hsntnovel Chapter 108 The Idea of Subsequent Clone
Chapter 108 The Idea of Subsequent Clone
Panlong World, a miniature dimension.
Lin Yun sat cross-legged on the stone bed, with three divine avatars—one in a light purple robe (lightning element), one in a fiery red robe (fire element), and one in a white robe (light element)—floating beside him. Four bodies, four souls, sharing the same origin, yet existing independently.
His soul was weakened by achieving godhood through both fire and light elements, resulting in two consecutive soul divisions. However, protected by the laws of heaven and earth, this weakness was only temporary, and he could recover after a period of rest.
At the very moment that the fire element and the light element became gods, in another dimension of the Devouring Star World, Lin Yun's other body also received the feedback energy from the small cauldron.
In the cultivation room of the Bright Moon Community in the Swallowed Star World.
Lin Yun sat cross-legged, suspended in mid-air, his body flashing with alternating purple lightning, crimson fire, and white light. These were the auras of the three fundamental laws of lightning, fire, and light—though he had only just begun to understand them, they had already brought about a qualitative change in his entire demeanor.
The feedback energy from the small cauldron surged into his body like a tidal wave.
The first feedback—Fire-type Godhood—allowed his martial arts cultivation and mental power to break through from the peak of the second level of the Hengxing level to the third level of the Hengxing level.
The second feedback—Light-based godhood—allowed his martial arts cultivation and spiritual power to break through from the third level of the Eternal Star level to the fourth level of the Eternal Star level.
Two rounds of feedback led to consecutive breakthroughs.
"Fourth-tier, Star-level..." Lin Yun clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body. The quality and quantity of his genetic energy had reached a new level, and his physical attributes had been comprehensively enhanced.
"Not enough." Lin Yun shook his head.
A fourth-tier Celestial level cultivator is invincible on Earth, but in the universe, that level of strength is utterly insignificant. Universe level, Domain Lord, Realm Lord, Immortal… each level is an insurmountable chasm. He needs to advance much faster.
Just as he was pondering this, a message from the origin of the primordial universe suddenly appeared in his mind.
Lin Yun closed his eyes and examined the document carefully.
"Two more clone slots...?"
His heart started racing.
The message informed him that his innate secret technique, "Creating Clones," had gained two more clone slots. Including the one he already had (which he used to create the Golden Horned Beast), he could now have a total of three clones.
"Just as I thought!" Lin Yun's eyes lit up.
His guess was confirmed—this talent for creating clones was closely related to the divine clones in the Panlong world. Whenever he gained an additional divine clone, the primordial universe would grant him a new clone slot.
The lightning element ascended to godhood, securing the first spot and giving birth to the golden-horned behemoth avatar.
Fire-type godhood was achieved, earning the second spot.
The Light Element became a god, securing the third spot.
"If I can also become a god through the four elements of earth, water, wind, and darkness, I can get four more slots. Then, I'll have a total of seven clones!" Lin Yun felt an overwhelming surge of excitement.
He cultivates simultaneously with seven clones and his main body, totaling eight bodies. Moreover, each clone can choose a different race and possess different talents. He can conquer the ten fundamental laws—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, time, space…—one by one through his clones.
"However, there are only two new spots available now." Lin Yun calmed down and began to think about how to make use of these two spots.
"Which race should I choose?"
Lin Yun was making plans in his mind.
In the world of Swallowed Star, countless races exist, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Humans possess balanced talents, but none stand out. Life forms with exceptionally powerful talents, such as the Starry Sky Behemoths, are extremely rare, and their flesh and blood are scarce. There are also other special life forms, such as plant-based, rock-based, and energy-based beings, each with their own unique advantages.
His current avatar—the Golden Horned Beast—is of the metal element and is a darling of the metal law. The Golden Horned Beast also possesses a talent for the spatial law, which enhances its understanding of it.
"The metal element is resolved. Next, we need wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, time, space..."
He can comprehend the six elements—water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and light—through his divine avatars in the Panlong World. Therefore, he doesn't need to specifically seek out avatar races for these six elements.
What's truly lacking is wood, time, and space.
Wood element—His human form possesses the innate talent of "immortality" associated with wood, but Earthlings have too low an aptitude. Even with wood-elemental talent, he's far from being able to comprehend the laws of nature. He can't even create a domain, let alone the fundamental laws. He needs an avatar with exceptional wood-elemental talent.
Time—the most mysterious and difficult to comprehend of all laws. Even the most extraordinary geniuses in the universe mostly only begin to touch upon the laws of time after achieving immortality. If one could possess a clone with the talent for time beforehand, it would be a tremendous advantage.
Space—the Golden Horned Beast clone already possesses decent spatial abilities, which can be used as a temporary solution. However, if a better option is available, he wouldn't mind switching to another one.
"Two spots... one for the Wood element, and one for the Time element," Lin Yun decided.
But here's the problem—where do we find the flesh and blood of the top-tier wood-type and time-type races?
Top-tier wood-elemental races are extremely rare in the universe. For example, the "World Tree" race is not only proficient in the laws of wood, but also possesses terrifyingly powerful spatial and temporal abilities; the "Thousand Vines" race is another top-tier existence among wood-elemental races. However, most of these races live in the depths of the universe and do not exist on Earth.
The time system is even more difficult; races related to the laws of time are extremely rare, and each one is a treasure of the universe.
"There's no rush." Lin Yun shook his head. "Let's reserve a spot for now and talk about it later when there's another opportunity."
Just as Lin Yun was pondering the number of clone slots, he sensed another change.
I've grasped the fundamental principles of fire.
The moment he achieved godhood through fire in the Panlong World, his understanding of the fire elemental laws in the Swallowed Star World also surged. He went directly from the ninth level of the Domain to the threshold of the Origin Laws.
Following that, he also began to understand the fundamental laws of light.
Three fundamental laws—lightning, fire, and light—flowed simultaneously within Lin Yun's body. They did not interfere with each other, yet subtly resonated with one another. Lin Yun could sense a connection between these three laws; if he could fuse them, their power would far surpass that of a single law.
"Unfortunately, fusing laws is a hundred times more difficult than comprehending a single law," Lin Yun sighed.
He had already attempted to fuse the light-based refraction and wind-based clone techniques in the Panlong World. Although he succeeded, it was only a preliminary fusion, and there was still a long way to go before achieving true fusion of laws. Moreover, that was a fusion of laws from the Panlong World, and whether it was the same as the fusion of the primordial laws in the Swallowed Star World still needed to be verified.
"No rush." Lin Yun took a deep breath. "Let's take it one step at a time."
Lin Yun stood up and walked out of the cultivation room.
The night view of Mingyue Residential Area is beautiful. The moonlight shines on the villa complex, bathing everything in a silvery glow. In the distance, the Extreme Sports Club stands majestically in the night, like a beacon guiding the way.
He took out his communication watch and sent a message to Luo Feng.
"Ah Feng, come out for a drink."
A few seconds later, Luo Feng replied: "Okay."
The two sat down in a bar in Mingyue Residential Area.
Luo Feng looked to be in good spirits, a smile on his face. His Earthling clone had been successfully formed, existing simultaneously with his Golden Horned Beast clone. The Earthling clone's martial arts cultivation had reached the sixth level of the Planetary Realm, and its mental power had reached the eighth level of the Planetary Realm, making it top-tier on Earth.
"Lin Yun, your aura..." Luo Feng looked Lin Yun up and down, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes, "You've broken through again?"
"Fourth-tier, Star-level." Lin Yun didn't hide it. Because he had just broken through, his aura was somewhat exposed, which Luo Feng noticed.
Luo Feng gasped.
"Are you... are you even human?"
"You're the monster," Lin Yun chuckled. "You've become a golden-horned behemoth."
Luo Feng chuckled and did not deny it.
"By the way, Lin Yun," Luo Feng's expression turned serious, "Babata said that Earth's coordinates have been exposed. It won't be long before space adventurers arrive here. At that time..."
"I know." Lin Yun nodded. "So we need to improve our strength as soon as possible. A Hengxing-level being is just a small fry in the universe; only a Universe-level or Domain Lord can barely protect themselves. We need more time."
"Babata said that with my Golden Horned Beast's cultivation speed, it would take a hundred years to reach the cosmic level if there were no metals to devour," Luo Feng said. "But there are too few metals on Earth that can be devoured, so Babata has been assembling a spaceship recently, preparing to leave Earth and make contact with extraterrestrial humans."
"This is good. Eventually, we will have to leave Earth and integrate into the universe," Lin Yun said. "Moreover, the sooner we come into contact with the universe, the sooner we can be prepared to meet the unknown challenges."
Luo Feng nodded.
The two remained silent for a moment.
"Luo Feng, is there any record of top-tier wood-type and time-type races in the Golden Horned Beast's inherited memories?" Lin Yun suddenly asked.
"Wood element? Time element?" Luo Feng was taken aback. "Why are you asking this?"
"I want to create two more clones," Lin Yun said without hiding anything, "one wood-elemental and one time-elemental."
Luo Feng's eyes widened.
"You can even create clones?"
"A secret technique bestowed upon me by the primordial universe," Lin Yun said. "Every time I comprehend a new fundamental law, I gain an additional clone slot. I have now mastered three fundamental laws, so I have three clone slots. One was given to the Golden Horned Beast, and the other two are vacant." Lin Yun made no attempt to hide anything from Luo Feng.
Luo Feng remained silent for a moment, then closed his eyes and searched his mind for the inherited memories of the Golden Horned Beast.
"Yes." After a while, he opened his eyes. "The Golden Horned Beast's inherited memories contain information on various top races in the universe. Top wood-type races include the 'World Tree,' 'Thousand Vines,' and 'Azure Wood Sacred Dragon.' Top time-type races include the 'Time-Space Nightmare,' 'Year Turtle,' and 'Time Butterfly.'"
"But most of these races live in the depths of space; they don't exist on Earth at all," Luo Feng added. "Unless we leave Earth and search for them in space, it will be very difficult to obtain their flesh and blood."
Lin Yun nodded. He knew that for the time being, these two clone slots would have to remain vacant.
"Let's talk about it another time," Lin Yun said. "Right now, the most important thing is to improve our strength."
After they finished drinking, they went home separately.
Lin Yun returned to the cultivation room, sat cross-legged, and switched his consciousness to the Panlong World.
In the miniature plane, his four bodies—his true self and three divine avatars—opened their eyes simultaneously.
"Next, let's rest for a while," Lin Yun said softly.
The two consecutive soul splits had significantly weakened his soul. All four souls needed time to recover. During this period, he would not attempt to break through to other elements, but would instead focus on consolidating his existing understanding of the laws.
This deity continues to cultivate the four elements of earth, water, wind, and darkness.
The lightning-elemental divine avatar continued to delve deeper into the laws of lightning.
The fire-elemental god avatar focuses on the laws of fire.
The Light God's clone focuses on the laws of light.
Four bodies cultivating simultaneously. The efficiency is four times that of before.
"Once my soul recovers, I'll try to break through the earth, water, wind, and dark elements," Lin Yun thought to himself.
If all goes well, he will have seven divine avatars within two years at most. By then, his strength in the Panlong World will reach a new level. And in the Swallowed Star World, he will also gain more avatar slots and more innate races.
"The road ahead is long." Lin Yun closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the ocean of laws.
Within the miniature plane, the fluctuations of the four laws flowed around him, like a layer of colorful halo.
Outside the membrane, spatial turbulence churns eternally.
The path to godhood is long, but he is not in a hurry.
He has plenty of time.
Meanwhile, in another world, his golden-horned behemoth avatar was quietly cultivating within the primordial core. The golden-horned behemoth avatar didn't need to eat; it only needed to devour metal to grow. Lin Yun took out a large amount of rare metals from his spatial ring and piled them in the primordial core world, allowing the golden-horned behemoth avatar to slowly consume them.
Most of these metals were obtained by Lin Yun from the Panlong Universe. He currently possesses such a large territory as the Chaotic Territory, so finding some precious metals is not difficult. However, the amount consumed by the Golden Horned Beast is too large, and even Lin Yun cannot sustain it for long. Therefore, only by leaving Earth and contacting the universe can the Golden Horned Beast continue to grow.
The Golden Horned Beast's avatar possesses the same cultivation level as its main body, both at the fourth rank of the Constant Star level. For it to advance, the main body needs to break through first. Therefore, the Golden Horned Beast's avatar's primary task now is not to increase its cultivation level, but to comprehend the laws of metal and space.
As for the secret techniques, the Golden Horned Beast has not yet cultivated them, because cultivating secret techniques also requires various materials that are completely unavailable on Earth.
His lineage as a golden-horned behemoth gave him a natural affinity for the Law of Metal. Lin Yun could sense that the threshold of the Law of Metal was drawing ever closer.
"It'll be soon," Lin Yun thought to himself. "I believe it won't be long before I can even grasp the basics of the Law of Metal."
At that time, he will possess the four fundamental laws—thunder, fire, light, and metal.
Four laws, four powers, four clones.
His strength will leap forward once again.