The Birth of the Fire God Clone!

There was one inviolable rule for nurturing a clone: the clone could not be stronger than the original body.

No matter how far the clone cultivated, its upper limit would be the original body's cultivation level.

At most, it could only equal the original body.

Therefore, it was impossible for Planetary-level Jiang Ming to nurture a Universe-level clone.

Logically, the Fire God clone should have faced forced suppression of its cultivation, or perhaps even been unable to be born.

Yet the Fire God clone was utterly unreasonable. During its incubation, it simultaneously raised Jiang Ming's soul level.

The reason Jiang Ming had previously been immersed in comprehending the stellar core was that the rapid improvement of his soul gave him a different understanding of things every moment.

At that time, he had entered a state of pseudo-enlightenment.

My situation is somewhat similar to an Expert possessing a special lifeform.

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

After possession, the soul level remained the same as before. If a Realm Lord possessed a Planetary-level special lifeform, the cultivation level would be Planetary level, but the soul level would not change.

Then it seems the Fire God clone won't be able to break through to the Domain Lord level anytime soon. It will have to wait until I break through to the Domain Lord level first.

After figuring out the situation, Jiang Ming felt somewhat troubled.

His current soul level had been raised in tandem while the Fire God clone was being nurtured. His cultivation was still at the Planetary level, and if he wanted his soul to break through to the Domain Lord level, his cultivation would inevitably have to reach the Domain Lord level as well.

*That's a bit of a loss. If I possessed a special lifeform like Luo Feng did, with the Kinkaku Beast as my original body, I could use the Fire God clone's higher realm to comprehend the laws.

But now that they are synchronized, my advantage has shrunk somewhat. I can only rely on the Fire God clone's talent for laws to improve my comprehension.*

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

However, after thinking it over, Jiang Ming soon accepted it. Though it seemed like he had lost out a little at the moment—

The existence of the Talent Awakening Space meant that every breakthrough granted him stronger talents, and each of those talents raised Jiang Ming's Body Gene level.

The Fire God clone's hundredfold Body Gene level was indeed powerful now, but only compared to Jiang Ming at this stage.

After obtaining another one or two talents, Jiang Ming's own Gene Multiplier should exceed a hundredfold.

Looking at it that way, the current situation is more worthwhile for me.

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

Besides, Jiang Ming still identified strongly with his Earthling bloodline. If he had possessed the Kinkaku Beast, he might have chosen to nurture an Earthling clone like Luo Feng had.

Moreover, he was not certain whether his Talent Awakening Space would disappear after changing bodies.

As Jiang Ming pondered, the flames before him went out.

A youth who looked exactly like Jiang Ming stepped out of the flames, except his hair and eyes were scarlet red.

The two stared into each other's eyes.

"So handsome." x2

"Shameless. You're calling yourself handsome." x2

Jiang Ming sensed what it felt like to possess a clone, as well as the clone's perspective.

It was just born, yet it already has Universe-level First Order strength. It can stay in the sun to cultivate from now on. By the time it reaches Universe level Ninth Order, the Universe Genius Battle will probably be over.

Jiang Ming's original body also possessed a Universe-level soul. Although he could not have the Fire God clone break through to the Domain Lord level before he did—

Cultivating it to Universe level Ninth Order was still possible.

The First Order through Ninth Order were merely an accumulation of quantity.

*Hmm, it can search the sun for ruins.

I refuse to believe that Earth and Mars have civilization ruins while the sun has none.*

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

In theory, the sun had existed even longer than Earth. And as a star, it represented energy itself.

Any civilization capable of extracting energy from stars would not ignore a single one.

Relatively speaking, though, stars were quite numerous because they were so easy to find.

But since Earth contained civilization ruins, most of the civilizations that left those ruins should also have been capable of leaving something behind in the sun.

The sun was simply too vast, and Jiang Ming's original body had no time to search it. He could leave that task to the clone.

I feel like I'm about to reach the Stellar level.

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

After awakening, he realized that he had unknowingly reached Planetary level Ninth Order.

Though it was somewhat sudden, the Fire God clone had already been born.

That meant at least one year and four months had passed.

Reaching Planetary level Ninth Order in that time was fast even for Jiang Ming himself.

After all, a thirty-threefold Gene Multiplier was truly outrageous.

Accumulating enough energy to reach Planetary level Ninth Order in just over a year was indeed impressive.

And now that his soul had transformed to the Universe level, his comprehension of laws had increased by an unknown number of times.

Most importantly, the birth of the Fire God clone—

Had allowed Jiang Ming to directly comprehend the existence of a domain.

At that moment, a strange golden energy circulated within Jiang Ming's body. This strange energy was born from the perfect fusion of genetic energy, spiritual energy, and will.

Under the effect of this energy, Jiang Ming vaguely felt that he could control the surrounding space.

The moment the Fire God clone was born, I reached domain Ninth Order and can sense a trace of the Fire Origin Law.

As Jiang Ming sensed the enhancement granted by the domain, he could not help but nod in satisfaction.

He could now sense the flames around him. Jiang Ming understood clearly that this was the Fire Origin Law.

Yet although he could sense it, it still felt as though a veil lay between them. He could see it, but not clearly; he could not touch it.

The Fire God Jiang Ming beside him was different. As the special lifeform God of Fire, his comprehension of the Flame Law was innate.

He had been born as a favored child of the Flame Law. Even without deliberately comprehending it, insights into the Flame Law continued to enter his mind.

Their souls were synchronized. When the Fire God clone improved its comprehension, Jiang Ming could improve his as well.

Entering a cultivation state, Stellar Energy continuously poured into Jiang Ming's body.

As time passed, the energy within Jiang Ming reached its limit. He had reached the limit of the Planetary level.

As a human Gene Warrior with a thirty-threefold Gene level, his physical strength increased along with the rise of his genetic energy level.

When he reached the limit of Planetary level Ninth Order, his body simultaneously reached that level.

The next moment, Jiang Ming stepped directly into the Stellar level.

There was no struggle, no impact. Jiang Ming felt as though he were merely pouring a cup of water.

Once the water filled the cup, it naturally overflowed.

There was no bottleneck, no threshold between realms.

Everything happened as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

The Miniature Planet within his body transformed into a Miniature Star.

After reaching the Stellar level, Jiang Ming did not open his eyes. Instead, he directly pulled his will into the Talent Awakening Space.

Within a mass of silver radiance, Jiang Ming's consciousness appeared atop a dim star ten thousand times larger than a star.

This time, I should be able to go a little farther.

The clone had no self-awareness. The protagonist was merely talking to himself.