Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

"Immortal beings suffer countless calamities, yet I remain undying, even transcending them. Is this the true meaning of the Undying Nether Dragon?"

Qin Mu viewed the "Eternal Calamity Diagram" and his will entered the scales of the Undying Nether Dragon. He felt as if he had transformed into the Undying Nether Dragon and experienced all kinds of tribulations.

"This method of boosting willpower suits me well, and it suits the swarm."

Others can only comprehend the "Eternal Dream Diagram" through willpower, but I am in the same predicament.

Qin Mu sighed inwardly.

Thunderbolts strike, earth fires scorch, gales tear apart, and ice freezes to the bone... These are all kinds of calamities that the insect swarm is also enduring.

In the endless wilderness, in every perilous place, insect swarms undergo trials and tribulations, allowing life to evolve.

The two are inherently similar in their essence.

"Through numerous tribulations, one forges an 'undying heart.' Each tribulation tempers and refines one, and overcoming it leads to rebirth from the ashes, with an even stronger will."

Those who aspire to great things must undergo countless trials and tribulations.

Everyone understands this principle, but how many people can actually put it into practice?

The slightest carelessness could lead to death or even extinction.

The swarm, however, constantly endures various trials, making its will extremely strong.

They simply cannot die because of the unique nature of the swarm's will.

Without a strong swarm will, how could billions of swarms handle different things simultaneously?

"The potential of the Zerg swarm in terms of mental will is astonishing, and it is far from being fully explored. Perhaps I should devote more energy to this area."

"Once the mind and will are destroyed and collapse, no matter how large the swarm is, it will still perish."

"The will to one's soul is itself a powerful path."

Countless thoughts raced through Qin Mu's mind.

In the Three Thousand Primordial Realms, one can only cultivate the ten most basic laws; other aspects, such as willpower training and mental discipline, are very rudimentary.

They can only rely on their own talent and grow naturally through countless trials and tribulations.

Even a powerful expert like the God-King level, Zuo Shan Ke, could give Luo Feng the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" to improve his own genetic level, but he could not give him a similar secret technique to improve his will.

Because the supreme rules do not allow it.

The Star Tower can only select candidates through endless years to recognize its master.

Otherwise, where would we find Luo Feng?

But the Origin Continent is different; it has all sorts of secret methods and treasures for improvement, which is itself a supreme law.

It's just that it doesn't belong to the nine supreme laws of the Origin Continent, making cultivation more difficult.

"The path of the soul, this is also a powerful path."

Qin Mu murmured to himself.

I wonder if there are any strange beasts with special spiritual talents in that endless wilderness?

There probably is.

As thoughts raced through their minds, the swarm of insects in the endless wilderness intensified their search efforts.

Meanwhile, in several large cities, swarms of insects also purchased relevant intelligence from intelligence agencies such as the Flamewind Guild Hall.

By transforming the calamity swarm into a Zergling and acquiring its wealth, the Zerg swarm will not lack cosmic sand for a short period of time.

Immediately, a large amount of relevant intelligence came in.

On the Origin Continent, there are indeed exotic beasts with soul talents, and their numbers are quite large.

For example, in another chaotic state of the Cloud Kingdom, there exists a strange beast called the Dream Fox, which is about the size of a small deer, has silver-white fur, and possesses the ability to weave dreams.

Their souls can be manipulated through dreams.

Or perhaps it is a life form called the Soul-Eating Spider, which possesses the talent of a soul web, capable of weaving a web that can capture souls and trap the consciousness of its target.

The Tree of Souls can release the essence of souls to nourish the souls of surrounding beings and heal spiritual trauma.

"Strange beasts, what a huge treasure trove!"

Qin Mu perused the various intelligence gathered by the insect swarm and couldn't help but sigh.

There are so many kinds of strange beasts scattered throughout the endless wilderness, and each of them has different talents.

In terms of soul talent, there are different directions such as manipulating, devouring, or protecting the soul, which is undoubtedly good news for Qin Mu.

"Go! Hunt down these alien beasts with soul talents; the swarm needs them."

Within the Zerg swarm network, following Qin Mu's will, large numbers of Zerg units, which were hunting, changed direction and charged towards the alien beasts with soul talents.

……

Time flies, and more than 3200 days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Immersed in his cultivation, Qin Mu ignored the outside world's disturbances and left all the miscellaneous matters to Jian Shuize.

Let them sell spirit-infused potions to earn more wealth to support the insect swarm.

Although many forces secretly tested the waters during this period, the Jianshuize, with its increased strength, was able to handle most of them, and for those it couldn't, the insectoid units would step in.

After delivering the treasure, Di Yanrui did not disturb them.

It's normal for an Eternal True God to go into seclusion for several epochs at a time, and it's normal for Qin Mu to go into seclusion for a period of time after obtaining a treasure.

There's plenty of time; he has enough patience to wait.

During their cultivation, the insect swarm continued to expand in the wilderness, hunting exotic beasts and occupying more territory, while constantly adjusting the various legions in actual combat.

The Destroyer Legion's swarm attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

While comprehending the laws of chaos and tempering their minds and wills, the top units of the swarm further enhance their strength through a second body refinement, and are about to complete their third body refinement.

The "Mysterious Origin Body Refining" technique can maximize the strength of the body, but it requires extremely high levels of understanding of the laws and the skills of weapon refining.

But these were clearly not problems for Qin Mu.

He can even refine the supreme treasures of the Eternal True God, let alone body refinement.

Even if you fail occasionally in body tempering, you can start over. Body tempering is much simpler than weapon tempering.

Even if a divine body is mostly destroyed, it can still recover, so the margin for error in body refinement is naturally extremely high!

The margin for error is much lower when it comes to crafting weapons, armor, mechanical artifacts, and the like.

Furthermore, given the sheer number of insects, the speed is naturally extremely fast.

Everything is progressing steadily.

The insect swarm is becoming stronger and its distribution range is becoming wider.

If possible, Qin Mu would like to cultivate quietly until he breaks through to the Chaos Realm, and even the God King Realm, and dominate the entire Origin Continent.

But there's no such thing as a free lunch.

As the profits from selling the Spirit Essence Potion increase to more distant places, the resistance it encounters also increases.

These are manageable.

But what happened in the wilderness made Qin Mu restless.

"In the Chaotic Continent of Lin Yuan, tribes within the Zerg Swarm's territory, and even the Zerg Swarm itself, have been subjected to large-scale plunder?"

Qin Mu frowned deeply, for Lin Yuan Chaos State was the main base of the insect swarm.

In the wilderness, more than half of the area is actually controlled by insect swarms.

Even tribes in the wilderness are within the swarm's territory.

Among these tribes, a group led by Shen Tu Hong is experimenting with a mainland version of the virtual universe, "Virtual God Realm," based on a swarm network.

The scenes of those tribes disappearing naturally came into the swarm's view as well.

on the screen.

A crimson cloud rose from the darkness, carrying a metallic, grinding roar as it swept across the wilderness.

Countless translucent scarlet tentacles hung from the clouds, and wherever they went, regardless of the size of the tribe, all life vanished in an instant.

"This is the Chaos Overlord harvesting the tribes in the wilderness."

A flame was rising in Qin Mu's eyes.

This kind of thing is actually very common on the Origin Continent. Many people who have reached the level of Chaos Ruler, especially those who have the bloodline of Hunyuan, like to devour living beings.

The inheritance of the Wutong God King clearly records the war between the God Kings of the Hunyuan bloodline. The victorious God King would often devour a large number of living beings in the defeated country.

Many beings with the Hunyuan bloodline can improve their strength by consuming living beings.

The countless beings born within the Origin World are all the essence of heaven and earth, greatly nourishing the Hunyuan bloodline.

In some kingdoms, the god-kings established their kingdoms so that they could better devour living beings.

The countless living beings within its borders are essentially harvested crops, resources for cultivation.

For example, the enemy of the Mountain Dweller, the God King of the Food Kingdom, is the same as the Lord of the Heavenly Kun Kingdom.

In the repeated wars of expansion, countless lives were devoured, including most of the Jin state after its defeat.

The reason they are able to leave some behind is simply for reproduction, making it easier to consume them next time.

This is none of Qin Mu's business.

I'm too lazy to care.

But the Chaos Continent of Lin Yuan is the swarm's lair! In Qin Mu's eyes, those tribes of creatures are the swarm's property!

Even during this process, a large number of Zerg units were swept away by the blood cloud and landed in a small world.

How could he not be angry under such circumstances?

Who is the one who dares to devour living beings so recklessly in the Chaos Continent of Lin Yuan, and who is also the ruler of Chaos?

"Lord Linyuan, I didn't want to deal with you so soon, but you've brought this upon yourself!"

Qin Mu's eyes held a cold light.

hum!

An endless swarm of black insects rose from the wilderness, rushing toward the path of the blood-red cloud.

……

"This harvest will allow us to capture 30% of the creatures in the wilderness."

Deep within the blood-red clouds, the [Ten Thousand Bones Cauldron] held in the left hand of Marquis Linyuan is harvesting and refining the spiritual essence of countless living beings.

"That's still too little. I need at least ten more harvests like this before I can break through my limits."

Moreover, the majority of the creatures harvested each time must be handed over to the ruler of the Cloud Kingdom.

Marquis Lin Yuan stared at the boiling crimson mist in the cauldron, within which countless creatures could be vaguely seen struggling.

Lin Yuan Chaos State is his fiefdom, but the true ruler of the 108 Chaos States of Yun Kingdom is the King of Yun Kingdom!

His powerful backer is the ruler of the Yun Kingdom.

Every so often, he would prepare a meal for the King of Yun.

And this food, naturally, comes from the billions of creatures in the wilderness.

He even had a secret army under his command, specifically responsible for capturing countless lives.

"Hmph! Ten Eternal True Gods, three million Void True Gods, and three hundred million True Gods—aren't you afraid of overeating with such a huge appetite?"

Somewhat annoyed, Marquis Lin Yuan put away the [Ten Thousand Bones Cauldron], his eyes filled with anger.

Even if one were to rule the Chaos Continent of Lin Yuan, accumulating such a large amount of food would not be easy.

Tribes living in the wilderness tend to flock to remote and secluded places, while the Eternal God forms the core and backbone of large cities.

Even if the captures were carried out quietly throughout the entire Lin Yuan Chaos State, it would be extremely difficult to capture so many people on such a large scale.

Providing food was one thing, but when the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect invaded his territory, he wanted to use the power of the Yun Kingdom's ruler to test the waters, but he was refused.

"One day, I will devour you all!"

With a casual grab, he took over a large tribe of a million living beings below, and roared as he flew to the next area.

Before taking action, he had already scouted out the locations of these large tribes. But how could a mere Void God possibly withstand the capture of the Chaos Ruler?

However, Lin Yuanhou, who was just about to tear through space to the next hunting spot, suddenly changed his expression.

The surrounding space had become extremely solidified at some point, and even he couldn't tear it apart!

"Who! Was it that friend who did it?"

The figure of Lin Yuanhou emerged from the blood-red abyss, gazing at the almost materialized space. Suddenly, his pupils contracted sharply.

Before him appeared an extremely vast sea of ​​black insects!

A black sea of ​​insects, like a tidal wave!

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect wants to make a move against him.

Before he could make a move, Marquis Lin Yuan felt everything in front of him vanish, and he lost all sensation in his physical body.

I felt my mind and will being dragged into an endless abyss of darkness, which crashed down with a deafening roar.

Within this dark abyss, he could clearly see countless flames burning.

He wanted to dodge, but there was no way to dodge.

This is an attack on the mind and will!

It appears slow, but in reality, it's so fast it's just a fleeting moment in the mind. In that fleeting moment, there's no way to escape, and no time to unleash the secret technique of reincarnation.

All he could do was tough it out!

If you can withstand it, you live. If you can't, you die!

But this sudden, descent into the dark abyss was far more terrifying than even the King of Yun Kingdom!

This is definitely the power of a God-King, not even that of an ordinary first-level God-King!

It can't be stopped! Absolutely not!

Before Marquis Linyuan could even cry for help, he was struck down by the dark abyss and engulfed in endless flames.

His will was instantly crushed and pulverized, leaving not even a trace.

In an instant, his will and spirit were completely annihilated.

Instantly kill the Chaos Overlord!

"Boom!"

At the moment of his complete death, the blood cloud that Lin Yuanhou had transformed into dissipated, revealing his true form, and he fell from the void.

Before the corpse even hit the ground, the countless nests of destructive insects swept over and enveloped the entire body.

"This move will likely cause quite a stir, but with my mental fortitude and strength, I am not afraid even if a God-King level expert makes a move."

There's no need to worry too much.

Inside the destroyed insect hive, Qin Mu held the Myriad Bones Cauldron in Lin Yuan Hou's hand, frowning as he looked at the creatures suppressed within.

"What the hell? I thought it was a powerful treasure, but it's just a piece of junk used to imprison living beings."

Qin Mu delved into it with his will and probed it briefly, then shook his head.

Enraged, he mobilized the will of the entire insect swarm, activated the Divine Suppression Pearl to unleash the "Heart-Destroying Calamity" attack, and Marquis Lin Yuan didn't even have time to reincarnate.

His treasures naturally fell into the hands of the insect swarm.

Inside the Myriad Corpses Cauldron are numerous small spaces, each imprisoning hundreds of millions of living beings, and many of these spaces contain various instruments of torture.

Many imprisoned beings were tortured within, and the entire Ten Thousand Bones Cauldron was filled with resentment.

He casually put it away, then Qin Mu's gaze returned to the corpse of Marquis Lin Yuan, a hint of fervor in his eyes.

The corpse of a Chaos Overlord who followed the bloodline path!

This is extremely attractive to the swarm, and its effect is no less than that of the Cataclysmic Beast.

"Now that we've already started, let's quickly hunt down a batch of Chaos Realm beasts in the wilderness and, incidentally, bring the Lin Yuan Chaos State completely under the control of the insect swarm."

Qin Mu's eyes sharpened, and at the same time, swarms of insects lurking around the Chaos Realm beasts in the endless wilderness erupted with astonishing fluctuations. (End of Chapter)