The Birth of a Clone

The universe operates in cycles, with numerous laws intertwined and working together like gears meshing and turning. Time and space, for example, are inseparable; only when time and space are integrated can the most basic framework of the universe exist.

The ten Universe Origin Law —space, time, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, light, and lightning—are merely a part of the universe's operation. The purpose of cultivation is to understand the rules governing the universe's operation and then, through one's understanding and mastery of these rules, to maximize one's control over the primordial forces within the universe! This is precisely the essence of the Devouring World cultivation system.

Compared to ordinary flesh-and-blood life forms, Special Lifeform forms are naturally favored by the Universe Origin Will. Therefore, they are mostly endowed with higher primordial power and authority than ordinary life forms. For example, the first innate law of the Special Lifeform Kong Yu, "Teleportation," does not require him to reach a certain level of understanding of this Law of Space to obtain the authority; the universe grants him special authority through Innate Secret Technique method!

This is like everyone is doing the same problem. Ordinary people need to use a series of problem-solving methods and techniques to calculate the final answer. But the Special Lifeform's approach is completely different. The proctor just tells it the answer to the problem, and it doesn't need to worry about the calculation process that it can't understand at all. It just copies it. When the exam results come out, both of them get the same score!

In the Original Core.

Lu Yan'an's consciousness appeared in the void. Because he had broken through to the Domain Lord level, the Law Secret Pattern in the Original Core space had all transformed into the huge black hole at the core. The other side of the black hole was connected to the Sea of Laws in the Origin Place of the Universe.

The originally vast aura of Origin Law within it, after being constricted by the power of the black hole, appeared extremely thin. But the only thing that remained unchanged was that the flow of time around the Original Core continued to subtly shift.

"Come!"

With a thought, a scale armor shimmering with spatial fluctuations quietly appeared in Lu Yan'an's hand. A fiery glint flashed in his eyes as he looked at the flowing Law Secret Pattern on the scale armor.

"Kong Yu! Nurture!" Lu Yan'an skillfully activated his Innate Secret Technique "Clone," his consciousness roaring out.

"Boom! Boom!"

The entire consciousness space trembled instantly, and beneath the scale armor in Lu Yan'an's hand, which was shrouded in the Law Secret Pattern, there seemed to be an invisible force, steadily hovering high in the consciousness space.

This was one of only three opportunities he had in his life, and now Lu Yan'an was beginning to use this Innate Secret Technique for the second time to create his second Clone.

Laugh!

The scales, inscribed with the Law Secret Pattern, vaporized instantly, leaving only a single drop of strange liquid. Countless energies within the consciousness space surged wildly upwards, almost instantly enveloping the drop of liquid that had condensed after the spatial scales had vaporized. In just a moment, all the energy crystallized, forming a cube with a cross-section, similar to the Original Core.

Everything was exactly the same as when the first Demon Beast Clone was conceived! Except, of course, the object of the gestation.

At the core of the cube.

A simple yet perfectly integrated red Secret Pattern emerged, and the entire cube gradually exuded a majestic aura.

"Here we go."

Lu Yan'an knew that the "Kong Yu" Clone had begun to develop, which was not surprising. After all, it was just a "Special Lifeform" with Gene Level of 1200 times. Given that his main body had already reached Life Gene Level of 200 times, it was impossible for it to be unable to develop.

"I just wonder how long it will take to successfully conceive this time," Lu Yan'an muttered to himself.

The "Time Demon Beast" Clone, an energy life form, had been gestating for twenty years, but Kong Yu was different from the Time Demon Beast. The Time Demon Beast's Life Gene Level was only 300 times that of Kong Yu, far inferior to Kong Yu's 1200 times Life Gene Level! Moreover, Kong Yu was a rare soul-type life form. He had never even heard of this form of life before!

Kong Yu is Special Lifeform with Life Gene Level 1200 times higher, far surpassing the Time Demon Beast, which is also Special Lifeform, in both quality and strength.

"Is this the peculiarity of soul-type life forms? It takes a gestation period of up to 200 years!" Before long, Lu Yan'an's consciousness sensed that the gestation of this second Clone would probably take more than 200 years.

"200 years?" Lu Yan'an sighed softly; that was indeed an incredibly long time.

Fortunately, the gestation period is still within an acceptable range.

It's important to understand that a 200-year gestation period far exceeds that of Time Demon Beast. The main reason for this is that the "Soul Core" of soul-type life forms is the most difficult to cultivate! Compared to ordinary flesh-and-blood life forms, pure soul-type life forms are actually much harder to cultivate because they possess a "Soul Core."

This isn't nonsense, it's the truth! Because anything related to the concept of a soul becomes incredibly complex. Conversely, Energy Lifeform, having skipped the soul-related process of development, have a relatively simpler development process.

Once this Innate Secret Technique, "Clone," begins to develop, Lu Yan'an will no longer need to exert any effort; he only needs to wait patiently.

"Let's put the Clone aside for now and start comprehending the laws!" On the rooftop of his residence in Chaos City, Lu Yan'an gazed at the Chaos air currents swirling in the sky, with cracks hanging across the heavens and complex Secret Pattern flowing around them, revealing the laws and creating a special environment most suitable for comprehending them.

"Although I will possess extremely powerful spatial abilities in 200 years, my current path cannot be changed. Focusing on the Time Fusion Law is the most suitable path for me!"

The universe possesses Ten Origin Laws: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light, space, and time. In fact, at the beginning of the universe, there were only two powerful laws. One decomposed into six Origin Law: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and space; the other decomposed into four Origin Law: wind, lightning, light, and time.

This created two factions.

The Spatial School considers space as the superior principle, while metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are considered inferior principles.

The Time faction considers time as the superior law, while lightning, wind, and light are inferior laws.

To fully comprehend the laws of space is to Space Venerable.

To fully comprehend the Time Law is to become Time Venerable.

Meanwhile, the one who fully comprehends time and space, truly Control Space-Time, and possesses incredible superpowers such as time-space reversal... that is the "Universe Master".

Because among the countless powerful beings of the billions of races in the universe, no life has ever merged the six Origin Law of "metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and space" into one, returning to their origin and transforming them into one of the two powerful laws at the birth of the universe. Nor has any life ever merged the four Origin Law of the time faction of "lightning, wind, light, and time" into one.

Moreover, in practice, countless powerful beings from billions of races across the universe discovered...

Simply fusing "light and time," or "thunder and time," or "wind and time"—any one of these three is incredibly difficult! Only a true Overlord of the universe could successfully fuse them.

The fusion of "light" and "time," once perfected, forms Fusion Laws that rivals the Universe Master! This is precisely Lu Yan'an's current goal.

To comprehend the Time Law and become a Venerable One is already incredibly difficult; among countless peerless geniuses, only one in Venerable manages to achieve this. Successfully fusing the Time Law and Law of Light is a thousand times, ten thousand times more difficult than simply comprehending the Time Law. This path is extremely arduous, but fortunately, Lu Yan'an has already crossed the most difficult threshold and is now galloping swiftly along this broad and promising road!

As for simultaneously comprehending the laws of space and Time Law, and truly Control Space-Time, that path will always remain a backup option until Lu Yan'an encounters an insurmountable bottleneck in his path of Fusion Laws.

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