The sound waves spread like solid ripples, sweeping across the dunes for hundreds of miles in an instant. The red sand was sent billowing into the sky, forming one terrifying dust devil after another.
Lin Yuan's deep, starry eyes remained fixed on what lay ahead.
There, atop the immense Olympus Mons on Mars, crouched a creature so enormous it was suffocating to behold!
It was a terrifying being that defied every law of Earth's biology.
Unlike the Golden Horned Beast, it had no grotesque, western-dragon-like wings or thick limbs. Its form more closely resembled a deity from ancient Chinese legend—the Zhulong!
Over a thousand meters long, its entire body was covered in deep, obsidian-like scales. Dark purple patterns shimmered across each one, as though they contained the universe's most fundamental mysteries.
It had no wings, yet could command the Void by instinct. Its long body coiled around the highest peak on Mars, like a black river of stars spilling down into the mortal world.
Its head was ancient and majestic. Two winding horns looked like blades that could tear open the heavens. Whenever its eyes opened and closed, its left eye blazed like the sun, while its right eye resembled the cold, shadowy moon—as though it controlled the alternation of day and night, light and darkness.
This was Lin Yuan's first Clone—the Void Behemoth!
The pressure bearing down on him came not only from its sheer size, but from the absolute difference in their levels of life. Before it, even the stars filling the sky seemed to fade.
"Now that the Clone is ready, let me find out for myself just how powerful this body is!"
At a thought, Lin Yuan's Human Main Body turned into a streak of Flowing Light and shot toward the Origin Core, the point of strange radiance between the Void Behemoth's brows.
The next moment, Heaven and Earth turned upside down.
His human perspective vanished, replaced by a vast and wondrous perception unlike anything he had ever experienced.
"Boom!"
As Lin Yuan's consciousness took complete control of the enormous body, a seemingly boundless power flooded his soul like an erupting volcano!
He tried raising a claw capable of crushing mountains and gave it a casual sweep.
"Rip—"
Without using any Origin Force, the strength of his body alone tore the space ahead like fragile cloth, opening several pitch-black rifts!
Mars's thin atmosphere rushed wildly into them, shrieking sharply.
"So strong!"
Lin Yuan was overjoyed. He whipped his long, powerful tail around, its tip breaking the sound barrier before slamming into Olympus Mons beneath him.
"Rumble—"
The highest peak in the Solar System, more than twenty thousand meters tall, shook violently from the blow. Countless boulders came tumbling down, as if an eight-magnitude earthquake had struck!
But that wasn't what surprised Lin Yuan most.
What he found most incredible was that the world before his eyes had changed.
To the Human Main Body, the world was made up of matter and energy. But to the Void Behemoth, it was woven from countless dazzling "threads."
Those threads were laws!
The Time Law, Space Law, and Law of Light, once so obscure and difficult to understand, now looked crystal clear to Lin Yuan—as though he could reach out and touch them.
He saw light refracting through the Void. It was no longer an elusive particle, but a series of flowing golden rivers.
He saw the ripples of space. They were no longer invisible barriers, but layers of gauzy fabric that could be folded and pierced.
He even sensed the passage of time. Around him, it seemed to have grown slow and viscous.
"Is this the Void Behemoth's natural advantage?"
Lin Yuan drew a deep breath.
Compared with the Golden Horned Beast's Law of Gold, the powers mastered by the Void Behemoth were undoubtedly more advanced and closer to the Universe Origin!
"With this Clone, what could stop me from reaching the peak of the universe?"
The enormous head lifted slightly, releasing a satisfied rumble.
This body was a perfect vessel, practically born for cultivation!
Although a Clone couldn't directly raise the Human Main Body's Gene Level, Lin Yuan could reproduce its extraordinary affinity for the laws through his soul and share that advantage.
"An exact match. It's as if this body was made for me."
Lin Yuan felt reassured. He reined in his terrifying aura, then swam slowly through the Void, as freely as a fish in water.
"Ika."
A deep, majestic voice boomed across the Martian sky, transmitted directly through Spiritual Force.
"Whoosh!"
A streak of Flowing Light flashed, and the small, delicate figure of the Intelligent Life Ika appeared out of thin air.
The moment Ika appeared, the towering creature before her threw her data streams into chaos. She nearly lost control of her projection.
"Good heavens! You... you're Lin Yuan?!"
Ika's eyes widened as she flew several circles around the Void Behemoth, her mouth hanging open wide enough to fit an egg.
"Don't make such a fuss."
Lin Yuan guided the enormous dragon head closer to Ika. Its sun-and-moon-like eyes gazed down at the tiny sprite.
"This is my first Clone, the Void Behemoth. Ika, analyze its current growth and tell me what it needs to eat to grow stronger as quickly as possible."
"Don't make such a fuss."
Lin Yuan guided the enormous dragon head closer to Ika. Its sun-and-moon-like eyes gazed down at the tiny sprite.
"This is my first Clone, the Void Behemoth. Ika, analyze its current growth and tell me what it needs to eat to grow stronger as quickly as possible."
The Golden Horned Beast evolved by devouring metal. What about the Void Behemoth?
"Yes!"
Ika quickly recovered from her shock.
Virtual screens flashed wildly before her, and countless streams of complex data cascaded down them.
A moment later, Ika drew a deep breath. Her little face was full of wonder. "This is incredible... Lin Yuan, your Clone really is the universe's darling!"
Pointing to the data on the screen, she explained at a rapid pace:
"According to my analysis, the Void Behemoth is one of the most mysterious branches of the Starry Sky Behemoths. It's born with the favor of the Primal Universe's origin.
"Other creatures have to struggle desperately just to comprehend a tiny bit of the laws. It comes with a 'cheat' built in!"
"What you've mastered now should be the complete Law of Light, along with a superficial grasp of the two higher laws, Time and Space.
"But this is only its juvenile stage! As it grows, its comprehension of those two higher laws will deepen automatically!"
With that, Ika paused and brought up a "diet plan."
"As for how to make it stronger... your Void Behemoth specializes in energy and space."
"At this stage, the best resource available on Earth for helping it grow quickly is the Muya Crystal!"
"Muya Crystals contain pure life energy and Spirit of Vegetation. They're excellent for nourishing its body."
"Next..." Ika pointed toward the distant Void.
"Fragments of the Boundary Wall in the Ancient Civilization Ruins! In other words, those insulating materials that contain the power of space. The Void Behemoth can strengthen its spatial talent by devouring substances with spatial properties."
"Finally..." Ika's gaze suddenly turned a little strange. She pointed toward the C9-class spaceship parked beside the Falling Ink Star.
"If you're willing to part with them, spaceships made from high-grade alloys—or treasures containing special Law Secret Patterns—are also among its favorites."
At this, Lin Yuan's enormous eyes narrowed slightly.
"Muya Crystals? I still have quite a few. Boundary Wall fragments? There are plenty of Ancient Civilization Ruins on Earth. I can just dismantle a few. As for spaceships..."
He glanced at the silver-white C9-class spaceship and shook his head slightly. At this stage, it was the last thing he could afford to give up. It was essential for traveling through the stars.
Still, on the whole, the Void Behemoth seemed easy enough to raise. But Ika continued, "These can only be considered supplementary food before it reaches Universe Level."
"After that, the requirements get much stricter. For example, it might have to devour stars..." Ika didn't say more. At this stage, all that was far too distant to consider.
Once he had a general idea, Lin Yuan nodded. The Void Behemoth was currently at Stellar Level One, just like him.
But he soon realized that, perhaps because of the system's special nature, there was no restriction preventing a Clone from surpassing its Human Main Body. That was an unexpected bonus.
That meant he could quickly help the Void Behemoth break through and turn it into one more trump card he wouldn't have to reveal. With that in mind, he instructed Ika, "Notify the whole world now—"
"Using my authority as First Speaker, have them gather Boundary Wall fragments from the Ancient Civilization Ruins."
"Understood!" Ika acted quickly. Before long, the major forces on Earth had received the message.
The HR Alliance pledged its full support.
The major nations all responded in much the same way.
The Limit Martial Arts Hall and Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall were no exception.
They all wanted to stay close to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan was happy to let them. Then his consciousness returned to his Human Main Body, and the Void Behemoth was withdrawn into the Five-Colored Core World inside him. He returned to the spaceship...
From this day on, he would enter seclusion once more and comprehend the Time Law!
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