Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 90 Collecting Special Opportunities

The 34th level of the Inheritance Stone Platform.

As soon as Shen Mu stepped onto this level, invisible inherited information flooded into his mind, its complexity and mystery far exceeding that of the previous level by more than ten times.

This is why the God of Purgatory divided the original Streamline Inheritance into three stages. If the profoundness of the first 33 layers of inherited information can be considered as rough, then from the 34th layer onwards, the mystery of the inherited information becomes difficult.

Moreover, not only does it take longer to comprehend the inherited information, but it also takes longer to inscribe the corresponding secret patterns in the body and cultivate to a higher level of amplitude.

"The difficulty has increased dramatically. No wonder there are more than 6,000 inheritors who have passed the first stage, but fewer than 10 inheritors who have passed the second stage, and not even half of them have mastered the complete inheritance."

The second stage allows one to elevate their genetic level to a hundred times that of ordinary life forms, which is extremely powerful among special life forms, and they all possess extremely powerful secret techniques.

Even the best among them, such as the 'Spirit-Possessing Demon Insect' chosen by Shen Mu, are born with perfect control over the soul, and their subsequent cultivation of the Soul Amplification Secret Technique is even more efficient, with their talent surpassing that of the Insect Queen.

Of course, it's understandable when you think about it, since one of them is a top-tier, prolific race.

The other type is a naturally born being from a special cosmic realm, unable to reproduce later in life, relying entirely on the nurturing of that realm. (Refer to the special life form, the Kou clan, in the original work.)

……

As time passed, even though Shen Mu's genetic level increased tenfold, his limit for withstanding pressure also increased tenfold. However, as the inheritance became more and more profound, he gradually found himself unable to keep up.

In the blink of an eye, more than forty years have passed.

On the 53rd step of the inheritance platform, Shen Mu, who had already comprehended the inherited information and was trying to master the 53-fold body amplitude, suddenly opened his eyes.

At this moment, the pressure on every cell in his body had reached a terrifying threshold. If it were an ordinary seventh or eighth-level domain lord, without cultivating an amplitude-type secret technique, they would have been crushed into a bloody mist in an instant.

"That's the limit!"

Shen Mu let out a long breath. At this moment, his whole body was burning with pain, and some of his cells had begun to break down.

The next instant, the dark red aura in the entire hall began to dissipate, and the extreme pressure that had been enveloping Shen Mu vanished without a trace.

Immediately afterwards, the hall trembled and then began to dissipate into endless radiance.

hum!

Flames surged in the void, intertwining with ripples in spacetime to form a vortex wormhole surrounding the flames.

This wasn't the first time Shen Mu had seen a wormhole. There was a similar portal in the core of the bewitching red star where he had entered the Purgatory Abyss Secret Realm.

……

Outside, in a primeval, hidden realm, at the core of the bewitching red star.

The silent vortex of fire suddenly boiled over, with countless dark red flames rising up.

On either side of the flame wormhole, two white-robed guardians at the Immortal Realm were instantly alerted, followed by a hundred silver-level deacons who also became vigilant, all eyes fixed on the flame wormhole.

Then, Shen Mu, dressed in white, flew out of the wormhole. His figure was more agile than before he entered the Abyss of Purgatory, and he also had a strange rhythm on his body.

"Your Highness Shen Mu!"

Everyone bowed respectfully, and the leader, the immortal in white robes, stepped forward and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, on your triumphant return after surviving for more than sixty years in the Abyss of Purgatory."

"Please come with us, Your Highness. Once the Purgatory Abyss mission is confirmed, the 100 million points reward will be sent to you immediately."

The white-robed immortal's tone even carried a hint of respect at this moment.

This is unprecedented. Geniuses ultimately only have the potential to grow into strong individuals, but not true strong individuals. Exceptionally talented individuals may earn the respect of the strong, but they generally won't command the subservience of the strong.

But this white-robed immortal had spent countless years in the Abyss of Purgatory, so he naturally knew the secret to escaping it.

That's 10 times the genetic potential and at least 33 times the body's amplitude. Even a powerful expert who has reached the highest rank might not have such a terrifying amplification.

……

A moment later, a black flying saucer carried Shen Mu away from the Abyss of Purgatory.

However, Shen Mu's destination was not his own residence in the Primal Secret Realm, but rather he accepted his second cultivation mission: Dragon Tower Star.

Dragon Tower Star is an ancient planet born in the Primordial Secret Realm. It is a giant life-bearing planet with a gravity 10812 times that of Earth, and is home to countless kinds of dragons.

Shen Mu chose the Dragon Tower Star mission because of the special opportunities it contained. The sacred Dragon Tower was a treasure left behind by the ancestor of the dragon race, and it had the ability to strengthen the bloodline of dragons.

The progenitor of the dragon race was a unique life form with a thousand times the genetic potential, living in the same era as the eight great beast gods. He eventually achieved the realm of the master of the universe, but he also perished.

Generally speaking, special life forms cannot reproduce, especially those with a thousand times the genetic potential. However, this dragon ancestor possessed a special talent and secret technique called "reproduction," which allowed him to mate with any life form capable of reproduction.

However, the talents of the dragons in their descendants varied greatly. The powerful ones had peak bloodlines, but the vast majority of their descendants were just ordinary cosmic life forms.

Therefore, almost every major race in the universe has a dragon bloodline. For example, the dragon-people race among humans was born in this way, and the royal family of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire belongs to the Wuhui branch of the dragon-people race.

Shen Mu's plan was to have the resurrected Azure Dragon clone infiltrate Dragon Tower Star and see if it could sneak into the legendary Dragon Tower.

According to Shen Mu's speculation, this so-called strengthening of dragon bloodline is probably a special opportunity to improve the genetic level, but it is only effective for beings with dragon blood.

After traveling through the dark universe for three months, the spaceship finally arrived at Dragon Tower.

Upon entering Dragon Tower Star, Shen Mu immediately released his Azure Dragon clone and then used it to venture into Dragon Tower Star.

After Shen Mu controlled a cosmic-level rock dragon through the Spirit Transfer Technique, he learned the specific information about the Dragon Tower.

The Dragon Tower is a hundred stories high, and any dragon below the Immortal level can enter. However, to strengthen their bloodline, they must defeat the guardian dragon of each level, which is an energy life form generated by the Dragon Tower.

The strength of the guardian dragon is determined by the strength of the dragon that challenges it. For example, Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone is currently at the sixth level of the Domain Lord.

That opponent would also be a sixth-tier Domain Lord, whose overall combat strength, including their understanding of laws, secret techniques, and power exertion, would be roughly comparable to that of a member of the Virtual Universe Company's Doomsday Secret Realm.

With each level you pass, the strength of the gatekeeper increases; the tenth gatekeeper is a hundred times stronger than the first.

The twentieth floor is two hundred times stronger, the thirtieth floor is four hundred times stronger, and so on. The opponents on the hundredth floor of the Dragon Tower will be fifty thousand times stronger than the opponents on the first floor.

After learning detailed information about the Dragon Tower, Shen Mu headed straight for its location and began his ascent.

On that day, at the core of Dragon Tower Star, the towering Dragon Tower, which was tens of thousands of kilometers high, suddenly lit up with a pale red glow. This meant that a dragon had passed through the 10th level of the Dragon Tower and possessed a level 10 bloodline (10 times the gene).

The next day, the Dragon Tower once again shone with orange light, and the Azure Dragon clone successfully passed the twentieth floor. Such a commotion had already alerted the immortal dragon race sleeping on this ancient star.

On the fourth day, the Holy Land Dragon Tower erupted with an even more dazzling golden divine light, illuminating half of Dragon Tower Star.

For the countless dragons living on Dragon Tower Star, the last time the golden light shone was countless years ago. At that time, that dragon with extraordinary talent had also grown to the limit of godhood, leading countless dragon gods to resist the extraterrestrial demons, and ultimately perished.

At this moment, on the 34th floor of the Holy Land Dragon Tower.

This is a vast, desolate mountain world, but the earth has cracked and the mountains have shifted, clearly indicating that a great battle has taken place.

In a valley, Shen Mu was feeding the life fruit to the severely injured and near-death Azure Dragon clone.

"Defeating the guardian dragon of the thirty-fourth floor was already the limit of what I could do. If it weren't for good luck, I would have definitely failed to pass the level."

As the Azure Dragon clone recovered from its injuries, Shen Mu stored it in his inner world and then contacted the spaceship in outer space.

hum!

A screen was projected onto the intelligent optical computer, and the screen instantly connected, revealing the figure of the Realm Lord dressed in a black uniform.

"Your Highness," the realm lord bowed slightly and spoke respectfully.

Shen Mu nodded slightly and said, "I choose to give up the Dragon Hunting Mission on Dragon Tower Star. However, I am currently being targeted by more than a hundred Immortal Dragons and trapped inside Dragon Tower. I request the company to send a powerful expert to rescue me."

The realm lord's expression instantly turned serious. Although he didn't know what Prince Shen Mu had done to alarm hundreds of immortal dragons, he must have caused an earth-shattering commotion.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will report your current situation to the system immediately."

Just over thirty seconds after the call ended, a strong spatial law fluctuation suddenly erupted in the sky above Dragon Tower Star.

A figure instantly teleported into the sky above Dragon Tower Star. The towering figure, thousands of meters tall, unleashed a vast pressure, and a dazzling earth-yellow divine domain of laws swept out.

Instantly, the space around the Holy Land Dragon Tower was sealed off, merging with the earthen-yellow Law God Domain. It was as if an immeasurable mountain was pressing down on the heads of these hundreds of immortal dragons, making it difficult for them to even resist.

"Extraterritorial evil!"

A thunder dragon, nearing the level of a marquis, tried to resist, but faced with this super strong guardian of Dragon Tower Star, it could hardly even put up a fight.

This powerful figure is named King Chihui, and he is no weaker than King Zhenyan. Ordinary King-level Immortals are not qualified to guard Dragon Tower Star.

"Shen Mu, come out."

The figure of King Chihui slowly descended, completely ignoring the hundreds of ferocious dragon beasts around him.

At the entrance of the Dragon Tower, a stream of light flew out and landed in front of King Chihui, bowing slightly: "Thank you for saving me, King Chihui."

King Chihui nodded slightly and said, "This is my duty. Let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, King Chihui waved his hand, and an invisible spatial fluctuation spread out, enveloping him and Shen Mu.

Shen Mu felt the scenery blur for a moment, and then he appeared in the black disc-shaped spaceship.

After safely delivering Shen Mu to the spaceship, King Chihui nodded slightly to Shen Mu without saying a word, and then used teleportation again to return to the magnificent palace floating above Dragon Tower Star.

Shen Mu shook his head slightly and said, "He is truly a cold and aloof senior."

Beside them, a realm lord stepped forward and respectfully inquired, "Your Highness, shall we return to the Primal Secret Realm?"

Shen Mu waved his hand: "No need, let's move on to the next task."

According to the rules of the Virtual Universe Company, only core members at the universe level can take on cultivation missions, and they no longer have this opportunity after being promoted to domain lord.

Furthermore, there are restrictions on accepting cultivation missions; a maximum of 10 missions can be accepted every 100 years.

In addition, to prevent people from endlessly accepting missions, there is a limit to the total number of missions each person can accept. For example, for extreme missions, members of the Primal Realm can accept a maximum of three, which is a permanent limit and is not related to time.

Shen Mu's chosen mission this time is the ruins of the ancient temple. The core opportunity of this mission is a treasure called "Purple Chen Hundred Leaf".

This treasure is used to cultivate auxiliary plant life forms, and it has many unique effects, such as enhancing the intelligence and aptitude of plant life forms. Most importantly, it ensures that auxiliary plant life forms will not die if they fail to break through to immortality.

Shen Mu planned to cultivate the strongest Star-Eating Grass, which would allow him to directly rival a human powerhouse at the peak of the King level once he broke through to the Immortal realm. The cultivation resources amounted to 1200 billion points, but the success rate was only 30%.

If you fail, you lose everything; hundreds of billions of points will be wasted.

Two months later, Shen Mu successfully obtained a special opportunity from the ruined ancient temple, acquiring six pieces of "Purple Chen Hundred-Leaf" and then began his next cultivation mission.

And so, Shen Mu took on one cultivation task after another.

In just four years, he completed 6 dangerous missions and 1 desperate mission, bringing the total number of dangerous missions to 7, including the previous Purgatory Abyss, Dragon Tower Star, and Ruins Ancient Temple, as well as 2 desperate missions.

The last remaining slot is naturally reserved for Demon Mountain. Based on the timeline, the inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General within Demon Mountain is about to begin.

The total points earned amounted to 265.5 million, along with various special opportunities, some of which could enhance one's Law Talent, others of which could nurture auxiliary life forms, and so on.

……

In April of Earth time 2268, more than ninety years had passed since Shen Mu left Chaos City.

Yuxiang Mountain Plane, Primitive Area, Manor No. 114.

"Senior brother, you're amazing! You completed 7 dangerous-level missions and 2 desperate-level missions."

Luo Feng was somewhat shocked by Shen Mu's speed in completing tasks. He knew very well that Shen Mu was aware that every cultivation task contained a special opportunity, and that completing tasks was definitely for the purpose of obtaining that special opportunity. Yet, in less than a hundred years, Shen Mu had still completed so many tasks.

It was Shen Mu who specifically reminded him that he must collect Blood Crystals, and collect as many as he could.

Therefore, in the more than eighty years since entering the Blood Luo World, Luo Feng has collected a total of 1.3 Blood Luo Crystals, which is basically more than he can use.

Shen Mu smiled and poured himself a glass of wine, then said, "Ah Feng, I know some inside information. The special opportunity in the Desperate Mission: Demon Mountain is about to begin. Want to go check it out?"

"A special opportunity within the Demon Mountain?"

Luo Feng's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked what the opportunity in the Demon Mountain was.

Shen Mu did not hide anything and told the whole story about the inheritance of the Demon Sound God General, emphasizing that it included a complete secret technique for a hundredfold soul amplitude.

Luo Feng didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Senior brother, when do we set off?"

Some brothers have said that I'm writing slowly, but I feel like I'm writing pretty fast. I only wrote a few chapters of Chaos City, and I've skipped over the process of this cultivation mission. I'll also just gloss over the next inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General. This kind of plot only needs to be covered once.

(End of this chapter)