Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 89 The Child with Seven Times the Gene
"The four Universe Venerables..." After pondering for a moment, the Lord of the Purple Iris said, "Sending a large number of powerful individuals across the border is tantamount to declaring war. We Universe Venerables are monitored by the human virtual universe. If we want to cross the border to assassinate Ling Xuan, I'm afraid we will be stopped by the human Universe Venerables before we even reach the Chaos Ruins."

The palace fell into a brief silence, broken only by the rustling sound of the Zerg warriors' carapaces rubbing together on either side.

Suddenly, the Lord of the Purple Iris's gaze locked onto a Zerg warrior in the formation like a venomous snake—this monster was covered in serrated, reddish-black armor, with foul-smelling, dark green venom flowing from the edges of each armor plate, and six pairs of bony wings covered in sharp spikes growing from its back, the air being spun into a bloody mist as the wings opened and closed.

"Bone Devourer." The eerie purple patterns at the corners of the Purple Iris Lord's eyes gleamed with a ghostly light, her voice as cold as a dagger coated with triple poison, "You are the only Zerg warrior under my command who has developed self-awareness. Are you willing to assassinate Ling Xuan in my stead?"

The Zerg warrior, known as the Bone-Eating Venerable, pounded his chest, his six pairs of spiked bone wings flapping wildly, disrupting the airflow within the palace: "Lord, Bone-Eating will always be your humblest and most loyal warrior!"

With a roar, a foul-smelling, dark green poisonous mist rose from its body, and its figure twisted and transformed into thousands of bone blades, shooting out of the palace.

"A cosmic overlord proficient in soul attacks personally took action. Ling Xuan, you died a worthy death." The Lord of Purple Iris looked in the direction where the Bone-Eating Venerable had left, and a charming smile finally appeared on her beautiful face.

That smile was like a rose with thorns, breathtakingly beautiful, yet harboring deadly intent.

The human servants prostrating themselves at the bottom of the steps were instantly captivated. The leader of the servants trembled, his voice full of flattery: "Great Lord Purple Iris, your wisdom is unparalleled! With the Bone-Eating Venerable's intervention, Ling Xuan is doomed! We, the insectoid race, will surely dominate this universe!"

As they spoke, they slammed their foreheads heavily against the ground, making a loud "thump" sound. "It is the greatest honor of our lives to witness the glorious moment of our Lord!"

The other servants echoed the sentiment, and words of praise poured forth like a tide, echoing throughout the palace.

However, the Purple Iris Lord's smile suddenly vanished, and her icy gaze swept over the crowd below: "Shut up, all of you! Before Bone Devourer brings back Ling Xuan's head, if I hear any more useless nonsense, you'll become stepping stones for Bone Devourer!"

Instantly, the palace fell silent. The servants dared not breathe, trembling as they pressed themselves even lower, fearing that they might inadvertently anger their terrible master and become his stepping stone.

The Bone-Eating Venerable was covered in poisonous mist. If a stepping stone was contaminated by the mist, it would either die or suffer excruciating pain.

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Ling Xuan was currently asking his junior apprentice about the laws of space.

That's right, it was this senior apprentice who asked his beautiful junior apprentice for advice.

After the five holy cities were completed, only some dangerous areas remained to be explored in the Chaos Ruins. The main task now is to conduct a comprehensive survey and record of the entire secret realm.

These dangerous places are so perilous that even a supreme being could perish there if they are not careful.

Only those at the level of top-tier cosmic overlords can ensure safe entry and exit from those perilous situations.

Otherwise, over countless eons, this place would have been completely looted by the five main gods long ago.

However, the top cosmic overlords don't really care about the treasures in these dangerous places.

However, these dangerous places would spew out some treasures at certain times, which is why the five main gods were able to accumulate so many treasures.

This demonstrates the abundance of the Chaos Ruins.

With a long time to go before the next eruption of treasures, Venerable Qianyue no longer needed to constantly guard the perimeter of the dangerous area, so he often came to Lingxuan's place.

Originally, when Ling Xuan encountered difficulties in his cultivation, he would always go to the virtual universe to ask the creator of the giant axe for advice.

However, things changed after Venerable Qianyue accidentally stumbled upon Ling Xuan cultivating and casually offered a few pointers.

As a cosmic venerable who has mastered the complete laws of space, Venerable Qianyue was more than capable of guiding Ling Xuan in the laws of space.

"Uncle-Master, look, this is a lower branch of teleportation, 'Inanimate Object Teleportation'." Venerable Qianyue was dressed in a silver-gray outfit, his ponytail swaying gently with his movements, looking dashing and heroic.

In her left hand, she held a piece of F9-grade metal engraved with dark gold patterns. As she spoke, fine spatial ripples appeared on the metal's surface, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake. The next second, the metal had steadily appeared in her right hand. The seemingly simple action resembled magic, but it was actually a lower branch of 'teleportation' among the three major branches of spatial laws: 'inanimate object teleportation'.

To allow Ling Xuan to observe more effectively, she deliberately amplified the spatial fluctuations.

Ling Xuan sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes slightly closed, but his divine sense was like a large net, capturing every movement and every energy fluctuation of Venerable Qian Yue clearly.

The Void Scripture is a supreme scripture that elucidates the Great Void Emperor's fundamental Dao of the Void. While it is not as extensive and detailed in its spatial laws as the Devouring Method, its advantage lies in its greater depth than the spatial laws of the primordial universe.

It can be considered to have touched upon a trace of the Great Dao of the Void's Origin.

However, the sub-branch of 'teleportation', 'body merges with the void', has a more complete and ingenious application.

As a result, Ling Xuan was able to use 'Body Merges with Void' even when his understanding of the laws was insufficient.

After comprehending the 108 essential mysteries of the laws of space, one can quickly comprehend 'body merging with the void' using the unique secret methods in the "Void Scripture".

This is also why his progress in spatial laws has been so rapid recently, directly gaining recognition from spatial laws themselves.

Now, he has turned his attention to the second branch of teleportation, "inanimate object teleportation," hoping to take another step forward on the path of spatial laws.

A bright light shone from Ling Xuan's palm, and a semi-transparent spatial vortex slowly formed, like a miniature black hole, attempting to suck in the nearby F9-grade metal.

But after trying for a long time, the metal still didn't budge.

"Uncle-Master, no rush, take your time," Venerable Qianyue said gently and reassuringly.

"Hmm." Ling Xuan was neither arrogant nor impatient. The current progress was already quite impressive. He had gained the recognition of the spatial origin law in just three hundred years, which was faster than City Lord Luo. There was no need for him to compete with others.

Besides comprehending the laws of space, he also needs to continue cultivating the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique".

The first few levels are very easy to train; you just need to prepare enough treasures to start training.

Ling Xuan didn't practice it mainly because he was worried that if his genes increased tenfold, he would become a special life form that couldn't reproduce.

If my excellent genes are not passed on, wouldn't it be a waste to have married three wives?
Over the past century, Ling Xuan has often traveled away, and finally his three wives each gave birth to a child.

They all perfectly inherited seven times his genes, and were born at the planetary level.

If this gene can be passed down, then millions of years later, a race comparable to the demon royal family will emerge in the human race, becoming a significant force within the human race.

"Puff, buy back the treasures needed for the second level of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique." After studying the 'Inanimate Object Teleportation' for a while, Ling Xuan decided to further improve his 'talent' before studying the laws of space.

"Yes, Master. The order for the relevant treasures has been placed. Since the Chaos Ruins are located on the border of humanity, it is estimated that it will take three years for all of them to be delivered. The total cost for this order is 10 Chaos Units."

"Not bad." Seeing the cost, Ling Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Ten thousand Mixed Yuan Units were nothing to him now.

Conquering the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a cosmic-level event, grants 100 million points; conquering the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a domain lord-level event, grants 3 billion points.

He's incredibly rich now!
This "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique" truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier martial art, not only for its amazing efficacy but also for its low cost.

The Golden Horned Beast's "Original World" is merely an amplification-type secret technique, not a fundamental enhancement of genes. It requires billions of points to master the second level.

The gap is imaginable.

(End of this chapter)