The creature before him had a beard, whiskers, and a tail. Its body was as long as a snake's, its scales resembled a fish's, its horns were like a deer's, and its claws were like an eagle's. It looked just like the divine dragons of Chinese mythology.
But when Huang Wuye saw the colossal beast, it remained completely still. Though it had a soul, that soul was empty and devoid of intelligence.
Thus, when Huang Wuye's soul clone possessed it, he met not the slightest resistance. The process went smoothly, and Huang Wuye absorbed all of its inheritances.
At that moment, Huang Wuye also learned the beast's name: Yimu Qingli. But he preferred to call him Yimu Azure Dragon.
This Yimu Azure Dragon was a Special Lifeform nurtured by the Primal Universe. Because he was too powerful, however, his birth had been suppressed, leaving him incomplete and his soul defective.
At present, he was only at the peak of Universe Level, ninth rank, and his life gene multiplier was a mere 6,400 times that of an ordinary human.
Had he been fully nurtured, his life genes should have reached Perfect Gene. But if he had been fully nurtured, Huang Wuye would never have gotten the chance to possess him.
By now, Huang Wuye had completely taken over this body, and it had become another of his clones: Yimu Azure Dragon.
Huang Wuye controlled Yimu Azure Dragon's enormous body. With a single burst of strength, the ground quaked, shaking the entire Pygmy Kingdom.
As Yimu Azure Dragon's colossal body moved, the fluctuations of the Law of Wood grew more active. Every member of the Flower Language Clan felt the tremors and flew into the sky.
They gathered in small groups, nervously watching the commotion below, trying to discover what had caused the shaking.
"Roar!"
A dragon's cry rang out from beneath the ground. In the blink of an eye, it echoed through the skies. As the cry spread, the enormous plants in the surrounding flower fields sprang to life.
They waved their massive bodies wildly, as though welcoming their king with the most jubilant celebration they could muster.
At last, a colossal creature emerged from beneath the ground. First to appear was a gigantic head. Long whiskers rippled through space, golden eyes blazed with divine light, and a crown-like pair of horns atop his head exuded unrivaled majesty.
Green scales like those of a fish glinted coldly across his body, while the faint traces of life within them made his enormous form seem even more vibrant.
Winding muscles, hard as stone, traced elegant lines across his body. Anyone who had ever seen him would have no doubt about the strength he could unleash.
His four powerful dragon claws gleamed with a chilling light. As they cut through soil and solid rock, they passed through as effortlessly as if slicing tofu, meeting not the slightest resistance.
Rainbow-colored clouds gathered in the sky, drifting around him like decorative silk and making his body seem to appear and disappear from view.
After an unknown amount of time, Yimu Azure Dragon's enormous body finally emerged completely into the sky.
He was a living deity. Every member of the Flower Language Clan stared wide-eyed, as if trying to engrave the sight forever into their minds.
Though they had seen many enormous creatures, this divine spectacle before them still shook them to their core.
His body stretched for dozens of miles, a sight that left them utterly stunned. And that was after Yimu Azure Dragon had curled up slightly.
Suddenly, Yimu Azure Dragon moved. His gigantic body shot forward like a thunderclap, traveling hundreds of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye. Only then did the gale arrive, sweeping the stunned members of the Flower Language Clan off their feet and scattering them in every direction.
Of course, they weren't unfamiliar with the colossal beast before them. He was their Ancestral Beast, a giant every member of the Flower Language Clan had seen when they were born.
But they had only ever seen Yimu Azure Dragon's enormous head. This was the first time they had seen his body.
Gradually, they began to celebrate. Their Ancestral Beast had finally awakened.
After moving Yimu Azure Dragon's body around a little, Huang Wuye stopped.
He reviewed the inherited memories and Innate Secret Techniques of Yimu Azure Dragon that had appeared in his mind.
Although this Yimu Azure Dragon had been nurtured by the Primal Universe, he also possessed a unique inheritance. Just like Huang Wuye's Gluttonous Golden Ape clone, Yimu Azure Dragons had appeared in previous cosmic cycles. Through their bloodline kinship, he had also acquired some Basic Inheritance.
Those Yimu Azure Dragons, however, had all been born complete. Though they had not achieved Perfect Life, they were still far more powerful than this incompletely nurtured Yimu Azure Dragon. The inheritances they left behind were therefore extraordinary.
Setting aside the Basic Secret Techniques and special secret techniques, what delighted Huang Wuye most at that moment were Yimu Azure Dragon's Innate Secret Techniques and natural talents.
As one of the heaven-defying Special Lifeforms, Yimu Azure Dragon's Law Comprehension ranked among the highest of the favored children of the laws. He was a favored child of the Wood Origin Law, and his affinity for the Space Origin Law was no weaker than that of ordinary space-law favorites.
He possessed three Innate Secret Techniques, each of them incredibly powerful.
The first Innate Secret Technique was Incarnation. It allowed him to use his species' abilities to create Special Lifeforms as incarnations, each of which could reach up to one percent of his own strength.
The many enormous plants in the Flower Language Clan and the Pygmy Kingdom were the result of Yimu Azure Dragon accidentally activating this Innate Secret Technique in the past.
Each incarnation had its own will, but Yimu Azure Dragon could extend his own will into them. He could also divide his will to control their bodies. However, there was a limit to how many incarnations he could control at once. At the peak of Universe Level, Yimu Azure Dragon could control ten clones simultaneously.
There was no doubt that this was a powerful means of exploration.
Yimu Azure Dragon's second Innate Secret Technique was Vassals. He could take in followers, using himself as the foundation.
Once someone became his vassal, their soul would grow close to him. They could not harm him and would be subject to his suppression.
Moreover, he could gradually raise his vassals' life gene multipliers, up to one-tenth of his own.
There was no doubt that this was another powerful talent, one that could help Huang Wuye cultivate countless capable subordinates.
Yimu Azure Dragon's third Innate Secret Technique was Controller of All Life. Any plant under Yimu Azure Dragon's control could become a source of his power.
Yimu Azure Dragon could absorb and borrow that power to grow stronger, while also gaining an astounding recovery rate.
Combined with his first and second Innate Secret Techniques, it was a perfect fit.
For example, at that very moment, Huang Wuye could absorb and borrow the power of every giant plant and flower in the Pygmy Kingdom.
With this talent, Huang Wuye's Yimu Azure Dragon clone could mass-produce troops at a crazed pace, creating a domain of his own.
Within this domain, the Yimu Azure Dragon clone would be practically invincible. With his incredible recovery speed and the plant life under his control, he could recover instantly as long as he wasn't killed outright.
After checking Yimu Azure Dragon's talents, Huang Wuye was extremely satisfied. He then controlled his body, gradually shrinking it until it was only three or four meters tall.
Dragons could grow or shrink at will. Controlling his body was one of Yimu Azure Dragon's most basic abilities, but transforming into human form would require him to master his body further and practice a transformation secret technique.
Huang Wuye's soul clone had acted smoothly and gained a second clone. Several years had passed in the process.
Meanwhile, Huang Wuye's main body was also making rapid progress. As time passed, he drew closer and closer to the Initial Universe.
After an unknown amount of time, a long exhale sounded inside the F-class spacecraft prepared by the Virtual Universe Company. The spacecraft gradually brightened, emerging from darkness and revealing a figure.
Crimson hair fell to his waist. His handsome face carried a refined air, and his white robe was neat and unwrinkled. It was Huang Wuye, who had just awoken from his cultivation.
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