The Origin Will's Favor, an Incomparably Powerful Origin Core

Just as Lu Ming was about to test how to use his new talent—

"Hum~"

The space around him instantly fell into a state of absolute stillness!

At the same time, an incredibly mysterious force poured directly into his body and even his soul. In truth, when Lu Ming gained the cloning talent, the Origin Will of the Original Universe had already noticed him. And now... the Origin Will had inexplicably taken a liking to Lu Ming and directly sent an inconceivable force into his body out of thin air!

This mysterious and inconceivable force instantly permeated Lu Ming's body and soul, wrapping around them layer by layer.

In merely the time it took to breathe, another astonishing transformation occurred within Lu Ming!

"That just now... was the Origin Will?" Lu Ming could clearly sense the seemingly endless pressure emanating from that force.

It was a pressure that could not be resisted, yet one that no one would even think to resist. Like a mother's embrace, it filled every living being with yearning.

It was not overbearing in the slightest, yet it vastly surpassed the pressure of any Super Expert in the universe!

The Origin Will's favor truly was no joke!

However, the Origin Will had come swiftly and departed just as swiftly.

Once he regained his senses, Lu Ming immediately began examining the changes in himself.

There had been no change to his life gene level or basic strength, but after that force descended, a transparent crystal sphere over twenty centimeters in diameter had appeared inside his body out of nowhere, covered in countless profound silver secret patterns.

The moment he saw this transparent crystal sphere, Lu Ming instinctively understood that it was now his vital point—his "Origin Core."

The so-called "Origin Core," also known as the "World Core" or "Soul Core," was the source of life for beings like him who possessed clones!

From now on, even if his head were blasted apart and his body exploded into fragments, as long as this Origin Core and the soul within it remained intact, he would not die.

Inside the Origin Core.

It was as vast as a starry sky. At its center were nine dazzling, glowing spheres like stars, slowly rotating.

These nine star-like spheres were Lu Ming's current soul cores. At the same time, they represented... his current spiritual force strength—"Stellar level ninth rank."

As for the distribution of his genetic energy, it was not much different from before.

"Inner World." As Lu Ming sensed the wondrous Origin Core, he also sensed...

The vast space within the Origin Core seemed to be connected to another world through an invisible link.

His Inner World.

It was a hazy, chaotic world. As the master of this world, Lu Ming could not sense its boundaries at all!

"My Inner World is infinitely large?" Lu Ming was initially startled by this revelation, but after sensing it carefully, he understood the reason.

The Innate Secret Method he had obtained—Cloning—differed from the Golden Horn Beast in two major ways.

First, the timing for nurturing clones was different.

The Golden Horn Beast had one opportunity to nurture a clone each at the Planetary level, Universe level, and World Lord level. Lu Ming, meanwhile, had received three clone slots all at once, which he could use at any time before breaking through to the immortal level. Theoretically, he could use all three clone-nurturing slots while still at the Stellar level.

However, considering the importance of clones, he naturally had to carefully select the targets for nurturing them and could not casually waste those slots.

The second difference was the limit on nurturing clones.

The principle behind nurturing clones was the same: only a small amount of genetic material was needed to nurture an embryo within the Inner World. The specific gestation time and the upper limit of the clone's life gene level, however, were influenced by many factors. For example, Luo Feng in the original work had been unable to nurture a World Tree as his clone.

But Lu Ming was different. His Inner World had been modified with the Origin Will's help and was theoretically in an "infinitely large" state, so there was no limit to what it could nurture.

As long as a lifeform existed in the universe below the immortal level and its life level was no higher than his own, he could nurture it into one of his clones.

In other words, as long as he could obtain suitable genetic material, he did not need to worry about his Inner World being unable to nurture it.

Of course, that was only in theory. In reality, the truly most heaven-defying special lifeforms in the universe were basically one of a kind. So although there was theoretically no limit, there was still a practical limit.

For instance, it would be impossible for him to directly nurture a Natural Beast God clone.

That was because he could only nurture clones up to the World Lord stage, while Natural Beast Gods were born with the strength of Universe Masters. There simply were no "World Lord level" Natural Beast Gods.

"I must make the most perfect use possible of these three clone slots." Countless names of special lifeforms flashed through Lu Ming's mind, before his thoughts gradually settled.

"No rush. Given my current means, the clone materials I can obtain are definitely of limited quality. Soon, I'll be able to enter the core ranks of the Virtual Universe Company... Once my authority increases, I'll naturally be able to find more perfect clone materials."

In any case, he did not urgently need a clone to improve his talents. It would not be too late to slowly seek out targets after he officially entered the Primal Secret Realm.

The quiet days did not last long before the spacecraft sent by the Virtual Universe Company to pick him up arrived.

That day, Lu Ming arrived early at the "Emperor Star" of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom—Jinlan Star. Before long, a sword-shaped spacecraft nearly six hundred meters long, one hundred meters wide, and nearly one hundred meters thick appeared in the sky.

The spacecraft was entirely black, exuding a faint ancient aura, as if it had existed in the river of time for an unimaginably long time.

The hatch opened, and a group of people flew out from the spacecraft. The leader resembled a member of the Black-eyed Clan and wore blue battle armor.

"Leili greets Your Highness!" The middle-aged man who resembled a blue-armored general gave Lu Ming a slight bow. Even though he restrained his immense and terrifying immortal aura, it was still enough to make one's heart tremble.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

Behind him, a group of World Lords, Domain Lords, and Universe-level warriors bowed with utmost respect.

Among the four great secret realms of the Virtual Universe Company's core ranks, the Doomsday Secret Realm was the outermost. Core members of the Doomsday Secret Realm had to address members of the three higher secret realms as "Your Highness" whenever those members were below the immortal level!

As for ordinary members outside the core ranks, they had to address all core members below the immortal level as "Your Highness"!

"Teacher, Father, Mother, Axue, I'm leaving!" Lu Ming turned back to look at his teacher, Marquis Zhenlei, as well as his parents and younger sister, who had specially come to see him off. He smiled faintly.

"Lu Ming, I look forward to your future!" Marquis Zhenlei looked somewhat emotional, but his expression held even more anticipation.

As for Lu Ming's parents and younger sister, they merely looked at him with pride and reluctance. They had long known that once Lu Ming left this time, they might be separated for centuries, so they had already said their farewells properly before.

Besides, although they would no longer be able to meet in real life, they could still see Lu Ming at any time through the Virtual Universe network.

"This time, it really will be a long while before I can return." Lu Ming sighed inwardly as he flew into the spacecraft under the respectful escort of the guards.

Although he had prepared himself for this long ago, he had only been in this world for a little over twenty years. During those twenty years, he had spent much of his time cultivating, yet he had still felt much of the warmth shared between family members from his parents and younger sister, and he cherished it deeply.

After all, in his previous life, he had only been an orphan.