pertwk Chapter 409 The Limit of Divine Power, and the Surprising Chaos City Lord
Chapter 409 The Limit of Divine Power, and the Surprising Chaos City Lord
Chapter 409 The Limit of Divine Power, and the Surprising Chaos City Lord
"Thanks to your help." Yuanzu smiled faintly, not particularly excited.
Given his composure, he wouldn't lose his composure even if his true form were released. Now that only an avatar has appeared, his expression naturally doesn't change much.
"Chen Yuan, you need to be careful lately and avoid going to the suppression area."
The Primordial Ancestor said, "The primordial will has descended again. Although it still couldn't find any clues, I can sense that it left behind a trace of its will to monitor us."
"Understood, Grandmaster." Chen Yuan nodded. To be honest, the actions of the Origin Will were all within his expectations, so he wasn't worried.
Did he think staying put would be enough? If he really wanted to help the progenitor leave in the future, he would only need to create some commotion in other places, which would surely keep the original will busy and force it to withdraw the will of the suppressed land.
"Speaking of which," Chen Yuan said, looking at the illusory clone of the Primordial Ancestor, "this clone of our Grandmaster seems to be quite powerful—"
"Weak, isn't it?" The Primordial Ancestor smiled slightly. "Because of the urgency, I didn't condense a large enough mass, otherwise leaving the cage would have taken even longer."
"This clone of mine has only gathered the minimum amount of power, and its strength is only one ten-thousandth of my peak strength, so it naturally appears very weak."
"I see."
Chen Yuan suddenly realized that if it was only one in ten thousand, the strength was probably only around the third-tier Universe Lord level. No wonder it looked so weak.
"In any case, the source of these illusory clones comes from the virtual universe."
The Primordial continued, "I only need to transmit a seed of power, which is this one ten-thousandth clone, and then use the power of the virtual universe to nurture it, so that the clone can grow rapidly until it reaches the upper limit of the illusory power I have comprehended."
"With my current understanding, I can probably grow this clone to about five-thousandths of my peak strength."
"Based on divine physique, it is roughly equivalent to a universe lord at the gene level of five thousand times."
At this point, he smiled faintly: "But with this basic divine power and my mastery of secret techniques, I dare not say I'm at the eighth rank, but I can still maintain peak seventh-rank strength."
"Peak of the seventh rank!" Chen Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Five-thousandths of my grandmaster's strength is enough to rival the strongest being in the universe?"
"Isn't this normal?" the Primordial Ancestor retorted. "Have you forgotten the upper limit of divine power set by the primordial universe, which is only ten thousand times that of a universe lord?"
Chen Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "That's right, how could I have overlooked that?"
There's nothing I can do; I've been so engrossed in cultivation lately that I've neglected the information in the original work, to the point that I've forgotten a crucial piece of information.
That is—even within the vastness of the universe, the upper limit of divine power that a true god can unleash is only ten thousand times the genetic level of a universe lord.
In other words, all the powerful beings who roam the cosmic sea, whether they are cosmic lords or the strongest beings in the universe, have the same upper limit of divine power. The only difference lies in the level of secret techniques and the authority to make their words come true.
"Now you understand, right?"
The Primordial Ancestor smiled slightly: "Due to the limitations of the rules, the life forms in the Cosmic Sea can only unleash the divine power of the universe's master genes by ten thousand times."
"To me, there is no difference between one percent of divine power and one hundred percent of divine power, because that is the limit."
"I understand." Chen Yuan nodded, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He had always believed that after the true god entered the cosmic sea, his divine power would be a hundred times that of the cosmic lord, which is why his assessment of his own strength was somewhat conservative.
But now—since everyone's divine power level is the same, even without relying on treasures and secret techniques of will, he has already firmly established himself as an invincible force in the cosmic sea with just two peak ninth-tier secret techniques.
The progenitor continued, "That's why, even though I only have five-thousandths of the strength, compared to the strongest, I'm only half as powerful. I can make up for it completely with my mastery of secret techniques."
At this point, he shook his head: "In fact, even if I were not in the illusory clone state, my secret technique level would still be weakened. Even if my divine power were only half that of others, I would still be confident of entering the ninth level."
"But after the power of the secret technique was weakened, it can't even guarantee the eighth rank anymore. It can barely exert the peak strength of the seventh rank."
"It's already powerful enough, Grandmaster." Chen Yuan sighed, "Peak of the seventh rank—it's not bad even compared to those alien ancestors, and it's invincible in the primordial universe."
"This is all thanks to the virtual branch data you gave me."
Yuan Zu smiled slightly and then suddenly bowed solemnly to Chen Yuan.
"Grandmaster!" Chen Yuan was startled and quickly tried to help him up. "Grandmaster, what are you doing?"
"This is the bow I should perform."
The progenitor insisted on completing the bow before straightening up and exclaiming, "Whether it was the power of illusion or the help I gained from breaking free of the cage—Chen Yuan, if it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't know how long I would have been locked up in that place."
Chen Yuan quickly waved his hand: "Grandmaster, you flatter me. If you hadn't taught me the secrets of the virtual universe, I wouldn't have been able to master the power of illusion."
"As for the place of suppression—you have only separated an avatar now, and the so-called opening of the cage is just opening a crack."
"I am truly ashamed of my master's high praise."
"You don't need to be modest," the Primordial Ancestor shook his head. "For me, being able to free my clone is already a great thing."
"With an avatar outside, I can continue to comprehend the laws and the Great Dao, instead of sitting idly in that empty cage for a lifetime, where I can hardly improve except by tempering my will."
"It's just a small courtesy, you can accept it."
The progenitor sighed softly: "If I weren't penniless and didn't know how to repay such a great kindness, how could a mere gift possibly express it?"
"This—" Chen Yuan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head helplessly: "Alright, then I'll accept this gift as my master wishes."
"That's more like it." A smile appeared on the Primordial Ancestor's face, and then he sighed, "But I must say, your illusory power is truly formidable."
"I only grasped five-thousandths of it, yet I was able to condense a clone with peak seventh-tier combat power."
"If I could comprehend these powers, I could even condense a hundred clones with a gene level of ten thousand times. Even if the secret technique was slightly weaker, each one could still reach the peak of the ninth rank in terms of combat power."
He shook his head slightly. Looking across the entire universe, how many people could reach the ninth level of combat power?
Even if he had reached the tenth rank at his peak, he would still perish with resentment under such power when faced with hundreds of peak ninth-rank clones.
Chen Yuan simply smiled at the progenitor's sigh, for he was well aware of the power of illusion.
After all, this is a power of the Great Dao that has never appeared in this Origin World before, and even the supreme rules cannot restrict this power.
Otherwise, creating clones is not exclusive to the power of illusion; other paths in the Origin World can also achieve this.
Even setting aside the power of the Great Dao, let's talk about primitive cosmic life forms, such as the Machine Race and the Zerg.
As the only two races adept at group combat, the Machine Father God and the Zerg Queen, as true god powerhouses, can only unleash divine power at the level of a universe lord ten thousand times, but their divine bodies are actually a hundred times stronger than those of a universe lord.
With such powerful divine bodies, couldn't they create an endless stream of cosmic power? You must know that both the mechanical puppets and the insectoid warriors rely on numbers to win.
Within the primordial universe, the physical forms of the Machine Race Father God and the Zerg Queen can only unleash top-tier sixth-order combat power. However, if they were willing to split their divine power, they could likely create hundreds of sixth-order combat power.
In reality, limited by the supreme rules, they are simply unable to create these powers. Whether it is mechanical puppets or Zerg warriors, their individual combat strength is far from comparable to that of a normal universe master.
Therefore, the two races, who were originally invincible on the low-level battlefield, became limited at the high-level battlefield and were unable to demonstrate the powerful combat strength they had at the low level.
All of this is due to the restrictions of the supreme rules. No matter what path these races cultivate, they are always under the control of the supreme rules.
However, the power of illusion is different, because the soul path represented by the illusory branch does not belong to one of the nine paths of the source world, and therefore is not subject to the jurisdiction of the supreme rules.
Therefore, even though the main body is restricted by the rules and has an upper limit to its divine power, the clones created through illusory power can bypass the rules and produce hundreds of clones that reach the upper limit of divine power.
It's no wonder the progenitor was so amazed by this ability that transcended the rules.
However, since this information involved the Great Dao and the composition of the Origin World, Chen Yuan was unable to explain it. After noticing Chen Yuan's expression, the Primordial Ancestor understood what he meant.
"So this information is also restricted?"
The primordial ancestor's expression hardened, and he wisely refrained from asking further questions, instead saying, "Alright, now that I'm free, I won't delay your cultivation any longer."
"It just so happens that I also need to return to my original space and use the power of the virtual universe to restore this illusory clone, and strive to reach its limit as soon as possible."
"Okay." Chen Yuan nodded, then asked curiously, "I wonder how long it will take for Grandmaster to recover to his maximum level through the virtual universe?"
Although he can also condense illusory clones, his clones can directly reach the upper limit level. On the contrary, he doesn't know how long it would take to improve an illusory clone from scratch.
"It will be quick." The Primordial Ancestor smiled faintly. "Anyway, my virtual universe is not very useful now, so I will directly use the source to restore it. I estimate that it will take no more than ten years to raise this clone to its limit."
"I see." Chen Yuan understood, then said, "Then, Grandmaster, please take care."
The Primordial Ancestor smiled and nodded, then with a thought, left this primordial space.
After the Primordial Ancestor left, Chen Yuan thought to himself, "I have a pretty good understanding of the Primordial Universe's permissions. Let's put this matter aside for now and focus on cultivation."
He then focused his attention on the black-patterned stone pillar and continued to concentrate on his cultivation.
Meanwhile, after returning to the origin of his virtual universe, the Primordial Ancestor restored the power of his clone using the power of the origin, and thought, "Now that my clone has escaped, I still need to inform Chaos and Giant Axe about this."
Since the virtual universe has now been replaced by Chen Yuan's universe, he can no longer directly contact his disciples and friends through the virtual universe. However, it's okay, he still has illusory clones.
As long as the total energy does not exceed the upper limit, theoretically he can create countless weak clones.
Therefore, even if the original ancestor's clone is extremely weak, it is still more than capable of creating an even weaker clone.
With this thought in mind, he created another weak clone from his original illusory clone, whose strength was roughly equivalent to that of a Universe Venerable.
"Who should I go to first?"
The original ancestor did not have the teleportation ability like Chen Yuan, and even the ability to make words come true was stripped away. No matter where he went, it would take him quite a while.
No, there is one exception: Chaos City, which is the primordial universe.
As its own miniature universe, the progenitor could easily return without having to fly slowly like in other places.
"We have no choice but to go find Chaos first."
Even the Primordial Ancestor had no choice. As a Universe Venerable-level avatar, whether he was looking for the Giant Axe or the Dark Ones, he needed to slowly fly through the Primordial Universe.
On the contrary, returning to Chaos City only requires a single thought from him.
Thinking of this, the Primordial Ancestor sensed his own miniature universe and quickly located the Chaos City Lord's position.
"Teleport!"
The next second, his illusory clone disappeared directly from the original space and then arrived in the core area of Chaos City—the Chaos Ruins.
"Who goes there!"
The Chaos City Lord, who was cultivating, was startled. As the controller of the primordial universe, he had been secretly approached by someone!
However, when he turned around and saw that familiar figure, he was immediately stunned, then exclaimed with delight, "Teacher?!"