Swallowing the Stars: Only in my later years did I come to the life-spending panel.

"The innate secret technique has endowed this avatar of the Azure Giant with unparalleled growth potential and powerful survivability, but deep within the inherited memories, there seems to be something else..."

Zhou Mu suddenly realized that in the deepest part of the inherited memories, there were three huge memory monuments floating. These were the inherited secret techniques that the top experts of the Cangyin Clan had selected from countless secret techniques to be the most suitable for their talents!

These secret techniques are not like innate secret techniques that are imprinted in one's genes and are innate; rather, they are true secret techniques of killing that require extremely high comprehension to painstakingly comprehend!

These three inherited secret techniques are: [Law of Heaven and Earth], [Shrinking the Earth to an Inch], and [Azure Boundary Armor]!

"The Law of Heaven and Earth governs explosive power, the Law of Shrinking the Earth to an Inch governs mobility, and this Azure Boundary Armor represents absolute defense," Zhou Mu murmured softly.

The inherited memories clearly record that throughout countless eras, very few members of the Cangyin Clan have been able to cultivate these three unique skills to the third level. However, as long as they can master them, they are all top-tier powerhouses who are renowned throughout the universe and strike fear into the hearts of countless alien races.

"Comprehending secret techniques not only requires a long time but also depends heavily on comprehension. Ordinary people might have to sit in meditation for thousands or even tens of thousands of years just to touch the very beginning..."

Zhou Mu's true form raised his head, looking at the towering Cangyin Giant avatar before him, a smile curving his lips. "But none of this matters to me. Come forth, my invincible wisdom and comprehension!"

"panel!"

With a thought, Zhou Mu created a semi-transparent, pale golden light screen that only he could see, upon which the attribute panel for his clone quietly appeared.

[Shouyuan Furnace]

Name: Zhou Mu

Realm: Level 3, Rank 3 Spiritualist/Martial Artist

Insights into the Laws: Mastery of the Law of Lightning (80%), Introduction to the Law of Time (1%)

Skills: Ninefold Perfection of Lightning Domain (can be deduced), Perfection of Soul Imprint (cannot be deduced)... [Expand]

Current lifespan: 929 years

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Clone: ​​The Giant of the Vast Expanse

Realm: Planetary Level 9

Insights into the Laws: Introduction to the Laws of Earth (1%), Introduction to the Laws of Space (1%)

Skills: Earth Domain Level 1 (can be deduced), Spatial Domain Level 1 (can be deduced), Law of Heaven and Earth (not yet mastered, can be deduced), Shrinking Earth to an Inch (not yet mastered, can be deduced)

"I wonder if this Lifespan Furnace can be used on my clones?"

Zhou Mu took a deep breath and tried to connect his consciousness to the panel, locking it onto the attribute bar of the Azure Giant clone.

In that instant, something unexpected happened!

"boom!"

The data characters of the giant on the panel began to blur.

Zhou Mu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly shuddered. He was horrified to discover that the extreme affinity of the laws of earth and space within the Cangyin Giant's clone was flowing back into his soul like a burst dam, through the bond of their souls.

The human body's previously extremely vague perception of the laws of earth and space was forcibly torn open at this moment, creating a huge rift. The originally formless and intangible law fluctuations in the surrounding void became as clear as a spider web in the eyes of Zhou Mu's human body!

"Shared lineage, shared soul... the clone's understanding of the laws can be perfectly synchronized with the main body through the panel!"

Zhou Mu was so excited that he trembled. This meant that even if he was just an ordinary human body, he could easily cross the threshold of the Law of Earth and the Law of Higher Space by taking advantage of the Heavenly Giant's heaven-defying talent!

"Not only that..."

Zhou Mu stared at the deduction options lit up on the Lifespan Furnace panel, a terrifying glint in his eyes. He strongly recommended "Swallowing the Stars: Only in Late Bloom Does the Life-Saving Panel Work!" Click to enter the story world. "The panel's deduction function can be used on clones! By consuming and plundering lifespan, you can forcibly enhance the clone's understanding of secret techniques and laws!"

"panel!"

"Give me... a deduction!"

Without any hesitation, Zhou Mu focused his mind on the two inherited secret techniques, [Law of Heaven and Earth] and [Shrinking the Earth into an Inch], on the panel.

[Consumes lifespan plundered...]

[Deduction begins!]

In an instant, Zhou Mu felt his soul being pulled into a strange, absolutely still space.

Within this space, time seems to lose its meaning; a year, a decade, a century, a millennium...

Within this strange space, he controlled the body of the Azure Giant, repeating the [Law of Heaven and Earth] secret technique countless times...

Countless times I've experienced the leaps in spatial coordinates, trying to grasp the true meaning of "shrinking the earth into an inch".

In the outside world, it was only a fleeting moment, but in Zhou Mu's perception, it felt as if the world had changed dramatically.

[Consumes and plunders 30 years of lifespan]

[The Dharma of Heaven and Earth is not yet entered (→ The first level of the Dharma of Heaven and Earth is perfected!)]

[Shrinking the Earth to an Inch: Not even the beginning (→Shrinking the Earth to an Inch: First Level Perfection!)]

"Boom!!!"

Inside the Martian underground base, the 130-meter-tall Azure Giant suddenly opened its eyes, its amber pupils bursting with dazzling divine light!

The Dharma of Heaven and Earth is perfectly complete!

Shrinking the earth to an inch, achieving perfection!

"Click-click-click—"

The Azure Giant, which was originally only 130 meters tall, suddenly had its body covered in a dazzling array of law-based runes amidst a tooth-grinding cracking sound!

Two hundred meters!

Strength, speed, and even the gravitational field emanating from his body all increased exponentially with the explosive growth in size!

As soon as Zhou Mu changed his mind, the massive 700-meter body collapsed and compressed inward in an instant, eventually transforming into a cyan "miniature giant" less than 30 meters tall, with muscles so condensed that it seemed about to explode!

At this moment, the density of the Cangyin Giant's clone had reached an unbelievable level. Even a full-force slash from an ordinary second-tier Force weapon would probably not leave a single white mark.

"The first level of the Dharma of Heaven and Earth, perfected... a five-fold increase in size and shape?"

Zhou Mu was overjoyed and immediately transformed into a giant over twenty meters tall, taking a step forward.

There was no sound of air being cut, nor any disturbance of airflow.

One moment the giant was on the left side of the warehouse, the next moment his figure slowly disappeared like ripples on water, and his main body suddenly appeared at the other end of the base, several kilometers away!

"The first level of 'Shrinking the Earth to an Inch' perfection not only allows one to leave an illusory body in place, but also to perform spatial teleportation over short distances!"

"This is incredible! This feeling of controlling space and transcending the laws of physics..."

Zhou Mu clenched his fist in a daze, glancing at the remaining 30 years of lifespan on the panel.

"Let's press on and continue the simulation!"

"Panel! Continue deducing these three secret techniques!"

Having experienced the power of the secret techniques, Zhou Mu did not hesitate to activate the Lifespan Furnace again, attempting to continue consuming his lifespan and forcibly elevate the realm of these three secret techniques.

However, this time, the deduction on the panel did not continue; instead, a blood-red character lit up.

[The simulation was interrupted.]