Immortal Thunderlight Vine!

The Thunderlight Vine, originally swirling with colorful light and brimming with vitality, was instantly enveloped from the inside out by an extreme chill!

The dazzling purple-gold luster faded rapidly, replaced by a layer of deep, ghostly blue ice crystals that seemed capable of freezing the very soul!

In the blink of an eye, the massive Thunderlight Vine transformed into a colossal ice sculpture standing within the Forest of Life. All life fluctuations and energy reactions dropped to freezing point, with only a faint, infinitesimal trace of spiritual activity indicating that the evolution had not yet concluded.

"The freezing phase..."

Lu Ming felt the terrifying cold that permeated the air, capable of freezing space itself, and his heart grew solemn.

This was an extremely perilous step in the entire plan, requiring the consciousness of the Thunderlight Vine to remain clear within the absolute freeze, guiding the subtle internal changes to survive this final metamorphosis.

Time ticked away, second by second.

Every second, the frozen Thunderlight Vine underwent minute, invisible, yet crucial adjustments.

Lu Ming held his breath, his entire focus tethered to that ice sculpture.

The freezing lasted for an entire day!

When the final adjustment was completed, the power accumulated to its limit finally erupted!

"Crack!"

The ghostly blue ice crystals covering millions of kilometers of vines shattered and vaporized in an instant!

An aura ten, a hundred times more terrifying than before surged into the sky!

"BOOM!!!"

The 216 main vines, along with countless branch vines and leaves, spread and danced wildly in every direction of the internal world like purple-gold horned dragons breaking free from all restraints!

Each vine became thicker and more crystalline, the lightning patterns flowing upon them transforming into tangible law secret patterns, resonating with the lightning laws of the entire internal world!

An inexplicable pressure, originating from the origin of the universe, descended abruptly!

Lu Ming's consciousness avatar was pressed to the ground before this pressure without any power to resist, yet a look of wild joy appeared on his face!

"Success! The consciousness has connected to the origin of the universe!"

The next moment—

"Rumble!!!"

Endless Immortal divine power, containing the aura of both lightning and life laws, poured into every inch of the Thunderlight Vine's body like a bursting cosmic torrent from the hidden origin of the universe!

Energy metamorphosis! Physical metamorphosis!

The Thunderlight Vine's original world power rapidly fused with the complete lightning and life laws, transforming into its own unique Immortal divine power!

Its life imprint was branded onto every bit of the newborn Immortal divine power and into the depths of every minute unit of its divine body at an unprecedented speed!

From this moment on, the divine power had a master; it was an Undying Body!

The pressure from the origin of the universe gradually dissipated.

The massive divine body, which had spread to cover one-tenth of the internal world—ten million kilometers in size—slowly retracted its light and aura.

That's right, a full ten million kilometers!

Even Lu Ming had not expected the Thunderlight Vine to grow to such a massive size!

This was likely due to the gene level!

After the breakthrough, Little Thunder slowly shrank.

Now, Little Thunder possessed a deep, restrained dark purple hue throughout its body, with naturally formed complex golden lightning patterns interwoven with green life secret patterns, exuding a heart-trembling majesty.

Although its size had returned to normal, the energy level it faintly emitted made even Lu Ming feel a sense of trepidation.

"Whoosh!"

The Thunderlight Vine shrank rapidly, transforming into a vine about three meters tall, as if carved from purple-gold divine jade, and flew before Lu Ming, affectionately rubbing against his arm.

"Master."

A gentle yet powerful voice, carrying the lingering resonance of thunder, echoed in Lu Ming's consciousness, sounding far more composed and confident than before.

Lu Ming reached out to stroke Little Thunder's cool, tough vines, a brilliant, heartfelt smile blooming on his face: "Congratulations, Little Thunder! From this day on, you step into Immortality, an eternal existence!"

"Everything is thanks to you, Master!"

Little Thunder's voice was filled with gratitude and loyalty.

Feeling the Thunderlight Vine's divine power, vast as an abyss and far exceeding that of ordinary Immortal Army Lords or Marquis-Level Immortals, Lu Ming felt a surge of heroic spirit.

Having spent 336 billion Hunyuan Units to cultivate a hundredfold gene level, 216-Vine Immortal Thunderlight Vine, its true combat power had absolutely reached the King-Level!

Given its unique vitality and the dominance of the lightning laws, it might not even be weak among Kings!

An ordinary Thunderlight Vine breaking through with the optimal 216-Vine plan could rival a Marquis!

Relying on the toughness of plant-based life, its divine body could even rival a King.

And Little Thunder, with its hundredfold genes and ten-million-kilometer divine body!

Having cost 336 billion Hunyuan Units!

It absolutely rivaled a peak King or even an extreme King!

"Very good! Next, it is time to find a suitable space fragment for you to establish your God Kingdom."

Lu Ming laughed.

"With you at the Immortal level, coupled with my own strength... we can go anywhere in this universe!"

After feeling overjoyed at Little Thunder successfully breaking through to the Immortal level, Lu Ming did not linger.

He knew well that the establishment of a God Kingdom was of vital importance; he had to choose a location that was sufficiently safe, hidden, and suitable.

He first traveled in a spaceship through the Dark Universe for several days, moving far away from the desolate star field where the breakthrough had occurred, finally stopping at a corner on the edge of human territory—a place so remote that it was not even marked in detail on star charts.

The spaceship shuttled out from the Dark Universe, hovering in a deathly silent expanse of stars.

This place was far from any known interstellar shipping lanes; within hundreds of thousands of light-years, the detection signals returned nothing but some aging stars and cold planetary debris, with no signs of life whatsoever.

"Little Thunder, how is this place?"

Lu Ming stood in the starry sky, looking around at the endless darkness.

"Master, it is very quiet here; it is very suitable."

The Thunderlight Vine, now transformed into an Immortal, had a few vines floating beside Lu Ming, conveying its consciousness.

"Good, then this is the place."

Lu Ming nodded slightly, and then Little Thunder casually slashed its vines toward the void ahead!

Riiip!

A massive space rift was instantly torn open, the space fragments at its edges shattering like glass to reveal the bizarre, multicolored layer behind it, filled with countless flowing light shards—the Space Interlayer!

Lu Ming stepped inside, entering the Space Interlayer together.

The moment they entered, what met their eyes were endless space fragments of varying sizes, flying at different speeds.

Inside these fragments, there was either nothingness or remnants of broken landmasses and icebergs, all bizarre and filled with chaotic spatial fluctuations.

"The Space Interlayer is vast and boundless, divided into thousands upon thousands of layers."

Lu Ming hovered in the void, sensing the surrounding environment.

"The layer closest to the Primal Universe is the 'Space Fragment Layer'; it is relatively stable here, the threat is minor, and some powerful World Lords can survive here. Further out is the 'God Kingdom Layer', where the space fragments are much larger, often tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers in diameter—the ideal region for Immortal spirits to establish their God Kingdoms, as it is relatively stable. Further out still... is the incredibly dangerous 'Space Torrent Layer', where space storms rage and torrents surge; even among the strong Immortal spirits, once swept into the depths, there is a risk of falling."

"It feels like the deep sea; the further out you go, the deeper the water, the greater the pressure, and the danger increases exponentially."

Lu Ming was clear-headed about this.

"To build a God Kingdom, one must find a suitable fragment within the 'God Kingdom Layer'—it must be large enough and stable enough, while also avoiding areas that might be affected by the battles of the strong."