Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

"Now that the cave dwelling is ready, let's go check it out first, and then we can go to the Flamewind Guild to buy some information."

Qin Mu walked out of an incomparably magnificent palace, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

When he entered Ningyuan City, a large number of swarm units disguised as True Gods or Void Gods also entered the city, and scattered throughout the city.

Qin Mu already had a basic understanding of this large city.

Ningyuan City covers a vast area. Generally, a True God can obtain a residence by paying one Chaos Crystal for each era.

One Chaos Crystal isn't much, but when accumulated among a vast number of True Gods, it adds up to a considerable sum.

This is one of the main sources of income for the City Lord's Mansion.

At the same time, these revenues also need to be supplied to Marquis Linyuan and the ruler of Yun Kingdom.

As for those above the Void True God level, they would need to purchase a residence.

"It cost me 800 units of cosmic sand, so I'm going to experience just how magical the Chaos Ruins really are."

Qin Mu's body hovered in the air, flying eastward. When purchasing the cave dwelling, he saw the model of Ningyuan City that Qin Mu had seen before, as well as the location of the cave dwelling.

As for funds, Qin Mu was not actually short of money.

At least we don't lack small amounts of money.

Not only did he hunt down several Eternal True God Beasts, but before coming to the Origin Continent, he also crafted a batch of mechanical treasures that were commonly used on the Origin Continent, in exchange for start-up capital.

Some of these are top-quality items, each worth millions of cosmic sands.

After cultivating for countless epochs, I entered the world of Jin, where a hermit guided me and explained its unique environment.

The insect swarm's skill in crafting artifacts is already sufficient to create treasures at the level of Eternal True Gods.

Like Luo Feng's Chaos Golden Wings, as long as there are enough resources, the swarm can mass-produce them.

Furthermore, with the Gate of Origin in place, Qin Mu can achieve precise teleportation throughout the entire Origin Continent by using the swarm's own positioning.

It's simple to deliver the obtained cosmic sand to this clone.

In fact, when the Eternal God purchased the right to reside in the Great City, what he was really buying was not the cave dwelling.

Instead, it's a cultivation ground near the Chaos Ruins!

The closer one gets to the Ruins of Chaos, the clearer the senses become regarding the laws of chaos.

At the same time, the Chaos Ruins will also condense a large number of Chaos Crystals and Chaos Stones.

The Chaos Crystals and Chaos Stones of the Origin Continent all originated from these Chaotic Ruins.

"Although the Origin Continent is vast, almost all the Chaos Ruins have been discovered by God-King level experts, who have built great cities there."

Finding an abandoned, chaotic ruin in the wilderness is virtually impossible.

Flying over Ningyuan City, Qin Mu looked around and sighed inwardly.

In fact, not only in the Chaos Ruins, but almost all the slightly precious treasures and mineral veins in the Origin Continent have owners!

As the insect swarm expanded across the wilderness, it also discovered some precious treasures, such as mineral veins and even rare and precious materials.

But without exception, they all belong to someone!

As for unclaimed mineral veins, they do exist, but they are the most common ones, located in remote and desolate places, and are not worth the effort to mine.

Qin Mu has not yet taken action against the precious treasures and mineral veins discovered by the insect swarms in the wilderness.

Taking action blindly without intelligence is extremely dangerous; who knows who the mastermind is behind it?

If it were the property of some god-king, that would be troublesome.

In the wilderness, the only ones who are easy to bully are those strange beasts.

"This is it."

Lost in thought, Qin Mu soon arrived at the cave dwelling.

Although it is called a cave, it is actually a continuous mountain range that is 300,000 kilometers long.

The mountain range is dotted with jungles and lakes, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. At the top of the mountain, there is a series of palaces.

Holding the talisman, Qin Mu easily refined it.

hum~~~

The secret patterns engraved in the hidden parts of the mountain range lit up, and arrays appeared one after another. The arrays changed and combined, drawing out the dense power of heaven and earth and mist, causing the entire mountain range to be shrouded in clouds and mist.

"The formation is rather crude; any Eternal True God could easily force their way in."

Qin Mu frowned slightly, then realized that since this formation was given away for free, how strong could it be?

The eternal true gods who come here are all aiming to cultivate in the Chaos Ruins, and no one cares about this.

After entering the cave and taking a quick look around to familiarize himself with it, Qin Mu returned to the main building to begin his cultivation, sensing the laws of chaos.

Rumble~~~

The distance was too close, right next to the cave, and the laws of chaos manifested on their own!

Qin Mu could even see with his naked eye the materialized chaotic laws manifested in the neighboring 'Ruins of Chaos'.

"Incredible! Such clear understanding of the laws of chaos, in this environment, and with the destructive source within the Beast King, comprehending the laws of chaos is just around the corner!"

Qin Mu was thrilled.

The advantages of cultivating on the Origin Continent are simply too great!

It's far better than the incredibly vague cultivation environment of the original universe.

In the wilderness, swarms of insects hunt, and the Beast King of the Realm has been devouring the flesh and blood of the Eternal True God Beasts, rapidly increasing its strength.

Beasts of the Realm are born from the Great Dao of Destruction. As long as they eat and drink and have enough time and energy to grow, they can reach the peak.

But this kind of improvement is somewhat similar to a spiritual awakening.

Or perhaps it is the gift of the fundamental law of destruction. Although the king of the devouring world beasts can instinctively use the power of the law, he knows what it is but not why it is.

With the complete chaotic laws of the Chaos Ruins as a reference, and the World Beast King's devouring and enhancement, his understanding of the chaotic laws was increasing at an unprecedented speed.

……

Just as Qin Mu was comprehending the chaotic laws within the Chaotic Ruins, in a super-large cave not far from Qin Mu.

This cave dwelling belongs to the Yan Yue family, the city lord's mansion in Ningyuan City.

"Hmm?" Yan Yueming, a middle-aged man with a fiery red horn on his head, looking like he was burning with flames, was looking at a piece of information that appeared in front of him.

"A strange, eternal true god came to Ningyuan City and purchased the 'Chaos Armor No. 856' cave dwelling. His name is Qin Mu?"

As the person in charge of intelligence for the Yan Yue family, he was very concerned about every unfamiliar Eternal True God who entered Ningyuan City.

After all, the strongest being in Ningyuan City is also an Eternal True God!

"This Qin Mu, we don't have a single piece of information about him? Where does he come from? What force sent him, or is he a newly advanced cultivator?"

After reviewing the information, Yan Yueming had some doubts.

He came to Ningyuan City alone, bought a cave dwelling, and then there was no further activity.

Let's make it a priority for us.

These days, things aren't peaceful in Crimson Gold City, and more and more Eternal True Gods are coming to our Ningyuan City for refuge.

After marking its strength rating as "D" and adding a "pay close attention" tag, Yan Yueming immediately looked at the next piece of information.

The City Lord's Mansion pays close attention to every Eternal True God, collecting all relevant information and assigning them a strength rating, from highest to lowest: A, B, C, and D.

This type of intelligence will be reported to senior core members immediately.

This is how they operate with these unfamiliar eternal true gods: they adjust their strength only after obtaining specific information about them.

……

Qin Mu was completely unaware that he had been listed as a key target of the City Lord's Mansion, and even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have cared.

After all, he couldn't even be bothered to hide his own name.

Ningyuan City has eight legions, a city lord's mansion, and four major families, but to Qin Mu, they are nothing special. Even if the newly broken-through insect swarm uses only one percent of its power, it can easily overwhelm them.

The swarm of insects was already starving and thirsty, and couldn't wait to show their claws.

Qin Mu stopped cultivating after only a short time.

brush!

Holding the cave dwelling talisman in his hand, countless threads of Dao laws spread out from his body, connecting the entire cave dwelling's array.

In an instant, the array covering the mountain range released thick clouds and mist, completely concealing the cave.

Immediately, the runes that constituted the formation changed continuously under Qin Mu's manipulation, and materials even flew out from his hands from time to time, completely altering the foundation of the formation.

"Now, ordinary eternal gods should not be able to get in, and the ability to block detection has also been greatly enhanced."

After modifying the cave's formation, Qin Mu nodded in satisfaction.

Having obtained the inheritances of multiple God-Kings and hundreds of Chaos Overlords, and with an endless swarm of insects, almost every branch of each inheritance has a corresponding insect swarm unit for cultivation.

Qin Mu naturally understood formations as well.

Formations and weapon crafting have many things in common, especially large-scale mechanical treasures, which are essentially applications of formations.

Qin Mu was able to refine even a super-large mechanical treasure like the Jinluo Heaven and Earth, which showed that his skill in array formations was also quite good.

brush!brush!brush!

Thousands upon thousands of figures flew out from his body and landed around the Chaos Ruins to begin cultivating and comprehending.

"This way of understanding will be faster."

"While I'm at it, I'll try to break the formation set up by the City Lord's Mansion, and then travel through the Chaos Ruins to the Chaos Layer to hunt down chaotic life forms."

Qin Mu looked outside the cave dwelling, towards the core of the Chaos Ruins.

His cave dwelling was located on the outskirts of the Chaos Ruins, some distance from the core of the Chaos Ruins.

The core of the city is, of course, the city lord's mansion.

Through the core, one can go against the current and reach the chaotic layer.

The Chaos Layer contains endless chaotic power, while the Chaos Ruins are the entrance to the normal space and the Chaos Layer.

Without going through the Chaos Ruins, most Chaos Overlords cannot directly reach the Chaos Layer!

Because the space of the Origin Continent is too thick and is divided into countless layers. The Chaos Layer is located in the deepest layer of space.

Among the many inheritances Qin Mu obtained, there are records of the Chaos Layer. If one can go to the Chaos Layer to cultivate, it will be of great benefit to breaking through to the Chaos Realm.

In addition, chaotic life forms also exist in the chaotic layer.

These creatures have extremely low intelligence, act purely on instinct, and are unable to communicate.

Life forms that can live in the Chaos Layer feed on the power of Chaos, and their divine bodies contain more or less the laws of Chaos.

Furthermore, the physical structure of these chaotic life forms is very unique, and if it can be thoroughly studied, it will greatly help the swarm improve its strength.

This was also an important goal for him when he went to a large city.

Theoretically speaking, with a spatial treasure like the Gate of Origin, going to the Chaos Layer shouldn't be difficult.

However powerful a treasure may be, it cannot be used if the user is too weak.

In countless layers of space, Qin Mu had no idea which layer was the Chaos Layer and could only search slowly, but he could go directly there through the Chaos Ruins.

Once he makes the trip and obtains the coordinates, Qin Mu can reach the location through the Gate of Origin the next time.

Nodding in satisfaction, Qin Mu didn't linger any longer and turned to leave the cave.

He still needs to buy intelligence!

A moment later, Qin Mu was already looking at the majestic Yanfeng Hall in the distance.

Among the vast number of buildings in Ningyuan City, the main building of Yanfeng Guild Hall is second only to the City Lord's Mansion in height.

Yanfeng Hall represents the ancient kingdom of Yanfeng.

It was jointly established by some powerful forces within the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, and their businesses spanned most of the Origin Continent.

It can be called the strongest organization on the Origin Continent.

Even the Thunder Kingdom, which is also an ancient kingdom, is slightly inferior.

Whether it's intelligence or treasures, everything can be bought and sold at the Flamewind Guild Hall, and it's the safest place to do so.

"My Lord, please come inside!"

As soon as Qin Mu stepped into the main building of the Yanfeng Club, a waiter immediately came to greet him and led him into a secluded hall.

"My Lord, this is Ice Maple Wine from the Ancient Kingdom of Yanfeng. Please enjoy it."

The waiter helped pour the wine. If this glass of Ice Maple Wine were in the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, it would be worth several Chaos Crystals. In Ningyuan City, it would be impossible to buy it anywhere.

Qin Mu didn't stand on ceremony and immediately picked up the wine glass to take a sip. He felt a cool sensation spread through his soul and consciousness, and his whole body felt much more energetic.

"I've come here to sell some treasures." Qin Mu put down his wine cup, and three mechanical treasures appeared in his hand.

They consist of a pair of wings, a long sword, and a large, army-type treasure resembling a honeycomb.

"Are these all mechanical treasures?" The waiter was somewhat surprised. He often received the Eternal God and had seen many mechanical treasures, so he naturally had a good eye for them.

hum~~~

An array was activated inside the Yanfeng Guild Hall, its light enveloping the three mechanical treasures, instantly completing their appraisal.

"Of these three mechanical treasures, the wings and the longsword belong to the Eternal True God single-item treasure category. The longsword is worth 120 million cosmic sands, and the wings are worth 200 million cosmic sands."

As for this large, honeycomb-shaped legion-type treasure, it is worth 500 million grains of cosmic sand.

"My Flamewind Guild is willing to buy them for 820 million grains of cosmic sand," the waiter said. "What does Your Majesty think?"

"Okay." Qin Mu readily agreed, nodding directly.

These three mechanical treasures are all exquisite works he created while learning weapon crafting from the Master of the Mountain in the Jin world.

He also had a general idea of ​​its value.

Qin Mu was also well aware of the rules of the Yanfeng Guild: treasures worth less than ten million cosmic sands were generally not subject to bargaining.

If they are rare treasures of heaven and earth, the price may be different, but these universal mechanical treasures all have a clear price.

"Then these three mechanical treasures will belong to my Flamewind Guild."

The waiter put away the three mechanical treasures, and at the same time, a silver jade bottle appeared out of thin air on the long table. The waiter handed the silver jade bottle to Qin Mu.

"My Lord, there are 820 million grains of cosmic sand inside. Please inspect them."

Qin Mu took it and sensed it briefly before confirming that it was correct.

"The payment is settled." The waiter smiled. "My lord, is there anything else I can do for you?"

"I want to apply to join the 'Dark Temple' of the Flamewind Guild, and I also need to purchase some information."

Qin Mu put away the cosmic sand and spoke.

The waiter smiled slightly: "Once you join the Dark Hall of my Flamewind Guild, you can actively issue missions, accept missions, and purchase intelligence."

As an eternal true god, the Divine Lord can join the Dark Palace without any review or fees.

As an organization that spans most of the continent of origin.

The Yanfeng Guild's intelligence business, bounty missions, and other businesses are all conducted under the name of "Dark Palace".

For Yanfeng Guild, the more customers the better, so the threshold for Dark Palace is very low.

Anyone with some ability or financial resources can join.

"The Divine Lord needs a code name in the Dark Palace," the attendant said.

"Gun Demon".

Qin Mu said casually, "It's just a code name."

"Okay, the application has been successfully submitted."

The attendant handed Qin Mu a communication token, saying, "This is the Dark Palace communication token. You can use it to contact the Dark Palace within a large city."

Whether it's purchasing intelligence, launching bounty missions, or accepting missions, all can be accomplished through this communication token.

If the summons is damaged or lost, it can be replaced at the Yanfeng Hall.

Qin Mu took the token and immediately began purchasing intelligence from it.

"A basic intelligence report on various countries on the Origin Continent."

Please provide detailed information on the Cloud Kingdom, the Chaos State of Lin Yuan, and the Eternal True God Beasts in the Wilderness Chaos Realm.

... "

A series of messages were sent from the Dark Palace's communication system; they were all the intelligence Qin Mu needed, along with their corresponding prices.

"Great, this is exactly what I need!"

Without hesitation, Qin Mu paid the fee, and immediately a wealth of detailed information arrived. (End of Chapter)