Invincible Foundation

Over an hour had passed.

The Sea of Consciousness was still growing explosively, becoming larger and larger. Shi Fen himself no longer had any idea how vast it had become. Once it reached a certain threshold, the rate of growth surged, reaching an exponential, explosive level.

During this hour, Shi Fen first tested the practical functions of the "Ten Thousand Clothes," attempting to constantly change the patterns and styles of his attire. Relying on the basic skills accumulated from forging, Shi Fen could easily conjure clothes of artistic quality, with the design and details being nothing short of perfect.

After growing tired of playing with the "Ten Thousand Clothes," Shi Fen began to experiment with the marvelous utility of his ten clones. When all ten clones explored the Treasure Refining World together and felt that astonishing efficiency, Shi Fen began to grumble about his own name.

If only my surname were Wan (Ten Thousand), then I would have ten thousand clones, hahaha. Shi Fen thought, quite shamelessly.

Indeed, Shi Fen had been divided into ten, resulting in ten clones.

This was, more or less, a bit profound and a tongue-twister.

Shi Fen was not a shameless person who didn't know how to be satisfied; these 10 clones alone were already considered a heaven-defying life-saving ability within the Primordial Universe.

How could he dare to ask for anything more?

Shi Fen's ten clones moved out together, using Spiritual Force to overturn everything near the "Trash Cans" across the 100 Forging Plazas, confirming that all the Storage Cards he had discovered in the Image World were still there. Holding onto a sliver of wishful thinking, Shi Fen continued to rummage through cabinets in other areas, trying to discover something...

Shi Fen's obsessive-compulsive disorder told him that if he didn't turn everything over, the knot of discomfort in his heart would never be resolved.

If he didn't do it, he would always feel like something was missing.

Besides, what if there were "bait"? Shi Fen was beginning to understand the inheritance habits of Yi.

Thus, Shi Fen's ten clones pooled their efforts, divided the work areas, and cooperated, rummaging through boxes and cabinets across the Forging Plazas. Their progress was like a tank or a bulldozer, crushing and pushing forward.

Two hours and forty-five minutes had passed since the appearance of Shi Fen's ten clones.

The Shi Fen clones, who were currently rummaging through the Forging Plazas, suddenly stopped all their movements and froze in place, motionless. The expansion of the Sea of Consciousness within the clones' minds had finally reached its end.

The qualitative change began!

A great power suddenly appeared in Shi Fen's mind, seizing control of the minds of all his clones. At a speed exceeding light, in a fleeting instant, it "clenched" the Sea of Consciousness fiercely, causing it to collapse to its limit in an instant.

"Boom! Bang!"

A violent, terrifying sound erupted in his mind, and Shi Fen froze completely, nearly losing consciousness and falling into a coma in that instant. After the sound, the boundless ocean of golden Spiritual Force transformed into a golden crystal sphere covered in countless mysterious black-gold Secret Patterns.

Ten Origin Cores were formed!

Inside each Origin Core.

It was as vast as a starry sky. At its center, 10 dazzling, light-emitting spheres, deep like golden black holes, were slowly rotating. This was Shi Fen's soul core.

The soul core inside the main body's Origin Core consisted of ten larger golden black holes. The soul cores inside the other 9 clones' Origin Cores were ten smaller golden black holes.

The vast space within the Origin Core seemed to have an invisible connection linking it to another world. Shi Fen naturally resonated with it perfectly, sensing the Inner World inside the Origin Core.

Inner World.

Its length, width, and height reached an astonishing ten thousand kilometers.

Inside the Inner World was a golden continent, ten thousand kilometers long and wide. Ten thousand kilometers above, there was hazy, dense golden mist, and the continent was surrounded by endless golden mist.

The interior of the Inner World was a dazzling gold; the mountains, plains, hills, and canyons on the continent were all made of solid golden Spiritual Force.

In the sky of the Inner World, two "fish"-shaped golden currents were entwined, rotating in the air, casting a sense of mystery over the golden Inner World.

This was a world constructed of Spiritual Force, containing no other impure or miscellaneous energies.

A pure world of soul energy!

The golden Origin Core was about 1 centimeter in diameter, radiating golden light within Shi Fen's mind. The mysterious black-gold Secret Patterns densely covering the Origin Core vibrated gently as if they were living things, emitting a faint golden glow.

The moment the golden Origin Core formed.

The newly born Origin Core transmitted its capabilities into Shi Fen's consciousness.

At the same time.

"Rumble..."

A massive amount of golden mist was transported from the Inner World into Shi Fen's body, rapidly gathering at his Dantian. It spun and converged quickly, and under the infusion and transformation of the vast, pure soul energy from the Inner World, a miniature Origin Energy planet rapidly formed in Shi Fen's Dantian.

Shi Fen's strength as a fighter officially stepped into the Planetary Level, Tier 1!

At the same moment, the majestic soul energy surging from the Origin Core quickly left the core and poured into the empty Sea of Consciousness in Shi Fen's head. The surging soul energy gathered continuously, soon undergoing fusion to form a soul planet.

Shi Fen's strength as a Spiritual Master, at the same time, officially stepped into the Planetary Level, Tier 1!

The birth of the Origin Core allowed Shi Fen's strength to break through in one go!

These events might seem to take a long time, but in reality, they were all completed in just over ten seconds.

Shi Fen awoke in a daze from the sudden upheaval in his Sea of Consciousness. Upon perceiving the information transmitted by the Origin Core, Shi Fen's main body and his 9 clones were all stunned.

"This... this is heaven-defying."

In his stupor, Shi Fen didn't even realize he had broken through to the Planetary Level, nor did he notice the size of the Inner World within the Origin Core. Compared to the innate talents bestowed upon him by Yi, these really didn't count for much.

The black-gold innate talent Secret Patterns on Shi Fen's Origin Core bestowed upon him 3 innate talents.

"Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique"

"Clone"

"Yin-Yang Possession Technique"

There are three innate talents, and they possess no other complex functions; all of them are related to clones.

"I already possess ten clones, yet this is not the end—it is merely the beginning?? I can have even more clones??" Shi Fen was frightened by his own innate talents and stunned by the grand scale of Teacher Yi's handiwork.

First, the innate talent, "Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique."

The "Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique," after being modified by Teacher Yi, no longer requires formidable strength to utilize. It is now entirely under Shi Fen's control, and one could say it is a heaven-defying clone technique that grants near-immortality.

The main body uses the "Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique" to condense the Origin Cores for the other nine clones.

If a clone's Origin Core outside of the main body is destroyed, it can be re-condensed through the main body's Origin Core. Even if the main body's physical form and Origin Core are both completely annihilated by an enemy, there is no need to fear that the main body will die; the other clones can be transformed into a new main body through the "Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique," and this new main body can easily fill the vacancy left by the lost clone.

It can be said that as long as a single Origin Core remains, no matter how terrifying the catastrophe he encounters, Shi Fen can always make a comeback.

The main body and the nine condensed clones—these ten clones are collectively referred to as the "Main Clones."

Second, the innate talent, "Clone."

This is a "Clone" talent similar to the innate secret technique of the Golden Horned Beast.

When the strength of Shi Fen's "Main Clones" reaches the Planetary Level, Stellar Level, Universe Level, Domain Lord Level, or Sector Lord Level, he can cultivate an additional clone.

This is equivalent to every one of Shi Fen's "Main Clones" being able to cultivate five more clones.

When Shi Fen reaches the Sector Lord Level, he can possess a total of 60 clones simultaneously by relying on his 10 "Main Clones"!

If the ability of the innate talent "Clone" were "merely this," then one would be severely underestimating the capabilities of Teacher Yi.

The materials required for the "Main Clones" to cultivate clones are not affected by the life genes or strength of the source of those materials.

Even if the life materials come from a Universe Master or a True God-level powerhouse with a perfect gene multiplier of 10,081 times, they can still be used to gestate a clone, and the innate talent "Clone" will inevitably gestate a clone with the same life essence.

Even if the gene level of the life material exceeds 10,081 times, it can still be gestated. Whether it is a Universe Master or a True God, as long as the life form has appeared in the Primordial Universe and the life material is available, it can be gestated. There are no restrictions whatsoever on the life materials.

Shi Fen only needs to be lucky enough.

Shi Fen's 50 cultivation slots for these clones can directly gestate 50 biological clones with perfect genes or higher! This is the cornerstone of invincibility!

Even with such invincibility, the innate talent "Clone" has two restrictions.

The first: when gestating a special life form that possesses its own cloning ability, the resulting clone will no longer possess the cloning talent.

The laws of the universe do not permit "nesting doll" behavior.

The second: the gestated perfect-gene clones, and those of even higher gene levels, all start at the Planetary Level; it is impossible for them to be born as Universe Masters like a Natural Beast God.

If a clone wishes to increase its strength, Shi Fen must cultivate himself, comprehend laws, and accumulate energy.

The clones gestated by the innate talent "Clone" are collectively referred to as "Secondary Clones."

Although the two types of clones are nominally divided into primary and secondary, they are actually on equal footing; the strength of a "Secondary Clone" can surpass that of a "Main Clone." The distinction is made only for classification, not based on their cloning capabilities.

Furthermore, if a "Main Clone's" Origin Core is shattered, the "Main Clone" and its "Secondary Clones" will not die immediately; they can survive for a short period. As long as the main body condenses a new Origin Core in time, these clones will remain unharmed.

This is a heaven-defying life-saving ability.

For ordinary special life forms, such as the Golden Horned Beast which possesses cloning abilities, if the Origin Core is shattered, both the main body and the clones will die immediately.

In other aspects, the Origin Core is the same as that of the Golden Horned Beast; if a "Main Clone" and its clones die, the lost bodies can be re-condensed through the "Main Clone's" Origin Core.

Third, the innate talent, "Yin-Yang Possession Technique."

Do you still remember the consciousness-splitting ability Shi Fen mastered long ago? This was not actually a simple "consciousness-splitting" ability, but rather that Shi Fen's soul was actually in "two parts."

In addition to the "Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique" he was born with, Shi Fen also possesses the "Yin-Yang Possession Technique." The "Yin-Yang Possession Technique" originally required Shi Fen to comprehend it himself, but Teacher Yi, seeing that Shi Fen was not only gifted but also exceptionally diligent, was pleased and directly helped Shi Fen reach the goal in one step.

"The Wuji gives birth to the Taiji, the Taiji divides into the Yin and Yang, and the Yin and Yang divide into the two poles."

The "two parts" of Shi Fen's soul can be called the "Yang Pole Soul" and the "Yin Pole Soul." This ability to possess both Yin and Yang allows a portion of the soul to be split off to possess other life forms, thereby obtaining additional clones.

When Shi Fen's "Main Clones" grow to the perfection of the Sector Lord Level, and the "Yang Pole Soul" and "Yin Pole Soul" are fully cultivated, the "Main Clone" will gain an opportunity for possession.

Using this possession opportunity, Shi Fen can possess a special life form that has cloning abilities and gestate clones once more.

Once all "Main Clones" have completed their possession, the "Yang Pole Soul" and "Yin Pole Soul" within the Origin Core separate. When Shi Fen advances to the Undying Level, there will be no earth-shattering collision between the Yin and Yang souls, allowing him to avoid danger, safely ascend to the Undying Level, and gain additional clones.

The clones obtained through the innate talent "Yin-Yang Possession Technique" are collectively referred to as "Possession Clones."

If a "Possession Clone" dies completely, it can be re-condensed through the Inner World within the corresponding "Main Clone's" Origin Core.

Because both the Sea of Consciousness and the Dantian of the "Main Clones" can store energy normally, the "Main Clones" can cultivate on their own without relying on the Origin Core.

Therefore.

Once the strength of a "Main Clone" reaches a certain level, the Origin Core can be stored outside the body, placed within an object or stored inside a "Secondary Clone."

In this regard, it is the same as the Golden Horned Beast; the Golden Horned Beast can hide its Origin Core inside a clone or an object to avoid danger.

Relying on these three major cloning abilities.

One can responsibly say.

As long as Shi Fen hides one Origin Core within the world of the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror, and ensures proper soul defense so as not to be enslaved or killed by others, then Shi Fen is truly unkillable.

At that point, he will truly fear nothing! His life-saving ability will be maxed out!

Counting all clones in total.

The Nine Extremes Soul Clone Technique grants Shi Fen 10 "Main Clones."

The "Clone" ability grants Shi Fen 50 "Secondary Clones."

The Yin-Yang Possession Technique grants Shi Fen 10 "Possession Clones."

That makes for at least 70 clones in total.

If the "Possession Clones" are of high enough quality and also possess the ability to create clones, Shi Fen's total number of clones will far exceed 70.

Taking the example where all 10 "Possession Clones" are Golden Horned Beasts, and each of those 10 Golden Horned Beasts can gestate 30 clones, the total would reach a full 100 clones!

100 clones—what a terrifying number.

Candri, the three-eyed elder who guards the Chaos Stele Cultivation Chamber and the 52 Chaos Steles of Chaos City, possesses at least 53 clones.

Once Shi Fen's clones are fully assembled, he will absolutely be able to go toe-to-toe with Candri in terms of the sheer number of clones.

As for exactly how many clones he will have when the time comes, even Shi Fen cannot say for sure.

It all depends on fortune.

Faced with such an invincible foundation, how could Shi Fen not be stunned?