Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

With a command, over 100,000 cosmic-level insect hive tyrants and innate beast gods swept across the battlefield and flew towards the depths of the Garden of All Spirits.

Behind them were conventional Zergling Tyrants and other combat units of cosmic caliber, and it was clear that 30,000 years was not enough time for the Zerg swarm to completely transform.

Especially after the insect swarm grew larger and larger, Qin Mu had long since stopped devouring the Nine Netherworld Lord's divine body.

Given the sheer size of the swarm, if they were allowed to eat freely, even the Nine Netherworld Lord, with a divine body spanning 12 light-years, wouldn't last long.

After all, the size of a single World Mother Nest in the Zerg swarm is a light-year, not to mention the vast Zerg swarm that spreads across the cosmic ocean.

With the current strength of the Zerg swarm, it already dominates the entire cosmic ocean, so there's no need to rush; it can develop slowly.

In fact, even a significant portion of the dead beasts in the Garden of All Souls were overwhelmed by endless swarms of insects during tens of thousands of years of continuous warfare.

Similarly, countless swarm units died.

The casualties among the combat power of the universe lords alone amounted to tens of millions. Even if all the universe lords in the entire universe were gathered here, it would not amount to a fraction of that.

As for those under the Lord of the Universe, they are beyond calculation.

In the early stages of the war, massive numbers of Zerg units were hatched every moment to serve as cannon fodder, and the Zergling Tyrants kept falling, barely managing to survive thanks to the Supreme Treasure Domain.

Of course, most of the energy was recovered after these dead swarm units perished.

Therefore, the actual energy and resources consumed by the swarm are not as exaggerated as claimed.

With a massive swarm of insects gathering resources in the cosmic ocean, supporting this war wouldn't be too difficult.

The dead beasts are different; although their numbers are extremely large, they are still finite.

After tens of thousands of years of depletion, its quantity has visibly decreased.

The swarm of insects grew stronger, while the monstrous dead grew weaker.

Although the aura of death is growing stronger on this land, without corpses as carriers, this land can no longer give birth to new deadly beasts.

Especially after tens of thousands of years, this gray-black land has long been covered with fungal carpet.

Even the dense aura of death could not stop it.

Over tens of thousands of years, as the fungal carpet has continuously evolved and mutated, it has found a way to utilize these deathly energies.

These auras of death contain a powerful spiritual impact, filled with corrosive and destructive force.

But this is also a form of energy!

As long as it is energy, there is a way to utilize it.

On the gray-black land stood a strangely shaped mother nest, which looked like a tower made of a pile of pale white bones, with a strong aura of death brewing within it.

During the great battle, some dead Zerg units were transported here, and their remains piled up near the Deadbrood Hive.

Guided by the mother nest, a dense aura of death continuously entered the corpses, as if altering their internal structure.

Every now and then, a swarm unit that had long been dead would stagger to its feet amidst the pile of corpses, as if it had come back to life.

However, if one were to sweep through with divine power, one would discover that these dead Zerg units had actually transformed into strange beings resembling dead beasts!

This is a new strain in the swarm—the Death Zerg!

These Zerg are different from regular Zerg swarms; they have no souls and are somewhat similar to metallic or rock-based lifeforms, but with differences.

This special Zerg unit is the product of tens of thousands of years of in-depth research on some dead alien beasts captured alive by the Zerg swarm.

To this end, Qin Mu even specially mobilized the insectoid swarm units to capture two Cosmic Lords of the Skeleton Race alive.

The Skeleton Clan, as a race from the first era of reincarnation, is not as powerful as the Divine Eye Clan, but it is still very strong, and it has a ninth-order true god like the Skeleton Lord.

Originally, Qin Mu thought that the Skeleton Clan's Universe Lord would take some retaliatory actions after being captured.

In reality, let alone revenge, after learning from the two captured Skeleton Lords that Qin Mu wanted some Skeleton Clan members for research purposes, the Skeleton Lords directly sent over a portion of their clansmen, and even a special burial ground that nurtured the Skeleton Clan.

Because of these factors, the birth of the Dead Zerg strain in the swarm became much smoother.

This made Qin Mu feel a little embarrassed to continue attacking him.

In terms of combat power alone, these undead Zerg units are not very strong, at least not comparable to the Hive Tyrant, and they cannot use many powerful Arcane Arts.

However, in certain special locations, the Zerg of the Death lineage can unleash extremely powerful forces.

Not only in Wanlin Garden, but also in the core area of ​​the Universe Ship, there is a similar area.

That was a true death zone, the aura of death was so dense it was terrifying. Even top-tier universe masters would find it difficult to survive there. But if you brought these death-type insect swarms there, they would thrive like fish in water.

Even in that special environment, it can absorb death energy and become even more powerful!

Adapt to the environment, devour and evolve!

This is where the swarm is most powerful!

Looking at the Deathbringer swarm following behind the other Zerg units, Qin Mu's eyes showed a hint of interest.

This special unit is something that has never existed in the Gem legacy.

The core inheritance of the Gem Egg is the "Origin of Life". Combat units in the bloodline inheritance, especially top-level combat units, such as those with tens of thousands of times the gene, basically follow this direction.

The Great Dao of the Origin of Life is divided into the physical body of life, the source of life, the spirituality of life, blood, vitality, and death of life.

Among them, the direction of death is very rare and is also the most destructive in the fundamental path of life.

This also made Qin Mu realize that being able to master the Death-type Zerg in advance would definitely be of great benefit to the future.

Although Qin Mu did not yet understand the fundamental laws such as the body of life, the source of life, the spirituality of life, blood, and vitality, he had already been using them when the insect swarm was breeding various units.

Only life and death are nonexistent.

Of course, it exists now.

As for why Qin Mu did not cultivate warriors with tens of thousands of times the divine physique of those in the Gem inheritance, the reason is naturally because he could not do it yet.

Just like in the Zerg heritage, to cultivate those top-tier units in the Zem heritage, one needs to understand and thoroughly comprehend their life genetic blueprint!

Returning our gaze to the center of the battlefield, which had been flattened by the swarm of insects, the six-armed skeletal general was still locked in a fierce battle with the warhead behemoth.

Each strike from these two colossal creatures, each billions of kilometers tall, caused the surrounding space to tremble.

"Execute the sealing plan!"

A sharp glint appeared in Qin Mu's eyes.

It is virtually impossible to kill this incredibly resilient monster using conventional methods.

However, if we change our approach and try to seal it away, it might not be impossible!

It is powerful, but lacks intelligence.

This is its biggest weakness.

On the colossal body of the World Mother Nest, which spanned a light-year, a massive rift billions of kilometers wide appeared, from which 108 jet-black chains covered in flesh and blood extended, strangling towards the Skeleton General.

clang!

The skeletal general brought down his white bone sword, cleaving the black chains away, but he couldn't break them.

This is an incredibly powerful treasure!

The most powerful treasure known as the Shadow Chains

This is an extremely powerful treasure, personally guided and assisted by the Mountain-Sitting Guest, and crafted by the Insect Nest Tyrant!

The most powerful treasure, most adept at sealing!

The Duan Donghe Inheritance has a special place for refining supreme treasures, and it can even accelerate time by ten thousand times!

Even after 30,000 epochs and numerous inheritances, Qin Mu is still some distance from independently forging the strongest treasure. He is still lacking in his understanding of laws and secret patterns.

The most powerful treasures usually have six layers of secret runes, which allow the user to unleash the top combat power of the ninth rank (the limit of a true god)!

Some of the powerful ones even possess the seventh level of secret runes—that is, the top-tier combat power of the tenth rank.

Qin Mu is currently unable to do that.

But with the help of a mountain dweller, things would be different.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

108 jet-black chains coiled around it like giant pythons. Although they were occasionally cleaved away, some of them still managed to entangle its body with the help of the War Skull Beast.

Instantly, countless secret patterns on the chains were activated, firmly fixing them to the skeleton general's body. At the same time, streams of almost terrifying life energy surged into the skeleton general's body along the chains.

This purest form of life energy has almost no harmful effect on normal life forms; in fact, it is a great tonic.

However, when this life energy clashed with the poison that was indeed the most deadly to the skeletal general, the life force and the aura of death collided repeatedly, and then were completely annihilated.

Roar!

Sensing the threat, the skeletal giant tore and swung its bone sword, trying to break the chains.

But this is, after all, an extremely powerful and precious treasure!

Even the Skeleton General, who had surpassed the limits of the strongest beings in the universe, could not harm it in the slightest in a short time, and the Skeleton General was immediately enraged.

It actually discarded the bone battle blade, grabbed a chain, and tried to pull the World Mother Nest directly there!

clang!

The black chains snapped straight up, but the World Nest remained completely still.

As the first world mother hive in the Zerg swarm, how many precious materials were used in this body that spans a full light-year?

Uncountable!

Even the Mountain-Sitting Guest exclaimed that it was a waste of resources after learning about the resources consumed by the Mother Nest. If he were to refine it, he could easily refine more than a dozen supreme treasures!

In terms of resource consumption alone, it's simply a waste!

How could the Skeleton General possibly move such a massive World Mother Nest on his own?

Not to mention, there are massive numbers of Zerg units within the World Mother Nest, with more than one Primal Sea alone.

Whoosh!

As the World Mother Nest began to exert its power, the 108 black chains simultaneously unleashed their immense might, attempting to pull the Skeleton General directly into the open, pitch-black rift.

Under that terrifying power, the skeletal general, billions of kilometers tall, lost his footing, especially under the frenzied attacks of the War Skull Beast. His entire body involuntarily flew towards the World Mother Nest. (End of Chapter)