Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 158 Enlightenment Lotus, Ultimately Achieving Immortality, Omniscient Vision

When the storm raged again in the outside world, Hunzhen had already left the Ancestral God Sect. Under the arrangement of the Chaos City Lord, he began to evolve his clones within Chaos City, under the cover of the Thousand Treasures River spread out by the Chaos City Lord.

His absorption and refinement went very smoothly.

Hunzhen is merely at the level of a Realm Lord. To refine the Azure Lotus Venerable, who is at the level of a Universe Venerable, into an avatar, one needs to return to the origin, refine him into pure life energy, and then construct him into a Realm Lord level avatar and absorb him.

Fortunately, the Azure Lotus Venerable had already been weakened to the point of near annihilation in the previous battle, and the Enlightened Azure Lotus was only a hundred times the life gene multiplier. In addition, the divine body was not large, so Hunzhen only needed one day to complete the refining.

It gave birth to the last demonic clone.

Hunzhen was also able to learn about the innate talent of the Enlightened Azure Lotus.

As a special life form that is not good at direct combat, the Enlightened Azure Lotus only has one special talent.

This one ability alone is already exceptionally powerful, and it can be said that Venerable Qinglian relied on it to cultivate to the Venerable realm.

The talent is called "Enlightenment," and it has two functions.

Firstly, the passive effect doubles the comprehension of those who possess this talent!

Secondly, one can accumulate special energy, "Enlightenment Lotus Liquid," and actively seek enlightenment.

This Enlightenment Lotus Elixir can only be used by the Enlightenment Lotus itself. Its active "enlightenment" effect after activation is simple: it enhances comprehension, but the duration is extremely short. It can basically only be used to break through cultivation bottlenecks, and is used when breaking through a bottleneck to temporarily enhance comprehension.

The Enlightenment Lotus Elixir accumulates over time, and the more it accumulates, the stronger its enlightenment effect becomes, reaching up to ten times the effect! However, no matter how much is accumulated, it will be completely consumed after one use, and it needs to be accumulated again for subsequent use.

After reaching the Venerable Realm, Venerable Qinglian may need tens of thousands of epochs to actively comprehend the Dao once.

But Hunzhen had no such worries. He could accumulate the Enlightenment Lotus Liquid indefinitely, and the simulated humans would consume it to actively achieve enlightenment.

In a sense, this proactive enlightenment is equivalent to an extremely comprehensive "chaos monument" that deepens with the understanding of the laws and evolves with the times.

If the true form of Hunzhen activates the active enlightenment effect and gains special talent bonuses from the simulation system, just like entering the Land of Inheritance to observe the colorless core, there is a high chance of gaining additional insights.

But he can still distinguish between a full meal and a full stomach.

Even disregarding the effect of "active enlightenment," the passive double enlightenment alone makes Hunzhen's choice of the Enlightenment Lotus as his final demonic clone worthwhile.

The so-called "comprehension" is a talent that is different from the affinity with the laws and cannot be detected by instruments alone. This is also the reason why competitions like the Genius Battle need to be held.

The result of possession shows that what determines the anchor point of a life form in the universe is neither physical matter nor the power of the soul in a broad sense.

The former goes without saying, and the latter is merely a collection of mental energy.

No matter how he possesses or changes his body, what determines that Luo Feng, after transforming from the essence of Earth's human life to the essence of the Golden Horned Beast life, is still Luo Feng, is his soul essence.

Even though the God King of Jin traveled from the Origin Continent to the Three Thousand Dimensions Universe and voluntarily underwent a dimensional reduction to become a Mountain Hermit, he still did not change his self-perception as the God King of Jin.

Because its essential nature has not changed.

The innate affinity with the laws changes with the form of life, and temperament and habits will change slightly accordingly, but Luo Feng is still Luo Feng, and the God King of Jin is still the God King of Jin.

Whether it's physical or spiritual power, only the energy level is changed.

The true soul level has never changed.

The so-called enlightenment is a definition at the soul level, determined by a person's thinking and experience.

Even among beings with the same full affinity for the laws, cultivation efficiency can vary, which is due to differences in comprehension.

The Enlightenment Lotus's talent for enlightenment can passively and directly double one's comprehension, which alone is considered heaven-defying.

The more talented a person is, the more powerful this talent becomes.

If a genius of Bolan's caliber were to double his comprehension, he might even be able to reach the level of a genius like Kodi.

Based on Venerable Qinglian's level, Hunzhen surmised that without the talent for enlightenment, being crowned a king would probably be his true limit.

But in his hands, it has a completely different meaning.

Hunzhen slightly raised his eyelids, and in his eyes, two lines of text were reflected.

[1. Material Inheritance (The body evolves into an immortal divine body. This inheritance will automatically cause a lower-level law to break through its bottleneck and reach perfection. Afterwards, material inheritance and soul inheritance will merge into one, evolving into complete inheritance)]

[2. Soul Inheritance (The Law of Wind is perfected, the Law of Fire is perfected... (omitted)... This inheritance will automatically cause the body to evolve towards an immortal divine body. Afterwards, the material inheritance and the soul inheritance will merge into one, evolving into complete inheritance)]

Many of the lower-level principles of Hunzhen are only a hair's breadth away from being understood and reaching the state of perfection.

But whether it's the real person or the simulated human, they are both waiting for the final clone, deliberately limiting themselves, not wanting to complete the breakthrough too early.

Not long ago, the simulated human had successfully devoured and refined the Azure Lotus Venerable in the simulation.

At his level, all ten laws have been acknowledged by the original laws, so even if he breaks through to immortality, the speed of his comprehension will not decrease too much.

Most importantly, the fear of breaking through that thin paper window made him hesitant even when trying to comprehend the laws, which reduced his efficiency in understanding them.

Now that the ten laws are interconnected, comprehending any one of them can improve the others to some extent. Therefore, after perfecting "Spatial Lockdown", he has voluntarily stopped comprehending the laws.

The creation of an avatar involves simultaneous changes at both the soul and material levels. To prevent any accidents, he did not choose to inherit either the material or the soul after the simulated human successfully devoured the Azure Lotus Venerable and broke through to immortality. Instead, he completed the step of refining the avatar step by step.

Now that everything is ready, it is time to break through to immortality.

Hunzhen did not choose to simulate inheritance; with a mere thought, it was as if a thin layer of sugar coating had been pierced, and with a whoosh, the Law of Wind was already perfected.

"wind."

"The winds of freedom".

A smile appeared on Hunzhen's face.

Upon arriving in this world, the first law he sensed and touched upon was the Law of Wind.

Although he put it down for a time, he picked it up again by a series of coincidences.

And setting aside rules and embracing the wind, which symbolizes freedom, best suits his unrestrained nature.

It must be said that he has a special feeling for the Law of Wind.

boom!

With the sudden arrival of the ocean of laws, and with Hunzhen's current level of understanding of laws and combat techniques, he broke through the shackles of his inner world and achieved immortality. Unlike Luo Feng in the original story, he didn't need to wander the universe for ten thousand years to achieve spiritual fulfillment.

That was a natural progression.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Inside the mansion, Hunzhen shed his human form and transformed into a twisted black shadow, while a towering demon god and a delicate green lotus with a diameter of only half a meter appeared beside him.

At this moment of breaking through immortality and about to merge the three aspects into one, the true nature of the three demonic aspects is revealed at the same time.

Then, with a soft "plop," as if a large brush dipped in thick ink had made a bold stroke on the pristine white Xuan paper, the three figures merged and blended together.

Cyan, silver, black, and gray-white hues twisted and merged, and a terrifying phantom, hundreds or thousands of times larger than the previous demon god, gradually enlarged and solidified.

He was dressed in layered silver heavy armor and held a dark red longsword in one hand, the blade of which seemed to be made of dragon scales.

Its body and limbs were all made of flesh and blood, but the head at the top was a twisted black shadow that vaguely resembled a human.

The fleshy wings on its back, which were originally half dark gold and half silver, now had a supple and rounded texture like lotus leaves, with a slight jade-like hue.

The two dragons at the tail have merged into one, like the incarnation of the Tai Chi totem. The black and white stripes on the body are twisted and intertwined. On the head, one eye is a pitch-black abyss, and the other eye has turned into a blazing white sun.

Standing a hundred million kilometers tall, with one-sixth the height of the strongest World Tree at the Universe Venerable level, the transformed Immortal-level Spacetime Demon God was suddenly rewarded.

The origin of the Law of Wind descended, and the ocean of divine power surged forth, its spectacle comparable to that of a breakthrough Universe Venerable!

Even the Lord of Chaos City was somewhat surprised.

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However, he had already seen too many miraculous things in Hunzhen. Even the scale of breaking through to immortality was comparable to breaking through to the Venerable level, which only surprised him slightly.

The Lord of Chaos City sighed inwardly, "He's only cultivated for less than ten thousand years, yet he's broken through to the Immortal realm and possesses combat power comparable to a Universe Venerable?"

With a sigh, the Lord of Chaos City smiled and said, "My disciple, even my praise back then, which was already considered overpraise, seems a bit conservative now?"

At this moment, inside the cultivation palace where Hunzhen of Qianbao River had broken through, he had already completed his breakthrough. His divine body then retracted, using the power of the Three Thousand Magical Transformations to transform back into his appearance and size from his time as a Balian alien.

Then, she silently began to perceive the many changes within herself.

"The true form after the merging of the demon and the form is actually based on the Time-Space Demon God as the main material. From now on, we will just call him the 'Time-Space Demon God'."

"The increase in life gene multiplier is slightly higher than I expected, reaching 6000 times the gene multiplier. This shows that the compatibility between the Enlightened Azure Lotus and the Three Lives Demon Lord and the Time-Space Demon God is quite good, at least it is not a hindrance."

"The level of power goes without saying. The leap from the realm lord to the immortal is a hundredfold increase in power, which is equivalent to doubling the gene multiplier. Even if everything else remains unchanged, my basic combat strength is close to that of a high-level cosmic venerable."

If they are true spacetime demons, they are most likely so-called "perfect life forms," ​​beings with an innate gene multiplier of 10081. As for the Chaos Demon God reflected in the colorless core, it is an extra-specific life form that is born breaking the perfect gene multiplier.

Although Hunzhen's "modified" spacetime demon god has a slightly lower gene multiplier, it is more comprehensive and has higher potential in some ways.

The Three Phases Return to One is the core talent of the Three-Life Demon Lord, a life form that can be called the prototype of the Chaos Demon God. It is a fusion of strengths and weaknesses, and in this process, Hunzhen's many talents also evolved.

The Three Thousand Illusions of the Three-Life Demon Lord's true form now possesses the ability of Demon Lord Unification, which can triple his strength. This is equivalent to gaining an additional enhancement-type talent technique.

In addition, the previous limitations on soul amplitude naturally disappeared, and after the fusion was completed, it went a step further, directly raising the soul amplitude of Hunzhen, which was already over 8000, to the perfect limit.

Originally, the Void Armor and Time-Sorrow Demon Blade on the Time-Space Demon God's clone, apart from the pure increase in power, were originally inclined towards space or time characteristics, even though they had a tendency to merge during the Time-Space Demon God stage.

For example, when Hunzhen was assassinated by the Ancestral God Sect, he used the Void Armor to enhance spatial power and perform the "Close to the Ends of the Earth" technique, and used the Time-Sorrow Demon Blade to enhance time power and perform the "Complete Deletion" technique.

Today it is different.

The two forces of time and space have achieved a perfect fusion, one tending towards defense and the other towards destruction.

To illustrate with an example, by using the Void Armor once again to unleash the "Close Encounters" skill, the power of time can be added, slowing down the attacker's time by ten or a hundred times, which is equivalent to gaining an extra defensive multiplier.

The Time-Shattering Demon Blade is even simpler and more direct; Hunzhen is confident that he can directly activate it to unleash the ultimate killing move of "Time-Space Strings"—Dimensional Zero.

As for the Enlightenment Lotus, which was acquired not long ago and became a "fusion material", its passively increased comprehension ability doubled, meaning that Hunzhen directly possessed three times the comprehension.

The accumulation rate of the Enlightenment Lotus Elixir also doubled at the same time.

Add to that the size of the divine body, which is hundreds of millions of kilometers high, and this is all the change that Hunzhen has undergone after the three avatars, including the main body of Moro, have merged into one.

The increase in single-gene multiplication rate and life level allowed Hunzhen to barely rival the high-level venerable beings of the universe at the immortal level.

With the enhancement of numerous talents, he is not considered weak among the high-level Venerables of the universe. With such a divine body, he is in no way inferior to the overlords of the universe.

Don't look down on me because I'm weak.

When the protagonist Luo Feng first broke through to immortality, his strongest clone was only at the level of a high-level cosmic venerable. He only managed to injure the cosmic overlord, Venerable Pei Feng, by having his clone in the Nether Sea self-destruct using his enormous divine body.

Only after Luo Feng acquired the Calamity Armor, along with the powerful combat techniques brought by the Beast God Intent and the Secret Pattern School that surpassed his current level, did he reach the level of a top-tier cosmic overlord.

Hunzhen's gene multiplier is not even as good as that of the immortal Luo Feng, and his combat techniques are even inferior. He only reached this level by relying on his understanding of the laws at the level of a cosmic overlord and his powerful combat talent.

But Luo Feng has cheat codes, so does Hunzhen not?

Hunzhen smiled to himself: "Next... is the change in simulation ability."

First, there is "full inheritance," which unifies the two categories of simulated inheritance mentioned earlier.

But after breaking through to immortality, Hunzhen immediately realized that the "complete" in this complete inheritance did not only refer to the integration of matter and soul, but also meant Hunzhen's complete control over the inheritance.

Just like the "pollution" on the Void Star thousands of years ago, if Hunzhen now dislikes it, he can completely cut off the pollution and the changes in spatial compatibility it brings, and only retain the understanding of the laws from that simulation.

Moreover, Hunzhen's control over the simulated humans has also increased significantly. Basically, as long as the operation is not intended to cause the simulated humans to commit suicide, there is no longer a need for various roundabout methods, such as "inducement" or "self-hypnosis."

In addition, simulation capabilities have brought about two major changes.

Firstly, it is the "future vision" ability that Hunzhen gained in advance through the colorless core.

Now, the consumption of future vision has been greatly reduced, and it can be used as a regular combat method. Furthermore, Hunzhen can actively enhance the ability of future vision, and after reaching the critical point, he enters a special state that he calls "omniscient vision".

Under the omniscient vision, one aspect is the deepening of the basic ability to see the future. Within a certain range, one can truly be like an omniscient being, able to see through all attacks.

Most importantly, an additional effect is that, regardless of the degree of compatibility with the laws, the mastery of the laws will be unconditionally increased tenfold.

Seeing through all attacks and having ten times the control over the laws, this is the complete version of the ability to see the future, worthy of the title "omniscient".

No, the actual situation is quite the opposite. The future vision he experienced in advance was merely a castrated subset of the omniscient vision.

(End of this chapter)