stonecrandall Chapter 329, First Doppelganger
Chapter 329, First Doppelganger
Chapter 329 The Third Avatar
"No wonder the Void Cult didn't use the easily obtainable super-adaptive bacteria, but instead stole the original strain. It turns out they encountered a similar problem to mine from the very beginning."
Ye Yang thought for a moment.
The Void Cult likely had a protector possess the original fungus, then rebuild its realm and evolve into a Void Fungus.
As for whether they are afraid that the Immortal Alliance will also allow a powerful being to possess the original fungal species and rebuild their cultivation—they probably aren't.
Possessing another body and rebuilding your life isn't like changing clothes; it's not that simple.
Moreover, through studying the Void Fungus, Ye Yang also learned that before it learned to mimic the brain, it was in a state of low intelligence and confusion. This is the fungal version of the mystery of the womb.
What if we can't see through this mystery? Or what if we do see through it, but the person has changed, causing the original Great Dao to be unable to be fully inherited, and a new path must be opened up—in the short term, we will also be unable to contend with the Void Fungus!
"That Void Cult Protector, for some reason, his Dao is incredibly compatible with the Void Fungus. In short, others have this advantage, which is why he chose to possess another body."
"It wouldn't be difficult for the Immortal Alliance to find someone willing to possess the Primordial Fungus, or even someone like me who can cultivate it into clones. But those who can potentially form a fighting force to fight against the Void Fungus in a short time are probably very few, if not none."
Ye Yang frowned and pondered for a moment before making a decision.
He looked at the True Lord Jili beside him and solemnly transmitted his voice, "Ancestor Jili, this disciple once attempted to nurture a third avatar using void fungi in a dungeon world."
Slightly startled, True Lord Jili quickly asked, "What was the result?"
Ye Yang shook his head, then his eyes hardened: "It failed, but if we use the prototype that cultivated the Void Fungus, perhaps we can succeed!"
"What are the odds?" True Lord Jili asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Ninety percent!" Ye Yang said decisively, "If you can't do it, then die!"
He had truly come to realize that he actually had no choice.
A group of relatives and friends were drawn into the struggle at the True Lord level. Unless his Great Dao rapidly grew to the True Lord level, he would not be qualified to participate.
Unless one transforms into a void fungus and receives assistance from powerful figures in the Immortal Alliance, there is no possibility of successful treatment.
"I understand, go ahead and do it." True Lord Jili nodded, understanding Ye Yang's determination, and did not stop him from taking the risk.
Ye Yang then wrote down his process of trying to conceive a third clone on the jade book, as well as the difficulties he encountered afterward.
Then write down your thoughts:
Using the divine power of the "Trinity," the third form of the primordial fungus can be conceived, thus breaking the mystery of the womb.
It is better than seizing a body.
"With the true meaning of martial arts, rebirth and reshaping, accepting the fungal form, the original effect can be achieved," as if Ye Yang was originally a fungus, without any rejection.
It is superior to others in developing fungal clones.
With these two advantages, if the Immortal Alliance were to have someone become a Void Fungus, then it would undoubtedly be Ye Yang!
No one stronger than him is as suitable as him. Perhaps the Immortal Alliance can cultivate a genius more suitable than him, but none of them are as strong as him right now!
"Heavenly Venerable." Ye Yang handed over the jade book.
Gouchen Tianzun took it and glanced at it, then looked at Ye Yang meaningfully.
Without asking anything, he simply said, "Wait here."
Then, with a slight smile, he waved his hand, turning the jade book in his hand into a ray of white light, which split into five parts and fell to all sides.
Haotian Tianzun, Taihuang Tianzun, Jiuku Tianzun, and Zhuguang Tianzun all looked at Ye Yang upon receiving the white light.
Ye Yang suddenly felt an immense, mountain-like pressure, as if he were trapped in a vortex of countless terrifying forces, being constantly torn apart, on the verge of being ripped apart.
But he gritted his teeth and persevered, standing tall.
Haotian Venerable first looked away and said, "According to the data from the Eastern Paradise, there are currently about four thousand habitable planets in the Milky Way that show signs of void fungal activity, and this number is growing exponentially."
"If we do not intervene, the entire galaxy will fall in ten years."
"This report also indicates that in order to purify and cleanse an entire planet and eradicate hidden dangers, it is necessary for a True Lord to personally descend and use the Great Dao to reforge the stars."
The Savior of Suffering sighed and said, "How many True Lords are there in the entire Immortal Alliance? Only about six hundred. Moreover, the enemy will not always cower in defense; they know how to concentrate their forces to attack the weak points. Even if all the True Lords used their clone techniques, they simply couldn't cover everything."
The Supreme Celestial Venerable said, "We can only develop a special formation, gather the Great Dao of the Star Lords, and have the True Lords take the lead in sweeping away the stars."
"It will take time." At this moment, the Celestial Venerable of Chasing Light spoke for the first time, but he looked at Ye Yang: "Sealing the star and locking the area to block the spread is the right solution. However, in addition to the right solution, we also need a surprise attack."
Finally, someone brought up this topic.
"Using poison to fight poison is not an impossible method."
The Heavenly Venerable of Salvation nodded and said, "The methods of taming, the art of creating an external body, and the art of seizing a body all have the potential to succeed."
Zhu Guang Tianzun shook his head and said, "The number of primordial bacteria is not large, only fourteen clusters, so the chances are limited."
"Our Eastern Paradise is willing to nurture a group using the methods of taming," the Savior of Suffering spoke first.
"The Scholars' Association, two groups, are attempting the art of possession," said the Celestial Venerable of Light.
At this moment, Gouchen Tianzun spoke: "I want two sets: the Body Outside Body Technique and the True Blood Fusion Technique."
"Then—" Haotian Tianzun glanced at the attendant of Zangxin Tianzun, and seeing that he did not express any opinion, it seemed that this force was still indifferent to worldly affairs, just like it had been a million years ago.
So he said, "Your Majesty, how about we each take a piece to study?"
"Anything is fine." The Supreme Celestial Venerable seemed not to care much about this primordial fungus.
So, in just a few words, 7 out of the 14 original bacterial strains were divided up.
Everyone tacitly agreed that the probability of failure on the first try was very high, so they couldn't use it all at once and were all quite restrained.
Standing behind Gouchen Tianzun, Ye Yang remained silent.
Although Gouchen Tianzun did not promise him anything, Ye Yang had guessed from his attitude just now that the Tianzun would most likely give him one of the opportunities.
As expected, the meeting with the Celestial Venerable lasted only three minutes before all parties left.
The Celestial Venerables who oversee the Four Great Halls must shoulder the responsibility of organizing the management forces of the Celestial Alliance and implementing emergency strategies for sealing stars and locking zones.
Before leaving, Gouchen Tianzun said to Ye Yang, "You and Jili, wait here for the fungal strain."
"Yes."
"Yes."
Ye Yang and Jili Zhenjun simultaneously responded and accepted the order.
When all parties had left the Boundless Palace and began their actions.
Ye Yang and his companion waited in the Wuliang Hall.
At this moment, True Lord Jili took out a cubic space lattice, through which Qian Tong and the others could be seen solidified.
These were all the cultivators below the True Immortal level who were present at the previous gathering, except for Ye Yang.
They were all parasitized by the mycelium of the Void Fungus, and it was unknown when they would be killed by the disease, so they could only be sealed away like this.
"After Rui Tan gave it to me, I studied it for a long time and found that it is not easy to remove the mycelium in their bodies without harming them."
The True Lord of Extreme Power sighed and said, "Perhaps the Eastern Paradise can develop a healing technique, but since you have chosen to take the plunge yourself, then it is up to you."
As he spoke, he handed the spatial lattice to Ye Yang.
Ye Yang received it with both hands and could sense the distorted and folded spacetime within it, which was extremely ingenious and worthy of being the work of a True Monarch.
"Master, I will definitely heal them!" Ye Yang said in a deep voice.
Jili Zhenjun nodded, then turned his gaze to Ye Yang: "Is the fifth level of Battle Body complete?"
Ye Yang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. As a disciple of the Extreme Power Dao Cultivation lineage, among the three cultivation paths, his physical training level was the lowest, and the Extreme Power War God Body was even more of a drag.
In front of the creator of the "Extreme Power War God Body," it's indeed a bit embarrassing to have cultivated this technique to such a degree.
"Sigh, never mind. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. You are more suited to the True Meaning Martial Arts than the Extreme Strength Martial Arts."
Jili Zhenjun shook his head and said, "Let me tell you, there is actually a shortcut to the fifth level, but ordinary people can't take it. If they wander around, they will become possessed by demons, so I didn't write it in."
"You can do it like this—and then like this—"
While waiting, True Lord Jili gave Ye Yang some extra help.
As the creator of the "Extreme Power God Body", the understanding of Extreme Power True Lord is incomparable to that of Zhushan, Jianwo and others.
However, just a few words were enough to enlighten Ye Yang, making him suddenly realize the truth.
"The fifth level can be trained like this?" Ye Yang was somewhat amazed. He secretly calculated that he could probably reach the fifth level in just three months using the new training method.
"Do you understand? There's still time, let me explain the sixth level to you—" Seeing that Ye Yang had good comprehension and still had energy, True Lord Jili began to explain the sixth level.
So, after Ye Yang finished understanding, just as True Lord Jili was about to continue explaining the seventh level, a clerk from the Cardinal Office of the Boundless Palace came over.
"Senior Jili, Fellow Daoist Minghong, this is a strain of bacteria that the Heavenly Venerable ordered me to deliver."
She handed a wooden box to Ye Yang.
"This is it—"
Ye Yang held the wooden box in his hands, somewhat excited.
He knew very well what the third clone meant. It was not only a ladder to continued progress, but also the key to saving his family and friends!
It is even—the hope for saving the world and resolving the crisis.
It's now in his hands.
"Now that it's here, go and prepare," said True Lord Jili. "You can learn the seventh level from me after you ascend to immortality, or you can study it on your own."
"Master, please send me to the depths of the White Hole orbit one last time to accelerate time. Every second faster we succeed might save more lives," Ye Yang pleaded.
"Alright, there is an observation deck deep in the orbit of the white hole. It should be the closest place to the white hole for those below the True Monarch level. The time flow rate there is 100 million times that of the galactic standard time."
Jili Zhenjun agreed and quickly led Ye Yang to that viewing platform.
"Call my name when you want to leave. If you fly around aimlessly and get caught in the white hole jet, even the Celestial Venerable will have no chance of saving you," True Lord Jili warned in the end.
"Disciple has remembered," Ye Yang said with difficulty, almost completely sprawled on the viewing platform.
This place is very close to the white hole, so the repulsive force is also extremely strong, which almost caused Ye Yang's sixth-level body tempering body to collapse, and he barely managed to hold on.
Fortunately, this viewing platform has a ready-made magic array. By placing a large number of spiritual energy crystals, a reverse gravitational field can be activated to counteract the repulsive force.
"Let's begin then."
Ye Yang sat alone on the White Cave viewing platform. After refining some rare and precious materials to heal his injuries, he opened the seal on the wooden box.
Inside the wooden box was a transparent petri dish with a small piece of wood in the center, covered in white fuzz.
"Is this what's called the original strain?"
Ye Yang sensed it and indeed, there was a faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation of divine soul energy emanating from the little white creature.
If Ye Yang hadn't deliberately and carefully sensed it, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect it.
"The original strain consumes a lot of energy and has a low efficiency in absorbing and converting energy, which is just right for it — if it still fails, I will accept it."
When Ye Yang was building his foundation, the True Origin he condensed through cultivating the Trinity technique consisted of only three clumps from the very beginning.
It corresponds to three clones, one of which merges into a human body, and another gives birth to the first Golden Horned Beast.
The last wisp of [True Destiny Origin] has survived to this day, and has advanced as Ye Yang's cultivation level has increased and his life essence has leaped forward.
This is non-renewable, unlike the world that is nurtured within the body after a failed attempt to devour it, where there is still a chance to try again.
If you try to create a clone using the [True Essence] and fail, the [True Essence] will also be depleted, and it cannot be regenerated.
If the losses exceed a certain limit, then it will no longer be possible to create a third clone.
Ye Yang opened the petri dish, which actually had a seal on it.
When the lid was opened and the seal was broken, the primordial bacteria immediately came to life, devouring the small piece of wood almost instantly, leaving not a single trace.
"If we wait any longer, it will go hungry. When it feels the pressure to survive, it will differentiate into a super-adaptive bacterial community."
Ye Yang naturally wouldn't give this primordial fungus a chance. With a thought, he swept his divine soul power over it and obliterated the primordial fungus's young mind.
Subsequently, Ye Yang placed the original fungal corpse into the [True Origin] and began to cast the "Trinity" technique.
It gives birth to a third clone!
One second, two seconds, three seconds —
Finally, Ye Yang sensed something and his eyes lit up.
"It's done!"
He stared at the gradually dimming ball of light, as a large amount of his essence was gradually consumed and absorbed, flowing into it.
He immediately took out a large amount of rare and precious materials from his storage magic treasure, refined them into nutrients, and injected them into the treasure.
Ye Yang also crushed a large amount of spiritual energy crystals to extract the spiritual energy and injected it into them.
Next, we just wait.
"The energy expenditure is indeed high, but it's still within my tolerance level!"
A day later, Ye Yang smiled with relief.
Previously, it was devouring the world to nurture void fungi, but it instinctively lost control and drained itself dry.
This is because void fungi have both high energy utilization and high conversion efficiency, which makes their proliferation efficiency extremely high.
Simply put, each cluster of Void Fungus only needs to absorb 1 unit of energy, but it can multiply to 100 within 3 hours.
The energy consumption increased ten thousand times, thus becoming 100 million units of energy.
The original strain requires 100 units of energy per clump, but it only multiplies 10 times after 3 hours, so it only requires 1000 units of energy.
Similarly, with exponential explosion, the larger the base number, the more terrifying it becomes later!
Ye Yang continued to nurture and wait, during which time he studied the contents of the fourth level of the "Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method".
One day, three days, ten days, a month passed just like that —
Ye Yang sat there in silence for three years.
However, at a time flow rate a million times faster than that of the White Hole observation deck, only 95 seconds would have passed in other parts of the Milky Way.
"Although it's difficult to comprehend the laws under the influence of the white hole, the 100 million times the speed of time flow makes this a truly excellent place to study secret techniques."
Ye Yang exclaimed in admiration.
Today, he felt that it was the moment when his third clone was finally formed!