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Chapter 291 Instantly Kills a City Lord-Level Powerful Being

As the power of his soul surged into his divine body, Shen Mu's entire aura changed, and his divine body became crystal clear, as if it were cast from chaotic glass.

"This is... the power of the rules of the soul."

The true blood of a high-level Chaos Origin life form enters the body, which is different from the previous fusion of other bloodlines, and directly creates bloodline power at the semi-Chaos Origin level.

Pure spiritual light surged from Shen Mu's body, merging with the power of soul rules to transform into an ultimate illusion that enveloped the entire cave.

"What a powerful illusion."

Shen Mu could clearly perceive how powerful his illusion was; this illusory world was enough to make even a late-stage God Emperor unable to resist it.

Even beings at the Great Perfection of the God Emperor level would be affected by the illusion.

It should be noted that Shen Mu's current soul path is far from reaching the ultimate level. He has only combined the soul power of the semi-primordial level to achieve such power.

"Combined with my impact of will, even a powerful being with a will comparable to a higher life form would fall into an illusion."

Shen Mu's mere willpower impact could reduce the strength of a semi-primordial being with a high level of willpower by more than half, almost requiring them to wholeheartedly resist Shen Mu's willpower impact.

If combined with such a terrifying illusion attack, it could truly and instantly suppress all those who have not yet reached a high level of power.

"Furthermore, through this soul bloodline... I perceive the primordial rules of the soul... and they are so clear!"

Shen Mu's expression shifted, revealing a hint of emotion.

The Hunyuan life form perceives the Hunyuan rules so easily, resulting in a waste of its talent by not trying to comprehend the rules.

"Next is the Heart-Mind Path bloodline."

Shen Mu changed hand seals, and a soft light enveloped the corpse of the Butterfly Kun, from which a drop of semi-transparent dreamlike blood condensed.

"Come!"

As soon as Shen Mu finished speaking, the drop of true blood instantly merged into Shen Mu's body, and a mental illusion immediately began to erode Shen Mu.

A fairyland of blooming flowers, a desolate desert, strange creatures... countless fantastical scenes come to life.

"A heart as firm as a rock, unmoved by anything."

Shen Mu silently held fast to his original intention, sorted out the power of his eight bloodlines, introduced the Butterfly Kun bloodline into his body, transformed it into the power of the primordial spirit, transformed it into his divine body, and integrated it into every drop of divine power.

The entire process lasted for some time, and as the secret power of the Witch God Sacrifice dissipated, the nine bloodlines were perfectly integrated into Shen Mu's semi-primordial divine body.

Among them, the three bloodline powers of Infinite Dao, Soul Dao, and Chaos Dao have all been condensed to the limit below the high-level Hunyuan.

Any strike from any of the three powers is comparable to a strike from an ordinary God Emperor at the peak of perfection.

"Infinity, Soul, Mind, Chaos... Life, the power of nine bloodlines merges as one, this witch god system is indeed extraordinary."

With a wave of his hand, Shen Mu conjured up the corpses of Hunyuan beings at the perfect level of God Emperor.

There were more than two hundred of them in total, and each of them emanated energy fluctuations at the semi-primordial level.

"Awesome!"

With the Heavenly Mandate in his mouth, Shen Mu ignited an invisible fire of will, causing the corpses of more than two hundred Hunyuan beings to rapidly dissolve and decompose, transforming into colorful divine rivers that surged through the void.

Then, Shen Mu opened his mouth and inhaled, and more than two hundred divine rivers seemed to have found a way in, instantly surging into Shen Mu's divine body.

Shen Mu's six incomplete bloodlines revived, absorbing the immense bloodline energy.

Then Shen Mu formed hand seals, still using the cultivation method of the Witch God system, using his unparalleled and terrifying will to devour endless energy and condense his own bloodline.

While the bloodline system doesn't emphasize rules, it does emphasize willpower.

If one's will is not strong enough, even with extremely powerful bloodline power, one cannot unleash its full potential. In the end, one will be just like those naturally low-level Chaos Origin beings, possessing power but unable to exert it.

Only when one's will reaches the semi-primordial level can one condense the power of one's own bloodline to the semi-primordial level as well.

If simply consuming external objects could elevate one's bloodline level, then the bloodline system would have long since dominated the myriad realms of the primordial chaos.

For someone like Shen Mu and Jiulong Haotian to possess nine bloodlines and condense them all to the level of a perfect God Emperor, they must have a high-level Hunyuan level will.

Ultimately, breaking through the limits of bloodline and achieving ultimate awakening requires a high-level, primordial will.

Boom!

A series of booming sounds echoed within Shen Mu's divine body as his nine bloodlines frantically revived, their powerful auras intertwining and erupting, shaking the entire space-time continuum.

At this moment, the sky above Thunder Pool City seemed to darken, and the terrifying aura made the powerful figures in the city feel oppressed. A powerful figure at the peak of the God Emperor realm frowned and looked up at the sky.

"What exactly caused this feeling of oppression?"

"It's the city lord, it must be the city lord! I saw the city lord make a move during the beast tide that broke out more than 20 million years ago. It was this kind of oppressive aura that far surpassed that of a Great Perfection God Emperor!"

Inside the city lord's mansion, Jiulong Haotian, Cheng Suichuan, and Cang Sheng were also alerted.

Jiulong Haotian's gaze sharpened as he looked towards Shen Mu's cave: "Such fluctuations... could it be that Brother Origin is breaking through?"

Cheng Suichuan's eyes widened: "The bloodlines chosen by Brother Origin are all very powerful. It's possible that even Brother Long won't be a match for Brother Origin."

Jiulong Haotian laughed and said, "That's possible. Although I have comprehended the Dragon Rules to the level of half-primordial chaos, Brother Origin also has that powerful secret technique of will, which may have already surpassed mine."

Cang Sheng's eyes burned with fighting spirit, his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword, and he was incredibly excited.

"Such a powerful aura! I'm getting excited!"

Seeing this, both Jiulong Haotian and Cheng Suichuan revealed gloating expressions.

They were constantly challenged by the people back then, and the frequency of these challenges decreased significantly only after the people had witnessed their abilities.

……

At this moment, in Shen Mu's cave.

"So beautiful..."

Shen Mu stared blankly into the distant void.

In Shen Mu's view, that was not emptiness, but nine rules that governed the entire infinite primordial space.

It was crystal clear, allowing Shen Mu to observe it with an almost imperceptible sense of being able to reach out and touch the regular patterns.

"The souls of mid-stage God Emperors are too weak; it's time to create a completely new method for constructing soul structures."

Shen Mu's greatest insight was naturally the mystery of the Infinite Dao, with the Infinite Gate as proof, and the Infinite Dao bloodline was also the first to reach the semi-primordial level.

Shen Mu's comprehension of the Infinite Dao had long since reached the limit of the mid-stage God Emperor realm.

In addition, there are the Mind-Body Path and the Chaos Path, both of which have been comprehended to the level of God Emperor.

As for the other Great Daos, they haven't even reached the ultimate level, especially the Soul Dao, which they haven't even scratched the surface of.

Even though the rules of the Soul Dao are now crystal clear to Shen Mu, he still cannot see where the spiritual light that leads to the ultimate Soul is.

"Don't rush to leave seclusion. Continue to comprehend the Dao of Infinity, the Dao of Mind, and the Dao of Chaos, and elevate your soul level to the perfection of the God Emperor realm."

There are over two thousand experts at the peak of the God Emperor level in Leichi City.

But basically, they are all capable of unleashing combat power at the perfect level, and their divine bodies have reached the perfect level.

Only a dozen or so people have truly reached absolute perfection in both body and soul, mastered a semi-primordial level of rules, and are truly able to step into the realm of semi-primordial life.

Among them, the most outstanding is the deputy city lord Cang Sheng, who has comprehended two semi-primordial rules, possesses unparalleled and exquisite skills, and whose power is close to that of the Nine Dragons Haotian.

As time passed and years went by, deep within the secluded meditation chamber, Shen Mu's will roamed the ocean of the three great rules.

The power of the soul surged forth like a mighty river, and the rich spiritual radiance swept in all directions, beginning to evolve into three kinds of rule runes.

The Heart-Shaped Dao Secret Patterns flutter like graceful butterflies, their emotional fluctuations like dreamlike veils; the Infinite Dao Secret Patterns resemble a vast and boundless galaxy, containing endless possibilities for change; the Chaotic Dao Secret Patterns are like a deep black hole, mysterious and unpredictable, radiating a primal and powerful attraction.

The three types of secret rune light intertwine and collide, and the secret runes merge with each other, creating countless miniature secret rune patterns.

These miniature runes twinkle like stars, containing a subtle fusion of three rules. First, they depict the phantoms of universes and primordial worlds.

Countless beings are evolving, and billions of civilizations are developing, revealing endless rules and mysteries.

As time passed, the mystical universes and worlds became increasingly complex and mysterious. Eventually, all the mystical patterns converged and merged, evolving into a massive, infinite, chaotic phantom of the mind.

In the blink of an eye, millions of years have passed.

Over the course of countless millennia, more than thirty ascendants came to Thunder Pool City from various source worlds, but most of them perished shortly after their ascension, leaving only eleven newcomers.

However, the number of powerful individuals in Thunder Pool City has not increased, because over the past tens of millions of years, sixteen of the city's elders have perished. Among them, fourteen were late-stage God Emperors, and two were veteran God Emperors at the peak.

Boom!

On this day, a vast and boundless illusory image of mental chaos manifested, covering a small portion of Thunder Pool City.

"After millions of years, I have finally comprehended the Dao of Mind and Form to the level of half-primordial chaos."

Inside the cave, an invisible force of will was intertwining and evolving around Shen Mu.

With the bloodline of the Heart-Mind Dao, Shen Mu's difficulty in comprehending the Heart-Mind Dao was reduced by a hundred billion times compared to before, and the efficiency was increased by an unknown amount.

Besides the Path of the Heart, the Path of Infinity has also made breakthroughs, reaching the level of the late God Emperor stage.

The difficulty of comprehending the mysteries of the rules is too high. Even if Shen Mu possesses a high-level Hunyuan level will and devotes himself to comprehension, it would take tens of millions of years to achieve such an improvement.

"A half-primordial Dao, plus the Infinite Dao of the late God Emperor stage and the Chaos Dao of the mid-God Emperor stage, is enough for me to create a soul structure method at the God Emperor's perfect level."

Besides the method of soul structure, Shen Mu can continue to improve his Great Origin Technique.

This unique skill can be brought to the level of a true, secret transmission of the Hunyuan (primordial chaos).

"I might not be able to shake a high-level Chaos Origin life form in its peak state."

"But you Hunyuan prisoners, just wait to be hunted down."

Shen Mu's gaze swept across time and space, looking into the lair of each and every primordial being.

After a moment, Shen Mu withdrew his gaze, and the brilliant spiritual light surged. Each ray of light was intertwining and changing, forming a more stable structure and promoting the improvement of the soul's strength.

"Since it is based on the mysteries of three rules, let's call it the 'Infinite Mind Chaos Law'."

Shen Mu's naming style has always been simple and straightforward.

Besides transforming his soul, Shen Mu was also multitasking, using the semi-primordial level of the Mind-Body Dao as a foundation to incorporate the mysteries of the Infinite Dao and the Soul Dao, perfecting his ultimate killing move, the Great Origin Technique.

"Besides the Great Origin Technique, we also need to create a Soul Dao Illusion Killing Move. Only by combining the two can we be powerful enough."

Using Shen Mu's half-primordial soul and half-primordial level soul bloodline to activate the illusionary killing move, its power far exceeded the previous use of a God King level ultimate technique with a late-stage God Emperor soul.

Although Shen Mu's Soul Dao has not yet reached the ultimate level, it does not mean that Shen Mu cannot create a Soul Killing Technique. He can simply use the Soul Dao as a foundation and incorporate other mysteries.

This seclusion was not long, after all, the insights had been gained, and creating the secret technique was just a natural progression.

In just twenty or thirty thousand years, Shen Mu successfully emerged from seclusion.

……

In recent years, the three members of the City Lord's Mansion, Jiulong Haotian, and others have not gone into seclusion. Instead, they have been exchanging ideas and discussing the Dao with each other, adjusting their own state, and striving to reach a state of perfection.

Suddenly, a figure appeared on the lake in the garden, and none of the three noticed when the figure appeared.

"Brother Origin has emerged from seclusion!"

"Congratulations, Origin, on your great improvement!"

When Jiulong Haotian and Cheng Suichuan saw Shen Mu, they both clasped their hands in congratulations.

The deputy city lord, holding a longsword, could no longer suppress his fighting spirit.

"Brother Origin, would you mind sparring with me? I'd like to offer this Illusionary Heart Divine Sword as payment."

As soon as Cang Sheng finished speaking, a divine sword swirling with dreamlike, illusory energy appeared.

The divine sword is entirely ethereal, giving it a phantom-like appearance. Endless images are displayed on its surface, and different people see different images.

"This is... the illusory path!"

The illusory path is different from the soul illusion. Illusion is the principle of the true and false changes of matter. Although it can also deceive human form, it is indeed based on matter.

Soul illusions are phantoms at the soul level. Although they can interfere with reality, they are ultimately based on the soul.

"Brother Origin, you have a good eye. This is a Chaos Origin Divine Weapon of the Illusionary Dao. I really can't get my hands on Chaos Origin Divine Weapons of the Mind-Image Dao and the Soul Illusion Dao."

The deputy city lord of Cang Sheng felt a little regretful, as collecting various swords and divine weapons was his greatest hobby.

"In that case, please make a move, Brother Cang Sheng," Shen Mu said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Cang Sheng placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword, and his entire being seemed to vanish from the world.

Clang!

A crisp sword cry echoed between heaven and earth. It was an endlessly brilliant sword strike, its light piercing through the space-time of this world, the ultimate power of space-time condensing into a dazzling sharpness.

Although the deputy city lord of Cang Sheng was only a half-primordial being, his divine power and soul power were firmly restricted within a cage.

However, the power of this sword strike far exceeded the combined attack of several semi-primordial level experts, perfectly combining the two rules of spacetime and swordsmanship at the semi-primordial level.

Shen Mu gently raised his right hand and pointed at the sword light.

"Disperse!"

The Great Origin Technique, thus viewed!

The dazzling sword light, like a dreamlike bubble, vanished the moment it touched Shen Mu.

As Shen Mu's divine body, soul, bloodline, and mental cultivation all reached the semi-primordial level, and his will reached the pinnacle of the advanced primordial level, the power of the Great Origin Technique was raised to another level.

The principles of the semi-primordial level can be explained in "Thus Observation".

"Brother Cang Sheng, shall we continue?"

Shen Mu's voice rang out, waking up the dazed Lord of Cang Sheng City.

"You...you've achieved a high-level Chaos Origin Realm?" This was the only thought in the Cang Sheng Deputy City Lord's mind. A half-Chaos Origin Realm being shouldn't have such abilities!

(End of this chapter)