100-Fold Genes, Crossing the Threshold of the Space Origin Law

"Roar!"

The rock man roared and struggled madly. Black light abruptly surfaced over his earthen-yellow body, covering him entirely as his rocky body became like metal.

The Hard Rock Race's Innate Secret Technique, Hardening, increased his defense tenfold upon activation.

Along with his defense, his strength increased as well.

The rock man tugged with both arms, trying to forcibly tear apart the Star-Eating Grass's main vine.

But Star-Eating Grass was renowned throughout the universe for its toughness. Apart from plant-type Special Lifeforms, its resilience was the greatest among all plant lifeforms.

The Universe Level 9 Star-Eating Grass's main vines bound his entire body, forcibly wrenching his arms behind his back. No matter how great his strength, he could not break free.

Just then, a main vine stabbed fiercely toward the rock man's chest, a Fifth-Order Force Weapon longsword entwined around it.

The sword tip thrust forward, piercing the rock man's defenses as easily as a needle piercing a sheet of paper.

The main vine burrowed into the rock man's body, and its branching vines rapidly grew and spread.

After finding the stone heart, several leaves sprouted, wrapped around that red "stone heart," and yanked it outward.

"Squelch."

Like pulling up a radish, the Star-Eating Grass forcibly pulled the "stone heart" out of his body.

"Roar!!!"

The rock man let out an unwilling roar. His enormous body crumbled and disintegrated inch by inch at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming a pile of broken stones and dirt before finally turning into energy and dissipating.

Bound by the Star-Eating Grass's leaves, the red stone heart trembled violently, trying to escape.

But the Star-Eating Grass held the stone heart tightly, preventing it from breaking free.

"Master!"

The Star-Eating Grass returned with the "stone heart," presenting it to Chu Yuan as though offering a treasure.

Chu Yuan did not reach for it. He was only at Star Level 9 and could not hold the "stone heart."

As long as the stone heart remained, the rock man was not truly dead.

With enough energy, he could soon revive.

Capturing the "stone heart" was equivalent to capturing a Hard Rock Race Special Lifeform alive.

"Fortunately, I encountered a slow-moving, unintelligent Special Lifeform like the Hard Rock Race. If it had been another race, capturing one alive wouldn't have been so easy."

Special Lifeforms were generally highly intelligent. Only rock-type Special Lifeforms had low intelligence.

"Congratulations, Master. You've made another fortune."

Feiluan landed on Chu Yuan's shoulder and congratulated him with a smile.

"I checked the auction data. Although Hard Rock Race Special Lifeforms don't have good Innate Secret Techniques, their bodies are enormous. The starting bid alone is one million Hunyuan Units. The final prices vary, with the higher ones exceeding ten million Hunyuan Units!"

The Star-Eating Grass placed the "stone heart" inside an E-grade metal box, and Chu Yuan stored it in his World Ring.

"Once I sell it, I won't be short of money for the time being."

Chu Yuan had not expected this trip to bring an unexpected windfall. Besides finding the Great Void Spirit Crystal, he had also captured a Special Lifeform alive.

After putting away the stone heart, Chu Yuan flew toward the Great Void Spirit Crystal.

He passed through layer after layer of "white ribbons of light" and arrived before the Great Void Spirit Crystal.

The Great Void Spirit Crystal was only fist-sized. Chu Yuan grabbed it, placed it against his brow, and released his Spiritual Force into it, beginning the fusion.

The Great Void Spirit Crystal emitted dazzling white light and slowly merged into Chu Yuan's brow, hovering within his sea of consciousness.

White light energy surged from his sea of consciousness and flowed through Chu Yuan's flesh and blood. His cells frantically absorbed the energy, and his life genes rapidly evolved.

During this genetic evolution, Chu Yuan felt cool and comfortable all over, without the slightest pain.

Soon, his life genes broke through the onefold limit and reached twofold.

Then came threefold, fourfold, tenfold, twentyfold, and fiftyfold.

Finally, Chu Yuan's life genes broke through to a hundredfold.

At the same time, Chu Yuan's soul fused perfectly with the Great Void Spirit Crystal, and the Great Void Spirit Crystal became an existence like a "Life Core."

From then on, his head was no longer Chu Yuan's fatal weak point.

As long as his Life Core was not destroyed, he would not die and could use it to regenerate endlessly.

"With hundredfold life genes, in a sense, I'm a Special Lifeform now too!"

Chu Yuan's consciousness appeared inside his Life Core, whose interior resembled a small world.

At the same time, Chu Yuan sensed something and mysteriously came to know a piece of information.

He had gained the ability to nurture clones. Before becoming an Immortal, he could nurture three clones.

But there was a limit to the clones his Life Core could nurture: the target's Life Gene Level could not exceed fifty times that of his original body.

Once it exceeded that limit, the nurturing would fail.

Chu Yuan did not mind this.

His current life genes were a hundredfold. Multiplied by fifty, that would be five thousandfold, already qualifying as a very powerful Special Lifeform.

Special Lifeforms in the universe with five-thousandfold genes were essentially all unique.

Opening his eyes to look at the world again, Chu Yuan's perception of the universe was vastly different this time.

"The Space Origin Law is so clear."

Chu Yuan could sense the existence of the Space Origin Law with great clarity, more than ten thousand times clearer than before.

After fusing with the Great Void Spirit Crystal, Chu Yuan's affinity for the Space Origin Law had reached an astonishing degree, surpassing even the talent of some favored children of the Space Origin Law.

"Let's test the results."

Chu Yuan focused his mind and calmed himself, practicing the "Illusory Space" secret technique in midair.

The first level of the Illusory Space secret technique, called Phantom Body, required an initial grasp of the Space Origin Law to master.

Once mastered, it could distort space during movement, splitting off Space Phantoms.

Space Phantoms differed from afterimages. Afterimages were false; no matter how many there were, there was only one real body.

But every Space Phantom was real.

The more Space Phantoms one cultivated, the stronger one's combat power would be.

With numerous Phantom Bodies working together, their minds connected, the combat power they unleashed was not as simple as one plus one.

Chu Yuan unleashed his power to the fullest, flying through the air. His movements were outrageously fast, and the manifestation of the Law of Space around him grew increasingly pronounced.

Finally, at a certain moment, Chu Yuan's body distorted slightly and split into two.

The two Chu Yuans were identical, and the secret techniques they performed were identical as well.

But the Phantom Body vanished in less than a second, appearing for only an instant.

"No, that's not right."

Chu Yuan recognized the state he was in.

That had not been a Space Phantom. It looked like one but was not truly one, unable to fight in actual combat and deal fatal blows to enemies like a true Space Phantom.

He flew out as a streak of fiery light, his body instantly splitting into two again. This time, it lasted seconds before disappearing.

Chu Yuan performed the Illusory Space secret technique over and over, continuously splitting off Phantom Bodies that vanished again and again.

Time passed, and the Space Phantoms lasted longer and longer, becoming increasingly real.

Seconds, seconds, seconds, 0.1 seconds.

After two full months of arduous cultivation, Chu Yuan finally condensed a true Space Phantom.

He was real and could inflict fatal injuries on enemies just like the original body. Although he lasted less than 0.5 seconds, that was already astonishing enough.

In actual combat, 0.5 seconds was enough to decide life and death!

Reaching this point meant that Chu Yuan had finally crossed the threshold of the Law of Space.

"This is all thanks to the Great Void Spirit Crystal!"

Chu Yuan was excited, beside himself with joy.

Without the Great Void Spirit Crystal enhancing his talent, who knew how many years of arduous cultivation it would have taken to reach this point?