Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 34 The Road Ahead

The battle against the Devouring Beasts ended at 2:47 PM that day.

From the perspective of the many councilors of the War God Palace, Councilor Luo Feng ultimately annihilated the Devouring Beast, which could resurrect infinitely, with a powerful soul attack, ending the battle.

However, Councilor Luo Feng also fell into a deep sleep due to overexertion of his mental energy and is currently receiving treatment at the headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy. It is expected that it will take him a year and a half to recover.

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Late that night, at Shen Mu's home.

Inside the incredibly solid gravity chamber of the ancient civilization, Shen Mu, who was meditating cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.

The next instant, a stream of light, light blue, flew out from between Shen Mu's eyebrows and transformed into a transparent crystal ball covered with chaotic patterns, which floated in mid-air.

Whoosh!

Faintly, the sound of surging waves seemed to emerge, and streaks of azure light spread out from the primordial core, outlining the silhouette of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea.

In the blink of an eye, a 160-meter-long Azure Dragon from the East China Sea appeared in this small gravity chamber.

Instantly, the entire gravity chamber became crowded, and a fierce aura swept out.

"It took most of a day to revive, which is far inferior to the Golden Horned Beast."

Shen Mu let out a long breath, and a faint light flashed from the spatial ring on his right index finger. Then a drop of golden blood floated in mid-air.

"I hope my innate talent won't disappoint me."

Shen Mu took a deep breath and used his mental power to control the drop of blood from the Golden Horned Beast, sending it into the mouth of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, where it was then absorbed by the primordial core.

hum!

Within the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, the transparent crystal core trembled slightly, and the dense, chaotic patterns on it began to surge and change, deciphering the Golden Horned Beast's innate secret technique.

The entire process lasted only about five seconds, after which a stream of profound information flooded into Shen Mu's mind.

The three secret techniques of the Golden Horned Beast—devouring, strengthening, and clone—have all been analyzed.

"I didn't expect this secret technique to have an automatic evolution effect, allowing it to perfectly suit myself!" Shen Mu's eyes showed surprise; the effect of his innate secret technique far exceeded his expectations.

For example, this "Devouring" secret technique involves using the weak spatial control ability granted by the inner world to devour metal, and then decompose it into nutrients to support the evolution of the inner world.

Without an inner world, one cannot perform the "Devouring" secret technique.

It can be said that the inner world is the foundation of the Golden Horned Beast. The more metal it devours, the higher the inner world evolves, and the clearer its perception of the fundamental laws of metal becomes.

Once one can evolve to the cosmic level, the compatibility between the inner world and the fundamental laws of metal will reach a terrifying level, directly granting one a domain.

If Shen Mu chooses the Devouring Secret Technique, his Azure Dragon clone will be able to open up his inner world and gain the ability to devour.

However, the inner world of the Azure Dragon clone will change from a metal-attribute world to a water-attribute world. Evolution through devouring metal will also change to evolution through devouring water-attribute treasures.

Furthermore, after acquiring an inner world, Shen Mu's talent will increase significantly. Like the Golden Horned Beast, even without comprehending a domain, he will directly possess a domain upon evolving to the first tier of the Universe level.

Moreover, the Golden Horned Beast clan only needs to possess one level of domain to be able to vaguely sense the fluctuations of the primordial laws.

In other words, by choosing this secret method, Shen Mu, who possesses a first-level domain, can now sense the fluctuations of the fundamental law of water.

At the planetary level, one begins to come into contact with the laws; such talent would probably be among the most outstanding in the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

"It's a pity. It only improves talent, but doesn't change genes. It's like taking a bloodline evolution agent. The clone technique is still more competitive."

In the universe, regardless of the level of bloodline evolution agent, it only raises the talent to that level; the genetic level will not evolve.

It should be noted that the life genes of a Domain Lord-level bloodline race are already 6 times that of ordinary life in the universe.

This is a genetic level that most people who are enfeoffed as marquises or even kings and immortals do not possess.

While the regional master-level bloodline evolution agent is precious, it's nothing compared to the title of Marquis and Immortal. Even someone like Hu Yanbo, who barely achieved the title of Marquis, could afford it.

As for the "Enhancement" secret technique, Shen Mu glanced at it and ignored it. Although it was not bad, it was not competitive at all compared to the "Clone" secret technique.

"The clone technique really does allow you to create three clones: one at the planetary level, one at the cosmic level, and one at the world lord level."

The Golden Horned Beast's "Clone" technique can only be used through its inner world, so choosing the "Clone" technique also allows one to have their own inner world.

However, this is only the inner world. As Shen Mu evolves, although the inner world will expand, it cannot directly devour water-attribute treasures to strengthen the inner world, and cannot endow Shen Mu with powerful law talents.

After digesting all the information about the clone technique, Shen Mu frowned slightly.

"The inability to improve one's Law talent is a major drawback. With my and the Azure Dragon of the East Sea's Law talent, we would need to be at least at the eighth or even ninth level of the Domain to sense even a slight fluctuation of Law. The Planetary level is basically out of the question."

If one cannot comprehend the laws at the planetary level, then the plan to quickly rise in the universe, join a major power, and obtain the genetic information of powerful beings to create clones will fall through.

Shen Mu was caught in a dilemma: should he choose the clone technique directly, or the devouring technique?

A planetary-level individual possessing a domain—such talent, placed within the Black Dragon Mountain branch of the Virtual Universe Company, would likely only qualify as a Level 1 elite, or at most a Special-Level elite.

Although he can be considered a genius, the resources he receives are likely limited and subject to strict control. Even if he were to obtain genetic material from some powerful creatures, it would probably not be stronger than Luo Feng's Demon Slayer Clan clone.

In the later stages, Luo Feng's Demon Slayer Clan clone almost disappeared, with the only one that had a noticeable presence being the massive divine body of the Nether Sea clone. Shen Mu did not want to waste his clone slot in this way.

Moreover, even with sufficient attention, obtaining the remains of powerful planetary-level creatures is still difficult.

Several powerful beings are at the planetary level, while those with the highest cosmic bloodlines can evolve to the eternal level within a year of birth, not to mention those special life forms.

If they delay in creating clones, given the inherent talents of both Earthlings and the Azure Dragon clones, it will be an eternity before they can rise to power.

However, if one changes their approach and chooses to use the Devouring Secret Technique to enhance their Law Talent, comprehending a wisp of the Water Law's secrets at the Planetary level and crossing the threshold of the Law, the outcome will be different.

Shen Mu didn't expect to be directly accepted as a disciple by the Venerable One, but with such talent, joining the Virtual Universe Company or other forces would allow him to receive resources and training that would reach an astonishing level.

After I break through to the Hengxing level, it won't be too late to choose the clone technique. Who knows, the first clone might even give birth to some kind of special life form.

"Perhaps... we will be able to access even more powerful clone techniques at that time. The Golden Horned Beast clan can only barely hope to breed clones with a thousand times the gene count. The world tree and other heaven-defying special life forms are simply incapable of breeding them."

"Choose to solidify the Devouring Secret Technique!"

The moment Shen Mu made his decision, one of the chaotic colored runes on the original core changed, meandering and surging, evolving anew, and its color also changed to aquamarine, spreading throughout the entire transparent crystal core.

Boom!

A deafening roar, inaudible to the outside world, emanated from within the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, as an inner world exceeding a thousand meters in length and width began to unfold.

Some readers were curious before, even if he had a clone, the first clone he would choose would probably be someone who would borrow Luo Feng's Demon Slayer Clan clone. To avoid spoilers, this hasn't been explained yet, but this chapter should make it clearer.

(End of this chapter)