Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 240 A special bloodline system, a world rule that strips people of their lifespan.

Boom!

The invisible lightning at the level of the mind struck out instantly, dispelling the hazy light mist and poison barrier. One after another, the large, mushroom-like creatures let out a miserable howl!

"The soul strength is not weak; it's just a simple collapse of will, yet the soul wasn't damaged."

Since Shen Mu achieved the Chaos Realm, his willpower has been increasing dramatically.

Willpower, in itself, is a form of mental attack based on state of mind and soul.

Although willpower is not the same as soul strength, the improvement of the soul will inevitably lead to the improvement of will.

However, if one's mindset has not undergone a transformation, even if one's soul is elevated, it generally will not lead to a transformation in one's will, and the extent of the improvement will be negligible.

But Shen Mu's breakthrough this time was different. He advanced from the True God level to the Chaos Realm, and his soul strength increased by a full million times.

It should be noted that Shen Mu's soul strength was already far superior to those of others at the same level. After achieving the Chaos Realm, his soul strength was no weaker than that of a newly entered God King without an Infinite Divine Body.

His will level naturally reached the first stage of the God-King realm, and it was even in a period of growth.

A black and white divine light appeared in Shen Mu's palm, which intertwined and condensed into a special long spear.

"die!"

A dazzling black and white glow surged, forming a magnificent black and white river. Layer upon layer of surging waves swept in, instantly cutting a passage through the mushroom forest in front.

The energy fluctuations emanating from these giant fungi were only at the initial stage of the Chaos Realm, making them utterly vulnerable to Shen Mu.

However, what interested Shen Mu was that these fungi seemed to have a strong soul defense.

It would be quite difficult for an ordinary being with the will of Chaos to withstand the impact of Shen Mu's will without being damaged.

"Lacking true intelligence, possessing only the instincts of a wild beast, it's still a creature of the Chaos Realm?"

Shen Mu found it hard to understand. The soul strength of beings in the Chaos Realm was enough for them to receive an immense amount of information, so they shouldn't lack intelligence.

Unless the rules of this realm do not allow such beings to develop intelligence.

"Perhaps we should explore cautiously first, and then try to make contact with the civilization of this world."

Shen Mu wasn't afraid of dying, since it wouldn't affect the original body anyway.

However, being able to enter this extremely high-level Origin World is also a kind of opportunity. If one dies like this, losing the Primordial Divine Spear in one's hand is a minor matter, but missing the opportunity would be troublesome.

An invisible spiritual sense spread out, and Shen Mu's figure swiftly moved across the ground.

It wasn't that Shen Mu didn't want to fly, but rather that he simply couldn't. He could only barely levitate by spreading his divine power, which was far faster than running.

In the primordial universe, planetary-level planets were able to fly by using their own magnetic fields to counteract the gravitational pull (spacetime curvature) of ordinary planets.

But in this world, even those in the Chaos Realm can barely survive under the gravitational pull created by the curvature of spacetime.

To be honest, the speed of light in this realm is absolutely ridiculously fast, otherwise everything in sight would be black holes.

……

That night, nine 'moons' shone brightly in the night sky, and countless stars twinkled like billions of pupils.

This realm also has a sun and a moon. The sun is an incredibly large object. Shen Mu wasn't even sure if the sun was truly a celestial body, but in any case, the fluctuations it emitted were very powerful.

At this moment, deep in the mountains and forests, Shen Mu leaned against a large tree covered with blue flowers and lit a campfire.

The scorching flames were rising, emitting extremely high temperatures. At least, the wings on Shen Mu's body, which had been transformed from the wings of the Wu-killing warrior, would melt directly under the heat of these flames.

On the flames, Shen Mu was roasting two enormous, bear-paw-like hands, from which golden oil oozed out, containing endless pure energy fluctuations.

This "bear paw" came from a ferocious beast in the Chaos Realm that had the head of a fox and the body of a black bear. Shen Mu affectionately referred to it as the Fox-Bear.

"The fur of this fox-bear has decent defensive capabilities; perhaps it could be used to forge a pseudo-god-king level armor."

This fox-bear is truly formidable, possessing an extremely strong wood bloodline. Its physical strength is comparable to that of an infinite divine body, and its recovery ability is exceptionally strong. Its defensive capabilities are comparable to ordinary Chaos-level armor.

"The first day should be over by now."

Based on the available information, a day here is roughly equivalent to 3 days, 3 hours, and 23 minutes on Earth.

However, Shen Mu was not sure whether the rotation of the sun and moon in this source world was constant.

Shen Mu always felt that the sun and moon in this world were man-made, or even some kind of powerful creature, and that the concept of "heaven" as a time might not be fixed.

Shen Mu looked up at the moon in the sky, the one closest to him.

A strange sense of eye contact emanated from the moon, as if Shen Mu was gazing at the moon, and the moon was gazing back at him.

The sky in this realm is very high; at least with Shen Mu's eyesight and vision, he cannot see the true face of the moon in the sky.

"Sooner or later, I'll see what your class is."

Shen Mu snorted coldly, his gaze falling on the roasted fox and bear meat in front of him.

It is incredible that Shen Mu, a being at the Chaos level, would feel hunger.

This reminded Shen Mu of the "Holy Realm" that "Dongbo Xueying" had experienced.

Generally speaking, primordial life forms transcend the limitations of the supreme rules.

Therefore, achieving the Hunyuan realm is also known as transcending the cage, but the Holy Realm is different.

As an artificially constructed prison world, even primordial beings in the Holy Realm would go hungry. This is because the supreme rules were modified by more powerful lord-level beings who added their own "personal touches".

"Hmm, this is..."

The golden roasted meat melts in your mouth, releasing a pure aroma.

Moreover, Shen Mu also felt a pure bloodline power surge into his divine body, which was then absorbed by his physical body and divine power.

A wisp of bloodline power was absorbed by Shen Mu, and then a brand new power surged out from Shen Mu's body.

This is a bloodline power belonging to the Wood Dao category, which can greatly increase the speed of injury recovery, the speed of divine power recovery, and so on.

However, as a perfect divine body, Shen Mu's recovery speed is already at its limit. Even with the addition of a bloodline power, it can only be said to be better than nothing.

"Can it directly plunder bloodline power?"

Shen Mu's eyes showed shock. The rules of this realm were actually... so distorted?

By devouring the other party, one can obtain the power of their bloodline. In this way, a world shrouded in the law of the "dark forest" might be created.

"My strength is not weak. According to the information in the Void Extreme Sect's inheritance, although my comprehension level is not high, with my powerful divine body, ordinary newly entered God Kings would definitely not be able to do anything to me."

"However, this realm is clearly not ordinary. The weakest beings are all at the Chaos Realm. Not to mention God-Kings everywhere, they should be quite common. We absolutely cannot be careless."

For a period of time afterward, Shen Mu was exploring in one direction.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred days have passed.

Shen Mu has now established the concept of time in this world: the length of each day is fixed.

However, there are no seasonal changes, no concept of "month," and presumably no concept of "year."

For more than two hundred days, Shen Mu explored in one direction, but still did not leave the mountains.

Because there were no reference points or concepts of spatial hierarchy such as size, length, and distance, Shen Mu was unsure how far he had traveled, but it was at least tens of billions of times his current height.

During these two hundred days, Shen Mu mostly encountered beings at the Chaos Realm, and did not meet any true God-King level beings.

It seems that this realm is not as commonplace as Shen Mu imagined.

It's understandable, considering that everyone in this realm is a naturally born chaotic being, relying on their bloodline inheritance.

The characteristic of the bloodline cultivation system is that it can get stuck in the Chaos Realm. To truly advance to the God King Realm, one must comprehend the true Great Dao.

……

On this day, a figure clad in animal hide armor flashed past swiftly through the mountains and forests.

The figure was Shen Mu. The Wu-killing wings he once wore had been retired and became decorations. In terms of defense and strength, they were no match for the animal hide armor that Shen Mu had crafted.

"Huh? Someone's here!"

Shen Mu's soul perception is still very strong. Even under the suppression of this realm, he can explore a distance of tens of thousands of people in a radius.

At Shen Mu's four o'clock position, there were eight people exploring, each of them exuding an aura of the late-stage Chaos Realm.

That's right, it's a person! And a person in the Earthly sense, in terms of appearance.

"Indeed, humans are the true masters of the infinite primordial space. Whether it's Luo Feng, Dongbo Xueying, or Yuan, they are all human."

Of these eight people, six were subtly separated, protecting a middle-aged man and a teenager in the center.

The group was very wary, only speaking occasionally, but their language was unusual and not one that Shen Mu knew.

"Finally, we can make contact with the civilization of this world."

Shen Mu made contact subtly, and an invisible fluctuation of his soul energy spread out. When Shen Mu appeared near the group of people, he did not disturb them.

This is an application of the Way of the Soul, which allows the other person to ignore you at a subconscious level.

"Come!"

As soon as Shen Mu had a thought, one of the six guards suddenly scratched his head and then mumbled a few words to his companion beside him.

With permission from the middle-aged man among the two leaders, the guard walked towards Shen Mu.

"Quiet, don't move!"

Shen Mu's voice rang in the guard's ears, and the guard's expression instantly froze, his consciousness sinking into the illusion woven by Shen Mu.

Although Shen Mu's understanding of the realm was only barely at the Chaos level, these beings who relied on their innate bloodlines to reach the Chaos realm probably didn't even have the understanding of the Eternal realm.

Shen Mu raised his hand and covered the guard's forehead, using his soul-searching ability.

Shen Mu was able to examine all of the guard's memories, and immediately he learned about the language, customs, and other common knowledge of this world.

First, there is the cultivation realm. The Chaos Realm is the most basic cultivation realm in this world, which is divided into nine levels, also known as the Nine Levels of Mortal Transformation.

Above the ninth level of the Mortal Transformation Realm lies the Divine Realm.

The beings of this realm control the divine domain, which is the mark of the God-King, and form their own 'rules of cosmic operation'.

However, to master the Divine Realm, one needs to comprehend a certain state of mind, which is a branch of the fundamental Dao.

The guard knew nothing beyond that.

Because his family is the Li Yang Clan, one of the five great families of the Firebird Kingdom, and they are skilled in weapon crafting.

The strongest member of the Liyang Clan is a peak ninth-level Transcendent Realm expert, which is the peak of the Chaos Realm. There are no experts in the Divine Realm.

In the entire Firebird Kingdom, there is only one guardian deity, who is the ancestor of the Firebird Kingdom's royal family.

The name "Firebird Kingdom" is not entirely accurate; it's just a translation by Shen Mu.

The firebird here is a god in local legend, whose body is engulfed in eternal flames. It is said to have the ability to transform into the sun, so translating it as the Kingdom of Chiwu seems most appropriate.

The units of length in this domain commonly have four levels, all of which are based on the hundredth place.

Shen Mu referred to them as cun, chi, zhang, and li.

Of course, the "foot" here doesn't refer to a foot on Earth; it's just a name given by Shen Mu in his translation.

Shen Mu didn't know exactly how many meters a foot here was equivalent to, or how many kilometers, or even how many light-years.

Without a frame of reference, no spatial concept can be compared.

Taking Shen Mu's current height as an example, it is about ten feet tall. If he were to fully unleash his divine body, it would be about ten feet tall.

A peak Chaos Realm expert is usually only about 10 feet tall.

As for the unit of time, ten thousand days make up a year. A person in the Chaos Realm can live for up to ten thousand years. Depending on their realm, an ordinary person who has reached the second or third level of the Mortal Transformation Realm can only live for three or four thousand years.

Yes, in this realm of chaos, there is a lifespan, so the lifespan of the chaos realm has become a unit of measurement, with one cycle equal to ten thousand years.

"A cycle is less than a million years in the primordial universe, which is shorter than the lifespan of a domain lord."

"To comprehend a state of mind (a branch of the Great Dao) and become a God-King in such a short time, and even God-Kings will grow old and die..."

"Outrageous! No wonder there are so few God-Kings in this realm."

In this guard's memory, he didn't know much about the Guardian God Realm, only that it was very powerful and possessed a divine domain.

Moreover, the gods can live for a very long time. The Chiwu Kingdom has been established for nearly a thousand years, and the guardian god king is still alive and has not perished.

"Let's go back first, nothing has happened here."

As soon as Shen Mu finished speaking, the guard in front of him turned away in a daze, and then his eyes gradually cleared.

……

"Entering the world through the Liyang clan is indeed an option."

Shen Mu began to ponder. He had just obtained not much information, after all, an ordinary guard would spend his whole life in the Li Yang family and would not have much experience.

However, this guard knew quite a bit about the Li Yang family, because his parents were servants and slaves of the Li Yang clan.

This is a great clan specializing in weapon crafting, with a lineage dating back to long before the Chiwu Kingdom. They are descendants of gods and are therefore also known as the God Clan.

Nearly a thousand years ago, the Liyang clan showed signs of decline, and the clan leader at that time was considered wise and decisive.

They directly abandoned some outdated clan rules, opened up clan techniques on a large scale, secretly passed them on to outsiders, and allowed marriage between the children of the Liyang clan and outsiders, thus reversing the decline and fall of the clan in one fell swoop.

Later, this clan chief accurately discovered that the Chiwu clan, which was not yet part of the Chiwu Kingdom's royal family, was showing signs of rising to power, and decisively invested in them. This led to the wealth and legacy of the Liyang clan for nearly a thousand years.

(End of this chapter)