Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

"Mountain Dweller, I have broken through to the Chaos Realm and can now promote the 'Virtual God Realm' within the control of the Myriad Beasts Sect, allowing cultivators of all races to enter."

At the headquarters of the Myriad Beasts Sect in Crimson Gold City, Qin Mu's figure materialized from the illusion and landed in front of a burly man wearing a green robe.

"Congratulations! Our plan is about to begin."

The burly man had deep, dark eyes, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, and a hint of amusement in his gaze.

He is the reincarnation of Zuo Shan Ke, who came to the Origin Continent.

Together with Qin Mu, he ventured into the cycle of reincarnation. He was reborn in the wilderness of a remote country on the Origin Continent. After his strength increased, he immediately sought out the insect swarm.

While using the resources of the insect swarm for cultivation, he gained a very deep understanding of Qin Mu's insect swarm expansion and strength.

He was involved in things like the 'Virtual God Realm'.

He was no stranger to this type of virtual network.

Not to mention the second network of the swarm in the original universe, there is also a world called "Armed World" in the Jin world.

In the world of Jin, with the help of the Armaments Ring, one can enter the "Armored World" at any time from anywhere. Moreover, the "Armored World" is entered in person, making it a more advanced system than the virtual universe.

However, that's within his inner universe, where he controls everything, which is why he can do it.

Want to enter the Origin Continent in your true form?

It's only possible if Qin Mu can take control of the Origin Continent.

"That's right. After lying low for so long, it's time to make a move. This is the Void God Ring for logging into the Void God Realm. Please check it again."

If there are no problems, let's start promoting it.

Qin Mu nodded slightly, and handed a simple bronze ring to the guest sitting on the mountain.

As the mountain dweller received the ring, he imprinted a trace of divine power onto it, and at the same time, a drop of blood fell onto the bronze ring.

He was involved in the creation of the Virtual God Ring, so the process of recognizing its master was naturally smooth for him.

Once the soul and bloodline had both recognized the master, the patterns engraved on the bronze ring glowed faintly, and the mountain dweller felt as if his consciousness was being pulled by some force to an unknown place.

His vision suddenly split into two—his physical body was still sitting cross-legged in the hall, the ring in his palm emitting a dark light.

But consciousness plunges into a colorful torrent.

"Connecting to the Realm of the Gods..."

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This is an ancient city somewhat similar to Crimson Gold City, but a thousand times more magnificent.

From a high altitude, one can see the city's many dazzling mega-buildings, such as the headquarters of the Central Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

The original sect palace has been transformed into a towering jade pagoda, with bronze bells hanging from the eaves, each as large as a mountain.

The most eye-catching structure on the east side of the city is a magnificent palace, its plaque bearing the radiant inscription "Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion." A closer look inside reveals countless secret techniques collected by the insect swarm, including the legacies of hundreds of Chaos Overlords.

Any secret technique can be obtained by paying a sufficient price and accumulating enough wealth.

To the west stands a nine-story glazed pavilion inscribed with "Tower of Inheritance," surrounded by the nine supreme laws. This is clearly an upgraded version of the "Inheritance Space" that Qin Mu created in the primordial universe.

To the south lies a massive battleground, with island-like arenas suspended in the air, exuding a chilling and menacing atmosphere.

However, if the founder of the giant axe were here, he would find that this is remarkably similar to the giant axe arena he created.

Within a palace complex in the north, towering stone tablets stand, identical to the inheritance stone tablets in Chaos City, each possessing numerous mysteries.

Some stone tablets depict towering trees brimming with life force, while others show fragmented spaces constantly splitting into parallel reflections. Still others depict countless threads of fate intertwined into a cocoon, or a spear tearing apart with extreme sharpness...

There are over a hundred different stone tablets.

In addition, the city is dotted with pavilions and towers, and the streets are clean, tidy, and extremely wide, with cultivators from all races passing by from time to time.

These are all races living in the Wilderness Insect Domain, the 'internal testing members' of the Void God Realm that Qin Mu is using for testing.

Just like in the virtual universe, everyone has a little sprite on their shoulder.

The existence of the little sprites was to better guide them to integrate into and understand the virtual god realm, so Qin Mu simply copied it completely.

The architecture of the "Second World," which has been running for billions of epochs and whose data is interconnected between the original universe and the virtual universe, is already very complete. It only needs some modifications based on the Origin Continent.

brush!

A person suddenly appeared in the crowd on the street; it was Zuo Shan Ke.

The mountain dweller wore a blue robe, and his aura was no different from that of an ordinary true god. A tiny elf, no bigger than a fist, sat on his shoulder.

After looking around at the surrounding scenery, the Mountain Dweller's consciousness spread outwards, seemingly conducting some kind of test.

Beside him, Qin Mu appeared quietly, and the two walked side by side, moving through the city at an extremely fast pace.

"No problem, normal login is normal and there are no abnormalities. The surrounding environment is also very realistic. At least with my mental will at the first level of God King, I did not find anything abnormal."

After your strength increased, the realism of the Virtual God Realm became much stronger.

I tried to attack, but I couldn't budge it an inch.

After a long pause, the mountain dweller laughed.

"It's good that there are no abnormalities! Within the city of the Void God Realm, all the divine bodies of all people are at the level of true gods, and only a portion of their consciousness can enter."

This is to avoid being attacked by stronger individuals.

Only in specific spaces, such as the Killing Arena, can one unleash their full power, and currently, the highest limit is only the Chaos Realm.

Qin Mu nodded slightly; it was normal that there were no problems.

With its foundation in the second Zerg network, virtual universe, and military world, and originating from the mainland version of "Virtual God Realm," which has been running and tested for five epochs, any problems would have been discovered long ago.

The plan is for the Void God Realm to eventually spread throughout the entire Origin World and even the infinite Chaos Origin Space.

This will be the platform for the swarm to harvest the insights and secret techniques of billions of living beings, and also an important place for the swarm to make money.

"We still shouldn't be careless. There are many powerful individuals on the Origin Continent. Although I haven't detected any problems in my tests, it's hard to say about other God-King level experts, especially those at the second level or even the ultimate God-King level."

The hermit advised.

"I understand, there are contingency plans for all of this. Attacking the Void God Realm is tantamount to attacking a swarm of insects, which would be difficult even for a God King at the ultimate level."

Furthermore, access to the Void God Realm is restricted, and unless a God-King level expert breaks all pretense of civility, they can only unleash attacks at the Chaos Realm level.

Furthermore, according to the plan, the initial Void God Realm will only cover the area ruled by the Myriad Beasts Sect.

Qin Mu nodded; the insect swarm had prepared various defensive measures.

brush!

After the two had explored the city thoroughly, a spatial portal suddenly appeared in front of them.

Qin Mu took the lead and stepped into it, entering a strange space.

An endless stream of chaotic energy flowed within it.

It was as if it were the core of the primordial universe, with countless laws flowing within it, including the nine supreme laws of time, space, life, destruction, immeasurable, matter, extreme point, world, and cause and effect, as well as the fusion of the Great Dao of time and space, birth and death, void, and creation.

Or perhaps the soul, the earth, thunder, fire, and all other fundamental principles can be sensed within it.

However, it is clear that the black torrent formed from the origin of the Law of Destruction is the most powerful.

The emerald green of the origin of life is second, followed by other elements such as matter and space, while the fusion of time and space, birth and death, and creation is only in its rudimentary form.

"With this virtual universe origin, any fundamental Dao can be comprehended and cultivated within it. The more people cultivate in the Virtual God Realm, the stronger the virtual universe origin will become."

This illusory realm of gods is indeed extraordinary.

The mountain dwellers, gazing upon the origin of the virtual universe, couldn't help but gasp in amazement. Although this origin of the universe was still very weak, it possessed boundless potential.

"It's just a fusion of the laws perceived by the swarm, simulating the workings of the universe."

Qin Mu smiled.

If he can do this in a virtual universe, he is now billions of times stronger than the original ancestor, so of course he can create an even more powerful virtual god realm.

The architecture design of the Virtual God Realm is actually a swarm law deduction system.

Its core concept is to use the swarm network as its foundation, gather the wisdom of all living beings as fuel, and transform the insights of billions of lives into evolutionary nutrients for the swarm.

The Realm of the Void Gods is both a sacred place for cultivation and a crucible for the laws of nature.

The underlying framework uses swarm units as nodes to build a distributed computing network that covers the entire continent of origin.

The Realm of the Gods is not a trap, but an elevation of civilization.

Qin Mu didn't intend to do anything; he only needed to secretly collect data on the laws and make deductions.

Each newcomer will unknowingly become a cornerstone for the swarm's ultimate goal.

"It's not that simple! The original universe's humans prospered because of the virtual universe, not only through cultivation and enlightenment, but also through the deduction of secret techniques."

The entire continent of origin will be changed as a result.

Sitting on the mountain path, there was a strange light in his eyes.

The virtual universe covers the entire original universe, unless the strongest being in a certain universe makes a decree that changes a region and forces the virtual universe to open up.

As long as it is covered by the virtual universe, it is as if the original ancestor saw it with his own eyes.

The Realm of the Gods also has the same function.

This alone gives the swarm a huge advantage.

The swarm can even become stronger, for example, by using location for strategic teleportation, where every user of the Void God Realm becomes a coordinate point for the swarm.

Of course, this will inevitably provoke resistance from all powerful individuals.

"By the way, besides the matter of the Void God Realm, I was just about to look for you."

The two consciousnesses withdrew from the Void God Realm, and the Mountain-Sitting Guest's expression turned solemn.

"What's wrong?"

"Over the past five centuries, the wealth we have earned from selling Spirit Elixir has exceeded one trillion cosmic sands."

The ruler of Yun Kingdom is starting to get restless.

He wants to see you!

He wants more when he talks to you face-to-face about profit sharing!

Such a large amount of cosmic sand is astonishing even for a God-King level expert, enough to purchase a powerful God-King treasure.

This has only been five centuries.

Therefore, he secretly engaged in numerous underhanded activities during this period.

The two discussed the various covert actions of the King of Yun Kingdom during this period.

There was even an incident where a Chaos Realm expert attacked and tried to steal the Spirit Nourishing Potion, which was resolved by the Mountain Hermit.

Although the Mountain Dweller is not good at fighting, he is still a God-King!

This is not someone that an ordinary Chaos Realm cultivator can provoke.

After investigation, it was discovered that the shadow of the King of Yun Kingdom was faintly visible behind that Chaos Realm cultivator.

"It's alright, don't worry about it. Let's stall for as long as we can."

Qin Mu didn't care.

The ruler of Yun Kingdom was not a good person to begin with, so it was perfectly normal for him to have such thoughts; it was something that was expected.

How good could a guy be who can order the Marquis of Linyuan to harvest and hunt in his own territory?

Over the years, the insect swarm has continued to expand, with the territory of the Cloud Kingdom being a key area. In the wilderness of the Cloud Kingdom, large-scale devouring events have been discovered in almost every Chaos Province.

The mastermind behind it all is none other than the King of Yun himself!

The Mountain Guest also knew that after the King of Yun Kingdom broke through to the first level of God King, he followed the Hunyuan bloodline route and was extremely greedy, but he didn't know the details of Qin Mu's background.

Despite repeated attempts to probe, no god-king level expert was detected.

Clearly, he had an idea, which aroused the covetousness of the King of Yun.

Their strong request to meet with Qin Mu was a further test.

If they knew that the Myriad Beasts Sect truly did not have a God-King in charge, they would probably turn on them instantly.

"Once the Void God Realm expands into the Chaos Continent of Myriad Beasts, it will release the second version of the Spirit Nourishing Potion. This version of the Spirit Nourishing Potion is effective even against Eternal True Gods."

Although not as rare as truly rare and precious materials, it is still worth tens of thousands of cosmic sands.

Presumably, he will make a move soon.

When the time comes, we'll just swallow up the Yun Kingdom! Although the Yun Kingdom is remote and barren, it has a total of 108 Chaos Provinces.

"Hmm, perhaps other god-kings from other factions will also intervene."

Qin Mu had a smile on his face, but there was a chilling glint in that smile.

The ruler of Yun Kingdom wanted to devour him, but how could he not also covet Yun Kingdom's vast territory?

With their strength surpassed, the Zerg swarm needs a much larger territory!

"Fishing? No problem, as long as you can swallow it!"

"The guest sitting on the mountain laughed."

"He's just an ordinary God-King. If we can't even deal with him, how can we possibly contend with the two ancient kingdoms?"

Qin Mu snorted coldly.

Having broken through the Chaos Realm, the first Destruction Legion, powered by the full force of the insect swarm, has begun a frenzied transformation and will reach its limit in a short time.

Furthermore, with the "Mysterious Origin Body Refining Technique," one can contend with ordinary God Kings solely through physical strength.

"After swallowing up the Yun Kingdom, we should also begin to expand outwards. Ideally, this time we can get the god-kings of other neighboring kingdoms to attack us as well, and then we can settle accounts with them all at once."

This way, we can have a legitimate reason to launch an attack.

The Kingdom of Shi is only separated from us by the Kingdom of Yu.

Your chance for revenge is coming soon.

As soon as he finished speaking, the mountain dweller's smiling eyes turned cold.

"The Food Kingdom? The Heavenly Kun Kingdom's ruler is only at the second level of the God King realm. Dealing with him would probably be difficult, wouldn't it? I'm going to completely annihilate him, not even giving him a chance to reincarnate!"

The mountain dweller gritted his teeth, as if the phantom images of his fallen junior sister, parents, and relatives appeared before his eyes.

"It is difficult, but not impossible. The swarm excels at growing stronger through war and slaughter."

"Not now. Things might change after we annex Yun."

Qin Mu remained calm.

"I understand. I will break through to the God-King realm as soon as possible. I want to kill him with my own hands!"

The man sitting on the mountain remained silent for a long time.

He had more confidence in Qin Mu than in himself!

Putting everything else aside, just thinking about the almost endless strange beasts in the wilderness, all of which had transformed into the Chaos Realm, sent chills down his spine.

He never doubted that Qin Mu was capable of killing the Heavenly Kun Kingdom Lord, but he didn't expect him to act so quickly.

"Go, first promote the Void God Realm." (End of Chapter)