Chaos City Lord took out the dazzling Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead and handed it to Qin Cang.
"Release your Internal World and actively draw it in," Chaos City Lord reminded him.
At the city lord's words, Qin Cang released his World Projection. As soon as the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead touched it, an incredible transformation took place.
The Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead shattered in an instant, transforming into ten streams of light imbued with the aura of laws. They shot toward the edges of his Internal World, and wherever they went, the world grew sturdier. In an instant, they had reached its borders.
The streams of light didn't vanish. Instead, they forcibly dragged his Internal World into expanding: sixty million kilometers, seventy million kilometers, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred million kilometers.
At the same time, mountains, rivers, and oceans appeared throughout his Internal World.
A brilliant curtain of light formed out of thin air, connecting to the Origin Universe Land. Qin Cang's consciousness was drawn to it, sinking deep into the Origin Universe Land.
Qin Cang wasn't unfamiliar with this situation. He'd experienced something similar when he first broke through to World Lord Level. But this time, while there were similarities, it was also entirely different.
"Where am I?"
"I absorbed the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, and my consciousness came here. And Chaos City Lord was right beside me. The only one who could bring me here without him noticing is the Origin Universe Will."
"So this is the Origin Universe Land."
Qin Cang stared blankly around him. Countless points of light drifted through this place, each radiating incredible power. Some were wild and fierce, while others were deep as an abyss. Their differing auras clearly reflected the different aspects of what they nurtured.
Suddenly—
Whoosh!
One of the points of light turned into a streak and shot toward Qin Cang's consciousness at incredible speed, far surpassing the speed of light. Here, the speed of light was no longer a limit.
"Thud!" Qin Cang's consciousness slammed into the point of light.
Images flooded into his consciousness: the births, growth, and deaths of countless lives, as well as the birth, growth, and destruction of universes...
Then countless streams of information flowed into Qin Cang's consciousness.
Bang! Qin Cang's consciousness was ejected from this space.
Primal Universe, Human Territory, Primal Secret Region, Thousand Treasure River Territory, Chaos City Lord's private palace.
Qin Cang's consciousness slowly returned.
Chaos City Lord had no idea what Qin Cang had just experienced. Of course, he could guess. As a Fifth-Order Universe Master, it was only natural for him to know certain secrets.
Qin Cang, who had been sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes and examined himself.
"My Internal World has actually expanded to a diameter of six hundred million kilometers."
"Innate Secret Technique, Clone!"
Qin Cang was overjoyed. He hadn't expected the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead to be so powerful. Not only had it increased his Internal World's diameter from sixty million to six hundred million kilometers—a tenfold increase—but that meant its volume had grown a thousandfold!
With a World Projection spanning six hundred million kilometers and his Law Comprehension at the 16th Level of the Sky Bridge, Qin Cang could defeat ordinary marquises. But he still couldn't kill them, as his divine power was far too weak by comparison.
"Young man, it looks like you're quite pleased with this opportunity," Chaos City Lord said beside him.
"Reporting to you, City Lord: not only has my Internal World's diameter expanded to six hundred million kilometers, but the Primal Universe has also bestowed upon me the Clone Secret Technique. I can now nurture two clones!" Qin Cang exclaimed, thrilled. This had truly been a windfall.
"It seems you've had quite the opportunity—and I was there to watch you receive it."
"Qin Cang, have you chosen suitable targets for your clones?" the city lord asked.
"I'd be grateful for your guidance, City Lord."
Hearing Qin Cang's reply, Chaos City Lord understood: he was asking for materials. As a Fifth-Order Universe Master, he did indeed possess several materials from extraordinarily powerful Special Lifeforms. Ordinary Clone Secret Techniques couldn't nurture clones from such materials. Even the Golden Horned Beast, a Special Lifeform born with a Clone Secret Technique, could usually only nurture a lifeform with a Life Gene Level of around a thousandfold at World Lord Level, even if it pushed its Internal World to its limits.
The Golden Horned Beast's Internal World could only expand to a little over ninety million kilometers, barely approaching a hundred million in diameter. Even Luo Feng had only broken through his limits after nurturing a Nine Nether Sea clone, raising his Life Gene Level to Perfect Gene, and undergoing a baptism from the Universe Origin. Otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to nurture a World Tree.
"Very well. I'll explain the restrictions on the Clone Secret Technique."
"Thank you for explaining, City Lord."
"Generally speaking, a Clone Secret Technique can't nurture a lifeform whose Life Gene Level exceeds a hundred times your own. Of course, that's for the more advanced Clone Secret Techniques. Some extraordinarily powerful Special Lifeforms already have Life Gene Levels several hundred times that of ordinary lifeforms. If they also had a Clone Secret Technique, and could nurture a clone with a hundred times their own level, wouldn't they be able to create clones with Life Gene Levels tens of thousands of times higher?
That's clearly impossible. No such lifeform exists in the universe. So their Clone Secret Techniques generally can't produce clones with levels beyond their own, and may not even be able to nurture a lifeform with a Life Gene Level a hundredfold—or even tenfold—higher.
That's why the few Top Universe Overlords in the Human Race who seized the bodies of extraordinary Special Lifeforms later nurtured human bodies as their clones.
Your situation is different. You're the first in the history of the Human Race to obtain the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, and you were the one who used it. Your Life Gene Level is already sixty times higher than normal. Under the hundredfold restriction, your clone could theoretically have a Gene Level of several thousand times that of an ordinary lifeform. Special Lifeforms with a Life Gene Level a thousandfold higher are almost all unique in the universe.
Of course, that's only in theory. Take the Golden Horned Beast's Clone Secret Technique. In theory, it can nurture a clone with a Gene Multiplier of up to a thousand. The Demon Race's Two-Headed Demon Marten can theoretically nurture a clone with a Life Gene Level six hundred times higher, or even more. But very few ever reach the limit.
Another factor limiting the level of a clone is the Internal World. Nurturing a clone requires nourishment from the Internal World. Without enough World Force, you naturally can't nurture a powerful clone. That's why every Golden Horned Beast capable of nurturing a clone close to its theoretical limit has expanded its Internal World to the maximum first. Only then can it nurture a clone with a Gene Level approaching a thousandfold.
Golden Horned Beasts with weaker Internal Worlds naturally can't nurture powerful clones.
Your Life Gene Level is sixty times higher than normal, so in theory you can nurture a clone with a Life Gene Level up to six thousand times higher. I was worried your Internal World would be too small to provide enough nourishment, but I didn't expect the Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead to be so powerful. It increased your Internal World's diameter tenfold and its volume a thousandfold, so the nourishment problem is solved.
Finally, the more powerful the clone and the stronger the Internal World, the harder it is to break through to undying. As things stand, your Law Comprehension from passing the World Lord Level Primal Sky Mountain is nowhere near enough.
I have several materials from Special Lifeforms here. Tell me which one you want."
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