Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 162 Overpowering the Lord of the Universe

This is a vast, desolate mountain forest, where each ancient tree is tens of thousands of kilometers tall and permeated with a special, highly poisonous substance.

If one were to be accidentally scratched by this branch, even the divine body of a cosmic sage would be severely damaged.

Boom!

A terrifying energy surge erupted within the mountains and forests, where more than thirty powerful individuals were engaged in a chaotic battle. They came from the Crystal Clan Alliance, the Three Mountains Alliance, and the Nine Domains Alliance.

"The Three Mountains Alliance, the Nine Domains Alliance, you dare to challenge my Crystal Clan Alliance even without the strongest being in the universe to protect you!"

"You are nothing but loyal lackeys of the Crystal Clan, yet now you're raising your banners."

"That's right, your race doesn't even have a Lord of the Universe. You're just an unknown nobody in the Crystal Clan Alliance."

The battle appeared chaotic, but in reality, the powerful figures of the Three Mountains Alliance and the Nine Domains Alliance had reached a tacit agreement to expel the powerful figures of the Crystal Clan Alliance first.

At this moment, the treasure had fully emerged. Although its level could not be determined by its aura, it was a strange silver tower, most likely a palace-type treasure.

Boom!

Suddenly, a vast pressure of consciousness swept over, followed by endless lightning power that intertwined to form a cosmic phantom that instantly enveloped the area.

This is Shen Mu's "Universe of Thunder" secret technique. After 100,000 years, it has reached the level of the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe.

"This treasure is destined for me."

Amidst endless lightning, Shen Mu's figure resembled a thunder ruler, and then a random bolt of lightning erupted, instantly blasting away the figures of all the powerful figures near the tower.

hum!

A wisp of divine power merged into the silver-white tower, and with a roar, the entire tower was taken away by Shen Mu.

Then Shen Mu transformed into a streak of light and vanished from the spot.

"Who was that just now? I don't think I've ever seen him before."

"It is indeed completely unfamiliar."

"He is none other than Venerable Hunyuan, the human prodigy who was renowned throughout the universe eight eras ago!"

"Just now, under the influence of that Thunder Domain Secret Technique, I actually felt like I could perish at any moment. I am a cosmic overlord! How can someone so young be so powerful?"

A Universe Venerable from the Crystal Clan Alliance suddenly realized, "No wonder he became a Universe Venerable after only one era of cultivation; he must have had a special encounter!"

On the scale of the entire primordial universe, what can be called a special encounter is extremely rare and difficult to replicate.

For example, the three top overlords of the human race, the Lord of the Sinking Fire of the Demon Alliance, and so on, each of them has had special encounters, and their divine bodies are exceptionally strong and large.

"A special encounter? It seems that the human race is about to produce its fourth top overlord."

"No, this news is too important; it must be relayed back to the clan!"

Many powerful figures quickly spread the news that Hunyuan Venerable had likely received a special encounter and possessed a top-tier hegemonic power through the divine avatars they left behind within their clans or alliances.

……

On the other side, Shen Mu slowly flew across the sky, the silver-white tower in his palm spinning and scattering a faint glow.

"What a pity, it's not a top-tier palace-type treasure."

The most valuable palace-type treasures can be comparable to ordinary supreme treasures.

This silver tower is not bad, but it's worth at most around a thousand treasure points.

However, Shen Mu's luck was not bad.

Treasures of this quality are rare even on the original planet. Unless one has extraordinary luck, it's impossible to encounter such a treasure as soon as one leaves home.

"I remember that within a hundred years of the opening of the Primordial Star, a top-tier treasure sword called Heluo was born, but I can't recall which Primordial Star it was born on."

With Shen Mu's current level of cultivation, except in extremely special circumstances, such as the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual which violates the rules of the universe, there is no possibility that he would forget something.

Especially when one reaches the realm of the Lord of the Universe, one can control time and space and see everything one has experienced in the past.

However, the memories he had forgotten in his previous life would not be recalled as Shen Mu's cultivation level increased.

Shen Mu is still lacking in treasures, and he doesn't have enough treasure points to use up.

It's not that Shen Mu is being pretentious. For example, Shen Mu's ultimate secret techniques, such as "World of Thunder," cannot unleash their true power using high-grade treasures, somewhat similar to the situation of the Giant Axe Founder.

Only top-tier treasures are worth using; peak-tier treasures have the best effects.

Although the Dark Sea clone and the World Tree clone are forbidden zones in themselves, they do not need to be equipped with all the supreme treasures.

However, Shen Mu himself, the Yan God Clan clone, and the Azure Dragon clone should at least be equipped with a set of top-tier treasures.

In the treasure trove of the human race, an ordinary top-tier treasure weapon is worth about 1200 treasure points, while armor is worth around 2000 treasure points.

As for top-tier domain-level treasures, their value is generally around 3000 treasure points, while slightly less valuable ones are still around 2000 treasure points, comparable to top-tier armor.

The most exquisite treasures among the top-tier domain treasures, such as the Chaos City Lord's Thousand Treasures River and his own Wings of Time and Space, are worth nearly 4000 treasure points.

"The supreme treasure, the Sword River Luo, a realm-class artifact, is clearly destined for me!"

"Waiting for a hundred years or so at most is acceptable."

……

Within Shen Mu's divine kingdom, boundless energy surged and spread.

Although 70,000 years have passed since Shen Mu broke through to the level of a Universe Venerable, and his divine kingdom has reached a size of more than 10 light-years, it is far from expanding to its limit.

It should be noted that the diameter of Shen Mu's inner world is as high as 1 trillion kilometers, which is terrifyingly high from the outset.

Even the inner world of a World Tree at the World Lord level is only at the level of one billion kilometers.

At this moment, within the endless dark sea within the divine kingdom, a wooden house floats.

Inside the wooden house, time was accelerated by a hundred times, and a clone of the Nether Sea, shrunk countless times, sat cross-legged.

Before the clone of Youhai, a ball of bewitching blood was surging, seemingly without any fluctuation of energy.

However, at a deeper level, the genetic structure of blood is evolving and intertwining, forming a completely new genetic chain.

hum!

Suddenly, the aura of this blood began to surge, almost doubling in size!

"boom!"

A terrifying energy suddenly erupted from the depths of this pool of blood, as if an immortal god were self-destructing, completely burning everything and releasing its last bit of energy.

Shen Mu, whose clone from the Nether Sea had condensed, remained expressionless. With a wave of his hand, a mass of blood re-condensed, and then he continued to construct genes.

Each attempt to reconstruct and evolve into a higher level of life essence ultimately ends in failure.

Unfortunately, Shen Mu had no understanding of the fundamental mysteries of life, so the only way to evolve his own genes was through simulation and trial and error.

Just like the exhaustive method in mathematics, by trying all the derived life structures one by one, there will eventually be a correct one.

Of course, it wasn't entirely without any gains.

Inside the Time Palace, millions of years of sedimentation and countless failures have given Shen Mu some understanding of some basic rules of life genes.

While not profound, it was sufficient to determine which life forms' genetic structures were absolutely unsuitable for the Nether Sea clone, inevitably leading to failure, thus eliminating numerous errors and saving a great deal of time.

"Now I have found a life gene type suitable for the Nether Sea clone. I only need to find a stable life structure, and that will be the beginning of the path to divine power."

Shen Mu is now able to cause the genes of his Youhai clone to undergo a transformation, but the genetic structure after the transformation always collapses, triggering a self-destruction of divine power.

Success is possible as long as a stable genetic structure for life can be found.

……

Time flies and years pass.

In the blink of an eye, 87 years have passed since the arrival of the original star.

Among the billions of races in the universe, countless super beings explore alone or in alliance, searching for their own era in the primordial star.

Shen Mu also obtained over a thousand treasures on the original star, almost all of which were major treasures, with only about twenty ordinary supreme treasures.

Over these 87 years, Shen Mu traveled to various primordial stars, but he hardly experienced any real battles, just like when he first took that palace treasure.

However, Shen Mu caused many cosmic venerables on the original star a great deal of trouble.

Even many Venerables of the Hong Alliance were quite helpless against Shen Mu, because as long as Shen Mu appeared, they would definitely not get a share of the treasures. He didn't have the magnanimity of a top overlord at all.

You, a top-tier cosmic overlord, actually covet even precious treasures. Who can possibly compete with you for them?

Those with the power to acquire such treasures would never bother, but this newly appointed Lord of Hunyuan is different; he takes action as soon as a treasure appears.

However, these alien venerables could only complain. As long as Shen Mu did not commit any major taboos, such as wantonly slaughtering universe venerables and universe overlords, no one could criticize him.

On this day, in a hilly area of ​​the original star number 03129.

A unique aura spread far and wide, enveloping the entire primordial star!

On this primordial planet, countless powerful beings, whether exploring or vying for treasures, all tacitly ceased their actions at this moment.

"Such powerful magical energy!"

"A supreme treasure, and an extremely powerful one at that."

"This aura is even stronger than when I last witnessed the birth of a high-level treasure!"

Whoosh!

Countless powerful beings who had ventured into the primordial planet immediately burned their divine power and, disregarding all costs, flew at top speed toward the source of the aura.

In an instant, countless divine lights surged across the entire Primordial Star.

At that moment, on another primordial star, Shen Mu suddenly opened his eyes.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the most precious treasure to appear this time should be the Sword Tomb of Jian Heluo!"

Shen Mu received the news very quickly.

In the nearly ninety years since then, Shen Mu has seemingly killed very few Universe Venerables, but in reality, he has killed more than a thousand Universe Venerables.

"Primordial Star No. 03129... I've arrived!"

……

At this moment, on the original planet 03129, on a vast wasteland, an incomparably huge and boundless sea-colored tomb emerged.

The passage leading into the tomb was deep and dark, emanating an endless, rich energy that radiated across the entire primordial star.

"This is...could it be a supreme treasure of the flying palace type?!"

"This aura...this is definitely a top-tier treasure, a top-tier palace-type treasure!"

Outside this enormous tomb, thousands of cosmic venerables and cosmic overlords have gathered.

At this moment, a bewildered look appeared in the eyes of an inconspicuous high-level cosmic venerable among the crowd.

But in the blink of an eye, the confusion vanished, and his eyes became calm and expansive.

He is a Cosmic Venerable of a small clan in the Thorn Ring Alliance, and one of the thousands of Cosmic Venerable puppets that Shen Mu parasitized using the "Ten Thousand Spirits" secret technique.

"Look there, there's still a stone tablet at the entrance to the tomb!"

Many powerful figures turned their gazes to the stone tablet. The symbols on it were like the naturally formed script of the Ancestral God Sect. Even if no one recognized them, they could still understand their meaning at a glance.

"This is... the Sword Tomb?"

It turns out that this dark tomb was not a palace-like treasure, but a sword mound.

According to the inscriptions on the stone tablet, this sword tomb contains countless treasure-level swords.

Among them are more than ten supreme swords, as well as the most precious treasure, a top-level domain-class supreme treasure, a component of the Sword River Luo!

"A domain-level treasure, and a top-tier domain-level treasure at that!"

"This sword tomb actually contains the most crucial component of a top-tier domain-level treasure: the Sword River Luo's compass, and the divine sword it carries!"

"Hiss, is what this stone tablet says true? Nine swords combined into one is not only a top-tier treasure, but its offensive power is also comparable to a peak-level weapon!"

Thousands of cosmic venerables and cosmic overlords, beings renowned in the outside world and never showing their emotions, all wore expressions of shock.

Previously, extremely precious treasures had also appeared on the original star, including a divine sand sea that was comparable to a high-level treasure.

Every precious treasure that appears in the world represents a fierce and bloody battle!

In particular, the birth of that supreme treasure in the Sand Sea region resulted in the deaths of more than a few cosmic overlords and hundreds of cosmic venerables within a single day.

The so-called treasure of the Sand Sea Domain is not even in the same league as this Sword River Luo!

However, most of the Cosmic Venerables were not blinded by the Sword River Luo.

Such precious treasures are beyond the reach of these cosmic venerables and cosmic overlords.

Even the most powerful cosmic overlords are no match for such a treasure!

"Quickly, quickly! Contact the tribes and notify the alliance!"

"Great! We'll already receive rewards just for uploading the message! If the alliance manages to acquire this treasure, we'll receive even more rewards!"

……

When a top-tier treasure of the realm appeared, all the powerful beings on this primordial star rushed to the scene immediately, and even more powerful beings continued to arrive from other primordial stars.

In just a few hours, all the named forces in the primordial universe outside the Sword Tomb gathered together.

The nine top forces, including the Hongmeng and the Demon Clan Alliance, and the twelve top forces, including the Nine Domains Alliance and the Thorn Ring Alliance, are all present.

However, none of these thousands of powerful individuals dared to venture into the area; they simply stood in a standoff, waiting for the arrival of the powerful members of the alliance.

Suddenly, a deep purple streak of light flashed across the sky.

A bald man with bone wings appeared, and the pressure in the entire space-time instantly surged the moment he appeared!

"Controlling time and space!!"

"He is... the Lord of the Thorn Ring Alliance!"

In an instant, the expressions of countless powerful figures present changed drastically, with the powerful figures from the Thorn Ring Alliance being overjoyed.

They themselves had no idea that a cosmic master from the Thorn Ring Alliance happened to be exploring some of the nearby primordial stars; otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to arrive in just one day.

"I'm lucky. I didn't expect to encounter a top-tier domain treasure so soon after arriving at the Primordial Star for exploration."

The gentle voice came from the mouth of the Lord of Eternity, which was completely inconsistent with his fierce image.

This is a top-tier treasure! The Lord of Younan only has a bone gauntlet that is barely comparable to a top-tier treasure!

"Belongs to the Thorn Ring Alliance, follow me..."

Suddenly, a dazzling light appeared from the far distance, its speed also approaching the speed of light.

The moment they saw the clear light, Shen Mu's figure also appeared in the void.

"Lord of Hunyuan!"

"Although Lord Hunyuan is no match for Lord Younan, he should be able to buy some time!"

Surprise appeared in the eyes of many powerful members of the Hong Alliance.

They had some faith in the power of this newly crowned top cosmic overlord.

Over the years, Shen Mu has taken action more than once.

He once annihilated the soul of a cosmic overlord with a thousand times the genetic power in an instant; such strength is completely comparable to that of a newly arrived cosmic lord.

Boom!

The Wings of Time and Space behind Shen Mu slowly unfurled, directly confronting the control of time and space by the Lord of Difficulty.

"Hmm? It's also an extremely powerful domain-type treasure!"

The Lord of Difficulty's gaze towards the wings behind Shen Mu changed slightly, his gentle tone tinged with greed.

"Iceberg Palace!"

A magnificent, crystal-clear iceberg, stretching for hundreds of millions of kilometers, seemed to appear out of thin air and crashed directly down on the Lord of Difficulty.

The endless intricate carvings on the palace exuded a power that solidified time and space, instantly enveloping the Lord of Younan.

"The Iceberg Palace belongs to the Iceberg Lord of the Hong Alliance!"

"The Lord of Ice Peaks actually lent his most precious treasure to the Lord of Chaos Origin!"

Boom!

With a flap of its bony wings, the Lord of Difficulty held up the massive iceberg, which stretched for hundreds of millions of kilometers.

"The Iceberg Palace can't even unleash one-tenth of its power. It seems that this top-tier cosmic overlord is not entirely without merit."

The Lord of Younan, who had initially had some reservations, immediately stopped hesitating.

He then extended his other hand, his palm seemingly expanding thousands of times, unleashing his signature move, the ultimate technique, the Heaven-Covering Hand!

"snort!"

Shen Mu let out a cold snort, and endless ethereal divine power swept and condensed into a ferocious giant with three heads and twelve arms!

"hold head high!"

A roar erupted from the illusory, ferocious giant, the sound instantly reverberating throughout the area.

Nearly ten thousand cosmic venerables and cosmic overlords present were all trapped in an endless illusion at this moment. This was merely the aftereffect of Shen Mu's "Nine Spirits" secret technique.

Then the ferocious giant transformed into an invisible force, sweeping over the Lord of the Difficulties!

The Lord of Difficulty felt a sharp pain from the level of his soul instantly spread from his palm.

The aura emanating from that terrifying, sky-covering giant hand dissipated completely, and its dazzling divine light dimmed, revealing a gray bone gauntlet.

Although the Lord of Difficulty appeared to be unharmed, the soul imprint on his entire arm had actually been completely annihilated.

Before the Lord of Difficulty could react, Shen Mu's terrifying will transformed into a thunder hammer, slamming into the Lord of Difficulty's mind.

"town!"

With his mind blank, Lord Younan could no longer resist the power of the Ice Mountain Palace, and his divine body, spanning thousands of kilometers, was directly swallowed up.

Boom!

With a series of booming sounds, the huge iceberg rapidly shrank to a size of ten meters and hovered above Shen Mu's head.

At this moment, the entire primordial planet was completely silent. Only a very few cosmic overlords who possessed soul-type treasures awoke from the aftershocks of Shen Mu's demonic voice, staring blankly at the scene in disbelief.

"All powerful members of the Hong Alliance, follow me!"

Shen Mu's voice echoed out, and then, with the Ice Mountain Palace above his head, he took the lead and rushed into the deep tunnel.

The voice carried a special magic that directly awakened many of the powerful members of the Hong Alliance.

Just emerged from the illusion

"Where is the Lord of Yu Nan?"

"Why bother with all that? Do you even want to get into the Sword Tomb anymore?!"

"Yes, yes, quick, everyone follow Lord Hunyuan!"

(End of this chapter)