Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 208 The Birth of the Jin World, Eight Hundred Million Eras of Settling!

"The essence of the soul... I see."

"Will is, in essence, a part of the soul."

"What life is without a soul... As long as there is life, or rather, as long as there is will, there is a soul."

An invisible wave emanated from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, spreading out over a range of hundreds of millions of light-years.

The thoughts of a true god can transcend endless time and space and descend to extremely distant places.

Although Shen Mu was not a true god, he possessed the will of a Void True God. His thoughts spread out, covering the endless starry river and overlooking all living beings in the ten thousand rivers of sand.

In Shen Mu's perception, those mechanical beings all possessed fluctuations of will, which were essentially part of their souls.

"The so-called soulless life forms are actually those with congenitally flawed souls. No wonder the top powers of the Origin Continent, such as Duan Donghe and Wu Kingdom, would not consider such soulless life forms when selecting successors."

"Life forms like the Machine Race have limited potential. Even those with exceptionally high talent and comprehension are already incredibly lucky to reach the realm of Eternal True God."

Shen Mu's thoughts began to focus, his gaze falling on every life within a range of hundreds of millions of light-years, observing their souls.

"Different lives, and so many different souls."

"Hmm? This is...?"

In the interlayer of space near the solar system, there lies an endless dark sea hidden within the divine realm, emanating a unique soul fluctuation.

"Luo Feng's soul fluctuations are quite peculiar."

As Shen Mu's gaze probed, endless waves began to surge throughout the entire Nether Sea.

The towering waves coalesced into a giant, resembling a galaxy, which was now looking around with suspicion and vigilance.

"This feeling of being spied on..."

Luo Feng looked around in confusion: "Teacher? Senior brother? Is that you?"

"He is my junior brother. I have made a breakthrough in my cultivation level and am currently testing new abilities."

Shen Mu's voice rang in Luo Feng's mind, and Luo Feng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He really is my senior brother.

The only beings in the entire primordial universe that could prevent him from detecting the source of the spying, besides Master Zuoshanke and his own senior brother, should be that ethereal cosmic will.

"Senior brother, have you created a super perception technique?" Luo Feng asked curiously.

Shen Mu's laughter rang in his ears: "No, it's that I've grasped a wisp of the profound mystery of the Great Dao of the Soul's Origin. It's a soul perception at the level of the Great Dao of Origin."

"Congratulations, Senior Brother, on stepping into the threshold of the Soul Path!" Luo Feng's face also showed joy, and his expression became even more resolute.

Senior brother, you've gotten even stronger!

As the inheritor of the Duan Donghe lineage, Luo Feng naturally has a clear understanding of the fundamental Dao.

This is a mystery that transcends the laws of chaos. Anyone who comprehends any fundamental Dao can independently evolve the rules governing the operation of a universe and achieve the power of a god-king.

The Great Dao of the Soul is the most profound and unfathomable among the countless fundamental Daos.

"Haha, I'm going back into seclusion. Junior brother, you'd better start working hard and stop wandering around the cosmic sea."

"You possess the legacy of the Broken East River. Your immediate priority is to enhance your strength, not to waste time in the Cosmic Sea."

Just like in the original story, after the human race began to develop steadily, Luo Feng's clone was cultivating, while his main body was wandering around the cosmic sea.

Although for the Lord of the Universe, it only takes a small portion of his will to explore the cosmic sea, which hardly consumes any energy.

However, the results were ultimately not as good as going into seclusion with all one's might.

"I understand, don't worry, senior brother."

Luo Feng also planned to go into seclusion with all his might. His senior brother had already comprehended the most profound and unfathomable mysteries of the Dao of the Soul, while he had not yet touched the threshold of the Great Dao of Origin. He was far too far behind.

……

Since the unification of the cosmic sea, the entire human race has entered a new era.

Or rather, the entire universe has ushered in a new era, with countless powerful beings no longer hostile to each other, but all becoming part of the Hong Alliance.

These strong individuals exchanged ideas, learned from each other, and verified each other's strengths; none of them were selfish or hoarding their knowledge.

After all, no matter how profound their own insights were, they could not compare to the guidance of the ancient heritage given by the Hongmeng.

Moreover, apart from the human race, true gods of other races can only receive one guide to cultivate to the limit of true godhood for free, and are forbidden from revealing it to anyone.

They could only learn from each other and verify their methods, drawing inspiration from the other ancient guidance in their esoteric transformations.

Thus, a favorable environment for cultivation was created, ushering in a golden age.

In this process, the strongest members of the human race will undoubtedly benefit the most.

In the sixth era that began with the Golden Age, the Lord of Peng Gong and the Lord of Darkness broke through to become the third and fourth true gods of the human race, respectively.

Of course, this only refers to realm, not combat strength, so Shen Mu and Luo Feng are not included.

This speed is much faster than in the original work, where Peng Gong's breakthrough occurred thousands of years after the arrival of the Jin Dynasty world.

The reason the two were able to break through so quickly was because the ancient guidance provided by Shen Mu was more suitable for them.

The transmission of Luo Feng's Duan Donghe lineage is subject to relatively strict control and cannot be spread casually.

Shen Mu then allowed them to freely choose the most suitable method from among countless cultivation methods leading to the ultimate level of True Godhood.

In the twenty-first era of the Golden Age, the founder of the Giant Axe encountered the first true god of the Divine Eye Clan while traveling in the cosmic sea, and they sparred with each other.

The founder of the giant axe won the battle, and his sixteenth axe technique, enhanced by the supreme treasure, unleashed a combat power approaching the top level of the tenth rank, shocking the universe in one fell swoop.

Back then, Shen Mu's combat power was only at the tenth level, far from the top level of the tenth level.

Some people have already begun to speculate whether the Alliance Leader Shen Mu is more powerful, or whether the top-tier 10th-order Giant Axe Founder is more powerful.

……

In the 131st era, Hong became the Lord of the Universe.

To compensate for his two elder brothers, Hong and Lei Shen, for their lack of talent, Shen Mu used the foundation of the Void Extreme Sect, a treasure called the "Heart of Chaos".

As you can tell from its name, this treasure is extremely valuable. If it were given to a peak Eternal True God, there would be a one in ten thousand chance that the user would directly reach the Chaos Realm.

That is, if one out of ten thousand peak Eternal True Gods consumes this treasure, one will break through to the Chaos Realm.

This is already incredible. Even on the Origin Continent, a Chaos Realm expert would be considered a great power.

Of course, this Heart of Chaos was clearly beyond what Hong and Thor could digest.

Shen Mu summoned all the universe-master level beings of the human race, as well as his relatives and friends, into his divine kingdom.

Then, this 'Heart of Chaos,' which resembles a spiritual fruit, is transformed into endless divine liquid, used to baptize everyone and reshape the essence of life.

Therefore, almost everyone's talent for comprehending the laws is fully maximized, which is unmatched even by the eight innate beast gods.

After making up for their lack of natural talent, Hong and Thor unleashed terrifying potential.

In particular, Hong's state of mind and comprehension are almost unparalleled among humankind. After solving his talent problem, he became the second most promising human being after Shen Mu and Luo Feng.

To become the master of the universe in just over a million years is an incredible achievement, even with treasures to compensate for one's talent and inheritance to guide one's path.

Of course, without the ancient inheritance and the Heart of Chaos to enhance his talent, it would probably take more than a million years to become more than a hundred thousand epochs before Hong could become the master of the universe.

In the original story, even with the blessing of ancient guidance, it took Hong more than 10,000 epochs to become the Lord of the Universe. After his talent was enhanced, this time was reduced by a hundredfold.

In the 430th century, Hu Yanbo, who had the greatest influence on Shen Mu, Luo Feng, and the other three brothers on Earth, also achieved the realm of a cosmic venerable.

Although Teacher Huyanbo provided the least help to Shen Mu and the others, it was a timely and much-needed assistance.

Aside from Master Zuoshan, who transformed the soul talents of the Earth's lineage, Huyanbo was the one who helped the four the most.

Without the legacy left by Huyan Bo, even with Shen Mu's extraordinary abilities, it would be difficult for him to rise to power quickly.

In the 660th century, Shen Mu made a special trip out of seclusion.

The reason Shen Mu emerged from seclusion this time was because his former teacher, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, had broken through to the realm of the Lord of the Universe, which was no easy feat.

The master of the Qianwu Kingdom is not particularly talented. He has been at the level of a Cosmic Venerable for trillions of epochs, which has basically exhausted his potential. It will be extremely difficult for him to advance further.

It was Shen Mu who provided the Qianwu Kingdom with countless resources, and with the blessing of one super treasure after another, that enabled him to become a top cosmic overlord.

Then came a series of ancient guidance options to choose from, and the baptism of the Heart of Chaos, which allowed him to break through to the level of the Lord of the Universe in just 660 epochs.

As for becoming a true god in the future, that has nothing to do with talent.

Even with exceptional talent, if one lacks comprehension and fully comprehends all ten fundamental laws, creating a true god-level secret technique remains extremely difficult.

Besides the direct descendants of the human race, a large number of powerful beings also emerged in the primordial universe.

Among them, the most representative are probably the former fifth-tier lords such as the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds and the Lord of the Star River, who are now true god-level powerhouses.

Including Peng Gong and the two true gods of the human race, 14 true gods have emerged in these more than 600 eras.

As these powerful individuals broke through one after another, the essence of the primordial universe was almost completely released.

While many more powerful individuals will emerge in the future, there will never be another instance of such a rapid collective breakthrough.

The golden age of the primordial universe has come to an initial end.

Besides these top powerhouses, the number of immortals in the human race has increased by tens of thousands of times.

Those below the level of Immortal are generally unable to access the guidance of the ancients. The reason for the surge in their numbers is not due to newcomers breaking through, but rather to those Immortals who fell in the old era. As long as they could be resurrected, they were all resurrected.

The person responsible for resurrecting these immortals was naturally Luo Feng. With Luo Feng's enormous divine body, the energy required to resurrect an immortal could be recovered in an instant.

Normally, the large-scale resurrection of immortal beings would bring about a punitive backlash from the primordial universe.

The boundary between life and death is an essential part of the universe's evolution. It is precisely because of birth and death that the primordial universe was able to develop for so long.

Therefore, even though the will of the universe grants the powerful rulers of the universe the privilege of resurrection, there are still many restrictions.

If tens of thousands of immortal gods were to be resurrected in a short period of time, and then the weakest immortal were to be resurrected, the burden on the divine body would probably be greater than that on a cosmic venerable.

However, Shen Mu had a good relationship with the original universe's will and the Ancestral God Cult. It could almost be said that the original universe was relying on Shen Mu and Luo Feng to resist the World Beasts, so naturally there would be no punitive backlash.

……

As time passed and the world changed, chaos transformed.

Since Shen Mu went into seclusion, eight million years have slowly passed.

On this day, deep within the cosmic ocean.

"Boom!!"

At an incredibly terrifying speed, a colossal object crashed into the surrounding chaotic airflow, creating an enormous shockwave.

The shockwave instantly struck the three true gods who were still quite far away.

These three true gods are the progenitor of demonic beasts, the progenitor of starry sky beasts, and the illusory demon god. For millions of years, the three of them have been training in the cosmic sea.

Even across an immeasurably vast distance, the shockwave still shook the void, causing the massive divine bodies of these three to tumble hundreds of billions of kilometers away.

The True Demon God, protected by the Supreme Treasure Armor, was in a better position, though his divine body was severely damaged. With the supply of the origin of a small universe, he was able to recover easily.

However, the progenitors of demonic beasts and starry sky beasts who did not possess the supreme treasure armor were in dire straits.

Both giant beasts coughed up blood, and even the heart of the true god was damaged to some extent.

"This, this, this..."

The progenitor of demonic beasts stared in horror at the lingering golden streak of light in the distance that had not yet dissipated.

The reactions of the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor and the True Demon God were similar, each with an expression of disbelief.

The shockwave from supersonic flight alone could injure a true god; it's simply... a fantasy.

It should be understood that even if a true god were to travel at a speed a million times faster than the speed of light, the resulting impact would be less than the sixth level, and would not be able to cause any substantial damage to the true god.

Yet the impact force generated by this mysterious, enormous creature as it flew, and even the aftershocks of that impact, was able to harm a true god who was not protected by the supreme treasure armor.

It not only damaged the divine body, but also caused some damage to the heart of the true god.

If they collide head-on, wouldn't they be physically annihilated?

"What...what...what kind of terrifying being is this?"

"This is bad! The direction this colossal object is heading is towards the primordial universe. If it crashes into the primordial universe, there will be endless devastation!"

"Quickly, report this to the Alliance!"

None of the three progenitors of the Starry Sky Beasts dared to be negligent. They left behind divine power avatars from the primordial universe to immediately connect to the virtual universe and hurriedly sought an audience with the creator of the giant axe.

Just moments later, Shen Mu, who was in seclusion refining his new secret technique, received this information.

"The teacher's divine body has finally been born."

"A seclusion lasting eight hundred million epochs, that's a really long time."

Eight hundred epochs have passed in the cosmic sea, while the Azure Dragon avatar, cultivated at the core of the cosmic boat, has been submerged for over eight hundred million epochs under a time flow rate a million times faster.

The more than 800 million epochs of secluded cultivation allowed Shen Mu to make terrifying progress in all aspects.

The greatest progress has undoubtedly been in the area of ​​spiritual advancement.

"Only the Void True Gods and even stronger beings of the Jin world are enough to make me unleash my full power!"

Shen Mu withdrew his gaze from the distance, then logged into the virtual universe to attend the highest meeting of the Cosmic Sea!

(End of this chapter)