Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 156 Analyzing the True God's Innate Secrets

"I never expected to be able to directly obtain so many powerful life forms' genetic materials and life structure patterns."

Shen Mu had assumed that the Mountain Hermit would give him some kind of inheritance, but that was not the case.

There are no shortcuts or secret techniques for achieving breakthroughs at the genetic level. The only way is to study and master the deeper genetic structure of life on your own.

"This matter requires the presence of the Netherworld Avatar in person."

Fortunately, the Nether Sea Avatar is quite special; it can have multiple bodies. One body is the endless Nether Sea, and the other is a human-shaped Nether Sea Avatar formed through a creation secret technique.

……

Beyond countless light-years, within the Shenmu Divine Kingdom.

The deep, endless sea of ​​blood surged and coalesced into the figure of Shen Mu.

The human-shaped avatar of the Nether Sea is nearly ten thousand miles tall. Although its total divine power is much less than that of its ocean form, the quality of its divine power is ten times stronger.

Because once the Netherworld Avatar transforms into the sea, although the total amount of divine power will surge, the intensity of the divine power will also be diluted tenfold.

hum!

A vortex suddenly appeared in the void; this was the Divine Kingdom Passage, leading directly to the Star Tower region, countless light-years away.

Then the vortex rapidly expanded, swallowing up the nearly ten-thousand-mile-tall Dark Sea clone.

A moment later, Youhai's clone entered Zuoshanke's miniature universe and then came to Shen Mu's side.

Wow!

The secret technique of transforming into the sea was activated once again, and the gigantic humanoid life form, reaching a height of ten thousand kilometers, began to dissolve, transforming in an instant into a surging, endless ocean.

"Now we can try to use the creation technique."

Boom!

A small, dark sea with a diameter of 100,000 miles suddenly erupted with extremely strong energy fluctuations, which then formed a strange vacuum region.

With a thought, Shen Mu sent a strange hair, tens of thousands of kilometers long, flying up and then falling into the vacuum area.

hum!

A strange wave of enlightenment spread out, beginning to analyze the life essence contained within this hair.

"This strange realm... seems to point directly to the very essence of life."

Shen Mu's perspective is now extraordinary, and he immediately realized that the core of this creation technique is to simulate the operation of the original universe.

Only by simulating the mysteries of the origin of life can we analyze and dissect the genetic structure of life.

"No wonder this secret method of creating life can become the best aid to the path of divine power; it turns out that the potential of this secret method is so profound."

Shen Mu only sensed the strange fluctuations briefly before withdrawing his gaze.

I have only touched upon the fundamental mysteries of the soul; I have not yet truly entered the realm of enlightenment.

If one is distracted by delving into the mysteries of life's origins, efficiency will be greatly reduced, resulting in wasted effort and half the result.

"Then what is the principle behind my replication technique?"

Shen Mu thought of his cheat code since his rise to power: the heaven-defying ability to copy and plunder any life talent.

Previously, when Shen Mu used the replication technique, he was completely unaware of the slightest mystery.

This is not because the replication technique has no secrets, but simply because Shen Mu's vision and knowledge are too limited, and he is not even qualified to perceive it.

"Perhaps we can give it a try now."

Shen Mu focused his attention on the genetic material of these powerful life forms.

"Were these special genetic materials really collected slowly in the cosmic sea by Master Zuoshanke after his reincarnation?"

To be precise, Shen Mu didn't really believe it, because such efficiency was too low.

Moreover, the genes and specimens here are so systematic that they even form a unique pattern of life.

Even if the Mountain Dweller is capable enough, without enough materials, it would be impossible to achieve this.

Therefore, Shen Mu believed that this was brought from the Origin Continent by the Mountain-Sitting Guest, just like the Crystal Stone Tablet of that day.

"Judging from their aura, the genetic level of these life forms is estimated to be at the level of ten thousand times their original genetic level, and they are probably all materials at the level of true gods."

If it is the genetic material of a true god of the void, it may not be able to be brought into the cosmic sea.

The materials are of god-like quality; it's unknown how many years it would take to replicate and analyze the secret techniques.

Shen Mu's figure flashed, and he began to cut out an inconspicuous small piece from each life material. Just a tiny bit was enough to perform the replication technique.

After working for half a day, Shen Mu finally collected all the life materials and put them into his world ring.

Since Shen Mu achieved immortality, all his clones have been able to use the cheat codes and abilities he once relied on.

However, Shen Mu did not want to use this ability within the small universe of the Mountain Guest.

The reason he was exposed to the human race's high command was simply because what the human race's high command wanted from Shen Mu was merely to protect humanity.

The Mountain-Sitting Guest seeks revenge, and Shen Mu is unsure whether the Mountain-Sitting Guest will see through his abilities and secrets, thus causing unnecessary trouble.

"Let this little Dark Sea clone stay here and analyze the structure of life."

……

Chaos City, City Lord's Mansion, Hunyuan Palace.

Since Shen Mu achieved the status of the Lord of the Universe, he naturally also had his own palace in the outer mansion of the City Lord's Mansion.

In the main hall, a humanoid azure dragon clone with dragon horns on its forehead slowly opened its right hand, a world ring floating in its palm.

"Analysis!"

As Shen Mu's thoughts stirred, an invisible, ethereal divine power spread out, forming a strange vacuum sphere in Shen Mu's palm, similar to the secret technique of "Creation".

Wow!

The World Ring began to dissolve, along with the genetic material of thousands of powerful life forms within it.

"Analysis of the 'Nine-Gourd Spirit Beast,' a perfect genetic life form of true god-level, is underway. The analysis is expected to take 47.9 years."

"Analysis of the 'Blood Bitter' true god-level perfect genetic life form is underway, with an estimated analysis time of 49.4 years."

"Analysis of the True God-level Perfect Genetic Life Form 'Partridge Phoenix' is underway, with an estimated analysis time of 54.6 years."

"..."

"Analysis of the 'Source Beast,' a true god-level perfect genetic life form, is underway. The estimated analysis time is 97.4 years."

The difficulty of analyzing a true god-level life at the Immortal Realm is about the same as the difficulty of analyzing a born beast god at the Realm Lord level.

However, it is clear that even among life forms with the same 10,000 times the genetic diversity, the life forms provided by the Mountain Dweller have higher potential, and the analysis time is naturally longer.

At this moment, Shen Mu's attention was not on the analytical information of these genetic life forms, but rather on the strange fluctuations that occurred during the execution of his special secret technique.

"Sure enough, that strange light did not disappear, but changed into an even more formless and intangible form, settling within my body, or rather, within my soul."

Shen Mu once believed that the culprit that had allowed him to cross over into this world had completely disappeared and transformed into a heaven-defying secret technique that enabled him to rise to power.

It seems that the mysterious glimmer has never disappeared.

"To be precise... this light should be a special kind of treasure. The so-called ability to replicate and plunder is just the most basic ability of this divine treasure."

Shen Mu had never been able to discern the true nature of his cheat ability before, and although things weren't much better now, he at least knew that his cheat ability was actually a unique and wondrous treasure.

"I still don't understand."

Shen Mu shook his head slightly, then focused his attention on the analysis of the secret technique.

"It seems that the secrets of these life forms are very powerful."

Hopefully, there will be a few truly overpowered secret techniques.

Shen Mu was certain that the realms of Cosmic Venerable, Cosmic Lord, and True God would have three more opportunities for replication and analysis.

Back when Shen Mu achieved the Planetary level and gained the ability to plunder and replicate secret techniques, he knew that he could use it once at each level, from Planetary to True God.

While it's unclear whether one can continue to plunder the talents of other life forms after reaching the True God level, one thing is certain.

That means one's innate secret techniques will not disappear at the True God level; otherwise, there would be no need for True Gods to continue plundering secret techniques.

……

Meanwhile, in the Qianwu Secret Realm.

"Hahaha, I originally thought that you would definitely surpass me in at least 10 eras."

"I never expected that in just over an era, I would be no match for you."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was very pleased. Looking at the little disciple in front of him who showed no energy fluctuations whatsoever and seemed not even to be an apprentice, he beamed with joy.

As one of the few people who knew the identity of the Silver Sand King, the Qianwu Kingdom Lord was well aware that his little disciple's combat strength was at least comparable to the three top overlords of the clan.

"No matter what, you will always be my teacher," Shen Mu said with a smile.

After the master and apprentice chatted and laughed, Shen Mu finally got to the point.

"Teacher, approximately how much debt do you have?"

Upon hearing Shen Mu's words, the King of Qianwu scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "I don't owe you anything."

Seeing Shen Mu's somewhat puzzled expression, the Qianwu Kingdom Lord said, "After the clan announced that you had become a Universe Venerable, they directly rewarded me with 10 Treasure Points, saying that this was my contribution to the clan in selecting talents."

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu could roughly guess that it was probably the work of the Chaos City Lord, and that others probably wouldn't notice the situation of the Qianwu Kingdom Lord.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom felt very embarrassed, as Shen Mu's talent was already very high.

Even if they don't become his disciple, they will definitely be taken in as disciples by other rulers after entering the Virtual Universe Company.

After much deliberation, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom still did not feel that he had done anything to cultivate Shen Mu.

The biggest difference between having him and not having him might be whether or not one can win first place in the Genius Battle, but that first place is meaningless.

Even without this first place, my junior disciple will quickly realize his talent and gain the favor of other powerful individuals after entering the virtual universe company's large platform.

Seeing that the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was somewhat embarrassed, Shen Mu directly changed the subject, saying, "Teacher, I'll give you a heads-up: the Primal Star is about to open."

Primordial Star?

Upon hearing this, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom recalled some unpleasant memories.

"Teacher, now that you have Treasure Points, exchanging for two or three ordinary Treasures isn't out of the question."

"It's just that your luck is too bad, teacher. Trying to venture into the Primordial Star with just an ordinary treasure is far too dangerous."

With a flash of light in Shen Mu's palm, a tiny, exquisite mountain the size of the entire globe appeared.

It was the "Mountain-Suppressing Hall" that was exchanged from the clan back then.

Shen Mu initially exchanged for the Zhenshan Palace in order to suppress the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf, but now that he is strong enough, he no longer needs it.

If Sirius dares to show his face in front of Shen Mu again, he will be instantly killed, and there is even a chance of soul control!

Shen Mu's fifth-order secret technique, "Nine Spirits," can ignore all soul defense capabilities below the peak level of soul-type treasures.

A mere universe lord with genes thousands of times stronger than a divine body could severely damage his soul with a single move.

If one suppresses the self-destruction with the secret art of will and continuously casts the Nine Spirits Secret Technique, one can basically control the soul of any universe lord below the fourth rank.

"This is... a palace-type treasure?!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom looked at the treasure with great care, and unconsciously lowered his voice as he spoke.

At his peak, he did indeed possess an ordinary weapon treasure, but this palace-type treasure was on a completely different level.

Universe overlords typically possess multiple treasures, with the best among them possibly having high-level treasures or armor-type treasures, but only a very few possess special treasures like palaces.

"Indeed, this treasure is called the Mountain-Suppressing Palace. It has the function of suppressing and sealing, and it is considered a top-grade treasure among ordinary treasures."

"Although it is just an ordinary treasure, its defensive power is not weak. Even if someone like the Chaos City Lord wanted to break it, it would take a long time to bombard it endlessly."

"As long as this treasure cannot be broken, it is practically immune to material attacks."

"With this treasure by his side, Teacher should be safe on the Primal Star."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom blushed slightly, and with immense willpower, he refused, saying, "No, this treasure is too precious; I cannot accept it!"

Shen Mu laughed and said, "Teacher, I really don't need them anymore. In the future, I'm afraid there will be even more treasures that I won't need. I'll either contribute them to the clan or give them to my relatives and friends."

"You are my teacher, if I don't give you my place, who else should I give it to?"

Faced with Shen Mu's explanation, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom did not know how to respond.

He did want the treasure, but it was still too strange for a teacher to want his disciple's treasure!

"Teacher, I am now a Universal Venerable, and I need some people under my command."

"When I was cultivating in the secret realm years ago, Master Hantian treated me well. Besides him, there's also Senior Brother Zhenli, who I heard is currently cultivating in seclusion in Chaos City and has already broken through to the Immortal realm. Let's bring them all under my command."

Zhen Li was the peak realm master who guided Shen Mu to the Qianwu Secret Realm.

Although Zhen Li's mastery of the laws is not low, he is actually still a long way from breaking through to immortality. He is among the bottom of the world lord-level members in the Qianwu Secret Realm, otherwise he would not have been sent out.

The reason Zhen Li was able to break through to the Realm Lord level was because the Special Minister, out of respect for Shen Mu's brother, gave him a spot to comprehend the Initial Universe.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom came to his senses and nodded, saying, "No problem. Within the Qianwu Universe, your orders are equivalent to mine. Just do as you see fit."

Shen Mu is now nominally a Cosmic Venerable of the Virtual Universe Company, and he does indeed need a group of people under his command.

Many people have taken good care of Shen Mu on his path to adulthood, so Shen Mu naturally extends an olive branch to them.

Te Chen, the Grand Steward of the Qianwu Secret Realm, is a capable assistant to his teacher and the only King-level expert under his command. Moreover, he is at the limit of the King-level realm, so it is not easy to poach him directly.

"As for Teacher Longyu, we could try to recruit him, but we don't know if Venerable Nine Swords will release him."

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a big problem. After all, Longyu King is practically an invincible king, and he doesn't necessarily have to follow the Nine Swords Venerable.

In terms of strength, King Longyu is slightly stronger than King Qijian and King Mengsui.

While facing a beginner-level cosmic venerable might not guarantee survival, it wouldn't necessarily result in being suppressed or killed without any resistance; delaying the inevitable is still achievable.

Especially when facing a king like Zhenyan, who is invincible, Longyu King can even guarantee that she will not lose. What she lacks is only a way to escape, which is something that even the Seven Sword Kings cannot do.

"Teacher Mad Blade King can be transferred over, after all, he is the only member of the Flame God Clan among the many soul servants of the clan's powerful members, so it is only natural for him to be transferred to my command."

"Oh right, there's also that Realm Lord Luo, who also guided you for a long time. He'll follow me from now on."

To be honest, Brother Hong has been hiding his brilliance for quite some time now. As one of the Earthlings, he no longer needs to conceal his talents.

……

That day, a piece of news shocked the highest levels of the entire human race.

Two Domain Lord-level members from the core layer of the Giant Axe Arena actually managed to pass through the 27th and 21st islands of the Illusionary Sea, respectively.

These two domain lord-level members are naturally Hong and Thor.

Among them, the most outstanding Hong Yijiu became the nominal disciple of the founder of the Giant Axe, while Thor was directly accepted as a personal disciple by the Lord of Void Gold.

With the existence of Hong and Thor, many cosmic lords of the human race are increasingly envious of the functions and effects of Earth.

However, Shen Mu had previously stated that he would only open up Earth after he broke through to the level of a Universe Venerable.

Even if they were extremely envious, they would not defy Shen Mu's will.

After all, at the Immortal level, one can at least rival a third-order Universe Lord.

When he reaches the level of a Universe Venerable, he may very well be no weaker than the Lord of Chaos City.

As for what kind of strength Shen Mu will have after breaking through to the level of a Universe Lord, many Universe Lords only dared to speculate in their hearts, and no one dared to talk about it casually.

(End of this chapter)