Chapter 63: Primordial Chaos Umbrella!

Chapter 63: Primordial Chaos Umbrella!

The lifeforms created by Silver Robe Yuan Shen’s transformations lack only souls—their physical forms and even their innate affinity for cosmic laws mirror the originals perfectly. This ability to replicate law affinity is identical to the 【Doppelgänger】’s Innate Secret Art.

As a secret technique forged by the Supreme Rule itself, the 【Life Sovereign】’s mastery over life cultivation domains far surpasses the 【Doppelgänger】. The latter’s only true advantage is its fearless, disposable nature.

While Silver Robe Yuan Shen’s transformations inherit law affinity, his original form already possesses formidable innate talents. For instance, even after transforming into a Chasm Colossus, his sensitivity to earth and void laws remains weaker than his base form’s capabilities. What truly matters are the Innate Secret Arts and inherited memories. Before the auction, Jiang Zhe had specifically targeted techniques like 【Temporal Stasis】—a goal now achieved.

Notably, Silver Robe Yuan Shen lacks distinct affinities for time and space laws, unlike beings like Earth-Fire-Water-Wind Primordials, who are showered with blessings from four primordial laws. Jiang Zhe suspects the remaining five “Celestial Dao” he hasn’t identified likely represent advanced fusions of time and space. These are temporarily suppressed by the Primordial Universe’s environmental restrictions but retain latent potential, allowing Silver Robe Yuan Shen to maintain decent affinity for these laws.

After observing the Chasm Colossus, Jiang Zhe directed Silver Robe Yuan Shen to focus on space law comprehension. They needed this key to unlock the next stage.

Returning alone to Spire Summit, Jiang Zhe activated the tower’s defenses before entering his Nuclear Core Space. His recent promotion to Stellar Class 1 had expanded his Internal World to 10 kilometers across.

He felt fortunate his creation of a monstrous Secondary Divine Spirit hadn’t triggered a metamorphosis of his Primordial Core—a fate Luo Feng faced. Luo’s perfect Doppelgänger had swollen his Internal World to trillions of kilometers, fortifying his Primordial Core so thoroughly that breaking through to Immortal became nearly impossible.

Jiang Zhe understood he’d eventually face the same dilemma. But was creating a Doppelgänger truly so difficult? Or achieving perfect Life Genome standards? He had the means to obtain both.

Gazing at the colossal tree in his Internal World—its trunk spanning a kilometer, its canopy shrouding the 10-kilometer expanse, roots piercing the surrounding Chaos Mists—he focused on six grotesque, face-like growths on its bark. Beneath them, a tiny stone table held four artifacts beside his Woodcutter’s Axe. (The Divine Core and Orianna had since been removed.)

First: The Golden Fragment containing the Golden Human Clan Life Blueprint. Jiang Zhe had halted his cultivation after achieving triple Genetic Tier as a Hero Human, wary of exposing too much to the Primordial Chaos Lord’s scrutiny. He’d resume in the future, using Cosmic-Level power to refine his form in secret realms like the Blood Luo World, where stronger beasts and natives abounded.

Second: The Divine Core.

Third: Orianna.

Fourth: The Golden Fragment of the Second Origin Secret Art: Dormant Dragon Method.

Fifth: A luxurious treasure umbrella.

This last item had dropped when his Mentalist cultivation broke through to Stellar 9th Class after chopping down a tree with his axe. He’d wished for a Secondary Divine Spirit vessel, only to receive this legendary artifact instead.

Picking up the meter-long umbrella, Jiang Zhe traced its pearls—emeralds, imperial seals, night pearls, fire-warding orbs, and more—arranged into ancient characters reading “Contain Heaven and Earth.”

“Unknown Tier: Primordial Chaos Umbrella,” he murmured, sensing the vast power sealed within. Unlike Luo Feng’s trials, the umbrella had bonded to him effortlessly, leaving Jiang Zhe oddly disappointed. Did I miss a chance to grow stronger? He shrugged—survival first, regrets later.

The umbrella’s soul-defense capabilities manifested as twelve-colored lights swirling around his Consciousness Ocean’s miniature star. Two layers of the Tower of Void already shielded his mind—a technique he’d cultivated to level two.

Yet attempts to activate the umbrella failed. Spinning it, shaking it, even channeling Primordial Force and Mental Energy—all to no effect.

“Typical,” he sighed. “Even bonded, my power’s too weak to meet its activation requirements.”

He’d expected to shelve it until Domain Lord or Immortal stages—until he noticed the sixth artifact: a golden booklet, the Little Decapitation of Three Corpses Cultivation Method.

“Sever greed, wrath, and delusion; clarify my Daoist heart, untouched by dust.”

“This method first uses the Dormant Dragon Technique to amplify my chaotic thoughts, then severs them away—two soul metamorphoses! First purifying, then confronting the tainted selves… Brilliant!”

The two arts together formed an alternative Doppelgänger path. Like his Secondary Divine Spirit, the severed ‘corpses’ required a vessel and a physical form. His eyes flicked to the Primordial Chaos Umbrella. Seamless integration.

“Creating a physical form? Two requirements: time-space law affinity and a colossal divine body.”

He paused, stroking his chin. “Primordial Chaos Umbrella… space-time… divine body… the World Tree?”

No rush for a Doppelgänger now—materials were scarce. Its main uses were survival, law comprehension, and supplementing divine power. His lightning law affinity was already strong; Silver Robe Yuan Shen’s even more so. Unlike Luo Feng, who relied on Goldhorned Beast and Demoncore Doppelgängers for cultivation…

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February 2051.

Another Lunar New Year passed. Jiang Zhe counted his remaining days on Earth. Unless meditating through the Dormant Dragon Technique, he’d never miss traditions.

This year, his second brother welcomed a child—the first fourth-generation Jiang. Jiang Zhe broke seclusion to celebrate.

A surprise came too: the “Black Bear Spirit” birthed a Mentalist-talented cub, its Brain Domain Width an impressive 13.

February 26th—post-Lantern Festival, the Jiang Clan resumed work. Jiang Zhe and Orianna flew to Bailan Star, retrieving cultivation resources and a planetary defense system. Back home, they deployed satellites and weapons across the solar system to counter the Nolan Mountain Clan’s expected arrival. Orianna upgraded the arsenal, replacing lasers with C9-grade rapid-fire cannons—enough to kill even a Martial Artist like Norlan Shan.

The resources included mostly C-tier items and B-tier Thunder Treasures—rankings based on Stellar/Cosmic energy levels. Even E-tier life fruits could aid Domain Lords.

The Thunder Prison Realm couldn’t digest higher-tier Thunder Treasures without exploding, unlike Goldhorned Beasts who evolved by consuming same-tier metals. Orianna alone could transcend tiers, absorbing materials directly—a rarity shared only with the Zweika Insect Clan, though they excreted consumed metals as useless alloys.

Jiang Zhe could afford Primordial Units’ worth of nutrient pods, but preferred refining Genetic Primordial Energy via the Thunder Prison Realm. Though slower, its energy strengthened his body gradually—enough to survive Dark Universe traversal at Domain Lord, a feat few humans achieved.

His Martial Artist promotion to Stellar Class 1 expanded the Realm to a cubic kilometer, making it a second Internal World. On the return voyage, he flooded it with Thunder Treasures, converting them into cultivation energy.

February’s final day brought news: Silver Robe Yuan Shen had mastered the Absolute Space’s first layer—the Arc Light! He’d crossed the threshold of space laws.

In the Spire Summit’s bracelet world, Jiang Zhe and Silver Robe Yuan Shen faced each other, standing before their family’s Rusted Copper Furnace. Repeated Mental Energy scans revealed only that space, time, and domain forces must converge to resonate the eight puzzle fragments, aligning their Secret Patterns. How? Still a mystery.

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Late update—I write slowly, so please bear with me.

One more chapter to go.

Sleep tight, check tomorrow.

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