt River tremble with fear.

Even those bandits at the Immortal level felt immense pressure.

These bandits were born with a hundred times the genetic potential, each of them possessing a basic divine body comparable to a cosmic venerable at the immortal level. However, most of them chose to waste their talents and did not diligently cultivate their abilities.

Only a very small number of bandits possessed an amplitude of more than ten times, but that was still no match for Shen Mu.

"Shen Mu, a human, I've heard of you. When did you become a peripheral member of my Ancestral God Cult?"

A streak of purple light appeared across the sky.

This was a figure about 3.2 meters tall with a slender figure, none other than the Venerable Zidou Kou.

She was entirely purple, with hundreds of purple braids hanging down her head. Her body was covered in purple crystal-like armor, exquisite and translucent. Through the semi-transparent armor, one could vaguely see the naked body of her purple figure, which resembled a female human.

Shen Mu flipped his right hand, and the Ancestral God Token bestowed upon him by the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds appeared.

"The Ancestral God's Decree? The soul imprint is indeed yours, so you really are a member of my Ancestral God Cult."

The Purple-Clad Bandit was initially somewhat angry, believing that Shen Mu was impersonating a member of the Ancestral God Cult.

But after seeing the Ancestral God Token, his attitude softened, and his gaze toward Shen Mu became much more affectionate.

"I never imagined that the genius who was famous among the human race thousands of years ago would grow into the super immortal King of the Barking Mirror."

The Venerable Zidou Kou sighed and asked, "What brings you here?"

Shen Mu bowed slightly and said, "This junior wishes to enter the Ice Prison for training!"

Venerable Zidou Kou was slightly taken aback and said, "With your strength, you are absolutely invincible in the Ice Prison, so there is no training effect at all."

"Please grant my request, senior," Shen Mu continued.

Seeing this, Venerable Zidou Kou didn't say much, but said, "Considering that you are also a member of the Ancestral God Sect, I will let you stay in the Ice Prison for a hundred years."

Shen Mu quickly expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Venerable One."

Some readers have expressed their disapproval of the plot involving the enslavement of the Universe Venerable in the first two chapters, so I've made some changes. These changes don't affect the later chapters. Readers who are interested can check them out.

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