Chapter 104: Mission World

Zhou Yang feels that he is currently in a very strange state.

As the strange "Clone Secret Seal" deep within his soul begins to connect, his soul force is instantly drawn into a "split flow", or rather a "splitting", with a portion flowing into ten "Clones".

Under the effect of that strange seal, the portion of soul force that entered the Doppelgangers quickly takes root and activates within those ten Clones, as if forming an independent entity.

However, this "independence" is only relative, and it does not make Zhou Yang feel any sense of division.

If he had to describe the feeling concretely, he thinks he has gained ten extra heads, ten extra bodies, and ten pairs of arms and legs.

His primary consciousness is like a mainframe that can freely control these additional limbs.

And the autonomous consciousness that splits and matures within each Doppelganger acts like a sub‑controller, making the mainframe's control more flexible, yet ultimately still under the mainframe's jurisdiction.

"Truly marvelous!"

Zhou Yang silently senses the condition of each Doppelganger.

"The soul strength in each Doppelganger is roughly one‑thousandth of the main body's, which is likely the maximum limit the Clone Secret Seal can achieve."

"As for the physical bodies, they are cultivated in clone chambers, roughly at the level of a normal Universe‑level Ninth‑tier human."

"The soul strength is weak, the body strength average, but Law Perception and Secret Technique experience can be shared with the main body."

"All told, the combat power unleashed would be comparable to an ordinary human genius, probably enough to clear the 4th or 5th levels of the Heavenly Bridge."

Zhou Yang's brows knit slightly.

The 4th and 5th levels of the Heavenly Bridge versus the 8th level—combat power isn't just half as much, you know.

"That's not right; I'm afraid my Doppelgangers' combat power is less than half of my own. Doesn't each of the teacher's Doppelgangers have about sixty percent of the main body's power?"

"Is it because the Doppelganger souls are too weak?"

He ponders silently, then his eyes brighten.

"By the way, I wonder if that portion of the Doppelganger's soul can independently practice the Three Souls Nine Refinements."

At his mental cue, the ten Doppelgangers instantly sit cross‑legged, and that portion of the spirit in the Consciousness Sea instantly coalesces into a humanoid form.

Those humanoid consciousnesses also sit cross‑legged, but their hands begin to form a series of special hand seals according to a specific posture.

"Hum~"

As each hand seal forms, a faint scorching sensation instantly surges to his mind.

Under this heat, the ten fragment souls seem to be tempered.

"It really works!"

Just a brief trial, and endless joy erupts across his face!

Those fragment souls can also independently run the Three Souls Nine Refinements, and perhaps because they are so weak, the effect of the Three Souls Nine Refinements appears especially pronounced!

After just one round of imprinting the seals, he clearly feels each fragment soul has grown slightly.

"Meteor Tear is truly astonishing; even a casually transmitted Three Souls Nine Refinement is this powerful, it could easily become one of my greatest trump cards for future ascension!"

Zhou Yang feels a surge of excitement.

The Doppelgangers cultivated with Kandeli's Clone Secret Technique have the flaw of souls many times weaker than the main body!

If the Three Souls Nine Refinements can compensate for this flaw, it doesn't need to be too strong—just enough to enlarge the Doppelganger souls to normal human level.

Given the ability to share the main body's Law Perception and Secret Technique insight, the combat power the Doppelgangers can unleash should be enough to surpass the vast majority of Human Race geniuses!

"Each Doppelganger trains the Three Souls Nine Refinements to enlarge its soul, and with the main body continuously cultivating as well, the feedback power keeps increasing, so the Doppelgangers' combat power can definitely rise rapidly!"

"I doubt Teacher Kandeli ever imagined his Clone Secret Technique would fit me so well!"

Zhou Yang feels a wave of triumph in his heart, and he begins to contemplate his next plan.

"The Doppelgangers are ready; next we should consider the mission."

He shouts quickly in his mind:

"Babata, craft a batch of combat gear for the Doppelgangers, and also help me search the Treasury for a secret technique that hides aura and alters form."

"Received!"

Endless starry sky, billions of races, endless battles erupt at every moment.

The path of the strong has never spoken of comfort.

Truly powerful individuals have always grown through repeated life‑and‑death trials.

Members of this Genius Battle, after passing the initial ease, gradually realized this.

One by one, geniuses begin to take on missions, entering the cultivation world to temper themselves.

Luo Feng went to the dangerous‑level world "Blood Luo World", Rong Jun went to the difficult‑level world "Blood Demon Cave", and Bolan went to the dangerous‑level world "Nine Star Sea".

The once bustling Yuxiang Mountain quickly fell silent again.

Half a year later, an entirely deep‑blue, long‑sword‑shaped starship launched from Zhou Yang's territory, soaring swiftly toward the strange starry sky within the Primordial Secret Realm.

It is an ancient mountain range that has existed for an unfathomable billions of years.

Endless mountains stretching billions of miles are covered by vast, towering, dense jungles, within which occasional roars of unknown exotic beasts echo, sounding extremely terrifying.

"Swoosh!"

A fleeting afterimage plunges into the dense jungle, then slides rapidly along a massive ancient tree to the ground.

The figure is rugged, clad in a gray‑brown beast‑skin coat, beast‑skin boots, with both arms and calves exposed.

His hair is a wild tangle, giving him the unmistakable look of a wild man.

Only the pitch‑black long spear slung on his back and his deep, abyss‑like black eyes add a touch of mystery.

"I thought this Ruins Ancient God Temple world was a wasteland, but the environment actually looks pretty decent."

The 'wild man' Zhou Yang murmurs.

"That's normal; this world is absurdly vast, and the Ruins Ancient God Temple lies only in its core region—how could everything be ruins?"

Babata replies in his mind, "Zhou Yang, this world has almost no technological artifacts; I stay dormant unless summoned."

"Alright."

Zhou Yang nodded.

The world he now stands in is the world where the dangerous-level mission "Ruins Ancient God Temple" is located.

This is also the first Cultivation Mission Zhou Yang accepted, and he had naturally gathered ample information about this mission world beforehand.

Legend says that billions of eras ago, this world was home to a number of powerful Ancient Gods.

Ordinary people residing in this world could, through a special ritual, communicate with the Ancient Gods and pray for the Gods to grant them power beyond the mortal realm.

It was precisely by virtue of the powerful power bestowed by the Ancient Gods that they could survive in this beast‑rampant world.

Yet, for reasons unknown, those powerful Ancient Gods gradually vanished, and even the temples where they lived became ruins.

Fortunately, that mysterious sacrificial ritual somehow still works; as long as one offers a suitable sacrificial item, one can receive a certain mysterious energy feedback, granting the sacrificer various wondrous abilities.

"Ruins Ancient God Temple Mission 1: Collect any single drop of Ancient Divine Blood; mission completion reward 10,000 points."

"Ruins Ancient God Temple Mission 2: Collect 36 different types of Ancient Divine Blood; mission completion reward 100,000 points."

These are the two requirements of the dangerous-level "Ruins Ancient God Temple" mission.

The frustrating part is that the mission does not explain what Ancient Divine Blood is, nor where to obtain it.

"First, try to make contact with the indigenous residents of this world."

Zhou Yang sighed inwardly, briefly oriented himself, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

(End of chapter)