Chapter 118: Surging Life Genes

In the world being nurtured inside Zhou Yang's Minghe World, a mass of flowing light erupted with a thunderous blast.

Countless tiny, dazzling light specks floated on, arranging themselves.

At last, an immense, humanoid Secret Pattern Network Image, its lines countless times more intricate and profound than the Original True Explanation, emerged within the Minghe World.

Zhou Yang's consciousness merely swept over this Secret Pattern Image, and he was instantly stunned!

Vitality—an incomparable force of vitality!

And that hidden yet intermittently manifest great Dao fluctuation!

Zhou Yang felt his whole soul, down to every inch of flesh and each gene fragment, erupt in fervent cheers.

Immediately followed by an intense yearning—for the evolution of life!

"This, this Secret Pattern Image is powerful—far too powerful! It's over a hundred times more mystically complex than the Original True Explanation!"

Zhou Yang's face was awash with shock, and boundless joy instantly rose within his heart.

"Opportunity—this is the real opportunity! It's more potent than the Original True Explanation!"

His fingers lightly brushed the vague crystal-shaped imprint on his chest.

In his heart, the Meteor Tear's formidable power sparked further shock and curiosity.

"A brand‑new Secret Pattern Image, over a hundred times more mystically complex than the Original True Explanation, if successfully imprinted within the body—who knows what heaven‑defying effects it would yield!"

Zhou Yang couldn't help but feel anticipation.

"The Meteor Tear has given me yet another massive surprise!"

【7】 Zhou Yang's perception of the Meteor Tear's marvels gained new insight.

Zhou Yang's heart gained a few more new insights into the marvel of the Meteor Tear.

He didn't waste a thought, instantly mobilizing his entire consciousness to meticulously observe the massive three‑dimensional Secret Pattern Image within the Minghe World.

Nevertheless, even with his soul power far exceeding that of his peers, he sensed tremendous pressure while scrutinizing the Secret Pattern Image.

Lines of Secret Pattern threads interwove, and an inexplicable Dao resonance continuously rippled across the image.

While probing the Secret Pattern Image more deeply, Zhou Yang felt his Mental Power being frantically drained.

Just a brief glance exhausted more than he would expend in a single eighth great battle wielding the Source Divine Weapon!

He quickly realized something was amiss.

"No, at this rate my Mental Power can't sustain seeing the entire image! If I can't even see it clearly, let alone memorize or transcribe it!"

His heart grew anxious.

With such a colossal opportunity before him, he could not curb his urge to explore.

Soon a thought sparked in his mind.

"Right, the Original True Explanation can be split into 36 branch images for memorization and engraving; perhaps this Meteor Tear‑altered Secret Pattern Image can be treated the same way!"

He ceased immersing in each Secret Pattern line, instead pulling back his perspective to observe the image holistically.

Tiny specks of phosphorescence flickered, while an inexplicable great Dao resonance slowly coursed through the Secret Pattern image.

Zhou Yang marshaled all his Mental Power to scrutinize, and soon made a discovery.

The three‑dimensional Secret Pattern image's lines twisted and interlaced to an extreme degree of complexity.

Yet the brightness and size of the light points constituting each line differed.

He swiftly classified the entire Secret Pattern image according to this rule, quickly decomposing the complex image.

In the end, he partitioned the entire image into 36 main Meridian Diagrams, 72 branch Meridian Diagrams, and a total of 108 auxiliary Meridian Diagrams.

Between these main, branch, and auxiliary lines, countless hair‑thin line patterns densely linked the diagrams into a unified whole.

"Division complete—now let's see if my hypothesis holds true!"

"The main pathways of this image are relatively clear—let's start with the main lines!"

This time, he blocked the other pathways, concentrating all his energy on a single one of the 36 main Meridian Diagrams.

Within his Minghe World, a storm seemed to arise, colossal Mental Power surged forth, laboriously breaking through the outer Dao resonance of the Secret Pattern image, enabling him to discern the detailed pathways of the target Meridian Diagram.

During this process, Mental Power was being frantically drained.

Zhou Yang dared not delay, seizing the time to commit it to memory.

At last, when his Mental Power was more than half depleted, he had memorized every line trajectory of this segment!

"Now, let's test whether my conjecture works!"

He took a short rest, and once his Mental Power fully recovered, he began interfacing the Soul Crystal with the Origin Force Crystal inside the Minghe.

Soon a Singularity Power, blending his Mental Power with Original Force, slowly streamed from the Minghe.

"Begin!"

He carefully directed this Singularity Power into a mysterious acupoint within his body.

After fully igniting that acupoint, the Singularity Power used it as a springboard, continuing to extend.

Zhou Yang's Singularity Power kept depleting, compelling him to draw additional power from the Minghe.

One, two, three.

Along the path, special acupoints were linked and illuminated one by one.

Finally, when the 36th acupoint was illuminated, the freshly imprinted line diagram shuddered with a thunderous quake.

The 36 acupoints along this line lit up sequentially, and a mysterious wave instantly coalesced.

"Heh heh heh~~~"

Droplets of cosmic energy continuously poured into his body, then traveled along this line, transmuting into a wondrous energy that seeped into his cells.

Each of his cellular genes, propelled by this energy, began to slowly undergo subtle, wondrous changes.

And every filament of gene evolution sparks a cataclysmic metamorphosis throughout his body!

Perhaps because the main line diagram formed by linking the thirty‑six acupoints is incomplete, the process proceeds very slowly.

Nevertheless, though slow, it continues unabated.

"So comfortable, so comfortable!"

Outside, Zhou Yang half‑closed his eyes, but his face showed an unmistakable excited expression.

"This feeling... is the source of life evolving!"

He instantly understood the source of this feeling.

When a cultivator breaks through each major checkpoint, their gene level undergoes a massive leap; this is the evolution of the source of life.

However, as he carefully sensed it, he found that the evolution currently underway, in both speed and intensity, was far more violent than any previous breakthrough.

Moreover, this change kept continuing; Zhou Yang's life aura was rapidly strengthening, and both his flesh and soul were increasing exponentially in power!

"This"

"Could this be... my Life Gene Level rising!"

Zhou Yang almost fell into a daze.

Normally, the elevation of the Life Gene Level occurs only that many times.

From Apprentice Level to Planet Level, Planet Level to Stellar Level, Stellar Level to Universe Level, Universe Level to Domain Lord Level, Domain Lord Level to World Master Level.

Only these major checkpoints cause a bodily gene leap. The progression from the first to the ninth grade is merely an accumulation of quantity.

This is limited by the rules governing the Universe's operation.

In the original work, only the hermit, using the 'Nine Tribulations Secret Code' left by that special metal, could bypass the Universe's operational rules and drive the body's genes to evolve again.

This has become one of Luo Feng's greatest trump cards in his rise within the Universe.

However, now this secret pattern image, altered by Meteor Tear, after cultivation, surprisingly also possesses an effect similar to the 'Nine-Grade Secret Code'!

And this is only one of the 36 mainline Meridian Diagrams cultivated, with another 35 mainline diagrams, 72 side diagrams, and 108 auxiliary diagrams remaining.

If the entire secret pattern image could be fully depicted, how defying‑the‑heavens would the effect be!

"Damn, this is a defying‑the‑heavens opportunity—absolutely must not be leaked, or I could be controlled or possessed in an instant!"

For a moment, Zhou Yang felt a faint sourness at the roots of his teeth.

At the same time, he also had to reassess the ceiling of Meteor Tear.

"From now on, the Divine King of the Stellar Transformation World seems to have a stature far surpassing that of the Venerable who devours worlds!"

(End of Chapter)