Li Yilin wasn't in a hurry.
He planned to cultivate his Cloud-Touching Vine until it had 72 main vines while he was at Star Level. That way, he could evolve it as close to perfection as possible at every level. By the time it reached World Lord Level, perhaps he could cultivate a Perfect Level Cloud-Touching Vine with 360 main vines.
He had money and time, so there was no rush to cultivate the Cloud-Touching Vine.
While cultivating the Cloud-Touching Vine, he also needed to prepare for his journey to Chaos City. Only his main body would go; his clone would travel through the universe and find a suitable place to lie low.
But thanks to their shared consciousness, his Swallowing Clone could also benefit from comprehending laws in Chaos City. At the very least, it would comprehend Space Law faster.
Three days later.
On a desolate planetary belt in the Leimai Galaxy, Li Yilin's figure suddenly appeared like a ghost.
He glanced around, then vanished again. But at the very instant he disappeared, a ring disguised as a rock fell to the ground.
After an unknown amount of time, a small vine suddenly appeared and tossed out a spaceship. The vine's tip, with the ring on it, boarded the ship.
The spaceship accelerated, soon surpassing the speed of light and entering the Dark Universe, where it disappeared.
That vine was another one of Li Yilin's Cloud-Touching Vines. It would accompany his Ox-Beast Clone as it ventured through the universe.
Unless something unexpected happened, they wouldn't meet again for a very long time.
"The Genius Tournament has already started?"
Li Yilin had been in seclusion for over two months because of his clone's birth. Only after sending the clone away did he finally have time to enter the Virtual Universe.