Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 158 The Universe Venerable

Several dozen days later, the battle within the divine kingdom came to an end, relieving Tang Yongqing of thousands of years of repression.

Inside the magnificent temple, which seemed to be cast from stars, Tang Yongqing, completely naked, nestled in Shen Mu's arms.

"Amu, I want to go out and gain experience." Tang Yongqing's voice still carried a hint of softness.

Shen Mu's fingers brushed over Tang Yongqing's crystalline skin. The eternal body of the Realm Lord was naturally smooth and fair, warm to the touch.

"Alright, where do you want to go for training?" Shen Mu asked softly.

Tang Yongqing shook her head slightly, her expression serious: "I want to experience real life-and-death trials."

Shen Mu was slightly surprised by this attitude; Tang Yongqing was different from his parents.

Shen Gang and Chen Wen were true martial artists from the very beginning, having truly experienced a great rebirth and possessing a genuine martial arts heart.

In his early years, fearing that he would be controlled by the alien race and become a burden to Shen Mu, he obediently cultivated in seclusion at the Kyushu Company.

But ever since Shen Mu rose to prominence, the couple has been undergoing life-and-death trials in various dangerous places within the human race's territory.

However, Shen Mu always arranged for people to protect him in secret, so even if there was a life-or-death crisis, there was no possibility of being enslaved by his soul. Even if he died, Shen Mu would ask someone to resurrect him.

However, her parents were unaware that someone was secretly protecting them, a mindset that Tang Yongqing lacked.

"Why are you suddenly so serious?" Shen Mu asked with a smile.

Tang Yongqing brushed away Shen Mu's mischievous hand and said, "My current mastery of the laws is only at the ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge. If I don't use the Amplification Secret Technique, I simply can't get past the tenth level."

"But Mingyue, that child, also passed the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge a few years ago. I'm afraid it won't be long before I, as her mother, am far surpassed."

Suddenly, Tang Yongqing bit Shen Mu with gritted teeth: "And also, break through to the peak of the King-level as soon as possible, and expel this wisp of your divine power."

Even if Shen Mu's divine power didn't cause any trouble, its presence within her body still made her very uncomfortable; the oppressive aura kept her constantly on edge.

Shen Mu chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, then let's get some experience."

There are many training realms controlled by the human race, the most top-tier of which are probably realms like the Blood Luo World, which offer great opportunities.

"How about this, I'll take you to the third dimension for training."

"A third timeline?" Tang Yongqing looked at Shen Mu with some doubt.

Human beings possess many top-tier secret realms, which are ranked according to their level of specialness.

For example, the Primal Secret Realm is known as the Ninth Dimension.

"This third dimension is a wondrous realm formed in the early days of the primordial universe after the fall of the strongest being in the universe!"

Upon hearing Shen Mu's words, Tang Yongqing looked skeptical: "Impossible, right? How could the strongest being in the universe perish within the universe?"

As Shen Mu's wife, Tang Yongqing naturally had a deep understanding of realms such as the Lord of the Universe and the Strongest Being in the Universe.

Countless true gods perished during the three great cycles of the primordial universe, but almost all of them died in the cosmic sea.

Because the rules governing the universe exert immense pressure on true gods, as long as they remain within the cosmic sea, even after breaking through to true godhood, their divine bodies will forever be suppressed to the level of a universe lord's genes, which is ten thousand times stronger.

In the primordial universe, the suppression of rules would be even more severe. Even true gods could only unleash the power of the sixth rank, and none of them could do anything to the other, so it was naturally difficult for them to perish.

"That true god wasn't killed; he brought it upon himself."

Shen Mu began to explain to Tang Yongqing the origin of the third timeline. This unfortunate true god from the ancient times of the primordial universe was named "Ancient Mountain Founder".

He once ventured into the cosmic sea during the era of the Lord of the Universe and obtained an opportunity, thus becoming one of the first true god-level beings in this cycle of reincarnation. He is also a master of treasure refining, second only to the Mountain Guest.

Later, during his adventures in the Cosmic Sea, the founder of this ancient mountain obtained a drop of special divine water, a rare treasure of the Cosmic Sea.

The founder of that ancient mountain originally intended to use this peculiar divine water to refine treasures, but he was unexpectedly eroded by this strange divine water, which even annihilated his soul, and then he perished.

After its fall, this strange and mysterious realm of divine fall was formed.

Later, when the human race rose to power, this secret realm of fallen gods was incorporated into the human race's territory.

"The strongest being in the universe, and he just died like that."

Tang Yongqing sighed, then looked at Shen Mu and asked, "Did that strange artifact that killed this strongest being in the universe fall into the hands of our human race?"

Shen Mu shook his head and smiled: "You're overthinking it. Back then, our human race was just one of countless ordinary races in the primitive universe."

"By the time our human race rose to power, that powerful cosmic artifact had already been taken away by the Ancestral God Cult."

Although the history of humankind spans trillions of years, it is still considered ancient compared to the Ancestral God Cult, the earliest and most powerful force in the universe.

Although Shen Mu had no knowledge of the history of the original universe, as a time traveler, he still had a general understanding of it.

The original universe had a lifespan of about ten trillion epochs. In the original story, from the birth of the Jin World to the outbreak of the World Beast Catastrophe, more than sixteen trillion epochs passed.

After the Great Catastrophe of the Beast Realms was quelled, the primordial universe went through more than six trillion epochs before its destruction.

Based on this calculation, the history of this cycle of reincarnation is definitely less than 2.4 trillion epochs, and may not even be 2 trillion epochs.

"Alright, let's go to the Fallen Gods Realm!"

"I'll go with you; I also happen to be planning to explore the core of this Fallen God Realm."

Like the Blood Luo World, this Godfall Secret Realm nurtured its own civilization and countless lives, but the most powerful being among them was only a Universe Venerable.

Once a cosmic overlord is born, he will be killed by the Ancestral Tree Venerable who guards the Godfall Secret Realm.

"I already said I wanted to experience life and death, so why are you following me?"

"Next time you'll experience life and death again, be good."

Tang Yongqing still had a bit of a temper, but in the end she succumbed to Shen Mu's divine power and had no choice but to agree.

……

In the depths of the endless mountains of the Godfall Continent, in a vast forest...

hum!

Ripples appeared in the void, and then the figures of Shen Mu and Tang Yongqing emerged.

"The spacetime here is so stable!" Tang Yongqing sensed the spacetime around her.

She discovered that here, her world projection had shrunk to about a thousand kilometers, and the suppression was extremely severe.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "Of course, this continent with a diameter of over 1 trillion kilometers is the divine body that the strongest being transformed into after his fall."

"One trillion kilometers!?"

Tang Yongqing was startled. Such a huge divine body was a full 10 times larger than Shen Mu's largest Nether Sea clone!

Of course, Shen Mu's Netherworld clone cannot compare to the true Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, whose divine body spans a full 12 light-years.

Shen Mu smiled and then looked up.

In the distance, the vast world was filled with rolling clouds, resembling dragons and snakes. Even with Shen Mu's eyesight, he could only barely see a distance of tens of millions of miles.

"Alright, sister, go and gain experience on your own. The local people here are extremely xenophobic, so be careful."

Tang Yongqing nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I understand."

Then Shen Mu's figure disappeared from the spot, heading straight for the core of this continent.

It is also known as the Ancestral God Palace, but it refers to the ancestral god of the native inhabitants of this world, not the ancestral god of the Ancestral God Religion.

……

In the very center of the Godfall Continent, there stands a very ordinary temple, constructed entirely of common stones, and somewhat dilapidated.

Outside the temple, more than twenty local powerful figures, exuding the aura of venerable beings, sat cross-legged in a circle.

Suddenly, a ripple spread through the void.

"Traversing the void? Impossible!"

One of the indigenous venerables instantly became alert, knowing that within a radius of hundreds of millions of kilometers around the Ancestral God Temple, only ancient gods like them who had comprehended the Great Dao of Space could traverse the void.

All the ancient gods on their Godfall Continent were in seclusion outside the Ancestral God Temple, so who exactly is this being that traverses the void?

hum!

Shen Mu's figure appeared out of thin air, and he was immediately met with countless attacks.

"court death."

Shen Mu originally did not want to slaughter this group of native venerables, after all, there was a reason why the tribe spared them without killing them.

boom!

A vast cosmic phantom appeared out of thin air, then exploded instantly. The terrifying divine power tore through the void and blasted everyone away in an instant.

"town!"

Shen Mu's demonic voice echoed, instantly causing severe damage to the souls of the more than twenty cosmic venerables present, who fell into a deep sleep.

"There is only one High-Level Venerable. It seems that even in the secret realm formed by the fall of the strongest being in the universe, the potential is very low."

Shen Mu's gaze fell upon the temple.

This temple was built by the local indigenous people, and in the center of the temple is a broken, mysterious stone sphere, which is the shattered heart of the true god.

Beneath the heart of the true god lies a small pool, a divine liquid that has condensed over countless ages, pulsating with pure temporal and spatial power.

This is the greatest opportunity for members of the core layer of the universe, called Ancestral God Spirit Liquid. Every drop can create a genius whose talent in the laws of spacetime is no weaker than that of the Demon Killer Clan.

"The true heart of this rock-like life form was actually a stone sphere."

The Heart of the True God has similar functions and effects to the Protocore.

Upon reaching the realm of True God, the divine body returns to its original state. If a flesh-and-blood life form achieves True Godhood, then the divine body reverts to a flesh-and-blood divine body. Plant-based life forms, rock-based life forms, and so on, revert to their original forms.

This was the first time Shen Mu had ever seen the Heart of a True God. Although the True God had fallen, many wondrous runes still remained on it.

hum!

A surge of immense divine power flowed from Shen Mu's palm, pouring into the heart of the true god.

Boom!

In an instant, the surrounding spacetime trembled slightly, and the ability to seal spacetime surged to a new level. Even a cosmic venerable could not traverse spacetime within a radius of hundreds of millions of kilometers.

"A naturally occurring domain-type treasure, but unfortunately its effects are too weak, so it can only be considered an ordinary treasure."

Suddenly, Shen Mu received a call request from the virtual universe.

"The Venerable Ancestor Tree?"

Shen Mu connected a wisp of his consciousness to the virtual universe, and then received this top universe overlord in his Hunyuan Divine Palace.

"Hun Yuan, this incomplete True God's Heart is only comparable to an ordinary domain-level treasure. Even if someone were to refine it into a true supreme treasure, it would still only be at the ordinary level. You shouldn't lack treasures of this caliber, right?"

The true form of the Ancestral Tree Venerable is a handsome young man, about three meters tall, born from the Mother Ancestral Planet, with crystal-clear skin and a mysterious pattern on his forehead that spreads to his entire cheek.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know that the Heart of the True God cannot be taken away. I'm just here to study it."

The Venerable Ancestral Tree breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. If Shen Mu had taken the Heart of the True God, the greatest opportunity in the entire Godfall Secret Realm would have been lost.

There are many treasures among the human race that can enhance the laws of spacetime, but very few can be produced in stable quantities, especially those that are effective for immortal gods and can be produced in large quantities.

The Ancestral God's Elixir of the Fallen God World is one of them, and it is the one with the largest production volume.

The situation in the Blood Luo World is similar. In the Ancient God Abyss of the Blood Luo World, there is also a peculiar treasure, which is a strange treasure that impacts willpower.

That treasure contained the obsession of the fallen beast god throughout his life. Even ordinary cosmic venerables could not withstand the impact of that will. In terms of value, it was much higher than ordinary supreme treasures.

However, if that wondrous treasure is taken away, the entire Blood Luo World will no longer be able to produce Blood Luo Crystals.

"In that case, I won't bother you any longer."

After finishing his words, Venerable Zushu bid farewell to Shen Mu and left.

After dealing with the Ancestral Tree Venerable, Shen Mu once again focused his gaze on the stone sphere.

"The Heart of the True God is a hidden space, but there is no such hidden space in this stone sphere. It seems that it has completely collapsed."

The divine power erupting from Shen Mu's palm suddenly surged, with endless divine power surging forth.

Instantly, numerous secret patterns appeared on the stone sphere, and a burst of brilliant light erupted from it.

At that moment, void rifts burst open, and then began to close.

It didn't close out of thin air, but rather, like a void rift in a miniature universe, secret patterns of laws emerged from the rift, closing it up as if patching it up.

"Time stands still!"

With a thought, Shen Mu cast Time Freeze, but felt a strange resonance.

A strange feeling swept over him. At this moment, Shen Mu felt his consciousness transcend his body and resonate with the origin of the primordial universe across endless time and space.

Boom!

A vast pressure descended from beyond the heavens, and the purest fluctuations of the laws of time swept out, alarming the natives of the entire Godfall Continent.

……

The Milky Way is located countless light-years away.

Within Shen Mu's divine kingdom, a vortex of tri-colored dawn light with a diameter exceeding hundreds of billions of kilometers emerged.

The three time-related laws perfectly harmonized, creating a void at the core of the vortex, radiating the aura of the endless origin of the time laws!

"Splash splash splash..."

Visible to the naked eye, endless time-powered seawater surged from the void and poured into Shen Mu's Nether Sea clone.

At this moment, Shen Mu's Nether Sea clone began to undergo a qualitative change!

"Devour it!"

Shen Mu devoted all his efforts to absorbing the endless divine power of time, and at this moment, the aura of his Nether Sea clone began to surge.

Unlike when breaking through to immortality, when one achieves immortality, no matter how many clones one has, one will simultaneously be baptized by the ocean of the universe's origin, undergoing a complete transformation from beginning to end.

When breaking through from Immortal to Cosmic Venerable, the vast ocean of divine power will only choose the largest and most energetic divine body to descend upon.

Moreover, the time for the origin of the universe to descend during the process of breaking through to the level of the Universe Venerable is limited. If the divine body is relatively small, there is naturally a chance to transform all the divine power to the level of the Universe Venerable.

After tens of thousands of years and the accumulation of countless resources, Shen Mu's Nether Sea clone reached the limit of immortality in diameter, spanning a full trillion kilometers.

Such a massive divine body could not possibly be fully transformed to the level of a cosmic sovereign.

……

Moments later, the descent of the primordial universe ended.

The divine ocean, spanning hundreds of billions of kilometers in diameter, saw its waters, stretching over 400 billion kilometers, become a hundred times stronger, transforming into the level of a cosmic sovereign.

"Over 40 billion kilometers is enough for all my other clones to undergo a qualitative change."

With a thought, Shen Mu opened one divine kingdom passage after another, and all the divine bodies except for the Azure Dragon clone located in the initial universe returned to the divine kingdom.

Whoosh!

Endless divine power surged into the three divine bodies, including the Earthling, the Flame God Clan avatar, and the World Tree avatar.

In the blink of an eye, the original human being on Earth completely transformed into a cosmic sovereign.

As for the Yan God Clan's clone, its divine body was nearly 100,000 kilometers tall, and it also completed its transformation in just one minute.

Boom!

The World Tree, with a canopy diameter exceeding 5 billion kilometers and a span of up to 10 million kilometers, is also undergoing a transformation.

As endless divine power surged in, the World Tree clone erupted with rings of dazzling jade-like divine light.

Under the shroud of this divine light, the stability of spacetime within the entire divine kingdom increased by hundreds of times, making it comparable to the divine kingdom of the Lord of the Universe.

"I have finally become a supreme being of the universe!"

The avatar of the Flame God Clan slowly opened its eyes. With the blessing of ten thousand times the genetic power, the strength of the avatar of the Flame God Clan was completely comparable to that of a first-order universe lord.

"Divine Armor, appear!"

A translucent golden glass divine armor appeared on the Yan God Clan clone. The armor resembled the light armor of ancient China, covering only the upper body, with layers of water-like secret patterns flowing on it.

"Second form, activate!"

Boom!

With a roar, the supreme armor that originally covered the upper body changed its form, with countless glass armor plates intertwining and recombining.

A moment later, the avatar of the Flame God Clan seemed to be wearing a brand new suit of armor, the color of which changed from light gold to pure gold. The whole person seemed to be a god resurrected from ancient times, exuding a majestic aura!

At the same time, an incomparably powerful force surged into Shen Mu's divine body, instantly increasing the strength of Shen Mu's divine body a hundredfold.

Feeling the boundless power within his body, Shen Mu was slightly moved.

"This is... the divine body of the Lord of the Universe with ten thousand times the genetic power!"

(End of this chapter)