Volume 3 Original Chapter 189 The Third Clone
Wow!
The hazy green light then transformed into endless red light, then emitted endless black light, and then transformed into endless blue light, and finally into dazzling golden light.
"boom!"
Everything calmed down.
Lin Yan looked up and saw a leaf sandwiched between the white jade pages of the Book of All Living Things. The leaf looked ancient and verdant, with distinct veins, like a jade carving, surrounded by layers of halo, five layers of halo, dazzling.
The five-colored light burst out, and a large amount of air currents swirled around it. The lush green leaves of the ancient tree slowly rose, and the five layers of light circles gradually converged.
"It's quite interesting." Lin Yan's eyes were serious.
He stretched out his hand and picked up the leaves of the ancient tree.
"The Ancestral Tree..." Lin Yan examined it carefully. "Can we use it to carry the power of faith at the level of a Realm Lord?"
This leaf that exists like a "bookmark" actually has a very special origin, because it comes from a special plant life - the ancestral tree.
According to the information conveyed in the Book of All Living Things, in the extremely ancient times, the Ancestral Tree was the first being to follow the path of faith.
Its innate secret technique, "Endless Divine Realm", is somewhat similar to the function of the Kingdom of God, and has an extremely strong strengthening and stabilizing effect on the Kingdom of God.
The endless divine realm can carry the power of faith, make the kingdom of God stronger and more stable, and...can transform the endless power of faith into life power. This power is very special and can help others' injured and damaged bodies to recover completely in an instant.
If the former plays a role in stabilizing the kingdom of God, and special life forms such as the World Tree have similar abilities, the latter can be said to be completely unheard of.
When strong men in the universe fight and kill each other, their divine power will be burned, or when certain powerful secret techniques are used, huge amounts of divine power will be consumed. To recover, a large number of cosmic treasures that can restore divine power are needed, and these treasures are extremely precious and rare. For the overlords and masters of the universe, they cannot afford them at all.
If the Chaos City Lord loses one of his clones, the price would be so high that even the human race would feel heartbroken.
That is why the value of the origin-type treasures is so precious, second only to the flying palace-type, domain-type and soul-type treasures.
If it is a clone, like a certain lord of the universe has a plant life clone, the divine body is huge, and all the divine power consumed can be replenished from the plant life clone.
Even the Ancestral Tree Venerable, who has such a huge World Tree Divine Body, can only recover himself. It is impossible to use the power of the World Tree to help other Universe Venerables recover their power.
but!
The Ancestral Tree possesses this extremely special ability, which can transform the endless power of faith into life force and restore the injured bodies of others.
"It is said that the power of faith originated from this ancestral tree."
Lin Yan frowned slightly: "It seems that all my system rewards have a very special integrity. This ancestral tree is very suitable to be the choice of my third clone."
Whether it is the "Palace of Thought" and the "Book of All Living Things", or the innate secret method "Avatar" and this ancestral tree, there is a special connection between them.
Lin Yan has now broken through the Realm Lord level. Once he evolves to the peak of Realm Lord through nutrient solution, he will naturally start working on the third clone!
"The third clone will play an extremely important role in my future development and the path I want to take."
As for the selection of the third clone, Lin Yan has always been very cautious. Naturally, he has already collected a lot of information about special life, conducted continuous screening and research, and set some candidate targets.
Just wait until you reach the peak of the realm master, and then refer to your own needs to make the final choice.
The universe is vast and mysterious, and there are many powerful and mysterious special lives.
Such as the cold whale, the mountain-moving monster, the world tree and so on.
"I already have the Green Line Devourer and the Blood Hound, plus myself, with the help of the Golden Framework, I will be able to reach the level of perfect genes sooner or later, and I will not lack combat power." Lin Yan thought to himself, "So my main requirement for the third clone is size!"
Size represents the amount of divine power.
The bigger the better!
“Although according to what the Lord of Chaos City and my teacher said, once I break the shackles of the proto-nucleus, the origin treasure will be completely integrated into my divine body and my clone, allowing me to have an amazing recovery speed, but the speed of absorbing divine power is also related to the size of the divine body. If I don’t have a clone with an extra-large divine body, it would be a waste of God’s gifts!”
The larger the size, the faster it absorbs divine power.
The speed at which a two-meter-tall human absorbs divine power is hundreds of millions of times slower than that of a world tree that is hundreds of millions of kilometers tall. The reason is simple: how fast can an ant eat compared to a giant dragon? The dragon eats one bite, and an ant can't eat as fast as it does in its entire life.
Having another main combat clone is not very valuable, but if you choose a super-large divine body clone, it basically means that Lin Yan has "divine power freedom".
It doesn't matter if you blow yourself up when you have nothing to do.
The size of the divine body is related to the type of life. For example, energy life forms are usually not large in size, and the size of flesh and blood life forms is also limited.
As far as Lin Yan knew, the only exception was the Nine Netherworld Blood Sea.
Rocks and plants. The others are mainly these two categories. For example, the rock-type "Li Volcano" and the plant-type "World Tree" are special life forms of huge size.
"Before, my candidates were mainly the flesh-and-blood Nine Nether Sea of Blood and the plant-based World Tree. The others were obviously inferior." Lin Yan thought to himself, "And now, I have this Ancestral Tree as a candidate."
According to information, the leaves of the ancestral tree in the "Book of All Living Things" originated from the first ancestral tree between heaven and earth before it broke through immortality. It was also the ancestral tree that discovered the existence of the power of faith. It is in the category of realm master and can give birth to the third incarnation.
Lin Yan began to analyze.
"The advantages of the World Tree are, first, it blesses the Kingdom of God, second, the World Tree itself is powerful, and third, it is the innate secret method of 'mastering time and space'. The life gene level of the world master-level World Tree is a thousand times higher."
"The advantage of the Nine Nether Blood Sea is that its divine body is extremely large, larger than the other two tree-type special life forms, and its innate secret method of 'creation' has the function of assisting the divine power route, and its life gene level is 300 times higher."
"The advantages of the Ancestral Tree are its innate secret method 'Endless God Realm', and its life gene level is the most terrifying, up to 9,600 times!" Lin Yan said inwardly, "Another point that cannot be ignored is the Ancestral Tree's law talent, which encompasses all the original laws of the space system."
Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and space!
The main problem lies in the trade-offs.
"No, it's not about the trade-offs." Lin Yan looked at the Book of All Living Things, "My real choice is whether to follow the path of faith."
If you really want to practice, then choosing the Ancestral Tree is a must. Apart from anything else, its ability to transform the power of faith into restoring the injured bodies of others is self-evidently valuable.
If you don't follow the path of faith, your innate secret skills will be basically useless. Even if your life genes are strong, they will no longer be of much significance.
"The power of faith, the way of faith..." Lin Yan pondered.
"According to the 'Book of All Living Things', there are two main methods of practicing the Way of Faith."
"The first one is absolute faith!"
This is an extreme method, directly casting a mark on the soul of every believer, ensuring absolute loyalty!
For the sake of the gods they believe in, believers can sacrifice their lives, their loved ones and friends, and no longer have any self.
Under the influence of the soul imprint, their consciousness is still clear, and this has been the case for generations. The strangest thing is that they are like puppets, truly submitting to and believing in the gods from the bottom of their hearts.
Lin Yan's eyes were cold: "Rather than calling it the faith of all living beings, it is better to call it enslaving all living beings. It is a method of the highest level of soul enslavement!"
Soul slavery is similar to this situation.
Normally, there is a limit to the number of soul enslavement methods.
Like Hu Yanbo's "Soul Seal", the number is extremely rare and it also has an impact on one's own soul.
Secret innate skills like "Heavenly Demon Gu" or the Green Line Devouring Insect, or other soul enslavement secrets in the treasury of the Virtual Universe Company, basically will not exceed "ten thousand".
However, this absolutely tyrannical way of enslaving all living beings can even nourish the entire universe and make all intelligent creatures provide the power of faith wholeheartedly, which is simply chilling.
Lin Yan frowned: "But according to the records in the Book of All Living Things, this is an absolutely wrong path. Spreading faith has the hope of mastering the will of the world and even the supreme rules, but the method of enslaving all living beings...it itself violates a deeper level of taboos, and the supreme rules will hinder it!"
Countless souls are the foundation of the world.
The will of all beings can influence the will of the world.
But... the universe and the world operate under the supreme rules. Everything in heaven and earth is balanced, and "balance" is one of the core essences of the supreme rules.
The practice of enslaving all living beings is an absolute destruction of the core essence of "balance" and will not be accepted by the supreme rules. Perhaps one can have the convenience of all the power of faith and reach a very high level, but it is impossible to master the will of the world and the supreme rules.
"This method is really despicable and ridiculous!" Lin Yan's eyes were slightly cold.
Even if the Book of All Life didn't say that this was the wrong path, he wouldn't have taken it.
Lin Yan had faced assassinations by aliens before, and perhaps had thoughts of revenge in the future, but he did not think there was anything wrong with it, because everyone was an enemy, two naturally opposing sides. If the aliens could really kill him, they could avoid the huge losses that would be caused to them after Lin Yan grew up.
Human groups do the same thing in the territories of other groups.
That's fair.
Ethnic wars, different interests, different positions, fighting each other, enslaving each other, hating each other, this assassination method is hateful, but it cannot be said to be despicable.
However, in Lin Yan's eyes, this method of spreading faith and enslaving all living beings is extremely despicable and ridiculous!
What crime did those believers commit? Why were they forced to contribute their faith, like puppets from generation to generation, without freedom?
If the cultivation method in "The Book of All Living Things" is like this, Lin Yan is too lazy to even take a second look at it. It is simply a pollution to the soul.
But secondly, the content of the explanation is worthy of Lin Yan's deep consideration.
"So-called faith, in the final analysis, is nothing more than a kind of reverence and worship for people, things, ideas, and principles."
Lin Yan sighed: "Instead of blindly indulging in belief and worship of a certain person or weird saying, this is simply putting the cart before the horse!"
Faith and superstition are two completely different concepts.
All sentient beings, including billions of tiny particles of dust, should serve my truth in the infinite future. This so-called "serving my truth" does not mean "serving me as the truth", but "serving my truth".
First of all, it needs to be a truth worthy of belief. Secondly, it requires "I" to firmly practice the truth. This is the foundation. Then they serve my truth, recite my name, and praise my true name. This is faith.
Lin Yan learned a story from the "Book of All Living Things", the story of the "Ancestral Tree" discovering the power of faith.
The original universe and even the larger source world will experience destruction time and time again, and then be reborn again and again, gradually multiplying countless lives. In the initial period of birth, natural disasters, chaos, ignorance of wisdom, and fragility of strength are all catastrophes.
So the wise man sought the protection of the ancestral tree.
The ancestral tree responded to him.
Thus, living creatures gradually grew up under the protection of the Ancestral Tree. Natural disasters, tragedies, and invasions by alien species could no longer pose any threat to them due to the powerful force of the Ancestral Tree.
For these creatures, the Ancestral Tree's powerful strength and benevolent majesty are naturally worthy of their belief and admiration. They respect and love it, and thus the pure power of faith is generated, which is discovered by the Ancestral Tree's special innate secret method.
This is the normal way of faith.
The relationship between gods and believers is actually equal. Gods protect believers, which is the cause, and believers give back to gods, which is the result.
If under such circumstances, the Ancestral Tree betrayed these creatures and no longer provided protection, the creatures would naturally stop believing in it and might even develop resentment.
Once those who contribute their faith develop endless resentment, it will have a counterproductive effect on the gods who accept their faith, and they will pay a heavy price.
“This is the second kind, the belief in freedom!”
Lin Yan said: "Building an empire, protecting one's own people, or spreading the doctrine and gaining the belief of others may gain the faith of others, but after accepting the faith, once you betray your people and violate the doctrine, the god will be cast down from the clouds."
This is called balance.
The soul is the root of life and the root of the world. It is naturally a taboo in the world to gain power through unbalanced slavery.
The power of faith is not an exploitation of believers, but an instinct of the soul.
Having faith and belief is an upward force possessed by intelligent creatures and a quality that pursues beauty.
Take ethnic war as an example, why do such wars occur?
It is for territory. The fight for territory is to make the tribe stronger. Those strong people are willing to sacrifice their lives and fight in the bloody battlefield. If their nature is selfish, they will not appear there at all.
This is what is mysterious and unique about the "soul".
Lin Yan thought to himself, "However, the reason why the path of 'enslaving all living beings' emerged is that the key is that faith must be a fundamental faith that truly comes from the soul. If it is not pure enough, it is useless, and free faith is the easiest to shake."
There is a second half to the story of the ancestral tree.
After going through the most difficult period, those creatures gradually gained power and naturally sought more vast territories. The Ancestral Tree could no longer provide them with protection, so they chose to leave and no longer continue to believe in it.
Practitioners are born free!
Born to pursue great freedom, great ease and great freedom!
With such a simple dependent relationship, how can one continue to be a believer of the gods when there is no need for dependence anymore?
Lin Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It looks like this is really troublesome."
Trouble, of course there are troubles. Any path to ultimate growth is full of hardships.
But from another perspective, it is extremely simple.
Find a truth worthy of belief, a truth pursued by countless intelligent beings, and always adhere to it. Gradually influence more intelligent beings, gain their belief and respect, and you will possess power beyond imagination.
The will of all beings is the will of the world!
"The will of the world is too far away and not worth considering for the time being. But apart from that, there is another reason that is hard to give up." Lin Yan's eyes lit up slightly.
Soul potential!
What shocked him was that once the way of faith was practiced, the believer's soul potential could be supplemented through the power of faith!
Human races are divided into humans in the kingdom of God, humans in the secret realm of the universe, and humans in the kingdom of the universe according to their living environment!
In order for life to conceive and grow, it needs to absorb the essence of the universe. It is almost impossible for humans in the kingdom of God to become immortal. Humans on land in the secret realm of the universe can cultivate to become immortal gods, but the probability of the emergence of a cosmic master is shockingly low!
Territory is like fertile soil. The larger the territory, the greater the potential of the ethnic group and the higher the probability of giving birth to a super strong person.
And if Lin Yan practices the way of faith, and there is a human being in the Kingdom of God who believes in Lin Yan and his teachings, but is stuck at the peak of the Realm Lord due to insufficient soul potential and cannot become immortal, then the power of faith can be used to make up for this soul potential and enable him to break through.
"If this is true, then we won't be restricted by territorial boundaries anymore?" Lin Yan thought secretly.
I have to say.
This way of faith does indeed show a strong appeal.
Whether it is the "Lord of the Zhoutian" or the "Ancestral Tree", or even this strange effect of being free from territorial restrictions, they are all unheard of and unseen.
"So, if I really want to practice cultivation, the most important thing is to find the most appropriate thought, the thought that is most likely to penetrate people's hearts, and the thought that is also worth my lifelong adherence."
This cannot be heresy!
It’s the truth that can make the world a better place!
Lin Yan pondered: "The rise of the human race? This proposition is too big and too small, it's not good."
What is his current status?
What qualifications do you have to talk about protecting the human race?
We must wait until he grows to the level of Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe Founder, and occupies more territories of the universe, then there may be room for him to do something.
But this so-called rise is hard for people to relate to.
No matter how much territory is occupied, for countless ordinary humans, their lives will not change. What is the point of saying this, especially after losing the pressure from alien races, the original believers will also decrease.
Lin Yan thought for a moment and couldn't help laughing.
He smiled and said, "Thinking back on how young I was back then, I was really young."
"But... it's very interesting."
He thought of many possibilities, but in the end, there was only one truth that Lin Yan felt was feasible and that the world needed and always needed.
And it is not limited to the human race, billions of races in the universe will need it.
"If there were no Babata and the inheritance of Yunmo Star, the Earth might be destroyed by the golden-horned beast, or it might be turned into a new slave planet by the adventurers of the Nuolanshan family fleet."
"Even if there were no golden-horned beasts and those bandit-like adventurers, the probability of Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen growing to the cosmic level would still be extremely low."
Lin Yan's eyes gradually brightened: "The native planet has no cultivation knowledge and can't even build a spaceship. What's the possibility?"
"What future do those slave planets have, under the inhumane rule of high-tech surveillance equipment?"
"The families of those domain masters, realm masters, and immortal strongmen have been rotting and degenerating during their long lifespans. There is no competition or pressure at all. What goals do they have?"
"This world is used to hearing the voices of the strong, but what about the cries of the weak?" Lin Yan murmured, "The population is growing fast, but the territory is small. Their lives are weak and short. Even if they die, new lives will grow quickly."
"This universe is so dark and cold."
He never lacks passion.
There is never a lack of respect and understanding for others. It is difficult for me to put myself on a high pedestal and watch the joys and sorrows of the world with indifference.
When he was young, he would say, "I don't like this kind of world."
But he is still young.
If the earth at that time only produced some sprouts, the universe now is full of rotten flesh and sores, but the backbone is always standing tall.
Corresponding to the advanced "virtual universe network" is an extremely primitive system, and the narrowness of the upward path is outrageous!
Without money, you cannot leave the planet; without space citizenship, you cannot even open an account in the “virtual space network”.
Take the Qianwu Universe Kingdom for example. Within the vast territory of hundreds of millions of galaxies in the entire star region, any other "martial arts school" or "dojo" is prohibited from teaching. The only important channel to absorb a large number of warriors and spiritual masters is the "Qianwu Dojo."
The registration fee is 800 Black Dragon Coins, which is enough to purchase 80 apprentice ninth-level slaves.
Life is bright and brilliant, so why not give them the opportunity and possibility to burn?
But the reality is... countless humans are barely able to survive, let alone shine and realize their own value.
"Order and respect are virtues that will never be rejected, allowing countless weak people to have the opportunity to receive education and improve themselves, and transform the universe from the root."
"But... if I want to achieve this, I will inevitably affect the interests of the existing class." Lin Yan thought to himself, "I must have more common interests and the power to not be afraid even if the whole world is my enemy."
He knew very well that class contradictions were the most difficult to reconcile.
If he really goes down this path, even those who believed in him when they were weak may give up this belief after they become strong.
The world is bustling with people, all for the sake of profit. The world is in turmoil, all for the sake of profit.
But in this universe, no matter how it changes, the one thing that cannot change is... the vast majority will always be ordinary creatures, the weak!
The strong may exist forever, but they are a minority after all. The life span of ordinary people is short, but they grow from generation to generation.
There are billions of stars in a star system before a universe appears. The entire Qianwu universe has accumulated over countless epochs to produce tens of thousands of immortal gods!
From the perspective of the original power of the universe, it is actually these ordinary creatures that no one cares about who consume the most original power. If one really wants to influence the will of the world, the most important thing is to influence the wills of countless ordinary people.
Even though the power of faith contributed was weak, it could not match the infinite quantity.
This matter is closely related to everyone, not just humans, but others will not do it and cannot do it.
"The most important thing is... humans have a virtual universe. The entire original universe is within the coverage of the virtual universe. This is an indispensable condition."
Lin Yan smiled: "The rest is to keep increasing my chips and make myself stronger."
"My current strength is far from enough, but when I can have an equal dialogue with the masters of the universe, the world will change because of me."
His eyes are like lamps, candles, and the sun.
Lin Yan let out a long sigh and sighed softly: "It's really interesting and challenging."
He always believed that it is people, not slaves, who create value.
He always believed that the civilized world would eventually prevail over the barbaric world.
He always believed that although the universe was dark and cold, human light could illuminate the underworld.
Although he actually had no great interest in the so-called way of faith, he would be very interested if it were done in this way.
Carry the world on your shoulders and hold your original intention firmly in your fist.
