The human is devouring, a new talent every month.

Chapter 45 The Choice of the First Clone

"You currently specialize in the Law of Time and have also mastered the 'Destroying the Cycle' technique." The Lord of Dragons continued with a smile, "You were able to comprehend a trace of the Beast God's intent at the cosmic or even epochal level, which shows that you have considerable talent in fusing laws. However... fusing laws is a thousand times, ten thousand times more difficult than simply comprehending one law."

"If you want to continue down this path in the future, you must be mentally prepared," the Lord of Dragons reminded him.

"I will remember this," Lu Ming replied earnestly, but deep down he was full of confidence in himself.

The Lord of Dragons nodded.

He then walked away into the distance, with Venerable Xiaofeng and Lu Minglian following behind.

"Your fourth senior brother has arrived," said the Lord of Dragons.

"Fourth Senior Brother?"

Lu Ming looked around and suddenly saw a giant ape, nearly ten meters tall and covered in purple fur, walking towards him from afar in the vast space. Behind him was a blood-red staff almost as tall as him. The staff was covered with incredibly complex secret patterns, and terrifying baleful energy spread from it, occasionally tearing the surrounding space apart.

He strode in, his movements carrying a faint rumble of thunder, causing the surrounding space to tremble.

"Teacher." The ape-giant carrying a blood-red staff approached and spoke respectfully in a low voice.

"This is your fourth senior brother, Venerable Crimson Thunder," the Lord of Dragons explained to Lu Ming behind him.

"Although your fourth senior brother has never cultivated the 'Destroying the Saha Secret Manual,' he has almost completely mastered the advanced ultimate technique of the 'Destroying the Saha Secret Manual,' namely the 'Seven Draws of Azure Thunder.'" The Lord of Dragons revealed a smile. "If you encounter any confusion in your understanding of the 'Destroying the Saha Secret Manual' in the future, you can ask your fourth senior brother directly after accumulating them. Every 10 years, I will have him test your cultivation progress."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming's heart stirred.

"Seven Thunderclaps" sounds like a super martial art on the same level as "Seven Transformations of Divine Evolution" that Luo Feng cultivated in the original work.

His fourth senior brother's attainments in the Way of the Thunder Beast God are probably among the top of many human venerables.

"Yes." Lu Ming first respectfully responded to his teacher, then turned to look at Venerable Chi Ting and said respectfully, "I will trouble you to guide me from now on, Senior Brother."

"We are all disciples of the teacher, it is only right." Venerable Crimson Thunder looked fierce and menacing, but at this moment he showed a kind smile.

"I have indeed made considerable achievements in the path of lightning-time fusion... However, when I embarked on this path, I was already at the Realm Lord level. Junior Brother, you have embarked on this path of cultivation so early, you will surely achieve great success in the future."

"Senior brother, you flatter me."

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After giving his instructions to Venerable Crimson Thunder, Lord Dragon looked at Lu Ming and said, "My Virtual Universe Company cultivates geniuses. The higher their talent, the more resources they receive. Of course, most resource allocation will only take place after reaching the Realm Lord level. Since you have become my disciple, I will also give you some resources."

"Thank you, Teacher." Lu Ming was secretly delighted.

"Is there anything you need right now?" the Dragon Lord asked casually. "Secret techniques? Treasures? I can grant you either, but only one at most."

After a moment's thought, Lu Ming quickly and respectfully replied, "This disciple wishes to cultivate a universe-level special life form as an avatar, but those things in the company's treasury..."

Lu Ming didn't finish his sentence, but the Lord of Dragons should understand what he meant.

After arriving in the initial universe, Lu Ming's access to the materials for nurturing clones was indeed greatly increased, but the strongest universe-level special life forms there, such as "Silver Eyes" and "Woo Kou," had a genetic level about 100 times that of humans.

While the talents and abilities of these special life forms are not bad, much stronger than those of the 'Demon Slayer Clan' that Lu Ming was able to find out from the beginning, they are still far from being 'heaven-defying'.

It's far from the first clone that Lu Ming envisioned.

"You don't like any of those, right?" The Lord of Dragons smiled.

"This disciple simply doesn't want to waste a precious clone slot," Lu Ming replied honestly.

"You are indeed clever and extremely patient," the Dragon Lord praised Lu Ming once again.

Special life forms are born special, each defying the heavens. It is easy for them to break through to immortality, and a very small number are even born immortal. The human race's treasure trove contains the remains of many top-tier special life forms, but most of them are at the immortal level and cannot be used to nurture clones.

As for special life forms below the Immortal level, they almost all hide in secret realms of the universe and never come out, making them extremely difficult to capture.

Those cosmic secret realms are extremely dangerous; even super strong individuals at the level of cosmic venerables may perish. Therefore, the physical materials of special life forms below the immortal level are extremely rare. Even if they exist, they are almost all in the hands of true super strong individuals and are never sold.

After all, while the talent of "cloning" is rare, these super strong individuals are all knowledgeable and experienced. Of course, they would not think that blood and hair are worthless. Even if they do not need them, their eternal existence may come in handy someday.

Given Lu Ming's previous status and access levels, the highest level of special life forms he could encounter in the virtual universe system was the 'Silver Eyes' level. However, after he successfully crossed seven levels of the Heavenly Bridge and became an apprentice of a Universe Venerable and even a Universe Lord, the situation naturally changed drastically.

Given the status of the Dragon Lord, he would be fully qualified to bestow even the most treasured possessions of the human race directly upon his disciples.

"We do have genetic material from special life forms with high genetic levels in our human treasury, but most of those materials come from special life forms at the World Lord level, and very few are at the Domain Lord level. You cannot use them yet." Hearing the Dragon Lord's words, Lu Ming nodded slightly.

He is currently only at the cosmic level, and if he wants to create an avatar, he can only use the genetic material of a special cosmic-level life form at most.

Special life forms at the Domain Lord and World Lord levels can only be conceived when they reach the corresponding life level in the future.

However, most truly extraordinary special life forms are born at the level of a realm lord.

"Cosmic-level special life forms generally have a life level of only about a hundred times higher... However, there are always exceptions. In the early days of the universe, a powerful member of our human race once obtained a rather heaven-defying genetic material of a cosmic-level special life form by chance." As the Lord of Dragons spoke, he conjured a mysterious ball of azure flame.

"What is this?" Lu Ming's gaze suddenly sharpened.

"This is an extremely powerful and unique life form in the universe—the Ultimate Flame Void Beast!" The Lord of Dragons looked at the mysterious cyan aura and continued earnestly, "Although it is only at the universe level from birth, its numbers are extremely rare in the universe, making it almost one of a kind."

"One of a kind?" Lu Ming's eyes lit up immediately.

While these special life forms are incredibly powerful, their numbers are also correspondingly extremely small, making it difficult for them to form a 'species'.

However, looking at the entire primordial universe, a particular kind of life form usually has its own kind.

Some special life forms, even if unable to reproduce, still have thousands or even dozens or hundreds of offspring. For example, the special life form "Doukou" has thousands of its kind…

Even extraordinary life forms like the World Tree have nine of their kind.

As for the truly extraordinary and unique life forms, there may only ever be one of them throughout the endless ages of the universe, such as the eight innate beast gods.

Since the Lord of Dragons says that this 'Ultimate Flame Void Beast' is unique in the universe, its heaven-defying nature is probably no less than that of the World Tree, and may even be greater!

"This Ultimate Flame Void Beast possesses a unique and almost heaven-defying advantage in comprehending the two fundamental laws of fire and space, which can perfectly compensate for your weakness in focusing on one law," the Dragon Lord continued, "As for its other talents and characteristics..."

(End of this chapter)