Nurturing His First Clone

The process of getting Flowing Light to recognize its master required quite a lot of blood. Lin Yuan's cuts healed too quickly, so he had to slit his wrist again and again to keep supplying it.

After a while, the dark golden liquid finally stopped absorbing blood. Then it pulsed a few times in a steady rhythm, its surface flickering with a faint golden glow.

Lin Yuan clearly sensed a consciousness reaching out to him, conveying goodwill and a feeling of dependence and closeness.

"Did it recognize me as its master?"

Lin Yuan sent a thought back. The moment he did, he felt that he and Flowing Light had become perfectly attuned.

Flowing Light transmitted instructions for its use directly into Lin Yuan's mind.

With a thought, the dark golden liquid in his hand shifted into various shapes: a sphere, a shield, and a tiny dark golden figure identical to him...

As soon as a thought crossed his mind, Flowing Light immediately followed his command.

Lin Yuan also tried using it as close-fitting Battle Armor. The dark golden liquid slowly covered his body, seeming to become part of his skin. It fit snugly, and he felt no discomfort at all.

After that, Lin Yuan put on the E8 Grade Battle Suit his teacher, Marquis Yuankun, had given him. With two layers of armor protecting him, he moved around the cultivation room a little. His movements were just as smooth as before, so he felt reassured.

Flowing Light was currently only at the first tier of Universe Level, so it was weak, but the cost of cultivating it was relatively low at first.

Lin Yuan connected to the Virtual Universe and directly purchased the materials needed to cultivate Flowing Light to Domain Lord Level. Even though he bought top-grade materials, they cost only a little over ten Hunyuan Units.

The materials needed to advance it to World Lord Level were still affordable, but the cost of breaking through to Immortal Level would be much higher.

Cultivating Flowing Light into an Immortal Level weapon with a core of over nine hundred facets might cost hundreds, or even thousands, of billions of Hunyuan Units.

Even an above-average Immortal Level Flowing Light with a five-hundred-facet core would cost several hundred million Hunyuan Units.

Lin Yuan didn't need to venture out and undergo trials just yet. His plan was to have Flowing Light reach World Lord Level before he joined the core layer of the Great Axe Arena and began his trials.

After taking care of everything related to Flowing Light, Lin Yuan calmed himself. Next came the most important thing—nurturing his first clone.

Lin Yuan was now at Universe Level, so he could use both the Planet Level and Universe Level clone slots.

The glowing speck carrying the Innate Secret Technique "Clone" was still stored in the System Space.

"Claim it!" Lin Yuan thought.

"Whoosh!"

A glowing speck the size of a fist appeared before Lin Yuan, then instantly turned into a streak of light and merged into his consciousness.

"Boom—!"

Scene after scene of the Universe Evolution welled up in Lin Yuan's mind, from its birth to its destruction. They contained unfathomably profound laws, yet he couldn't understand them at all, nor could he remember even the smallest detail.

By the time he came to, the visions in his mind had vanished. He tried hard to recall what had just happened, but couldn't remember anything.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes, and his consciousness returned to normal.

"Huh? Seven days have already passed?"

To Lin Yuan, it all seemed to have happened just a second ago. He hadn't expected to wake up seven days later.

Now, Lin Yuan could clearly sense that a Clone Space had appeared within him. A Life Core floated inside it, containing his soul. This core was now the source of his life.

Since Lin Yuan wasn't a naturally occurring Protonucleus Organism, there was no Internal World inside his core yet. It would only form after he reached World Lord Level.

"I really have become a Protonucleus Organism." Lin Yuan felt a little excited.

Even if Lin Yuan's body were cut apart or torn to pieces, as long as his core and soul remained unharmed, he wouldn't die.

After the system granted him the Clone Space, a stream of information automatically entered Lin Yuan's mind:

The System Space was fundamentally no different from a normal Internal World, but it could conceal his core. Even if someone had the ability to investigate him, the results would show the same life form Lin Yuan had originally been.

After he reached World Lord Level, the System Space would merge with his Internal World, and its concealing effect would remain unchanged.

Lin Yuan was delighted. This meant that even if powerful beings investigated him in the future, they wouldn't discover that he had a clone.

He had originally been wondering how to explain the origin of his clone if someone investigated him after he entered Chaos City. After all, he had never possessed a life form with Clone Talent. Claiming that the Primal Universe had granted him an Innate Secret Technique at Universe Level would have sounded far too implausible.

Now he didn't have to worry about it. Once he became powerful enough, revealing it wouldn't matter.

"Whoosh!"

With a thought, Lin Yuan appeared directly inside the Clone Space, leaving only his core in the cultivation room.

"The Clone Space is said to be just like an Internal World. Sure enough, I can enter it!"

As far as he could see, the space was vast, with an estimated diameter of ten thousand kilometers.

Lin Yuan took the box containing the Storm Ruins Spirit's skin out of his World Ring and opened it. A breeze immediately wafted out.

Inside lay a translucent golden piece of skin. Four unusual Secret Patterns containing fluctuations of the Origin Law were etched across it.

"Let's begin."

Lin Yuan took out the Thousand Mountain Axe and carefully cut a small piece from the large sheet of skin. Nurturing a clone required only a tiny amount of material containing genetic matter.

"Talent—Clone, nurture!"

With a thought from Lin Yuan, the small piece of golden skin in his hand instantly vaporized, leaving behind a single drop of golden liquid.

At the same time, energy gathered from around the Clone Space, enveloping the drop of golden liquid and gradually condensing around it. A moment later, it had formed a golden sphere.

"Success! It's started nurturing!" Lin Yuan was filled with anticipation.

Just then, information from the Clone Space automatically entered Lin Yuan's consciousness.

"It'll take 182 years to nurture! It'll just barely be ready before the Peak Warrior Tournament!"

Lin Yuan was quite satisfied. That would leave him a few years before the Peak Warrior Tournament began to get used to his first clone, and he could also begin comprehending the Law of Space Origin.

After thinking it over, Lin Yuan took the Zerg Mother Nest out of his World Ring and placed it in a corner of the clone world. He also moved some items from his Space Ring into the clone world.

Once everything was settled, Lin Yuan left the Clone Space, excited and content. His main body returned to the cultivation room, but he didn't stop there. He immediately began cultivating.

Lin Yuan was now even more motivated to cultivate.

His comprehension of the Law of Space Origin wasn't deep enough to cultivate the fourth layer of the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe, but he couldn't afford to neglect his comprehension of the Law of Fire Origin.

The fourth layer of the Thousand Mountain Secret Code didn't demand as much from his comprehension of the Law of Space Origin, so he could still cultivate it.

In a good mood, Lin Yuan immersed himself in cultivation.