Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 35 The First In-Depth Encounter with the Universe

Within Shen Mu's original core.

The void that once contained only energy and souls has been completely transformed, and a lake with a diameter of over 2000 meters has appeared.

In the center of the lake, a whirlpool about one meter in diameter was slowly rotating, like a bottomless abyss swallowing the surrounding waters. At the deepest part of the whirlpool, a ball of primordial soul light emitted a faint, clear glow.

"hold head high!"

A resounding dragon roar echoed within the lake, and Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone appeared directly in his inner world.

After gaining access to his inner world, Shen Mu was finally able to carry his own clone with him, just like Luo Feng.

Whoosh!

The sound of flowing water rang out as dense water-attribute energy converged towards the Azure Dragon clone.

As the inner world opened up, the Azure Dragon clone also began to change. Its body shape and scales were rapidly adjusting, and the tips of its dragon horns completely transformed into a crystal-clear ice blue, as if sculpted from ice.

Countless pale blue, intricate patterns spread and extended from the dragon's horns, covering its entire body.

"hold head high!"

The thrill of life's evolution filled the Azure Dragon clone, causing it to instinctively let out a series of exhilarating dragon roars.

The change lasted only about two or three minutes, as if the Azure Dragon of the East Sea had undergone a metamorphosis.

It's not just that its appearance has changed slightly; the ferocious and savage feeling of the past has disappeared, replaced by a majestic and boundless aura, making it more similar to the true dragon in myths and legends.

"Domain, open!"

A hazy, aquamarine halo spread out, faintly transforming into the illusory image of a body of water.

hum!

The ice-blue dragon horns glowed faintly, causing countless intricate patterns around its body to light up.

As Shen Mu calmed down, he vaguely sensed a strange fluctuation in the operation of his own domain.

This fluctuation permeates the entire universe, vast and majestic.

However, in Shen Mu's perception, this fluctuation was extremely vague, as if he were lost in a sea of ​​smoke and mist, trying to see flowers through a fog.

This is the fluctuation of the fundamental law of water, one of the ten fundamental laws of the universe.

"Ordinary humans need to possess at least eight or even nine levels of domain to vaguely perceive the fluctuations of the laws."

"Even human elites with cosmic or domain lord-level bloodlines need three to five domains to sense the fluctuations of the laws. But those with peak bloodlines only need one domain."

With his peak bloodline-level talent in law, Shen Mu directly touched the mysterious and profound law fluctuations. Although he would have to put in a lot of hard work to comprehend them, he was at least able to grasp them.

"Alright, the next goal is to comprehend the domain and its laws, and strive to grasp a wisp of the mystery of the laws as soon as possible."

From that day on, Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone never appeared in the outside world again, staying in his inner world to sense the fluctuations of the water's fundamental law.

Guided by this vague yet vast fluctuation, one can integrate one's own understanding of water and tides, and attempt to comprehend some true truths.

Shen Mu already had a deep understanding of water and tides, unlike Luo Feng in the original work who forcibly possessed a domain but had no understanding of metal. He did not start from scratch.

However, Shen Mu had no idea about the fluctuations of the laws before, like a headless fly, so it was basically a pipe dream for him to comprehend the mysteries of the laws.

But now, guided by the vague fluctuations of the laws, Shen Mu has entered a state of accumulating knowledge and experience, integrating his understanding of water and tides, gaining new insights every day.

……

Before they knew it, it was January 13, 2060.

According to the original trajectory of fate, this day should have been the day when Hong and Thor joined forces to fight the Golden Horned Beast, but fate changed because of the appearance of Shen Mu, the butterfly.

"Shen Mu, Shen Mu, the Black Dragon Mountain spaceship is repaired! We can head to space now!"

Six months ago, after the Golden Horned Beast incident came to an end, Babata began to worry.

Because resources were running low, Shen Mu used his Wood Crystals to feed the fallen tamed beast, leaving him with no additional resources for cultivation. Luo Feng, who had possessed the Golden Horned Beast, also needed to devour a large amount of metal to evolve.

At that time, Babata had the idea of ​​going to space and planned to build a spaceship by hand.

Then Shen Mu gave a subtle hint, such as that the No. 12 ancient civilization ruins were a huge crashed spaceship, and if they could be repaired, there would be no need for so much trouble.

"Okay, I'll let Brother Hong know. We'll be setting off for space in a couple of days."

Luo Feng hasn't yet created an Earthling clone, so naturally he can't go there.

Hong and Thor had become disciples of Meteorite Star half a year ago. In the past six months, Thor had been immersed in the secrets of the Thunder Domain and had no time to learn the universal language. Therefore, Shen Mu and Hong had to set off together.

"No problem!" Babata gave Shen Mu an OK sign.

Shen Mu dialed Hong's communication channel, and two seconds later Hong's holographic projection appeared.

"Amu, why are you calling me all of a sudden? Don't tell me you've broken through to the third level of the Domain?"

Hong looked at Shen Mu with a faint smile in his eyes.

Shen Mu has made rapid progress in the past six months. He reached the second level of the Domain four months ago and has now touched the threshold of the third level.

This terrifying pace of progress left Babata exclaiming that it was unscientific.

"Not yet, but it'll be soon. This time, I have some good news to share with Brother Hong: the spaceship is repaired, and we can head to space."

Upon hearing this, Hong's face showed a thoughtful expression, and then he said, "Stepping into the universe? Should we make more preparations? After all, we are only at the planetary level, which is not enough in the universe."

The next instant, Babata appeared, hands on his hips, and said, "Nie Nei, Hong, you don't trust the great Lord Babata. I have already prepared everything."

"Regarding identity, both you and Shen Mu possess domains, so disguising yourselves as elite members of a major power is not a problem."

"As for strength, with the Silver Guardians around, we are immune to all attacks below the cosmic level, and they are also a symbol of status. Even cosmic-level beings wouldn't dare to attack us casually."

As Babata finished speaking, Hong nodded slightly.

"Alright, we can't let this opportunity to set foot in the universe slip by. I'll talk to the second brother first. After we enter the universe, we'll need him to stay on Earth."

Two days later, in outer space.

Inside the Heilongshan X81 spaceship, Shen Mu and Hong surveyed the entire starry sky through a perfect exterior simulation.

Suddenly, the spaceship's AI voice sounded.

"The spaceship will reach the speed of light in 12 seconds, 10, 9, 8..."

"Get ready, the spaceship is about to travel into the dark universe. There might be some discomfort then," Babata said excitedly.

Outside, the Black Dragon Mountain spaceship, which had already transformed into a black streak of light, suddenly became blurry.

The space around the spaceship changed in the next instant, and it disappeared directly into the cosmos.

The dark universe is different from the primordial universe. Traveling 1 light-year in the dark universe will take you 1008 million light-years to return to the primordial universe.

In the original universe, matter cannot exceed the speed of light. Once it reaches the speed of light, it will directly travel through the universe and arrive in the dark universe.

However, in the dark universe, there is no limit to the speed of light. As long as the spaceship has good performance, it can fly as fast as it wants.

Babata looked at Shen Mu and Hong Dao and said, "At the speed of our spaceship, it will take us less than 10 days to reach Qiulong Star. When we arrive, we will first register our citizenship with the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and obtain citizenship."

Shen Mu nodded slightly. Babata might not know more about the universe than he did.

As for Hong Zaichu's discovery, he also received instructions from Babata and knew what the primary goal of this cosmic journey was.

……

Ten days later in the blink of an eye.

The spacecraft traveled 32 light-years to reach Dragon Star in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Through the spaceship's exterior simulation, Shen Mu and Hong looked down at this life-bearing planet. The atmosphere was filled with colorful air currents, making it look incredibly beautiful and magnificent.

Outside the planet's atmosphere, there is a huge artificial star ring, which serves as a docking port for spaceships arriving on Qiulong Star.

"Qiulong Star, here we come!" Babata shouted excitedly, then maneuvered the spaceship to slowly descend according to the guidance signal.

(End of this chapter)