Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 222 Charging into the Dark Land

As Shen Mu made his breakthrough, a special rhythm swept outwards from Shen Mu's center in an instant.

Perhaps because Shen Mu's will merged with the entire primordial universe, all the powerful beings in the universe vaguely sensed that a strange 'majesty' had appeared in the spacetime of the universe.

"You've broken through?" Tang Yongqing's face lit up with joy.

Over the years, she had long sensed that her lover was engaged in some very important spiritual practice, but he had never truly broken through.

Given Shen Mu's talent, it took him over six thousand epochs to overcome this obstacle, which demonstrates just how difficult this bottleneck is.

"Yes, it's a breakthrough in mindset."

"If before, my state of mind was only barely comparable to Brother Hong's 'heart that embraces all things,' then now my state of mind has completely surpassed Brother Hong's."

The ability to embrace all things is, to some extent, an extremely difficult state of being to surpass.

Shen Mu's state of mind was once one of transcendence: the heart transcends everything, all things crumble but my heart endures forever.

Shen Mu's current state of mind is: to be the master of heaven and earth and all things, in charge of all things; to be scattered like the sands of time and the dust of the earth, transforming into wondrous beings.

Moreover, for Shen Mu, the breakthrough in his mind and will has given him a greater degree of control over his own "external avatar".

Previously, Shen Mu could only unleash top-tier sixth-order secret techniques when controlling tens of thousands of 'external avatars', but now he can unleash top-tier seventh-order attacks.

This is a huge boost for controlling the 'Taiyi God'.

After explaining his breakthrough in mental state, Shen Mu's surrounding soul radiance receded, and his gaze fell on Tang Yongqing.

"Sister Yongqing, let's have another child." Shen Mu smiled at Tang Yongqing.

Tang Yongqing was taken aback, somewhat surprised, and said, "You're now the Lord of the Universe, how could you possibly have a child?"

Under normal circumstances, once you reach the realm of immortality, it becomes very difficult to have offspring, unless you encounter some extremely rare opportunities.

For example, the "Prince of Manka Star" in the original work, the Nightmare Candle King, the only son of the Fire Erosion Venerable, are all descendants born in the era of immortal gods.

Once you reach the level of a Cosmic Venerable, the probability is almost zero, even with the blessing of special encounters.

"The rules governing the universe are limited, mainly to prevent the descendants of the strong from becoming even stronger."

"We can make the child's talent more ordinary, so that we can bypass the limitations of the universe's rules."

For others, the talents of their own offspring are beyond their control.

However, this was not a problem for Shen Mu, who had comprehended the fundamental Dao of life.

Let alone natural gestation, even directly creating a prolific life form wouldn't be a problem for Shen Mu.

As Shen Mu spoke, a hazy aura spread out, completely enveloping his and Tang Yongqing's figures, before disappearing from the spot.

In the blink of an eye, over a thousand years have passed.

"That's enough. Stay away from me and go into seclusion."

Tang Yongqing's voice, a mix of coquettishness and panic, echoed in the small world.

"Hmm, you'll just throw it away after you're done, huh?" Shen Mu teased.

"Um, we don't need you anymore, you should go now."

After successfully conceiving, Tang Yongqing wrapped herself tightly in her small blanket, stretched out her fair and delicate feet that shimmered with starlight, and kicked Shen Mu away.

Shen Mu shook his head helplessly, his golden battle robe reappeared, he raised his hand to brush Tang Yongqing's long hair, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

……

That night, on Earth.

Shen Mu, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen reunited.

"Senior brother, you've finally emerged from seclusion!"

Luo Feng has been staying in the Jin World for many years, fighting and training with many True God powerhouses from the Jin World.

Therefore, Luo Feng has also made great progress. In addition to successfully stepping into the first stage of the divine power route, his secret technique realm is also close to the eighth level.

"I've managed to gain some insight, and now it's time to prepare for my breakthrough to True Godhood."

Shen Mu has reached the limit in terms of willpower, mind, and understanding of the Great Dao.

Even if it takes another six thousand, sixty thousand, or even six hundred million epochs to become stronger at the level of the Lord of Laws, Shen Mu will not be much stronger than he is now.

This sudden enlightenment of the fundamental Dao of mind and form has been followed by more than six thousand epochs of reflection, and even more than six billion epochs of time acceleration over a million times.

After years of accumulation, Shen Mu thoroughly integrated his understanding of the Great Dao of the Soul and the Great Dao of the Mind, further perfecting his supreme skill, the Supreme Heart Tribulation, and successfully reaching the thirteenth level.

If he doesn't break through, Shen Mu might not be able to reach the 'fourteenth level' even by the end of this cycle.

This is not because Shen Mu lacks talent or comprehension, but rather because of the limitation of his 'thinking speed'.

This can be compared to a calculator processing data.

If the hardware is inadequate, even with perfect software optimization, the time required to process massive amounts of data will still be astronomical.

Every insight into the fundamental Dao contains boundless information and profound mysteries.

Even if Shen Mu has exceptional talent and can comprehend the comprehension effortlessly, the speed of comprehension will be greatly limited by the soul strength of the Lord of the Universe.

"Breaking through to True God? Senior Brother, what stage has your genetic evolution reached now?"

As soon as Luo Feng said this, Hong and Lei Shen both looked over.

With the opening of guidance from ancient civilizations, the path to divine power is no longer a secret; almost all the lords of the universe know that there is such a path to becoming a true god.

However, this path is extremely difficult. Breaking through the genetic limit by ten thousand times, even at the weakest level of the divine power route, is no less difficult than creating a top-tier sixth-order secret technique.

It should be noted that breaking through to the True God realm via the Laws path only requires a sixth-order ordinary secret technique, and the difference in difficulty between the two is hundreds or even thousands of times.

"89999 times, we are just one step away from breaking the 90,000-fold bottleneck."

Shen Mu didn't hide anything. He no longer needed to conceal his strength, especially when facing his brothers like Luo Feng.

Of course, this is also the most difficult step.

Countless geniuses on the Origin Continent are stuck at this stage, and even among the Chaos Realm experts, not everyone possesses an infinite divine body.

Although he has not yet reached the level of an infinite divine body, Shen Mu's divine body is currently stronger than that of an ordinary true god.

This refers to the true gods in the Jin world who have not been suppressed, whose divine power is at least a hundred times that of the Lord of the Universe.

Generally speaking, a cosmic master who breaks through the 30,000-fold genetic bottleneck will not only experience a surge in divine power, but the intensity of that divine power will also be about 10 times that of a 10,000-fold genetic master.

The second and third bottlenecks of the divine power path are the same; the intensity of divine power is 10 times that of the previous realm.

Therefore, the power of a universe master with an infinite divine body is thousands of times greater than that of an ordinary universe master, and is not much weaker than a Void True God body based on the law path.

This step wasn't too difficult for Shen Mu; it just required time to accumulate experience.

"Approaching 9 times..." Luo Feng was somewhat envious. He was still far from breaking through the second bottleneck of the divine power path.

Hong, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up: "I am also preparing to go into seclusion to create a true secret technique."

Shen Mu and Luo Feng were alright, but Thor's reaction was the strongest: "Wait... why are you breaking through again?"

Thor had just broken through to become a master of the universe more than 5,000 epochs ago and felt that he had barely caught up with Hong.

So, Hong is planning to break through to the True God realm in such a short time?

This speed of progress surprised even Shen Mu.

Hong explained, "It won't be that fast. I've only just found my path to true godhood. I don't know how long it will take to create a true sixth-order secret technique."

"It might take tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of epochs to break through."

Even so, Hong's breakthrough speed was still incredibly fast.

Compared to the more than one hundred million epochs in the original work, it's about ten thousand times faster. The enhancement of comprehension and mental state becomes more and more obvious as the story progresses.

Because once you reach the level of a master of the universe, the difference in talent in laws is no longer significant.

Everyone possesses a thousand times the genetic potential, maximizing their compatibility with the laws of the universe. The difference lies in their understanding and mindset.

Shen Mu pondered for a moment, then looked at Hong and said, "Brother Hong, why don't you break through using the divine power route?"

Hong was somewhat surprised: "I also have some understanding of the divine power route. Even if I break through using the divine power route, with my comprehension, I may not be able to break through to the first stage by the end of this cycle of reincarnation."

Although Hong's comprehension is not weak, he is different from Shen Mu and Luo Feng after all. Without the analytical secrets of the Nether Sea clone, the time required for him to break through the life gene is hundreds or thousands of times that of Shen Mu and Luo Feng.

Unless one has exceptionally high comprehension, pursuing this path may not be worth the losses.

"I know what Brother Hong is thinking, but what I mean is that Brother Hong should break through again in the next reincarnation era."

"The realm of the Lord of the Universe will be eternal and without any limitations, as long as the origin is entrusted to my small universe."

"But if one breaks through to the True God realm and fails to transcend within three cycles of reincarnation, the small universe will collapse, making further progress difficult."

"As for Brother Lei, it's not too late for you to break through to the True God realm after two or three reincarnation eras."

A large part of the reason why the proportion of Void True Gods and True Gods on the Origin Continent far exceeds that of the Cosmic Sea is that the Law Masters of the Origin Continent are not in a hurry to break through and can calm themselves down.

If the Lord of the Universe in the Cosmic Sea cannot break through to the True God realm before the Great Cataclysm of the Primordial Universe, he will simply perish.

Unless one finds a true god and entrusts oneself to his miniature universe, one can barely survive.

As for wanting to break through to the True God realm after the Great Cataclysm, that's just wishful thinking.

Unless you are placed in a small universe of a Void God, and that Void God is willing to part with his own cosmic origin to nurture a small universe for you, you will not be able to break through.

Shen Mu's next goal is definitely to break through the bottleneck of the third stage of the divine power path and achieve the Infinite Divine Body.

If it's simply a matter of waiting out time, this step isn't impossible to complete.

However, there are shortcuts. In the original story, Luo Feng gained some insights by analyzing the life chart of the Beast Realm, and then broke through from 89999 times to 100,000 times the Great Perfection.

Frankly speaking, this inexplicable epiphany is simply exaggerated.

It's even more exaggerated than Shen Mu's inexplicable enlightenment of the Great Dao of Mind and Manifestation. A hundred thousand times the genetic perfection is a feat that has never been seen in the history of the Origin Continent.

As a result, Luo Feng directly skipped the second stage limit and crossed the entire third stage of the Infinite Divine Body, achieving this level.

It looks like a deus ex machina no matter how you look at it.

"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore."

"Our current goal is to obtain a sample of the Beast's blood."

Shen Mu wasn't sure if he had affected the gestation of the World Beast, but if he disregarded the fact that he was a transmigrator, the World Beast would need trillions of years to be born, so it was still a long way off.

Strike first, or suffer the consequences. Waiting for the enemy to make the first move has never been Shen Mu's habit.

……

Within the realm of the Peak-Swept Realm, a vast expanse of water and countless waves.

This area is among the most dangerous in the entire Inclined Peak Realm.

The surging waves can conjure endless illusionary worlds. Even beings at the level of true gods might get lost in them, and even with the protection of a supreme treasure palace, their safety cannot be guaranteed.

As a result, many treasures have emerged from the Wan Chong Lang waters. These treasures are mostly left behind by the ancient beings who perished in previous reincarnation eras.

Boom!

On the water's surface, endless waves roared incessantly.

From afar, one could see a celestial court shimmering with endless celestial radiance, flying swiftly close to the water's surface. The terrifying speed caused the void to tremble and the water to surge.

Shen Mu's destination was the other side of the Endless Waves, the Dark Land.

In earlier years, many powerful individuals ventured into the Endless Waves, but since learning that the lair that breeds the 'World Beasts' is located next to the Endless Waves, there have been no more powerful individuals here.

Even the entire Qingfeng Realm has become a complete wasteland. These powerful individuals do not want to encounter a group of realm beasts that can easily suppress an eighth-tier true god during their exploration.

A moment later, Shen Mu, riding the White Jade Capital, had already traversed the entire Endless Waves Water Area.

Before him, endless dark currents surged, exuding an ominous aura; it was a dimly lit place.

"Beasts of the Realm, I'm here!"

As Shen Mu's thoughts stirred, the vast Heavenly Palace erupted with endless, dazzling divine light.

The entire Baiyujing evolved into 108 worlds, which then converged into a miniature void, crashing straight into the dimly lit land enveloped by endless darkness.

……

The area inside the Dark Land is not small, with a diameter exceeding hundreds of millions of light-years. If it were too small, it wouldn't be able to nurture a billion World Beasts.

At this moment, at the edge of a certain dark place, the endless black mist seemed to boil.

A dazzling divine light shone forth from the darkness, and then the vast Jade Capital emerged.

"This fluctuation... is food from the cosmic ocean!"

Not far from where Baiyujing descended, about several billion kilometers away.

Within the churning black mist, there dwells a ferocious monster, its entire body jet black.

The monster was completely naked, with two heads, one eye in front and one in back. Its body was humanoid, with hands and feet. However, its proportions were abnormally strange, making it appear extremely ugly.

"This time I'm luckier. The last time food from the outer sea broke in was nearly 70 million years ago."

"I'm the only second-tier overlord in this area; no one else can compete with me."

"Once I consume this cosmic sea food, I will surely be able to evolve to the third tier even faster and become one of the most powerful realm beasts!"

The food from the cosmic sea that this second-tier world beast had last intruded into the Dark Land was none other than the unfortunate 'Black Universe Founder,' which replaced the giant axe as the world beast's sustenance for evolution.

However, before the Black Universe Founder, many other true gods had ventured into the Dark Land, including three people such as King Zhenjia who had allied with the World Beast.

Every time a powerful being from the cosmic sea ventures into the Dark Land, it is a great opportunity for the Realm Beast.

Because the legacy of the World Beasts has already told them that devouring life and energy in the cosmic sea will greatly promote their own evolution, and the evolution speed is even faster than devouring their own kind.

Therefore, any slightly stronger Beast of the Realm will choose to fight for the area at the edge of the Dark Land, thus increasing their chances of devouring food from the Cosmic Sea.

However, the Beasts of the Realm didn't know why, but in the past sixty to seventy million years, no food from the Cosmic Sea had ventured into the Dark Land.

Normally, every now and then, some reckless alien sea creatures would wander into this place.

"Food! Just let me eat it!"

With a roar, a pitch-black, ferocious monster appeared directly in front of Baiyujing, staring excitedly at Shen Mu inside.

Before the Beast could even make a move, the enormous white jade palace slammed it away.

Although these world beasts can withstand ordinary supreme treasures, how can they stop the Saint-level supreme treasure, Bai Yujing?

"court death."

As Shen Mu's voice rang out, his golden battle robe suddenly transformed, instantly turning him into a giant god with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes.

Wow!

Following the Thousand-Armed Giant, six pairs of dark golden wings with a wingspan exceeding one light-year spread out, with endless chaotic energy cascading down from the wings, exuding a terrifying aura.

hum!

On the dark gold wings, four layers of secret patterns lit up one after another.

In an instant, within tens of thousands of light-years around Shen Mu, endless chaotic energy spread out out of thin air.

At the edge of this chaotic energy field, a translucent cosmic barrier appeared out of thin air.

This is the fourth level of the Chaos Golden Wings, where the universe is formed in a single thought!

The miniature universe directly crushed the second-tier world beast to the point of collapse. Before the world beast could react, it was met with the impact of the will of the 'Peak of Eternity'.

In an instant, the second-tier world beast completely lost consciousness and was powerless to resist the pressure of Shen Mu's will.

"receive!"

The miniature universe rapidly contracted, then condensed into a 'palm universe' surging with chaotic energy in Shen Mu's palm.

At the core of the universe in the palm of your hand, the unconscious second-tier world beast is suspended in mid-air. The immense pressure causes the world beast's entire body to twist violently, gushing out countless streams of pitch-black blood.

(End of this chapter)