A surge in strength

There were quite a few similarities and differences between Li Che's original self and the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm.

For instance, both possessed excellent innate talent and were particularly adept at the earth origin law.

But there were also many differences. The Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm followed the path of a spirit reader controller, while Li Che's original self followed the warrior path. They had developed their understanding of the earth origin law in very different directions.

The Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm was a textbook genius of the Swallowed Star universe.

He had used a lower-order law as his foundation, gradually extended his understanding into the corresponding Space Origin Laws, then studied its three major branches and created secret techniques based on them...

Later, the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm had chosen a special life-form adept at space and souls as his clone. Its body rivaled a Starry Sky Beast in size, and its genetic level was 114 times the baseline. It was an exceptionally noble and rare type of life-form.

Throughout his journey, he had dealt with Undying Deities and venerables from the Ganwu Universe Country or the Virtual Universe Company. The path laid out by these veteran cultivators of the Primitive Universe was naturally sound, guiding Li Che along the most direct route toward mastering space and time.

By comparison, Li Che's original self had taken a much more unorthodox route.

Having encountered the laws and profound mysteries system of the Lord Xue Ying World at a relatively low level, Li Che had followed his instincts down the path of earth, gravity, gravitational attraction, and black holes. Before becoming an Undying Deity, calling this a misguided path would not have been unfair.

After all, to reproduce a celestial body like a black hole more thoroughly, Li Che had acquired a rather disparate understanding of the Primitive Universe's origin laws.

With the earth Origin Laws at its core, Li Che's knowledge also encompassed parts of the Space Origin Laws, the Time Origin Laws, the light Origin Laws, and more...

This was useful, of course. Studying black holes had given Li Che a well-rounded set of abilities. Their power not only granted him formidable combat strength, but also allowed him to control immense gravitational forces. This had given him considerable insight into sealing and control, from which he had developed numerous specialized warrior moves, while tempering his body accordingly.

Unfortunately, the Primitive Universe he inhabited imposed a strict requirement: to become a universe venerable, one had to master either the time law or the space law.

Li Che himself had noticed this problem. He was now trying to redirect his research into black hole laws, using black holes to study the space law. He had already gained some insight into Spatial Annihilation, one of the space law's three major branches.

His desire to join one of the five great powers also stemmed from his wish to "straighten out" his path of comprehending laws.

The legacy of the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm filled the gaps in his current abilities almost perfectly.

As he carefully absorbed the accumulated insights into soul techniques and the space law within that Mountain Sea Realm legacy, which even included two exceptionally powerful self-created secret techniques, Li Che was undeniably pleased.

According to those memories, before his death, the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm had already cleared the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge and mastered most aspects of Spatial Lockdown, though his grasp of Spatial Annihilation and Instantaneous Movement remained considerably lacking.

The main reason for his formidable actual combat strength was that, at the World Master Level, the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm had received inheritances from the Earthling Lineage, including the Nine Tribulations Manual. He had even obtained a General Soul, a lesser derivative of the supreme treasure Origin Soul. The boost to his strength had been outrageous, and he had once annihilated the soul of a peak marquis-level immortal.

Meanwhile, Li Che's original self was gradually incorporating that understanding of laws into his own body.

At the same time, as the legacy of the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm merged into his original self, Li Che's physical body and soul in the real world were quietly transforming.

The most conspicuous change was between Li Che's brows. The pitch-black law pattern, which radiated terrifying gravitational rules like a black hole, pulsed slowly as a faint silver glow spread across it, making it look extraordinarily remarkable.

This signified that Li Che's comprehension of the Space Origin Laws was rapidly improving, earning their recognition at an astonishing pace.

Higher-order origin laws were far too important in this Primitive Universe.

Meanwhile, on a microscopic level, every cell in Li Che's original body was transforming at an extremely rapid rate. His muscles, skin, and bones were being reshaped in an incomprehensible manner, their strength, density, and other properties changing at tremendous speed.

After all, the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm was nothing like those counterparts from low-powered martial worlds. As a World Master Level genius of the Swallowed Star universe, his genetic multiplier was anything but ordinary.

As a transmigrator, the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm had visited the Blood Luo World during his Universe Level days. Unfortunately, a focus on the earth Origin Laws did not offer particularly high efficiency in assimilating Blood Luo Crystals.

During his domain lord days, his teacher, Venerable Youhou, who was still a universe overlord at the time, had also given him an exceptionally precious treasure. It was that treasure that had directly transformed Li Che's genetic level once again, raising it to a full ten times the baseline.

A tenfold genetic level!

This was already the limit for ordinary races. Though it fell far short of the genetic levels of special life-forms across the universe, it was already quite impressive within the human race.

After all, humans had low genetic multipliers to begin with. Many human universe venerables had only a tenfold genetic level even after reaching the venerable level.

It was easy to imagine how highly Venerable Youhou had regarded the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm back then.

Moved by the thought, Li Che felt his own genetic level rapidly rising and nodded slightly.

After a brief hesitation, Li Che suddenly took several Life Fruits out of his internal world and ate one as though it were an apple.

Life Fruits contained tremendous amounts of life force. Ordinary World Lords considered them miraculous, lifesaving medicine, and a single fruit was said to be enough to fully reactivate all of a World Lord's bodily functions.

But to Li Che, whose level of life was exceptionally high, their greatest use was replenishing his expenditure and sustaining his evolution.

In truth, the genetic level of the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm had been far more than merely tenfold. At the sector lord level, he had practiced Sitting Mountain Guest's Nine Tribulations Manual on Earth, undergoing several genetic transformations.

However, Li Che had chosen to strip out every part of the legacy related to the Nine Tribulations Manual. He would rather discard it all than retain even a trace.

After all, the Nine Tribulations Manual was far more complicated than it appeared. On the surface, it was merely the work of a universe supreme master, but in reality, it was connected to a god-king-level existence on the Origin Continent.

Li Che was certain that Sitting Mountain Guest could detect any being carrying the aura of the Nine Tribulations Manual.

His original self was no Earthling. If Sitting Mountain Guest discovered the aura of the Nine Tribulations Manual on someone who was not from Earth, it would undoubtedly invite unimaginable trouble.

What a pity. If not for my wariness of the Nine Tribulations Manual, my genetic level would surely have risen much further.

As he felt his muscles, bones, and skin growing denser, his soul becoming more resilient, and his affinity with the universe's origin laws rapidly increasing, Li Che could not help feeling a little regretful.

A long time passed. Only after the surging fluctuations of World Force within him gradually subsided did Li Che let out a soft sigh, return his consciousness to his original self, and slowly rise from the ground.

He realized that the legacy of the Li Che of the Mountain Sea Realm had provided him with a great deal of help.

Granted, Li Che could not inherit any of the connections, treasures, or Hunyuan units that his counterpart had possessed in life.

But his comprehension of the space law, experience in soul cultivation, genetic multiplier, and innate secret technique for creating clones-those four things alone had made Li Che's long journey to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire worthwhile.

With the support of this legacy, more precious than ordinary treasures, he believed he could rise at tremendous speed. Joining the core ranks of the five great powers would be well within reach; even entering their highest-tier secret realms directly would not be difficult.