Chapter 47: The Special Lifeform Sunken Water Vine
After Four Slaughter Marquis set down the World Ring, he left immediately.
Then Chen Ao's Sunken Water Vine clone emerged from the World Ring.
"I'm only a little over three thousand light-years from the Ancestral God Secret Realm!" Chen Ao quickly determined his location through the Virtual Universe, got his bearings, and headed toward the Ancestral God Secret Realm.
His Q Skill could now carry him nearly twenty light-years in a single jump, so crossing those three thousand light-years would take fewer than two hundred jumps.
He could reach the Ancestral God Secret Realm in just two or three days.
"My Earthling Main Body can't go wandering around recklessly, but this Sunken Water Vine clone can!"
If his clone died, he could simply form it again.
And his Sunken Water Vine was fundamentally a soulless energy lifeform, so he had no fear of soul attacks killing him.
That meant the Sunken Water Vine could die without concern.
He had come to the Ancestral God Secret Realm because he intended to join the Ancestral God Religion as a special lifeform.
If an ordinary person possessed or bred a special lifeform, they naturally couldn't escape a Universe Master's examination of their soul.
But his Sunken Water Vine had no soul at all, nor any soul imprint.
That was the first reason.
The second was that his clone wasn't connected to him directly through his soul, but through the system panel.
As a result, his life aura and his Earthling body's could be concealed from each other, preventing anyone from detecting anything suspicious through their life auras.
Neither his life aura nor his soul could be examined, so he could easily pass himself off as a special lifeform born within the Ancestral God Secret Realm.
Of course, all of this was speculation. He couldn't guarantee he was right.
"So, just to be safe, I'll break through to become Undying the instant I enter the Ancestral God Secret Realm!"
His comprehension of the Law of Wood was already profound, and this body was a special lifeform. Once his Wood-Space Law comprehension met the requirements, he could easily advance to become Undying.
"This is the perfect chance to test my theory!"
When someone broke through to become Undying, their main body and clones would all break through together.
However, the Universe Origin had to rely on souls or life auras to identify a lifeform's main body and clones.
In his case, the souls and life auras of his main body and clone were all concealed by the system.
"If my clone becomes Undying while my Earthling body doesn't, that'll prove that even the Universe Origin can't identify the connection between my main body and clone!"
If even the Universe Origin couldn't tell, the Ancestral Gods of the Ancestral God Religion certainly couldn't.
Then his infiltration of the Ancestral God Religion would be foolproof.
"If it fails, I'll stop the breakthrough and return to human territory!"
He admitted that he was taking a gamble.
But if he succeeded, his Sunken Water Vine clone would become a Core Member of the Ancestral God Religion. With his talent and genes, he would undoubtedly receive extensive support, perhaps even more attention than Insect-Chasing King!
"It's just a test. The price isn't that high!"
A little over two days passed in a flash, and the Sunken Water Vine clone arrived at the outskirts of the Ancestral God Secret Realm.
The Ancestral God Religion was located within the Ancestral God Secret Realm, the largest secret realm in the universe, with a maximum diameter of 160 million light-years.
The Ancestral God Secret Realm contained many smaller secret realms, one of the most famous being the Nine Nether Secret Realm.
In fact, there were thirteen other secret realms just as famous as the Nine Nether Secret Realm.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Ao exerted his full strength and blinked as far as he could.
He entered the interior of the Ancestral God Secret Realm directly.
At that same instant, a grayish-white crystal exploded at Chen Ao's destination.
The instant the explosion ended, Chen Ao's Sunken Water Vine clone appeared and immediately began his breakthrough to become Undying with his enormous body.
In an instant, the Law Ocean descended.
Far away in Chaos City, his human body felt no change whatsoever, and he was overjoyed.
"Just as I thought! The system can conceal me from the universe's will!"
The instant the Sunken Water Vine began his breakthrough, he used the system to conceal his life aura and sever all soul connections.
The Sunken Water Vine clone had broken through, yet he remained a World Lord.
"It worked!"
He knew that, from this moment on, he had two identities: one was Chen Ao, an obscure, ordinary genius in Chaos City.
The other was Sunken Water Vine, a powerful special lifeform of the Ancestral God Religion.
The Law Ocean descended.
It supplied Chen Ao's Sunken Water Vine clone with immortal divine power.
"Absorb! Absorb everything you can!"
Innate Secret Technique, Absorption!
W Meditation.
Both were extraordinarily powerful energy-absorption abilities, and now he activated them at full strength.
Neither interfered with the other in the slightest.
At that moment, Chen Ao's Earthling body had no idea what was happening on this side.
His perceptions and the Sunken Water Vine's had been completely isolated from each other. Once that isolation was lifted, his Earthling body would undoubtedly break through to become Undying as well.
Thus, the system connection was effectively severed.
However, the Sunken Water Vine still possessed Chen Ao's complete memories and consciousness, so nothing would change.
There was no need to worry about changes to his consciousness either. The Sunken Water Vine was an ability granted by the system, and nothing would slip beyond his control.
"As for communication? I'll just use the Virtual Universe. It isn't as quick or convenient as a soul connection, but I won't miss anything I need to know!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The immensely powerful Law Ocean soon receded.
"176% conversion!"
With his Innate Secret Technique and W Meditation skill, he had not only fully converted his divine body but also increased its size by more than half.
"Tsk, tsk. A full fourteen million kilometers in size, and I've only just become Undying! Once I become a Venerable, I should be at least a hundred million kilometers in size!"
He even felt that, in the future, his Sunken Water Vine clone's divine body could be measured in light-years.
Although he didn't seem as large as the Nine Nether Sea, he could move freely and unleash one hundred percent of his strength.
That was completely different from the immobile Nine Nether Sea.
After his breakthrough, the Sunken Water Vine sent his Earthling body an email to let him know everything was fine.
His Earthling body relaxed after reading the email.
Next, he would have to develop properly within the Ancestral God Religion and strive to become a Universe Master outright.
When the time came, they could break through together.
While Chen Ao was celebrating, Luo Feng contacted him through the Virtual Universe.
"Senior, I sold half the ownership of Earth!" Luo Feng's voice was subdued.
Although he had received hundreds of billions of points, Luo Feng still couldn't feel happy.
He even considered it a humiliation.
In truth, Luo Feng had received only a small portion. Chen Ao had kept most of the valuable treasure points in reserve so Luo Feng could exchange them for valuable treasures in the future.
That would accelerate Luo Feng's growth.
"Luo Feng, this was bound to happen sooner or later. Do you understand what you need to do next?"
"I do. I need to become as strong as possible, so strong that neither the Virtual Universe Company nor even humanity's five major powers can ignore me. Earth will always belong to Earthlings!"
Chen Ao nodded. "Good. Work hard. I'll be waiting for the day you reclaim Earth!"
"Senior, I understand. I'll give it everything I've got!"
Luo Feng's desire to grow stronger intensified-to become a Venerable, a Universe Master, and even a Strongest One in the universe like Giant Axe Founder.
The two parted, and Chen Ao settled into complete seclusion in Chaos City.
PS:
Basically, these system settings are understandable, right? As long as the plot's logic doesn't contradict itself, there's no problem, right? This is mainly to let him infiltrate the Ancestral God Religion. It doesn't affect anything else.
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