Blood Sea Born, Creation Begins
Time flows on and on.
Tang Ping would occasionally tease Liu Hui and Luo Ping, who were always busy, or immerse himself in the virtual game world, teaming up with Luo Feng's father, Luo Hongguo, to explore dungeons.
In his spare time, he would take several ladies on excursions to secret realms, exploring from the peaks of the sea of clouds to the depths of the earth, witnessing all the wonders of the world. When the mood struck him, he would even pilot his spaceship out of the secret realms, drifting aimlessly through the vast starry sky, watching the stars rise and fall, and appreciating the dawn and dusk of the universe.
Life went on peacefully and comfortably, and before they knew it, more than a hundred years had passed quietly.
Finally, this day arrived—the day the clone was born.
The Internal World.
Tang Ping was dressed in black, with an exceptionally handsome face. The peculiar mark between his eyebrows seemed to shimmer with Flowing Light, as if he could control the flow of time and space. His aura was calm and majestic, like God King who ruled the universe.
High in the sky, an oval-shaped golden egg floats silently.
When this egg was first conceived, it was no bigger than the palm of a hand. But as time passed, it absorbed the primal power of the Internal World, and its size increased day by day. Now it stands majestically, tens of thousands of kilometers high, like a small star, exuding an ancient and magnificent aura of life.
Time passed second by second, and about ten hours later...
"Click-clack~"
A faint cracking sound suddenly rang out, and countless cracks quietly spread across the surface of the golden giant egg, which was tens of thousands of kilometers high, spreading rapidly like a spider web.
"Bang!"
With a deafening explosion, the eggshell shattered, and countless golden rays of light splashed across the sky like flowing clouds.
A towering figure stood slowly in mid-air.
It was a near-perfect body, bare-chested, with fair and translucent skin, as if carved from millennia-old warm jade, yet faint blood-red threads ran beneath its skin, adding a touch of eerie and uncanny aura.
This giant was nearly 10,000 kilometers tall, with a majestic and imposing figure. It was Tang Ping's clone: Nether Sea Clone.
The next moment, the giant slowly opened his deep, dark eyes, and his deep voice, like a resounding bell, echoed throughout his Internal World: "Power—approximately three hundred times the power of Peak World Lord Rank."
Tang Ping's true consciousness was connected to it, and he instantly understood the essence of this clone. Generally speaking, the higher the Life Gene Level, the larger the body size will often be.
Not to mention those Special Lifeform such as plants and rocks, even if they are only a few hundred times larger in Gene Level, their size is still terrifying. Take the common Cloud-Touching Vine for example, its body length can easily exceed one million kilometers after it matures, and it naturally occupies an absolute advantage in size.
The control over this Nether Sea Clone was even more profound. With a thought from Tang Ping, the clone moved as if it were his own arm, responding instantly even across billions of stars.
He couldn't help but wonder: could the microcosms of the Universe Supreme Being, or supreme Supreme Treasure like the Star Tower, isolate this near-heaven-defying sensory control? At that point, both clones would have their own consciousness, the same memories, and the same Law Comprehension. Which one would be Tang Ping?
However, upon further reflection, he dismissed the thought. Given his ingrained sense of security, he would never easily venture into extremely dangerous places.
Immediately, Nether Sea Clone sat cross-legged, his mind sinking into his body, carefully sensing every inch of flesh and blood, every meridian. Soon, he realized that the bones, muscles, blood vessels, and even blood of this enormous body were faintly filled with mysterious messages originating from the source of life.
Tang Ping absorbed this information and quickly sorted out the two great Innate Secret Technique of this clone!
First, Sea Transformation!
When this technique is activated, the Nether Sea Clone can instantly transform into a boundless Blood Sea with a diameter of 100,000 miles. Wherever the Blood Sea reaches, the surrounding space and time will be firmly controlled by it!
This power of control becomes increasingly terrifying as the clone's strength increases. When the strength is low, it may only be able to slightly disturb spacetime; but once it grows to the level of the Lord of Nine Serenities, the "Nine Nether Sea" it condenses can push the Space-Time Control to its extreme.
Even the Universe Master would not dare to easily set foot in that "Nine Nether Space-Time" shrouded in the Blood Sea!
"To be able to Control of Space-Time single-handedly—this is simply a heaven-defying weapon!" Tang Ping's eyes gleamed with excitement. "Once unleashed, one's strength will more than double!"
Secondly, creation!
This secret technique requires "Sea Transformation" as its foundation. When the clone transforms into a boundless Blood Sea, it can completely decompose the muscles, bones, and flesh of the entire body into the most primordial life energy. Then, using this as a furnace, it refines the energy, recombines genes, and ultimately condenses a completely new life!
If one cultivates this secret technique to its ultimate level, one can even create a race that completely submits to one's own power!
Ordinary cultivators might find this ability somewhat useless, merely a means to gain a sense of accomplishment in controlling their own kind.
But in Tang Ping's eyes, the true value of this "creation" secret method is far more than simply creating a race; it is an unparalleled tool for studying the "genes of life"!
With this secret technique in hand, he could decipher the genetic mysteries of billions of living beings, whether they were flesh-and-blood beings, Metal Lifeform, rock beings, or energy beings; whether they were living creatures or strange objects, minerals, and spiritual fruits in the universe that contained the origin of life—all of them could be included in his research scope!
Only with this analytical ability can he hope to open that supreme door and break through the genetic limit of 90,000 times, a limit that even Ancient Civilization could not reach!
However, this road is destined to be long and arduous.
It requires an endless amount of time and effort to study the billions of living beings and billions of substances nurtured by the Primal Universe; it even requires finding the remains of countless powerful beings and deciphering the genetic secrets of those peak life forms.
Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!
Of course, those are long-term matters that need to be considered after one has become the "Universe Master".
Tang Ping stared at the flesh and blood-formed Nether Sea Clone before him, his eyes flickering slightly as a novel idea suddenly popped into his head.
With a flick of his finger, a blood-red Xueluo Crystal, exuding a chilling aura, appeared in his palm.
"Hiss~"
A sharp, unparalleled sword aura shot forth from his fingertips, slashing a wound over ten meters long on the wrist of the Nether Sea Clone, from which crimson blood gushed forth. He paid no heed, controlling the Xueluo Crystal and gently bringing it to the edge of the wound. As if drawn by an invisible force, the Xueluo Crystal fell straight into the wound.
In an instant, a violent and pure power, like surging magma, rushed wildly into the body of the Nether Sea Clone through the wound!
"Boom!"
A ferocious and overwhelming Killing Will followed closely behind, like a roaring beast, rushing straight into the sea of consciousness!
However, Tang Ping's will had long been tempered to be as solid as an ancient rock. Faced with this impact, he remained completely unmoved, not even causing a ripple.
"Hiss~"
The crimson energy contained within the Xueluo Crystal, like countless agile little snakes, eagerly burrowed into the wound, rapidly penetrating the deepest parts of the tendons and muscles along the meridians of the arm.
In just a short while, the agitation of energy subsided completely.
The first Xueluo Crystal has been successfully fused!
Um?
Tang Ping sensed the changes within his clone's body, but couldn't help being somewhat speechless.
Good heavens, the power of this Xueluo Crystal only strengthened the right hand fingers?
What is this? Half a body strong, half a body weak? It's impossible to improve the life gene essence of the clone!
The World Lord World.
Tang Ping spent a considerable amount of time trying to fuse the Xueluo Crystal into the limbs and bones of his Nether Sea Clone in an attempt to increase the overall Gene Multiplier. However, after much effort, he still achieved very little result.
There was no other way; the size of this Nether Sea Clone was simply too enormous. The power of the Xueluo Crystal could only strengthen a small area at most, and the strengthening effects of each part could not be combined or stacked.
Even more deadly is that once the Sea-Transforming Secret Technique is used, the size of the clone can explode to a massive 100,000 kilometers. Sprinkling this amount of Xueluo Power into it is like dropping a drop of water into a vast ocean—a drop in the ocean.
Tang Ping shook his head with a hint of regret, then smiled with relief.
It's not a big problem.
What he initially wanted was nothing more than a sufficiently large divine body and the Innate Secret Technique for researching Gene Multiplier. Now that these needs have been met, everything else is irrelevant.
Now, the main event begins!
"Sea Transformation!"
With a low shout from Tang Ping, the Nether Sea Clone suddenly activated its Innate Secret Technique.
Boom!
A deafening roar resounded throughout the World Lord World. The clone's body, which was tens of thousands of kilometers tall, instantly disintegrated and dissolved. Its tendons, bones, flesh, and blood all turned into rolling waves of blood, which in the blink of an eye condensed into a towering Blood Sea with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers!
The Blood Sea surged and roared in mid-air, its waves crashing against the void, splashing crimson everywhere.
The moment the secret technique was activated, Tang Ping's consciousness keenly detected that this Blood Sea was subtly pulling on the surrounding spacetime patterns. However, due to his current cultivation level as World Lord Rank, this Space-Time Control was still very weak, at most only able to barely disturb a ripple in space.
Tang Ping's gaze swept across the grassland below, where wild grasses grew lush and vibrant.
A thought flashed through his mind, and he uttered a low shout, "Create!"
Swish!
A ripple suddenly appeared in the Blood Sea, and a small, verdant blade of grass broke through the soil, swaying in the wind.
"Create!"
At another command, a delicate flower bud quietly bloomed amidst the blood waves, its petals still adorned with specks of blood, eerie yet beautiful.
Tang Ping's eyes lit up. "Create human clones!"
He immediately activated his consciousness, sketching the structure of his body, which had a hundred times the genetic potential. But as soon as he began to analyze it more deeply, he couldn't help but frown.
Human life is far too complex and intricate, with intertwined gene chains containing countless mysteries, which he simply cannot replicate instantly with his current abilities.
He then fully understood the core principle of the Innate Secret Technique "Creation": first, to understand the life essence of the target species, and then, based on the energy of the Blood Sea, to replicate its life structure, so as to give birth to new life.
Creation, seemingly a dream come true, is actually as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Creating a completely new ethnic group out of thin air is even more difficult.
Leaving aside the complexity of life's composition, the energy consumption to maintain the reproduction of a species alone is an astronomical figure.
Thinking back to the Lord of Nine Serenities, it must have taken countless hours and effort to cultivate that mature race that can stand tall in the universe. Even his 108 Prince only dared to follow the path of their predecessors and imitate them. No one dared to easily try to create a new race, which shows how difficult this path is.
It should be understood that for an outstanding race capable of independent cultivation, the birth of Life Imprint, and even growth to the World Lord Rank, the energy required to nurture just one individual is enough to drain the coffers of an ordinary realm lord.
"However—" Tang Ping chuckled, "The easiest thing to create is actually oneself!"
Every drop of water in this Blood Sea is formed from the flesh and blood of the Nether Sea Clone, and carries the most complete life genes of the Nether Sea Clone. In this way, creating clones of the same type does not require any effort to analyze the life structure, it is simply a matter of course!
"Create!"
With a thought, Tang Ping felt the Blood Sea surge.
Wow~
A naked figure materialized in the blood waves, but as soon as it appeared, it turned into specks of blood light and dissipated into the Blood Sea.
"Create!"
This time, he deliberately compressed his size, and a hundred-meter-tall clone appeared in response, but he still couldn't stabilize his form and returned to the Blood Sea in the blink of an eye.
"Create!"
The kilometer-high clones condense and dissolve.
"Create!"
Ten-thousand-meter-high clones coalesce and dissolve----
Despite repeated attempts and failures, Tang Ping remained unperturbed.
Ultimately, he figured out the pattern. With his current cultivation level, the maximum size of the clone he could create was set at one thousand kilometers, roughly the size of his original Nether Sea Clone after it was shrunk.
After testing, the Gene Multiplier of this clone also stabilized at thirty times.
Tang Ping had anticipated this outcome. He had even considered using Xueluo Crystal to strengthen these smaller clones, but then he thought the cost-effectiveness was simply too low.
Xueluo Crystal are incredibly precious. Using them to strengthen a bunch of "cannon fodder clones" that can be created at will is a complete waste. Does he expect to have to use Xueluo Crystal to strengthen them all over again if these clones self-destruct later?
Of course, he could also use the Creation Secret Technique to analyze himself and directly create an avatar with the Golden Beast God Bloodline in the future.
But upon closer reflection, it seems like a bad deal. The time and effort spent are almost the same as directly increasing the Gene Multiplier of the original body. Instead of going through such a long and complicated process, it would be better to focus on improving oneself in a down-to-earth manner.
Moreover, these smaller clones are still quite large, and the Xueluo Crystal can only strengthen certain parts at most, not improve the overall strength, so there's really no need to bother with them.
Tang Ping shook his head, no longer dwelling on these trivial details, when a thought suddenly struck him.
"Absorb energy!"
Boom!
The primordial power of the World Lord World surged towards the Blood Sea like a floodgate being opened. In just a short while, the Blood Sea absorbed enough energy to return to its previous peak state, and then it stopped absorbing on its own.
"Dissolve!"
At Tang Ping's command, the newly created clone instantly disintegrated, turning into rolling waves of blood that flowed back into the main Blood Sea.
The two Blood Sea of the same origin merged, instantly creating a monstrous wave! The Blood Sea, which was originally 100,000 kilometers in diameter, began to expand wildly in all directions once again.
As the Blood Sea grows in size, its control over the surrounding spacetime also expands.
Pretty!
A gleam of joy flashed in Tang Ping's eyes, and without further hesitation, he continued to expand.
"Create!"
"Blood Sea restored!"
"Dissolve, converge!"
Each time a clone is created and then dissolved back into the main Blood Sea, the Blood Sea's volume increases by one unit. This cycle repeats endlessly.
After expanding ten times in succession, the Blood Sea had reached a terrifying extent.
Of course, at this moment, Tang Ping tried to re-condense the Blood Sea into the original form of the Nether Sea Clone, but found that he couldn't move! It felt like a skinny person could easily jump and move, but once they overeat and become big and strong, they even have trouble lifting their legs.
However, Tang Ping was not flustered at all; on the contrary, he was in a good mood.
What he wanted was a sufficiently large divine body; it was just that it was "fat" beyond his expectations, which wasn't a problem.
But new problems soon followed.
World Lord Rank Nether Sea Clone can theoretically expand to 80 million kilometers after using the Sea-Transforming Secret Technique. However, although its current Gene Level has reached 120 times and it has gained the recognition of the Space-Time Laws, it can allow the Singularity of its Internal World to bear a stronger power than that of an ordinary World Lord.
Even so, the limit of his World Lord World can only be expanded to the tens of millions of kilometers level, which is simply not enough to accommodate that Blood Sea Clone that has been expanded to its limit.
What should we do?
Tang Ping's eyes darted around, and he instantly had an idea.
If you need anything, go to your master!
He immediately contacted Wind-Thunder Venerable: "Master! Master! My Nether Sea Clone can expand to a maximum of 80 million kilometers, please help me find an absolutely safe place!"
Wind-Thunder Venerable:?