Chapter 93 Nine-Colored Magic Crystal

After his consciousness exited the virtual universe, Shen Mu looked towards the long inheritance stairs in the distance.

"More than 5,700 steps, this is close to my limit."

Shen Mu felt that with his own consciousness and soul potential, he had advanced more than 200 levels a day in the beginning, but now he could only advance one level every seven or eight days, and the speed was getting slower and slower.

According to Shen Mu's estimation, getting the reward for the second stage would be the limit.

I hope that the rewards for the second stage will include soul treasures more powerful than the Golden Soul Fruit, otherwise I will definitely have no hope of passing the third stage.

"This divine general's inheritance requirements are indeed outrageous. No wonder none of these thirty-two inheritance palaces have collapsed over the years."

These thirty-two inheritance palaces are, to some extent, disposable. Once someone obtains all the inheritance, they will collapse directly.

Shen Mu took a deep breath, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, and continued to immerse himself in the inheritance of the Demonic Sound God, stepping onto higher levels step by step.

Half a month later, the universe-level qualifying battle in the original zone began.

The format of the qualifying round is very simple, it adopts a round-robin format, with Shen Mu and other six players fighting each other. The winner will get 1 point, and the ranking will be based on the points.

Shen Mu specially took a day off to participate in the qualifying match and easily won four consecutive victories. Fito, Sima Yan, Bolan and Luo Feng were no match for Shen Mu and were basically killed instantly.

Among them, Luo Feng almost defeated Fito with his own telekinesis amplitude of three thousand times. As for Sima Yan and Bolan, they were no match for Luo Feng.

Shen Mu didn't care about the rest of the competition. As the first place in the qualifying round of the Original Zone, he didn't have to participate in the challenge of the geniuses from the Taichu Zone.

……

In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.

On the 6666th level of the inheritance ladder, Shen Mu stepped into the majestic and magnificent palace.

Rumble!
The entire hall was shaking, and the roar was like the ancient gods roaring, echoing for endless years.

"My inheritance has three stages. Over the countless years, you are the 9447th candidate to pass the second stage.

Successfully mastering all the inheritances of the second stage will grant you the title of 'God's Chosen One' and you will receive the 'God's Chosen One' reward!"

In the deepest part of the palace, endless black fog dissipated, and a crack suddenly appeared in the void.

Two white light balls flew out from the crack, like miniature stars, and finally hovered in front of Shen Mu.

In the light balls were a piece of armor and a magical nine-colored crystal. The magical nine-colored crystal in particular emitted nine special tones and sound waves faintly, touching people's souls.

At the same time, the corresponding information also reached Shen Mu's mind.

That piece of armor is the top-level divine armor, the Imperial Spirit Armor, which is worth more than 10 billion Hunyuan units. Ordinary immortal kings cannot afford to wear armor of this level.

"This treasure is great. As for the Pupa Snail Armor, you can give it to the Yanshen Clan's clone for temporary use."

Although the quality of the pupa snail armor on Shen Mu's body is top-grade, its value is only around one million Hunyuan units, which is far from comparable to this Yuling Armor.

The Yanshen clan's clones really don't have any good treasures at this stage, so they use the snail armor for the time being, and then replace it with weapons and armor, general armor, etc. that are specially used by the Yanshen clan later.

Shen Mu directly put on the Yuling Armor. This kind of top-level armor can be directly integrated with the human body, and then it needs to be nurtured by the Force to recognize the master before it can be completely put on successfully.

Finally, Shen Mu set his sights on the magical nine-colored crystal.

"Nine-Colored Magic Crystal, with the blessing of this soul treasure, there is hope to impact the third stage of inheritance!"

The Nine-Colored Fantasy Divine Crystal is a natural treasure unique to the secret realm of the Ancestral God Sect. It is countless times more precious than the Golden Soul Fruit and can greatly enhance the soul's talent. It is extremely precious and rare even for those who want to be crowned as immortal kings.

Only one Nine-Colored Fantasy Divine Crystal will be born every ten thousand epochs in the entire secret realm. Its value is immeasurable, more than a hundred times higher than that of the Imperial Spirit Armor.

Shen Mu followed the instructions in the inheritance message, and a ray of mental power surged in and merged into this nine-colored fantasy crystal.

hum!
The nine-colored phantom crystal trembled, and then began to melt, bursting out with magnificent and dreamy nine-colored light, filling the entire palace.

For a moment, the entire hall seemed to have turned into a legendary fairyland. The next moment, countless dreamy nine-colored lights began to shrink, merge into Shen Mu's brows, and penetrate into Shen Mu's nuclear soul.

At this moment, Shen Mu's consciousness was immersed in an extremely real illusion.

In this illusion, Shen Mu was just an ordinary planetary citizen of the human race. He lived successfully for a thousand years and eventually died.

After this life ended, Shen Mu's consciousness suddenly awakened, and the memory of thousands of years began to become illusory, as if it was just a dream.

Before Shen Mu could prepare himself, his consciousness was once again immersed in a new illusion, and it was another new life.

In this life, Shen Mu is just a member of a weak tribe in the universe. The strongest person in the tribe is just an ordinary immortal who relies on the Nine Realm Alliance for survival.

In this life, Shen Mu himself is the tribe's top genius. He comprehended the laws at the stellar level and is regarded as the future tribe's god.

However, during the process of growing up, he experienced various hardships and eventually died unexpectedly, stopping at the cosmic level.

This time, Shen Mu lived for more than 20,000 years. When Shen Mu's consciousness awakened, it still began to blur like a big dream, and he entered a new life.

In this way, Shen Mu's consciousness began to reincarnate again and again, but basically most of the reincarnations were just ordinary lives. The highest achievement was that he became a domain lord-level powerhouse in a certain life.

In the reincarnations, Shen Mu's consciousness also changed, even the memories of those lives were vaguely forgotten like dreams.

However, the trials and tribulations he experienced in this reincarnation allowed Shen Mu's will to be strengthened again and again, and it did not regress due to the disappearance of his reincarnation memories.

Thousands of lifetimes, tens of thousands of lifetimes... Shen Mu had no idea how many reincarnations he had experienced, or how many years he had spent in that environment.

But in the outside world, Shen Mu was just in a daze for more than half a day. During this half day, the power of the Nine-Colored Fantasy Crystal was quickly devoured by Shen Mu's soul.

After all, it is an extremely precious treasure. Shen Mu originally had an extremely strong soul foundation, and now he has transformed again.

As expected, it is a treasure that only exists once in tens of thousands of eras. So far, only more than 200 million pieces have been produced in the entire primitive universe. It seems like a lot, but there are not many scattered throughout the universe.

……

After a long time, in the silent palace, Shen Mu opened his eyes again.

There was a look of confusion in his originally deep pupils. He stared at the palace blankly for a very long time.

Gradually, Shen Mu's confused eyes became bright, with a faint glow of light flowing, and his whole temperament changed slightly.

Clear, bright and peaceful, tranquil and harmonious.

"The effect of the Nine-Colored Magic Crystal is surprisingly so good."

Shen Mu came back to his senses and was greatly surprised at the effect of the Nine-Colored Magic Crystal, although there was no way to directly measure how much his soul and will had improved.

But Shen Mu could clearly feel that his thinking speed was several times faster than before, and his state of mind had also improved greatly. Maybe it couldn't be compared with Brother Hong's heart that embraced the world, but it should not be weaker than the second brother's innocent heart.

In fact, Shen Mu didn’t know the effect of this Nine-Colored Magic Crystal. It all depended on who was using it.

If it is an eternal creature that has experienced billions of years, then it will have almost no effect on will and state of mind. The only effect may be to improve the potential of the soul.

Generally speaking, if the improvement of using the Nine-Colored Magic Crystal can be one-tenth of Shen Mu's, it is considered an outstanding effect. Even if you encounter some people with extremely bad moods, using this Nine-Colored Magic Crystal may have the opposite effect, and the whole person may have a split personality and become a madman.

Shen Mu looked up at the end of the inheritance stairs, where there was an ancient temple shrouded in endless divine light.

Above the ancient temple, a huge shadow can be vaguely seen, sitting in the void, as if overlooking the starry sky spanning countless light years.

Starting from the 6667th step, the demonic sound echoing on the inheritance steps became more violent, and the illusionary power it contained became even stronger.

But for Shen Mu, whose state of mind, will and soul have all improved significantly, the pressure has been reduced countless times.

Although Shen Mu could not, like Hong, rely solely on his state of mind and will to withstand the pressure of the consciousness of the Universe Master and the illusion of the peak of immortality.

But Shen Mu also has his own advantages, relying on the thousands-fold amplitude of his telekinesis, the powerful illusion resistance granted by his innate secret technique "Ten Thousand Spirits", and the exclusive magic sound resistance blessing of the Golden Soul Fruit and the Nine-Colored Illusion Crystal.

This magic sound that could easily confuse the immortal gods posed almost no pressure to Shen Mu.

Two years later, above the 8000th step.

"hold head high!"

"Woo..."

Amid the interweaving of fantastic magic sounds, Shen Mu's eyes were filled with clear light as he looked into the distance at the vast palace that had already emerged.

The magic sound and illusion here are comparable to the illusion on the 17th island in the Sea of ​​Illusion. If you are not an immortal warrior on the path of the soul, only a king-level warrior can withstand this illusion.

Of course, Hong's hanging on the wall doesn't count.

It was also in this year that Luo Feng sent an email, saying that he had reached his limit, and finally stopped at more than 4900 steps.

In the original novel, Luo Feng reached his limit at only around step 3300. If he could advance another steps, he would be able to obtain the treasure of the second stage in advance through the clone of the Demon Killing Clan.

But now with Shen Mu's guidance, Luo Feng did not deliberately pursue speed. Instead, he moved forward slowly, trying his best to train his own will through this magic sound. He successfully obtained the treasure of the second stage and achieved a score of 4900.

After leaving Demon Mountain, Luo Feng continued to complete his training mission, while Shen Mu continued to accept the inheritance.

Time flies. More than six hundred days have passed. The amplitude of Shen Mu's mental power has increased by 1000 times again, reaching the 9000th step of the inheritance ladder.

The magic sound and illusion ability here is comparable to the illusion on the 20th island in the Illusion Sea. Fortunately, the magic sound in this inheritance ladder has no conscious pressure, but is just a simple illusion ability, otherwise Shen Mu would find it difficult to continue.

Facing the high and boiling demonic sound, Shen Mu walked towards the highest point step by step.

During this process, the will became more and more condensed, and the soul crystal core became clearer and brighter. The original faint colorful glow has now turned into a bright and dazzling divine light.

If you enter Shen Mu's inner world, you will find that Shen Mu's soul crystal core is like a dazzling five-colored star, hanging high in the sky.

As he approached the limit, Shen Mu's progress became slower and slower.

Step 9071, Step 9072... Finally Shen Mu stopped at Step 9104.

On the wide black rock steps, Shen Mu looked at the inheritance temple that was just around the corner.

"Sure enough, this is the limit."

Shen Mu's face was extremely pale, and the bright light in his eyes dimmed. The brilliant soul crystal core in the world inside his body no longer shone, having completely reached its limit.

If you want to go further, there are ways.

The first method is to create a soulless clone, such as a clone of the Demon Killer Clan, and directly break into the final palace.

Shen Mu has been collecting various unique biological materials over the years, including naturally soulless biological materials.

At that time, Shen Mu’s thought was, what if it might be used someday?
However, it would take several years or even longer to create a clone.

Fortunately, Shen Mu has time. The inheritance of the Demonic Sound God is different from that of the Purgatory God. The power of the Demonic Sound here will not increase with time. Instead, the higher the step, the greater the power of the Demonic Sound.

As for the other method, that is to break through the realm lord level. Now Shen Mu's Qinglong clone has reached the peak of the domain lord level and has begun to evolve towards the realm lord level.

Under normal circumstances, it would take 5000 years of evolution to take this step, but Shen Mu has all kinds of resources to support him. Now he only needs to wait for about ten years at most, and he will definitely be able to take the last step.

After breaking through the realm master, the essence of the soul will undergo another transformation, and the resistance to illusions will naturally be greatly improved, so there is hope of breaking in.

"It takes time to breed a clone, so I should break through to the realm master level."

After making the decision, Shen Mu first sat cross-legged and mobilized his own Force to allow the Earthling to take one more step forward and break through to the Domain Lord level first.

With the experience of the breakthroughs of the Azure Dragon clone and the Yanshen clan clone, Shen Mu's breakthrough speed was naturally very fast.

In just half an hour, a life core condensed in the body.

For almost all domain masters, the life core is the foundation of life, and once it is destroyed, it means death.

But Shen Mu is different. Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone has a pronucleus, and the Earth deity and the Yanshen clan clone each have a life core. The core of life is on the pronucleus that carries the soul.

……

On the day of Shen Mu's breakthrough, the Virtual Universe Company discovered through the optical computer Shen Mu was wearing that Shen Mu had entered the domain master level and contacted Shen Mu immediately.

Virtual universe, Yuxiang Mountain, primitive zone.

At Shen Mu's manor, two staff members from the Virtual Universe Company arrived as soon as possible and contacted Shen Mu.

"Your Highness Shen Mu, according to the regulations, we need to test your strength in the real world and confirm that you have broken through to the Domain Lord level before we can increase your authority."

A staff member bowed slightly to Shen Mu and explained the reason.

Shen Mu nodded slightly and said, "I understand, but I am now in the Demon Mountain. Because I encountered danger, I broke through to the Domain Lord level directly and was unable to conduct the test in the first place."

The two employees naturally expressed their understanding, but they hoped that Shen Mu would cooperate with them in testing as soon as possible after leaving Demon Mountain.

At the same time, Shen Mu also received an email from the virtual universe system, stating that if he broke through the domain master level during the process of completing the cultivation task, it would be regarded as automatically giving up the task.

Of course, Shen Mu didn't care much about it. It was just a Demon Mountain mission. Even with the extra reward given by King Tianyu, it would only be a few million Hunyuan units or points at most.

And once you obtain the entire inheritance of the Demonic Sound God, the value of the rewards will definitely be more than just these points.

(End of this chapter)