Dark Marquis Lord was weaker than Ice Peak Lord and Chaos City Lord, and spent most of his time in the Primordial Universe.
As for Chaos City Lord, there was no need to mention him. His three clones were stationed in the Primordial Universe, Initial Universe, and Cosmic Sea respectively. If anything happened, a Universe Master could travel quickly and arrive soon.
The two tokens and two Supreme Treasures were the safeguards Dark Lord had prepared for Zhang Dong's adventures.
Zhang Dong also had permission to claim a weapon directly from the race.
Apart from Supreme Treasures, palaces, domain treasures, and Soul-type Heavy Treasures, he could claim three treasures within his authorization. He also had five hundred billion free points.
The race had bestowed all of this on him for free. He didn't need to give anything in return.
After he broke through to become an Immortal God, his strength would soar and his privileges would increase. He might even gain access to sets of Heavy Treasures and free Supreme Treasures.
Five hundred billion points had greater purchasing power than five hundred billion Hunyuan Units. Peak King Rank experts usually had a net worth of only tens of billions to a trillion Hunyuan Units. Invincible Kings, excluding Heavy Treasures, usually had a net worth of several hundred billion to around a trillion.
Passing the World Lord Level Original Tongtian Mountain was worth only a hundred billion points.
The race had directly bestowed five hundred billion points on Zhang Dong, making him far wealthier than Ke Di had been.
But though the points seemed like a lot, they weren't that useful in practice. He could claim the secret techniques he was able to buy for free, and weapons of all kinds were useless to him.
Even the poison that could kill a King or the Strongest Fire God Source Crystal was no match for a casual slap from him.
"Teacher, I won't let you down," Zhang Dong said, deeply moved.
This was the benefit of having great talent and joining the race: with a powerful backer, life was easy, and everyone around him was kind.
If he'd been born a slave, he might have thought the race was utterly vile. People saw things differently from different positions. Zhang Dong only needed to remember what the race had done for him.
Dark Lord gave a slight nod. "Remember, before you undergo the Life-and-Death Trial, you must first use your Innate Secret Technique to create a clone. Otherwise, you absolutely must not enter a Cosmic Secret Realm. I'll guide you in the Virtual Universe every so often."
With that, he teleported away, following the Cosmic Passage straight into the Cosmic Sea.
He had explained everything that needed explaining and arranged everything that needed arranging. The road ahead was Zhang Dong's to walk.
Zhang Dong was certain he would never need to use those two tokens.
The Supreme Treasures were quite useful. They would be of great help even in a Venerable Level battle. Only once he had the strength of a Mighty Expert (Universe Master) would ordinary Supreme Treasures gradually lose their value.
How many Cosmic Venerables yearned for a Supreme Treasure they could never obtain?
"'Innate Secret Technique—Transplantation' can give me two clones. I need to plan carefully." Zhang Dong considered what kind of clones he should choose.
Unfortunately, he couldn't exploit a loophole by possessing a Golden-Horned Beast and then using it to create another clone.
He planned to try using one of his clone slots on Boundary Heart Continent, looking for a plant there or one of the countless strange lifeforms.
There was no need to make a human clone specifically.
He could transform into human form whenever he wanted, so a human clone would just be a waste of a slot.
"I'll wait a few hundred years and see. If I can't find a suitable Special Lifeform, I'll make myself a Blood Sea." After thinking it over for a long time, that was the only conclusion Zhang Dong could reach.
If he found a Special Lifeform with a high Gene Multiplier, like Barking King, Insect-Chasing King, or Purple Rain Venerable, he would possess it.
Otherwise, he would follow Luo Feng's example and make a Blood Sea.
He had considered making a clone without a soul, but after thinking it through, he decided it was unnecessary.
Once he opened his divine sea and mastered the Void Realm Illusion technique, then combined it with a soul treasure, his soul defense would surely be formidable.
At that point, unless a Universe Master exceptionally skilled in souls—or even a True Deity—came after him, they would never be able to kill or enslave his soul.
As long as he didn't reveal his identity, how could he attract a True Deity assassin?
Even if his identity was truly exposed to an Alien Race, Zhang Dong could simply lie low in the Initial Universe and spend some time training until he reached Fourth Heaven Realm Deity before coming out.
As a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity, with suitable secret techniques and soul-defense treasures, he would have the strength of a Mighty Expert.
By then, with the restrictions on power in the Primordial Universe, there was no chance Zhang Dong could be enslaved through his soul.
Another hundred years passed. More than three hundred years had gone by in the outside world, but he still hadn't found a suitable Special Lifeform.
A thousandfold multiplier was too hard to find. Most Special Lifeforms had only a hundredfold multiplier, or two to three hundredfold.
There was no point in settling for a hundredfold Gene Multiplier. If a human's constitution suited the Beast God's blood, they could reach a hundredfold with enough time.
Chaos City Lord's Mansion.
It was easy for Zhang Dong to see Chaos City Lord. He only had to call out softly, and Chaos City Lord, who had authority in the Initial Universe, would sense him and teleport him into the mansion.
"Uncle Master, I've come to ask you for a favor," Zhang Dong said respectfully. "I'd like some water from the Nine Abyss Sea to make a Blood Sea Clone."
Bitter Snow Vine was already a plant lifeform of enormous size.
If he made a Blood Sea as well, how terrifying would his divine power reserves be by the time he became a Universe Master?
"Oh? You've decided on water from the Nine Abyss Sea?" Chaos City Lord asked. "It would be hard to recreate the legend of the Nine Abyss Lord."
The Nine Abyss Lord owed Chaos City Lord a favor, so this would be easy for him.
Still, he asked Zhang Dong several times whether he was sure he wanted water from the Nine Abyss Sea instead of a clone with other, more useful abilities.
The Demon Slayer Clan, for example, had no soul but could still use Teleportation.
"I..." Zhang Dong was about to say he was sure, but then he remembered that Dark Lord had said he needed to make a clone before the Life-and-Death Trial.
He hadn't been forbidden from leaving the Initial Universe.
He might as well go to Boundary Heart Continent and see if he could find some opportunity. If he found a suitable lifeform, it wouldn't be out of the question to use both slots.
"Uncle Master, I think I'll look around a little more. I'd like to return to the Primordial Universe first and prepare for the Life-and-Death Trial." Zhang Dong bowed and took his leave.
The life planet Gao Li had bought for him had accumulated enough faith power for three round trips to Boundary Heart Continent.
Chaos City Lord didn't interfere with his freedom to leave the Initial Universe.
After all, Zhang Dong's coordinates could be checked through the Virtual Universe at any time, and there was no need to worry while he was in Human Territory. He had already tested it: when he went to Boundary Heart Continent, his coordinates didn't change.
Zhang Dong returned to the Primordial Universe and bought some items from the treasure vault. He waited half a day for the delivery, then placed his consciousness inside the Jade Green Bubble.
Whoosh!
Time and space shifted.
Strict laws pressed down on him, and once again he went from a Mighty Expert who could destroy a star sea with a snap of his fingers to an ordinary mortal who couldn't fly.
"Ugh, how long will it be before I can fly?"
Zhang Dong sighed inwardly. If Chaos City Lord and the others knew there was a world where even a Universe Master could barely manage to fly, they'd be stunned.
That wasn't even the strangest part. In a place like the Origin Continent, even Origin Ancestor and Giant Axe couldn't fly.
Even the strongest experts who had Transcended Reincarnation could only fly.
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