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Chapter 197 The Primordial Universe, Decayed Once Again

The initiation ceremony was kept simple.

After the ceremony, Shen Mu gave each of the universe lords present a dark-colored token.

This is the identity token of a registered disciple of the Void Extreme Sect. With this token, one can directly learn the most basic inheritances of the sect.

Beside Shen Mu, the Lord of Youhou, who was the first to grab the token, was slightly taken aback.

"Shen, Shen Mu, this is... an ultimate treasure?"

The Lord of Youhou had just imprinted his divine power into the token when a look of shock appeared on his face as he stared at Shen Mu in disbelief.

In addition to its communication and learning/inheritance functions, this token also has a basic 'exploration scan' function.

This so-called "exploration scan" is actually the formation of a simplified version of the "words become law" domain, similar to the effect of the second level of the Chaos Golden Wings.

For a true god, this token is quite powerful, equivalent to a special treasure, but that's about it.

However, for the Lord of the Universe, the power of this exploration and scanning is in no way inferior to activating the most powerful treasures of the domain category.

"It's not exactly a true supreme treasure; to be precise, it's more like a special treasure or a rare item, which is of little use to the strongest beings in the universe."

"I still have hundreds of thousands of identity tokens for registered disciples, you don't need to worry about them."

Even after Shen Mu offered an explanation, the other universe lords still stared incredulously at the black tokens in their hands.

At this moment, they finally had a concrete understanding of the Void Extreme Sect, the most prestigious sect in the ancient civilization.

Even the most basic messaging token is comparable to the "Ultimate Treasure," which shows how incredibly wealthy they are.

Even the Lord of Chaos City couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "I really don't know how powerful an ancient civilization at its peak really is."

Master Peng also sighed, "Indeed, even the lowest-level identity token would be enough to make many of the strongest people fight tooth and nail for it in our universe."

The Lord of Darkness didn't express any sentiments; at this moment, he was immersed in the introduction of the most basic inheritance guidelines.

There are hundreds of millions of inheritance guides, all of which point directly to the limits of the true god.

Such trashy inheritance wouldn't even be shielded by the rules of the cosmic sea, therefore it's not qualified to be contained by the Memory Stone.

"Shen Mu, no... Sect Master, these True God Limit inheritances and guidance, we... can choose any one to cultivate?"

The incomparably domineering Dark Lord in the cosmic sea cautiously inquired at this moment.

Shen Mu smiled and said, "These are just the most basic guidelines, commonplace even in ancient civilizations. You can choose any one to cultivate."

While it may be considered commonplace, this only applies to god-king level forces. For lower-level forces, it serves as the ultimate guide for solidifying their foundation.

The Lord of Darkness let out a long sigh and then said, "I will not attend the upcoming clan development meeting. Notify me of the meeting results, and I will only be responsible for carrying them out."

After speaking, the Lord of Darkness returned to Chaos City to enter seclusion. He had just seen tens of thousands of guides related to 'darkness' and 'illusion,' all of which touched him deeply.

The Lord of Darkness had a feeling that the sixth-order chasm that had imprisoned him for nearly a trillion epochs was beginning to loosen.

The Ice Peak Lord, who was standing to the side, also spoke up: "I won't stay any longer. You are all capable of handling the important matters of the clan."

The Lord of Ice Peaks had already explored the edge of a higher realm, and had even created the prototype of a fifth-order fusion secret technique.

With just a flash of inspiration, the Lord of Ice Peak will be able to perfect his secret techniques and become a true fifth-order universe lord.

However, after being exposed to so much guidance and information, the Lord of Ice Peaks broadened his horizons considerably and no longer looked down on his original rudimentary fusion technique.

The reactions of other universe lords were similar.

The three leaders of the top human forces—Lord of the Wilderness, Lord of Penggong, and Lord of Qingdong—all announced that they would not attend the meeting.

In the blink of an eye, almost all the cosmic lords present had slipped away.

In the end, apart from Shen Mu, Luo Feng, and the founder of the giant axe, there was only one human group's chief steward, the Lord of Chaos City.

A helpless smile appeared on the face of the Chaos City Lord: "These guys, all they know is how to slack off."

The founder of the giant axe looked at the Lord of Chaos City with some worry: "Chaos, you can't run away. The development of the race still needs your personal control. Shen Mu and I can't handle it."

Before the Shen Mu era, the founder of the Giant Axe was responsible for controlling the development direction of the entire race, while the detailed execution of the plans was handled by the Lord of Chaos City.

No one could do this kind of stewardship job better than the Lord of Chaos City.

The Lord of Chaos City smiled and said, "With Shen Mu here, my work has become much easier."

"We have no shortage of treasures or inheritances; we just need to develop step by step."

"The only thing we need to worry about is that the three major races—the Zerg, the Demon Race, and the Machine Race—will unite with other forces to launch a war against us."

"After all, the bounty from the Purple Moon Holy Land is indeed very exciting."

Upon hearing the Chaos City Lord's words, Shen Mu waved his hand and said, "There's no need to worry about external wars. If they really seek death, I don't mind sending them on their way."

Shen Mu doesn't want to get involved in too many things right now. He needs time to digest the essence of the Void Extreme Sect's inheritance and create even more powerful secret techniques.

Although Shen Mu's combat power is now terrifyingly high.

However, that strength was only achieved through the use of a God-King level embryo and mechanical combat techniques; his true level was still at the eighth tier.

Of course, an eighth-order universe lord is not bad either. As long as he doesn't die, he will definitely become a Chaos Ruler, and there is even a sliver of hope that he can reach the God King realm.

The Lord of Chaos City nodded slightly, and then said, "There are still some matters, namely whether to open up some cultivation guidance to the venerables of the entire clan."

"This matter still requires a decision from you, Shen Mu, and Luo Feng."

The ancient inheritances obtained by the Lords of the Universe are all guidance on how to break through to the True God level, how to build a small universe structure, and how to cultivate to the limit of the True God level.

As for lower-level guidance...

For example, Shen Mu did not have any guidance on how to cultivate into a Universe Venerable or a Universe Master, and the Void Extreme Sect did not include it.

Or even if it is included, it is the private information of the sect members, not backed up in the sect's heritage, or rather, they are not qualified to be backed up in the sect's heritage.

Because the realms of the Lord of the Universe and the Venerable One of the Universe are attainable by adults on the Origin Continent, they do not require any so-called guidance.

At this moment, Luo Feng smiled and said, "Leave the low-level inheritance guidance to me. In the Duan Donghe inheritance, there is information specifically compiled on how to guide low-level life forms in cultivation."

The Giant Axe Founder nodded slightly and looked at the Chaos City Lord and Luo Feng, saying, "In that case, the task of building the entire race cultivation plan will be entrusted to you two, master and disciple."

"Please make sure to establish and implement a complete plan as soon as possible, as war could break out between ethnic groups at any time."

The Lord of Chaos City nodded solemnly: "Alright, leave it to me."

After saying this, the Lord of Chaos City did not linger and immediately left Shen Mu's divine kingdom.

"Giant Axe, this is your identity token. The identity tokens for inner disciples and those for registered disciples are different."

As Shen Mu spoke, he took out a pale silver token.

The token was still palm-sized, engraved with countless secret patterns composed of fine and intricate golden lines, each pattern having an atomic diameter.

The founder of the giant axe took the token and quickly infused it with a wisp of divine power. Instantly, a corresponding amount of information flooded into his mind.

The burly, savage-like man scratched his head, looking uncertainly at Shen Mu, and said, "This 'One Thought Creates Void,' is the ability possessed by powerhouses who surpass the level of True Gods, right?"

The Giant Axe Founder's identity token also has domain-related functions, but this function is a simplified version of One Thought to Void.

Unlike the purely mechanically activated identity tokens of registered disciples, the identity tokens of inner disciples require the understanding of the secret runes on them in order to activate their abilities.

In terms of power, this token belongs to the category of pseudo-void divine weapon.

Shen Mu nodded slightly and said, "That's right. A powerhouse who surpasses a true god can suppress a true god to death with just this one ability."

"If you can comprehend the secret runes within the Giant Axe, beings below the tenth-order True God will have no power to resist you."

Above them are core disciples and true disciples.

The identity token of a core disciple is naturally a pseudo-eternal divine weapon, and the domain is naturally a simplified version of "A Thought Creates a Universe".

As for the identity badges of the highest-ranking true disciples, they are all custom-made.

Each true disciple's token is personally crafted by a Chaos Realm elder of the sect, making it a top-tier single-unit mechanical treasure.

Shen Mu didn't have any extra of these identity tokens.

Similar to the Chaos Golden Wings, although it is also a single mechanical treasure of the Eternal True God level, it belongs to the ordinary level among Eternal True God level treasures and cannot be called the top level.

The identity token of a true disciple is the highest level, worth 500 million cosmic sands.

Cosmic sand is the currency of the Origin Continent, and each piece of cosmic sand is a prototype of a universe.

Five million units of cosmic sand are enough to buy the life of a high-level eternal true god.

Getting back to the main point, at this moment, a wisp of the consciousness of the founder of the giant axe was immersed in hundreds of millions of inheritances cultivated to the limit of true godhood.

The founder of the giant axe breathed a sigh of relief and put the token into it: "I saw several kinds of axe-path inheritances, and it seems that I can browse through them at will, as many as I want."

All the inheritance guides that can be accessed by the identity tokens can only be cultivated to the limit of True God, and this information is not afraid of being leaked.

Of course, unlike registered disciples, who can only choose one lineage guidance, there are no restrictions for inner disciples.

Furthermore, disciples who have entered the inner circle can also enter the sect's inheritance grounds and choose a common inheritance carried by the Memory Stone.

Even ordinary inheritances include complete cultivation guidelines up to the Chaos Realm, as well as countless accompanying secret techniques and ultimate moves, encompassing four levels: True God, Void True God, Eternal True God, and Chaos Ruler.

"Phew, perhaps it won't be long before I can create a true ninth-tier secret technique."

A look of joy appeared on the face of the Giant Axe Founder. Although he now possessed top-tier ninth-order combat power thanks to the supreme treasure, his cultivation level was still only top-tier eighth-order.

Don't underestimate the difference between the top-tier eighth rank and the ninth rank, which may seem like just a small level; the power of their secret techniques differs by at least tenfold.

……

After this initiation ceremony of the Void Extreme Sect concluded, the human race also began its era of great development.

Although the primordial universe is now turbulent, and countless beings are eyeing the strong members of the human race with covetous intent.

But no one dared to make a move. Shen Mu's feat of instantly annihilating a true god had shocked too many people.

These short-sighted individuals who pander to the Purple Moon Holy Land, though blinded by greed, are not idiots. Even if they were to attack the human race, they would not rashly throw their lives away.

Whether it's forming cliques or planning how to take action, it all takes time.

This period was also a time of great development for humankind.

Luo Feng spent several years (accelerating the small universe ten thousand times) and combined it with the Chaos Monument inheritance of the human race to compile a batch of inheritance guidelines for the strong of the entire human race.

These inherited guidelines are the lowest level of the Duan Donghe inheritance, teaching immortals how to cultivate and how to break through to become cosmic venerables.

There is no realm of immortality; trying to comprehend these inherited guidelines is like pulling up seedlings to help them grow.

There's nothing we can do about it; on the Origin Continent, even the children are all immortals.

The cultivation guidelines for the Immortal Realm are already the most basic preschool education.

For the Duan Donghe lineage, a lineage with the highest level of inheritance, to be able to include this kind of information is already quite outrageous.

After Luo Feng finished organizing the inheritance guidelines, the Chaos City Lord began to issue various new training plans in the name of the clan.

With a complete training system, the entire human race began a period of rapid development.

And so, time continued to flow by...

In the blink of an eye, thousands of years have slowly passed.

……

The primordial universe, Chaos City.

The landscape of Chaos City has changed dramatically.

The former city lord's mansion has disappeared, replaced by a huge square bustling with people.

In the center of the plaza are the 52 Chaos Steles that were once incredibly precious, but more than 21 layers of content have been removed from them.

The limit of all Chaos Monuments has become the realm of a beginner Cosmic Venerable.

"The path of the Dark Chaos Monument suits me so well. I feel that it won't be long before I break through and gain the recognition of the fundamental law of light."

"Haha, I've also gained profound insights. This time, I'm sure I'll be able to break into the Heavenly Secret Realm!"

People come and go in the central square, and even when they communicate with each other, they do so using telepathy, for fear of disturbing others' enlightenment.

Most of these people were either young talents from this batch of genius battles or juniors who bought their spots to come and learn. Only a very few were Immortal Sect Masters who resided in Chaos City.

The Chaos Stele has been open for over three thousand years now. As long as you can enter Chaos City, you can study it whenever you want, and there are no time restrictions.

When the Chaos Monument was first opened, it did cause a great sensation, and the entire Chaos City became overcrowded.

All those qualified to enter Chaos City, or those who had the means to purchase a spot to study Chaos City, flocked to Chaos City.

However, this sensation did not last long; after only a few hundred years, the hype died down.

What needed to be understood has already been understood. After all, understanding the Chaos Stele requires a lot of accumulation before it can be effective.

At this moment, high above Chaos City, there lies another hidden space, the former Chaos Ruins, now transformed into a picturesque little world.

Every human being at the level of a universe master can freely enter and exit this small world to comprehend the fundamental mysteries of the primordial universe.

At this moment, inside a small pavilion, Shen Mu and Luo Feng sat facing each other, with a "Rhinoceros Emperor's Game Endgame" in front of them.

"The number of powerful individuals in Chaos City is decreasing, and even Universe Venerables are no longer willing to cultivate in seclusion in Chaos City."

As Luo Feng solved the difficult problem posed by Shen Mu, he looked down over the entire Chaos City.

With the explosive popularity of the Rhinoceros King's Game, powerful figures throughout the universe now enjoy playing a game of chess in their spare time, sharing their insights with friends.

Shen Mu also laughed and said, "Now that group of people have all run to my divine kingdom to study the Origin Mountains you erected."

There are 365 mountains of origin, corresponding to 52 Chaos Steles, from which various cultivation guidelines are derived.

The guidance passed down from each Origin Mountain points directly to the ultimate realm of the Lord of the Universe.

Not only are cosmic lords and immortal gods keen to comprehend these more than three hundred Origin Mountains, but even the cosmic lords in the Hongmeng (a powerful alliance within the same race) often go there to comprehend them.

As for the universe masters of the human race themselves, each one is a disciple of the Void Extreme Sect, and every future universe master will receive the same treatment.

They are able to directly comprehend the inherited guidance that leads to the ultimate cultivation of true gods, so naturally they look down on these three hundred-plus Origin Mountains.

Luo Feng said with some emotion, "I never imagined that our hometown would become the most sacred place for our ethnic group."

Now the entire Milky Way has been transformed. Shen Mu used a grain of cosmic sand (the prototype of the universe) as the core to turn the entire Milky Way into a sacred place for cultivation.

As the core region of the Milky Way, Earth and the solar system have now become the only entrance to the "Hunyuan Holy Land" (Shen Mu's divine kingdom).

Even the creator of the giant axe opened a cosmic passage in the Milky Way.

However, the cosmic passage of the initial universe cannot be moved or changed, nor can it even be closed, because the original ancestor, the master of the initial universe, is still being suppressed.

"It should become the first holy land. After all, given our status, even without that sacred mountain of inheritance, our hometown should still be the first holy land of our clan."

Shen Mu's tone was natural, but it contained a calm yet irresistible pressure.

Luo Feng couldn't help but say, "Senior brother, you're becoming increasingly imposing."

Shen Mu said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. I've only just begun to learn the sect's secret techniques, and my mastery is still too poor. Every move I make will trigger immense spacetime pressure."

In Shen Mu's current state, beings below the level of a Universe Venerable cannot get close to him; otherwise, at best their divine bodies will be crushed by the pressure of spacetime, and at worst, their divine bodies will be annihilated.

Luo Feng laughed heartily, then got down to business, his expression becoming serious.

"Some time ago, the king of the Southern Fox Kingdom under my command was attacked and killed by a foreign race. If it weren't for the large-scale distribution of soul treasures by the race, he would probably have been enslaved by the soul."

The human race has now distributed a soul-related treasure to all the cosmic venerables who guard the cosmic kingdoms.

These treasures were all crafted by Shen Mu in large quantities. They are all ordinary soul-type treasures, but for cosmic venerables and even cosmic overlords, they are extremely precious treasures.

After listening to Luo Feng's words, Shen Mu lightly traced a line on the Rhinoceros Emperor Bureau with his finger and then said, "It seems that the rabble of the Freedom Alliance has finally been unable to suppress their desires."

Just like in the original story, the rulers of most of the original universe, under the influence of the Purple Moon Holy Land, established the Free Alliance, and their military might was aimed directly at the human race.

"The primordial universe has become corrupted again."

Shen Mu gazed into the distance with a wistful tone.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Mu's figure disappeared from the spot, leaving only an echoing sound.

"Junior brother, have your clan provide me with information about those universe lords later. You don't need to worry about anything else."

(End of this chapter)