Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 288 Massive Hunting of Chaotic Origin Lifeforms

"Thank you for your help, Brother Ting!"

Shen Mu accepted the storage ring and politely thanked Ting Shiguang.

Ting Shiguang laughed and said, "Brother Origin, there's no need to be so polite. Your strength far surpasses that of most God Emperors at the peak of their cultivation. It would be enough if you took good care of my little shop in the future."

After a night of learning, Ting Shiguang also heard about Shen Mu's achievements.

With a single strike, he killed more than thirty Soul Devouring Beasts at the peak of the God Emperor level, and even fought a great battle with the Soul Devouring Beast King, gaining a slight advantage.

It should be noted that the Soul Devouring Beast is skilled in soul attacks, and most experts at the peak of the God Emperor realm in Thunder Pool City are unable to defeat a Soul Devouring Beast of the same realm in a one-on-one fight.

This suggests that Shen Mu's strength has likely reached the level of a city lord, or at least not by much.

The reason why Ting Shiguang, Chi Longshen, and the others were so warm and polite to Shen Mu was because of this.

"Brother Origin, if you plan to go out hunting, with your strength you can directly establish a hunting team through the Thunder God Palace. As the captain, it will be much more convenient."

The Crimson Dragon God gave Shen Mu some final instructions, but didn't go into too much detail.

After all, with Shen Mu's strength, he doesn't need to worry about any unstable factors from within Leichi City.

Although the three city lords explicitly forbade fighting within Leichi City, there were always some people who harbored ill intentions towards the newcomers. After all, killing newcomers was much safer than going out to hunt down Hunyuan creatures.

……

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

During these thousand years, Shen Mu did not rush to go out hunting, but stayed in his cave to cultivate and improve his strength.

Upon arriving in the Holy Realm of Cultivation, the changes in the rules caused Shen Mu's soul strength to drop from the late stage of God Emperor to the mid-stage, making it impossible for him to easily suppress beings similar to the will of the Soul Devouring Beast King.

It will take some time to comprehend the pure, infinite rules of the Dao and allow the soul to recover its level.

The process of comprehending the rules of Hunyuan cannot be rushed; one can improve gradually.

However, the refinement of bloodline power can be done as quickly as possible, as long as there are enough resources.

Given Shen Mu's strong will, there is no possibility that his power has increased but he cannot unleash it.

With enough resources, if Shen Mu could condense all nine bloodlines to the semi-primordial level, he would be able to instantly transform into the most powerful being in this world.

Even if an ordinary person manages to fuse the power of multiple bloodlines to reach the semi-primordial level, if their will is insufficient to control the power at this level, they still cannot unleash its full potential.

Like the city lord of Leichi City, Jiulong Haotian was able to unleash perfect strength. Every move he made was equivalent to the combined attack of nine and a half Hunyuan experts. His will must be the same as Shen Mu's, having reached the high-level Hunyuan level.

Boom!

A terrifying energy surge erupted from Shen Mu's body. This was the surge of two perfected bloodline powers: the power of infinity and the power of chaos.

"The flesh and blood of the thirty-odd semi-Hunyuan beings have been almost completely consumed."

Although the process of condensing bloodlines is fast, it is also extremely energy-consuming.

Previously, before arriving at the Cultivation Holy Realm, Shen Mu refined tens of thousands of innate Chaos Origin beings in one go. Although most of them were Chaos Origin beings at the early or middle stage of God Emperor level, the number was still sufficient.

This allowed Shen Mu to refine his Infinite Bloodline to the Great Perfection of the God Emperor realm, a semi-primordial level.

This time, Shen Mu devoured all the flesh and blood of the thirty-odd spirit-devouring beasts he had killed at the beginning, leaving only a small portion as backup food, before he could barely condense his second bloodline to its limit.

"Based on the calculation that thirty Hunyuan life forms at the perfect level of God Emperor can condense a perfect bloodline of God Emperor."

"To refine the remaining seven bloodlines to perfection, we need to hunt down more than two hundred God Emperors at perfection."

Shen Mu slowly stood up, his figure transforming into a streak of light as he fled directly out of Thunder Pool City.

Forming a hunting team is a complete waste of time.

Shen Mu has no interest in raising children. As long as he doesn't provoke the imprisoned high-level Chaos Origin beings, there may be Chaos Origin beings that Shen Mu cannot kill in the entire cultivation holy world, but there are none that can kill Shen Mu.

……

After leaving Leichi City and flying for about half an hour, Shen Mu finally encountered a group of Hunyuan life forms.

"A group of ant-dragons, totaling more than two hundred, with more than twenty at the semi-primordial level."

In Shen Mu's eyes, there were monsters that looked like ants but had long, sharp dragon tails roaming around.

This monster is called the Ant Dragon, and its average strength is the weakest among the countless races in the entire Holy Realm.

However, the Ant Dragons win by sheer numbers. Countless Ant Dragons live throughout the Holy Realm, spread over an extremely wide area. In the core of the Ant Dragon race's territory, there is also an Ant Dragon at the high level of Chaos Origin.

"Certainly!"

With an overwhelming surge of willpower, Shen Mu pushed the Great Origin Technique to its limit, directly shaking spacetime and instantly rendering the two hundred-plus ant dragons unable to resist.

The strongest among this small group of ant dragons is no match for the previous Soul-Devouring Beast King.

In an instant, apart from the twenty-odd ant dragons at the half-primordial level, the souls of the other ant dragons were annihilated, and the souls of these twenty-odd ant dragons also fell into a coma.

"The Mark of Origin!"

Shen Mu condensed his immense soul power in his palm, transforming it into a phantom cosmic origin seal, which directly struck the twenty-odd ant dragons.

If they hadn't been unconscious, Shen Mu's attack wouldn't have been able to harm them. But since they were already unconscious, even if their soul strength reached the semi-primordial level, their radiance would be gradually extinguished.

For Shen Mu, it was simply a matter of using his soul-annihilating techniques a few more times.

A single Origin Seal can only cause a tiny bit of damage to the soul of a life form at this level. If they are awakened, they can actively defend themselves.

Even with Shen Mu's Origin Seal at the mid-stage of the Divine Emperor realm, it's unlikely he could harm them.

Boom!

A thunderous roar, at the level of the soul, erupted forth—or more accurately, trillions of times, but all superimposed together.

With the speed of thought processing brought about by Shen Mu's terrifying will, it would be easy for him to unleash a soul attack technique, which is only at the mid-stage of the God Emperor realm, trillions of times in an instant.

The same tactic was used to suppress and kill those thirty-odd Soul-Devouring Beasts at the half-Chaotic Origin level.

More than twenty semi-Hunyuan Ant Dragons were annihilated by their souls without uttering a sound.

"I was lucky; I harvested one-tenth of it in less than a day."

Shen Mu simply ignored the ant-dragons that had not reached the level of a perfect God Emperor and stored them up as food.

After putting away his spoils, Shen Mu's figure once again transformed into a streak of light, heading away from Thunder Pool City.

The farther away from Leichi City, the higher the number and level of Hunyuan life forms that appear.

……

Before long, the light that Shen Mu had transformed into suddenly stopped in mid-air, and then he flipped his right hand, and the token of Thunder Pool City appeared.

The token was flashing a pure red light, a signal that someone was calling for help.

The token will only flash red if someone calls for help within a million miles, then orange if within ten million miles, and yellow if within a hundred million miles.

If it goes any further, the token will stop sending out distress signals, because even a city lord-level being in the cultivation holy realm cannot travel hundreds of millions of miles in a short time.

By the way, "one li" here also refers to the distance that a king-level expert can travel in a day in the vast world.

"Help! Help! Our team has been attacked by more than 500 Chaos Serpents. There are still more than 40 people left in the team. We can hold out for a while longer."

With a thought, Shen Mu's invisible will perception domain spread out over a million miles.

To the right in the distance, a group of giant, ethereal snakes with undulating bodies roared and converged. These snakes emanated pure, infinite energy, had no tails, and had ferocious snake heads at both ends of their bodies.

Within the encirclement of over five hundred Chaos Serpents, more than forty powerful cultivators at the peak of the God Emperor realm were struggling to hold on.

Generally speaking, the best among the perfected God Emperors can suppress two to three beings of the same realm. However, the Mo Wu Chaos Serpents they faced numbered more than two hundred.

"More than five hundred, of which more than one hundred and twenty are at the perfect level of God Emperor, not bad."

With his immense willpower gathering around him, Shen Mu's speed surged to another level as he flew towards the direction of the Chaos Serpent.

……

On the other side, more than forty God Emperors at the Perfected stage were struggling to hold on.

The team originally consisted of more than fifty people, including four idle cultivators at the late stage of God Emperor.

But in a short time, only forty-seven people remained. The four idle cultivators at the late stage of the God Emperor realm had already perished in the first instant.

"Captain, we can't hold on any longer!"

"What should we do?"

The leader, a God Emperor at the Perfected Realm, wielded nine flying swords, his combat power having reached its peak. He faced five Mo Wu Chaos Serpents at the Perfected Realm of God Emperors, struggling to maneuver against them.

"Hold on, the distress signal has been sent out."

"According to feedback from the Thunder God Palace, there is a team of more than forty God Emperors at the peak of their power within a million miles. With their support, our safe retreat will not be a problem."

This was all the captain could do to encourage his teammates; the actual situation was much worse.

Because the Mow Chaos Serpent, like the Ant Dragon, is a relatively weak but extremely numerous species.

Of course, the Chaos Serpent of Mowu is no match for the Ant Dragon. Once entangled by the Ant Dragon, thousands of Ant Dragons can gather in just a few hours.

Suddenly, a streak of light flew swiftly across the distant horizon, faster than even a typical semi-prime cultivator.

"Captain, we have lone wolf reinforcements!"

Someone shouted excitedly, "In the entire Thunder Pool City, apart from the three city lords, there are no more than ten people who dare to travel alone, and each of them is a famous figure."

"Pure white light, infinite Dao fluctuations... Is it the Infinite God?"

Shen Mu was extremely fast. Just as the hunting team noticed him, he arrived in the area.

"A bunch of vile beasts, show your true forms at once!"

Shen Mu spoke with the Heavenly Mandate in his mouth, and his immense willpower, accompanied by his voice, directly shook the void and spread outwards.

More than 500 Mowu Chaos Snakes were almost all knocked unconscious in an instant, leaving only the two snake kings.

"Good willpower, able to withstand my willpower attack."

Shen Mu's attention was focused on the two snake kings, and at the same time, he was being stared at intently by them.

"I haven't seen you before, a new ascendant?"

The two snake kings looked solemn, and the larger one spoke up, clearly wary of Shen Mu.

"You are not worthy to hear my name. Die!"

Shen Mu took a step forward, and the infinite power and chaotic power at the perfect level intertwined and condensed on the Ten Absolute Primordial Exquisite Pagoda.

What was once a priceless treasure has been completely reduced to an ordinary spear in Shen Mu's hands, with no special uses, except that it is hard enough.

A powerful will also coalesced, distorting the surrounding spacetime and empowering the spear.

Boom!

Shen Mu unleashed his power, thrusting out with his spear. His immense will condensed the power of his two bloodlines, equivalent to three times the peak strike of a semi-primordial life form.

Amidst endless chaotic turbulence, a dazzling spear light pierced through the rocky skull of a Mowu Chaos Serpent, instantly shattering its head.

Shen Mu's speed was too fast. Not only was his attack three times that of a half-peak Hunyuan cultivator, but his speed was also three times that of a half-peak Hunyuan cultivator.

Combined, Shen Mu's suppression of an ordinary God Emperor at the Perfection stage is equivalent to a God Emperor at the Perfection stage fighting a God Emperor at the Late Stage; he could severely injure him in one move and kill him in a few dozen moves.

Huh, huh, huh!

In an instant, tens of thousands of spear beams erupted, and the infinite chaotic power condensed to its extreme, directly reaching tens of thousands.

The two Chaos Serpents of Mo Wu were already severely sluggish in their thinking due to the impact of Shen Mu's will, unable to exert even half of their power, and were only slightly stronger than ordinary late-stage God Emperors.

Under the domain of spear light of this level, they were directly annihilated, their souls and bodies completely shattered, utterly dead.

After instantly annihilating the two-headed snake king, Shen Mu threw the spear from his palm. The endless pure infinite power and chaotic power intertwined, transforming into a spear that pierced through the void, creating ripples.

Boom!

The dazzling light instantly pierced through the more than one hundred Mo Wu Chaos Serpents present who were only unconscious and had not been directly killed by Shen Mu's will, impaling them all on the spear.

At this moment, Shen Mu turned his gaze to the more than forty God Emperor powerhouses who were dumbfounded.

"Are you all alright?"

Faced with Shen Mu's question, a group of powerful God Emperors quickly nodded.

"Thank you so much for saving my life, senior!"

"Thank goodness, thank goodness!"

"Greetings, senior! I will never forget your life-saving grace!"

Among this group of God Emperor powerhouses, the leader, a half-Chaotic Origin powerhouse, stepped forward and bowed to Shen Mu.

"I am Mo Yue, the Divine Emperor. May I ask if you are from Thunder Pool City, senior?"

Even this God Emperor Moyue wasn't sure if Shen Mu was from Thunder Pool City, since there wasn't such a formidable figure in Thunder Pool City.

Shen Mu nodded slightly: "Yes, I am indeed from Thunder Pool City. I just ascended here about a thousand years ago."

"millennium?"

"Senior, you're the Origin Emperor who suppressed the Soul-Devouring Beast King right after your ascension!?"

Shen Mu's name had already spread among the Crimson Dragon God and others. After all, there were only a little over two thousand strong people in the entire Thunder Pool City, and the number of those who had reached the peak of the God Emperor realm barely reached two thousand.

Basically, everyone in Leichi City knows each other, except for Shen Mu, the newcomer who has just ascended to immortality.

"Wow, it seems my name has spread quite far."

Shen Mu smiled and, while talking with the group, collected the remains of all five hundred-plus Hunyuan beings into his possession. No one in the team had any objections to this.

After all, they are all at the peak of the God Emperor realm, so there's no chance of them becoming stupid or idiotic.

"Now that this matter is settled, you are safe for the time being, but I suggest you return to Leichi City as soon as possible."

As Shen Mu spoke, his figure transformed into a streak of light and headed off into the distance once more, leaving a group of powerful individuals who had intended to befriend him somewhat disappointed.

(End of this chapter)