Swallowing the Starry Sky for Billions of Years

Chapter 790 The Origin of All Phenomena
"Finally, it's finished."

As the battle of geniuses came to an end, Gunn finally realized that his life genes had reached their final point.

101 times the life genes.

The simple, pale white mask floated in the air, and the fundamental laws of the universe were pulsating within it. In the subtlest of these pulsations, earth-shattering changes were taking place. Since Gunn achieved immortality, the mask had become an integral part of his body, and he rarely revealed his true form like this.

A full 10081 seconds passed. It was slow, yet incredibly fast. Gunn even wondered if this final transformation could still be called a sublimation.

Wearing the Origin Mask, I immediately noticed the difference.

The soul defense still weakens attacks by one-third, but its resilience feels much stronger. Even an attack from the Lord of the Universe would be weakened by one-third without any reduction.

Most importantly, this secret technique, the Origin of All Forms, has been added!

Gunn took out a body part of the metallic life form, the Blue Thorn Clan, and merged with it in an instant. Gunn immediately transformed into a centaur, with blue bone spurs like bone spears on his back. His aura also changed to that of the gene's owner. With a flick of his wrist, he pulled out a blue bone spur and felt the toxins within it. It was exactly the same as the racial characteristics of the Blue Thorn Clan.

The Thorn Clan uses bone spurs as weapons, which contain toxins that affect all living things.

And Gunn's aura was still growing.

'Incredible! I've completely transformed into a member of the Thorn Clan. It's not a change in divine power, but a genetic transformation at the very foundational level, gradually increasing my divine body's strength by 101 times! I can see this entire process, every cell, every gene, changing with crystal clarity.'

With a single thought, Gunn reverted to his original appearance and then tried other races. Without exception, as long as the life gene multiple did not exceed 101, he could change without hindrance and completely transform into other races. This process, from human genes to alien genes, and then to the full change of 101, could be perceived because the transformation of the Origin Mask was not completed in an instant, but rather through a process and a period of time.

The new secret technique of Origin of All Forms is not as useful in combat now. If Guen had obtained this secret technique before he became immortal, he would not have been able to imagine how strong he would have been.

To determine what innate secret techniques are needed, simply prepare a gene sample corresponding to the race.

But now, it's just as exaggerated.

Gunn has been studying life genes for a long time. In addition to guiding them, he has also tried to modify his own life genes, but the results have been mediocre. It will probably take endless years to complete. Although the headless energy body has put forward an additional 1000 times the life genes, it only intends to impart knowledge on the aspect of weapon crafting.

Firstly, crafting weapons requires accumulating experience, and without guidance, it's easy to go astray.

Secondly, and more importantly, the inheritance of the God Lord places greater emphasis on the understanding of life genes. It requires going from nothing to something, completing an additional thousandfold increase in gene multiplier on one's own. No knowledge can interfere with this. As for what the original universe contained, it does not interfere. Moreover, this additional thousandfold does not include the one hundredfold limit of the universe. In other words, Gunn needs to reach 1102 times before he will be recognized by the headless energy body.

Having knowledge to learn is vastly different from not having it and having to forge a clearly defined path on your own. King Sakura is currently stuck at the Immortal Realm because of his cultivation path for that secret pattern. Creating a path from scratch is extremely difficult.

It sounds incredible, but now we see hope everywhere.

If someone can freely transform into another race but still can't observe changes in the entire life's genes, then finding a good home for the headless energy entity as soon as possible is the right thing to do. This is not just observation, but true "empathy."

From the very beginning, the Origin Mask has never shown any assistance in combat except for soul defense. But until now, it has been proving that it is the opportunity that has the greatest influence and help on Gunn, and it is the foundation of everything.

Originally, I planned to use my main body to refine weapons and my avatar to conduct research, but now, my main body is the most suitable for research.

……

As time passed, it was already past the 30th century when Gunn was willing to send a wisp of his consciousness into the virtual universe. Moreover, this consciousness came from Danchan's clone, not Gunn himself.

Venerable Xuanyi was very disappointed that his disciple, King Nine Deaths, had finally taken that step and become a Venerable, claiming to be immortal, and in fact, he deserved the title.

To be able to challenge a Venerable with the Immortal Realm and escape several times is an achievement worthy of the title. Originally, Gu En was invited. Although he was a Venerable of the Giant Axe Martial Arena, Venerable Xuan Yi and Gu En were extremely close, but Gu En was unable to spare the time.

"So I was planning to let you meet him too. This guy claims to be immortal, which has displeased many alien venerables. I wanted you to give him some pointers." Venerable Xuanyi was still regretful.

"I'll give him a treasure for self-defense later." Dan Chan's clone has quite a few valuable treasures, and he only has three sets of armor that he crafted himself, so he can just pick out the best one. Venerable Xuan Yi didn't expect Gu En to be so generous, and was so happy that he immediately had Venerable Undying log in to recognize him. Venerable Undying was also happy; besides his teacher, who else would give him such a valuable treasure so readily?

Dan Chan had many matters to attend to, so he took his leave of Venerable Xuan Yi. The Primordial Star had officially closed two eras ago, and the whereabouts of the Eight-Yuan Kui Annihilation Arrow had also been found. The Zerg purchased the components of the Eight-Yuan Kui Annihilation Arrow at the price of a top-tier high-level soul treasure, including a common domain treasure, a high-level treasure armor, and the Bai Hui Star. As for the others, Gu En did not go over there and left them to the Chaos City Lord to handle, since he had troubled the Chaos City Lord quite a few times already.

He then spent another 11 Treasure Points to buy a high-level spiritual treasure weapon called "Giant Poison Plate," completing the set. He planned to send his main body out of seclusion once to deliver it to his teacher, Venerable Qiming.

More importantly for Gunn, the arrival of the twelve Baihui Stars finally completed a set, and the sixteen Baihui Stars could finally be completed.

Taking advantage of the free time, he summoned Fu Guang to his temple.

Unlike his previous clear gaze, Fu Guang's eyes now held only a contemplative and tyrannical glint.

"All done killing?" Gu En naturally knew that Lord Fu Guang's ultimate mission had been completed, and he had a true settlement with the Bei Lan family. With the assistance of the King Limit sent by the Virtual Universe Company, Fu Guang only needed to deal with the other non-immortals. The entire Purple Ring Star System ushered in its bloodiest day.

“Yes, teacher.” Fu Guang was still excited. “I know it was all your arrangement, teacher. I have been trying to suppress that desire for revenge. I don’t want to be controlled by the lust for revenge, so I have been suppressing it. But during a mission, I couldn’t control myself and became more and more agitated, and I injured my comrade.”

Fu Guang thought about it and felt a lingering fear.

Those were members of another Primordial Secret Realm. They met during a mission in the secret realm and worked together. However, faced with an increasingly troublesome situation, Fu Guang lost control and his emotions, and he actually attacked his companion.

After that, Fu Guang's mind was in great turmoil, and he even fell out of the Primordial Secret Realm. Gu En suggested that he be promoted to Domain Lord and return to the Illusionary Tan Universe Kingdom, and tell him that there is a power that can solve most of the world's problems.

Returning to his old haunts, the memories of the Purple Nether Dynasty made him increasingly lose control of his emotions. He felt that he was about to collapse from suppressing his revenge and his endless rage. On the edge of that precipice, the ultimate mission of the Northern Blue Family as the Domain Lord began.

Fu Guangcai then understood that the power was called slaughter.

The exhilarating slaughter, the utter slaughter, the complete release of all emotions—he not only didn't lose control, but became excitedly calm. This was inexplicable. Perhaps most people would experience similar emotional changes, but a few would have an inexplicable and bizarre state of mind.

"But teacher, how did you know what I was thinking? Through soul fluctuations?" Fu Guang asked curiously.

“It’s an intuition, something I can’t explain. I just felt that I needed to prepare for you this way, so I did it.” Gunn smiled slightly. These were his heartfelt words. Some teachers don’t like to interfere, they just help. Gunn is different. He will rely on his intuition to directly intervene in important matters, rather than following their own ideas. This was the case with the Ape Temple, and it was also the case with Fu Guang, even though this is generally considered in the universe to be a very risky approach that could potentially affect the potential of future generations.

“So next, you will go to the outer battlefield to restrain your bloodlust. Indiscriminate killing on the outer battlefield will only bring you trouble,” Gunn said, while also observing his emotions. If his emotions were monotonous, such a life with a bloodlust would probably be in extreme danger. “You must learn to conceal your identity, Purple Blood Demon.”

Fu Guang was embarrassed. This was the name he earned with the Purple Blood Soft Sword after his frenzied killing in the Purple Ring Star System. The Purple Blood Soft Sword, which was mixed with a small amount of three different F-grade metals, was still able to cut a crack in it, which showed the madness of the killing.

"Perfect timing. During my time at the Universe level and Domain Lord level, I fell far behind due to my mindset. I'll take this opportunity to make up for the deficiencies in my foundation. Although the sword is quite good, it's not satisfying enough for combat. I need to find a weapon that suits me better."

Fu Guang hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Teacher, you asked me if I wanted to be called Fu Guang, and I said yes. But now I regret it. It may be my name, but I want a more meaningful name. Teacher, let it accompany me as I travel through the universe."

Fu Guang yearned for it.

"Actually, you already have an idea, don't you?" Gunn saw through his thoughts at a glance. "The Purple Nether Dynasty has disappeared forever. At some point in the past, my parents left me forever, and my sister resented me forever. More than a million years ago, when she was about to die, she could not overcome the fear of death and begged for mercy unwillingly. I still paid a great price to make her eternal."

“I don’t have any deep feelings for her. Blood ties, siblings, that kind of affection is too weak. But she is a symbol left by my father and mother. We care about her not because we are indulging in the past and can’t let go, but because we hope that the most precious memories will become a part of us, a way of remembering. So, you want me to give you a name, then I will grant your wish.”

For the first time, Fu Guang heard that his powerful teacher had such tender and helpless moments, and it was precisely because of this that he understood the emotions in Gunn's words.

Gu En said seriously, "Then let's use your identity before you became the Virtual Universe Company as the symbol: the young marquis of the Purple Nether Dynasty."

Fu Guang nodded.

If there are any plot holes that haven't been filled, please let me know. This volume is expected to end with chapters 24-28.