Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 72 First Clone
Possessing a peak bloodline, there are no bottlenecks below the Immortal realm.

For example, the Domain Lord level requires mastering a domain to break through, while the Realm Lord level requires crossing the threshold of a lower-level fundamental law to break through.

A being with a peak bloodline can directly ignore the requirements for breakthrough.

Because during the process of leveling up, beings with peak bloodlines will naturally master their domains and even automatically cross the threshold of the corresponding lower-level primordial laws.

Just like Luo Feng in the original work, after the Golden Horned Beast's level reached the cosmic level, it automatically mastered the Golden Domain.

This is precisely why beings with peak bloodlines can become world lords even if they just laze around waiting to die, and they are world lords who are recognized by the lower-level primordial laws.

But this very characteristic, which is the envy of countless ordinary lives, is only one of the many advantages of beings with peak bloodlines.

He has not only mastered the field of light, but has also cultivated a hundredfold increase in physical strength and a hundredfold increase in mental power.

Let alone reaching the peak of the ninth level of the Stellar Realm, even if one were to reach the peak of the ninth level of the Cosmic Realm in one go, there would be no unstable foundation.

However, the E-level nutrient capsule I bought earlier lost its ability to quickly raise minor tiers because plans changed.

The speed at which one can advance a minor rank by soaking in a nutrient capsule is far less efficient than the efficiency of absorbing the nine-colored mist within one's inner world after advancing in rank.

As time passed, Lu Jin's Force and Psychic Power levels rapidly increased, and the Nine-Colored Continent continued to expand.

Three days later, all the commotion subsided.

At this moment, Lu Jin's cultivation of both primal force and psychic power both rose to the peak of the ninth level of the Stellar Realm.

The Nine-Colored Continent below has also been expanded to 90 kilometers in length and width.

As for those 100,000 cubic meters of cosmic crystals...

Although it has been completely decomposed by the inner world, only a small portion of the nine-colored mist formed after decomposition was consumed, with the majority accumulating as the foundation of the inner world.

"Shh!"

With a thought, Lu Jin produced a piece of silver skin, no bigger than a palm, covered with mysterious patterns, in his hand.

Looking at the skin fragment with the special life time in his hand, Lu Jin fell into thought.

There are only three slots available for the creation of a clone, so it is necessary to choose the best one.

The special life form 'Shichen', which follows the laws of time, possesses eight hundred times the life genes and two great innate secret techniques: 'Mastering Time' and 'Shadow of Time'.

Whether from the perspective of life gene multiplication or innate secret techniques, conceiving a clone at the right time is an excellent choice.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Glorious Bloodline also comes with the innate secret technique 'Mastery of Time'; the main body and the Time have one overlapping innate secret technique.

However, the two are not actually in conflict.

This is because the innate secret technique of the true self and the time is based on the body, not on the soul.

Other clones, if they do not possess the innate secret technique 'Mastering Time', cannot use the 'Mastering Time' that comes with the main body's glorious bloodline.

Furthermore, the special life-time's other innate secret technique, 'Shadow of Time,' is very powerful.

Each major level increase allows for the creation of one more temporal image identical to the original body.

After becoming the master of the universe in the future, eight time images will exist simultaneously.

If I were to fight a formidable opponent, it would appear to be a one-on-one duel, but in reality, it would involve my own time-based clones plus eight time-based images, making it nine against one, giving me the advantage.

As for the energy consumption of the Time Image, it needs to be borne by the Time Split, so Lu Jin simply ignores it.

The extra eight times the divine power consumption, if it could be exchanged for eight of oneself to assist in the battle, I believe that absolutely no universe lord would refuse.

Furthermore, if a Time-Based Avatar is conceived, due to its nature as an energy-based life form, it lacks a soul and is immune to any soul-based methods. Moreover, the Time-Based Avatar, immune to soul enslavement and soul infiltration/annihilation, can be further enhanced by supernatural abilities: ever-changing transformations and disguises.

Unless the opponent possesses willpower-based abilities, Lu Jin would dare to unleash his ultimate attack even against a cosmic lord or a true god, at worst discarding the equipment carried by his time clone.

The universe is vast, so feel free to roam freely!

However, precisely because the Time-Based Avatar is an energy-based life form, it has a rather serious problem while lacking a soul.

Being a non-flesh-and-blood life form means that the Time Avatar will be unable to use treasures like Blood Crystals that enhance genetic level and affinity with laws.

If a clone is conceived at a specific time, the difficulty of achieving 10081 times the perfect genes in the future will be much higher than that of a flesh-and-blood clone.

'Numberless! I'm a cheat code user, why should I worry about the difficulty of achieving perfect genes?'

After thinking for a long time, Lu Jin thought to himself.

I've already cheated, why would I need to worry about the future of my non-flesh-and-blood clones?
There's nothing that cheating can't solve; if there is, it just means the cheating isn't strong enough.

"Rumble--"

As Lu Jin thought for a moment, his supernatural ability, "Clone," was activated, causing the entire Nine-Colored Continent to tremble.

The fragment of Time Skin in Lu Jin's hand was lifted by an invisible force and floated above the Nine-Colored Continent.

"Chi~"

As if vaporized, the palm-sized fragment of skin contained only a tiny amount of genetic material.

"Whoohoo-"

The next moment, the nine-colored mist that had been surrounding the Nine-Colored Continent and high above the sky surged in and enveloped that tiny bit of genetic material.

A moment later, all the commotion subsided, and an oval-shaped, nine-colored egg floated above the Nine-Colored Continent.

'Eight hundred times the life genes, who knows how many years it would take to develop?'

Looking at the nine-colored egg in mid-air, Lu Jin thought to himself.

A day later, Lu Jin frowned deeply.

According to feedback from the internal world, because the life genes of the Time Clone are 800 times higher, even if it is only a planetary Time Clone, the gestation time is still about 20 years.

The 20-year gestation period for a clone is a very short time for other beings that possess the secret technique of creating clones.

But for Lu Jin, this period of time was quite long.

After all, he hasn't even lived 20 years in his life yet!

Moreover, 20 years later, the Genius Battle hosted by Virtual Universe Company had long since ended.

Although joining the Virtual Universe Company is not absolutely necessary, the platform of the Virtual Universe Company can indeed greatly help his growth.

Without the Virtual Universe Company platform, aside from other issues, the channel monopoly alone would be a major problem he would have to face.

Precious resources and high-level secret techniques are things that even if you have money, you can't buy if you're not a member of the five major powers or don't have a powerful master.

Of course, he himself is also quite talented.

With his exceptional talent for cultivation, being a darling of the Light Origin Law, it shouldn't be a problem for him to cross the threshold of the Light Origin Law in a few years.

Even if limited by the short training time, and unable to rank among the top in the Genius Battle, they will definitely be able to rank in the top 1,000 and become a core member of the Virtual Universe Company.

But since we've already come all this way, wouldn't it be a huge loss of face if we didn't win first place in the Genius Battle?
(End of this chapter)