Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 177 Absolute Defense and Absolute Instant Kill in the Cosmic Sea

call out!

The dazzling stream of light that Bai Yujing transformed into swiftly swept through the gaps in the endless storm of light blades.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed, and Bai Yujing had traversed a distance of 5 light-years, approaching the enormous, dazzling wings of light.

At this distance, Shen Mu could clearly see that the wings of light were constantly releasing endless blade-like light.

These light blades ravaged the entire space, and some of the blade storms were silently absorbed when they touched the light wings.

It is precisely because eruption and absorption coexist that a certain constancy has been formed over countless years, and the blade storm within this winged space has never ceased.

At the core of the entire giant light wing, roughly in the lower middle part, there is a white wing. Around the white wing is a vacuum-like void, which naturally resembles the shape of the wing.

Whether it's the storm of light blades or these dazzling, enormous light wings, everything originates from this pair of white wings, each a hundred meters in size.

"We've finally arrived!"

"Bai Yujing, approach at full speed!"

A bright, clear light shone in Shen Mu's eyes as he stared intently at the white wings.

The next instant, Bai Yujing's speed increased dramatically again, and then he quickly fled towards the direction of the white wings.

Boom! A powerful surge of will swept in!

"Get out of here, get out of here, get out of here!!"

"You piece of trash."

"You lowly scum... Get out of my way, or I will kill you and tear your soul apart, so you will suffer eternal torment and regret it, regret it!"

It was as if a great being was roaring, its terrifying will lingering across countless trillions of years, still existing in the world.

Of course, after being washed away by the endless years, the remaining impact of will is only at the level of a true god, and poses no threat to Shen Mu now.

"Open it for me!"

"The mighty power of Heaven, annihilating humanity!"

Shen Mu's will seemed to transform into the king of gods who wielded thunder, and terrifying thunderous will swept out, easily annihilating the waves of will impact that swept in.

Shen Mu's will level has now surpassed that of an ordinary true god, making him comparable to a near-ninth-tier being like the Giant Axe Founder.

However, this has reached a limit, and to cross this limit, it would probably take countless years of sheer willpower.

If you want to overcome this limit in a short time, there are only two ways.

Either Shen Mu breaks through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, causing his soul strength to increase a hundredfold, or Shen Mu's state of mind undergoes a transformation.

Both of these can allow Shen Mu's will to transform to the limit of a true god in a very short time.

If both can be achieved, it will allow Shen Mu to undergo a direct transformation, surpassing the limits of the True God's will and reaching the level of a Void True God.

At that time, apart from the two holy land progenitors who transcended reincarnation and the suppressed primordial ancestor, no one in the entire universe sea could withstand the impact of Shen Mu's will.

Although the original work does not mention whether the progenitor possessed a very high level of will of a Void True God, Shen Mu personally believes that he did.

A moment later, Bai Yujing crossed the final distance and then hovered less than 10 kilometers in front of the white wings.

hum!

Suddenly, an invisible wave emanated from the white wings of light, communicating with Shen Mu.

"Humans." An ancient voice rang out.

This was a message from the Chaos Golden Wing Spirit. Although Shen Mu knew all this, he still pretended not to understand anything.

A phantom projection of divine power emerged from Bai Yujing, and Shen Mu immediately questioned, "Who are you?"

As he spoke, ten wings, shimmering with a chaotic glow, slowly floated in mid-air.

Buzz!

At this moment, Shen Mu's Eternal Wings were trembling violently, bathed in the light emanating from the white wings, undergoing a subtle transformation.

"Humans, I am the spirit of the supreme treasure!"

"I initially thought I was a complete treasure, but I never imagined I was..."

The white-winged spirit began to deceive people, but Shen Mu was too lazy to listen to its words. A thought, accompanied by a powerful will, swept outwards.

"Enough with the nonsense, just tell me how to get you to acknowledge me as your master!"

Shen Mu's thoughts were filled with boundless arrogance and confidence, catching the white-winged spirit off guard for a moment.

Isn't this indigenous cosmic venerable one a bit too ordinary?

A moment later, the spirit of the white wings conveyed its thoughts.

"I am severely damaged and need to devour precious materials to improve myself."

"As long as you can provide me with precious materials, I will pledge allegiance to you, but the conditions for pledging allegiance are extremely stringent."

"First and foremost, it must be a genetically perfect life form."

"Secondly, your will must surpass your own level by a whole realm. If you are immortal, your will must be comparable to that of a cosmic sage, and so on."

Shen Mu almost skipped over the conditions for recognizing a master when he read the original novel.

However, one thing I remember clearly is that there were only requirements in terms of willpower, not genetics.

Moreover, the requirements for willpower are extremely high, requiring one to transcend two major realms of self.

"I don't believe you. How about this, I want my soul servant to try to recognize me as its master. If the recognition fails, I will agree to your terms."

Faced with Shen Mu's request, the winged spirit remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, a thought spread out: "Alright, I agree to your request, but if the conditions for recognizing a master are not met, it will inevitably fail. You must understand this."

call out!

A sliver of light suddenly flew out from the edge of the white wings, only to be blasted away by the dense blades, instantly flung wildly to a distance of millions of kilometers.

Then that point of light, like a ball, was repeatedly knocked away by the endless light blades, darting around in mid-air.

"Human, let your soul servants grasp that core of mine, and I will show you how to recognize a master!"

Shen Mu suddenly sneered: "Wing Spirits, I've collected five pairs of wings, so I've obtained some inherited information."

"This should just be a damaged part, otherwise the surrounding light blade storm would change position as the core part moves. If you're not sincere, I'll turn around and leave."

As Shen Mu finished speaking, the entire Wing Space fell silent for a long time once again.

To be honest, Shen Mu didn't understand why this winged spirit hated recognizing a master so much.

If this winged spirit wants to transform into a real life form, it's understandable that it doesn't want to acknowledge a human as its master.

Later, after discovering that Luo Feng's wings had also developed sentience, the wing spirit was no longer aloof and was directly tricked by Luo Feng, who sent a clone of the Golden Horned Beast to complete the recognition of its master.

After much thought, there was essentially only one reason: the winged spirit believed that no one in this cosmic sea was qualified to be its master.

Seeing that the spirit of the wings had not responded for a long time, Shen Mu was too lazy to waste words and controlled his Eternal Wings, bathing them in the endless light.

Time passed day by day, but Shen Mu was not in a hurry. Instead, he was perfecting the second set of soul secret techniques.

If the Nine Spirits Secret Technique is a soul technique that takes into account all aspects of attack, defense, and control, then Shen Mu's second secret technique is a pure soul annihilation technique.

Once the two sets of secret techniques are completed, Shen Mu can attempt to fuse them together to create his first sixth-order secret technique.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed.

Shen Mu perfectly integrated his two laws of lightning and water into the framework of his own soul secret technique, creating a rudimentary secret technique, but its power was infinitely close to that of a fifth-order secret technique.

With continued refinement and improvement, it won't be long before it becomes a true fifth-tier secret technique.

"Human, I grant your request!"

"My core components cannot be separated. You can send your soul servants to approach my physical wings to try to imprint divine power and complete the recognition of mastery."

"But there's one thing you need to know: the consequence of failing to recognize the Lord is the collapse of the soul, which has nothing to do with me."

"Furthermore, regardless of the outcome of the recognition process, I have already instructed your soul servant to attempt it. You must provide me with a supreme treasure to heal yourself, or there's no point in discussing it further."

More than twenty years later, the Winged Spirit finally couldn't hold back any longer and began communicating with Shen Mu again.

Since only this human possesses a will that transcends his own realm by two levels, the soul slave's attempt to recognize a master is bound to fail.

"Very well, as long as you allow my soul servant to attempt to recognize me as its master, regardless of whether it fails, I can give you an extremely powerful and precious armor!"

As he spoke, the Divine Armor, seemingly cast from orange-gold glaze, appeared above the Jade Palace, radiating a unique aura of supreme power amidst the endless celestial mist.

"Alright, human, you keep your word!"

The Winged Spirit was clearly tempted; its greed was aroused by this supreme treasure armor.

Then a dazzling stream of light flew out from Baiyujing, revealing the figure of a Divine Eye Clan member. The rings of white light behind his head and the vertical pupil phantom clearly indicated the identity of the person before him.

"By order of my master, I have come to acknowledge him!"

Shen Mu, who had transformed into the appearance of a member of the Divine Eye Clan, exuded the pressure of a will at the level of a Lord of the Universe, causing the winged spirit to misjudge the situation.

"This is the method of imprinting divine power. You can just imprint it directly. Although your willpower is up to standard, your genetic level is not high enough, so you will inevitably fail."

"It's none of your business."

Shen Mu snorted coldly, and then his figure flashed, appearing on the white wings.

The white wings emanated powerful shockwaves of true god's will, which, in theory, only the God-Eye Clan members with the will of the 'Lord of the Universe' level could not get close to.

However, in the distant Jade Capital, a divine will swept out, protecting the 'Divine Eye Clan,' so it did not arouse any doubt from the Winged Spirit.

Before long, the winged spirit taught Shen Mu the method of imprinting divine power.

A faint smile appeared on Shen Mu's face, and then a wisp of divine power spread out, outlining a strange and complex inscription in the void, which was suddenly imprinted on the white wings.

"What's going on? This can't be! Absolutely not!"

The white-winged spirit was shocked. This Divine Eye Clan member clearly only possessed the will of a Universe Lord. The moment that divine power merged into him, his soul should have collapsed and he should have died.

"From this moment on, I am your master!"

After transforming into the appearance of a member of the Divine Eye Clan, Shen Mu reverted to his original form, unleashing a powerful aura of true godhood that revealed his identity.

"You, you're actually a clone!"

"No, your behavior suggests that you always knew the condition for recognizing a master was a will that transcended two major realms of your own!"

Shen Mu's figure slowly flew out of Baiyujing's protection, and the Yan God Clan's avatar flew out of Baiyujing's protection, with the Eternal Wings behind him blooming with dazzling chaotic divine light.

"Of course I told my master!"

A tender thought emanated from Shen Mu's Eternal Wings, which was the newly born intelligence of the Eternal Wings.

Such a treasure is inherently qualified to develop sentience, but the process will be very long.

However, with the replenishment of energy from the same source (the radiance of the wings), this time was rapidly shortened, and in just five or six years, a child-level level of intelligence was born.

"No!"

The white-winged creature cried out in terror, "Spirit! You're not part of the core components, so how could a spirit be born from you?!"

A mocking thought emanated from the Wings of Eternity: "You really think you're a core component? All six pairs of wings are unique and equal, possessing different functions."

"Although you are the Wings of Slaughter, possessing the strongest attack, you are still only one of the six wings!"

"Only the 'source' that stores energy is the core component."

"Bathed in the energy of the 'Source,' any pair of wings can develop sentience."

"As for now, all the sources are mine!"

The Chaos Ten Wings behind Shen Mu instantly expanded countless times, transforming into enormous wings of the Light Age, and began to frantically devour the endless storm blades!

As these storms of light blades merged into the Wings of Eternity, this treasure began to repair itself, emanating an increasingly powerful aura.

"No, no, all the energy of the source is mine!"

The white wings tried to seize the energy, but under Shen Mu's control, they not only failed to seize the energy, but also continued to radiate all their energy, allowing the Wings of Eternity to devour it.

"Master, I am the true spirit of the wings. I possess the boundless knowledge you left behind, and my help to you is far greater than that of this newly born spirit!"

At this moment, the white-winged spirit began to beg Shen Mu for mercy.

Shen Mu chuckled and said, "In my hometown, there's a saying: 'Once a man is disloyal, he will never be trusted again.'"

"I will not allow the spirit of my treasure to be disloyal to me!"

As all the energy was completely absorbed into the Wings of Eternity, the aura of the white wings completely subsided.

"Let's merge."

With a single thought, Shen Mu completely annihilated the intelligence within the white wings.

The white wings and Shen Mu's Eternal Wings began their final fusion.

An aura of pressure, faintly surpassing the level of a true god, emanated from the area, causing Shen Mu to feel a sense of unease.

Countless chaotic streams of light intertwined in the void, and the six pairs of wings, totaling twelve, were now completely complete.

Of course, this does not mean that this treasure has been completely restored to its peak condition; it still has a lot of damage and is not perfect.

To fully recover to its peak condition, one must either consume the energy stored in the source or devour a supreme treasure to perfect oneself.

Based on the energy stored in the source, restoring to the level of a true god in the void should not be a problem.

"I don't need to repair everything completely. For now, I only need to repair the first three pairs of wings and the last killing wing."

The first three pairs of wings were repaired and perfected, and the secret patterns within them were enough for Shen Mu to comprehend.

Once you understand the secret patterns of the first three pairs of wings, you can unleash a simplified version of One Thought of Void.

A single thought can lead to emptiness!

As the name suggests, this is the mark of the true god of the void, similar to the lord of the universe's control over space and time and the true god's words becoming law.

Compared to the other two, the Void of a Thought is more domineering.

The true god's words can only be fulfilled with the blessings of the primordial universe. If used to slaughter cosmic deities and cosmic masters, this ability will be lost.

However, the void of the Void God is not a gift, but absolute control.

Any Void True God can easily slaughter those tenth-tier True Gods with this ability; this is the power of a single thought to create the Void!

Boom!

As time passed, Shen Mu's Eternal Wings underwent initial repairs. The first three pairs of wings and the final Wings of Slaughter were fully perfected, officially becoming a Void Divine Weapon.

The repair of these four pairs of wings consumed about half of the energy stored in the source.

If the energy stored in the source is continued to be consumed, this treasure can be restored to its perfect state, but the boost to Shen Mu's combat power will be even worse.

The reason is simple: although the requirements for mechanical flow actuation are low, they are not without requirements.

Just like Shen Mu's Jade Palace, according to Shen Mu's speculation, the treasure that Master Zuoshanke refined for him was at least at the level of an Eternal True God, and might even be at the level of a Chaos Saint.

However, in Shen Mu's hands, it couldn't unleash much power, and he couldn't activate many layers of secret runes.

The same goes for the Wings of Eternity. Although they are very powerful, they cannot be perfectly activated in a short time. It is enough to improve and repair the parts that can be activated.

In particular, the core component of the Eternal Wings still contains the energy of its previous owner.

Although repairing the four pairs of wings consumed half of their energy, it was still enough for Shen Mu to unleash a Void True God-level light blade storm.

This attack can destroy even the most powerful and precious palaces; no one in the cosmic sea can withstand it, and they will be instantly killed!

"Six pairs of wings, among which the secret runes of the Wings of Slaughter are pure mechanical runes. They do not require comprehension; they can be unleashed to their maximum power simply by activating divine power."

"The first five pairs of wings correspond to the realms of the Universe Venerable, the Lord of the Universe, the True God, the Void True God, and the Eternal True God, respectively."

"As expected of a single-target mechanical weapon of the Eternal God level."

Once you understand the secret runes of the third pair of wings, you can unleash a simplified version of One Thought of Emptiness.

Following this logic, the fourth pair of wings represents a simplified version of the One Thought Universe, which is the symbol of the Eternal God.

As for the secret runes of the fifth pair of wings, if one comprehends them, one can unleash a simplified version of controlling chaos, with terrifying power.

"I wonder if the time of birth of the Duan Donghe lineage will change."

"If nothing changes, there will be at most three thousand years before the Broken East River lineage is born."

"Before the legacy of the Broken East River is revealed, I need to possess the power to suppress the primordial universe!"

With a thought, Shen Mu's six chaotic wings slowly landed behind his Earthling self, and then transformed into a feather robe woven from countless kinds of magnificent feathers.

"The power of the armor has also increased; its defensive capabilities are probably on par with Bai Yujing's. It can completely ignore any material attacks from any powerful being within the cosmic sea!"

Shen Mu sensed it briefly, but didn't pay it too much attention.

Although the defense was strong, it didn't significantly improve Shen Mu's abilities, since Bai Yujing was also immune to all material attacks anyway.

"Control space and time, activate!"

With a thought, Shen Mu channeled boundless divine power into the first two pairs of wings.

A chaotic current of energy, emitting a faint golden light, swept out, enveloping the entire illusory winged space and controlling the spacetime within it.

At this moment, even if those seventh-tier true gods came over, they would not be able to seize control of spacetime from Shen Mu without relying on supreme treasures.

"Such absolute and perfect control, it's truly powerful."

With such perfect control over time and space, Shen Mu finally discovered another hidden cave passage, not the one he came through, but a passage leading to a deeper part of the Peak Realm.

"Senior Jie Fanzi, your legacy is now mine!"

(End of this chapter)